February Cry of the Hawk

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Got Talent contestants showcase variety of skills ABBEY KROENER Sports Editor

Teachers. Students. Talent. Mix them all together on a Friday night and you've got a variety of talents in a show, with a large audience to watch. January 31, at seven sharp, the curtain opened introducing the first act. Ryan Blosser thought the show was “amazing because so many students and teachers came out. Whoever won, whoever lost, it was just about entertaining those that came out, bought a ticket and watched the show.” He added that “it was a lot of fun and awesome to see all the other acts and I'm glad that I did it,” adds Blosser. Yearbook and English teacher Carla Harward controls the show with her yearbook staff. She thought that, “overall, it went very smoothly.” She admitted there were some challenges throughout preparing for the show and as the night took place.“It was difficult getting everybody to give us their music, props and trying to get them to rehearse,some didn't even show up to rehearsals.” Harward added, “on the last day, the Friday of the show, people got sick and couldn't make it.” She explains that they had to find fill ins. “Students are awesome, they stepped up to be in it on the day

of,” says the show coordinator. She adds that if she could do one thing differently next year, she “would make more rehearsals for

turn out and it was the best show in years. We made the most money and had a lot of great acts to keep the show going.”

someone who doesn't dance or doesn't have rhythm at all, it was a little hard, but not too difficult to get down.”

There are 7 teacher acts and and over 12 student acts at the recent Got Talent Event. The Harmonics took home first place in the annual competition after they sang a medley of pop music. PHOTO CREDIT: Staff

next year because this year we only had two and not everyone showed up or got enough practice with a rundown of the whole show.” Yearbook staff member Kelsie Collier helped organize the show and she claims that “it went really well, we had a great

Within the many acts both the journalism staff and yearbook staff were high competitors as they both performed group dances. Hannah Scheide was a part of the journalism staff’s dance, she claims the dance was practiced for about two weeks and “for

Scheide adds that overall, “I think everyone did great, personally I messed up a few times but I think we looked pretty good and I had a lot of fun when performing the dance.”While Collier was dancing for the yearbook staff who stated they worked on their

dance for about a month before the show, “everyone knew the dance and we knew what each teacher and student were doing.” Collier says, “it’s always fun because you get to put the show together as a class and make a fun dance.” She thought “yearbook’s act was the best because it was tik toks and they were funny dances, plus everyone was on beat and we had a good time making the dance.” Journalism and English teacher Jennifer Chandler explains that she likes the talent show because “you get to do things that you wouldn't normally have a chance to do and participate in a way that allows you to have fun and sort of let your hair down.” The teacher says she enjoys doing “fun skits to have students get a chance to see people who have personality and lives.” Scheide thought the talent show was “interesting”, she said she was surprised. “There is a lot of talent that I didn't know about in our school.” According to the student, her favorite act was Manual. Chandler said, it is “too hard to choose a favorite act; it's like asking me to choose my favorite child.” Although she did say, “I can't sing, so you can put anybody who can sing as one of my favorites.”

Making dreams into reality in California;

Henkel accepted into pre-professional program RACHEL KEENEY H/S Editor With hundreds of applicants trying to reach the same goal, and only eight spots left, the pressure was intense for senior Max Henkel, who recently was accepted into a pre-professional program called A Cappella Academy. The musician will get to work with Avi Kaplan, a member of the Pentatonix, and Ben Bram, the man who writes all the music for them. A Cappella Academy is a twoweek summer program in Los Angeles that has hundreds of applicants, and they accept 70 total. While at the camp, performers create music with groups of about seven people. On top of performing music with a group, participants also can learn about

other aspects of a cappella and get feedback from members of the Pentatonix. The Academy can only accept eight vocal percussionists. Henkel said, “as soon as I heard about the opportunity, I knew I had to audition, even though it was a fiercely competitive program. I worked really hard preparing my video audition to make sure it was perfect.” Henkel also

Henkel competes against hundred of other singers to gain a spot in an a cappella camp. The preparation for the experience began months ago. PHOTO CREDIT: Staff

added he is looking forward to “working closely with the most famous A Cappella musicians in the world” and that he will be able “to network with the other students attending there and making valuable musical connections that will last a lifetime.” When Henkel received the email with the results, he said he “stared at his phone for several minutes” before opening the email. Henkel’s father and sister insisted that he open it, and once he finally did, Henkel was in “complete and utter shock, and then euphoria, and [he] still [hasn’t] wrapped [his] head around it.” While at the camp,

Henkel has been assigned the “major” of arranging music. Henkel says he is excited to learn new aspects of a cappella and listen to songs that he will have to rewrite to fit the correct musical genre. Henkel can't wait to use this “once in a lifetime opportunity”, to expand his knowledge on a cappella. “In terms of broad perspective, one musical goal I have is to attempt to utilize a choir in film score music more often that it's currently being used,” Henkel says. “I want to do this because I think that the emotional impact that a choir has far exceeds what instruments can produce, and I want to capture that raw emotion in my film score.” Henkel says his biggest focus is trying to obtain “its unique composition style.”

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Bidding farewell to bigotry, hate; How we can drive out Boomers’ hateful ideologies

MONICA CESPEDES Reporter One hot summer day, you’re making your way down the street just minding your business, when suddenly you hear an elderly couple mutter something to each other as they pass you. “I don’t know why kids dress like that these days,” you heard the old woman utter, “They ought to learn some decency! Those shorts barely cover anything up!” Having overheard the comment, you scoff to yourself, continuing your stroll. This kind of commentary isn’t uncommon, and unfortunately,

it comes from a variety of influences. Whether it’s your teacher’s tad-too-harsh criticism or a middleaged man making a crude observation, the reality is that judgment happens, regardless of age. Despite the fact that anyone can judge you, where exactly did that judgment come from? Baby boomers are the butt of many gen Z-ers’ jokes and memes about their rude comments and outdated ways of thinking. And this is no surprise. They’re known for their harsh criticisms of younger generations, passing unnecessary judgement on others’ appearance, behavior, and mindsets. Unfortunately, many baby boomers come from a time in which being hateful was the norm. Racism, sexism, homo and transphobia was acceptable and normalized. Since many boomers are still alive today (76 million in the US), this trend continues. Chances are, they just aren’t accepting of change when

it happens. As the saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Regrettably, there are too many folks from younger generations who take after boomers’ bigotry. People don’t just develop this mentality on their own! It’s something like a domino effect. One generation influences the next, that generation influences the next, and so on. And if we don’t stop this cycle now, it’ll keep going for a long time. So, you’re probably wondering, what now? How can we possibly stop this chain of endless hate? Well, it all starts with us. We need to take the initiative and change the world for the better. Sounds a bit ambitious, huh? Fine then, let me size down a bit. We need to do what we can to eradicate what I like to call the “Boomer Mindset”- we have to learn to be a little less hateful, even to those who we may not agree with. In the end, doing away with oppression is all up to us, the progressive future of society. Care to join us?

Let’s talk about sex…education VIEWPOINT Teenage sex. The topic that makes us cringe and feel uncomfortable, especially when it is an adult telling us about it. But as uncomfortable as it makes us it’s an important topic to talk about. However, less schools across America are teaching the crucial information that comes with sex education. According to Planned Parenthood, only 15 states in America require instruction taught in sexual education classes to be medically accurate. This is scary. Information is powerful and if everyone is not getting accurate information, then the possibility for illness or unwanted pregnancy seems to be more likely. In 2017, a total of 194,377 babies were born to women aged 15–19 years, for a birth rate of 18.8 per 1,000 women in this age group. Statistics like this from the CDC show us that teenage pregnancy continues to be an issue. The way schools try to teach sex education is unproductive and repetitive. Students

regularly hear that “abstinence is the only 100% effective birth control.” And how many times have you thought to yourself that abstinence for everyone, especially sex driven teenagers, isn’t the most effective of approaches. While the number of teenage pregnancies has decreased, every 3 in 10 teen girls will get pregnant at least once before the age of 20. Teenage pregnancy is also the leading reason teen girls drop out of school. It is a proven fact that almost no abstinence-only-until-marriage program has been shown to have any impact on young people’s behavior, according to the Planned Parenthood Organization. Withholding critical, possibly life-saving information about STIs and HIV puts young people’s health and futures at risk. We are killing our youth because we are too scared to talk about sex. Sex education laws are decided by state and local legislators, meaning that not many people are getting the same information. Our sexual partners should know how to stay safe for their and our own safety.

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The CDC has estimated that there are nearly 20 million new STD infections each year. Almost half of these among young people aged 15 to 24. While we cannot stop STDs and teen pregnancy, we bring these numbers down by teaching how to stay safe and protected in sexual situations. The curriculum for sexual education in schools should be the same nationwide. We must let our children know that their health is important and how sex is not a taboo subject to talk about. Teaching them sex is “bad” can make them uncomfortable when taking about STDs and illnesses that they might have, leading them to keep it a secret and potentially spreading it to others. While talking about remaining abstinent until you are ready is very important and teaching the importance of knowing how to say “no” in situations you aren’t ready for is critical to learn about, it isn’t the only aspect of sexual education that needs to be taught. You can’t stop teens from having sex, but you can prevent them from being unsafe with proper education.

February 26, 2020

Cupid is stupid

CAITLYN ALLEN News Editor Valentine’s Day. One day a year you go out and spend your whole paycheck on your significant other on stupid gifts that will eventually be flushed down the toilet to show how much you love someone. Stuffed animals, chocolates, roses, you know the drill. Valentine’s Day is ONE DAY A YEAR. One day a year that we celebrate our love to our significant other. Why should we be celebrating one day of love when we should be doing that every other day of the year too? Does every 364 days of the year not matter in a relationship? According to finder, the average person spends $221.34 on this wonderful day. Why would you spend that much? I have no idea. Spending tons and tons of money on this one specific day shows that our society is seeking fulfillment for love with gifts, chocolates, candies, and money.

They don’t look at love as a beautiful thing in life. They don’t appreciate what they have and how hard it can be to find true love. Don’t get me wrong, I completely understand why people want to be with their loved one on this day and spend the day together and do fun things. But I don’t understand why it must be based on how much money we spend and who gets each other the most. Why can’t we just appreciate love without spending money on a stuffed bear my dog will chew up tomorrow? It’s gotten so bad that people start to buy themselves gifts to feel loved by someone. On another study done by finder, the average person spends $235.56 on themselves on this wonderful day. Why are you wasting so much money on yourself for stupid gifts? To feel “loved” by yourself? Here’s a suggestion; Put some actual thought into it. Want to have a romantic dinner? Find out their favorite meal and cook it. Want to make a romantic gesture? Don’t be typical and buy roses that will be dead in a week. Create a playlist of songs that are their favorite and that remind you of them. It’s called effort. Something you can’t buy, but something that means more to people than anything else.

Treat me with respect VIEWPOINT ‘Pics?’ The age-old Snapchat question that everyone seems to ask right after you started thinking this person might be different. The new generation’s romance is categorized by if you are willing to share your nudes. How did we go from opening car doors and boom boxes out the window to sharing pictures of our genitalia? Have you ever gotten a black screen ‘snap’ with two words imprinted on it, “Wanna send?” And I don’t know about you, but personally, this question doesn’t make me want to rip my clothes off and pose. Like come on its 9:45, I have no makeup on and just finished my second bowl of ice cream, I’m not feeling the sexiest. As someone that associates with the female gender, this is a turn-off. Do my breasts determine

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whether I’m good enough to date or not? Can we all just go back to sending cat pictures and memes back and forth? Personally, that’s the easiest way to my heart. Now don’t bash me for yelling at just the guys. Ladies, and even non-binary folks, y’all are included in this too. We’ve all felt the pressure to feel validated by the “hottest, sexiest” guy in school. This is our generations new dating normal and that is not acceptable. We can do better. Now I’m not saying we must go back to the boom box carrying because, those things are heavy, but the least we can do is respect each other. My body shouldn’t determine whether I’m good enough to date or not. I have never had a full conversation with you in person and you want to see my booty pics? No thank you sir, I will continue with my Netflix binging and leave you on read.

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Fight for justice for rape victims Platinum rule; VIEWPOINT Rainn.org reports that one out of six women are raped or experience attempted rape in their lifetime. Even more startling is the number of rape cases that go unsolved or unreported each year. As a result, the number of women who commit suicide after this traumatic experience is staggering. And if we continue to do nothing, the count will go even higher. Police departments, detectives, and others should be held accountable for solving the cases so that victims are given the justice they deserve. According to suicide.org, victims are three times more likely to develop depression. This is not a surprise not only because of the physical but also mental trauma they go through. However, people with depression find it very hard to get help, in fact only 5 percent of people with depression receive help according to healthline.com. But what happens to the other 95% of the people who are left untreated? If you’re not getting help, you most likely aren’t getting better. According to suicide.org, having untreated depression is the number one cause for suicide, which means the other 95 percent are at a higher risk for suicide. Rape victims fall into this percentile since only 39 percent

of rape victims report it. Many of them cannot be receiving help because that would involve them sharing their story, which many women find hard to do. But why do so many women find this hard to do? The answer is that they aren’t getting the support they need. It would be hard for anyone to search for help when they know there will be no progress, that would be a waste of time. This is what leads to the 33 percent of women that do have suicidal thoughts and 13 percent

“As a result, the number of women who commit suicide after this traumatic experience is staggering.” of them actually attempt suicide. Suicide rates are already out of control with globally 800,000 deaths a year according to ourworldindata.org. Out of all those suicides, rape victims are 13 times more likely to attempt it. Did you know that out of the large amount of rape cases there are, only one third of the cases are solved according to the Huffington Post? That means two thirds of the victims aren’t getting the justice

they deserve that could possibly make or break their life. If you were one of those horribly unlucky women, wouldn’t you want the criminal behind bars? The answer is yes.. Criminals can’t just be left roaming the streets free to commit a crime again. You wouldn’t want a murderer able to strike again, what’s different about a rapist? Police departments should be doing more to hep solve the cases, after all that is their job, right? A start to solving this problem is that there should be a more friendly, helpful environment for victims. They should never be blamed for being raped, which happens more often than you think. Lastly, rape victims should not have to pay for their own rape kit. Rape kits cost between $400$1500 and could be a huge help in solving the case. It should be the departments responsibility to provide the rape case, otherwise some women may miss out on the opportunity to put their rapist behind bars due to a lack of money. Not only that but what about the thousands of rape kits sitting on the shelves waiting to be tested. Every second a rape kit sits on a shelf; a rapist is walking freely. Those rape cases deserve and need to be tested. Do you think the victims deserve to suffer? No? Then do what you know is right and get those rape cases solved.

Squashed Sadie Hawkins; Students show lack of interest in fun activity Or did everybody just stop caring. Personally I live for fun experiences. I want to look back and say I did all these amazing things during my high school career. But maybe that’s just me, because clearly we couldn’t get enough turn out for the Sadie Hawkins dance to actually have it. Sadie Hawkins dances are popular among other schools and were a really CHARLOTTE MCELWAIN big deal at the Hawks Nest many Entertainment Editor years ago. The concept is easy, this dance switches it up; the I guess I don’t understand, girls have to ask the guys. Which isn’t that big of a students see that there are other dances happening at other deal because, ladies all the guys schools, and then complain are kind of weenies so why about only having homecoming not get a date ourselves. And and prom. But when the school the Sadie Hawkins dance from plans another dance, y’all don’t North Harford was supposed want to go? This seems a little to be around Valentine’s Day; even more of a reason to ask the contradictory to me. Maybe I’m the only one with guy you’ve been crushing on for this mindset? And feel free to months if he wanted to go. But in reality you don’t even correct me if I’m wrong, but hanging out with your friends is need a date, ask one of your friends if they wanted to go. But fun! Trying new things is fun! North Harford hasn’t had no, the hawks nest didn’t feel like a Sadie Hawkins dance in it. The tickets were only $15, you seven years and it used to be so popular, what happened? Did a just had to wear a nice dress or whole generation wake up and put on a pair of clean pants. We say I don’t like dancing anymore? were even going to get a great

DJ; Who doesn’t like to boogie? And even if you’re not really into the dances, it’s an excuse to get dressed up to take a shower and to get together with your friends and have a good time, doesn’t sound like it could get much better. Well not good enough apparently? And underclassmen I am disappointed in you, you don’t even get prom! Are y’all happy with just homecoming; wait do you even remember October? Because I really don’t. Do you have anything better to do, you’re probably already hanging out with your friends... why not at a dance? So this is just my public service announcement then I’ll probably yell at you if you complain about not having anything at our school because the SGA tries to set things up for you but y’all just aren’t feeling it once we give it to you. I don’t know how to make you happy. But it’s whatver. Y’all’re the ones that missed out on an awesome opportunity to go out and have fun with your friends. My hard work, Aleah’s hard work, and the hard work of the SGA clearly means nothing. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Leave peoples’ things how they’re found

LINDSAY BITTNER Reporter We all know of the Golden Rule that we learned in elementary school, treat other people the way you would like to be treated. But what about leaving peoples’ things the way you found them? I think we all need a lesson on that. Picture this, you’re lying in your bed binge watching your favorite series on Netflix when your mom opens your door and walks in. She asks you what you want for dinner but when she leaves your room, she leaves the door open. You’ve got to be kidding. Now you’ve got to get out of that comfy position you just got into, emerge from the millions of blankets you’re wrapped up in, pause your Netflix show, and get up to walk all the way across your room to shut your door. If your mom would have just closed the door when she left, since that’s how it was when she entered, this all could have been avoided. But no, she didn’t. Great. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s not just the parents out there that do these types of things. We all know that one friend that asks to borrow somethings of yours, but when they give it back to you it’s

not in the same condition as you gave it to them. Whether they got a stain on your favorite t-shirt and didn’t bother to try to get it out, or you let them borrow your video game controller and they get their dirty Cheeto fingers all over it. Two words, rude and gross. I get that accidents happen, but when it’s not your stuff you should be extra careful with it, and if something does happen, try to fix it. Some people just still can’t get that in their heads, am I right? Like what, are we five? Just last week, I let someone borrow my led pencil and they had the audacity to tell me that they don’t like having the clip on it, and then proceeded to BREAK the clip off MY pencil. Like okay, if you don’t like it then you can break it off YOUR pencils, but not mine. It might just be me, and I might be overreacting a little, but seriously I thought that was just basic respect that everyone knew. Apparently, I was wrong. I’m pretty sure we’ve all experienced something like this and can relate on how annoying it is. And if you can’t, then maybe you’re that annoying person who doesn’t know how to treat other people’s things. Just some words of advice, in case you need to hear it, leave peoples’ things the way you found it, and treat their stuff how you’d want yours to be treated. They call it the platinum rulewell if you’re in kindergarten at least, which some of you seem to still act like you are.

Dropout rates continue to rise EDITORIAL Are you failing classes? Have you ever thought of dropping out of school? 38 percent of high school students drop out because they are failing classes, according to dropoutprevention.org. Although, acmh-mi.org reports that over 50 percent of students ages 14 and older with behavioral and emotional disabilities will leave high school before graduation. Writer of “Why We Drop Out: Understanding and Disrupting Student Pathways to Leaving School”, Deborah Feldman talked to more than 50 young people who dropped out of high school. Feldman said that some students, “started skipping in late middle school and dropped out by about the end of tenth grade.” Feldman also mentioned that there are some students that, “come from damaging backgrounds, had mental health problems, problems at home, drug and alcohol problems.” What is being is being done to help these kids who are struggling? Celebrities such as JAY-Z, Ariana Grande, Lady

Gaga, and Halsey have talked about mental health and what they struggle from, according to teenvouge.com. JAY-Z in particular says that schools should have more therapists, mentioned by educationpost.org. Some school districts choose to think that you can solve the mental health crisis and lower the number of dropouts by simply filling in gaps with more counselors, according to neatoday.org. This doesn’t work. According to mental health surveys done by NEA Today, young-adults and teens are the most anxious ever. The researchers found that 49 percent of student’s reported feeling “a great deal of stress” on a daily basis, according to theatlantic. com. APA’s Stress in America survey showed that this generation of teens says that their stress levels throughout the school year have far exceeded what they believe is healthy, reported by apa.org. You still might not think that a therapist can make a difference in a student’s life, but one can make a huge difference, even in yours.

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Societal negativity creates pessimists at heart Schools need to pay attention; EDITORIAL At the time this is being written, we’ve been in 2020 for approximately 34 days and a couple of hours. In that short amount of time, the news has been flooded with all sorts of terrible events. Impeachment trials, bush fires in Australia, the Corona-virus, and Kobe Bryant’s death. The media makes it seem like the world is ending; all we’re hearing about is death and destruction and politics. Not to mention that individual people make it worse (complaining about the super bowl halftime show isn't helping anyone). But off the top of your head, can you name any good news (that isn't personal) from this new year? If you can’t, here’s a few examples: just recently in the Super Bowl, the 49ers were coached by the first female and openly gay coach, Katie Sowers, to ever make it to the Super Bowl. For the first time since 2014, US life expectancy rose because drug overdoses fell (goodnewsnetwork.org). Those guys that sell bracelets made of ocean plastic? They’re close to having pulled 8 million pounds of plastic from the ocean (goodnewsnetwork. org). But none of this was heavily covered by the media (except

for maybe Katie Sowers, because went up slightly. anything remotely LGBT is conBut don't just blame it on the troversial and causes arguments). human psyche, we actively play Granted, that's somewhat un- a part in this too. Bad news is a derstandable, because the state huge topic of discussion for a lot of the nation and the fact that of people; the Corona-virus and a country is burning are a little the impeachment trials are conmore pressing than super bowl stantly discussed. Think about all coaches. But that doesn't mean the arguments people have over life expectancy rates and people Twitter (possibly the most dishelping the ocean aren’t also course-full site in the world), important. ranging from politics to And you would science to differing think that people lifestyles to reli“We can actively would want to gious beliefs. And focus on the choose what we read it never stops. good news. We can acthrough. Not to say But it seems tively choose humans are that impeachments and what we hardwired read though. climate change and all the to seek out Not to say bad things aren’t pressing that bad news; a imstudy from and important, but there peachments McGill uniand climate are a bunch of other versity of change and all Canada shows things happening that the bad things that people aren't pressing are good too.” are more likely and important, but to choose negative there are a bunch of stories over positive other things happening ones, even though most that are good too. say they prefer good news. Staying out of arguments helps It might be because bad news too (especially the stupid ones is sudden and shocking, rather like the super bowl halftime than a slow progress of improve- show; its over and done with ments. Or it could be because bad now, no one cares). Filling your news affects people more; you’d feed with more positives, or at be more concerned if you were least a balanced amount of posiabout to get hit by a hurricane tives and negatives, is something than if the general life expectancy we should all consider doing.

Food gets healthier, prices increase EDITORIAL Did you know that 70 percent of Americans are either overweight or obese? According to David Templeton from The Blade, three out of four men 25 and older were overweight or obese from 2007 to 2012. A classic McDonald’s cheeseburger is on the menu for one dollar, that comes with grease and unhealthy factory packed, obesity causing ingredients. However, you can make your own healthy homemade cheeseburger for about $4.49, according to research firm Technomix. If you ask pretty much anyone, they’d rather not pay the $3.39 extra for a cheeseburger. The leading major health problem in the USA is related to physical activity and nutrition, how we treat our bodies, and the second major health problem? Overweight and obesity. That’s before tobacco, substance abuse, and HIV/Aids, yet we see more advertisements and are taught more about those things than how we should be treating our bodies with exercise and healthier foods.

According to Healthy Food America, consuming added sugars raises the risk of developing type two diabetes, obesity, hypertension, health and liver diseases, and tooth decay. Americans consume more sugar than people in any other country in the world. The added sugars that should be watched out for are brown sugar, confectioner’s powdered sugar, corn syrup, dextrose, fruc-

tose, lactose, maltose, sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup, etc. Some other countries have made attempts to cut down on health problems by making sugary drinks have a sugar tax. In the UK, the tax is 24p on drinking containing 8g of sugar per 100ml and 18p a liter on ones containing 4-8g of sugar per 100ml. This money goes to the HM Revenue and Customs. The idea is that the tax should make the choice between picking a healthy drink

and an unhealthy one so much easier for consumers. The sugar tax was introduced in April of 2018 to help cure the countries need for sugar and prevent childhood obesity. The Public Health England wanted to cut the sugar content 20 percent by 2020. However, they later found out it wasn’t working when the PHE report only showed a cut of 2 percent in May 2019. Also, hospitals in England showed reports of obesity rising 8 percent from 2015 to 2017. The tax was made to prevent obesity, so taxing soda, just like cigarettes are taxed, would reduce public assumption and therefore reduce obesity and other health problems that sugar causes. However, this hasn’t exactly proven to work. Nowhere in the world has soda taxes reduced obesity. The New Zealand Institute for Economic Research investigated sugar taxes in 2017 but after doing a good amount of research on the subject, they stated “we were unable to find evidence that any sugar tax actually implemented anywhere in the world has led to improvements in health.” Based on that information, while it can be agreed that something should be done about the increased health problems related to dieting and lack of exercise, sugar taxes are not the way to go because in almost all studies and cases it hasn’t had any effect.

Be aware of student mental health

EDITORIAL Mental health issues in teens each year becomes more prominent and impaction. School is supposed to help students but why does it seem that as your mental health worsens school becomes harder? That’s because it is. Research by the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs has shown that 50 percent or more students 14 and older with emotional and behavioral disabilities drop out of high school. Their mental state became increasingly hard to manage which made school even harder to the point where they couldn’t do it anymore. Struggling to stay in school may have to do with the reason that 1 in 10 young people have a serious mental challenge that impacts how they function in places such as at home and school. It also impacts how they interact and communicate with others explains Archives of General Psychiatry. There are some kids that can't even mentally get out of bed rather than write 6 papers in 2 weeks. Schools are supposed to help those teens that struggle to do their work but also help with other things. A study made by the Center for Disease Control includes that being involved and connected in school helps to decrease, substance use, absences from school, violence, and injury. If engaging in school helps students in many ways, why does it seem like many students still are engaged in problems such as substance use. That is because many students aren't even engaged in their school environment. A poll made by Gallup suggests that only 4 in 10 high school students are engaged and con-

nected in class. Considering North Harford has around 1,231 students that means only about 492 students are able to pay attention and immerse themselves in their classes. But to what extent will the school try to help this problem of student engagement. According to the American Psychological Association reasons such as bad grades make students feel unsuccessful and students thinking that what they are learning is irrelevant are why students stop trying and engaging. If those are reasons behind why students can't become engaged why aren't schools doing something about it? If schools are supposed to help students’ mental health, why does it seem like I see more students every year with mental health problems? One thing that may help schools and teachers understand how to view and support those with mental health is training of some sort. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention only 11 out of the 50 states in America have mandated annual suicide prevention training for school personnel. That means that only 22 percent of school are legally made to be trained to notice signs of mental health decrease and suicidal tendencies. So, most schools can't even begin to help students if they don’t know the reason for being educated and trained for situations that cause a spike in mental health issues. More schools need to realize the effect of schools on mental health and help students realize and cope with their stressors. If not, more teens will be a victim to these terrible and stressful decreases in a healthy mental state.

Living for the adrenaline VIEWPOINT As teens start maturing and becoming young adults they also start wanting to fit in with others. Everyone wants to join the bandwagon and be loved, so to do that they have to risk their social status or even worse: their health. From all the way to ingesting chemicals and burning your own skin, teens have started many challenges and trends that look “cool” to the teenage community. Recently on the app TikTok, there has been a trending video where a girl takes apart a pregnancy test to find a tablet. The tablet was thought by many children to be a plan B tablet, which is used as an emergency contraceptive to stop a pregnancy if taken 72 hours after intercourse. However, in fact the tablet is not a plan B pill, "Clear-blue pregnancy tests do NOT contain Plan B pills. Clear Blue comfirms our tests have a small desiant tablet which is included to absorb moisture and should not be

eaten.” As if this dangerous trend is not enough, teens and young adults are participating in other dangerous behaviors. And while risk taking is not to new to teens, the kinds of risks they are taking continue to get more and more dangerous and even deadly. Teens are most likely to follow in the footsteps of their friends and that is too be expected. Young people are inherently immature and inexperienced. Thus, they fall victim to risky behavior that might have life or death consequences if they are not addressed. Social media sites should not be promoting this dangerous behavior, however, they don’t need to encourage it either. In the end, it is the responsibilty of individuals to make healthy, reasonable decisions. And snorting cinnamon or taking pills just for fun certainly don’t qualify. Use your brain so you don’t end up doing something you’ll regret.

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Kindness month planned HANNAH KRIZEK OP/ED Editor For the fourth year in a row, the annual tradition of #choosekind initiatives will begin on April 8. The efforts to spread positivity has grown from just one week, to a full month of programs. Kindness week started when Mrs. Carla Harward, Mrs. Jenn Chandler and their respective publication staffs went to hear inspirational speaker Mike Smith, the youngest and fastest growing entrepreneur in the whole country who runs an organization called “Skate for Change.” Mrs. Chandler says, “His tag line is A LEGACY NOT LIKES, and it stuck with Mrs. Harward and me both.” Smith’s presentation got both teachers thinking how simple it is to do amazing things with people who are motivated and passionate. That year, the teaching duo and their publication staffs implemented the sticky note challenge, and ever since things continue to be added to the kindness initiatives. To kick of Kindness Month, students who want to participate in Earth Day will have to donate a canned food item in order to have a booth. Chandler added that the annual

Wear and Share event is taking place and students and staff are encouraged to bring in gently used or new clothing, shoes, and accessories. Students will have access to the “thrift shop” during Earth Day, and anything left “will be donated to “Threads of Hope,” said Chandler. The second week will feature a school supply drive, and week three will be the donation of toiletries. From April 27- May 1 each day will feature a different theme, ending with a “pretty cool surprise” on the final Friday, said Chandler. English teacher and yearbook teacher Mrs. Carla Harward adds that #choosekind activities "shouldn't just be a month, it should be something that we do every day, 365 days a year.” She adds it brings more awareness, and “gets people started in the right direction.” Chandler adds, “We have the ability to make life a little easier for people by doing something simple, and that’s a gift.” STARS vice president Colin Smith states that kindness month is important because “... it would be great to help the entirety of the school as much as I can.” STARS has offered to collaborate with journalism and yearbook to assist with all of the #choosekind activities.

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Adventuring outside of classroom; Outdoors Club provides something for everyone EVAN KUZEMCHAK Social Media Coordinator

chance “to make friends with people in different grades.”

the group. Participants have no financial barrier since the Office of Drug Control grants funding for the club. The Outdoor Club is “meant to promote a healthy lifestyle” and “can be relaxing/ motivating to many people,” Blottenberger said. If you've ever wanted to get to know deputy Blottenberger he says it is a great way “students can spend time with [him] and work to get to know us as people,” to join Blottenberger says to see him in his office for a packet of papers. Senior members of the Outdoors Clubpose at overlook in Fannin says, “the club Harper’s Ferry. They plan to attend many more field trips the includes outdoor field trips that are good for berest of the year through this club. ing physically fit or getPhoto Credits: Zach Demos ting into shape.” She also assures that Outdoors Club has been a part Fannin adds that the “field “the trips are not expensive and of NH for several years. From trips are [also] very fun and are always fun.” Fannin overall trips to Harper’s Ferry and good outside time.” said outdoors club is “amazing white water rafting, Deputy Since the club is run by [and] strongly agrees on people Blottenberger, the club leader, the sheriff's office, no other joining this club.” said the club has gained conteachers are involved unless Senior Diana Woosley advistinued interest. they want to join. According es people to join, and adds “ it's Sophomore Jess Fannin, who to Blottenberger, other SRO’s really fun and you get opporjoined the Outdoors Club in from “Edgewood, Fallston, tunities to go to cool places.” late December “advise[s] peoDeputy Thompson from the Woosley also after the hike ple to join because it's a great middle school and Patterson “everyone went out and [everyopportunity.” Fannin also Mill”' help chaperone and lead one] all got Pizza Hut.” mentions that this gives you a

Speech and Debate team prepares for finals EMILY GREEN Video Editor On March 5, North Harford’s Speech and Debate club will take on the finals to be this year’s Harford County’s champion. According to junior Taylor Mason “at Speech and Debate, in general, there is a whole bunch of different events that people can compete in such as poetry to pros.” The Speech and Debate team separates each person into their stronger departments to compete for first place. One of the members, sophomore Erica Otte competes in dramatic interpretation and readers theatre. Dramatic interpretation is an event that focuses on the student’s ability to convey and understand the emotion using a dramatic text. As for readers theatre, it is an event where the groups share their interpretation of a narrative. Mason is the junior captain of

against another North Harin a four-minford’s speech ute debate. and debate Participants team, she in this team competes in believe “it gives declamation you really good which is like practice for it[a “Ted talk”, public speakaccording to ing]. I know Otte. Mason when I was in also commiddle school I petes in chilwas terrified if dren’s litera teacher said ature, which ‘give a presenis about chiltation,’” Mason dren’s books. commented. Seniors The club allows Ryan Blosser participants and Heathto go in front er King previously Speech and Debate tean poses together preparing for finals. of judges and discuss a topic c o m p e t e d They plan to use their past accomplishments as motivation to publicly, and together in take home the win. it “gives you a team debate, Photo Credit: Erica Otte controlled enviwhich sounds ronment to talk like what it about what you want.” Mason is; they compete in groups over participates in Lincoln Douglass, added. a certain topic. This year Blosser which is one person competing

For the NH team’s upcoming final , the preparation to be ready to debate includes “highlighting parts and practicing together for team speech events, to make sure that nothing needs to be changed. We also write introductions for our pieces. For individual debate, they usually practice at home and debaters research and sometimes talk about the topic as a group,” according to Otte. At every Speech and Debate final it is a moment the students like to make special for seniors. “Our team comes together at the end of the night, and it’s really special for all the seniors who are on speech and debate because it is their last time reading so we always try to do something nice for the them,” Mason stated. Finals will take place in the near future, and the students said they hope to take home a win using all the skills and preparation they have done leading up to this event.

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Kettle day migrates into The Nest CAITLYN ALLEN News Editor NH’s first Kettle Day took place Friday, Jan. 17. According to school improvement team chairperson and social studies teacher Mrs. Jessica Seigel, 80 percent of teachers liked Kettle Day and wanted to see it take place again with a few minor changes. On half days, many teachers claim they don’t have enough time and can’t get into instruction with a 25-minute class period when they are so used to having around 80 minutes. Brian Pawlicki, NH student principal, says Kettle Day started with the question “How can we more effectively use the threehour days for instruction?” Furthermore, since the January half day was so close to the end of the semester, administration wanted to take time to “allow students to complete missing work and get their grades up before the quar-

their feelings on Kettle Day. Seiter ended.” Pawlicki and other teachers gel added, “teachers thought biggest concern was “having the it[Kettle Day] was effective and time wasted” and “students not students were engaged.” However, she states the teachbringing any work to complete.” Pawlicki states “they were ers all gave basically the same very pleased to see how produc- suggestion as to “making it more like a Hawks Soar so students tive students were with can actually go to the the time and how “80 teacher’s classrooms prepared they percent of during that time came to classperiod.” rooms with teachers like Kettle Pawlicki work.” He Day and would like to said this time adds that “they were see it take place again around a testa little sur- with a few minor chang- ing center was created in the prised to see es ” media center. how effective He claimed stustudents were - Jessica Seigel, dents were sent in this event.” social studies to this area if “they Another Kettle need to make up a test Day took place on or a quiz to complete these the Feb. 14 half day. According to administration, a few assessments.” According to the principal, the minor changes were made. Seigel conducted a survey with other change that was made was all the teachers in the building there was still Hawks Soar that asking several questions about Wednesday before Kettle Day,

unlike last time. They cancelled Hawks Soar last time because “teachers were concerned with the amount of time they were giving students to make up class work.” They decided to have it this time to “allow clubs, sports, and other organizations to meet during this time which will allow these students to have time to make up or complete their other assignments as well.” Administration says that they will keep trying Kettle Day for a few for trials, but each time they are going to try and “keep improving on making it effective so students can utilize their time better and not be as stressed about schoolwork.” Pawlicki says he also hopes to “do another one in March.” He said, after they do it three times, they are going to decide for next year to see if it is going to be a regular practice, however he “believes we will keep it for awhile.”

Planning ahead: 2020-21 Mock trial playoffs year to begin post-Labor Day LAUREN SECO OP/ED Editor Labor Day in 2020 will take place on Sept. 7, consequently making the first day of school Sept. 8. According to patch. com, more than 600 comments were submitted regarding the proposed school calendar. The committee recommended starting school before Labor Day while the board voted for the opposite. WBALTV reports that County Executive Barry Glassman said, “Families like the time together, small businesses like to have those employees for an extra week, so I think it’s a good thing, and I’d hate to see us turn back.” According to patch. com, Glassman advocated for a post-Labor Day start, and stated that it “was a good decision for Harford County families and businesses, and our agricultural community.” Junior Jacob Kirby agrees with the decision stating he “likes that starting later makes the summer seem longer.” The student enjoys that school is starting later, but seemingly not too late that the school year will seem too long. According to next year’s calendar on patch. com, Wednesday, June 9 will be the last day of school without snow days, and Monday, Jun. 21 will be the last day of school with all snow days used.

NH educator Mr. Benjamin Scarborough has a differing opinion. “What affects me and what I think about the most is that I teach AP classes and it creates a shorten schedule for me. There are other kids in other states that go back to school at the beginning of August, and they still get to take the AP exam the same time that my students do: in May. I don’t think that’s really fair. My students will be at an even greater disadvantage than they were before because now we will have an even smaller time to fit everything in between Sept. 8 and around May 12.” Parent of NH sophomore and senior, Linda Shenton, said she understands the importance of the start date after Labor Day, which helps local businesses and our state tax base. “However, most high schoolers cannot travel the first week of September if they are in a band, play a sport or have a summer job that would not allow them to vacation that extra week prior to the start of the school year.” Shenton is concerned about the impact on student preparedness before testing and weather because “in June in Maryland we often have high temperatures that cause schools to close half days. I see the potential for lost learning opportunities.” She adds starting the last week of August will “help families with childcare issues.”

LAUREN SECO OP/ED Editor

cell and this interview supposedly discredited Wolfe and made Wolfe lose their chance at a proOn Feb. 5, the North Harford motion of sorts.” Mock Trial Team clashed against North Harford was tasked Calvert Hall’s Mock Trial “A” with defending Drew Shepherd team for an argument regarding and his agenda while also claima man wrongfully arrested and a ing that Wolfe wrongfully arrestpolice officer publicly slandered. ed Shepherd. Calvert Hall came on top, but Senior Rachel Smith plans on North Harford reportedly put up being a theater major in the future, a fight. so mock trial is good for memoriJunior Monica Garin, also zation--especially as a witness known w h o as explays a p e r t characwitness ter. A l e x SeMasn i o r terson, Rachel gives an Smith overd i s v i e w cusses of the h e r case. r o l e The sitwithuation in the The NH Mock Trial recently competes began case, in playoff competition. The team put up a when stat“an of- fight against Calvert Hall on Feb. 5. ing, “I f i c e r Photo credit:Mock trial team w a s named t h e Jordan Wolfe arrested Drew She- lead witness Drew Shepherd. phard, a high school acquaintance The main thing they were trying of sorts for possession of over 10 to get me on was that I was upgrams of marijuana, which was set and wanted something bad found in a purse with the iden- to happen to [Wolfe]. I came out tification of Mary Jane Watson and made it clear that I wasn’t in the backseat of their parents’ doing this for revenge, I was docar. Wolfe was later forced to ing this 0so that other people return Shepherd to the parking would know, and the problem lot where they had been arrest- could be fixed, so that police will ed. Shepherd gave an interview follow proper protocol in the fuabout their experience in the jail ture.”

Lowe Point Farm honored as MD Century Farm Family EMILY IAMPIERI Copy editor The Maryland Century Farm Program, an initiative of the Maryland Department of Agriculture, recognizes farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 consecutive years. Recently, a farm in Pylesville was awarded this title, as stated on maryland.gov. According to The Baltimore Sun, the farm that was recognized is the Wil-Low-S at Lowe Point farm owned by Ruth Ann Lowe Smith and her daughter Jennifer Wilson and her husband. Wilson’s great-great-grandfather, Rufus Low, purchased the property in 1902. According to Wilson, the farm passed from Low, who lived to almost be 101 years old, to his song Henry Lowe. Henry added an “e” to his last name which was “further passed on to succeeding generations.” The farm is currently owned by its fifth generation, however the Wilson’s have two children, Lillian and Samuel, “who would be sixth-generation owners” says Wilson. “There are multiple structures on the farm, including a farmhouse dating to 1903 plus a corn crib, granary, smoke house and wagon shed that predate the dwelling, according to a news release from the agriculture department,” according to the press release. The document also confirms that “Another structure still standing is a bank barn that was built in 1916, according to the release. The current owners raise hay and row crops. Apples and peaches have been raised there in the past, as well as livestock such as beef and dairy cattle, chickens and hogs,” according to the Maryland department of agriculture (MDA) release. Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan states he is “incredibly grateful for all of our Maryland farms,” and is “proud to celebrate six very special farm families that represent the absolute best of Maryland Agriculture.” Five other farms in MD in Somerset, Allegany, Calvert, and Charles County, were recognized with the same honor at this time, says the MDA, and according to maryland.gov.

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Resources support NH community Traveling across globe; SUMMER GRACE Reporter

The idea for a care closet is one that staff at NH has been talking about for a long time and vice principal Ed Stevens adds, “It's needed. It's needed at every school.” The most recent inspiration behind the care closet came from the many tragic house fires in the area. “We’ve had a lot of students in this school lose everything in fires,” said Stevens. He added “there have been 4 students who have had everything taken away from them in fires”. Stevens would like to have supplies at the ready for these students and others who may experience hardships. Stevens said, “It would be nice to have a place we could go to, God forbid your house burnt down, and you come to school you could just go into the care closet and get anything you need.” Stevens says he's working hard to piece things together. Both Stevens and secretary, Ms. Jeanne Grimmel already have supplies. “We are all over the place,” Stevens says. He adds, “We already have so many great people in the building who are doing all of these great things. It just seems like we need to pull our resources a bit.” Stevens says this isn't just for victims of fires, but also victims of poverty. He says a lot of

students at North Harford don’t have what they need. Because there is such a large population of kids without the supplies they need for school, North Harford has always made the effort to help. However, “Its pidge

Stevens has already set up a space that’s able to be stocked with school supplies such as sweatshirts and other articles of clothing. North Harford has been in contact with Mason Dixion and they're willing to donate school supplies to stock the closet. Stevens also says the PTA will be helping to collect additional materials. During Kindness month, the “We already have so Journalism and Yearbook staff many great people in the plan to help support the care building who are doing all closet by hosting a drive for of these great things. It just toiletries, as well as the annual wear and share clothing seems like we need to pull drive. North Harford’s English department will also be our resources a bit.” packing book bags full of ba- Ed Stevens sic school supplies needed for Assistant Principle students. It hasn't been determined whether or not food will be available in the care closet. There is already a program set up in the cafpodge stuff,” eteria which allows students to according to Stevens. He just purchase lunch. With the help of wants a centralized location North Harford students and staff, where students and their families administration hopes to create can come for help. a space for those in need to have Ms. Wima Evans, custodians, access to items needed. helps many of the families in Similar to the kindness week need and he and Ms. Wilma both initiative, it is aimed to spread know when people are struggling. the acts of generosity and care. Around Christmas time, they no- Journalism teacher, Jen Chandler tice kids who would appreciate explains, “We are creating a more new clothes and shoes. It is a permenant version of the kindhope that the care closet could be ness week initiative, for the purestablished in a central location pose of giving students and staff within our school in order to help easy access to essential items in as many people as possible. often truamatic time.”

McCartor goes to Africa LAUREN BRANDIS Reporter

On Thursday, February 20, 2020, junior Chloe McArtor left her hometown of Harford County and flew across the globe to Kenya, Africa where she will be staying for two weeks. McArtor is providing her aid and service to an orphanage founded by the Amani Children’s Foundation, which is a nonprofit organization located in Bel Air, Maryland. The foundation recently gained the funds to build a well for the children of the orphanage through donations and purchases of handmade crafts made by independent artisans in Kenya. The junior took part in crafting an irrigation system connected to the well that was recently placed in the ground. A man-made well, which McArtor describes to be “very shallow and contains contaminated water, has always been located at the orphanage.” The industrial well that was just placed was 260 feet deep and allows fresh water to travel up the pipes and into the community. Amani Children’s Foundation has been on six trips to Africa and are “well prepared,” stated by McArtor. Construction workers are also a part of the team to ensure a safe and correctly built well. Placing the well has been the short-term goal for the asso-

ciation. The team is now focusing on the long-term goals such as using the industrial well to provide future crops and fruit for the community and its people. The house takes in children between infants at birth and three months of age. The organization claims “babies have been found abandoned in the most awful conditions.” Members of the operation then bring the babies into a “loving and welcoming home of the highest standards,” says McArtor. McArtor also mentions her, and the team of missionaries have been “teaching children at the house school lessons and skills they will need for life.” This will in return “build strong and healthy relationships to those in third world countries,” added by McArtor. The junior explains her personal goal of the trip is to “impact the lives of children who need help.” Groups play games and activities with the children to make great relationships form. Meetings about the trip have been attended by McArtor and her father who will be assisting her on the trip. The meetings are held once a week in Bel Air and include team bonding and a group chat that attendees can ask questions and receive answers. She describes the bond between the team as “powerful and secure.”

New museum offers African American culture experience

ADDY DEAN Reporter

On February 3, David Orth, Chuck Selfe, and Melissa Winter took a group of students to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. The opportunity for the students to take this trip was a new experience just recently made available to them. According to Orth, the museum had not always been willing to offer museum tours to groups. The museum opened in September of 2016 making The National Museum of African American History and Culture the 19th museum at the Smithsonian. According to the organizations website, the NMAAHC measures out to 400,000 square feet and as reported by the official website it has welcomed nearly 7 million visitors since its opening in 2016. As stated by the museum’s official website the first and only national museum devoted exclu-

like “a spiraling staircase.” Winter furthered the description of the museum as “each floor was different categories of African American culture, like one floor was sports and another was music.” Orth, Selfe, and Winter all recalled their favorite part of their experience as “the third floor where all the music history was displayed.” Winter specifically stated, “the evolution of the pop culture and music was very interesting to see.” The English teach and history teacher Mr. Orth’s honors students pose outside of The African Ameriboth took a particular can History Museum, in front of The Washington Monument after liking to the “P Funk mothership”, a prop a day of active learning. Photo credit:Jake Gay used by an African American funk band in the ‘70s. “The mothartifacts and nearly 100,000 mem- ident Obama.” Selfe added that ership is a literal spaceship prop the ‘timeline’ of the history was used by the band,” stated Orth. bers. sively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. The museum has a lot to offer with their range of 36,000

Junior Jake Gay described the content of the museum starting at the “dawn of slavery and the slave trade. Then it ended with Pres-

According to Gay and Winter another favorite attraction was the tribute to Emmitt Till. Emmitt Till was a 14 year old black man who was lynched in 1955 due to an accusation made by a white woman that he said something to offend her. Gay stated the memorial featured “Emmitt Till’s casket which was pretty devastating.” Winter also described this specific attraction to be “extremely powerful.” Although our students who attended the field trip didn’t have enough time to explore the floor dedicated to sports, one of the NMAAHC directors they have already set up an entire memorial dedicated to Kobe Bryant and even included his daughter Gianna Bryant. Freshman Wyatt Ralph commented “it was very interesting, there were more facts than I’ve ever seen in a museum before it truly was unlike any other museum I’ve been in. My favorite part was the authentic African-American food they had in the cafeteria that we sampled.”

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The Butterfly Effect According to Google’s definition of the butterfly effect it’s “the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.” Overall, it’s the idea that tiny causes can have huge effects/consequences. The butterfly effect found its name through the theory that the flap of a butterfly’s wings can contribute to a tornado forming on the other side of the world. It may take a very long time, but the connection is real. If the butterfly had not flapped its wings at just the right point in space/time, the tornado would have never happened. Because of the butterfly effect it makes things nearly impossible to make accurate predictions for the future or when identifying the precise cause of mysterious change.

New World Order New world order is the theory that suggests there is a secretive power elite with a globalist agenda. Some believe that this secretive elite power could be the illuminati or possibly someone of an even higher power like aliens. They’re conspiring to eventually rule the world through enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom. Many influential figures from pop culture have been thought to be a part of a group that works as a ‘front’ to the new world order. This is believed because pop culture icons can have a huge influence on society, making them the best people to influence the people in behaving according to the new world orders’ plan. These ‘front groups’ have been theorized to be responsible for causing systemic crises.

Multi-verse theory Scientist and conspiracy theorist Andrei Linde explain the idea of having multiple universes as painted balloons or bubbles on canvas. Each of these bubbles are a separate universe, each with different laws of physics. This idea is so vast it can be very hard to understand and wrap your head around. The idea that there are different universes like ours but, they could be completely different is unsettling but can be so captivating at the same time. The multi-verse theory also suggests that these ‘bubbles’ or ‘balloons’ and ever growing and continually being created.

Time Travel theory Of course, we’ve all heard of the idea of time travel whether it be through pop culture like ‘Back to the Future’ or just imagining what it would be like to go back in time or jump to the future. Most theories have discussed the idea that time is like a line and time travel would allow you to move back and forth on this line. However, there is another theory. If you stand in a mirror maze and look to your left or right, you’ll see endless reflections of yourself in the mirrors. So, the theory goes that our timelines in life resemble this fun house reflection effect. So, when you time travel, you’re ‘jumping’ from timeline to timeline; never returning to the original one that you came from.

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“I would like to be a hydrologist. I believe water is more important than any other substance on Earth. I also definitely like the sound of being an auctioneer, but could I auction water?”

“I always talk about how if I was not a teacher I would have liked to be a lawyer. I like to collect evidence, I like to argue for somebody’s right to have a fair trial, and I can read people sometimes.”

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Filming the unknown

Do aliens exist?

Rick and Morty: The series follows

the misadventures of scientist Rick and his excessively nervous grandson Morty, who split their time between domestic family life and intergalactic travel. The duo often finds themselves in an abundance of trouble that more often than not was created through their own mishaps. This humorous and clever show will blow your mind as well as open up parallel realities in your mind.

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Stranger Things: Set in the fictional town of

Hawkins, Indiana, in November 1983, the opening season focuses on the investigation of the disappearance of a young boy amid supernatural events occurring around the town. This includes the appearance of a girl with psychokinetic abilities. The second season, titled Stranger Things 2, is set one year later in October 1984 and deals with the characters’ attempts to return to normality after the chaos in season one. The third season, titled Stranger Things 3, is set in July 1985 and focuses on the characters growing up with a new threat during the Fourth of July.

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Russo family in New York City is best known in town for their popular subway restaurant, but what their friends don’t know is that the three Russo kids inherited magic abilities from their dad, who was a former wizard. The lair used for training has a portal to the wizard world which can be used as an entrance for wizard visitors. The lair is also where the Russo’s keep magical and dangerous gifts.

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Micheal Knoll, Science teacher

“My experience with MVA and the workers there is very slow so hopefully I would be there to make the place more efficient. I would have thought I would be a scientist or investigator because I enjoy working in a lab.”

Shelly Sparks, Math teacher “In an alternate universe I think I would still be teaching, I love my job, I love teaching, do not love grading papers every night but I love seeing a student get the concepts.”

Micheal James, English teacher I am a pretty interesting guy, pretty exciting, and in an alternate universe I should be something really exciting like an international spy or man of mystery.”

Benjiman Scarborough, Social studies teacher “I would not want to be president, I would so get impeached. In another universe I think I’d be a park ranger because I really like the outdoors.”

Bill Wardle, Math teacher “Being a Disney performaer would be fun. Goofy I think is appropriate, if you cant laugh at yourself I think theres a problem. If I got to live in the castle with the princesses I’d be all in.”

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare:

Comedic twist on history brought to life HANNAH SCHEIDE Reporter In just a few weeks, junior and senior drama students will put a comedic twist on many of William Shakespeare’s famous pieces. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare will be a completely student-directed performance. Earlier in the rehearsal season, senior directors Dylan Kapustensky and Max Henkel explained how they had been “focusing mostly on studying lines to get a feel for the play, so when they start blocking they don’t have to worry about it.” Now, only weeks away Kapustensky explains “We have added after school practice to ensure we are ready.” Henkel expressed “To be a director, you have to be SUPER organized, because directing is the art of controlling chaos.” Kapustensky explains “It’s definitely nice to know that I played a role in that and helped them get where they’re at.” From another view, drama teacher Mrs. Nancy Green feels, “it’s a real point of pride that it is student directed work and I’m just sort of the adult in the room that gets to troubleshoot if problems arise, but otherwise it’s really their own. These students

also have the ability to earn a directing credit which gives them another opportunity to round off their theater resume.” The complete Works of William Shakespeare, “teaches you a little bit about all 37 of Shakespeare’s work because it incorporates every play but you don’t have to understand these works or even appreciate the plays to appreciate this one, because it takes all the best parts like the sword fights, the romance, ghosts, and murders then summarizes them into one play, it gives you a rundown of all the Shakespeare works without sitting through a whole production” Primary actors in this show are, “Jake Gay, Lauren Taber, Conor O’Callahaghn, Timmy Saltzer, and so many more super talented thespians!” Henkel expresses. Some things you can expect from these actors would be “Jake Gay dresses like Juliet with a beautiful blonde wig, a lovely dress and a wonderful Juliet voice.” “The show starts out with a roughly improvised version of Romeo and Juliet that is performed in 12 minutes. After that the tragedy Titus Andronicus, is told through the eyes of a cooking show host in five minutes, and so on. And this show addresses ev-

ery single bit of Shakespeare’s work in a super comedic way that has the actors incredibly excited to perform this show,” Henkel explains Henkel adds “It makes the audience realize that Shakespeare is anything but pretentious and scholarly work, but it is in fact incredibly entertaining performed live (and condensed).” Coming down to the wire, actors will be on a time crunch perfecting every detail to ensure they are stage ready for their February 20 and 21 shows in the Black Box theater that can be attended for just one canned good for each party which will be donated to help the Mason Dixon Kapustensky explains “a lot of our cast went from drama one too drama three so they didn’t get the drama two experience.” But added that “It’s going very well and [he’s] proud of all of the cast and how far we’ve come.” Kapustensky finishes by stating “It’s a nice feeling to get the last scene done and wrapped up perfectly.” Henkel explains, “People should come and see this play because they will regret not seeing it. I’m convinced that everyone will leave this show with tears in their eyes from laughing so hard,” Henkel finished.

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The Hawks Nest Hidden Talents ”I can run very fast, especially when I run into my ex wife in the grocery store.” ~Brian McCormack, business educator

“I’m extremely flexible.” ~Gavin Lewis, sophomore (bending his foot backward up over his stomach)

“My daughters were fans of Phineus and Ferb, one day we were playing and I found out I could do a Perry the platypus impression.”

Spencer represents NH in Maryland All State Choir MARISSA ALTENBURG Reporter Sophomore Gabby Spencer has earned the chance to sing on Sunday March 15, 2020 at 5 p.m. in the Maryland Senior All State Mixed Choir representing North Harford High School. The show will take place on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, Md. Spencer says, “I auditioned in Nov. The interview process included going in and receiving your number and a card for a specific audition room. Then you walked back to the audition area where they would tell you to wait.” She added that there was someone in the room and one waiting outside. “You would hand the card off and go to the chair to wait. Then you would go

in and audition after the person in the room was done.” There were three parts to the audition according to the state website. . The first part was an accompaniment piece called “He trusted in God”. “The judges have the accompaniment pre-recorded. I just stood there and smiled and waited for my cue to sing.” She said the hardest part of the whole audition “was the big song we sing. During my auditions for both all state and all county I got tripped up in the big song,” says Spencer. “All state choir is where every high school in the state of Maryland goes to specific locations for their auditions. Then there are kids from choirs across the state selected to be in the large choir.

So, you get to be in a group of the best high school singers in Maryland,” claims Spencer. “Being selected is a huge honor, I still cannot believe I was selected, especially knowing the levels my competitors are at. I am incredibly thankful for the help and encouragement I received from my family, friends, teachers, and especially Ms. Jones and Max Henkel,” states Spencer. Spencer states, “right now, to prepare I am reviewing practice packets and examples for sight reading from previous years to keep my skills sharp because I have not received my music yet.” She added that when she does receive the music she “will write in the counting and listen to them, so I don’t walk in winging it.”

~Douglas Heeter, science educator

“I have double jointed elbows.” ~Kyla Bolton, freshman COMPILED BY MADISON FETHERSTON

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Misentity delivers expression outlet for students, staff;

Literary creations featured in publication LAUREN BRANDIS Reporter According to those involved with NH’s literary publication, the intent of the staff of Misentity is that readers will be intrigued, and their thoughts and emotions will be stimulated by the literature and the artwork included in each volume. The black and white magazine is produced at the end of each school year and sold around graduation. The publication’s cover displays an image created by a student which “invites one to continue exploring” the booklet, according to junior Aspen Vineyard. Anyone can submit their craft to a folder labeled “Misentity” located in each classroom. Once the artwork or literary piece is submitted into a classroom folder, The work goes to creative writing students and the art department to look over according to Mr. Jason Blevins According to Mr. Michael James “the editing process incorporates adding artwork that matches and inspires the text.” Feedback will be given to the

artist or writer, if needed, to help improve their piece to fit into the book. James adds, the idea behind creating the magazine is to be an “outlet for students that isn’t so traditional.”

paintings. In past editions of the magazine, “poetry and short stories made up most of the contents.” According to Vineyard. She adds, “Now that photography is offered as a class in our school, there are more photo pieces than in the past.” Sarah McDermott mentions “It’s great to have a wide variety of art classes offered at our school, now the booklet will include more of a variety.” James believes “Misentity has to be carried on.” He describes that many voices wouldn’t be heard if we silenced our creative students within our community.” Blevins receives all sorts of literary work from Mrs. Joanna Dallam. Blevins provides his drawing and painting classes with the work, then he assigns them to “draw what they believe the artwork means to them.” Blevins adds “In the culture of North Harford, Misentity and its creativity is hugely admired.” James adds that “more and more people expect creativity, and this is the perfect outlet for people to show their hidden skills.”

“More and more people expect creativity, and this is the perfect outlet for people to show their hidden skills.” ~Mr. Micheal James It’s required for every student at North Harford to take an English class. Which allows all students to showcase and improve their writing skills. He continues, “Misentity is a great opportunity for students to express their creativity outside of the classroom.” Students can create a variety of literary work including poetry, fiction, creative, nonfiction, and more. Artwork can vary from photography, drawings, and

New healthy options in Bel Air HAILEY DEARES SSC Editor Have you ever been in the mood for a good quality salad but had no idea where to go? Restaurants and gas stations like Wawa offer salads, but where does one go when they have their heart set on a specific salad? Saladworks opened in January and offers made-to-order customizable salads for Harford County residents. The restaurant, located in Tollgate Marketplace serves salads, soups, grain bowls, and wraps. The store was founded by Bel Air native Amanda Johnson who wanted to bring a “healthier option” to her hometown. According to The Patch, Johnson has already opened one Saladworks in Cockeysville and is planning future locations in Owings Mills

and Towson. The chain restaurant has an array of options for everyone in over 100 locations worldwide. Upon entering the restaurant, you’ll find a multitude of customers of all ages in a very modern atmosphere, with pictures of vegetables on the walls to promote healthy attitudes. When ordering a salad, there are many possibilities, from choosing a signature salad to making your own from a display of ingredients. If you go the create your own salad route, you have your choice of five toppings with a 99 cent up charge for any additional toppings. Lettuce choices for the base of the salad include kale, spinach, romaine, and spring mix. Customers also have their choice of 15 dressings to finish off their salad. Salads cost around 10 dollars

and there isn’t a price difference between a create your own salad and a signature salad. Every salad also comes with your choice of white or wheat rolls, free of charge. Junior Brenna Rose went to the new restaurant recently and said her caesar salad was the “best salad [she’s] ever had” and gave it five stars. She also commented that the atmosphere was “nice, and very rustic and green.” There are also several sandwiches that cost 8.99, like the avocado BLT and the loaded chicken salad sandwich. Besides creating a salad, customers can order signature grain bowls or create their own with either brown rice or quinoa as a base. Saladworks is right next to Firehouse Subs and is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.

Alumnus trys out for AGT ABBEY KROENER Sports Editor

North Harford alumni, Tyler Martin, is taking a chance at becoming the next big singer on the voice. He auditioned once before through a video audition but didn’t make it through. This didn’t stop the young singer from taking another chance at auditioning this year. The graduate first heard about auditions through an online artist profile that he currently has with the voice due to past connections. Soon after, Martin received an email inviting him to the Baltimore auditions of the voice. He immediately answered the email, accepting the invitation to the audition. This is Martin’s first time auditioning in person, “so I’m not sure the extent of the inside of auditioning.” Feb. 15 is the day that Martin will walk into the Baltimore Convention Center to make his first impression. He has an idea of what to expect, “they have rounds, typically with a couple judges.” For now, the first audition takes place in a local spot. Although the former North Harford student explains that if you make it onto bigger rounds that are out of state, the organization will pay for your rooming and food as well. He claims, “the process could be long, it depends on what I make it through.” He explained that he could get knocked out of the first round or make it through to the telecast, which he could also get knocked out of. “There’s no telling how long it could be,” says Martin. “The audition is a big step for anyone who is going to au-

dition because everyone gets a chance to become the next great singer, they each want to be the one and expand their musical career,” Martin explains. The hopeful singer has been practicing a lot on his own recently. He’s been rehearsing covers that he recorded of the song and his cousin has helped him in his recording studio. Martin adds, “the song has to be sung acapella to the judges, so that’s what I have been practicing for.” The singer is planning for the big day by “not thinking about it.” With an early audition, around 7 a.m., he said he plans on “getting a good night’s rest to get up early and make way down to Baltimore to sing.” Every day for only about 15 to 20 minutes, Martin practices for the audition because he doesn’t want to “get struck by nerves or second guess myself with the song I chose.” Martin claims that he always watched America’s Got Talent growing up, he said that watching so many influential artists growing up into huge successes inspired him to start singing. “My biggest idol of them all being Johnny cash. I grew up singing his songs all the time.” Currently the audition song chosen is a country song, but “if I make it through, I plan to expand in the songs that I sing in my auditions to other genres.” As family and friends wish Martin the best, no matter what happens he claims to keep his head up high, “I will always continue to audition for more parts or other shows that I can across the country Because I’ve always wanted to fulfill my dream as a country singer.”

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COMPILED BY Hailey Deares

Exchange student’s journey;

From Mexico to the Nest JACOB GAY Reporter Coming into a new school can be nerve racking, but going to a school 1,954 miles away from your country’s borders is much more anxiety inducing. Senior Paulina Vera Vera has taken on the nerves and her chemistry teacher said “she is a great addition to my classroom.” Science teacher Mrs. Kimberly Harris who has the exchange student in Chemistry said, “Paulina is by far one of the kindest students in my classes. She always asks me how my day is going and without fail always says ‘goodbye’ when leaving. These small amounts of kindness really add up and make her the kind person she is.” The science teacher continued “she is unlike any exchange student I’ve had before, because she is unafraid to help others and no matter where I sit her she will interact with her peers to a great extent.” Vera Vera added “I really like North Harford, it’s very different than my school in Mexico.” She commented on changes like “in Mexico we don’t have lockers, and we just carry our

books in our bags. Having a locker is really nice and something I wish I had in school before.” Vera Vera also commented on her life outside of school. Regarding her host family she said, “they’ve been great and I really have grown a good relationship with all of them; very grateful for them as well.” She also commented on the United States interpretation of Mexican food saying “it’s very, very different than food in Mexico. I do like some of the “Americanized” food.” The senior exchange student did comment saying that “It is cool; all of the diverse food we have here in The United States. That’s something we didn’t have to such a degree in Mexico.” Classmate Abbey Kroener commented on her friendship with Vera Vera explaining “we actually help each other a lot in our Fin. Tech class. And even though she’s quiet she is super nice and caring.” Vera Vera does say that the opportunity to be here has been “great and I’m very very thankful for the opportunity because I’ve learned a lot about so many things...”

SGA creates new positions SUMMER GRACE Reporter

Student body president Ryan Blosser says he wants more inclusiveness within our school. As a result, there are a variety of newly appointed positions that were started this year. The first position is the Mental Health Affairs Coordinator Kat Burbey “She helps me come up with mental health initiatives for the school,” Blosser says. The purpose of this job is to help brainstorm ideas to improve the mental health of the students in our school. Burbey will also help chair North Harford’s mental health committee, “WORMS”. Burbey reflected on her position, saying she thinks “ it’s important because everyone needs help with mental health sometimes, even if you don’t have a mental illness. We’re working to improve the school so that everyone can be heard and can see the positive change we make.” Because of the importance of FFA in our school, the SGA added FFA Liaison as a position this year. 12th grader Sydney Altman was appointed to this important role. Ryan Blosser commented “FFA does so much for the school and it’s so important for them to have a voice in

our school.” Blosser continues, “We thought it was important to hear what they are doing and what types of activities they’re planning.” The school president wanted to make sure they’re involved in the SGA’s thought process, because they’re such a big stake holder at North Harford. In addition, the SGA has added the Environmental Affairs Coordinator to SGA. The coordinators, Seniors Emily Boling and Gonzalo Revilla will be developing environmental initiatives for NHHS, such as Earth Day and recycling programs. “Things to make our school greener and more of what North Harford is, which is an agricultural and environmentally focused school,” Blosser states. Boling and Revilla will also be working to spread the message of conservation and help the students and staff become environmentally aware about the planet. “I think it’s important that the SGA integrates environmental advocacy into their program because it’s such an important topic to spread awareness about,” Boling states. There was also a new position created for an representative to be in charge of maintaining the SGA’s social media accounts. Sophomore, Grace Herron

was appointed for this position. She will serve as a “spokesperson” when Blosser is not available. According to Blosser, this is an important communication position needed to “spread the word” throughout North Harford High School. A final position added is the SGA liaison who will help the school by attending different organizational meetings, senior Scott Dixon was appointed for this position and will ensure NHHS is well represented. “It’s important to make our school known with who we are and what we are doing,” states Blosser. Besides the Environmental Affairs Committee and Mental Health Committee, and there’s also a new Student Activity Committee to help with planning dances and different student social events. “Charlotte McElwain and Aleah Bikle have really stepped up huge to be chairs of that committee. They’ve really helped us come up with ideas,” says Blosser. “We are constantly creating new positions, and constantly looking for more people to serve on our board,” Blosser comments. “The more people that we can have getting their voices heard and hearing their input helps create so many new ideas.”

From a Hawk’s perspective:Corona virus As the corona virus spreads from Wuhan, China, it has created global panic. Cry of the Hawk Staff asked students and teachers what they think about the virus and the media coverage surrounding it. “I’m concerned about the Olympics being in Japan, and if they can get it under control before that starts. Also, the Chinese government transparency, and if they’re releasing the true numbers for magnitude and totals and things. I’m also concerned that it seems to be contagious before the symptoms begin to show. But, on the positive side, the death percentage is low.” Brian Dougherty, FOT teacher

“I’m pretty sure that since more people die from the cold and the flu, it’s just a xenophobic thing, and it’s actually not that big of a deal. And I’m kind of annoyed with all of the memes going around, like some of them are funny, but most of them are just racist.” Brianna Gorschboth, senior COMPILED BY Lilli Greco

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The “squeegee boys” of Baltimore For many years, cities including Baltimore have groups of young adults and kids, known as “squeegee boys” that come up to cars at intersections while waiting for a traffic light, and proceed to wash windows hoping to get spare change in return. Many of the boys are homeless, or are living in poverty. However, with the job comes many dangers. Some squeegee boys end up stealing wallets or money when approaching the car window, and many cars have even been stolen. Some claim most of the boys at the job are harmlessly giving car washes out of generosity, but on the other side, these issues are becoming more prevalent, so is it enough to take preventative measures to restrict the squeegee boys or to let them continue? “For small children, it should definitely not be allowed. For all ages, it’s a safety hazard. I know a kid who got run over before in Baltimore that my aunt -- who’s a nurse -- had to help. If you’re driving a truck for example, you’re not going to see a small kid run out in front of you. Many people don’t drive safely in cities, so I would say I am against it.” Daniel Truxel, sophomore

“When you think about it, the squeegee mop is the perfect tool for a job like this -- it pushes all the water easily off cars and squeegee boys take advantage of that. They’re making a serious business out there getting some good money from hard work, and a lot of them are even homeless, so there’s no harm in them getting a job. That is capitalism.” Jacob Huneke, senior “I’m definitely for it, because I think it does more good than harm. It’s good to get a job when you’re poor or homeless, and people are getting their cars washed at the same time, sometimes even for free. Since they ask for money after, it’s like they’re doing it more out of generosity.” Lillian Duffy, sophomore COMPILED BY Kierstyn McManus

Expressing individuality; Students thrift for fashion ELLIE EVANS News Editor

For many students attending public school, expressing their individuality is something that they find a very important aspect of their daily lives. At North Harford, two students; sophomore Julia Birchfield and junior Norah Rhode upcycle clothing to express their personalities. Rhode explains that her fashion sense is very specific, finding items at thrift stores that fit her style is very difficult. Describing such as, “retro, victorian, and elegant,” she explains that she wears mostly “two different styles of victorian,” one being short, cutesy poofy skirt doll clothing, and the other, something more elegant and romantic. She emphasized the point that, “there always seems to be a foundation of personality when you have a style (mine being retro, victorian, elegant, etc.) you present the general gist of your aura with your style.” Birchfield on the other hand explains that everything she owns is thrifted or upcycled, expressing her love for this sustainable hobbie. She explains her style as, “a mix of modern, vintage, and boho,” finding the majority of her clothing at Goodwill. Birchfield finds inspiration for her fashion sense through vintage yet current fashion styles. Not being too specific with the items she chooses, Birchfield explains “I mostly go for whatever I like or what catches my eye,” choosing staple pieces that are both retro and modern. Rhode adds to her explanation of finding your own style, “Finding a style sometimes is difficult and it’s okay to not stick with one style in specific like I do most of time, it’s the style that appeals to you most on a personal and spiritual way.” Birchfield demonstrated the same idea, explaining that her fashion sense allows her to display her personality. Along with fashion, Rhode explained that art often goes hand in hand with what she wears on a daily basis, “the way you like a specific type of art the one that speaks to you the most. I have always had a fondness for femininity, beautiful pastels, ruffles, etc. and expressing myself in that sense brings me satisfaction.” Both students find their joy and creativity through their fashion sense, Rhode explains, “Sometimes it’s okay to be a little out there, there’s nothing wrong with that, and it’s also okay to be simple because even that shows how you feel.” Both students further emphasize the idea that finding hobbies that influence others and demonstrate your personality through fashion is very important to them.

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Quarter 2 honor roll

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Family Matters

“Home is where the heart is, meaning my family has my heart, home is wherever you make it.” - Matt Weir, senior

“Home to me is where my family is, the people that I love; if I were to move and I was still with my family I would still feel at home.” - Brennan Stewart, senior

“A place where one feels welcomed and accepted. A sense of love and trust are always present.” Shaun Glogowski, junior

“Home is where I feel the most welcomed and the most loved.” - Jess Gerhardt, senior

Working with your spouse “Working together is definitely convenient. At home, we talk about our sons and what activities they’re doing. I probably have the harder day between both of us because Mr. Knoll is more organized. We are able to save money on gas since we only have to drive one car to school. If one of us is sick, the other one can bring in our lesson plans to the substitute. One time, we were each sick on the same day and we were each docked pay for the next day, which made it tough for us.”

Compiled by: Ellie Evans

Student Siblings

What’s it like being the oldest, middle, oldest, youngest or only child in the family?

The Youngest Sophomore Tonya Mark says “Being the youngest honestly sucks! You’re always looked down upon and compared by parents and other adults to your oldest sibling. If I ever had a chance to be the older sibling, I would take that chance without a doubt no questions asked!”

The Middle

“My wife probably has the harder day out of both of us because she doesn’t like getting up in the morning so that starts her day off more challenging. The advantages definitely are that we can commute together to work, we have common experiences that we can talk about.” Compiled by: Kierstyn McManus

Family businesses create opportunities for students LEIGHA MACBURNEY Reporter

Students work for a variety of reasons and in multiple locations once they are old enough to be employed. For some NH students, employment opportunities are built into their lives naturally, especially when their families own a business. Junior Lily Macatee’s family owns a restaurant in Baltimore called Street Blues Café. She mentioned that her dad has owned the Café since it’s beginning build, about 35 years ago. Macatee’s dad is the main owner of the restaurant but Macatee stated that her mom and all of her older siblings have worked there several times, but now that some of them are in college or recently graduated, they don’t. She added that on Sun-

days she will work brunch but will pick up hours when the café hosts a party. Macatee mentioned that a family business helps the family stay together and build connections. Junior Dylan Jablon’s dad owns a commercial flooring business with the headquarters located in the town of Bel Air but Jablon mentioned his dad has outlet buildings all over the country causing his dad to travel a lot. He stated that in the summer he will work in the warehouse to do physical and hands-on work but doesn’t work directly with the business aspect. Jablon even mentioned that his dad also owns a smaller business. That business is a gym called Spartans Sports and Wellness and is also located in Bel Air.

Freshman Tia Gay’s family owns Molly Hill Farms, an equestrian facility located in Whiteford. Gay mentioned that the equestrian facility is an everyday job. She added that the whole family helps with caring for the 32 horses on the property following the same routine with the horses “[coming] in at 4 p.m. and go out at 7 a.m.” but mentioned that she and her sister, Tori Gay, mainly take care of the horses on the weekdays while their parents are at work. The farm has 15 boarding horses owned by other people in the community who keep their horses at the facility and also offers a lesson program. Tia stated that there are about 150 kids in the program that visit weekly to take lessons with the different animals.

The Oldest Senior Anthony Fulco says “Being the oldest sibling apart from my younger brother is very cool! It gives me a position of leadership to show my younger brother how to do things I really enjoyed while growing up such as riding dirt bikes, wrestling, or playing football. I teach him all the fun things I’ve learned to do throughout my childhood because I want him to have a very fun childhood like I did!”

Sophomore Abbey Huneke says “Being the middle oldest child along with my older brother (I’m the thirdborn out of four kids) is not bad at all. You are not the oldest or the youngest. What’s convenient is that I have two older siblings to look up to and one younger sibling to look up to me as a role model in my family.”

The Only Child Sophomore Luke Phillips states “It's fun, I can pretty much do whatever I want. My mom treats me and my dad like kings and I don’t have to deal with any drama from another sibling. If I were to have a sibling, I would want a brother so I could wrestle with him.”

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Parents coach kids in high school GRACE FELDBUSH Reporter

Students at NHHS have parents that coach everywhere. Whether the kids get benefits or the short end of the stick because of it, they share what it's like to share their school life with their parents. Sophomore Claire Cummings plays on the varsity soccer team with her mom, Mrs. Ora Cummings, as a coach. According to Claire’s mom, she decided to start coaching because she played soccer throughout her childhood as well as in high school and college. “Having my mom as a coach for me is nice because she's there for me but as I got older it became different but in the end my mom is here at my school so that’s kind of cool,” Claire says. Claire believes that having her mom as a coach benefits her because she knows things before other girls on the team. “The idea I only made varsity because my mom is the coach always sits in the back of my head even though the girls don’t think it's true and I don’t think it’s true but sometimes it’s hard not to think that when she’s the coach.” Sophomore Maggie Mullin’s mom started coaching JV softball last spring. She is continuing to coach this year but since her daughter is on varsity, she is switching to

coach varsity. Mrs. Christine Mullin started coaching because there was no coach and she cared about the girls on the team. Maggie says having her mom coach her last spring was sometimes annoying and hard to get used to, but she eventually got used to it and her mom grew an amazing bond with the whole team. “It depends on the day whether I like her as my coach because she treats me a little bit different whether she means to or not but it can get aggravating.” Maggie states that she has trust in her mom as a coach because she knows her mom is qualified to coach and that she cares about all the girls. Sophomore Sarah Huller’s dad coaches JV basketball and started coaching because he used to coach her when she was younger and he enjoyed it and wanted to keep coaching for her team throughout high school. “The biggest benefit I gain from him coaching is knowing his plans before he tells the rest of the team, but the worst part is he will be harder on me and point me out more than he would point out the other girls.” There are a number of parents who step in and help out their kids' high school to make it a more enjoyable place for all of them. They do it to give kids opportunities to benefit them later in life and to do what they love.

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. . p U d e t t a T y Totall

“My father was in a helicopter accident and the pilot saved his life; it’s my most meaningful tattoo. I also have the Baltimore Police badge and wings with Barry, my uncle, and the E.O.W (End of Watch) date underneath.” - Matt Keller, senior

February 26, 2020

“I think that true love does exist, and I strongly believe that what’s meant for you will always circle back around no matter what. I feel like everyone has that gut feeling when they know what’s meant to be and what’s not, and it’s important to trust life’s timing when it comes to who your true love is.” - ABBY MERSON, JUNIOR

“True love is something extraordinary. True love is finding that person, that one special person you’re willing to spend the rest of your life with. You can only experience true love once, as you will dedicate this person as your one and only for the rest of your life. that, is true love.” - AARON HUTH, SOPHOMORE

L O V E I S I N

“True love is a garbage concept fed to much of the youth today. There is no one true person out there for anyone. Before the concept of marriage people would just breed and move on. Marriage only really started because royal families wanted to keep the money and power in their blood lines. Then other people started getting married for similar economic interests. Now people get married because it’s a traditional way of saying you want to spend the rest of your life with someone because you love them. That person you feel those feelings for is not necessarily your one true love. If people just fell in love and that was it there would not be breakups or divorces and feelings wouldn’t be so messy. Overall, there was no concept of love and people were not made to be with one person. True love in my opinion just does not exist.”

T H E A I R

- CHLOE ROMM, SOPHOMORE

COMPILED BY: SUMMER GRACE

“My brother has a lot of tattoos and I always wanted one, so I got the wolf on my birthday. It has a Celtic design because of my Irish heritage. I plan to get more.” - Jessie Hanlon, junior

“I got a memorial tattoo for my brother. It didn’t hurt and I'm getting another one in the near future.” - Tyler Wolf, senior Compiled by: Madison Fetherston

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Alternative forms of exercise provide benefits to bodies New answers for cure to ABBEY KROENER Sports Editor

pleting at least one of the categories, aerobic, strength building, balance training, endurance, flexibility, moderate intensity exercise, or vigorous exercise. If you have a dog, daily walks are a form of exercise. Senior Hannah Hatfield says, “walking my dog gives me exercise because my dog likes to take long walks.”

There are many alternatives to the traditional exercise, including but not limited to: hot yoga, pounding, and axe throwing. Wakehealth.edu says, “do not overlook them just because they are easy, or because you enjoy them. If you do any of these gentle exercises regularly, you will improve your overall health.” Yoga is a common form of exercise, especially unique types like hot yoga or paddle board yoga. Hot yoga causes you to sweat more due to the temperatures. Paddle boarding improves your balance, along with strength to paddle and perform the positions. Photo Credit: Max Henkel Seniors Kayla Anderson and Ariana Zopfi go to community hot yoga at Yoga Centric, “hot She states that if she walks faster, yoga stretches your muscles and she feels like she “benefits more” strengthens them because you’re and she “even run[s] sometimes.” doing different poses for a long Hatfield claims that she walks period of time,” says Anderson. for about 30 minutes. According They both agree that the work- to Wakehealth.edu, continuing out is as good as running because to keep a walking schedule, will “you sweat just as much in yoga,” keep both you and your dog in good shape. says Anderson. Even little things such as hula Zopfi claims she wants to go hooping and jumping on a tramevery week, “it relieves my stress poline give enough exercise. Seand motivates me to get active.” nior Alexis Bultman says that She adds, “It's fun to do with when she jumps on a trampoline, my friends and it makes me feel she “can feel [her] body start to healthy, although my muscles are ache and [she] get[s] really tired.” so sore the next day.” Her favorite According to PiedmontHealthpart is at the end, “they cool you off with a washcloth and you feel care.org, a lot of different muscle groups are targeted in zumba all accomplished.” Benefitfromactivity.org claims at once for an full body toning. also you are exercising when com- PiedmontHealthcare.org

states that it boosts heart health. “You not only get aerobic benefits (it really gets your heart rate up), you also get anaerobic benefits – the kind that help you maintain a good cardiovascular respiratory system. It helps you de-stress.” They go on about how great this exercise is for weight loss, coordination, and happiness because “you release endorphins, which trigger positive feelings throughout the body.” Senior Max Henkel should be getting his black belt in Taekwondo this summer. He claims that after class, he feels like he gets a workout. “Back when I was training with a specific instructor, he would have us all lie down on the ground and he would walk across our stomachs so there was definitely motivation to have a strong core,” says Henkel. The soon to be black belt student isn’t just working out, but it has taught him “discipline and the value of hard work,” he adds “has helped [him] in so many other areas of [his] life.” Hankel says taekwondo is definitely challenging because “the person with the better cardio will typically win in a match.” He has to make sure he is in “top shape when competing.” Henkel recommends martial arts because it “will definitely give you an excellent workout, but more importantly, you will learn life lessons that will instill good habits in you for the rest of your life.”

Outside of castle; beauty sleep is real GRACE FELDBUSH Reporter You’ve probably heard your classmates talking about their beauty sleep around school, joking about how they need more of it to look pretty. Well, they’re not wrong, beauty sleep is essential for health and skin care benefits. According to dermatologist Katherine Fung, when sleeping, your body and skin are in repair mode from all the damage it took during the day. Have you ever wondered why you get puffy eyes after a bad night's sleep? Here’s why. When you’re under stress, your cortisol levels rise, and this changes the salt balance in your body, and this can lead you to retain water which causes puffiness. During the school week when you’re stressing about tests and assignments, your skin has a hard time keeping up. According to Fung, one of the most important things to add to your night time routine is a gentle skin care routine. Cleansing your skin before bed is important because you need to renew

your skin for it to repair over the night properly. One of the dermatologist's ideas is if you have trouble going to sleep at a reasonable

lead to breakouts and dry skin since it makes it harder for skin to trap in moisture. Sleep may be an important thing to wake up feeling refreshed and beautiful, but the type of pillowcase you use can also affect it. Silk pillowcases are “We focus on comon your skin and hair rathpetition in all differ- easier er than cotton. It also helps your ent areas of chemistry, hair not get so tangled overlike memorizing the peri- night. It helps the skin because silk is smoother and helps odic table, or just perform- prevent wrinkles and creasing ing other experiments. We says Fung. to Fung, keeping also do just basic work to yourAccording hair away from your face improve our skills” while you sleep is also an important factor so your natural hair - King oils don’t get on your face while sleeping which can cause breaktime, outs. Just putting your hair in a and nothing else loose ponytail before bed can go pushes you to go to bed, let a long way. youthful looking skin be your So, if you ever get teased for motivation to go to bed early. needing “beauty sleep”, just reFung says that sleeping also member it’s a real study, and they leads to thicker, fuller, and probably need it too. healthier hair. Lack of sleep afAccording to Fung, getting fects your hormones which af- a few more hours of sleep each fects the proteins in hair. It caus- night can keep you looking hapes dark circles and your body pier and feeling better about takes that like stress which can yourself.

cancer recently uncovered

MARISSA ALTENBURG Reporter Cancer research is the third most funded cause in 2019 shown by the CDC. However, the cure scientists have been searching for might have been right in front of their eyes the whole time, in over the counter and specific prescription drugs. The Science Daily reports that “Drugs for diabetes, inflammation, alcoholism -- and even for treating arthritis in dogs -- can also kill cancer cells in the lab, according to a study by scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.” “We thought we'd be lucky if we found even a single compound with anti-cancer properties, but we were surprised to find so many," said Todd Golub, chief scientific officer and director of the Cancer Program at the Broad, Charles A. Dana Investigator in Human Cancer Genetics at Dana-Farber, and professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. “A collection that currently comprises more than 6,000 existing drugs and compounds that are either FDA-approved or have been proven safe in clinical trials (at the time of the study, the Hub contained 4,518 drugs). The study also marks the first-time researchers screened the entire collection of mostly non-cancer drugs for their anti-cancer capabilities,” says Science Daily. They also added “The surprising findings, which also revealed novel drug mechanisms and targets, suggest a possible way to accelerate the development of new cancer drugs or repurpose existing drugs to treat cancer.” Science teacher Mrs. Kimberly Harris says “So many discover-

ies in science occur by fortunate accident like penicillin, Teflon, gorilla glass, radioactivity, etc. Drug interactions would have to be watched closely to work effectively. Using chemotherapy in conjunction with other prescribed or over the counter drugs could lead to adverse effects.” The researchers tested all the compounds in the Drug Repurposing Hub on 578 human cancer cell lines from the Broad's Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE). They found nearly 50 non-cancer drugs, including those initially developed to lower cholesterol or reduce inflammation, that killed some cancer cells while leaving others alone. “With respect to inflammation… when cells and tissues are inflamed the body has an immune response which is very complicated and could be associated with cancerous cells. Aspirin is a basic anti-inflammatory drug that has been looked at for prevention of cancer…There are always side effects with any drug," adds Harris. "Most existing cancer drugs work by blocking proteins, but we're finding that compounds can act through other mechanisms," said Steven Corsello, the first person to write on the discovery. Some of the four-dozen drugs he and his colleagues identified appear to act not by inhibiting a protein but by activating a protein or stabilizing a protein-protein interaction. The genomic features gave us some initial hypotheses about how the drugs could be acting, which we can then take back to study in the lab," said Corsello. "Our understanding of how these drugs kill cancer cells gives us a starting point for developing new therapies."

What’s in the news? COMPILED BY Hannah Krizek

Platypus going extinct: Australia has been going through a drought leading to harsh conditions for platypus. According to ScienceDaily, there have been “increasing reports of rivers drying up and platypus becoming stranded.” The scare that platypus may be going extinct has been very alarming and, “there is an urgent need for a national risk assessment for the platypus to assess its conversation status, evaluate risks and impacts, and prioritize management in order to minimize any risk of extinction,” according to ScienceDaily. Since the recent drought in Australia, platypuses' burrows have been destroyed. Many efforts are trying to be made to save the platypus such as, “monitoring, tracking trends, mitigating threats, and protecting and improving management of freshwater habitats,” states ScienceDaily.

Art therapy reduces teen girls’ headaches: Some schools have recently started to create programs to help reduce the stress being put on their students. Studies were done on girls that went through with art therapy. “At the beginning of the study, the girls reported 7.38 headaches, on average, within the previous twoweek period. At the end of the study, that number had dropped to 4. 63.. almost a 40% decrease,” according to ScienceDaily. A lot of different mindfulness techniques were tested on many different girls such as, square breathing and art therapy. According to ScienceDaily, “While the teens experienced fewer headaches after the study ended, their overall stress levels didn’t change much. But the students reported feeling better in the moment.”

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College athlete provides insight on new season

Hawks fly high at Regionals, State meets

RACHEL KEENEY H/S Editor

This year’s indoor track season at the Nest has brought record participation and record performance. According to coaches, more Hawks have joined the program than in past years, packing the bus to meets at CCBC Essex

Paul Keeney is a North Harford alumni and current freshman at McDaniel College, where he competes on the Division III team. After playing on the Hawks varsity basketball team, his decision to continue onto the college level was influenced by his “love for the game.” Keeney describes the biggest difference from high school to college is the speed and intensity. “Everyone on the court is a great athlete and competitor, so you really need to have a sharp mentality,” he says. Keeney also adds that you need to be able to “trust yourself and have confidence when you’re on the court.” A typical practice in college usually looks different than a high school practice. Keeney says their practice is about 3 hours long, starting with lift or film for 30 minutes. “The rest of practice is about two and a half hours. On days we don’t have

class we usually practice two times a day.” Throughout the rest of practice, Keeney says they do a lot of defense-oriented drills and break down opposing teams play action. Athletes looking to play any sport past the high school level may have some questions on what it is like. Keeney says his biggest piece of advice is to “take care of your body. Over the course of your season your body will become so fatigued and tired and you definitely won’t feel like going to practice, so learning how to feel refreshed and energized is important,” he adds. Keeney also mentions that if athletes are really looking to play a sport in college, don’t wait to reach out to college programs but instead get in touch with them sooner than later. Finally, Keeney’s last piece of advice is to “just enjoy every sports season or team and continue to put in hard work.”

Making strides; Lewis runs local running club GREER STRINE Reporter

I’ve started.” According to Mayo Clinic, Assistant principal Mrs. Megan Lewis is part of the NH running increases insulin proschool administration, but in her duction in the body leading to free time she is a member of a lo- lower blood sugar levels, helping Type 1 Diabetics prevent against cal running club. ketoacidosis. The administraBesides coping tor says that with diabetes, running has breaking one helped “ For me, running isn’t of her toes h e r about how fast or how far last year, medihad kept cally, you can go. It’s about being her from b u t healthy, meeting great people, r u n also h a s seeing new places, and challenging ning for about taken yourself to do things you didn’t t w o h e r think you could.” months. across - Megan Lewis, She stated, the East “as a casuCoast. Administartor al runner, I try Almost evto increase distance ery weekend, Lewand maintain pace as I prepare is states that her and her club members have a race that for a race.” Lewis added. “As a they partake in. “These races usu- casual runner, I try to increase ally range from a 5k (3.1 miles) up distance and maintain pace as to 10 miles, and are held at differ- I prepare for a race,” and “I’ve ent locations across the county,” gone from someone who would rather sit on the couch and eat according to Lewis. Participating in this extra- potato chips to someone who curricular activity, Lewis added would rather sit on the couch that running has allowed her to and eat potato chips but instead “make tons of new friends, and runs 5ks, 10ks, 10 milers, half I’ve even been able to travel all marathons, and marathons,” Lewis stated, “For me, runover Harford County, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and ning isn’t about how fast or how have even run races in NYC and far you can go. This is probably because I’m not very good at it. Disney World.” I’m definitely not going to Running comes with a ton of health benefits like better car- be receiving awards for being a diovascular health, according to standout runner. It’s about being healthy, meeting great peoHarvard Medical School. For Lewis, running has al- ple, seeing new places, and challowed her to “have better control lenging yourself to do things you over my Type 1 Diabetes since didn’t think you could.”

HAILEY DEARES SSC Editor

Two relay teams also went the distance and qualified for States, both the girls and boys 4 by 800 relay teams placed in the top 4. The female relay consisted of freshmen Sierra Weaver, Carmen Santoro, and Kendall Fortune as well as junior Lina Goetz. Goetz reflect-

rel Brown for the 800 and 1600. Senior Will Tikiob placed 3rd in the 1600. Junior Hannah Burgess, who has hurdled for the County Track Club since 6th grade, placed 5th in hurdles but qualified for states in the high jump. Burgess said she was surprised she placed

The 4x8 team finds out they made it to States during the Regional meet. The girls competed in State during President’s Day weekend. Photo credit:Greg Burgess

and at the Regional meet at the Regiment Armory on February 3rd. According to coach Greg Burgess, the Regional meet was the team’s “best meet in a long time.” The girls team placed 2nd and the boys team placed 4th. To qualify for the Regional meet, athletes had to attend two of the various meets in the indoor season, and they had to qualify based on times or their placement in the top 24 in the event. To advance to states, athletes had to place 4th in their event. Freshman Lindsey Bittner placed 3rd in the pole vault. Other pole vaulters came away with wins, including juniors Darian Hauf (1st) and Sophie Trimble (2nd). All three will be going to States. The male vaulters who qualified for states were seniors Ethan Sweaney (1st) and Garrett Ulmer (2nd).

ed on her primarily younger relay team saying “all the freshmen are so nice and really care about our relay team. It was cool to be able to teach them what I know about the 4 by 800.” Goetz added that she was “really excited to go to States with them.” This will be Goetz’s second year running this event in the State meet, and she said that going again is “nerve wracking but it will be a great experience!” The boys relay team consisted of seniors Will Tikiob, Dylan Kapustensky, and Jason Ramsland as well as sophomore Micheal Finley. Many freshman beat PRs and placed high, including Jodylynn Cadden who placed 3rd in the 3200 and Finley Lavin who placed 4th in the 800 and 5th in the 1600. Veteran Hawks also fared well at the meet, including Lau-

so highly because” it’s not [her] main event.” Senior Elijah Ramsey also placed in the high jump and will be participating in the State meet. Senior Sydney Altman beat her PR by 3 feet taking 4th in shot put. Altman said the PR was “pretty awesome” because it was “great to finally break the barrier [she] was stuck at for years.” Many other Hawks placed in the top 8, gaining the team points and receiving a ribbon, such as the boy’s 4 by 200, and junior Jillian Ostrowske in the hurdles. States took place on President’s Day, February 17, at the Prince George’s Athletic Complex. Brown, Tikiob, and Hauf all broke the indoor school record and got a PR. Brown placed 6th in the 1600 and the 800, Tikiob got 7th in the 1600 and Huaf placed 2nd in the pole vault.

Bryant’s passing suggests NBA logo change MAURA CHANEY Reporter Basketball player Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter wreck at age 41. To honor his 20 years as a Laker, a petition with now more than 2 million signatures is in place to use Bryant’s image as the new logo for the NBA. After the recent death of Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna in helicopter crash, a fan went to Change. org to honor Bryant. Nikyar Moghtader, 16, of Vancouver says in the petition, “With the untimely and unexpected passing of the great Kobe Bryant please sign this petition in an attempt to im-

mortalize him forever as the new NBA logo.” Moghtader says the reason he started the petition was because “Kobe was a hero and a role model” to countless fans. “His passing took a big chunk out of my heart and I began the petition out of respect for him, not really expecting it to go anywhere,” he adds. With over 2 million signatures, fans of Bryant are hoping for the change. The current NBA logo was introduced in 1969, featuring the silhouette of Lakers legend and Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry West. The creator of this logo, Alan Siegel says he supports the idea of a change, and he is open to it.

“I’m really proud of the logo, it's been something that’s been recognized around the world, but if the current players want to recognize someone that’s made a difference, like Kobe, and the commissioner wanted to do so, I would support it,” he tells Newsweek. The NBA has resisted changing the logo when the option was presented,when five years ago Jerry West suggested changing the logo to Michael Jordan. Junior Dylan Jablon describes the death of his hero as “tragic,” and the logo should be changed because “Jerry West is outdated, and I feel that all the NBA players would want Kobe to be the new logo.”

Cry of the Hawk

February 26, 2020

Seniors try something new; Playing sports for first time LEIGHA MACBURNEY Reporter Most seniors are finishing out their high school career doing things they have done before, however, a handful are trying things for the first time. Sullivan Ploughman, a firsttime wrestler, was inspired to try something new to get in shape and the athlete added that wrestling allows him to hang out with friends and lose weight. Austin Borns, a first-time volleyball player, also played because of his friends. He pointed out that playing for his first time during his senior year set him back, but he was up for the new challenge. Unlike Ploughman, Borns has played sports pier to volleyball. He mentioned that his experience in rec basketball helped him a lot on the court because you have to jump and move

McCue runs downs the court to defend for the Hawks. Photo Credit:Hawks Team

Borns sets up a grand serve. Ready to take on opponent. Photo Credits:Hawks Team a lot on top of finding out where to place yourself on the court. Natasha Sherinsky, a first-time volleyball player, had one of her friends in gym point out that she was good during the volleyball unit. Sherinsky stated that the team was very supportive and even worked with her while she was learning. She pointed out that a few students said that it took a lot of courage to try out for your last year. Nathan McCue, a first-time basketball player, tried out because lots of people told him he was good enough to play. Unlike the other three, McCue stated isn’t playing the sport for his friends but because he really enjoys the sport. He added that he doesn’t get much playing time but wants to keep working.

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Cheer team ‘hits zero’ at Regionals VICTORIA HANNA Reporter

Wednesday, Feb. 5 marks the day North Harford cheer went to Regionals at Harford Community College. They placed 5th out of 19 of the highest scoring teams in Maryland. Before the competition, the girls on the team had many different views as to how the competition would go. Junior Brooke Schmidt says that she is “excited because we’ve worked really hard to get where we are,” but she’s also “nervous because we all can get in our heads with negative thoughts. If one person doesn’t give it their all, something might fall and we could get discouraged.” However, Schmidt’s advice to her team if this does happen NH varsity cheer team competes in regional event. The squad is to “keep fighting because in the end we’ve worked too took fifth place. Photo Credit: NH cheer hard to give up.” Overall she and makes us do our best.” and dance. expects her team to “put on a Donna Fatcheric is head coach Fatcheric says the thing she great performance and have good sportsmanship” no matter what of the cheer team, and she has “big feels the most confident about for hopes” for her team this season. competition is tumbling, “three happens. Senior Paige Clark is “more ex- “We’re past making mistakes, years ago we barely had any tumcited than nervous about compe- now it’s about hitting things bling and this season we almost tition.” She says “I love compet- with purpose and if something have full team back tucks, we ing and there’s really no reason to goes wrong we need to know also have a full on the mat.” how to keep the stunt up in the She explains, “walking into a be nervous.” competition having all of that Clark also says the reason she’s air and correct it next time.” Fatcheric’s main expectation makes me feel really confident pumped for competition is because “this is my last year and we for the girls is to “hit zero deduc- and prepared.” According to sophomore Olhave a really amazing team.” She tions.” In cheer, this is when the also adds “I know we’re going to team makes no mistakes, abso- ivia Waldsmith, the cheer team do really well this competition so lutely no falls in stunts or tum- “rocked the mat” on Wednesbling. day. They hit zero, with no falls I’m excited to see how it goes.” At practices, the team works or mistakes and scored a 109.6 As a team, Clark says they’re the best at “lifting each other up.” on the seven elements of cheer overall, 130 being the highest She says, “we all give each other that every routine is required to score you can possibly get. Placso much positive reinforcement have. This is jumps, tumbling, ing them 5th out of 19 for the last because that’s what makes us hit cheers, baskets, stunts, pyramids, competition of the year.

Sports updates for spring, fall athletes Students stay healthy with Crossfit ZOE MIKLES ADDY DEAN The Hawks are gearing up for the spring season sports. The baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse, and track teams are in preparation for their upcoming season. The tennis team will have a new coaching staff this season. Mrs. Wendy Feight will be leading the varsity team. She has coached in previous years and is returning for the 2020 season. Feight is “very excited to have another opportunity to coach the team.” She plans to approach the new season as a “fresh start.” Mr. Ron Sadtler will be coaching the JV tennis team. Softball’s coaching staff will also see a change in the upcoming season. Varsity will be coached by Ms. Christine Mullin. Mullin coached the JV girls last year. Junior Dani Becker is “excited to have Mullin as a coach, she has a lot of softball experience.” Becker also thinks that “Mullin will run very structured and beneficial practices.” Ms. Tara Beugel will be coaching the JV softball team. Most spring season teams are being led by the same coaches. Varsity baseball will be coached by Mr. Tim Larrimore, and JV will be coached by Mr. Doug Heeter. Girls varsity lacrosse will be coached by Ms. Patty Murdy and the JV coach will be Ms. Shelby Morris. Boys varsity lacrosse will be coached by Mr. Rich Tabeling and the JV coach will be Mr. Russ Smith. Varsity defenseman Lucas Sexton is “excited for the new season, the team has been putting in a lot of work during the off season to have a successful season.” The track team will once again be led by Mr. Jimmy Cachola. Junior Caroline Ulmer described coach Cachola as a “very supportive coach who pushes his team to be the best we can. He is very dedicated to the track team.” And as spring sports start, there is also talk about how fall sports will be imppacted with the 2020-2021 school year starting September 8, a full week later than the usual start. For athletes this means there is 28 days available for the fall sports for pre-season. English teacher and varsity boys’ soccer coach David Orth stated, “the boys’ team would probably try and start playing by the Monday after August 12.” Coaches and players comment that they’re not all thrilled about the longer time for pre-season. Varsity field hockey coach and English teacher Carla Harward explained, “I’m not too excited about giving up my summer vacation, and I don’t think my players will be either.” According to Ethan Jaurdan he doesn’t want to get too tired of the sport before the school year even begins. “in a sport like cross country I don’t want to get hurt by having a longer season than necessary.” Athletic director and U.S. history teacher Tim Larrimore said that regular season games can begin before the first official day of school. He noted, “The first game [football JV and Varsity] will be on September 4 even with school starting on the 8th.”

CrossFit is a group workout that is planned by a coach. It’s a high intensity workout that lasts around 30 minutes, and ranges from 10-16 people in a class. Sophomore Jessica Fannin has been taking on this intense workout for almost four years now. Fannin goes to Bel Air CrossFit twice a week with her mom, although most people do it four times a week. Before the class begins, the coaches have everyone do lots of stretches and warmups to prepare themselves. The tenth grader says some of her workouts include bench presses, ring rows, lunges with dumbbells, handstand pushups, Russian kettle bell swings, along with other various workouts. All with multiple reps in a short amount of time, and of course high intensity. Low reps with a heavier weight builds larger muscles, the heavier weights activate the “fast twitch” muscles that “which are important in developing strength and promoting hypertrophy (muscle growth along with an increase in the size of muscle cells).” accord-

ing to Genesis Health Clubs. Genesis Health Club also says high reps with lighter weight helps build toned muscle. This type of workout activates the “slow twitch” muscle fibers which help build endurance. This also helps burn more calories, “help melt fat for a more toned appearance, and give you a greater afterburn effect.” The NH student says, all the sweat shed helps her “feel energized and makes things easier.” When Fannin goes snowboarding now, she “feels stronger with more control and can go for longer.” The sophomore also says the “coaches are really nice,” and she “can feel herself getting stronger.” Fannin doesn’t stop there. Her week is filled with other activities. She dances once a week. On the days she doesn’t go to Cross Fit with her mom, she works out with her dad in the mornings, and she participates in Young Life. Junior Matthew Bidermann has also been doing CrossFit for 2 years. He does it five times a week for one hour. He does wods, which is a set of three workouts that are done over and over for a period of time.