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"Flightradar24" is an app that tracks all flights worldwide.

Fiona Storey, Reporter • January 17, 2025

Ever stared up at the sky and noticed a plane passing by, wanting to know what type it is and where it is going? Or maybe you’ve wanted to track the flight of a family member...

Jingle Ball at the Allstate Arena on Dec 9.

Is buying tickets to live concerts worth it?

Katherine Meyers, Reporter • January 16, 2025

As more and more concerts are being taped and put onto streaming services, many wonder if buying tickets for live concerts are worth it anymore. Artists have...

Janet Okwara stops by Chinatown in Philadelphia

Thoughts in Philadelphia

Janet Okwara, Reporter • January 15, 2025

To exist is to experience, it is much more than breathing and being. It reminds me of empiricism, the idea that knowledge is derived only through observations and experience....

Xiaohongshu, also known as Rednote, is a Chinese social media app that has gained a massive following in the United States following a potential TikTok ban on Jan. 19.

Why are many users leaving TikTok for Rednote?

January 14, 2025

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Why are many users leaving TikTok for Rednote?

Karim Melek , Editor-in-Chief

January 14, 2025

If the Supreme Court doesn’t step in, TikTok will be banned in the U.S. on Jan. 19. In response to this, many of the 170 million Americans on the app have been scrambling...

Slideshow: Winter Break Highlights

January 8, 2025

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Features

Thoughts in Philadelphia

Janet Okwara, Reporter

January 15, 2025

To exist is to experience, it is much more than breathing and being. It reminds me of empiricism, the idea that knowledge is derived only through observations and experience....

Things to do over winter break

December 11, 2024

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Art & Entertainment

Review: “Flightradar24” app

Fiona Storey, Reporter

January 17, 2025

Ever stared up at the sky and noticed a plane passing by, wanting to know what type it is and where it is going? Or maybe you’ve wanted to track the flight of a family member...

Laufey is the new queen of Christmas

December 13, 2024

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Is buying tickets to live concerts worth it?

Katherine Meyers, Reporter

January 16, 2025

As more and more concerts are being taped and put onto streaming services, many wonder if buying tickets for live concerts are worth it anymore. Artists have...

Life in Review: Losing

January 13, 2025

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Sports

Pirates & Vikings raise cancer awareness

Izzy Borissova, Reporter

December 9, 2024

Last Friday, the Palatine Pirates girls basketball team sustained a devastating 52-23 loss against the Fremd Vikings on Brain Cancer Awareness night at Fremd High School. At...

Strike to Success: A profile of Joseph Molina-Urbina, Palatine’s forward

November 21, 2024

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Review: “Flightradar24” app
January 17, 2025
Fiona Storey, Reporter
Ever stared up at the sky and noticed a plane passing by, wanting to know what type it is and where it is going? Or maybe you’ve wanted to track the flight of a family member...
Is buying tickets to live concerts worth it?
January 16, 2025
Katherine Meyers, Reporter
As more and more concerts are being taped and put onto streaming services, many wonder if buying tickets for live concerts are worth it anymore. Artists have...
Thoughts in Philadelphia
January 15, 2025
Janet Okwara, Reporter
To exist is to experience, it is much more than breathing and being. It reminds me of empiricism, the idea that knowledge is derived only through observations and experience....

News

Why are many users leaving TikTok for Rednote?

January 14, 2025

Grace Wang ice skates with her friend at the Maggie Daley Ice Skating Ribbon.

Slideshow: Winter Break Highlights

January 8, 2025

Judith Campbell, of Kansas City, Missouri, was appointed to become the D211 superintendent after current superintendent Lisa Small's retirement.

District 211 appoints new superintendent

December 13, 2024

Features

The Christkindl Market contains all sorts of goodies, from homemade wooden ornaments to the famous raclette cheese sandwich.

Things to do over winter break

December 11, 2024

Kris Stary teaches preschool students at Palatine High School's Pirate Pete Preschool. Stary is the lead director of the preschool.

Humans of Palatine: Kris Stary

December 10, 2024

Enlightened despots and philosophes debate it out at the salon.

Media Center Cafe turns into salon from 300 years ago

December 4, 2024

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Pirates & Vikings raise cancer awareness
December 9, 2024
Izzy Borissova, Reporter
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November 21, 2024
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November 11, 2024
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Photos: MSL Playoffs Palatine vs Warren 24-31
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October 7, 2024
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September 30, 2024
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Opinions

Ryan Meyers gives his jersey to social studies teacher Julie Van Grimbergen.

Life in Review: Losing

Ryan Meyers, Reporter • January 13, 2025

When I was 11 years old, I witnessed one of the most devastating losses I can remember. I saw my favorite team, the 12-4 Chicago Bears, lose on what is now called the “double...

Spaghetti topped with fried Nigerian pepper and fried plantain on the side

Life in Review: The comfort of food

December 17, 2024

Life in Review: The concert experience

December 13, 2024

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The cover for Laufey’s holiday album, “A Very Laufey Holiday”

Courtesy of Laufey

Laufey is the new queen of Christmas

Vivian Myers, Reporter • December 13, 2024

Grammy award winning Icelandic-Chinese singer, Laufey Lin, has teased and dazzled her fans by slowly releasing additions to her 2022 album, “A Very Laufey Holiday,” which...

“Wicked: Part One” is wickedly splendid

December 6, 2024

First edition cover of "The Catcher in the Rye." (Public domain, via Wikipedia under Creative Commons)

“The Catcher in the Rye”: Is it still a classic?

November 22, 2024

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