Apologies for Sins of Omission By Doug Berg Things get awfully busy in Mini-School as the end of the year approaches. At the end of the last year, canoe trips, South Dakota trips, bike trips, and Woman’s Issues trips were all going on. Classes, of course, were happening, preparations were being made for a superb … [Read more…]
ALUMNI NEWS: Sue Ree ‘83: Sue is working as a skin-care specialist in the area and is a personal trainer at the Marsh. She has sold about a dozen calendars for Mini-School. It should also be noted that she competed in the Border to Border triathlon in August. This event goes from the Iowa border … [Read more…]
Meandering through Mini-School By Doug Berg We are into year 26 of Mini – School! As most of you know, Randy and I have been involved with Mini-School since the beginning. Either because of our increasing ages or because of the fact that 25 years is a long time to be involved with anything, … [Read more…]
By Missi Swanson and Gabe Hargrove The year is finally coming to an end, and that means saying good-bye to the seniors (or at least those who graduate). So we the seniors take along with us the memories of high school and leave the rest of you our worldly wisdom and most prized possessions (to … [Read more…]
By Jenny Case and Lola Ulvog Respectively In my opinion Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson, and Geddy Lee are gods. Luminaries. Men of wax. In fact, I bet they can all walk on water and turn their blood into wine. They are so cool. If they died they would probably rise from the dead and push … [Read more…]
By Angie Peterson I saw this movie a few weeks ago and it wasn’t very realistic, it was definitely a movie. It was about roommates at Harvard in their senior year getting really stressed out over graduation. One of them, Monty, finds a homeless man and they change each others lives. Monty becomes more light-hearted … [Read more…]
By Missi Swanson Editor’s Note: Missi Swanson’s mother, Lori Srodola, was a Mini-School student back in the early years of the program. Mini-School daughter interviews Mini-School mom. When did you start attending Mini?My junior year in 1974. Why did you decide to go?I wasn’t going to school regularly, I skipped a lot, and I needed … [Read more…]
By Alison Grahn On April 4, 1994 at 6:12 A.M. my son arrived, weighing in at 7 lbs. 11 oz. He was twenty and a quarter inches long. I named him Lucas James Grahn, James after my father. Both my delivery and my pregnancy didn’t go too well. The last two months of my pregnancy … [Read more…]
By Jenny Bedford A man named Andy Peterson attends his grandmothers funeral only to be delivered a letter telling him that his grandmother smuggled cocaine for five years to pay for his college. His grandmother writes “Andy you must get into contact with Henry Man the 12th St. precinct detective, he is the person I … [Read more…]
By Lola Ulvog This film was very gripping. This may be partly due to the fact that Brandon Lee died making it. It is based on a comic and the plot revolves around revenge. Brandon Lee stars as a man who was pushed out of a 3 story window after watching his fiance raped and … [Read more…]