Tribune Tries It: Ruzzle
Several students around THS have recently been interested in a game that tests your ability to find as many words as you can out of a total of 16 letters in two minutes. Ruzzle allows players to play against others to find out who truly is the best. Ruzzle is a game that tests to […]
Talawanda Swim Team Wins SWOC
Last weekend the Talawanda Swim team won the SWOC League meet. “I was thrilled,” coach Steve Pasquale said. “Wilmington has some very talented girls, and so I was nervous about whether our depth would be enough to overcome their talent. Obviously, I had nothing to worry about.” Pasquale said he was initially worried because of […]
Setting Stone Coffee House Raises Money for Literary Arts Magazine
The Coffee House is an event where THS students show their talents to an audience in order to raise money for the Setting Stone Liberal Arts Magazine. “The Setting Stone Magazine is mostly poetry, but it has short stories, photography, scanned artwork, pictures of sculptures, all of these things are created by students,” said Clare […]
Australian Business Man Rebuilds the Titanic
Have you ever wondered what the real Titanic looked like? If so, you’re not alone. One of Australia’s richest men, Clive Palmer, is replicating the Titanic inch by inch. He calls his replication project the Titanic II. Palmer is a 58-year-old businessman from Queensland, Australia. He is known for owning a mining company called Mineralogy. […]
Talawanda Places 5th in SWOC Championships, Prepares for Batavia Invitational
On Saturday, February 2, the Talawanda wrestling team placed 5th out of 8 schools at the SWOC championships at Ross High school. Talawanda has only weeks left in the season, and with a record of 12-5, Talawanda may have what it takes to place at the state level. Adam Ruby placed 2nd in the 120 […]
14.5 Questions with Carol Morison.
I was lucky enough to catch a interview with Carol Morison before the end of her last year at Talawanda. Joseph DeVaughn: What activities do you partake in outside of school? Carol Morison: I quilt, I ride motorcycles, over the summer I got a Ural, a motorcycle with a sidecar. I read, and I […]
Local Artist to Design Sculpture with Talawanda Art Students
This week a group of select art students from Talawanda will have the privilege to work with local artist Alysia Fischer to design and construct a new site-specific sculpture for the rotunda here at THS. A project Art teacher Jim McWilliams says he wishes to do every two years. “I want art to be a […]
Talawanda Wrestling Competes in SWOC Tournament
In the 2012 to 2013 season, the Talawanda High school wrestling team has members in the top five rankings in 10 out of the 14 weight classes. And, on Saturday February 2, they will face eight different schools for the title of SWOC (Southwest Ohio Conference) Champions. Heavyweight wrestler Dalton Smith (with a record of […]
Nerf Warz 2013
What event comes around once a year, allows students to form teams and create a full-fledged war against each other? Nerf Warz. Nerf Warz (as it is spelled on its Facebook page) is an annual event that Talawanda students have put on for many years. It began on January 1st this year, and it will […]
Talawanda Teachers Provide Musical Interlude Between Exams
During the final week before Winter break, students gathered in the rotunda between exams to listen to some of their teachers sing and play guitar to some classic songs. “We thought it would be a good way to get students’ minds off of exams for a bit and just have fun,” said science teacher Ben […]