Choking on air: a cure
Once there was a girl who couldn’t breathe the air of earth. Her lungs required a different oxygen, the air of a world above the clouds where a bird […]
Chill; no one is stealing your culture
You’ve probably seen it before: white fashion gurus at Coachella getting attacked for wearing gem bindis, Blake Lively being slandered all over social media for commenting that she has an […]
Don’t make plans for January 29th; the world is ending
By: Danielle Brubaker Upon finishing We Are The Ants, I stared in silence at my wall for a good half hour. I think that’s a sign of a good […]
Humanity 2.0: How artificial intelligence is moving up the food chain
If you’ve ever seen the 1984 movie The Terminator, then you know computers can have a dark side. There’s the famous scene in which Kyle Reese dramatically declares that […]
Get over yourself, honey
It’s nothing groundbreaking to say that there is value in failure. It builds character, thickens our skin, tells us when to strive higher. But in our valiant efforts to promote positive self-image we have instilled the belief in children that they can’t fail.
Alice: we’re all mad here (and by mad I mean homicidal)
I knew it was going to be my kind of book when Alice befriended an axe murderer on page six. I’m a simple girl; the way to my heart is through a little bloodshed and a good old fashioned insane asylum. What can I say? The Valentine’s Day spirit got to me. Nothing screams “I love you, honey” like a […]
Blood, screams, and…taxidermy?
Taxidermy, wheelchairs, and the name Edith have all officially been ruined for me. With Halloween fast approaching, there’s no better way to get into the season than reading the deeply disturbing and uniquely terrifying novel, The House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill. It’s the profoundly macabre story of Catherine Howard, a woman who is offered the job to appraise […]
South defeats North at StuCo volleyball tournament
In an embarrassing moment for North, players from South’s varsity boys’ volleyball team won the Volleyball Tournament hosted by North’s freshman student council at North on Friday, April 17, triumphing […]
Brubaker’s Bookshelf
Lauren Oliver presents the least thrilling psychological thriller ever written: Vanishing Girls. A promising premise of kidnapping and horror gives way to a disappointingly tame and frustratingly predictable story. It’s […]
Complicit: Fun with a psychopathic arsonist
Stephanine Kuenh’s second novel, Complicit, won’t change your outlook on life or move you to tears, but it isn’t trying to. What it delivers is entertainment. It’s a wild, savage book with enough psychopaths and arson to keep anyone reading. Complicit starts with high school junior Jamie Henry finding out his sister, Crazy Cate, has gotten out of the juvenile […]
Girls’ volleyball completes record-breaking season
This year’s girls’ volleyball team has had a killer season. With a winning record of 17-13, the team has proved to be one of the most successful North has seen […]
Girls’ volleyball set for states
This year the girls’ volleyball team at North is better than it’s been in eight years. They already have won more games this year at midseason than the total number […]
Worst. Marriage. Ever.
There is nothing better than watching a bunch of narcissistic sociopaths play mind games with each other for two and a half hours. No sarcasm. That is exactly what Gone […]
Banks delivers colorless, dreary album
I do not envy the man who messed with Banks. In her debut album, Goddess, she has enough man-hate going on to rival Taylor Swift. Most of the songs feel […]
