By Mike Ennis METALLICA LOAD Metallica’s new album “Load” has got to be their worst album to date. They gave up their heavy metal sound to hop on the alternative bandwagon and they did a bad job of doing so. It’s not that I have anything against alternative music, it’s just when I think ‘Metallica’ … [Read more…]
By Maya Diedrich On a cool spring afternoon in 1996 almost all of the members of Mini School filed into the small auditorium of Minnetonka High School to begin the Mini-School Recognition Night. As we walked in Dan Stevens (an old Mini-Schooler) & Bill Zastara were playing the bongo drums. It set a wonderful mood … [Read more…]
By Kyle Brynteson Chris Utne: Works at Freedom. Cory Clay: Goes to Votech- lives in Brooklyn Park. Aaron Connor: Is going to college in River Falls, Wisconsin and is majoring in Art. He is on a Radio show once a week. He is in a play at his college. He is also looking at other … [Read more…]
By Geoff Boller Recently the administration has been bringing guns into our school. Is there a need? They call him a liaison, but he’s really just an accident waiting to happen. Right now, as far as I know the worst things that are brought to school by students are small jack knives on key chains. … [Read more…]
By Emily Richards Day 1:We arrived at school just like any other day, but after a short briefing from Doug we were on our way to an experience of a life time. We got to Doug’s cabin just in time for lunch. As I was throwing my stuff in my tent, I noticed people on … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg Year 27 of the Mini-School Program has been characterized by the addition of 25 new kids to the program, 2 real successful trips during some of the finest autumn weather we’ve ever had, an air of enthusiasm and seriousness about Mini-School classes and projects, and a terrific kickoff to the calendar drive. … [Read more…]
By Kortnie Hansen Twister is filmed in Oklahoma, during the summer of 1996 when a series of storms were lined up. One hits right after another. A crew of tornado chasers have a device called Dorothy which was designed to get sent up in the tornado and will send back information to a computer about … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg One of the real pleasures in the slate of movie releases in 1996 is Courage Under Fire starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan. I think it’s the best movie I’ve seen in the last year, maybe two. The setting is the Gulf War, Desert Storm, 1991. Denzel Washington plays the part of … [Read more…]
By Steven Kopischke and Geoff Boller Pauline and seven other people went on a bike trip from Fairbault to Mankato. A 100+ mile bike trip. Geoff and I were two of the six young adults on the trip. The beginning of the trip went like this: We arrived at school at 6:30 a.m. which really … [Read more…]
By Toby Marshall This issues’ featured student is Phil Lynott. I got to know Phil on last year’s Arkansas trip. He is a very easy going person. You could put him in any situation, and he would take on any challenge with a smile. I had the pleasure of personally speaking with Phil about his … [Read more…]