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Thunder Pageant Storms The Auditorium March 19
Thunder Pageant Storms The Auditorium March 19
Tickets cost $10 and all proceeds support our sparrow, Juliet.
Scarlett Tucker, Opinions Editor • March 19, 2025
Summit’s green team at the Deschutes County Courthouse, taken by Mock Trial attendant.
Summit Teams Provide a Valiant Effort at Mock Trial Regionals
Scarlett Tucker March 4, 2025

On March 1, Summit’s Mock Trial teams competed in regionals against Bend High and Cascades Academy. Though...

Upcoming Showcase of Local Artists: Open Mic Night
Upcoming Showcase of Local Artists: Open Mic Night
Josephine Hall, Managing Editor • March 4, 2025

Summit is putting on an Open Mic Night at Thump’s NW York Dr location tomorrow, March 5, from 3:30...

Summit’s Mock Trial Teams Head to Regionals
Summit’s Mock Trial Teams Head to Regionals
Scarlett Tucker, Opinions Editor • February 28, 2025

This Saturday, March 1, Summit’s two mock trial teams will be going against local rivals at regionals...

An Ode to Overcash
An Ode to Overcash
Beloved Mrs. Overcash makes her move from Summit to Switzerland at the end of this year
Caitlin Houston, Features Editor • March 14, 2025
Tasty Or Tasteless?
Tasty Or Tasteless?
Violet Rodhouse, Staff Writer • February 27, 2025

Eating out as someone who is gluten free can turn into a saga. It can go from being straight up rejected...

Teenage Drivers Beware
Teenage Drivers Beware
Halle Dao, Staff Writer • February 26, 2025

Students slide awkwardly like penguins on the sidewalk on their way to school, some even slip on the...

Pay to Play
Pay to Play
Eva Dicharry, Staff Writer • January 28, 2025

In Bend especially, sports are a person’s identity. From a young age, there are soccer games, ski lessons...

Behind the Buzz
Behind the Buzz
How caffeinated drinks fuel teenage burnout
Zoe Brown, Staff Writer • March 14, 2025
Collage of Tiny Desk concerts by Kepler Orton
You Should Listen to More Live Music
Kepler Orton, Opinions Editor • March 12, 2025

In a cramped office corner, a grand piano sits beside a bass, glockenspiel, drum set, full string quartet,...

The Chaos of Comedy
The Chaos of Comedy
Khloe Garrett, Staff Writer • March 7, 2025

It’s 8:45 AM, you’re barely awake but still muster the energy to get ready and walk into class. Your...

Keep Calm and E-bike On
Keep Calm and E-bike On
Hailey Pease, Staff Writer • February 27, 2025

As a 16-year-old who recently acquired her license, I thought that I could leave the oh-so-embarrassing...

New Restaurant Brings Vibrant Dining to Bend
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New Restaurant Brings Vibrant Dining to Bend
The owners of Blissful Spoon have recently opened a new Moroccan restaurant, Papillon
Tatum Hoffmann February 21, 2025
Ninja Tune, 2021
“For the First Time”- Black Country, New Road
Finley Gober February 1, 2025

The UK Alt mastermind's first exploration into their complex and raw breed of alternative and rock serves...

Young, 2023
“Lahai” – Sampha
Finley Gober February 1, 2025

A delivery of tender poetry from the heavens, aka Sampha. Lahai is gentle and warm sonically, contrasted...

Finally a Movie That's Got a Bite
Finally a Movie That’s Got a Bite
Khloe Garrett, Staff Writer • January 28, 2025

You walk into a movie theater down 20 bucks but ecstatic to see the latest horror movie. After stocking...

Photo by Mindy Mendenhall
Bend High Boys and Girls Swimming Too Much For the Storm
Summit Swim comes in third and second in the IMC Championships this weekend
Langston Bollert, Staff Writer • February 17, 2025
Photo by Cam Lewis
Summit Boys Basketball Secure Home Win
Langston Bollert, Staff Writer • February 10, 2025

Summit struggled from beyond the arc Friday night but with suffocating defense and a solid fourth quarter,...

Fix College Football
Fix College Football
Langston Bollert, Staff Writer • January 30, 2025

The College Football Playoff needs to change, and it needs to change now. After an unexpected early...

Bouldering Comes to Bend
Bouldering Comes to Bend
Lucy DeMeester, Staff Writer • January 10, 2025

Bend Endurance Academy is hosting the 2025 Climbing Youth Bouldering Regional championship on Jan. 11....

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