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The North Star

The student news site of Omaha North High Magnet School

The North Star

The student news site of Omaha North High Magnet School

The North Star

The best burger is …

Mynor Strong, Entertainment Writer June 4, 2022

May is the national food month of hamburgers, so I decided to figure out what restaurant has the tastiest burger in Nebraska. My ideal burger is a smash burger, with bacon, barbecue, and a side of ranch.   What...

Sophomore year in book reviews

Sophomore year in book reviews

Sara Popken, Opinion and Entertainment editor June 4, 2022

Every year at some point or another I am left in an English class staring down my most recently assigned book, begging it fold in on itself and dissipate just to avoid the next 30 minutes of reading. Sometimes...

We need a resolution: Morality in streaming Aaliyah

“We need a resolution”: Morality in streaming Aaliyah

Lillian Nero, Opinion Editor November 29, 2021

August 20 was supposed to be the greatest day ever: my seventeeth birthday and the re-release of international popstar and fashionista, Aaliyah Haughton’s, music.   Instead, I realized the crazy...

New year, new Viking Times

New year, new Viking Times

Nayera Abdessalam, Managing Editor and Backpage writer November 29, 2021

Students and staff returned to North High this August facing the transition from the 3/2 and remote schedule during the 2020-21 school year to now having the whole building back in person.  Last school...

Quarantiniversery

Jeremiah Booth, Editor-In-Chief April 7, 2021

March 13, 2020 is a day nobody will forget. That’s the day all of our lives here in America changed. For many students, it was supposed to be the last day of spring break. Over 16 states temporarily...

Stanfield and Kaluuya Carry Judas and the Black Messiah to Oscar-Worthy Level

Kaden Hughes, Magazine and Backpage Editor April 7, 2021

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is writer and director Shaka King’s big screen debut, and he does not disappoint. Featuring rising stars like Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield, King creates...

“Judas and The Black Messiah” Soundtrack Can’t Seem To Save Itself

John Dawes, Entertainment Writer April 7, 2021

Director Shaka King's most recent film "Judas and The Black Messiah" aims to tell Fred Hampton and Bill O'Neal's story. The story is about O'Neal being tasked with weakening and eventually having to kill...

Who gave you permission to rearrange me? Certainly not me. Society’s flipped definition of a Black woman is detrimental to the Black woman.

Lillian Nero, Opinion Editor February 26, 2021

Society loves the idea of the “strong Black woman.” The woman who rises up against everything against her to be the best person she can be.   The woman who has to watch as young Black kids...

New Halloween movie starring Adam Sandler pays tribute to Cameron Boyce

New Halloween movie starring Adam Sandler pays tribute to Cameron Boyce

Jaeden Johnson, Entertainment Writer February 26, 2021

Just in time for spooky season, director Steven Brill’s “Hubie Halloween” was released on October 7, 2020. Starring actors such as Adam Sandler, Noah Schnapp and Julie Bowen, the comedy horror...

What’s the ruling on Netflix’s Trial of the Chicago 7?

What’s the ruling on Netflix’s Trial of the Chicago 7?

Kaden Hughes, Magazine and Backpage Editor February 26, 2021

“The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!” A reoccurring phrase heard throughout the length of Netflix’s new movie, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and it reflects the movie exceptionally...

Ariana Grande “Positions” herself into having another strong album

Ariana Grande “Positions” herself into having another strong album

John Dawes, Entertainment Writer February 26, 2021

Content warning: This is an album review that addresses sexual themes. Due to the nature of what the album “positions” talks about, if this not something you want to read about, I encourage you to advise...

Victims of sexual violence survive the impossible, and then have to survive it all over again every day of their life.

Victims of sexual violence survive the impossible, and then have to survive it all over again every day of their life.

Elena Gaines, News Editor February 26, 2021

Trigger Warning: The following article includes mentions of Sexual Violence  In the United States, there are on average, 433,648 reported accounts, of sexual assault or rape every year. According...

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