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Friday Five: Niche Olympics sports

Friday Five: Niche Olympics sports

by Young Min, Winged Post Managing Editor August 23, 2024

From the multifaceted nature of the modern pentathlon or the rhythmic battle of breakdancing, the 2024 Paris Olympics showcased 11 niche sports that the mainstream media often overlooks. Although widely-known...

To Dikec, equipment pushes the boundaries of sport in an unnatural way, and he suggests that his talent alone carried his success in the Games. Even in the wake of this success, concerns arise over “technological doping,” an idea first introduced in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Tech or talent?

by Gabe Sachse and Eva Cheng August 21, 2024

The crowd holds their breath in anticipation as a man toes the line that denotes shooting distance from the target. Dressed in a simple T-shirt branded with Turkey’s team logo, he adjusts his glasses...

Harker Journalism poses for a picture holding their Best of Show award. The Winged Post placed seventh in the print newspapers for schools with student populations less than 1,800 students and TALON placed tenth for high school yearbooks between 224-283 pages.

Moseyin’ through Missouri: Harker journalism staff cooks at national JEA/NSPA convention

by Felix Chen, Emma Milner, Janam Chahal, and Ashley Mo April 6, 2024

KANSAS CITY — Twenty-one Harker journalism students and three chaperones attended the annual Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association National High School Journalism...

This is the fourth installment of Research Revelations: Conversations with Our Student Researchers. Aquila reporters Victor Gong and Claire Zhao meet with Young Min (11) to discuss her work in cell-penetrating peptides.

Research Revelations Episode 4: Chemotherapy and cell-penetrating peptides with Young Min

by Victor Gong and Claire Zhao December 12, 2023

This is the fourth installment of Research Revelations: Conversations with Our Student Researchers, a podcast where Aquila staff members talk to student researchers about their projects and research goals....

An illustration of a virus approaching the Earth. Global warming has led to increased disease spread, with warmer temperatures, greater animal migration and the uncovering of viruses from the permafrost.

Global Reset: How climate change infects our world

by Shareen Chahal and Kinnera Mulam November 16, 2022

We’re now living three years after the COVID-19 pandemic, an event that took the lives of 6.6 million and permanently changed our meaning of “normal.” COVID-19 isn’t the first nor the last of deadly...

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