SHAWNEE MISSION EAST 7500 MISSION ROAD PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS 66208 JANUARY 26, 2025 VOLUME LXVIII ISSUE 9
OUTLINES of CULTURE Iraqi, Kenyan and Indian immigrant families in the SM East community find new lives in the U.S. story by GRACE PEI IN A COMMUNITY where the only way the majority
of students come close to knowing the reality of immigration is through a stream of headlines on the screen, it’s easy to be indifferent rather than empathetic. But to understand the immigrants walking the halls of SM East, here’s a collection of immigrant stories that aren’t
A LOOK
INSIDE
05 NEWS
Despite CDC changes the KDHE follows standing childhood vaccine schedule story by MICHAEL YI
09 OPINION
always visible. They’re the students who brought daal, a lentil soup to lunch, and their peers asked, “What’s that smell?” They’re that students whose classmates asked if their home country was “dirty.” And they’re the students in our community from Iraq, Kenya and India who went through cultural adjustments and worries of having to leave — but also have hope for their future in the US.
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Women should understand the biology of their features story by BELLA BROCE
28 SPORTS
The Rockhurst basketball game is moved to Municipal Stadium this year story by REESE DUNHAM