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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

Jaime Garcia, Entertainment Writer January 4, 2021

The Animaniacs was a show created by Warner Brothers and written and directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993. It was a show that would be educational in science, history, and math while relating...

Grand Army realistically portrays high school

Amanda Dennis, News Writer January 4, 2021

In the midst of a real-world global pandemic, ongoing fight against systematic oppression, and political unrest, the show Grand Army, found on Netflix, accurately depicts how large traumatizing events...

Joy and pain, like sunshine and rain

Lillian Nero, Opinion Editor November 19, 2020

2020 has been a hectic year all around, but some Black people are grappling with not only an economic and healthcare struggle, but a struggle to find joy in all the pain.   In 1980,...

New Black owned coffee shop, Dripped and Draped opens up in Benson 

New Black owned coffee shop, Dripped and Draped opens up in Benson 

Jaeden Johnson, Entertainment Writer November 19, 2020

Dripped and Draped owners, Vanelle Littrell and Vandra Caldwell created this business together to help impower others. Born out of the desire to create an inclusive, safe space for community members to...

Disclosure brings the ENERGY

Disclosure brings the “ENERGY”

John Dawes, Entertainment Writer November 19, 2020

 “ENERGY” is the 3rd album by British electronic dance pop group, Disclosure, a duo of brothers named Howard and Guy Lawrence.    “ENERGY” is the group's first project since their chart...

Josh Boone’s The New Mutants review  

Josh Boone’s The New Mutants review  

Jaxson Krohn, Opinion Writer November 19, 2020

The New Mutants a film directed by Josh Boone from a screen play he helped write with Knate Lee, released August 28, 2020, was a new interesting take on what marvel fans expect superhumans to be. This...

Fear More Than A Hall-sweep

Hailey Gillespie, In-depth Writer February 24, 2020

“North has terrible halls.”  Familiar words for students of Omaha North High, but if one had never attended then they might be led to believe the paint was chipping, or the ceilings were scarred...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry leave the royal family

Denaya Lewis, Opinion Writer February 24, 2020

2020 started with a bang for the royal family of Britain. The newlywed Duchess of Sussex Meghan, and Prince Harry decided to take a leave of absence from their royal duties. They have also decided to give...

When will the #oscarsgotitright trend start?

Lillian Nero, Opinion Editor February 24, 2020

 According to NBC News, the 2019 Academy Awards were the “first to award more than one  black woman by the end of the night”. These three women are Regina King, Ruth E. Carter and Hannah Bleacher.   King...

Adult fundraising should be celebrated, not shamed

Virginia Holtzclaw, Features Writer February 20, 2020

Almost 15 million acres of land have been charred. Over 24 people have died. An estimated half a billion animals have perished, and the air quality in Sydney is over ten times the “hazardous” level...

LB206 provides much needed protections to student journalists

Dominick Bartels, News Writer February 20, 2020

The first amendment: 45 words, 5 freedoms. It was seen as so necessary and urgent by the Framers, that it is enshrined as the first amendment, not the second, tenth, or twenty second, but first. It clearly...

The MeToo couldn’t help all victims

John Dawes, Entertainment Writer December 3, 2019

It’s been roughly two years since the MeToo movement took the world by storm. The hashtag was used roughly 19 million according to Pew Research. The conversation about sexual misconduct is easier to...

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