Basketball coach Bull Keisel dismissed after team wins region championship
Mark Zuckerberg holds Q&A at BYU with Senator Orrin Hatc h
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--Coach Russell “Bull” Kiesel, on the end of his coaching experience at NS High. For Kiesel’s farewell letter, see page 3.
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By the Numbers:
42
Highest number of students who have enrolled in Mr. Allred’s Drawing class. This is twice the amount of desks in his room.
82 Percent of NS seniors believe that the class ooff fferings at the school are limited.
$100
Amount won by senior All yssa Hall for taking runnerup at the state Poetry Out Loud competition.
4 Number of teachers leaving NS at the end of the semester.
$2,816 Amount of money now all lotted per student under new legislation.
Contents A & E................7 Crossword..........8 Features.............4 News..................1 Sports................5
BY JESSE RICHMOND, ELLIE NIX, KAYTIE NIELSON, AND TIFFANY CHRISTENSEN Last issue, we looked at an interesting trend in how the students of NS enrolled. While the majority of lowerclassmen had full schedules (which we defi e ned as eight classes, with no T.A. or Internship periods), the same could not be said for the older members of our student body. This time, we’ll look more closely at how the students and teachers feel about the classes offered at the school. off According to recent NS Times research, less than half of the upperclassmen at the school are taking eight normal, non-teacher assistant or intern periods. It was also speculated that those who were enrolled with a full schedule were takk ing classes just to take up space. With more research, this claim gains substance. Out of 59 seniors surveyed, only 25.4 percent said they were taking a full schedule of classes, lining up with past research on the matter. 55 percent of those students who reported full schedules said that they were taking
“filler” classes: they only enrolled to fill up empty space in their schedule. Additionally, 82.5 percent of all seniors surveyed said that they found the school’s class choices to be limited, and 80.9 percent of those said that they would take more classes if the class roster had a greater variety. Senior Trevor Carter said that, as far as classes go, there aren’t a lot of options for seniors. He said that he isn’t taking a full schedule of classes, and this is because there aren’t any more classes he is interested in taking. If the school were to offer ff more classes, he said, he would be more likely to fill up his schedule. Specifically, Carter would like to see a com-
puter programming course, something that he finds interesting and thinks is valuable to high school students. Another senior, Marleen Lewis, has had difficulties with the school’s class roster. Lewis said she thinks the class choices are very limited,
Photo byy Jesse Richmond
A crowded ceramics class. Due to the limited amount of course offerings at NS, many take ceramics or other classes, such as drawing or foods, to fill their schedules.
giving the fact that only one foreign language is offered ff as an example. Lewis does not have a full schedule, taking six classes, and of those she said only one is required. In fact, if Street Law had been offered ff last semester, she said, she could have graduated last semester. Lewis would like to see a photography class (as would many other surveyed seniors), but she recognizes that the school only has
one art teacher and “he’s swamped as is.” That one art teacher, Paul Allred, also sees that his classes are overbooked, and that those enrolled may not even be interested in the subject. Allred said that in a normal class of 30 students, only a few are truly interested in art and plan to pursue it in college. The majority of them are taking the class to fulfill their required fine arts credit, and another few are in the class because they are, as
Allred puts it, “stuck there.” “You have a whole section of kids that you know aren’t in there to take art,” said Allred. According to Allred, the art room has 21 desks. In a class such as Ceramics II, this isn’t a problem, since he said there are only 15 students enrolled. In his Drawing class, though, there are over 30. The highest number Allred said he has had in a class is 42, twice the number of desks he had available. SEE CLASSES, PAGE 2
Senior takes second at state Poetry Various staff aff members to leave Out Loud competition in SLC NS at the end of schoolyear BY JESSE RICHMOND
BY MARIA A REYES
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On March 14 senior Alyssa Hall represented NS at the state Poetry Out Loud competition, taking runner-up overall. The competition was held at the Rose Wagner Theater in Salt Lake City. Hall said that she was surprised that she did so well at the competition. “I didn’t expect to place at all,” said Hall. For the competition, participants must memorize three poems. The competition is split into three rounds. During the first and second rounds, every participant recites a poem for the judges. At the third round, though, a few finalists are chosen to recite their third. The judges decide between these finalists to see who will win the distinctions of winner and runner up. Though Hall was nervous, Hall said that the feeling wasn’t too bad. “I was a lot more relaxed than I expected to be,” said Hall. In between recitations, the contestants would eat pizza and get to know each other. This atmosphere, Hall said, is what helped to relax her. Hall first decided to compete last year while watching former NS student Amy Bangerter compete at the competition. English teacher Ben Cox made a deal with Hall: if she wanted to watch Bangerter, than she would have to compete next year. Hall agreed, and competed this year. Hall said that she enjoyed the experience. “It was kind of fun getting to learn more about poetry,” Hall said, “I actually like poetry now.” Before the competition, Hall said that she didn’t have much interest in poetry because it took too much time to understand. However, now she has gained a greater understanding of poetry, and enjoys learning about it more. Though Hall is grateful for the opportunity she had, she does still wish that she could’ve
Photo provided byy Jennyy Cox
Alyssa Hall at the state Poetry Out Loud competition. The competition was held at the Rose Wagner theater on March 14th.
done better at the competition. Though she placed runner-up (receiving $100 for herself and $200 for the school), the winner of the competition receives the opportunity to compete at Washington D.C, something Hall would’ve enjoyed. “A trip to D.C. would’ve been nice,” Hall said. As of press time, Hall is unsure why she came shy of winning, not having been able to look at her score sheet. However, she suspects that it may have been due to the length of her poem. Due to some confusion after the school competition, Hall didn’t know that she would be competing at state until a week later, giving her less time to prepare. As a result of this, she chose a shorter third poem, which may have been frowned upon by the judges. Now, after the competition, Hall said that she will likely continue to study poetry. “I probably won’t memorize, but I’ll look at poetry a lot more,” said Hall.
Over the years, NS has had new teachers, some of which end up teaching here until they retire. Others leave early for various reasons. This year, NS will be losing four faculty members. They all have different ff reasons for leaving and their future plans vary widely. Amber Hill, geography and math teacher at NS, is one of the teachers who will be leaving this year. She will be teaching math at North Sanpete Middle School. “With the change of the math program, the district is shifting the personnel,” Hill said. The common core is what the new math program is called. Students starting in seventh grade will be taught the same math and everything will be combined. So when the students are seniors in high school, they can take calculus. “The district has the right to move teachers where they are needed,” Hill said. “I’m fine either place; I’m happy to be wherever they need me.” Mark Willey, world geography, history and special ed teacher at NS, is the second teacher who will be leaving. “They district told me they needed a YIC teacher for Point Loma,” Willey said. YIC stands for youth in custody. Point Loma is a boy’s SEE TEACHERS, PAGE 2
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Patino earns prestigious Utah citizenship award
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New education legisation passed BY HUNTER ERICKSON AND TYLER GLAD Several Bills were passed in the Utah State Legislature recently that will aff fect the education programs throughout the state. One of these bills increased the WPU (weighted pupil unit) per school. This will increase the amount of money that each of the schools receives per student enrolled from $2,577 to $2,816. Although this adjustment increases the WPU, some funding for specific programs such as Adult Education, Extended Kindergarten, and the K-3 Reading program is being taken away. The Adult Education program is now getting $9 million, which is an overall loss of $266, 146.
“To walk out of that and only lose $266,000 is pretty good,” said O’Dee Hansen, who is over the Adult Education program. The Extended Kindergarten program is getting $7.5 million, and the K-3 Reading program is getting $15 million. “It’s not based on how many students are in the program,” said Hansen, “but on the outcomes.” The outcomes for this program are used to determine how much funding the program gets for two years. Another bill that was passed by legislature allows advertising on school buses. This bill has been presented before, but was finally passed on March 8. Although advertisements are now allowed on buses, there are restrictions as to
the amount of space they take up, as well as the content of the ads. The ads may not take up more than 35 percent of the bus as to allow the buses to still be recognizable, and the ads must be on the sides. Also, the ads must be considered age appropriate for the school. “It’s not going to be a big deal, not many businesses will want to advertise,” said Randy Shelley, the Vice Superintendant, “I don’t think it will affect ff rural Utah as much as it will up north.” Despite the fact that most of the bills had to do with monetary matters legislation was also passed concerning what needs to be taught in schools. It is now required that students are taught that the US is a republic not a democra-
cy. These words were used interchangeably before the bill was passed. The district is also required to educate students in civics and character. This requires teachers to teach students to be good citizens and human beings. “By virtue of our profession teachers do this everyday anyway. Making it a state mandate is having the government step in and make schools do what should happen in the home,” said Scott Butler, a teacher at NS. The district is also required to report what progress has been made on students being educated about civics and character to the state. “Overall I think [legislation] came out well compared to other years,” said Shelly.
BY CHRISTIAN CARR For the first time, a student at NS has been awarded Congressman Jason Chaffetz’s ff Youth Community Citizenship Award: junior Kelly Patino. The award is given to students who show outstanding citizenship and service in their community. Nominees must have a high GPA, a career goal, and participate in service at their school and in the community. Patino was nominated by school counselor O’Dee Hansen. According to Hansen, he nominated her because of her involvement as President of the Multicultural club, and other service opportunities. “[Patino] is involved with the community, and because of the multicultural club, I see what she does, and is involved with,” said Hansen. Along with Latinos in Action, Patino also volunteers at the clinic in Moroni, and translates for the parents that don’t speak English at Parent Teacher Conference, and is a participant in Latinos in Action. “Latinos in Action is a group that goes to elementary schools and helps Hispanic kids to learn to read and write better and to get our culture out,” said Patino. Patino will be presented the award by Congressman Chaff fetz on April 8, 2011 in Provo, Utah.
Classes, continued from page 1 Though Allred said he believes that the arts are off ten viewed as unneeded, his classes aren’t the only ones with swollen numbers. “It’s not just the electives. Even the core classes are overwhelmed with size,” said Allred. Allred said he would like to add a Sculpture and a Painting II class to the schedule next year. Since there are no plans to hire a new art teacher to assist him, he would facilitate the new classes by cutting old ones. Since Ceramics II is offered ff both semesters, he said he would replace one of those classes with Sculpture. Likewise, a Drawing or Art Foundations class would be removed so that Painting II could be off fered. “Hopefully, it would give kids more options,” said Allred. Another teacher, Auralee Brooks, has issues with overcrowded classes. “Every semester I have to kick kids out,” said Brooks. Brooks’ optimal class size for Foods, based on the available appliances, would be 24 students, but normally she said she has around 36. Brooks said that the perception that the class is “an easy A” draws students in, as well as the prospect of eating what is made in class. “It’s Foods. You get food,” said Brooks. However, based on a survey she gives her classes at the beginning of the semester, Brooks said she has received the response that students are only takk ing the class to fill up space in their schedules. In an av-
erage Foods class, she said, anywhere from one-fourth to one-third of the students are using the class as a schedulefiller. Brooks said that the six classes she teaches are divided evenly between Foods I, Foods II, and Teen Living/ Interior Design (the former is taught first semester, the latter second). She said that she would not be opposed to dropping Teen Living in favor of another class, but cannot due to the lack of FACS (Family and Consumer Science) teachers (and the lack of space required to house more). Specifically, Brooks said she would like to offer ff a ProStart class. According to Brooks, Pro-Start is essentially a Foods III class, and it helps students prepare for the business world. “With that class it’s almost like they’re working in a restaurant,” said Brooks. Additionally, Brooks would like to offer ff an Interior Design II class, which goes more in depth than the first, as well as a Fashion class. However, the lack of facilities (and teachers) frustrates these goals. So, efforts ff are being made to make up for the somewhat limited choice in class offerings ff at the school. As mentioned previously, Mr. Bowles and the administration are pushing to bring Physics and Applied Science to the school, and Allred and Brooks are also looking to expand their classes. Though these changes come too late for this year’s seniors, hopefully future students will be able to reap their benefits.
Carlie Brotherson crowned Miss Mt. Pleasant for 2011 BY KIMBERLY LARSEN
sort. She was a part of the rodeo club at North Sanpete High School during her freshman, sophomore and junior years. With this came the opportunity to compete weekly in Rodeo Queen Contests. Brotherson said that this past experience has really helped her prepare for the Miss Mt. Pleasant Scholarship pageant. Along with being in Rodeo, Brotherson enjoys being outdoors, snowmobiling and shopping. Brotherson first decided to compete for the crown when she was young. She said that her mom was in charge of the little Miss Mt. Pleasant pageant and she really enjoyed all that went on with that. “Just to be able to do it was an honor,” Brotherson said, speaking of the pageant this year. The performance of Brotherson and the other contestants reflected this year’s Miss Mt. Pleasant theme, “A night with the stars”. The stage was decorated with lights, hanging stars and an archway decorated to look like movie film. The girls who competed were Brotherson, Rocco, Barnett, Amanda Johansen
When her name was called as Miss Mt. Pleasant 2011, Carlie Brotherson’s feelings were that of relief. “Just to know that all that hard work paid off ff was a relief in itself,” Brotherson said. The pageant was held on the night of March 19 in the North Sanpete High School Auditorium. The contestants started preparing for this night as a group about two months ago. Individual preparation started at this time or even before, as was the case with Brotherson. Brotherson is the daughter of Richard and Molly Brotherson of Mt. Pleasant. Her attendants were Tenisha Barnett, daughter of Patricia and Jesse Davis, as first attendant, and Christina Rocco, daughter of Debbie and Tom Rocco, as second. Brotherson and Barnett are both seniors at North Sanpete High School and Rocco is a junior. The Miss Mt. Pleasant pageant wasn’t the first experience that Brotherson has had with competitions of this
Are you taking a full schedule? (Excluding T.A. or Internship)
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and Annalisa Mower. Individuality shone out when the contestants performed their talents. Out of the five talents, three were vocal solos but each one caught the attention of the audience in a different ff way. Brotherson’s talent was a piano solo where she played “Raging Storm”. Barnett also caught the attention of the audience with her performance of “In the mood” on her Alto Saxophone. “I told you you were in for a treat for the talents tonight,” said JD Fox, the host for the pageant, after a few performances were done. Brotherson chose the platform “Give the gift of life; Become a blood donor” because of a personal experience. When she was twelve years old, her grandma died from cancer. In one night, Brotherson saw her receive thirteen blood transfusions and realized the importance of donating blood. The thing that Brotherson is the most excited about in her reign is aspect of fulfilling her platform. She plans on holding at least three blood drives throughout the year.
Teachers, continued from page 1 home in Spring City and Willey will teach the boys all course subjects. “I like working with young adults, so that will still be the same,” said Willey. Heidi Bouck, computer tech, word processing teacher and girl’s basketball assistant coach at NS, is another teacher who will be leaving. “My husband got a job in Arizona,” Bouck said. “We’re just finishing off ff the year and we’re going to move.” Bouck and her family will be moving to Queen Creek, Arizona. Her plans are to be a full time mom. “I’m going to stay home and be a mom,” Bouck said. “My husband just got a really good job.” Even thought Bouck has been teaching at NS for almost three years, there are several things she will miss about NS. “I had good students, and I’ll miss the teachers and FBLA,” Bouck said. Casey Jenson, P.E., weight lifting teacher and head football coach at NS, is the fourth teacher who will be leaving. He hopes to go back to his home state Texas and coach and teach there. “I want a teaching position that’s attached to coaching or vise versa,” said Jenson. Even though Jenson hopes to go back to Texas, he has received an assistant coach position at Salem Hills. “My wife and I will be leaving after graduation,” Jenson said. “We will most likely go to Utah County or wherever a job is offered.” ff Jenson feels upset that he wasn’t able to change what happened here at the past, how NS has gone from coach to coach for the football program. “It’s unfortunate,” Jenson says. “It was my main goal to have gotten past them changing coaches and establishing a tradition of staying here.”
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Heidi Bouck assists a student with a computer problem.
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The dilemma of coaches everywhere As I’m sure most of you have heard by now, basketball coach Russell “Bull� Kiesel will no longer be coaching the Hawks after this year. There are lots of things being said about why he’s leaving (including some of our own reporting. See page 5), but I’m not going to add my voice to that argument. This event did, however, make me think about problems that could lead to a coach’s departure. One debate in particular came to mind. On the one hand, parents want to see their kids playing as much as possible. On the other, these same parents (and other community members) want our teams to succeed. Unfortunately, these ideals can only coexist under special circumstances. By this, I mean that every member of the team would have to be an exceptionally talented player. Not to be mean, but this is highly unlikely. More likely is a team composed of a couple of very talented players, a majority of medium-range players, and a few players that are, shall we say, less talented. With this in mind, we see that the two scenarios can’t happen at once. If everybody
gets equal playing time, then the team is less likely to succeed. The chances of success are greater if the coach gives more playing time to better players. The coaches are therefore caught in an impossible situation, which sadly can sometimes result in their dismissal from the high school. What can they do, though? Do they sacrifice the school’s reputation to allow equal playing opportunity? Or do they shunt less-capable players to the bench for the greater good of the team? I’m not sure I know the answer to this question. It’s very puzzling. I think, though, that we can get a better picture if we look at the nature of school competitions. I’m not just talking about sports; this applies to music festivals, speech and drama tournaments, and any other events. When you get down to it, the real reason for holding these competitions isn’t to be the best school in the region, state, or any other category. It’s far more personal. These competitions are held so that we can grow and improve as athletes, performers, musicians, or whatever else we might be. In the end, we shouldn’t
be trying to be better than the other player, the other team, or the other school. The only person we should try to outdo is the person we were before the competition started. Trying to do otherwise is unrealistic, since it’s impossible to measure our progress. You have no way of knowing if you’re really better than the guy across the field, so why try to compare? Of course, there are some other aspects to competitions. Some people just love to play their sport, perform their song, or act out their part, and competing in these events gives them ample opportunity to do so. Others have a competitive spirit, simply playing for the sake of competition. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with this, though sometimes these people can get a bit too emotionally involved in the competition. I digress. This is about the departure of a coach, not about the different ff types of people who enter competitions. The two are linked, though. Getting back to the earlier dilemma that faces our coaches, which is more important, the players or the victory? I’m tempted to side with
the former. Though all coaches want their teams to win, being solely focused on victory isn’t healthy for them or their players, and will almost certainly result in anger and frustration on both parts. However, I’m not suggesting that the coach should be entirely at the parents’ mercy either. They need to be able to make decisions concerning the team’s performance, and if it means that some athletes aren’t playing quite as much as others, then there needs to be understanding on the parents’ part, too. In the end, there needs to be compromise on both sides. The coach needs to think about his players and try to make sure that each player feels included. Additionally, the parents need to be understanding and let the coach do his or her job. This is all speculation, though. Even after reading the various accounts on the subject, I’m still not sure why coach Kiesel is leaving the school. Hopefully, though, we can keep these things in mind when it comes to dealing with problems such as this in the future. -Jesse
Former basketball coach bids farewell, puts rumors to rest In light of what has happened, me being asked to step down from being North Sanpete’s head basketball coach, I feel it important that I clear up some things that have come about because of the dismissal. First, Mr. Bowles has been by me through good and bad. That is why it was hard for me to believe he wasn’t being pushed from somewhere. I know that Mr. Bowles’ heart and soul goes into doing what he feels is the right thing for the school and students at North Sanpete. I also know that the members of the school board try to do the same. Their jobs are not easy and they can’t please all. [Board member] Robert Garlic and [Board
Counselors’ corner Freshmen and Sophomores can now schedule SEOP conferences with their counselors to prepare for next year. Juniors, you need to sign up to take the ACT at least one time this year. The next test will be held April 9th (registration is closed). The next test deadline will be May 6th. Scholarships are available. For details on participating schools and application deadlines, visit the counseling center. For additional help with ACT Test Prep, scholarships, career exploration, college selection, etc. visit www.utahfutures.org or StudentEdge.com
Visit the new counseling center web site for information about scholarships, colleges and much more! Click the Coulseling Center link on the North Sanpete High School home page!
For information or questions about scholarships and ACT tests, visit O dee Hansen (right) or Chet Keisel (left) at the counseling office
President] Greg Bailey have been very supportive of me and I don’t want them thinkk ing it is not appreciated. Credibility is so important to any coach at any level. If the players don’t buy into the program and coach, the program won’t fly. As for the parents, it would seem I was implying that all parents were non-supportive. That is not the case at all. Over the years, and not just with me but other programs, it has been but a few parents who have caused the trouble. Most North Sanpete parents, and I mean the majority, have been very supportive of me and I do appreciate those who have. I have regrets that I have lost some friends along the way; the casualty of coach-
ing. That happens to all coaches. Coaching can be a lonely job, as well as other administrative jobs at school. I guess I need to practice what I preach and give all the benefit of the doubt. I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to coach. I have met many good friends, and most of all worked with so many good young men. For those I may have unduly offended, ff I apologize. I regret that 27 years of trying to do the right thing may have turned out wrong. -Coach [Bull] Keisel P.S. Let’s move on, support the new coach and the school.
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SPRING BREAK! Despite the wintery weather, spring break is upon us. We surveyed the students of NS High to find out about their plans for the great vacation.
1. Go to the sand dunes. Photo byy Levi Stum
He said:
On Chick Flicks:
“I don’t really like chick flicks. For one thing, they’re cheesy, for another they’re predictable. I knew how ‘The Proposal’ was going to end 5 minutes into the movie. Also, though I haven’t seen the end of ‘Leap Year’ I already can tell you that she is going to end up with that Irish guy.”
2. Go to California.
She said:
“I think chick flicks are fun and warm although they can be cheesy they are really a great pick me up. Like in lets say ‘Leap Year’ you may know how the movie is going to end, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a lot of cute and unexpected moments in the movie. I think that chick flicks make up a big part of the movie industry because people will always love happy endings.”
The Proposal:
3. Sleep. 4. Hang out with Friends. 5. Spend time with family and friends.
“ It has a random story-line, but its still very enterr “ I like it because it is funny and they try to taining. It is not really a love story or a ‘“chick flick” sacrifice a dog, I think that it is a chick flick beuntil then end where the guy actually falls in love cause they hate each other, and then fall in love in the end” with the girl in my opinion”
6. Go to St. George.
Twilight:
7. Go shed hunting.
“I dislike “Twilight” because I’m not much into romance, and all the lovey dovey stuff. “
“It is basically about a girl who doesn’t fit in and ends up falling in love with a vampire, I don’t like it because of the acting and the way the actors make their characters’ voices.”
Easy A:
8. Go to the Beach. 9. Go to DisneyLand.
“ I loved “Easy A” because it is so funny. I think it “Easy A” is a super funny movie. It is a cute shows how fast rumors get spread at high school, and realistic chick flick with a lot of hilariousand it is a chick flick because the main character is ness. I love it!” a girl, but it is also a comedy.”
10. Work. rk.
Student food critics weigh in on Dairy Freeze debate
VS BY CHRISTIAN CARR AND DUSTIN ALLRED In Mt. Pleasant there is an epic food battle between two dominating burger joints, Wheeler’s Drive In, and Rodger & Jenni’s Dairy Freeze. Recently, two critics went on a journey of discovery to find the better of the two restaurants. To determine this, they used four determining factors. The criteria were price, time, service, and food quality. Price In a recent survey of NS students, 65 percent of those polled voted that Wheeler’s had the better value for their food. The critics had a different ff idea though. They found that a bacon burger meal at Wheeler’s cost $10.97, whereas a comparable meal at Rodger’s cost $9.07. They determined that Rodger’s was the clear winner. Time Wheeler’s was the winner in this category. Both restaurants were visited at a time with low amounts of people. Wheeler’s took ten minutes to
deliver the food, and Rodger’s took 12 minutes. Service Service was basically non-existent at Wheeler’s. The waiter, and cashier were indifferent, ff and never once asked if the critics needed anything. Rodger’s didn’t do an amazing job either though, but they did ask multiple times if anything was needed and how everything was. Food Quality Finally, in the last category, Wheeler’s was the winner by an exceptional amount. One critic commented that the bacon burger was delicious and far outstripped the burger from Rodger’s. Rodger’s came back slightly with a win on their fries. Overall, the survey came out with the results of Wheelers being the best. The critics found that if you are searching for a quick bite to eat, and you’re not worried about price or service, Wheeler’s is the place. But if you want more service and a better price, Rodger’s is the place to go.
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Boys tennis excels in preseason performance BY ALYSSA HALL
The NS boy’s tennis team traveled to Salem Hills last Wednesday to compete against Salem Hills and Lehi. They left the event with a win against both opposing teams. “It was a great all around team win,” said sophomore Dustin Allred. “As a team we only had two losses through all ten of the games we played.” Head coach Jeff ff Ericksen feels the success shown early on is very promising for the rest of the season. “We have a deep team this year. We’re good from top to bottom,” Ericksen said. Not only is the team off ff to a great start as a whole, but there are also athletes who seem to be excelling, Ericksen said. Junior Stephen Lewis has flown up on the ladder to the top singles position and has been doing well. Also junior Caden Birch and sophomore Dustin Allred have been succeeding in the position of first doubles, already gaining
more wins than they had last year. The position of second singles is also well filled, with junior Cameron Sego dominating the court. “Cameron is 7-0. He converted from doubles to singles and he hasn’t lost yet,” Erickk sen said. “That’s exciting.” With only one senior on the varsity traveling team, it is pleasing how well the young team is doing. The team has gained three wins against Salem Hills, Lehi, and Hurricane. They’ve also accumulated four losses, two of which were very close matches. “We have a really good energy about us,” Allred said. “While we’re playing on the courts we’re always yelling to each other and encouraging each other which really pumps us up and helps us play better. Although they have been doing well, senior Hunter Erickson feels there is still room to improve. “Overall I think we’re doing fairly well but I still feel we can improve our footwork and mental game,” Erickson said.
Softball team heads to St. George to start off ff season
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Kassie Nielson lays down a bunt at the Sunroc Tournament in St George in a game against the Dixie Flyers. The Hawks beat the Flyers 9-2.
BY MANDYY PECKHAM A This last weekend, the Lady Hawks softball team competed down at the SunRoc Classic in Saint George. They played a total of four games with the results being the same as last year, win two lose two. Their first game was against the Dixie High Flyers, and took the win at nine to two. Later on that night, they played the Bear River Bears, the same team the Lady Hawks played last year for the state championship. This time when they played them, they lost fifteen to zero. “Even though Bear River is not in our region, they are still one of our biggest rivals,” said senior Alyssa Hall. “Our biggest problem with Bear River is we let them play mind games with us and we psych ourselves out before the game has even started.” Senior Jenifer Nuttall seemed to think along the same lines at Hall. “I think we psyched ourselves out and got really nervous. We just need to calm down.” The Lady Hawks seem to know what they need to do to beat Bear River now.
“With practice we will be more of a challenge next time we play them,” said sophomore Angela Hatfield. “If we make that correction and fix the mind games Bear River has got another thing coming,” said Hall. The next game the Lady Hawks played was against the Alta High Hawks which resulted in another loss of eighteen to eight. Later on in the afternoon however, the Lady Hawks fought back. They beat the American Fork High Cavemen fifteen to zero. With the losses they suffered ff and the wins they earned, the Lady Hawks were happy with the results of the tournament. However they thought that it could have gone better. “I think we did good for the most part. We found out where we were at and what we need to work on,” said Nuttall. Hall “I feel like we could have done better in some aspects,” said Hall. “However, comparing this year’s record so far to last year’s record we’re in about the same spot, so I’m not too worried about it, especially since we did really well last year.”
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Sophomore Matthew Workman stretches for a tough return in a recent challenge match.
If the season continues as hoped, it is expected to see big things from the boy’s tennis team.
“We expect a region championship this year,” Ericksen said. “We have high expectations.”
NS administration dismisses head basketball coach despite success BY ALYSSA HALL AND DUSTIN ALLRED
On March 16 a meeting was held wherein the school board asked boy’s head basketball coach, Russell “Bull” Keisel, to step down from his position over the boy’s basketball program. This came as a shock to many, including Keisel, because of the season record the team ended with during this past season. For the first time in 27 years NS walked away with a boy’s basketball region title. Senior Parker Christensen feels that because of the performance Keisel gave in his last season he deserved to earn at least another year as head coach at the high school. In the opinion of former basketball head coach, Jeff ff Ericksen, the firing of Keisel crossed a line where winning became more important than learning life lessons from respectable people in the world of sports. However, the school board and Principal Jim Bowles said they made the decision because a teaching position was opening up at the high school in the coming year, and they neeeded to fill that spot in conjunction with the coaching job as well. One of the biggest rumors of Keisel’s release was that upset parents helped push him out of the position by complaining to the administration. Bowles stated that he couldn’t discuss personal issues but was proud of the work Keisel did at NS. “Coach Keisel was an amazing coach and I really appreciate what he’s done for the boys and our program since he took over,” Bowles said. “He’s done amazing things.” Keisel is grateful for the support he’s recieved from Bowles
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Russel “Bull” Keisel coaches from the sideline during a boy’s basketball game. Keisel has coached at NS for 27 years, 4 of which were as head coach of the boy’s basketball team. Keisel was asked to step down as head coach on March 16.
and administration. “Mr. Bowles has been one of my biggest supporters and has stood by me through good and bad,” Keisel said in a recent letter to the NS Times. Keisel also wanted to clarify that the majority of parents of young men he has coached have also been very supportive. Keisel’s players were grateful for his contribution to their lives and for the kind of quality person he has been. “He’s a great guy and he truely cares about his players and their well being,” Christensen said. “Coach Keisel is a great man and I admire him as a person.” Ericksen feels that unless a coach does something against the law or something demeaning to his players he
should be supported and allowed to complete their job as coach on their own terms and conditions. “Bull Keisel has not done anything wrong,” Ericksen said. Christensen agreed with Ericksen’s opinion. “He’s a great man and a great teacher,” said Christensen. “I learned a lot more from him than just basketball.” Although Keisel has been initially disappointed with the situation he has asked that everyone “move on and support the new coach” when he is selected. “I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to coach,” Keisel said. “I have met good friends and most of all worked with so many good young men.”
NS strives to reach UHSAA goal of sportsmanship program, Raise the Bar BY MANDYY PECKHAM A For the school year of 2010-2011, the UHSAA (Utah High School Activities Association) has come up with a new sportsmanship goal called “Raise the Bar”. Every high school in Utah is participating with a new banner in their gym. The goal is that if you have good sportsmanship, you will get a gold star on your banner. NS’ banner is hung up in the gym and after this year we hope to have a gold star hanging there. This will continue for five years, and when the close of those five years comes, and if they have five stars on their banner, NS will be rewarded at a celebration event hosted by UHSAA. So with this new goal at NS, they are starting to “Raise the Bar”. A few sports teams this year have made the pledge to “ Raise the Bar” and have good sportsmanship. NS is progress-
ing to have better sportsmanship. “It is a way to improve high school athletics,” said Nan Ault, the vice-principal at NS, speaking about the meaning of the new program. Sharon Christensen, the athletic director at NS is very excited about this program. She thinks that sportsmanship is very important and wants to change the way we support our teams. “Do Rowdy Right,” is one of the goals for the new program. Christensen is mostly responsible to make sure the requirements to get the gold star are met, and so she is encouraging the sportsmanship at NS. To “Do Rowdy Right” means to cheer for your team with good sportsmanship. Cheer for your team positively and not do degrading cheers towards the opposing team. A couple of teams at North Sanpete have made a conscious effort ff to help succeed with this new program. One team that
has stood and made the effort ff towards good sportsmanship is the football team. “Football tried hard. They pledged, along with both basketball teams and the volleyball team, to improve sportsmanship,” said Sharon Christensen. “The football team held their helmets high while they sang the school song.” “It obviously sends the messange that good sportsmanship is a must, win or lose,” said Tyler Bailey, the freshman football coach at NS. “Sportsmanship must be practiced, win or lose.” Progressive changes are coming to the school and raising awareness of the program. “We are going in the right direction, changes are happening,” said Bailey. “We have been working on it,” said Christensen. “I think out sportsmanship is improving.”
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Track conditions for a season filled with high expactations
Snow stunts start of NS baseball season
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Baseball team hits the field with shovels to remove the snow for season play.
BY DUSTIN ALLRED
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Runners condition by participating in preseason warm ups on the track. The team is expected to carry on tradition and perform well this season.
BY KAYTIE NIELSON N.S. track has a lot of hope for this year. Although there’s not very many athletes running, Coach Scott Butler is still excited and optimistic about what will happen this season. For the past decade N.S. girls have dominated distance races, but this year there are only a few girls running distance. The coaches asked them to run because originally they didn’t have any female athletes running. “I’m pleased with the amount of new kids, but still more should be there.” said Butler. Butler wants to make a point to the students at N.S. that there are a lot of them who aren’t particpating that could not only just help the team, but could also discover they have a talent for track. “I’m pleased with who’s out, and they’re doing very well but we still could use twenty more girls and twenty more boys,” said Butler. Compared to last year
there are a lot more boys, but only about half of the girls running this year. Last year our four by four team took state, which was run by Lindsay Bradley, Leah Gull, Shyanne Ison, and Paige Francks, Francks being a junior this year at N.S. This year Francks hope to excel in her individual events as well as relays and try to get stronger, as well as faster. This year at practices they are stepping it up from last year. They are running more, and in doing this they believe
they will be in better shape overall. “We have really started more intense practices earlier in the season so we will be more prepared for region and state,” said Francks. Francks also said that she thinks that the coaches have high expectations for this season and it is going to take a lot of practice and dedication on the runners part. “I believe in the kids and that we can compete with anyone, but they just need to do it,” said Butler.
A late start would be a good way to describe the start of the season for the NS baseball team. They had not been able to play on their field before their first preseason game. “This team has a lot of work to do because we have been out on our field for about a week while other teams have been playing for over a month,” said junior Kyle Seeley. That is the way that the NS baseball team went into the Gunnison tournament. The team went 0-3 during the tournament, playing Gunnison, Enterprise, and South Sevier. The first game that the team played was against Gunnison. This game was the first time that the team had hit live pitches, and they fell 0-5. “Against Gunnison we just couldn’t hit,” said senior Parker Christensen. “We hadn’t been outside all year and we get thrown into a game and are expected to compete with a team that has been outside for two weeks.” The next game was against Enterprise.
This time the team got completely outscored as Enterprise won 13-3. The last game of the tournament that the team played was against South Sevier. This was the closest game that the team played in, but NS just barely fell to the Rams 2-3. “We just need to learn to win again,” said Christensen. “The last two teams were beatable, and we were up on them both too, but we just couldn’t make plays in the field when it came down to it.” A major change to the NS team this year is the loss of upperclassmen. Last year the team lost 5 seniors. This year, the baseball team only has 3 seniors. “Of the nine positions, there are only four upperclassmen starting,” said Christensen. “[The underclassmen] are playing in key positions and they are learning really fast.” Now the team looks ahead to their next game on April 5 against Juab. “If we work hard and are dedicated we can definitely get better and be contenders this year,” said Seeley.
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Mark Zuckerberg discusses technology at BYU
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Mark Zuckerberg and Senator Orrin Hatch at the forum held at BYU’s Marriott Center.
BY JESSE RICHMOND On March 25 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke at the BYU Marriott Center, at the request of Utah Senator Orrin Hatch. According to the BYU news release, 10,693 people were in attendance. The event took the form of a question-and-answer forum, with Hatch asking
Zuckerberg questions which had been formerly submitted to the BYU Facebook page. The forum was organized after Hatch invited Zuckk erberg to speak to a special tech-related committee in the senate. Hatch said that Zuckk erberg “gave a tremendous lecture” to the senators, and consequently invited him to speak at Hatch’s alma mater, BYU.
This was the first time that Zuckerberg had spoken to such a large crowd, but he felt honored to be there. “It’s an honor to be here with all of you guys today. I have to say, I am a little bit nervous. I’ve never had to speak to a stadium full of people before,” said Zuckerberg. Additionally, Zuckerberg recognized three of his employ-
ees who had previously attended BYU. Since there are only about 2,000 employees at facebook, Zuckerberg said that the university was “well represented” at the company. The forum began with a discussion of how facebook was started. “I built [facebook] because I wanted to exist at Harvard,” said Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg said that when the site grew in popularity, he decided to move to silicon valley because of all the successful companies that had come from there. However, he doesn’t believe that a company has to be situated there in order to succeed. “You can build really meaningful things no matter where you are,” said Zuckerberg. Talk then moved to what makes a new business successful. Zuckerberg’s answer was simple: the people. “The success of facebook is really all about the team that we’ve built,” said Zuckk erberg. Zuckerberg said that this idea is true for any company, and that since facebook is so concerned with
Region Solo and Ensemble brings excitement, disappointment BY TIFFANY CHRISTENSEN March 9th was not one of the best days for the North Sanpete Band and Choir. Call time and warms ups were set to be at 7:30a.m students gathered for what they hoped to be a long, but worth it sort of day. Once the bus was loaded with students and instruments they were off, ff headed down to Snow College for Region 3A Solo & Ensemble. The bus was packed. 49 people went, 19 of which performed solos. Nine ensembles were also performed. “Tension rose as names were called. Faces dropped and lightened as they looked at their scores. Region was hard on everyone but it will help them to learn and do better next time,” said Tim-
othy Kidder, NS band director. “Everyone did their best and some didn’t quiet get what was desired.” The scores varied between groups and students. From best a Superior (qualifying for state) to Excellent (just under qualifying for state). Out of everyone that went few are headed to state in a month. There were six soloists who qualified to further to the state competition. Sarah Allan and Nathan Glad will be attending for their vocal performances. Instrumental performances by Galen Brady (Marimba), Andrew Fryer (Tuba), Taylor Purcell (Piano), and Stephen Lewis (Piano) qualified these four for State. The vocal ensembles ‘You Are the New Day,’ sung by Alyssa Shewell, Lynsie Clark, and Sarah Allan, and ‘Danny
Boy,’ sung by Nathan Beck, Taylor Purcell, Hunter Erickson, and Christian Carr qualified as well. The percussion ensemble also qualified for state with their song ‘Diablo. With these few students going to state it shows how hard the judges were on the students this year. Other students got “superior” ratings, but the judges just didn’t give them the approval to go to state. Each judge was different ff in judging style. They focused on different ff things and were harder on some students than others. “The judges were more strict this year than past years, for every area, not just instrumental,” said Katie Marsh, a junior at NS.
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who they employ, their staff size has remained relatively small. The next item in the discussion was which classes are the most beneficial to take. Since Zuckerberg didn’t graduate from high school, he jokingly said that he was not necessarily the best person to ask. He did, however, say that his psychology classes were very beneficial, since many issues could be solved with that knowledge. “All of these problems at the end of the day are human problems,” said Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg said that this was a “core insight” at facebook, an idea that he and his employees try to apply to any problem that arises. Hatch and Zuckerberg then discussed what budding entrepreneurs should know before starting. Overall, Zuckerberg said that the most important thing would be that one should be passionate about what they do. “It’s important if you’re going to take on any big challenge that you just love and really have faith in what you’re doing,” said Zucker-
berg. He said that when facebook started getting popular, he took a month off ff to travel (which he hadn’t been able to do since starting the site) and to think about what he really believed in. He then used the principles he found during this time of introspection to guide his overall philosophies concerning the company. At the end of the forum, Zuckerberg said what qualities a potential facebook employee should need. He said (as earlier) that his employees need to be passionate about something, even if it necessarily facebook related. He also said that they need to have initiative, such as a desire to change the site for the better. “We don’t want people to join facebook because of what facebook already is. We want people to join facebook because they think that it’s so far from what it should be that they think it’s almost broken and that they are going to, by force of will, help it get there.”
“Rango” proves to be a movie for all ages, teaches friendship and loyalty
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BY ELLIE NIX With a slow beginning, Rango doesn’t seem like the kind of movie you will like. Then the action picks up, and you find yourself actually enjoying it. This is a movie that will have you talking about it for a long time after seeing it. Rango is a little chameleon that had led a sheltered life, and when he fell out of his owner’s car, he didn’t know what to do. He found himself in the little town of Dirt, in the middle of the desert. The little chameleon that had never before fit in, had finally found a place to call home. Rango quickly became the hero of the town. They all looked up to him to save the town. He did his best to help them, and they all started to trust the stranger that had come into town. But when they all found out the truth about him, that he is just a regular, ordinary animal, they all thought that they had been tricked in the worst way. He ends up leaving the town, and wandering back to where he had fallen off ff the car. After a talk with the Spirit of the West, he goes back to Dirt to save them from the evil mayor and Rattlesnake Jake. He ends up getting rid of Jake and the Mayor, with the entire town being grateful to finally have their town back, along with the long awaited water that they had been going without for a long time. This movie, while some say it is just for kids, is one that people of all ages will enjoy. It is a must see. It gives you a good sense of real friendship and loyalty to those that you love.
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Baby Creature Crossword by Tyler Glad
Fill in the blanks with the baby name for each species.
IN THE
Halls
While walking down the halls at the school, you hear some bizarre things that make no sense when taken out of context. Here are a few of the funniest ones we’ve heard.
-- It’s because of people like you that we have stupid sporks at lunch.
--I saw you were being molested, but I didn’t help because I thought you might have enjoyed it.
Heard
--We will all hit walls in our lives. They may not be physical walls like mine, but they may be emotional walls!
--If you weren’t wearing pants I would rip out your leg hairs!
--I like to think of time as one great big donut. --Lose sensation in your buttocks or wherever you keep your wallet.
--There’s probably some alien out there who thinks you look delicious.
--If I was going to battle, the last thing I would do is drop my pants and turn my back on them.
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ACROSS Goat Pigeon Most birds Fox Alpaca, llama Trout Ox Snake Giraffe Chicken Butterfly Tiger Goose Most fish Kangaroo Eagle
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DOWN Duck Walrus Codfish Mosquito Sheep Human Eel Hare Louse Rooster Falcon, Hawk Mule, Horse Deer Bee Jellyfish Swan Fly Turkey
--Who said anything about getting jiggy with the microwave?