Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Homecoming 2020: How we’re celebrating and what we could have done better.
By Emily Saul October 27, 2020 School this year has been anything but normal, and with Prom for the 2019-20 school year having been rescheduled several times and finally cancelled, many did not have their hopes up for a homecoming this school year. And it’s lucky they didn’t. Normally Homecoming here at Norwood is scheduled…
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Election Workers: What They Are and How You Can Help
By Grace Mersch October 26, 2020 With the COVID-19 pandemic still looming over our daily lives, the election looks drastically different this year. The number of absentee ballots (voting by mail) and early voters are remarkably high this year, and COVID-19 protocols are in place at the polls. The only thing that’s missing from this…
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Freshman Emmett Boling
October 23, 2020 What are your favorite things about marching band? I’ve been playing piano since around fifth grade, and being able to play it for a wider audience via marching band is fun. What is your favorite thing about being a part of the LGBTQ? Being able to express myself is nice, and being…
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I Watched the Whole Halloweentown Series so You Don’t Have to
By Teresa Zhang October 23, 2020 In ancient Greece, there was a form of torture known as the “Brazen Bull”, which involved a person being locked inside a metal bull-shaped device and a fire roasting under the device, simultaneously melting the bull and giving the person inside a slow-roasted death. Needless to say, I would…
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Should Norwood Students Return to School Full-time With the Rise in COVID-19 Cases?
By Dillon Jones October 21, 2020 The Norwood Board of Education has called for an additional meeting to take place in the high school gym on Thursday at 6 p.m. They will discuss the results of a parent survey and vote if students should come back five days a week. The vote could potentially alter…
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Student Council Elections 2020
By Brayden Manning October 19, 2020 Students at Norwood High School have been preparing for Student Council elections. These elections began Oct. 8 and will continue until Oct. 13. Despite the ongoing pandemic, NHS is committed to moving forward with its annual tradition of Student Council elections. This year elections have been mainly virtual. Students…
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T’s of the Week
Let’s start off with Thursday: I drove all the way up to Kenwood to go to Red Robin for my dad’s birthday. I had called at 7:25 p.m. to see if they were still taking dine in seating — you know, nothing’s open because of COVID. I had headed up there and got there around…
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Covid-19 or Flu; What Should I do?
By Aurey Barrios October 15, 2020 This fall, with the flu and cold season coming up, COVID-19 is going to get even more confusing. A lot of students need to know when to stay home from school or not. Some might ask what is the criteria to stay home for the safety of other students.…
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Should Children be Allowed to Trick-or-Treat This Year?
By Emily Saul October 13, 2020 Many questions have been raised this year regarding what should be allowed to happen during this very unfortunate pandemic, like which places of work should be closed down, should restaurants close/reopen, should students be able to return to school, etc. One of these that many were hoping would not…
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Senior Rylie Molden
October 9, 2020 Is/was high school exactly how you expected it to be? Explain. High school isn’t how I expected it to be because I didn’t think it would fly by as fast as it did and didn’t expect it to be as challenging as it is, especially when you aren’t completely on top of…
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