Claire Majerac is a senior at NASH and is excited to be working as the Opinions Editor for The Uproar. She enjoys reading, trying new breakfast recipes in her kitchen, and making pros and cons lists with Michelle Hwang.
Netflix has been on a roll, adding shows and movies to its lineup. With a new season of You coming out, the addition of Diana: The Musical, Titanic, The Holiday, and The Karate Kid, this October will make...
I can remember a group of teachers at Shaler Area School District going on strike for weeks on end in 2013, prolonging their summer. I got home from a day of fourth grade and overheard my parents discussing...
At North Park County Pool on September 6th, 2021, the sounds of laughter, excitement, and even barking could be heard from a mile away. The county pools held an event on the last day of the season in which...
Usually when I wake up on the morning of the first day of school, I’m giddy. A fresh start and a new year is something that I always look forward to. New clothes, new teachers, new subjects. It all excites...
Friends, one of the most iconic sitcoms of the 90s, is back after nearly 20 years in their brand new episode, “The One Where They Get Back Together.”
Set to air on May 27th, 2021, the new episode...
When she heard that COVID-19 vaccines were now available to students at NASH, senior Nancy Wilkins did not delay.
“I think it’s definitely a good idea,” she said. "It’s a smart move for the...
Planned Parenthood is a widely controversial federation that provides all Americans with reproductive healthcare and educates them about topics of sex education that are often left out of teaching in schools....
It’s a blisteringly hot afternoon in Newman Stadium during a track meet, and today, you decided to run the one mile race. You’re exhausted beyond belief, but there are still two hundred meters left...
After over a year of COVID-19 lockdown, high schools nationwide, including North Allegheny, are now phasing in full-time in-person learning. But as the NASH student population at school increases, safety...
On February 25th, the Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rejected a Democratic push to institute a 15 dollar minimum wage increase by the year 2025 to President Biden’s current COVID relief...
With over a seventh of the world’s population struggling with iron deficiency, one would think that anemia would be a topic covered more frequently in health classes and in general. As it affects 1.62...
Before he was “The Weeknd,” Abel Tesfaye shoplifted food with two high school friends to survive. He conceded in an interview with the New York Times that he would even tell girls he loved them in...
A recent poll by the Los Angeles Times showed that humans are more afraid of failure than they are of the supernatural, of spiders, and of being home alone.
On a student level, fear of failure can be...
When I think of being in a cult, I imagine a group of people crowded around a fire, chanting about Satan and repentance. As you can see from the picture up above and from the events of January 6th, that’s...
It was a cold night during winter break when my family and I sat down to watch Soul. Judging from the trailer, I was expecting it to be about just that. Soul and jazz music. What I wasn’t expecting was...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the entire year, 2020 has certainly been one we will never forget. There’s so much jam-packed into this year, it physically made my brain hurt to research this...
Considering that COVID-19 cases are at an all-time high as of Monday, with 13.6 million in the United States alone, it's startling to consider that NASH almost resumed hybrid in-person learning this...
Imagine this: you go to the restroom in class one day and what you see on your underwear makes your eyes boggle. There’s a red stain. Not only have you begun your period, but you’ve bled through your...
The course is never short for the North Allegheny Cross-Country Team, but the finish line this season held an extra special treat -- another shiny new state championship.
The Lady Tigers made team...
Girls, women, and members of the LGBTQ+ community across America are fearing for their rights with the recent confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
Barrett's history makes many uneasy. Her involvement...
Every year, kids across America struggle to come up with Halloween costumes that are easy, fun to pull off, and original. Have no fear this Halloween. This year, The Uproar has compiled some costumes...
They've been called "cultish" by outsiders. Their sport has been summed up in one blunt word: "death." But they shrug off the labels year after after year, and even the current pandemic has not pulled...
Imagine this: you’re in the middle of a class, when all of a sudden, your laptop goes black and stops working. You tell your teacher and she sends you to the Help Desk. You walk to the second floor and...
