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Madness mode: on
February 18, 2025
Ffion Curtain, Online Managing Editor
Mark your calendars as that march madness is now counting down the days until brackets and pools open! The 2025 March Madness tournament starts with “Selection Sunday” on March 16. There will be 68 teams out of 355 that will play in the NCAA tournament for men’s basketball. Here’s who and...
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Puzzle | Crossword Feb. 18, 2025
February 18, 2025
Dominic Burnett, Puzzlemaster
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Opinions
Opinion | Cupid’s arrow of capitalism
February 14, 2025
Elijah Latronica, Staff Writer
It feels like every year young love is turned into an ode to money, especially on Feb. 14. Buy your girlfriend chocolates, and flowers, or else you don’t love her. Admittedly, every holiday is commercialized. Christmas has all the gift-giving, and Halloween has us buying large bags of sugar rot...
Features
Love in the air
February 14, 2025
Sydney Boswell, Staff Writer
Valentine's Day was Friday, and students at MCHS celebrate in unique ways. In years past, MCHS has done various ways of celebrating Valentine's Day. At Freshman Campus, students could purchase “Crush” cans and send them to their crushes, friends or significant others. At Upper Campus, students...
Arts & Entertainment
Anticipation time
February 14, 2025
Bri Lucansky, Staff Writer
The 2025 Oscars are going to be hosted on Mar. 2, 2025. The final nominations have been released and it has many people talking about what they were expecting, and what they want to happen at the awards show in March. As the nominations have been circulating through the media, people have been sharing...

Sports
Madness mode: on
March madness has an official countdown
February 18, 2025
Ffion Curtain, Online Managing Editor
Puzzles
Puzzle | Crossword Feb. 18, 2025
For today’s puzzle, here’s a crossword puzzle all about Valentine's Day
February 18, 2025
Dominic Burnett, Puzzlemaster
Opinions
Opinion | Cupid’s arrow of capitalism
Lately, instead of shooting his arrow straight into the heads of lonely singles, it seems like Cupid’s arrow is headed straight toward fat stacks of dollar bills
February 14, 2025
Elijah Latronica, Staff Writer
Features
Love in the air
MCHS and its students show their Valentine’s Day spirit in various ways leading up to the holiday
February 14, 2025
Sydney Boswell, Staff Writer
Arts & Entertainment
Anticipation time
The Oscars is one of the most anticipated award shows of the whole year, this year they’re being held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California
February 14, 2025
Bri Lucansky, Staff Writer

Because many have criticized Illinois’s state flag as a “seal on a bedsheet,” state officials are letting people in Illinois vote for an new flag based on several citizen-designed options.

Grace Crockett, News Editor • February 13, 2025

Illinois opens up a vote for citizens to decide on a potential state flag redesign until Feb. 14. A contest to redesign the Illinois state flag received nearly 5000 entries from participants all over the state of Illinois. They now have selected ten options for the public to vote on, the vote will happen on Feb. 14. The vote is more an advisory...