What To Do In Kalamazoo (Before the New Year)
Gabi Ford, J1 Staff Writer
December 10, 2019
In a world run by social media, it is easy to feel “stuck” in this city of Portage. Compared to the posts we see everyday of people travelling the world, or even just living in big cities like New York or Los Angeles, Portage seems like the most boring place ever. With cold air and winter weather this time o...
Mario Kart Tour drifts into app store’s top games
Snigda Narisetty, Editor in Chief
October 17, 2019
3, 2, 1, GO! Nostalgia has been filling the students of Portage Northern for the past few weeks as the release of Nintendo’s Mario Kart Tour has been released and has quickly become one of the top mobile games at the moment. Most of the students in Generation Z (born 1995-2015) grew up playing the...
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night review
Griffin Hannahs, J1 Staff Writer
October 7, 2019
Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night was released on June 13th, 2019. The game itself has an interesting history: Koji Igarashi, director of the Castlevania games, left Konami a few years ago to make his own company, Artplay. Igarashi used this opportunity to crowd fund the company’s first games, Blood...
Third installment in the Borderlands series arrives amid controversy
Griffin Hannahs, J1 Staff Writer
September 20, 2019
On September 13, 2019, Gearbox Software released Borderlands 3. The Borderlands series features first person shooter action with RPG element and is set on a distant planet where players seek out alien technology. The series is very popular, with one of the highlights being it’s humor. "Borderlands is m...
Logic: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Zach Quinn, Staff Writer
May 21, 2019
Logic just dropped an album that’s going to be hard for him to top. Released on May 10th, Logic blessed his fans with my unpopular opinion of “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind being his best album he’s released so far.” The album cover is weird looking but understandable. The cover shows Logic...
ScHoolboy Q – Crash Talk Album Review
Zach Quinn, Staff Writer
May 6, 2019
ScHoolboy Q released his album CrasH Talk on April 26th. This was his 5th studio album released and his first in 2 years. The album cover shows ScHoolboy Q with a paper bag over his head while dollar bills cover his hoodie. Not sure of the reasoning behind the album cover, but regardless, it's a dope cov...
The rise, fall, and resurgence of Tyga
Zach Quinn, Staff Writer
May 6, 2019
Micheal Ray Stevenson, better known as Tyga, started his rapping career in 2008, when he had his first ever song to reach Hot 100 with “Coconut Juice.” RIight when this song reached the Top 100, Tyga signed a deal with Young Money Entertainment, Lil Wayne’s record label. Later in 2010, he was fe...
Rich the Kid: The World is Yours 2 review
Zach Quinn, Staff Writer
April 19, 2019
Building off of a disappointing album: The World is Yours, The World is Yours 2 is a good album and redeems Rich the Kid from his previous album. Even though most of the songs on the album have features Rich the Kid himself still has a good voice and vibe while he’s singing. The cover art for his album...
Nav: Bad Habits Deluxe review
Zach Quinn, Staff Writer
April 19, 2019
Right before I got done with this article, Nav released the deluxe edition for Bad Habits. Nav’s second studio album and third album overall is his best album out of all three and it's not even close. The cover art for his album is pretty plain but gets the point across with the picture of the rapper ...
Juice Wrld: Death Race for Love review
Zach Quinn, Staff Writer
April 19, 2019
Juice Wrld’s second studio album “Deathrace for Love” came out on March 8th. The cover art for his album is designed like an old Playstation racing game. He is trying to control all of the cars and relating that to his love and show how hard it is to manage so many things at one time. Throughout...
Lil Skies: Shelby review
Zach Quinn, Staff Writer
April 19, 2019
Lil Skies second studio album “Shelby” came out on March 1st. Skies didn’t release the cover art of the album until a few days before. This was due to Skies wanting to surprise his mom and used a picture of him and his mom from an early age. Once he showed her the cover, his mom got all emotional...
