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Softball starts season with a 4-1 winning streak. -see page 8

New NS junior Kait Tomlin’s life consists of “art, art, and more art.” -see page 4 19 march 2015

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WELL SAID “There are some really good things out there, but I don’t want to hear that someone’s happy they’re eating oreos.” -- Dax Higgins on social media use

UPCOMING EVENTS Spring Break - No School Mar 23 – 27

E-cigarettes find their way to NS as many students fail to see the danger

State Jazz Festival Mar 27 – 28

Region Drama @ Richfield Saturday, Mar 28 Phil Allsen Assembly (during flex) Tue, March 31, 9:40am – 10:10am You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Auditorium) April 1, 2, & 3, 7:00pm – 8:30pm

BY THE NUMBERS

3 Number of students attending the FBLA national competition in Chicago

96 Percentage of students who use social media.

21-0 Score of the softball game against North Sevier.

22.9 Percentage of high school seniors in Utah who use e-cigarettes.

CONTENTS Features................4 Sports...................8 Arts......................11 Crossword...........12

FBLA students place first at state

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This year many NS students have been caught using E-cigarettes on campus. E-cigarettes appeal to teenagers and some seem to think they are less harmful, however they have a potentially worse effect on health because of the high levels of nicotene intake.

A LESHA HURST

vapor, an act known as “vaping.” They are made to look and feel In a world where technology like traditional cigarettes, but dominates, it was only a matter some resemble pens and other of time before electronics took common household items. From over the drug scene. The latest in piña colada to “purple people eatnicotine-delivering devices has er,” there are hundreds of flavors reached NS in the form of brightly available for users to choose. colored, vanilla cupcake-flavored What most users find appealtubes: e-cigarettes. ing is the fact that e-cigarettes E-cigarettes, or electronic don’t burn tobacco, so the amount cigarettes, consist of battery-pow- of tar and carbon monoxide inered cartridges that heat nicotine- haled is far less. The problem is based substances into flavored that they still contain nicotine BY

and other highly-addictive chemicals. E-cigarette liquids contain different levels of nicotine, so it is possible for them to become even more unsafe if the percentage is greater than that of a traditional cigarette. Very few studies have been conducted concerning the potential health risks of using ecigarettes, and the hazards of the unknown make vaping a dangerous addiction—one that over 30

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Senior takes second in state Poetry Out Loud BY

NICOLE BURTON

On Mar. 11, senior Alesha Hurst took second place in the state Poetry Out Loud Competition in Salt Lake City. As runner up. Hurst will receive $100 in prize money as well as $250 for NS to buy poetry books. Poetry Out Loud is an annual, natiuonwide poetry recitation competition. In order to compete, students are asked to memorize two poems, which they then recite to a group of judges, and a third poem if the student advances to state. At the state level, one of their poems must be pre-20th century and another m

25 lines or fewer. Due to the lack of NS participants this year Hurst automatically qualified for region, where she placed first, without having to present either of her poems for judges. Because of this, Hurst was unsure what presenting her poems before judges would be like. When she won, Hurst said she was both delighted and surprised. “I don’t know how to describe how it felt standing there when they called my name,” Hurst said. “Deer in the headlights moment. I was not expecting it.” At state, Hurst x recited the following po-

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Senior Alesha Hurst took second place in the state Poetry Out Loud Competition.

ems: “After Working Sixty Hours Again for What Reason” by Bob Hicok, “A Locked House” by W. D. Snodgrass, and “An Apology For Her Poetry” by Margaret Cavendish. NS Poetry Out Loud coordinator Kaylene Johnson mentioned

Hurst’s style and interpretation, which she said helped Hurst to win at the regional level and carried into her state performance. “It was an understated, subtle style that all the judges said that they appreciated,” Johnson said.

DALLIN BUNTING

On Mar. 3, the Future Business Leaders of America club (FBLA) had the opportunity to travel to Layton to represent NS at the state competition. At state, sophomore Jackson Blackhurst and junior Kallie Anderson took first in mobile application development and sophomore Nicole Day was elected the FBLA southern state vice president. Before Anderson and Blackhurst won first, they both had misgivings on how they would place. “I was thinking second or third, not first place,” Blackhurst, said “I was excited that all the work to develop the app paid off, because we had to work on it five hours a week since [Aug.] to get it ready.” The app took them many hours to make, mainly because Blackhurst had to teach himself about mobile development. Anderson’s help made it possible for Blackhurst to focus solely on the technical part of the development, while Anderson focused on the appearance portion. The app Blackhurst and Anderson made, although not yet commercially available, will be useful to NS students. The faculty and student body officers will be able to use it o keep students informed by sending out messages that are pertinent to the student body. The hard work needed to succeed at the State competition has given Anderson and Blackhurst the opportunity to attend the National FBLA competition this summer in Chicago. Also at the FBLA competition, Day was elected as southern FBLA state vice president, through extensive campaigning. Before her victory Day referenced how nervous she was about the competition. “There were three weeks not sleeping, preparing for this moment,” Day said. When she won, Day said, “I was jumping up and down.” Despite her previous apprehension about her chances of winning, Day is excited about what her position involves. For instance, Day has the opportunity to plan state leadership conferences in fall and summer. Day also needs to assess the southern schools FBLA program to see if there are changes that need to be made.

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Wood and metal shops receive sizeable donation of power tools

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On Mar. 3 the Tractor Supply Company (TSC) in Ephraim made a sizable donation of power tools to the NS wood and metal shops. The company’s owner had no interest in the brand of tools and gave the tools to the school free of charge. The nearly $1,889 donation included an impact driver, grinders, metal shears, wood saws, and metal saws.

E-cigs, continued from page 1 NS students have been caught ficer Greg Peterson said, “is Drug Abuse, 22.9 percent of doing. that a lot of people have talked high school seniors in the U.S. “We knew that e-ciga- freshmen into doing it who use e-cigarettes, and only 14.2 rettes were on the rise,” Prin- wouldn’t normally do it. We percent believe that regular ecipal Nan Ault said. “We really have parents who send their cigarette use is harmful. Comhaven’t seen an increase—at students here to the school pared to the 6.7 percent of least in the number of stu- and think they’re in a safe en- adults who use them, it’s obdents that we have caught with vironment, but it ends up be- vious that the target audience them—until this year, and ing the place where kids try it for e-cigarette advertising is then we’ve had quite a few.” for the first time, and I don’t teenagers. The ads lead stuAnother concern is the ac- think that’s right. That’s a lot of dents to believe that they can cessibility of purchasing e-cig- the reason that there’s no tol- get away with vaping because arettes. Traditional cigarettes erance here at the school: so it emits sweet-flavored vapor are closely guarded at drug- that kids don’t have that read- instead of tobacco smoke. stores, but with just a click of ily available to them.” “It’s a new thing,” Petera button, students can buy ePeterson went on to ex- son said, “but their mom and cigarettes illegally online. The plain how cigarettes started dad can’t smell it when they lack of regulation by the Food out the same way—they were walk in the door, so they think and Drug Administration a fad that made people seem they’re getting away with (FDA) allows students something, but it turns to bypass age require“I think [the problem] is getting out later when they have ments much more easily, an addiction and a habit, and from there, it only bigger and bigger and I think a it’s going to cost them a lot of it is because they think it’s lot of money and possigets harder to control. “[E-cigarettes] are bly a lot of health proba safe form of a cigarette.” easy to hide,” Ault said, lems if they stick with it “so you’ll see kids hide for a while.” -Officer Greg Peterson them in their sleeve, E-cigarettes can also they’ll hide them in encourage students to their coat jacket, and try other, more addicthen all they have to do is kind happy and sophisticated— tive drugs. Peterson said that of take a puff.” but now 400,000 Americans once you introduce drugs into Teachers and staff mem- die each year from indulging your body, your brain will conbers have been taught to in the habit, with 50,000 ad- tinue to chase after substances identify e-cigarettes, and Ault ditional deaths from second- that will give it a bigger high. believes that the key to solv- hand smoke. He believes that There have been instances ing the problem is through e-cigarettes will turn out to in which users put marijuana educating parents. She said have similar negative health and cocaine into their devices that when students are first effects. instead of the “e-juices,” and caught with e-cigarettes, the “I think [the problem] is it appears that they are just procedure is basically to help getting bigger and bigger,” Pe- vaping. Ault said that it’s a difparents become aware of the terson said, “and I think a lot ficult idea to wrap your mind problem and help students of it is because they think it’s around when you think about understand the dangers. Po- a safe form of a cigarette. They a child being addicted to these lice officers are also notified don’t realize that it’s going to substances, but NS adminisand a tobacco ticket is charged cause the same problems [as tration can’t do anything to to the student. For every of- regular cigarettes] and possi- solve the problem if they don’t fense after that, the punish- bly more problems in the fu- know about it. ment is increased. ture.” “If it’s happening here in “The worst thing about Peterson is right. Accord- the school,” Peterson said, “get [having e-cigarettes] here at ing to a 2014 survey conduct- involved. Try and help your the school,” NS resource of- ed by the National Institute on friends and let people know when it’s happening. If it’s not reported, your friends are going to end up with an addiction.” Ault pointed out that “Homemade Goodness” many students feel that telling an adult about their friends’ • Breakfast addictions is tattling, but • Lunch when it comes to a behavior • Dinner that is as dangerous as smoking, reporting the issue allows 27 North Main Street • Ephraim • 435-283-4676 the adult to be helpful.

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SOAR and boys homes to move into old elementary BY

ROWAN H ADLOCK

About six months ago, the NS district received permission from the school board to renovate the East wing of the old Mt. Pleasant Elementary and transform it into the new Pleasant Creek School. This building will be the site for the district’s alternative school, and it will include the boys’ homes in the NS district, the SOAR program, and the adult education program. This recycling of the old building is an exciting opportunity and one that Superintendent Dr. Sam Ray and Assistant Superintendent Randy Shelley have been working toward for months. Shelley originally had the idea, and as he and Ray discussed the benefits of moving the programs, the possibility became more of a reality. “Bringing [the alternative learning programs] all together in one place allows us to be more efficient,” Ray said. “It also allows us to bring in resources that are specifically tailored to help students who may learn in nontraditional ways.” These education programs are being moved to meet a variety of needs, including the students’ own, larger space; a more organized, institutionalized school setting; and a better overall education. The homes and SOAR pro-

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gram will be moving into the school this upcoming fall after construction is finished and water, plumbing, electricity, and internet are properly working. In order to accommodate the SOAR program and up to seven boys’ homes (officially five and two pending) the district plans to build dividing walls in the old preschool and kindergarten rooms to create eight available classrooms in addition to the stage and gym areas. They will also be building a faculty room in the school. Currently, the five boys’ homes in the NS district have limited access to teachers and teaching space. They are taught by one teacher who only specializes in one subject, but who is expected to instruct and help the boys in all of their core subjects. Many of the classrooms the Youth in Custody (YIC) students are in are not specifically designed to be classrooms and have insufficient space; some aren’t even official rooms, but rather converted garages. Ray anticipates that with the move to the elementary, the boys will have more sufficient space and an overall better experience. Their plan is to bring all of the teachers currently instructing separately and rotate them through the classrooms in order to provide a well rounded education for the YIC students.

“We’re going to give them a real intensive education experience while they’re with us so that they can catch up academically, have some confidence academically, have some success, and so they can go back to their school and say ‘You know what, I can do this’,” Ray said. Though moving the boys’ homes all together is expected to provide a more structured education system for the students, there is some concern as to how mixing the boys together will be handled, since the boys have been placed in homes for a variety of reasons. Ray mentioned that they plan to assign each boys’ home a room and strategically time breaks and lunches so that the boys don’t necessarily mingle and cause potential conflicts. Not only is this move expected to be beneficial for the boys’ homes, but also for the credit deficient students in the SOAR program. By moving out of the EdNet building, SOAR students will be able to have their own space and places to go for breaks from school, rather than their less ideal, current situation. Computer teacher Thomas Fell will be working to improve the SOAR program and the experience the students gain from it as he will be a Teacher on Special Assignment, more specifically the administrator of Pleas-

ant Creek School. Ray hopes that Fell will be able to help not only the YIC students’ learning to improve, but also SOAR students. “[Fell’s] going to be making sure that [SOAR] becomes a program that’s more than just fill in the squares to get a diploma,” Ray said, “but rather more of a serious preparation for life, so that the students have the credits they need to graduate but also that they’re more prepared to enter the work force.” Fell plans to help the students feel that their schooling has some validity by providing a mascot for

the school along with the more structured program. He described his excitement to take on the new job as well as teach history, which his degree is in, at the high school. “I love teaching, I love interacting with the students,” Fell said, “and I think it’s given me a great opportunity to expand and learn. We have some great administrators here, and the opportunity to learn from them is exciting as well.” Ray hopes that the new school will allow for better learning opportunities for everyone involved.

FCCLA excels at state

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On Mar. 9, nine Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members competed in the state competition in Layton. The members earned one bronze, four silver, and two gold medals at the competition and freshman Julianna Armstrong took third in the Focus on Children event. Seniors Alesha Hurst and Amy Gull competed online and are currently awaiting results.

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New NS student’s art talent draws attention BY

NATALEE WALKER

Chances are you’ve probably met one of NS’ newest students, Kait Tomlin. This red-head from Magna, Utah is a bubbly and outgoing junior. She also happens to be a budding artist and accomplished singer. After moving here just two months ago, Tomlin has found that the rural life of Sanpete is far different from the busy, urban life she’s known for so long. Although her personality collides with the country ways, she is learning to adjust as her father recently accepted the job as manager of the Tractor Supply store in Ephraim. “I like that everyone knows everyone here, and they all care,” Tomlin said. “People are very friendly and always say hello.” Moving from a school with 6,000 students to a school with 600 students has been quite the change for Tomlin. “I’m a city person who really enjoys urban areas and city life, and this is just not cutting it,” Tomlin said. “Although, the air is great

photo by Natalee Walker, art by Kait Tomlin

Junior Kait Tomlin draws during free time. Tomlin is new student at NS, having moved here two months ago. She has an avid interest in art, spending any moment she can drawing. Surrounding are samples of her art, such as Frozen’s Olaf (top left), Tangled’s famous lantern scene (top right), and a goldfish (bottom left).

here.” Despite the changes, Tomlin does enjoy the recreational activities that Sanpete offers, such as four wheeling. At a young age, Tomlin found herself doodling in her spare time and quickly decided that she wanted to be an artist for the rest of her life. Her parents encouraged her to branch out and enroll in a music class; however, Tomlin frequent-

ly spent that time drawing instead of practicing. Her life consists of “art, art, and more art.” Recently, Tomlin participated in a tedious drawing contest in her previous school district; she was required to draw for four straight hours while judges observed her skills. In the end, Tomlin received a $100 award. Tomlin spends most of her free time (on aver-

age, 2-3 hours per day) in a small office on the side of her house, where she completes most of her drawings. “I mostly just draw guys that I think are hot,” Tomlin said jokingly. She likes illustrating people that she finds interesting. Regularly, Tomlin draws portraits for people in her school and community and she earns money

while doing so. Not long ago, Tomlin had the opportunity to draw a picture for one of her close friends who recently lost his mother due to an illness. Tomlin was moved by the experience and came away with a meaningful portrait. “The reaction you get out of people for doing things for free is beautiful,” Tomlin said.

Other than art, Tomlin enjoys singing and participates in NS’s Concert Choir. Tomlin recently had the opportunity to participate in a choir for the LDS Church’s Women’s Broadcast in front of thousands of people. This is just one of the many exciting adventures Tomlin has been a part of. Tomlin has three ducks, two dogs, and one cat that are constantly keeping her on her toes. “We have a little zoo in our house,” Tomlin said. Unlike many teenagers, Tomlin has the advantage of learning to drive in a big city, although she has yet to receive her license. “I have a car, but I don’t have a license,” Tomlin said. “I’m basically the opposite of everyone else here.” Tomlin has big plans after she graduates high school next year. She is hoping to attend Brigham Young University, and then move the California and “never come back.” She hopes to eventually work for Pixar, a dream she’s had from the beginning.

NS sophomore excels in racing, ranked first in USRA BY

KYLIE M ITCHELL

While most teenagers are trying to recover from a late Friday night, Sophomore, Bailee Lucas has a different Saturday morning. The day can start as early as 4:30 am. The morning is dark and cool without the woken sun. But this is nothing out of the ordinary for Bailee. She is used to racing. The bikes are loaded in a large enclosed travel trailer. Along with riding essentials needed for the race, the crew, consisting of dad, Tim, sister, junior Bretlynne Lucas, and mom, Vickie, are in the truck and ready to go. Fast forward a few hours and the voice calls for all amateur women mini riders to the starting line. This may just be one more race on the charts, but to Lucas, this is what she lives for. Every race counts and she knows it. As she now sits and waits, the adrenaline begins to build throughout her body as she contemplates her next move. Perhaps the most important part of the race revolves around two motions. The moments feel long due to extreme anticipation as the line is completely silent. The orange flag goes up and time stops.. 3..2..1.. down! Down goes the flag and down goes Bailee’s foot and in a single kick, every fiber of her body is full of adrenaline and it finally gets to be let out. Bailee’s pit crew and family are essentially the same, both are growing. She is second in line of three girls and with a new baby brother, two boys. She has never been the one to play dress up or paint fingernails, unless dressing up consisted of a motocross jersey and helmet, and painting meant designing new graphics for her bike. “I was raised a daddy’s girl,” Bailee said. “I grew up riding, a lot of my motivation was from my dad.” Bailee got involved with a local race held every October two years ago, and she hasn’t stopped racing since. Although she took a nasty crash in her startup, which resulted in a broken collarbone and a six week break, it wasn’t enough to keep her from getting back on that bike

to “kick it and rip it!”. Like her dad, Bailee’s sister, Bretlynne, has her back every step of the way. “It’s fun to see her do so well in something that she loves,” Bretlynne said. It’s not just her actual family that supports Bailee. “The [best part of racing is the] people that we have met. The desert racing family people aren’t just people, we are family. You walk down pit row and almost everyone says hello or asks how you are doing.” As fun as racing can be, there are some downsides to the racing game. photo provided by Bretlynne Lucas ”It’s never good when someone Sophomore Bailee Lucas poses with her bike and various comes in with broken bike parts or awards. Lucas has been racing for the more than two years and personal injuries,” said Bretlynne. took first place in her two most recent races. Another problem with racing is Bailee’s parents hope for the best for her and the futhe cost. It is an expensive hobby. “We are constantly replacing bike parts, gear and more ture in her hands. “Bailee has amazing talent for a very demanding bike stuff,” Bretlynne said. Combined wih entry fees, this sport,” said Vickie. “She inspires others around her. She all adds up. But there is a positive side to all of this. “Racing may not seem worth all the money that we looks up to those who have been racing longer. She loves put into it,” said Bretlynne. “But when Bailee comes into what she is doing and dreams of all the things to come.” Good luck to Bailee as she competes in the rest of the the pits with a gap on second place, there is something in season! that moment worth it all.” Starting in the lowest girls class of mini racers, Bailee has moved up to the womens mini class and has many options from there. “I can move up to the boys class, 85 expert, 85 amateur, or I could race mini women expert,” said Bailee. This all being classified by the motor size, Bailee has room to grow and plans to fill bigger boots. Taking first place in her last two races, Bailee is ranked 1st in the USRA or the Utah Sportsman Racing Association, and 11th the overall minis class.

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HTC, Samsung release new flagship smartphones Bryce Johansen Despite my grudging admission of wanting an iPhone in the February edition, I still love the Android phones and software. Recently, two of the biggest Android manufacturers, Samsung and HTC, have revealed upgrades to their flagship smartphones. They are widely considered to be the best Android companies, and these phones are some of the most hyped of the year. HTC One M9

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respectable five megapixels to four megapixels. While one megapixel won’t make much of a difference, it is still surprising to downgrade anything. Inside, HTC has upped the RAM from 2GB to 3GB, which will noticeably increase the speed. The M9 also has a 2,860-mAh battery instead of the M8’s 2,600-mAh. Two things that I find surprising with the M9, however, are that HTC didn’t add a fingerprint sensor or increase the display resolution. Both its main competitors, the iPhone 6 and the Samsun Galaxy S6, have fingerprint sensors. If you want to keep a competitive edge, you give it features that the other options don’t have, not leave out ones that they do. And although I said that there was not a significant increase in quality with the higher than HD screens, the same philosophy applies. The GS6 has a 2560x1440 display, opposed to the M9’s 1920x1080. So basically, the M9 is just a good phone. Not great, not stupendous, just good. The lack of changes made from the M8 make the M9 almost like a year-old phone when it was just launched.

Samsung Galaxy S6 The M9 is the successor to 2014’s The S6 reinvents last year’s Samsung highly successful HTC One M8. The M8 Galaxy S5, which never achieved the sucis an absolutely astounding phone, one of cess that Samsung had hoped for their flagthe best that I’ve ever seen, but I might be ship phone. Now, with the S6, Samsung is biased—I’ve been using the M8 for the seeking to take back some of its lost glory. better part of a year. It is a truly incredible However, they took some interestphone; I didn’t think that there was much ing steps to do so. Samsung has long been that HTC could do to improve on it. the champion of usApparently neither did HTC. The phone looks virtually identical to last year’s model. Although the M8 is gorgeous, I feel this was a mistake on HTC’s part. They hoped to follow the success of the M8’s looks, but something just seems off when looking at the M9. I don’t know how to describe what it is. The camera received possibly the most renovations, in all departments ranging from looks to functionality. It now has a square sensor, instead of the circular one seen on both the M8 and M7, and it also dropped the second camera that was supposedly the M8’s claim to fame. HTC seemed to think that it had to go. They also changed the rear-facing camera resolution from the four ultrapixels seen on both the both Samsung photos from samsung.com M7 and M8 to 20 megapixels. It wasn’t just the back camera that received a change in resolution, but the ing common materials, mainly plastic, in front-facing one as well. However, it actu- their phones. But they only used premium ally received a reduction in quality, from a materials in the making of the S6, such as

metal and glass. It feels rather reminiscent of HTC’s design ideology. The S6 now has the look of a Samsung, but with the feel of an HTC or iPhone. A thinner device brings drawbacks. Samsung sacrificed the microSD card slot on the S6, a decision I don’t agree with. One of Androids major advantages over Apple was the option for expandable memory, but Samsung apparently decided to forgo this feature in favor of different internal memories ranging from 32-128 GB. While the S5 was both dust- and water-resistant, the metal on the S6 mean that Samsung got rid of that feature as well. This means that we will likely see a “Sport” or “Active” variant later this year. The camera remains at 16 megapixels, making this year the first ever that HTC’s flagship phone has had a larger resolution than its Samsung competitor. However, the camera did receive some fun and impressive updates. It has a new HDR feature, which will automatically adjust lighting and white balance based on surroundings and mode.

You can also start the camera up with two taps of the home button. Samsung claims this only takes .7 seconds, which would be quite an impressive feat. It now has 3GB of RAM, which will improve speeds considerably. Interestingly, Samsung dropped the battery from the S5’s 2,800m A h t o 2,550. With the i m proved processor, however, there should be no difference in battery life. Samsung also made the decision to release a variant of the S6 called the Galaxy S6 Edge. It is virtually identical to the S6, but features a screen that curves along both sides. They tried to do the same thing with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, releasing the Note Edge along with it. After the mixed response and low sales of the Note Edge, I’m confused as to why Samsung would attempt it again with the S line.

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Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Snapchat, Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, and Google Plus; the list is endless. There is no question that social media is now a huge part of society and most individual’s lives. However, is this social media influx helpful, or harmful? Senior Jonny Tullis mentioned a benefit of using social media, specifically Facebook. “You are able to keep track of people you don’t see everyday,” Tullis said. “And you can contact people without having to have a phone number.” He explained that he was able to talk to the band Vocal Points’ director using Facebook when he didn’t get the chance to ask for his number when talking to the director. Many students and staff agree that social media is a good way to connect with friends. Junior Larissa Beck is one of those who enjoyed these perks. “Facebook is where like our friends plan stuff to do together. It’s like all a group,” Beck said. Social media is also a place for creativity. Sophomore Maira Pa-

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I just like seeing the different things that are on there, the different ideas and stuff that people do.

NS students weigh in on social media and its impact

tino said that she uses it to find ar- been and you’ve like wasted like pends on how many likes their tistic inspiration. an hour and you could’ve been do- selfie just got.” Higgins agrees that “Seeing cool things,” Patino ing math homework,” Beck said. social media is dominating too said. “Like, I like drawing and stuff FACS teacher Auralee Brooks much of our lives, taking away the so like ideas.” Science teacher Dax mentioned that students spend so things that are truly important. Higgins pointed out the manner much time on social media, that “I also think that people spend of which we present these ideas. they claim they didn’t have time too much time on it when they “I think that the way we can to due their homework. Brooks should be spending time with share information and knowledge herself said that she was check- people in their real life that actuis astounding. You couldn’t do this ing her Facebook whilst watching ally matter,” Higgins said. “I think before. You had to publish an ar- the news. When the news story it has sacrificed some of our real ticle, you had to put it in a relationships with these book, put it somewhere,” “Some people will just waste their relationships where we Higgins said. “People post things that we’re trylives on Facebook.” have individual skills that ing to make our lives look Jonny Tullis they just share online and so good. Go out and make it’s amazing.” your life good.” News has also drastically finished she realized she didn’t Another disadvantage is also changed due to social media. Al- even know what it was about. That pertinent to social media is the most every day news programs brought up her question, ‘How of- content itself. Tullis expressed use social media updates, such as ten are we really not paying atten- his occasional annoyance with the Twitter, to get instant information tion?’ material posted. they may not have had access to “People are addicted,” said “People are idiots and post before regarding current events. FACS teacher Auralee Brooks. “I crap that no one wants to see. Like Despite these great advantages mean if you have to check your what they ate for breakfast everythere can also be negative effects Instagram and your Twitter and day,” Tullis said. “Or ‘I’m sad,’ and to using social media. A major your Facebook every hour, or everyone’s sad sometimes, you drawback is the amount of people more, you’ve got a problem.” don’t need to tell the whole world.” who waste time on social media, Tullis added to this comment Higgins strongly agrees that much especially when they have other about students’ obsession. of what is put out there is insignifithings to do. “Some people will just waste cant and inessential. “Sometimes you get on there, their lives on Facebook,” Tullis “I don’t care a lot of times what you don’t realize how long it’s said. “How happy they are de- other people have to say. I think

New number one NS students voted YouTube as their favorite social media site, with Snapchat and Facebook not far behind.

some of the things that are posted are just meaningless,” Higgins said. “There are some really good things out there, don’t get me wrong. But I don’t want to hear that someone’s happy they are eating Oreos or something like that.” Not only is there an excess of pointless things out there, but also purely detrimental things. There are anonymous social media apps where people can post whatever they want. One example of this is Yik Yak, which limits your viewing to those within a ten mile radius. Brooks said that she downloaded the app and deleted it that same day. “People can go anonymously and they can post whatever they want,” Brooks said. “And be the most hateful and rude and crude and disgusting and it’s like word vomit. It’s hurtful to other people.” Patino mentioned that the face-toface impact also had an effect on what people say. “There’s a lot of people that because you don’t actually see them, they think that it’s ok to say whatever,” Patino said. Sophomore Vicky Martinez added that there are “creepy people”

NS gets social online Nearly all students reported that they use at least one social media site, with most using more than one. Sixty-two students indicated they use social media, while only four said they do not.

ACEWIN SURCA

Twitter is all about the audience. My humor consists of sarcasm and inappropriateness.

and stalkers on social media. She had a friend who was stalked on a website. “It’s so easy to just like stalk people,” Martinez said. Overall there are many pros and cons to using social media. Tullis expressed his general view on social media. “I think it’s an awesome tool. It can be used for stupid stuff, or bad things or things that are pointless and time wasting. But it can be used for really good things too,” Tullis said. “But you know, so can a screwdriver. You can stab someone with it or you can fix stuff.” The amount of time, the purpose for use, and content are all contributing factors that determine whether social media is harmful or helpful. Brooks summed up her opinion on the subject. “With everything I think there just needs to be balance,” Brooks said. “And its just finding that balance: between the things you have to do and the things you get to do.” Though some are strongly for or against it, it seems that how social media affects your life is up to you.

JACOB SPARKS

Tumblr is a lot more upto-date and creative.

AMY STAKER

I get to see when [my friends] are on, so that means that we can actually talk for a while

Jori Turpin

I like Instagram because it’s just pictures. Facebook is now mostly ads.

JACKSON BLACKHURST -I like that you can show

your facial expressions of what you’re saying so people can take things the right way.

NS gets social online A recent survey of NS students showed that the majority are heavy users of social media. More than 80 percent of students use Facebook and 78 percent use YouTube. But social media is not all positive.

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Softball Record 5-1

19 mar 15

NS vs Emery 17-6 NS vs Summit Academy 15-5 NS vs Richfield 13-8 NS vs North Seveir 21-0 NS vs Riverton 9-17 NS vs Union 8-5

Ladyhawks rely on heavy hitting to start season 4-0 before dropping games to 4A schools in tournament. BY

AVERY BRIGGS

Beating Emery 17-6 was the perfect way for the NS softball team to start their 2015 season and was the beginning of a four game winning streak. Junior pitcher Danielle Seely believes the girls did a great job for their first time out and is proud of how well they played together as a team. Although Seely walked a few players and four errors were committed in the field, the team bounced back and finished strong. As evidenced by the score, the offense was especially fantastic. “We are hitting pretty well already and that should only continue to get better,” said sophomore Catherine Lund. Putting runs across the plate will be a high priority for the Lady Hawks since their upcoming games are against much bigger schools. In order to build the momentum required for region, maintaining stamina is a must for Seely and other pitchers sophomores Mariah Hafen and Kaylee Taylor. Fortunately against Emery, Seely was able to pitch a complete game, keeping Hafen and Taylor’s arms fresh for the rest of the week. Over the weekend the team played in the Sunroc Invitational at Dixie State against Riverton, Corner Canyon, and Tooele. Up to this point in the season the girls have had a better record than they have had in nine years, beating Summit Academy, Richfield, and North Sevier in three days. The noticed improvement is largely due to the fact the girls share a much stronger bond and just work better

photo by Avery Briggs

Sophomore pitcher Mariah Hafen, first baseman Kyrra Nielsen, and third baseman Danielle Seely during the Ladyhawks second game of their season. The Ladyhawks beat Summit Academy 15-5.

together, according to Lund. With senior Jane Bailey as an extremely dependable shortstop and the infield’s strength and ability to get outs, the pitchers’ burdens will be eased. However, the outfield needs to be able to consistently make plays in order to compete against the bigger schools.

This year’s team is young, with four underclassmen starting varsity. Losing nine seniors would unsurprisingly seem like a huge handicap, but Seely feels confident in the girls’ ability to fill the vacated positions. “We can be just as good as last year if we get our stuff together,” Seely said.

The girls expect to do fine in the preseason and are looking forward to region play. The Hawks anticipate Juab and Payson to be their toughest competition in region. With a strong finish of .500 last season, the Lady Hawks are focused on doing just as well or even better.

Track relies on strong runners for success despite low turnout by Makenzy Palmer

and girls team. Their numbers decreased drastically; now there are This year’s track and field only about 10 athletes on each team has the potential to do well roster. at both region and state despite “With smaller numbers, it’s small numbers. harder to do well as a team,” seThe team is much smaller nior Kelly Francks said, “even if than it was last year, making it every athlete is talented.” harder to do well overall. Last Track is not only an individuyear the track team had about al sport, but a team sport as well. 20 participants for both the boys In each race, the first through

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tenth place runners earn points for their team. The key to success is not only to have fast people, but to have many runners so there is a greater chance of placing. At last year’s region track meet sophomore Carl Peel, junior Jennette Larsen, sophomore Angela Clayton, Francks, and freshman Julie Boekweg all placed in the top ten. The girls went on to the state track meet, where the girls team earned sixth place, placing in the top three in five different events. Among those who placed were Clayton who took second in the 800-meter run and third in the four hundred meter dash and Boekweg who placed tenth in the 1600-meter run and ninth in the 3200-meter run. The NS girls also received second place in the medley and 4x400 relay, which consisted of alumnus Mary Larsen, Jennette, Francks, and Clayton. This year, the team hopes to do well at region and state with several extremely talented athletes. Senior McKenna Birch, Larsen, Clayton, Boekweg, and Francks are expected to boost the girls team and junior Spencer Applegarth and Peel are the top runners for the boys team. Improvement in running

photo by MaKenzy Palmer

Sophmore Angela Clayton, junior Jannette Larsen, and Wasatch runner Ben during track practice.

time is often shown in tiny increments here and there, so it doesn’t seem like much of a change. “A lot of people get discouraged because it’s more of an individual sport,” Clayton said, “and the improvement isn’t obvious.” Clayton makes specific goals

to help her see the improvement. For this year, she wants to run the 400-meter race in 57 seconds and the 800-meter race in 2:18. She also hopes to achieve first place in region in those two events, and place in the top three at the state level.

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No love for underclassmen: big numbers mean late practices

Boys soccer team looks to work hard to compete in region BY

photo by Lydia Madsen

First singles player senior Justin Ericksen serving against Uintah. Ericksen won his match 6-0, 6-4. The Hawks beat Uintah 4-1.

by Lydia Madsen For the past several years, the NS boys tennis team has had a good-sized team. This year, however, something changed as 27 boys showed up to tryouts, along with three coaches instead of two. All 27 boys were kept, making this the biggest team NS has had in several years. “This season we have 27 boys on the team. There are 11 freshmen, 10 sophomores, one junior, and five seniors. We also have three coaches, including myself, Coach Bentley, and Coach Braithwaite,” said Vice Principal. With a bigger team cowmes big changes to the way practice is run. NS has five tennis courts, and for a normal-sized team, that is a good

amount of room to run a practice. There is a place for everyone to warm up, space for drills and games, and space to have challenge matches going on. With a large team that is a different story. During warm-ups it is hard to fit all of the boys on the courts, without having someone running into a fence due to lack of room. During practice, you have to choose either games, drills, or challenge matches, you can’t have all three going on at the same time. Since this deprives the boys of playing time, the coaches have decided to split the practice. Varsity and upper JV players will still come at the normal practice time of 3:30. They will practice with just themselves until 4:15. At 4:15, the rest of the JV will come to practice as well.

After a while of combined practice, the varsity will leave at 5:30 and JV will get some practice time to themselves until 6:30. This way, every boy gets good practice time each day. A changing practice schedule is not the only new thing added to the team this year. Many of the players are brand-new to the game of tennis, with most of them having never picked up a racquet until tryouts. “I wanted to try something new,” said freshman Morgan Cook. The team increase was a surprise to many, including the players. “It’s weird, but it’s good for the tennis program,” senior Kedrik Grasteit. Even though it was a surprise, the players are excited to have an increase in players for different reasons.

See Tennis, page 9

Baseball competitive in first few games of season

photo by Madison Clawson

Senior Bryce Blackham prepares to hit a double in a game against South Summit. The Hawks beat the Wildcats 5-1. BY M ADISON C LAWSON

As spring rolls in, the baseball season is just getting started. The Hawks’ season began the first week of March with a game against Delta. Head coach Dan Christensen is looking to improve the program this season. He believes the team this year will be able to come away with more wins and im-

prove from last season. “They are a good group of guys,” said coach Christensen. “We should win a few games this season. It should be a good year.” Although the Hawks lost 13-7 to Delta, they were able to pull things together after the first two innings and only gave up two runs after that in the seventh inning. The Hawks con-

tinued to pull things together the next week as they beat South Summit 5-1. The boys agreed that there are still things to work on, but it was an exciting game and a good way to begin the season. “I did alright,” said senior Tim Holden. “I could have done better if I had the chance, but I did get on base and I scored from it, so that’s good.” The team once

again had a slow start, but made up for it later in the game. The Hawks gained most their ground in the fifth inning when senior Bryce Blackham and Ramone’s doubles and sophomore Jake Hadley’s single brought in four boys. “We struggled at first, but then we pulled it together,” said senior Skyler Atwood. “It was awesome.” This win got the boys ready for their tournament that weekend in Kanab. During the preseason Christensen will be moving players around in different positions, getting a feel for who plays best where. He counts on senior Garrett Christensen, Blackham, and Ramone to be major contributors this season. “Garrett Christensen helps a lot,” said coach Chris-

tensen. “He’s been playing on varsity since he was a freshman. Bryce Blackham is a very good outfielder, he helps the team out a lot. And Stephan Ramone is a very good pitcher with a very strong arm.” Garrett believes the team has potential, they just need to work hard to reach it. “We [can] be good,” said Garrett. “It all depends on how much we do and how hard we work. We have the talent.” Coach Christensen is just looking forward to spending time with the team and watching them improve. “I like spending time with the players,” said coach Christensen. “I like to see their successes and their failures. Their failures make them grow as young men.”

K IERSTEN STR ATE

Eleven players work together in harmony to create the perfect team. The goalie, defense, midfield, and forwards all depend on each other and must trust each other in order to be victorious. That is exactly what the NS boys soccer team plans on doing this season. “We will be doing a lot better than last year,” said coach Julio Tapia. The record for the team last year was 6-8 and the team plans on doing better this season. Even though the team lost two seniors from last year that played a huge role on the team, there are players that have stepped up and filled those vacant spots. Most of the varsity team this year consists of returning players with experience on the field. According to Tapia, seniors Ed Navarro and Salvador Soto are strong players who can play almost every position. Senior Daylen Carter and freshman McKade Talbot are also strong on the defensive end, which makes the team balanced as a whole and the defensive end especially strong. The NS boys soccer team started their season a little rocky at a St. George tournament where they played Delta, Dixie, and Pine View. They lost to all three teams; they lost to Delta 0-7, and both Dixie and Pine View 0-9. The tournament was especially hard because most of the juniors and seniors were at prom. With the older players gone, the younger players were able to get valuable time on the field. The team also recently travelled to Tooele and Grantsville. The boys lost to Tooele 1-7, but they were able to score the first goal of their season. In the game against Grantsville, the boys lost 0-5. “There’s always room for improvement,” said junior Taylor Lee. There are many things the team hopes to improve on to help them reach their ultimate goal. “[We need to] work on staying in positions and not being selfish,” said sophomore Justin Bowles. Being in position is a major key in soccer, if you aren’t in the right spot things could go downhill quickly. By fixing the smaller mistakes the team hopes to improve their play. Giving their all in everything they do will help them accomplish that. “[We need to] play at 100 percent during practices and work on small mistakes,” said coach Tapia. These improvements will help the team reach their ultimate goal of taking region this year. If they do take region, it will be the first ever region title in the history of NS boys soccer. “If we play hard and as a team we could take first,” said Lee. The boys are confident that they will be able to achieve this goal, but there will be some tough competition in the region. Among the toughest is the returning region champion, Payson. However, through hard work and dedication the boys soccer team hopes to have a successful season and leave their mark. “Come support the team, you will be impressed with what you see,” said coach Tapia.

photo by MaKenzy Palmer

Senior Eduardo Navarro screens a defensive player at their game in Grantsville. The boys lost 5-0.

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10 Tennis, continued from page 9

“It will be good for the team because we have more variety,” said freshman Trevor Ence. Another reason to be excited for the large team is given by sophomore Benjamin Palmer. “Having a large team like we have this year is super exciting because in years past we’ve only had five new players each season. If all of the new people enjoy playing and decide to stick around, we could have a very good, competitive team within these next couple of years. I am really excited to see how this turns out,” said Palmer. This season is an exciting time for the players and many of them have set goals for the season. “My goals for this season are to lead the team to region and get better,” said senior Justin Ericksen. Not only have the players set goals, but they also shared their excitement for the season. “My goal for the season is to kick Payson’s butt and win the region trophy,” said senior Jordan Ericksen. The Hawks played their first pre-season game on March 5 against Uintah, winning 4-1. A week later the boys played Grantsville and lost a close 2-3 match. On March 12 the team traveled to St. George where they beat Hurricane 5-0. The team also played in a tournament there where they took sixth place out of ten schools. It looks as though the team will have a good team this year.

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NS thespians prepare for region drama comptetition with musical BY

GATLIN A. JORDAN

Lights. A void of black lies before you, and you feel almost transformed into a new atmosphere. The feelings of anxiety, stress, joy, depression—everything melts away as you become someone new. No longer confined to a set of rules and restrictions, the limit is your imagination. Nothing can make you more upset or more elated than what is going to take place on this stage. The life of a thespian may seem odd to an outsider, but to them, they would have it no other way. photo by Gatlin A. Jordan “I like seeing what people The “Charlie Brown” cast strikes a pose: Charity Enman, Thomas think of what we’ve done,” junior Dye, McKae Cox, Amy Staker, Hannah Talbot, and Kelsen Spencer. McKae Cox said. “As Lady Gaga traying her as a freshman. individual students are also diligently would say, the applause.” “Two years ago, I was a freshman preparing monologues and scenes. One of the challenges the drama and it was my first musical and it was “We’ve actually got a pretty department is undertaking this year is a one-act piece for the competition. really weird,” Talbot said. “This year mature group this year,” Kelly said. They have chosen to adapt the mu- it’s more ‘I’ve done it before, I know “Even though I’ve been working with sical, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie what I’m doing’... and this year we’re the other cast, they’ve actually been Brown!” to fit the requirements of the the role models instead of having oth- working without my constant supercompetition. Drama teacher Bruce er people to look up to and be the role vision.” The actors also feel that the bonds Kelly explained that the biggest diffi- models for us.” Having already done this pro- that are made at such competitions culty is that they only get to practice duction once, Talbot feels she knows are worth a lot and help to establish during class, which meets only every the number one thing this year’s cast new friendships and destroy boundother day. Cox feels the biggest challenge needs to acquire in order to be suc- aries. While the competition is an important part, students gain valuable lies in the fact that not only do they cessful. “We just have to be a family,” knowledge and experiences. have a short amount of time to preTalbot said. “The first time we were “Region drama is a chance where pare, but also in the fact that people so close to each other… and I think you go there, and you don’t have to be aren’t always in attendance. “We’re doing what we can with that’s where your character comes in: a jock or a cowboy or whatever; you who we have in class,” Cox said. when you can be so comfortable with can be whatever the heck you want “We’re also going to have to rehearse the people onstage that you’re not and no one judges you. People practice to walls, and it’s totally cool beafter school. Really late after school, worried about messing up.” “Charlie Brown” is definitely a cause you can be weird and be yourbut after school.” big part of the drama department’s self, and you gain a lot of confidence Junior Hannah Talbot is reprising her role as Lucy, after previously por- preparation for the competition, but by competing.”

The DUFF: a modern high school stereotype BY

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For generations, most people could only fit into one of four social categories: jocks, geeks, princesses, or basket cases—people that are their own best friends—but Bianca (Mae Whitman), a frumpy high school senior, realized the harsh cruelty of high school a little too late. Bianca was a normal girl with a weird sense of style and gorgeous friends, but she never seemed to see that she was completely opposite from her two best friends until a very good-looking jock came up to her at a party and said, “Ah, my favorite DUFF.” She just stared at him with a look of confusion, and then he explained it to her: “DUFF, D-U-F-F,

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Bianca (Mae Whitman) takes a stand for herself after being dubbed the “Designated Ugly Fat Friend” of her group.

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