april Issue

To my beloved, it is my first time writing to you. I would like you to think of this letter as my Christmas present to you...

by Lindsey Ehrlich, Reporter/Web Designer

Sometimes, I think I am talking to phones rather than humans...

In the U.S. alone, 30.7% of students have a GPA average of less than 3.0...



by M&D, Advice Columnists

The Gauntlet's advice columnists, "M&D," answer Kamiak students' questions...

Finding new shows to watch can be a never-ending loop of scrolling through a streaming service's options...

by Austin Wright, Reporter/Public Relations

Few businesses quite like the Crumbl Cookies brand have had such sweeping influence across the nation...


Throughout schools all over the world, many students aim to finish off the year with straight A's. However, I would recommend finishing the school year with straight F's...



Thousands of Olivia Rodrigo fans flocked to purchase tickets for her newly announced Sour Tour...



by Jonah Rand, Reporter/Treasurer

While other nations would not usually see a murmur campaign rivalry more than ten months from an election, American politics hastily began our democratic tradition...



by Lydia Zhao, Reporter

The person in front of him was not a hallucination. When Dara had been called into his father's office...

In a recent decision, the Mukilteo School Board ruled unanimously to remove To Kill a Mockingbird from the 9th grade required reading list...

I don't disagree with some of the goals of the walkout, and no doubt some students had very good motivations in participating...



by Chaitna Deshmukh and Muriel Moon, Reporters

The Seattle and Yakima school districts closed on Jan. 7th, 2021, not due to COVID-19 concerns but rather staffing shortages...

by Chaitna Deshmukh and Muriel Moon, Reporters

Omicron has been the most widespread variant we've seen up to this point...

When the new Spider-Man movie had its first teaser trailer posted back in August, I remember everybody talking about it...


Contributors to this issue:

Austin Wright

Bella Almvig

Chaitna Deshmukh

Muriel Moon

Jackie Hernandez

Jonah Rand

Lindsey Ehrlich

Lydia Zhao

Mina Chung

Richie Hinojos

Samantha Hernandez

Audrey Kreick

Rie Kim

Delaney Ortega










Cover Art by Audrey Kreick