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The student news site of De Smet Jesuit High School

The Mirror

De Smet Press staff members Will Timmons 24 and Andrew Farrar 23 interview varsity lacrosse team members Alex Bentley 24 and Drew Whitaker 23 to discuss the season.
BLOCK TALKS: Alex Bentley and Drew Whitaker talk lax! Is this the season?
Will Timmons '24, Multi Media Specialist • April 3, 2023

   

Deion Sanders runs out of a simulated portal into his new school, the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The NIL format has changed college sports
Andrew Farrar, Staff Writer • December 16, 2022

The Transfer Portal and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals for college students have changed the landscape for college sports forever. In...

Andrew Farrar 23 reads Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris in the Innovation Center.
The decline of teenagers reading is an impact on education
Drew Whitaker, News Editor • December 15, 2022

If you are a teenager reading this story, you are in the minority. Statistics show that 80% of teenagers do not read for pleasure on a daily...

Colin Brunts leads the student section dressed in a black out theme ahead of the opening kickoff.
Positive support is the key to a successful cheering section
Jackson Keyes, Contributing Writer • December 8, 2022

Over the past couple of months, there has been a rising conflict in the De Smet student section. Chirping other players is widely known for being...

Senior Andrew Farrar checks his fantasy line up ahead of week fourteen of the NFL season.
Fantasy football has saved the NFL in St. Louis
Drew Whitaker, News Editor • December 7, 2022

St. Louis is truly the ultimate sports city with the fan favorite 11-time world series-winning Cardinals, the 2019 Stanley Cup Champion Blues,...

Schools such as Harvard, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of North Carolina have voiced their support for using race as a factor in college admissions.
Why race should be considered in college admissions
Henry Anyimadu, Multimedia Specialist • December 1, 2022

With Harvard College´s win against the Students for Fair Admissions on Nov. 17, the question of using race in deciding college admissions is...

Dogs are far superior pets than Cats.
Dogs are better than cats
John Mills , Entertainment Editor • November 30, 2022

This debate has gone on for quite a long time, and it’s time to put an end to it. Dogs are better than cats. First off, dogs are loyal and...

Our dependence on cars spells the end for our environment
Our dependence on cars spells the end for our environment
Colby Quinn, Features Editor • November 25, 2022

In 1939, at the New York World’s Fair, a new world was revealed. Industrial Designer Norman Bel Geddes and General Motors created Futurama:...

Fighting should be taught to children in schools
Fighting should be taught to children in schools
Clark Chamberlin, Opinions Editor • November 23, 2022

The streets were dark. He knows he’s in danger. Looking around him, he could see nothing but shadow him. All around him, there could be anything...

A rescued sea turtle is being wheeled into the Sick Bay at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center after receiving a massage.
Turtles will save us if we let them
Clark Chamberlin October 4, 2022

Sea turtles are (probably) the best thing known to man. In addition to being some of the most majestic, beautiful, and adorable creatures...

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