Each year, High School Juniors around the nation take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (more commonly known as the PSAT/NMSQT) to hedge their chances at massive scholarships...

Before summer 2025, Governor Mike DeWine signed off on Bill 250. However, with the MHS school year starting up, we now have a better idea of what this looks like at Mentor. So let’s dive into everything...

It’s not all men who are to blame, but the under-representation of women in STEM is the result of male-dominated systems that have historically excluded or overlooked women’s contributions. Due to...

Laketran Recent History Laketran’s CEO Ben Capelle stated, “We are thrilled to offer local students the chance to incorporate public transportation with public art. Collaborating with local schools...

Frosty's, McNuggets, and so much more. When the Guardians win games, you win free food! Here's how it works. As MHS students, we yearn for any chance to save money and snag some deals on fast food....

Unexpected Backlash On February 4, 2025, not one, but two Facebook posts were made about my article, “Students Should Have a Say on Board Policies.” This article discussed the ramifications of students...

You hear a distant train rumble. Ashen veils of clouds have been brewing all day, finally deciding to release their thrust of rain during the evening. The wind has picked up, but the sound of the storm...

History The Bill of Rights was not initially in the Constitution, but Anti-Federalists thought that more individual rights needed to be stated so that way they could not be taken away. Before America...

What do people in Mentor, Ohio think about political ads? How could political ads improve their effectiveness? To answer these questions, we created a survey to determine how teenagers and adults felt...

As the nation grapples with changing immigration policies, one executive order by President Donald Trump is stirring deep constitutional and ethical concerns. The Fourteenth Amendment states that all those...

Three years of war—three years of sorrow, pain, despair, and hope that it will all end soon. In these three years, everything has changed: Ukrainian lands, the Ukrainian people, their way of thinking,...

Early June 2024 - My older brother, Andrew, has not even left yet, but I am writing him his first letter. I want one waiting for him when he gets there. If the P.O. Box is open, my hand is writing. Soon,...