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The Northern Light

Apps: Helpful or a Waste of Time?

Matilda Buehler, Staff writer March 7, 2017

From the minute we wake up, most of us highly depend on our phones. We use it to set our alarm, check the time, upload pictures, or tweet about the last interesting event. Nowadays a great majority of...

Not enough Zzz will result in plenty of E’s

Not enough Zzz will result in plenty of E’s

Salvador DelVecchio, Staff writer March 6, 2017

The life of a student in high school is rough and rigorous, filled with stressful dilemmas and overbearing due dates as well as hours upon hours of homework.  With all of this compounded together, it...

Prescription Drug Advertising

Lyndsey Case, Social Media manager March 2, 2017

Lyndsey Case (12) and Mackenzie Brey (11) access the pros and cons to prescription drug advertising.

President’s Day: the never noticed holiday

Megan Rinock, Illustrator February 21, 2017

There are a lot of holidays in American culture that are about as noticeable as dirt. Without fail, Americans never actually celebrate the few holidays that we do have about our country. The only major...

CON: Healthcare is a right, not a privilege

Meredith Ablao, News Editor February 16, 2017

We know how the bathrooms at Portage Northern are absolutely trash, right? There are a lot of reasons for this, but one of the main ones is that the custodial staff has been privatized. The move, which...

Pro-Con: Privatizing Healthcare

Pro-Con: Privatizing Healthcare

February 16, 2017

NOTE: in the latest edition of the paper, the "PRO" side of this article was printed incorrectly. The correct version appears below.  

Whistleblowers: Traitors or Patriots?

Whistleblowers: Traitors or Patriots?

Bryn Bogemann, J1 Staff Writer January 17, 2017

**UPDATE** JUST BEFORE 6:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, PRESIDENT OBAMA COMMUTED THE SENTENCE OF CHELSEA MANNING. SHE WILL NOW BE RELEASED IN MARCH 2017. THERE IS NO WORD YET AS TO WHETHER OR NOT JULIAN...

Russian Interference in Presidential Election

Komalpreet Kaur, J1 staff writer January 16, 2017

The date of inauguration is nearing, and PEOTUS Donald Trump is still being questioned by the media regarding the election. From CNN to the CIA, many organizations are raising queries that are getting...

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia, pose for portrait photos in the Oval Office,  Dec. 11, 2001.  (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obama’s Farewell Address: The Final Words

Anai Freeman, J1 staff writer January 16, 2017

On Tuesday January 20th, 2009 history was made when the first African-American president was inaugurated. Eight years later, on Tuesday, January 10th, 2017, Barack Obama made his final address as president...

Debunking the myth of the wage gap

Deidre Crowell, Staff Writer December 7, 2016

Over the the past few years, the gender wage gap has become a prevalent social issue. Taking a look at the raw numbers, feminist activists claim that women’s earning 77 cents on the dollar men earn is...

THE PROBLEM- P.D.A.

Annie Malek, J1 Staff Writer December 5, 2016

Public Displays of Affection, possibly one of the most controversial topics at any high school. Why do couples feel such a strong urge to suck face and stick their tongues down each other’s throats in...

The Black Lives Matter movement is our generation’s civil rights movement

Drayke Simpkins, J1 Staff Writer December 5, 2016

Throughout the past few years, our country has watched as the issue of police brutality has become more apparent and more and more innocent victims have just become hashtags on social media. In turn, we...

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