“There is a gun for roughly every man, woman, and child in America,” said President Barack Obama, after the shooting that took place at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon that killed ten....
Lydia Huitt, Life & Style Editor and Website Manager
• March 22, 2016
We have all seen countless tweets and Instagram posts of fellow Huskies taking day trips to the windy city of Chicago, but has it ever crossed our minds that they may not return home? On April 17, 2015...
Since celebrities are the only ones in the world that are allowed to come up with the weirdest names and get away with it, they use it to their advantage. Here are the wildest names and Portage Northern’s...
Unflushed toilets. Toilet paper on the floor (if it’s there at all). Something decorating the wall. That’s just a short list of a few common sights in Portage Northern’s boys’ bathrooms (don’t...
On February 1st a familiar face returned to the halls of Portage Northern for the first time this school year. Deone Stovall(12), back from a semester at PCEC, has rejoined the senior class and is excited...
“When I get tucked in at night and I know that Mr. Swoboda predicted a snow day, I don’t even set my alarm. That’s how confident I am,” said Peter Maurer (12). All of Portage Northern knows the...
Every year, there are trends that become viral to teenagers everywhere. The trends begin after a new video, dance move, song, or movie. Even targeting politicians on social media has become a...
More and more, I’ve been hearing about a new trend: eyebrow fashion. Specifically, people have begun using the phrase “eyebrows on fleek” to say that one’s eyebrows are looking particularly...
As a serious and reputable new source, The Northern Light staff prides ourselves on addressing topics of extreme controversy, that impact the entire student body on a daily basis. One such issue that is...
Maddy Conklin, Entertainment editor
• February 24, 2016
A crowded hallway filled with students trying to get to their next class, the stress of the possibility of a tardy circulating their minds, and a group of friends are standing in the middle of the hallway,...
I have lived my whole life in the Kalamazoo area, and for all 18 of those years, we have had good and bad times as a community. Through weather disasters, economic recessions, and senseless violence, we...
As the first snowflakes fall on Portage, student’s race to the window to watch, families begin to dig out the skis and snowboards, and drivers well… forget how to drive. Suddenly the little white flakes...
