Library noise during lunch has gotten out of control
—By Fariha Tamboli— The bell rings, the clock strikes, it’s 10:50—the beginning of lunch. You have to finish and print out that essay that’s due for your English class, so you […]
The culture of WW-P is not LGBT friendly
—By Madhavi Challa & Bushra Hasan— January 4, 2013. A married couple from West-Windsor submits a letter to the editor of the West Windsor and Plainsboro News attacking South’s Gay-Straight […]
Meghan Trainor’s vapid music? It’s definitely all bass
—By Elise Gorberg— Music is a forum for social issues, and the subject of feminism in music has become anything but uncommon. Breakout pop singer Meghan Trainor is one of […]
Low participation challenges hockey and wrestling programs
—By Brandon Daley— This season, North’s hockey and wrestling teams have struggled with small rosters. Both teams play physical, fast-paced sports, but with low student involvement, a lack of interest […]
Lessons I learned from The Daily Show
Here’s the lesson Jon Stewart has taught me about the world: just because you can laugh at something doesn’t mean you don’t care about it; quite the opposite, in fact. […]
The Wedding Ringer: Rated R for Rubbish
—By Katherine Chen & Michelle Xu— Jeremy Garelick’s latest movie, The Wedding Ringer, although classified as a romantic comedy, really contains no romance at all. A better label would be […]
Pass it Around: The coolest Tar Heel in sports
On a typical morning, millions of Americans tune in to ESPN to watch SportsCenter while eating breakfast, working out, or doing some other time-consuming routine to allow them to get […]
Why MLS will continue to struggle
Only 15 players in Major League Soccer have annual salaries over a million dollars. What does this tell you about MLS? Yes, there is a salary cap that produces this […]
Healthy bodies, HAP-py lives
Students from Human Anatomy & Physiology (HAP) hosted the Healthy Body, HAPpy Life Museum here in North’s main hallway and library on Wednesday, January 14, presenting information in the form […]
“ISP is love. ISP is life.”
You may have noticed quite a few people wearing a gray shirt showing a single finger pointing toward the moon. The shirt bears the letters “ISP.” One question you might […]
The Explainer: North surpasses South
—By Liam Knox & Hannah Mitlak— EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT! NORTH TO SURPASS SOUTH IN THIS YEAR’S U.S. NEWS STATE HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS! Wow! No way! That’s incredible! […]
Boys’ basketball team looking for first win
“All of our games have been very close,” senior boys’ basketball captain Kevin Murphy said. The Knights started the season 0-10, and have struggled to find success thus far. But the […]
Girly songs that guys secretly love (or, at least, that I secretly love)
There are certain actions that guys have uniformly deemed feminine. If a boy tries to sing a girly song—and by “girly,” I basically mean any pop song that is partially […]
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 […]
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 […]
My new iPhone wants to consume my soul
This Christmas, I finally got an iPhone. I’m not quite sure how I feel about it. I guess we have sort of a love-hate relationship. On the one hand, I […]
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