Sophomore Natalie Grinder took a deep breath. It was almost 5th hour, which meant Senate...which meant meeting Fred Upton. Grinder was nervous but excited to have her voice heard. Moving back to 7th...

At first glance, Sophomore Cerena Read doesn’t appear to be an athlete. She speaks nervously and moves hesitantly, lacking the confidence often associated with sports. All this changes when she begins...

Senior Kaylynn Dodge is up on stage playing the violin so sweetly and gracefully that she is pulls on the audience’s heartstrings because of how she plays. She is even smiling as she’s pulling the...

Senior Malin Rackles always knew in her heart that gender equality was not yet achieved. Rackles didn’t realize her feelings had a name to go with them. She was familiar with word feminist, but had no...

Sweating, chills, shivering, and a thumping headache---the common signs that one is catching a fever or just contracting the common cold. However, these can also be the symptoms one can experience in times...

“I have ADD, so drawing while the class is doing a listening activity helps keep me from completely zoning out,” says senior Vanessa Burris. Burris is a social, active girl who enjoys drawing, listening...

For teens in Syria, it is as clear and fresh as day in their minds. For teens in America, it was Friday, April 13th, 2018. Every news channel was reporting on it---the United States had intervened abroad...

Lena Lukowski saw her name on the finals postings and was shocked. However, that was nothing compared to a few hours later when she realized that she was in 4th place and was moving on to the state competition....

On many occasions, students forget how much their journey through education has made them who they are today. Senior Abdalla Dadiri, however, will never forget. At age two, “Dalla,” as his...

Along with many other companies, Apple has its own methods for using clean and environmentally safe products. The work that they have done shows that they value the earth and want to do as much as they...

Lots of people enjoy a good poem every now and then, but poetry has a whole other meaning to senior Kim White.  She started writing poetry in the seventh grade and has been in love with it ever sense....

Every Wednesday, the anime club of Portage Northern meets after school to play games, and of course, watch anime. They meet in Nott’s room in the art wing. Seniors Mandy Kellogg and Lily Griffioen are...