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Freshmen officers fill the class of 2025 board
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On Oct. 4, Ahana Bhunia, Aleesa Iqbal, Shea Grohs and Nicholas Durbiano, all freshmen, were elected onto the Class of 2025 board. All four class officers ran unopposed and are concurrently in the NPHS ASG. Bhunia, president, feels empowered by her position. “My responsibility is to oversee all the fundraisers and the events and…
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Girls’ tennis team serves into CIFs
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For the ninety-fourth year in a row, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) continues to host their annual sports competitions, which includes the girls’ tennis section. Both individuals and teams from NPHS will be competing against top athletes from other schools and organizations in this year’s CIF. In order to perform to the best of…
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“No Time To Die” shocks audiences
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Car chases, fight scenes and spies; all things that come with a great James Bond film. “No Time To Die”, starring Daniel Craig as James Bond, also known as 007, had all of that to offer and more. Completed with a soundtrack featuring Billie Eillish, the music in this film added to the suspenseful…
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CVUSD reforms its facility rental price structure
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On Oct. 25, CVUSD announced changes involving the price structure for renting any district facilities, such as a classroom or stadium. “We [might] have outside groups that want to do a…performance, like a concert choir concert or some type of an instrumental performance,” Stephen Lepire, NPHS principal, said. The new price structure divides potential…
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The Alec Baldwin tragedy exposes issues in the film industry
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Oct. 21 was supposed to be a typical rehearsal day for the cast and crew of the upcoming western movie “Rust,” starring Alec Baldwin. While running a scene that involved Baldwin’s character pointing a gun to the camera, he pulled the trigger, unaware of the real bullets inside of the weapon. He hit young…
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Trans rights rally promotes message
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On Thursday Oct. 28 at the Civic Arts Plaza, Remi Parise, sophomore, led students to fight for recognition and awareness of the LGBTQ community at the Transgender Rights Rally. Participants held up signs and flags in hopes that the people passing by would recognize and support this movement in the community. “I started doing…
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Måneskin makes their U.S debut with “Beggin’”
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Måneskin, a rock band from Rome, Italy, made their U.S. debut on the “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Thurs. Oct. 28th, performing their hit cover “Beggin” from the album “Chosen,” and their new single, “MAMMAMIA.” The band is composed of Damiano David on vocals, Victoria De Angelis on bass, Thomas Raggi on guitar,…
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This holiday season will be costly
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This holiday season might be the most expensive ever. The staple food of the season, turkey, is facing an all-time high cost. A Wells Fargo report explores market conditions with increasing prices. “The turkey price in 2021 is starkly higher compared to prior years,” Wells Fargo analysts reported. “Late September turkey prices this year…
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BMI is not a useful body image tool
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About a year ago, I came home from school to find that my sibling was crying. When I asked why they were upset, they said that they were weighed at school and told that they were overweight. At the time, my sibling was doing gymnastics and was a very active person with a lot…
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iOS 15 is useful yet boring
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On Sept. 20, 2021, Apple released their latest software update to the public after going through beta testing. While the update has many customizable features to improve people’s lives, I feel that some of the new features lack creativity and are plain dull. For instance, Apple added many important security features. Users may remove…