Hello, people! This is the first article of the “Reverse Q&A” that I (this is Winnie speaking) tried to set up a few months ago by putting posters up. Well, if you guys saw them, you, uh, didn’t respond, so I bullied quite a few people into submitting questions! If you want to have a question featured in the next article, it’s not too late – check this link to get your question featured! Anyway, without further ado, let’s get to the questions we’ve got!

1.) When are you guys doing school gossip? I NEED TO KNOW – Maricruz Garcia Villegas

“As soon as we hear some and can get a podcast up lmao” – Ryann

“I’m not exactly sure what you mean by school gossip, but I make an article called “Teacher Tea” and I just interview random people around our school with two different questions ‘What is a common problem you see among teachers or teaching methods in Granite Falls High School?’ and ‘What teacher here inspires you and why?’” – Lilly 

“I would, I mean the closest I’ve ever come to it is Hallway Psychology, but that was just generalized. It’s libel and stuff that’s the problem. We can’t print reputation-destroying stuff, as it might destroy our reputation. Sad face.” – Winnie

“Gurl, we always gossiping, though, as an article- no, articles centred around gossip is prone to being slander, and could get our club taken down.” – Paul

“what kinda gossip ” – Pimchanok

2.) Would you love anyone in Tiger Tribune if they were a worm, if so please pick 3 people. – Anonymous

“Abby, Winnie, and Paul.” – Ryann

“Madi, Chloe, and Paul.” – Lilly

“Ryann, Madi, and Pimchanok.” – Allison

“Chloe, Paul, and Lilly.” – Winnie

“Lilly, Madi, and Leighya.” – Elaina

“Chloe, Allyssa, and Abby.” – Leighya

“Winnie, Chloe, and Pimchanok.” – Paul

“Leighya, Pimchanok, and Chloe.” – Allyssa

“Allison, Madi, and Allyssa. BUUUT I would love everyone if they were a worm! Worm club!!!” – Pimchanok

“Madi.” – Madi

3.) If you could break any law with no consequences, what law would it be and why? ( ༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ ) – Anonymous

“The law of gravity cause that’s badass.” – Ryann

“There isn’t any that automatically come to mind, but sometimes I wish I could just say everything I want to any teacher without consequences. Not really a law, but a rule I guess.” – Lilly

“Breaking and entering. Not stealing or murdering people or anything that’s generally in conjunction with it, just breaking and entering. I would love to just appear in people’s houses, eating raw eggs out of their fridge (THAT’S A WATCHMEN REFERENCE NOT ME GENUINELY) and just hanging out where I’m not wanted.” – Winnie

“I would break the law about speeding.” – Elaina

“Shoplifting- everything’s so flipping expensive.” – Leighya

“I’m a party pooper, I have no laws I would want to break. Sigh..” – Pimchanok

“What are you, a snitch?” – Madi

4.) Who do you think has more right to the GFHS stage? The theater class or band? – Kortnei Schramm

“Theater 1000%” – Ryann, Allyssa

“I cannot answer this as it would be a Conflict of Interest. Mr. McCabe, I used three of your big words! Give me recognition. Anyway, Theater has more right, as I am in it.” – Winnie

“THEATRE DUH – Current theatre kid.” – Lilly

“They should duel to the death on stage to determine the answer. It would both entertain the crowd and provide an opportunity for the band to play an epic score over the bloodshed.” – Allison

“Winnie if he cross dresses more.” – Leighya

“Obviously, the stage is belonged to theatre, the stage has no room for instruments and “actors” who can not go on the stage and not look at their script 24/7, it’s obviously a discipline issue.” – Paul

“both [one day you guys should collab and have a play with live action music in the background pretty plz ]” – Pimchanok

“I fear if I answer this my life will be put in danger.” – Madi

5.) What’s something that you guys would like to add (or improve) to the tiger tribune in the future? – Anonymous

“Uhhh better organization and communication skills rip.” – Ryann

“A FREAKIN PODCAST. It would be so awesome! If you guys could hear some of the things that go on in tribune meetings… [Try reading “Tribune Behind the Scenes” part one and two if you’re really curious!]” – Lilly

“We need an end of the year party!” – Allison

“I would like to improve website traffic, because bro, I’ve poured my heart and soul into this thing and NO ONE CHECKS IT!!!!” – Winnie

“I would improve Winchester.” – Elaina (cough cough no you wouldn’t I would make you worse)

“We def need more funding.” – Leighya

“Our leader needs to be blonder.” – Paul

“soon I want some more podcasts!! I also wanna improve the website badly.” – Pimchanok

“The Tribune’s very messy. It needs to be not messy.” – Madi

6.) Does winchester like women?? – Anonymous

“Winchester browses the milk section.” – Ryann

“No comment…” – Lilly

“Do women like winchester??” – Allison

“I would say probably yes, and I’m offended at the thought otherwise. WOMEN LOVE THE LADYBOYS DAWG. HOW DO YOU THINK BTS GOT ANYWHERE? This Asian mildly-boy K-Pop band wins the heart of basic girls everywhere. I’m just ahead of the curve.” – Winnie

“No.” – Elaina, Leighya

“No, he “browses the milk section” a little too often to like women, his defense is just a cover story.” – Paul

“Everyone should like women as a whole. But romantically, that’s Winnie’s decision, and I’ll support him in whoever he likes [as long as it’s legal].” – Madi

“I’m not sure. (Probably not.)” – Allyssa

“trick question: he is one.” – Pimchanok

7.) Would you rather eat 500 pounds of oats or be stuck in a room with Winchester? – Anonymous

“I’d rather be stuck in a room with Winchester.” – Ryann

“How many bowls of oatmeal could I make?” – Lilly

“Oh, come on, being in a room with him isn’t THAT bad. At least, until he starts showing you his furry art. Still though.” – Allison

“500 pounds of oats. If it’s a clone of me and not me being alone, I’d probably beat its head in with a rock.” – Winnie

“I will take the oats.” – Elaina, Allyssa

“Winchester, Tiger Tribune live laughs and loves Winnie.” – Leighya

“I think I’d get bored of the oats faster than Winchester, besides, oats can’t talk my ear off.” – Paul

“Winchester, but maybe we will both eat the 500 pounds of oats instead.” – Pimchanok

“Be stuck in a room with Winnie. I hear human tastes a bit like pork.” – Madi

8.) As an ex-tribune member myself, I sometimes wonder if I should come back. Is it worth it? What are the shenanigans like? And the workload; is it manageable, or do you have enough people as it is? – Makayla Herb

“Actually the workloads are usually given by… you! You get to choose what you work on and how much is an appropriate workload for you. Tribune meetings are…chaotic… but they’re pretty great. Also, we can never have enough Journalists.” – Lilly

“Come back! The environment is highly informal and you don’t have to take on work more than you can handle. Finally, any aggression or disdain in the club has been placed upon Winchester.” – Allison

“The shenanigans, I like to think, are more flavorful with the Freshmen’s arrival. The workload is less manageable for some people than others (i.e. Managing Editor, A&E, Student Life, me with my long ahh articles), and we could always take another person if you want to come back!” – Winnie

“Yes it is definitely worth it. We could always use more people and more minds, and everyone is incredibly flexible.” – Leighya

“Absolutely! The workload is self-decided, so burnouts are limited to however many you want (Winchester, for example, chooses to be 24/7 burnt out with how many articles he makes), and, as of now, we have a sufficient amount of people, as it goes, the more the merrier! (Besides, we need to have someone to wrangle our wild band of gossipees)” – Paul

“it is completely up to you!! workload is dependent on how much you assign yourself and we welcome anyone who wants to join :D” – Pimchanok

“We need more people and would be happy to take (or re-take) in aspiring journalists! The workload is quite manageable, but if you feel you have too much, you can ask for help.” – Madi

9.) What is your opinion on the idea of prom? Why do you like it, or why not? – Leia Trifonov

“I think it should be a junior and senior thing only, cause having it restricted a bit makes it more special.” – Ryann

“I’ve never been. I’m a freshie. But I don’t see why students shouldn’t have a big event to look forward to (or stress over not having a date for) towards the end of the year.” – Allison

“I hate even the mere idea of prom because every time I have gone to other dances it’s just the most depressing crap, and I end up hating my life and feeling intensely lonely at like an hour in, even when going with friends. But hey, maybe it’s changed. I wouldn’t know, or care, because I’m a freshie. (It’s ok, guys! I’m still Hallway Psychologist! It’s just that that’s more fun cuz it happens to other people.)” – Winnie

“I think it’s overrated.” – Elaina

“I love it, I just wish it was restricted more to juniors and seniors only.” – Leighya

“Prom is my personal place of pure, unadulterated judgement, watching fellow teenagers(like myself) fail to dance properly, not to mention the awkward ones standing off to the side, it’s also a great place to evaluate peoples taste in style!” – Paul

“Prom is pretty good and fun if you go with your friends.” – Allyssa

“I think lowkey for our school they need to advertise it with more info like what food things will be there cause it can get more people to go– as a freshman who hasn’t gone, i’m not sure what my thoughts are yet!” – Pimchanok

“It’s a cute thing for seniors and friends to get together and party one last time as high school students. But Homecoming’s better because there’s a Spider-Man movie about it.” – Madi

10.) What is your favorite music artist, movie, game, or show that is NOT the genre you consume most?

“I’m a metal head/hard rock girlie but love Sabrina carpenter “ – Ryann

“Ooooo. I like this question. I really enjoy Startrek especially TNG, but I usually enjoy fantasy over Sci-fi.” – Lilly

“I’ll say music as a category, since I don’t really talk about it that much, and it’s definitely the 1998 album Waste of Mind by Zebrahead. The thing is, it SUCKS. It’s not a great rock album and it’s an even worse hip-hop album. But, it was one of the first albums my mom let me listen to when I got a CD player and wanted to try music things (this was me at like 4 – 7, by the way, I didn’t need a CD player once I got into Middle School) and it was nice at the time, even though my stepdad hated it. I probably would hate it too if I were listening to it for the first time today. A hugely close second is the 2005 album From Under The Cork Tree by Fall Out Boy, for the same reason as the first one.” – Winnie

“Sza, kali uchis, Lana del Rey, the marias.” – Allyssa

“WHAT this is a hard question.. mouthwashing is such a cool game but the genre is horror (I don’t consume a lot of horror games) but it is really interesting and amazing!!” – Pimchanok

11.) If you could become any different species from a fictional universe, with all strengths and weaknesses, what would it be? – Anonymous

“I would wanna be Bella Swan cause she gets Robert Pattinson ” – Ryann

“I think I would be a Betazoid! (Where are all my Star Trek nerds at?) They have pretty eyes, hair that is super healthy, and sensing emotions would be SICK.)” – Lilly

“When I was little, I was obsessed with the movie ‘Avatar’. I wanted nothing more to be a ten-foot-tall striped blue alien. I went as one like three Halloweens in a row.” – Allison

“I would enjoy being a Kryptonian from Superman, because Clark Kent is this huge nerd and no one thinks he could POSSIBLY be superstrong and all that, and I just think it would open up so many opportunities to mess with people. And save the world of course. Maybe. If I have time after messing with people.” – Winnie

“I would want to be a hippogriff from Harry Potter.” – Elaina

“I would be a high-elf, primarily because of my superiority complexes, and I speak like one, if you know me, you’d know.” – Paul

“mermaids and fairies are so cool.. but like if I was an earth bender from an avatar (does that count as a species???) that’d be cool! (If not i’d be like those half dragon half human type of things just to fly and look cool)” – Pimchanok

“Monkey.” – Madi, Who, No, She Literally Did Not Put Anything Else. Are Monkeys Not Real Now? What?

12.) What is your favorite class in High School thus far and why?

“None at GFHS that place sucks.” – Ryann, Who’s In Running Start

“I would have to say theatre. I have loved acting since I was little, and this has just kinda been a dream come true.” – Lilly

“Spanish 1! I love the subject. Sr. Martuscelli is always willing to help if needed. Great teacher.” – Allison

“I would say Theater, because it’s half unbridled stress and half unbridled insanity. Gotta love it.” – Winnie

“English and Yearbook are by far my favorite classes.” – Elaina

“ECE- (Early Childhood Education, at Sno-Isle Tech) it’s three hours with 4 people and kids so it’s almost impossible to fail” – Leighya

“My favourite class? Personality disorder simulator I.e, Theatre, primarily because I excel at being everyone but myself!” – Paul

“English with McCabe.” – Allyssa

“I love all my classes they’re all unique!” – Pimchanok

“English because I’m good at it and also I like my teacher.” – Madi

13.) What makes an event newsworthy to you?

“If I gasp, then we gotta write abt it.” – Ryann

“To make an event newsworthy it has to be something everyone (Or almost everyone) knows details about but not the full story. And that’s what the newspaper is for! To make or break rumors and give the full story.” – Lilly

“If the event is well-known around our school or culturally significant to high schoolers, it’s a story!” – Allison

“If someone else goes ‘Hey we should write a story on this!’ For some reason, in my head, most events are not newsworthy by default; I need someone else to snap at me like a dog to notice ‘Oh crap yeah we could write about that.’” – Winnie

“If it is global and/or affects me.” – Elaina

“Records broken, big attendance, talked about among students, group achievement, or drama.” – Leighya

“Depends, if the tea is lengthy enough, or, if one of the nerds in the group wants to do research on the subject, like weirdos… (like myself *cough cough*)” – Paul

“Anything worthwhile; I’ve written stuff that nobody cares about while also making some important stuff, like the article about our new principal that’s taken me longer to finish than I’d like to admit.” – Madi

14.) What is the dumbest yet favorite memory with the Tribune Group this year? – Lylith Reiner, who doesn’t go here but I was asking my friends because man these high schoolers can ignore posters

“Trying to take a group picture and always having someone blink or something lol.” – Ryann

“Browsing…the milk section…” – Lilly

“Madi biting Winchester. Multiple times.” – Allison

“No comment, as answering truthfully might get Mr. McCabe up a specific creek. You know which creek.” – Winnie

“Anything Winchester has said (just the first part. The dumbest)” – Elaina

“(Idk if I can say it) when we all got together to celebrate the end on 2024 and played cards against humanity and had a bunch of food” – Leighya

“There are many dumb memories within the Tribune, so much so that my SBAC test score went down. But my dumbest memory involves me getting a “gift” which was an empty jolly rancher wrapper… very appreciative…” – Paul

“There was one meeting for Tiger Tribune, where we couldn’t focus and spent the meeting just laughing at random things.” – Allyssa

“teaching the Mr. McCabe brainrot at concessions  (what a sigma thing to do)” – Pimchanok

15.) Do you think Tiger Tribune should be a class for credits?

“So, it kinda is? Mr. McCabe is teaching it half-and-half with Yearbook and hopefully it will pave the way to it becoming a class in the future. But, with staff cuts and teachers having to pick up slack from RIF’ed people, that may be set back and unfortunately can’t really be its own class at this time. What would REALLY be nice is an English credit, because come on. No volunteer hours, struggling for pennies, doing what’s basically homework in sadder and sadder timeframes, this is a thankless job! Buuuuut, School Board, Administrative Staff, nudge nudge!  If you gave us an English credit, that would make this all so much easier and we’d all love our jobs with the full force of someone who now has a clear class in their schedule! Just saying.” – Winnie, Who’s Really The Only Answerer Necessary For This Question

16.) Do you wish people would check the website more often? What is there that makes it worth it?

“YES! I feel like for more people to check it, it needs to be advertised, but it’s not advertised like… at all. I wish we could advertise it in an AMM video or something. But what makes it worth it… everything is there with the click of a mouse! Some of the articles even have pages that weren’t added in the newspaper.” – Lilly

“Yes! The website is easily accessible to readers anywhere and hosts a bounty of fun games and quizzes. It even has an extensive school event calendar. Its user activity is criminally low!” – Allison

“Oh my god, what an amazing question, me! So glad I asked! First off, there’s the calendar, which carries events from ASB registered clubs and updates when certain meetings are cancelled. Second, there’s the longer, website exclusive articles that get published there, usually with much cooler thumbnails. Also, there’s the interactive crosswords and quizzes that we’ve set up as of late. Also, it carries all links to forms with info on Dear Abby, this article, the Painted Rock, and whatever other Tribune event may be happening! It’s really quite underutilized by you guys.” – Winnie

“I wish people would visit the website more, and what would be the worth of it? Winchester might shut up about it… might.” – Paul

“Yes, please check the website more often because they have articles from amazing writers.” – Allyssa

“yes website is so cool it has a calendar with literally all you need to know and it’s gonna get better trust!!” – Pimchanok

“Yes. Winnie is there.” – Madi

17.) What genre of article do you most avoid writing and why?

“Features cause it’s so much pressurr” – Ryann

“I usually avoid writing anything that would get specific people incriminated or blamed. I just don’t want to start anything with anyone, and I find it kind of difficult to find information that isn’t public, or more private.” – Lilly

“I get nervous interviewing people, so articles which require it are terrifying.” – Allison

“I would say news on recent events. Take for example Chloe’s “This Year’s Political Initiatives” or Pim’s “FBLA and FCCLA are Off to State”, it’s like, I’ll never get that crap done on time anyway, and it sucks the soul out of my enjoyment of writing. I don’t want to freaking write about how FFA did at the state conference, that’s what the calendar is for!” – Winnie

“Fictional- I like writing opinion based pieces and will only write op-ed or sports features.” – Leighya

“I absolutely DESPISE articles dealing with interviews because that’s scary or articles I’m writing about someone else cause it makes me feel like a creep :(“ – Pimchanok

“Opinion or sports because I’m bad at writing pieces about those.” – Madi

18.) What area of sports is hardest to report for, and why?

“All of them bro sports sucks.” – Ryann

“Football- nobody is really specific in their interviews, and tennis- since nobody really pays attention to it.” – Leighya

“Interviewing people because we can never find a time to do it.” – Allyssa

19.) Which part of the school year is the busiest in terms of workload? – Anonymous

“The end, everything feels crushing.” – Ryann

“BOTC. So much about it just come flooding in I’ve noticed.” – Lilly

“(I’m assuming this is referring to school in general) By third quarter, I’m exhausted with all the work from first semester, yet too far from the end of the year to be hyped for it.” – Allison

“This part, though that may be due to the fact that communication is not great right now. There’s not a ton of new articles popping out, but there’s so many that were spitballed all at once that everyone else around is tired and stressed. But otherwise I gotta say November-December, because of that comic I spent weeks on and lost motivation for and only submitted out of principle.” – Winnie

“Right before yearbook deadlines, as almost all of our members are consumed with yearbook so we have less people for like a month” – Leighya

“End of year is always has the most workload.” – Elaina, Allyssa

“for me it’s the fall since we don’t really have any breaks during that time and just go to school a lot, and since it’s new to freshman it gets busy, I think.” – Pimchanok

“Second to third quarter, for me.” – Madi

20.) What is the best and worst part of working for the Tribune? 

– Anonymous

“Best – the team. Worst – the organization and communication skills.” – Ryann

“The best part in my opinion, is getting to spend time with people who have similar interests and senses of humor. The worst part is probably just the big scary deadline, but those are just my own issues.”– Lilly

“The best aspect of being a Tribune member, personally, is the chance to gain a little experience in journalism. The worst part is the day of the meetings: Tuesday, the objectively WORST day of the week.” – Allison

“The best part is hanging out with everyone and writing your beautiful pieces, and the worst part is editing, because it often involves a lot of waiting and sometimes you gotta bite back a little hurt because something you thought was great is actually not.” – Winnie

“Having to deal with Winchester.” – Elaina (Surely she’s referring to the best part.)

“Best- community. Worst- when meetings get cancelled.” – Leighya

“The best part is spending time with my friends and the worst part is procrastination an article.” – Allyssa

“worst is actually doing the work best is having fun with everyone around me!!” – Pimchanok

“Best: I get to hang out with my friends!  Worst: I struggle to accept my writing style and avoid criticism. Also, I fear we are not taken very seriously.” – Madi

21.) What does a brainstorming session look like FOR YOU during meetings?

“I zone out and say whatever weird bleep comes to mind.” – Ryann, Who Actually Swore, I Censored It, Oh My Gosh Mommy Pick Me Up I Heard A Bad Word

“Usually a lot of laughing. Also my favorite ideas haven’t really popped up in the meeting per say, but it usually happens at home. And then we talk and laugh about the idea at the meeting.” – Lilly

“Scrambling desperately to think of a single article idea before they ask me what I’ve got in mind.“ – Allison

“I usually have a couple ideas when we start, and then I lock my keys in the metaphorical car of my brain when I’m trying to figure out ideas in the meeting.” – Winnie

“I just sit back and laugh at what everyone says.” – Elaina

“Everyone talking about the most unrealistic things that come to mind without thinking before speaking.” – Leighya

“A brainstorming session usually looks like a wild pack of rabid foxes all cackling like they do, then there’s the one zoo keeper who tries to get their attention, but is gossiped over.” – Paul, Whom I have No Clue What He Means. What Zookeeper? I Never Heard No Zookeeper

“crashing out and then locking in.” – Pimchanok

“It’s very messy, for all of us. For me, I am incapable of doing anything creative during the “meetings.” They usually just devolve into gossip sessions about people or things I don’t know or care about.” – Madi

That’s all for this round of questions! We all love the public’s questions and we’re always more than happy to settle your beef or drop some hard facts on how amazingly professional we are. From our computers and phones to our verbal answers that I dictated because people are too lazy to type them out, this was an amazing article to bring the group together for our final print this year, and I’d like to thank everyone for participating (including you, for taking the time to read it and [hopefully] submitting a question) to keep this article alive!