06 HC voting good or bad?
Should voting process change or stay the same?
Dresses, themes, bids, and t-shirts are what come to mind when homecoming season arrives. Many girls dream of being Homecoming queen their senior year. Each year, freshmen sophomores and juniors vote for a representative and seniors vote for their top ten girls. Seniors take a finial vote for the crowning at the Friday night Homecoming football game. This voting process does not work so well. Whenever there is a homeroom, kids generally dread their time there, which causes a bad attitude, and reflects on the Homecoming voting. Many kids don’t vote for whom they truly believe deserves the title of Homecoming representative. After voting kids were wandering down the hall telling everyone that they voted for random people. “I don’t really take Homecoming seriously, I just marked five random people,” sophomore Devon Shoemaker said. Another problem with voting is that the seniors are the only people who get to vote for the queen. The whole school gets to vote for the turnabout king, so why not for homecoming queen? “The whole school should vote for the homecoming queen because they become the queen of the whole school,” said senior Adam Simpson. Whether you like the system or not, I think it needs some major improvement. Maybe doing the voting in a class, instead of homeroom, students will be more willing to participate. Also, if the voting would be by all classes throughout the school, not just the seniors, things will be fairer. With these improvements things would run smoother and random people wouldn’t be picked to win. - Libby Headman
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When October rolls around, Northview is preparing for Homecoming and all of the excitement that comes along with it. Everyone loves to think about who to ask, what to wear, and how the dance will turn out. Fun events for Homecoming include voting for representatives and the queen. We vote for five representatives for our grade. This makes everything very easy. We vote for our friends or random people, or not at all if Homecoming does not interest you. Everyone feels good when their friends tell them that they voted for them. Mostly, every person gets at least one vote so everyone has somewhat of a chance. After the final court is picked it is easy to choose who you think deserves to represent your grade for Homecoming. The seniors vote for 10 reps and five make it onto the final court and eventually a queen is chosen. Seniors should be the only ones voting because they know the finalists best. Homecoming queen is a big deal senior year. “Only seniors should vote for the queen because the seniors have known the representatives the longest,” said senior Valerie Sohasky. The seniors should only vote for the queen because everyone else would just make a joke out of it. “If every grade voted for the queen, they would vote for whoever because they wouldn’t care that much,” said sophomore Rachel Donnelly. I think the voting process is fine as it is. Some people care about Homecoming and some people do not. It’s understandable and we should not force everyone to vote for the representatives and the queen especially if they really don’t care. - Caitlin DeGross
whole school homecoming queen?
Should the
vote for
Or just seniors...
better gone
“The majority is
than just seniors. They’ll be next year.”
- freshman
Helana Saaka
“The whole school
should vote. rest of us.” - sophomore
“Everyone should have
the right so be equal.”
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Jenna Switzer
Everyone can
- junior
Kyleigh Sprouse
“Just seniors should vote. It’s our
senior year our friends.” - senior
We’re voting for
Tyler Harding
OP/ED Students learn about new legal drug Northview students have heard the buzz about the new legal drug called Spice. NV Seniors in Life After Graduation classes had a guest speaker from the University of Toledo September 24. Officer Julie Rightnowar talked about the new drug and its affect on students who use it, “The drug is worse than regular marijuana. It causes hallucinations that have sent people to the hospital,” said Rightnowar. Spice K2 is a danger in disguise, an herbal alternative to banned substances, a really bad idea or the next thing that needs to be outlawed. Over the last few months, the more publicity Spice, or K2, has received the more and more it makes people eager to try it. Strangely enough, people who feared that teenagers are using Spice have been surprised to find out that a lot of the consumers willing to spend $30 on a pack of incense are 40 or older. Allegedly, K2 is a form of synthetic THC, the chemical found in marijuana but is more powerful than marijuana. Hallucinations and anxiety are not as fun or even enjoyable for people when they use Spice. An elevated heart rate is a symptom that is related to the use of K2. Spice can be purchased in stores in the U.S., Japan, Europe and other countries sold as various brands of a smoked product. However, Kansas was the first state to pass a law banning sale of the product, meaning the state cannot sell or market Spice in stores. Similar laws have been proposed in Missouri, Tennessee and several other states. The drug contains a mix of chemicals on loose, generic plant material. Synthetic cannabinoids are the most common ingredient. Cannabinoids bind with the CB1 receptor and produce the euphoric effect or “high” in humans. Why is this drug so harmful? This drug has a different side effect from other illegal drugs. Spice causes a person to experience a restless feeling, drug craving, nightmares, sweating, nausea, tremor, headaches, high blood pressure and racing heartbeat. Other affects include reddening of the eyes, a very dry mouth and increased heart rate. The next morning some people may even feel hung over, according to www. scienceblogs.com. Creating new substances and drugs to maneuver around the ways of the law is just another way for kids to get hurt. “I just don’t understand it. If the are making Spice legal, then why don’t they just make marijuana legal,” said senior Heather McPeek. People who do advertise this are promoting Spice in young peoples lives. They are telling the teenagers of our society it is okay to smoke and use a substance that is illegal. Spice makes people have hallucinations, which people cannot control, causing some people to kill themselves, according to www. scienceblogs.com. Why would you want to do that to your body? -Katelynn McCoy
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