Owen Hoffner Articles

The wild world of Wordle

by Owen Hoffner | May 24, 2022 | Features, Multimedia, Talon

Why has Wordle, a five-letter word guessing game, taken the internet by storm? Play the Talon Staff's Minnehaha-themed Wordles below: Wordle 1 Wordle 2 Wordle 3 Wordle 4 Beep, beep, beep! Your...

What is an NFT?

by Owen Hoffner | Apr 20, 2022 | Arts, Talon

The strange world of NFTs Bored Apes? CryptoPunks? Randomly generated doodles of cats selling for $20,000? These so-called "NFTs" have taken the digital world by storm and caused mass hysteria, but...

Royalty in the making

by Owen Hoffner | Dec 6, 2021 | Award Winners, Sports, Talon

A closer look at what defines Prince Aligbe Prince Aligbe. The name has been familiar to Minnehaha students and sports fans since he arrived at the school in 7th grade. Now a senior, Aligbe is an...

Two green thumbs up

by Owen Hoffner | Nov 1, 2021 | Features, Talon

Neighborhood community-supported agriculture garden gives environmental benefits to city and community 10 years ago, on any given day one might have seen George, a South Minneapolis man, on his...

Minneapolis moving mayhem

by Owen Hoffner | Jun 2, 2021 | Features, Talon

Residents resisting itch to leave city despite summer's unrest The drone of helicopters fills the humid June air. Flames flare up as buildings are burnt to a crisp. Masses of people run rampant...

Paying College Athletes?

by Owen Hoffner | Jan 22, 2021 | Briefs, Talon

Supreme Court agrees to hear NCAA on athlete compensation On December 16, 2020, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case presented by the NCAA regarding student-athlete compensation, particularly in...