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The Student Voice of North Allegheny Senior High School

The Uproar

The Student Voice of North Allegheny Senior High School

The Uproar

Ryan Sarapa

Ryan Sarapa, Senior Staff Writer

Ryan Sarapa is a senior at North Allegheny. He enjoys listening to and making music. He hopes to make meaningful and engaging articles for The Uproar this year.

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Opinion: Bon Appétit, NASH

Opinion: Bon Appétit, NASH

Ryan Sarapa, Senior Staff Writer October 10, 2024

“The chicken nuggets bounce. You can play ping pong with them!” This statement was shouted by my classmate when a representative from Marshall Middle School came to my elementary school to provide...

NASH junior David Cobbey on the set of The Lounge. "It was really neat getting to work with so many unfamiliar faces and see how the song came together collectively despite us never practicing together," Cobbey said.

In the Groove

Ryan Sarapa, Senior Staff Writer September 26, 2024

Live vocals. Stylish instrumentals. Smooth, professional cinematography. These are the defining aspects of a creative musical project by NASH seniors Evan Dozier and Chris Petraglia. Welcome to The Lounge.  The...

Beginning this school year, NASH students will be graded on a total points system.

[Photo] Up-Grade?

Ryan Sarapa, Senior Staff Writer September 19, 2024

Beginning this school year, NASH students will be graded on a total points system.

On March 13, NASH juniors Anvi Khandewal, Ashnavi Ghosh, and Neelonsh Samanta attend a talk with Dr. Aref Rahman, Interventional Cardiologist, Chief Medical Officer, and entrepreneur at UPMC.

An Overriding Opportunity

Ryan Sarapa, Staff Writer April 5, 2024

During the 2020-2021 school year, the NASH GOAL Department launched Career Conversations, a series devoted to connecting juniors and seniors with professionals in their fields of interest. Created during...

Our Virtual Selves

Our Virtual Selves

Ryan Sarapa, Staff Writer March 19, 2024

In a study from the National Library of Medicine, the effects of incremental gestures such as facial expressions and body language in poker games were examined. The results of the study showed that "the...

On Generational Bias

On Generational Bias

Ryan Sarapa, Staff Writer February 29, 2024

A phenomenon that has found relevance in recent times due to the argumentative nature of social media is generational bias. Countless posts and judgmental comments on social media platforms have widened...

Are You Real?

Are You Real?

Ryan Sarapa, Staff Writer January 4, 2024

Are you real? Is the room you are in right now real? Can anything truly exist? To many, these questions come off as futile. Obviously, you exist; how else would you be reading this article? Of course...

A Virtual Breakthrough

A Virtual Breakthrough

Ryan Sarapa, Staff Writer November 21, 2023

November 19th, 1998, a revolutionary game was released that forever changed the world of FPS games and gaming as a whole. This was Half-Life, the groundbreaking first creation of the game development group...

A mashup of various different Aphex Twin logos

Ambient Renaissance

Ryan Sarapa, Staff Writer November 13, 2023

Selected Ambient Works (85-92) has proven to be a perpetually impactful album by David Richard James, better known as Aphex Twin. His debut album, the music featured on it dates back to when James was...

The effects color can have on the human mind and its links to psychology are abundant and compelling.

1,000,000

Ryan Sarapa, Staff Writer October 23, 2023

Tyler The Creator's musical journey is one of the most unique and intriguing in the modern world of Hip-Hop.

Musical Migration

Ryan Sarapa, Staff Writer October 12, 2023

Tyler Gregory Okonma, better known as Tyler the Creator, is an incredibly well-known name in the hip-hop world today with a unique and impressive upbringing to become a world-renowned artist. Okonma is...

Artificial intelligence offers unprecedented promise, but at what cost?

Opinion: The Crushing of Creativity

Ryan Sarapa, Staff Writer September 27, 2023

The physicist Steven Hawking once said, “Success in creating effective AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization. Or the worst. We just don't know. So we cannot know if we will...

NASH junior Charles Potter sold his landscaping business last summer.

On the Money

Ryan Sarapa, Staff Writer September 12, 2023

The word entrepreneur conjures up images of a suit-wearing, successful businessperson or perhaps a young person selling their start-up for a fortune. But what many don’t consider are the beginners of...

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