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Slovakian students hope to learn from their experiences

by | September 29, 2016 | Briefs, Talon | 0 Comments

Juniors Karolina Kamenska and Katarína Skyvorá settle into life at Minnehaha For junior Slovakian exchange students Karolina Kamenska and Katarína Skyvorá, both are working to settle into a culture that is very different from their own. "You see all the new...
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Gardening as therapy

by | May 23, 2016 | Features, Talon | 0 Comments

Green-thumbed individuals are seeing the effects of "horticulture therapy," whether they see it as therapy or not When the sun has climbed above the horizon, a small girl and her grandmother slide through the doors of a farmhouse, maneuvering across the hill to a...
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Three decades of kindness

by | May 23, 2016 | Features, Talon | 0 Comments

The noise in the freshman hallway is constant, a steady rhythm of thumping feet and chattering voices. As students make their way past the prayer chapel and a row of lockers, they turn into a classroom on their right. The second the door is opened, Earth, Wind &...
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Deity Sullivan: Writing

by | May 2, 2016 | Creative Arts, Writing | 0 Comments

"The Peddles that Remain" - Deity Sullivan After all the flower are picked up And only peddles remain, Small tears of the feeble children cover the desolate place Like morning dew. Furious she was, to her father he went "Father, why must you cast us into sorrow? What...
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T Time #1:

by | Nov 7, 2017

T Time Episode 1: Mr. Robbins, Mr. Larson, Kayla Williams Watercolor painting and a chat with Téa McLawhorn, new...