Staff Editorial—WorkKeys Testing: Confused teachers, upset students
WorkKeys: a test designed by the writers of the ACT, constructed to help those going directly into the workforce after high school find their skill...
Moncure, North Carolina: There’s no place like home
Whenever I tell most people where I live, they laugh. They laugh because Moncure is tiny, with its total land area not even reaching five...
College Players Should Not Be Paid
The topic of paying college athletes has been coming up a lot lately. Currently, it is illegal to pay college players except for small stipends...
DECA attends 2015 Power Trip in Austin, Texas
11 students from the Northwood DECA chapter landed on Texas soil for the 2015 DECA Power Trip in Austin Nov. 20. I was 1/11th of...
Why Don’t You Just Google It?
We were driving in the car, and my mother was enticing me with yet another workplace anecdote. Apparently one of her coworkers was notifying everyone...
Restaurant Review: Spicy Nine
Spicy Nine is a popular restaurant located on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. It features authentic Japanese cuisine, a modern bar and yummy BOGO sushi...
Book Review: Gillian Flynn’s “Sharp Objects”
I read Gillian Flynn’s three novels in nine days during a particularly slow week at school. When the teacher would stop talking or gave us...
Halsey “Badlands” Album Review
After having tweets about Halsey flood my timeline, I took the liberty of purchasing her new album Badlands to decide how it was for myself....
Staff Editorial: Senior Year Isn’t What Students Imagined
During the past three years’ pep rallies, the current seniors sat on the bleachers in the noisy gymnasium as the then-seniors triumphantly walked in and...