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Don’t you, forget about Swaggerty Bree Fangman Co-Editor in Chief After eight great years of achieving goals and setting the bar high, Principal Steve Swaggerty announced on February 26 that he will be stepping down as Northview’s principal next school year. The message was relayed to parents and students via email. In the letter, Mr. Swaggerty said, “it is time for me to open life’s next chapter.” That next chapter happens to be at Highland Elementary. While Mr. Swaggerty will be the principal there, the current Highland principal, Mark Pugh, will replace Mr. Swaggerty in the upcoming fall. This decision didn’t come easy. One of Mr. Swaggerty’s twin boys was diagnosed with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, a type of brain damage that occurs when an infant’s brain doesn’t receive enough oxygen and blood at birth. Over the last couple of years, the condition has caused his son to become more and more disabled which means his son is in need of constant care. Constantly caring for two growing boys is a tough job, especially for his aging parents who have stepped up to help. One day, Mr. Swaggerty decided he was ready for a new job, one not so time consuming like NV is. He called the central office and made them aware he was looking for something new.
Soon enough, he was given the opportunity to work at Highland. The smaller student body of the elementary and having fewer school activities to take care of will allow him to have more free time for his family. One new challenge he will face at Highland is the smaller administrative team. “We’re a big team here at NV,” Mr. Swaggerty said, “Mr. Monheim and Mrs. McIlwain take care of discipline, Mrs. Lloyd does curriculum, Mr. Irwin directs the athletic department, there are [four] secretaries and [five] counselors. At the elementary level, I’ll do more of everything and work with one secretary and one counselor.” Other than that, Mr. Swaggerty expects a smooth transition much like how it was transitioning from being the Assistant Principal at Timberstone to Principal at NV in 2011. “It takes time to figure out the culture and community, but you don’t have to figure everything out in one year,” he said. “I have lots to learn.” There’s a lot Mr. Swaggerty has to say goodbye to at NV. What he’ll miss the most will be the musicals, band and orchestra concerts, danceGOLD, and the success of all the sports. At the end of the day, the hardest part about leaving for Mr. Swaggerty will be “just leaving”. “I put a lot of time and effort building
SWANSON MR. STEVEN SWAGGERTY walking out of the Northview doors: Breakfast Club Style. No past or current Northview students will forget the impact he has made on NV.
momentum and not being able to be a part of that team anymore is tough,” he said. The momentum refers to a multitude of things. For starters, he added several young faculty members to the staff that he believes will make a huge impact on NV for possibly the next 30 years. NV also gained a lot of classes, many being Advanced Placement classes. He is also very proud of the Leadership Academy and the ACT courses available to students. Although there will be much to miss, there is one thing Mr. Swaggerty will not
miss: dances. “I’m pretty sure fifth graders don’t grind,” Mr. Swaggerty said. Right now, Mr. Swaggerty is content with his position and does not see himself going beyond being a principal anytime soon as he enjoys being around students, teachers, and the fun school activities. “This [NV] is the best team I’ve ever been on. That includes teachers, students, and parents,” Mr. Swaggerty said. “It’s been an absolute honor to be on that team and it’s been one heck of a ride.”
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light trance. He sent back the people that were the most analytical, or if they weren’t allowing themselves to fully let go and stop ques-
Hypnotist raising money for Juniors Taryn Wachowiak Staff Writer
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“I can’t tell whether I’d rather be hypnotized or hypnotize people,” stage hypnotist Michael Brody said while sending a group of 15 people into a trance on March 15 in the Performing Arts Center. Brody started off his show by talking about the fundamentals of hypnosis. He first talked about the potential benefits, which include an improved mood, a relaxed state of mind, and an “a m a z i n g feel-
ing”. H e then said that anyone can be hypnotized, but they have to be focused and calm. In order to prove his point that anyone can be hypnotized, Brody had everyone in the audience clasp their hands together with their two pointer fin-
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the audience stared at their fingers, Brody suggested that they were getting closer together, and the murmur of disbelief throughout the audience proved that they were. “It was calming and very funny to watch,” junior Sydney Pyles said. Brody also proved that hypnosis could lead to an “amazing feeling” when he gave the audience a way to heal a headache. He had viewers picture the color spectrum going from a red apple all the way down to a blue sky, and by the time they pictured the blue, a headache is minimized if not completely gone. Then he started the show. In order to choose the 15 people that were most susceptible to hypnosis, Brody had the candidates picture a brick in one hand and a helium filled balloon in another, and asked them questions once they were in a
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tioning what was happening. Once Brody picked 15 people, he brought them into a deeper trance and had them visualize many different scenarios. One thing he had them envision was that he was their favorite celebrity when he was facing them, but once he turned his back, he turned ugly and smelled bad. “When he told me he was Bruno Mars I obviously knew that wasn’t him, but for some reason my brain was telling me otherwise,” senior Lindsey Ingle said. Many of the students that were hypnotized enjoyed the experience, but said that it was weird and they couldn’t explain how they felt. “Towards the end you can tell you’re being hypnotized, but at the beginning it’s the weirdest thing,” junior Sereena Jallad said. The junior class is planning on contacting Brody again next year to hopefully bring more people to the show.
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NEWS
BPA manages win at state competition Emma Swanson Co-Editor in Chief
Tuck in your shirt, tighten your tie, and make sure you give a firm handshake with a big smile. On March 14-15 Business Tech students left school at 6:45 a.m. on their way to Columbus, OH when other students were only just arriving. Students who placed well in the Business Professionals of America’s Regional Competition in January advanced to the State Competition in Columbus at the Columbus Convention Center. Students arrived in Columbus about three hours later and finished their last-minute preparations before events started. After all the events were completed, some students went out to Bareburger for dinner before making a visit to Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream. The next day, all participants attended the threehour long closing ceremony where participants were given their results and awards. There, the top five placements in Individual Events advanced onto the National Competition to be held in Anaheim, California on May 3-5. “I always enjoy getting to see the students get into the spirit of competing and apply what they’ve been learning,” Business Advisor Andrea Davis said. In addition, only the top two teams in the Competition can advance. Sylvania National Qualifiers include; NV senior Lily Dung (second place Administrative Support Research),
AP Gov Students excel at test
SWANSON Senior Business Technologies members wait after a long day at the state Business Professionals of America competition in Columbus, Ohio. Senior Billy Biggs stands in the middle discussing various topics with his fellow senior team members.
SV seniors Dominic Castaldi (first place Accounting) and Kathryn Urrutia (third place Speech) in their Individual Events. “I’m not sure if I’m going to go to Anaheim to compete with the competition being so close to Prom,” Dung said. Other schools in attendance were Penta Career
Center, Buckeye High Point Career Center, Centerville, and Milton Union amongst many more. “24 out of the 28 students made it in the top ten of their respective contests,” Davis said. All participants who made the top ten in their event were given medals even if they were not National Qualifiers.
Students attend info night
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Perry Lefevre’s AP Government class took the Americanism test sponsored by the American Legion and two students won a monetary prize. The test consists of 50 multiple choice questions portion that test students’ knowledge of government. Along with the multiple choice is an essay that has a prompt encouraging students get involved, like immigration and free speech. The person with the best score locally wins a $500 scholarship. This year, seniors Maxwell Kelso and Jimmy Duwve performed exceptionally along with a special mention to senior Sheridan Scott, a Buckeye Girls State Representative. Kelso was awarded best essay out of four essays, two students from Southview and two from Northview. The topic of the essay this year was about the deportation of illegal immigrants. “We have not streamlined the process in a way that it allows people to have as many opportunities as possible without relaxing the actual standards to get in,” said Kelso. “There are people who have been here so long that they’re essential to the economies and communities they live in and if we try to keep fixing the past by deporting these people, we will not be able to fix the future and stop deportation, which I think is the goal.” Duwve came in second for the test, and was awarded with a 250 dollar scholarship. “I was surprised to hear I got second place,” said Duwve. “The American Legion put on a nice program to honor the test and essay winners.”
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Gillian Myslinksi Staff Writer As the year begins to wrap up many people start to think of how much closer they are to making the huge decision of where they want to attend college. On March 5, the University hosted a College Night from 6 to 8 pm. The event had over 50 colleges that students could check out. Students could find information about financial aid, extracurricular activities, scholarship opportunities, and much more. There was the option to talk to representatives from the armed forces as well. Junior Faith Semler got the chance to talk to a representative from Ohio Air National Guard. “College night helped me learn more about the Ohio
National Guard, and will help me make a big decision,” said Semler. This was also an opportunity for students to give colleges their contact information to let the universities know that they are interested in hearing more. Certain schools allow students to shadow classes they are interested in. Junior Lauren Loss found this very helpful in her process of finding colleges to attend. “Some colleges allowed you to shadow classes, while some colleges didn’t offer that and I appreciate the shadowing aspect of those colleges,” said Loss. Representatives handed out pamphlets on their college. The majority of the pamphlets include the average cost of the university, the average ACT and SAT scores, the scholarships they offer to students, and other information about the school.
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NEWS Civil unrest in Haiti Lindsay Hubay Staff Writer
Haiti’s capital, Port-auPrince, has been consumed by rioting for week now. Protesters are fighting for the resignation of Jovenel Moise, the 42nd Haitian president who was elected back in February of 2017. These protests all started with a court report that alleged former ministers and other officials had misappropriated development loans from Venezuela along with skyrocketing inflation. Moise is under fire for allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement. Now, thousands wish to see Moise resign and are going to all ends trying to make that wish a reality. Demonstrators participating in the protests have gone as far as throwing rocks at his house. Protesters have barricaded streets with burning tires and cars, keeping many stranded. Water, food, and other resources have become scarce, as the protests filling the streets keep these necessities from being replenished. Both protesters and Haitian National Police Officers have been harmed and even killed, while missionaries and humanitarians remain trapped in their hotel rooms. After nine days of protesting, the people of Haiti paused the protesting to gather water and food. Port-au-Prince remains cluttered with evidence of protesting, the burned tires and rocks barricading the streets pushed aside for the time being. Although the day seemed like life would return to normal soon, an activist in Haiti is quoted as saying the pro-
testers’ frustration is extremely high, and that this was just a pause in order for the people to gather their basic needs. As they wait, the people run into the problem that first sparked the protests. The food - of which almost none remains in the stores that are even open is too expensive to buy. The solution to the Haitians seems simple: reconstruction of government, constitution, and leadership. But Moise refuses to leave the country in the hands of drug traffickers and armed gangs. Although the outbursts still continue and Haiti is left with no real changes in the government, media coverage has dwindled. The US Embassy continues to release updates and alerts, most encouraging US citizens not to travel to Haiti. The Embassy issued guidelines for anyone who still wishes to travel to Haiti, a long list of very specific procedures. The list includes, but is not limited to: not providing personal information to anyone other than authorized officials in airports, ensuring you’re not be followed after leaving the airport, and not resisting robbery. Along with this list comes the suggestions for traveling to a high risk area, an umbrella Haiti currently falls under. Before traveling to Haiti, it is recommended to have a will, custody arrangements for any kids, and even a “proof of life” protocol in case hostage-takers contact your family to ensure you are still alive before giving into demands. The current situation continues on, with no real change projected.
Along with fundraising for events like Prom, Class Government is also responsible for putting on a philanthropy event for their grade to give back to the community. This year, the senior class decided to do their event with an organization called Books for Buddies. Books for Buddies, B4B, is a campaign that encourages literacy and provides books, free of charge, to disadvantaged kids, especially boys, in Northwest Ohio. B4B receives support in the form of new and gently used donations from participating bookstores, local businesses and the general public. Schools, community centers, and other locations near lower-income households. With less access to books at home, they are typically where the giveaway of these books takes place. At these giveaways, reading is always presented in a very fun way to kids. Sometimes local celebrities, leaders in the community, and athletes come to support the program.
Sylvania Schools alumni honored Meadows Golf Club and started at 6. To attend it cost $50 and RSVPs were due March 5. For those who don't know The Sylvania School Founda- much about the Sylvania School tion just had their 28th Annual Foundation, it’s the Academic Distinguished Alumni Hall of Excellence Foundation and the Fame Induction Dinner on Fri- Athletic Foundation combined together. The foundation proday March 15. The reception, dinner and vides district projects with extra awards, were held at Highland financial support. The founda-
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tion granted the class of 2018 with $12,500 in scholarship money. Every quarter the teachers that give to the professional development are awarded. That’s when they celebrate the accomplishments from alumni, Teacher of the Year, Northview and Southview Babiak Student Volunteer Award winners and the Legacy Award winner.
SIX OF SYLVANIA’S finest citizens (pictured left to right): Denny Lyle, Sara Badiuk, Dr. Saumitra Thakur, Matt Kripke, Eric Kripke, and Tom Helberg, were recognized at the 28th Annual Sylvania Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame on March 15. Helberg, M. Kripke, E. Kripke, and Thakur were inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame, Baduik was presented with the Sylvania Schools Teacher of the Year Award, and Lyle was presented with the Legacy Award.
Sophomores learn about class rings Justine Umfleet Staff Writer
their perfect ring online on the Jostens website. Prices among these rings vary. “I'm very excited to get a class Sophomores received information about purchasing class ring. In the future, I am excited rings during homeroom in the Performing Arts Center on March 11. The students can choose from different sizes, charms, stones, metal, colors, and designs of class rings. “I love wearing my class ring. It has my birthstone color, name, and graduation year on it. My ring will always remind me Graphic by Anastasia Carter Senior Class Vice-President of many memories I had in high to have a class ring to remind me Paul Thomas took the lead on school,” junior Lily Fojtik said. Students are able to design of all the fun experiences I had this philanthropy event. Senior class secretary Maya Huffman said, “at first, I was a little doubtful that it would be very popular. However, one day I came into school and saw our box filled to raised around $14,100 for their Zoey Napierala the top and four other boxes next Prom. Features Editor to it that were filled. I was ecstatIn early April, a poll was sent ic to see this and I feel that Books With the Prom coming up, out to the senior class with the for Buddies has a great mission. I many seniors are preparing five picks for the prom theme have to owe it all to Paul for set- with dress shopping and finding and Great Gatsby (the book by ting this up for us”. unique ways to ask their dates to F. Scott Fitzgerald) won by one In total, senior class collected the Prom. vote, according to Johnson, the 150 books. “A lot of students in The 2019 Senior Prom is second closest was Hollywood Sylvania have been really bless- scheduled for May 4 and tickets Nights. ed with the resource of books. will begin being sold on April 11 “We (Class Government) It was amazing to see people through the 25. are looking to see the blue color pass on those resources to those Each ticket is priced at $30. based off the main book cover who need them more. We were According to Neil Johnson, Class and the eye for the splash of colshocked by how many books we President, the 2019 senior class or,” Johnson said. received and want to thank the whole school for their actions," Senior Class President Neil Johnson said. Class Government has been busy fundraising for Prom and planning Homecoming this year. The group will now focus solely on Prom and graduation preparations for the remainder of the school year. first come, first serve
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in my high school years,” sophomore Kennedy Vrooman said. Sophomores are participating in a competition to find the oldest class ring. “I found my grandmother’s old class ring that was given to me by my great aunt that had the ring at her house. The ring was from the 1920’s. I received my class ring for free because I found the oldest class ring,” senior Maya Huffman said. This year’s, sophomore Dominic Boston, is a receiving a free ring.
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OPINIONS Busing students to private schools There are six factors for the transportation department to consider when providing busing for schools that are not within the district. Sylvania Schools has taken these into consideration when providing transportation for the students out of district, and now they are considering removing routes to schools such as Maumee Valley Country Day, St. John’s Jesuit, Toledo Christian, and Bounty Collegium. These six factors that the district has to follow all come from Ohio law. The factors include time and distance required to provide transportation, number of pupils transported, cost of providing transportation, if there is similar or equivalent service for other eligible pupils, if service for these students disrupts current transportation schedules, and if there are reimbursable types of transportation
available. The district has to determine how that private school meets the criteria. From there, it is determined whether transporting these students is reasonable or unreasonable. In Sylvania, $817.22 is spent per child to provide transportation. For some of the private schools mentioned, it can cost from $ 5,825.77 per child all the way to $13,715 per child. The cost depends on how many children ride that bus. This is a large gap and is just one of the factors that leads to transportation out of district being impractical. Another factor coming into play is time conflicts. All four of those schools require a specific dedicated bus to that route because they clash with timing for
Sylvania’s schools. This only requires two buses specifically, but this takes more buses out of the
district and causes less buses to provide transportation for Sylvania Schools students. The district provides students within the area busing to their schools out of district because they are required by law to do so, within reason. One of the repercussions for this has been a
Is stealing ever okay? The prices of all products, including food, seems to be rising, which is making the phrase “all money is hard to come by,� even more prevalent. Because of this, some students may be noticing that they have less food available at home. They work and go to class all day while exerting most of their energy into their work. Then once they get a chance to replenish their energy, they open their sack lunch to a few crackers, a cheese stick, and an opened bottle of water. Sometimes it can feel like there is no other option. You’re hungry and you have to take care of yourself and your family, consequently maybe stealing seems like a good option. So if you were to find out your family is stealing food so you can eat, maybe you don’t see a problem when you’re at home. But once you leave the barrier of your home, things come into perspective. The choices your family members are making may start
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to seem questionable. You could find yourself being weighed down by the burden of this secret. Often times, people are scared to ask for help because they feel like it shows a sign of weakness. But they’re wrong, it’s more a sign of strength, of bravery than it is a sign of weakness. If you’re not sure how to go about getting help, ask someone. I’m sure there are friends or family that would be extremely happy to help you out or lead you to a place with help. Or you can seek help from places like the Cherry Street Mission or St. Paul's Homeless Shelter. Those people are there to help you. Another reason people don’t ask for help is because they are scared of people looking down on them or people not giving help because they don’t think they deserve it. That’s a reasonable fear because yes, there are people like that out there.
lack of bus drivers and substitute bus drivers. “We work daily to try to recruit new drivers. The driving process from the time you say, ‘Yes I’m willing to drive,’ until you can actually get behind the wheel, it can take as much as six to ten weeks before they can drive,� Assistant Superintendent of Operations Keith Limes said. The district is working towards finding an alternative or a way to meet in the middle with these schools. Tarta has been one of the top busing services that Sylvania has been looking into. The problem with Tarta is that it is a public bus so the stops are set in stone so it can not go
Nevertheless, there are more people willing to help than not. If you’re nice about asking, chances are, they will be helpful to you. You just have to find the courage to speak up and get help. Many people believe that if they get themselves into a situation, it is their job to get themselves out of it. Sometimes it’s impossible to do that without any help, even if it is just a supportive friend. It’s important to not look down upon anyone asking for help, or anyone in a bad place. You never know what the future brings, and there’s a possibility that you could end up in a situation like theirs one day. If someone asks you for help, help them. There are other options out there such as food banks, homeless shelters, charities, and discount stores. It is okay to ask for help.
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out of it’s way to pick up students. According to Limes, they have also looked into hiring a private busing service for those schools. This alternative also presents an issue since it would be more expensive to hire a private bus that to pay for each student from parochial schools to be transported through Sylvania Schools buses. According to Pete Japikse, a former director of transportation for the Ohio Department of Transportation, in a letter sent to Sylvania Schools, the district has grounds to declare transportation to the four schools impractical. The motto for Sylvania Schools this year has been “Sylvania Works.� In order for Sylvania Schools to work, they need to make this change to benefit the students and the district. -Anastasia Carter ?
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Walking in the park after starting on a path, I always take a big deep breath in. I breathe in the crisp air while surrounded by all of the trees giving off the fresh air around me. I always try to hold onto the fresh feeling it brings in my nose and enjoy it before I’m struck by the harsh reality of just how poorly we treat our precious planet. Off in the distance, beyond the trees, there are thousands of factories giving off tons of carbon dioxide by the minute. Try imagining the various effects these have on the households nearby and the animals in the wild. Air pollution causes about one out of every eight human deaths a year and these numbers are expected to rise in with new structures being built without considering the environmental effects. In addition, the global carbon dioxide levels are rising every year at an alarming rate. This ultimately raises the Earth’s temperature and causes disaster around the globe such as the melting of the ice poles and acid rain. Carbon dioxide released in the process of deforestation is also to blame. Eventually, the birds we see on our walks will be nonexistent, the plants will shrivel up and die, and when we look up in the forest we might not even be able to see the green leaves on the trees that produce the fresh oxygen we so desperately need. This increase in carbon dioxide negatively affects the quality of plants as well as the animals consuming them for survival. With the decrease in food quality, the animals will eventually begin to ingest higher quantities of the plant to make up for the low quality. This plant population will then decrease with the rise of demand and will eventually result in extinction. With no food to eat, the animals will eventually stop reproduc-
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ing and die off. The effects are devastating and if not acted on soon, will be detrimental to Earth’s many corresponding systems. We are collectively ruining the foundation of our lives while doing little to prevent the inevitable outcomes. We may not see it now, but we must initiate the change if we want future generations to succeed. These effects of air pollution are ongoing and I’m afraid we are going to see the last of them once we have endured the worst. We will experience the end of the world as we see it unless we collectively stand up for our atmosphere. Every individual can help contribute to decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide being released. Adjustments as easy as getting a ride to school/work with a friend a couple times a week and turning off the lights when you leave a room are both ways to assist with cleaning up the mess we've contributed to. People can also write a letter to Ohio’s Governor Mike DeWine expressing their concerns and can offer any ideas or alternatives they think may be helpful. It is simply not fair to anyone involved, whether they know it or not, to continue to live this way. We are forced to live in a soon to be toxic atmosphere while simultaneously expected to show gratitude for the work being done for us. The planet and it’s many creations deserve none of this abuse and neglect after providing for us for all these years and counting. As for future generations, they have no choice. They are going to be born into a washed up world with our consequences dropped directly into their laps. They will resent lifestyles we insist are necessary and despise traditions we think to be beautiful. With them in mind we must change. After all, their future depends on our present.
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OPINIONS Which girl scout cookie is better? S’mores 4%
Thin Mints 38%
Samoas 34%
In a surprising turn of events, Thin Mints turned out to be the most popular cookie in our survey of 113 students. If anyone has witnessed the many cookies changing hands in Mrs. Blue’s room, they would know the most popular there are Samoas and Tagalongs. Mrs. Blue is the G.O.A.T for selling them at school, senior Tyler Fredrick has bought 15 boxes of Tagalongs all ready.
Tagalongs 22%
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April Fools Day: is it laugh-worthy? Take a day to laugh out loud
April Fools Day: the one day of the year where people of all ages can take a break from everyday stress and focus on the light-hearted side of life. Whether you’re pranking someone or getting pranked, it’s a fun day at which everyone can laugh. As long as the prank is harmless, pulling a prank on one of your friends is a way to laugh with each other and a way to release pent up energy. Pranks that go too far can push people over the limit, but classic pranks, like filling Oreos with toothpaste and giving them to a friend, or putting post it notes on a parent’s car can start a friendly competition. Pranks can even help you bond with friends, family, or whomever else you decide to prank. Even if you’re the recipient of a prank, the day can be beneficial. Getting pranked can make someone go with the flow and help them become more flexible, because it puts the other person in control. There are some situations where people cannot change the circumstances they are in, and getting pranked is an example of one of those situations. Also, they can get the person that pranked them back, and have fun messing with them. Imagine you’re going through your day, reading the newspaper while eating breakfast, and you see that Taco Bell bought the Liberty Bell. On one April Fools Day in 1996, this happened. According to CNN, Taco Bell used newspaper ads to tell the world that it had bought the Liberty Bell “in an effort to help the national debt.” Some senators believed it and the National Park Service even held a press conference to deny the news. At noon, Taco Bell announced that it was an April Fools joke and donated $50,000 to care for the Liberty Bell. Not only is April Fools Day funny, it’s good for a person’s health. Between school, sports, activities, clubs, and other commitments, life can be very stressful, but that stress can be diminished just by laughing. Laughing makes a person’s body release endorphins which makes them happier. By taking one day to loosen up and laugh, you can relieve a lot of built up stress and tension. So, next year on April 1, take the day to laugh, prank someone, and just have fun. - Taryn Wachowiak
April Fools Day, despite its reputation for being a fun, carefree day filled with hilarious pranks, is generally overrated. For kids, the holiday can be silly and is a great way to release pent-up energy and mischievous tendencies. However, for teenagers and adults, it’s really just pathetic. First of all, even the tiniest of pranks can be annoying; especially if they consistently happen throughout the holiday. Imagine waking up to a saran-wrapped toilet when you really have to go to the bathroom, or maybe a glass of water turned upside-down on a table, where you are responsible for cleaning up the mess. It may be funny for the pranksters, but it’s incredibly inconvenient for the victims. Second of all, April Fools Day can become flat-out dangerous when people take it too far. Some will fake injuries, scare their relatives with horrifying prank calls, and even go to the extent of creating a pretend fatal accident in order to play a “joke”. For example, In 1980, April Fools Day went a little too far when Homer Cilley, a news anchor, announced that a large hill in Massachusetts started to erupt as if it were a volcano. He claimed that lava was spilling out of it, which caused hundreds of people to go into panic. Of course, it was just a joke, but it caused mass hysteria and only proves that April Fools Day is taken a little too seriously. Another example is from this year’s April Fools Day. Australia’s McDonald’s announced that they were creating a new menu item, known as the “McPickle”, a burger created solely out of pickles. Many were furious with the joke, and they were forced to post that it was only a prank. Small, harmless pranks won’t do much damage other than making the victim pretty annoyed. But dangerous, over-the-top pranks are not acceptable for a holiday that, in my opinion, should not even be a holiday. Aprils Fools Day is immature and doesn’t do much good for the world. - Regan Fordham Brothag
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Do you prefer Vans or Converse? 26% prefer Poll out of 131 students
“They (Vans) have many different styles and also since the ‘80s look’ is back they kinda match with people’s new outfits.” -junior Lauren Loss
“There are so many more options with Converse and they go with any outfit. They’re comfortable, really durable, and can be used with almost any style.” -freshman Mikaela Vanasdale
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Recently, Yoga Detention has been introduced to Northview in place of regular detention, consisting of sitting in a quiet room studying. Yoga Detention is taught by Cassandra Muir, a certified teacher from California Yoga. Many studies have proven the limitless benefit of practicing yoga. Physically, yoga can improve flexibility, muscle strength, and tone your body. Athletes who practice yoga typically show improvements in their performance. It can improve respiration, energy, and vitality. Weight can be reduced and metabolism can be balanced. Mental health can also be improved greatly. Yoga can help boost self-confidence, relief stress, help neck and back pain, help develop coping skills, creates mental clarity and calmness. Yoga allows you to reflect on how your body feels and where you need improvement in your daily life. Yoga detention has been a very popular choice, in comparison to regular classroom detention. “I felt super relaxed and detoxed after yoga detention. I almost feel like getting another detention just so I can go practice yoga again,” senior Carley Mercer said. “I really enjoyed yoga detention. I felt super flexible afterward.” junior Mckenzie Miller said. yZ eb
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Although not all students are required to have volunteer hours, volunteering is still a great way to get involved in the community and find opportunities outside of one’s own environment. However, some of these opportunities can be difficult to find. Below are some of the most loved volunteer opportunities in the community, and where to find more info. The Humane Society - The Humane Society offers different programs throughout the whole year for students to work with sheltered animals. The volunteer program leaders make sure to look over every application very closely, so they only open up application submissions for short time periods. To get further information be sure to stop into the shelter and get a pamphlet, as their website is not always up to date. Sylvania Community Arts Commission - This group is composed of volunteers working to make the arts accessible, an economic driver in our area, and a creative outlet for all. To get further information, be sure to check out director@sylvaniaarts.org The Olander Park System- Olander is always looking for extra help. There are numerous opportunities during all seasons, so check online to see when works best for you at www.oladerapark.com Sylvania Community Action Team - known as S.C.A.T, this group is a youth and parent organization to push for healthy lifestyles for kids. For more information on how to join S.C.A.T, check out www. sylvaniascat.org Aside from all of these different organizations, Northview also offers interact. Interact is a club that provides students with chances to volunteer throughout the year. If looking for different ways to get involved in the community, interact is definitely a good place to start. “The goal of interact is to come together as a group and do different service projects around the community,” says president Claire Irwin. “We want everyone to be involved in making our community a better place!”
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It happens here.
‘It’ is human trafficking, a growing epidemic not only in the United States but worldwide. The Global Slavery Index released a report in 2018 that estimates roughly 24.9 million people are being trafficked around the world and roughly 400,000 victims are in the U.S. According to a 2015 report by the National Human Trafficking Hotline, Toledo ranks 14 out of 100 in the number of calls relating to human trafficking per capita - roughly 131 calls are made per 100,000 people. As defined by the United Way, human trafficking is a form of modern slavery in which someone coerces, deceives, or forces another person into service for labor or commercial sex exploitation for profit. The International Justice Mission simply explains sex trafficking as a business run on sexual violence. In fact, the sex trafficking industry earns profits
of about $99 billion annually. The University of Toledo Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute recently conducted a study showing that social media is being used more and more to contact, recruit, and sell children for sex. Predators usually target young, vulnerable, and/or insecure girls, but boys are also victims of trafficking. Traffickers study what their victim posts on apps like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and dating sites. Doing this allows predators to establish a relationship with their victim and eventually build trust, which is how they can manipulate and trap their victims. According to the UT study, 58% of victims meet their traffickers face-toface. However, 42% who met their trafficker online never met them in person yet they were still trafficked. Bottom line: It can be you. It’s better to be prepared, than to ignore the problem and pretend that it could never happen to you. To learn more about how to prevent being trafficked and how to defend yourself, read below.
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If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline 1 (888) 373-7888 or text “HELP” to 233733
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If you weren’t a teacher, what career would you love to have? “I have no idea because I have always been a teacher. Even from a young age, I taught my younger brother stuff, I taught swim lessons, and I was a camp counselor.” What would the title of your autobiography be? “I Did the Best I Could.” Anything else you want to add? “I’m not super comfortable in the spotlight, I prefer behind-the-scenes and letting other people shine.”
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Taryn Wachowiak Staff Writer Northview families have been saying that the choirs and bands are superior for years, a n d the judges at the Hailey Brothag Anastasia Carter OMEA District Contest agree. Photo & Online Editors Every band and
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CHOIR MEMBERS at OMEA district honors choir. This group had to audition to participate and the group consists of members of A Cappella and Symphonic choir.
choir that participated at Contest received a “I”, or a superior rating. Contest consists of performing in front of a panel of three e s
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sight-reading in front of another judge. Each adjudicator then judges the group based on b o t h sound quality and appearance, and
COURTESY OF NV CHOIRS TWITTER NORTHVIEW A CAPPELLA choir preparing for their district contest. They had the opportunity to work with the composer of one of their pieces.
COURTESY OF NV CHOIRS TWITTER SYMPHONIC AND WIND ENSEMBLE BANDS after their performance at District Honors competition. The Symphonic band got all ones for their performance which is the highest possible.
s c ore s them from a one to a five, one being the best and five being the worst. “For both choir and band, you go to a warm up room, perform, and then sightread, but for band we performed onstage in a theater,
and f o r choir we perform in a gym on risers,” junior Isabella Litzer said. On March 8, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble performed at Southview and both
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Will you continue to play in college? I’m planning on attending either Ohio University or Bowling Green State University to major in music education. I also want to play in the concert band, marching band, and sing in choir.
bands received superior ratings. Symphonic Band, directed by Emily Hage, played Acclamations, The Lost Temple, and Big Circus March, and Wind Ensemble, directed by Nathan Heath, played The Black Horse Troop, I Am, and Down in the River. “I like how rewarding it is at the end of the day when we get or scores. It’s nice to know our hard work payed
off ” Litzer said. The three choirs also traveled to Contest. On March 16, Women’s Chorus, Symphonic Choir, and A Cappella choir performed at Oak Harbor High School. Women’s Chorus sang Banaha, Hashivenu, and Old Dan Tucker, Symphonic Choir sang Tuba, Come Live With Me And Be My Love, and Feller from Fortune, and A Cappella Choir sang Richte Mich Gott, O Love That Will Not Let Me Go, and By and By. All
three choirs are directed by Jeremy Davis. “I was nervous, but it was super fun,” freshman Grace Miller said. Pe r for m ing at Contest can b e n e r ve wracking or stressful, but with time during the day to hangout and bond with other members of their group, many students had fun.
Musician of the Issue Who is your inspiration? (musically or not) My biggest inspiration… That’s a hard one. I’d probably say J.A.D. (Jeremy Andrew Davis) What is your favorite piece you’ve played during high school? My favorite’s probably would have to be “Saliva” by Jan van der Roost and “Florentiner March”. How many bands/musical productions are you in? I’m in Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, pit for Cinderella and Little Women, and an understudy in Almost Maine.
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Reminiscing on March Madness at NV Patrick Andres Sports Editor
There is no day on the sports calendar quite like the Thursday during which the first round of the NCAA Tournament tips off. Some may vouch for Super Bowl Sunday, or baseball’s Opening Day, or college football’s New Year’s Day bowl bonanza; keep them. It is some kind of spectacle to walk the halls of Northview or any school or office in the United States at about 2 ET that Thursday or the Friday following it; no work is being done, only the pure, unadulterated adulation of hoops. It - the omnipresent multimedia spectacle that now accompanies “March Madness” - was not always this way. As late as 2010, my fourth grade year when Butler and its young coach-player tandem of Brad
Stevens and Gordon Hayward captured America’s imagination, CBS held the exclusive rights to the Tournament, and therefore could only televise four games per day on a regional basis. Yes, CBS had long perfected the art of cutaways to fantastic finishes when appointed games had ended, but the NCAA’s 2011 deal with CBS and Turner Sports - which would create a diaspora of the Tournament’s games among CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV so that each one would be shown on cable - marked the beginning of a new era of Tournament hoops. Now, most students here at Northview simply stream the Tournament on phones or computers, a phenomenon that for me gained currency on Opening Thursday in 2015. That day, as school at McCord wound down, two No. 14 seeds, UAB and Georgia State, memorably torpe-
doed a pair of No. 3s, Iowa State and Baylor. The revolution was televised. And streamed. 2016 was the first Tournament for me at Northview, and it was at once interesting and dramatic. No one had a more adventurous run than Northern Iowa, who beat Texas in the first round on a half-court shot at the final horn and followed it up by blowing an 11-point lead with 30 seconds left in the second round against Texas A&M. Two moments stand out to me in hindsight: first, Middle Tennessee’s gutsy upset of Michigan State in the first round, the last 15-over-2 victory to date and a contest that kept our Science Olympiad team perpetually on the edge of their seats, and second, Villanova’s national championship triumph over North Carolina on Kris Jenkins’ three-pointer as time expired. Those of us born after 1983 have
never seen a better National Championship. Sophomore year had its share of drama, too: Michigan and Oklahoma State fought back and forth one afternoon during a classic offensive shootout. Villanova, trying to defend its title, surrendered to Wisconsin, an event I followed during a Science Olympiad awards ceremony. Playing the part of the Little Engine That Could was South Carolina and its gritty guard, Sindarius Thornwell, who more than rose to the occasion against powerful Duke. In the end, it was North Carolina cutting down the nets after beating Gonzaga in the final. And then came 2018. Mirroring changes in my own life, the Tournament abandoned any pretense of predictability: from the opening tip of the first game to which I bore witness in eighth period, a Rhode Island-Oklaho-
ma affair that went to the Sooners in overtime, nothing was as it seemed, encapsulated by No. 16 UMBC’s shocking destruction of No. 1 Virginia and No. 11 Loyola-Chicago’s jaunt to the Final Four. I watched last year’s Tournament pretty much everywhere: at Science Olympiad, in school, at home, on an airplane, in Arizona. It’s the same game, the universal game, whether you’re watching it in Key West or Nome. This year, it’s the same story. I’m sitting in my free seventh period on that fateful Thursday, and Minnesota and Louisville are about to tip off. The game is wrought with storylines: they all are. The anticipation is coming to a head. And now the ball is up, and we’re underway in Des Moines... The heart-stopping, bracket-wrecking madness is back. We would do well to embrace it.
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Connor Liber put up a solid showing in a recent trip to the OHSAA State Wrestling Tournament in Columbus. At the regional tournament, Liber had locked up a spot in the individual portion of the state tourney, becoming the first Northview wrestler to reach that level since 2001. He wrestled in the 152-pound division at Value City Arena. The Wildcat grappler followed up a fourth-place finish at the regional tournament in Mentor with a 1-2 showing, finishing his season with a record of 31-6. Liber dropped his opening match by decision to E’lan Heard of Cincinnati La Salle, eliminating him from the race for the state title. He recovered, however, to beat Luke DeWeese of Hilliard Davidson, again by decision, in the next round. Liber closed his memorable season by falling to Gavin Bell of Beavercreek. -Patrick Andres
MLB looks to remedy attendance drop Trevor Aston Staff Writer
Baseball has been one of America’s favorite sports for over a hundred years. The game has been one of the most exciting sports, until today. Attendance for baseball games around the country has
been dropping for around 10 years, and not only are the stadiums feeling more and more empty, there are also less people watching at home. This year’s World Series between the Dodgers and Red Sox had the fourth fewest amount of viewers in World Series history. The reason why isn’t known
for sure, but people like to say there is a lack of action and excitement, people say more people are switching to the more exciting sports like football and basketball, but the real reason why people are watching less baseball likely relates to the time it takes to finish a game. In both of the two previous seasons, the average MLB game took a little bit over three hours to finish. Teams are using more pinch hitters, pinch runners, and pitching changes than ever before, as teams are trying to do whatever it takes to win. Whenever a team brings in a new pitcher, the game comes to a halt because the pitcher is given extra time to warm up once he comes onto
the field. For the people at home during a pitching change, they see their TV start showing commercials, which is the last thing they want to see near the end of the game. MLB has been trying to come up with ways to make games move faster, but the pitching changes have raised a lot of questions, with the most common question being “Why the pitchers have extra time to warm up on the field when they already warmed up in the bullpen?” Pitchers usually warm up for an average of 12 minutes before they come onto the field. That should be plenty of time for the pitcher to be ready to face the opposing hitters, without having to get extra warm up throws in
on the field. MLB is also considering the pitching clock, which will limit the amount of time a pitcher can take between pitches while the game is in progress. If the pitching clock is introduced and the pitchers can no longer warm up once they are done in the bullpen, games could speed up by an average of almost 10 minutes, which is a lot more time than it might sound. With MLB desperate to bring in more viewers, both of the suggested ideas could come into play in the 2020 season. If the ideas work and the amount of time it takes to finish a game goes down, MLB could make a comeback with its amount of viewers.
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ways inspired me to make it there one day and to finally make it in my senior season feels so great,” senior captain Alex Miller The Northview Hockey team made said. This year the Cats were set up for a their first Frozen Four appearance after winning the District title since the 2014 rematch in the State Semi-Final against season where they made it all the way St. Ignatius at Nationwide Arena in Coto the historic seven overtime state final lumbus on March 1. St. Ignatius has won that led to a two-way tie between NV the past three state titles and have been a perennial and St. Ignatius. BARTLETTpowerhouse for the past five to “Growing up and watching the NV six years now. The Cats knew coming into the game teams from the past make it to States al-
that they had their work cut out for them. Being the underdogs in any game is always hard to cope with, especially when you are going against a team that’s won the last three state titles and also have played a handful of games this year in Canada, where hockey is like a religion. The Cats faithful traveled in packs, filling up an entire section of Nationwide arena and outnumbering St. Ignatius students by a massive amount. Despite giving all the Cats had, it still wasn’t enough,
as St. Ignatius proved why they are the three time repeating state champ, as the goals for them just kept coming. St. Ignatius punched their ticket to the State Final again by beating the Cats 7-0, bringing an end to the Cats season. “It stinks that this will be my last game for NV and especially to go out that way, but I wouldn’t trade any of the memories I’ve made these past two years with these guys,” senior Tyler Fredrick said.
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Gymnastics finds Dance team takes rd th success in NLL 3 , 4 at States Eve Gross Sports Editor
The Gymnastics team is on the rise from previous years. This year Heather Tussing, an experienced gymnast, has stepped up as the team's coach for the season. “It’s cool to have her (Tussing) as our new coach since she has so much experience,” senior Grace Schlageter said. Looking back on previous years, there has been a smaller number of girls on the team. This season there was a top number of 10 girls, including an exchange student. Schlageter and junior Bianca Hrynciw led the team through their season. During competitions, girls have the option of doing four events: vault, bar, beam, and floor. Everyone has a choice on what to compete in. It is possible to do just one event, all four, or any number in be-
tween. It also doesn’t matter what combination of events each girl picks to compete in if they pick to do more than one. The team competes in the Northern Lakes League. Usually school sports teams have a “home field”, but gymnastics doesn’t. They travel all over the NLL region for each of their meets and invitationals. These include many schools in the NLL, so NV is not just up against one other school. In each separate event there are participants from many other schools. This year, Gymnastics placed eighth in the NLLs. Overall, eighth place was seen as an improvement from last year for the team. Schlageter ended her senior season by getting AllNLL First Team. “We made a lot of improvements this year. Last year we kind of struggled and got last place a lot, but this year we started placing well,” Schlageter said.
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jazz first around 9a.m. and ended with pom around 11:30a.m. The Dance team’s season has come to After they performed each dance they an end. had awards shortly where they found out On March 2 the team attended the their placement, NV placed third in jazz Ohio Association of Secondary School and fourth in pom. Administrators (OASSA) State Dance “The girls worked really hard and it Competition held at Dublin Jerome High all paid off,” Coach Amanda O’Shea said. School. Many other teams from all over the Some girls Toledo area attend“I love competing went down to ed this competition against all the other Dublin the night like Southview, Anbefore the compethony Wayne, and schools because I tition and stayed Maumee. like the friendly in a hotel, but “I love commost of the team peting against all competition” got up early Satthe other schools - sophomore urday morning because I like the and headed down friendly competiEmma Meredith then. tion,” sophomore “We were on the road by 5a.m.,” fresh- Emma Meredith said. man Rose Roberts said. This competition closed out the seaThe girls were instructed to be at the son for the dance team and they will start school by 8a.m. in order to have plenty of back up and have tryouts in May. time before they perform. “I’m going to miss this team so much The team performed twice in the cat- and I’m so proud of them,” senior Brookeegories jazz and pom. They performed lynn Thomas said.
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Past to present: Boys’ Basketball Patrick Andres Sports Editor
When Perrysburg upset Northview 48-37 on March 7, it brought the greatest season in Northview basketball history to an abrupt end. How does this team stack up against teams of the past? Let’s take a trip through history to see how the fortunes of Northview basketball have ebbed and flowed over the years.
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The Wildcats were victorious in a thriller in their playoff opener against Lake, clipping the Flyers 53-52 on a John Ellenwood bucket with eight seconds to play. Maumee (20-2) ripped NV 74-46 in the next round, however, bringing the curtain down on a 9-14 campaign.
NV posted their best season in school history in 2019, finishing 23-1. The Wildcats’ final win came in the playoffs against Central Catholic, beating the Irish 54-41 in Millbury. All told, NV’s record included a 13-0 ledger in the conference, and an average score of 65.6-49.9. At one point, the Wildcats held the No. 3 ranking in the state of Ohio, the highest hoops ranking in school history.
No. 8 Northview was ousted by No. 9 Start in the first round, 70-54. NV finished a pedestrian 7-16; bright spots in the Cats’ loss included Aerin West (19 points) and Mohamed Afifi (10 points).
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Varsity Diver What is your most memorable moment of your diving career at Northview? My most memorable moment during the season was qualifying for States.
What are your goals for the 2019-2020 season? My goals for the 2019-20 season are to get top eight in the state and beat NV’s 11 dive record which, is currently 426. What was your favorite part about being on the team? My favorite part about this season. and being on the team, was the cheering we did for each other when competing. Do you plan on diving in college, if so where? I do plan on diving in college, but I have not yet decided where I want to attend. by Grant Hartnett
What is your pre-meet routine? I don’t do much before the meets, usually just listen to music and focus.
When did you first start diving and how did you get into it? I started diving about 5 months ago and I got into it through gymnastics.