The MIHS Islander, the official student newspaper of Mercer Island High School, found itself embroiled in controversy last week when an April Fools prank gone awry resulted in the paper publishing a list of student pot dealers.
“I admit it: We screwed up,” said Jacob Reese, editor of the MIHS Islander. “This year we thought that instead of the paper featuring the usual lame-assed attempts at April Fools humor, we’d do something that would actually prank the school. We were supposed to publish a fake list of the school’s dealers, but due to an editing error, we published the real list. I guess the joke’s on us after all.”
The MIHS dealer community was characteristically mellow about having their identities revealed. Said second-year freshman Jeff Spicoli: “Hey, bro, it’s all good. Now that my name is out there, the teachers know that they can hit me up for my primo weed. I’m saving up to go to Burning Man this summer.”
As the initial shock dies down, the long-term impact of the scandal is coming into view. Said MIHS student Madison Ashley: “Until this happened, I didn’t even realize that we had a student newspaper.”
Islander staff vow to do better with next year’s April Fools edition. Plans are already in the works to publish a fake list of the school’s Adderall dealers.