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JROTC Places in Nationals
Photo courtesy from Civilian Marksmanship Program The Wa-Hi JROTC precision rifle team earned fifth place in the National All-Service JROTC Championship on March 22-24. Seniors Kyle Jameson and Karri Mickelson, junior Caitlyn Lasseigne and sophomore Sarah Jameson participated in the competition. “It was a little bit new, a little bit intimidating, but they performed well,” [...] -
Escape from Vacation Boredom Found in Local Movie Theater
With spring break approaching, students staying in Walla Walla find themselves with little to do but flip through television channels and scroll through the profiles of far more interesting Facebook friends. If one finds an extra $9.50 (and perhaps another $3.50 for 3D), one can escape to worlds of adventure, dystopia, fantasy and romance: the [...] -
Addiction Haunts the Internet
Eric Schmidt, the current executive chairman of Google, once said that “The Internet is the first thing that humanity has made that humanity doesn’t understand.” Even today this sentiment proves truer than anyone could have expected back in the mid-1990s, when the Internet was still new. Now we’re beginning to distinguish similarities between how using [...] -
Dance Team Places at State
The Wa-Hi Blue Devils Dance Team took second place in state March 23. The state competition took place at the Yakima Sundome and the Dance Team competed against 14 other teams. “[The routine was] the best of the year,” co-team captain senior Merrit Filan said. The team scored 427 out of 500 while the winning [...] -
College Place Bond Levy
Growing up in Washington State, in the Walla Walla Valley, students in the community have always accepted the union of two small towns, College Place and Walla Walla. Joined together in a proud, spirited, close-knit community of athletic, academic and musical excellence, and nestled before the Blue Mountains, rests this alliance, known as Walla Walla [...] -
New and Old Prom Styles Appearing in Stores
Choosing a prom dress might take hours of scouring the Internet or magazines, and for that perfect outfit for the opposite sex, styles might be dictated by the girl’s attire. This year, styles range from the trendy to the traditional. Mermaid, as the name suggests, means that the evening gown is shaped like a mermaid’s [...] -
Musicians Qualify for State Level Competition
Freshman Jennifer Cho and sophomore Kylie Humphreys will be advancing to the state level competition of the CBMEA Solo and Ensemble music contest after their performance at the regional level at Richland High School on Feb 4. Cho placed first at the regional level and qualified for state for her violin solo. “I didn’t expect [...] -
Spirit Rock’s Origin Revealed
The spirit rock seems trivial. Students walk by it every day, whether they read it or not. They sit on it, they eat lunch around it, and some thrill-seeking boys have even tried jumping over it. But where did the spirit rock come from? The idea for a spirit rock was proposed about six years [...] -
Electronics Become Prevalent in Schools
iPads, Kindles, tablets and laptops. Will these become the new textbooks in Wa-Hi’s future? Apple thinks so. The Apple iPad page states, “Now there’s nothing textbook about the textbook. [...] A Multi-Touch textbook on iPad is one book students won’t want to put down.” Chegg, a textbook buying and renting site, agrees with Apple. Its [...] -
Upperclassman Prepare to Walk Through “Central Park”
Prom will take place in the Rotunda at the Fairgrounds from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. on April 21. The theme of prom is “A Walk Through Central Park.” Tickets will cost $20 per person and will be available for purchase in the ASB Office. Seniors and juniors will nominate the court during English classes [...]
