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Standard urine drug test, similar to the ones the hospital brings to NPHS to test students. The tests are sent away to an independent laboratory for results.

Testing the school

Drug testing at NPHS is not effective
Sierra Winder, News Editor • February 22, 2019

My heart raced as assistant principal John Byrn pulled me out of my business law class and down to the makeshift drug testing lab in a teacher workroom. It felt like I was about to be in some serious trouble,...

Sí or Oui?

The importance of learning a foreign language and the downfalls of missing opportunities
Anam Vaziri, Editor-in-Chief • January 25, 2019

Bilingualism is one of the most useful skills a person can learn. I can personally confirm this. I speak two languages, and am currently learning a third. I learned Urdu from my parents while growing up...

These are no the only time Johnny Depp has been involved with the law. In April of 2016, Depp was charged with assault after attacking Gregg Brooks. According to reports Depp screamed: “Who the [heck] are you? You have no right to tell me what to do,” when told to do one more shot. In 2017, he filed a lawsuit agaist his lawyer to avoid paying his bill. He had never signed a contract, as is the usual with many stars.

In too Depp?

Should Johnny Depp still be acting after these allegations?
Jakob Fisher, Editorial Cartoonist • September 28, 2018

It was Oscar Wilde who said “We are all in the gutter… but some of us are looking at the stars.” What are we to do then when our stars are in the gutter with us? John (Johnny) Christopher Depp II...

See ya later, alligator

See ya later, alligator

Haley McKain, Co-Editor in Chief • May 11, 2018

If we’re being honest, high school was not my favorite. People always say that we’re going to miss this, but I really don’t think that I will, with a few exceptions. I can’t totally discredit the...

Products such as tampons, pads, condoms, pregnancy tests, etc. are easily accessible at any local drug store or super-market. Birth control should be prescribed by your physician.

Insufficient sex-ed

The importance of sexual education in a classroom
Haley McKain, Co-Editor in Chief • May 11, 2018

I started my first period sometime around third or fourth grade. This is really early compared to most girls, and ironically, it was the same day I had my first ever “sex-ed” class. I was horrified,...

Generational opinions on marijuana usage

North Platte “High”
Josie Koubek, Online Editor • January 26, 2018

Over the last few decades, society has seen a change in drug culture. Over 30 states across the U.S. have legalized the use of marijuana in some form, the most recent being West Virginia. Since this change...

Shattering the social status

Shattering the social status

Despite the flaws, social media is not as bad as it seems
Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor • January 26, 2018

Logan Paul, a social media star that rose to prominence on the social media app Vine, recently made a trip to Japan. While there, he visited the Aokigahara Forest, commonly known as the “Suicide Forest”....

After Hurricane Irma passed over Florida, this abandoned ship full of mannequins, named Cuki, washed ashore on Melbourne Beach. It is believed it came from the Florida Keys and made its way up the east coast.

Spinning out of control

The damaging effects of climate change
Ainsley Nichols, Managing Editor • October 12, 2017

Avery Munson The Earth is dying. It’s our fault, kind of. Unless you have been living under a rock your entire life, you have probably heard of global warming and climate change. Global warming is the...

Junior Tierney McPike peacefully meditating

Destination Meditation

Syble Heffernan, Editor in Chief • March 4, 2016

It was a Thursday afternoon and the strength and conditioning class was spread out on the floor of the meditation room. Some were lying flat on their backs with arms and legs sprawled out, others were...

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