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This guy perfectly exemplifies the modern driver: safe, attentive and content.

Driving is bliss

Brendan Davidson, parsnip editor March 17, 2019

*This piece is entirely satirical Driving is supposedly a chore. I think driving is joyous. And it’s only getting better. More people are on the road, phones provide entertainment while we drive and...

Art by Tatum Shore-Fitzgerald.

Jump on the bandwagon

Tom Mueller, features writer December 6, 2018

Jean ‘Sister Jean’ Dolores Schmidt, the 99-year-old un-official mascot for the University of Loyola-Chicago Ramblers men’s basketball team, became the idol of every bandwagon fan in March. She is...

Bit Bubble: My Dreams of Becoming a Crypto King

Bit Bubble: My Dreams of Becoming a Crypto King

Jack Bugee, parsnip editor May 14, 2018

On the brink of riches, or so I thought. From the first investment, I knew I would be on top of the world. Throwing money at the internet with an unclear way of how to take it out was a business venture...

The Environment Sucks and Why You Should be Killing It

The Environment Sucks and Why You Should be Killing It

Jack Bugee, opinions writer April 25, 2018

I’ve been meaning to get something off my chest for a while. Seeing everybody talking about saving the environment has started to really grind my gears. It’s insane how far some go to protect something...

Erin Bugee

Blocked websites

Quentin Stepp, copy editor February 13, 2018

*This piece is entirely satirical Ever since we first got the iPads back in the glory days of middle school, the semi-permeable membrane that is the Kirkwood firewall has protected us from harmful websites...

Celia Bergman

The name game

Izzy Colón, copy editor November 16, 2017

*This piece is entirely satirical Brian is at the golf course. As he gets an afternoon to golf with the guys, a constant rush of names flows through his head; his wife is expecting a baby in a few months....

Wing Crosbys eulogy

Wing Crosby’s eulogy

Ally Ortmann, features writer October 13, 2017

*This piece is entirely satirical, well besides the tragic death of Wing Crosby It seems we know the feeling of grief all too well at KHS. Yet again we have lost one of our own in the wake of the tragic...

Not the final test

Not the final test

Jack Rintoul, opinions writer December 16, 2016

*This is a piece of satire* With finals season upon us, I thought it would be a perfect time to reflect on the greatest resume builder for students: test taking. Every year about this time students...

Lets make standardized testing great again

Let’s make standardized testing great again

Max Shulklapper, copy editor January 22, 2016

It’s easy to think standardized tests like the ACT are just simple benchmarks used to measure students’ learning as they head towards higher education. The truth is, in fact, these examinations are...

Trumping radicalism

Robson Ali, opinions writer December 9, 2015

After the terrible tragedy that was San Bernardino, one man continues to engender goodwill and attempt to bring Americans together. Donald Trump. While some people may see his idea to ban all Muslim travel...

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