The Freelancer
Mountain View High School
Meridian, ID
Issue Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 
Issue: April 2007
Last Update: Monday, April 16, 2007

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By Daniel Rhodes

“I know it’s early, but you have to pay attention.” Everyone has heard this from a first period teacher, but imagine if that quote ceased to exist. In fact, what if school didn’t start till a quar full story >

By Sara Bollman

Sometimes the truth really is inconvenient. Perhaps this is why there has been such an uproar over the Oscar-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” and whether or not it has a place in the cl full story >

By Sara Bollman

For the first 15 years of my life, I was under the assumption that America was a civilized nation. I guess the validity of this statement depends essentially on your definition of “civilized.” Fo full story >

By Sara Bollman

The Republicans are at it again. Alumnus Ty Palmer is back. What in the name of all things red, white, and blue is going on? Meeting for the first time this year in September, Mountain V full story >

Freelancer gets national recognition

Anime fans freak Anime fans freak
By Josh Gamble

When most people hear the word “convention” they think of over-weight, un-bathed geeks leaving their mother’s basement once a year to dress up like Spock and argue about the logistics of sci-fi shows. full story >

Tennis players are 'love' -in it
By Anthony Fisher

U.S. Open. French Open. Wimbledon. MVHS Tennis. No matter how you serve it, tennis takes skill. “To be a great tennis player you must combine athleticism, mental toughness, heart, and the eye of full story >

By Amber Shuttleworth

Like most high schools, Mountain View has stereotypes. Put aside who is cooler, sportier, or smartest, there’s still the age old question—who’s better when it comes to the battle of the sexes? Ho full story >

Welcome to the 'Big Spud'
By Sara Bollman

Life in the potato state can often seem somewhat lackluster. Between the general lack of excitement, illogical weather patterns, not to mention the stereotypes that go along with being an Idahoan, tee full story >

School's a bore; we don't need more
By Aly Fawcett

Our six hour school day drags on long enough already. We definitely don’t need to be extending the number of hours we spend here. However, plenty of people would argue that high school students ne full story >

By Editorial Board

In the April edition of “The Freelancer”, an article including statistics about the racial diversity of Boise in comparison to New York City might have contained a questionable use of terms. A sidebar full story >

By Nick Fisk


Teen party leads to sexual assualt
By Nick Fisk

Five seconds is enough time to make a basket, open your locker, or start your car. Now, it is becoming more common for five seconds to be enough time to turn your head and have someone slip something full story >

Correction
By Editorial Board