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Commentary: Keep Commerce Out of Art

Capitalism warps the incentive of producing art from something pure into making money.

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Gatekeepers want to preserve the authenticity and exclusivity of a community by keeping people out who they think might pollute it or make it mainstream.

Commentary: Unleashing American Energy, Unleashing Chaos

By favoring the fossil fuel industry at the expense of the environment, public health and long-term economic growth, this order represents everything wrong with our current approach to energy policy. 

Commentary: Keep Commerce Out of Art

Capitalism warps the incentive of producing art from something pure into making money.

How the Digital Age Has Shaped Popular Music

As hard as it is to admit, many of your favorite artists most likely use AutoTune, even if it’s very subtle.

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Commentary: Keep Commerce Out of Art

Capitalism warps the incentive of producing art from something pure into making money.

Commentary: Heavy Metal Gatekeepers Can Take a Hike

Gatekeepers want to preserve the authenticity and exclusivity of a community by keeping people out who they think might pollute it or make it mainstream.

Commentary: Unleashing American Energy, Unleashing Chaos

By favoring the fossil fuel industry at the expense of the environment, public health and long-term economic growth, this order represents everything wrong with our current approach to energy policy. 

Track by Track Analysis: Killers: Hot Fuss

Hot Fuss is pure manic, dance-worthy tracks.

Commentary: Keep Commerce Out of Art

Capitalism warps the incentive of producing art from something pure into making money.

Commentary: Heavy Metal Gatekeepers Can Take a Hike

Gatekeepers want to preserve the authenticity and exclusivity of a community by keeping people out who they think might pollute it or make it mainstream.

Commentary: Unleashing American Energy, Unleashing Chaos

By favoring the fossil fuel industry at the expense of the environment, public health and long-term economic growth, this order represents everything wrong with our current approach to energy policy. 

Track by Track Analysis: Killers: Hot Fuss

Hot Fuss is pure manic, dance-worthy tracks.

You’ve Seen the Billboards – But What Is Shen Yun?

Shen Yun is a dance and acrobatics performance, which purports to showcase traditional Chinese dance and culture.

NWA Looking to Provide Outdoor Space for Students

Interim Head of School Brock Dunn wants to create a safe outdoor environment behind Tower and Plaza.

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.

Battle of the Bands: Meet the Bands

On Friday, February 21st, Northwest Academy is hosting its first ever Battle of the Bands competition. Hadley Pack, the High School Activities Coordinator, had...

Creating Community, One Piece of Candy at a Time

A simple sticky note and a dish of candy are sparking conversation and bringing a little extra joy to students and staff alike.

Essays

Twenty Things I Would Miss About Portland

You both huddle under the black umbrella, crumpled and splintered from years of use. The rain pours down from the skies, catching you unawares in the steaming cemetery.

Life, Interrupted: Kai Miller Castles

"Great. I'll have lots of extra time, and perhaps I'll be able to move my workspace to like an armchair or something."

Stay Gold Dude, Stay Gold

"Through the clouds I can stare directly into the sun."

Creative Writing

HS Theatre Syllabus 2020 (A Satire)

"This is my syllabus so I get to do what I want."

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.

Death Poems

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

77th Street

The sky opened up even before they realized it was cloudy

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Commentary: Keep Commerce Out of Art

Capitalism warps the incentive of producing art from something pure into making money.

Commentary: Heavy Metal Gatekeepers Can Take a Hike

Gatekeepers want to preserve the authenticity and exclusivity of a community by keeping people out who they think might pollute it or make it mainstream.

Commentary: Unleashing American Energy, Unleashing Chaos

By favoring the fossil fuel industry at the expense of the environment, public health and long-term economic growth, this order represents everything wrong with our current approach to energy policy. 

Track by Track Analysis: Killers: Hot Fuss

Hot Fuss is pure manic, dance-worthy tracks.

You’ve Seen the Billboards – But What Is Shen Yun?

Shen Yun is a dance and acrobatics performance, which purports to showcase traditional Chinese dance and culture.

NWA Graduate Weathers Hurricane Ian

Arun, who is currently a freshman doing his pre-med track at Tampa University, said that his house, which is located right on the coast, was issued a mandatory evacuation order.

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