The Struggle of Navigating Northern’s Hallways

Opinion
By Lia Roberts
Husky Herald Reporter

   Navigating Northern’s hallways has been difficult for some but easy for others. There are a variety of factors that cause traveling from one side of the building to the other to be simple or difficult.  

   A common concern among students is that the 300’s hallway is always hard to get through and that most of the hallways are crowded.

  “It is so crowded and you can barely see where you are going,” Carra Eagen (‘19) said.

  Eagen also mentioned that freshman orientation helped somewhat, but not enough. She said that following her friends that had the same classes as her helped her figure out how to navigate the halls.

  “The front hallway is very crowded,” Summer Fraley (‘18) said.

  Opposite of Eagen, Fraley thought that the orientation her freshman year helped significantly.  In addition, she likes that the halls are easy to navigate due to the way that they are all connected.

  Another issue is the way students act when they are packed so closely.  “People get really aggressive when they get into the hallways,” Peyton Stewart (‘19) said.

  Stewart complained that the hallways are hard to navigate because people aggressive; they push, and shove throughout the crowded halls. . Her first week at Northern was difficult, but her older sister helped her get through the hallways and find her classes.

  On the other hand, some people don’t have as much trouble, because they became more familiar with the school and understood the layout.

   “Depending on which hallway you are in it can be easy or difficult to navigate,” Ryan London (‘17) said.“At first it was rough because I did not know where classes were or how the hallways worked.”

  “It is easy to navigate through the halls because there are two lanes,” Ella Green (‘17) said.

  In Green’s opinion, the hallways are also very crowded and can get annoying to walk through, but as a new student at Northern in 10th grade, she looked at the signs and eventually memorized her route.

  Selina Armstrong (‘16) suggested a possible plan to attack the issue of crowded school hallways.

  “Our hallways need stoplights,” Armstrong said.

  Despite some pushing and shoving in the hallways, Tavis Thorton (‘16) believes the conditions have improved. “I haven’t seen any fights yet so the hallways are better than last year. There is much less bullying in the freshman  hallway. So I would say it’s an improvement from last year.”