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The Mentor

The student news site of Manhattan High School

The Mentor

This bill kills fascists

This bill kills fascists

Jonathan Moon, Opinions Editor March 24, 2026

Since the founding of this country, America is no stranger to political division. People are bound to see the occasional MAGA ballcap or a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag just as much as they would see...

Protest the dolls

Protest the dolls

Jonathan Moon, Opinions Editor February 26, 2026

 Trans rights has become another topic that people feel the need to politicize. People who just want to live their happiest lives have had to meet many roadblocks from others because of fearmongering...

Is social media controlling you?

Is social media controlling you?

Jonathan Moon, Opinions Editor February 14, 2026

Social media is a tapeworm, burrowing into the minds of whomever it comes in contact with. It destroys people’s sense of self, disrupts every chance at sleep and throws you into an endless pit of darkness...

Anatomy of a school dance

Anatomy of a school dance

Jonathan Moon, Opinions Editor February 6, 2026

School dances are one of the key pillars of high school culture. It’s a time when students can come together to let loose in between the hustle and bustle of the school year.  But if you ask...

Cold as ICE

Cold as ICE

Jonathan Moon, Opinions Editor January 27, 2026

Along the freezing roads of Minneapolis, chaos erupted on January 7th as Immigration & Customs Enforcement officers and police encircled a lone SUV riddled with bullet holes. Inside slumped 37-year-old...

EDITORIAL: High school should start later

EDITORIAL: High school should start later

November 19, 2025

This Wednesday, Dec. 3, the USD 383 Start/End Time Committee will meet with the Board of Education at Lincoln Education Center to propose new starting and ending times for next year to accommodate a three-tiered...

EDITORIAL: Gerrymandering must go

EDITORIAL: Gerrymandering must go

Olivia Howe, Opinions Editor November 4, 2025

Gerrymandering, or manipulating electoral maps to favor a certain party or class, has been a part of US politics for almost two centuries. According to the Library of Congress, the term originally poked...

The Pentagon, the press, and the right to know

The Pentagon, the press, and the right to know

Olivia Howe, Opinions Editor October 16, 2025

The Trump Administration has recently made transformative changes at the Pentagon. Transformative, in that many of America’s journalists have quite literally left the building.  Axios News reports...

Letter to the Editor: MHS School Spirit

Kelbey Larchick, Guest Writer October 14, 2025

Given the recent published article addressing the overall lack of school spirit and challenging the efforts of Tribe, we would like to clarify some of the topics discussed. As Manhattan High school fall...

Violence has no place in America

Violence has no place in America

Olivia Howe, Opinions Editor September 19, 2025

As journalists, we on the staff and Editorial Board of The Mentor are dedicated to preserving and protecting the First Amendment, and we strongly assert that no one should lose their life for peacefully...

Improving the phone policy: flexibility is key

Improving the phone policy: flexibility is key

Olivia Howe, Opinions Editor August 30, 2025

In March 2024, a book called the “The Anxious Generation” – a #1 New York Times bestseller linking the youth mental health crisis to devices – was published. In December 2024, Kansas educational...

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