The Starting Five – SuperBowl Predictions
Carter Landis, Sports Editor
January 23, 2017
Filed under All, Showcase, Sports
Super Bowl 51 will feature MVP leading candidate Matt Ryan and the best offense in the NFL in the Atlanta Falcons for the first time since 1998, and they’ve got their work cut out for them playing the legendary coach Bill Belichick, best quarterback in NFL history Tom Brady, and the New England Patr...
North Korea threatens the US
Ariana Hopkins, J1 staff writer
January 17, 2017
It is just the start of 2017 and the US is already hearing threats from other countries. Not only that, but Donald Trump has not even entered presidency yet and there are threats to the Trump Administration. Most recently, North Korea’s infamous dictator Kim Jong-un announced that North Korea has ...
IB Biology students attend lecture by renowned geneticist
Komalpreet Kaur, Journalism 1 Staff
November 15, 2016
Renowned geneticist and IU professor Sam Rhine has been educating people ranging from students to scholars on recent advancements in genetics for over 25 years. Portage Northern students got to take part in this experience when Jessica Clark and Donna Hertel’s IB Biology classes attended one of his R...
Marching band finished sixth at state
Carter Landis, Sports Editor
November 10, 2016
NL Staff The Portage Northern marching band came back from Ford Field in Detroit with a positive feeling, finishing in sixth place in the state competition. The band set a school record at the event, scoring an 88.75, their highest competitive score ever. Director Josh Bartz expressed his pride for hi...
Tragedy in Dreamworld: 4 dead after accident on a theme park ride
Demi Jensen, Staff Writer
October 28, 2016
A tragic and fatal accident occurred this Tuesday, October 25th, at Dreamworld amusement park in Queensland, Australia. After the raft on Thunder River Rapids flipped and came into contact with another raft, six people were thrown onto the conveyer belt, and four of them sadly died. The other tw...
PN cheerleaders host annual princess tea
Lexi Kava, Staff Writer
October 28, 2016
Filed under All, Local, News, Showcase
On Saturday, October 29th, the Portage Northern cheer team will do their annual princess tea party in the lower level commons. The cheerleaders dress up as many of the well known Disney princesses, from the classics like Cinderella and Snow White to the new favorites Anna and Elsa. There is a meet and...
Mission to Mars
Cameron Schaefer, Photographer
October 28, 2016
Filed under News, Showcase, World
Recently, NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) released an article claiming they are working to both colonize and create a way for humans to safely make it to and from Mars. NASA hopes that by the 2030s they will have the technology and resources to develop the capabilities to send...
This Week in History
Manny Tsang, Journalism 1 Staff
October 5, 2016
With the big PN-PC game this Friday, this has been a big week for Northern students, but it is, more importantly, also an anniversary for many events. For example, Edgar Allen Poe was found delirious in a gutter in 1849, Iraq gained independence from the UK in 1932, the first black owned radio station...
Like road trips, HoCo 2016 is measured by the moments, not the miles
Megan Rinock, Copy Editor
September 20, 2016
Perhaps the most anticipated event of the fall, it's that time of the year when all four grades compete with one another to win Homecoming week. After five days of fun-filled events that included dress up days for Twin Day, Mismatch Day, Denim Day, Class Color Day, and School Color Day and games...
Drug abuse
Ben Lewis, staff writer
May 10, 2016
Filed under News
Drug abuse is becoming a bigger and ever evolving issue in today's world but how close is it actually? Some think it is closer than it actually is since in today's world social media and word of mouth has that affect. After asking PN students a lot of questions to see how big of a problem it is and how...
PPS OK’s the future
Drew Dixon, staff writer
March 22, 2016
Portage Public Schools OK’s the Future On this year’s extra day, February 29th, leap year day, Portage Public Schools took a major leap of their own. A leap into the future. The Portage Public school board unanimously voted to give the go-ahead to the future designs for Portage Northern and P...
Houston, we have a winner
Lily Antor, staff writer
March 22, 2016
“Whenever I walk into class and I see that Dr. Houston is the sub, I know it’s going to be a good day,” said Lucia Brosco (9). Ask any student at Portage Northern High School about Dr. Houston, and they are sure to describe the pleasant, kind man who is known among many as a popular substitute...
