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Ariana Taylor

Mästhëäd: The Rolling Not Stone Interview

July 29, 2015 by Ariana Taylor Leave a Comment

By Ariana Taylor Snails. They’re really small and slimy and in their whole lives, they don’t really go anywhere, so they’re pretty much just like Mästhëäd. Mästhëäd is a rock band that plays once a year at MIPA. The members are Chad Sanders, Jim Streisel, Rod Satterthwaite, and Brian Wilson. Mostly performing covers of popular songs, Mästhëäd’s fan base is huge in … [Read more...] about Mästhëäd: The Rolling Not Stone Interview

Chef cooks up big plate at State

July 28, 2015 by Ariana Taylor 2 Comments

You just eat the food. You don’t make it and you don’t know who did. But there’s a whole other world behind the serving counters in The Vista at Shaw Hall. “The food is great. It’s a lot better than what I expected college food to be like,” Renaissance High School senior, Arianna Smith said. Since the start of MIPA on Sunday, the cafeteria at Shaw Hall, The Vista, has … [Read more...] about Chef cooks up big plate at State

Satterthwaite says features are best

July 28, 2015 by Ariana Taylor Leave a Comment

Julia Satterthwaite has a busy life. Between raising her “really cute” sons, Micah and Jonah, with her husband and interning at the Oakland Press writing four to six articles a day, Satterthwaite still finds time to instruct the feature coverage class at MIPA. “Feature Coverage is the best to teach,” Satterthwaite said. “It’s what people really want to read.” The … [Read more...] about Satterthwaite says features are best

Journalism Workshop brings in wary parents, excited students

July 27, 2015 by Ariana Taylor Leave a Comment

Spiders. Clowns. The dark. That’s the list of things that eighth grader Victoria Braedon could be afraid of, but she’s not. An addition to that list is the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association, an overnight camp for student journalist held at Michigan State. Braedon isn’t afraid of staying four nights and 179 miles away from her home in Traverse City. “I’m not … [Read more...] about Journalism Workshop brings in wary parents, excited students

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Work From Across MIPA

Why The Curtains Are Blue: The Importance of Reading On Our Empathy

By Christina Karcher | Sophomore | Grosse Pointe South High School [This work comes from the Art of Storytelling class, taught by Julia Satterthwaite.] Ever since I knew how to string letters into words, and those words into sentences, I have loved to read. I would read for hours at a time, fiction about fairies […]

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By Baity Wagner | senior | Wylie E. Groves High School [This work comes from the Art of Storytelling class, taught by Julia Satterthwaite.] I soaked in school like a sponge. I loved learning about shapes, addition and how to write a proper sentence. Despite the abundance of lessons that are thrown at you in […]

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