Triumph in uncharted waters
by Riding a wave with world-champion bodyboarder Ayaka Suzuki Crilley World-champion bodyboarder Ayaka Suzuki Crilley rode Hurricane Larry’s sizable waves to historic victories, taking first place …
Category: Features
There is no NCC without the Night Crew Captain
Jeff Kapcsos has led his staff through the pandemic to help keep the NCC community safe As a deadly and mysterious virus swept across the …
Are the Illuminati real? It can be scary out there (Part 2 of 3)
by If you search for “Illuminati” on Google, you’ll get 35 million results in a second. If you do the same on YouTube, you’ll find thousands …
Are the Illuminati real? (Part 1 of 3)
The Italian sounding word Illuminati keeps appearing in the media. Take the music industry for example: back in 2013, the word Illuminati was present in …
The power of positive thinking. Myth or reality?
by “Be positive,” a good friend told me at the end of a phone conversation yesterday. Staying positive is difficult at a time when the …
A memorial for Draylen Mason
by On March 12, 2018, 17-year-old high school senior Draylen Mason was killed by a package bomb in a wave of attacks that killed one other …
Skate and plant trees or die
Pilllar brings environmentalism to the skateboard world with an extra ‘l’ Skateboarders, otherwise known as thrashers, shredders and rippers, are infamous for the destruction …
‘I feel like I’ve journeyed hard’
Navajo Jana Livingston overcomes hardship to pursue a career in health care, aspiring to uplift her people. The Navajo Nation is among the areas in …
Pineapple among topping royalty at Palace Pizza
A deep divide exists in the United States, caused by a hotly debated question: does pineapple belong on pizza? Yes, says Palace Pizza Bar & …
The power of hip-hop
Rapping with Comrade Dullah, musician and NCC media production student Ahmed Shehata hoists a hefty dissertation from his desk, “The political thought of the Sayyid …
Spartans: undaunted by pain or danger
Until last month the email address of every student at Northampton Community College (NCC) had the word “spartan” which automatically indicated that they were students. …
A tribute to Paula Hernandez: Rutgers grad, teacher and humanitarian
(Editor/author’s note: Paula Hernandez is the sister of my fiancee, Claudia. Our world was shattered when Paula was taken from us. But it was her …