Grammy Nomination Predictions
On November 24 the Recording Academy will announce its nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards. The noms will be announced via livestream starting at 9 a.m. The Tribune’s own Hiley Kresse has made her predictions for 6 of the coveted 84 categories: Album of the Year After Hours – The Weeknd Fetch the Bolt Cutters […]
The Rebirth of Avatar: the Last Airbender
The Rebirth of Avatar: the Last Airbender Warning: Spoilers Ahead By RZW Avatar: the Last Airbender (often referred to as ATLA) is a show about a world where there are four elements which are able to be manipulated by benders from the Fire Nation, Earth Kingdom, Water Tribes, or Air Nomads. Benders are only able […]
The Magic of Storytelling – A Folklore Review
The Magic of Storytelling – A Folklore Review By HILEY KRESSE Taylor is back at it again. A short 11 months after the drop of her seventh studio album, Lover, Taylor Swift has released her eighth studio album, a surprise drop titled folklore. Written over quarantine, the 16 track album was released on July 24, […]
The Shortage of the Nintendo Switch and the Rise of Animal Crossing
The Shortage of the Nintendo Switch and the Rise of Animal Crossing By RITA ZHOU-WANG The Nintendo Switch came out in March 2017, but as quarantine measures took place all over the world this year, the Switch has become sold out in stores like GameStop, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart. Even if they are available […]
“It’ll Be Okay”: Setting Stone Hosts Second Virtual Coffee House
“It’ll Be Okay”: Setting Stone Hosts Second Virtual Coffee House Article and Screenshot Photos By Waxy OXFORD, OH On Friday, May 22, 2020 Talawanda High School’s Setting Stone Literary Art Magazine held its second virtual Coffee House on Instagram Live. Recent THS graduate Betsy Philips hosted the 45-minute event and concluded with the comment “doing […]
Tribune Watched it: Graduation Movie Night
THS graduating senior Eleanor Prytherch crowd-sourced some movie recommendations on Instagram for a graduation-themed movie night. Even if you’re not graduating, these coming-of-age films are sure to entertain and give you nostalgia as we end this unprecedented school year. Eleanor recommends The Perks of Being a Wallflower based on the book of the same title […]
Setting Stone’s First Instagram Live Coffee House
Setting Stone’s First Instagram Live Coffee House By A. Weatherwax Oxford, OH — Setting Stone Coffee House host Betsy Phillips said, “the theme of tonight is technical difficulties,” but really the theme was talent as Talawanda High School students and staff took their bedroom and basement stages live at their first ever Instagram performance on […]
More Quarantunes
Tribune advisor Amanda Weatherwax asked students and teachers to send her a list of some of the songs that are helping them to get through the quarantine. There was an overwhelming response resulting in two Tribune Spotify playlists: Quaranteens Quarantunes Songs suggested by Talawanda High School Students Music expresses that which cannot be said and […]
Quarantunes: Ten Songs to Survive Quarantine
Well, if you were to ask me two months ago how I thought this spring would go, this is probably the farthest thing from what I would have guessed. With everything that’s going on, it’s so important to find healthy ways to work through the roller coaster of emotions that is Quarantine 2020. Personally, I’ve […]