Over the past two years, I have written 75 articles for The Uproar, most of which have been opinion pieces. I’ve written about everything from national news to pop culture to school policy, mostly because...

What do scratch and sniff stickers, Canadian geese, Monopoly, and the world’s largest ball of paint have in common? Author John Green reviews them all in The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered...

I tried really hard not to get my hopes up, but as soon as the puck dropped for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, I couldn’t help but feel excited about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ chances....

I, like most other Americans, cannot wait to put this pandemic behind me. I’m sick of excessive hand sanitizer, quarantines, the general unpredictability of life as we know it, and, perhaps above all...

The pandemic has already ruined most of the traditional aspects of senior year, and now, the consequences of a year of hybrid and remote learning are destroying any sense of relief, relaxation, or satisfaction...

When I received an email from my future college last week about COVID-19 vaccinations, I felt an immediate sense of relief. The message informed me that all students would be required to be vaccinated...

How long have you been teaching? 15 years. This is my 14th at NA. What made you want to be a teacher? I actually always wanted to be a meteorologist. After talking to some people in that field, I realized...

Everytime there’s a scandal or big news story surrounding the National Hockey League (NHL), I always expect more people to care than actually do. After an important story breaks, I figure there should...

When school was cancelled for what was supposed to be two weeks last spring, current senior Dom Gralia was in the middle of planning his appearance in NASH’s annual Project Water Dodgeball tournament....

Most of us have spent our teenage years planning for the future. We’ve explored our interests, researched what kind of schools we want to attend, and some of us have picked the careers we want to pursue...

I was naive to think that, somehow, my senior year at North Allegheny would be different. For some odd reason, a part of me thought it would be a year full of celebrating my peers’ accomplishments, being...

Next school year, students who have the desire to see and experience the top college campuses in America may have to look no farther than the third floor of NASH. The Alumni of Elite Colleges (AEC) chapter...

You’re sitting in class when your teacher announces that you’ll be starting a new project. Before he or she can even begin to discuss the rubric or instructions, they mention that it will be a group...

Two weeks ago, I sat at PPG Paints Arena, with a box of nachos on my lap, a bottle of root beer in my hand, and tears in my eyes. The Pittsburgh Penguins skated onto the ice for their warm ups, and I was...

Prepare yourselves, because I’m about to say something that I think no second semester senior at North Allegheny has ever uttered before. Here it goes. I was really looking forward to waking up at six...

In 2020, the number of podcasts on Spotify nearly tripled, rising to a record 2.2 million shows. With such growth, it seems that podcasts are finally starting to be recognized for all the information,...

My favorite thing to do after a long week is to immerse myself in some kind of a story. I love getting into a compelling TV show or picking up an interesting book and being taken away to an entirely new...

In elementary school, most North Allegheny students received a colorful little folder called a career portfolio. As early as first grade, we were told to write in it about activities we enjoyed, our favorite...

In the eight years that I’ve played lacrosse, I’ve had my fair share of coaches. Between the school team, summer travel teams, and winter leagues, they’ve ranged from college students picking up...

Whenever you have an assignment or project, the world tends to feel like it’s suddenly full of possibilities. You could scroll through Instagram or turn on your favorite show on Netflix. You could go...

The clock was ticking. The stakes were high. It was time for the final question. “‘Love one another.’ These were the last words of what Secretary of State who served during the Civil War and later...

It’s six o’clock in the morning, and you’re staring at your reflection in the mirror. Red rims around your eyes. Flushed cheeks. An excruciating headache that’s a result of stress and grief and...

For the past six months, I’ve desperately wished that I had an older sibling to help me through the college admissions process. At its best, the process is stressful. At its worst, it’s confusing,...

I’ve heard many of my friends mention moving abroad after college. We’ve discussed New Zealand and the United Kingdom and Canada, citing the tolerant culture and superior social programs in those countries. But,...

As someone who nearly cries almost every time she has to get a shot, I never thought I would be so excited to get a needle jabbed into my arm. But weird times call for weird expectations, so, like most...

A rite of passage in most families is transitioning from the kids’ table to the adult one at large dinners. Well, I’m one of the youngest of twenty cousins, so I have no hope of ever escaping the kids’...

If I had to pick one word to describe our country right now, I would choose frustrated. We’re frustrated that COVID-19 cases are rising, frustrated that our lives are getting shut back down again, and...

You wake up on a chilly, winter morning and immediately check your phone. The night before, you flushed an ice cube down the toilet and wore your pajamas inside out. Snow fell all through the night, and...

On November 19th, all of New York City’s public schools closed their doors and moved to full remote learning. The sudden shift was because the city had reached a three percent coronavirus test positivity...

Last Thursday, my mom walked into the house after picking up my little brother from volleyball practice, and she immediately looked alarmed. She asked me what was wrong. There I was, sitting on the couch,...

In the days that followed March 13th, the world felt uneasy. We didn’t know what was safe, if schools and businesses were going to close, or what kind of impact a pandemic would have on our country....

This time last year, I was a junior looking at my first quarter grades and wondering exactly what I had gotten myself into. I was actually happy with my overall results, but thinking about how much stress,...

When I heard about the petition circulating in an effort to end North Allegheny’s newly-implemented grading policy, I genuinely felt confused. The policy stated that 70% of a student’s grade would...

If you would have asked me to read a nonfiction book in my free time six months ago, I would have groaned and rolled my eyes. While I enjoy reading, I’ve always stuck to fiction, as I thought most of...

Quarantine left us all homebound and binging TV shows, perhaps none more so than deplorable day-time television programs. Between online classes or during the weekdays when there simply seemed to be nothing...

Anyone who watched the presidential candidates’ town halls on Thursday evening saw two very different programs-- one on ABC, where George Stephanopoulos engaged in a somewhat uneventful, mostly polite...

Whether we like it or not, masks have become an inevitable part of our daily lives. They’re encouraged by scientists, required to go into any store or public place, and key to keeping this school year...

I’ll be the first to admit that right now, it seems silly to care about test grades. In the midst of a pandemic and a hybrid learning model, it feels a little ungrateful to question the integrity of...

Do you remember the days when we weren’t concerned about how long a virus could live on a desk? Or the last time you exited a classroom without applying some hand sanitizer? Or when you didn’t feel...

Every time I go to a Pittsburgh Penguins hockey game, I park far away and ride the T (officially named the Pittsburgh Light Rail transportation system) to PPG Paints Arena. The lot right outside the arena...

It’s the day before school starts, and all throughout NASH, desks are distanced, masks are ready to be worn, and hand sanitizer is plentiful. It’s about to be a year unlike any other. Under normal...

I’m sure there are lots of different things that I can say I learned during my junior year. I guess I learned something about responsibility and time management, and if I looked hard enough, I could...

One of my absolute favorite songs is “Slow It Down” by the Lumineers. I love its acoustics and the way the steady lyrics build up to the chorus and singer Wesley Schultz’s vocals. Most of all, though,...

Every Wednesday and Friday at 2 o’clock sharp, NASH junior Emma Bernardi opens up her laptop, heads to Zoom, and breaks out the sixth-grade math notes. The next hour is a trip down memory lane, as Bernardi...

The game is on the line. The category is Superlatives, and the question is worth $1600. Alex Trebek reads the clue. “The biggest Jeopardy! fan at North Allegheny Senior High School” A contestant...

There are currently 320 episodes of the sci-fi horror TV show Supernatural. That is about two straight weeks' worth of television, filmed over fifteen years, and I have seen almost every single episode...

It’s been weeks since the coronavirus hit the United States, and for every single one of those days, I have tried. I have woken up, given it my best shot, and eventually failed. Every bone in my body...

***As the dateline would suggest, the following article is an April Fools satire*** Earlier this week in McCandless, PA Governor Wolf 's stay-at-home order led to unexpected complications that forced...

Well, we’ve survived our first week of remote learning, and I can officially say that this has been the longest five days of my entire life. I don’t think anyone was necessarily looking forward...

It’s a familiar situation for many high school students, particularly those who go to competitive schools. You look around the classroom, noting all your peers achieving the extraordinary. You see how...

When Dr. McGahee came on the PA system last Friday and announced that North Allegheny would close its doors for the next two weeks due to the spread of the coronavirus, the atmosphere of the classroom...

Last week, I was mindlessly scrolling through Twitter when I came across a story that physically made my heart ache. I stopped in my tracks as I watched a video of Bobby Ryan, a professional hockey player...

Some cowboys, a few aliens, one nostalgic love story, and a thrilling murder mystery. This may sound like something that resembles a bad joke, but it’s also a pretty accurate description of  Roswell,...

Just about every Monday, I sit on my couch with a bag of my favorite chips and a fuzzy blanket and turn on my television. The rest of the evening is consumed with lots of drama, a few rivers of tears,...

At 9:30 PM this past Friday night at Southpointe Fieldhouse, an obnoxious air horn sounded off. It signaled the beginning of what was to be a long night. The clocks began ticking. The sticks started clashing....

When junior Oliver Rinehart walked into school a few weeks ago, he appeared exhausted and miserable. As he sat down at his usual booth in the cafeteria, he admitted, in between coughs, that he had a high...

As a junior who is almost finished with her first semester, I’m already looking forward to the next year and planning my classes. I recently decided that, during my senior year, I will challenge myself...

I used to be the girl who always had a book on her. Throughout middle school and my freshman year, I read upwards of two books a week. I would stay up late, lost in a story, and every spare minute I had...

I am not one of Harry Styles’s 25.7 million Instagram followers. I don’t ever plan to be, not because I hold a personal vendetta against One Direction, but simply because I have no interest. However,...

It’s almost that time when everyone's focus shifts towards the new year. After the traditional holidays pass, it'll be all about 2020. And I guarantee that once we enter into the next decade, you'll...

As the month of December races on, the world begins to shift its focus on the upcoming new year and what the next decade will bring. Well, at NASH, the new year means one big change -- new leadership. On...

Roughly a year ago, I was questioning if I would ever be able to sit around a Thanksgiving dinner table and truthfully recite what I was thankful for. In fact, it felt like I would never be grateful for...

Every morning when I get to school, I sit down, take a long sip of my coffee, and open my inbox. I read the “Morning Briefing,” sent by The New York Times. It’s a daily email with five or so headlines...

I’ve been watching and rewatching Gilmore Girls for years, the iconic comedic drama that ran from 2000-2007. It’s always been a wonderful constant in my life. It’s magical in a way that involves...

It’s a scene that’s all too familiar in sports. The star player gets knocked down and injured. They are on the ground. The once loud stadium goes completely silent as a startling sense of fear consumes...

It’s a daily occurrence. I glance around at all the faces in the halls. I hear the chatter about an AP test or grades. I see piles of books and binders being carried. And I am filled with a dreadful...

I picked up Just One Day by Gayle Forman, noting the couple holding hands on the cover, and skimming over the whimsical description, expecting a relaxing, probably overdone, trivial teenage romance. Sure,...

In February of 2014, I walked into the North Allegheny Central Administration Office by my mom’s side. My stomach was in knots as I entered the conference room where that month’s school board meeting...

On Tuesday afternoon, the area of grass in front of NASH was transformed from a desolate patch to a space full of laughter, competition, and... Spikeball nets. Spikeball is a yard game that feels like...

Last week, I had a very weird day at school. It left me with an emotion that felt like a combination of relief and shock and a little frustration.  All of this was because, in the course of a single...

School has always felt like something out of my control. It has felt inevitable. It has felt bigger than me in a very terrifying, very tangible way. And by that, I mean my grades have always been such....

When most people hear the name John Green, they typically think of The Fault in Our Stars— the cheesy, popular novel that became one of the most recognizable chick-flicks of our time. However, Green...

Every morning before the sun rises, many students let out an exhausted sigh as they hoist their heavy bags off the countertop and onto their backs. The uncomfortable weight settles in, and the realization...

If I had a dollar for every time someone told me junior year was going to be stressful… That’s about all I’ve heard since finishing tenth grade — how scary this year would be. Junior year is...

Homework, homework, some studying, and then, more homework. The start of a new school year naturally brings a lot of conversation about student stress. Of course, there are many factors that play into...