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Manhattan Mention Episode 2

Meredith Comas and Hannah Loub May 14, 2020

Hosts Hannah Loub and Meredith Comas talk to three students who are achieving excellence in areas of interest in academics, sports, music and service to others, to discover what keeps them working hard...

Generation Z unfairly represented

Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief January 15, 2020

Dear Reader,  Those who know me, as I hope you do, know I am a lover of books and rarely am able to find one that manages to squeeze out of me such a fury as to label it “not worth the word count.”  Then...

Debate continues season, moves on to National Qualifiers

Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2019

The Manhattan High debate team is moving full speed ahead in their competition season, taking on Clay Center High and Maize High School this weekend, their last regular competitions before National Qualifiers...

Field Station 4 an intellectual thrill

Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief November 25, 2019

“Field Station 4” by Charles Lindsay -- a new space-themed exhibit at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art -- really started in the room beside it, when the abstract sounds of space trembled alongside...

NHS plans for eventful end of semester

Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief November 18, 2019

The Manhattan High chapter of National Honors Society is in for an eventful end of first semester, starting this weekend by doing a can drive for local food pantries, along with raking leaves for staff...

Junior Taylor Claussen hold the safety lights while participating in SADDs Red Ribbon Week. The week promoted healthy habits in MHS students, whether it be in things like drugs or every day actions.

SADD hosts annual Red Ribbon Week

Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief November 4, 2019

Students Against Destructive Decisions took up the fight to combat the day-to-day routine of fall last week by hosting student activities for Red Ribbon Week, an annual event observed in the last week...

Debate makes top ten at Hutchinson

Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief October 28, 2019

Following their wins in the last week at the Silver Lake and Salina South debate tournaments, Manhattan High debate is continuing their success streak, placing teams in the top ten in Varsity and Kansas...

Netflix’s ‘The Politician’ a cinematic victory

Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief October 7, 2019

Politics: it’s the drab, dull and down-right dirty wheel that keeps democracy alive and well. Vividly imaginative, cinematically thrilling and eye-catching? Maybe only to the few with a love-love relationship...

‘Downton’ movie witty, slightly disappointing

Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief September 23, 2019

The beginning notes of John Lunn’s “The Suite” begins to fill the theater as it’s E to A piano notes surround the popcorn-stained seats.  Something begins to feel different -- timeless....

Saving adventure

Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief September 16, 2019

Dear reader, Hello again from the other side of a computer screen with a blank document and an electric cursor. It’s nice to see you. Once again I find myself as I usually am on afternoons such...

Their own rhythm

Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief September 9, 2019

Music -- it’s a daily habit for most. In the car. In the shower. Walking to math class. Doing homework. The rhythmic beats and melodies we adore have become an almost instantaneous commodity provided...

Junior class principle Benjamin Jimenez -- a new addition to the Manhattan High administrative team -- stands in front of the Prentup Commons, his usual hangout during lunch and passing periods.

2A to 6A

Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief September 9, 2019

12:40 p.m. It’s lunchtime at Manhattan High.  It’s Friday, Sept. 6. Students begin flooding in and out of the front entrance for lunch; others begin taking their seats, blanketing the wood-paneled...

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