The Magnet staff is a delightful circus of quirky personalities. The reporters are always lurking near the drama club or cafeteria, eavesdropping for worthy quotes. Armed with spirals and pens, they treat every minor school event like it’s breaking news. The editors are grammar warriors, fixing comma splices with an intensity usually reserved for escape rooms. They can sniff out a typo from across the room, and nothing makes them happier than a perfectly placed em dash. Then there’s the photographer, forever crouched awkwardly in hallways, trying to capture a “natural” candid while no one notices their giant camera. The layout designers? Well, they’re basically wizards, turning chaos into order with fonts and grids, grumbling about spacing issues only they can see. Together, we form a chaotic newsroom full of deadlines, drama, and just the right amount of caffeine and Frooties.

Aliah Fischer is a sophomore at Owatonna High School and this is her first year in Magnet. Fischer wrestles and plays lacrosse for OHS as well as being involved in FFA and 4H. She also enjoys working with animals, and in particular really enjoys spending time with her horses as well as running rodeo circuits, barrel racing and pole bending. After high school Fischer is looking into potentially becoming an animal chiropractor, building off of her love for livestock. A fun unique fact about Fischer is that she is able to drive any length of trailer without a struggle. One of Aliah’s other hobbies that got her into Magnet was her interest in photography, as that is one of the things she looks forward to doing most here at Magnet.