Meghan Dincler | Online Editor After switching out their backpacks for military uniforms, some seniors are getting ready to head off to boot camp. When high schoolers consider going into the military, they are presented with a few options. They could go to basic training and then straight into the military as their full time job, known as “active duty”. […]
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Meghan Dincler | Online Editor Ominous codes and encrypted files are the stuff of thriller novels. But these mysterious items are being brought to the real world through Alternate Reality Games. The popularity of Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) is on the rise on social platforms such as Reddit and present a way for people to solve a mystery with nothing […]
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Meghan Dincler | Online Editor As the Class of 2021 is preparing to graduate, some seniors are planning to compete for their future careers. Those who choose to enter competitive fields — such as acting, music, and writing — must consider the difficulties they will face both in and after college. Senior Claire Northcut plans to major in musical theater […]
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Abby Waechter | Staff Writer The Mason Comets girls basketball team pushed their record to 20-0 and in the process captured a district championship with a 60-44 win over the Springboro Panthers on Saturday, February 27 at Princeton High School. After Springboro jumped ahead of Mason in the first quarter 15-13, coupled with junior forward Kyla Oldacre going to the […]
Read moreMeghan Dincler | Online Editor 5 Seconds of Summer. One Direction. BTS. Talented, famous boy bands, ridiculed for having a fanbase of largely teenage girls. Why is it that we, as a society, have such a disdain for content with a primarily young female audience? You hear all the time that this kind of music is mindless; “bubblegum pop,” if […]
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Divy Bose | Sports Writer On Wednesday, January 27, the Mason Girls Basketball team defeated the Sycamore Aviators 46-27. It was senior night for the league-leading and second-ranked team in the state. Prior to the game, the team celebrated seniors Marilyn Popplewell, CC Cary, Riley Cosimi, and Kate Cooper. Mason came out of the gate hot going up 12-4 after […]
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Meghan Dincler | Online Editor While the fate of the Mason High School prom is still uncertain, the MHS administrative staff is expecting to have to modify the event in order to comply with safety guidelines if they want to still host a dance or prom related festivities. After homecoming was cancelled, many Juniors and Seniors at Mason High School […]
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Meghan Dincler | Online Editor Art has the ability to inspire– to teach people something about themselves and about those around them. Now, that art is beginning to make its way into Mason through an up-and-coming student-run project. A Presentation of Minds is a project led by Audrey Galloway, a junior who started it as a way to raise awareness […]
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Lexi Brown | Staff Writer and Designer City of Mason police officer Karli Dyer is moving up the ladder from officer to sergeant after 10 long and rewarding years as the Resource Officer at Mason High School. Starting Tuesday, January 19 Sergeant Dyer will be in charge of her own crew of officers and move to third shift for the […]
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Meghan Dincler | Online Editor Two hundred and seventy six days since March 13. 276 days since the announcement of the first quarantine. Now, Mason High School is slowly becoming more and more equipped to combat the Coronavirus. As the country receives more information on COVID, the quarantine options fluctuate. Now, Mason City Schools is giving students three different quarantine […]
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Braden Osborn | Staff Writer & Chronicle Sports Staff Mason High School has finally pinned down equal opportunity on the wrestling mat. This winter marks the first year that MHS will field an entire girls’ wrestling team. Not only is this a year of firsts for the Mason program it is the first time wrestling for several young women who […]
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Meghan Dincler | Online Editor Internet culture has seen many trends come and go, and many teenagers today are expressing themselves through a rising form of fashion: alternative. As trends have changed, many styles of alternative fashion have become more prominent. Often, alternative fashion means dark makeup, fishnets, and piercings, but in its most broad definition, it is fashion that […]
Read moreMeghan Dincler | Online Editor 2020 came with a historic edition of the fashion magazine Vogue: the first edition with a man as the sole focus of the cover. That man was British singer and actor Harry Styles, posed on the front of the magazine with ring-clad hands blowing up a light blue balloon, looking stunning as ever in a […]
Read moreMeghan Dincler | Staff Writer What do you think of when you think of a traditional future? A man, a woman. Two kids, decent sized house, maybe a cat or dog. But for a lot of people, that’s not what they want. There are those that don’t want to have kids, or who don’t want to get married, or (God […]
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Meghan Dincler | Online Editor It might have been their most satisfying performance of the year, but it was only witnessed by a handful of parents and 67,000 empty seats. That was the reality for the Mason Marching Band’s final performance at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on October 24. Due to their inability to perform at competitions this season […]
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Meghan Dincler | Online Editor Pen touches paper, creating a permanent line. Artists spend hours planning one stroke, sketching and erasing over and over– but that all goes out the window when Inktober rolls around. Inktober is an event that artists around the world participate in, frequently through social media. Lists are created of single word or single phrase prompts, […]
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Grace Bagadiong- Senior Tell us a bit about yourself? What kind of things do you like to do, hobbies, fun facts, etc.? My name is Grace Bagadiong and I’m a senior here at MHS. Some of my favorite hobbies are reading books and writing because they help me learn how the world works and it teaches me new things everyday. […]
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