For the summer of 2025 and the foreseeable future, Ivy Tech will no longer be offering free summer classes to high school students. This move was confirmed by the college, but not everyone is thrilled about it. Sophomore Chris Cole has some choice words about the change, “I think it’s absurd, students should protest over … Continue reading Prepare to Cut Those Summer Classes

Harvard university, the oldest and most prestigious college in America, is currently under fire from the Trump administration regarding admission processes and antisemitism on campus. After a careful overview of Harvard’s campus activism, the Trump administration decided that admissions were unfair towards certain demographics, and that pro-palestine protests were getting out of hand and causing … Continue reading Potus vs Private Universities, Who Wins?

One of the most important things necessary for a student to succeed is a proper amount of sleep. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), “During sleep, your body is working to support healthy brain function and maintain your physical health.” Sleep, in its entirety, is the most important practice required for … Continue reading The Secret to Serendipitous Sleep

New Castle High School excels at offering academic experiences to its students. Whether it be the astounding AP classes or the incredible IVY Tech courses, it is not surprising that NCHS has a bountiful cornucopia of collegiate courses. These prestigious courses, however, only offer higher education about the pre-established STEM curriculum. What if a student … Continue reading A First Person Look at the Career Center

The platypus is truly a fascinating creature for many reasons. It has a unique mix of features: a bill that resembles a duck’s, a tail similar to a beaver’s, and feet that look like an otter’s. What’s even more interesting is that, even though it’s a mammal, the platypus lays eggs, which is quite rare … Continue reading Platypuses Are More Than Just Secret Agents

The New Castle Phoenix has recently been made aware of the accumulating dangers of video games. Hundreds of cautionary tales swirling around the country, each presenting an incredulous danger. Parents have become insatiable, demanding justice for their children who have suffered. Many firsthand accounts have been collected and recounted, including these stories. On a humble … Continue reading Video Games Instigate Cataclysmic CRIMES?!

The application process into college can be a rigorous process and oftentimes extremely stressful. Students all over the world submit their applications and sometimes the decisions come down to decimals on a GPA. However, on many occasions the decision simply comes down to whether or not a member of an individual’s family attended the college … Continue reading Educational Privilege, That Can’t be True

Education is built on the basis of making certain that students have the ability to perform in any given environment. A school does not expect students to remember how to properly find the distance between the radius and center of a circle, but they do expect students to gain the ability to handle difficult problems … Continue reading The Department of Education: What Does It Do?

In the current climate, it may seem that every political discussion devolves into a dispute. Whether during classroom debates, family gatherings, or social media comment sections, individuals frequently fail to engage with each other, opting instead to talk over one another. But what if we could alter that dynamic? Adopting three straightforward practices like actively … Continue reading Political Polarization

Show Choir season has officially begun, and with that, New Castle’s Red Hot Blues and Dynamiques starts with a bang! On Friday, January 24, New Castle’s show choir groups, Red Hot Blues (RHB) and Dynamiques, performed at the 2025 Ball State Mid America Show Choir Competition. The competition saw 7 schools competing in the small … Continue reading RHB Starts theirs Speedy Season!

Many high school students are thinking about how to start their college education early as they look to the future. Advanced Placement (AP) and dual credit courses are two common choices, each with unique benefits and difficulties. But which option is better for students? Dual credit courses allow high school students to accumulate college credits … Continue reading Dual Credit vs AP, Which is better?

Fifteen-year-old Batyrkhan Kuldybayev is a foreign exchange student from Kazakhstan who has embarked on an incredible journey to experience life in the United States. With a passion for learning, Batyrkhan chose to leave behind his home and embrace a new culture, schooling system, and way of life. One of Batyrkhan’s main objectives as an exchange … Continue reading Student Profile: Batyrkhan Kuldybayev

America is not a healthy country. Crazy, right? Whether it be the McDonald’s in every minuscule crevice of the land or the horrendous reality that healthier alternatives to foods often cost more than their sodium-ridden counterparts, America truly pushes a “beautiful” lifestyle. Obviously, because of the over consumption of fat and sugar, every citizen in … Continue reading One Energy Drink, One Step Closer to Cardiac Arrest

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Imagine, for a moment, the feeling of dread one experiences when experiencing a good piece of horror media for the first time. Maybe it was an intense jumpscare, a gruesome kill, or even a psychological thrill. Regardless of the causation, everyone has experienced that feeling when experiencing horror. And then comes the best part, when … Continue reading Being Scared 101

It’s that time of the year again! Election season is just around the corner and everybody knows what that means. Countless cases of politicians lying, numerous insults coming from candidates, and issues being brought up that we all know will not get fixed. Election season is a great way to get informed about why and … Continue reading Top Concerns for Voters in 2024

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Students all around the world struggle with mental health issues. Some of these issues are caused at birth. Others are caused by external factors, such as school or work. Mental health is a serious issue that often gets overlooked or completely disregarded. A large factor of student’s mental health issues come from stress. Stress is … Continue reading Stressed students, that can’t be good

The human psyche is one of the most intricately, complicated programs in the entire world. Within 9 months of structural development, humans develop an organ that rivals modern day supercomputers. In fact, if one were to take just a cubic millimeter (smaller than a pinky finger) of a brain and analyze it, they would be … Continue reading Your Mind Matters Too

Students all around the world struggle with mental health issues. Some of these issues are caused at birth. Others are caused by external factors, such as school or work. Mental health is a serious issue that often gets overlooked or completely disregarded. A large factor of student’s mental health issues come from stress. Stress is … Continue reading Stressed students, that can’t be good