Nicki Minaj: Not A Queen Anymore
Mystika Allison-Barnes, Opinion Editor
October 3, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Review
You can’t argue against it. Nicki Minaj has been the undisputed queen of hip hop since the release of her debut studio album “Pink Friday”. With her aggressive, witty, clever and sometimes relatable bars, completely over the top outfits and hairstyles and a larger than life personality and ego, we...
Rampage Movie Review
May 9, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Review
On opening weekend, Rampage made $35.7 million and was directed by Brad Peyton. Even though I wasn’t planning on seeing Rampage, I still had a great time. Rampage is about animals that get mutated and then get huge. Definitely a sight to see. Some of the effects were a little mediocre, but I still ...
Truth or Dare Movie Review
May 9, 2018
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On Friday the Thirteenth Blumhouse Productions released ‘Truth or Dare?’ and the film made $18,667,855 opening weekend. The movie has a very simple premise: answer a question truthfully or you die, do your dare or you die. It plays off of the childhood game, you guessed it, truth or dare. However, it ...
Rich Brian’s Amen Album Review
March 29, 2018
Rating: 2.5/5 Best Songs: Occupied Attention See Me Enemies Since “AMEN” is the debut album of a web comedian, expectations for Rich Brian’s (formerly known as Rich Chigga) project were pretty low. Taking this into account, however, Brian’s album isn’t actually trash or somethin...
Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods Album Review
Mystika Allison-Barnes, Writer/Designer
March 29, 2018
Rating: 3/5 Best Songs: Supplies Say Something Montana Pop icon, Justin Timberlake takes us into the wilderness with his fifth album “Man of The Woods”. The first half of the album includes more upbeat, hype production, prompting Timberlake’s lyrics and delivery to be the same. Unfortunately, most of these songs sacrif...
iPhone 8 vs. iPhone X
November 30, 2017
Filed under Entertainment, Review
Apple’s newest iPhone family is now in the hands of SM North’s students. “I was wanting the new iPhone 8 since I had the iPhone 5S before,” Junior Aya Alsaid said, “I realized that the new updates that were coming in were making my phone slower and causing it to glitch.” Alsaid needed to...
The Experience: My Day at a Bernie Rally
Carina Smith, Editor
February 26, 2016
Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist announced his campaign rally at Bartle Hall on Monday. Just two short days later, Sanders met with over 7,000 people to try and promote his campaign before the Kansas caucus on March 5 and the Missouri caucus on March 15. And I was there- right...
Persona 4: The Animation Review
February 9, 2016
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"Welcome to the Velvet Room. My, it would seem you have a most unusual destiny lying before you. You see this realm exists between mind and matter. It separates dreams from reality. Generally speaking only those who have forged a contract are allowed to visit this room and perhaps, in the very near future,...
Assassination Classroom Review
January 6, 2016
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A schoolhouse? Check. Students? Check. Tests? Check. Physical Education? Check. A teacher who looks like a yellow octopus that can fly at Mach 20? Wait, what? This is the situation that students at Kunugigaoka Junior High School have to deal with on a daily school day. Did I mention that it also...
Album review: 25 by Adele
Taylor Morris, Writer
December 1, 2015
Filed under Entertainment
Mega-vocalist Adele released a brand-new album, “25”, last week on November 20, and I have to say it is stunning. From the opening song, Hello, which will have you responding with lyrics every time someone greets you, to the ending Sweetest Devotion, I found myself captivated by the bone-chillin...
This week at the movies
Cale Chapman, Contributing Writer
November 6, 2015
Filed under Entertainment
Spectre In this thrilling spy movie a message from his past sends James Bond on a mission to Mexico City and Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the daughter and widow of a well known criminal. Bond sneaks into a top secret meeting and stumbles upon the a sinister organization known ...
North graduate Lucas Blando begins recording music
Natalie Turner, Writer
November 1, 2015
Filed under Entertainment
2015 graduate Lucas Blando has always had a passion for music, but has recently began recording his music locally with family friend Jerry Thompson in his professional grade home studio located in Kansas City. Blando's love for music began when he went to a John Mayer concert. "I remember how much...