Xochitl Salazar , Writer
December 1, 2021 • No Comments
A couple years ago, Coon Rapids High School received $13 million to add an additional 19,500 square feet to the building. One of the biggest additions of space was the atrium, which was thankfully completed in time for the...
Hamdi Hussein, Writer
December 1, 2021 • No Comments
This is how I overcame my fear of water. It is not the typical fear of huge water or oceans, but the fear of drowning.. Again. I once drowned when I was in the 6th grade and it will forever be a day to remember. It was...
Kevin Genis Tlaseca, Writer
December 1, 2021 • No Comments
This year has been a strange one for everyone. School just started full time and many of us are back in school. So, I wanted to know how students and teachers are seeing this year so far, and wanted to know their opinions...
Najwa Al Zaghir, Writer
November 30, 2021 • No Comments
Is it worth it, becoming a teacher? That is one question students looking into becoming a teacher all can relate to and want an answer to as well. When this question is asked to your ordinary everyday person, the usual...
Caine Novak, Writer
November 15, 2021 • No Comments
Blue Sun Soda Shop is, as they proudly boast, “The Greatest Shop To Ever Exist.” While I will try and remain unbiased, it’s hard to not feel a strong emotional attachment to the store that sends you 65 years into the...
Hurriyya Jilbe, Writer
February 16, 2021 • No Comments
Until 1865, she would have been a slave. Until 1964, she would have gone to a segregated school. Until 1965, she couldn't have voted. Until 2021, The United States of America hadn't seen a woman have a seat in the White House....
Alexa Schraut, Staff Writer
December 30, 2020 • No Comments
Take a minute, imagine yourself designing, watching, and overseeing the construction of a building. Well that is what construction management is in a jist. Exploring construction management entails many things such as, what...
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Loading ...Denise Roberts, Writer
December 5, 2021 • No Comments
Ever heard about events such as Homecoming and Spirit Week around school? Well, little did you know that there is a long process before those events are presented to us, the...
Ella Noe, Writer
April 20, 2021 • No Comments
As a Freshman or Sophomore in high school, there’s no reason you should be thinking about college already, right? You’ve got a few years before you have to start worrying...
Sofia Del Fratte, Writer
January 10, 2020 • No Comments
“We are single handedly destroying our planet and trashing the ocean. I just want the Earth to be beautiful but it's being destroyed,” said, Izzy Guerdette. Climate...
IJ Fall Contributors (1-15), Trinity Geyer #9
November 28, 2018 • No Comments
Being an employed student can be a struggle, but it’s worth it in the end. There are plenty of advantages to having a job, like not having to beg your parents for money...
IJ Fall Contributors (16-32), Peyton Taylor #27
November 28, 2018 • No Comments
Between the years 2007 through 2008, over one billion people didn’t have access to clean water. Those numbers may have gone down over the years, but they are still alarmingly...
November 9, 2018
Elections were just held for the Midterm election. This election was extremely important for the states...
November 2, 2018
You just woke up. Your eyes slowly flap-open and closed. Where am I? Who is the person kneeling over...
April 24, 2018
On April 20th, 2018, the nineteenth anniversary of Columbine, many students from Coon Rapids High School...
Shacheyanna (SJ) Johnson, Writer
February 17, 2022 • No Comments
“Mr. Johnson?” A voice calls from the doorway. “Is there a Mr. Johnson?” “Oh! Right here.” A man hurriedly stood up from the waiting area. Seated between a plastic fern and a table full...
Emmalee Altepeler, Writer
February 17, 2022 • No Comments
You hear the knife before you feel it. A whoosh as it displaces the air. A sickening squish as it bites into your skin. That’s when the pain comes. It’s like the powerful waves of the ocean, burying...
Shacheyanna (SJ) Johnson, Writer
November 11, 2021 • No Comments
Blessed are the little children, snuggled in their beds. Consensus is that instead of pillows of cotton, and mattresses with springs, those same children are laying down in cages instead. All...
Lidia Berhanu, Staff Writer
May 4, 2021 • No Comments
We are told that darkness is something we need to turn our faces away from. Yes, wallowing is futile. But darkness is not. There is a dynamic in sadness that (in my eyes) is split into two aspects...
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