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A stack of books sitting outside. As the spring season arrives, consider adding some books to your reading list. (Sarah Rose | Northern Star)

Books that feel like a spring adventure

By Sarah Rose, Assistant Lifestyle Editor | April 19, 2023

Take a break from the high activity of school and frolic in a field of flowers or stretch outside and read a book. Here are five book recommendations that emulate spring feelings. The House in the Cerulean Sea Written by TJ Klune, “The House in the...

A student writes down in a journal on February 9th, 2022. Journaling can have a great impact on ones mental and emotional state.

Journaling is a great way to improve emotional state

By Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, Editor-in-Chief | February 9, 2022
There are many benefits to keeping a journal.
Books are a valuable asset to our culture.

Public schools must extinguish book burning

By Parker Otto | January 5, 2022
You are not trying to protect your children, you are trying to take away knowledge and art and, in the process, discriminate against literature that shows the experiences of minorities. If anything, banning these books will only make young people more desperate to seek them out. 
Government shut down shows the presidents true priorities

Government shut down shows the president’s true priorities

By Ali Qazi | January 6, 2019

"I would build a great wall—and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me—and I'll build them very inexpensively; I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall," Donald Trump said in 2015 during...