
Finding a good balance with food can be incredibly hard in a society built on diet culture and glorified binge eating, telling you to be a part of said extremes. Here are...

Sophomore Bradley Ohmes stares into the glowing screen of his grey iPod, watching seniors Colin Saltzar and Maggie Lamons cheering. He closes his eyes, hums along to the beat,...

Baseball Varsity baseball is having a better season, so far, than its previous ones. The team has a record of 5-6, as of Apr. 13. Senior Jack Wineinger leads the batting...

Everyday senior Kelli Adams wakes up and sees a display of sticky notes, marking each day until her 75 days of following a strict regimen would be over. The trending...

As the weather gets warmer and clothes get tinier, diet culture schemes and the promotion of disordered eating behaviors in the media are on the rise yet again. In the...

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Finding a good balance with food can be incredibly hard in a society built on diet culture and glorified binge eating, telling you to be a part of said extremes. Here are...




Finding a good balance with food can be incredibly hard in a society built on diet culture and glorified binge eating, telling you to be a part of said extremes. Here are...





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Sophomore Bradley Ohmes stares into the glowing screen of his grey iPod, watching seniors Colin Saltzar and Maggie Lamons cheering. He closes his eyes, hums along to the beat,...




![Senior Tanner Pruter plays the tenor drum Aug. 31 in Main Gym. The Marching Cougar Pride performed their “Chaos Order” show during the Bonfire Assembly. "[During the performance] the band is split between chaos and order,” Pruter said. “The beginning of the show starts out with chaos and throughout the show, you get little glimpses of order.”](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ejohnson_bonfire_8.31_32-1-900x600.jpg)



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![Juniors Tad Lambert and Lily Reiff watch swim footage Jan. 19 in Room 153. Lambert and Reiff were editing their swim recap for Cougar Roundup. “[KUGR] is such a great environment for creativity but also to form amazing friends,” Lambert said. “KUGR has become like a home for me and I feel like I’ve gotten super close with so many other members.”](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ejohnson_KUGR_7-900x600.jpg)

