The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

Neal Truitt makes music with The Known Orbit

Neal Truitt makes music with The Known Orbit

Anai Freeman, Staff Writer March 7, 2018

“Drew and I were just hanging out in my basement one day jamming out and we started playing a song from Scott Pilgrim vs The World and we both looked at each other. We both knew what the other was...

Its draining men: the plight of the Y chromosome

It’s draining men: the plight of the Y chromosome

Kylie Clifton, Staff Writer March 6, 2018

The very thing that determines masculinity, the Y-chromosome, is decreasing at a troubling rate, and it is not certain how long it will last. According to The Conversation, the process of fertilization...

Radioactive waste posts real dangers

Radioactive waste posts real dangers

Liam Fagan, Staff Writer March 6, 2018

While issues such as climate change and pollution have plagued the Earth for years, another dangerous issue has taken an undeserved backseat. The storage and disposal of radioactive waste is something...

Cramming: the prevalence of procrastination in the high school setting

Cramming: the prevalence of procrastination in the high school setting

Lexi Gavlas, Creative Editor March 6, 2018

Every high school student has been there, sitting in their room at 11PM at night, head in their hands, coming to the realization that you have yet to begin studying for the monstrous, terrorizing, content...

Flooding: a new, dangerous threat to Michigan

Flooding: a new, dangerous threat to Michigan

Brianna Neuhouser, Staff Writer March 6, 2018

West Michigan has experienced significant flooding this month, and that can be very dangerous. The violence of a hurricane, the destruction of an earthquake, or the devastation of a tornado lead many people...

Attending the Love is Red Conference

Attending the Love is Red Conference

Cameron Myers, Photogpraher March 5, 2018

The Love is Red conference in Canton, Ohio, is a three-day event is designed with junior high, high school, college-age, ministry leaders, and worship leaders in mind. The goal is to inspire students and...

Trinity Posey is in her third year at PN, and is proving more talented as she ages. As a freshman she got a lead in the musical All Shook Up, and this year she returns as Trix the Aviatrix in The Drowsy Chaperone.

Junior Trinity Posey is a force not just on stage, but for minority populations as well

Lexi Gavlas, Creative Editor February 28, 2018

“Don’t be afraid of living in permanent ink,” says junior, Trinity Posey, when asked what advice she would give herself ten years out.  In ten years, Posey sees herself with a career in the arts,...

Stigmas surround men when it comes to emotional expression

Stigmas surround men when it comes to emotional expression

Komalpreet Kaur, Staff Writer February 28, 2018

Countless men and women everywhere share workspaces, facilities, and homes. There are 7.442 billion people in the world, so it is not a surprise that these daily interactions induce certain feelings and...

ALICE training replaces duck and cover to keep students safer

ALICE training replaces “duck and cover” to keep students safer

Sheila Mwanda, Staff Writer February 27, 2018

Two years ago this week, our community was baffled by the shootings that took place in Kalamazoo. From this experience, many of us realized that no community is immune from gun violence. Additionally,...

Flu season impacts Kalamazoo

Flu season impacts Kalamazoo

Demi Jensen, Opinion Editor February 27, 2018

Fever, chills, body aches and headaches. These symptoms, among others, are all common of Influenza A: the type of flu that has spreading rapidly around the Portage area. Every fall, the flu starts to loom...

Procrastination plagues KAMSC student Arjav Patel

Procrastination plagues KAMSC student Arjav Patel

Kylie Clifton, Staff Writer February 27, 2018

Kalamazoo Area Mathematics Science Center, KAMSC, boasts some of the smartest and most respected students from several districts. At first thought, one might assume these students are well rounded and...

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