By: Brody Baker / Co-Sports Editor and Aiden Hendrickson / Co-Sports Editor New Pal football is state champions once again coming off another historic season and beating Merrillville 38-17 in the state championship. The road to winning state wasn’t easy at all as they became the first team ever to go through five straight ranked […]
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NPHS dance class practicing. Photo by Abby Journay / Crimson Messenger
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By: Lily Amback / News & Opinion editor and Lydia Styf / Staff writer There have been a total of 15 government shutdowns in the history of the American legislature. Recently, the government had been shut down for a record amount of time: 43 days. The last longest shutdown was for 35 days and was […]
Continue ReadingBy Mackenzie Arthur / Staff writer With a wide variety of classes, students are given the opportunity to select classes that allow them to express themselves. One of these classes is the dance class. “It means a lot because you get to meet a lot of new people and you get to have a lot […]
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By Lilly Buist / Editor-in-chief There is something to be said about history. A business from another town won’t know it, but in the current town logo, I know that the featured cross at the top of the skyline belongs to the New Palestine United Church. The proposed New Palestine logo destroys our entire history, […]
Continue ReadingBy Mackenzie Arthur / staff writer In the years past, NPHS choirs and bands had separate winter performances. The 2024-2025 school year was the first year that the Winter Gala showcased both the choirs and bands. “It was something that we knew could be cool last year but there was no sense of doing this […]
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By: Lily Amback / News & opinion editor For those who dream of being on a game show, buzzing in after a question, the joyous feeling of getting an answer right, quiz bowl may be the perfect activity. “I think it’s really fun to see what are all the different things that people in your […]
Continue ReadingBy Mackenzie Arthur / staff writer Crimson Heat singing “Salute to the Armed Forces.” Photo by Mark Blachly. On the cold morning of Nov. 11, NPHS students, faculty and administrators gathered for their Veterans Day program. The congregation started promptly at 9 a.m. with an opening speech from assistant principal Mitchel Burk. Burk’s speech mentioned […]
Continue Readingby Nathaniel Morris / Staff Writer and Aubree Amback / Staff Writer Zero sugar and diet sodas may seem like the healthier option when it comes to choosing what to drink, but that isn’t always the case. The artificial sweeteners found in these beverages, such as sucralose, aspartame and acesulfame potassium, are known to cause […]
Continue ReadingBy: Alivia Stamps/ Business Manager The S.L.E.D. (Saving Lives Every Day) Corporation is a local nonprofit organization that brings profound positive change for those who are considered undeserved; marginalized; justice impacted and formerly incarcerated. “Our goal is to discover a vision; interpret a mission and disseminate a strategy that will afford everyone their God given […]
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