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A student sits at a table while people, who she does not know, enjoy their day. Students often have experiences like this when they are in a class without their friends.

You have no friends

Class rosters often make or break a student's class experience
By Niharika Kandari, Section EditorPublished March 7, 2025

Like most people, I came back from winter break with a new schedule. As I walked up the stairs and into room G215, my heart dropped. There was not a single person I was friends with in the entire room.  In...

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Siblings who are victims of the fires walk down the street of their neighborhood. Photo courtesy to Stella Kalinina for NBC News.

California Wildfire Crisis

Insight on the wet coast's annual wildfire season
By Elan Perry, Staff WriterPublished February 24, 2025

This year California residents experienced their worst fires amounting to more than they receive annually, which continue to significantly worsen. For the first time in years, many casualties occurred...

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Domino Effect: A Lesson Learned

Domino Effect: A Lesson Learned

After numerous conversations with district administrators, reporter Chloe Mead comes to a final conclusion
By Chloe Mead, Managing EditorPublished February 21, 2025

My main goal when writing The Domino Effect and A Stop to the Track was to answer some of my own questions pertaining to school safety and uncover what the Elkhorn Public School district has done to protect...

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Student Ava Newbauer opens TikTok instead of doing her homework. This is a reality for many students at this school.

Advocating for the ban

The TikTok ban was lifted but some students wished it had stayed
By Olivia Cemer, Staff WriterPublished February 5, 2025

In the last decade social media has been implemented into our lives more than ever before. From kids to adults, social media is used for information, advice, communication, but most of all, entertainment....

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Images of the New Orleans attack, TikTok ban, California fires, and Trump's inauguration. All of these have happened in 2025.

2025 Train Wreck

The new year with bad beginnings
By Trenton Nolan, Graphics EditorPublished January 31, 2025

2025 has had a rough start with many speculating that this is going to be a year as disastrous as 2020, due to 2020 and 2025 beginning with the days: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday ("WTF"). On the...

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Club members, Priscilla Nelson, Sammy Nelson, Emi Greenman, Peyton Bebermeyer, and Diana Sealock

Clubs with Christo: Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)

The GSA is one of the most progressive clubs at Elkhorn North
By Asher Christo, Staff WriterPublished December 18, 2024

Elkhorn North has many clubs that students can join. The problem is that many students lack the knowledge of what the clubs are. Clubs With Christo is the solution to this problem. I attend a meeting with...

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Clubs with Christo: Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA)

Clubs with Christo: Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA)

An insight on one of the newest clubs at Elkhorn North
By Asher Christo, Staff WriterPublished December 18, 2024

Elkhorn North has many clubs that students can join. The problem is that many students lack the knowledge of what the clubs are. Clubs With Christo is the solution to this problem. I attend a meeting with...

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Brian Kempf attends the Gavin de Becker and Associates Advanced Threat Assessment Academy. Here they discussed new methods to enhance safety. Photo courtesy of Brian Kempf

The Domino Effect: A Stop on the Track

Brian Kempf explains the logic behind safety decisions
By Chloe Mead, Managing EditorPublished December 18, 2024

Until 2023, the role of Director of School Safety and Security did not exist in the Elkhorn Public School district. EHS alumni Brian Kempf is the first to serve in this position. After graduating from...

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The American Storm

The American Storm

Emotions and opinions vary after the 2024 presidential election
By Payton Brummels, Editor-in-ChiefPublished December 13, 2024

The Controversy With each Presidential election, it is undeniable that many Americans will be unhappy with the results. While Americans don’t agree on everything, in 2024, politics have divided the...

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The conspiracies that many believers often get themselves trapped in.

Believe it or Not

Why people accept certain conspiracy theories
By Trenton Nolan, Graphics EditorPublished November 19, 2024

A conspiracy is the belief that some secret but influential organization is responsible for an event or phenomenon. Forbes.com says that 22% of Americans believe that there is something beyond what science...

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PSA: The danger of texting and driving

By Simon Murphy, Staff WriterPublished November 19, 2024

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McDonald's fast-food restaurant sign. These signs are in front of each of the 41,822 McDonald's around the world.

Omaha Faces E.coli Outbreak

Bacteria spreads through Quarter Pounder at several McDonald’s nationwide
By Gavin Topf, ReporterPublished November 18, 2024

McDonald’s: home to the typical teenage meal. Most teens know that McDonald’s is the opposite of healthy, but not even a bacterial infection can stop the raging mob of customers. Ten states including...

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