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Hurricane Milton damaged beach houses in Bradenton Beach. Image courtesy of The Guardian.
Hurricane Milton, Tampa Bay’s first hurricane in over a century, devastates Florida
Sam Dababneh, Reporter • October 18, 2024

Hurricane Milton made landfall near the Siesta Key, Florida, at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9. It landed as a Category 3 hurricane after reaching Category 5 winds of up to 180 mph in the days prior. It is the first hurricane to directly hit Tampa Bay...

Lewis Black, an actor and comedian best known for his role as Anger in Pixar's "Inside Out" series, speaks to North Star News Reporters at Will's Place.
Lewis Black—comedian, actor—visits Will's Place
Reed Larson-Erf and James R Prizant October 18, 2024

Skokie café Will’s Place played host to actor and comedian Lewis Black on the afternoon of Oct. 9, during school hours. While in Skokie on a standup comedy tour, Black greeted a long line of customers who had come to see him. Black is famous for...

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Divelbess is a Dance Marathon executive.
Robbie Divelbess isn’t your average student
Charlotte Emrich, Journalism student • October 18, 2024

It’s 2016; Robbie Divelbess is nine years old and preparing for his first swim meet. Swim cap is on. Goggles are on. Game mode is on. The water is cold; the competition...

Many students attend Cteen Café, including students of Niles North, playing games and chatting with each other.
Skokie Jewish youth group Cteen shares inclusive family environment, connections with Niles North
James R Prizant, Copy Editor • October 18, 2024

If you ever spend ample time with Niles North’s Jewish community, you may have heard of “Cteen,” a Jewish youth group not associated with the school but very adjacent...

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Many influencers misuse their own platforms for personal gain, oftentimes at the expense of transparency, morals, and their follower’s trust. 
Influencer marketing is manipulating the masses with false authenticity
Annie Tumang, Reviews Editor • October 18, 2024

In the past decade, the rise of influencers has drastically changed the landscape of marketing. What used to be a world full of billboards, commercials, and advertisements, has now turned into TikToks, instagram stories,...

Celebrity culture has always been a big part of society, and it’s begun to have a negative impact on young children, specifically their body image.
Celebrity culture is ruining generations – it’s time to fight back
Annie Tumang, Reviews Editor • October 18, 2024

In today’s high tech world, phones, laptops, tablets, and most importantly social media dominate our society. Kids are being exposed to celebrity culture at very young ages. Lives of actors and actresses, musicians, influencers...

Many students report feeling frustrated with the change because, for the past three years, they have been preparing to take the SAT, not the ACT, which they will take in the spring.
Change in state-required exam, students feel unprepared, frustrated
Lolah Slagg, People Editor • October 18, 2024

The SAT is a standardized test taken by over 140,000 students annually in Illinois, designed to test students' readiness for college and provide colleges with one common data point that can be used to compare all applicants,...

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Cross country team shows unmatched dedication
Cross country team shows unmatched dedication
Emily Mathee, Sports Editor, Social Media Manager • October 18, 2024

The cross-country team has spent countless hours running on the course, lifting in the weight room, participating in team bonding, and putting in all the needed work. At this point in the season, as it starts to wrap up,...

NBA sensations Nikola Jokic, Victor Wembanyama, and Luka Doncic pictured alongside each other.
Here’s how the 2024-25 NBA season will play out
Yoni Soloveychik, Reporter • October 18, 2024

As the summer sun quickly fades away and leaves turn into colorful ornaments perched proudly high atop their great dwellings, the 2024-25 NBA season quickly approaches us. The season will officially begin on Oct. 22, and...

Niles North is hosting this year's Girls Volleyball Regionals tournament.
Girls Volleyball prepares for Regionals, reflecting on grit, friendship
Penelope Roewe, Editor-in-Chief • October 18, 2024

Back in August, Girls Varsity Volleyball coach Zachery Sinn had his team write down their goals for the season. Senior Moriah Eaddy wanted to become more confident in her position as a team captain. “Some of my goals...

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Photos from my recent trip to the Nederlander Theatre to see the play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."
A childhood fan's review of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" play
Yoni Soloveychik, Reporter • October 18, 2024

A little context for the rest of the review: growing up, I’ll admit, I was pretty invested in the whole Harry Potter saga. At the nimble age of eight years old, I had already read different books and book series, most of which amounted to me enjoying them enough to finish them, though perhaps not much of anything else. Harry Potter, however, was different. A few chapters in, I found that what...

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Visual summary of "First Blood" (1982). Image made with Canva.
Reed's Recs: "First Blood" (1982)
Reed Larson-Erf, Reporter • October 18, 2024

Click above to listen to Reed's Rec, Episode 1: "First Blood"

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While “The Wild Robot” will leave children happy and entertained,
it will have their parents crying out of the theater from the titular
robot’s deep sense of humanity and its journey through motherhood.
“The Wild Robot:” a beautiful children’s movie for emotional parents too
James R Prizant, Copy Editor • October 18, 2024

Based on the popular children’s book of the same name by Peter Brown, Dreamworks’ The Wild Robot released in American theaters on Sept. 27, 2024. Same as the book, the film tells the story of Roz (Lupita Nyong’o), a futuristic human-assisting robot that finds herself washed up on the shore of an island filled with wildlife. Desperate to find a customer to give her a task, she searches the forest...

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Eva Spiro, Senior
Eva Spiro, Senior
Ruby Rosenberg, Opinion Editor • October 18, 2024

What is your name and grade? My name is Eva Miriam Spiro, and I'm a senior in high school. What is your connection to Judaism? I grew up conservative...

Annaliisa Ahlman, Physical Welfare Department
Annaliisa Ahlman, Physical Welfare Department
Reed Larson-Erf, Reporter • October 18, 2024

What is your name, what department do you work in, and what are your pronouns? My name is Annaliisa Ahlman, my pronouns are she/her/hers, and...

Julianne Evans and Principal Marlon Felton are in attendance at Niles North’s 2024 Choices Fair.
Julianne Evans, Assistant Principal of Operations
James R Prizant, Copy Editor • October 18, 2024

What is your name and position? It’s Julianne Evans, and I’m the assistant principal of operations. What immediately stood out from North...

Marissa Moss, Social studies department
Marissa Moss, Social studies department
October 18, 2024

What’s your name and what subjects do you teach? My name is Marissa Moss and I teach social studies, specifically U.S. History and Black and...

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