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Tribune Tries It: Starbucks in the Fall

Tribune Tries It: Starbucks in the Fall

Tribune Tries It: Starbucks in the Fall By: Liv Mcgownd  In honor of the coming of fall, Talawanda Tribune decided to test the fall drinks and foods available at Starbucks. We rated them 1 leaf to 4 leaves based on taste, fall aesthetic, originality, and how much it’s worth standing in line for. Here are […]

Tribune Tries It: White Elephant Gift Exchange

Tribune Tries It:  White Elephant Gift Exchange

A White Elephant Gift Exchange is the perfect way to get and give a fun gift with your friends or family this holiday season.  The “game” is also called a “Yankee Swap,” according to Caroline Bologna of the Huffington Post. The term “Yankee Swap” even appears in an 1855 writing by Walt Whitman where he […]

Tribune Tries It: Veganism

Tribune Tries It: Veganism

For the uninitiated, to be vegan is to consume (or use) no animal products at all. No meat, dairy, or eggs. It may seem outlandish in our society centered around animal agriculture and McDonald’s. Since 2012, the interest in vegan free searches quadrupled on Google. For 2018, going vegan is considered to be the largest […]

Tribune Tries (and Elric Dies): D&D

Tribune Tries (and Elric Dies):  D&D

In the span of ten minutes he grabbed a sphere that disintegrated his hands, he accidentally summoned a powerful demon lord, he got his soul stolen and he made an enemy of an extra-dimensional being.  And all this happened during seventh period in the study room in the 400 wing of Talawanda High School. Through […]

LARPing – Game, or Lifestyle?

LARPing – Game, or Lifestyle?

LARPing, otherwise known as Live Action Role Play, is a game known nationwide with various tournaments held across the country. Allowing adults to dress up and physically pursue their fictional goals through fictional battle, LARPing is one of the few creative outlets of its kind. And now the trend has come to Talawanda. The LARPing […]

Tribune Tries It: Gingerbread Wars

Tribune Tries It:  Gingerbread Wars

On Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2016 Talawanda Tribune reporters tried what is all the rage at area elementary schools this holiday season: making gingerbread houses out of graham crackers. First, you need to get your supplies which include icing (homemade or store-bought), graham crackers, and candy to decorate your houses: Next, you decide how you want […]

Tribune Tries It: Ruzzle

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 […]

Tribune Tries It: Tea Tree Toothpicks

Tribune Tries It: Tea Tree Toothpicks

Students May have recently noticed English teacher Matt Aerni sporting the ever classy tooth-pick as of late, but what is the craze all about? Simple: Tea Tree Therapy. These tooth-picks are not your everyday, boring, run-of-the-mill tooth-picks, they are uniquely infused with special tea tree oils that give them a pop that is hard to […]

Tribune Tries It: Babysitting

The very familiar sound of the “Goodbye. We’ll be home later. We love you.” and the door shuts behind them as they leave. It’s something that we’ve all had done for us as little children. When we thought we were big enough to stay home alone and take care of ourselves, our parents disagreed and […]