Nintendo has updated its Pokémon series of role-playing video games for the 3DS handheld system, releasing two new games this month. "Omega Ruby" and "Alpha Sapphire" are updated versions of games released...
By Eric Staats, Portage Northern HS, Portage, Mich.
• December 3, 2014
Many of us played Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald in elementary school — don’t even deny it. Pokémon was the greatest video game ever in a time where we were too old to play Animal Crossing and...
By TJ Kulfan, Divine Child HS, Dearborn, Mich.
• November 25, 2014
It’s one of the hottest debated topics for hockey fans today: What is the future of the shootout? A shootout in hockey is simply a one-on-one between a skater and a goaltender from opposing teams. There...
By Alaina Taylor, Portage Northern HS, Portage, Mich.
• October 17, 2014
"If a student has selected a manner of appearance that is beyond mere freedom of expression and disrupts the educational process… they may be removed from the educational setting." — PN Dress Code.
It’s...
By Landon Hudson, Grand Haven High School, Grand Haven, Mich.
• September 22, 2014
Sophomore Hanna Rinkevicz lays back on the couch with a smile on her face. A tub of animal crackers rests next to her feet, which are propped up on the family’s wooden coffee table.
Movie cases and...
By Alexis Megdanoff, Fenton HS, Fenton, Mich.
• June 11, 2014
The inside of a gym is a familiar sight for senior Crystal Krupp. For four years, she has trained every week to succeed in the sport of powerlifting. Powerlifting at the high school level involves...
By Graham DePriest and Chase Dudley
• April 29, 2014
The aroma of the freshly cooked food being prepared in the back will have your mouth watering in seconds, and the bright warm colors will make you forget all about the negative degree weather just outside...
By Anurima Kumar, Community HS, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• April 24, 2014
“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche
I may not practice dance every day, but I cannot imagine my life without it. Ever since the...
By Darryl Littlejohn, Jr., Southfield HS, Southfield, Mich.
• February 19, 2014
In December senior Ro’Kiya Parker would normally be spending her time after school in the shiny new field house, working up a serious sweat, practicing her free throws, her lay-ups, her dunks. She’d...
By Sophia Werthmann, Community HS, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• January 31, 2014
Alex Brown, a Walmart employee, currently lives in an apartment that he shares with his wife and their roommate. He is an out-of-work PC technician laboring for about $10 an hour, which is $2.60 above...
By Aina Kelsaw-Fletcher, Community HS, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• December 9, 2013
As a child, I was always told to hide. Told to stay in the background, to don myself in blacks, greys, and navy, to avoid stripes like the plague, to never touch a pair of skintight jeans. As a child...
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![SENIOR SEASON: Decked out in their jerseys, senior Parker Mitchell takes a photo of senior Sophia Kramer and friends before the first day of school in the senior parking lot. The night before, the class of ‘23 decorated their cars to show their senior pride going into their last year of high school. “It’s tradition for seniors to come and take [pictures] the morning before the first day of school,” Kramer said. “Being able to share that memory together is definitely bittersweet. I’m super excited for this year but I am anticipating all the lasts.” Reporting by Alice Scott.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/52288662181_5a1d0b7ef8_o-900x438.jpg)
![The cardiovascular system is painted on the wall outside the biology classrooms. The nicotine in vape and e-cigarette products have been proven to negatively impact the lungs, contributing to the concern the vaping epidemic will affect the health of youth for years to come. “There is an epidemic in our school of under-aged nicotine consumption… I think that this year that they did a really great job by bringing in Breathe NH… it was much more effective: there was a lot of data, statistics, infographics and [comparisons] especially to cigarettes, said Mary Martin 20, student council president.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vapingphoto.jpg)
