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The NS Times compiles their list of the top five of ‘08. See page 7 Our editor in chief reports on the challenges of a week without technology. See page 3 NS Spiriteers reap rewa for their hard work by placing third in region. See page 5 Photo by J y eremy Z y abriskie Bullying at public schools is happening more often than people may think, and most cases go undetected or unreported. The most common type is cyber bullying through use of the internet and instant messaging. The local counselor suggests reporting all acts of bullying to the administra- tion. BY K Y ATIE K K CARPENTER AND HUNTER ERICKSON Albert Einstein once said, e world is dangerous not because of evil people, but because of people who don’t do anything about the evil they see.” North Sanpete High School experiences problems with bullying on a weekly ba- sis, and although not many hear about it, more could be done to help stop it. Ocer Cole Young, North Sanpete’s on-campus police ocer, says bullying occurs about once a week at the high school. Unlike the classic movie bully, most in- cidents involve groups with groups, or as some would say, “cliques vs. cliques” “Usually it’s just a lot of name calling...sometimes it is individuals, and when it hits a breaking point, that’s when things start to happen,” said Ocer Young is case could be referred to as a “provocative bully and victim” situation. e victim is pushed to their outer limits and responds with aggressive behavior. And in most cases, the victim is the one who re- ceives the punishment. is can come from all kinds of bullyingthe four main types being verbal, physical, cyber bullying and relational aggression. Verbal bullying consists of name-calling, insulting, taunting, slurs and threats. Physical bullying can be very closely related to do- mestic violence and it in- cludes hiing, kicking, shov- ing, spiing, etc. Cyber bullying is very closely related to verbal, but done over the use of the Internet. e most com- mon way this is received is through instant messaging. With over 97 percent of teen- agers using the Internet, and over half of them using it ev- ery day, this proves to be one of the easiest forms of bul- lying. In a conference Elise School bullying goes unnoticed SEE PAGE 2, BULLYING North Sanpete schools working to become more ‘green’ Photo courtesy of www.cbc.ca Millions watched as Barack Obama was sworn in as the new president of the United States. Even though many students at North Sanpete don’t support him, they are hopeful for the changes he promises to make. Obama inauguration makes history BY B RANDI PEAHL History has been made with the recent in- auguration of President Barack Obama in Washington D.C., making him the rst Af- rican-American president. With this inauguration comes the turn of power switching from a republican presi- dent to a democratic president, House of Representatives and Senate. is will be a change, and that is what Obama wants. Change was the theme for Obama’s cam- paign, and that was one of the deciding fac- tors for the many Americans who voted for him. “Everyone likes change,” said Kevin Allen, a teacher at North Sanpete High. ough not many people at North San- pete High voted for, nor supported, Obama, many are looking at the positives of having a change of presidency. SEE PAGE 2, INAUGURATION Education cuts threaten NS High budget, teachers BY K Y ATIE K K CARPENTER With many recycling bins located in the library, the front oce and almost every teacher’s classroom, North Sanpete High School is at- tempting to ‘go green’ and earn a lile extra cash at the same time. e athletic department has taken the initiative to be- gin a recycling program at the school, which nally be- gan on January 19. Every two weeks, PROGM comes and picks up the paper or cardboard set aside and pays the general athletic depart- ment $15 for every ton. Jason Strate, the school’s VP, received an e-mail from Fountain Green Elementary, who has already started this program in their school, ask- ing if the high school would like to participate. “It’s not a lot of money, but it’ll denitely help. We have a lot of paper waste,” said Sha- ron Christensen, a coach and athletic administrator at NS who is in charge of the pro- gram When Christensen sug- gested the idea during a fac- ulty meeting, she said every- one was on board with the idea. “All the teachers who’ve worked at schools up north say that the big schools are doing this,” said Christens- en. e basic idea of the recy- cling program is simple. All the extra paper students and teachers would otherwise throw away should be placed in the designated recycling bins. Most teachers have fash- ioned a bin in their rooms. If not, you can take your papers to the library or front oce. “It’s not a place to put wadded up trash, just a place to put unwanted paper from school,” said Christensen. Once the program be- comes stable and works ef- ciently at the high school, Christensen hopes to expand the program to the whole community. “It’s going to be a good situation,” said Christensen. “We get some money, and it’s good for the environment. It’s a win-win situation.” BY ETHAN H H ALDRIDGE e economic trouble has nally hit North Sanpete High. On January 16, a let- ter was sent out to the staat North Sanpete, informing them of some pending bud- get and possible stacuts at North Sanpete High. “During these tough eco- nomic times, everyone needs to tighten their belt,” said Brad Bentley, a teacher at NS. Due to the economic struggles currently going on in the U.S., North Sanpete School District has been in- formed that the Utah Legis- lature is planning on insti- tuting some reductions to educational spending, and if the reductions are put in place, North Sanpete will simply not receive the mon- ey that it requires. ere is a possibility that the reduc- tions could be as high as 15 percent. “15% is going overboard,” said Bentley. “I think that the cuts are necessary, but only to a point.” And what does all this mean for North Sanpete High? If stamembers are cut, the students that were in those classes would be moved into other classes, en- SEE PAGE 2, EDUCATION Our r t a rd s Top e : place the NS drill team took in their recent region com- petition at Salem Hills High School. score of the last boys basket- ball game against Delta on January 23 percent of teens who use the internet amount of food raised by NSH for the Christmas food drive percent of students at North Sanpete who report they don’t get enough sleep Contents A & E.................7 Crossword..........8 Features..............4 News...................1 Opinion..............3 Sports.................5 Well Said: e you wrestle, everything else in life is easy. -Cody Irons senior from Moroni, commenting on the diculties of wrestling. 3rd 55-41 64% 97% 10,200 lbs. is Week: Tuesday: Girls’ basket- ball at Salem Hills, Semester Awards Assembly 6:00 pm in auditorium Wednesday: Boys’ basketball at home vs. Salem Hills, Wrestling at Carbon ursday: Girls’ basket- ball at home vs. Carbon Friday: Boys’ basketball at Juan Diego, North Sanpete wrestling tournament Saturday: North Sanpete wrestling tournament, State drill team at UVU Voice of the Mighty Hawks

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The NS Times compiles their list of the top five of ‘08.

See page 7

Our editor in chief reports on the

challenges of a week without

technology. See page 3

NS Spiriteers reap rewafor their hard work by placing third in region.

See page 5

Photo by Jy eremy Zy abriskie

Bullying at public schools is happening more often than people may think, and most cases go undetected or unreported. The most common type is cyber bullying through use of the internet and instant messaging. The local counselor suggests reporting all acts of bullying to the administra-tion.

BY KY ATIEKK CARPENTER ANDHUNTER ERICKSON

Albert Einstein once said, “The world is dangerous not because of evil people, but because of people who don’t do anything about the evil they see.”

North Sanpete High School experiences problems with bullying on a weekly ba-sis, and although not many

hear about it, more could bedone to help stop it.

Officer Cole Young, North Sanpete’s on-campus police officer, says bullying occurs about once a week at the high school. Unlike the classic movie bully, most in-cidents involve groups with groups, or as some would say, “cliques vs. cliques”

“Usually it’s just a lot of name calling...sometimes it

is individuals, and when it hits a breaking point, that’s when things start to happen,” said Officer Young

This case could be referred to as a “provocative bully and victim” situation. The victim is pushed to their outer limits and responds with aggressive behavior. And in most cases, the victim is the one who re-ceives the punishment.

This can come from all

kinds of bullying—the four main types being verbal,physical, cyber bullying and relational aggression.

Verbal bullying consists of name-calling, insulting, taunting, slurs and threats.

Physical bullying can be very closely related to do-mestic violence and it in-cludes hitting, kicking, shov-ing, spitting, etc.

Cyber bullying is very

closely related to verbal, but done over the use of the Internet. The most com-mon way this is received isthrough instant messaging. With over 97 percent of teen-agers using the Internet, and over half of them using it ev-ery day, this proves to be one of the easiest forms of bul-lying. In a conference Elise

School bullying goes unnoticed

SEE PAGE 2, BULLYING

North Sanpete schools working to become more ‘green’

Photo courtesy of www.cbc.ca

Millions watched as Barack Obama was sworn in as the new president of the United States. Even though many students at North Sanpete don’t support him, they are hopeful for the changes he promises to make.

Obama inauguration makes historyBY BY RANDI PEAHL

History has been made with the recent in-auguration of President Barack Obama in Washington D.C., making him the first Af-ffrican-American president.

With this inauguration comes the turn of power switching from a republican presi-dent to a democratic president, House of Representatives and Senate. This will be a change, and that is what Obama wants.

Change was the theme for Obama’s cam-paign, and that was one of the deciding fac-tors for the many Americans who voted for him.

“Everyone likes change,” said Kevin Allen, a teacher at North Sanpete High.

Though not many people at North San-pete High voted for, nor supported, Obama, many are looking at the positives of having a change of presidency.

SEE PAGE 2, INAUGURATION

Education cuts threaten NS High budget, teachers

BY KY ATIEKK CARPENTER

With many recycling bins located in the library, the front office and almost every teacher’s classroom, North Sanpete High School is at-tempting to ‘go green’ and earn a little extra cash at the same time.

The athletic department has taken the initiative to be-gin a recycling program at the school, which finally be-

gan on January 19. Every two weeks, PROGRAM comes and picks up the paper or cardboard set aside and pays the general athletic depart-ment $15 for every ton.

Jason Strate, the school’s VP, received an e-mail from Fountain Green Elementary, who has already started this program in their school, ask-kking if the high school wouldlike to participate.“It’s not a lot of money, but

it’ll definitely help. We have a lot of paper waste,” said Sha-ron Christensen, a coach and athletic administrator at NS who is in charge of the pro-gram

When Christensen sug-gested the idea during a fac-ulty meeting, she said every-one was on board with the idea.

“All the teachers who’ve worked at schools up north say that the big schools are

doing this,” said Christens-en.

The basic idea of the recy-cling program is simple. All the extra paper students and teachers would otherwise throw away should be placed in the designated recycling bins.

Most teachers have fash-ioned a bin in their rooms. If not, you can take your papers to the library or front office.

“It’s not a place to put

wadded up trash, just a placeto put unwanted paper from school,” said Christensen.

Once the program be-comes stable and works ef-ffficiently at the high school, Christensen hopes to expand the program to the wholecommunity.

“It’s going to be a good situation,” said Christensen. “We get some money, and it’s good for the environment. It’s a win-win situation.”

BY ETHANHH ALDRIDGE

The economic trouble has finally hit North Sanpete High. On January 16, a let-ter was sent out to the staffat North Sanpete, informing them of some pending bud-get and possible staff cuts at ffNorth Sanpete High.

“During these tough eco-nomic times, everyone needs to tighten their belt,” said Brad Bentley, a teacher at NS.

Due to the economic struggles currently going on in the U.S., North Sanpete School District has been in-formed that the Utah Legis-lature is planning on insti-

tuting some reductions to educational spending, and if the reductions are put in place, North Sanpete will simply not receive the mon-ey that it requires. There is a possibility that the reduc-tions could be as high as 15 percent.

“15% is going overboard,” said Bentley. “I think that the cuts are necessary, but only to a point.”

And what does all this mean for North Sanpete High? If staff members areffcut, the students that were in those classes would be moved into other classes, en-

SEE PAGE 2, EDUCATION

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place the NS drill team tookin their recent region com-

petition at Salem Hills High School.

score of the last boys basket-ball game against Delta on

January 23

percent of teens who use the internet

amount of food raised by NSH for the Christmas food

drive

percent of students at North Sanpete who report they

don’t get enough sleep

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Contents

A & E.................7

Crossword..........8

Features..............4

News...................1

Opinion..............3

Sports.................5

Well Said:

e you wrestle,

““everything else in life

””is easy.

””

-Cody Ironssenior from Moroni,

commenting on the difficulties of wrestling.

3rd

55-41

64%

97%

10,200 lbs.

This Week:Tuesday: Girls’ basket-ball at Salem Hills,Semester Awards Assembly 6:00 pm in auditoriumWednesday: Boys’ basketball at home vs. Salem Hills,Wrestling at CarbonThursday: Girls’ basket-ball at home vs. CarbonFriday: Boys’ basketball at Juan Diego,North Sanpete wrestling tournamentSaturday: North Sanpete wrestling tournament,State drill team at UVU

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While walking down the halls at the school, you hear some bizarre things that make no sense when taken out of context. Here are a few of the funniest ones we’ve heard.

He is turning himself into a girl.

I am going to take you to jail now.

I just walk around the corner and I hear “That’s probably a health code violation.”

I threw that and it landed in your armpit.

Penguins don’t have to be sexy.

I am scared of the eminent ball of fire in the sky.

I went the entire day, yesterday, not wearing pants.

Everyone knows you shouldn’t wear white socks.

Obama will face many difficult problems, such as a faltering economy and the war in Iraq that President Obama wishes to fix.

“I am cautiously optimistic,” said Cody Foote, a seminary teacher at NSH.

Some people are apprehensive about thechanges Obama wishes to make, and there are many students in NSH who are less-than supportive of his presidency.

“[The government] is going to fall apart in the next couple years,” said David Kling, a sophomore of Spring City.

Despite the uncertainty and doubts of many people, most are patiently waiting to see the results of this historic election.

“I like his positive approach and willing-ness to get busy right away,” said Brad Bent-ley, a teacher at NSH.

Story continued from page 1, Inauguration

Hanson, the North Sanpete School District Elementary School Guidance Counsel-or, attended, an individual remarked, “what makes cy-ber bullying so dangerous…is that anyone can practice it without having to confront the victim. You don’t have to be strong or fast, simply equipped with a cell phone or computer and a willing-ness to terrorize.” Relational Aggression is the most common and un-seen form of bullying. This deals with social status and emotional issues. Relation-al Agression can be used to threaten and manipulate peers or even isolate some-one from a group.

Most teenagers don’t even realize that they are being the bully in this case.

When students purposely leave others out of groups or make them feel inferior, they are participating in a form of emotional bullying.

“Exclusion can be more harmful than peer abuse at times,” said Hanson.

Different types of bullying ffff

tend to be more common be-tween genders, but both boys and girls take part in frequent verbal and relational bully-ing.

“When bullying, boys tend to be more obvious, and girls tend to be more sneaky,” said Hanson.

In the 2003 Harris poll of 2,279 girls from ages 8-17 years, the biggest fear was be-ing teased or ridiculed. Girls are more likely to be bullied through social exclusion, ru-mor spreading, cyber bul-lying and sexual remarks, whereas boys have a higher chance of being physically bullied.

The short-term effects of ffffbullying create a huge emo-tional impact on students. These include lower self-es-teem, depression, anxiety, worsened school grades, thoughts of suicide and phys-ical or mental illness.

Although this issue seemslike more than an average student can manage, there are many ways to help pre-vent peer abuse or help those being abused.

“If you see somebody that’s being bullied, call them over,” Hanson says. “It gives them an opportunity to get away.”

Tell a teacher or counsel-or about any incident you see. You may feel as though you are being a “snitch,” or you are over-stepping your boundaries, but you will, inturn, be helping the victim.

“If you report it and noth-ing happens, continue to re-port it until something gets done,” said Hanson.

“This year Mr. Bowles and Mr. Strate and I are not tolerating any bullying at school. If kids in school are being bullied, they need to come talk to me,” said Officer Young.

“If people weren’t so stu-pid and would just watch what they say, we wouldn’t have as many bullying prob-lems,” said Casey Jenson, an administrator at North San-pete High School.

In the end bullying is nev-er okay. Bullying is more than just simply teasing. Bullying is peer abuse, and it is illegal.

Story continued from page 1, Bullying

center.

larging class size. “Any time classes increase

in size, school gets harder for the students,” said Dax Hig-gins, another teacher at NS.

The larger class sizes would lead to less one-on-one time between students and teachers, which could impair students’ perfor-mance in school.

Another effect on theffffschool would be the possible loss of some elective class-es. This means that students may lose their favorite class-es.

“Any of the elective classes are in danger,” said Higgins.“That’s a big problem because electives are kind of what makes high school more en-

joyable.”However, it should be said

that all of this is speculationat this point.

The amount of cuts put on the school, and what will becut, all depends on the deci-sion of the legislature. More information on the reduc-tions should be announced sometime in March.

Story continued from page 1, Education

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The third and final new ad-dition to the school district is Brian Olmstead of Spring City. Unlike his fellow new-comers, Olmstead ran unop-posed, ensuring his spot on the board.

Olmstead is optimistic about his new position. He is confident that the district has many good schools, and that he has ample support from his wife and Superintendent Syme.

“It should be a good expe-rience,” said Olmstead.

Whether or not he enjoys it, Olmstead acknowledges that there will be trials.

The biggest of these, ac-cording to Olmstead, is the problem of unfunded man-dates. These are laws passed by the state or federal gov-ernment that aren’t backed by any funds.

Schools then have to come up with their own money

to support these laws, often leading to cuts.

As is the case with his fellow board members, Ol-mstead is unsure where he would make these budget re-ductions. He says that there can’t be any exemptions from the cuts, but the goal is tokeep the essentials intact.

“You have to protect the basic, regular school pro-gram,” said Olmstead.

The proposed system of merit pay is probably not a regular.

Olmstead says he knows many things pertaining to the Merit Pay system, having helped write a plan for it in the South Sanpete district.

He says that the plan was once promised to all districts by the state, but, due to the economic situation, they have reneged on this agree-ment.

However, this may be a good thing, since Olmstead believes that this system

would put educators at odds with each other, garnering no benefit for the students.A policy that will benefit the students is the new atten-dance policy, according to Olmstead. However, unlike many who think the policy is geared mainly toward the older high school students, Olmstead believes it is more beneficial to those in the el-ementary grades.

“[Missing school] won’t work for a second grader,” said Olmstead. Olmstead ex-plains that elementary stu-dents would miss more cru-cial material, since they are covering the basics.

If a young student missed school, they could miss fun-damentals like reading or arithmetic, putting them be-hind in their education con-siderably.

On the subject of tests, Olmstead is divided. He says that tests like the UBSCT are fairly decent at their job,

but that forming conclusions based on them is “counter-productive” since they have such a narrow scope. On the other hand, Olmstead prais-es the CRT tests for testing what the students should have learned in class, result-ing in excellent feedback for both students and teachers.

So, Olmstead has many ideas. Currently, though, he thinks things are fine as they are.

“Nothing that I see needs to be changed,” said Olm-stead. Though he has had a considerable amount of administrative experience working in the South San-pete school district which could justify early changes, Olmstead says that he’ll wait for a while to get a feel for the way things work before mak-kking any changes.

Additionally, Olmstead plans to give every situation a great deal of thought before proposing a change.

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Hello, my name is Jeremy, and I am a technophile.

In order to combat this depen-dence, I decided to go a week with-out technology.

Now, the term “technology” is rather vague. I did not become Amish for a week, instead I abstained from using cell phones, computers, televisions and any other electronic devices where possible.

I, like most of my peers, was raised with electronic devices being an in-tegral part of daily life. My affinity toward electronics started very early with my fascination with mechanical devices. Pulleys, levers, complex sys-tems—these were all things that fas-cinated me in my youth.

From there, when I was five, I had the chance of interacting with our first computer, a personal computer equipped with the Windows 95 oper-ating system (very admirable, at the time). Within a week, I had a com-plete understanding of the interface, and I knew more about the operating system than anyone in my family.

Then came the pivotal day when I first grasped a Nintendo controller in my hands. I cannot explain the joy I felt when those angular corners dug into my hands—that feeling of com-plete control, and utter bliss. How the sounds of the 8-bit chip would fill me with the purest sense of elation. This was the birth of my undying love for all things circuited.

My life after that initial fascina-tion was similar to that of my fel-low Generation Y cohorts; it was filled with television, computers, cell phones, portable music devices, vid-eo games—convenience.

Did I ever resent this technology? No. Did I ever wish its demise? No.

But, even though I love these things, and even though I feel a strange, almost paternal, connection with them, I can’t help but feel that I rely far too much on them.This self-doubt and crippling depen-dence is what led me to attempt liv-ing a week without electronics.

On my last day of electronic bliss, I bid farewell to my “friends” on Mys-pace and Facebook, and I informed my closest relations of my primitive journey.

The first few days were unfathom-ably strange. I felt empty and isolat-ed. Nothing existed unless I could physically see, touch, hear or smell its physical form. No longer could I take comfort in knowing that my friends were but a cell-phone flip and a thumb’s use away.

My pockets were empty, and ev-erything was quiet.

Gone was the din of music, the sensation of vibration against my leg, the clashing sounds of cooling fans. Everything was still, and lonely.

Suddenly, I didn’t know what to do with myself. I had no appetite, and I had no desire to remain awake. I slept early and often. Without the glaring-blue constant of computer monitors and television screens, my brain lacked the stimulation to re-main wakeful.

Most people when faced with this challenge would seek companionship or traditional past-times. I avoided that.

I wanted to utilize this time to learn more about myself. As days went on, I had an inclination toward

meditation and analysis. I wanted this electronic absence

to reinvigorate my once-indefatiga-ble inquisitive disposition.

During this experiment, I would often find myself in my room, on my floor, sipping tea, breathing in the ar-omatic environment of my Inscent-shrouded Zenatorium.

Breathe in, breathe out, the undu-lation of my trunk reminds me of an-cient empires; inhale, conquest—ex-hale, dissent.

Without distraction, one can find such pleasure in the simplest of things. For example, I once stared, at length, at various structural com-ponents, abashed in wonder. To think that anything synthetic must be made, laid, wrought, brought; we take these things for granted.

At length, one begins to appreci-ate the delicacy, beauty and wonderin simple, often disregarded, things.

You might think that these florid descriptions are the musings of one at peace with a primitive lifestyle; you would be wrong.

By the third day, I couldn’t standthe silence. I eventually reverted to listening to vinyl, then to CDs. I wastired of playing the piano, tired of the piercing nothingness of my surround-ings, the contemplated poignancy of my trivial existence. I had to cheat. Ifelt perpetually guilty with each pro-gressive rotation of vinyl, but I could not bring myself to abstain.

Evermore distressing was my in-ability to avoid technology. I drove to school each day; while there, I watched videos in classes, took tests on computers and realized the inev-itability of my failure. Is it possible

to avoid technology, even in the sim-plest of terms? I don’t think so.

As my week progressed, I spent more time alone, refusing to concede to the social interaction I so disdain-fully craved. I tried to bide my time by writing, folding Origami and read-ing in excessive amounts, but I still couldn’t shake the sordidness I felt from being detached from my peers.

I am not a social person, but I feel that it is efficient and satisfactory to merely be able to contact my close re-lations through text messaging or so-cial networking.

Moreover, I cannot explain how much I missed video games by the fifth day. Like a recovering addict, I did my best to avoid my basement, the center of technological opera-tions. I figured that if I didn’t see it, I wouldn’t miss it, but I was very wrong.

Nonetheless, I am glad that I did this. In fact, I’m considering spend-ing weekdays without most electron-ics (after a thorough recourse of vid-eo games and movies, of course), in order to inspire productivity and self-assessment.

I would implore my fellow peers to attempt something similar to this. If you are extremely attached to your cell phone, go a week without it and see how it affects you. If you are ffffoverly obsessed with your hair, shave it off and aff ttempt to find another vein of interest. If you are far too fash-ion-conscientious, spend some time without clothes and experience what our legal system and federal-funded penitentiaries have to offer. Absence ffffis an excellent way to appreciate the beauty and fortune of life and living.

Photo courtesy of yearbook staff

In the last edition, Mrs. Roberson was cited as being a fan of Robert Peel when, in fact, she is a fan of Robert Plant.

Week without technology brings perspective

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Staff Spotlight:

Christy Bird teaches, travels, inspires

BY JY ESSE RICHMOND

Name: Christy BirdSubject: Qualified to be a health teacher, but currently in a Concurrent Enrollment coordinatorAge: 40School Attended: Associates at Snow, Bachelor at BYU, Master at SUUFavorite food/movie: Salmon, Gone With the WindHometown: West Valley, Utah.What they do outside of school: Travel, read, cook-kking, spend time with family, camping, supporting kidsIf they were in a different career what would it be: NursingMarital Status: Not married, 3 kids: Chelsea, Dallen, RhettWhere they like to travel: Hawaii, Alaska, Carribbean, Mexico. Been on 5 cruises.

Photo by Ry yanRR Aagard

Christy bird, the concurrent enrollment coordinator, can often be found helping students in the Ed. Net. building

Lack of sleep causes poor workmanship, cramming, stressBY NAUDIANN DOWLAND

There are always those select few, sprawled on the desk, drool coating their un-finished assignments. Safe to say, this is probably the result of a lack of sleep.

High school students have a lot on their plates, from dealing with teachers, home-work, studying for tests and the occasional college class.

“Homework is the biggest problem for me,” said Aman-da Johanson, freshman from Mt. Pleasant.

Amanda has also found that texting is a big problem at night. “There is just no limit on texting.”

Homework and texting are the main reasons why most high-school students don’t

get to sleep on time. But, there are many other reasons students remain awake, such as sports, reading, playing video games, work or the oc-casional bout of insomnia.

“Every other day I go to bed at one in the morning and get up at 4:30 for work,” said Alizia Edmunds, juniorfrom Spring City. “It’s just so hard to get to sleep, there is just so much going on in your mind.”

In addition to unavoidable elements, many of the extra-curricular activities in which students participate are just a chain of sleeping less.

For instance, those who play sports come home late anyway, and they need to maintain passing grades, so they need to complete their

homework, and many feel that it leads to a big mess.

So what is causing lack of sleep for high-school stu-dents?

With the various stress-es of everyday life, and theimpending importance of adulthood for most students, the answer to that question is complicated.

But what is known by ex-ample is the fact that there are many ways to prevent the required eight to 10 hours of sleep needed by teenagers.

“It’s always good to start with a routine in your day to make sure you get your things done, so you can goto bed early instead of onein the morning,” said Katie Marsh, freshman from Foun-tain Green.

Marsh has found that it can relieve a lot of stress just to get your homework or oth-er activities done, so that youcan get the required sleep you need.

Homework is a big deal for most students in high school. A good tip for students is to try to avoid studying more than an hour or two beyond one’s normal bedtime.

“Cramming” is a big prob-lem for students, and it is the largest reason for the lack of sleep exhibited in NSH.

If a student stays up to cram, the student will more than likely pass his/her test, but will fail to retain the knowledge, thus the student will come to dislike the class and dislike the subject com-pletely.

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BY ANAAA RA AMIRR REZ

With every new year comes the famous New Year’s resolution Many New Year’s resolu-tions include “I’m going to be healthier,” “I’m going to get better grades in school,” “I’m going to save money,” among others. Several students at NS High have their own New Year’s resolutions. Ashley Flores, a sopho-more form Moroni, will try to be in Mr. Bentley’s biology class in time in order to im-prove upon her tardy-prone past. “ I keep some of my New Year’s resolutions if I don’t forget about them, but I real-ly hope to keep this one,” said Flores. Maria Reyes, a sopho-more form Wales, has 12 New Year’s resolutions, one

for each month of the year. “ If I really want to accom-plish something, then I put all my effort in it and try not to be a slacker,” said Reyes. New Year’s resolutions are made so people can improve their lives and learn new things. Carlie Brotherson, a sophomore from Mt. Pleas-ant, plans to master the stick shift. “My dad bought me a truck that’s a stick shift, and my mom’s bug is one too, so I need to learn how to drive a stick shift,” said Brotherson. People have their own in-dividual New Year’s resolu-tions to improve their habits. With a little hard work and will-power, one can ac-complish his/her annual New Year’s resolutions with time remaining to make new resolutions for next year (or re-hash a few failed attempts from the year before).

Student of the Month:

Freshman student provides kindness to NS

BY RY ACHAELRR HOWARD

Name: Cache Howard Grade: NinthLive: Fairview, UtahHobbies: Likes to play vid-eo games. Likes to do things on-line.Likes to do family historyFavorite food: fajitasFavorite Book: Fable Ha-ven Why? He likes the fiction and the mythical animals Favorite class: DramaWhy? He likes acting and be-ing in character. He likes to be in plays and musicals. He was a supporting role in the last musical.Favorite music: He likes

country and the “Western undergrounds.”Why? They play Chris Al-do’s songs and they’re help-ing bring Aldo back.Fears: Failing a class.Pet Peeve: People that do not do their work, who arejust lazy and sit there. Talents: Drama, swimming and math.Something that no one knows : He is in a lego club, and he likes to make weird creations with them.

Rain, snow, wind, and freezing weather, does not stop Cache Howard from his daily acts of kindness, opening the school doors forteachers and students.

Photo by Rachel Howard

Cache Howard, freshman from Fairview, opens the door for sophomore Kim Larsen in the foyer of North Sanpete High School. Howard happily provides his doorman service for the early-morning arrivals at the school.

Every morning he is out there waiting for someone to come in so that he can open the door for them.

Students say that they have even seen Howard with a small layer of snow on his hat and coat because he has been outside for a long time.

Howard likes Legos, Star Wars, and drama “I like to make new and weird cre-ations with my Legos .” Said Howard with a smile on his faces.

Drama is an important part of his life. He likes theacting and being other char-acters, and he played thepart of Vlad Vladikoff, the ffffblack bottomed eagle that

takes Horton’s clover to a big patch of clovers, in this years musical.

Some of the goals that Howard has is he would like to be a chiropractor like his father and have a practice with him. Howard also is looking forward to collage.

School is very important to Howard. The only fear that he has is that he will fail a class.

Some of the talents that Howard has is drama, swim-ming, and math.

He also likes to work hard. He likes to do farm work and cut wood. Next time he opens the

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BY VY ALERIEVV DE MILL

As the announcer called his name, Reggie Clawson stepped onto the floor with six other senior wrestlers to greet his parents. This would be his last home match af-ffter having wrestled for seven years.

Clawson’s love of wres-tling was instilled in him at a very young age. In fact, he started to wrestle in fifth grade.

“I started to wrestle be-cause my friends did,” said Clawson.

Not only did his friends wrestle, but relatives of his did as well. Some of his un-cles, cousins, and even his older brother competed in this sport, so it’s not hard to see where his talent comes from.

“Reggie’s a hard work-kker,” said Head Coach Tanner Cowan. “There’s lots of tal-ent there.”

Clawson has an impres-sive season record of 18 wins

BY CY HANA TA HOMPSON

North Sanpete wrestlers struggle to plant their feet, but with the right mental at-titude and implementationof the team motto, “Every-day and in every way, we get a little better”, NS expects the season to end strong.

North Sanpete wrestling has a small team and a lot of young athletes.

Going into the season has been a rough start; the team has had to adjust to differffff -ent ideas and strategies that come with a new coach.

Another factor that has af-fffected the team is the loss of graduates and some key ath-letes. The loss of some play-ers that had previously con-tributed to the team, in more ways than showing leader-ship, has taken a small toll on the start of the season.

“At first we had leader-ship but weren’t being the best leaders we could havebeen,” said Head Coach Tan-ner Cowan of Nephi, “Wres-tling is one of the hardest sports, and you only get out of it what you put into it; you have to practice hard and shoot a little higher and get a little better.”

Junior Jared Watts of Fairview believes that the team has some good wres-tlers and some average wres-tlers, but the outcome of the season can end however ev-eryone wants it too. The sea-son can take a turn and end well if the wrestlers put in the effort.ffff

According to coach Cow-an, NS wrestlers have great potential and have done well and are improving from all positions on the mat.

The team is definitely im-proving physically and men-tally. Mental prowess is of paramount important be-cause being mentally stronger is 90 percent of the match.

“We have leaders on the team, but they haven’t expe-rienced being on the highest level. I’m here to help them achieve their goals and make some great experiences pos-sible for them,” said Coach Cowan.

According to Watts and Senior Cody Irons, the best

Athlete of the Month:

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Wrestlers struggle with ups, downs

and only 3 losses. Last year he took second in the region and third at state. However, despite his success his favor-ite part of wrestling is always, “The end,” he said.

Many may agree with Clawson. Wrestling is a tough sport and very physi-cally demanding. Wrestlers wear themselves out by con-ditioning and practicing for hours.

“It’s tiring, but in the end it’s rewarding,” said Claw-son.

Clawson’s success didn’t come from talent alone. He has had to work very hard to get there.

“[Reggie] works hard,” said Cheyne Christensen, a fellow teammate and friend of Clawson’s. “He has goals he wants to achieve, and he’s always trying to reach them.”

Other teammates agree with Christensen, but also add that he’s fun to be around.

“He’s serious when he needs to be, but fun when he

doesn’t have to [be serious],” said Jared Watts, junior.

Not only does Clawson concentrate on wrestling, but he is also focused in school. He works hard in his classes.

“He’s a really good stu-dent. He has a lot of good comments and good ques-tions,” said Brad Bentley, Clawson’s former teacher.

One thing many people have noticed about Clawson is his willingness to help oth-ers.

“He’s always looking out for his friends,” said Chris-tensen. “He is always help-ing his family.”

Other interesting things about Reggie: He also plays football, which he considers his favorite sport.Favorite Music Artist: the band Bullet for My ValentineFavorite Movie: Old SchoolFavorite Subject: BiologyBiggest Fear: BurningPlans for future: Playing Football for Snow College

Photo by Vy alerieVV DeMill

Reggie Clawson wrestles with teammate Kolton Cheney, at a recent practice.

Boys’ basketball drops tough region games at home, on the road

BY VY ALERIEVV DE MILL

The season for the Hawks basket-ball team has been a difficult one. With a 2-11 record one would under-stand why the team is getting a little

discouraged.“[The season] is not what I hoped

it would be,” said Jared Bailey, one of the team captains from Ft. Green.

However, the team hasn’t given up just yet. They’re working even harder

in hopes of making it to the playoffs.ffff“They’re getting better every

day,” said Head Coach Bull Keisel. “They’re getting in better shape and getting better at shooting.”

Other teammates agree with Kei-sel and think the playoffs aren’t an ffffimpossible goal.

“I think we’ll get better and make the playoffs,” said Dylan Larsen, a juffff -nior from Mt. Pleasant.

The Hawks have suffered some ffffdisappointing defeats in both pre-season and region play. One of the most upsetting was from a rivalry school, Manti High, with a score of 49-76.

Possibly the most intense game this season happened on the Hawks’ home court against the Carbon Di-nos. At first the game looked as if it would be a blowout for the Hawks who only scored two points in the first quarter, and six in the second. The Dinos had a double digit lead by half time.

When the second half started the crowd thought it was over. However,

the Hawks had a few tricks up their sleeves. They started to make a mirac-ulous comeback and soon the crowd became more enthusiastic. Unfor-tunately the 37 points scored by the Hawks in the second half didn’t give them the victory and finalized the score at 45-50.

“We’re getting better, but we’re still losing,” said Nathan Aagard, a ju-nior from Ft. Green.

Although it has been a tough sea-son for this team, it has been even harder for the seniors who will be leaving next year.

“It kind of sucks [being a senior on the team],” said senior Lane Allen. “There was always next year to look forward to, but I know this is the last year, so I want to do my best.”

Other seniors agree with Allen when talking about their senior year.

“It’s a lot of responsibility and a lot of pressure,” said Bailey.

this season hasn’t turned out like they had hoped, the players are all working very hard and are trying to win a few more games.

Photo by Jy eremy Zy abriskie

Lane Allen picks up the ball after a Delta player drops it. Last Friday the NS Hawks played Delta and played a close game until the fourthquarter; 55-41 was the final score.

SEE PAGE 6, WRESWW TLING

NS Spiriteers take third place at region competitionBY VY ALERIEVV DE MILL

Last Thursday the North Sanpete Spiriteers traveled to Salem Hills High School for the Region Eight competi-tion where they placed third overall.

“We did very well,” said Amber Mecham, sopho-more.

These past few weeks the drill team worked hard-er than ever. Their two-a-day practices were long and strenuous in order to prepare for region, but in the end it paid off.ffff

“We practiced for 37 hours this week,” said Peckham.

For the region compe-tition the drill teams are judged on three different ffffroutines: military, dance and prop. Each routine has to meet certain requirements and the girls are judged on their showmanship, execu-tion and technique.

When performing their first routine, military, the girls left the floor with big smiles on their faces. They felt that they had performed it flawlessly.

Their dance routine was a

crowd-pleaser. Their show-manship was excellent, and the girls made it look fun.

In the third and final rou-tine, prop, the music was barely audible.

The girls were not sure of what to do because the sound didn’t come on until after the song had been playing. They were then told to start over.

Their prop routine was also fun to watch and was very visual. In this dancetheir props were balloons filled with smaller colorfulballoons. They were judged on how well they used their props.

When their performances were over, the teams were in-vited back onto the floor for the drill down competition. This is an individual com-petition in which the girls are told military commands and they must perform them perfectly. Any hesitation or wrong turn will lose it for them. Two Spiriteers, Al-isha Peckham and Sadie Ivie, both tied for fifth place in this event.

“I was so nervous, but it was so much fun,” said Ivie, secretary.

After the drill down awards were given, each team huddled in a tight circle, anx-iously awaiting the results.

In military the Spiriteers were tied for first place with Delta, but the judges broke the tie by looking back at the rankings before the competi-tion had even started. This resulted in a second place for the Spiriteers.

In dance the Spiriteers had a tie for second with Emery,

Photo by Vy alerieVV DeMill

The drill team performs their dance routine during half time at a home boys basket-ball game against Juan Diego. The drill team practiced rigorously to go to region.

but unfortunately the judges gave North Sanpete third.

In prop the Spiriteers were awarded second place, but it wasn’t quite enough to give them a higher overall score.

The Spiriteers walked away with third place overall behind the Emery Spardettes who took second. The re-gion title was awarded to the Delta Tridells.

“We went there and did what we came to do,” said

Peckham. “We did our best.”The Spiriteers have been

working for many months tprepare for this competi-tion.

“Region wasn’t that bad because we have been doing these dances for a long time,” said Ivie.

Even though region is over, this team is excited for state on Friday, January 31st.

“We are going to beat ev-eryone in our region at state,” said Peckham.

“We practiced for 37 hours this week.”--Alisha Peckham, Spiriteer

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way they could describe the coach is that he is simply, “a stud”.

According to Senior Keaton Cheney of Fairview, Coach Cowan is more se-rious than their previous Coach, Andy Messersmith, but Cowan is in his first year, so the team is starting over.

“The kids that will ben-efit most from wrestling are the ones that put their whole heart into it, trying their very hardest and believing in themselves are the most im-portant things,” said Coach Cowan.

According to Coach Cow-an, in wrestling you learn what you can do and what you’re capable of, and it teaches you that you can

Wrestling, Continued from page 5

change how you do things; wrestling can change you as a person.

“Once you’ve wrestled ev-erything else in life is easy,” said Irons.

The hardest thing about wrestling is thinking you’re on the top and then being beaten—the experience of putting in all the effort to ffffbe beaten tears the wrestler apart mentally and lowers his morale.

“Up until right now I feel this year has been a success and we will peak our perfor-mance at the right time,” said Coach Cowan. “If the kids grasp the concept of wres-tling, and keep fighting and keep getting better everyday and in every way.”

Photo by Cy hana ThompsonTT

Wrestling tournament at UVU on Friday the 18th.

Girls’ Basketball works hard, stays third place in the regionBY CY ALEB CHRISTENSEN

From the beginning of the season the team was do-ing great, then they lost one game and they are now hav-ing a hard time getting back on their feet. According to Erika Draper the reason that the basketball team was per-forming below par was that they didn’t communicate with each other.

“We forgot how good we can be,” said Erika Draper. “We got cocky.”

The team has a very strong defense that really helps the team do well. There are sev-eral players that are good down low under the basket.

Photo by Cy aleb Christensen

Jessica Lindow shoots a free throw at a home basketball game against Juan Diego.

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BY CY HAD MCKAYKK

MySpace: “A place for friends.” Facebook, one of the fastest growing social networks. Two huge net-works, two different experiffff -ences.

MySpace was founded on August 2003 by Chris De-wolfe and Tom Anderson. Other social networks were being built, Dewolfe and An-derson wanted to get going on their own project, and they built MySpace. The re-sponse to MySpace was huge. Every day MySpace gets over 200,000 new accounts. And by July 2006 MySpace was the most viewed website, and today it has over 185 million accounts.

One year after MySpace hit the scene with a bang a new social network emerged. Facebook opened in Febru-

ary 2004. Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes started Facebook for Harvard students who want-ed to stay connected. It lat-er became available to the Ivey League and soon to the world. It started out slow but soon became a hit. And on September 2005 it allowed high school members into the site, now there is over 120 million accounts.

Both of these social net-works have similar features. They both give you the op-portunity to talk to your friends by leaving comments or instant messaging. You can also post pictures, videos, and blogs. These two socialnetworks are similar but at the same time they are very different.ffff

MySpace allows you to be able to customize your homepage and profile, when

Facebook gives you a gener-ic page which you can change but it does take some time. Facebook allows you to talk to friends by instant messag-ing, MySpace does allow in-stant messaging but you have to install a program that takes awhile to download.

With so many people on these different social netffff -works it’s easy for criminals and other predators to find people. But according to a study done by Cal State Psy-chology department only 7

The security on these so-cial networks tries to keep younger children out but it’s hard to always do that. MyS-pace does not allow anyone under the age of 14 have an account, and the age limit on Facebook is 16, but they have seen that it’s easy for children to simply change informa-tion.

Another concern is the use to be able to post comments about parties and raves. In April 2007 a London girl hosted a party after distrib-uting a bulletin on MySpace that was reportedly subtitled “Let’s trash the average fam-ily-sized house disco party.” The damages done at the par-ty cost 45,000 dollars.

With the 2008 presiden-tial elections many candi-dates, such as Barak Oboma and Hilary Clinton, set up their own MySpace profiles to find younger voters.

These social networks are becoming more and more in-volved with everyday life for people across the world. The effect that it has had is alffff -ready outstanding. MySpace and Facebook are two differffff -ent networks that are striv-ing for the same goal: keep-ing the world connected.

The battle for online social supremacy

BY CY HAD MCKAYKK

When watching the movie Bride Wars, I thought to myself, why? Why would Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson, both great ac-tresses, star in a movie that is just plain bad?

The story itself is a sitcom scenario; two childhood friends dream about their per-fect wedding, then twenty years later they both get engaged at the same time and havetheir weddings booked on the same day, o the comedy.

The two friends are Emma (Hathaway) and Liv (Hudson). Emma is a middle school teacher who gets pushed around by oth-

er teachers and gets stuck doing their after school jobs. Liv on the other hand is a suc-cessful lawyer who is always in control and never loses an argument.

They spend their days running, working and going to weddings, all the while thinking of their own perfect day. Then both Emma and Liv get engaged; they go to the top wed-ding designer in New York played by Candice Bergen. Both girls plan their wedding in June at the Plaza. Then days later they find out that their wedding dates were booked on the same day.

Then the madness starts. Emma and Liv ar-gue about who is going to change their wed-

ding date, when that doesn’t work they stop talking, and soon they resort to sabotage. This includes things such as, switching the spray on tan to orange, dying hair blue, and showing a spring break video at the wedding ceremony. All of these attempts go on and on and they are not at all funny.

Yes, this is a comedy and I can honestly say I laughed once and that was at a part I don’t think was supposed to be funny. The jokes are not original and some scenes, such as a bachelorette party in a strip club, go on for what seems hours and not a single part of thatscene was at all funny.

I’m sure that women are going to like

this movie. In the theater I was in there was a group of younger women talking about their own weddings, and during the film they would laugh about things that probably re-minded them about their own weddings. They might laugh but I am sure that no wed-ding has ever been like this before.

And the whole movie I was wondering about their fiancés, these men don’t even have an opinion on any part of their wedding.

This is a movie that you know before you walk into the theater; the plot is so simplethat you swear you’ve seen it before. The act-ing and script are just embarrassing. You can definitely skip Bride Wars.

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people can communicate

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1. The Dark Knight

2. WALL-E

3. Iron Man

4. Tropic Thunder

5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

1. Moroni Feed temporarily closes

2. Local murders in Fairview, Mt. Pleasant

3. House explodes in Whispering Pines

4. Snow College job cuts

5. NS destroys Mantin in Sub for Santa

The NS Times staff has compiled their lists of the most important entertainment and news events to commemorate 2008. 551. Disturbia--Rihanna

2. I’m Yours--Jason Mraz

3. Viva la Vida--Coldplay

4. Hot n’ Cold--Katy Perry

5. Love Lockdown--Kanye West

1. Call of Duty 4

2. Metal Gear Solid 4

3. Gears of War 2

4. Little Big Planet

5. Grand Theft Auto 4

1. Lost

2. C.S.I

3. Heroes

4. 30 Rock

5. The Office

1. Barack Obama elected president

2. Gas prices hit all-time high

3. Economy dips deep into recession

4. Michael Phelps wins eight gold medals

5. Everyone goes green

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Highway 89 in Chester, Utah.

For information or booking an event

call 262-7696 or 469-0813

PAINTBALL IS PERFECT FOR: Birthday Parties

Bachelor Parties

Corporate Teambuilding

College Groups

Family Outings

Military and Law

Enforcement Training

And...

Anyone wahting to have fun!

Bands and Songs Crossword PuzzleBY R

ggARR CHAEL HOWARD

Everyone loves music. Here’s a chance for you to prove your musical knowledge by writing the name of the artist who sings the songs listed below.

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How well do you know NS High? Answer all of the questions correctly and e-mail us your answers. The quiz is open to students and members of the community. We’ll select a student to recieve a bag of candy! Just e-mail your answers, name and phone number to [email protected]

Freshman Level: Who were the king and queen of Senior Ball?

Sophomore Level: What days will sophomores take the UBSCT?

Junior Level: Who is the president of the Multicultural Club?

Senior Level: How old is Mr. Bowles?