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

Mae Jemison runs the 100 Year Starship Project, which she says is a global initiative to ensure the capability for interstellar human space flight.

Mae Jemison visits Kalamazoo

Lexi Gavlas, Spotlight editor April 26, 2017

On March 23rd in Kalamazoo’s Miller Auditorium, young girl sat on her mother’s lap, wearing a “Future NASA Astronaut” t-shirt, as she sat actively engaged in the words of Mae Jemison: the first...

The old lacrosse field, which is the future stadium site.

Districts keeps environmental concerns in mind as construction begins

Cameron Schaefer, Photographer April 17, 2017

Northwest of the school and alongside the perimeter of the current lacrosse field lies a miniature forest of trees. It isn’t solely a collection of trees or woods that a majority of the classrooms on...

Latora was, in 2016, a candidate for M-Lives most likely wrestler to go on to the state tournament.

Portage community mourns the loss of PC student Dante Latora

Staff March 24, 2017

The Portage Central High School community is mourning the loss of one of their students today. Staff and students found out yesterday that Dante Latora (12) was killed in a car accident in Virginia on...

Man Who Killed Seven Girls in 1997 Released From Prison Life Sentence

Abby Seeber, Opinion Editor March 21, 2017

Ahmed Daqamseh has been released from prison after shooting and killing seven eighth graders in 1997 in Amman, Jordan. His twenty year sentence has been served and Daqamseh has been released from imprisonment. In...

News Briefs for the Week of March 20, 2017

March 20, 2017

The Student Senate toy drive starts this Wednesday and runs for one week. The toys will benefit the children at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital and Bronson’s Children's Care Unit. Please bring...

Forensics team wins Portage Central tournament

Forensics team wins Portage Central tournament

Abby Seeber, Opinion Editor March 20, 2017

The Huskie Forensics team competed at the Portage Central tournament over the weekend. While the team had one lone first place, Cole Curtiss in Prose, the team was lifted by a host of finals and semi-finals...

Tim Terrentine interviews Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at Miller Auditorium.

Reading Together: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar visits Kalamazoo

Issra Said, Staff Writer March 20, 2017

On the evening of March 14, the Kalamazoo Public Library hosted retired NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at Western Michigan University’s Miller Auditorium, to introduce his new book, Writings on the Wall:...

Portage Northern Menchinger tournament

Portage Northern Menchinger tournament

Megna Joshi, Website editor March 15, 2017

This weekend the PN forensics team crushed the annual Menchinger Tournament on their own turf. Portage Northern has been a strong team for many years and with the winners at last tournament, P.N. proved...

PN launches Brick Campaign to help students, alumni, and community make their mark on the new stadium

PN launches Brick Campaign to help students, alumni, and community make their mark on the new stadium

Abby Seeber, Opinion Editor March 14, 2017

Since the news was released that Portage Northern will be building its own football stadium and soccer field, the community has been anxiously awaiting any new developments in regards to the new facilities....

Starting Anew: The Uprooting of the PN Track Leaves a Melancholy Feeling Amongst Track Runners

Lexi Gavlas, Spotlight editor March 14, 2017

On February 24th, 2017 the Portage Northern Track was uprooted following the construction plans of a new stadium in 2019.  Alexa Vanderhoff, Portage Northern Alum and Cross Country & Track Runner...

Global Warming

Carter Landis, Sports editor March 9, 2017

While most people in Michigan are enjoying the warm weather that has arrived early and unexpectedly, there’s a good chance a majority of those people don’t understand that this weather spells a serious...

Does the MMR vaccine link to autism?

Does the MMR vaccine link to autism?

Issra Said, Staff Writer March 9, 2017

The general public has gone on for more than a decade believing that the MMR vaccine inflicts more harm than good. This vaccine is known to prevent diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella. Yet, there...

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