To run or not to run?
Last spring, sophomore distance runner Vincenzo Pugliese broke a school record for the boys’ track and field team. But at the end of the season, Pugliese switched gears. This fall, […]
North’s sports teams endure lengthy pre-season training
As the bitter weather consumes the football turfs, soccer pitches, and field hockey fields, the sports world turns its attention to winter sports. The three-month winter season kicked off as […]
New coach helps revive North’s once-dead wrestling program
Following a 1-20 season, North’s wrestling program had to make some much-needed changes; the head coach’s departure created not only a vacancy in the team but also an opportunity to raise […]
Knights basketball begins life without Juwan Harrison
243 field goals, 154 free throws, 118 three-point shots, and 1004 points stepped on stage at the Sun National Bank Center to echoing applause. As former Northern Knight Juwan Harrison […]
Why does North ban playing cards? No good reason.
Remember when you used to pace in circles around your mom and repeat, “I’m BOOOOOOOOREDDDDDD!” And for some reason you used to expect a helpful response but would only ever […]
The moral depravity of the gluten-free diet
Whenever I eat out, I find it necessary to add the disclaimer that I can’t eat gluten and that my food should be kept separate from anything that contains it, […]
A Knight, Errant: Our responsiblity, as the people who can still breathe
In high schools across the country, students are raising both hands in protest of the Ferguson and Garner decisions. Why aren’t we? Because we aren’t really in any danger? Because while we are a diverse school, the number of African American students is comparatively low? Because in the privileged suburbs of West Windsor and the calm villages of Plainsboro, the […]
How to Get Away With Murder: An American Police Story
Justice is sometimes hard to define, but injustice isn’t hard to recognize. In Michael Brown’s case, the injustice was clear as day. Regardless of his size, face, skin color, criminal […]
Model Congress wins coveted award at Yale conference
A crowd of 24 high school students swamp the narrow streets of New Haven, Connecticut. Clad in western business attire, heels, blazers, and clasping bill books to their chests, the […]
North’s stage crew: The kids behind the curtain
They can be hard to notice: clad in all-black and flitting back and forth across the stage between scenes, flickering like cue marks in an old film. In the months […]
Vice Principal Doug Eadie to retire after 17 years at North
Then and Now: (Left) Principal Michael Zapicchi, Vice Principal Doug Eadie and Vice Principal Melissa Levine at the 2002 senior prom. (Right) Levine, Zapicchi and Eadie earlier this year. Eadie will […]
What to binge-watch on Netflix over winter break
—by Zehra Madhavan & Ally Santa Maria— Orange is the New Black Drugs, crime, assault, sex…if you want it, you’ve got in the popular Netflix series. It centers around Piper […]
Eminem should probably retire
On November 24, Shady XV was released after months of cryptic advertising with a hashtag of the same name by Eminem. I, for one, was mostly surprised Eminem could operate […]
Birdman: A quest for true fulfillment
The most memorable scene from Alejandro G. Inarritu’s latest film, Birdman, captures Ed Norton—the star of the David Fincher classic Fight Club and possibly the funniest, truest fighter ever to […]
“Just knock”: from the trunk of the car to a seat at Subway
—by Julia Bannon & Gabriel Yoder-Shenk— Going out to lunch is among the most anticipated privileges of senior year. And according to North’s vice principal Doug Eadie, many juniors sneak […]
Girls’ volleyball completes record-breaking season
This year’s girls’ volleyball team has had a killer season. With a winning record of 17-13, the team has proved to be one of the most successful North has seen […]
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