Author: Emily Augustine

  • Winter season brings diverse celebrations

    Saint Lucia’s Day As a part of her Swedish heritage, Josephine Duc, senior, celebrates St. Lucia’s Day, a holiday that honors St. Lucia, a Christian martyr. Although St. Lucia’s day is a Swedish tradition, St. Lucia was actually a Roman woman who was killed in the year 304 A.D. during the Roman persecution of…

  • Kylie and Travis make an appearance

    Prepare the paparazzi. Wait, false alarm. It is not Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner; it is actually seniors Pranati Denduluri and Aminah Ghanem. For Halloween, Denduluri and Ghanem are going to sport the Astro World apparel and overdrawn lips as they emulate the styles of the famous duo, Travis and Kylie.  “Can’t Say featuring…

  • Stop talking to brick walls

    Political stances are like a belief system to some Americans. While certain people keep their beliefs to themselves, others seem to shove it down people’s throats with flags, stickers, and other propaganda that are intended to shock those who see it. A car by our campus was seen with a sticker that displayed the…

  • “We worked for four years”

    Recently I’ve heard seniors utter the phrase “we worked for four years” to reference their right to attend senior activities and wear the sweatshirt. A sophomore has been harassed on social media for wearing her boyfriend’s senior sweatshirt, and a non-Panther was harassed for attending the Senior Sunrise (which was poorly attended by Panthers).…

  • Greta gives the globe a voice

    Through her compelling speeches and seemingly unlimited devotion to environmental protection, Greta Thunberg has become one of today’s most prominent environmental activists.  Thunberg started her fight for change in August of 2018 by striking and skipping school every Friday. Now, she is taking a year long sabbatical from attending school in Sweden, her home…

  • The homeless should not live in silence

    The city is a fast moving place. Most of the people who inhabit the city all have a place to be and pressing tasks to accomplish, but one group of people stands still: the homeless. According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, over 36,000 people in the city of Los Angeles are homeless…

  • Tall Girl gives a false perception of high school

    There are real issues going on in the world, like the countless countries living in poverty, but Jodi Kreyman, a financially stable girl with parents who love her, thinks her life is especially tragic. “You think your life is hard? I’m a high school junior wearing size thirteen Nikes,” she said.   The Netflix original…

  • Seniors start the year with a sunrise

    On Sept. 6 from 5:00 a.m. to  6:40 a.m., the senior class of 2020 gathered at the bleachers of the football field to watch the sunrise together. This is the first time NPHS has ever had a senior sunrise. The event was coordinated by the senior class board, AJ DeVos, Emily Nagamoto,  Kyle Wonders…

  • Gia Saputo makes Snapchat sparkle

    A 2012 iMac sits in front of her as she places the small, shiny sparkles exactly where she wants them. When she is happy with the final product, she releases it for thousands of people who use it to make their surroundings look magical. Gia Saputo, junior, is a 16 year old Official Lens…

  • Johnson and Johnson should have owned up

    Johnson and Johnson should own up to their mistakes in the opioid crisis, especially when given the opportunity in Oklahoma who has recently been suffering from statewide cases of opioid addiction. Commonly abbreviated to “J & J”, this multinational corporation strives to improve the health of people and the environment worldwide through projects, publicity,…