This upcoming Sunday, June 7th, marks the latest of the American award ceremonies: the 79th annual Tony awards, celebrating the musical, technical, and directorial talent behind live Broadway musical productions....
Portage Northern is experiencing a mental health crisis. Students feel unseen, unheard, and don’t know who to turn to when needing help. Students should feel comfortable going to school staff seeking...
Looking back through history, all dictators and totalitarian regimes begin their reign with the first step of total control: censorship. Hearing that yet another late-night host was fired because of their...
Each week, Wednesdays inevitably roll around, and yet each time, I complain more and more about the dreaded day. Even though I wake up the same time as I do for the days prior and after, my eyes hang heavier...
Being easily influenced is something that this generation has suffered from tremendously. Whether it’s having the new Owala water bottle or the iPhone 17, people feel pressured to buy it just because...
Detention and suspensions simply don’t work. The idea of detentions and suspensions are to be impactful punishments, they are just the opposite: many students do not or cannot serve their detentions,...
In 2007, Walter Cronkite, an American journalist and broadcaster, proclaimed, “Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.” Despite him saying this nearly 2 decades ago,...
Violence of all kinds has become increasingly prevalent in the US, brutally demonstrated by recent events like the killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarustka, the assassination of conservative political...
Back in 2014 ByteDance released its dance and entertainment app Musical.ly, but after only two years, in 2016 it was revamped into what we all know today as TikTok. Flashforward to the current time, when...
“Unfiltered” is a column three years in the making. Columns are reserved for our editors in chief, so while I (only somewhat patiently) waited my turn, I went through idea after idea about how I would...
With homecoming approaching around the United States, some students are concerned about what music will be played to help the mood. As with most dances, the music directly impacts if everyone is having...
Portage Northern High School is one of very few schools left that has not committed to no-cell-bell-to-bell. Recently, Portage Central High School has implemented a no-cell-bell-to-bell phone policy, and...
