School-sponsored field trips come every year like clockwork. Upperclassmen relay stories to underclassmen of the pranks and incidents that occurred on their trips, creating a sense of entitlement among the younger students. […]
Not Ready for Hillary: A call for stonger progressivism
—By Shreya Sunderram— Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced her bid for the presidency—and I could not be less thrilled. Wait, hold up—a feminist liberal who isn’t over the moon about a Clinton […]
Stop talking about the twenty dollar bill
Women have come a long way over the years, but we still have some ground to make up. Feminists are finding innovative ways to make their voices heard and messages received, but […]
A Knight, Errant
I love myself a good protest. Even if I don’t agree with the demonstrators’ point of view, the courage it takes to speak out against the norm is always inspiring. Last week, […]
In Loco Parentis? More like Big Brother
Readers be advised: If you’re planning on liking or sharing this article online, as unlikely as I know that is, please protect your social media accounts first—apparently, our administrators can see just […]
Knights Admirers or Knights Creepers?
If you were a student at North last year, you probably witnessed the tremendous number of Knights Admirers posts, some of them cute, some of them funny and some of them just […]
The social stress of college groups
As the end of senior year draws nearer, students are ready to move on to the next exciting endeavor: college. Many look forward to the first step toward adulthood, a taste of […]
Dear America, I’m not going to apologize for terrorism
How many times do we need to apologize for ourselves? How many times do we need to say sorry for the actions of people we don’t know, for crimes we have never […]
#thedress
—By Fariha Tamboli, Diana Tang, and Lei Lei Wu— 5 Quick Facts: The dress is actually black and blue. The trend started on February 26, 2015. The dress is from the British […]
Now I’m a believer: Why Shrek, against all the odds, made this curmudgeon appreciate musicals
I’m not a big fan of musicals. The contrived plots, the hammy overacting, the simplification of events and emotions all rub me the wrong way. It’s a uniquely American art form, dating […]
