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The Student News Site of Elkhorn North High School

The Howler
Elan Perry

Elan Perry, Staff Writer

Senior Elan Perry is a staff writer on the North Howler. She likes writing opinion pieces as well as capturing moments through a lens. Elan loves being on the North Howler team because it allows her to express her creativity.
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Stranger Things Season 5 trailer poster. Photo courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes

The Upside Down Letdown

The Stranger Things finale didn't live up to its name
By Elan Perry, Staff Writer • February 24, 2026

After nine and a half years, the hit series, Stranger Things, has come to an end. December 31, 2025, the final episode closed the book of a sci-fi, horror, coming-of-age series created by the Duffer brothers. Stranger...

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Graphic by Elan Perry

Rage Bait is the 2025 Word of the Year

Manipulation is the internet’s favorite weapon
By Elan Perry, Staff Writer • December 17, 2025

Rage baiting has been around since 2002. The term was first used on an online app, Usenet, but now it is classified as brain rot. As the word has spread around the internet , it has entered people’s...

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Junior Zen Wesselmann rehearses his parts in rehearsal. This rehearsal was held on Sunday, September 9, 2025. Photo courtesy of Morgan Lavin

Wolf of the Week: Zen Wesselmann

Junior brings light into stressful play
By Elan Perry, Staff Writer • November 21, 2025

Every fall, the ENHS theater team rehearses a 30-minute One-Act play to compete against other schools. The 2025 play is “Greek Mythology Olympia Ganza.” The cast has spent several weeks to perfect...

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Students who look into a beauty career attend Capitol Beauty School’s Trial and Hair program. The Trial and Hair program allowed these high school students a workshop. Photo courtesy of Capitol Beauty School

The Brains in Beauty

A growing post-school path for seniors
By Elan Perry, Staff Writer • October 27, 2025

It's more than a perfect haircut, blowout, or touch-up—it's science, involving anatomy and chemistry. To perform services on skin, hair, and nails safely, the stylist must know how to use different products,...

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Kendra Licari (left) and her daughter Lauryn Licari (right) pose and smile for a selfie. Photo courtesy of Kendra Licari

The Double Standard of the Unknown Number Documentary

Female anonymous stalker would have been charged with more if she was a man
By Elan Perry, Staff Writer • September 24, 2025

TikTok has not stopped talking about the Netflix true-crime documentary, directed by Skye Borgman, called Unknown Number: The High School Catfish. It was released on Aug. 29, 2025, and has captured attention...

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Phone screen replicated social media screen with notifications blowing out of the phone. Graphic made by Elan Perry.

From Playgrounds to Screens

The impact of technology on generational childhood experiences
By Elan Perry, Staff Writer • May 21, 2025

A bright light puts children to sleep; it is the new toy and pacifier. Children grip onto tablets before toy cars and dolls; they grow up playing on an iPad and watching TV instead of using their wandering...

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Graphic of photos from Nebraska State Journalism 2025 made by Elan Perry.

ENHS Goes to State Journalism

Journalist's hard work is recognized by the NSAA
By Elan Perry, Staff Writer • April 30, 2025

The North Howler newspaper and The Imprint yearbook teams brought their skills to the State Journalism competition on Monday, hosted by the NSAA at Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Neb. The difficult...

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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 Writer • 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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Financial gap represented by the need of money to bridge the divide. Graphic by Elan Perry

Bridge the Divide

Super privileged kids and their rich friends
By Elan Perry, Staff Writer • January 30, 2025

Moving from Omaha to Elkhorn was tough. There is a large racial divide in Omaha with no improvement in sight. As an African American teenager moving to Elkhorn where an overwhelming majority of the population...

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Photo courtesy of The New York Times

Review | When Lights Go Out

Leave the World Behind shows potential new reality
By Elan Perry, Staff Writer • December 12, 2024

I have to admit, the movie Leave the World Behind was eye-opening. I began to question the world around me and compare this psychological thriller to current events. Viewers speculate that this movie could...

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Joshua Hoins stands in front of his fraternity house with his mom. He went to Nebraska Lincoln and was president of his house.

Behind the Desk with Mr. Hoins

Frats, football, and friends
By Elan Perry, Staff Writer • November 19, 2024

High school teachers aren’t trying to make students’ lives hard. Teachers were once students themselves. They partied, went to games, and got in trouble, just like the average student. In just ninth...

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Photo courtesy of Belarmino Chávez

Behind the Desk with Señor Chávez

What Spanish teacher Belarmino Señor Chávez didn't tell you about his childhood
By Elan Perry, Staff Writer • October 25, 2024

Spanish teacher Belarmino Chávez was born in Los Angeles, Calif. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Blair, Neb. for better work opportunities for his parents. Chávez is the oldest of...

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