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NEWS
Students say an app e a d y is n t en ugh By Grace Cueter, Madi Lucido & Ella McCarthy MANAGING EDITOR & INTERNS The North dining program, provided by Chartwells, made the recent addition of a vegetarian school lunch option. However, the appearance and sustainability of this alternative has sparked concern among many students and staff members. As a vegetarian, junior Riann Limmitt expresses that while the regular lunch option includes an acceptable source of multiple different food groups, the vegetarian alternative lacks diversity. “I feel like the normal lunch has variety,” Limmitt said. “They have something that gets changed out throughout the week, while the vegetarian lunch is usually just different vegetables and fruits or different snacks.” According to the University of California Merced, a vegetarian plate should be filled by the following three main food components. The first and largest section of the meal, taking up one half of the place, should be made up of plants and vegetables, such as carrots, spinach or apples. Secondly, a quarter of the meal should consist of a plant based protein, such as beans or tofu. The final quarter of the plate should be filled with a grain or starch, such as brown rice. While the vegetarian lunches provided to students have a sufficient serving of fruits and vegetables, they lack the addition of the other two sections, specifically plant-based proteins. Junior vegetarian Elise Torp says that neither of the lunch options are sustainable, but there is rarely even a main meal incorporated into the vegetarian lunches, and it is rather a collection of smaller food items. “As far as I see, [the lunches] are just the sides that are supposed to go with the main course,” Torp said. “We don't get an actual separate option for us, you know, unless the main option is vegetarian already.” While the sides, such as fruits and vegetables, are essential to create a sustainable meal, Torp emphasizes the need for protein. She explains that herself and many of her friends would be content with the simple and cost friendly addition of a protein such as beans. “The lunches usually just consist of snack-like foods, so I’d definitely like to see them provide protein,” Torp said. Health and adapted physical education teacher Chris
Heckathorn agrees that a common issue regarding vegetarian lunches is the absence of nutrients, specifically protein. However, he acknowledges that protein is a costly addition to any meal. The Insider found that the price of plant-based proteins is often 2-3 dollars higher than those of animal meats, and Heckathorn offers alternatives to those plant-based proteins that come at a much lower cost.
“I k now normally that vegetarians will use tofu or some places will use peanuts or broccoli if they do a salad,” Heckathorn said. “Generally it's a little more difficult, and normally they lean on something that is the cheapest option.” In order to adhere to the students' needs and incorporate feedback to create a lunch that is sufficient for a proper diet, vegetarian or not,
Heckathorn believes schools should use student feedback to their advantage. He believes that it is important to give the consumers a greater role in the decision making and suggestion process. “I would say it's good to give kids, especially in high school, give them some ownership,” Heckathorn said. “Take a suggestion box, see what's available, and start making some things.” While providing a vegetarian lunch option in itself was a big step for the school, Limmitt believes that they need to make changes in order to create a meal that students will feel good eating. This change could start with the students themselves, through suggestion boxes, polls, or simple conversations. “I appreciate that the vegetarian meal is a new option they’re offering,” Limmitt said. “However, if they are going to offer it, it needs to be just as sustainable as the regular lunches.”
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District hesitates to send students on field trips By Natalie Babcock & Savannah Seabrooks INTERNS Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, many school as getting to do the field trips,” Maynard said. activities have been canceled, including field “But I think for some classes, especially if it's trips. This year's field trips have been called off similar to the work they are doing in that class, it to ensure the safety of both the students and staff. would be beneficial for kids to be out in the field.” The absence of field trips may negatively affect The pandemic has not only changed the way we learning and observational opportunities outside conduct our school now, but how we will do and of school, however freshman assist mentor Gia view things in the future as well. Superintendent Derrick says that they are still able to enjoy Jon Dean explains the scheduling process of learning about certain subjects in a different way. field trips, and how that process has since “It's still pretty fun without them and we can changed due to the outbreak of COVID-19. always plan and do other activities too,” Derrick said. “In the past we never really thought much about Although Derrick and her peers have found ways to field trips,” Dean said. “If your teacher wanted to compensate for the missed opportunities, she explains take everyone on a field trip they would fill out that with the right the paperwork, Dr. safety protocols there Murray would then should be a way to allow sign it and we would those trips to happen. move along, but “If we all wear COVID-19 has caused masks and follow covid us to think about guidelines to the best of all of those things.” our abilities, then I see no While the pandemic reason why we shouldn't did not allow for any be able to do them,” field trips during Derrick said. “It would be the previous school a great way to bond more year, the case count Dr. Jon Dean with the freshmen and get decrease in our SUPERINTENDENT district has now to know them a lot better.” created exceptions Similar to Derrick, history teacher Brent that come into play Maynard agrees that when administration the cancellations chooses whether or not specific trips are frustrating, are allowed to take place. Dean says that it comes however he believes that the moratorium of the trips was a good decision and will down to whether or not the outing is beneficial and critical to the learning in the specific class. be beneficial for the safety of the students. “We still are allowing some field trips if they “I have no issue with it, it's not that I can’t see eye to eye with it, it's definitely something that is are directly related to the curriculum,” Dean frustrating,” Maynard said. “In some classes it could said. “It must be an experience you have to take away from kids' experience, but I think overall have in order for that curriculum to work." Although many students and teachers find it they were looking out for the best interest of the kids.” frustrating that class outings are most often Maynard has kept a positive attitude when it comes to the cancellations and offers different prohibited, Dean explains the district’s intent in this rule, emphasizing that it is truly to benefit the solutions to the students. He is hoping to be able wellness of individuals and the district as a whole. to plan his own field trip if they allow him to do so, however he understands the decisions that “It's keeping kids safe and keeping us in school,'' have been made for the protection of the district. Dean said. “Those are our two main reasons.” “They could definitely explore museums and things on their own I suppose, it's not as exciting
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Student Association remains optimistic about attending state conference By Farrah Fasse EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
COURTESY OF PEGGY BONBRISCO
CREATING CONNECTIONS | Senior Shannon Kane attended the MASC/MAHS state conference her sophomore year, and enjoyed connecting with students from across the state. “I met a lot of people from different schools that obviously I would never have met any other way,” Kane said. “We talked to other schools about how they ran (student) council, and it's cool just seeing how different everyone does things.”
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BLAST FROM THE PAST | Student activities director Peggy Bonbrisco has attended many field trips with North students in the past, including the Student Association state conference. “I’m so lucky that part of my job consists of joining many field trips at North,” Bonbrisco said. “I get to experience new adventures and get to learn a little more about the Norsemen that I share the adventure with and I miss this. But, I know we will be back at it as soon as it is safe to do so.”
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EDITORIAL
And the winner is... everyone T he more our society becomes one of intr icacy and intelligence, the more the accomplishments leading us to that place have become unrecognized. Inequality is not necessa r ily negative when it comes to academ ic distinction and competition, however, that soBELLA YOAKAM called “inequality” has been r uled as unfair. Instead, we a re all placed onto one level, all receiving a gold medal. In other words, we a re living in a feelgood society. A feel-good society is one that obsesses over finding happiness and equality in ter ms of recognition. It is an attempt to elim inate competition, pressure and a feeling of wor thlessness. In some aspects, it fur ther connects the human race by removing any clea r distinction of better or worse. Instead of actions being qualified as “good or bad,” those effor ts a re just said to be done, essentially handing out a pa r ticipation awa rd to each and ever y member of society. “Congratulations, you made an effor t!” W hile it is impor tant to congratulate ever yone for their attempts, it is not negative to ma ke a distinction of who soa red higher than the expectations, above and beyond. Our own distr ict has not been hesitant to adopt this for m of equality. In ter ms of academ ic distinction, GPPSS is one of the many school distr icts in the countr y that has stopped ran k ing students based on their gradepoint averages, elim inating the position of a valedictor ian entirely. T he distr ict may claim that the distinction of being number one may ma ke other students feel pressured, belittled or unimpor tant, however, when there is no
recognition for accomplishment, the same feelings may come upon those who a re not being recognized, yet have com m itted their lives to academ ics. W hy should ever yone receive a pa r ticipation awa rd when there a re clea r levels of dedication and intelligence? In order to applaud the achievements of the highest percent, it is not necessa r y to br ing down those below. Celebration of the whole is possible while still highlighting the exempla r y per for mance of the few. Competition at the high school level ta kes place in more than just the classroom. Our ver y own school is often put against and compa red to the other high school in the distr ict, Grosse Pointe South. Although that competition may seem negative to many outsiders and staff, students of both schools have adopted the r ivalr y in a fr iendly and amusing manner. T his competition is seen in the for m of posters and social media posts, mainly based a round spor ting events. At a Nor th versus South game, Nor th students can be seen with posters reading “level the Devil,” or Instagram and Snapchat stor ies mock ing the r ival school. However, in many instances, those for ms of competition have been shut down by school staff members, claim ing they a re “inappropr iate” or “disrespectful.” By ta k ing away signs or demanding that social media be clea red of anything that may be ha r m ful to the other school, it is implied that we should be identical in ever y aspect. T hat we a re not allowed to have distinctions in athletic sk ill or school pr ide. In our eyes, it isn’t disrespectful to jok ingly ma ke fun of the other, especially when that joke is reciprocated. It isn’t something that ma kes the other feel wor thless, but is simply an enter taining and fr iendly for m of r ivalr y. If there is not a physical or verbal awa rd for those in the highest bracket of success, then there will be no reason to reach that ma rk. In order to elim inate the feeling of wor thlessness, it is not necessa r y to elim inate all recognition for those who sur passed the standa rd.
Conquering my curls By Bella Yoakam SECTION EDITOR
My hair has been the bane of my existence for as long as I can remember. It wasn’t until recently that I came to terms with my reality and accepted my true curls. Growing up surrounded by people naive to the difficulties of having textured hair, my experiences have been onerous. The desire I had to just be “normal” created an unhealthy relationship with myself that I have had to learn to outgrow. My curls have been with me my whole life and the ignorance of others has BELLA YOAKAM caused some problematic situations. When I was only eight years old, I went to a summer camp where the camp counselor told me that I did not need any product in my hair. They said that I wasn’t allowed to use it, justifying herself by saying I should “wear it natural.” I went home after the four days at camp and my mother was mortified. My hair became natty, fuzzy and overall neglected. It took hours of untangling and over ten products to get my hair somewhat back to normal. Maintaining my hair with products is expensive; especially when the minimum amount of products I need is around eight. I can not go a day without all these products. Meanwhile, a person with straight hair could go with no product at all and be just fine. Jealousy bubbled up in me from a young age, wanting to have straight hair so my hair care could be as easy as the people around me. Having people tell me to “just brush it”or “you don’t need all that product” has created a toxic mindset for me since I was a little girl. I remember wearing my hair in a bun or brushing it back so that people couldn’t tell that my hair was curly. I wanted -more than anything else to blend in and be like the majority, and it took multiple years of educating myself and self care to truly be happy with how my hair looks. I have now grown from my toxic mentality, and am able to deeply educate myself, as well as help other people with curly hair embrace their curls and themselves. I no longer strive to straighten my hair all the time and only do so for special occasions. My hair is still healing after the abuse I caused it in my younger years, but with more time and care, my goal is to bring it back to complete health and strength.
YOUR TURN: In what ways do you think social media poses a threat in schools? By Julia Liagre INTERN
SENIOR LOTUS LLOYD: “I think social media can promote
FRESHMAN SAGE SWANSON: “It definitely
SENIOR LUKE KOHLER: “A lot of bullying goes on
some harmful ideas about not only body image, but about things that are safe for young people to be doing. I think we see people trying to act like adults and also committing crimes for no reason- just a lot of dangerous stuff that can be glamourized on the internet.”
increases student social anxiety and it intensifies people’s insecurities. Sometimes it can even lead to bad mental health in the future.”
due to it. There are more rumors spread or false information about someone.”
STAFF MEMBER LAUREN KLEIN: “I think because it’s designed to be addictive, it’s becoming a barrier for students to not be able to focus on what they need to do when they’re here. In addition, students say a lot more things that they wouldn’t say face to face that are really harmful.”
Corrections: In our previous story “Home sweet Homecoming,” published on Oct. 6, an interview with Shannon Kane was fabricated. Any quotes featured in the story said to be hers are not real, and we would like to communicate this to our readers to be transparent which is something that our publication values. Mandolyn Grattan was misquoted in “Welcome Home New Teachers”. Her quote was supposed to read, “I am really enjoying getting to know the students and their personalities. I’m just really enjoying the sense of pride that everybody has for their school and that feeling of family.”
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SPORTS
Varsity volleyball strives for mental toughness, focuses on improvements By Sophia Dragich & Robb McIntyre SECTION EDITOR & INTERN The girls’ varsity volleyball team played their most recent game against South on Oct. 21. Although they lost the game overall, the team won two out of the five sets. The team currently holds a record of six wins and four losses in their league overall. According to senior and captain Sara Weiermiller, this is an improvement from last season, as the team did not win any of their games. “The season has been going good,” Weiermiller said. “We are really pushing through [and] winning as many games as we can.” Weier m iller believes this COURTESY OF increase in ERICA CAMPBELL wins resulted f r o m the team’s dedication and work ethic, as many of the COURTESY OF girls played for club teams ERICA CAMPBELL during the winter in order to prepare for the school season in the fall. “[I’ve] noticed so many more improvements through each of our players,” Weiermiller said. “During each of our club seasons, we just really worked on improving our strengths.” Assistant coach Charlie Ochylski also noticed an improvement in the girls’ skills due to their efforts on the club teams. To further enhance these skills acquired during the girls’ individual club seasons, the coaches decided to focus on teamwork COURTESY OF ERICA CAMPBELL and communication, used a positive coaching approach and held skill-specific practices, according to Ochylski. They also focused on mental toughness by making it a goal to play aggressively during every play and every game. “We play point by point,” Ochylski said. “[We try to keep] the aggressive game on our side of the court, no matter the score.” Not only has the team worked on game mentality and toughness, they have also developed a great team culture by sticking together, according to SOPHIA DRAGICH athletic director
Michelle Davis, who believes the seniors on the team have mentored and led their younger teammates. Davis credits this as the reason this team is so successful, and thinks that the leadership and camaraderie between teammates has ultimately led to their success. “We can see the cohesiveness and teamwork whether an athlete is on the bench or on the court,” Davis said. “Their support of one another is what any coach could hope for in a team and program.” Along with supporting each other through teamwork and cooperation, the team also is striving to keep a positive mindset throughout their COURTESY OF ERICA CAMPBELL games. Weiermiller believes this is one of the team’s key goals for the season. She asserted the importance of a good mentality about the game, saying the team could succeed and advance beyond districts as long as they played together and remained positive. “As long as we stay positive and just work as a team the whole way—I think we can totally make it through,” Weiermiller said.
Varsity fall sports wrap up Football Record: 3-6 Volleyball Record: 9-10
Soccer Record: 10-11-1 Field Hockey Record: 11-6-1
Girls Golf Record: 2-8 Girls Cross Country Record: 2-5
Girls Swim & Dive Record: 5-1 Boys Tennis Record: 6-13
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TOTAL TEAMWORK| The lady Norsemen defeated Utica on Oct. 19 during their “Senior Night” game, winning three out of the five sets. After watching this game and paying attention to the team throughout the season, athletic director Michelle Davis believes that the girls have potential to place well in the league and advance through districts, the nex t step of their season. “When they step foot on the court and play as a team, they have the ability to beat any team in the league and in their division,” Davis said.
Boys Cross Country Record: 2-4
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The The social social dispute: dispute: By Kailtyn Barr, Jo Jackson, Jamison Townsend & Grace Cleary SECTION EDITOR, WEB EDITOR, STAFF REPORTER & INTERN
will be funny’ so they do it to join in on the trend and make their friends laugh, even though it’s messing around in our bathrooms and ruining stuff,” Monts said. Besides that, using social media can cause a disruption during school which can lead to students accomplishing less adequate school work. Vice principal Geoffrey Young wants students to focus on their school work while at school,
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Throughout the last four years, social media app TikTok has had a progressively larger influence on younger generations. In recent months, there have been new, sometimes unsafe or harmful, challenges. An example of this is the “devious lick” challenge, where students post videos of themselves on TikTok stealing school property and supplies, like boxes of masks, hand sanitizer, soap dispensers and even water fountains. While these challenges may seem funny and exciting to attempt, necessary supplies are going missing, students who need to have access to them are struggling and teachers have to replace stolen items with the school’s funding. Math teacher Bradley Smith had items stolen out of his room, and he says that when students needed hand sanitizer and masks from his room, he was unable to supply them with any until he replaced them, which he had to take personal time out of his day to go to the store and buy with the school’s money. “I realized in the afternoon that I was missing my hand sanitizer pumps and my box of masks that I provide students,” Smith said. “I had to spend time going [to] replace those items, which the school had to pay for.” Besides items being taken from classrooms, students have vandalized the bathrooms which has left an uncomfortable setting for the people who choose to use them because imagine walking into the bathroom and seeing stolen soap dispensers, missing stall doors and trashed floors. This became a reality for Junior Rodd Monts who says, on multiple occasions, he has gone into the science wing bathrooms and found them vandalized. He believes students get a kick out of attempting to steal school property. “They find it on TikTok and think it’s funny so they say ‘lets recreate this it
and strives to establish positive relationships with students and provide a safe environment for learning. This can be challenging with students focused more on TikTok trends. “Students need to be focusing on things that are important and good in this school and the world,” Young said. “Sometimes those challenges are a distraction and they have you focus on things that are sometimes disruptive and destructive and that is beneath all of us.” According to Young, these challenges are both distractions and disruptions to things that are more important for students to focus on, like their learning and education during the school day. Missing items and the desire
to follow these trends can be distracting to a magnitude of students during the day. Smith says that students who post this challenge are also potentially creating a poor image for themselves, and possibly causing more damage by influencing other kids into joining the trend. “Sometimes there are things you post that you realize you might not actually want to disclose,” Smith said. Smith believes students need to be more mindful in regards to social media, and need to begin to realize why they are posting things online. TikTok trends like the devious lick trend is a large trend that many students should not do, let alone post proof of them partaking online. Young discourages students from participating in these trends, as they will face consequences. Students who steal school property, a crime, and record it can face serious repercussions. “It would certainly depend on what the actual challenge was and the severity of what happened,” Young said. “But, as stated in correspondences and communications to students and their parents, the discipline could be anywhere from a temporary suspension up to expulsion depending on the level of disruption to the school community.” Many students who do these challenges are not able to share them with others until they go home, or connect to a Virtual Private Network while at school. This is due to the school blocking the majority of social media apps like Snapchat and TikTok, preventing students from using these apps while at school. Monts believes that by the school blocking so many of these apps so commonly used by students is not assisting students with anything. “I don’t think it’s beneficial to students because it takes away the free use of
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according to Wallaroo media
On average, users spend 52 minutes a day on TikTok
The top six profiles in terms of following are all in Gen Z
TikTok is available for download in 154 countires
The top 3 highest earning TikTok stars are between the ages of 17 and 21
TikTok has over 130 million active users in the U.S.
TikTok pays influencers to join
The average user opens TikTok eight times a day
60% of TikTok users are Gen Zers
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using their apps like social media and and reliable internet. Stanley wants to other blocked websites,” Monts said. make sure students maintain that safety Instructional technology director and stay away from sites attempting Chris Stanley says that the district has to gather their personal information. a firewall that blocks certain apps like Stanley says that the harmful spyware could TikTok so that students can focus on potentially make its way to our network their schoolwork while in the classroom. and the district wants to make sure that “We really want to make sure that the majority everyone is shielded from that malevolence. “There’s always of the technology different types that we do provide is of malicious used for educational spyware that purposes,” Stanley said. can be out that One social media could have a app that is kept direct effect on a unblocked for network,” Stanley students to use is said. “We’re Instagram, due to always trying the amount of clubs to make sure and teams who that we have a use Instagram to safe and secure share information. environment for Other apps are Chris Stanley INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR our students.” blocked because Stanley claims they are deemed to not be used for educational purposes. that many VPNs are unsafe for usage by The school has a firewall to prevent students, and students should obey the students from using certain VPNs to technology use policies or risk getting bypass these blocks, Stanley says they their access to technology taken away. still have a hard time keeping up with the In general, Smith says, whether someone is rapid pace at which new ones are released. posting or viewing something potentially “We do everything that we can to block incriminating inside or outside of school, those [VPN’s] because that actually is they should be cognizant of the effects against our technology use policy that of their social media usage in general. “I think everyone could use a touch our students do sign,” Stanley said. The previously mentioned policy states of mindfulness when it comes to social that students are forbidden to try to media,” Smith said. “‘Why am I posting bypass the district’s filters on websites this? Who do I want to see this?’” while using the school internet, which is located in the technology handbook. The district is currently working to make sure all students have access to safe
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Adele will be releasing her fourth studio album, “30,” on Nov. 19. The album was inspired by her divorce from Simon Konecki and includes her Billboard Hot 100 charting single, “Easy On Me.” “30” will be available for streaming on Spotify on its WIKIPEDIA release date, and can be preordered for $11.98 on Adele’s website.
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“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” will pick up 30 years after the events of “Ghostbusters” and “Ghostbusters II”. The film stars actors such as Paul Rudd and Finn Wolfhard and comes out Nov. 19.
The alternative band Chase Atlantic will be performing at Saint Andrews Hall on Nov. 15 at 7 P.M. The concert will include songs from their March album, “BEAUTY IN DEATH.” Tickets are available starting at $94 on Live Nation.
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Season six of "Riverdale" premieres on Nov. 16 at 9 P.M. eastern time on The CW. The original cast, including C o l e Sprouse, Lili Reinhart and KJ Apa, will all reprise their roles in the new season. The show will also have a crossover with Kiernan Shipka from “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina."
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“These Precious Days: Essays" by Ann Patchett hits the stands on Nov. 23. This witty collection of essays cover topics ranging from marriage to the inevitability of death. “These Precious Days: Essays” will cost $22.99 and can be found on Amazon.
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The annual Detroit Zoo W i l d Lights will begin on Nov. 22 and last until Jan. 9, 2022. The Detroit Zoo will be decorated with lights around the trees and buildings, with sculptures of animals also being decorated with Christmas lights. Concessions will also be available. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door before the event.
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Nov. 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. On November 11th, 1921, a soldier's corpse was picked at random to be taken to the tomb in Arlington National Cemetery. Although commemorations for this anniversary have been taking place for a year, Nov. 11 marks the end of these memorials with a wreath-laying ceremony taking place at the Cemetery.
The novel “You’ve Reached Sam” by Dustin Thao will be published Nov. 9. Following the unexpected death of her boyfriend Sam, the heartbroken main character, Julie, tries to forget about him but eventually calls him to hear his voice on voicemail, but Sam answers. The novel will show Julie’s struggle with keeping her clandestine phone calls to her deceased boyfriend secret or letting him go.
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On Nov. 19 at 7 P.M., the Pistons will play the Golden State Warriors at Little Caesars Arena. The Golden State Warriors have won 157 games against the Pistons while the Pistons have 146 wins against the Golden State Warriors. Tickets are available on Ticketmaster.
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Taylor Swift's album “Red (Taylor’s Version)” will be released Nov. 12. The album is a re-recorded version of the original “Red.” Swift’s new project will include 30 songs, featuring artists such as Ed Sheeran, Phoebe Bridgers and Chris Stapleton.
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Will “No Time to Die” bore you to death?
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By Parker O'Neill
INTERN For 59 years and 24 films, James Bond has been a staple of the silver screen. Starring Daniel Craig for his fifth and final time as Bond, “No Time to Die” looks to be the biggest and best James Bond film of all time. Normally, the James Bond series is usually located in England, but “No Time to Die” goes in a bit of a different direction with its locations. There are various locations this movie takes you to. From the gorgeous backdrop of Norway to the streets of a small town in Jamaica, all the locations are done to perfection. Other places Bond visits are the MI6 headquarters in London, a large city in Cuba and an island located between Japan and Russia. The plot of the film revolves around Bond coming out of retirement and working with MI6 again, teaming up with his 007 replacement, Nomi (Lashana Lynch). Along the way, he reunites with a former lover of his, Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), who Bond had cast away from his life after he believed she had set him up for an ambush attack in Italy five years prior. Their goal is to bring down the main villain of the movie, Safin
(Rami Malek), and a captured MI6 scientist named Valdo Obruchev (David Dencik), who stole a biological weapon with the code name “Hercules.” This plot was intriguing because it allowed a multitude of locations in the film to be used to their max potential. For example, at the beginning of the movie when James and Madeleine are in Italy, the tight quarters of the town allow Bond to use his Aston Martin, teched out with all its gadgets, and display them very well. The acting in this film is phenomenal. Craig plays arguably the best James Bond of all time, and this movie is no except ion. From his mannerisms, to his actions, Craig has only gotten better with each performance of Bond. On the other hand, Malek steals the show as well, playing Safin. He has playe d memorable roles, such as Freddy Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” but this movie WIKIPEDIA world with provides the
one of his best performances as an actor to date. Another reason this movie should be considered one of the best Bond films of all time is because of the score, done by Dan Romer. Romer perfected the music to fit with all the elements of a great movie, and nailed it to a tee. Also, the theme song for the movie, also titled “No Time to Die”, was done by Billie Eilish, another reason this movie turned out to be such a hit. In fact, this opening song was nominated for and won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2020. To conclude, “No Time to Die” will go down as one of the best Bond films of all time, with a combination of quality acting, a stellar soundtrack, and a well rounded plot. Even though Craig is leaving the series for now, I am excited to see what direction the movies will go in the future. As for this movie as a whole, there were some slow moments that weren’t necessary to move the plot forward, but overall it was well rounded, giving me good reason to give it a 4.5 out of 5 star rating.
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Rice cauliflower and butternut squash risotto About: A classic risotto spun to include a healthier alternative to white rice: riced cauliflower. This fun dish also incorporates butternut squash for an exciting fall flavor. Good: The riced cauliflower was evenly chopped and well balanced with the squash add-ins. The dish had an overall delightful flavor, and was easy to prepare. Bad: The butternut squash came quite clumped together, creating an unequal distribution throughout the “rice.” Rating: 3/5
"One of Us is Lying": book versus TV show By Gabby Miller & Mia Stephanoff INTERNS
Karen M. McManus’ 2017 novel “One of Us is Lying” tells the story of a murder mystery taking place at Bayview High School, after a student suddenly died while in detention. The suspects? The only other people in the room. Nate Macauley, Bronwyn Rojas, Cooper Clay and Addy Prentiss are all suspects in fellow student Simon Kelleher’s murder. Something I really enjoyed about this book is how each chapter is told through one of the four main characters’ perspectives, because it revealed different sides to the mystery that I wouldn’t have known from just one. While it sometimes gets confusing at first when switching between perspectives, it’s something that makes it unique and different from other book. Getting the story told from the four characters made my opinion change on them throughout the whole book. I thought one was guilty or even sabotaged AMAZON
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another, then after their own chapter, my mind completely changed. McManus’ writing was extremely detailed, and made me feel like I was there experiencing everything. I would give “One of Us is Lying” 5/5 stars. It is a thrilling book, taking various twists and turns. Whenever I tried to stop reading, I just couldn’t put the book down because I was so invested. With all the details and plot twists, I felt like a detective trying to solve this case. Until the very end of the story, I kept wondering about who murdered Simon.
Cooper van Grootel (Nate), Marianly Tejada (Bronwyn), Annalisa Cochrane (Addy), Mark McKenna (Simon) and Chibuikem Uche (Cooper) all star in the big-screen spin off of the New York Times’ best selling novel, “One of Us is Lying.” The show follows Simon Kelleher as he exposes the students' deepest secrets to the school. Five students with contrasting personalities wind up in detention on the first day of school, but only four students leave Simon Kelleher’s death in detention is classified as murder, and the show follows the four students who are accused of committing the crime. As the show continues, I discovered that each had a motive to kill, and I enjoyed plot twist after plot twist. I also really liked the music selection, as
it features newer artists and trendy songs, like “Brutal” by Olivia Rodrigo. The show also utilizes different camera angles to change the tone to serious when new evidence is discovered. The only reason to deduct stars for this show is because the chemistry between the characters dating feels off and awkward. Some of the scenes are hard to watch and cringeworthy. A few of the details from the book are different in the TV show. The events that drew the teacher out of the room before the murder were different in the book and movie. The characters' appearances in the show are also different from the book. In the show, Nate has blonde, flowy hair, but has dark hair and the typical bad-boy look in the book. In the show, Cooper adds diversity to the group, as he is a different race than the book character who has blonde hair and is a stereotypical jock. Overall, the book and the TV show are parallel to McManus’s initial vision and the show earns 4/5 stars. IMDB
Honey roasted pumpkin ravioli About: This ravioli has a thin shell concealing a filling of a pumpkin and cheese mixture. Good: The filling was so flavorful and abundant. Each ravioli was packed with the sweet mixture. Bad: The shell was extremely thin. A little more noodle to go with all that filling would make this dish perfect. Rating: 4/5
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Organic maple butter About: This is a sweet, spreadable version of maple syrup that is a bit thicker than your everyday topping. Good: This maple butter was the perfect level of sweetness, and not too overpowering. It’s perfect for toast or waffles in fall mornings. Bad: I have no complaints! YAHOO Rating: 5/5
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Noteworthy additions to the music program: new student teachers in performing arts By Grace Rossman
SECTION EDITOR Dani Lubienski In the past, senior Dani Lubienski would walk into the band room ready to practice with her classmates. But this year is different. Lubienski was offered the opportunity to be an assistant band teacher. After sitting in the ensemble for six years, her mind lit up at the idea of leading a band class. She dropped one of her classes, but she knew this opportunity would be better than whatever class she could have taken. “Sometimes I will start class with warmups, lead the band, and get them set up,” Lubienski said, “I am training for conducting in a later concert, so I’m working on that and learning how to direct.” Being up on the podium, conducting her peers, and helping growing musicians flourish is an opportunity Lubienski does not take for granted. The people that she has met, and the students she has come to know throughout the year have given her knowledge that she will bring with her as she continues her future in music. “It’s really cool to be able to build relationships with some of the younger students and also build relationships with some of the teachers and some of the mentors in the district,” Lubienski said. Lubienski hopes that the training she receives through working under Tom Torrento, band teacher and Lubienski’s teaching partner, will be utilized in the future when she fulfills her passion of a career in music. She can picture herself leading a music class for the rest of her life, and her BEE BIELAK number one career choice as of now is a band teacher. “I just can’t imagine doing anything with my life besides music,” Lubienski said.
Ilyssa Brunhild As a student teacher for the choir classes, there could not be more of a perfect job for Ilyssa Brunhild. She has been singing since she was five years old, and when she goes into the choir room every morning she is reminded of her love for singing. “This is my passion, I love choir, I love working with students and helping others discover their voices,” Brunhild said. As a student teacher, Brunhild is learning to become a choir teacher. She leads the choir through songs, teaches vocalizing, and conducts warmups alongside choir teacher, Ben Henri. As well as learning and growing herself, she is able to contribute her knowledge to the students in the classroom. “The most rewarding part of being a student teacher is watching myself grow but then also seeing how what I do impacts the students,” Brunhild said. The students that Brunhild gets the chance to work with are one of the reasons she enjoys being a student teacher. She feels connected with her students and loves developing relationships with them. As a young teacher, Brunhild gets along well with the students, they laugh together, have fun together, and this dynamic makes choir class one that everyone can look forward to. “Students are hilarious. They make me smile, and I love watching them grow,” Brunhild said. “I love watching when a student figures something out with their voice.” To Brunhild, someone whose whole life is surrounded by music, past, present, and future, music is a dominant force in her life. Not only to just herself, but to humankind as a whole. “Music is always there when you need it,” Brunhild said. “Music represents the full spectrum of human emotion. It’s one of the most vulnerable expressions of the human condition I think.”
Greg Alter For 12 years of his life, Greg Alter has been playing the saxophone. The knowledge he has built over the many years has been brought to our band classes. As well as helping the students as a student teacher, Alter is also growing along the way. “Anything to make Mr. Torrento’s job easier is my role, along with learning how he does his job so I can better suit myself for my career,” Alter said. Although student teaching is his job, in order to train to become a band teacher, Alter has gotten the chance to form relationships with the band students. He loves running warmups with the kids in the symphony band, or sitting in the ensemble with them playing his saxophone for the full orchestra. “What isn’t my favorite part [of working with the students]? Everything has just been great, the experience of working with the kids,” Alter said. The principal reason Alter decided to become a band teacher in the future has been influenced by the teachers and leaders he has learned from as a growing musician. 12 years of leaders who have helped him along the way have put his future into perspective. “I want to make a difference,” Alter said. “[I want] to make a difference in people’s lives, as the mentors as I got older made a difference in my life.” Music means a lot to Alter, so working in the field for a living is a no brainer. Once he becomes a teacher, he is sure to be a passionate one and will influence his future students through his love for music. “Music is a language, music is something you get to do, it’s a getaway, it’s everything essentially,” Alter said.
Teamwork makes the dream work: Harbinger and Live Poet Society combine North clubs Harbinger and Live Poet Society have recently combined in order to expand the literature within Harbinger’s publication. The publication is a magazine that features student produced art and literature. The combination of the two clubs has opened up many new opportunities for the publication and the students within the clubs. Harbinger will continue to develop their student produced art and literature while also being an outlet for students to enjoy all aspects of poetry. English teacher and department co-chair Kristen Alles is one of two teacher advisers for Harbinger. Alles believes co-adviser Katie Maki and herself are more than capable of combining the two clubs successfully. “We lost our advisor [Alyssa Sandavol] and since Harbinger already had two advisors with Mrs. Maki and myself, we felt like we had the manpower to combine them,” Alles said. “I also talked to our student advisors and they were both in both clubs, so they were cool with combining.” Harbinger alone was a club that presented the students of North with an opportunity to express their artistic talents through a professional style publication. “Before it was a group of students who came together to write, to do art, create literature, to read literature and then to put together a publication,” Alles said. The publication usually takes the entire year to create, and with the Live Poet Society fully
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incorporated into Harbinger, the pressure of finding student made literature is lowered. “We're hoping that the poetry club will catalyze some work for our magazine and that they will create things in the room that we can eventually put in the magazine,” Alles said. Senior Stephanie Westrick was a part of the Live Poet Society before the merge and described the club as
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a great environment that sparked creativity through everyone's shared love of poetry. “Prior to the merge, we would put prompts on the board and write poetry on them, share the poetry we wrote from those prompts, read poems we had already written outside of the club, and watch and read poetry,” Westrick said. Westrick looks forward to the positive impact the Live Poet Society will have on Harbinger. The addition of the club is a great way to incorporate more diverse styles of literature into the publication. “I do think the combination will be beneficial. With the combination, the Live Poet club’s work will be able to be published, which is a big plus,” Westrick said. “Harbinger will automatically have some poems to include, along with the artwork it always has.” English teacher Katie Maki believes that if you enjoy drawing, painting, writing poetry, writing in general, or have any artistic ability whatsoever, The Harbinger could be the perfect club for you. The club is open to anyone and is an opportunity to become published. “It is not limited to anybody, anybody who feels as if they have artistic talent with drawing, painting, poetry, writing in general or any artistic expression is more than welcome to be here,” Maki said.
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SAFETY FIRST | Theater is no exception to mask mandates, and masks were required to both view and participate in the production. Senior Anaya Winesberry, who played Cindy, wasn’t too bothered by this. “I am glad that we’re wearing the clear masks for extra safety, but it has been kinda funny because they’ve been fogging up,” Winesberry said. “After each scene we all run off, wipe our masks off, then run back on, but I’d rather have them than not, that's my personal opinion.”
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SINGING HER WAY | Senior Sarah Lawlis showcased her passion for acting in "A Toby Show" as stepsister Sophia. “Just being able to become a different character, like someone you relate to, but is not entirely you, it’s so fun...it’s like being able to play make believe but on a big scale with costumes and lights,” Lawlis said. “You just get transported to another world, and it’s so magical."
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A PERFECT MISTAKE | Junior Jake Sachs, who played the lead role of Toby, was initially worried about performing at South. “It's not ideal, but it all worked out,” Sachs said. “The stage is actually very period relevant, the architecture of the stage was actually built around the time '(A) Toby Show' would be taking place.”
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TAPPING WITH FRIENDS | Sophomore Ben Graham thoroughly enjoyed making his theatrical debut in "A Toby Show". “It’s just great learning from all of them, seeing how they work on set, and obviously working with the positive energy everyone brings,” Graham said.
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