By Matt H.
In the beginning of August, the city of Edina decided to reconstruct the famous Browndale bridge by Edina Country Club neighborhood. Workers are still removing and replacing the crumbling bridge which was closed in the beginning of August and will not be finished until the end of October. “The Bridge is historical in that it helps symbolize the beginnings of Edina as a village focused on milling as a key aspect of its economy”, said Scot Housh, City Council Member of Edina. “At one time the Edina Mill was located in close proximity to the bridge.” The renovation comes with a hefty cost to residents: $460,000. The City’s Construction Fund contributes $410,000 and $50,000 is coming from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.
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After being bombarded with campaign ads for the past whoknows- how-many months, November 4 is almost upon us. Many students at EHS are excited to voice their political opinion through voting. They started to express this through a Survey the Purple Ground group sent out, which polled 1,131 EHS students. Fifty-two percent of students polled in the Survey said they were at least somewhat involved in politics, and 6% are eligible to vote. Ben Streeter, one student who can vote, said, “It is important for teens to vote because we are at a time in our lives where we are trying to be mature. Voting allows us to take advantage of an opportunity to speak out.” So what issues are most important to teens in deciding which candidate to vote for?
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Smashed windows. Slashed tires. Tear gas filling the air. Riot police swarming the scene. This is probably not the first image associated with a Republican National Convention. However, disturbing scenarios such as these were common in areas surrounding the Xcel Energy Centre in St. Paul the first week of September.  

Sophomore Dan Lee saw the action first-hand. He described the group of thousands as “colorful” due to the yellow Youth Against War and Racism flags he and his friends held to the anarchists decked out in black.

“My initial thought was mainly excitement,” Lee explained. “I had been waiting for this protest for months, and I knew it would be big. I didn’t get nervous until I saw the very large police presence…I was gassed and what came out of it was a lot of people either staying and yelling at the police or just running away.”

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The stands are packed, all eyes fixed on the field below. Anxious fans are on the edges of their seats, poised to cheer when their team enters the arena. Out of sight, the competitors focus on the task at hand, preparing themselves for another stressful yet exhilarating match. This is no ordinary sporting event, but a robotics competition.

On April 17, The Edina Robotics FIRST Team 1816, The Green Machine, gathered in Atlanta, Georgia to compete in the FIRST Robotics Championships. Teams from across the world competed in the Georgia Dome, and after three days of mixed matches, The Green Machine finished in the top half of its division of 86 teams but did not advance to elimination rounds.

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