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Mounds View High School's student news site.

The Viewer

Mounds View High School's student news site.

The Viewer

Mounds View High School's student news site.

The Viewer

Election reflections

Viewer staff and MV students give their opinions on the results of the 2024 election.

[OPINION] The double standards of liberalism

Liberals must confront the disconnect between policy and practice
Vincent Meyer, Spread Editor and Online Managing Editor November 10, 2024

As a lifelong liberal, after the 2016 election, I thought the world would end (it did not) and that anyone who associated with the “other side” was wrong. However, after moving from Vermont, a very...

[OPINION] Don’t forget the other things on the ballot

Sarah Pederson, Guest Writer November 7, 2024

The presidential election is approaching, evident through the copious number of TV commercials, social media posts and flyers in the mail that have appeared over the last few months. While the election...

Illustration by Lillian Landberg

The vote split: People vs. process

The electoral college is the system the United States uses to choose its president. Each state is assigned a number of "electors" based on its population, so when voters cast ballots, they are actually voting for electors who then vote for the president. In most states, the candidate who wins the popular vote gets all of the state's electoral votes.
Carter Ballman, Sidharth Sharma, and Sean Oh November 4, 2024

Illustration by Via Yang

[OPINION] The False Promise of Hustle Culture

Elijah Easton, Opinions Editor October 11, 2024

In recent media, hustle culture — the mindset that emphasizes hard work or “hustling” over balance — has gained significant visibility among teens nationwide, evident in social media trends and...

Screenshot of Apple screen time.

[OPINION] Dopamine fasting isn’t a cure, but it’s a start

Elijah Mattfield, Reviews Editor October 9, 2024

The concept of fasting from dopamine, started by psychiatrist Dr. Cameron Sepah, began as a way to lessen people’s constant exposure to stimuli and control compulsive behaviors. Although controversial,...

Aubrey Drake Graham

“Don’t wake the demon up”

Drake's overall success and influence overpower Lamar's lyrically superior disses.
Maya Gjelhaug and Nikhil Kulangaroth June 12, 2024

It’s important to recognize that Drake wasn’t the one who ignited the beef — that one goes to Lamar who had the first diss with “Motherf*ck the Big Three, it’s just Big Me” in his feature on...

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth

“It’s just Big Me”

Kendrick's clever lyrics clear Drake's poor attempt at dissing him.
Maya Gjelhaug and David Golridge June 12, 2024

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Aubrey Drake Graham (Drake) have a complicated history, and their back and forth dissing spans over a decade. The beef started when Future and Metro Boomin released “We Don’t...

[OPINION] New Voices Passes in MN… finally

[OPINION] New Voices Passes in MN… finally

Around the country, student journalists have exposed corruption, scandals and injustices in their community that would have otherwise gone unnoticed.
Tyler Quattrin, Print Editor-in-Chief and Features Editor June 3, 2024

In 2017, a student journalist from Pittsburg, California, exposed their principal's fraudulent resume claims, leading to her resignation. In 2019, a high school student from Amherst-Pelham Regional High...

Maya Gjelhaug's essay on which she received wonderful marks.

[OPINION] Maybe we shouldn’t be “preparing kids for the real world”

Schools need to replace outdated letter-grading systems with real constructive feedback.
Maya Gjelhaug, Print Editor-in-Chief May 30, 2024

Over the past few years at Mounds View, there has been a lot of contention over one major policy area: late work. When Robert Reetz became principal two years ago, I remember one of his major concerns...

[OPINION] Tradwife trends exclude women of color

[OPINION] Tradwife trends exclude women of color

Sinim Dhuguma, Online Editor-in-Chief April 24, 2024

Until I was 10 years old, I attended a Mennonite school and lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the largest Amish settlement in the United States. Although my family was not Amish, we regularly passed...

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