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The Mentor

The Mentor

The student news site of Manhattan High School

The Mentor

Social Skills

Social Skills

Elizabeth Thornley, Staff Writer February 26, 2024

I always feel unlucky when it comes to getting schedules with my friends. It would be nice to be able to have time during the day to socialize with friends. A small ten minute break for talking to friends...

Schools Need More Events Other Than Sports

Schools Need More Events Other Than Sports

Hadley Berry, Staff Writer February 26, 2024

Having more school events other than sport events can increase the chances of more kids engaging in school events and activities schools would host for the students, students at events can find others...

Disney Trips Should Occur More Often

Disney Trips Should Occur More Often

Hayden Decker, Staff Writer February 26, 2024

Manhattan High School should hold a choir/drama/band “Disney World Trip" every year instead of every three years. Everyone will have more of an opportunity to participate in the field trip as they will...

Social Medias Effect on your attention span

Social Media’s Effect on your attention span

Kael Stock, Staff Writer February 26, 2024

Tiktok and other social media apps such as Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, and more have caught on to the new trend of reels. Reels are little one minute clips of people doing anything. This...

Changing the quality of school lunches

Changing the quality of school lunches

Shay Young, Staff Writer February 20, 2024

Should schools change their quality of lunches? Schools should change school lunches for multiple reasons. More than 30 million students trudge through the school lunch lines, and typically hate it because...

The Dilemma of Hallway Traffic

The Dilemma of Hallway Traffic

Charleigh Nelson, Staff Writer February 20, 2024

There are a lot of people here at Manhattan High School, between all of the teachers and students. Especially with the freshmen now being here at west campus. And everyone knows about how ridiculous it...

Small businesses and the untapped potential of Manhattan

Small businesses and the untapped potential of Manhattan

Advith Natarajan, Managing Editor February 8, 2024

Manhattan, Kansas, is located in the heartland of America. To the naked eye, not much happens here. After all, we are just a small college town of around 50,000 residents. Yet, many overlook the potential...

Children Need their Childhood

Children Need their Childhood

Emery Schmidt, Staff Writer February 8, 2024

The days of children running barefoot in grass and making messes for the fun of it are over. Fantasizing about toy stores and having an endless supply of candy couldn't seem more distant from what children...

Pokemon With Guns

Pokemon With Guns

Elizabeth Thornley, Staff Writer February 3, 2024

Palworld, also known as “Pokemon with guns,” came out on Jan. 19 with a Boom.  Palworld is very similar to many different games like Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Pokemon and Minecraft....

Promposals sap the fun out of dances.

Promposals sap the fun out of dances.

Jack Speigel, Senior Staff Writer January 28, 2024

With Manhattan High School’s Sub-Deb Dance right around the corner, high school students are scrambling to find dates to the dance. However, what should start as an easy “You down?” turns into a...

Conan Gray “Youre Killing Me” single

Conan Gray “You’re Killing Me” single

Alejandra Parma, Staff Writer January 2, 2024

You’re killing me. That's how we feel when we realize someone we love wholeheartedly is not a person whose  meant to be in our live, but we love them too much to let go. “Killing Me” is also...

Manhattan High needs more representation

Manhattan High needs more representation

Luke Romo, Staff Writer December 11, 2023

The “Indian” has been a mascot at Manhattan High School for many years. But during the month of November, which is also Native American Heritage Month, we did not see much talk about it.  We...

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