OHS Honors MoH Recipient
Austin Oberbillig
May 3, 2012
“[His] unarmed helicopter came under such intense enemy fire that the ground commander ordered the second flight of eight aircraft to abort their mission,” read Bruce Perry Crandall’s Congressional Medal of Honor citation, presented in the White House on February 26th, 2007. This Friday, May 4th,... Read more »
Kony 2012: Scam on Cam?
Shalyn Carbonel
March 30, 2012
A viral web video believes that YOU can stop the death of and mutilation of hundreds of children far away. Can you, a teenager in Olympia, WA, seriously stop a warlord? “The people of the world see each other and can protect each other. It’s turning the system upside down and changing everything.” ... Read more »
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, One Well at a Time
Elizabeth Fela
March 30, 2012
Senior Allie Clerget is running The Water Project at our school. The Water Project is a non-profit organization that, with our help, builds wells in the African countries of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Sudan. The students and teachers in our school tend to be very generous, as clubs such... Read more »
Pink Slime: A Bio-Hazard in Your Lunch?
Andrea Verschuyl
March 30, 2012
How would you feel if you opened your hamburger to find a large dollop of ammonia-treated, meaty goo settling like putrid mayonnaise on your sesame bun? Maybe this discovery was made after you took your first bite, surprised by the strange aftertaste on your tongue. Perhaps you only realized your delicious... Read more »
New Superintendant To Be Announced
Jonah Barrett
March 5, 2012
Due to the announced retirement of current superintendent Bill Lahmann, Olympia High School will soon be in need of a new qualified individual to take the now-opened title. The choice is an important one, says Ryan Bentz, Director of Communications and Community Regulations: “The decisions of... Read more »
OHS Set to Receive New Milk Dispensers
Corbin Foster
February 22, 2012
Every year, our school goes through approximately 621,000 milk cartons. That’s enough to completely fill two classrooms or 189 pickup trucks. District officials and environmentally conscious students both felt that was too much, so starting February 22nd, OHS will become the first public high school... Read more »
Oil Spill to Spoil U.S. Water Supply?
Jackie Pleus
January 30, 2012
TransCanada, the largest oil company in Canada has been lobbying U.S. lawmakers to allow them to build a pipeline through the heart of America, and over one of the nations largest water supplies (the Ogallala aquifer), to transport oil made from Canada’s vast “tar sands.” As noted on... Read more »
NCLB: No More?
Michaela Berendt
November 29, 2011
The No Child Left Behind programs: The ideal that all American students need to reach proficiency in English and Math and other studies by 2014, is changing. Gone are the days of the federally required HSPE or WASL. States can now apply for waivers excluding them from standardized testing (Though the... Read more »
Occupy Olympia!
Austin Oberbillig
November 18, 2011
As some of you already know, the Occupy Wall Street movement (OWS) has slowly but steadily driven its way to our hometown, Olympia, Washington. At the time of this writing, 250 people and 100 tents are currently occupying Heritage Park. After a recent visit to the extensive Occupy Olympia site at Heritage... Read more »
Occupy Wall Street: Aimless Movement or Misrepresented Protest?
David Jaques
November 2, 2011
[This is the first in a series of articles and video that several students of The Olympus are pursuing. Look for upcoming articles and videos.] By now, most have heard of Occupy Wall Street in some form or another. If one hasn’t, or has simply been misinformed, Occupy Wall Street is based out of... Read more »
