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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

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A never-ending disappointment

Giovanni Valentine, Opinion and Entertainment writer November 28, 2022

Halloween Ends is the 13th and final installment in the iconic slasher film series. This is the third film of David Gordon Green and Danny McBride’s Trilogy that began back in 2018 and it’s so terrible,...

W. Dale Clark Library sits with glass shattered on October 20, 2022. Demolition began early October 2022. 
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Tearing down a piece of Omaha

Staff Editorial November 28, 2022

Mutual of Omaha will move its headquarters into downtown Omaha by tearing down the historic landmark that is the W. Dale Clark branch of the Omaha Public Library. Mutual’s new headquarters will stand...

Petri dishes sit on the counter on September 26, 2022. They are awaiting results to see bacterial growth from bathrooms. PHOTO BY SARA POPKEN

Bacteria breaches the bathrooms

Sara Popken, Opinion and Entertainment editor October 16, 2022

Practically every public restroom has a hand dryer installed and most people have grown to be accustomed to the loud whir that occurs upon entrance. Although jet hand dryers eliminate waste from paper...

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Social media’s lack of creativity fuels addiction

Staff Editorial October 16, 2022

Across the internet there are a wide variety of social media apps. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and TikTok are among the most popular today. When thinking about these individual apps their...

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...

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