Titan Tribune

By Anna Segelken Templeton’s track team has been training since March, and the final race of the season is right around the corner: Provincials, which runs from June 6th to 8th in Nanaimo. Ben Smith qualified to race in both the 1500m and 3000m events, and he is “very excited for the opportunity” to compete. He’s been training seriously since grade five, and hopes to continue running his whole life, as “it’s just a great lifestyle”. To qualify for Provincials, racers had to come top six in the Vancouver Preliminary meet, then top five in the Sea to Sky Zone Finals. The track and field season also included four league meets. These were attended by all of Templeton's fourteen Titans, ranging from grades eight to twelve. The track practices were coached by Ms. Koblbauer, who enjoys coaching because she likes working with students outside the classroom. She appreciates that “it allows me to see a different side of them, and I think they get to...

By Megan Wong

By Amelia Kondor Earth day passed somewhat recently, and you may have noticed the Environmental Club’s posters up around the school. More importantly, you might have noticed or participated in one of their annual clothing swaps. Trying to prevent clothing waste isn’t something to attempt only for Earth Day, though. What are some of the ways we can take action to prevent this waste? Is clothing recycling really all it’s cracked up to be, and if not, what are some alternatives? “Making fashion circular,” is something often proposed when trying to find a solution to our current waste problem. Essentially, the problem with the way that society deals with clothing currently is that it has a linear life cycle. The textile industry is designed to produce new clothes that we wear – and it does a great job. Yes, there are plenty of issues in this process, like the exploitation of workers, but tons upon tons of clothing is created every year. More t...

By Beck Fergusson Can I tell you about the octopus in my freezer? He has been there a week and refuses to talk to me. I am puzzled by his presence; he seems unhappy. I am not sure why he is here. I barely know the octopus at all. My brother, however, has quite taken to the octopus and will not stop talking about him. Did you know octopi have nine brains and three hearts? They have these three hearts as a consequence of having blue blood. Their two peripheral hearts pump blood through their gills and a central heart then circulates the oxygenated blood to the rest of the body. They have one main brain located in their heads that is used for overall control. At the base of each tentacle is a smaller brain which can control each arm independently. Of course, the eight brains that octopi have in each tentacle are not like the brains we have. Instead, their brains are smaller bundles of nerves packed together. These nerves only equal out to around half...