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Grande adds depth with added tracks

Grande adds depth with added tracks

Paige LaBelle, Staff Writer May 21, 2025

Ariana Grande has released her deluxe edition of her 2024 album eternal sunshine, eternal sunshine deluxe: brighter days ahead. With six new additional tracks, Grande tells of feelings of love and moving...

MHS theater production class prepares for the One Act Festival

MHS theater production class prepares for the One Act Festival

Divine Atkins, Staff May 21, 2025

Three student-directed shows will take center stage at Merrillville High School as the theater production class presents this year’s One Act Festival. From acting and directing to costume and lighting...

Director Coogler gives horror films twists, turns as Michael B. Jordan plays duel roles

Director Coogler gives horror films twists, turns as Michael B. Jordan plays duel roles

May 15, 2025

Sinners has been a surprising success at the box office, but that’s not surprising because Director Ryan Coogler has never failed to release a good movie.  Every movie Coogler has created has been...

Drake proves he's no loser

Drake proves he’s no loser

Tyler Washington, Staff Writer April 24, 2025

Many people said Drake's career was over after he “lost the rap beef”, but he recently dropped an album that proved this to be false.  This album Some Sexy Songs 4 U sold over 248k units in its...

Minecraft movie sparks nostalgia in childhood fan

Minecraft movie sparks nostalgia in childhood fan

Divine Atkins, Staff April 15, 2025

I’ve been a Minecraft fan for as long as I can remember—since around 2016—and watching the development of this movie has been like following a long-term friend’s journey. When the Minecraft movie...

The Weeknd makes a statement with latest offering

The Weeknd makes a statement with latest offering

Amillio Nesbitt, Staff Writer March 23, 2025

After years of dominating the music industry, The Weeknd has finally released Hurry Up Tomorrow, the last album in what he calls a trilogy following After Hours and Dawn Fm. Fans were excited but also...

The Thespian Troupe celebrates at their state conference.

Theater teacher recognized by state association

March 20, 2025

In his 13th year of teaching theater at MHS, Mr. Thomas Mackey was awarded with the 2025 Outstanding Educator Award by Indiana Thespians at the recent state conference at Avon High School. “I suspected...

Playstation outage reminds us of the importance of physical media

Playstation outage reminds us of the importance of physical media

Jordan Wiggins, Staff Writer March 2, 2025

Wednesday April 20th, 2011. Millions of Playstation players would come home from either school or work to find out they can’t use any online service on their Playstation 3 due to an outage. Every attempt...

Kendrick Lamar scores with Super Bowl show

Kendrick Lamar scores with Super Bowl show

London Morris, Staff Writer February 23, 2025

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance with SZA was a knockout. It's amazing to think back to his first Super Bowl appearance in 2014,when he joined Imagine Dragons for a quick guest spot. He...

Horror movie takes stab at Valentine's Day

Horror movie takes stab at Valentine’s Day

Avion Mathews, Staff Writer February 20, 2025

The new slasher horror, dark comedy Heart Eyes, directed by Josh Ruben is carving out a piece out of Halloween, and adding n romantic twist to horror starring Mason Gooding as Jay and Olivia Holt as Ally....

Squid Games picks up with same success

Squid Games picks up with same success

Max Bushnell, Staff Writer February 15, 2025

Season 2 of “Squid Game” was watched over 126 million times in its first week coming out, climbing to the No. 2 most watched on Netflix in its first week out. With the first season being so successful...

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 marks another success in its movie series

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 marks another success in its movie series

Jaden Steward, Editor January 9, 2025

Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen in late 2024 for a third time. After two successful movies, Sonic’s 3rd movie focuses on a new rival of his: Shadow the Hedgehog, voiced by Keanu Reeves....

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