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Contents News.....................2 Editorial...............7

Features................8

Sports.................12 A & E..................18

By the Numbers:

Millions of dollars that will be spent on the new addition to

the high school

Years that Mr. Bowles has spent employed in the educa-

tion system

Percent of students who think bullying is a problem at our

school

32

2.5

53

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Well Said:

“Education is tough and exhausting work. Stay-ing as long as he has with the dedication that he has is remarkable and deserves a great deal of recognition.”

--Vice-principal Nan Ault, on Jim Bowles.

by Tyler Glad

Thirty-two years of working in the education system, all of it teaching and administering in the NS district, Mr. Jim Bowles has dedicated a large part of his life to education. Now Bowles is retiring, looking for a more relaxing life. Bowles started his teaching career in 1980, teaching fifth grade at Mount Pleas-ant Elementary. He spent about ten years at the elementary teaching both the fourth and fifth grades. He then spent the next ten years teaching the same grades at Fairview El-ementary school. At this time he obtained his master’s degree and administrative cer-tification. He then took the principal posi-tion at Fairview Elementary for one year and at Moroni Elementary for three and a half years. From there he became the assistant principal to Principal John Ericksen at the high school. When Ericksen retired, Bowles filled his position as the principal of North Sanpete High and has been the principal for four years. “He [Bowles] was highly efficient,” said Ericksen. “You didn’t have to ask him to do something because he could see what needed to be done and was doing it before you even knew.” Co-workers of Bowles’ have always noticed his hard working at-titude that he brought to the school. Nan Ault, the vice-principal under Bowles, said, “Education is tough and ex-hausting work. [Bowles staying] as long as he has with the dedication that he has is remarkable and deserves a great deal of recognition.” Not only did Bowles do well in a tough environment, he also connected with his work by really getting to know the students. “He was excellent with the kids,” said Ericksen. “He was always high-fiving them in the halls.” Bowles really connected with the students at our high school and all of

the schools that he worked at. “He is an amazing teacher,” said Ault. “It was important for him to walk you through every step of what you had to learn.” Bowles not only taught students well, but was interested in the extra-cur-ricular activities that they were involved in. “[Bowles] was never involved before,” said Ericksen, “[having been] working in the elementary schools, so when he came here he jumped right in.” Bowles enjoyed working in administration because of the involvement that it allowed. Bowles admits that one of the things he will miss the most about working at the high school will be being involved in the sports. He will still come and watch some of the games, but being involved in every sport and to every game will be something that he will have to leave behind. However, Bowles never would have gotten involved in sports without first taking the leap from teaching to administrative work. Bowles began his career without a thought about administrative work. He planned on working in the teaching field, but as his career progressed he was en-

couraged to try for higher positions in the district. “[I went] out of my comfort zone,” said Bowles. “I never thought to be in ad-ministration.” After such a long career, many thought that Bowles would be rushing to get away from the education system, but he actually has few regrets in leaving the school. “[I will miss] leaving the kids and the teachers,” said Bowles. “This is one of the best staffs that I have ever worked with.” Bowles is also looking forward to what comes next. He plans on spending more time with his family and his horses, and generally just relaxing and enjoying life. “I am going to do all of the things that I haven’t been able to,” said Bowles. Teaching and administrative posi-tions take up a lot of time and energy, leaving little room for schedule flexibility. Retiring will give Bowles the time to do things that he has never been able to do before. The students and teachers of NS will miss Bowles and what he has brought to the school.

Photo by Tyler GladJim Bowles drives his Mustang at the Homecoming Parade. Bowles will be retir-ing after spending 32 years working in the North Sanpete District.

NS Principal Retires

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by Autumn Shimata

North Sanpete School District recently passed a bond for $18 million to expand or rebuild a few schools in the district; North Sanpete High has received $2.5 million of the bond to go toward our own school’s expansion.

The reasons for building this extension are to make more room for welding classes and turn the old welding space into more room for woodworking classes and to build more classrooms. There are currently several classes that are taught in run-down trailers.

“The district is trying to get rid of the old trailers,” said Vice Principal Nan Ault.

The new extension of the school will take the place of Scott Butler’s, Tanya Roundy’s, and Cris Hoopes’ trailer classrooms.

The addition will extend southward connecting to

the senior hall. Since the ground on which it is being built isn’t flat, there will be a few ramps to compensate for the slight incline. This addition will include six classrooms, two bath-rooms (one men’s and one women’s), and a new welding shop. This will make more space for woodworking classes as well as welding classes considering the fact that right now both Kevin Allen and Brandon Olsen are sharing the woodworking/ welding shop. “This will give Mr. Olsen and myself more room for students. Students will learn better with more space,” said welding teacher Allen. Along with six classrooms and a welding shop also come more room to learn, more room to practice skills, and more room to maintain. No final decisions have been made as to who will be placed in the new classrooms with the exception of Allen in the welding shop. Prepara-

tions for the construction of this extension are still being made. This extension will get rid of the trailers, which were meant to be temporary any way. This will also bring a lot of natural light into the halls and classrooms, making it brighter and easier for students to learn. “Our plan is to draw more light into the new class-rooms,” said Superintendant Leslie Keisel. While the construction is being taken care of, things will be a little different at NS. The teachers who are cur-rently occupying the old trailers will have to be shifted around next year in order to have rooms to teach in. Things might be a little tight during construction in the 2012-2013 school year, but other than that everyone seems to agree that this expansion is going to do wonders for our school.

Proposed building addition to south-east side of the high school

photo provided by Ben CoxProposed plans for the addition to the high school. The addition would connect to the south end of the senior hall and extend over the area where the trailers are located. The addition will holds six classrooms and a new, larger welding shop. The plans are expected to be finalized within the next few weeks.w

2.5 million to go to school expansion

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By Kenzie Nunley

We have all spent our school careers flipping through huge textbooks to learn what we all needed to learn for that year. But the State of education office has a great idea.

The Utah State Office of Education has announced that it will devolop open textbooks in math, lauguage arts and science. These books will available online for free.

The decision to move ahead with open online text-books came after two years of pilot programs conduct by the Brigham Young University-Public schools Partnership in cooperation with the state office. Researchcers form the BYU David O. McKay School of Education studied the potential Financial savings for school districs and the effects on learning.

“ The ‘open’ textbooks, which can be easily updated, edited and expanded, will offer features that a hard-copy textbook can’t. Student will be able to interact, pose ques-tions and do reaserch with the online versions,” according to a recent Salt Lake Tribune article.

Students will be encouraged to use the online ver-

sions, but students will also be able to print them at the cost of about $5 a book or less. This means huge savings since traditional high school science text books can cost about $80 on average. Since the textbooks will be online , it’s suggested that the state use money saved to buy computers tables ot net-books for schoolchildren. The math text books could be availible as soon as this fall, and other textbooks could be availible within the next two years. But will this affect the student learning? They also have found no difference in student learning with open textbooks compared with traditional ones in classrooms where teachers didn’t receive extra training on how to use the open books. Rhonda Bromley, Alpine District spokeswoman said, “ According to our teachers that have been using them, they don’t feel like they would ever want to go back to a regular textbooks.” It’s interactive with students, where they can go in and edit and add things to it and create things, so it’s more collaborative than just a regular text-books.”

Textbooks becoming more electronic based

by Allyson Christiansen

Many changes have recently occurred throughout NS, including the loss of head football coach, PE teacher, the concurrent enrollment coordinator, and both driver’s education teachers, Steve Coburn and Christy Bird-Straatman.

Coburn has taken a job at Wasatch High School

coaching football and teaching PE. Because Coburn was at NS for only one season, he feels that he is leaving some unfinished business, but that everything is on the right path. Coburn’s main reason for leaving is so that he can be closer to his family that lives in Utah County. “I’m not leaving because of football,” said Coburn. “I’m leaving so I can be closer to our family while still do-ing something that I love.” While the position for head football coach is yet to be filled, there are many options for what could happen to NS’ football program. Assistant coach Derik Bringhurst is interested in the head coaching position. “I’m going to do what’s best for my family,” said Brin-ghurst. While applying for the head football coach at NS is one of the options, so is accompanying Coburn at Wasatch. Although Coburn’s departure may bring him some benefits, the friendships that Coburn has developed with the staff, football players, students, and faculty will be missed. With the end of this school year creeping up on us, that leaves many things left to accomplish. Although the loss of coach Coburn is sure to affect us, we are already suffering the loss of Christy Bird-Straatman. Straatman, NS’ previous concurrent enrollment co-ordinator, has recently taken a job at Evergreen Junior High School as the assistant principal. Straatman started the job January 19, 2012. “For now all we can do is advertise,” said O’Dee Han-sen. “All of the jobs left unfilled require a lot of time and

commitment.” The jobs have been opened, and the administration is treating this just like every other job opening. People ap-ply, the administration is looking for people who qualify and meet their requirements. “We will miss both Christy and coach Coburn,” said Nan Ault, VP. “They were big contributions to our school and losing them is a big loss. We wish them the best.”

Two teachers leave NS for other opportunities

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by Helen Hatfield

College is expensive and students in their last years of high school won-der, and dream, and reach for the best options for them.

Throughout high school, students have had the opportunity to take col-lege courses primarily in their junior and senior years; however aspiring sophomores could earn their college credit as well.

NSH has offered a variety of classes available through UVU, USU, and Snow College. Unfortunately, UVU is dropping all distance educa-tion high schools outside of the Utah

county area, including NS. “Of the 13 classes available at our Ed Net building, 10 of them were from UVU,” said Angie Hafen, Ednet classroom facilitator. UVU will finish out the year with NS, leaving Snow College in Ephraim with big shoes to fill. NS and the col-lege are presently finalizing the sched-ule. “Snow has stepped it up and add-ed a lot to our schedule next year to help us out,” said Hafen. Although UVU and NS have been successful working together, the enrollment rate from so many high schools throughout Utah is just too

high. UVU isn’t funded enough to sustain classes outside of the univer-sity all over Utah. Despite the hiccups and the head-ache, NS students are still encour-aged to participate in college courses before they graduate. “I think students should take ad-vantage of this and get their college in because it is so inexpensive. Students won’t be able to graduate with their associate’s degree due to the loss of UVU, but you can still get a full year through Ed Net, tuition free,” said Hafen. NS hopes that Snow College will soon be able to replace all courses.

Snow College will offer classes in place of lost UVU courses

Course Description

ART 1010 Intro. to Visual Arts CJ 1010 Intro. to Criminal Justice **COMM 1020 Public Speaking *ENGL 1010 Expository Composition ENGL 2230 Classic Myths/Folktales MUSC 1030 Intro. to Jazz PHSC 1000 Interdisc. Phys. Science POLS 1100 American National Gov. PSY 1010 General Psychology

Despite losing many concurrent enrollment classes from UVU, Snow College has stepped up to fill the void with the courses listed above.

Snow courses to be offered this fall

By Deborah Peel, Maren Ander-son, Annie Cook

From a recent survey given at NS, stu-dents reported that 53% think that bully-ing is a problem and 57% reported having seen bullying at NS. “I see kids getting bullied everyday,” said Gabi Fowles, sophomore. “It makes me very sad. It isn’t cool or funny and should be stopped.” Often people think that by making fun of others, or picking on others, it’s funny or just a joke. What they may not realize, however, is the victim could see it in a completely different way. There is a point where teasing gets out of hand and turns into bullying. “Teasing is a playful use of words or physical action,” said Tina Dyches, a pro-fessor at BYU. “No one is hurt and it’s usu-ally reciprocal. Bullying has three main components: persistence, power, and pain.” There are different people involved in bullying; first there is the bully and the victim. Someone who supports the bully is known as a follower. The follower is someone who actively participates in the

bullying. There are also active bystanders. These are the people that laugh when the victim is bullied. After that there are passive by-standers, who don’t really do anything, ex-cept stand and watch what it going on. But by not standing up for the victim it gives support to the bully. So there are all these people against the victim who doesn’t stand a chance on their own. To stop the bullying you need to empower the bystanders, they are the ones with the real power. All of the active and passive bystanders need to become active or passive defenders, people giving support to the victim. “When this happens the bully ends up withdrawing because the power has been shifted,” said Dyches. Bullying cannot be stereotyped—it can happen to anyone by anyone. It’s not always the “jocks” picking on the “nerds,” or the rich kids picking on the poor kids. No matter the situation, the end effects are negative for both bully and victim. “It’s a lose-lose situation,” said O’Dee Hansen, school counselor. “The bully thinks his or her self image will be in-creased by picking on others, but that is

never the case—eventually, the bully will feel remorse. “Bullying affects [the victim] in more ways than one. It lowers their self-esteem, diminishes their social skills, and could potentially have a negative effect on their grades.” If it’s bad enough, the victim will likely be traumatized from past events. It’s not just in school that victims are affected by the bullying. If they are bullied in high school they become used to it and contin-ue to take it later in life. “They continue to have low self-es-teem, low assertiveness, and continue to let people run over them,” said Dyches. “They don’t have the confidence to stand up for themselves.” Bullying is a serious problem, and it is up to us to stop it; students, teachers, administrators, and parents all have to get involved. Everyone has to be on board to put an end to bullying. “Bullying happens a lot,” said Hansen. “[The bully] may think that it’s all fun and games—that it’s all just a big joke, but it isn’t funny.”

Graphic by Deborah Peel, Maren Anderson, & Annie CookAccording to a recent survey of NS students, the majority students who have bullied, do so without actually having a reason. They don’t actually have formulated reasoning behind their actions. The second greatest amount of NS students bully because of peer pressure.

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Editor-in-ChiefDustin Allred

Managing EditorsTyler Glad

Alex Sorensen

NewsAllyson Christiansen,

editorMaren Andersen

Tiffany ChristensenDeborah Peel

Tyler Glad

FeaturesElizabeth Peel,

editorKaylee Holgreen

Alex SorensenHelen Hatfield

A&EKaytie Nielsen,

editorMatt Workman Andrew FryerAnnie Cook

Kayla Nielsen

SportsMandy Peckham,

editorAustin HadleyKenzie Nunley

Cassi DavisGeorgie Ivie

Layout SpecialistLevi Stum

Web-Page DesignJacob Chapman

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Bullying at NS may be a problem

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By Maren Anderson

In our previous issue, one of my col-leagues wrote about why guys don’t ask girls to date dances. He used a lot of ex-cuses to get his point across, but the fact of the matter is that girls can use the exact same excuses, and yet, girls still ask guys to date dances. Like many guys, girls try to focus on their schoolwork, but somehow girls are still able to ask a boy to a date dance and plan an activity for that date at the same time. Maybe girls are just better multi-taskers. The Sweetheart’s Dance is a girls’ choice dance, and it’s right next to Valen-tine’s Day. There may be a lot going on in a girl’s mind at that time, and Sweetheart’s just sort of sneaks up on us girls. However, a lot of girls still asked boys to the dance, which turned out to have ex-cellent attendance. I guess you could say it was a bit crowded, as opposed to Senior Ball (boys’ choice dance). On the upside to Senior Ball, there was plenty of room to dance--you just had to be careful not to run into the three other couples out on the dance floor.

I understand that date dances can be pretty pricey. After getting into the dance and getting your pictures taken, you may have well spent over $25. Usually on the day of a date dance, a day date occurs before the dance. Many guys think that they have to take the girls up north to find something fun to do, or to find some fancy place to eat. Well, there’s the problem. The dates don’t have to be anything ex-travagant and expensive in order to have a good time. If the person you’re taking out expects you spend a lot of money, maybe that’s a sign that you shouldn’t go with him or her. You could just play games or watch movies, and eat at someone’s house for the date. It is not only cheap, but could end up being a lot of fun as well. In fact, if you don’t want to pay for pictures at the dance, have a friend bring his or her cam-era to take pictures instead. Then you can take as many pictures as you want for little or no cost at all. It doesn’t matter what time of year a dance is set up, there will always be some complications in someone’s life, and an ex-cuse as to why they can’t go.

Girls dislike male dance excuses

graphic created by Tyler GladThe emotions that many girls may experience around the time of the few boy’s choice dances because of the excuses that can be considered “lame.”

Changes may not be as bad as they might seemby Dustin Allred

Change has been coming to NS slowly over the past few years. Faculty and policy changes have shaken up NS many times during my time as a student. Since I’ve been in this school, we’ve had the addition of flex time to our school day, changes in the attendance policy, vice-prin-cipal Nan stepped into office, and we’ve had many addi-tions and changes to our faculty.

Now, looking forward to next year, we have many more new changes coming towards us down the pipe-line. Our school is going to prepare for construction as we will take out the trailers behind the school and build a new addition to expand our classrooms. Also, as this year ends we will be saying our goodbyes to Principal Bowles

since he is retiring after many years of good service. I’ve heard many students complain about all of these changes that have occurred and are coming towards us. I for one don’t think that we have too much to complain about. Even though we may not have all of the tweaks and bugs worked out of some of the new policies, most of these changes have made us better as a school. We’ve been able to better prepare ourselves for class with the addition of flex time, most students are in class more with the new attendance changes, and we’ve been more entertained between classes and during lunch than ever before with the new TV that we have acquired in the commons. Change can sometimes be a scary thing, but I don’t think it has been or will be a bad thing. If we look at

how we have grown as a school, we can see the good that our administration has done for us with all of our recent changes, and soon we will be able to see the good that the oncoming changes will bring. I would encourage everyone to embrace all the new things that will be coming our way in the coming year and make the best of it, because there is a good chance that these new changes will make the best of us.

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By Elizabeth Peel

Future teachers don’t usually come to NS to do their student teaching because it is so far away from the major universi-ties in Utah. That is why it is so odd that we have two student teachers during this quarter of school. Landon Bailey is teach-ing English with Ben Cox, and Olga Wil-ley is teaching Spanish with Scott Butler.

Having a student teacher can be very exciting, but also challenging. Students and teachers need to adjust to the change of methods and personalities that are brought into the classroom.

Both students and teachers seem to benefit from the presence of a student teacher in a classroom.

“A student teacher brings fresh new ideas in their teaching,” said Brad Bentley, who served as a mentor teacher last year. He believes that he benefited from the new ideas that his student teacher brought in, and that it made it easier for the class because they had a change of teachers.

“It’s kind of exciting,” said Brent Wat-son, junior at NS and student in Butler‘s Spanish class. “It’s interesting to see what they bring.” Other students are unaffected by the change of teachers. “I don’t care who the teacher is as long as I get taught,” said Daylen Carter, fresh-man at NS in Cox’s English class.

There are some challenges that come with student teaching. Student teach-ers face many of the same problems that any other teacher would face. “I don’t like when kids aren’t mo-tivated and don’t care,” said Bailey. Willey has had challenges as well, but they have been of a different kind. “The students expect me to be per-fect,” she said. “They don’t have patience for me.” Student participation in a class may also be a problem. The students don’t know what the reaction of the teacher will be when they make certain comments or bring up a subject, so they become hesi-tant to participate in class discussions. Students have to be able to adapt to the changes that a new teacher may pres-ent in a class, but for the most part the current student teachers have adopted the same teaching styles as their mentors. Both teachers agree that the program of student teaching is beneficial. “The only good way to learn to teach is to do it,” said Bailey. Willey said that student teaching gives her the experience she will need to become a teacher, and that it has created a kind of home away from home. The experiences of the student teach-ers have been and will be very different, because they are entering different fields of teaching. The classes from their educa-tion differed, as well as the classes they are now teaching. They both also have differ-ent reasons for deciding upon the subject they are teaching. “I’m horrible at math,” said Bailey. “ Science doesn’t interest me, and I love reading and writing.” So for him, being an English teacher was the perfect fit. Willey’s reasons focus more on the cultural aspect of the subject she chose. She loves traveling to other countries, and comes from Columbia, so she has a background in a Spanish speaking envi-ronment. She also believes that foreign language is a very important subject in our

current world. “With this economy and technology its important to learn a second language,” she said. There are many more job oppor-tunities for those who can speak multiple languages, and she hopes to better prepare us as students, so that we will be able to find those jobs. The primary reason that both of these individuals have decided to become teach-ers is so that they can see students suc-ceed. “Education is important,” said Willey. “I love to see people learn, and I want to encourage my son to learn.” Bailey also wants to be able to show students how to take advantage of the time that they have to be educated in high school. Students need to learn how to learn now, because it is a skill that they will be utilizing throughout the rest of their lives. Both of these teachers can at-test to that, seeing as they are both being educated themselves. Both have learned tremendous amounts from their mentor

teachers, and teachers they have had in the past. “I’m impressed by his relationship with students,” said Bailey, speaking of Cox. “He clearly cares, and makes class fun and exciting.” Willey was inspired by the good teach-ing methods of teachers she had as a child. The knowledge that Butler has of Spanish, and the ways he is able to communicate that to the students have also helped to teach her. Both teachers experience troubles, but they are learning and continuing to gain the knowledge that will be essential to them when they enter the teaching field permanently.

Photo by Elizabeth PeelOlga Willey teaches a Spanish I class. Willey, native to Columbia, is doing her student teaching with Scott But-ler. Willey became a teacher because she loves to see students learn, and wants to encourage them to gain education.

Photo by Elizabeth PeelLandon Bailey helps a student understand To Kill A Mockingbird. Bailey is do-ing his student teaching in English with Ben Cox. Both Bailey and Willey are enrolled in the education program at UVU.

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By Kaylee Holgreen

Many people dream of traveling the world and do-ing great things, but for Katie Marsh, senior at NS, those dreams are reality.

If you were to think of Katie Marsh, you might see her as a great percussionist, club member, singer or ath-lete. But what most do not see is her making movies, pre-paring to travel the world, and make her dreams come true.

“Katie Marsh is an outstanding student,” said Timo-thy Kidder, teacher at NS. “She is extremely reliable and I have come to rely on her to help get things done around

the department.” Marsh has thrown herself into the extracurricular ac-tivities here at NS. She has been a valuable addition to many clubs, and she is currently the secretary for the se-nior class presidency. Marsh has excelled as a percussionist for the band and pep band. When Marsh isn’t playing in the band, she has the opportunity to lead it during home games. “I basically play everything, but mostly marimba and vibes,” said Marsh. “I love the band and my fellow percus-sionists.” One of Marsh’s strengths is making movies. Marsh is a member of the International Film Institute (IFI). Be-ing a part of IFI she makes videos and movies. When she is not working at Beck’s Auto in Fountain Green, Marsh goes to Wasatch Academy to film, and she is currently making a music video for the band, White Hot. “I love the challenge of making a film by a deadline,” said Marsh. With her connections at Wasatch Academy, Marsh was introduced and offered a scholarship to the college Sara Lawrence in Bronxville, New York, for her filming ability. Marsh plans on starting school at Sara Lawrence for the 2012 fall semester. While at Sara Lawrence, Marsh will be studying film. “It [Sara Lawrence] has a great film program and they

will send me to Italy,” said Marsh. Marsh also has another opportunity to travel around the world; her hopes are that she will be able to have an internship with National Geographic. If this happens, she will be able to travel around the world. “I’m so excited because my life is going to be flippin’ legit. The only thing is that I will be going by myself to New York, in the Bronx,” said Marsh. Before leaving to college in August, Marsh has more plans to travel and make movies. This summer Marsh will be making a movie that she will submit to the Sundance Film Festival. It’s about a po-liceman who’s partner is killed in a drug bust and later he and his family are being hunted down by the same killers. Marsh will have two days to make this short movie before she will submit it. “The film I am making this summer is going to be wicked awesome. If it is accepted, Steven Speilburg might see my film,” said Marsh. Marsh is currently working on a scholarship that will allow her to go to the Grand Canyon and spend two weeks with an Indian tribe studying hieroglyphics with kids from all over the world. “Katie is a highly motivated student that doesn’t wait for opportunities to happen,” said O’Dee Hansen, coun-selor at NS. “She instead creates opportunities.”

Outstanding NS student to the travel world, make movies

Photo by Kaylee HolgreenKatie Marsh helps to instruct another student on how to properly play the marimba.

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The Utah All-State High School Art Show is the best exhibition of its kind in the Mountain West. The Springville Museum of Art and their sponsors want to collect origi-nal visual art from Utah teenagers by giving them a professional convention for student artists. For many of the students entering the Springville exhibition, this will be their first real taste of competition. Each high school may submit a mini-mum of four pieces per school. NS has submitted seven. These include two pieces from Sarah Allan, two from Amanda Johan-sen, two from Andrew Fryer, and one from Lonnie McCulloch. Allan submitted a stamp as well as an oil self-portrait. “I really enjoyed it, and they weren’t those projects you look back on and wish you could’ve done something different,” said Allan. Her favorite one was the oil self-portrait because it went quicker, and she didn’t get bored with it. Both of her piec-es made it into Springville and she won an award for Honorable Mention in 3rd District. Johansen did a photo and a welded piece. “Overall I felt like I did ok,” said Jo-hansen. “I always feel like when I’m done I could’ve done better on my projects.” She didn’t make it into the art show

last year, so she’s keeping her fingers crossed she will this year. “My metal piece was my favorite be-cause I got to do something different than what kids at our school usually do, and it was fun to mix fire with art,” said Johansen. Fryer did two paintings. One is called “Night Over the Sahara”, and the other is called “Orbit”. His “Night Over the Sahara” piece took one week to complete and “Or-bit” took two. “I really like those two paintings, but ‘Night Over the Sahara’ is my best work,” said Fryer. Fryer’s paintings made it into Spring-

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and he won a Margaret Hunt Scholarship for his “Night Over the Sahara” piece. Fryer is planning on going into art at BYU be-cause they have one of the best programs in the U.S. for animation. McCulloch submitted a self portrait oil painting. She made it one big collage of different things about herself. It took her all of second quarter to complete. She took it home to work on almost everyday, and put at least eighty hours into it. She feels pretty good about the final product, but if she could fix or change any-thing she would put more detail into her face. This is McCulloch’s first time entering into an art show, and her very first time do-ing an oil painting. “Mr. Allred asked us to make thumb-nails of what we wanted our painting to look like, so I went home and grabbed a ton of personal stuff that described me,” said Mc-Culloch. “Then I placed it all on my floor and took a picture of it.” She plans on majoring in art, and is tak-ing another painting class this semester to help her achieve her goal. “I think all of them will do very well, but the scary thing is that you really don’t know,” said Mr. Allred, NS art teacher. The students won’t know if they’ve made it into the Springville Art Show until it is posted on the SMA website as soon as possible after the jury process, and before February 22nd. Photo above provided and painted by Sarah Allen.

Photo below taken by Kayla Nielson, painted by Lonnie McCulloch. Amanda JohanseLonnie

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Sarah Allan

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Photo above provided and created by Sarah Allen..

Photos above and below were submitted to the Springville art show.

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NS art Sterling Scholar accepted to art show

By Alex Sorensen

Parents have a very influential role in their children’s lives by the things they teach them, and the way they go about doing so. Art especially is one aspect in life in which this is very true.

For several of the artistic students here at NS, many of the skills they possess have been acquired from their atrtist fathers. These men too have always grown up with art as a big influence in their lives.

“I always wanted to be an artist ever since I can remember,” said Doug Fryer, artist. “My parents always encouraged me to be an artist.”

With a foundation of a love for art established in their own lives, it is no surprise that these fathers’ kids follow in their footsteps.

“I guess kids tend to do what their parents do,” said Andrew Fryer, senior. “It’s nice to have my dad there to teach and to critique.”

Critique is something that all parents seem to have plenty of, and those that also happen to be artists are sure to share it.

“Whenever I draw, my dad always tells me what I can do better,” said Elizabeth Peel, junior. “I’m not allowed to draw stick figures around him.”

The critique that is given, however, is simply beneficial and instructive. Encour-agement and time are also freely donated in the hopes that their children will realize the power art has. “I have always provided any materials that my kids ever needed,” said Doug Fry-er. “I’ve always felt like it can be really fulfilling for kids to make art.” The help and guidance these students receive shapes their own artistic ability. They also gain a greater respect and understanding for art. “I really enjoy drawing and doing art,” said Max Richmond, freshman. “I have a better appreciation now for art.” Such an appreciation allows for valuable time to be spent together, whether it be learning something new, refining a technique, working on pieces together, or getting ready for art shows. Art shows take several months to prepare for, and can lead to several long nights. “Sometimes my dad will just sleep in the studio when he’s getting ready for an art show,” said Matt Workman, junior.The many hours are always well spent though. When the time for the art showarrives, it always provides a worthwhile experience for the whole family. “We go to a lot of art shows,” said Richmond. “It’s nice being able to have more culture.” Culture from art not only comes from viewing it, but also from creating it as well. Many of these art fathers have also spent countless hours creat-ing notable works with their various talents. After many hours of time spent working on a new creation, many would be surprised that the end product is not what the best part of the piece is. “The end result is a painting, which isn’t as valuable to me as the process of making it,” said Doug Fryer. “The process puts me in a really enjoyable frame of mind.”Doug Fryer is gifted in painting, landscapes, illustrations, and figures. He painted the murals in the Nauvoo temple, and displays most of his work, especially landscapes, in galleries throughout the country. Michael Workman’s talent includes portrait paintings. He also painted murals in a temple in Alaska. Dale Peel paints and is also unique in that he makes Mormon pine furniture. Hemade stools for the Manti temple as well as Cove Fort.

Ron Richmond specializes in fine art and also painting. He received acommission to paint a mural at a college. Dean Kleven, who is the father of Dakota Kleven, senior, has done several works that can be found closer to home. Aside from painting a mural at Mt. Pleasant El-ementary, he has also painted the veteran memorial on the Mt. Pleasant Recreation Center. He also illustrates for Disney, including the Lion King movie cover. All of the talents that these men specialize in come with different challenges that affect them in various ways. They learn to grown and learn from these obstacles, however, and in the end it impacts them in a positive way. “If everything came really easy, it wouldn’t be as valuable,” said Doug Fryer. “Ac-complishing difficult things is where you get the most fulfillment.”Besides their love for artwork and shared talents, these men are also onespecific thing to their children: a father. For this reason they are role models to their kids, and can teach them valuable skills that no one else can the way they do. “Since he can choose his own hours and make time to do stuff, it has allowed me to get to know my dad better than I might have otherwise,” said Workman. The influence of art in each of these students’ lives will have a lasting effect on them. These parents have learned that art is a very influential role in life, and is some-thing that is very meaningful. “Art allows you to make a living while being creative,” said Dean Kleven. “I have been able to meet a lot of influential people doing something I love.” Art also allows for personal goals to be accomplished, and can help sustain a sense of hope within the lives of these artists’ children.“Art has inspired me to go for my dreams, even when it seems impossible,” said Dakota Kleven. The source from which all these feelings comes from can be traced back to each of these children’s individual fathers. These are the people who taught them how to hold a brush, create a sketch, and find art in the world around them. These are the people who will continue to teach them for the rest of their lives.

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By Austin Hadley

Eight points, that’s all the North San-pete Hawks boys basketball team needed on Valentine’s Day to advance to the first round of the state tournament. After go-ing 4-6 in region play, the Hawks finished the season tied for fourth place in region 12 with the Spanish Fork Dons.

The fourth place tie lead to a play-in game against the Spanish Fork Dons at Juab High School. The Hawks started slowly, scoring only seven points in each of the first two quarters. The slow start put the Hawks into a big hole, going into the half down 20. The Hawks made a run at the Dons lead in the second half, but the Dons big lead and clutch free throw shooting stopped the Hawks short, end-ing North Sanpete’s season with a 64-57 loss. “We came out dead and they jumped on top of us,” said coach Cris Hoopes on the game. “I was really proud of the kids and how hard they worked.”

This put an end to a very up and down season for the Hawks. The Hawks start-ed with a win, then went on a five game skid, then won three in a row. The Hawks then dropped the first three region games

before winning two in a row. The Hawks won two more games but lost three. The last win came in Juab, a must win game for the Hawks. The Hawks won as Spanish Fork lost to Payson, the top team in region 12. That forced the play-in game. One thing that hurt the Hawks this season was slow starts. “We didn’t start well, the whole season” said Kyle Seely. In the 21 games the Hawks played this season they scored 196 points in the first quarter, while allowing their opponents to score 287 points. The Hawks had the lead coming out of the first quarter in only five of the 21 games this season. They won three of those five games. Although the Hawk’s record isn’t what they hoped it would be, the team thought they improved over the course of the sea-son. “At the begining of the season we were try-ing to do it by ourselves, and we weren’t working as a team, but at the end of the season we started working as a team,” said junior Jordan Christensen. “Our guys really started to learn how I want them to play basketball.” said Hoopes.The team was disappointed with the sea-son, but is looking ahead to next season

with high hopes. “I want to improve as a team overall and make it to the state tournament,” said

Christensen. Disappointing as the sea-son was, “It was a season to build on,” said coach Hoopes.

By Matt Lindow

Four wrestlers succeeded in region wrestling held in St. George. Seniors Aaron Lee and Chad Watts, and ju-

niors Brady Walker and Brendon Anderson are progress-ing to the state level. “The team did real well, we’re really coming along,” said Layne Kubota, juniorCoach Tanner Cowan agrees. “I’ve seen mass improve-ment, and they’ve [the wrestling team] met my expecta-tions.” Among the team there seems to be a strong unity. All wrestlers agree they would miss the bus rides. Lee said one of his favorite parts of wrestling is being with his friends. Wrestling has had deep roots in some of these wrestlers’ lives. “I’ve been wrestling since I was four,” said Lee. This obviously shows in his successes at region, and his con-tinuation to the state level. “I wanted to do sports, so I tried to go all out and tried wrestling,” said Kubota. Coach Cowan echoed this statement when he said, “I like

wrestling because it’s individual, and you can be as good as you want to be.” The many hours the wrestlers have spent practicing is a testament to the dedication it takes for these wrestlers to succeed. The wrestlers also have a strong bond with their coach, which allows them to learn and grow from his wis-dom. “He’s a funny coach, that’s what I like about him,” said Watts “He knows his stuff,” said Kubota. A strong sense of lead-ership has propelled this team to their incredible wins. “Don’t quit and finish your matches,” said Cowan. For the team these words have sunk-in as they finished their matches at region sending them to the state level.“We’re getting better each year,” said Watts. The positive outlook of these wrestlers shows what a great season they have had, and foreshadows the suc-cesses of the future.

Slow start dooms boys basketball in playoff against SF

A few individual wrestlers succeed at the region level and take their talents to state to end wrestling season

Photo by Kenzie NunleyCruz Rodriguez wrestles and opponent from Spanish Fork high in a recent match, the hwak wrestlers are now looking to take their talents to the state.

Photo by Austin HadleyRhett Bird takes a three pointer during the boys’ final home game against Car-bon. That loss left NS in a tie with Spanish Fork for fifth place in region. They lost a close playoff game with SF last week after starting off slowly.

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By Mandy Peckham

Every road to success has its chal-lenges along the way. The Lady Hawks basketball team feels this is how their sea-son went this year. They have faced many obstacles in their season, resulting in them not doing as well as they would have wanted. But feel their young team will excel in the years to come based on the improvements made this year. “We have had a lot of improvement,” said head coach Tyler Schlappi. “We worked hard on defense because defense wins games. They started to get into the right mindset and understand what we ex-pect; we want a winning team not just a fun team.” One especially hard challenge the team faced was losing in the play-in-game to Spanish Fork. This was especially pain-ful for the team, especially after beating them eleven days earlier. “We didn’t shoot very well and we had flat defense,” said Shlappi. “We led for most of the game but then on the last play in the third quarter, we had starter Taylor Gordon sprain her ankle and she had to sit out for the rest of the game. “We were ahead the whole time and they pulled ahead in the last quarter win-

ning the game. I’m proud of them though, they hung in there.” The team’s loss resulted in fifth place finish for region play, having 9-12 for the win-loss record. For the team, they were disappointed that is how the season turned out. How-ever, they remember the good parts of the year. “I’m not really happy with how the season turned out,” said senior Shelby Jor-gensen. “We did some very good things this season and we just have to focus on those.” Despite the trials they faced, senior Paige Francks feels like they accomplished a lot and came closer as a team through their weaknesses. “I really enjoyed the year,” said Francks. “I think that we really strength-ened as a team and individually along with improving our self-confidence. I had a great time and made a lot of new friends! “We became closer as a team and stregnthened each others weaknesses, which strengthened us.” “I was proud of everything we ac-complished this year” said senior Alex So-rensen. “I just appreciate all the efforts my teammates and coaches made to help us get better and have a worthwhile season.”

By Georgie Ivie

As this season comes to an end, the NS Spiriteers are proud of how it turned out. Even though they didn’t get first place in their region competition, they know that they worked hard, and have come a long way since the first of the year. In the region competition, only five out of the six teams could qualify to go to state. Juab placed first, Span-ish Fork second, Payson third, Delta fourth, NS fifth, and Carbon at last. “I think we danced really well,” said Mykelin Chris-tensen, captain. “It probably was our best competition.” “They did so amazing at region, and they worked hard and I am so proud of them,” said coach Tiffany Taylor. What they want to do different for the next year is practice their competition routines earlier in the year.

The reason for this is because they want to learn them earlier so they are able to perfect the routines around competition time. “We need to be concentrated about competitions from the get go,” said Cali Anderson, co-captain. At state they worked had and had a great time. “We had a lot of fun and that is what matters the most,” said Christensen. They received the sportsmanship award which they were all excited for. They earned it by being nice and courteous to all of the other teams in the competition. We were all so excited!” said Taylor. In the end, everyone was proud of the season, and are excited for the upcoming year. “It was an amazing year and I love my team,” said Christensen.

NS Ladyhawks end season with heartbreaking loss to Spanish Fork

NS spiriteers season comes to a disappointing end as they fail to place well at the region competition

Photo by Dustin AllredSophomore Taylor Gordon goes up for a shot against Spanish Fork at Juab High last week. Like the boys, the girls’ team also ended the season in a tie for fifth with SF. They too lost in a close playoff game last eek.

Photo by Caitlinn MowerDrill team members preform their routine at the region competition held at Juab High School. The spiriteers took fifth at the competition.

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By Austin Hadley

Baseball at NS is going to see big changes this season. New head coach Dan Chris-tensen hopes to turn the program around. The baseball team ended last season with a 0-13 record. After last season there is only room for improvement. This year

By Matt Lindow

The NS soccer team is seeking to im-prove on the struggles they faced last year. The team managed to win only one game against Manti to go along with their four ties. Beginning the pre-season with conditioning and workouts the team is working hard to reach their goals. Coming into this season, the soccer team is rebuilding after the loss of four se-niors, but the team still feels confident in their talent. When asked who the team stars are senior Eric Rico said, “Everybody has per-sonal skills.” The team is humble and united in their aspirations. “Trust in the team, and follow the basics,” said Javier Navarro, senior. “A strength of the team is communicating well, which comes from hanging out out-side of soccer.” Getting the feel of friends off the field bring unity and strength on the field. N.S. Soccer team has many core tal-ents and abilities of their own which allow them to contest with other teams. “We’re good at outrunning other

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teams, and being in shape. We also have good passing,” said Alex Serrano, junior. All players feel really good about the upcoming season, the team’s strengths, and believe the team would be really suc-cessful this year.

coach Christensen wants to improve the team fundamentally. He also said that the team could improve on everything. “I would like to put some victories on the board,” said Christensen. “I would like to start the program moving in the right direction” Last season the Hawks had a lot of sophomore starters. A year later, those sophomores are now juniors and with the varsity experience they are hoping for big things. “Anytime you can get varsity time in the younger kids its’ going to help the pro-gram,” said Christensen. One of the biggest changes for the team this year will be the coaches. Coach Christensen has got the help of a former major leaguer, Bruce Christensen (his fa-ther), as an assistant coach. Christensen played one season in the with the Angels. Adam Dyches will also return as an assis-tant along with former head coach Ron Lamb. Dave Dyches will coach the fresh-man-sophomore team. With the season just around the cor-ner, the Hawks are hoping for good weath-er and lots of improvement over last sea-son.

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By Georgie Ivie

The upcoming season for track is expecting good things and they hope to do well at region and state. They are also expecting a lot of newcomers, especially from boys who play fall or winter sports.

Head coach Scott Butler thinks that Delta will be their biggest competition because they win region nearly every year and have a strong tradition of track at their school. For state, their biggest competition is thought to be Judge Memorial. “They have a really fast kid there,” said Dakota Kleven, a returning senior for NS track.

Kleven is expected to win multiple events at region along with Paige Francks, another returning senior.

“They are seniors who have worked their way up in the ranks,” said Butler. Kleven is most likely to win multiple sprints such as the 100, 200, and the 400. Francks is projected to win the 300 hur-dles, and a couple of sprints such as the 400.

Kyle Anderson, also a returning se-nior, is expected to also do well this year. “He had a really solid year last year, and he is really fast,” said Butler.Kleven is one of the top runners in the

By Mandy Peckham

For athletes who participate at spring sports, there is one word that will inevi-tably make them all groan: snow. Even though this year has resulted in less snow than in the previous years, there is still enough to have a minor set back. “I hate having the snow on the course,” said senior Kaylee Holgreen. “Last year we had to resort to practicing in classrooms because we had no clear spot of grass.” “The snow sucks!” said senior Sara Fowles. “It deteriorates our practice time and really has a downer effect on practice. I like it when we don’t have any snow so we can’t lose our white balls in white snow. I’m pretty sure I speak for my entire team

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state, and Francks took third in state, and should be strong this year. “Hopefully we can pull out a state championship,” said Francks.

when I say the snow really sucks to play in.” Along with the challenge of the snow, a big change is coming to the team this year; the addition of two new coaches. Head coach Sharon Christensen and assistant coach Cheryl Hadley will now lead the team this year, replacing Todd Hansen. Christensen wants to bring her talent to the team in ways of encouraging more girls to play and bettering their tech-nique of the game. “We want to bring more numbers out to the team,” said Christensen. “On av-erage, there is around 10 to 12 girls that come out every year and we want to in-crease that. We want to teach them to be better players.” Despite the trials the girls will face this year, they are confident they can and will have a successful season. “I feel our season will go very well,” said Fowles. “We have experienced girls returning to the team and all in all, we will carry some fun memories with us after the season is over. We are all friends with each other and never have any drama like some people would expect us to. We respect each other for the people we are and we love all the girls.”

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By Mandy Peckham

This year for the Lady Hawk Softball team, a lot of changes will be taking place. For this year, not only do they have the new region and the loss of five seniors, but a new assistant coach as well.

Landon Bailey will fulfill the wanted job of assistant coach, applying for the job after Marty Hall resigned.

“He played baseball at Snow College and has a good back round in baseball and softball,” said head coach Tyler Bailey. “He will be good to work with our hitting and our infield. He is not as serious as me, which is good. He is really outgoing and energetic, and that will be good for the team.”

Even with the new coach though, they

will adjust and move on. Being placed in this new region will be challenging for the team, but they believe they can do just as good as last year. “The new region will be good for us,” said Bailey. “It will be more competitive though with the addition of Spanish Fork, as well as some of the other new teams. We should be competing for the top of the region. We should be in the thick of the race.” Senior Alex Sorensen agrees with Bai-ley, with the addition of some younger girls talent stepping up to play varsity. “I think we can do good this year,” said Sorensen. “We will hurt some because of the loss of last years seniors, but we have some experience returning and a lot of tal-ent coming up.”

Senior Makayli Jorgensen is thinking along the same lines as Sorensen, and be-lieves they can do just as good as last year. “I think we can do just as good or even better with some of the girls returning,” said Jorgensen. “I feel the younger girls will come in and do their part.” Bailey believes everyone will be a key player and they will need everyone to commit. Everyone is vital on a team and he believes everyone will be necessary to the team. “Everyone is a key player,” said Bailey. “Several are returning who played a lot for us last year and will are going to be rely-ing on everyone. All the seniors returning will be good, along with the juniors and sophomores. We will need big contribu-tions from all.”

By Dustin Allred

The NS boys basketball team is look-ing to dominate this year. The team only lost one varsity member from last year, and they are looking for a region title this year. With the classification realignment that occurred last year, the team thinks

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that their competition got a bit tougher, but they think that it will not stop them from competing and hopefully taking a re-gion title. “With the addition of Spanish Fork, and Payson to our region, I think the com-petition got a bit tougher,” said head coach Jeff Erickson. “But I still expect that our team can at least tie for the region title this year, if not completely take it.” Many team members think that this years team is the toughest team that the school has seen in a while. “We have a lot of good players coming back this year,” said senior Stephen Lew-is. “Most of the returning members have been playing varsity for at least two years so we should have a really strong team.” The team only lost one senior on their varsity squad last year. This means that the team will have a lot of experience and talent returning to the team. Now the team looks to come out of the gates strong. Their first match is away against Gunnison on March 13.

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By Matthew Workman The crowd cheers as the basketball falls through the hoop with a swish. The buzzer rings and the cheering compounds, everyone yells and the play-ers celebrate. Above it all rises the sound of the pep band. The basketball games are obviously the main events, but it is also obvious that the pep-band adds something to the games that makes them much more exciting. “Sometimes no one is really cheering, but the pep band makes up for it,” said Paige Francks, se-nior. The pep band not only plays music, but also at-tempts to be involved in the game and cheer on the team. They play during time outs and cheer when the game is in progress, especially during the foul shots. “The drums kinda get the freethrows started so

that everyone is ready,” said Jake Orton, junior. There is a noticeable difference in the games that have the pep band and the games that do not. There is a different feel and a definite contrast in volume when the band is at the games. “It definitely makes us more excited and gives us more energy to go out and win,” said Francks. The pep band manages to play loudly and with a full sound that efficiently manages to get both the crowd, and the players, excited for the upcoming basketball games. “We’ve got an awesome full-fledged pep band,” said Orton. “It’s really sweet.” The pep band makes the environment much more spirited, and brings unity throughout the crowd, students, and team. From playing our school song, to cheering consistently throughout the game, nothing can beat our pep band.

By Kaytie Nielson

Day to day we encounter hun-dreds of people, whether it’s in the halls of your school, at work, or going through repeated actions that are a normal part of our schedule. As we go through these actions, that seem as no big deal to us, they can make an impact on someone’s life. Whether it’s good or bad. In Andrew Detmer’s case, every-one that pushed him around or bullied him, should have thought twice. In the new movie “Chronicle,” which re-leased last weekend, Andrew has tele-kinetic powers that allow him to move objects, do dangerous stunts, and fly. Andrew is what you would call a stereo typical nerd. He is constantly being abused, not just by the students at his school, but mostly by his own fa-ther. Andrew has a terrible home-life. He is his dad’s own personal punching bag. This is mostly because his dad is drunk all of the time, but also because he is stressed because Andrews mother is bed stricken with an awful illness in

which she is constantly in pain and in need of medication, which their family really can’t afford. The closest thing Andrew has as a friend is his cousin Matt. But that all changes when they go to a party one night. Steve, the most popular jock at the school, who is also running for class president, asks Andrew to follow him into the woods with his camera to film something for him. The entire movie is from the view of being filmed by this camera, when Andrew decides that he wants to re-cord his life. When Steve and Andrew finally reach their destination Andrew sees Matt standing by a giant hole that is making strange, loud noises. Before Andrew realizes, they are inside look-ing at a very bright light. The camera goes blank and the next images that are seen are of Andrew, Matt, and Steve using their telekinesis powers that they’ve had since entering the mysteri-ous hole. Since they share the same strange, yet wondrous powers, they automati-

cally start spending all of their time together. Andrew finally has some real friends. Unlike in other superhero mov-ies the boys decide to use their pow-ers for their own enjoyment. Such as impressing girls, pulling pranks, and to their amazement, flying. However as great as having power is, Andrew doesn’t realize that with that power comes responsibility. The trio had decided to use their powers for fun and only in front of one anoth-er. But Andrew decides to use it for his own personal problems. Because of his background and dysfunctional childhood Andrew slowly darkens and strays into a dis-turbing path that leads him to losing his identity. The actors in this movie were great, each played their parts very ac-curately. Andrew was a great example of what can happen if we don’t watch our actions. If you don’t think little actions of bullying are going to make a difference in someone’s life, think again.

‘Chronicle’ provides suspense, lessons about power, abuse

Pep band brings school spirit, pride to basketball games with melodies

Even with a slow beginning this film was to the point. It left a message that is still having an effect on me. The movie had an impact that is unforgettable.

‘Chronicle’ follows the suspenseful exploits of three young teenagers and their misuse of their newfound supernatural power.

Photo provided Nathan BeckThe NS pepband has played a major role in the atmosphere of home games this year.

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The Boy Who Lived: The Harry Potter Crosswordby Deborah Peel and Kaylee Holgreen

Across2 Type of monster that lurks in the Chamber of Secrets.4 Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in book five.8 Family Harry stays with.9 Organization created by Harry and friends.12 Nicholas Flamel created it to make himself immortal.13 The spell that killed Harry’s parents.15 Attacked by Fenrir Greyback.16 Potions master in book six.19 Disguised as Mad-Eye Moody in book four.20 Shape-shifters that turn into your worst fear.21 School that Krum attends.22 Head of Gryffindor house.26 Potion that accidentally turned Hermione into a cat.29 Killed in the graveyard by Wormtail.31 Competition Harry participates in in book four.32 Name of the three-headed dog that guarded the trap door.33Brothers in the “Tale of Three Brothers”.

Down1 Half –Blood Prince3 Killed at the Ministry in book five.5 Organization created to fight Voldemort.6 School Fleur attends.7 Prison Sirius Black escapes from.10 Creatures that drain all happiness.11 Position Harry plays in the game of Quidditch.13 Killed on the top of the North Tower.14 Hagrid’s half-brother.17 Name of the ghost who has a crush on Harry.18 Dumbledore’s sister.23 Photo-taking wizard who was killed in book seven.24 Voldemort’s real name.25 “He who shall not be named.”27 Ron Weasley’s biggest fear.28 The magical school Harry attends.30 The house elf that helps Harry.

Photo by Joseph AndersenFreshman Rowan Hadlock receives an award for first place in the school Poetry Out Loud Competition from organizer Ben Cox. Hadlock, one of 13 participants in the contest, will now compete in the state competition on March 13.

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