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  • March 28Junior Dylan Khang wins the 3rd Annual Chicken-Flinging competition
  • March 17Northwood wins big at the NHD OC competition, sending 16 entries to state
  • February 24Howler sweeps again at OCJEA!
  • February 14Northwood Girls Water Polo advance to CIFSS finals with a 10-9 victory over Santiago
  • February 10Northwood Girls Water Polo reach CIFSS semifinals in a 13-6 victory over Buena HS
  • January 11Zaid Yunis becomes 10th player in NHS basketball history to hit 1,000 career points
  • December 20Congratulations to Kimberly Rohrs and David Lee for winning Northwood teachers of the year!
  • December 20Athlete seniors Hannah Li and Nick Keith were selected as Athletes of Character and will be celebrated by the Orange County Athletics Directors Association (OCADA) at a ceremony at the end of January
  • December 17NTV students receive four awards at the 24 Hour Film Festival, including best film
  • December 16Basketball athlete senior Ryan Abaye breaks the school record for most steals all-time
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ME AND THE BADDIE I PULLED: Philosophical questions are a surefire way to win your date over.

First date questions for when the silence is deafening

Luna Bouhairi and Amy Jeon
February 14, 2024

Lo and behold, the awkward silence, the inability to make eye-contact as if you were both Medusa, the fidgeting while mumbling about the color of the flooring or pleasantries about the fantastic weather...

Rating 2023 music releases with Standards Based Grading

Rating 2023 music releases with Standards Based Grading

Lucy Kim, Junk Editor
December 19, 2023

Students at Northwood are oftentimes motivated by academic performance: when they get a graded rubric back with circles straight down the “two” column, their esteems take a dive right down the Mariana...

Literary analysis practice for Gen Z

Literary analysis practice for Gen Z

Lucy Kim, Junk Editor
December 18, 2023

SAVE YOUR DIGNITY AND YOUR BUTT: Northwood students resort to finding creative places to sit after finding the school desolate of open tables.

Alternative seating options for better gluteal health

Sienna Hidalgo, Staff Writer
December 18, 2023

These days, many Northwood students find themselves suffering immensely from the limited number of lunch tables on campus. There has been an ongoing war between the outraged studentsand the bees that occupy...

Five ways to spend winter break

Five ways to spend winter break

Courtney Lee, Staff Writer
December 18, 2023

Brace yourself for the unspoken truths upperclassmen are afraid to speak: in the midst of winter break at Northwood, grades increase at a directly proportional rate to tears. You can wave goodbye to snuggling...

REPORTING LI—AHHHHHH! FIRE! FIRE! WE’LL BE BACK AFTER A SHORT BREAK!: Local news stations report on a nationwide chaos caused by enthusiastic teenagers.

Northwood faces power outage caused by Disney+ show

Timothy Shin, Staff Writer
December 18, 2023

Northwood is currently undergoing a power outage following a catastrophic failure of its connection to the power grid, suspected to have been caused by every Northwood student tuning into the premiere...

JOURNALISM IS MY PASSION, THEY SAY: This freshman Beginning Journalism student plans to apply as a computer science major.

Interview with a Howler hopeful

Riya Gupta and Shreya Aithal
December 17, 2023

It’s Howler recruitment season and for all the prospective journalists out there hoping to use the school newspaper as a surefire way to get into Harvard, here is a declassified interview with a previous...

SCHOLARLY DISSONANCE: The raucous blasting in the speakers disorient wayward Northwood students on their way to class.

A Tardy Harmony: 5 tardy sweep music alternatives admin should REALLY consider

Anna Cho, News Editor
November 29, 2023

Starting April of last year, Northwood began the tardy sweeps as a way to encourage students to get to class on time. In unpredictable, random passing periods, the race begins to get to your next class...

QUESTS OF THE ANCHOR: Humanities students will need some pro gamer strategies to beat this final boss.

Game Guide: How to beat the Fall Anchor

Timothy Shin, Staff Writer
November 27, 2023

Northwood Humanities’ “Quests of the Anchor” has consistently been one of the most controversial games of the year, consistently receiving mixed reviews during every regular release. Both versions...

BAKING MONARCHY: British cuisine colonizes Netflix.

British shows take over Netflix

Sienna Hidalgo, Staff Writer
November 21, 2023

Before the dawn of British films on Netflix, Americans were cluelessly unaware that people in Great Britain lived real lives just like they did. However, this has stopped since the heads of Netflix decided...

DON’T MOVE, DON’T BREATHE, DON’T RELIEVE: Students panic in fear of accidentally airing out their business in the girls’ bathrooms.

A survival guide to keeping the bathroom doors locked

A “design flaw” by school architects (or perhaps a sinister plan to promote T-wolf bonding through shared bathroom experiences) is causing girls’ bathroom stall doors to wear out faster than students...

I SEE NO COLOR:  Is it  a beige flag, or are you just colorblind?

Beige flags, but make it Northwood edition

Sienna Hidalgo, Staff Writer
November 5, 2023

Most Northwood students are familiar with green flags and red flags: a golden retriever personality is peak green flag material, while choosing to take six AP classes but then complaining about them for...

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