By: Natasha Kanitkar & Juliana Wojtenko While students were busy scrambling to prepare for the start of the 2018 school year, Junior Rosie Pipada was busy teaching students English at Prashanti Vidya Mandir School in Kota, India. During the summer of 2017, Pipada visited her family in India. After seeing students struggling to learn English at school, she realized that […]

By: Imogen Lubin Entering a thrift store, you are immediately greeted with the thick musty smell of vintage clothing. If you’re not familiar with this scent, imagine the smell that hits you whenever you enter your grandmother’s house––a blend of floral perfume, body odor, cigarettes, and mildew. The smell, accompanied by flickering lights, linoleum floors, and overcrowded racks, characterize every […]

By: Emma Gampper Over the summer, I was lucky enough to receive a digital subscription to the New York Times—or so I thought. Immediately after I activated my account and downloaded the app, I was plagued with notifications that still haunt me to this day. I often woke up to a buzzing phone in crisis rather than an alarm clock. […]

By: Rafeea Tamboli Dear admissions officers, I am confused. I am not old enough to vote. Nor am I old enough to rent a car. Nor am I old enough to drink. However, apparently, I am old enough to decide what I want to do for the rest of my life. Like most seniors, I’m currently buried under a mountain […]

The number represents how many people have died because of mass shootings since 1966. On October 27, 2018, eleven people were killed at a Pittsburgh synagogue. On November 8, 2018, twelve people, including college students, were killed at a California country music bar. The following is a collection of student opinions regarding mass shootings. “I remember someone telling me that […]

By: Rafeea Tamboli & Raymond Chang Preface: The following is an accurate representation of what happened between Rafeea and Raymond while they were trying to write an article about love. Just like love is complicated, this conversation reflects the complications that arise when discussing love. Raymond: Have you seen the video, “Why ‘love’ is a useless word – and three […]

By: Sarah Hudes My grandmother’s chicken soup is only adorned with matzo balls on the highest of holidays. On these special days, we roll them together from a box of Manischewitz matzo ball mix; hers are always smooth and perfectly sized (the size of a walnut is ideal, she says), while mine always turn out large and lumpy. I’ve never […]

By: Megan Leung & Emma Gampper At the beginning of the 2018 school year, students at High School North discovered that one of the bathrooms at the end of the upstairs math hallway had been transformed from a girl’s restroom to a gender-neutral restroom. The gender-neutral bathrooms are not new—North already had converted two other bathrooms in previous years. The […]

By: Camila Angola & Emane Haque & Ananya Dondapati Eleven High School North students spent their summer vacation traveling across Europe and immersing themselves in different cultures under the guidance of the Education First, or EF Tours, travel program. The program is not sponsored by the West Windsor-Plainsboro school district; the tours are run independently by EF Tours and North […]

By: Michael Miller & Natasha Kanitkar & Ananya Sathish Due to a 5-3 majority vote from West Windsor-Plainsboro’s Board of Education, Class III officers will be added to schools in the district, including High School North. The new Class III officers will function similarly to most police and will be stationed at all ten WW-P schools throughout the day. Class […]

By: Rafeea Tamboli & Aashika Mehta On November 6, as West Windsor and Plainsboro residents voted for Senators, House representatives, and Board of Education representatives, they also voted to pass a district-wide referendum. The election results, published on the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District website state that the referendum “passed in both communities by over 1,500 votes.” The referendum focuses on […]

By: Camila Angola Balancing sports, academics, and other interests is an arduous task for most students. Some might crack under pressure or not be able to perform well. However, for Senior Olivia Young, balancing volleyball and her other responsibilities, all while keeping a positive attitude, comes with ease. Young first started playing volleyball in eighth grade and has been a […]

By: Pranav Nair Each stroke from Lily Huang’s brush is delicately precise––creating vibrant paintings that come to life. To Huang, art isn’t just the picturesque scenery one might see on a postcard. Rather, it is a medium of expression in which she is free to channel her true self. “I incorporate aspects of my life that really matter to me […]

By: Pranav Nair & Aashika Mehta With immense devotion, a tremendous heart, and the skills to bring it all together, Senior Alex Quezada, already named MVP of the soccer team, exemplifies the role of captain in North’s soccer team. His talents have brought him recognition at many levels, such as The Colonial Valley Conference and the Mercer County Tournament. Quezada […]