Leg hair, sacrificial rituals, and the existentialist club are a few of the many breaking news topics covered on the new Park Spark website, theparkspark.com.

Park’s new satirical news website publishes humorous material weekly. Park Spark articles are fictional and provide comedic angles on school issues.

So far, The Park Spark has covered topics such as the SLP dress code revolution, the Vikings’ quarterback situation, and the First Lady’s water drinking initiative.

Seniors Maya Raz and Anna Glassman-Kaufman co-founded the Park Spark this year. Raz said they started the Park Spark to give students a publication alternative to the more demanding publications.

“I wanted to give people the opportunity to work on writing and photography skills without it being super rigorous,” Raz said. “I also wanted to give freshmen and sophomores a chance to be on a publication.”

Raz said she is happy with the website, but she hopes to improve on some of the technical elements and the overall writing process.

“We have the humorous aspect,” she said. “We just need to make it a little more official and well written.”

The satirical nature of the Park Spark allows it to publish sensitive or controversial articles. Drugs, sex and other social taboos can be portrayed jokingly in the Park Spark as it addresses socially relevant topics such as thigh exposure and Miley Cyrus’ dressing habits.

Sophomore Zoë Leuthner said she believes students will enjoy reading about comical or controversial topics more than hard news or other material.

“Students find funny things and sensitive topics more interesting,” Leuthner said. “Humor and controversy are more engaging and will hold a student’s attention better.”

Readers can check the website for updates as well as follow @SLPParkSpark on Twitter.