Sara Heilman

According to headcasecompany.com, high school football accounts for 47 percent of all reported sports concussions. Because of statistics like this, football programs have been making...

Unblocking the Road to Success: College must be accessible to all

Sara Heilman

January 31, 2018January 30, 2018

Opinion

I am not a first generation college student. My parents both went to college in Pennsylvania before moving down here to start a life in...

School in lockdown after hunter’s gunshot heard

Sara Heilman

November 14, 2017

News/Features

Northwood was under lockdown yesterday morning from approximately 7:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. The lockdown was enacted after a teacher heard what sounded like a...

Battling with Trivialization: Mental illness should not be overlooked

Sara Heilman

June 2, 2017June 1, 2017

Opinion

May 1st: the first day of Mental Health Month and a perfect time to start a conversation about mental illness. A day that held a...

Pitch Please performs at Total Vocal in Carnegie Hall

Sara Heilman

April 27, 2017April 27, 2017

Entertainment/Lifestyle

Photo courtesy of Brenda Ruto “It was the biggest theater I’ve ever been in,” sophomore Andrew Bonomolo said. “Everyone was a little shocked. There really...

Students of the Year: Juniors raise money for blood cancer research

Sara Heilman

February 10, 2017

News/Features

How does helping others get you $25,000 in scholarships, school recognition, letters of recommendation for colleges and more? Juniors Erika Nettles, Morgan Simmons and Candice...

A Lesson from Governor’s School: How I was taught to accept vulnerability

Sara Heilman

November 7, 2016November 5, 2016

Opinion

The gym is silent, and every other dancer is outside. I am sitting in a pool of my own sweat, hair plastered to the side...

Queening Alice: Sharp writes original adaptation for fall play

Sara Heilman

November 7, 2016November 5, 2016

Entertainment/Lifestyle

In theatre teacher Kayla Sharp’s version of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, Alice doesn’t pass through a looking glass at all. Instead, she wakes...

Tar Heels for Hillary: Obama holds early vote event at UNC

Sara Heilman

November 5, 2016November 7, 2016

News/Features

President Obama spoke at an early vote event at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC) to campaign for democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton this...