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The Mentor

The Mentor

The student news site of Manhattan High School

The Mentor

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...

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...

School Board Needs to Improve Communication

School Board Needs to Improve Communication

Advith Natarajan, Managing Editor October 23, 2023

The Board of Education plays a central role in the education of its students. Their decisions directly impact the daily lives of staff and students alike. Like any governing body, the board’s aim is...

Senior exit project should be required

Kris Long, Opinions Editor May 13, 2019

For seniors whose last May at Manhattan High has come and is diminishing quickly, this is the last chance to put the finishing touches on all they have worked towards in the past four years. Whether this...

Vaccination is necessary, disease easily preventable

Brianna Carmack, Opinions Editor April 29, 2019

Diseases, such as measles and typhoid fever, have reached a point in which they are getting progressively more and more uncommon… until now. After the recent measles outbreak in New York, California,...

Is the school’s self-defense/fighting policy fair

Kris Long, Junior News Editor December 17, 2018

The current school policy on fighting is a zero-tolerance-of-violence policy, meaning anyone involved in a fight is automatically suspended out of school for one day. Is this really a fair policy? Is it...

Media literacy proves beneficial for everyone

Brianna Carmack, Opinions Editor November 13, 2018

As support for mainstream media declines, media literacy is becoming less important than it should be. According to MediaLiteracy.com, media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, communicate...

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