Volume 91: Issue 8

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March 10, 2017

Volume 91, Issue 8

the student prints

Vens returns to SV

Assistant Principal Mr. Vens goes to the dark side. see page 2 LAMMIE

follow us @nvstudentprints and read us online at NVStudentPrints.com

The NV you don’t know

Co-editors Erin and Riley take a tour to expose the hidden (and maybe haunted?) places in NV.

see page 10 LAMMIE

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OPINIONS FEATURES SPORTS

Student council holds a pizza party before the NV v. SV basketball game, free of charge. see page 3

Are you a bachelor superfan? The viewers are less than thrilled with Nick this season. see page 6

With all of the “fake news” going on, it’s time we explained the concept to you. see page 11

The dance team travels to state contest after qualifying at Regionals. see page 13

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LAMMIE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Kasey Vens enjoys his last year at Northview. He prepares for his move to the school down south.

Zoey Napierala

Staff Writer

Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction Kasey Vens will become the ultimate transfer student next year when he takes on the role of Principal of Southview. Assistant Principal of Discipline Chris Fahim will slide over to Mr. Vens’ job at that time.

Mr. Vens started out as a Student teacher at SV. He then taught math for three years at NV and then moved and taught another 10 years at SV. Afterwards, he came back to NV and became the Assistant Principal for five years.

“I really enjoyed working with Mr. Swaggerty, I think it’s hard to describe how lucky NV is to have him. Secondly, this job is a lot of spreadsheets and schedules and working with teach-

ers and state testing, which is a job that’s a good fit for a math teacher. By solving problems and working with other teachers I know I’ll be able to do a good job, while also learning a completely new set of skills,” Mr. Vens said.

“I’m excited to work with the students more than the teachers and working with the community and bigger events, because I’m more behind the scenes now.

Finally the students and teachers I have worked with, I really enjoyed,” Mr. Vens said.

However excited we are for Mr. Vens to have this opportunity, the students will certainly miss him.

“He was a great role model for the students and I’ll miss his cheerful personality,” sophomore Courtney Kross said.

“Mr. Fahim is really underutilized right now. Most of the students and staff don’t know that he’s been a principal, ath-

letic director, and assistant principal, he’s done all these jobs and he’s really good at them. He will take over and probably make it look easier than I do so I feel really confident,” Mr. Vens said.

Mr. Fahim and Mr. Vens have always been friends, and Mr. Fahim seemed to be quite excited about the changes for not only Mr. Vens in the SV administration position, but for himself in the NV administration position.

“Mr. Fahim has already been a principal. Mr. Fahim is intelligent, organized, hard working, and he knows how to work with people, and those are the big characteristics that are necessary to be successful in that job,” Principal Steve Swaggerty said.

“I am excited about it, it’s a new set of changes. A downside is that I won’t be working as closely with the students, but we have a great teaching staff,” Mr. Fahim said.

Mr. Fahim’s position has been posted for administrators in and out of the district and is currently in the interviewing process.

“We’ll do our first round of screening interviews March 13, and then we’ll do another round of interviews with our final candidates the following week. We should probably know who we are going to hire by April,” Mr. Swaggerty said.

“We are looking for someone who can look out for the best interest of the students, parents, and staff,” Mr. Fahim said.

“They’ll definitely have some big shoes to fill.”

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Mr. Vens joining SV Schools look at District line changes Zoey Napierala

Staff Writer

The idea of redrawing the lines for the schools has always been in consideration. The Superintendent’s Task Force made up of administrators, teachers, staff, and parents originally had 3 plans that would redraw the district lines and determine where students would go to.

However, they decided that the second plan would not work after receiving feedback from the community. So they cut the second plan, leaving only the first and third to be up for debate to decide which plan will take effect in the 2018-2019 school year.

The first plan makes no changes to the schools as they are now, instead it adjusts the flow of where students go as they move through the school and redraws the district lines for each school. The boundaries for the schools have been based on the residence and proximity from the school, which will hopefully cut down on travel distance for students, parents, teachers, and staff members.

Plan three, will change the

grade levels in each school. Elementary School will be K-4, Middle school will be 5-8, and High School will remain 9-12.

Just as with the first plan, some boundaries will be changed to accommodate the population.

A fourth middle school will also be added. Out of Highland or Maplewood Elementary, one will stay an elementary school and the other will become the fourth middle school, but both would feed its students to NV as a high school.

“I don’t like the idea of plan three because it changes the grade levels,” Junior Brendon Doss said.

“I haven’t really decided (how I feel about the plans), I feel like I need more information to make an educated decision,” NV Media Specialist Darla Omey said.

Mrs. Omey has two children in Sylvania Schools and her son, currently in third grade at Highland, would be the most affected by the redistricting as it would determine whether he would go through another year in elementary or go straight to middle school for fifth grade.

“I don’t have a strong pull one way or another. I think my kids will be attending McCord either way. However, they may have to go to SV if NV doesn’t have open enrollment,” Counselor Stacie Wachowiak said.

The Task Force will continue to meet and consider the pros and cons of each plan before making a final decision in May this year.

All of the official information about the plans and redistricting along with future updates are located under the redistricting tab on the Sylvania Schools website.

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Erin Chambers

Co-Editor

Once again Student Council pulled off an event to unify the student body and promote school spirit. On February 17 before the Northview vs Southview basketball game, they hosted a pizza party for all students to attend.

The event was created to promote school spirit and get people hyped up for the game.

Leading up the stairs by the Auxiliary Gym posters, streamers, and balloons were hung to decorate the space. The pizza party was held on the landing.

The party was a success with around 125 students in attendance.

“It was really fun to see the whole party come together. I

think people had a good time and it would be cool to have it again next year and get even more students to come,” junior Kayla Thielen said.

Leading up to the big game Student Council also hosted a spirit week. The themes included: pajama day, hat day, school color day, Hawaiian day, and jersey day.

“I'm so glad we have a group of committed students to making Northview a better place. It’s the extra activities that promote school pride and allow students to see that school can be fun that make all of our time and work worth it,” Student Council Advisor Tami Blue said.

Student Council continues to create new events to make school exciting, and getting the win against Southview made the night even better.

Courtesy of Grace Cappellini Freshman Riley Sattler and friends gets together before the basketball game to eat pizza and get hyped up for the game.

Anatomy students dissect cats Katie Mertens

Features-Editor

You’ve probably noticed from the smell of preservatives coming from the middle of the science hall that it’s dissection time.

On February 24, Eric Keller’s anatomy classes began their two month long dissection project. They start with practice on chicken wings then move on to cats. Every year the cats are purchased from the humane society

after they have been euthanized and dedicated specifically to science.

Through this experience, students get a close up look at real systems and muscles. They get experience with both anatomy and dissection. As they dissect, they are required to use class knowledge to identify parts that relate back to the human body.

The students were required to identify the muscles, tissues, and tendons of the wing and much more. “It’s a great way to

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learn anatomy because we learn by doing. The experience isn’t something that you can get by just reading a textbook,” Mr. Keller said.

Although some students are squeamish at first when introduced to dissection, but the project provides valuable experience for the students that could not be learned on paper. The students started with an external exam and then moved on to skinning it’s fur.

“A lot of people think dissection is really gross, but once

you get into it, it’s not that bad.

I got over the grossness very quickly and it’s interesting to see all of the tendons,” junior Sydni Hornyak said. Many students choose to name their cats. For example Salem, Simon, Socks, Toby, Earle, Whiskers, Stan and Willie are just a few of the names the students have chosen for their cats.

The classes have been working hard to identify certain muscles and will continue their dissections for about five more weeks.

Korrin Zollweg

Opinions Editor

This quarter the Leadership Academy had a Leadership Lunch on February 14.

The speaker’s name was Erin Peterson. Her goal to talk about was about being a leader and achieving her goals to help other people.

Peterson was a student in the Sylvania Schools District, Northwestern, and Harvard.

The education programs she went through are considered to be some of the best.

At Northwestern, Peterson started a leadership program. She took this program to a school in Chicago. This school was full of students who were refugees. When she went there she wanted this leadership program to bring them together. These refugees contained people from gangs and other bad places.

At the lunch, Peterson showed murals that the students made together. Making these murals was part of the leadership program. Working on these murals brought these students together to understand each other.

From creating this leadership program, Peterson showed many great attributes.

This not only showed leadership, but also good character and helping others.

The students that went to this Leadership Lunch got a lot of great information. Senior Dahlia Zack said, “This was probably one of my favorite leadership lunches I have ever been to. She was very interesting to listen to.” Hopefully they can all take these great attributes and apply them to their own lives too.

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Emily Martinez

Staff Writer

Business Professionals of America is a competition that the business program competed in.

Students in Business programs all across America compete in small groups to present their ideas to judges.

Northview’s Business program competed in Regionals at Bowling Green in January.

Schools from all over Northwest Ohio competed and many NV teams are advancing and going to States in March.

Twenty-nine teams from NV won at Regionals and will be going on to compete at States.

Some students that qualified for States included Edward Lammie, Austin Nemire, Andy Summers, and many other students.

BPA States will be in Columbus this March. Regional winners from all over Ohio will compete against each other to be the best and win.

“I went to BPA this year and it was super fun, my friends

and I were in a group together and now we are going to States.

We can’t wait to go to Columbus and compete against other schools across Ohio,” junior Brett Blasingham said.

HOSA stands for Health Occupations Students of America. Students in Med Tech were able to attend HOSA this year and compete for NV. Students were in small groups just like the BPA competition.

The HOSA competition had many teams from many different schools competing to win scholarships and other awards.

HOSA is a program that aims to improve healthcare by having this program that gives students new information and skills in many different health occupations.

Many students that would like to pursue a health occupation were able to learn more about that occupation.

Students were able to see if they really did want to go down that career path and learn about what it is really like to do that every day.

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Students strive Language Club hosts for BPA states annual event activities Katie Mertens

Features-Editor

Bonjour, Hola, Nǐ hǎo and Hello! The World Language Club welcomed students to their latest cross-cultural event. On February 23, Students from all languages were invited to attend the meeting. Each culture was represented with various activities.

The Chinese celebrated the Chinese New Year with paper lanterns. The lanterns symbolize joy, celebration, good fortune and longevity.

The lanterns also serve as protectors from evil in Chinese culture. Students were able to practice Chinese as they wrote “Happy” on small red pieces of paper. These could be kept for good luck or given to a friend to wish them happiness. “One of the activities involved a pun; turn the Chinese symbol for ‘happiness’ upside down, and it says ‘upside down’. What a fun tradition for the new year,” freshman Liz Mertens said.

The Spanish culture’s station promoted friendship through the making of bracelets and flowers. The flowers were made from paper and had the qualities of a good friend on each of the petals.

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Sophomores Ryan Pinski and Marian Estifan work on painting Chinese letters in ink and creating Spanish friendship bracelets.

This helped students learn new words and practice Spanish.

The friendship bracelets were made from colorful strings carefully tied together to make a complex bracelet. Levels of complexity varied based on the maker.

“I had such a great time at the World Language meeting. I got to spend time with friends and make friendship bracelets.

I always look forward to every meeting and am excited to see what the next event has in store,” senior Faith Martin said.

The French culture’s station welcomed in spring, or ‘Printemps’ in French, by creating coloring pages based on spring things. Many of the pictures included rain and flowers. These symbolize rebirth, good-will and renewal.

Engineering class blasts off The Engineering program had the opportunity to build rockets and compete against other schools to see who has the best rocket. In the past the best rocket went The students in Engineering started out learning everything about rockets. They studied the big parts of rockets all the way down to the tiny details.

They learned about the importance of every part on a rocket and then had the opportunity to build their own. Students built rockets together as a class and then were able to make their own in smaller groups and test them to see how high they would go.

Students also got the opportunity to submit their rock-

ets into the TARC competition and compete against other rockets. TARC stands for Team America Rocketry Competition. This is the world’s largest student rocket competition and NV’s Engineering program was able to take all of their rockets.

Over 5,000 teams from all across America compete to see if they have the best rocket. This is a big competition that many schools and engineering programs take part in. The goal of the competition is to build and design a rocket that can go 775 feet in the air and carry an egg.

The rocket also has to descend between 41-43 seconds.

More information can be read online at NVStudentPrints.com -Emily Martinez Staff Writer

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Sylvania schools redistricting plans Here we go again. Fifteen years after Sylvania Schools’ last boundary readjustments, it’s time for another shuffling of the deck in that hated process known as “redistricting.”

The reasons for redistricting are not hard to perceive. There are simply too many students at some schools (namely Highland, Maplewood, and Central Trail) and the shifting of borders is essential to spreading out the students.

Recognizing this, the district has submitted two redistricting plans (narrowed down from an original three) for the community’s consideration.

All will be simultaneously beneficial and detrimental to at least one aspect of life in the Sylvania district. Here is an essential guide to the plans as well as ruminations on why each one will be beneficial to the district.

Those interested in learning more about the process of redistricting can navigate to the Sylvania Schools website.

- Patrick Andres

WHAT IT IS: Essentially what we have now, with boundaries between schools shifted slightly and “feeder patterns” readjusted based on school proximity. The most glaring departure from the present situation is the fact that Highland, historically an exclusive feeder into the McCord-Northview axis, would redirect all of its students to Timberstone and some to Southview.

WHY IT’S GOOD: One of the foremost goals of redistricting should be actively disrupting the academic careers of as few children as possible.

This plan accomplishes that, only subtly amending a few discrepancies within the district’s geography. Additionally, students will at last almost certainly attend the school that is geographically closest to them.

WHY IT’S BAD: The problem of overcrowding doesn’t really go away so much as it gets transferred from one school to another. For example, rather than sending an absurd number of students to McCord to combine with Maplewood and Sylvan, Highland would now send an absurd number of students to Timberstone. Also, Maplewood students would be divided among three different schools, which may make sense geographically, but could have an adverse effect on students suddenly forced to start over after having attended school with the same people for six years.

WHAT IT IS: A stark contrast to Plan 1. Plan 3 is almost nothing like what we have now. Plan 3 would move fifth grade from elementary to junior high school, and, most notably, would convert one of the middle schools - either Highland or Maplewood - into an elementary school.

WHY IT’S GOOD: The straightforward feeder patterns of Plan 3 would enable students to attend school with virtually the same kids for their entire 13-year schooling career. Also, the new 6-4-2 format combined with boundary readjustment will go a long way toward balancing out enrollment from school to school.

WHY IT’S BAD: Maplewood and Highland are fine edifices, but they are elementary schools, not middle schools and whichever school is picked will have to receive some adjustments in order to serve its new role. A related problem to this is the issue of having to fit a gaggle of fifth graders into ancient McCord, small Timberstone, and ill-equipped for expansion Arbor Hills.

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notions motion “I like how everything is now,” - Sophomore Maria Restivo

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“If people leave schools it could ruin a lot of friendships,” - Sophomore Tyler Frederick

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“As long as I stay at NV I’m happy,” - Junior Kaylene Pieterzak

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How do you feel about redistricting?

The redistricting does not affect anyone our age so I am indifferent,” - Junior Maxwell Qian

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Polite parking Recently, there have been some issues going on involving who parks where and why there is not enough space in the parking lot.

I don’t think that many students understand the significance of the color parking pass each student posses. Black passes are indicated for upper classmen, which means they have preference in the school’s parking lot. Yellow passes are indicated for the underclassmen (a.k.a. the sophomores).

During these past few weeks, many upperclassmen have had the need to park further away from school, even extending to the hill, because some sophomores have been taking up all the parking spots right by the school. I get that parking on the hill is gruesome and not the best thing out there, but we all had to go through it.

It’s not very fair when a senior arrives to school a little late and has to park further away because sophomores have taken up most of the good spots.

As a junior, I’ve had senioritis for a while now so I can’t even begin to think how the seniors feel right now, especially since it’s already the second semester, and fourth quarter is right around the corner.

So sophomores, don’t worry, you guys will get your turn. The school year is almost over, a few more months on the hill won’t kill you. Plus, since the seniors get out earlier, you’ll be able to park in the closer lot once they’re gone.

We’ve heard plenty of times on the announcements that sophomores need to park on the hill. It may not seem like a big deal, but if administrators are bringing this much attention to it, something needs to be done.

The upperclassmen have some priority when it comes to parking. Sophomores, your time will come faster than you think. ~Andrea Almeida

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Nick, the worst bachelor ever

Now we can be honest. . . Nick the Bachelor is very attractive. He has a lot going for him in the physical aspect. But what about his intentions on the show?

I think no one’s quite sure what Nick wants. He’s questioned if the show is right for him, he sends off Danielle and Christine, the wife like women, and keeps Corinne, the crazy one.

Now, don’t get me wrong.

Corinne is beautiful. But is she really prepared to get married? If you say “yes” you have to be lying. I’ll give you that she could be a fun girlfriend and would like to be spontaneous.

But a wife? Not so much. She can’t even take care of herself.

She has a nanny she can barely live without. I mean, that may

be fine to some people, but Nick has way better options left that can take care of themselves.

You begin to wonder why he even keeps Corinne. Is it because of her looks, or the mask she puts on around him?

Whatever it is he seems to be the most infatuated gullible Bachelor ever. He needs to look at the girls and see who he can spend his life with, not have to take care of everyday.

Nick has also threatened to quit the show - twice. What did

he expect when coming on, all fun and games? I mean seriously, you have a handful of women that all are high on emotion. There is no way he could have thought it would be easy.

He also overlooks so many of the girls on the show.

When Vanessa told him she was falling in love with him he barely flinched. In fact, he brought up how he was dating “many women”. Uhm ew.

Vanessa is beautiful and definitely wifey material.

Open your eyes Nick.

Nick has cried more than any Bachelor ever. I don’t necessarily think it is a bad thing, I actually find it quite sweet. I like that he is not too manly

to show his emotions, and that we are able to see how his past relationships have had an effect on him.

That is about the one thing I like about him besides his nice looks and style.

I think that Nick should not be the only one confused here, but so should the girls.

They need to think if they can really see their life with someone like Nick who feels the need to keep the one girl that everyone has told him has bad intentions.

It seems like all the girls are so in love with him, but haven’t even gotten the chance?

A little awkward, but it could work to see what his true intent and meaning of marriage is. ~Haley Jones

Clownin’ Around at Turnabout “And your 2017 Turnabout King is… Caden Irwin!” The students cheered as Caden was crowned and all of the couples shared a dance on the balcony of the gym.

This year’s Turnabout theme was “Clownin’ Around.” When you walked into the school it felt exactly like a carnival; you immediately saw a lots of color, an arch of exploding popcorn, and a paper ferris wheel on the wall.

The hallway and gym were covered in fun decorations and lights, with themed signs and a concession stand. It’s no secret that the Turnabout committee and student government members that set up this event worked extremely hard, but the real question is, was the dance itself a hit or miss?

Personally, I loved Turnabout, and believe it was a total hit this year. My group was a bunch of my close friends, the music was really hype, my date and I took some cute pictures, and I love dancing, so it was a blast.

I always look forward to going to school dances, but for more than just the dance; it’s

mostly for things like taking the pictures and having dinner with your group. Whether or not you have a date, being able to take some cute pictures in your fancy outfit is very exciting.

For me, I had a date and he and I matched our outfits so we would look perfect in photos together, and I’m pretty sure he and I smiled for 15 minutes straight for the photos.

Then my group ordered some pizza and ate at my date’s house before the dance. We played some games and had a great time. I would not have wanted our time before Turnabout to have gone any differently. The pre-Turnabout extravaganza was such a fun time.

While at the dance a lot of people seemed to be enjoying it. Whether they were grinding, dancing, or sitting at the tables with some friends, everyone was laughing and having a great time.

But some people thought the theme was pretty limited; it didn’t offer much for them and wasn’t the most creative thing they could’ve come up with. I completely disagree, I think the theme was clever and I think

the decorations were absolutely adorable. My favorite part of the decoration was the ferris wheel silhouette.

Some people doubted that Turnabout was worth all of the

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hype, but I couldn’t disagree more. Turnabout was a great way for students to come out and enjoy “Clownin’ Around” with their friends and dates. ~Riley Runnells

Co-Editors-In-Chief: Erin Chambers & Riley Runnells Adviser: Sarah Huey News Editor: Karen Pan Opinions Editors: Haley Jones & Korrin Zollweg Features Editors: Liz Liber & Katie Mertens Sports Editor: Amir AbouZied & Matt Bishop Business Editor: Josie Umfleet Online Editor: Andrea Almedia Staff Photographers: Edward Lammie Staff Writers: Patrick Andres, Emma DeMascio, Emily Martinez, Zoey Napierala, Emily Nowak, Taylor Rosplohowski, Abby Summers

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riley’s

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Everyone has times when they feel fat, too bulky, too small, too tall, so on and so forth. Body image issues are a common occurrence for people of all ages. However, if you have problems with your body or if you feel insecure, that does not- I repeat- DOES NOT mean you have an eating disorder. Eating disorders are a very serious mental disorder that lately seem to have become more of a trend.

Eating disorders have always been a big part of my life.

Growing up, one of my best friends had severe anorexia that dominated her life. It started with slight changes in her dietary habits, and then she just stopped eating altogether. She battled with this eating disorder her entire life. Especially her first year of college, that’s when it got really bad. As an 18 year old she was extremely underweight, and was struggling more than she ever had. Her doctor told her if she didn’t get serious help very soon, there was a possibility that she’d die.

This was so traumatic for her family and for me. She was my role model. Ever since I was seven years old I always looked up to her and wanted to be just like her. She’s the smartest and most beautiful person I’ve ever met. She has so much talent and so much love in her heart, but this disorder took over everything. Her mental state, her attitude, her relationships with guys, friends, and her family all started to become small to her, while this disorder kept growing and growing. To watch this girl who had become like my older sister have to deal with something so horrible broke my heart.

Eventually she got help, but the point of the matter is her eating disorder was a very serious thing that severely impacted her and will stay with her for the rest of her life. It’s not just something that you can get over and completely goes away. No matter how healthy she is now, that roadblock in her life will never be erased from her memory.

The reason I feel so strongly about this is not just my friend, but mostly because of the way that people treat it like it’s not a big deal. People don’t always understand that eating disorders are more mental than anything else. When you have an eating disorder, you have this completely distorted image of yourself when you look in the mirror, and you think that you’re horrible and disgusting to look at. It’s a completely life-altering mental disorder. So when I hear people say things like, “Oh, I felt fat so I didn’t eat for the entire day and then felt a lot better,” or “Man I’m so gross, all I want to do is workout,” and then you workout until you’re so exhausted you can’t function, it’s so frustrating. Or when people loosely use the term “anorexic” to describe something. It’s not a joke, it’s not slang, it’s a very intense issue. There are people who are actually pushing themselves to the limit health-wise, whether it be not eating for as long as possible or working out until they vomit from exhaustion, nothing about an eating disorder is trendy, or romantic, or cute.

The final rundown: we all have to remember we were created the way we are and there’s nothing we can do to change that.

I am a firm believer in everyone is beautiful in their own way, no matter what their height, weight, or any other body feature you can imagine. An eating disorder is not something to joke about, it’s not romantic, and it doesn’t make you look cool. If you are someone who has an actual eating disorder and possesses this distorted image of yourself, the best thing to do is to surround yourself with a good support system, do everything you can to get help, and always put things in perspective. If you think about the bigger picture of life and your purpose, you are beyond loved and beautiful in your own way. That is the most important thing of all.

What is your fate?

A horoscope tells about a person’s future. It’s all based off of the placement of the stars, planets, and your date of birth. Based off of that you fall into a particular sign.

If your birthday falls between January 20 - February 18 your sign is Aquarius, February 19 - March 20; Pisces, March 21 - April 19; Aries, April 20 - May 20; Taurus, May 21 - June 20; Gemini, June 21 - July 22; Cancer, July 23 - August 22; Leo, August 23 - September 22; Virgo, September 23 October 22; Libra, October 23 - November 2; Scorpio, November 22 - December 21; Sagittarius, and December 22 - January 19; Capricorn.

Almost every morning I wake up, go on my phone and check my social media apps and read my horoscope. This might not be the best thing to do because I base my day off of my sign.

If it’s not something I want to hear or doesn’t seem positive, my day starts off horrible. It can have a lot of power over you, so don’t read too much into them, they are just a fun way to add to your day.

Personally, I love horoscopes because they are really interesting. But, sometimes it kinda creeps me out how accurate it is. At times, it might not fit exactly on what’s going on with my life. For example it will talk about my love life, which I don’t have one, so I will relate it to my friends or family members.

I highly recommend getting a horoscope app and reading your horoscope weekly. You will be amazed how accurate it is.

I have a dance competition next weekend and I hope y horoscope says something good about the weekend. Then I’ll go into the competition with more confidence. ~Abby Summers

Personality tests are tests/questionnaires that reveal aspects on each person’s individual personality, physically and mentally. They have been used since the 1920’s specifically to ease the selection of troops for the military, navy, and other armed forces.

Kind of crazy that we now use them for fun while they were once used to help fight for countries.

I find myself taking these fun little tests whenever I need a study break, when I have nothing to do, or whenever one catches my eye and I’m tempted to jump right in.

But of course, the best part is the final result when the tests confirms what you’re like (or not) according to the answers you’ve selected. It always puts a smile on my face as I nod my head in agreement. “Yes, that is definitely what I’m like,” I occasionally say.

I believe that personality tests are better than horoscopes because the end result is chosen by YOU. Unlike daily horoscopes that just tell you straight-forward what you’re like. just because of your sign and when you were born, personality tests are all about you choosing answers that best fit your persona.

Sometimes, both horoscopes and personality tests might not accurately depict what you’re like, and that’s okay. With personality tests, you can alter your answers slightly with the chance of getting a different answer than what you had previously.

And unlike normal tests that are on a time limit and generate stress, personality tests are fun, stress-free, and you’re free to complete them in any amount of time.

So put those horoscopes aside for awhile, pull up a chair, find a test that suits you, and click away.

Who knows? You might be surprised by what you come up with and might even learn something new about yourself. ~Emma DeMascio

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FEATURES March 10, 2017

What’s your perfect Job? -Riley Runnells and Karen Pan

Who do you relate to more?

Housecat

Choose your Saturday Night Pigging out with friends

Wildcat

Choose an Adventure Hiking to explore new trails

Up for anything

Road Trip

Planet fitness or animal shelter?

Planet Fitness

Takeout or Dine-in?

Takeout

Animal Shelter

Beach

Dine-in

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FOOD FANATIC You can’t stay away from food for long, so you should work somewhere like Chipotle, Subway, Taco Bell, etc.

Senior Ali Clement

Beach or Rock Climbing?

You got...

CHILL CAT No job means more time for fun, so kick back, watch some Netflix, and snuggle up. You have your whole life to find a job, why start now?

Senior Sam Avina

You got...

S W E E T SAVIO R Your caring heart and positive attitude should persuade you to choose a job that will help others, i.e. lifeguarding, children’s hospital worker, babysitting, etc.

Junior Mary Matrisciano

Rock Climbing

You got...

SPORTY SPARTAN You should score a job for anything active, like coaching a team, caddying, or giving swimming lessons.

Junior Luke Hadeed and Senior Jacob Bartlett

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INTERVIEWED BY ERIN CHAMBERS

If you could get rid of one U.S. state what would it be and why?

“Alabama - I don’t know why, I just picked Alabama.”

Mrs. Mikolajczyk is a math teacher for mostly underclassmen. “She is so witty and fun to be around,” senior Rosie D’Onofrio said.

Why did you become a teacher and why did you decide to teach math?

“When I was in college I played volleyball and I always used to help my teammates with math.

I was good at it, so I decided to become a teacher.”

If you were stranded on an island what three things would you bring?

“I would bring Sunscreen, a notebook, and my kindle.”

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What would you choose if you could only eat one food for the rest of your life?

“Eggs - You could make a whole lot of things with eggs.”

If you could be an animal what would you be and why?

“A cat - I don’t like cats, but they have a pretty independent life and I wouldn’t want people to be all touching me. You could play hide and go seek by yourself. I wouldn’t want to be a bird because then you just poop freely and you have to sleep outside. I want to be domesticated so I can live inside, but I don’t want to be a dog because then I’d have to lick people’s faces.”

If you could have any superpower what would it be and why?

“To fly, dude hello, it’s the best superpower ever. I could go to Florida when I get home from school for the weekend.”

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FEATURES March 10, 2017

s d Erin Chamber Riley Runnels an d Lammie photos by Edwar

Have you ever walked around Northview and seen a door or a passage that you didn’t know existed, and you wondered where it leads to? We have certainly felt this way, so with the help of Northview’s Custodial Coordinator Jeanie Donovan, we decided to take a secret tour of NV and find all of the coolest hidden spots that you never knew existed.

Door underneath E-hall stairs - Legend has it NV is haunted.

Behind the stairs in E Hall is a door that leads to a quick descent to access underneath the entire school. Every once in awhile workers have to go down there to clean filters, but Ms. Donovan did said it was not a regular job for the custodians. Who knows what’s living down there?

The Roof - Technically this isn’t underneath NV, but haven’t you always wondered what NV looks like from above? There are multiple ways to get to the roof, but did you know that this is what the mysterious door at the end of G Hall by the steps down to E Hall leads to?

The Dark Room - Both the Newspaper and Yearbook staffs use this room quite often, but you may not know of “The Dark Room.” This room is entered through a black tube in the Pub and it is used to process photos and film.

G Hall Areas w/ Bathroom and Sink - Between the boys’ and girls’ bathrooms upstairs there is a door that looks like it’s one of the janitor’s closets. However these looks are deceiving, because when you open the door it leads to a secret hallway where there are extremely upscale bathrooms, and a hidden classroom that looks as if it’d be used for a math lab. If it wasn’t restricted for students it would be quite the hangout area! It’s a teacher’s restroom and was a small classroom.

The Catwalk / Lights Area Theatre techies know of this secret spot, but for those of you who don’t have this special access, the Catwalk is where all of the lights are adjusted for the shows.

Mr. Reed’s Space - If you’ve ever been in Engineering teacher Ryan Reed’s room, you’ve probably seen a ladder behind his desk that leads to somewhere. Well that somewhere is a crawl space and it’s roomier than you might think. It is mostly just used for storage.

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OPINIONS

March 10, 2017

1st Amendment: under attack With the chaos and multitude of opinions regarding Trump’s presidency, not a day goes by without hearing news of something happening in the White House.

On February 24, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer banned certain media outlets from attending a gaggle, an informal briefing without video.

According to Fox News, the briefing was “deemed a pool event.”

This means certain reporters representing various major networks are invited to attend the event, and they are to distribute the information to other networks. Pool events are acceptable and normal, but what sparked controversy was the exclusion of certain media outlets normally invited including: The New York Times, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, and Politico; all of which are considered to have a liberal bias and have been under recent attack from President Trump as being “fake news.”

Regardless of your political views, banning media access to political events is unacceptable.

Freedom of the press is a basic right guaranteed in the First Amendment of

the constitution and it is essential to the country’s system of government. As stated by Politico, “That’s what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship.”

Insinuating the United States is becoming a dictatorship is extreme, but being the president does not give anyone the power to take away rights guaranteed in one of the country’s most important documents.

President Trump may not like some of the things being said about him, but that’s the reason there are different media outlets with different views.

Everyone has the right to say what they think, and everyone is allowed to perceive Trump’s actions as they wish. It is up to the individual to differentiate fact from opinion.

The freedoms of Americans are protected by the Constitution and there isn’t a person that is allowed to take these away.

Saying we are on the road to dictatorship is a bold statement, but if we as a nation take an event like barring media outlets from events they should have access to, who knows what other rights could be violated in the future?

“Fake news, or hoax news, refers to false information or propaganda published under the guise of being authentic news. Fake news websites and channels push their fake news content in an attempt to mislead consumers of the content and spread misinformation via social networks and word-of-mouth.”

- webopedia.com

How to Spot Fake News 1. Consider the source - is it from a legitimate news organization?

2. Read beyond the headline - If a provocative headline drew your attention, read a little further before you decide to pass along the shocking information, it could prove to have nothing to do with the headline or have misleading information.

3. Check the author - is their a byline? Can you look up the author and find information about them on a different website?

4. Check your biases - Confirmation bias leads people to put more stock in information that confirms their beliefs and discount information that doesn’t 5. When in doubt, fact check it at websites like factcheck. org (where we got this information) and snopes.com.

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Avoid “fake news” mean name calling Conflicts with the media have dated back for decades, but recently, under the new Trump administration, they have been more prevalent than ever.

President Trump has been bashing the media since he began his campaign. Whenever the information didn’t favor him, you know he would be there to label it “fake news.”

His presidency is not different.

He is still restricting certain media outlets from having access to his conferences and his different events.

Since publishing critical comments about his administration, Trump has officially labeled CNN and The New York Times as “fake news.” This coincides with White House strategist Steve Bannon, who often refers to the media as the “opposition to the administration.”

President Trump’s trust issues with the media and his method of attack have seemed to hurt him more than it would if he would’ve kept quiet.

Around the time of the Conservative Political Action Conference he launched an extended anti-media riff, and he said it was “only against the fake news media or press.”

The White House has been struggling to plug leaks that are embarrassing for the administration, which forced Michael Flynn, the National Security Adviser, to resign. Then Press Secretary Sean Spicer forced the members of the communications staff to hand over personal and government-issued cell phones for inspection so he could prove that they weren’t the ones sending out leaks to the press.

Not to mention the press ban that left everyone unsettled when

Spicer talked about the change from transgender bathrooms from a federal law to a state law. When FOX anchor Shepard Smith addressed Trump’s assault of the news as “fake” and “the enemy of the people,” Shepard said, “For the record, ‘fake news’ refers to stories that are created, often by entities pretending to be news organizations, solely to draw clicks and views and are based on nothing of substance. In short, ‘fake news’ is made-up nonsense delivered for financial gain.”

However you view the situation, ignorant or logical, President Trump seems to have other influential forces backing the media on this debate. Former President George W. Bush disagreed with his stance saying that the media is “indispensable to democracy,” and “it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.”

So whether or not you agree with President Trump in the concept of fake news, or whether or not you’re on the lookout to find it, one thing is for certain: some media sources are going to slightly lean one way with their political writing. It’s become quite a rarity for media outlets to be centrists. The key is to digest news from a variety of sources on both sides and ensure you are not just getting your news from those who have the same opinions you do.

Challenge yourself, challenge your opinions, and always question what you’re reading, seeing and hearing. Don’t just blindly watch the news, absorb and understand it.

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A&E March 10, 2017

Andrea Almeida Online Editor

Winter concerts? Or considering the weather we’ve been having, should I say Spring concerts? Either way, count me in.

The Choir performed various songs such as “I Am Not Yours” and “My Soul’s Been Anchored” on February 23.

“I thought it went really well. The flow was good and all the choirs had an amazing performance. Choir Director Jeremy. Davis’ idea of sight reading in front of the audience was a really good idea and now we know what we need to work on in order to be ready for contests,” said junior Morgan Bartos.

The orchestra also had a great evening, according to the musicians. The

Concert Orchestra played first, with the Chamber Orchestra following their performance. They played a piece called “Fiddle Dance” and “Folk Tune.”

There were performances by the ensembles as well. North Covers, NV’s first ever electric band, took the stage and performed their rendition of “Stairway to Heaven” with sophomore Danny Lee’s electric guitar solo.

“I’m really proud of how the show went. I think we all really showed what we could do. It was really exciting to perform with the band too, it was an adrenaline rush,” Lee said.

The Senior Quartet followed and brought the audience back to a classical mood.

The concert then literally ended on a high note with both the Chamber and Concert Orchestra combining to perform one closing piece.

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Talent showcased Choir travels back in winter concerts in time to 1950s Emily Nowak

Staff Writer

A Capella Choir took people back in time to the 1950s and 60s February 26 to raise money for more choir concerts.

Dressing in outfits from the era, A Capella members sang classic songs such as Rockin’ Robin, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Bohemian Rhapsody, and You Can’t Always Get What You Want to those who bought tickets, which cost $15. For that ticket patrons also received classic diner food like cheeseburgers, chicken fingers, mac and cheese, and french fries. The event took place at the United Methodist Church.

The good food and music wasn’t all that made this night a success, the members of the choir made pies and had people bid on them to take home when the night ended. On a sillier note they had

buckets for people to bid on which song choir teacher Jeremy Davis would sing with principal Steven Swaggerty.

Unfortunately for the second show, Mr. Swaggerty had a prior commitment, so Drama teacher Don Wachowiak stepped up to the plate. The performance still rocked as Mr. Wachowiak blew them away.

Sophomore Sara Lewandowski performed that night and had a blast singing with her friends while also raising money for something she loves to do, according to Lewandowski.

“My favorite part about the experience was singing Bohemian Rhapsody with senior Caity Hoffman and junior Riley Runnells as well as seeing everyone else perform,” Lewandowski said.

The goal of this fundraiser, other than to raise money, was to show off the talents of the choirs in a fun interactive way, it also helps get the choirs used to performing, according to Lewandowski.

FEATURE MUSICIAN: Caity Hoffman About the musician:

How long have you been in choir?

I’ve been in choir since freshman year. I started out in Symphonic Choir, but then I moved onto A Cappella Choir and Harmony Road Show starting sophomore year.

How many productions have you been in?

At Northview, I’m currently involved in my 11th show. Come see Almost, Maine!

What is the most memorable song you have performed and why was it?

In choir, I’d have to say that without a doubt the most memorable song I’ve performed in would have to be Abide With Me. We did it my sophomore year in Harmony Road Show and there was just this beautiful atmosphere that was established whenever we sang it. I would say that piece is what really turned us into the family that we were during my sophomore year.

Are you in another outside music group aside from NV? I study voice privately with Pam Williams and am a member of the All-Ohio cast of Once on This Island with my girl Elizabeth Atkins!

What is your favorite memory from being in choir?

My favorite choir memory thus far is probably when Harmony Road Show when we went to the lights at the zoo two years ago. That was hilarious.

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Sports Editor

As the basketball season begins to dwindle towards its end, each game becomes more and more important. Teams make their final push at reaching the goals that they set in the beginning of the season, and league championships are won and lost.

Rivalry games, however, are in a class of their own, as bragging rights and school pride are on the line. Although coachspeak would tell you that teams approach every game with the same mentality, rivalry games are the only exception. They are the one game of the year that is circled on the schedule from the beginning of the season, and have the power to turn an underachieving season into a successful one with a win.

Also, the chance to play spoiler to your rival’s championship chances is almost as satisfying as winning the championship itself. This is exactly what Northview tried to do on February 17 when cross-town rival Southview travelled to the north side of town tied for first place in the Northern Lakes League, needing a win to preserve their championship aspirations.

In what BCSN announcer Mason Lowry called “one of the best crowds I’ve ever seen for high school hoops,” the Cats came out firing. In the second quarter, they went on a 15-0 run, missing only one

shot and playing stout defense. NV went into halftime with a comfortable 34-20 lead, and maintained the 14-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.

However, the Cougars were not going to give up without a fight. They clawed their way back into the game, cutting the lead to three points with 10 seconds left and the ball. The comeback came to a halt when senior Tyler Biggs stripped the ball from a SV player with only a few seconds left and the Cats notched their biggest win of the season, defeating their rival and destroying Southview’s league championship chances. The final score was 51-48.

“We were up three so I knew he was going to shoot a three-pointer so I waited until he was about to shoot it and took the ball from him,” Biggs said. “It was a huge win because it will give us some needed momentum heading into tournament time.”

The Cats used this momentum in their final regular season game at Bowling Green, throttling the Bobcats by a score of 67-51. NV finished the regular season 15-7 overall and 9-5 in the NLL, good enough for fourth place.

Next up for the Cats was the state tournament. They had a first round game against Mansfield Sr. and won the game 58-46 to advance to the next round to play St. Francis.

St. Francis was the number two overall seed in the tournament and defeated the Cats in the first game of the season by nine points. However, this time around it was win or go home, and both teams came

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SENIOR TYLER BIGGS drives down the lane in a game against crosstown rival Southview. The Cats defeated SV on February 17 to ruin the Cougars’ chances of winning the Northern Lakes League championship.

However, the season didn’t last much longer, as the team lost to St. Francis on March 1 in the sectional semifinal game of the State tournament.

ready to play.

The game was played on March 1 and came down to the final play. Ultimately, St. Francis won the game 48-50 to knock NV out of the tournament and end their season. The Cats finished the season with

16 wins, completing the goal they set before the season started.

“Overall, it was a great season and I’m happy that we ended our high schools careers with such a great record,” senior Mason Biggs said.

The girls practiced each week for seven hours or more, and put in their strongest efforts to be successful at States.

“Dance team always gets intense to-

wards the end of the season, but my team pushed me to do my best. I do not know what I would do without them, and I am so sad the season is over,” sophomore Alexa Troendle said.

Although the competition was tough, the dance team still ended up with great results. The girls placed second in the Jazz division, third in the Pom division, and fourth in the Hip Hop division.

“I am really happy with the results from the season. The competition was bigger than it had ever been this year. We went in knowing it would be tough, so we are glad we still placed in top three for two dances,” senior MaryCaye McCann said.

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Dance team places in top three at States Haley Jones

Opinions Editor

Dance team season came to an end on March 4 after the team faced some tough competition at States.

States took place at Worthington High School in Columbus.

Diving through the season

Girls’ bball finish season

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Junior Adrienne Palmer has been diving for the past three years. She started diving her freshman year. The most memorable moment for Palmer was when she started competing at the larger meets. “The whole team is really supportive of each other during practices and meets and we always have a lot of fun,” Palmer said.

Liz Liber

Features Editor

REYNOLDS Junior Bailey Horvath is another diver with an impressive record. Her freshman year, she qualified for both the district and the state meet, as well as winning the Northwest Ohio Area Championships meet. Sophomore year included more accomplishments for this young diver, where she yet again qualified for the district and state meet. This year alone, she has gotten second at both NLLs and at the Sectional meet. Junior year, she has had three second place finishes at NLLs. With one more year to go it will be interesting to see where this talented diver goes. “I had a great time this season and can't wait for my senior year,” Horvath said.

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Sophomore Emily Walkovich is a competitive up and coming diver. At Sectionals she took fifth place and also placed sixth at the district meet this year. To top it off she qualified for the state meet for the second time in a row, and placed 19th overall. "I am proud to represent NV by going to States for my second time," Walkovich said.

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Hockey ends season strong Patrick Andres

Staff Writer

A lukewarm season for Northview’s icemen came to an appropriate ending as the Wildcats celebrated an OHSAA Tournament win over Anthony Wayne, but saw their season end with a crushing loss to St. Francis.

“Record-wise, we are not at the same level as we were in 2012-14,” Coach Steve Elliott said before the Cats’ playoff jaunt, but he added that “this is a good group of players who have stuck together and battled

hard.” He was correct on both counts.

For this squad was one that lost its star in senior Brad Crandall for the season, and both of its tilts with St. Francis by a combined score of 23-4. However, fortitude enabled the Wildcats to claim wins such as an 8-3 verdict over Findlay the day after Crandall’s injury as well as their playoff win.

AW had designs on an upset when they met the Wildcats at Tam O’Shanter February 20 following its own victory over Perrysburg, and for a seemingly endless amount of time it seemed the Generals were headed that way. AW led 2-0 before

the Wildcats halved their deficit before the second intermission.

And then, once again, the Wildcats rose to the occasion and won the right to live another day with a flurry of late goals that staked NV to a 4-2 win. Game, set, and match for the Wildcats, who lived up to another of their coach’s praises: “They are committed to giving their best,” he said.

Of course, a downside of being the fourth seed is that you sooner or later are likely to run into Number One. NV “visited” St. Francis (the way football’s Jets and Giants would visit each other) four days after their conquest of AW with a

bid to the District Finals on the line. A mismatch on paper and in reality meant the Wildcats would have to summon unprecedented levels of resilience in order to fell the great Knights.

Alas, it was not meant to be.

But NV sure made it interesting, holding St. Francis scoreless until late in the first period, nearly tying it in the second, and eventually succumbing 4-0.

NV did not go down without a fight. They embodied the spirit of the Wildcat. And you can bet they will be back next year, with a strong Junior Varsity team making the leap to Varsity to carry on a NV hockey tradition that can survive any injury or 13-4 loss.

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Senior diver Kaitlyn Dieringer has set the bar high for future NV divers. Her resume is made up of four NLL wins, placing 11th at the state meet in 2015, district champion 2016, 7th in the state 2016, and placing 11th overall at the state meet in 2017 - a school record, 2016 All American, and to top it off, she is diving Division I at Eastern Michigan next fall. "The past four years have been really fun, but I’m excited to be able to take my diving to the college level and push myself to improve more and more," Dieringer said.

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Amir AbouZied

Sports Editor

The Girls’ Basketball team had two games left in the season before going into playoffs.

On February 13, NV hosted Lima Bath. The LadyKats started this game off poorly and were losing with a score of 5-19 at the end of the first quarter.

After creating a new game plan, the girls came out strong the second quarter and outscored Lima Bath 11-5. At the end of the first half, the score was 24-16, Lima Bath. In the second half, the LadyKats pushed themselves to the very end but came up short with a final score of 41-45. Senior Kyley Keene was the leading scorer for NV with 13 points.

On February 16, the girls traveled to Bowling Green.

This would be their last game before entering playoffs. In the beginning of the game, the LadyKats started off strong and led the game at halftime 2016. Throughout the game, the score was close but NV pulled away and won the game 42-32.

On February 20, the LadyKats went up against Lima Senior in the first round of playoffs. The game was held at Fostoria. Last year, the girls defeated Lima Senior 65-61 in the second round of playoffs.

In the first half of the game, both teams kept the game close with NV leading 26-23. In the second half of the game, Lima Senior started to pull away, outscoring the LadyKats 36-25 in the final two quarters. Keene led NV with 23 points. The girls finished their season with an overall record of 13-10.

“Our season went better than most people would have thought at the beginning of the year. I will definitely miss the fun times I had with all of the girls. It made us a lot closer and become a better team,” senior Lindsey Archibeque said.

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How to recupe Liz Liber

Features Editor

Remember the circles on Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps? Phelps used a therapy called Cupping. There are many different types of alternative therapies.

Some examples include cupping, massages, and chiropractic work. All of these therapies help people to feel better and more relaxed afterwards. They all have great health benefits if done and used correctly.

“Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. People get it for many purposes, including to help with pain, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation and well-being, and as a type of deep-tissue massage,” according to webmd 2016) “Massage therapy is manual manipulation of soft body tissues (muscle, connective tissue, tendons and ligaments) to

enhance a person's health and well-being.

There are dozens of types of massage therapy methods (also called modalities),” according to nwhealth “Massages are a great way to make you feel more relaxed and better after being sore and in pain. It is also a great way to combat the pain of everyday activities.” sophomore Alyssa Fink said.

“Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on general health. Chiropractic services are used most often to treat neuromusculoskeletal complaints, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs, and headaches.,” according to American Chiropractic Association.

“I love going to the chiropractor, because it makes me feel better and stronger” sophomore Sammie young said.

Everyone could benefit from alternative therapies no matter how often they receive them.

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Edward Lammie

Photographer

The Wildcat Wrestling season has come to a close, finished off by a strong push from the school's best wrestlers.

Competing at Clay High School during the Sectional competition nine wrestlers from Northview placed. These finishers include seniors Jessup Pawelczyk, Trevor Hartbarger, John Watson, Andy Summers, Tyler Garn, junior Hussein Hawamdeh, Kyle Mitchell, Kyle Borton, and Wisam Hasan.

Of these nine wrestlers Jessup went on to compete in the District competition in Mentor, Ohio this past weekend where he finished sixth in his weight

class.

“We worked really hard during practices this year, and became much more technical with our stance and stamina.

The results were evident during meets and tournaments,” Hawamdeh said.

Some milestones were hit during the course of the season such as Hartbarger and Pawelczyk reaching 100 career wins.

“Our team was really lucky to have such a great coach and such strong teammates. The senior class was very strong and I feel that this is the best team Northview wrestling has had in years,” Pawelczyk said.

The team has much to take away from this season and have reason to be very proud.

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Participating in recreational sports Josie Umfleet

Business Editor

Several students choose to play team sports out of school. With recreational sports students can play sports with their friends like soccer and basketball just for fun. The games that these teams play are usually held at Tam-O-Shanter.

“The games are fun because they’re competitive, but no one takes them too seriously,” junior Sam Goecke said.

Many students have decided to create a recreational soccer team. According to senior Chase Rollet, “The teams are made up of people you choose so you get to do it with all of your friends which is nice. Our whole team consists pretty much of just our friends, so we're never too serious, but we still win some games.”

This team is coached by senior Maggie Laberdee. Laberdee also played Varsity Tennis in the fall in addition to coaching. The team consists of students such as freshman Lauren Loss, sophomore Zach Turner, juniors AJ Federman, Luke Hadeed, Dominic Smith, Grant Lyons and

Maxwell Qian, and seniors Maggie Eding, Feross Sarsour and Chase Rollet.

“I like playing rec soccer because I love hanging out with my friends and I love sports. Plus, Grace Figliomeni makes for a great cheering section,” Eding said.

This soccer team plays a total of eight games throughout the season. There are only four teams that they play against so they get to play each of the teams two times.

There have also been a few rec basketball teams that have been formed with NV students. These teams don’t have practices. They usually play once a week so it doesn’t really interfere with school or other extracurricular activities.

“My friends and I ended up being on the same team which was awesome. So far we’ve had a lot of fun messing around, but once the tournaments comes we're definitely going to take it seriously and try to win it all” junior David Mulligan said.

Rec sports create a less competitive atmosphere for teens who just want to play team sports for their enjoyment and to get active, without all the hours of practicing and drilling everyday.

Photo Courtesy of Riley Runnells

JUNIOR OSAMA KHRAWESH talks with the referee to clarify some rules. Osama and his friends created a rec team to have fun without major competition.

FEATURE ATHLETE: Libby About the athlete:

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When did you start dancing?

I started taking dancing classes in the fifth grade but joining the dance team was the first time I danced competitively.

What is your routine before you take the floor?

Before we take the floor, we mark the dance with music which helps us remember any choreography changes and helps us focus. Then we usually have a team pep talk and finally before we perform, we get in a huddle and do our NVDT cheer.

Who or what inspired you to start dancing?

I’ve been a baton twirler since I was three and dance is a big part in baton twirling. I originally started taking dance to help with skills in baton but later realized that I had a passion for dance and it was something I wanted to improve on.

What will you miss most about dancing for Northview?

I will miss performing at the basketball games and I will miss all the memories I’ve made throughout the years.

Dance

States - 2nd jazz, 3rd pom, 4th hip hop