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NOAA’s educational grant programs fund student organized research, providing educational opportunities to scientifically passionate scholars. 

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Commentary: Cuts to NOAA Endanger Us All

NOAA’s educational grant programs fund student organized research, providing educational opportunities to scientifically passionate scholars. 

The Road Warrior: George Miller’s Passion for Action

The Road Warrior feels like the quintessential Mad Max film.

Spain Stood Up to the United States. The Rest of the World Should Follow Suit

The Iran war and the genocide in Gaza are morally wrong and internationally unpopular; the rest of the world should take a page out of Spain’s book and stand up.

Post 58 Gets Teens Out Into Nature

Post 58 is a nonprofit that brings together Portland area teens from different high schools by organizing excursions into the outdoors.

Commentary: Open Our School Now

The necessary step the school must take is to open up Northwest Academy.

Alright: An EP

I took a lot of inspiration from Elliott Smith's guitar playing style and his songwriting.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire: A Fresh Take on an Old Love Story

There is so much beauty to be found in Céline Sciamma’s 2019 film Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

Bird Photos

During my recent trip to the United Kingdom, I managed to snag a multitude of photos of these fascinating feathered folk.

Commentary: Cuts to NOAA Endanger Us All

NOAA’s educational grant programs fund student organized research, providing educational opportunities to scientifically passionate scholars. 

The Road Warrior: George Miller’s Passion for Action

The Road Warrior feels like the quintessential Mad Max film.

Spain Stood Up to the United States. The Rest of the World Should Follow Suit

The Iran war and the genocide in Gaza are morally wrong and internationally unpopular; the rest of the world should take a page out of Spain’s book and stand up.

Post 58 Gets Teens Out Into Nature

Post 58 is a nonprofit that brings together Portland area teens from different high schools by organizing excursions into the outdoors.

NWA Robotics Team Dreams Big

The NWA robotics team, Sky Rat Robotics, made it to the Oregon State Championship and finished in the top half of all contestants this March. 

Reading Is Not a Dying Art

The United States is currently at its lowest literacy levels since 1992.

Conan the Barbarian: A Conservative Fantasy with Universal Appeal

The most compelling thing about Conan is its suggestion that everyone, regardless of beliefs, is more barbaric than they want to admit.

NWA Humanities Department Doesn’t Shy Away from Difficult Material

The Humanities department is in constant conversation about what kind of texts are appropriate in the classroom, how to properly facilitate thoughtful reading of that subject matter and how to navigate discussion.

Art is Happening at NWA

The wall near NWA’s front desk in Plaza has been recently transformed into an art display.

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Track by Track Analysis: Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot touches on the feelings of a loss of communication and isolation over experimental instrumentation rooted in traditional rock and roll. Every song on this record has a very distinct and unique instrumentation, keeping the listener engaged.

Finding Community in Video Games

Through the trying times Marzka faced, video games offered him a source of comfort, and he found solace in the familiar geography and structure of games like Minecraft.

Pensive Palavering with Mazie Drummond

"My super power would be the ability to summon tiny pocket-sized unicorns to do my bidding at will."

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Julian’s Superheroes

I started drawing superheroes to practice my human anatomy and grow my knowledge of human musculature. It has since grown into a hobby.

Photo Story: Ireland

This summer my family took a trip to Ireland.

The Art You Love

"How do others relate to our art?"

Void Of Course

“Void of Course” draws its name from an astrological term that describes a period when the Moon is not making any major aspects before it transitions into the next sign.

Creative Writing

A Collection of Folk Tales

For an artistic response prompt, students were asked to write mock-ups of modernized short stories inspired by classic folk tales such as “The Stubborn Child” by The Brothers Grimm.

Death Poems

I will keep you on my wall And watch you burn Until hell freezes over.

Invarus (Excerpt)

"Pain washed through Keltrinne’s body. She contorted, writhed, then rolled off the top bunk into open air."

Sun, take me back and Other Poems

"I have been dying a long time in this mist country-land, this pink plate flanked by rain"

Sci-Fi Ads

Students of Kyle Wiggins’ science fiction course were given the better part of a class period to create an advertisement for a potential future product that might exist in a distant dystopian/utopian world.

Two Poems

"You are wasting time, wasting me away when already you’ve wasted it all."

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