Loy Norrix DECA Team Goes to Nationals for First Time in Five Years
Kailynne Besser
June 14, 2019
The Loy Norrix DECA students proudly pose with their awards at nationals. Pictured left to right, back row: Cameron Phillips, Josh Schaefer, Chiemela Opeckuchwa, Greg Clup. Left to right, front row: Atiba Ward, Naguaria Ward, Ben Sanford, Chenel Wilson, Cecelia Morales, Anna Puca, Sierra Ward. For the ...
3, 2, 1, Prom
Esperanza Fraga
June 13, 2019
As the night begins, after getting make-up and hair done, shoes, dresses, and suits put on. The doors begin to open at 8 p.m. and it will be for most juniors their first prom and for seniors, their last. As school staff lay out the red carpet, set table decorations, and the DJ sets up his station...
Abstinence Over Education: Public Schools Need to Update their Sex Education Curriculum
June 13, 2019
By Lydia Snapp When I was eleven years old I asked my fifth grade teacher what an abortion was, and shockingly, she told me she couldn’t speak on the subject. Sex educators in Michigan preach abstinence over anything else, but teenagers should be taught how to practice safe sex, so they can m...
Anti-Abortion Laws Don’t Ban Abortion, They Just Ban Safe Access
Alexis Weeden
June 12, 2019
As of May of 2019, there have already been attempts at challenging the 1973 Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade along with the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Conservative legislators have been pushing strict abortion bans called “heart-beat bills” in multiple states -- including Michigan. T...
The Electoral College Should Stay
June 11, 2019
By Emma Borden The Electoral College, a key part of presidential elections, is a topic frequently debated, especially after controversial elections. However, it is an important part of U.S. history, and should not be eradicated. The Electoral College was created as a compromise meant to satisfy th...
Loy Norrix Takes The Win In The Don Lukens Invitational
Jaelyn Anderson
May 25, 2019
Don Lukens has been at Loy Norrix for over 30 years and is the biggest invitational that Loy Norrix hosts. Track teams from all over the state come to compete against each other in this all day meet. Don Lukens starts at 10 in the morning and goes on into the late evening. Everyone looks forward...
Students Show Incoming Freshman A Little Piece of Norrix
Jaelyn Anderson
May 24, 2019
Every year Loy Norrix has incoming freshmen from Maple Street and Milwood middle schools come visit the school to get an idea of what high school will be like. Administrators explained all the opportunities that Norrix offers, many groups preformed for them and they got a tour of the school. The middle...
Loy Norrix Journalists Take Big Steps at MIPA 2019
Devon Gross
May 18, 2019
Each year, the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association holds a ceremony awarding various Michigan school publications and student journalists’ hard work and unique content they’ve published throughout the previous year. At the 2019 MIPA awards ceremony, there were a total of 4,112 entries submitted ...
OK Go Bassist and Loy Norrix Alumnus Triumphantly Returns to Kalamazoo
May 12, 2019
A flyer is plastered onto the bulletin by the office. It shows four men in bright attire, tangled up in colorful yarn. This poster advertises that their tour is coming to town, but it isn’t the first time for one of them. “My friends, who I played in a band with in high school, someone’s Engli...
Junior Loses the Kalamazoo Promise
May 9, 2019
By Dylann Meek “When me and my mother went to the office to change the address, that’s when the secretary told me I was out of district and would not get the [Kalamazoo] Promise,” said junior Nakia Brown. At the beginning of her junior year, Nakia Brown lost the Kalamazoo Promise after moving ...
Loy Norrix School and Tower Modernized and Made More Energy Efficient
Kailynne Besser
May 7, 2019
Walking into Loy Norrix in early September, you look around and notice the new updates that have been done all around the school over the summer. Updating the windows was one of the primary changes that occurred at Loy Norrix. The front entrance or “Tower” was newly updated with a replacement o...
Freshman Explains Hardships of Being New to Norrix
nakiab01
May 5, 2019
For upperclassmen, mentioning freshmen may bring eye rolls, irritation and overall dislike. Whether it’s for lack of maturity,or because they’re new, freshmen generally get a lot of backlash from upperclassmen. Luckily, this doesn’t seem to bother some freshmen. “I’m not embarrassed to be ...
