By Amal Kasem
Ah, meeting the parents; one of the most nerve wracking situations you will experience. If you are meeting the parents, it usually means your relationship is going well enough that you want your parents’ approval of the person you admire. There are a couple of tips that may help get you through this stressful event–and live to tell about it. Now, this won’t be easy, so try and keep up. With the holidays coming up, you may be invited over for a Thanksgiving dinner.
We all …

By Schylar Nash, Gator Galaxy Staff
Senior Andre Proffitt  “The Proffitt” is another one of North Star’s hidden musicians. “When I was little, I became good at writing and I started writing lyrics. Once I hit high school, I started recording a lot with Darrel Ofodirinwa (12) as a group and now we’re starting to become solo,” said Proffitt.
Proffitt is the first person in his family to have a passion for music. When he met Ofodirinwa in fifth grade they clicked automatically. The two fifth graders would just start rapping out …

By Amanda Keblar, Gator Galaxy Staff
BOO! Halloween is almost here. Zombies, ghosts, vampires, and goblins will be lurking around the corner waiting to jump out and scare you in order to steal all those sweets in your bag. You also have to look out for Jason, Freddy, and a crazy Texan with a chainsaw. But how did Halloween get its name and traditions?
What’s In A Name?
According to Ezinearticles.com, Halloween originated from the Celtic holiday called Samhain. It was celebrated in Ireland and Scotland during harvest time for thousands of …

By: Suruj Pal and Zaira Carcamo
There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no production like The Wizard of Oz!
North Star’s cast winds you through the enchanting story of Dorothy Ann, an underappreciated, day-dreaming, Toto loving, Kansas girl. Rachel Jones played the part of Dorothy well with a heart-melting smile and girlishly sweet voice.
Brittney Ernesti, as the Wicked Witch of the West, played her part to a T with crackling screeches and menacing looks. She truly is good at being wicked that children had to be taken …

Even though relationships can bloom all throughout the year, there is always something about those summer flings. A summer fling is the relationship between that one person you get really close with only strictly during the summer.
That summer fling usually comes with the summer and leaves as we head back to school. There are different kinds of summer flings. For example, we have the dreamy lifeguard, who never fails to make us not mind drowning for a few seconds. Then, there is the visiting hook-up, where the temporary attraction is …

By Amanda Keblar
GET SET!!! This years marching band is working harder then ever to impress the judges and the student body attending the varsity football games. This year’s show contains complicated marching and musical playing. The show is called
Minimally Speaking. This show was written by Richard L. Saucedo, but one of our old band teachers Pat Nebesniak wrote this whole show and made sure to challenge the band this year. Its one of the hardest shows the band will ever perform said Mr. Salestean to his ’09 marching band. This …

By: Schylar Nash
There are many young musicians who attend, or who have graduated from North Star, but two in particular are working hard to get their names out as artists: Clinton Ohamara and Darrel Ofodirinwa.
“I’m a producer, I make beats for several artists. Two in particular are Scru Face Jean, aka Darrel Ofodirinwa (12) and Johnny Ray (2009 graduate),” said Clinton Ohamara, a 2009 graduate of North Star.
Ofodirinwa, Ohamara’s cousin, influenced him to pursue his interests in music. Ofodirinwa had told Ohamara his beats were good, but Ohamara never …