The Union St. Journal: Cherry Creek High School's official news source

Union St. Journal
The Union St. Journal: Cherry Creek High School's official news source

Union St. Journal
The Union St. Journal: Cherry Creek High School's official news source

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Bre Mennenoh

Bre Mennenoh, Contributor

Hey! My name is Bre; I’m a senior and the features editor for the USJ this year. I’m extremely excited to learn new things, expand my journalism skills, and meet all the amazing new people apart of the staff!

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Dec. 9: My heart beat louder and louder in my chest as the doctor came closer and closer to the hood of our car. My mom was having the worst symptoms. Cough, fever, chills, everything. I was just facing a bit of drowsiness and nausea. For me, this test was the only way to get any sort of relief. My mom has never been in one state for over a week at a time and up until now, because of her work, a flight attendant for United Airlines, that was never a concern. But after coming back from a Thanksgiving rush, mainly deadheading to Florida, Texas, and New York, some of the biggest hotspots in the country. “It’s really hard right now. For all of the front line workers. What is guaranteed however is getting tested. Getting tested, staying home, wearing a mask,” Mark Warner, one of the COVID testers, told me. - A&E Editor Bre Mennenoh

2020: The Year in Pictures

Carly Philpott, Raegan Knobbe, Bre Mennenoh, and Staff
December 31, 2020
R.J. Cutler’s first documentary, “The Worlds a Little Blurry” staring pop star Billie Eilish and music producer, singer, and older brother Finneas O’Connell has recently been deemed nothing short than a masterpiece.

A review of Billie Eilish’s Documentary, from a fan

Bre Mennenoh, A&E Editor
April 28, 2021
Schedule change: USJ staff discusses latest adjustments to in-person

Schedule change: USJ staff discusses latest adjustments to in-person

Bre Mennenoh and Aila MonLouis
April 4, 2021
UP TO THE MILLIONS: Vasquez's most popular video, "First day of school," has 2.4 million views and counting. That video alone has over 445 thousand likes of her 6.1 million likes on all her videos combined. Her students describe her as charismatic and outgoing which helps her attract a younger audience.

Katie Vasquez: TikTok Famous at Creek – USJ Best of 2020

Bre Mennenoh and Nate Meredith
December 24, 2020
JK Rowling at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. in 1999. JK Rowling’s first major book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, came out in 1997 and was almost instantly a bestseller. The Harry Potter franchise went on to make Rowling billions of US dollars, selling hundreds of millions of copies of the seven books and eight movies. More recently, Rowling has come under fire for transphobic comments made on Twitter and other platforms. Rowling has often said that she believes that trans children and young adults should not be able to receive gender-confirming surgery or take hormones and uses the argument that far too many young people who do get these procedures end up “detransitioning,” or going back to their assigned gender at birth. In actuality, detransitioning rates are very low, and the argument that young people should not be allowed to transition is often used by transphobes to invalidate trans people. (Wikimedia Commons)

Potter vs Rowling: the real life evil behind the magical world

Carly Philpott and Bre Mennenoh
December 18, 2020
UP TO THE MILLIONS: Vasquez's most popular video, "First day of school," has 2.4 million views and counting. That video alone has over 445 thousand likes of her 6.1 million likes on all her videos combined. Her students describe her as charismatic and outgoing which helps her attract a younger audience.

Katie Vasquez: TikTok Famous at Creek

Bre Mennenoh and Nate Meredith
October 20, 2020
EMPTY STAGE: the theater will remain empty for the remainder of the semester as the radio show will be recorded and listened to remotely. "We wanted to keep making theater," said theater president Jen Failinger. "It's such a big part of our lives, and we knew we had to find some way to do art."

COVID creates new opportunities for Creek theater

Carly Philpott and Bre Mennenoh
October 20, 2020
LATER, GAITERS: Freshmen Ian Youngblood and Riddic Pollard pose with gaiters. Both said that on a normal basis, they wouldn't wear the gaiters.

[Photo] Gaiters: how effective are they?

Nate Meredith and Jonny Trigg
October 20, 2020
Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Carly Philpott and Bre Mennenoh
September 18, 2020
Bear Necessities starts selling snacks at different times

Bear Necessities starts selling snacks at different times

Bre Mennenoh, A&E Editor
March 11, 2020

[Photo] How sport teams are handling the coronavirus

Seung Lee, Photography Editor
March 9, 2020
Joker Review

Joker Review

Bre Mennenoh, A&E Editor
February 14, 2020
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