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The Patriot

The Student News Source of Shawnee Mission South

The Patriot

The Student News Source of Shawnee Mission South

The Patriot

December 9 should be a wake-up call for our student body

December 9 should be a wake-up call for our student body

Mariam Mohamed, Reporter March 11, 2025

December 9, 2024. Sydney was huddled against the wall. She was hiding from something that she didn’t understand. Some people laughed when the teacher turned off the lights. While her face glowed from...

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Whats the best QuikTrip item? I ranked the top 4 to find out.

Asra June, Design Editor March 7, 2025

                                Elote Taquito - $2.29 The elote taquito...

Clean & Clear: An inside scoop into student's skincare routine

Clean & Clear: An inside scoop into student’s skincare routine

Samara Rowe, Opinions Editor March 5, 2025

Skincare products have different effects on different skin types. It feels like an endless cycle of trial and error when trying to find what product works for you and your needs. Every day I struggle with...

Supporting trans people is more important than ever

Supporting trans people is more important than ever

Asra June, Design Editor January 27, 2025

Growing up not knowing I was a girl, I never really knew people felt the way I did. Something about me always felt wrong. When I would look at myself in the mirror, I would see a stranger staring back...

Revisiting Inside Out, 10 years later

Revisiting Inside Out, 10 years later

Mariam Mohamed, Reporter December 2, 2024

I was five years old when “Inside Out” came out on June 19, 2015. This was one of the movies I grew up with. I don’t remember watching it the first time when I was five. I didn’t go to the movies...

The DVD cover of "Coraline" featuring the main character, Coraline.

Comparing Coraline

Alice Keeling, Reporter November 4, 2024

“Coraline” is a movie that most people remember from the nightmares it gave them as a kid. The film follows a rebellious, blue-haired girl named Coraline who’s looking for means of entertainment...

Review of the Green Day Concert In August

Review of the Green Day Concert In August

Samara Rowe, Opinion Editor October 30, 2024

My first-ever concert was Green Day, opened by Rancid and The Linda Lindas at the Azura Amphitheater on August 20. That concert was the best night of my life. It was surreal to me because I had never even...

Review of the First Project Lit Book of the Year

Review of the First Project Lit Book of the Year

Evyn Haas, Copy Editor October 28, 2024

Lilah has always been out of the loop. Her hearing loss cuts her off from the world around her, and her hearing aids aren’t ever going to make up for that. But she’s been raised by two hearing parents...

Album Review: Saviors

Album Review: Saviors

Samara Rowe, Reporter January 30, 2024

Wake up! Green Day is back! After 3 years without an album, they finally delivered. The release of Green Day’s new album, Saviors, has saved the punk music genre.  Since the 1990s, Green Day has...

Album Review: Hozier’s ‘Unreal Unearth’

Noa Vacek, Reporter September 11, 2023

Irish singer-songwriter Hozier was on track to release his third studio album more than three years ago, but when the pandemic hit and he experienced a flood of emotions—love, loss, and loneliness—he...

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