Yellow ribbon week hosted late April/early May
The week of April 28 to May 2 was Yellow Ribbon Week. The peer leaders reached out to the student body in order to spread awareness on suicide and to […]
With elections out of the way, the Executive Board looks to the future
Anxiety and apprehension settled over the school on the first Friday of May, as students voted for candidates and awaited the election results of student council’s new executive board. In […]
North Biology pilot program tossed in favor of direct instruction
More than 150 angry parents crowded North’s Media Center at a March 13 Coffee with the Principal meeting to voice their outrage over what they viewed as a failed experiment: […]
Cracking jokes and waxing legs at the spring Improv show
Ten minutes after seven o’clock, members of North’s Improv Club entered with an assortment of odd instruments, introducing themselves to the packed UDH with a tune. On May 9, the […]
Because it’s the cup
The 2014 World Cup kicks off on June 12. The tournament features 32 teams broken into eight groups of four. The top two teams in each group progress to a […]
Top five summer jobs
Aside from robbing a bank, there are few ways to easily put a little cash in your pocket. For teenagers, summer jobs are a longstanding tradition to earn consistent pay. […]
History reborn: NHD earns accolades, popularity
Some students view history as a menial graduation requirement. The subject can be a bore for students who prefer to be swamped in sciences, musing through mathematics, and lingering in […]
Dr. Clovis to take her talents to the alps
Shakespeare teacher Donna Clovis certainly has an interesting life. She used to work for ABC and has used her connections to take her students to see famous actors like Orlando […]
Boys’ track left behind in sub-par season
At the beginning of the spring season, North’s boys’ track and field team set two goals: to win the Mercer County Championship and to go undefeated. North has missed both […]
Boys’ Lacrosse steers through early adversity
The season has been full of ups and downs for the boys’ lacrosse team. After a rough patch consisting of both losses in players and matches, the team was able to […]
Depth, competition drive boys’ golf
With a new coach in tow, the boys’ golf team, which boasts an impressive 13-1 record, has proven even more successful than last year. There are many reasons why the […]
Volleyball builds for future after difficult spring
The team finished its season 7-16 after feeling at a disadvantage for almost the entire season. Last year, many of the star varsity athletes were seniors and therefore, this year’s […]
Upperclassmen power North baseball
Baseball wrapped up its last game on Tuesday, May 20, bringing a close to a successful season. The team finished the year with a 12-9 win-loss record. The team gained […]
Ban banning bossy
As a teenage girl with hopes and dreams of becoming a successful and independent woman, I am exhausted of Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, telling me how […]
To morning announcements, with love
Somebody once told me that morning announcements are a lot like the Occupy Wall Street movement: both are dead, but it doesn’t really matter because nobody listened to them anyway. That broke my heart. You see, it’s entirely true that morning announcements are supposed be painless, simple ways to get information out to large numbers of students, and I’d say […]
What are the free expression rights of students in public schools under the First Amendment?
Our Op-Ed page features an article which opines that school administration (and school administrators) should have no control over the content of student publications under the auspices of free speech. Principals argue that school publications are curricular activities and thus subject to an increased level of control. In a contrasting essay, I’d like to illustrate the Supreme Court decisions that […]
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