November 2017 – The Mirror

Snow Club gearing up For winter weather

November 17, 2017

By EMMA SCHULFER The Mirror reporter Stevens Point Area High School (SPASH) skiers and snowboarders are getting ready for this year's snow season. An informational meeting was recently held to enlighten the skiers and...

Top SPASH musicians perform in state honors ensembles

November 17, 2017

Filed under News, Uncategorized

By KAITLYN HERMAN The Mirror reporter The Wisconsin School Music Association has been giving recognition to top musicians for nearly 50 years and this year, six talented Stevens Point Area Senior High music students were...

FCCLA/HOSA Health-O-Ween scaring away bad habits

November 17, 2017

Filed under News, Uncategorized

By MAI YIA LEE The Mirror reporter Changing bad habits later in life can be difficult, it’s better to start learning healthy habits at a young age, which is why on Monday, Oct. 23, Tuesday, Oct. 24, and Thursday, Oct....

Technology and Engineering Department gears for the future

November 17, 2017

Filed under Features

By DESTINY MATUSZAK The Mirror reporter The Technology and Engineering Education department is constantly changing with the times. Students who take these classes have many great opportunities. These classes can hel...

Gamers’ Alliance provides fun and friendships

November 17, 2017

Filed under News

By JAYNA SALVINSKI The Mirror reporter Stevens Point Area High School has a wide variety of clubs including the Gamers’ Alliance of Stevens Point (GASP), club based on the principle that games are fun and playing those...

The Daily Dose Nov. 17, 2017

November 17, 2017

Filed under News

International: According to Al Jazeera the Zimbabwean military took control of the state media, government offices, the country capital, Harare and put the president under house arrest on Wednesday. Since then, the military has...

Personal Finance gets the gold

November 17, 2017

Filed under News

By SYDNEY CLARK The Mirror reporter Athletes may be honored for their prowess with a gold medal, but Stevens Point Area Senior High’s (SPASH) personal finance classes have been honored with a gold standard. Next Generation...

More and more teens pick up the habit of vaping

November 17, 2017

Filed under Sports and Wellness

By EMILY SEPPELT The Mirror reporter In this modern world, we have managed to upgrade almost everything in our lives, including cigarettes. A new culture has emerged around the practice of vaping among many teens. There...

Tanking growing in popularity among professional sport franchises

November 17, 2017

Filed under Sports and Wellness

By AUSTIN STANKOWSKI The Mirror reporter In recent years professional sports franchises have started to embrace the idea of becoming really bad in the present so you can hopefully be good in the future. This idea of bec...

Poverty’s impact on health and well-being

November 17, 2017

Filed under Sports and Wellness

By CIA SIAB VAJ The Mirror reporter Stevens Point’s population is 26,769 and 25.8 percent of those people are in poverty (Data USA). By numbers, there are more white people in poverty, but percentage wise more POC (People...

To learn and to give

November 17, 2017

Filed under Opinion

By ASHLEY VANG The Mirror reporter I want you to think for a second about all the things you have in life: the people, the material possessions, the opportunities, and life itself. It’s natural for humans to complain when...

Give hunting a shot

November 17, 2017

Filed under Opinion

By NICK WACHOWIAK The Mirror reporter It would be great if everybody gave hunting a try once. Not only do you go and experience the outdoors but also get physical exercise and try different activities. Hunting teaches people...