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Upcoming events: Today: Girl’s Golf @ NS-10:30 a.m. Softball: Gunnison @NS-1:50 p.m. Volleyball in both gyms-5:00-8:00 p.m. Wrestling Banquet in the New Gym--7:00 p.m.
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Delta @ NS--2:30 p.m. Boys Soccer: Richfield @ NS-3:30 p.m. Volleyball in both gyms-5:00-8:00 p.m.
Friday: FFA Envirothon
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The 2011-2012 SBO’s take their pledge during the Inaugural Ball. The new SBO’s are Cameron Sego, President, Shayla Ricks, Vice President, Colton Purcell, Secretary, and Kaylee Holgreen, Activity agent.
BY TYLER R GLAD The students of NS voted for new student body off ficers last Friday. The officers spoke to the NS Times and shared what they plan to do as new leaders of the student body.
Cameron Sego, the new student body president, ran with the intent of changing the attitude of the school. Sego feels that the students at NS don’t try as hard to win because they feel that the school has a reputation of losing. He plans on changing
this attitude to a winning attitude. “There have been countless times that I am on an away game for football, basketball, or tennis, and a student from some other school asks me, ‘Now where exactly is North Sanpete?’ And it
makes me feel worse when I am trying to explain to them where we live and as soon as I say, ‘North of Manti’ they know exactly where it is,” said Sego. Sego plans on making NS known. He hopes to set an example that will encour-
age students to show other schools how great we really are. Shayla Ricks, the winner of the vice-president elections, plans on helping the school by showing friendliness and increasing involvement. She also plans on trying to increase the class options available at NS. “I believe [having more classes] would create many more opportunities for all of the students,” said Ricks. Finally, Ricks plans on creating a more uplifting learning environment for the students of NS. She plans on showing this positive change in ways such as quoting positive sayings during the announcements. Colton Purcell, the recently elected student body secretary, entered the election with a hope of helping students succeed and supporting extra curricular activities. Purcell plans on helping kids get involved in some of the less known extra-curricular activities and hopes to get more kids involved in drama and choir classes. SEE SBO’’S, PAGE 2
Track @ SUU Invitational-8:00 a.m. Softball @ Delta--12:30 p.m. Baseball @ Delta--3:30 p.m. Spring play @ 7:00 p.m.
Saturday: FFA Envirothon Track @ SUU Invitational-8:00 a.m. JV Baseball @ Gunnison Tournament State Solo/Ensemble @ Lone Peak
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Censorship causes issues Three NS Sterling Scholars for students and teachers place at region competition BY JESSE RICHMOND
The book Ender’s Game is generally well received. There have been numerous good reviews, and the book has even been assigned by military officers to their troops. It may seem strange, then, to consider that this book had a brush with censorship here at NS. The incident occurred in Kate Carney’s Language Arts 10 class. Carney was gone, and had instructed the substitute teacher to read a certain number of pages from the book to the students while they followed along. One student read further ahead, and found a passage that contained some strong language. According to Carney, this student then tweaked the sentence to make it more offensive, ff then repeated it frequently during class. Another student was offended, ff so he told the story to his parents, who then asked that their child be excused from reading the book. To appease these complaints, Carney allowed her students to choose whether or not they wanted to read the book. Those who declined were assigned other work while the rest of the class read. Carney said that she hasn’t had this sort of trouble with Ender’s Game in the past. “The current junior class read it as freshmen and had no problem with it,” said Carney. Carney said that, while the book does contain profanity, it isn’t necessarily worse than things a student might hear when walking down the hall. She also acknowledges it’s controversial nature, but said that many high school books are that way. Vice Principal (and former librarian) Nan Ault also said that high school books may be controversial. She said that this is because high school students are in a transition period, and their literature needs to reflect that. She said that the books that teens read need to be accessible to them, but that they also need to introduce the students to more adult themes that they’ll deal with during college. To be clear, though, Ault said that this event does not describe censorship. In order for it to have filled that category, the administration would have had to have confiscated all the books, leaving no choice for the students for whether or not they would like to read the book. Censorship has occurred at the school in the past, though. Two years ago, English teacher Gregory Wright was told that he could no longer teach the book “Bless Me, Ultima” in class, on SEE CENSORSHIP, PAGE 2
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The 2010-11 NS Sterling Scholars after the awards program on April 13.
BY CHRISTIAN CARR On April 13, scholars from NS gathered at the Sevier Valley Center in Richfield for the Sterling Scholar award ceremony. Other scholars came from 12 different ff schools. At the ceremony, one winner and two runners-up were chosen for each category. NS came out with three runners-up this year; Jesse Richmond, Maria Reyes, and Christian Carr. The scholars had been judged in their individual categories the previous week. For the past year they had been preparing for this. Preparation included creating a portfolio to be presented to the judges. In order to perform well, scholars attend competitions, perform service, serve in leadership positions, and maintain a high GPA and ACT score. Richmond, who competed in the general category, attended Engineering State as well as other things, served in numerous leadership positions, maintained a
high GPA and a 33 composite score on the ACT, along with other volunteer service opportunities. Reyes, who won in the foreign language category, already knew Spanish, so she decided to go beyond the normal bounds and she learned sign language. With this knowledge she has had an internship teaching young kids sign language. Carr attended the USU biotechnology Academy, along with taking many science classes. He also served as a lab assistant for a biology teacher at NS. “It made me happy to help lots of kids get interested in science,” Richmond said concerning his time volunteering as a judge in a science fair. According to Leah Woodard, coordinator for the sterling scholars at NS, the school is going to start preparing younger students to compete. “We want to make them more competiSEE STERLING SCHOLAR R, PAGE 2
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tive and involved earlier on,” Woodard said. Overall, the three runners-up were satisfied with their achievement. “I feel good about it,” Richmond said. “I didn’t feel like I needed to win.” Reyes also commented that she felt that the winner really deserved his place because of his extensive knowledge. Richmond said that he used to think that the runnerup position was just a consolation prize, but after working on it, he realized that it was really a big thing and an honor. He mentioned that he believed it to be worth his time, even if he hadn’t won. “It’s fun being part of this large group working towards the same goal,” Richmond said. All three scholars felt that it was a worthwhile opportunity, and that it is a good experience for students, but that it is important to be careful about it. “Don’t feel like you have to win, because that is not what it’s about” Richmond said. “It’s about celebrating academic achievement and expressing yourself through it.”
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Sophomore Tiffany Christensen peels the skin off of a frog during a dissection lab in biology. Dissecting frogs has been a highlight for most high school students, but many schools have cut out dissections as part of financial cutbacks.
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career to a different ff one. The opposite situation could happen too. Even for those who don’t base their career off ff of these experiences, many find that the dissections are some of the most memorable parts of their science class. “I think that the majority of the students find them fascinating,” Staker said. When many days are taken up with book work and note taking, dissections can break the chain of repetition and can be an easier way to learn than by looking at a diagram in a textbook. Many students remember specific experiences that they may never forget. Some have fainted or lost their lunch while others just remember the sometimes overpowering smell of formaldehyde, the preserving substance on the animals. “We used to use the crayfish heads as finger puppets,” said Ben Cox, an English teacher at NS. This is a memory that he
has from when he did dissections with Staker as a student at NS. Ben Larsen, a sophomore at NS, reEveryone remembers peeling back lated an experience of his while in Biolothat slimy frog skin and revealing the gy last year. He was dissecting a frog and jumbled sight inside from their Biology got to the eye. His teacher at the time, days. Some found it fascinating while Staker, was teaching the class about the others didn’t feel so keen on the idea of lens of the eye and the liquid surroundcutting open a dead animal. ing it. This memory may not be as com“He started telling us to poke it on mon in the future as it is now. Because the side of the eye or the frog eye juicof a change in policy, schools in Utah are es would squirt out of it,” said Larsen. not even required to do dissections any“But, it was too late. I was already pokk more. The decision to continue or not ing it straight on right when he finished in each school was left up to the teachers talking. All of the sudden, the frog eye working there. NS still dissects animals juices squirted into my eye. I had to use in science classes but some schools have the eyewash (fountain) to wash my eyes switched over to virtual dissections. out so that I didn’t go blind from eye frog Tweezers, a scalpel, and scissors are juices.” a few of the tools offered ff in these onA few years ago Bentley was dissectline dissections. Many show images of ing fetal pigs with a biology class and had the animal or organ and have the student a memorable experience himself. dissecting cut through layers and remove “We had removed the head off ff of the parts. Although some who don’t enpig so that you could see where the joy actually cutting open and touchspinal cord goes into the head and ing dead things may prefer this virI was showing a group of students tual option, the science department how you could push on the soft at NS feels that these online dissecskull to see the brain,” Bentley said. tions don’t do justice to real ones. After showing one group, Bentley Although it is not required, NS went to show another group and it plans on continuing to dissect real wasn’t working. He pushed hardcreatures because of the experience er. it gives. “The brains shot out like it was “Nothing substitutes for reality,” from a can of cheese whiz. It hit said Ed Staker, a Biology, Human me in the face, got on the ceiling Phys. and Chemistry teacher at NS. and then came back down on my Brad Bentley, a Biology teachhead, down on my shirt and onto er at NS, agreed with Staker on this my shoes.” Bentley said. “There point. were brains on the floor, brains on “I would rather not have a doctor the table.” who learned surgery online workk Because of the experiences and ing on me,” said Bentley. “I would learning opportunities that dissecrather have someone who had done tions give the NS science departthe real thing.” The hands-on expement sees them as an important rience of dissections can also be a part of their classes. They estimatdetermining factor in the future caPhoto provided by spe trum.ieee.org reers of some students. If a student This virtual frog is an example of how some ed that the school pays about 1,000 is considering the job of a surgeon, teachers allow their students to experience dis- dollars each year for the supplies. and finds out that they hate dissect- sections when they are unable to afford the cost These range from sheep eyes and rats to earth worms and sharks. ing, they might know to change that of actual dissections.
the grounds that it contained profanity (the f-word was used twice). Ault said that teachers often do base their assigned reading on a books literary merit (symbolism, depth, writing style, etc.), whether or not the book contains mature content. She cites John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath as an example. “It’s disturbing. There are things in there that are disturbing,” said Ault. Despite this, Ault said she thinks the book has worth due to its message and themes. Carney said that she assigned the book because she believes that it makes the reader think about alternative perspectives to war and empathy, two of the book’s themes. She said that the book is still relevant today, and that she that the students wouldn’t think she assigned it just to shock them. “I would assume that the student would think that I picked the book for a good reason,” said Carney. Ault also said that teachers would never give damaging materials to students, seeking only to provide them with media that will make them better. Librarian Shirley Hilton has slightly differing ff views on censorship. “I believe that kids should be protected from…media that could affect ff them in a detrimental way,” said Hilton. As a librarian, Hilton helps to choose the books that will be displayed in the library. Though normally, she said, she wouldn’t censor a book, she once felt she had too. The book, which she had been enjoying previously, contained a sexually explicit scene, after which she felt she couldn’t put the book out in good conscience. Ault said that if the librarians follow the guidelines for ordering books, then those books should be suitable for most students at the high school. If a book is spoken out against, then there is a procedure for getting rid of it, one that takes into account both the rights of those who want the book banned and those who don’t. Hilton said that many books with good messages have been censored. “They’ve censored the bible,” said Hilton. However, if any book glorifies sexuality, drugs, or alcohol, Hilton said that parents have a right to protect their kids from them. Ault said she is a strong believer in the “reader’s right,” or the right of a reader to stop reading a book if they don’t like what’s being described. “It’s always our right to disagree,” said Ault.
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SBO’s, continued from page 1 Purcell is also pushing to unify the school and get the students to work together by setting an example of involvement. Kaylee Holgree, next year’s activity agent, is planning on bringing a feeling of
friendship and excitement. She hopes to help students see what a great experience high school can really be. “I am and will try to be a friend to everyone so that they can feel welcome and comfortable at school and at
school activities,” said Holgreen. She feels that she can help the school be a better place by showing the students an example of friendliness. Holgreen also plans on helping the school become
more unified and helping students feel like they belong. Overall Holgreen hopes to show student that being a good friend will help them more than anything else.
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FBLA students earn state honors BY MANDY PECKHAM Over spring break, the Future Business Leaders of America attended their state conference in Layton, Utah. They were successful in bringing home six awards, one of which took first and qualified for nationals. “The state conference went awesome,” said Tina Mitchell, FBLA advisor. “Out of the twelve events we competed in, six placed, all being performance events.” Senior and FBLA President Alyssa Hall thought the conference went well too. “State was a really good experience for our chapter,” said Hall. “We went up with a goal to do well and almost every person we took with us placed in the top ten, which was a great accomplishment.” Many students at NS were able to place at the state competition. In Web Design, Tyson Stewart took eighth. Ana Ramirez was awarded eighth place in Electronic Portfolio. In Public Speaking One, Dustin Allred was awarded sixth place. In Public Speakk ing Two, Hall took sixth place. With a group effort ff in Parliamentary Procedure, Trevor Carter, Sean Rawlings, Jus-
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
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The North Sanpete High school FBLA club at the state competition with advisor Tina Mitchell. Ezra Hainsworth qualified to attend Nationals in the job interview category.
tin Morley, Cody Case and Ezra Hainsworth took eighth place. Hainsworth qualified to go to nationals by taking first place in Job Interview. “It was crazy to take first. I was not expecting to place [so highly],” said Hainsworth. “I was expecting maybe top five but it was a complete shock to take first.” “When Ezra took first, it was exciting for everyone. As soon as he was called we all started jumping up and down and cheering, telling him we would help him raise money to get to the national competition,” said Hall. “It
is a great accomplishment to qualify for nationals.” Nationals will take place in Orlando Florida on June 27 through July 2. Hainsworth will be competing in the category of job interview against approximately one hundred people in Job Interview. Two representatives from nearly every state compete in their event. “Ezra has a good chance. I’m way excited for him to do it, said Mitchell. “We will have to prepare and practice but I think he can do it.” With some practice and advice, Hainsworth thinks he
can do well. “I need to work on a couple of things. I think I could do well as long as I do what I know I need to do,” said Hainsworth. “With Ezra’s charismatic personality, I don’t think he will have a problem competing at the national level,” Hall said. “It will take a lot to win at that level, which I hope he does.” At nationals, they awards vary if you place. Most get a trophy and a cash prize, depending on the sponsor of the event.
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Quinceaneras an important, historic tradition BY MARIA REYES The atmosphere was tense. Since they were not used to people looking at them, they felt nervous. At the same time, the feeling of being blessed because their entire family was with them caused a great happiness. Even though it has been almost a year ago, this is how Jane Guitron, sophomore from Moroni, felt during the mass celebration--the Quinceañera--of her and her twin sister, Alejandra Guitron. A Quinceañera is when a Hispanic Catholic girl turns 15. It’s the beginning when the girl leaves childhood behind and starts a new stage as a young woman. There is a mass celebration in which she commits her life to God and the Virgin Mary. Also, there is a party in which they do a waltz and have a fatherdaughter dance. The day began with a 5 a.m. wake up call for Jane, as she and Alejandra arose early in order to get their hair done. “I was disappointed of how my hair turned out,” said Jane Guitron. “I told her
to do it one way and she did it another.” But this didn’t stop her excitedment for the rest of the day. “I was looking forward to the church,” said Jane Guitron. “We got all our special gifts, like the ring and bible.” For Jane Guitron, these gifts had a special meaning to her. “I’ll keep them forever, and I’ll look back and remember the memories,” said Jane Guitron. After the mass celebration was over, both sisters went and got pictures taken for that day. “I’m not used to get pictures taken,” said Alejandra Guitron. “It was worth it for that day though.” When the sisters arrived at the reception where the party was to be held, there was a great suprise waiting for them. “When we arrived there, everyone started clapping and came up and hugged us,” said Jane Guitron. Though Jane Guitron felt a bit overwhelmed by the greetings, she was grateful for the welcoming. “It made me realize that
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Jane and Alejandra Guitron during their Quinceanera.
people care about me and my family because they were there to support us,” said Jane Guitron. Afterwards, the waltz and dance were about to begin. The waltz is composed of
several dances which have been practice weeks before the party. During the waltz, the girl gets crowned, gets her slippers on, and receives her last doll. “I enjoyed getting
crowned,” said Jane Guitron. “I enjoyed the spotlight for that night.” Practicing for the waltz takes a lot of time and effort. ff For these sisters, they started practicing every weekend a month and a half before the party. “The waltz was really fun,” said Alejandra Guitron. “We practice too much and it finally paid off.” ff The origin of this celebration is a mystery, but according to Father Rick Sherman, priest at St. Jude’s Catholic Church in Ephraim, this tradition goes back five to six hundred years. “There are different ff ideas of how and when it started,” said Sherman. “Some say it comes from the Aztecs.” During the Aztec ceremony, an adult would explain to the girl what her attitude should be and what they expected of her now that she’s a women. Since this tradition has been around for a long time, it’s part of the Hispanic culture and they take this celebration very seriously. “I think the biggest reason is that Hispanics place a very high value in blessings,” said
Sherman. “It’s a celebration and they want to celebrate it with the church.” For most girls, having their Quinceanera is very important to them. “It’s a part of your culture and it represents you’re a women,” said Jane Guitron. “I would have been disappointed if I wouldn’t have had mine.” Heidi Rodriguez, freshman from Moroni, will be celebrating her Quinceanera next month. “I’m excited,” said Rodriguez. “All my family will get together and celebrate that day with me.” For such a big day the mass, dress, party, music, food and over all the preparations can’t go unnoticed. “The preparations are going (well),” said Rodriguez. “I like that I get to choose what I want like my dress and the party.” Besides the party being a big event for that day, the mass celebration also has a huge significance. “It’s a major turning point for a girl if she takes it serious,” said Sherman. “If not, it will just be a party.”
Advanced Driving Tips Colton Purcell excels despite physical limitations BY HUNTER ERICKSON On Saturday, April 9, I, along with 14 other students, was able to go to the Teen Driving School. While there, we were able to drive through several different ff courses including a skills course, a skid control course, and multiple evasive maneuvers courses. Here are some tips that I learned:
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Backing Up: On the skills course, there was a section that you had to maneuver back and forth through while backing up. Cones were lining the road on both sides of the car. When you’re turning while backing up, you should hug the side of the car that you’re turning the wheel toward in order to decrease the angle of the turn. On several other parts of the course, sharp turns were necessary. In order to make these turns, you should give yourself ample room for the back wheel to clear the corner. Skid Control: During the winter in Sanpete, skidding your car can be a serious problem. When your car
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starts to skid, you should immediately take your foot off of the gas, and compensate for the skid by turning the wheel in the direction that your back end is skidding. You should NOT put your foot on the brake until you are out of the skid. Evasive Maneuvers: In the evasive maneuvers course we had to do a lane change exercise. When you are quickk ly changing lanes you should accelerate when your front tires are in the lane. This will help your back tires to straighten out more quickly and avoid sliding.
For some who don’t know Colton Purcell, they may just stare because he’s different. ff Purcell was born with Metatrophic Dysplasia, an extremely rare dwarfism. In fact only one out of every 200 known cases of dwarism have this specific type. Metatrophic Dysplasia causes the bones to grow differently: ff they curve. Even with this fighting against him, he is just like any other teenager, by enjoying everything everyone else does at North Sanpete. He enjoys video games, his Nintendo DS, playing the piano, acting/drama, movies with his family, and Disney Land. In the things that he enjoys, challenges follow closely behind, but this doesn’t stop him. Since his bones don’t grow like they are supposed to, his fingers curve, makk ing his most favorite thing to do one of the hardest as well: playing the piano. Despite this challenge, he has won the Joyce Walsh Piano Performance for disabilities in the Western Region Music Competition two years in a row. Purcell also likes to challenge himself in other ways. “I would rather walk than ride the bus,” Purcell said. “It give me exercise.” Even though walking or traveling on his wheelchair alone are hard sometimes, being forgetful is also a challenge. But Purcell’s determination helps to overcome those problems as well. “One day Colton forgot his clicker
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Colton Purcell in the commons area during SBO week. Purcell remains very active in the school despite being diagnosed with Metatrophic Dysplasia.
for the garage door,” said Anne Purcell, Colton’s mother. “He had put a stool on his wheelchair, and was standing on the stool, so he could reach the keypad to the garage.” Despite his challenges, Purcell maintains a positive outlook. “He’s very easy going and not afraid to try anything, he doesn’t really care,” said Anne Purcell. “He’s pretty positive about everything.” This attitude has helped him to become next year’s Speech and Drama Sterling Scholar. Colton has preformed in musicals, debate competitions and has been in drama classes at the high school. Purcell was also recently voted in as secretary for next year’s SBO’s.
In class he is not just like every other student, in fact, is an over-achiever. By getting his work done well and in early, he is able to sit back to relax, sometimes even help other students with a problem or two. “Attitude really is altitude for Colton,” said drama teacher Tanya Roundy. “He keeps everything close to heart and is sure to get things done well. Even when he struggles, he’s sure to get better and not to hold back.” From the classroom, to the halls, and on stage Colton is sure to not offend ff anyone in anyway. Making sure everyone is alright and no one is hurt, he is sure to show that he cares for people, himself and his relationship with others.
Teen Driving Challenge prepares NS students for dangerous situations BY JESSE RICHMOND Swerving at high speeds, skidding out of control, and having to drive backwards as quickly as possible normally won’t be necessary for anyone who isn’t a hero or heroine in a summer blockbuster. Still, the evasive maneuvers in the movies are exciting, and many would jump at the chance to try them out. A group of NS students got to do just that. A driving course, officially called the Teen Driving Challenge and sponsored by the Utah Highway Patrol, took place on April 9th. Students who were 16-18 and had a driver’s license were eligible to attend. The course was taught by official Emergency Vehicle Operators. State trooper Jered Taylor said that the program was created be-
cause statistics showed that those 16-25 years of age were crashing (and dying) the most on the road. He said that the course is designed to teach teens how to better operate their vehicles by showing them their limits. For instance, in one test a box was made out of cones with two entrances and one exit. When the student approached the box, an instructor would direct them to go either left or right into the box and then exit. As with most tests given that day, the students started out slowly and gradually built up speed. Taylor uses this test to show the limits of the vehicles. If the student tried to turn too hard, then the vehicle would spin out of control. Aff ter taking the test, the students now know how far they can turn while
remaining in control. “Now they’ve realized just how much they can do,” said Taylor. Taylor said that some of the tests administered to the students were the same ones used to train officers in the police academy. As such, the practice the students were getting was very useful. “Practice makes perfect, and this is some of the best practice you can get,” said Taylor. Additionally, the police cars that were used in the course were authentic police cars. Though the course is designed to realistically prepare the students for dangerous situations, neither junior Katie Marsh nor senior Ezra Hainsworth (or, for that matter, Taylor, who was sitting in the passenger’s seat for many of the tests) ever felt they were in danger. “I didn’t ever feel in harm’s way,”
said Taylor. Taylor said that numerous safety precautions were taken for the course, including helmets and larger vehicles. “[The course] was way cool, other than the carsickness,” said Hainsworth. Hainsworth said that the repeated stopping and side-toside maneuvers triggered his motion sickness, though overall he still thought the course was good. “It taught me a lot about driving better,” said Hainsworth. Hainsworth specifically mentioned learning tips about avoiding deer (releasing the gas pedal rather than hitting the brakes) and correcting skids. “You don’t need to correct as much as you think [when in a skid],” said Hainsworth. He said he enjoyed the skid section of the
course a lot, and that learning about skid correction is very important, especially in an area like Sanpete that gets lots of snow. Marsh also enjoyed the course a lot. “It was awesome and very useful,” said Marsh. After the course, Marsh said that she felt more confident in her driving skills, and thought that, should disaster arise, she could handle the situation. “It teaches kids how to be safer,” said Marsh. Though not all students were able to attend, Taylor encourages those who did to show their peers how to drive safely through example. “The best thing they can do is… to take what they’ve learned and be an example,” said Taylor. “We tend to follow those we associate with.”
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Tennis team keeps winning despite youth BY HUNTER ERICKSON
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Zac Ence prepares to serve in a recent challenge match during a practice of the NS Boys’ tennis team. The team is currently 2-0 in region play.
N.S. has a very young boys tennis team. Despite having only one senior on the varsity team, assistant coach Brad Bentley feels they have been doing very well. “Even though we’re young we have a lot of experience from last year,” Bentley said, “So we know how to win.” Stephen Lewis, first singles on the varsity team, agrees. “I think we’ve done pretty well for being such a young team,” Lewis said. The varsity team consists mostly of juniors, with one senior and one sophomore. The team has eight wins and four losses overall. They have won every match played in April. On April 6, the team played an away match against Waterford, winning 5-0. They played Richfield the next day, also getting a 5-0 win. “ [The Waterford and Richfield matches] were legit,” said Caden Birch, first
doubles player on the varsity team. On the 13th and 19th, they beat Gunnison and Delta, with scores of 5-0 and 3-2, respectively. Although he is happy with the performance of the team so far, Lewis also believes that the team has some things they need to work on. “I think what we can improve on most is our consistency,” Lewis said. Bentley has his own thought on what the team can do better. “We’re too nice,” Bentley said. “We get ahead in a match and lose interest a little, instead of finishing it off.” ff Although there may still be things the players need to work on, they also have their strengths. “We always support each other by yelling across courts telling each other to do a good job, “ Birch said. Bentley has high hopes for the ongoing season. “I think we’ll continue to improve,” Bentley said, “I expect great things from them.”
Track team improves with Softball drops key games in region addition of boys’ sprinters BY ALYSSA A HALL
BY MAN BY A DY DY PECKHAM
With the 2011 track season going on, the athletes are preparing and training hard for region and state competitions. This year, there are many changes to the team, especially the boys. “This year, as opposed to the last several, we are finally fielding a boys team,” said head coach Scott Butler. “They are doing well. Our girls numbers have dropped drastically, and we have a lot of people new to the sport.” Dakota Kleven, a junior, thinks that some younger girls have potential. “We have some sophomore girls that have great potential for the upcoming years (Cali Anderson, Nicole Fredrickson, and Darcie Hacking),” Kleven said. One boys group that is excelling is the medley race. Dakota Kleven, Kyle Anderson, Abdiel Silva and Sheldon Shelley are running together in the medley race. The medley race is where two people run 200 meters, then the next person runs four hundred meters, with the last person finishing the race by running the final 800 meters. Anderson and Silva run the 200 meters, with Kleven running the 400 meters. Shelley finishes the race by
sprinting the last 800 meters. For this medley race, there is a lot of hope that the boys will place well. “We have a really good shot at region and we have the potential, if we train hard, to take state,” said Kleven. Paige Francks, a junior on the track team, also thinks they can place well with work. “They could definitely take region and place at state,” said Francks. Francks is also doing well this year and is hoping to place at state and region competitions. Francks runs five different ff races: the 200 meter dash, the 400 meter dash, a medley run, the 4X4 and her favorite, the 300 meter hurdles. “I like the challenge [the 300 meter hurdles] present. It’s one that I am the best at,” Francks said. “I hope to improve my time and place well at region and state.” Even through the hard training, the season is fun and going well for them. “We are doing well, and we have a well rounded team,” Kleven said. “Track is fun. I get to work on my individual events and I am excelling at them so far,” Francks said.
After wrapping up a week of hard losses, the Ladyhawk softball team is looking forward to the rest of its season with high expectations. Although they suffered ff their first region loss of 13-8 against Richfield on April 15, head coach Tyler Bailey isn’t worried about facing the Wildcats at a later time. “We’re a better team than Richfield, we just had a bad day,” Bailey said. “We’ll get em.” However, the Richfield game was followed by consecutive losses to region rival Manti, currently the number 14 ranked team in the state by the Deseret News. The teams were previously scheduled to play once over spring break, but after rescheduling was done, both of their games fell into the same week. Bailey didn’t find this an obstacle, as the teams would have to face each other twice regardless. But as the Ladyhawks faced Manti, a team compiled of former teammates and coaches from accelerated teams of the players’ younger years, they fell to the Templars 18-5 on Tuesday April 19, and again, at home, last Friday with a loss of 2112. These losses dropped the Ladyhawks below .500 for the first time this season. Their record now stands at 5-6 for the year. Despite back-toback losses to their biggest rival, the
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Angela Hatfield smacks the ball in the Lady Hawk’s most recent game against the Manti Templars. The Hawks fell to the Templars 21-12.
Ladyhawks were encouraged about the fact that they felt their level of play had increased in between Tuesday and Friday’s games. “I realized I needed to practice harder and longer, so I did,” said senior centerfielder Anna Ledingham. “I tried to push myself in practice and I went to the batting cages outside of practice to work on my hitting.” With the Ladyhawks more than doubling the number of runs scored during their second time facing Manti, they showed the amount of work put into offensive ff improvement at practice. According to Bailey the main focus of practice after Tuesday’s game was on offense ff and getting back to the fundamentals of
hitting. “The coaches worked us so hard on hitting and had us swinging thousands of times,” Ledingham said. “My arms started to hurt.” Senior Shantel Ison agreed with Ledingham on the intensity of the practicing. “We knew we were better than that, and so did the coaches, so we pushed ourselves to show it,” Ison said. “We expect great things, so at practice we buckled down and it was a very serious practice. We put in 110 percent.” Although Friday’s game against Manti resulted in a loss for the Ladyhawks, the team gave the Templars
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Rhett Bird outperforms all other quarterbacks at Las Vegas football camp BY DUSTIN ALLRED He is a junior, 6 feet 5 inches tall, 215 pounds, the quarterback for the NS football team, and most recently, top-rated quarterback coming out of the Badger Sports 7-on -7 camp on the UNLV campus. He is Rhett Bird, and he is looking to take his quarterback skills to the next level. Bird was recently selected to take part in the Badger Sports 7-on-7 camp at the UNLV campus. Hundreds of the top athletes from around the west were selected for this camp. The athletes were assembled into teams and competed in tournament play. “You had to be invited to this camp by coaches from up north, and my uncle had been involved with it, so that’s how I got to go,” said Bird. “The camp was for skilled players and we would take our offense ff and go up against secondaries and safeties.” Bird was fortunate to have this opportunity to be able to perform and showcase his abilities. “Rhett was invited to this camp because first of all he is a really talented athlete, but I was the one selecting the team,” said Dave Peck, Bird’s uncle and Bingham High School’s head football coach. “When I was selecting the team, I had talked to two other quarterbacks but they were involved with baseball and were unable to come,” Peck said. “So I told Rhett that he would be our starter.” Bird preformed exceptionally well at the camp. He was named as the second most exciting overall prospect by 24/7 Sports and was the number one most exciting quarterback prospect. Bird’s team went undefeated during the first day of play and were championship
contenders on the second day, mainly because of Bird’s quarterback abilities. “Bird put his team on his back and nearly led it to a championship. His precision passing game was much more than most teams could handle. Bird was efficient, made great decisions and took what the defense gave him,” wrote Barton Simmons from 24/7 Sports. Going into the camp, Bird didn’t anticipate himself to perform at such a high level. His family and coaches knew that he had it in him, but it was a surprise for them when he came out as the top rated quarterback. “I didn’t expect to do as well as I did because there were so many talented athletes at the camp,” said Bird. “Once I settled down and got my confidence up, I started to do well and it was fun.” Those who know him best always knew that Rhett had the potential to be great. They’ve known that Rhett has all the ability and drive. “Rhett has three great things going for him,” said Christy Bird, Rhett’s mother. “He has great size, natural ability and drive, and you need a combination of all three to be able to go and compete at the college level.” “I wasn’t too surprised when I heard how well Rhett did down at the camp,” said NS’ new head football coach Steve Coburn. “He definitely has the size and natural ability to be able to go down and do those things.” Bird’s performance at this camp hasn’t gone unnoticed. All of Utah’s Division I colleges have looked at Bird as a potential prospect. “I’ve been getting attention mainly from BYU, Utah, and Colorado,” said Bird. “I still don’t have any offers, ff but hopefully they will start to come in this summer.”
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NS quarterback Rhett Bird recently attended the Badger Sport’s 7-on-7 camp at the UNLV campus. Bird finished the camp as the top quarterback and second highest rating for any player.
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Baseball drops back-to-back games despite solid outings BY DUSTIN ALLRED The NS boy’s baseball team is diff ferent from most other 3-A varsity teams in the state. They are differ ff ent in the fact that underclassmen make up around half of the varsity line-up on a regular basis. “Our line-up changes a little from game to game but we usually have four sophomores starting,” said junior Kyle Seely. Although the team is young, the sophomores on the team are stepping up to fill in key positions. They aren’t letting their youth be a limitation to them. “(The sophomores) are starters and are expected to play like starters,” said senior Parker Christensen. “They all could hold their own if they were on any other team in this region.” Even though the youth of the team is not a hindrance to the team’s performance, the team has struggled to come up with wins. The team is currently 0-8 on the season and 0-5 in region play. The team’s latest struggle came last Friday when the team traveled to Manti to take on the rival Templars. NS lost the game seven to two. Despite the loss, sophomores stepped up again in this game. Five of the nine starting positions were filled by sophomores, and sophomore Kaden Poulson was the rea-
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Junior Kyle Seeley winds up for a pitch in their recent home game against Manti. The Templars defeated the Hawks 14-3 at home and 7-2 on the road last week. This leaves the Hawks with a record of 0-5 in region play.
son for the points that NS put on the board by hitting a two run home run. NS also struggled when they played Manti at home on April 19 and Richfield at home on April 15. The Hawks fell to the Templars 14-3 and to the Wildcats 10-0. The team has not been happy with these losing performances, but many players don’t blame the loss-
es on bad coaching or lack of talent. Instead they place the blame on themselves and their own mental breakdowns on the field. “We need a winning attitude, or in better words, a good attitude,” said sophomore Jake Bagley. “We really haven’t lost because the teams are flat out better than us, but since baseball is a big mental sport, we tend to get bad mental breakk
downs. We tend to keep looking back on the past rather that moving forward.” “I think one of our biggest problems is that we don’t know how to win,” said sophomore Shad Rawlings. “We need to be more aggressive throughout the entire game and not just give up half way through the game.” Those mental breakdowns can
lead to other problems such as errors and missed opportunities. Those errors can be very costly for a baseball team and can be a huge contributing factor in a loss. “We play solid until about the fifth inning,” said Christensen. “Then we get one error and that one leads to another error and before you know it we end up down by six.” Because players know what is keeping them back, they are lookk ing to change. Christensen thinks that he has a way to start the team on the road to success. “We need to work harder at practice,” said Christensen. “Practices this year have been lazy and lackk ing in intensity. We all need to gut practices and put in extra effort. ff I mess around as much as anyone at practices but stuff ff like that has to change.” Now the team looks forward to April 26 when the team travels to Juab to take on the Wasps. No results were available at press time. The question is, can the team make the appropriate changes and adjustments to their work ethic and mental attitude to snap the losing streak? “Well, it’s like all sports,” said Bagley. “You need to have a good attitude. We’ve struggled for quite a while, but we need to make some improvements so even if we lose, it will be a dogfight.”
Soccer struggles with injuries, ineligible players and close losses BY AIMEE DUNCAN A
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NS soccer players set up for a shot on goal against Manti last week. The Hawks played Manti to a tie, which brings their region record to 1-4-1.
SOFTBALL, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 a run for their money, battling through the first four innings by jumping ahead on more than one occasion. However, after earning their twelve runs within those first four innings, they couldn’t produce any more in the latter three, and the Templars ran away with a win. “It’s a really hard loss knowing they’re our rivals, but as long as we play our best I’m okay with a loss,” Ison said. One aspect affecting ff the season for the Ladyhawks has been the issue of pushing the required distance from the pitcher’s mound to home plate back an additional three feet. The reason being, it increases the level of offensive ff play greatly, and takes away from the number of strike outs a pitcher earns. “With any dominating pitcher if you add three feet to it it’s a whole new ball game,” Bailey said. Bailey knew entering the season that his team was going have to improve their offensive ff game significantly in order to compete, and he feels they have done so as they have met his expectations with a current team batting average of 0.378. “The days of 0-1 and 1-2 are over for the most part,” Bailey said. Another setback the team has encountered has been the poor weather conditions. Being stuck inside a gym practicing has had drawbacks, such as not being able to get used to their home field as quickly. Bailey and Ison however feel that not having as much field practice time is no longer an excuse for a late start. “I think it affected ff us at first, but not anymore,” Ison said. “We can practice just as hard in the gym, it just depends on how much you put into it.” Having postponed the Payson and
Delta games due to weather conditions, the team is behind their region competitors in number of games played by six games in some cases. The Delta game has been rescheduled for May 3, but the Payson game is not likely to be rescheduled at this time. Regardless of the postponed games however, they would still be behind their competitors by at least four games played at least at this point. Part of the reason lies in the fact that they have an end-loaded schedule, with a greater number of scheduled games at the end of their season than most. Another reason being a budget cut of two games per season. Bailey doesn’t feel this is much of an issue either, and would prefer the schedule end loaded this way, even had the weather cooperated for more preseason competition. “In our case we usually are confident going against our region teams playing early on,” Bailey said. However, with three losses now racked up in region play for NS they’re currently fighting for second place. Bailey isn’t worried about the success of the team as he feels their constant improvement is a sign of great things to come. He feels the seniors have made a large impact on this year’s season. “We’re very pleased with all of them,” Bailey said. “They’re exceeding our expectations in the field and at bat.” Not only have the seniors done well, but according to Bailey, those that have been expected to step up into varsity positions are also really coming along. “We’re still right on track, even with our losses,” Ison said. “This team has the potential to, and will do amazing things.”
The 2011 season for the boy’s soccer team at NS has been one of frustration and difficulty. They have a very small team, which has proved detrimental in games. In fact, they do not always have enough players to be out on the field, let alone any extra players to serve as subs. As a result students who do not normally practice with the team have volunteered to play in the junior varsity as well as some of the varsity games. The players all agree that the season has brought challenges but they continue to work hard.
“We have been having a really rough season,” said sophomore Alex Serrano. “We have had a lot of bad luck. We have had a lot of really close games, and it gets really frustrating.” This season NS has won one game, lost seven games, and tied three of their games. Their record hasn’t been the best, but the games have been very close. For most of the games, they have only been down one or two goals in the end. Although their record may not be what they hoped for, the team can see what they are doing well and are not failing to recognize how to build off of their strengths.
“We have a really strong defense, and great passing and communication between the players,” said junior Osbaldo Jimenez. Practices can be very frustrating not only for the players, but the coaches also. With such a low number of players, only 20 remained eligible after third quarter grades were posted, it can be difficult to scrimmage at practice— something that often helps to prepare teams for games. The boys played Manti on April 19. The varsity game went into double overtime and ended in a tie.
BIRD, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 Bird has been invited to the ESPN Elite 11, a camp in California for the most talented quarterbacks in the nation. The camp takes place on May 13 and Bird has not yet decided whether or not he will be attending. He does however see the benefits – if he goes and plays well, the offers ff from Division I schools could start pouring in.
“If Rhett can perform well at this upcoming camp, he can definitely get some offers,” ff said Peck. “When you go to this kind of a camp your stock can either go up or down, but knowing him, I think he can perform very well.”
Girls golf plays little due to weather BY KAYLEE HOLGREEN The 2011 girls golf season has been successful in spite of the bad weather, which has forced them to practice on the school grounds or in classrooms. The Skyline Mountain Resort Golf course has been covered in snow until the recent change in weather. This has proven to be a great challenge for the team because golf is a sport that depends soley on the ground which it is played. Kallie McCulloch, a junior at NS, said, “It is really challenging to start the season with cold and wet weather because the cold weather affects ff your swing so it is hard to adjust to the warmer weather.” The coaches shared their frustration about the bad weather. Tod Hansen, head golf coach at NS, said, “We were able to play nine holes before our first match. Before that we were hitting wiffle balls and swinging [at practice], it gave us a slow start.” In spite of the bad weath-
er, the golf team took second place overall in their first region match at Mountain View. At the next two matches at Delta and Juab the girls placed third. Kallie McCullock is the number one golfer for NS and three points away from being a medalist. If she gets these points she will be the number one golfer in the region. “I think I am doing pretty well. I go out everyday and hit my clubs till’ my hands hurt. Sophmore year I was the sixth golfer and I have just been workk ing my way up from there and
now I am the number one golff er and striving to be better,” McCulloch said. The coaches and players are looking forward to the coming season and the coaches think that the Ladyhawks will make it to state. “ Golf is a gentlemans’/gentlewomens’ sport. We go out and make friends with other teams. It is a game of honor and honesty,” Hansen said. “To play golf You have to be mentally strong and have very good hand-eye coordination, and you’ve got to hit that little ball.”
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NS band and choir members compete at region
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The NS concert band and choir recently competed at the region large group competition held in Emery. Despite hard work, neither will be participating in the state competition.
BY KIMBERLY LARSEN On Tuesday, April 12, the NS concert band and choir members came home from the region large group competition disappointed, not with their performances, but
with their scores. The NS concert band received a 2-, 1-, and 2+ and the choir received a 2 and 2-. In order to continue to the state level, a group must receive at least two scores of 1 (superior). “I thought the band and choir
both did very well and both groups deserved to go to state,” said Carisa Hilton, the Concert choir director at NS. Many students agreed with Hilton. “After we got done singing, I felt that we did so amazing,” said Al-
“Limitless” proves to have an interesting plot, keeps viewers thinking
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BY KAYTIE NIELSON What would you do if you could access 100 percent of your brain power just by taking a pill? Well if you were Eddie Morra, this could be possible for you. Eddie is an unsuccessful novelist whose life changes dramatically when he is introduced to NZT, an experimental, black-market pill that gives
him the power to learn new languages in a day, know how to do anything he sees, write a book in a couple of days and get a new amazing job. But nothing is for free that has that amount of power. Eddie soon encounters problems with almost everyone around his it seems like. Once one person knows about the drug and has experienced its effect, ff it’s hard for them too not crave it. Eddie has to fight off ff mobsters, protect his girlfriend, and has the protective eye of Wall Street mogul Carl Van Loon watching his ever so closely. Besides having to protect the pill from all his new enemies, Eddie finds out that there is a sideeffect. ff The drug wears off ff after a day, so he just kept talking them. In addition to this, he had become addicted. When he didn’t have the pill he would have horrible headaches and would die if he didn’t take another pill during those convulsions. He would have to gradually get off ff the pill, cold turkey would never work in this situation. Death would be the only result of that. For the most part, I thought this movie was really good. It is full of action and keeps you thinkk ing. There were some disadvantages to this movie though. There wasn’t really a story line and it seemed to drag on a bit. Viewers that want a really intense movie, this isn’t the one for you. The actors chosen for this movie were perfect, I wouldn’t change any of them. Each and every character has their own personality, which helps with the understanding of this movie. There is no limit of imagination for this film. It truly is limitless.
innea Barker, a junior at NS. Galen Brady, a senior band member at NS felt that the first songs that the band played were done well, but said that they didn’t do as well on the last song. “I think we got judged fairly for the most part,” Brady said. Many didn’t know what to expect before or after the performances because each year the judges are different ff and score differently. ff “Our choir recording is comparable to our state recording from last year when we got straight superiors,” said Hilton. Timothy Kidder, the band director at NS had similar feelings to Hilton’s. “I thought our band did better this year,” said Kidder. “I was surprised that we didn’t go to state.” Last year both the band and choir at NS made it through to the state competition. This year’s region competition was held in Emery and started out with the bands and instrumental performances from each school. The songs that the NS Concert Band performed were March Puchinello by Rimmer, Irish Ayre for Wins by Barker, and Impact by Olaflin.
The NS Choir then performed Jubilate Deo, written by Vytautas Miskinis, The Lonely Sea, by John Parker and Vicki Tucker Courtney, and Kala Kala, the second of five Hebrew love songs written by Eric Whitacre. Learning these songs didn’t take just over night. The band members were working on their music for over a month and the choir members started working on a couple of their songs at the beginning of the year. Learning the notes and words to the music was just one step in the process towards getting ready for region. Continuous polishing with dynamics and tone was required aff terwards. For band members this meant more individual practice and for choir members, extra practices were held during flex and after school. Although the band and choir don’t have state large-group to look forward to this year, they have a few performances this spring to work towards including a musical festival at Lagoon and a spring concert. Some students also will be competing in State Solo and Ensemble this upcoming Friday (April 30).
EASTER RECIPE
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Chocolate Babka Recipe provided by allrecipes.com
Most people have various holiday traditions of their own, and a lot of these center around food. Babka is an Easter dessert that comes from both Christian and Jewish tradition. The word “Babka” comes from the Russian word “Baba” that means grandma, probably referring to it’s shape which sometimes resembles a skirt. In addition to this Chocolate Babka recipe, there are variations including cinnamon and fruit filled babkas. Try out this recipe, and maybe babka will become a part of your Easter traditions.
Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup unsalted butter
1 1/4 cups white sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 eggs 1 cup sour cream 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1 cup chopped pecans 1/4 cup white sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. (175 degrees C.). Butter a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, beat the butter and 1 & 1/4 cup sugar with an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy. ff Change the mixer speed to medium, and beat in the vanilla. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. With the mixer on low speed, alternately beat the flour mixture and sour cream into the creamed mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Beat only until just blended. For the topping: In a small bowl combine the chocolate, pecans, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon to make a crumb mixture. Spread half of the batter in the bottom of the prepared pan. Sprinkle with half of the crumb mixture. Pour in the remaining batter, and sprinkle with the remaining crumb mixture; press the crumbs in lightly so they adhere to the batter. Quickly, but gently cut through the batter and crumbs in an up and down motion with a knife. Lightly rap the pan once against a hard surface, to settle the batter. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Cover the top of the cake with aluminum foil. Continue baking until a skewer inserted halfway between the side of the pan and the tube comes out clean, about 20 minutes longer. Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Carefully loosen the cake from the sides of the pan. Invert cake onto rack, and cool completely.
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GAMES AND PUZZLES BY Y TYLER R GLAD,
LEVI STUM, AND CHRISTIAN CARR
Halls
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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.
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-- It was Disney’s attempt at promoting inter-racial love.
-- I’ll still love you in a secret, creepy way.
-- Children of the woods! Dress me!
-- His baby’s going to make me rich. -- It just squirted in my mouth!
-- I just had a happy conversation in the bathroom.
-- And this is the better tasting kind.
-- I do all the work. You just sit there and look prett ty! -- She has an allergic armpit situation.
-- I’m parched. I’m gonna’ go buy a water bra.
-- Give me your pants. You can wear mine.
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