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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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Sophomore Olivia Cemer is overwhelmed with her AP World History assignments. She wished she would have been better prepared for the amount of work.

Sophomores startled by rigor in AP World

Freshmen are unprepared for the challenges of sophomore history course
By Ava Newbauer, ReporterPublished November 14, 2024

Transitioning from a ninth-grade regular social studies class to Advanced Placement World History in tenth grade is a significant leap that presents numerous challenges for students. The shift is not just...

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This graph shows the total student enrollment in Elkhron Public Schools(EPS) District, showing a steady increase. The time range of data is from 2010-2024.

Photo courtesy of Kara Perchal

A Community That Keeps On Growing

The Elkhorn School District is exponentially increasing every school year
By Harrison Vokt, Staff WriterPublished November 14, 2024

Elkhorn Public Schools has drastically grown ever since its opening in 1961.  It first started with Westridge Elementary and steadily grew to Elkhorn Middle School. Then the first high school, Elkhorn...

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Elkhorn North students enter school doors with a ‘no gun’ sticker posted. The stickers were put up during the 2023-2024 school year.

The Domino Effect

Schools' responses to mass shootings drastically change the course of events
By Chloe Mead, Managing EditorPublished October 17, 2024

The Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999, was a school shooting and failed bombing. It was one of the deadliest shootings in the United States and the start of a detrimental domino effect across...

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No Service?

No Service?

Device rules have gotten stricter.
By Trenton Nolan, Graphics EditorPublished September 25, 2024

On August 13th, 2024, students faced the harsh reality that their phones would spend the next 180 days in a caddy. In the 2023-2024 school year, many teachers required students to place their phones...

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