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The Mentor

The Mentor

The student news site of Manhattan High School

The Mentor

Say the Weird Thing

Say the Weird Thing

Gabby Turner, Guest Writer May 20, 2024

There is this TikTok video going around whose main message is “Say the weird thing” and I could not have agreed with more. See, throughout my four humble years in high school, I have been known...

Loners cant NOT contribute to society

Loners can’t NOT contribute to society

Jonathan Bowling, Staff Writer May 2, 2024

Many sociologists over the years have said that everyone must contribute to society to make it work. But I'm here to say that the theory is wrong, you don’t really have to. Not contributing to society...

Benson Boone delivers reasonably good first album

Benson Boone delivers reasonably good first album

Emery Schmidt, Staff Writer May 2, 2024

21 year old Benson Boone is aiming for a greater success most artists aspire to achieve. Though his career is just starting, his numbers are nothing if not impressive. I’ve been a laid-back fan and haven’t...

Tortured Poets Department releases some of Swifts finest work

Tortured Poets Department releases some of Swift’s finest work

Peyton Berry, Staff Writer April 25, 2024

After leaving fans waiting since her Grammy-night announcement, Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album finally dropped at midnight on Friday, April 19. Like many fans, I was waiting up so I could be among...

Manhattan Town Center and other MHK locations not tapping potential

Manhattan Town Center and other MHK locations not tapping potential

Advith Natarajan, Managing Editor April 23, 2024

The city of Manhattan recently announced plans for the CiCo park renovation. Additionally, Prom was held at the Manhattan Town Center last weekend. What do these two locations have in common? Well, currently,...

Technology allows digital era of standardized testing

Technology allows digital era of standardized testing

Advith Natarajan, Managing Editor April 23, 2024

As the technological age continues to blossom, the very fabric of education is shifting. Whether it is digitized assignments, online textbooks or online testing, the impact of technology on education has...

The Paradoxical question of Smartphones in School

The Paradoxical question of Smartphones in School

Advith Natarajan, Managing Editor March 28, 2024

With the rise of the digital age, communication has become hyper-efficient. Through text messages, WhatsApp, Messenger or any of the thousands of messaging platforms, the world is connected in a way we...

Creativity in Hollywood Declines

Creativity in Hollywood Declines

Emery Schmidt, Staff Writer March 28, 2024

Most of the movies coming out this year aren’t anything new. We all have favorite movies that we wouldn’t mind there being a sequel to. But it can begin to feel over-rot with the amount of times studios...

Banning Books solves Nothing

Banning Books solves Nothing

Jack Speigel, Senior Staff Writer March 28, 2024

Recently, the topic of “banning books” has been circulating around the country due to an increase in the American culture war. Discussion on this topic has been brought up in many school districts...

Performative existence not a good way to live

Performative existence not a good way to live

Emery Schmidt, Staff Writer March 5, 2024

Our perception of what it means to actually live has become skewed. People nowadays tend to live vicariously through others’ lives instead of living for themselves. We tend to pay the most attention...

School differences not really a caste system

School differences not really a caste system

Jonathan Bowling, Staff Writer March 4, 2024

People have been saying that high school social groups are like a caste system for a long time. However, I don't think that theory is all too accurate. People compare them by saying both have a clear top...

Civics curriculum should be in new graduation requirements

Civics curriculum should be in new graduation requirements

Advith Natarajan, Managing Editor March 4, 2024

The Kansas Department of Education recently approved new graduation requirements for the class of 2028 and onward. The requirements span various subjects, including physical education, health, communications,...

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