A woman’s ability to freely speak out in the face of sexual assault and harassment is an absolute necessity. The female voice is imperative to the larger struggle to find equality in all aspects of the...

It’s a running joke among my friends that I’ve struggled with senioritis since 9th grade, and it’s not entirely inaccurate. I live by the words “work smarter, not harder.” It’s no surprise...

I started this column with the purpose of exploring my city’s many neighborhoods, and many cultures, through food. I’ve been to high-end Spanish tapas restaurants, food cart stalls, Halal food...

Every year in early June, North Allegheny students take their finals in the last days before summer. For many juniors and seniors, though, the real finals occur almost a month earlier, during AP tests,...

The New York Times recently suggested that, in an attempt to quell anxiety, people in quarantine should start journaling. It’s a great method of self-expression and, after all, we are living through...

A person is a person, no matter how small. And boy, did the kids look small, as Margaret Fenton walked through the doors of Bradford Woods Elementary School. “I felt so old sitting in front of the...

On July 6th, 1535, Sir Thomas More was beheaded by Henry VIII after refusing to abandon his staunch Catholic beliefs. Four hundred years later, he was canonized as Saint Thomas for his martyrdom as the...

Where are you from? I’m actually from the area. I went to high school at Montour, and my parents still live in Robinson. I did go to Virginia Tech for college, but I came right back after I graduated....

I grew up crossing many bridges into the city -- the Veterans, Fort Pitt, and Smithfield, to name a few. Until recently, however, I had rarely crossed the 31st Street Bridge or the 40th Street Bridge,...

With the Oscars only a week away, Twitter is abuzz with opinions--both valid and fallacious--on the various awards and nominations, and celebrities are no exception. Last Thursday, Stephen King tweeted...

There are the food staples of North Allegheny students: Monte Cellos, Rita’s, and Chick-Fil-A. Like a majority of NA students, I’ve eaten my fair share of slices after football games and more chicken...

As clocks anxiously ticked toward midnight across the eastern seaboard of the United States, optimistically ushering in a new decade, Washington D.C.’s Newseum closed its doors for the final time. The...

This Friday, December 20th, six select NASH teachers will set aside the unrelenting stress of grading tests and reprimanding students, and pick up a buzzer for the third annual Teacher Jeopardy. Entrance...

Over the past six Turncoat editions, I’ve argued in favor of particularly controversial far-right positions -- ranging from a defense of the First Amendment rights of Holocaust deniers to denying the...

So, have you always been passionate about academics? Not exactly.  I constantly got into trouble from when I came to NA in 1st grade to the end of 4th grade.  I started to focus more on my studies in...

At the “cornerstone of church and chicken,” the self-dubbed name of Northway Church’s shared parking lot with Chick-fil-A on Rt. 19 North, I find myself divided. By the time I’m in the drive-through,...

More than gun control or welfare, climate change or foreign diplomacy, our president loves discussing “fake news.” And, as much as it pains me to admit, he has a point--well, at least half of a point. It’s...

Those who have taken Psych will know about the “Reactance Theory”, which is the tendency of good people to act poorly in response to rules and feel great about doing so. Whether that’s just an excuse,...

The venue was smaller and the stakes were seemingly limited, but the School Board Candidate Forum held at NASH on October 2, 2019, held a striking resemblance to the televised debates of national politics:...

Earlier this month, in a non-section Labor Day soccer match, Allderdice players alleged that they had been verbally attacked by their opponents from the Connellsville School District. The Connellsville...

For the last two weeks, the Amazon Rainforest has been burning relentlessly, destroying the “lungs of the world” at more than 100 square yards a minute and displacing some of the 400 tribes and 30,000,000...

The brainchild of NAI English teacher Mr. Hull, the NA TED Talk Club was founded earlier this year with the hope of widening the scope of student learning. The club is based around the creation and delivery...

Turncoat was never particularly easy to write. It was incredibly hard at times. It was hard to argue against LGBTQ+ rights and a woman’s right to control her pregnancy. It was hard to advocate for deportation...

Last weekend was spring break, offering students an opportunity to eat copious amounts of sugar, spend time with families, and take a well-deserved break before the final, end-of-school countdown. That...

In the waning hours of 1970, during the court case Oregon v. Mitchell, the Supreme Court held that Congress had the authority to establish the legal voting age for federal elections. The Court based its...

For this edition of Turncoat, I’ll be doing something slightly different. Instead of the usual political topic, a special guest and I will be discussing the importance of STEM classes—science, technology,...

I think it is safe to say that a majority of students in our school have, at some point during their academic careers, cheated, finessed, conned, bluffed, or otherwise bamboozled their way to a grade that...

It’s that time of year again: scheduling. For those seniors blissfully wandering their way to college, this largely won’t apply to you. For anyone else, listen closely—your sanity may just depend...

First of all, congratulations on your distinguished alumnus award. Thanks.  You know, I was pretty surprised after all these years, but I feel humbled, looking at the bios of all the other nominees Yeah,...

For those who have read my Turncoat column, I hope it is clear that the arguments I present are not a representation of my own ideas; they are quite the opposite, in fact. The purpose behind Turncoat is...

I remember that the first time I heard the word "gay," I didn’t know its actual meaning. I thought that it just meant dumb, because that's how I had heard it used. In response to rules, tests, and restrictions,...

This summer, President Donald J. Trump announced Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee. Before that, in the spring of 2017, Neil Gorsuch was confirmed as a Supreme Court judge. These nominations...

I wrote the first draft of this article last night, November 7th, 2018, with the hopes that change might be made before further killings. This morning, November 8th, I read the headline: “12 Dead in...

In his farewell speech, George Washington warned of the potential dangers of political parties. He believed that the foundation of permanent political parties would undermine the the purpose of being the...

I am not Catholic, and today is not a Sunday, but I have a confession. The first time that I can remember being in actual trouble was when I almost got run over by a car while playing soccer in the...

My name is Jonathan Ross. I’m a junior here at NASH and a writer for the Uproar. Like many of the other aspiring journalists, my political ideals tend to lean left. Although much of mainstream media...

Like Mahatma Gandhi, Xi Huang Di, George Washington, and Selena Gomez, the name William Hildebrand holds quite the connotation among NA students. Last year, I had the privilege of studying AP Human Geography...