By Trish Laumann At $7.20 an hour and the great people I work with, it almost makes me forget I’m working with artificial meat and vegetables that have been pre-packaged for McDonald’s use only. I remember when I first started working there in December 1995. I worked in the back assembling the food that we … [Read more…]
By Jessica Juneau Trisha Laumann Heather Trowbridge Jake Spagenske Leah Shoberg
By Leah Shoberg My first impressions of Mini. The first communication I had with the Mini-School class, as a whole, was during a Tuesday meeting, on my 2nd day in Mini. Doug led the most diverse group of people in “Happy Birthday” in the most creative fashion I’d ever heard. Well, at least that’s how … [Read more…]
By Marcelle Dorenkamp I first entered Mini-school with an overwhelmingly negative perspective on life. I thought, ‘Yes! Now I can just slack off and skip whenever I feel the need to do so’, but boy, did I have another think coming. I did skip, and as a result of that I used up my eight … [Read more…]
By Marcelle Dorenkamp, Jessica Juneau, Mike Phelps, Lacey Landt, Chris Robertson, and Eric Thomas The Drive UpWe all met at school at six in the morning on May 14th (with the exception of Hondo, who decided at the last minute that he would not be joining us.) Of course each of our faces grew long … [Read more…]
By Bobby Lopez April 5, 1997 It’s Saturday morning and we’re getting ready to leave because we have a long drive ahead of us. The concert is in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. From the cities it’s about three hours away. The drive to Lacrosse was long and boring because my friend’s car has no stereo, but the … [Read more…]
By Justin Streeter Sitting in the trip room having our final meeting before the big trip, Doug asked the group if we would like to meet a Mini-School alumnus and tour Arches National Park with her. We all at the time seemed kind of curious and didn’t know what to expect. So we all just … [Read more…]
By Maya Diedrich As I was peacefully enjoying my break from Mini-School one February morning, I spotted my comrade Elissa down the hall at her locker. Since I hadn’t seen her in a while, I walked right over and struck up a conversation. Trying my hardest to relax in an unrelaxable setting, I leaned against … [Read more…]
By Justin Streeter and Chris Wegler (Assisted by Doug Berg) In spite of its difficulties (see Lance Hamlin’s article), winter is full of many fun articles. Many of these activities can only be done in winter. First, there’s snowmobiling. Get together with a group of friends and go riding, see the country, tear a trail … [Read more…]
By Lance Hamlin I woke up at about 7:00, sat-up, and stretched in my new flannels. It’s been getting a little cold these past few nights. When I look out the window my head drops as it shakes slowly. Out past the frosted over windows is what some Minnesotans (including myself) would call the beginning … [Read more…]