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Redbull Drama Strikes Again

Patrick Mulkey, co Editor in Chief, Sports and co News Editor May 1, 2025

Red Bull is nothing if not consistent this season. LIam Lawson after only two Grand Prix's has been demoted to Alpha Tauri Red Bulls second team and Yuki Tsunoda has taken his place. This came after a...

VPM Spring Sports

Patrick Mulkey, co Editor in Chief, Sports and co News Editor May 1, 2025

Spring is here! Spartans, the time has finally arrived for warm sun, blistering wind, and the occasional snow storm all within two weeks! With this comes long track meets, exciting baseball games, and...

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My Disappointment is Immeasurable and My Day is Ruined

Amalia Weix May 1, 2025

Regular readers of the Sword & Shield may remember an article I wrote earlier this year enumerating my many reasons to be, to put it kindly, dissatisfied with the existence of the How To Train Your...

Spirit Day 2025

Spirit Day 2025

Nina Zhu, Student Life Editor May 1, 2025

Spirit Day is back, Spartans! If you didn’t know, Spirit Day is an annual volunteering event organized by Spartan Youth Service (SYS) that brings close to 300 Memorial volunteers to our feeder elementary...

Steve’s Lava Chicken Song of the Year

Patrick Mulkey, co Editor in Chief, Sports and co News Editor May 1, 2025

Steves Lava Chicken is an amazing song! Jack Black has once again struck it out of the park with the Minecraft Movie and you can really tell he had fun with it. The highlight of the movie for me was definitely...

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Are YA Dystopias Even Dystopias?

Amalia Weix May 1, 2025

Like many students, I survived middle school by forming maladaptive coping mechanisms that to this day, haunt me like mildly irritating ghosts. One of these coping mechanisms was reading whatever popular...

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May Editor’s Note – Get Ready For AP Tests!

Amalia Weix May 1, 2025

Hello Spartans! I’m the Sword & Shield Opinions editor, Amalia Weix. I hope everyone is having a great 4th Quarter, and feeling ready to run the AP Test gauntlet (unless you’re a freshman, in which...

AP Exams 2025

AP Exams 2025

Nina Zhu, Student Life Editor May 1, 2025

AP exam season is right around the corner, and most students are nervously preparing and reviewing a year’s worth of content for a several-hour test at the Alliant Energy Center. As a reminder, here...

Prom 2025

Prom 2025

Nina Zhu, Student Life Editor May 1, 2025

Happy May, Spartans—Prom is right around the corner! This year, Prom will be on Saturday, May 3rd, from 7:30 to 10:30 P.M. at the Alliant Energy Center. The theme will be “Santorini Nights,” and...

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Yes, You Need A Trigger Warning For That

Amalia Weix May 1, 2025

Trigger warnings have been in the public consciousness for decades—originating on feminist messaging boards in the late 90’s—but only recently have I begun to see them used outside of a handful of...

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