Features – The North Star

Catcalling Statistics at North High

May 25, 2018

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Mrs. Ricard’s Scholarship Check Ceremony Photo Essay

May 15, 2018

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Mrs. Ricards Scholarship Check Ceremony By Caitlin Pieters Mr. Haynes at the beginning of the ceremony. Mr. Hanes the principle of Omaha North gave the okay to start the ceremony. A class of student that worked ...

National Merit Award

Kylie Hughes, Features Editor

May 11, 2018

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Black History Month deserves more recognition

DeAjia Philmon, Tyvon Smith, Nadia Spurlock, and MaRaya White

February 28, 2018

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Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black body swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holid...

Black teens fight against today’s racism

Kylie Hughes, Features Editor

February 28, 2018

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Tre' On Fairgood Jones It's the 21st century. To some, racism is a thing of the past. However, to others, including Tre' On Fairgood Jones, sophomore at North High, it was not left in the past-- it is an issue affecting the presen...

Omaha North’s Black female leaders of tomorrow

Joseline Albeno, Features Editor

February 28, 2018

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Rianna Gunter, 12 Rianna Gunter, senior, is one of the few female African American scholars at Omaha North, taking classes like, Honors Anatomy, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Government, Honors Career Academy Cap Stone,...

Stereotyping the Stereotypes: The differences in parts of Omaha

Kylie Hughes, Features Editor

February 28, 2018

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Omaha has a population of about 446,970 people according to the U.S. Decennial Census. From those 446,970 people, each one comes from a different racial background, a different financial background, and from different areas...

Ben Matik achieves much off and on the battlefield

Joseline Albeno, Features Editor

February 28, 2018

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The Omaha North hallways are nothing compared to what Ben Matik has walked through. Security guard Ben Matik was born on January 1, 1981, in South Sudan Africa. In the year of 1983, a civil war broke out between South Sudan...

Dappen builds relationships with her students from the ground up

Kylie Hughes, Features Editor

February 26, 2018

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Being in the far basement away from other classrooms creates a "secluded feeling," as Ms. Ariel Dappen, special education teacher at North High School, claims. Ms. Dappen's students love visitors, according to Ms. Dappen. However,...

Elijah’s Tale: Living life with a service dog

Kylie Hughes, Features Editor

February 26, 2018

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For those suffering from Type 1 diabetes, there is no cure yet. There is only constant blood sugar testing, monitoring food intake, and insulin injections or use of an insulin pump. This is the life of Elijah Bates, a freshman...

Transferring to North

MaRaya White, In-Depth Editor

December 6, 2017

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Daniela the dreamer

Joseline Albeno, Features

October 18, 2017

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Having been born in Tijuana, Mexico and brought over to the U.S when she was just two months old, America has always been her home, she doesn't know a life outside of the United States. . . She is a Dreamer. Growing up in America,...