By: Emma Killeen, Michael Miller, and Shubham Saharan Hearing about atrocities in Syria has become commonplace in our daily lives. In an increasingly turbulent political atmosphere, many Americans now see the Syrian Refugee […]
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New faces at North
The first day of school at WW-P does not only apply to the freshmen. Meet the new staff, get interested in new subjects offered at school, and learn a bit mroe about […]
Factual and informative, but Snowden is nothing more
Purchasing a ticket for the movie Snowden is like going down the cereal aisle at McCaffrey’s; bland, no fun, and nothing to be excited about. Film director Oliver Stone had the great […]
Clovis says goodbye to North after teaching for over 10 years in WW-P
After teaching in the district for fourteen years, with ten of those years at North, Dr. Donna Clovis will retire at the end of this year…“I was covering 9/11 in New York and almost lost my life. I wanted to be close to my family and thought teaching would allow me to be home again with my children and other children,” Clovis said.
Bringing in the new year with sickeningly cheesy glitter in Wildfire Talent mistaken for cheesiness
Remember all of those posts you saw on Facebook about the new year? Captions reading “new year, new me” and “page one of 365.” Remember how you felt after seeing that same […]
Monsters, punk, drama; what more can you expect from Panic! At The Disco
If Adam Lambert and Freddie Mercury had a baby, it would be Panic! At The Disco. The operatic pop-punk band’s newest album Death of a Bachelor is nothing less than theatrical and […]
Lana Del Rey impresses in Honeymoon
“Summertime Sadness” is a poor representation of Lana Del Rey. I never listened to her other songs, so all I knew of her was that song that made the Billboard Hot 100 […]
Malik Thompson: Strong quarterback, avid student, and philanthropist at heart
Balancing academics and athletics is admirable for any student athlete, but it isn’t often that the success continues outside of North’s hallways. Few reach out to participate in many clubs and sports, […]
Sid Kumar, North’s gentle giant, heads for Division One
Being known as big and intimidating may not amount to the best reputation, but when you’re a high school baseball player getting Division One offers to play at colleges like Penn State […]
All the Bright Places: Two teenagers who learn to live while standing on a precipice
“Is today a good day to die?” is the strangely fascinating opening sentence to Jennifer Niven’s All the Bright Places. Death is a sensitive topic; however, Niven plays around with its meaning, […]
