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Loy Norrix students led by members of third party organizations and fellow student leaders stand outside of Loy Norrix High School. Students walked out to protest KPS COVID and policing policies.

Approximately 35 students walk out of Loy Norrix in protest against KPS COVID protocols and policing in schools

Hannah Locke, Editor in Chief January 18, 2022

At 9:00 a.m., on January 17, 2022, approximately 35 students walked out of school, lead by third party organizations such as Black Lives Matter Kalamazoo Battle Creek and Food not Bombs, in collabortation...

Kalamazoo Public Schools facebook account posts a graphic to their page announcing the first school closing this year on January 6th. This snow day marked the first since the start of the pandemic.

Snow Days: the role they serve in the world of pandemic schooling

Amady Mboup, Knights Speak Team January 12, 2022

As we enter the winter season, the topic of what to do when school is inaccessible due to the weather has come back into focus. Taking a look at Loy Norrix specifically, many are wondering whether the...

A visual representation of the layering defense strategy against COVID-19 in schools from the MDHHS, an image Dr. Rita Raichourdhuri used in the release to KPS families.

Omicron variant of COVID-19 forces Michigan schools to cancel events in January

James Hauke, Multimedia Editor January 7, 2022

As students and teachers return to school for the winter of 2022, there also happens to be a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases, particularly the omicron variant. As students were on winter break for the...

Sophomore Zoey Alden enjoys the Winter Formal dance. This is Aldens first high school dance, after having her freshman year online.

Students get down on the dance floor at the first Winter Formal in two years

Gigi Fox, Web Editor December 15, 2021

Saturday, December 4 was the Loy Norrix Winter Formal dance. After almost two years of dealing with COVID-19, having a school dance was a much needed break of normalcy for LN students.  “I enjoyed...

Loy Norrix student dresses up at Principal Christopher Aguinaga for Homecoming 2021 spirit week.

Loy Norrix spirit week leads us into winter break

Gigi Fox, Web Editor December 13, 2021

The long awaited winter break is almost upon us and to lead us to the finish line is a winter-themed spirit week.  Monday, December 13th - Winter Socks and Hats Tuesday, December 14th - Orange Day...

The headquarters of the French Dispatch in Ennui, France from The French Dispatch.

Review: “The French Dispatch” is peak Wes Anderson and well worth the wait

Elliot Russell, Editor-in-Chief December 3, 2021

“It all began as a holiday,” the narrator utters as the trailer opens. I feel like I’ve heard this phrase a thousand times as I’ve ruminated over Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch.”  “The...

On Wednesday, October 27, 2021 a group of students joined Joshua Gottlieb to protest against climate change and the lack of government action.

As the UN Climate Summit began, this Kalamazoo teacher’s hunger strike ended

Hannah Locke, Editor in Chief November 11, 2021

Joshua Gottlieb is a physics teacher at Kalamazoo Central High School. On Monday, Oct 25, Gottlieb began a week-long hunger strike to raise awareness for climate change and protest the changes being made...

Spanish teacher Marta Grabowski substitute teaches for Atiba Wards fifth hour international business class. Like all teachers at Norrix, shes been called in to sub on a rolling basis.

Substitute teacher shortage plagues Norrix staff

Elliot Russell, Editor-in-Chief November 10, 2021

With teachers frequently in and out of the building because of COVID scares as the pandemic rages on, familiar faces have been popping up around the building. Maybe your algebra teacher had to lecture...

Addressing arguments against Medicare for All

November 8, 2021

Now to address arguments issued against a single payer healthcare system. To start we will look at the argument that medicare for all is too expensive as it will cost 37.8 trillion dollars over the next...

Conclusion

November 8, 2021

To end this piece, I will answer one question that some readers may have at the end of all of this. Why is a communist such as myself who advocates for a proletarian revolution, advocating for a social...

Drug Prices

November 8, 2021

When it comes to the pharmaceutical industry or “big pharma,” over-the-counter and prescription drug prices have seen a significant increase under the privatized pharmaceutical market; drug prices...

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