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Volume 48, Issue 1

November 28, 2017

Project dredging up controversy among Harco residents; Environmental officials aim to clean up Susquehanna DARBY HYDE Op/Ed Editor

of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it’s now reached capacity and any major scour

Photo Credit: Beyond My Ken Earlier this year, Governor Larry Hogan revealed a new project to dredge the Susquehanna River behind the Conowingo Dam. Dredging involves cleaning out the bed of a river by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish. Hogan decided to start this project because the dam had been trapping all this built-up sediment, but it was found recently by the Baltimore District

event, such as a storm, could remove the sediment and flush it into the bay, maybe even causing a flood. This would be very harmful, as well as trapping nitrogen and phosphorous that contribute to poor water quality, so even removing just the 25,000 cubic yards proposed out of the total 2 million could potentially help. However, some organizations

such as the Chesapeake Bay Foundation claim that dredging is not the most cost-effective method, or even the best way to prevent this flooding and pollution. They also claim that stopping pollution at its source- the larger Susquehanna Watershed- would be the best technique, and the sediment targeted by this project doesn’t pose as big of a problem as originally feared. Homeowners have concerns as well. At a meeting held in the North Harford High School cafeteria, interested community members had the opportunity to listen to employees of the Maryland Environmental Service, the organization orchestrating the dredging, give information about various concerning aspects of the operation. There were many questions asked about the staging area, the location where the water/sediment slurry from the bottom of the river would be piped into through an eight- to twelve-inch

pipeline and dewatered. The dewatering could either be mechanical or passive, each with about the same amount of environment impact. After the dewatering, the water would be piped through a separate pipe back to the river and the sediment used for construction material, fertilizer, or landfill cover up, depending on the contractor. Since this is such an involved process there is concern over where this staging area will be. There are 40 areas being considered, but it was not revealed at the meeting which one would eventually be chosen. Since it’s a real estate negotiation, MES could not discuss which sites are in consideration. However, one homeowner accused the MES of already having decided on the site being used, saying she “drove by the flags every day.” These people are so concerned about the staging area location because there will need to be some forest cleared, pipelines laid down, and a great amount of traffic down normally quiet roads due to the need for sediment and equipment to be transported back and forth. Another point of interest was the timeline for this project. The

proposals from the contractors were due on November 7, and the finalist determined soon after that. The dredging is projected to be completed by March 1, 2018, but some contractors have concerns over the safety and effectiveness of having to be completed by that time. The permit process to get permission from state agencies to start the dredging took about three months, according to MES officials. One man at the community meeting pointed out, “It takes me 6 months to get a permit to build a house; how are you going to get it in 3 months?” Many citizens were expressing their frustration, claiming the officials were lax in the way of contacting the affected community members, answering their questions, and transparency. However, MES continued to reiterate the positive environmental effects the dredging will have in the long term, and explained its attempts to minimize the impact on the public. Though there is controversy surrounding this project, MES will be continuing with the project for the time being.

Annual book drive keeps Drumm’s legacy alive through community aid KAILEY JOURDAN Reporter On December 22, 2015, North Harford High School lost fellow hawk, Erin Drumm. She was known by so many people, as she was involved in several clubs and extracurricular activities, resulting in a huge loss in the student body. Drumm passed away after a brief, but strong battle with leukemia. Drumm was involved in the school’s musical, swim team, FFA, chorus, lacrosse, taekwondo, German club, National Honor’s Society and 4H outside of school. By being so involved in these clubs, she touched the lives of many students. Senior, Abby Renzulli, recalls a time when Drumm and her were laughing in the women’s dressing room for the musical over a complicated hat. It was the year they performed The Sound of Music. “Neither of us could figure out how to put it

on and we would just sit there laughing trying to figure it out.” Renzulli describes Drumm as a “very outgoing person who was not afraid to be herself” and someone who “was extremely enthusiastic about the things she loved.” In order to keep the spirit of Erin alive, NH continues on with the second year of hosting the annual book drive. As someone who was obsessed with reading in her free-time and always had a new book in her hand, reading was something that brought her joy even in her last days. Her father would read her The Martian by Andy Weir when she became too weak to hold the book up herself. It is because of this that Mrs. Paula Drumm had decided to create the book drive in the first place. In hopes of boosting the spirits of children in the same position as Erin, she gathers all the donated books and takes them to John

Hopkins Children’s hospital, local Boys and Girls clubs, and The Maryland Book Bank. Due to the fact that the majority of books are going to sick children, it is asked that all books being donated are newly purchased to eliminate the exposure of germs. Teacher, Mrs. Nancy Green, has stepped up to help continue on Drumm’s legacy through the annual book drive. Green recalls that Erin “would walk around with giant books” because of her passion for reading. Drumm’s favorite book was The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein. Erin’s mother revealed that the reason she loved to read so much was because “[she] loved the fact that when you read, you get to become someone else in a different place and time.” Her love for reading began when she was in fourth grade and read The Warrior series; she was hooked on reading from then on.

All feeder elementary schools of North Harford High School are also donating books, as they did last year to maximize the amount of books we can give to the sick children as they recover. Last year, the community

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raised over 2,000 books to go to children in need. From now until December 5, there will be donation bins in the main office, black box theater and library where students can drop off their new books.

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Stop making students between choose work, school VIEWPOINT The purpose of public education is to provide the youth with an opportunity to learn valuable lessons and information to assist them in the “real world”. They go through the tiers of the education system, starting with elementary and ending with high school, being told that if they get good enough grades, then they will be accepted into good colleges, and if they are accepted into good colleges, then they will find sufficient careers. Public education truly is a gift to all who have access to it. With that said, it is interesting that high school students who decide to enter the workforce at a younger age are held to the same homework expectations as a student who isn’t. A student who works twenty to thirty hour weeks is still expected to complete an estimated seventeen hours of homework. In turn, students’ grades suffer for being a motivated, working member of society. Joining the workforce at a

school, and homework on top of it? The answer is, they can’t. There are simply not enough hours in the day. This forces students to make a choice: work or homework? Most students choose work because they need the source of income. Some students help parents pay bills, or they have bills of their own such as car payments and car insurance. Most students are . . . students’ grades saving money for college to their education. suffer for being a further A student who is a member motivated, working of the working class should have a limit to the amount member of society. of homework they can be assigned. 15 minutes of homework from each class is still a solid hour of practicing and enit is expected that they know forcing concepts learned in class how to complete all of the listed without forcing the student to skills by the end of our schoolmake the choice between work ing and be able to enter the “real or homework. Stop punishing world” with the ability to perthe working youths of America form them. for acquiring income to attend How is it that we are expected these colleges, and start offering to know these skills, but coman opportunity for the growth plete seventeen hours of homeand development of individuality work per week as well? How and skill set. can a student find time for a job, young age offers many lessons and benefits that are crucial to a student’s growth as an individual. Learning how to satisfy a customer, to deposit a check, to work with others who you may not generally like and to be able to problem-solve are all valuable life skills that are not found in any of our textbooks. However,

Advocating for puppy mill closure; adopt, don’t shop EDITORIAL

It is estimated that in America today there are about 10,000 operational puppy mills (which includes both licensed and unlicensed facilities), according to a statistic discovered by The Puppy Mill Project. Malnutrition, fleas, diseases, and mudridden crates and floors only graze the surface of the horrific conditions these unfortunate dogs are forced to live in. In the several-thousand puppy mills in America, about 2 million dogs are bred each year in these inhumane conditions. On top of all of this, the females are constantly impregnated litter after litter to maximize profits, with little to no rest in between pregnancies. The breeders often times disregard the genetic quality of the puppies, many dogs being prone to congenital and hereditary diseases and illnesses. Since puppies are torn away from their mothers at such young ages, they are more likely to develop fear and anxiety disorders as well. Senior Jocee Sevilla explains her experience of getting her dog from a puppy mill as being “Very muddy and dirty...” Her adoptee suffers from lasting effects from being born in conthese deplor-

able conditions This is only one in stance of a dog being rescued from the horrible conditions of a puppy mill. Others are destined for euthanization. Along with unwanted puppies being euthanized in puppy mills, an estimated 1.2 million dogs are put to sleep in rescue shelters each year across the country. People pay top dollar for breed-specific dogs in puppy mills, but ignore the fact that rescued dogs are looking for a home too. Not only are rescue dogs much cheaper (the fee is mostly to pay for their shots and spaying/neutering), but when a puppy mill dog is purchased, it only supports the horrifying business it came from. Some may see it as saving a life, but that is not the case. When the business is fueled, it only allows for more puppies to be bred in the awful conditions, while helpless puppies in shelters everywhere are being euthanized. Everyone should follow in the footsteps of California. This way, so many dogs will not be bred and forced to live in horrible conditions while others are euthanized. Always remember- adopt, don’t shop.

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Asian Americans still looking for

representation EDITORIAL Coming to the big screen in August 2018, Hollywood has decided to make the bestselling novel “Crazy Rich Asians,” into a movie. Why is this a big deal? It has an all-Asian cast. While this may not seem revolutionary, it is in Hollywood, which has constantly whitewashed Asian American roles in movies. Notable whitewashed roles include “Ghost in the Shell” where the main character was played by Scarlett Johansson in a black bob, Tilda Swinton featured as a Tibetan monk in “Doctor Strange, and Emma Stone showcased as a quarter-Chinese, quarter-Native Hawaiian fighter pilot named Allison Ng in “Aloha.” Author Kevin Kwan was pressured by a film producer to make the book’s Chinese-American protagonist, Rachel Chu, a white woman instead.”‘Well, you’ve missed the point completely,’ Kwan stated, ‘No, thank you.’” If he had said yes, it would have changed the book drastically as Chu’s racial identity is an essential part of the novel. Even if they aren’t whitewashed in films, Asians play the stereotyped kung-fu fighters,

November 28, 2017

Writing Op/Ed; dealing with backlash

JESSICA McGOWAN Reporter So far in my journalism career I have written six articles; so you could say I’m a newbie reporter. I like the class, I think it is fun and challenging. Although, the one part of journalism I find especially difficult is writing for the Op/Ed section. It isn’t that it is hard to write an editorial or a viewpoint; actually it is kind of a fun article to do. I can “showcase my personality,” as Mrs. Chandler says. It gives the reader a chance to really see me for me, but no matter what I write, there is always some sort of feedback. I could write an article about how “I won the lottery and donated all of my money!” and someone would still tell me I should have kept all the money for myself. If I wrote about how much I love Cinnamon Toast Crunch, nerds, or tech-savvy characters minor characters. There is never a chance to break the big-screen mold.

Asian Americans make up 5.4 percent of the United States population, but more than half of film, television and streaming properties feature zero named or speaking Asian characters, a 2016 February report from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at USC found. Kwan sees that “the corporatization of Hollywood, the fact

News Editors: Entertainment Editor Bethany Birchfield Kayla Nowacki Cassie Rickey Opinion/Editorial Editor: Sports Editors: Darby Hyde Jessica Carnivale Features Editor: Katie Kettell Emma Marley Business Manager: IDR Editor: Samantha Steltzer Maria Kropkowski Reporters: Society, Students & Culture Editor: Hannah Ayres, Julia Barstow, Olivia Becker, Aubrey Cassidy Chandler Williams, Emmie Catrambone, Lizzie Catrambone, Video Manager: Julia Foster, Kailey Jourdan, Jessica McGowan, Kayla Emily Miller Nowacki, Tanner Russell, Amanda Ryan Kate Meagher Channel 35 Production Manager: Samantha Steltzer

I promise someone would come and tell me how the only good cereal is Honey Nut Cheerios. I say how much I love Five Guys’ delicious burgers and someone throws a Big Mac at me. Really? It isn’t that I can’t handle it, because I can, but when every single thing I write about is thrown to the vultures that make up some of the student body, it gets old real quick. An Op/Ed stands for Opinion and Editorial. Notice the OPINION part. We all have different opinions and we all are very strongly rooted in them. For example, I love my car: my bright yellow PT Cruiser. Some people hate my car, but am I going to scrap my car just because someone hates it? Absolutely not. If everyone on the east coast driving down I-95 had my PT Cruiser, the drive would be pretty boring. If we all wore clothing from the same two stores, we would all be uniform. The same thing holds true with opinions in our world. I’m not going to lie, the hate does spice up my life a bit. What else would I tell my parents at dinner every night if not for “Hey, John Doe told me my article was irrelevant today!” Although, at the same time, I do understand that criticism comes with the job description. It is said that good writing gets people talking. So I guess if people are still conversing about the article I wrote two and a half months ago, I did my job well. that it’s owned by these big huge corporations, where they just want to see profit, profit, profit. They take a lot less risks and a lot less artistic risks. But I think that’s changing, it really is, because the audience is demanding it, not just the Asian audience, the American, white audience is demanding it.” For now, we celebrate the small leaps that TV has made by giving Asian Americans main roles in sitcoms and series such as “Dr. Ken,” featuring an Asian-American family led by the show’s creator, Ken Jeong, Lucy Liu, who plays a reimagined Dr. Watson in “Elementary,” and Ming-Na Wen of “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” As we push Hollywood to include more diverse people in movies, we mustn’t forget other minorities that get left behind. We need more diversity because this is what America looks like now. It isn’t just a bunch of white people, it’s a melting pot of many different races and cultures.

The Cry of the Hawk newspaper is published 10 times a year by North Harford’s Journalism II/III class. All editorials and viewpoints express the feelings of those on the staff and not necessarily those of fellow students, administrators, or teachers. Please do not hesitate to submit letters to Advisor Jen Chandler in room D207. Letters should be no longer than 300 words, must be signed, and may not contain vulgarity.

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S c re a m i n g Hogan’s executive order on Israel parents violates citizens’ free speech create stress EDITORIAL i n spor ts

Catalonia civil war imminent; Spain denying independence

EDITORIAL

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Sports are everything to some people. From calming people down, to keeping them fit, and most of all, keeping them happy. their sport allows time to socialize with teammates, make new friends and take the stress away from school and other taxing things in their lives. That’s supposed to to be the way things go. It’s reasonable that parents want their children to do well, get the trophy, win the championship. However, sometimes, that extra push can get out of hand. Parents turn into mini coach monsters; telling their kids what to do behind the scenes, pushing them to do their absolute best 100% of the time. They lose sight of the fact that no one can be perfect 100% of the time. Sometimes a kid just has a bad day. These parents have the right intentions, but constantly saying “you gotta get that goal today!” or “wow, what happened?” is very stressful and discouraging. These types of comments take the fun out of the sport. Kids may have a great game or race, but because of the pressure their parents put on them, they are just disappointed at the end of the day. Part of this disappointment comes from the punishments parents deal out if their child athlete doesn’t perform their best. That’s right. Punishments. Some parents take away their child’s phone, tv privileges or ground them from doing anything fun with their friends. This may just be a way for parents to try to motivate their kids, but this form of motivation is very negative. Instead of positive reinforcement for doing well, parents take away something for doing poorly. Athletes end up thinking about their parents watching them instead of focusing on the game/task at hand. This disappointment also comes from unreasonable goals these parents set for their children. Sometimes parents will tell their children what their goal should be for the meet or game, instead of letting their son or daughter determine what they want to achieve that day. In the end, some parents really don’t know what their kid wants to achieve. Parents tend to set time/placement type goals instead of focusing on the big picture. Who knows? Maybe a child who had felt happy after a game/meet suddenly feel discouraged and distressed from hearing his/her parents’ criticism. So parents, please calm down and let your kids enjoy their sports career; they only get one shot at it, so don’t ruin it for them.

in the 1960s showed. If Americans cannot have the right to boycott to express their views without fear of losing their business, then where will it end? If this unconstitutional law can pass, then why couldn’t a law banning other forms of protest

human rights violations against the state of Palestine such as inIn October, Maryland goverstitutional discrimination against nor Larry Hogan signed an execuPalestinian citizens, mass killings tive order making it a requirement and collective punishment, and for any business or entity to agree subjecting Palestinians to illethat they will not hold boycotts gal settlement and blockades on in support of Palestinian rights in their land, according to the UN order to qualify for state Commission on Human contracts or to conduct Rights. official business with the When a country displays state. It also directs the such flagrant colonialism When a country displays such Board of Trustees of the and cruelty against anflagrant colonialism and cruelty other nation, it should be Maryland State Retirement and Pension Sysagainst another nation, it should a given that those opposed tem to divest from “any protest them however be a given that those opposed can can companies that hold inthey see fit. It has nothing protest them however they see fit. to do with religion or ecovestments with entities who participate” in said nomics. boycotts. If people can boycott This executive order products from or dealrestricts Maryland citiings with countries like zens’ right to free speech Iraq and Syria, then Israel and, as the ACLU describes it, is and self expression be passed? should be another country availan “attempt to impose a political Hogan passed this order to able for protest. litmus test on who can be a state send a message that Maryland Maryland is not the only state contractor” and that it’s “quite supports the Jewish state and with a law similar to this. In fact, clearly unconstitutional.” help preserve economic ties and over two dozen others have inBoycotts are a long-respected communication between the two stituted such orders. All of them form of protest and are often very areas. While this is would be a le- have stifled the natural right we effective, as the Montgomery bus gitimate reason for many groups, all have to free speech and exboycott during the civil rights era Israel has committed countless pression.

Sticking with it;

Learning manual, clutching wheels

CASSIDY CHANDLER SSC Editor Driving and getting your license is a terrifyingly exciting time in your life. It means you are closer to being able to do things on your own, but it also means more responsibilities and more money. Scary, right? Last November, I got my permit to drive. I started learning by driving my mom’s mini-van. Yes, a mini-van. I had to sit on a pillow to be able to see the road. If I can’t see over the hood of a car, how am I expected to be able to drive one? This was not very encouraging to me, a new driver, and neither was the fact that I, a teenage girl, was driving my Mom’s van. Embarrassing. I had a pretty rough start, not knowing how close I was to the white line, not being able to park, and freaking out whenever I saw another car on the road. My dad thought I was going to take out a few mailboxes on the way home from the MVA. Thanks, Dad. When driving with my mom

for the first month or so, it seemed like she was holding on for dear life. Get on the road Cassidy, watch out for that sign Cassidy, speed up Cassidy...slow down Cassidy. After several months of driving the van, I was pretty comfortable. February came around, and for my birthday, my parents bought me a car. I wouldn’t have to drive the mini-van anymore, and once I got my license I would be able to go out on my own. I was beyond excited. There was one really big issue: It was a stick shift. My mind was flooded with worries. What’s a stick shift? How do I even drive one? Why are there three pedals? What is a clutch? As I began to learn to drive this car, my worries went from knowing how to drive and stay on the road, to worrying about stopping at any light or stop sign. Even worse, what if there was traffic? Or a hill. Seeing a red light ahead is just dreadful. I slow down enough to make it to the light as it turns green and if I don’t have to come to a complete stop, I just take it as a miracle. Knowing I have to shift down all of these gears just to stop, then start up again and shift up all of these gears to go is scary. Once I get going in fifth gear, there’s no problem. It;s just the fear I will be stuck at an intersection with tons of people behind me honk-

ing and yelling that is always in the back of my mind. What’s even more daunting? Stopping on a hill. Drifting backward is probably the number one fear of all who drive a stick shift. So, drivers, please stay back. Foot on the clutch, take the foot off the brake, and move the foot to the gas, without stalling the car. How is that even possible? I can honestly say that I believe I have actually gained muscle in my left leg from holding onto the clutch for dear life. Driving my car sometimes gives me more stress than AP Calculus. Since I’ve been driving more and more, I have definitely improved, but even if I don’t stall it, I most likely bump the car around. I’m very apologetic to any guests in my car. I always find myself explaining to them that I’m still learning, so just be prepared for any unusual bumping, shaking, or stopping. I guess driving a stick shift will be beneficial if I ever have an issue at college or another event, and that was my only option. But maybe that’s just what my parents tell me. If I have learned anything from driving this car, it is that I know what I want for Christmas. Not a new car, but a sticker that warns other drivers that I drive a stick shift. So stay back, be patient, and

While the United States in dealing with tension from natural disasters and politics, just a plane ride away there is a possible civil war. Catalonia is a region in the northeast of Spain, who although they have their own government, speak in a different language, and have a different culture than Spain, are being denied their independence. in 1931 Catalonia was actually granted autonomy, meaning they have the right to be selfgoverned. However, seven years later Spanish dictator Francisco Franco abolished the Catalan autonomy. Although, after Franco’s death the Catalan autonomy was restored, Catalonians don’t think it’s enough, they want to be completely independent from Spain. According to bbc.com, a long push for independence resurfaced in 2014 when a referendum asking voters if Catalonia should be a state, and if so, should it be independent. About 2 million people voted in favor of Catalonian independence. However, after there was no response from the government another vote occurred September 6 this year and 2,044,038 of the 2,286,217 people who voted were in favor of leaving Spain. However, Spain catching news about the vote sent in the police to try and stop this vote from happening. Nearly 900 people were reported hurt by the police when they used force to try and stop the referendum from occurring. At this point in time it seems like the right thing to finally grant Catalonia its independence. Spain is so against Catalonia becoming independent because if they were to be granted independence there would be a huge hole in Spain’s finances. According to money.cnn.com Catalonia accounts for nearly a fifth of all of Spain’s’ economy and leads every region in producing 25% of the country’s exports. Also, every year Catalonia contributes way more taxes than it gets back from Spain’s government. Reported by nytimes.com as a response to the Catalonian revolts the Spanish government dismissed the Catalonian government. Spain’s leader fired the government of Catalonia and order new elections to be held on Dec. 21. As well as dismiss the Catalonian government many of the ex-cabinet members were arrested but soon released on bail. They were charged with crimes for allegedly executing a plan to break away from Spain. The future of Catalonian government and independence is uncertain for now but upcoming events could either resolve or further fuel the fight for Catalonian independence.

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Going from GMO’s to GMNO’s: EDITORIAL For a good portion of their lives, most children are told by parents that they have to eat healthy foods, and to eat junk food in moderation. As a result, most kids, though they might moan and groan, eventually grow up to understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle. The problem is that healthy food is not necessarily health either. While most fruits and vegetables are automatically considered nutritious, these foods are often injected with chemicals and genetically modified in laboratories, giving them the label of GMO’s – or genetically modified organisms. These GMO’s are dangerous and have unpredicted consequences. The American Academy of

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Genetically modified products Online dating pose problems for consumers switches it up

Environmental Medicine has re- know entirely if these things can leased numerous studies showing cause irreversible long term conside effects of these altered genes sequences. after they have been consumed. Regardless, there are many One study found that the specific other effects of growing genetigene used in cally modigenetically fied foods modified corn that may was found not be realMore must be determined ized by the in the bloodabout these GMO’s and by general stream of people after it was their potential harm to public. The eaten. In the cost to grow humans before they can GMO’s are case of pregnant women, be called nutritious and astronomithe same gene cally higher wholesome foods. was also found than to grow in fetuses. regular foods T h e s e because genes with farmers must unknown and undocumented ef- buy new seeds every year. Since fects on the human body are be- each seed must be modified, they ing placed into the bloodstream cannot be harvested from alof men, women, and children. ready existing plants from year to Even scarier is that we do not year. This dramatically increases

the price farmers must pay each season. Although the seeds are designed to be pest and weed resistant, they actually end up forming superbugs and superweeds that are almost impossible to kill. These bugs and weeds grow and evolve overtime and build up a resistance to the new genes and pesticides that scientists are creating. This makes them extremely harmful and almost impossible to destroy. Some foods that are assumed to be healthy actually have unpredictable consequences. More must be determined about these GMO’s and their potential harm to humans before they can be called nutritious and wholesome foods - tests must be conducted and the problem needs to be made aware to all around the country.

Apprehending criminals, understanding crime VIEWPOINT No one’s safe anymore, not even the ones who try to make sure we’re safe. Terrorism and racism still continues to grow in our nation and especially in Harford County. So many citizens within our area tend to be extremely opinionated and are easily threatened which essentially leads to conflicts such as fights verbal, as well as physical ones. Crime rates are exceeding what they should be and our world as a whole is becoming corrupted by the distorted minds of criminalsn who think that violent action is the only acceptable means of behaving. Every other day, a police officer is dying. Considering our current generation with riots,

protesting, and more, people die per month. Just in October, have lost their boundaries. Back forty-one officers died on duty. Altogether, there is 318 deaths in perhaps the 1900’s or even later than that, police officers were respected and feared amongst. Now, Back in perhaps the 1900s they’re ridiculed and targeted. Why are they targetor even later than that, ed? The media conveys that police officers were respected they’re terrible people by and feared. Now, they’re showing one side of a video for popularity and employridiculed and targeted. Why ing the absolute opposite of are they targeted? what’s behind the scenes. Why are they targeted? People stereotype all of them as jokes and stereotype them as “pigs.” Why are per year according to the ODMP. people doing this? They’re lack- Do we see how many deaths that ing the respect and generosity of is? One death is a lot to us, let respecting the people who pro- alone 318. Acts of terrorism are only continuing to rise, along tect us. Why? Maryland’s line of duty has with racism. Terrorism is the act at least thirty to forty officers of hate in which leads to killing

High school guys or Rapunzel; Long hair on men requires upkeep, cleanliness VIEWPOINT Snip, snip boys! It’s time to look a little more like Fred and a lot less like Shaggy. There comes a point where the hair growing on a male’s head is no longer attractive or mystical, but instead looks unclean, unhygienic, and unkempt. Let’s be honest... Guys who let their locks excessively flourish are beginning to look like they’re always in Biblical times! In all realness, lots of girls do find guys with long hair attractive... as long as their hair is CLEAN. The NHHS journalism staff put a poll on twitter allowing people to vote on whether they prefer guys with short hair or long hair. The results showed that Long hair got 48% of the

votes and short hair took home a win with 52% of votes. Maybe long hair is symbolic for some guys. Maybe it reminds them of a simpler time when head banging and heavy eyeliner were still in style. They could even be going for that caveman look to add a little bit of masculinity to their appearance. Additionally lots of guys claim to enjoy having long hair for football season. Perhaps they want to feel like Fabio so when they take off their helmet they can reveal their luscious sweaty mane as the crowd goes crazy... Newsflash: Football season is over and it’s 2017. So how can this hairy situation improve? Three words: Brush. Shampoo. Conditioner. It’s time to invest in Pantene and some good ol’ Herbal Essence!

The next time a long haired boy passes, the smell of berries and conditioner should fill the nostrils of everyone they pass. Cleanliness is key boys! Sharing the school with 1,240 students means that everyone else is susceptible to bad hygiene. According to usnews.com, the average cost for a man to get a haircut in the U.S. is $28. That is not an unreasonable amount of money for a clean cut that will last weeks, and catch some keen attention from all those single ladies. Obviously everyone is entitled to their own style and way of life, but maybe it’s time to start brainstorming about some new hair styles and personal hygiene! This school cannot handle any more greasy long-haired adolescents.

those who are innocent. Racism is the act of discriminating upon a certain race and applying stereotypes to the specific person. Maryland is filled with diversity regarding ethnicity. Despite it, we shouldn’t isolate one another; is it worth the impact in which is displayed upon our society? According to the FBI reports, the violent crime rate in Maryland rose 3.4 percent with an estimated 17,250 murders throughout the year of 2016. That’s an 8.6 percent increase from the year of 2015. This is significant considering everyone’s safety within the Maryland border. How are parents supposed to feel safe sending their children to school if they acknowledge this growing crime rate? The discrimination towards everyone and police brutality needs to conclude. These statistics are terrifying, and a majority of it isn’t even committed by a terrorist. Our awareness and the subsequent pride we feel in our country needs to be improved, and quickly. The media needs to stop showing one side of a situation and erase these stereotypes upon a specific group of citizens. Celebrities who praise hating on police officers via their songs need to stop being worshipped. So much of the worship is directed to someone who’s a bad influence. How does this make any sense? By raising awareness and making social lives equal as well as applying equanimity upon our state and nation, then should we unite as America again? We will fight against groups such as MS 13, ISIS, and many more and we should commit to eliminating bias from affecting our decision making. Stand up for your future before we all lose it as a whole.

BETHANY BIRCHFIELD News Editor “Match maker, match maker, make me a match! Find me a find! Catch me a catch!” Hi, my name is Bethany Birchfield and I enjoy long walks on the beach. In my free time I like petting puppies and helping elderly people cross the street. This might sound like your average dating app bio. Are Tinder, Farmers Only, and Christian Mingle really the best ways to go about finding love? I have taken it upon myself to join the following dating sites: Tinder, Singles with Food Allergies, and Equestrian Cupid to get an inside look on what these programs are really like. First off did you know that SWFA (Singles with Food Allergies) and EC (Equestrian Cupid) are both nice enough to give new users a free trial run? Yes, that is correct... these loco dating websites actually cost money! I mean who wouldn’t want to give up their hard-earned money just to discuss horses and peanuts with sketchy strangers?! Count me in! As a fellow tree nut intolerator I am so touched and ecstatic that there is FINALLY a place where I can converse with people just like me! Now I don’t have to worry about venturing off to dinner with a potential suitor and going into anaphylactic shock. It is about darn time. If food allergies do not apply to you, do not fret! Perhaps equestrians are more your type. EC features tons of different horse lovers and suitable mates who are just dying to gallop into your pretty little heart. This website features people who are legitimately basing their love life off of the other person’s horse riding experience. Last time I checked, a healthy relationship is based off of more than how well someone can canter. Lastly there is Tinder. Ahh the famous swipe left swipe right scenario! Out of all three dating apps/sites I must admit that Tinder seems to be the most legitimate. It is convenient and easy to use, but you still run the heavy risk of getting catfished. The last thing anyone wants is for the seemingly beautiful person they’re conversing with to realistically be a sketchy middle aged person living in their mother’s basement! In all seriousness, if you enjoy these sites then good for you and I wish you nothing but the best in finding love... but I think I’ll stick to finding someone the old fashioned way: perhaps I’ll awkwardly spill coffee on my future man... who knows! Love is in the air!

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Discussing dangers of distracted driving;

Students experience realistic simulator

OLIVIA BECKER Reporter

Photo Credit: Olivia Becker Who would have thought something as simple as texting could be so dangerous? According to the National Safety Council, cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year and 11 teens die every day as a result of texting and driving. On Thursday, October 26th the Save a Life tour came to talk to North Harford’s junior and senior classes about distracted driving, a presentation

that greatly impacted many NH students. Junior Jared Hedrick said, “The assembly really was eyeopening and it showed what happens when you actually get into a car crash and how it affects your life.” Hedrick added, “I learned that it is something that needs to be taken very seriously and it’s something that happens more often than people would think it does.” After coming out of the as-

sembly junior Gillian Ribeiro commented “I went out differently understanding how people deal with the fact if they hit someone and how emotionally traumatizing it can be.” Along with the distracted driving assembly, the Save a Life Tour also offered a texting and driving simulator and a drunk driving simulator. These simulators were offered to juniors in the school gym. Most juniors said that the simulators made it significantly harder to drive. When asking Madelynn McDaniel about the difficulty of the simulator she commented, “It started getting harder the more I turned and the faster I went and then the wheel started jerking out of my hands, that wasn’t me that was the wheel jerking and it everything went downhill from there.” After this, the junior also stated, “I am never going to get in a car with a drunk person or a distracted person ever in my life. Nor will I be that person because I’m not dying and I’m

not going to kill anybody.” After students heard about and then went on to experience distracted driving many of them signed a pledge. This pledge reads “I pledge to never give in, to never let my phone win, by not tempting fate, I will power down and concentrate, I know the text and call can wait.” After pledging Ribeiro says “I’m pledging that I will be the safest I can when I’m behind the wheel.” Save a Life Tour’s employee Christopher Rich had multiple things to say about the message. The one he expresses is the most is “How hard it is later on in life if you make those poor choices, what they can lead to.” He added that poor decisions later on in life can be very hard for a person and weigh a person down. Rich said most people want greater things in life, and in order to do that “You want to set yourself up for good graces for who you’re going to be tomorrow.”

Benson’s new book delivers personal view on education system EMILY MILLER Video Manager

Photo Credit: Emily Miller Our very own History teacher, Mr. Edwin Benson, has recently achieved the status of a published author. Through his personal experience as a teacher in the public education school system, Benson was inspired to write “Can America’s Schools Be Saved?” The novel addresses how the so called progression within the public education system is actually crippling students ability to

comprehend basic skills and learn new information. Benson stated that the new way to teach students, forced upon teachers from the offices of public education officials, is taking a step backwards. Instead of advancing students abilities to grasp information, “The kids didn’t learn more. In fact it seemed, over time, the kids learned less. It seemed like the harder I worked at teaching the less I was accomplishing.” Benson expressed, “The book has three parts. It’s part memoir, what went wrong, and its’ last part is suggestions to get it [education] right.” When it comes to Harford County Public Schools, Benson explains that their focus is to teach students extensively about why an answer is correct through critical thinking rather than focusing on how to get the answer, “I wasn’t seeing that level of criti-

cal thinking from a lot of people in this school. And I thought, wait a minute if we’ve been focusing on this for so long, then why don’t they seem like they’re able to do it.” Benson pointed out an example of students lacking basic skills, “When doing relatively simple multiplication and division, they bring out their calculators.” As the novel begins to grow with popularity, Benson states his goals are to, “Start a dialogue about education for teachers to understand that there is a point of view that they didn’t get when they were in schools of education.” Benson recalls the education system during his time as an elementary student, “In the middle of the 1960s, before they came up with something called new math, it was just arithmetic, and we worked through and practiced and mastered it by fourth grade.” Benson’s point of view, from starting as a student during the 1960s to a teacher struggling with the curriculum forced upon him, he states, “I want people to remember how the education system was before and how it

worked forty years ago.” Benson states he also conferred with fellow teachers views and after reading the book, one colleague in particular stated, “You’re just writing what we already know.” Benson explains that teachers are irritated with being told how to teach their classes by public education office workers who don’t understand the specific needs of their students. Benson suggests parents, as taxpayers, especially should read the novel, “I think there is a perception in society as a whole that the schools aren’t working. Society spends massive amounts of money educating everybody. Yet the public doesn’t seem to be getting as much for their money.” The novel is available online as an e-book and as a paperback on Amazon. “Can America’s Schools Be Saved?” is the first step to starting the conversation between teachers, parents, students, and education officials. Benson explains, “It’s not that there’s any one best way to teach everybody, but I believe it’s the teacher’s decision, not the peoples’ in education offices around the country.”

Red Ribbon Week: STARS promotes drug free lifestyle BETHANY BIRCHFIELD News Editor Red Ribbon Week has been celebrated since 1988 and it’s goal is to educate youth and encourage safe drug free practices in the month of October. Special Agent Camarena was on the trail of a big drug bust in Mexico when he was kidnapped, tortured and then murdered by a drug trafficker. His death brought awareness to the drug epidemic throughout the world. North Harford celebrated Red Ribbon Week by having students voluntarily sign a pledge stating that they are drug free and proud to be. In exchange for their signature they received a red ribbon signifying their drug free lifestyle. This year’s student created Red Ribbon Week theme was: “Your future is key, so stay drug free”. According to redribbon.org teens whose parents communicate with them about drugs are 42% less likely to use drugs than those who don’t. Spanish teacher and STARS advisor Lori Rake, commented on why NHHS celebrates Red Ribbon Week. She explained, “It honors the memory of Agent Camarena. He died fighting the drug war and it’s such a huge problem in Harford County and York County.” Rake believes it’s important to draw attention to the drug epidemic. She added, “People are dying every day because of poor choices.” STARS is hoping to get more activities planned throughout the school year and around Christmas time for students. The club also hopes to revive Ghost Day this year around prom to promote safe decision making and drug and alcohol prevention. STARS member Michael Frontera reported, “I think everybody should take a look at what STARS is doing because we’re actually trying to be something in this school, not just a club that people join to have a club.” Rake commented on the tendency of high schoolers concluding, “I know there are so many more people that don’t do drugs and alcohol but they know that [signing the pledge] is not a cool thing to do. That’s the hard part... it’s hard as a teenager because sometimes doing what’s right isn’t what’s cool or easy.”

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Jump into Jeopardy;

Academic Team starts new season EMMIE CATRAMBONE Reporter The field is a place for the athletes, the math bowl is a place for the mathematicians, Science National Honors Society is a place for the scientists - but what about those students who are good at every subject, and amazing under a time crunch? What about those students that are great at Jeopardy and other trivia games? Well, there’s a place for them too - Academic Team. Academic Team meets once a week, on Thursdays, in Mr. Blake’s room (D307). Julia Foster is the president, and students from any grade can join. Blake, the head of the team, describes academic team as “...an academic version of Jeopardy, basically general knowledge a high school student should know.” Their practices are run just like the competitions to allow the members to experience the best possible training. Foster says that “...we have books of questions, and we have buzzers, so Herr Blake will ask us the questions and we buzz in to answer them. We get a point every time we answer and whoever has the most points by the end... wins for the day.” Blake first got involved with Academic Team his first year teaching at North Harford. He says that there are about 15 students in the club, and there are both returning members and new members that have joined this year. There are no requirements

to participate on the team. In order to get involved, students just have to show up to a practice. At competitions, Blake explains that there are usually three or four teams consisting of four contestants per team. Each team has a buzzer system to determine who gets to answer a question first. Although different competitions have different formats, that is the general idea. There are only about three to four competitions per year, and at the end of the year the team always appears on the television show It’s Academic. The Academic Team had their first competition on Saturday, November 14 at 8:30 in the morning. They competed at Bel Air High School against Fallston High School, Bel Air High School, Edgewood High School, and Aberdeen High School. Some other private schools also attended the event. It was their first competition of the 2017-2018 school year. The questions can be from a wide variety of subjects, including history, religion, politics, literature, and mathematics. An example question from the National Academic Quiz Tournaments is: “This U.S. state contains the endemic petroleum fly, whose larvae develop in crude oil. Unusual tufa salt formations dot the surface of this stateʹs Mono Lake. The chaparral biome thrives in the Mediterranean climate of this stateʹs coastline. A drought contributed to the 2016 Soberanes wildfire in its coastal Big Sur region.” Know the answer? It’s California.

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FFA to head to Oklahoma for Nationals

MARIA KROPKOWSKI

IDR Editor The FFA land judging group participated in the state competition on October 20 near the Eastern Shore. The team individually judged land on its qualities of soils and measured things such as erosion, permeability, texture, and if you could build a house on it. This year’s team consisted of students, Brennan Stewart, David Murrell, John Harris, and Mike Reeves Now they are able to move on to the national competition, which takes place in early FFA land judging team travels to southern Maryland for comspring in Oklahoma. According to Murrell, petition. The group will participate in Nationals later this year. a sophomore, the comPHOTO CREDIT: Maria Kropkowski petition takes a lot of focus, time, energy, and est more.” He decided to do land looking forward to have lots of research. Murrell rejudging because it can help him laughs on the trip to the compeceived third in land judging and get an idea for a career in natural tition. The four members took on the second in home sight. resources when he’s older, sperole of competing under superThe team reports working cifically with soil. well together and especially enLast year Stewart received vision of last year’s team memjoying each other’s company. Ju- second in land judging and third ber, senior Aubrey Williams. nior Mike Reeves’s favorite part in home sight, and this year his They all decided to form this was “being a part of an awesome score decreased as he received year’s land judging team at the team,” and Murrell’s favorite fifth in one section and eleventh recommendation of Agriculture teacher, Erika Edwards. part was “the experience itself in the other. The team is thankful for their and going to new places and The road to Oklahoma will take making new friends.” much preparation on the parts time together and all they have Stewart was inspired to join of the FFA organization and the learned. According to John HarFFA and the judging team spe- team itself. Members will have to ris, because of the opportunities cifically, because of his interest study up on their material to be presented to him in FFA, he “aland connection with agricul- sure they are in top shape for the most feels like a part of a secture. Stewart “knew in this club national competition. Member ond family [and] they are very [he] could express that inter- of the team, John Harris is most friendly and open.”

AP English class features creative presentations CASSIE RICKEY News Editor In Mrs. Joanna Dallam’s AP English 12 class students must prepare a seminar to the class on a book they are reading. According to Dallam “Seminars are ongoing and every unit we have an anchor text. Students signed up at the beginning of the year to a certain text. They got choose their own groups, they got to decide who they worked with, they got to decide which text they wanted to approach, and then at the end of teaching that text they get to decide more or less how they want to provide a seminar and experience.” One group included seniors Joe Hadaway, Joe Krause, and Lane Kavanagh, who signed up for Frankenstein. Hadaway states, “Our topic was about how

Frankenstein could be alluded to the Titans and the Gods or God himself. And our project pretty much wanted to represent how he was created in the text.” The group did this by collecting dead animal parts from the butcher including chicken pieces and pig feet, tracheas from a cow, and a heart we dissected. We had some livers, and I think there was a kidney in there somewhere. Just all pieces from dead animals and two rotisserie chickens that were not cooked yet were the main cavities,” said Krause. The presenters let their classmates sew parts together and make their own Frankenstein. Krause claims “It was Frankenstein so we decide to resurrect him and make him out of dead animals. The main creativity aspect that got us an A was creating

Frankenstein.” Another group consisted of Jenna Boyd and Jasmine Coates. The text they presented on was The Importance of Being Earnest, a satirical play. According to Boyd “used inversions because Oscar Wilde used a lot of inversions throughout all of his works and we had the class create inversions about specific topics that we randomly chose and they could go any direction they wanted with it.” The group also used Dallam as one of their topics which gave the students a chance to have fun. Boyd claims “They got to make Mrs.Dallam’s class sews togeter cow parts as a represenfun of Mrs. Dallam a little bit and tation of Frankenstein. The students were participating in I think they really liked it.” Dallam believes “A seminar one of their classmates seminars. should be an experience, a way for their classmates to really five years from now people will do you remember that Frankenmake a memory. My goal is that look back and say “Oh my gosh, stein seminar, that was so crazy.”

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Aspiring journalists get taste of college journalism;

Interviewing, writing, reporting at new levels JESSICA CARNIVALE Sports Editor This just in, on November 6th the journalism staff had the opportunity to go to J-Day at University of Maryland. J-Day is a field trip that welcomes schools from all over Maryland to come and learn about journalism. Future reporters got to choose from several different sessions to help expand their knowledge. The sessions focused on yearbook, print, online and social media journalism. North Harford students also got to talk to panel of students at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at University of Maryland. Senior Emma Marley stated, “It was a fun experience because I want to major in journalism. During the student lead sessions, it really opened my eyes to see what it would be like to be a college journalism.” The students began their day at University of Maryland with a few words from White House Correspondent, Margaret Talev. She discussed what her average day entails and some of the challenges she has to overcome, such as keeping her opinion out of her writing. She claimed her job “is not to state my opinion but to talk to others about theirs.” The veteran reporter advised

students to “stay in touch with everyone you ever meet...some of the most effective people in life, and a lot of the really powerful or connected people I’ve meet in the course of doing stories also end up being the ones who stay in touch.” She also added “one of the most important lessons of journalism is that everyone you meet could come back to you again kind of in another life and people are very interconnected. The kind of people that are involved in things are always going to be involved in things it just might be another thing later, you might be doing another thing later. And be honest and be true to yourself.” Talev has been in the journalism business for years and has seen the evolution of news. “News is moment to moment, second by second and [so] social media allows you to access to news or tips about news much faster, instantaneously, but it also means that there are no boundaries at all on your work hours or personal life, it bleeds together, you’re literally always working.” She has seen the increase of social media in our society and has seen the positive and negative effects it has had on

Student teacher: JULIA FOSTER Reporter Mr. Aidan Lake is the newest student teacher at North Harford under direction of the English and Journalism teacher, Mrs. Jennifer Chandler. Lake is currently a first year college student enrolled at Harford Community College. The former Bel Air High student is currently an education major and a history minor with aspirations to someday teach history. “I feel the need to contribute to society,” said Lake. “I have always been extremely interested in the history and am fairly knowledgeable about it. I aim to share that love with students and I think that passion for the content will allow me to enjoy my career,” said Lake. In addition with being a full time student and a student teacher, Lake also has a full time job. “ It is very difficult,” he cautioned. “Most of my time at home is spent

Students pose for a picture after they finished their day at University of Maryland. They spent their day listening and talking to studnets and teachers in the journalsim program. PHOTO CREDIT: Jennifer Chandler news. She described the negative effects of social media by saying “a lot of subjects are really complicated like nuclear policy or even like a health care vote and

most people don’t have the attention span anymore for the whole thing or it’s not how they receive news anymore. So if you can’t fit it in a paragraph the detail is lost

to a lot of people and I think that is contributed to kind of superficiality or callousness in the way people understand issues.”

Former Bel Air student joins at The Nest for educational field experience

studying and doing homework. Some advice I would give is: Planning is key. I set goals on what I want to accomplish each day and plan how i want to accomplish them.” Because Lake is a college freshman, a lot of students are very close in age to him. Lake described himself as “barely older” than them. “I think the strangest part for me was getting used to teaching students who may only be a year or two younger than I am. I was worried at first that students may not take me seriously because I am so young, but they have done an excellent job in treating me with respect as they would with any other teacher, and I am thankful for that.” Lake acknowledged. Rather than letting this get in his way, he is able to use his age as a tool. “It gives me an advantage for connecting with students, “

he explained Students had so many good things to say about Lake. Sophomore James Zangrilli, has worked with by Lake. “I like Mr. Lake because he is really personable and

and help students that need help. He is more than just another person in the classroom, he is a resource.” she stated. Along with getting to work with students during his time here, Lake is able to observe and learn from I have always been extremely inter- other teachested in the history and am fairly ers by working alongside knowledgeable about it. I aim to them. “The share that love with students and I main thing I want to learn think that passion for the content is the art of will allow me to enjoy my career. teaching, to make sure it is -Aidan Lake the right field for me. So far, NH has been very welcomeasy to talk to.” ing and has provided an atmoAnother student, sophomore sphere for me to grow as a future Ellie Evans, has also gotten to teacher.” work with Lake. “I think it is reBeing a Bel Air High School ally helpful, he can come around alum Lake was bound to have

some preconceived notions about North Harford. “The stereotype around NH had always been “country”. Coming from a different atmosphere at Bel Air, I expected it to be wildly different.” He later confirmed “it isn’t too different from Bel Air.” Lake wanted to thank the students and staff for being so welcoming “They have all certainly helped me learn about becoming a teacher. The experience I received here is priceless and I cherish every minute of it.“ Chandler has been pleased with Lake’s performance so far. “He really is a natural,” said the veteran educator. “He has been open to the experience from the beginning and that has allowed him to get the most benefit from it.” In addition to working with Chandler, Lake has also had chance to observe Spanish teacher Mrs. Rosales, history teacher Mr. Selfe, and Mr. Scarboro.

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Giving back to countries in need Compiled by: Jessica McGowan Pennies for Peace is a service learning program that collects pennies to build schools in remote regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. This year, North Harford is taking part in the program. Our pennies go towards helping break the patterns of war, terrorism, and poverty that plague these counties. Our School is participating through Deer Creek Chorale. Deer Creek ran this program ten years ago and this is their 10th Anniversary of the prior campaign. Pennies for Peace originally came to our school by a former English teacher, Jackie McCosh. McCosh spoke directly to the students back in 2008 about

the book “Three Cups of Tea” which is directly linked to the organization. Not only does Pennies for Peace collect pennies, but it teaches our students at North Harford valuable lessons to last a lifetime. The lesson plan includes things such as “the power of education, the effects of extreme poverty, cultural understanding, geography, politics, humanitarian efforts, and our responsibilities as global citizens.” So when you see collection bins for coins popping up around school, throw your change in! One penny can change someone’s life forever in the Middle

NOUN: The quality of b to show appreciation for

What are NH students th Compiled by: Maria Kropkowski and Bethany

“I’m thankful for my health and the health of my family.” - J e n n i fer FisherSmith, m a t h teacher

“I’m thankful my family and m health and f my colleag that I w with.” -Scott Lar estrier, social stu teacher

A note from Principal Carr

“I’m reluctant to give you names of individuals, I will say that there are groups of people that do a tremendous amount of but they would go unrecognized if it wasn’t done. The first group I would like to give recognition to is all the teachers in the building for everything they do above and beyond t school, after school, attending night games, working on the weekends, and all other additional things that they don’t necessarily al and it certainly would go recognized if they didn’t do all those things. The second group I would like to recognize is the custodial staff, they deserve recognition for all the hard work that they do o back, the grounds look impeccable and I would compete our school building and facilities with any other school in the county in regard when there is ice, sleet, and snow on the building and you guys are all at home watching netflix movies, those guys are here shovel for you guys to come back to school. Finally, the last group I’d like to recognize is the cafeteria ladies because I have been to four different high schools now and I ca system, believe it or not. So as a principle of the school, there is too many people here to identify one or two, but what I would like to say that col that have a lot of good things and make a lot of good things happen. We take it for granted sometimes but if those things wer people are doing for us.” Sincerely, Principal Colin Carr Compiled by: Delaney Bosworth

The journalism staff recently conducted a social experiment to see what the students and staff at NHHS would do if they were given a box of candy. Three options were given on what to do with the candy. The options were: 1. Save the candy for yourself 2. Share with friends 3. Give to someone who looks like they need it more than you. Here are the results:

Planting seeds of kindness “I plan on giving the candy to someone who is having a bad day. This is a really good experiment and we are actually studying it in my AP stat class.”

“I gave the candy to someone because I didn’t really like the type of candy I got. It made me feel good to know that someone else was happy with candy that I didn’t want or need.”

Allison Austin, math teacher

Mitchell Katona, senior

“I gave the candy away to my friend because he looked like he needed it more than I did. I feel like we should do this more often around the school.” Lorenzo Quiros, sophomore

“I had a feeling there was something more to it than just a box of candy. I don’t honestly eat a lot of candy anyway so I shared it with my class.” Mark Filiaggi, social studies teacher

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“I’m thankful for a good education because I can learn things that other people can’t, and I have a good focus to go to college and pursue a career.” -Emily Green, freshman

Compiled by: Kayla Nowacki things around the building that don’t go unrecognized,

their normal routine such as: providing assistance before lways get recognized for, but that I am appreciative of

over the summer. The building is spotless when we come ds to how it looks. In addition, on the cold winter days ling snow for eight to ten hours a day getting it ready

an tell you that we have the best cafeteria food in the

Compiled by: Cassie Rickey “Me and Grant were at the swim meet and I got us kicked out so we wouldn’t have to swim. It was better because I had some hard events and so did Grant.” -Justin Paul, senior

“Whenever I feel down my friends come and ask me if I’m okay and everything. They always cheer me up and that’s really nice.” -David Murrell, sophomore

“When I was trick or treating I was in a giraffe onesie and someone gave me a handful of candy instead of just a piece” -Lily Macatee, freshman

“When I was sick one time my friend came over to my house and she gave me food and we watched movies together and we had a sleep over and it was really fun for her to do and it was a nice thing” -Aleah Bikle, sophomore

Science behind gratitude Source: Physchologytoday.com and forbes.com People who regularly practice gratitude often find themselves in a more positive mood and having a better attitude. They usually express more kindness and have more compassion for others.

llectively there are a lot of good people in this building ren’t done, then we would really recognize what those

Research by a UC Davis psychologist, Robert Emmons, has shown that having a gratitude journal that keeps track of what people are thankful for and their daily mood and feelings can be very beneficial in increasing their own satisfaction and improving their well being.

NH students say “thank you” to custodial staff

Having an open mind to different ideas and taking a new perspective on everyday tasks can change the way people see the world. Trying to notice new aspects of things that seem normal to us can surprise us in how lucky we are, because the things we have access to on a daily basis are the things that we take for granted.

Compiled by: Samantha Steltzer “Thank you so much for all you do in our school. I know we’re really messy. We all appreciate you helping keep our school clean, as well helping us find important items we’ve lost.” -Jenna Boyd, senior “Thank you janitors for always making sure people find their lost items.” -Nick Perry, junior “Thank you for keeping the school so clean and thank you for dealing with us.” -Carly Lindhorst, junior “Thank you for working hard to keep our whole grounds and school clean.” -Lane Kavanagh, senior

Writing gratitude letters to people you are grateful for or want to thank, but never have, can have a lasting impact on them and on you. Gratitude improves psychological health considering people who are thankful usually are less envious and have less resentment to others. Practicing gratitude reduces aggression and leads to more positive feelings. Gratitude improves physical health. People who have the motivation to thank others when it is not necessary or make others feel good by spreading positive energy usually also have the energy to want to exercise. They are more likely to go to regular check-ups at the doctor and more likely to make healthy decisions, which could ultimately lead to a longer life. In a 2011 study published in Applied Psychology: Health and WellBeing, it was found that journaling about your daily life and gratitude improves sleep. Taking just a small amount of time before bed to write down what you were grateful for in that day can help you sleep better and longer. All of these health benefits are said to strengthen the immune system. Compiled by: Cassidy Chandler

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Pit performers: DELANEY BOSWORTH Reporter

student musicians hit all the right notes during this years fall production

Toby Ziegler, junior

Maria Spivey, senior

“I have been playing since I was in fourth grade, but this is my third year in the pit. I like it because it is a different feel than playing with a group. We are the main source of music for dancing and singing. I would recommended doing pit because it’s a very good experience.”

Instrument played: Violin

Madelynn McDaniel, junior

“I’ve been playing for 9 years and I’ve been in band since fourth grade. This is my first year in the pit but it is a lot of fun because I feel like I‘m a part of the musical even though I’m playing clarinet and not onstage. It is fun seeing everyone on stage doing their thing.”

Instrument played: Violin

“I’ve been playing for around seven years, but this is my first in the pit. I really like it because it is challenging and learning experience. The pit is important to the whole performance because it is the background music for the whole show.”

Instrument Played: Clarinet Instrument played: Trumpet

Brett Sellers, senior “Everyone in the pit is really passionate about what they’re doing, there is no one in it that just wants to be in it to be in the yearbook. Overall the atmosphere in the pit is very intense. We are kind of just thrown into a dress rehearsal. However, it is a lot of learning on the fly and helps us all become better musicians.”

“I love playing the violin, and this is my first time in the pit and it’s really intimidating but I enjoy it a lot. Depending on the musical next year, I will definitely be in the pit again.”

Daniel Graff, sophomore

Jason Ramsland, sophomore “I did the pit last year and I liked it, it is fun to watch everyone rehearse and improve but it’s hard because we have to play the music and follow them. It’s different than band because then we only have to follow one person, but in the musical we have to follow the whole cast.”

Instrument played: Percussion Instrument played: Trombone

Student profile: Damian dazzles with dog portraits OLIVIA BECKER Reporter Alex Damian is a senior who has been involved in the arts program since her freshman year. She takes her own imagination and turns into pieces of artwork As of this school year Damian is enrolled in several art courses such as advanced crafts, advanced painting, and advanced studio drawing. Q: Where do you get your inspiration from? A: Everywhere, I have this crazy vivid imagination and that’s what gets put into my work. Q: In what tone do you do your art? A: For the most part it’s pretty light and whimsical and strange, but recently I’ve been doing some darker things, mostly done with color.

Q: Do you plan on continuing your art in the future or in college? A: Definitely, I wanna go to MICA(Maryland Institute College of Art). I’m going to do two years of HCC, because it’s $80,000 a year. Q: Is there a difference you plan to make in society with your artwork? A: Hopefully, I don’t do any work about it but..., I want more self love out there, my work doesn’t really reflect that though. Q: What challenges do you face when pursuing your art? A: Oh my goodness, art is so competitive, so comparing myself to other people is a big problem, but you shouldn’t do that. Because there is always gonna be somebody better than you and there’s always gonna be someone worse than you.

Q: When did you start being interested in art and what or who influenced you? A: This is a good one, so I was in 5th grade and there was this project for all the 5th graders and it was like [sic] draw your favorite teacher from school. And I did and I drew my kindergarten teacher and then my 5th grade teacher was like ‘wow that’s really good.’ Q: What three artist inspire you the most? A: So we’ll do Andy Warhol because he somehow combined business and art, which was ridiculous for his time. And then Alex Party because he’s edgy and colorful and I really like it, and I guess Edwin Church, he does these beautiful, detailed pieces but it really small sizes. Q: Why do you do what you do?

A: It’s the most fun that I’ve had, ever. And it’s so relaxing, and I think it’s the only thing I know how to do. Q: How do you work? Environment? Objectives? A: So ideally I like it to be darker, which is not right because I’m a visual artist. But I like everything to be dark and I listen to music and I have a drafting table at home so I usually work on that which, it’s my baby. Q: What role do you wish to have in society? A: I don’t know where I’m at now, but hopefully I’ll be somebody that inspires people. With artists there’s a pressure to have some deep, dark meaning to your art but you shouldn’t have to have that, you can just do it because it makes you happy.

“I was trying to go out of my way to be different in, it still ended up having a pug. So you shouldn’t try hard for other people. If you like doing something, you keep doing it,” Damain. Photo Credit: Olivia Becker

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South Pacific: You don’t have to wash this musical out of your hair AMANDA AMANDA RYAN RYAN Reporter Reporter On Friday, November 10th, I had the pleasure of attending North Harford Highs’ beautifully constructed production of South Pacific in the school’s auditorium. Directed by Nancy Green and Angie Jones, the background of the musical is based on James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific and combines elements of several of those stories. The music is composed by Richard Rodgers and the lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, which the cast and orchestra perform with the utmost of elegance and finesse. The plot is centered on an island in the South Pacific during World War II in which Nellie Forbush, a Navy nurse from Little Rock, Arkansas, meets and falls in love with a middle-aged Frenchman, Emile de Becque. Emile is a planter and has lived on this island for twenty-five years. Despite Emile’s charms, Nellie withdraws from his affections upon learning that he’s fathered two mixed-race children. When

Nellie abandons him, the heartbro- accompanied by a feeling of girls swayed out onto the stage. ken Emile decides to embark on a maturity and professionalism. The only critique I can think risky mission. Meanwhile, Lt. Joe Nellie Forbush and Emile de of is that occasionally, when the Cable is also fighting an internal Becque, seniors Hannah Hieroni- actors were speaking, the band battle of his own would be playing at the thought at the same time of fulfilling his and it made it a desire of a future little hard to hear with a Tonkiwhat was being nese woman. said. Now that’s In Emile’s abnot saying that sence, Nellie the band wasn’t struggles to regreatly apprecisolve her preconated, because they ceptions with did an awesome her strong feeljob, however it ings for him, all felt like they were the while worovershadowing rying if Emile The nurses ‘wash that man right out of their hair.’ This was one of several the actors during will even sur- numbers that featured these students. Photo Credit: Hannah Hieronimus certain scenes. vive his journey. Art Guild really These two parallel forbidden mus and Garrett Thomas, sang outdid themselves with their love stories will fight against all each song with a combination carefully articulated backdrop odds when threatened by the of grace and power, their voices of mountains and islands. The dangers of prejudice and war. naturally and elegantly comple- various hues and shades were in Throughout the play, I often menting one another. Junior stantly eye-catching throughout found myself forgetting that Jacki Trost danced and jived to the entire show, as well as the this was a performance com- the catchy beat of “I’m Gonna various props brought out on set. plied by high school students. Wash that Man Right Out of The scene featuring senior AarEach cast member performed My Hair.” Also, sophomore Sar- on Rodgers as Captain George with such devotion and pas- ah Cameron’s smile lit up the Brackett, included a desk filled sion, the whole production was room as she and the other island with props such as a typewriter,

Harvest Party: Palooza brings kids Halloween

happiness through fun and games

DELANEY BOSWORTH Reporter

Children, candy, games..oh

my! The annual Harvest Party occurred on October 26, 2017. This event is held every year in order to raise money for the senior class. The upperclassmen came all dressed in their costumes to accompany the little kids as they went and participated in events. Senior Abby Renzulli came dressed as a superhero to hang out with the kiddos. ”I had a table with a game, we had three cups and we put a piece of candy underneath one of the cups. The kids had to guess which cup had candy under it and if they got it right they would get a prize, but even if they were wrong I still gave them a piece of candy.” Fellow senior Julia Cameron also attended and created a sweet game for the kids to play. “I played a can stacking game where each

kid had to pay a ticket to throw a ball three times. If they knocked all the cans down they won candy.” Chris Parks, senior, created a ring toss involving a donated inflatable spider. “I had plastic black and yellow rings for the kids to toss.” To keep things challenging Parks tells, “According to age I moved the spider farther away from them or closer. If the got three rings on then I gave them a pumpkin ball, if they got two I gave them a plastic spider ring and if they got one I gave them a halloween tattoo.” Along with a bunch of other games there was a haunted hallway. The upperclassmen dressed up in their spookiest attire in an attempt to scare the little ones. Renzulli tells of the haunted experience, “I lead the kids through the haunted hallway to make sure they didn’t get too scared. There

also was a section in the hallway where the kids closed their eyes and stuck their hand in a bowl filled with ‘body parts’ but it was just peeled grapes and cooked spaghetti noodles.” Out of all the events Renzulli shares that “my favorite thing was just seeing the kids and helping support the school. We had a really good turn out and I think we raised a good amount of money for the senior class.” The harvest party was a good time had by all. Cameron states, “The kids obviously had a good time with all the candy and games.” However the parents of the little trick-or-treaters also had a chance to hang out. “If they weren’t playing or crafting with their kids, they got a chance to sit back and let their kids run around.” The senior class provided a safe, spooky, and silly party for the community.

old-style telephone, and a map on the wall. Also, the merchant stand run by Bloody Mary’s assistant, Abigail Vaughan, junior, was expertly crafted to roll on and off the stage. Set design and stage crew, led by Dwyane Noe, Brady Green, and Tim Pistel, brought the show to life, providing the audience an even more enjoyable experience. And let’s not forget the choreography, created by Larissa Arist, Christine Jestel, and senior Abby Renzulli, that was simple enough for each actor to perform it well, yet diverse enough to hold the audience’s attention. During my seven years at North Harford, I’ve watched many musicals and this one easily takes the cake. Now before word of the play got out, I never heard of South Pacific, and I had my doubts because of it. However, I can say that I was pleasantly surprised to have those doubts whisked away by the amazing and inspiring performances I witnessed in that three-hour timeframe. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next year!

Gallagher finds something there that wasn’t there before; Junior portrays Belle through community musical BETHANY BIRCHFIELD News Editor “Be our guest, Be our guest!” Junior Kayleigh Gallagher performed in Disney’s musical Beauty and the Beast where she landed the lead role as Belle at the Dreamwrights Center for Community Arts in York, Pa. Gallagher opened up about her experience. “This role was really cool because it’s the first time I’ve ever been the lead in a big musical. I got to know everyone in the cast really well and I was friends with almost everyone since I worked the whole cast instead of only a few people.” Although portraying Belle was enjoyable for Gallagher, she admits that it didn’t come without it’s struggles. She said, “It was also pretty stressful... I had to go to every rehearsal and I was in so many scenes. It was a lot of pressure but once the shows started I lost a lot of the stress

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and got caught up in the magic of the show.” Fans of Beauty and the Beast are familiar with the scene where the Beast timidly asks Belle to dine with him. Gallagher admitted that was her favorite scene because it showed a lot of character development where the Beast first became vulnerable. The thespian also said she enjoyed that scene because it was the first time the audience got to see Belle come out of her shell and stand up to the Beast. Gallagher had many takeaways from this experience and reported, “The most rewarding part was the friends I made along the way. My friend, Logan, played Cogsworth in my cast and we became extremely close during the show. I also became friends with so many other people that I didn’t even know before the show,” she continues, “It was really stressful, but I never regretted doing the show.”

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As seen on TV fails; Disasterous defective toys COMPILED BY: KAYLA NOWACKI

Do these products do what they are really supposed to?

Bendaroose Turing ordinary bottles into fashion models...Bendarooses are amazing flexible bending sticks that can do almost anything! -Maggie Walden, senior- “Oh I had Bendaroos...they were lame. On the commercials they looked like they could stick together perfectly and you could make all kinds of cute little animals but they were just waxy smelly colored things and they all just stuck together and when you pulled the apart they would just break and it just wasn’t a good time”

Sea Monkeys Sea monkeys are the amazing live instant pets the live in water. You just fill your tank with water, hatch the eggs, feed them and watch them grow wiggle and play. -Mrs. Humphrey, art teacher “Sea Monkeys were supposed to be this super cool amazing thing that you put into water and they would grow but they just wouldn’t grow and they just didn’t live. It was a sham and I’m still traumatized by it to this day.” Space Bags Do you ever feel like you just have too much stuff and not enough space? Now there is a way to make your cluttered mess a thing of the past, with the new vacuum tight storage bags... Space Bags. -Mrs. Humphrey, Art teacher “the bags were supposed to make things smaller so you could store them and have more store space for like your blankets and your comforters and your sweaters and the bags either didn’t seal or they would leak, and the bags just didn’t vacuum right or seal.”

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Nonstick Frying Pans These magical frying pans create the ability to not have to use grease or oils in your cooking, along with being able to slip the fried eggs right off the pan with no spatula needed. -Dakota Lowe, senior- “The non-stick pans aren’t really non-stackable, on the commercials it would say you didn’t need oils or grease to help the food not stick, also said you didn’t need a spatula to get the food off the pan and that was a straight up lie!”

Wubble Bubble Ball It’s a bubble but plays like a ball it’s the amazing Wubble Bubble Ball. It moves like a bubble but won’t pop like a bubble. You can catch it, squeeze it, kick it and make it fly! -Abby Renzulli, senior- “On the commercial it showed people like playing outside with it but then we took it outside and it just popped, and when you played with it inside a lot of like dust and fuzziness would get stuck to it and it would get all sticky and weird, it just wasn’t a good quality product.”

Kaboom Foam-tastic This bathroom cleaning product sprays on green turns white when it’s clean. Uses scrubbing bubbles to get calcium, lime, hard water, and easily clean soap scum on shower doors. -Mrs.Murdy, physical education teacher-”it was supposed to turn into this foaming solution when you sprayed it on and you could just wipe it with ease and everything would just come off but it didn’t do anything and all the crud was just left on your bathroom”

Air Curler The new revolutionary hair curler that leaves you with the perfect curls in half the time it takes to normally curl it. Leaving you with loose trendy curls that last all day long. -Alaura Callahan, senior “The product definitely didn’t work, I mean sometimes it does, but other times your hair would just get tangled up or caught and when you try to pull out the curl it would like rip out your hair, it was supposed to perfectly curl your hair in minimal time but it still took like two hours so it was just the same as any other curling iron”

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EMMIE CATRAMBONE Reporter Adding numbers might be part of her daytime job, but calculating discounts is more of what math teacher Mrs. Emily Johnstone does in her spare time. In 2016, it was reported by journalist Brandon Carter for accessdevelopment.com that 79% of people are “price-conscious” when it comes to shopping. Because of this, Carter also reported that 77% of people look in newspapers and magazines to find coupons and deals to help cut the cost of shopping trips. According to Johnstone, extreme couponing is “using a lot of coupons, matching sales with them, and saving a lot of money... basically, you’re saving a huge percentage of what you’re spending.” She says that she actually gets most of her coupons from the Dollar Store, because they sell newspapers full of coupons for a third of the price of any other store. Johnstone says that she does almost all of her couponing at ShopRite “...because they double coupons up to a dollar and they do it if you spend $25 or more.” Although she has never calculated how much money she has saved from her years of extreme couponing, Johnstone says that when she is shopping, she’s “...gone from $150-$160 down to $30 or $40...” The educator adds that couponing allows her to cut a huge percentage of the total cost of a shopping trip. Johnstone has a few tips about how someone can become involved in extreme couponing. “There are lots of facebook pages and websites you can go to; Living Rich with Coupons is one that I use a lot...” The account features local stores and the deals they are running with coupons that are available so that people can maximize savings. For couponers who are new to the game, Johnstone says to be sure to keep organized. She says that it is very easy to cut out all the coupons and have them in messy heaps and piles all around the house. In order to stay structured, Johnstone recommends coupon organizers. “I have coupon organizers that I use and they’re like little accordian folders, and I have them organized by different categories. So find a category that works for you, or categories that work for you, and then that way you can easily find your coupons.”

The first coupon was created by Coca Cola. You could save up to $10,000 a year through couponing. Mobile coupons will exceed 1 billion users by 2019. Many colleges offer a couponing class for military families. Coupons are valid up to six months past their expired date. 75% of shoppers use apps to assist them while shopping. Grocery coupons are the most common types of coupons used. 85% of shoppers look for coupons before they go to the store. 81% of consumers use coupons regularly.

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WHICH IS PREFERABLE? Black Friday became the biggest shopping day of the year in 2001; previously it was the Saturday before Christmas.

In 2005, the tradition of Cyber Monday begins. In 2016, a new record with $3.45 billion in sales.

Last year, shoppers on Black Friday spent an estimated $59.1 billion.

Consumer spending over this shopping experience is expected to increase by 47% from the same period in 2016. The average number of items per order on Cyber Monday is 8.3.

Consumer spending over this shopping experience is expected to increase by 47% from the same period in 2016. “Black Friday” didn’t become a national term until the 1990s.

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“Get out of here! Definitely the new iPhone 8.” - Alley Keeney, sophomore

“I don’t go Black Friday shopping, but if I had to pick something, I guess it would be the new Apple watch.” - Eli Bigelow, freshman

“Art supplies! Oils, oil brushes, oil paint.” -Maggie Walden, senior

“Definitely art supplies! Colored pencils, canvases, paper, nice watercolor brushes. Michaels usually has a big sale.” Alex Damian, senior

“The new FitBit that’s like the apple watch. The FitBit ionic.” -Lexy Smith, sophomore

“I would get in line for the new iPhone.” -Hailey Deares, and Edward Brittain, sophomores

Compiled by: CASSIDY CHANDLER

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“A new dirt bike” - Nick Sturgill, freshman

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In the early 20th century, a farmer could hand pick approximately 100 bushels of corn in a ninehour day. Today, a modern combine can pick this amount in 7 minutes. A typical corn plant can be anywhere from 5 feet to 12 feet tall. The world record for corn eating is 33 and a half ears in 12 minutes. The number of kernels per ear can vary from 500 to about 1,200. A typical ear has about 800 kernels, according to corn experts.

By the numbers COMPILED BY Jessica Carnivale

The value of corn in a $4 box of cornflakes (at $6.00 per bushel) is about 9 cents. The farmer that grew the corn received less than 2 cents.

One bushel of corn can produce about 2.8 ethanol. of gallons Corn ingredients can be found in almost 4,000 everyday products – like lipstick, paper, plastic water bottles, tires, crayons and beer. One bushel of corn will sweeten more than 400 cans of Coca-Cola.

Unique uses for corn COMPILED BY Samantha Steltzer

Corn germ is a waste product of the separation of corn components. Components of corn germ can be used to make industrial glue stronger. Dextrin, which is made from cornstarch, is used to assist with removing crayons easily from their molds. Corn products also help the paper labels adhere to crayons. Corn steep liquor was discarded as waste until the 1940s, when scientists determined that corn steep liquor is the perfect medium in which to grow large quantities of penicillin.

COMPILED BY Katie Kettell

Cornstarch is a common ingredient in many cosmetic and hygiene items, including deodorants. Many natural or homemade deodorants include cornstarch as an ingredient because of its absorbent nature. mentalfloss.com

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Corny fall one liners COMPILED BY Julia Barstow

What is the cutest season? Awwtumn.

Corny pickup lines COMPILED BY Emma Marley

“Are you a parking ticket? ‘Cause you’ve got fine written all over you.”

What do you call a large “Are you Australian? colorful pile of leaves? Because you meet all The Great Barrier Leaf. of my koala-fications.” Why did summer catch autumn? Because autumn is falling. How do leaves get from place to place? With autumn-mobiles. onelinefun.com

“On a scale of 1 to 10, you’re a 9. I’m the 1 you need.” “My doctor says I’m lacking Vitamin U.” “Do you have any raisins? How about a date?” pickuplinesgalore.com

Corny knock - knock jokes COMPILED BY Tanner Russell

Brad Ryan, senior: Kayleigh Gallagher, junior: “Knock knock.” “Knock knock.” “Who’s there? “Who’s there?” “A broken pencil.” John Lemley, junior: “Olive.” “A broken pencil who?” “Knock knock.” “Olive who?” “Never mind it’s point“Who’s there?” “Olive you.” less.” “Etch.” “Etch who?” “Bless you” COMPILED BY Kate Meagher

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True weight of wrestling;

Fussing over Athletes resort to unhealthy habits Filly Football final score KATIE KETTELL Sports Editor

OLIVIA BECKER TANNER RUSSELL Reporters

North Harford High School had their Filly Football game Monday November 13. Filly football is an all-female flag football game with junior girls facing off against senior girls. The game is held as a fundraiser for both the junior and senior class to help pay for the prom. Everyone from the fans, players, referees, and cheerleaders had a blast. Junior cheerleader, Jay Dilworth says “It was a great experience overall, had a blast,

Photo Supplied by Will Sadowski

From bathing in salt, wearing trash bags, and taking laxatives, some wrestlers resort to some wacky techniques in order to cut enough weight for their upcoming seasons. While wrestlers are most likely focusing on the short term when it comes to losing this much weight in such a short period of time, there are possible long term effects that can cause damage far after the season. Often wrestlers need to cut weight in a very short period of time in order to weight [their weight class]. Traditional weight loss techniques like dieting and exercise are not methods that work for wrestler. “Wrestlers usually resort to different methods because it is much less difficult to do them than it is to fast or cut out junk food. Normal dieting is not usually enough because most are meant for long term weight loss, not short term,” Will Sadowski, former North Harford wrestler and current University of Maryland Baltimore County

wrestler stated. Over 75 percent of young wrestlers have practiced dehydration for weight loss, according to Vanderbilt University. Severe dehydration can severely damage your kidneys and heart, as shown in 1997 when three wrestlers from Campbell University,WisconsinLa Crosse, and Michigan University passed away from weight loss, reports Livestrong.com. Dr. Lisa Kotler of Columbia University recorded that 75 percent of wrestlers also used frequent fasting to drop the weight, and about 8 percent of wrestlers purge, which are both considered eating disorders, specifically anorexia and bulimia. Robin Staub-Grundstein, a licensed dietician in Athens notes the many problems that can stem from this rapid weight loss. “It can cause electrolyte imbalance, muscle wasting and dehydration,” she said. “A lot of times what they are losing with those drastic things is water weight. That is the biggest concern. It could cause damage to the heart if you do it long enough and prolonged enough. Any time

you take drastic measures, it is dangerous.” In contrast, Sadowski believes that there can also be good effects from cutting weight. “Cutting weight usually makes me very tired, but it has tons if health benefits. Fasting gets rid of older fat in your body that usually does not get used up with normal diet and exercise. Also when I get off of cutting, I need significantly less food to make it through the day,” said Sadowski. According to Sadowski, wrestlers usually end up regaining the weight they lost once the season is over. “During wrestling season, a lot of the fat and water weight you lose is replaced by muscle, making it harder to lose for the upcoming seasons. Also, in high school everyone is still growing, too,” Sadowski said. It’s a vicious fluctuation cycle of losing, gaining, and losing again, according to Livestrong.com. Wrestlers make a big deal out of it [cutting weight] because it sets us apart from other athletes,” Sadowski stated, “You have to be mentally and physically tough to wrestle.”

Collegiate commitment JESSICA CARNIVALE Sports Editor While the stress of college bears down on seniors several North Harford students have already commited to their future colleges. The three seniors all commited to three different colleges to continue their education and play lacrosse. Brooke Rickey (left) commited to East Stroudsburg University. Maddison Larrimore (middle) commited to Young Harris College. Kirsten Grzybowski commited to Radford University. The three women were joined by (left to right) athletic director Tim Larrimore, lacrosse coach Patty Murdy, and principal Colin Carr when they signed their National Letter of Intent.

Photo Supplied by Tim Larrimore

42 to 14 lead, but then all of the sudden the tables started to turn when the seniors got the ball for one last time. When senior Brooke Rickey got the ball she ran as fast as she could and scored the final touchdown of the game, worth 29 points, according to referees. Not all players were in agreement with this final score on the scoreboard, which indicated a senior win. Junior Savannah Dieter claimed the final score was “fake,” and her reaction to it was that “it made me just a little angry because we worked really hard to beat them and they just changed the score so that they could win.” In defense of this score senior Kaylee Callaghan said, “The seniors definitely won, the senior girls did just as well against the juniors as the varsity football team has done against Fallston this year and last.” No matter the score both

Photo credit: Beth Brown and Jostens felt like I did a pretty good job, but we need to get more men in there [as cheerleaders], maybe involve a uniform or advertise it more.” The game started off as any other with two teams of fired up females facing off in an age old battle of brute strength. The juniors started off getting the first touchdown taking the lead. Some of the junior team’s success could be credited to Brooke Ciampaglio. Senior Gabriella Roeder had this to say, “I underestimated Brooke’s speed. I attempted to grab her flag on many occasions. I watched her score numerous touch downs, she scored pretty much all the junior touchdowns.” Ciampaglio said this about her performance during the game. “It [the game] was really awesome. The coach even said I should consider playing football next year,” she said jokingly, “but it was a lot of fun and all the girls did really well.” When the game started winding down all seemed bleak for the seniors. The juniors had a

teams enjoyed the game. Junior Rachel Ewers said, “We played our hearts out and had so much fun while doing it.” Senior Maddison Holliger says, “It was really fun because more people did it and I got play with my friends. And hey we ended up winning and got to top it off with free pizza. Pizza football and friends what better way to spend your last filly football game?” The junior and senior coaches each had highlights from the game. Mr. Julio Fernandez, junior coach says “the game was satisfying, the juniors played their hearts out, they hustled, they listened they were coachable they were a real pleasure to work with.” While Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, senior coach says her favorite part was “watching the Brooke v.s. Brooke face off.” The North Harford seniors aren’t too far from leaving The Nest. Senior Julia Cameron gave the advice of “make sure you communicate and overall just have fun. Before you know it the game will be over so smile and laugh despite the score”

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Tackling retirement: XLVII Superbowl champion LIZZIE CATRAMBONE Reporter Qadry Ismail, a former Super Bowl champion for the Baltimore Ravens, now works with different athletes and trains them using his knowledge from his football experiences. He is a personal trainer for the Arena Club and the coach of Patterson Mill’s track team.

catches up with The Nest

story gets brought up, people remember it and we vividly go back and forth about why, what, how and all that.

Q: When did you start playing football? A: I vividly remember I turned 7. And I remember going out to the yard and playing an imaginary football game by myself. And I remember we would play in our backyard, we would call it Sandlot like a way of saying playing streetball. But I remember I was that little playing street ball with my friends and I just started playing since then.

Q: Did anyone ever tell you early on that you had something special? A: Not really, I guess I just wanted to play, and I just liked playing.... I always wanted to play in the NFL, not really knowing what that meant or how that process took place, I just wanted to play. And it wasn’t until... maybe... my eighth grade year of middle school that I felt like I was a good player compared to the other kids, but that didn’t mean anything, like ‘oh you’re head and shoulders above everyone else!’ I just knew I was good and that was kinda it, and I didn’t think ‘Hey! I’m definitely gonna go to the NFL!’

Q: My dad went to Dallas High School A: What!? Your dad went to Dallas High School!? Shut the front door! That is funny... well I don’t even wanna do this interview now... Yeah, we didn’t like them (Dallas PA High School) because their team cheated. We beat them by sophomore year and then we crushed them my junior year, so if your dad was on that ‘88 Dallas team, their coach, Ted Jackson, grew the grass incredibly high and had the fire department water down half the field. So sportsmanship wise, that was very unsportsman-like. And so a lot of people, I don’t know, 30 years later, still remember that like it was yesterday and I do too. But clearly I’ve got no right because I’ve been to play a heck of a lot more other games since then, but it’s funny when that

Q: What college first showed interest in you, and what was it like being scouted? A: I think it was some small schools that first kinda showed interest in me, and obviously my brother and I graduated high school at the same time. So I would say it was like East Stroudsburg or Bloomsburg that kinda first showed interest. But then we went to a Syracuse football camp and pretty much Syracuse was like “Oh we like him and we want him” and from that point on I always kinda just... Syracuse, Penn State, Maryland, Boston College, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, it didn’t matter, Tennessee, North Carolina State, there was a ton of teams on the East Coast that just started recruiting me. But it started with just those two small schools and then it just quickly went into

like the bigger schools. Q: Before moving onto college, did you play other sports in high school? A: I ran track in high school, and actually, I was an All American and the number one ranked high school hurdler in the nation by track and field news my senior year. And I actually am in the Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame for the state of Pennsylvania. I took home I think 6 gold medals in two years, 2 silvers and overall I medaled 9 times because I took a third my sophomore year in track. Q: Did you play any other sports, other than football, in college? A: Yes, I was a two sport All American in Syracuse for both track and field and football in college. Q: What was the first NFL team you played for and were you drafted? A: Yes, I was the 52 pick in the NFL draft in 1993 in the second round, so I was a high draft pick, by the Minnesota Vikings, and I played for them for four seasons. Q: What was it like going to the draft and waiting to be picked? A: Nerve wracking. I loved the wait and the build-up to it, but I couldn’t wait till it was over, I was like ‘ok where am I gonna be drafted, who’s gonna pick me’, and all that so when I got picked by the Vikings I was very relieved. Q: After the Vikings, were you ever traded to a different team? A: So free agency came about, and I signed with the Green Bay

Packers, which was Minnesota’s heated rival. After training camp was concluded, they traded me to the Miami Dolphins. So then I went to the Miami Dolphins for a year. Afterwards I went to the New Orleans Saints. After the Saints, I came here to the Baltimore Ravens, Played here for three seasons, and then my final year, I played for the Indianapolis Colts. So that was ten total seasons that I played.

know what they are feeling, and it is one of the greatest feelings in the world to be able to be able to experience winning the Super Bowl. You dream of it, when I was that little boy playing outside in the yard I was sitting there thinking I was cool and I’m winning the Super Bowl, and then I play in it and I win it. That’s why I’m not mad cause your dad and them grew the grass really high at Dallas... No, I’m not over it.

Q: How was the change from team to team? Was it difficult adjusting? A: Yes. Every team has their own personality, every city has their own personality, so I felt the most comfortable in Minnesota, but I felt the best both in the locker room as well as in the city here in Baltimore.

Q: Can you expand on what you’re doing now? A: I do media work with the Ravens, a radio show and a tv show, but I also have a passion for sports performance. So obviously you’re in training here at the Sports Factory during the GRIND, but I also do some individual training with some athletes as well as doing the group training, which is what you see as well. So just all my experiences of training and getting better as an athlete, now I am able to share my knowledge with athletes now, and in doing what they need to do.

Q: You won the Super Bowl with the Ravens, did you score a touchdown? A: I had the longest play from scrimmage. It was a 44 yard completion from Trip Dilford to me and I was so mad because I had clear sailing, there was no one in front of me but the guy literally got me on the bottom of my shin to my ankle and tripped me up and I wasn’t able to keep my balance and I slid down and 44 yards later we kicked a field goal and went up ten nothing and the rest was history. We beat the Giants 34-7. Q: What was it like to win the Super Bowl? A: I mean... there is... in sports I guess it would be like winning Olympic gold or the Stanley Cup or the World Series or the NBA Championship. Every championship that you can think of, I

Q: What’s it like to be on the other side now, like watching your kids play sports? A: At first when they were younger it was tough. You want the best for them and there are things that I say that I want them to do. But now, I just look at as no big deal. I enjoy watching them, I enjoy the challenges that they go through, I enjoy interacting with them, all three of them. I really love sharing my experiences with them, but then seeing them figure things out themselves, their teammates, their wins, their losses, their hurts, their joys, their triumphs, I enjoy all of it.

Overcoming disabilities in physical education HANNAH AYERS Reporter Maryland State Adapted Teacher of the Year and Eastern Regional District Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year, top five finalists of United States Adapted Physical Education teacher of the Year in 2011, Director of adapted PE teacher, Katherine Lambert guarantees students the opportunity to develop lifetime wellness skills. Katherine Lambert is the director of adapted physical educa-

tion. This job includes “providing an athletic program for students who have disabilities that prevent them from access to high school athletic participation.” She believes “The successful participation in physical education and development of lifetime wellness skills is the goal for every HCPS student including students with and without disabilities.” Lambert says her job “includes providing an athletic program for students who have disabilities that prevent them from access

to high school athletic participation. The Sports for Life athletic program is designed for students with disabilities supported by students without disabilities competing together forming a high school team,” says Lambert. The Sports for Life program has three seasons bocce, bowling, and basketball, which are offered to every high school student at HCPS. Lambert went to college and signed up for a role as a student teacher at John Archer and fell in

love with the job from there. The favorite part of her job is “Watching the students achieve success” and giving “students confidence that they can participate in physical activities they enjoy despite having a disability.” Lambert job impacts these students who have disabilities that prevent them from access to high school athletic participation are “more likely to develop health issues so providing access and skills in physical activity will hopefully diminish or prevent future health

issues.” A day in the life of an adapted PE teacher is varied. “I frequently modify equipment or take adapted equipment to make participation easier for students. I teach para educators how to help the students do exercises and what to modify for them.” says Lambert, “ Often I am called in to help with students returning from an injury or medical problem and I create individualized work-out routines following a doctor’s restrictions.”

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Girls Soccer:

8-6-2

Boys Soccer:

7-8

Girls Volleyball:

6-9

source: countysportszone.com

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Boys Volleyball:

12-5

Football:

4-6

Field Hockey:

10-6

Photo Credits Cross Country- Maria Kropkowski Field Hockey- Hannah Ayres Dance Team & Cheer- Aubrey Williams Football- Emma Marley Girls & Boys Volleyball- Katie Kettell Girls Soccer- Kayla Nowacki Boys Soccer- Garrett Sturgill