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  • SENIORITIS by Julia Garcia
    04/17/2013

    We start out three feet tall in elementary school. We gain a few feet in middle school, puberty leads us into high school. Before we know it, we’re putting on our caps and gowns at [...]

  • The RANT ::: HELMET HEAD
    04/15/2013

    Transportation says a lot about a person—and four wheels are so old school. Not only are they bold and exciting, motorcycles are pretty practical. Generally, motorcycles cost less in terms of repairs and parts. Motorcycle insurance is also cheaper, and less expensive than insuring an entire car. The average cost of motorcycle insurance is nearly ¼ the price of auto insurance. They have better gas mileage, which saves time and money. In terms of road tax, the motorcyclist also pays lesser road tax because the motorcycle occupies lesser road space. Also they take up less space and it’s easier to find a parking spot. “Motorcycles turn a wimp into a man,” says HHS senior, Lika Zinchenko [...]

  • IT GETS BETTER
    03/29/2013

    I first started thinking about my sexual orientation on a field trip in middle school. We were going swimming. I saw my friend changing clothes and realized I was looking at them differently. That was [...]

  • REALSCHULE
    03/28/2013

    On March 18-19 eighteen students from Bavaria, Germany came to Heritage to get a taste of American high school for three weeks. One of the students, Svenja, has enjoyed many of her new [...]

  • PI DAY!
    03/14/2013

    March 14 (3/14) is Pi Day, a celebration of the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter — one of the most beautiful and confounding numbers in mathematics. It’s technically written as [...]

  • Dakota Clevidence wins WIAA Athlete Award
    03/14/2013

    Each week throughout the school year, the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Administration recognizes varsity athletes who exhibited an outstanding performance for the previous week.

    One of this weeks winners is HHS baseball’s own [...]

  • GO BRITNI
    03/08/2013

    Britni Atwell had to find gym time wherever, whenever it was available.

    For much of a six-year stretch, she coached herself, doing anything for gymnastics.

    “It’s more than just a sport. It’s everything,” [...]

  • THE BURNS
    03/06/2013

     

     

    Alright guys, bros, boys and men. It’s time to talk toilets.

    We see this all the time; it’s in almost every guys’ bathroom in this school: The burns on the [...]

  • DEATH TO COOTIES
    03/04/2013

    Remember way back in the day when we were kids- We used to cut hearts out of construction paper, write silly little love notes and give out Valentine cards and candies to all [...]

  • NO H8
    02/22/2013

    Hello Our Mighty TWolves!

    The GSA Club is joining the nationwide NO H8 Campaign.

    GSA is selling TShirts for all staff & students to wear for the Monday and Friday of [...]

  • Britni Atwell wins four straight individual event titles
    02/19/2013

    Britni Atwell of Vancouver's Heritage not only set the standard at Saturday's individual finals, she set a precedent — becoming the first gymnast in the state meet's 45-year history to win four straight individual event titles.

    And, she did it twice: on vault and floor in Class 4A competition.

    "I'm in awe, I guess," Atwell said with a laugh at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall. "I don't know what else to say."

    [...]

  • KREWE
    02/11/2013

    A spattering of beads flew from a passing parade of bodies. Still more launched from a passing streetcar. Traffic built up behind and around the parade, but the beads kept coming. People kept laughing, cheering, parading. Tuesday is MARDIS GRAS! [...]

  • The RANT ::: SOCIAL NOTWORKING
    01/24/2013

    by Hugo Gonzalez and Cassidy Lucas

    You’re sitting at home bored, watching TV, scrolling through the same channels over and [...]

  • WITHOUT YOUR WALLET
    01/24/2013

    by Matt Fry

    Many guys will always have their wallet with them. They usually put it into the same pocket every single time they are done using it. Everything a man needs can [...]

  • The RANT ::: STUPID SMART PHONES
    01/23/2013

    by Jeremy Hess and Jay Ulrich

    Who doesn’t love smart phones? They are so convenient! Let’s say you’re out and about and you get lost or want to check a price of something but don’t [...]

  • TEEN DREAM
    01/23/2013

    by Jay Ulrich

    Being a senior in high school, can put a load of pressure on a person. It’s normal for a teen to have some stress every now and then. Some teens go out [...]

  • Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love ya Tomorrow
    01/16/2013

    Hey Heritage! Annie is here! Advanced Tickets are on sale until January 18, order now and get $2 off Adult priced tickets!

    January 19 at 2 and 7pm, [...]

  • ZOE HALL & HHS in COLUMBIAN
    01/16/2013

    One Heritage High School junior takes her city’s heritage to heart.

    Zoe Hall, 17, recently “adopted” Vancouver’s Old City Cemetery in the Central Park neighborhood after her father read an Aug. 15 article [...]

THE THIRD DIMENSION by Hugo Gonzales

Imagine something.

Anything.

A made up creature from a movie, maybe, or a prototype for the next great invention.

Three-dimensional modeling and sculpting makes these things possible. Ideas become reality.

Mrs. Wendlandt has been teaching here at Heritage for twelve years in the 3D production industry for four years.

“3D is a great career that has been exploding with popularity,” she says. “Anybody can now design, invent or create. It’s no longer limited. It’s a great way to conceptualize and speed up production.” Industries like the entertainment, gaming, Continue reading THE THIRD DIMENSION by Hugo Gonzales  →

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TAKE A NUMBER by Hugo Gonzalez

Images by Cody Calhoon

Fluorescent lights illuminate the nervous crowd seated below them; the constant beep, beep, beep, from the computers is anything but soothing. Everyone stiffly keeps turned to the front of the room.

They murmur in different languages between themselves: Russian, Spanish, different Asian dialects. All of them clutch large stacks of papers, over-prepared, just in case. The immigration office is not a place you want things to go wrong.

“27,” a curly brown-haired woman from the front desk screams, her bark strangely feminine. An older woman stands up; a younger lady helps her walk to the front. No one smiles, few people whisper among themselves the rest just listen.

“28.” Everyone checks their number. Another gets up to disappear to the front of the room.

A TV softly plays against the wall; a wrinkled piece of paper stuck to it reads “DO NOT TOUCH.” Continue reading TAKE A NUMBER by Hugo Gonzalez  →

FIVE OH ONE by Jeremy Hess

Images by Cody Calhoon

Mr. Emmert sent me to detention—my first time ever.
The thought of that stain on my permanent record follows me all the way there.

I don’t know what to expect. Spitballs and chaos. The rioting “bad kids.”

The 2:15 bell rings and I walk into 501, right on time.
One kid sits quietly with his head down. He surfaces sometimes to look out the window.

5 minutes later, another kid comes in. Continue reading FIVE OH ONE by Jeremy Hess  →

POTTERY, UNCHAINED by Julia Garcia & Amber Poer

200 students submitted to the SW Washington art show; only twelve went to the state competition. Leila Stutesman was among them. She has two pottery pieces; required by the show she puts them up for sale, Taking pride in them she comments that “she’s greedy about her pots” because she would rather keep them than sell them.

Leila started pottery her sophomore year and couldn’t get enough and has taken six other pottery classes since. She plans to continue at Clark next year; although, making a career out of pottery is not Leila’s idea of a future job. She does it for fun and her enjoyment of the beautiful pieces she creates. “It makes me feel like I can express myself fully through pottery.”

Not only is she passionate about pottery but also bowling and softball thanks to her father; Ron Stutesman, who has been her mentor and coach ever since she was 7 years old playing T-ball for Evergreen Little League. Continue reading POTTERY, UNCHAINED by Julia Garcia & Amber Poer  →

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ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC by Jeremy Hess and Amber Poer

String the beats together. Buildup. Drop the bass.

And there you have: dubstep.

The popularity of dubstep has exploded in recent years, and some have taking to making their own beats at home.

Andrew Dietz, a student at Heritage High specializes in electronic dance music and some of the many forms of dubstep.

He used to be really into heavy metal and rock music, until his cousin showed him some dubstep. And then he was hooked.
He started mixing about two and half years ago.

“It puts me in that feeling that, you know, nobody can bother me, my worries are gone,” Dietz says. “Music really is my passion because I have been interested in music basically my whole life and it’s just something I hope I’ll go forward with.” Continue reading ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC by Jeremy Hess and Amber Poer  →

I, CHEETO by Nadya Simakov

Images by Amber Poer

Beware of the Cheetos®! You probably can’t even pronounce the stuff on the ingredients list: Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamin Monoitrate, Riboflavin, Frolic Acid, Disodium Phosphate, et al.

30 different kinds of ingredients go into making Cheetos, which end up being 4.8% protein, 35.9% carbs, and 59.3% fat. Cheetos are “one of the most marvelously constructed foods on the planet, in terms of pure pleasure,” says food scientist Continue reading I, CHEETO by Nadya Simakov  →