NS Times Volume 5 Issue 1

12 October 2011

Volume V

Issue 1

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Homecoming 2011

FOOTBALL: NS defeats Carbon 17-0 VOLLEYBALL: NS defeats Juab 3-1 TENNIS: places 2nd in region tourney

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NS purchaces iPad lab for students

BY TYLER

By the Numbers:

45.80

Number of seconds that it took Paige Franks to run the 300 hurdles at state track last year

17-0 The homecoming football game score this year

5-1 The volleyball team region record for the 2011 season

96 Percent of NS students who don’t know what teacher tenure is

Contents:

GLAD

Last year with the approach of summer, NS started a plan to obtain a lab consisting of 20 iPads. NS hoped to see the devices make their debut with the beginning of this school year, but due to some technical difficulties, their entry into the halls has been postponed.

“The big problem is keeping [the iPads] managed,” said Sean Rawlinson, the district technology director. They don’t want students to be able to do absolutely whatever they want on the iPads. School policy requires that there is some limitation.

“There are lots of factors,” said Rawlinson. The iPads could have been here earlier, but Rawlinson was the only one at the district office working to get them running and he had other things already on his agenda. He has been working on getting the iPads running during his spare time.

The iPads first had issues with setting up the configuration profile, or the program that makes iPad activities more controllable. When the configuration profile was finally set up, the iPads would not connect to the wireless network.

“The good news is that I did get [the iPads] connected to the network,” said Rawlinson, “[the district] just wants to get some apps installed.” When the general apps are added the iPads should be delivered to the high school where they can then be put to classroom use.

“We will use them for physics and to help with reading classes,” said Nan Ault,

vice-principal of NS. “We hope to use these to help with the kids with disabilities. We hope that the teachers will use these in classes for podcasts or making movies.” Students who have heard about the lab are excited for what it will mean for classroom use.

“It’s going help us so much,” said Garrett Christensen, a freshman at NS. “It won’t

be as hard to get stuff in the classrooms.”

This is one of the main reason for getting the iPads. They are more versatile and can be used more freely than the laptops that the school already has.

Dax Higgins, a teacher at NS, is in charge of training the new teachers to use the iPads to their fullest potential once the iPads come to the school.

PHOTO BY TYLER

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News......................2 2011-2012 school year brings polic y changes to NS Features................5 Sports..................10 A&E....................14 Crossword...........15

BY

DEBORAH PEEL

The 2011-2012 school year has brought some policy changes to NS. School officials have changed the semester grading system to quarters, “F” grades to incompletes, and the math and English departments have gotten rid of the no 0’s policy they have had.

Quarters

Among these is the change from quarters to semesters.

The change was made with the purpose of making it a shorter term for students to keep up on. This gives students more responsibility as they have less time to procrastinate.

“In the past a student could wait a long time, until December, and then they could make grades,” said O’Dee Hansen,

guidance counselor. “Now they have to stay on top of things.”

Some students do really well during the beginning of the semesters, but then as the semester progresses their grades start to get lower. The administration hopes with quarters it will be simpler to chunk everything down so they can manage it and hopefully

pass easier.

Having quarters also allows teachers and other staff to watch students’ progress closer.

“It allows administration to monitor progress,” said Hansen, “because we actually have a physical progress report.”

Although students are being graded on a quarter students SEE “POLICIES” PAGE 4

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Four new teachers enter the halls of NS

BY ALLYSON CHRISTIANSEN NS looks a little different this year. Not only throughout the halls are there new faces, but also on the field. NS has hired four new teachers, and three of them are also coaches.

“It’s beneficial to have coaches teach at the school,” said VP, Nan Ault. “They are involved with the school’s activities and events.

They’re here at the school if we have a problem with any of their players.”

Along with knowing what’s going on at the school, having coaches teach allows them to share something extra with the students as well. “Our best coaches understand the educational process,” said Athletic Director, Sharon Christensen.

“They have extra talent to share with our kids.”

Steve Coburn: From being a graduate of Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls to coaching football at Snow College, Steve Coburn has been just about everywhere.

After attending Ricks College, BYU, and Utah State, we find Coburn teaching P.E., weights, and driver’s education here at NS. Not only is Coburn a new teacher, but he is also one of our new head football coach. With the goal of leading our football team to taking region, Mr. Coburn spends a lot of time in preparation for both.

“When going from a captive audience of football players who are driven by motivation,” said Coburn, “to a classroom where they have the choice not to participate, you really have to get used to the change.”

With the help of the faculty and department, Coburn is getting used to teaching and is looking forward to getting to know the people of NS and watching the students grow and mature.

Cris Hoopes After graduating from Duchesne High and moving on to Snow College and SUU, Hoopes is yet another addition to NS. A world geography teacher, Hoopes has already become accepted by the student body and faculty After coaching basketball at SUU and Monticello High, Hoopes hopes to bring great things to NS. “I’m looking forward to teaching the kids good things and, most of all, win!” said Hoopes.

“I’m also looking forward to getting to know the kids and a new community.” But, before winning, Hoopes must first get everyone adjusted to his new coaching style and get to know his players.

“I really do enjoy it here,” said Hoopes, “It’s a good community and I’m hoping to be here for awhile.”

Derik Bringhurst Derik Bringhurst was part of the first graduating class of Lone Peak High School. He then went to SUU where he played football and graduated with a degree in business management. This is Bringhurt’s first year teaching; his only class is computer technology.

Because computer technology is a business type class, Bringhurst’s business degree from SUU put him in the position he is now.

“The administration told me to teach this class, and that’s where I am,” said Bringhurst. “I’m just looking forward to the last day of school.”

Along with adding business and computer knowledge to students’ minds, Bringhurst is also adding to our football and basketball teams by assistant coaching both.

“Both jobs demand a lot of time to prepare,” said Bringhurst. “Even though I tend to

PHOTOS BY

ALLYSON CHRISTIANSEN, KENZIE NUNLEY, AND NS TIMES ARCHIVES

Top: Cris Hoopes, the new world geography teacher, instructs his students using his iPad. Other new teachers at NS include (bottom left to right): Jed Brewer (Science), Steve Coburn (PE), and Derik Bringhurst (Computer Technology)

spend more time on football, the balance between coaching and teaching is different every day.”

Jed Brewer Brewer is our only new teacher who is not a coach as well. After graduating from our own NS High, Jed Brewer went on to graduate from Snow College, Utah State, UVU, and GCU. Along with teaching the new math program, Brewer brought a whole new class with him: physics. Using his experiences of

teaching physics at North Summit High, Brewer is looking to further the new class.

Although Brewer may be new to NS High, he is a familiar face of the past. Many students had him as a science teacher at the middle school, and he is grateful

for that.

“I like seeing how the kids have grown up,” said Brewer. Even though Brewer is still adjusting to new policies, the biggest problem is getting kids to his assigned flex.

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Policies, continued from page 2 graded on a quarter students are still on a semester schedule so students have to stay in classes all semester before they can change.

Incompletes Another new policy is the change from a fail “F” to an Incomplete “I.” Having an “I” means a student didn’t do well enough to pass the class, but they have two weeks at the end of the quarter to get with the teacher and come up with a plan to make up the grade. Students must finish everything in their plan within those two weeks or you will still end up with an “F.” It basically gives the students a second chance to pass their class.

“If you end up with an “F” but if you want and are willing you can make it up,” said Nan Ault, vice principal. As long as the teacher is willing and believes the student can make up the work they missed.

The decision to change started

with the USAA eligibility requirements, which are a full load of classes (6), at least a 2.0 GPA, and no more than one “F.” Districts are allowed to add upon this policy and our district has decided to require higher standards. To participate in sports you may not have grades that indicate not passing, including “F,” “I,” or “U” in citizenship.

“Teachers have a difficult time allowing students to fail,” said Ault. Even if it is difficult for teachers, students can still fail classes. If a student does not come up with a plan with theteacher and fulfill that plan within the given two weeks, the student will still get an “F” in the class. So it requires cooperation and compromise from both teacher and student.

“Most teachers are pretty supportive,” said Ault. “If the student asks for help I think teachers will allow them to make it up.”

No 0’s Change Another change is that the math and English departments have gotten rid of the no 0’s policy they have had in the past. It was put into place looking for improvement in test scores, which most of the teachers felt there was, but there were some other issues.

“We thought if students did the homework they would learn more,” said Shawn Ledingham, math teacher. “But I was tired of hearing kids whine.”

It was forcing students to care about their grades, trying to force them to get an “A” rather than having to have the responsibility to get everything done in order to pass.

“What we did before did help some students get discouraged,” said Cheryl Hadley, math department head. “If they got behind they felt they couldn’t recover, which they could have.”

It was felt by some teachers that it wasn’t helping at all, students can do all the homework and still fail the tests and no matter what the homework policy is all the math teachers agree the test is the most important part of the students grade are the tests.

The English department has also gotten rid of the no 0’s policy. The English department put their policy into place to balance with the math department.

Teachers found students in their classes working on math because they were more worried about missing one assignment and failing in math than English. So they put in the same policy.

“Students worried about failing math over passing English,” said Tanya Roundy English teacher.

Roundy didn’t feel the policy really helped her students out.

Many of the students who they were worried about in the first place didn’t turn in assignments

until the last possible moment so they didn’t learn anything for the tests anyway.

“I think it’s important for kids to turn in assignments, but forcing them didn’t make much of a difference,” said Roundy. She found it to punish the students who did turn in their assignments rather than help those who didn’t. “[English is] unlike math where every assignment builds on the last if you miss a short story it won’t hurt your understanding,” said Kate Carney, English teacher.

Even though they have gotten rid of the no 0’s policy the English department still has portfolio assignments, which are required in order to pass the class. There are four portfolio assignments required for each class.

Teacher tenure sparks debate around the country and at NS BY

DUSTIN ALLRED

If you were to go through any public school across America, you would find excellent teachers who do their best and give all their effort towards helping their students reach their full potential. These teachers are wonderful, helpful, and usually students like going to their class because they can make learning interesting.

Unfortunately, not all teachers are like this. In fact, if you keep looking through the same high schools that you find they great teachers in, you could probably find at least one teacher that exemplifies the exact opposite.

Everyone knows who these techers are because they seem not to care and do little to hide the fact that they are mediocre at their job. Some of these teachers seem to have little care for their students. Because they don’t care, they may loose assignments, and don’t seem to want to be

troubled with things such as questions that you may find vital to understanding course material.

You may wonder how some became teachers in the first place and who would hire them. Then the next thought comes into your head; why hasn’t this teacher ever been fired?

Usually, the answer to this last question is teacher tenure. In Utah, once a teacher has worked at a school for three to five years, depending on the district, that teacher receives tenure. This basically means that the teacher can depend on a job for as long as they want it, normally without question.

Tenure was instituted in American academics around a century ago. It was meant to stop the unjust firing of teachers because of racial, political, religious, gender related, and other biased and prejudiced reasons.

Now, in our day and age, this system

of keeping veteran teachers has allowed bad teachers to keep their jobs when they should have been fired years ago because of poor performance. It also allows for teacher complacency due to the fact that bad teachers usually won’t have any incentive to get better if they know that they will probably always have a job despite regardless of their performance.

This policy is in great need of reform. It is unfair to students and to parents who pay for these teachers’ salaries and public education through taxes. Students and teachers have a right to the best teachers available and tenure has allowed bad teachers to linger far beyond their worth when there are better teachers who are available to take their place.

Many states have tenure reform coming down the legislative pipeline. Change may face obstacles because teacher tenure has been viewed as something sacred for years and teacher unions have job protec-

tion deep rooted at the center of what they were formed to do and they will fight to protect it.

Nonetheless, a draft of some Utah legislation would allow districts to contract with teachers for a maximum of five years.

This would make it much easier for principals to fire bad teachers.

This legislation may not be perfect, but it’s a start and a step in the right direction.

COMIC BY ANDREW FRYER

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NS students commit to serve for our country

PHOTO BY TYLER GLAD

The color guard for this year’s homecoming parade included (from left to right) Corey Brown, Brad Michie, Austin Aiello, and Julio Tapia. Several current students and recent graduates of NS have entered the military for various reasons.

BY ELIZABETH PEEL Heat, humidity, and a lot of pushups. These are all common aspects for anyone who is willing to join the army and serve their country.

Austin Aiello and Brad Michie, seniors at NS, are both privates in the army.

“I knew it was what I was supposed to do,” said Aiello.

Aiello has not yet attended Basic, but attends RSP (Recruit Sustainment Program) every weekend.

This is a program designed to help new recruits know what the experience at Basic is going to be like before they get there. He was recently awarded the “Army Physical Fitness Award.” This is a test based on push-ups, sit-ups, and a 2-mile run.

During the summer of 2011,

Michie attended Basic Training in prepa ration for his deployment in December of 2012.

Aiello will attend Basic in June of 2012 and then go on to AIT (Advanced Individual Training) when he is done at Basic.

The trend of students joining the army is not a new one. Many former students from NS have given their time to serve our country.

“I felt like I had to play my part,” said Julio Tapia, former NS student and specialist in the army.

Both students are also interested in the benefits that come from being in the army. Included in these are discounted medical and car insurance, retirement, and free tuition.

“The desire to serve first and foremost,” said Sergeant Carter, local recruiting agent for the army, in reference to why

people join the army. “The second reason is the benefits.”

There are many valuable lessons that come from serving in the army.

“It [Basic Training] made mementally strong and tough,” Tapia said. “I learned leadership abilities, because I had never been a leader before.”

One key part of serving in the army is learning to trust everyone that you will be working with on a day-to-day basis.

“You have to rely on everyone,” Michie said. “It’s not just about you.”

Carter said that one of the biggest things that anyone can gain from joining and serving in the army is lifelong relationships.

Not everyone who joins the army will be going to Iraq or Afghanistan to fight. There are many jobs that need doing, and not all of them involve combat.

Aiello will serve as an interroga-

tor when he is deployed. Michie will be a heavy machinery operator.

According to Carter some will serve as equipment specialists, medics, or paralegals, and others will go into combat.

It all depends on the person and their interests and abilities.

Although all of these men have served or will serve in the army, they can agree that it’s not something for everyone to do. Carter said that some people just aren’t right for the army, so they don’t need to feel pressured to serve.

“It’s not for everyone,” Tapia said.

“It’s a commitment you can’t take back.”

These servicemen will all agree that the army is hard. It is just both physically and mentally straining.

Michie said one thing he never wants to do again is sit in a hasty. To do this he was required to dig a hole the length and width of his body six inches deep. He was then required to lie in the hole for about 12 hours keeping watch.

This all took place in 145-degree weather.

This was physically difficult because of the heat, but mentally challenging because all they were allowed to do was drink water and use the latrine.

“When drill sergeants get up in your face and are yelling,” is what Aiello considered the hardest part mentally. “It’s pretty crazy.”

Aiello considered physical training the hardest part physically because it was a lot of push-ups. Michie believed that the hardest parts were the AGR runs.

They would run for ½ hour straight at a pace of 6 minutes 50 seconds per mile.

For Tapia the physical and mental challenges go hand in hand. It was mentally difficult for him to cooperate with people of other ethnic backgrounds. This in turn became physically difficult.

“The captains smoke you when you don’t get along,” he said. “Someone else is being thick-headed and you get punished even though it is their mistake.”

These service men all agree that joining the army and serving the country was the right thing for them to do. It has forever changed each of their lives.

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Party in the back: mullets make a comeback

BY HELEN HATFIELD

First it was big hair, holey pants, and feather extensions.

Now we’re rocking the mullets.

Mullets seem to be the new do at NS. Many of the students and even a custodian are successfully pulling it off.

Since the beginning of time, mullets were worn. You could see them no matter where you went. They faded in and out, but now they’re making a come back.

“Joe Dirt was wearing the first mullet I had ever seen when I was just a little boy,” said junior Cassidy Kogianes. “He was my idol, so I got one. “ Mullets can be described as a haircut characterized by short

hair in the front, on the top and the sides, with long hair trailing in the back.

Compared to pictures of mullets in the 60’s and 70’s, they are very much the same. Years ago, mullets were made to have volume at the top, or poofed. The back of it was either straight of curly.

“Mullets are pretty weird, but some people can really pull them off, like Cassidy Kogianes,” senior Caitlinn Mower said.

Mullets are not only popular at NS or with any certain age group, but among just about everyone.

“My sister saw someone with a mullet when she was up north and she thought I would look good with one,” freshman

Brady Wheeler said. “Whenever I go somewhere with my family, I usually see a couple of guys with mullets.”

Sports often influence hair styles, like a team hair color or length, even mullets. “Me and Colton Dunn were at Home Plate Café and we decided to dye our hair blue and black and get mullets,” said Corbin Larsen, senior.

Did the comedy Joe Dirt have anything to do with the mullet craze at NS? Most high schoolers at NS have seen the movie and thought it was funny, but not very influential.

“I saw Joe Dirt and it made me laugh, but it didn’t have anything to do with my decision to get a mullet,” said Larsen.

A (freshman)

B (senior)

GUESS THE MULLET:

Can you guess who each of these mullets belongs to? ( Answers on page 15)

C (freshman)

D (senior)

The Mower sisters’ bond is three times strong

PHOTO PROVIDED BY CAITLINN MOWER

Annalisa, Stephanie, and Caitlinn Mower.

BY CASSI DAVIS Though they may not have twin telepathy or super powers in any way, the Mower triplets do have many beneficial things going for them.

Annalisa, Stephanie and Caitlinn were all born May 28, 1994. As children they led pretty normal lives, other then the publicity of being triplets.

“Life growing up as a triplet was normal. Kind of weird though. There were people asking for pictures of us all the time,” said Annalisa.

Their parents would dress them up in the same outfits as kids, but just so if they got lost they’d be easy to

find explained Annalisa.

“Our parents always welcomed the idea of us being our own individual person.”

At the age of five the triplets were already showing their special talents in soccer and also dance by taking dance classes and gymnastics. They’ve carried those skills on into high school.

The Mowers enjoy playing on the soccer team together. They say only sometimes they get frustrated with each other while playing, but mostly they are just very protective over one another.

“If anyone hurts my sisters they better watch out because I’ll be after them,” said Annalisa.

Just recently the team’s starting goalie quit so almost everyone had to switch positions including the Mower triplets. Annalisa last year was a wing but this year got moved to a defender. Caitlinn gladly took over the position of goalie.

“Whatever helps the team. I understand why she quit and I’m not mad that she chose to,” said Caitlinn.

“Our team is very talented this year and I am very excited to be their goalie.”

Stephanie also recently switched positions from stopper to forward.

“Since we lost our goalie everyone had to switch around and get new positions. It’s like starting all over again,” said Stephanie.

She explained how this year has been kind of tough because their first game they won was pre-season and then they just kept losing after that.

“The good thing about losing is that we can only get better from there,” said Stephanie.

This year Stephanie is pretty confident that the NS soccer team will do pretty well in region and as for state, it’ll be a little tougher but she thinks they can handle it.

“No matter how everything turns out it will still be a great senior year,” said Stephanie.

The Mowers not only play soccer together but they also are all on the drill team. Annalisa is an officer but Stephanie and Caitlinn are not.

“It doesn’t really bother me that Annalisa is a captain and I’m not because this is just my first year,” said Stephanie.

“Because I am a captain on the soccer team I don’t care that Annalisa is a captain on drill,” said Caitlinn.

Last year it was difficult for Annalisa because her sisters seemed to be getting more playing time than her, but she never got angry with her sisters for it. This year, however, all three sisters are starting and playing the same amount of time.

Drama between the sisters is very rare other than the occasional fight over clothes, bathroom or car use. The Mowers understand that sports shouldn’t get in the way of the bond with each other and that’s why they make sure to leave all their frustrations on the field.

The three sisters are glad about their close bond with each other and are all glad that they have sisters that they can count on for anything, anytime.

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Derby time! NS students crash em’ up

BY ALEX SORENSEN Revved up engines, colliding cars, and insane drivers--all would be apt descriptions of the routine derby. However, no one knows the sights, sounds, and behind-the-scenes work better than the derbying individuals such as NS seniors Rhett Bird, Clancy Johnson, Aaron Lee, Colton Coates, and Corbin Larsen.

These boys truly know derby, and will not hesitate to tell what it is all about.

“It’s the redneck rodeo,” Lee said. “Derbying is the best!”

Coates was the first of the group to get involved with derby. His father has been associated with the annual Demolition Derby in Fairview every year they’ve had it, and so it has long been a part of his life.

“I was born into derby,” Coates said.

He entered into his first derby in the summer of 2010 at the Fairview Demolition Derby, and used his father’s car from the champion’s challenge the previous year.

“It was the funnest thing I’ve ever done,” Coates said. After that he was hooked.

Coates passion for derby quickly consumed the others. Since then, they have competed in many derbies in Fairview, Manti, Juab, Ogden, and Richfield. Doing so comes with both pros and cons.

All of the boys agree that building a car is the hardest part of derby. It requires large amounts of time and effort, as well as money (around $1,500).

“A lot of people think you can just throw it together, but it’s very time consuming,” Bird said. “There’s a lot of work that goes into it.”

The process of building a car can take as long as three months. First, the car has to be completely stripped of glass, carpet, etc. Then, parts have to be bought and put together so the car is running. After that, the car must be welded and occasionally chained in order to give it extra support and protection. Lastly, the car is painted.

“Painting is the funnest part because you get to come up with crazy designs,” Bird said. “We’re always talking about how we’re going to paint the car.”

While building the car is the most challenging aspect of derby, it is also one of the best parts about it because the friends get to spend quality time together.

“Everyone comes together and we all help each other,” Johnson said.

The boys are not only together while building the car, but also when it comes time to actually compete, which is the most exciting part of it all.

“There’s definitely a rush,”Larsen said.

Coates, Bird, and Larsen are primarily the drivers with Johnson and Lee working as a pit crew. They all have to work together and use a combination of everyone’s individual knowledge in order to succeed.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY COLTON COATES

Colton Coates works on his own car with some help from family and friends. Derby car drivers often put in hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to prepare their vehicles for demolition.

“You have to know what to do and when to do it, as well as worry about the competition and the other cars,” Larsen said.

The drivers especially have to worry about their competition as they battle it out during their heat, ramming into other cars while trying to avoid being hit at the same time.

“It’s crazy, and there is so much going through your head,” Coates said. “But it’s awesome when you get a good hit and you hear the crowd go wild.”

As for the pit crew, it is their job to repair the car and get it back in working order. To do this they must be knowledgeable about the cars so they are able to discern what needs to be mended and how to do so.

“You have to have knowledge,” Johnson said.

“You just gotta know stuff.”

Even with all of their combined efforts, occasionally things do not turn out as planned. An example of this is Bird’s older brother, Dallen, being involved in two rollovers while competing. One occurred in Manti, the other in Juab with the accidental help of Coates.

“It was a mistake,” said Coates. “I hit another car into him and it made him roll.”

Other examples of mishaps include Larsen’s car coming off the trailer and barely finishing another car about 5 minutes before a derby was supposed to begin.

However, they remember all these happenings with a laugh and agree that their time spent together has been the best.

Five boys, old cars, hard work, hours of time, many laughs, and good memories-- that is the other side

PHOTO PROVIDED BY COLTON COATES

Dallen Bird’s car is rolled in the 2011 Juab Derby.

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Homecoming 2011: We’re not gonna take it!

BY TIFFANY CHRISTENSEN Homecoming 2011 was an exciting event for the Hawks, ending with a winning score of 17-0 against the Carbon Dinos, but the game wasn’t the only exciting thing that happened over the week for the students.

This year’s SBO’s had a ‘different’ week planned for students, beginning with Monday, which was duct tape day. Many students dressed up for this with just rings or bracelets.

Others showed their creativity and made full outfits and accessories.

Throughout the day students began to realize that there is a reason that clothing is not normally made of duct tape.

“If I stand up there’s no way I will be able to sit back down,” said, Katie Marsh, a senior.

After school ended the sport teams and clubs went to paint the windows of businesses around town. Students ran from window to window to ask for colors they had forgotten and soap that other students had.

Tuesday, or flotation device day, came. Many students had a variety of outfits from rubber duckies to life vests. Students wore blow up tubes or arm floaters on to show school spirit.

On Wednesday a dodge ball match was held between the volleyball team and the teachers. The teachers won, but not without a few blows to the face. After school students were able to hurry home to change and head to the fairgrounds in Mount Pleasant for the Dirty Dash.

The Dirty Dash was an obstacle course in the mud. Every student that took on the course returned covered in sludge. The course began with a rope swing and ended with an army crawl under wires. The fire department stood at the end with a fire hose helping to keep the dirt in a pleasant state of sloppiness. Though it was fun, few students left without scrapes or bruises.

“It was a lot of fun but it would have been better if there hadn’t of been so many rocks in it. I feel bad that so many people got cut from the rocks under the tires,” said Activities Agent Kaylee Holgreen.

Wednesday was fashion disaster day. Most students dressed up like they had gone back to the eighties.

Others just wore clothes that didn’t match or saw it as a day to wear pajamas to school.

Later in the day the juniors and seniors got to play Power Stuff and Powder Puff. The juniors had victory in Power Stuff but the seniors prevailed in Powder Puff. After Powder Puff students were able to go to the Basin Drive-Inn to watch ‘Soul Surfer.’

Many students missed the beginning because they were busy chatting with friends, within a few minutes of her losing her arm students could hear. “I missed her getting her arm chopped off.”

Thursday was a slow day in the halls. Being Fake Injury Day, many students had crutches when others had bandages wrapped all over their heads. The students that were already injured protested to other students

that were faking some injuries.

“Why would you want to fake being on crutches?” said Debbie Jo Lummus, “It sucks!”

After school at the bon fire (which was not sponsored by the school) many students showed up to chat with friends. The fire didn’t last long but students still stayed as it turned into red coals, some students turned on their car radios and danced to their music.

Finally at the end of the week on Friday school spirit day came and almost everyone was dressed in red, black or white. The assembly was during flex but took up some of second period; they announced who the Homecoming Royalty was this year.

School got out at 1:45 and students hurried to finish up their floats so they could show them off in the parade at 4. Following the parade was the great tailgate party in the teacher parking lot; each club was doing something to raise money.

There was a live band, ‘The Phat Old Professors’ they played again after the game. The tailgate lasted until around 6:30, just before the game started.

HAWKS 2011 Photos by NS Times

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Lady Hawks volleyball moves to 5-1 in region

PHOTO BY DUSTIN ALLRED

Senior Bailee Kendall goes up for a spike in a recent game against Payson. The Hawks defeated the Lions in three sets.

BY

DUSTIN ALLRED

The NS volleyball team may have had their ups and downs this season, but the team seems to be currently riding an up. The team is currently sitting in second in region with a 5 – 1 region record.

“If I were to give out team a let-

ter grade, I would give us an A,” said Shelby Jorgensen, a senior on the NS volleyball team. “We may have our ups and downs but we just always end up working together well” Last Thur. night, the Ladyhawks took on the Payson Lion’s at home, trying to keep their region standing strong. NS took the win quickly over Payson, sweeping

them in three sets.

This win was just one of many dominant win’s that the Ladyhawks have had this year. The team has swept both Morgan and Wasatch in preseason play and has had decisive wins over both Juab and Carbon in region play.

Unfortunately, the entire season hasn’t been total dominance for the Hawks. Delta has beaten NS

twice this year, once in preseason and once in region play. Some players think that the losses may have been because of poor attitudes. Other players say that the loss might have just come down to nerves.

“I think that bad attitudes can be our team’s biggest weakness,” said senior Bailee Kendall. “In Delta, I felt that I had a bad attitude in the game and I think that was one of the reasons that we lost.”

“In Delta we stuck right with them through the first two games, and then we fell apart,” said senior Makayli Jorgensen. “I think that the team may have gotten nervous” Even though the team has had their weak moments, players say that the team is stronger now than they were last year. They say it’s their relationships within the team that make all the difference.

“We have gotten a lot better,” said Makayli Jorgensen. “We get along as a team a lot better, we have better relationships and friendships, and we have great team leadership.”

“We were ok last year, but we’ve really put it together this year,” said Shelby Jorgensen. “It’s all because of the team’s ability to

always work together.”

The Ladyhawks have had to face new obstacles this year with the realignment of high school classifications and regions, but players think that the team has adjusted to the changes well, and that the harder teams that they may face will only make the team better prepared for the state tournament.

We’ve handled the new region really well,” said Shelby Jorgensen. “We don’t think that any other team is better than we are.

They might be tougher competition, but that will just make us better as a team.”

Now looking forward, the team has three more region games remaining this year. The team played Spanish Fork on Tue. (Results not available at press time), and plays Delta tomorrow, and Juab next week. Then, assuming the team can stay within the top four teams in the region, the team will face state on Oct. 27.

“We should do really well at state because we seem to play together well under hard circumstances,” said Shelby Jorgensen.

“The harder other teams are and the better they play, the better we become and the better we play.”

Cross country team attends Idaho meet, prepares for state

BY KENZIE NUNLEY The cross country team is preparing for region and recently went to Boise, Idaho, to one of the largest cross country meets in the country.

“Some of the kids ran their best performances,” said coach Scott Butler.

Ammon Embleton said, “The course was a good one, so I’m looking forward to running it next year.”

Runners that attended the meet got to watch collage runners and also got to witness coach Bill Bedford’s daughter,

Sylvia Bedford, who runs for SUU, win the college girls 5k.

“It was the biggest I’ve been to,” said Taylor Purcell “It was an awesome course and we had a lot of fun as a team.”

“The Boise, Idaho, meet was about 4,000 feet lower elevation than what our runners are used to running,” Embleton said, “It was a good experience to be able to run and train at the lower elevation.”

The girls varsity team unfortunately had only three members that went to the meet. They needed seven to qualify as a SEE X-COUNTRY, PAGE 12

PHOTO BY KENZIE NUNLEY

Five cross country students train after school in preparation for state.

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NS football wins homecoming game with a shutout and moves to 2-1 in region play

BY MANDY PECKHAM

For the first time since 2008, NS won the homecoming game against the Carbon Dinos. The score was 17-0 for the Hawks.

The team was nervous for the game being homecoming and having the student body there and alumni come back.

For the freshmen quarterback Brady Wheeler and junior center Jacob Bagley, they could feel the jitter-bugs coming on for the first of the game.

“The first couple of plays I was nervous where it was homecoming and all,” said Wheeler. “But after those first couple of plays you forget about all the people in the stands.”

Junior Jacob Bagley thought along the same lines.

“I think everyone’s nervous before our home games,” said Bagley. “Especially for homecoming but once we got the jitters out, then we were pretty solid.”

While these two could feel the pressure coming on, Senior Colton Dunn thought otherwise of the beginning.

“The first was exciting,” said Dunn. “ I wanted it to be harder

from all the people who were there.”

Scores were only made in the second and third quarters. Junior Brady Walker ran in a touchdown for the Hawks during the second quarter. Then in the third quarter, junior Kaden Poulson ran in another touchdown followed by senior Dakota Kleven kicking a field goal.

For the Hawks, they felt great about the win, but also felt they should have scored more and played better.

“We played good enough to beat Carbon but we could’ve played better,” said junior Jacob Bagley.

Senior Colton Dunn thought along the same lines.

“It felt good to win. We have not won a homecoming game in a long time,” said Dunn. “It was good to beat them without them scoring. Even though we played solid, we still need improvement on our plays. We could have beat them by more if we would have done our assignments better.”

Assistant coach Derik Bringhurst thought differently about the win.

“We were really excited,” said Bringhurst. “It has been a while since we won. There was a sigh

PHOTO BY DUSTIN ALLRED

Chad Watts carries the ball in the hmecming game. The Hawks defeated the Dino’s 17-0.

of relief because there has been a drought of winning homecoming games and just home games in general.”

So with the Hawks record being 2-1, they have a promising hope to take region this year.

“We have a good shot at taking it this year,” said senior Colton Dunn. “We just have to keep playing hard.”

“We have to keep the belief level of the players up so they believe

they can take it,” said assistant coach Derek Bringhurst.

According to Bringhurst, they are not concerned on one team in the region. They just focus on one team at a time.

“We focus on the team we play that week,” says assistant coach Derek Bringhurst. “In pre-season, everyone said that us and Carbon would be the worse in the region but so far we have worked hard and done well.’

One of the things that the team thinks will get them a region title is how well they work together.

“They have been wokring together since February of last year,” said Bringhurst. “There are no cliques. Everybody is friends.”

“Our team gets along really well,” said Dunn. “Our coaches sometimes think we get along too well to play and actually be tough on each other.”

NS girl’s track competitor travels internationally to compete at a higher level

BY AUSTIN HADLEY

Paige Francks traveled to austrailia to compete in relay races and hurdles.

45.80. That number might not have any significant meaning to you, but to Paige Francks and the rest of the runners who compete in the 300 meter hurdles, it is the time that took third at state last year. That was Franck’s time at the state tournament last year.

Coach Scott Butler described Francks as “extremely competitive” and “driven”.

Francks’s success is a result of hard work and extra practice. Francks has dropped in time from year to year and her biggest jump came between her sophomore and junior year.

Francks has very high expectations for herself and her teams this coming season.

She expects to take state in the 300-meter

hurdles and to do well with her 4 x 400 meter relay team. She is also hoping to run in college, where she hopes to receive a scholarship to Utah Valley University, or Utah State University.

Francks’s sister also ran track in high school and was able to run in college. Her sister was a good example of hard work and was always positive about running. Francks saw where all the hard work and dedication could take you.

With all Francks’s track success she got the opportunity to go to Australia during the summer to compete in races there. This opportunity was from downunder sports.

Downunder sports is an organization that

holds races and gives athletes the opportunity to compete against different competition and to sight see in Australia.

Francks took this opportunity and went to Australia to compete in the 300 hurdles, the 4 x 400 meter relay, and the 4 x 100 meter relay. With three hundred to four hundred runners in her division there was a lot of competition. She said it was very friendly competition because everyone was just getting to know every one, there were people from all over the world, but most were from Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. There was only one other girl from Utah.

The races were held in an Australian SEE FRANCKS, PAGE 12

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QB Bird’s fortunes change during first game of the season

BY MANDY PECKHAM The night that the NS hawks football team opened the season with its’ game against Millard high school, they lost a lot more than just the game.

That night, senior and captain Rhett Bird was playing defense, which was out of his normal position as varsity quarter back.

“Rhett is one of the best players on the team no matter what position he plays,” said NS head football coach, Steve Coburn. “To have him play defense that night was a chance for him to be looked at by colleges in different positions other than quarter back.”

Rhett Bird had only played 3 downs of defense before he got hurt. He got hit with an illegal block called the high-low block.

It flipped him sideways and he attempted to catch himself while sideways.

“One kid hit me low and one hit me high and I caught myself on the ground,” said Rhett Bird. “I thought I just dislocated my thumb at first.”

Rhett Bird did not think the injury was serious at first. He went to a doctor in

FRANKS,

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University in Brisbane. The runners got together and made relay teams and then the races were run. Paige took first in the 300-meter hurdles, fourth in the 4 by 400 meter relay, and third in the 4 by 100 meter relay. Paige ran the 300-meter hurdles in 47.24 seconds and won by seven tenths of a second. Paige’s 4 by 400 meter relay team ran the race in 4:34.17. Her 4 by 100 meter relay team ran the race in 55.46.

During the trip Paige was able to visit places like the Sydney Opera house.

She was also able to go to Hawaii on the trip home. The trip was Francks first time flying. In two weeks she flew for forty hours was on seven airplanes. She went from: Salt Lake to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Sydney, from Sydney to Brisbane, from Brisbane back to Sydney, from Sydney to Honolulu, from Honolulu to Los Angeles, and from Los Angeles back to Salt Lake. The trip cost $5,000.

Francks hopes the experience of running against tougher competition will help her reach her goal of taking state in the 300-meter hurdles.

Provo who examined his thumb and assessed that he had Gamekeeper’s Thumb.

He would not be able to play quarter back for the rest of the season if he could even play at all.

“We went up for the doctor appointment not thinking a big deal of it and they had to operate the next day,” said mother Christie Bird.

Gamekeeper’s Thumb is when the ulnar collateral ligament detaches from the bone and completely comes off the thumb.

When you get this injury, your grasp is weakened and you do not have complete control of your thumb. For a quarter back, that is a necessity to the game.

For the NS football team, this came as a shock. Bird has been starting varsity since he was a sophomore. As for Bird though, he was at first sad that his season started out with an injury, then adjusted and has been optimistic and tried to help the team out to the best of his abilities.

“He has had an incredibly optimistic attitude about the whole thing,” said Christie Bird. “He supports the team and still goes to weights and practices.”

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“ I think he [Rhett Bird] was devastated at first,” said Coburn. “I think everyone was looking forward to the senior of Rhett Bird and when he came back from the doctor saying he couldn’t play he was devastated. He has readjusted though and helps the team. He now helps coach.”

The NS football team was surprised when they found how the season had suddenly turned.

“There was a lot of the shock for the team,” said Coburn. “We had to build Brady [Wheeler] and take a step back and adjust to the teams new needs.”

“We lost a lot of leadership on the offensive line without him,” said fellow teammate and captain, Aaron Lee. So could this alter Rhett Bird’s plans for college football?

“A lot of colleges told me how I did my senior year would determine my scholarship offers,” said Rhett Bird. “Now I’m out so it will be interesting to see what happens.”

Coburn is still optimistic that Rhett Bird will be playing college football.

“Colleges are still calling,” said Coburn.

10 “This is a very tough sport mentally, you have to convince your body to do things your minds doesn’t want you too

PHOTO FROM NS TIMES ARCHIVES

NS quarterback Rhett Bird became injured after the hawks season opener against Millard.

“I don’t know if he will be playing quarter back unless they go off past records of his career, but I think he still has a great chance for defensive tight end.”

Rhett Bird is still being recruited but for how far he will really go is unsure to him.

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varsity team, so they didn’t get a score.

Some of the runners didn’t perform as well as they’d like to.

“I need to forget about that race,” said Paige Franks, “and try to race my best at region.”

The XC team is preparing for region this year which is Oct. 11 and will take place at the Price Golf Course. The team practices everyday after school as well as on there own. Some of the goals that runners have is to make the top ten by running under seventeen minutes, and to place just as good or better then they did last year.

“You decide how hard you are going to run.” said Purcell. “People will push you to work hard, but in the end it›s your choice.” Purcell has been running twice a day for about two and a half weeks to be able to run under seventeen minutes and be able to be one of the top ten runners.

Franks said, “I want to do really well, last year I took third place. I want to place just as good or better.”

do.” said Butler. “ I would say it’s the toughest sport.”

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NS girls tennis team qualifies for state

PHOTO BY DUSTIN ALLRED

Shayla ricks returns a ball in her opening round of the state tournament.

BY GEORGIE IVIE

NS tennis team is overall doing very well this season. And with the season coming to an end, I think that the coaches and teammates are proud of the results.

Going into the season expectations were good. The coaches Jeff Ericksen and Brad Bentley who are both teachers at NS, knew that there would be a lot of returning starters but didn’t know how well the younger teammates would fit in with the

varsity. But, with having so many starting varsity girls the coaches did expect to get a region title, and all the girls get along really well.

They also knew that they were going into a region with Spanish Fork and Payson, which are two really good teams.

But, that didn’t bother them, because they had a defining win with Payson at the first of the season.

“Beating them really set the tone for a successful season,” said Ericksen.

They also had a good meet with Manti.

Even though it wasn’t a region game, the girls still made sure they beat them.

“When they were in our region last year, they were a tough team to beat,” said Shayla Ricks, one of the captains on the team and a senior at NS. “But we played them for a preseason match and our team played amazing, and we were able to come out with a win!”

Bentley was also proud of the team when they played well against Bear River and Hurricane at a Saint George tournament before the season started.

Going into region the expectations for the team were good, they knew Spanish Fork would be the tough team to beat at this match. And they think that if

they didn’t have so many games in one day then they would have done better. But, they did well and got second overall at region. And most of the girls took second and third individually.

The captains of the team are Shayla Ricks (senior), Lynsie Clark (senior), Mikaela Angerhofer (junior), and Ana Bentley (junior). And they have all been doing well this season. The captains are always making sure that the mood of the team is happy and that everyone is getting along.

“We have the best times together and enjoy each other’s company,” said Ricks.

The team overall just has a lot in common and so it makes it easy for them to hang out with each other.

“We’re all just one big family, and we get along well too,” said Ana. Now going into state they know that they are going up against difficult teams that have year round access to tennis courts, and can practice all the time. But overall everyone is excited for state to come and to see how well they do.

“State is just frosting on the cake,” said Ericksen. They know that the teams will be tough to beat, but they hope to get several first round wins.

The owner’s lockout causes possible loss of NBA season BY

DUSTIN ALLRED

NBA lockout; these two words became relevant at the start of July. Now their meaning has far reaching effects that could potentially put an end to the 2011 – 2012 NBA season before it even begins.

The lockout started on July 1 when the players union and owners could not reach a new collective bargaining agreement. Basically, the players and coaches could not agree on the terms that players would be paid and the percent of the team’s gross revenue that the players would receive.

The players would like the NBA to be more like Major League Baseball in that player’s

contracts would be guaranteed and the soft salary cap that is in place now would stay the same.

The guaranteed salary would ensure that a player gets paid even if he underperforms, and the soft salary cap would allow player salaries to stay high and promote wealthier teams to bid competitively on players.

The players also want their percent of total NBA revenue to stay close to where it is.

Owners currently pay players about 50 percent of their team’s gross total revenue.

On the other hand the owners would like the NBA to be more like the National Football League in that players would have smaller salaries, and their salaries could be cut based on

player performance. The owners would also like a hard salary cap, and they would prefer to pay players closer to 50 percent of the team’s gross revenue.

The hard salary cap would restrict teams to paying only a certain amount of money on player contracts. This would in essence lower the salaries of many players. Supporters of the hard cap say that this would make the NBA more competitive. Theoretically, smaller market teams would be able to better compete with the larger market teams if they were all spending the same amount on players.

The owners also want to pay players a smaller percent of the team’s gross revenue. The NBA lost over 300 million dol-

lars in revenue last season and expects to lose at least that much again this season if something doesn’t change. Owners now pay players around 57 percent, but if they could pay them closer to 50 percent, it would allow most of the teams to continue to make money.

Now, as the lockout heads into its fifteenth week, there are signs that the lockout is expected to continue to last for a while, probably cutting off at least part of the NBA regular season. Preseason games have already been canceled and if an agreement can’t be reached in the near future, a partial season is imminent.

Some players have started to prepare for this partial sea-

Players and owners in the NBA can’t agree to a BRI

son by making arrangements to travel overseas to play for foreign professional teams. Others have started to participate in exhibition games.

Now basketball fans everywhere are hoping for a quick compromise to be made between the two sides. If one cannot be reached. the entire 2011 -- 2012 NBA season may be cancelled.

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‘The Help’ provides a lesson

BY KAYTIE NIELSON Imagine raising someone’s child as your own and having them grow up to become your boss, then having them treat you like you are their slave and that they own you.

This child that you loved and cared for will not even share the same toilet with you because she thinks, because of the color of your skin, you could be carrying a disease and could spread it to their family.

But this story wasn’t imagined, it happened. Kathryn Stockett wrote the book “The Help,” in 2009, which this movie was based on.

The story takes place in Jackson, Mississippi, 1963, during the Civil Rights movement.

The Civil Rights movement, was an extremely important time in our country’s history.

It was that time that one of our countries biggest faults was shown: racism. Just because someone had a different color of skin than another, some people believed it meant there was something wrong with that person.

In the movie, Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan is a recent college graduate who writes a column for her local newspaper on cleaning tips. Her mother doesn’t really support Skeeter’s dream of becoming a great writer. She’s more preoccupied in helping Skeeter improve her look so she can find a husband, and have children.

But Skeeter doesn’t just want to write for the local newspaper, she wants to write something big.

Skeeter grew up having a maid in her house. Her name was Constantine. She was the person that Skeeter always looked up to growing up. She raised her, loved her, and helped her with all of her problems. Skeeter had a better relationship with Constantine than her mother.

In the movie Constantine is very kind and loving towards Skeeter, unlike her mother.

When Skeeter was away to college, Constantine had gone away. Her mother told Skeeter that it was because she had quit on them but Skeeter had her suspicions and whenever she asked her mother about it she was always quiet and didn’t answer the question directly. After asking over and over, Skeeter gave up, and brushed it off.

Skeeter often goes over to her friend’s households. She observes the relationships of her friends and their maids. It isn’t anything that Skeeter hasn’t seen but every time her friends treat the help bad, she knows it’s wrong, and it effects how she sees her friends.

As time goes by, Skeeter realizes the story

she would like to tell. She wants to write the side of the story from “the help”, what it would be like living in this time period and have so much racial injustice.

The two main maids of her story are Minny and Aibileen.

Minny is a high tempered out spoken maid that had just recently got fired from a household, which belonged to one of Skeeters former best friends.

Aibileen on the other hand is kind more reserved.

She follows her orders quietly and cautiously, not drawing any unwanted attention to herself.

It takes Skeeter some time convincing the women that she will keep them safe and that their identities won’t be known but they have many fears. What they are about to do is illegal. If they were to be discovered, death would surely be at their doorstep.

Once the maids have the courage to tell their stories, it’s hard for them to stop.

The book is published and distributed, so everyone can know the truth. Skeeter’s goal has been accomplished.

Along with the good, there also came bad.

Embarrassment and anger was spread throughout Jackson, because the truth was too much for some to handle. But justice was spread through the town, because of the realization of how the help was being treated. Which was something that Skeeter had hoped would be possible, she changed lives when no one thought she’d even move out of her parents home.

This movie is a great example to us all. I think that this movie would be extremely valuable to see because of its profoundness and the feelings that it will leave you with. This movie is unforgettable.

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‘The Maze Runner’ provides a compelling puzzle world

BY MATTHEW WORKMAN A teenage boy runs down a dark hallway. His breath comes in gasps as he pushes himself further and further. Dark walls rise on either side. His only hope is to make through the huge doors that are quickly closing. The huge walls of the maze tower are above him on either side.

He knows he must reach safety, but he also knows he must return the next day and the next until he finds the way out. Unfortunately he doesn’t know where to look, and the maze changes every night. Worst of all however are the ruthless grievers, strange creatures that roam the maze and brutally kill anyone they come upon.

This is the book “The Maze Runner.” It follows the story of a young adult named Thomas and his friend Theresa. Thomas wakes to find himself in a dark container. The container opens and Thomas emerges into a strange world called the Glade. He remembers nothing about himself except his name. Despite this he is hurled into his strange new life in the glade almost immediately.

Soon after his arrival their a second new glader comes through the elevator into the maze. Only this time their is a big difference, the new arrival is the first girl ever to come through elevator. The girl(Theresa) is in a coma and no one can wake her up. The glader’s trouble only gets worse as they stop recieving recourses from the elevator. They are left only one choice. Solve the terrible puzzle of the maze, or die.

The structure of the book is set up in such a way the it is continually intense and doesn’t leave you bored for any long stretches of time. The suspense is well done and leaves you wanting to know what happens next. Clear up to the last chapter their is a sense of anticipation for upcoming events.

The book is diverse and there is an ongoing sense of danger. Emotions throughout the book run rampant as death, betrayal, hope, fear, and despair rule over life in the glade. Twists and turns occur frequently as actions taken by various characters often shock the reader.

I enjoyed this book a lot and would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of fantasy. The variety in mannerisms and features of the characters was great. Each of the characters developed and changed drastically throughout the book.

The second book in this series “The Scorch Trials” was also great although I though it was strange and it sometimes didn’t make sense. The twists in this book where really unexpected and kept you on your toes quite efficiently. If you liked the first books of this trilogy you will be happy to know that “The Death Cure” is on track to come out in October.

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