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Is Valentine’s Day blown out of proportion?

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Yes; it shouldn’t have to be a holiday to remind your significant other of how much you love them.

No! Who doesn’t love candy and flowers?

SPORTS

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Girls’ Basketball wins big in final home game.

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The senior girls celebrate a victory over Springfield during their senior night game.

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OPINIONS

FEATURES Can you speak Shakespeare?

The staff translated modern slang into Old English. Take a guess at what this Shakespearean language is really saying.

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Survey taken of 123 students.

I don’t care. It doesn’t really affect me.

What even is Valentine’s Day?

Is Valentine’s Day too extreme?

Have couples gone too far with the gifts for this February holiday, or are they simply showing appreciation for the one they care about?

NEWS

Next Generation Testing is on the horizon for Northview.

All grade levels prepare for the first part of new state testing beginning in March.

Seniors set and meet goal of 350 flowers sold during fundraiser Claire Weber

SENIOR NHS MEMBERS Katelyn McKown and Ryan Leslie prepare carnations for delivery.

Students could buy the flowers at lunch and they were delivered February 13.

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BEATTIE

It’s finally that time of year to buy carnations and send them to that special someone for Valentine’s Day. The carnation sale was hosted by National Honors Society and was handled by carnation committee members Katelyn McKown, Matt Bules, Taryn Pavain, and Ryan Leslie.

These members were in charge of advertising the sale, running announcements, selling carnations during lunches, and delivering the carnations to students, according to McKown and NHS advisor Darla Omey.

“We worked really hard to make it a very special Valentine’s Day,” McKown said.

Carnations were sold for $1 along with the option to write a secret admirer note.

The carnations were then ordered from DWF Wholesale Florists and were delivered during school on February 13.

Students who were absent the day the carnations were delivered received them the following Tuesday during class.

The overall goal of the sale was to sell 350 carnations. The money that was raised from the sale was used to purchase NHS pins, honor cords, and certificates, according to Mrs. Omey.

“NHS was very happy that this was a very successful event for students and Northview,” Mrs. Omey said.

NV will offer new STEM class for next year’s students Geeta Rao Editor in Chief

Attention all aspiring engineers, mathematicians, and scientists: a new opportunity for you to go off the beaten path and follow your passions is available in the 2015-16 school year curriculum. Next year, Northview will be offering Honors STEM Research, an honors class intended for students who want to pursue a career or college major in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The class will be graded as an Honors class, with students earning an extra .5 raise to their GPA if they earn a “C” or higher, according to Principal Steve Swaggerty.

The idea for the class was originated from a variety of sources. Some high schools around the country have researched-based science courses and the NV administration is looking to give students a chance to explore, according to Mr. Swaggerty. Southview currently has a class that revolves around the science research principle.

“STEM is a buzzword right now and we want students to know that we recognize that technology is so much of what is going to be done in future professions. Businessmen even are involved in technological advancements.

Look at Google or Uber; all of these originate from technology. It is the future that our students are venturing into,” Assistant Principal of Curriculum Kasey Vens said.

Any student next year that has completed the prerequisite of Honors Freshman Science 9 and has received a science teacher recommendation can participate. The method to how the students will be graded is to be determined by the Honors STEM Research teacher, who has yet to be announced.

Individuals will benefit from this class by sharpening their reading skills, their ability to articulate and analyze, all in preparation for college and careers down the line.

“The class gives you a chance to follow your passion, something you have been interested in but haven’t been able to go in depth with yet,” Mr. Swaggerty said.

In order for the class to be offered, 20 students must indicate interest on their scheduling forms, according to Mr. Swaggerty.

“The number one purpose of this class is to give students a chance to explore, to have some freedom. From a student’s side that probably sounds easier, but they will find out it is way harder,” Mr. Vens said. “For our top STEM research students, I know that they will do research as undergraduates. Whatever practice they can get to formulate a real question and experiment to answer is going to be good. So much curriculum is dictated by the state and then to the students that innovation and creativity are not always at the forefront.”

The students will be invited to compete in several science research competitions throughout the year.

“For the school as a whole, this class is one way to provide an avenue for students who need a challenge. It is an opportunity for contests we weren’t participating in before and will provide potential name recognition.

Also, there is an overall atmosphere to the school; even if I am an English teacher, injecting something like this class gives potential for change to see the bigger picture of what students are learning,” Mr. Vens said.

Students who participate in this class are encouraged to sharpen their scientific method skills in asking their own questions and presenting their original work in a technical presentation setting. The class is a one-period commitment per day in a seminar setting, according to Mr. Swaggerty.

“As they get older, students ask questions about the world around them and this is a chance to utilize and formalize those interests and get credit for it. We also want to give our kids that want to get into the competitive schools everything that we can do to help them. If this class leads to a local internship that you can articulate to colleges, we would love that,” Mr. Swaggerty said.

The Honors STEM Research class was introduced to the NV community via video with the tagline, “Be curious. Be authentic. Be passionate. Sign up for Honors STEM Research.”

“A school is a collection of its people; beyond our school colors and walls it is made up of its people. When we can push ourselves be more, do more, know more, we can become a stronger school community,” Mr. Swaggerty said.

Seniors earn trip to Gettysburg, Juniors attend meeting with counselors, prepare for future Washington D.C. with test Allie Hartnett Trent Croci Staff Writer

The high school years goes by fast and before you know it, everyone will be graduating and continuing on to do successful things in life. After graduation most students will apply to colleges depending on what they want to study. Applying to college can be a long, hard, and stressful process. Ask any senior at the school and they will most likely say the same thing. To help make the process easier the counselors help students along the way to get into the college of their dreams.

To get a head start for applying, counselors spoke in junior English classes to explain the future events and planning they will do for college. These packets provided helpful tips and deadlines for the college process.

A college application graph was attached to each packet making it more organized to look at costs and requirements needed for a school a student may want to apply to.

Counselors went over different scholarship opportunities for the juniors, testing dates and requirements such as the ACT and SAT. For students to get the most out of the college that interests them, counselors recommended going on college visits to get the feel of campus life.

Special websites links were given out to help explore careers and to take practice tests on. Juniors were encouraged to start taking steps and looking into colleges their junior year then apply their senior year.

On January 28, a parent meeting took place in Northview’s cafeteria to discuss the college application process.

During the meeting 50 to 60 parents attended the meeting, including both junior and some sophomore parents, according to counselor Crystal Burnsworth. Parents had the chance to ask questions and get answers from the different counselors.

On March 10 from 6:30 to 8P.M. at the University of Toledo Student Union, a college fair will take place showing off many different colleges for students to look into.

“Students and parents shouldn’t panic and should pace themselves and be organized,” according to Mrs. Burnsworth.

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ty, and District. After 84 students were chosen as District winners, the final round begins. Eighteen winners; six from each grade level, were chosen as representatives.

“I was surprised because so many people had taken it, so I was very excited because it was so unexpected.

Plus I love government and I had felt really good while taking it,” Hoffman said.

Recently, several veterans from the American Legion met with Lewandowski and Hoffman to explain the importance and honor of winning the test was.

As a reward in the spring, Lewandowski and Hoffman will receive a five day trip to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C.

Over 65,000 students throughout Ohio competed this fall to take a test which covered the history and government of the United States.

The American and Government test program was created by the Ohio American Legion and is open to any sophomores, juniors, or seniors that are interested in taking it. The test is 50 questions and includes fill in the blank, multiple choice, true or false, and one essay The test was brought into AP Government classes, giving SENIORS EMILY HOFFMAN and Mark Lewandowski were interthe students a chance to test viewed by the local news station, 13abc Action News, for their their knowledge. When the recent success on the state-wide Americanism test. students finished testing, their tests were submitted and put through several rounds of judging and eliminating based on their scores.

Seniors Mark Lewandowski and Emily Hoffman were selected as two of the representatives throughout the final rounds of elimination.

The rounds of elimination in which the students may PHOTO COURTESY OF 13ABC ACTION NEWS move on to included Post, Coun-

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February 24, 2015

Cafeteria gains new food options for students Baylee Gryca Staff Writer

As many students may have noticed, the cafeteria has made some upgrades. Instead of just having the traditional lunch line and snack shack, the cafeteria has decided to open up a new market style area in the lunch room.

Students are able to walk into the market and simply grab what food or beverages they would like and pay on their way out. A popular addition to the menu is the V8 smoothies, which come in two different flavors, watermelon raspberry and mango peach.

The market also features many of the beloved lunch items that were offered in the past including salads, pretzels, pre-made wraps and sandwiches, bagels, chips, and a variety of drinks.

“The smoothies are quality, fantastic flavors that pleasure my taste buds. It’s like an explosion in my mouth. I would highly recommend them to all NV students who want to have a delicious drink at lunch,” junior Kamy Mourad said.

The new market has been doing very well in sales, and many students love the grab and go style, according to Food Director Joe Shamy. The a la carte, everything comes separately, sales have also gone up since the opening, according to Miss Mary. The concept was created because the school knows that the student’s lunch time is very valuable, and this provides them with more time.

“I think that the students are enjoying the college like atmosphere and the better selections. The smoothies are also a great hit,” cafeteria worker Miss Mary said.

In the future, students might be given the opportunity to give the new market its own official name.

BEATTIE SENIOR KYLEIGH KINSEL purchases a bag of chips from the new market. The market also features many of the beloved lunch items. The new market has been doing very well in sales, and many student love the grab and go style, according to Food Director Joe Shamy.

Sophomores take peak at career tech Next Jake Mossing Staff Writer

Sophomores have been given an exciting opportunity that is exposing them to skills they will need later in life. This experience is called Sophomore Career Day, which exposes sophomores to career options as well as programs that they could be interested in taking during their junior and senior years. About 300 sophomores experienced the day and saw what it was all about.

The students started the day by going to their first period class, but leaving five minutes early to get to the Performing Arts Center. Inside the PAC, students were given a nametag with a number on it. Based off of that number, they were put into groups of about ten and given a schedule telling them where to go. Students went to see all of the career tech elective classes in the gym and were informed about each of them when the

day started.

The day consisted of four different pieces. One part of the day was in the Auxiliary Gym where students went around and saw different career options that they could experience later in life. This part of the day helped staff members to see if any of the sophomores were interested in that certain career technology class.

Another part of the day consisted of students seeing actual NV programs in action. They went around to different classrooms around the school that dealt with career tech. At each classroom the sophomores were able to see what was going on in those classes and they then were given time to come up with and ask questions about the course before they had to move on to the next class.

“The teachers did a great job of explaining what each career tech program was all about and they really helped me through the whole process,” sophomore

Matthew Fink said.

The sophomores also received a general overview of the entire career tech programs. The careers included a variety of options from engineering to medical technology, as well as business, education, and even cosmetology.

The final experience of the day was that each and every sophomore filled out a career interest survey with their counselors. The interest survey allowed students to document what they were interested in for a career choice later in life.

After only a couple of hours the sophomores got a taste of different career choices and the program made them think about their futures according to Career Tech Chair Member Terry Morris.

“I think the day went great, it was a very informative day for the sophomores and everyone seemed to like it, so we are definitely planning to do it again next year,” Career Tech Chair Member Terry Morris said.

Class of 2016 prepares activities for Prom Junior class brings back Donkey Basketball to fundraise Matt Bishop Staff Writer

BEATTIE MRS. BLUE CHASES her donkey in last years’ Donkey Basketball match. Last year many students participated in the game against the teachers and all the money raised went to the Class of 2015.

Donkey Basketball is back. The fan-favorite fundraiser that features students and faculty playing basketball while riding on donkeys will return to Northview on February 25 at 7 pm.

The event will be held in the main gym and all proceeds will help benefit the Class of 2016. Other events taking place during the evening are donkey rides and a 50/50 raffle. The donkey rides will be $1 each. Concession stands will also be available for spectators to grab a bite to eat or get a drink while watching the game.

Buckeye Donkey Ball is an organization out of Columbus, Ohio that travels around hosting shows similar to the one at NV. Donkey Ball first came to NV last year and raised over $1200 for the Class of 2015. More than 350 tickets were sold for the event.

The teachers and staff participating this year will be Andy Roth, Sarah Huey, Ryan Creech, Steve Kwiatkowski, Dan Dubiel, Brittany Cymbolin, Lindsay Jurski, and Steve Swaggerty.

Donkey Basketball turned out to be a huge success last year. Many students, teachers, staff, and parents had a blast at the event and were very entertained, according to sophomore Shane Banachowski.

“I had a great time at Donkey Basketball last year,” Banachowski said. “It was really funny and I was pretty weak.”

The entire junior class government has been working very hard in planning this event and making it fun for all who attend, according to “We are really excited about Donkey Basketball.

I hope that everyone comes because you will have a great time,” Junior Class President Maddie McGranahan said. “The Class of 2016 immensely appreciates your support.”

Tickets are $6 if purchased in advanced in the cafeteria during lunch or in the main office. They are $8 if bought at the door on the day of the event.

Generation Testing kicks off Andrew Headman News Editor

Next generation testing is here. The state has decided to change the type of testing that students will have to pass in order to graduate.

In January information about how the testing will affect students was sent out to parents. These tests will replace all the Ohio Graduation Tests that students formerly had to take to graduate, starting with the class of 2018. The class of 2017 will be the last class who will get to take the OGTs. These New Generation Tests (NGAs) will replace the OGTs and will be taken on the computer rather than in a test booklet like the OGTs. Instead of taking these tests throughout the week over a one week period, students will be taking them on a certain day throughout February and March and again in May. During the testing days, F hall and G hall will

{ { During the testing days, F hall and G hall will temporarily be shut down for the testing.

During this time the juniors will not be able to get to their lockers so they do not interrupt testing.

temporarily be shut down for the testing. During this time the juniors will not be able to get to their lockers so they do not interrupt testing. Classes in these halls will not be where they usually are, they will be moved because the classrooms in those halls will be in use for testing only.

On test days new material will not be taught in classes affected by testing so that students from these classes who are testing will not get behind.

These days classes will have time to review or go in more depth on a subject that they are learning, according to Principal Steve Swaggerty.

In case of computer technical difficulties most classrooms will have back up computers if something happens. Student taking the test will be able to get a new Chromebook so they can continue the testing, according to Mr. Swaggerty.

“We will do our best, the Tech Crew has downloaded the material for the testing to our server, which should decrease the chance of an interruption during the time the students are testing,” Mr. Swaggerty said.

Junior and senior tests this year will not be used for graduation. They will be used more for the analysis, according to Mr. Swaggerty. In the future these tests will be calculated into graduation. The new system is based on a points. Students will need a certain amount of points to graduate.

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SciOly competes in multiple invitationals Claire Goecke Editor in Chief

Now that second semester is fully underway, so is the Science Olympiad season.

At Northview, Science Olympiad competitors are put on to one of two teams, either the Gold team or the Black team. Both teams are made up of 15 competitors and they both travel to the invitationals.

The Gold team is made up of mostly upperclassmen and students who are returning members of Science Olympiad.

The Black team is made up of mostly underclassmen and students who are trying Science Olympiad for the first time this year.

The team has competed in four invitationals so far this season and is currently preparing for their Regional tournament, which will take place on February 28 on the campus of Bowling Green State University.

Back in December, the team hosted their own invitational at NV. Over 30 teams from Ohio and Michigan attended the event and it also served as a practice invitational for NV’s team, since they did not include themselves in the awards ceremony.

After winter break, the team traveled to the Eastside Invitational in Michigan.

Sylvania Northview Gold finished eighth as a team, with awards given to senior Sam Zack and sophomore Nabeel Tausif for finishing third in Air Trajectory, senior Noah Froelich and junior Mitch Lyons for

finishing fourth in Compound Machines, senior Celine Schreidah and junior Starr Jiang for finishing eighth in Disease Detectives, seniors Emily Lu and Schreidah for finishing fifth in Green Generation, and senior Sejal Shah and Tausif for finishing third in Write It Do It. They finished with a total of 305 points.

“For Air Trajectory, we prepared a lot and it was rewarding to see it succeed,” Tausif said.

Sylvania Northview Black finished in the middle of the pack, coming in 20th, with awards given to juniors Nicoletta Lucitte and Brenna Rachwal for finishing fifth in Forensics.

The following weekend, NV only sent one small team of 14 competitors to the Solon Invitational on the east side of Ohio.

Despite the small team and many members competing in new events, the team finished in the top half of 48 teams, coming in 21st. Zack and Lucitte competed in Forensics and earned a second place medal at the Solon Invitational.

“My partner and I studied and prepared a lot for the event,” Zack said. “I like Forensics because there are many different aspects to it and it’s like putting all the pieces of a puzzle together to figure out who committed the crime.”

For their last invitational before the Regional tournament, the team traveled to Mentor, Ohio. Sylvania Northview Gold finished 15th as a team, with awards given to seniors Tiana Sarsour and Claire Goecke for finishing second in Chemistry Lab, Schreidah and Jiang for finishing third in Disease Detectives, Schreidah

STEIRER Senior Segal Shah tests out her experiment at one of the competitions. Shah placed third in the Write It Do It category at the invitational held at Northview. Shah, along with many other upperclassmen, are a part of the Northview Gold team. The group finished in eighth place at the invitational.

and Lu for finishing fifth in Green Generation, Zack and Lucitte for finishing seventh in Forensics, Shah and Tausif for finishing seventh in Write It Do It, and Zack and Tausif for finishing eighth in Air Trajectory.

Sylvania Northview Black finished 22nd overall,

with sophomore Alex Zuchowski and freshman Casey Ruckman finishing fourth in Air Trajectory.

“The team has put in a good amount of work so far, and I expect us to do very well at Regionals, but there is always more work to be done,” Jiang said.

Business Tech takes talents to BPA Students, Photo courtesy of Ms. Davis

Isabelle Compton Staff Writer

Business Tech competed at the Business Professionals of America competition January 27 at Bowling Green State University. There were 10 schools total including Northview and Southview.

Sixty students from NV competed in different categories. Some examples of categories include: Advanced Interview Skills, Prepared Speech, Small Business Management Team, and Integrated Office Applications, according to Regional Coordinator Andrea Davis.

“Students take what they have learned in the classroom and apply it to the events,” Davis said. There are three types of events that students can compete in, this includes: Judged events, unjudged events, and open events, according to Ms. Davis.

In judged events students would be in groups giving presentations, in unjudged events students would take tests and in open groups students would also take tests.

Out of the 60 students from NV, 50 placed within the top 50 places of their contests. Thirteen students advanced on to states, including: Lars Culver, Alex Edinger, Alex Ritzert, Matthew Fleming, Rebecca Towns, Brandon Osborn, Elijah Jaso, Ben Hertz, Ben Forrester, Hannah Clark, Madeline Cole, Michaela Mahoney, and Rachel Homrich.

“All around it was a great experience and hard work pays off,” Ms. Davis said. Senior Madeline Cole was one of 13 students to go on to States. She was in

Amir AbouZied Staff Writer

PROUD OF THEIR Small Business Management Team are seniors Maddie Cole, Hannah Clark, Michaela Mahoney and Rachel Homrich.

Small Business Management Team with group members Hannah Clark, Michaela Mahoney and Rachel Homrich. Her group had to give two presentations.

One was the initial presentation and the second was to qualify for States, according to Cole.

“I think my group gave an outstanding presentation, we were all really comfortable talking to the judges and competing at BGSU was a lot of fun,” Cole said.

Junior Reece Hanna presented a project on social security with team members Avery Pawlecki, and Luke Rempe.

“It was a fun experience, and I enjoyed the atmosphere as well as the competition. Winning a plaque was very cool,” Hanna said.

The state competition will be March 12-14 and will be held in Columbus, Ohio.

SAT changes to new curriculum Peter Birsen Photo Editor

The SAT is changing and high school students better get used to it.

Starting in 2016, the SAT will be changed significantly to better judge students real knowledge rather than just filling in a bubble, according to College Board President and CEO David Coleman at a conference in Austin, Texas.

Some of the changes will include free SAT preparation for everyone, using more evidence based questions rather than just guess work, and adding an optional essay at the end of the test.

“We are not interested in students just picking an answer without justification,” Coleman said. “That just won’t work any more.”

The new SAT will consist of three sections: reading writing and math.

teachers look to new calendar

The new test is designed to give an equal playing field to the rich and the poor and ensures that rich families cannot buy their way into getting higher grades with SAT prep classes, according to Coleman.

“It’s not about tips and tricks, it’s about knowledge learned over the years of education,” Coleman said.

The new changes will help improve every student’s overall education, as well as help colleges get a better idea of the true amount of knowledge a student has, according to Coleman.

By making the essay optional it gives colleges a choice to whether they will include it in the admission process.

The scoring scale will also be changing. The test will now score students on a scale of 400, being the worst a student can score, to 1600, being the best a student can score, according to Coleman.

After the student has taken the SAT a more rich and informative score report will be given, this will

give new ways which students can be evaluated. The new scoring system will more clearly show the difference between students who are high achievers and those who need recommendation, according to Coleman.

“The plan is to make an exam that is more clear and more open than any we’ve ever designed before,” Coleman said.

The updated version of the test will be based on a growing body of current national and international research on skills that students must have for success in college and in the outside world, according to Coleman.

“The SAT will be modeled on work that students are doing today, in challenging high school courses,” Coleman said.

In order to make the test more relevant, it will include more short answer type questions and less fill in the bubble multiple choice. This will do to better reflect student’s overall knowledge, according to Coleman.

Exams before winter break has been a standard for college schedules for years. Starting next school year, this will also be the way Sylvania Schools sets up their calendar.

The exam schedule will adjust exams to be taken before winter break which will alter the dates of the starting and ending points of the school year.

The 2015-2016 school year will start on August 19, (three days earlier than usual) and end on May 27 (a week earlier).

According to Principal Steve Swaggerty, he does not think that changing the date of the first semester exams to before winter break instead of after winter break will boost exam grades a lot, but it may for some students. The main reason for changing this schedule is to limit the gap between when students stop learning and when they have to demonstrate what they retain on the exams, not to boost exam grades.

“I feel like I won’t be stressed over winter break anymore because I won’t have to study for exams. I also like how we get to get out of school earlier at the end of the year,” said freshman Maizy Crandall.

“I think it’s a great idea because every time we go on winter break, I don’t get to study as much as I would like to. I always forget everything quickly because I’m trying to enjoy my break off and spending time with my friends and family, plus getting out in May sounds nice,” sophomore Laina Mossing said. “Also, on break, students can finally relax without having to worry about exams in the back of their minds.”

Teachers will also have more time to teach material for the second semester.

“I think it’s great. We have been asking for this change for years and it would be most beneficial for high school students because it helps with less stress and it will help us enjoy a real winter break. It will free up more of our breaks to be true breaks and summer break will feel more like a real break for students involved in athletics because they will get more time for vacation that they weren’t able to get before,” Swaggerty said.

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February 24, 2015

School dance or ACT; pick one

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by Geeta Rao

Students forced to juggle schedules and make sacrifices

Sometimes when I need inspiration, like for example in beginning this column, I open up my Pinterest app and among the dream wardrobe pins and next baking adventures, I find a quote that makes me stop and think.

This week, my finding simply stated, “Believe there is good in the world,” and it reminded me of an upcoming Northview event: danceGOLD. Maybe take a moment and close your eyes to picture an event filled with people in all school colors, playing tug of war and other fun, childhood games, competing for Mr. NV and raising money for people going through cancer treatment. Can you see it?

For some, this success is easy to see but for others it is harder. Some people can get together with others they don’t know and raise money for charity but, unfortunately, in this day and age, the average high schooler doesn’t think of community service as “cool” and “fun.” Instead, just because your best friend isn’t going to the charity basketball game or events like danceGOLD, you aren’t either.

It’s the curse of this time in our lives where we have to have someone to do things with, even things like danceGOLD, where just being there could raise money and attention for an invaluable cause.

BELIEVE THERE IS GOOD IN THE WORLD

There are two things you hope to succeed at during your time in high school: being accepted into a good college and making memories that will last a lifetime.

There is one problem that is affecting students trying to make those two things happen. That is scheduling dances on the same day as the ACT tests. It’s very hard to focus on your test when you’re too excited for a dance that is just a couple hours away.

I understand this fully. I signed up for the ACT on the day of Homecoming, because I wasn’t going to attend the dance. But once I was voted to be the class attendant, I had to go. I felt as if I couldn’t do my

What’s the theme for the wrestling match tonight? I don’t think these words have ever been said in one sentence.

But why is that? Almost every student at our school has gone to support the football team one way or another whether it’s playing on the team, marching in the band, or standing in the student section.

If we asked around school almost no one would say they have been to a wrestling match, a swim/ dive meet, or even a tennis match. These teams and individuals work equally as hard and deserve equally

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Well, that’s every season

Lately on Twitter you may have seen the numerous amounts of “roast accounts” or “compliment accounts”.

First you might think to yourself, “what is this ‘roast’ account, and what is roast”? Well, according to Urban Dictionary a roast is defined as: to humorously mock or humiliate someone with a well-timed joke, diss or comeback.

Seeing the word “humiliate” just goes to show how degrading these accounts are.

There have also been many “compliment” accounts that have been made to try and make up for roast accounts.

The compliment accounts bring great things, but also, how meaningful is it to get a compliment and not know who is saying it, or know if the complement is actually sincere.

Roast accounts are completely unnecessary.

They are fun for the people sending in the tweets, because they can get away with saying stuff about

someone without getting punished for it. But the receiver of the ‘roast’ may not find what was said funny, and not be able to brush off the comment.

Some of the things may be funny, and something you can laugh at because you know it’s just a joke, but other times these accounts are an opportunity to purposely hurt someone you don’t like.

As you sit behind your phone humiliating people because you find it entertaining, realize that it is very cowardly that you do it anonymously because you can’t just say these things to people’s faces, because you know it’s mean.

Over the past few weeks I saw many NV roast accounts. I felt ashamed for our student body, that people would be so immature to make an account just to make fun of people.

Last year, a student made an account to lift up the spirits of the NV student body by tweeting nice things about students, even teachers, and this seemed to happen again, as roast accounts were

putting people down, compliment pages appeared, and started to spread happiness to the people of twitter.

The thing about compliment pages, what is sent in is not always sincere. In all honesty, the best way to give a compliment or say something nice to someone is by saying it to their face.

Seeing that someone called you beautiful, or nice on twitter, is neat but it would be a lot more meaningful if you knew who said it, and you wouldn't be left wondering what person said those things about you.

All in all the only way to get rid of roast accounts is to stop supporting them. Don't follow them, don't send in tweets to them, and don't praise them for the things they say.

Spend your time on the complements pages instead of the roasts. And if you want to tell someone how great they are go up to them and tell them in person. Be confident, and realize it will be a lot more meaningful than seeing something on Twitter.

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Definitely spring.

Yes.

Are people looking orange?

Is it spring yet?

Are you driving with the windows down?

Yes.

dents if every once and a while some people showed up to the less attended sporting events. Also, if you are attending a sporting event such as a basketball game that does have a student section, stand up and cheer on the team, instead of sitting and not participating in the theme.

School appreciation does not just apply to sports.

What about the Speech and Debate team? Or the members of Science Olympiad? They have practice and tournaments as well as any sports team.

I’m not saying that everyone should go to every swim meet, every dance competition, or every SciOly event, but collectively as a school, we should be more appreciative for all the talent that Northview provides.

Whether our strengths are shown in the classroom, on the stage, on the field, ice, court, pool, mat…

NV is full of amazing talents that should not be overlooked.

-Emma Crandall

and Grace Colville

Anonymous Twitter annoyances

Yes.

Are there dress code violations?

as much support from their peers.

Everyone has different opinions as to what sports are the most exciting. Some may think watching a basketball or soccer game is a lot more exciting than watching a golf match or a swim meet, but that does not mean that all student sports teams shouldn’t be supported by the student body.

I am not saying that we need a full out student section for every sporting event, because that isn’t exactly realistic.

Although, it would be respectful to our fellow stu-

NV is full of amazing talents that should not be overlooked.

Definitely spring.

Yes.

missing dances because they have a very important test earlier that day. Out of all the weekends in that month, the school had to pick that weekend.

So many kids doubt their test taking abilities.

They’re all so excited about going to dances, getting makeovers and getting their hair done. Well, only for girls. I just don’t think it’s right that the night of a memory making dance students are spending their morning taking a test that can make or break where they can go to college. The best solution for this issue is for the student government to look at the dates that the tests are going to be, so that way dances can be scheduled accordingly.

-Chloe Romine

Student sections for all events

Maybe I am wrong and people simply do not know of the good participating in charity events like danceGOLD could bring, but this is my invitation for you to prove that to me.

Observation has shown that the only way our school can make a change is by combining our immense forces. We have over 1200 individuals that walk these halls and there are endless possibilities in uniting just a quarter of those students.

If we just shed our egos, our social fears, and take a chance to make one day, and in turn more in the future, count there is no end to the good we could do, and we already have.

This is the time to change the stereotype of our generation, to join forces and make a difference. It may sound cheesy but no one made a difference in history without hoping for the best.

Imagine danceGOLD one more time; picture yourself there, your best friend by your side. Can you see it? Good, so can I because I BElieve THEre is GOOD in the world.

Is half of NV at Speedway for slushies?

best during the test because I was so excited for the dance. And now, both Homecoming and Turnabout were planned on the same day as the ACT tests. The ACT often determines what college you get into, scholarships, and all sorts of other things.

There are so many other weekends that these events could have been scheduled. It seems as though a lot of events at Northview are dated the same time as other important events.

Going to high school dances is such an important part of being in high school. You only have four years out of your whole life to just have fun and be wild at a dance. And I know a lot of people that are

Is it -15 degrees?

Nope, still winter.

Definitely spring.

the student prints 2014-2015

Co-Editors-In-Chief: Claire Goecke & Geeta Rao Advisor: Sarah Huey News Editors: Andrew Headman & Allie Hartnett Opinions Editors: Ahmed Atari & Mackenzie Elrod Features Editors: Nazihah Bhatti & Annie Nowak Sports Editors: Emma Crandall & Kendall McCoy Business Editor: Jillian Koffman Staff Photographers: Luke Beattie & Peter Birsen Staff Writers: Amir AbouZied, Sydney Audet, Matt Bishop, Grace Colville, Isabelle Compton, Trent Croci, Syd Donahue, Baylee Gryca, Jessie Li, Hollis Martinez, Jake Mossing, Chloe Romine, Claire Weber & Jarred Wulf The Student Prints is the official student-produced newspaper of Sylvania Northview High School. It is distributed monthly at no charge to serve the purpose of informing students, faculty, staff, administration and the Sylvania community of current issues.

The main goal of The Prints is to present coverage of events in an unbiased and accurate manner. The paper also respects the opinions and ideas of the entire NV community.

Signed letters to the editors are encouraged and should be no longer than 300 words. All letters can be turned into the publications room, E-6. The Prints reserves the right to edit letters that contain grammatical errors, accuracy and profane or libelous comments. The newspaper staff is entirely responsible for the content of the paper and supports the First Amendment to the Constitution. Unsigned editorials published in The Prints are written by staff members, and agreed upon by a majority vote of the editorial board. The Prints is carefully examined by its staff and adviser prior to publication to prevent incorrect or libelous information. The newspaper staff does not endorse advertisements published in The Prints. Advertising specifications may be obtained by calling (419) 824-8708.

The newspaper follows the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook guidelines for punctuation and grammar. The Prints is a member of the National Scholastic Press Association, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and Quill and Scroll.

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Opinions

February 24, 2015

Valentine’s Day, don’t be a hater Computers take over voting, scheduling Valentine’s Day: a holiday when couples are happier than usual, and single people are more bitter than usual. There are a lot of people that hate the holiday not because of what it is about, but because of the way others act on this day.

There are some couples that go a little overboard with what they post on social media on V-Day, but why would you let that get in the way of a fun day? My personal favorite thing about social media is if you don’t like what you see, you don’t have to see it. If you really can’t handle a couple photos of some flowers and candy, unfollow that girl (or boy) on Twitter or Instagram and then follow them back the next day, I’m sure they’ll understand.

As for single people, we get it… You’re single. It sucks not having a special someone on a holiday centered around couples, but so what?

Buy yourself some chocolates, watch a romantic comedy, or make some valentines for your friends, you will get through it I promise. Just because you aren’t in a relationship, you shouldn’t hate Valentine’s Day. Do you hate Mother’s Day because you aren’t a mom, or Veteran’s Day because

you’re not a veteran?

Contrary to popular belief, Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be about romantic relationships. It’s about celebrating love with the people in your life. In elementary school we always used to bring in cute written cards and candy for everyone in our class, and my mom always brings home candy or puts up a few little hearts around the house. These are just a few examples about how people not necessarily in relationships benefit from the materialistic part of Valentine’s Day. Another argument that some people make is that you should love whoever you love every day, not just on one day. This is true, but this also applies to every holiday. Take the 4th of July for example. Everyone loves to express their patriotism on the 4th, but shouldn’t you love your country every day? Most people do, but American pride is celebrated on that day, just like relationships are celebrated on Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day may have been created as a “Hallmark holiday,” but the meaning behind it is true.

-Grace Colville

Valentine’s Day, appreciate Some people say that the most annoying thing about Valentine’s Day is the couples. Some say it’s the single people. I say both.

There is literally an entire 24 hour period dedicated to reminding single people that they are alone. Cue the Taylor Swift playlist.

Dear single people, we get it, we see you, you are single. Now stop complaining about it over and over again. I’m single, but I’m not going to cry myself to sleep over not having a Valentine. No, I’m waiting for February 15 so I can get some cheap chocolate to accompany my Netflix binges and my over-sized sweatpants.

A lot of single people feel the need to constantly complain about Valentine’s Day. I don’t like Valentine’s Day, but I’m not going to go on and on about how much I hate being single. It’s nice to be single. You don’t have to waste money on someone who might break up with you next week, you can hit on whoever you want, or you can be lazy and stay at home.

Now that’s what I call winning.

Quick tip for all the other single people out there: don’t go on social media on Valentine’s Day, all you’re going to see is couples on dates and girls getting flowers. “#goals”, “#lucky”, “#lovehim.” Excuse me while I barf. Instead, I’d rather stay home, order a heart-shaped pizza, and watch movies with friends.

It’s pretty annoying. We understand that you and your significant other are very in love, but is it really necessary to make a Snapchat story, tweet, AND Instagram post about it? Maybe not. This doesn’t stop 99% of couples flooding every social media account they have with pictures of gifts and chocolate. Because God forbid all of Northwest Ohio doesn’t see the presents your better half got you, right?

Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of Valentine’s Day, I just don’t understand why people take it so seriously. To me, there’s too much pressure to have the perfect Hollywood Valentine’s Day, and not enough people just laying back and having a fun time with their boyfriend or girlfriend.

So many people expect to get five dozen roses, a marriage proposal, and a pet koala. Meanwhile, I’m over here trying to decide what kind of cat I want to get for when I die alone.

Another thing about Valentine’s Day is that it’s not really a real holiday. Christmas? Holiday. Labor Day? Holiday. Channing Tatum’s birthday? Definitely a holiday. Valentine’s Day? Not so much.

Valentine’s Day is a “Hallmark Holiday”, which is more about spending money on other people and not really realizing the point of the whole thing. The average consumer spends about $116 for Valentine’s Day, according to statisticbrain.com, and that seems a little outrageous. Why should you have to go spend money on a bunch of red and pink stuff just to prove to someone that you love them? Trust me, if I wanted to invest in something stupid, I would’ve bought the One Direction album.

Listen, if you have the money and the resources to plan this great romantic dinner filled with love and presents, then do it. Go for it and have fun, but if you don’t, then who cares!

More often than not, a date that involves hanging out with someone you love and stuffing your faces together says “I love you” a lot more than a Pandora princess ring (but if you’re gonna do that, then hmu @ locker F-023 boys). Having a specific day that’s all about love is pretty cheesy.

Overall, I think Valentine’s Day is an overrated holiday. It shouldn’t be about buying things to prove your commitment, but hey, I’ll take chocolates from anyone.

-Nazihah Bhatti

Every year, each grade votes for the top guys for Turnabout Court and King on little paper ballots. Also every year, scheduling sheets were passed out for students to sign up for their classes. But this year turned out to be different and the papers were crumbled.

New technology provided for new measures in how Northview voted this year for their Turnabout King. The pen and paper were things of the past and the internet logged in to be the new process for voting. Yes, that is right NV saved some trees and decided for the first time in history to incorporate online voting for its students.

Online voting seemed to create confusion for students. Everyone was accustomed to voting with paper and pen in homeroom, it ensured every student voted.

This year I was confused why we never had a homeroom and wondered if we were going to have a Turnabout court this year. The announcements helped to get the news out but I know for me, and a lot of other students, announcements may be some random background noise. The new voting asked for students to go to the NV website to vote, login with their student ID and password and click the people they wanted to vote for. It was a much longer process.

I decided to vote, but a lot of my friends were confused and still wondered where to go to vote and if we even had to vote. Online voting caused a lot less people to vote and could’ve caused a difference in votes.

Even counselors are having students register for next year’s classes online instead of on paper. People with bad internet access or problems with using technology could have trouble getting the class they want before they talk to their counselors about them. The old paper provided to students laid everything out to students and classes in which they could check off right in front of them.

With having the “ancient” paper and pen process provided people with easy and simple access to do what they wanted. The internet may save paper and be easy to access for everyone to see but may take awhile to get used to. In the long run I do understand the reasoning behind using the internet and how it is easy access for everyone and can be faster.

For now it is confusing and causes problems for many students and will take a while to get used to the transition. If they are going to require more use of technology for basic school necessities then the administration should be more clear on how to do it.

The future is coming in NV and books may just be something that we used to read. I love technology and everything that comes with it, but I’ll take the simplicity of a pencil and a small piece of paper for now.

-Trent Croci

Out with OGTs, in with Next Generation Test As if passing the OAAs, OGTs, ACT and SAT wasn’t enough to prove a student’s understanding of state curriculum and overall learning standards, Ohio has decided to update their testing with the Next Generation Tests in place of the Ohio Achievement Assessments for third-eighth graders and Ohio Graduation Tests for high schoolers beginning with the class of 2018.

The new Ohio state tests are designed to assess students in English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. Each state test has two parts, the performance-based test in the middle of the year and the end-of-year test. The student’s scores on the two are combined to create a final score for each subject which will determine whether students are to progress on to the next grade or held back until learning standards are met.

According to the Ohio Department of Education, students will solve multi-step problems requiring reasoning and address real-world situations on the performance-based test while the end-of-year test will require

students to demonstrate an understanding of concepts and procedures with some application as well.

From third to eighth grade, students will have to take a total of 26 of these state tests in the different categories. High schoolers will have to take a total of 14 tests in the subjects algebra 1, geometry, physical science, American history, American government, and two levels of English.

Word in the classroom is that these tests are much harder than the OGTs. I’ve had teachers tell me that they had to guess on a couple of the questions the state asked in these assessments.

Expectations of students have risen so much since I was in elementary school. In first grade, I couldn’t read. I remember learning to add, subtract, and to read a clock. Now in first grade, if you can’t read you will probably get held back. The math they are learning is much harder and faster paced than when our classes were that age.

I volunteered in Mrs. Meister’s class at Maplewood

Elementary School last year. Her fifth graders were starting to learn basic algebra skills that I learned in seventh grade. All I remember from elementary school math is doing the math boxes which I thought were fun and I can tell you those are no longer the homework assignments that these young students are receiving.

Another fifth grade teacher I know, Mrs. Stedcke at Highland Elementary School, has had four students opt out of their tests resulting in automatic zeroes for her, which definitely do not reflect accurately on her teaching.

On top of acing these state tests, students also have to take college entrance exams plus any AP tests they may be qualified for. The standard of education has become all too standardized.

Education is losing its creativity. Everyone is being taught to think the same and test the same. Students are being taught that their self worth is based on state tests required to show the government of Ohio is

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“I believe the tests will affect the learning environment in Sylvania because we will lose a lot of days of classroom learning due to testing. Teachers will lose the personal connections made with students through learning. Classroom experiences are what turn into the stories and lessons that the students take away from school, not all the tests they have to take.”

- Ryan Creech, Art

“On one hand, if the tests help us access the skills of the student rather than their knowledge it will help education. But the amount of time and effort dedicated towards the testing has the potential to negatively affect students’ love for learning and teachers’ love for teaching.”

- Dan Dick, English

progressive, smart, and a good “No Child Left Behind” state.

We are losing time in class to prep for all these different tests we have to take and we are losing actual precious learning time. I guarantee no one has ever looked back on high school and thought, “man, I really loved taking all those standardized tests.” People look back and reminisce on those life lessons and stories they were given in classroom experiences I only have to take one state test for government and those results won’t even come back until I’m in college. They won’t affect me, but they will affect my teacher and the reputation of the school district. I feel as though I don’t need to try, but at the same time, I owe it to my teachers to try my hardest and truly reflect upon their teaching abilities.

I would never want to take all the tests the upcoming students are going to have to take, let alone the remaining tests for the class of 2018.

-Mackenzie Elrod

How do you feel the Next Generation Tests will change Sylvania education?

“The new state standardized tests create a very difficult situation for students due to the repetitive testing sessions.”

- Amy Loyd, Intervention Specialist

“Personally, I’m going to have to take more time preparing the students for two tests, the Next Generation Tests and the Advanced Placement tests, which have two slightly different curriculums. I will spend more time on test prep than I have had to in the past which means less time for teaching.”

- Perry Lefevre. Government

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Features

February 24, 2015

Top 10: Ways to Spend Your Next Snow Day

1) Night sledding at NV: what’s the point of a snow day if you aren’t going to go out and play in it?

2) Going out to eat with your friends: Mayberry Diner and Bdubs are always good, but for some reason they seem ten times better on a snow day.

3) Posting a #SnowDaySelfie on Instagram: was there really a snow day if you don’t document in on social media?

4) Re-watching a whole season of your favorite TV show: nothing is better than reminiscing about an old show you forgot about.

5) Taking frequent naps throughout the day: come on, is there a valid reason to be up unless you’re eating or checking twitter?

6) Finishing all of the homework you didn’t do the night before: there’s no more stress of trying to get it all done the period before it is due.

7) Working out at the gym: spring break is just around the corner so operation get fit is in full force.

8) Spending hours playing FIFA 15 or GTA 5: no school just means more time to practice and improve your gamer skills.

9) Going to see a movie at the mall: just remember to leave by 4!

10) Shoveling your driveway and sidewalk: this one isn’t fun but your parents probably made you do it.

-Hollis Martinez

Baylee is back with another review I’m sure everyone is sick of hearing about Valentine’s Day by now, so here is a little twist on the “romance” movie genre. Here are some of the best and funniest “Bromances”.

The Hangover

“Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug” Four friends go to Las Vegas for a bachelor party and have the night of their lives.

The next day, they wake up in crazy circumstances, can’t remember a thing, and somehow lost the groom.

Everything about this movie is funny: the characters, plot, circumstances, dialogue, etc. and it will have you laughing the entire time.

2121221 JUmp Street “Schmidt and Jenko” Starring possibly one of the best comedic duos, Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill’s are effortlessly hilarious in this movie. Fresh into the police force, Schmidt and Jenko go back to high school while undercover, and come to realize that it’s a lot different than what they remember. The movie was such a hit, they made a sequel, 22 Jump Street.

Step Brothers

“Brennan and Dale” Who doesn’t love to watch two 40-year-old men who live at home... with their parents,,, do stupid and funny things?

The references to this movie are endless (there’s so much room for activities!) and it’s overall a hilarious movie.

The Interview

Toy Story

“Dave Skylark and Aaron Rappaport” This controversial movie never actually made it into theaters because of its content relating to North Korea, but lucky for us, it was put on Netflix for viewers to enjoy. James Franco and Seth Rogen have starred together in countless movies, and their latest movie was no disappointment either.

To be or not to be... talk Shakespeare to me SHAKESPEARE 1. Boom boom within the vicinity, boom boom all upon thee 2. Haveth thy highly occupied ballroom goith upward two days after Sabbath 3. For I am solely about thy bass, no mischief 4. Dropeth like it is ablaze 5. My tropical South American snake doth not request nothing unless you possess baked goods 6. Thy enemies shalt hate, hate, hate, alas I merely convulse, convulse. convulse 7. Halt! The time of hammer is upon us 8. I throw my hands upward, thou conducting thy melody, the tiny winged insects fly from thee 9. Doth thou royal, thee already obtains knowledge, doth thou upon thy quick road from Angeles of Los towards Tokyo

“Woody and Buzz Lightyear” Possibly the only completely, school appropriate movie on this list, Woody and Buzz Lightyear have been rocking the bromance since 1995.

The movie Toy Story was a huge success which led to the making of two sequels to continue on the bromance.

It’s back! Find out if you are an expert at Shakespearean language with our new phrases. Match the modern language to Shakespeare’s.

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A. The haters gonna hate, hate, hate, baby I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake B. Because you know I’m all about that bass, no trouble C. Got the club goin’ up, on a Tuesday D. My anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns hun E. I put my hands up they’re playing my song, the butterflies fly away F. Bang bang into the room, bang bang all over you G. I’m so fancy, you already know. I’m in the fast lane from LA to Tokyo H. Drop it like it’s hot I. Stop! Hammer time -Kendall McCoy & Mackenzie Elrod

1. F 2. C 3. B 4. H 5. D 6. A 7. I 8. E 9. G

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Features

February 24, 2015

Messages

What Emojis Really Mean Contacts “Some say it’s praying, others say high five...you choose”

“WOW this picture is goals” “Literally in love” “What I just said has some element of swag to it”

“I just made a sassy comment and this emoji will further exaggerate the sassiness”

“I feel awkward saying this so I hope this emoji will cover it up and make it cute.”

“I pretty much hate whatever you said”

“Slapping this onto the end of anything will cause anything to sound intimate.”

K

That’s none of my business though “I said something rude but I’ll put this here to seem nicer.”

“YESSSSSSSSS”

“Just saw someone so hot and it physically hurts.”

“I just said the wrong thing Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh”

Shoe Game Riding Boots

for horseback riding

What students use them for: Worn in the opposite of snowy conditions, usually spotted during winter season often with leggings and a vest or infinity scarf. Give off the Han Solo look.

“You complimented me and saying thank you isn’t enough”

“Laughing, or basically I have no other emoji to use in this situation”

by Nazihah Bhatti and Ahmed Atari

Shoes are trending at NV and students can take any shoe and turn it into a style

Timberlands

for outdoor work

What Students use them for: an edgy hipster look. Usually seen with a flannel shirt for a guy and a tied around flannel for a girl.

by Trent Croci

Roshes

Sperrys

What Students use them for: to show off the newest edition walking down the hallways with the swag of the classy designs.

What Students use them for: a preppy look. Usually seen with khakis on boys and skinny jeans for girls.

for running

student spotlight Carly Radebaugh How would you describe your fashion sense?

Well definitely very unique! I got a lot of my ideas from my mom. Also, I’m not afraid to do something that expresses my personality and who I am.

What do you like to do in your free time?

I’m obsessed with ballroom dance. It’s a old style dance and that’s one reason why I like it. Every Friday I have a ballroom dance party with my best friend Rosa Brown. But I love it because it’s very social and very fun.

How did you start getting involved in theatre?

In the second grade my sister brought home a theatre paper but it was for only 4th-7th graders only.

I waited until I was in the 4th grade to join and ever since then I have been in them. I’ve done Shrek and the most recent musical All Shook Up. What do you want to do in your future?

I want to go to college and major in play writing and travel to Chicago to become a comedian. But my dream is to be a writer and actress on Saturday Night Live and be the first woman to host the Tonight Show.

Where did you get your inspiration for your Cat’s Meow skit?

I originally wrote it for NV theatre Red Carpet Awards and brought it back for a friend. Vanessa I say inspired me the most. I was at a restaurant with a friend and her family and we were talking in Vanessa’s voice the whole time we were there and thought it was funny so thus Vanessa was born.

See Vanessa has multiple personalities and to act them all is very challenging and fun. Also very comical. It’s my favorite piece and I love acting it.

What else are you involved in with theatre?

Recently I got elected State Thespian Officer and got to go to an international conference in Nebraska and take a leadership workshop. I also helped planned and organize State Thespian. It was a very fun experience.

-Syd Donahue

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Features

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BEATTIE

SOPHOMORE MASON BIGGS is escorted by his mother into the assembly.

HOWALD

BEATTIE SENIOR OLIVER GREIVE performs his Turnabout skit.

DANCING TO KATY Perry’s Superbowl performance is senior Preston McCurdy.

TURNABOUT COURT MEMBER senior Ian Clement receives assistance from senior Colter Gilbert in his dating game skit.

FRESHMAN JEFFREY BLANKS is escorted by his parents into the assembly.

HOWALD

HOWALD JUNIOR JAKE ALZAPIEDI and his mom enter the Turnabout assembly as part of the 2015 court.

HOWALD

BEATTIE REENACTING A SCENE from Napoleon Dynamite is senior Preston Due for his Turnabout skit.

HOWALD

Turnabout logo courtesy of Emily Gursynski and Maddy Kalell

HOWALD

“What I lost in popularity, I gained in confidence”

A Turnabout King’s journey

courtesy of Mrs. Regan

STEIRER 1. SENIOR JOHN REGAN is escorted by his sister, freshman Christina Regan, at the Turnabout assembly.

2. CROWNING REGAN AS Turnabout King 2015 is Student Government adviser Tami Blue.

Wow - I can’t believe that it’s been a little over a week since I was elected as Turnabout King! A huge thank you to my parents, sister, friends, my “dance squad,” volunteers, coordinators, staff, Mrs. Blue, Mr. Swaggerty, and the people who voted. Now, I know what’s on your minds - yes, I used to straighten my hair. I don’t think there were any survivors of middle school in regards to their fashion choices. But, in all reality, being given an award such as Turnabout King has helped me finally feel accepted by my peers, something that I didn’t feel six years ago.

I want to talk more about bullying. My opinions about life are usually against the grain compared to most people, and this is a topic where I tend to differ from my peers. I think we should focus less on ending bullying and focus more on self-empowerment and self-acceptance.

In middle school, I learned a valuable lesson: people will hate you. They will hate your music preferences, your hairstyle, your personality, and will keep finding different ways to hate you. As I was picked and pulled apart by my classmates, I began to realize that I could please no one, no matter how hard I tried. No matter what my clothes were, how I changed my hairstyle, or whatever scent of the infamous Axe brand I chose to wear, people did not like me.

However, what I lost in popularity, I gained in confidence. I began to realize that if people are going to dislike me, I might as well keep doing what makes me happy. So I did just that. I continued to live my life doing the things I loved, and started forcing myself on people

that didn’t like me. I was like a fly they couldn’t hit. After awhile, they couldn’t swat me away, and just had to learn how to deal with me.

Then, they realized that I was actually a pretty cool guy.

We are so intensely focused on eradicating bullying, that we forget to give victims a tougher shell. Through my experience of being bullied, I now could care less about what people think of me because I am so much stronger. Emotional strength comes from life experiences, and some of those experiences are painful. Words hurt, and really do cut deep. But by simply ending bullying, we aren’t giving other John Regans the ability to grow stronger and rise above their situations. Had I not been bullied I would be a lot more sensitive towards what other people say about me. I would be easily offended and hurt by every little comment said over text message, in an argument, or by strangers.

Middle school taught me how to cope with real life, and for that I am grateful. If you are getting bullied, seek help from a teacher, parent, or administrator, but also figure out a way to deal with the situation yourself. As you begin to focus on good friends and the parts of yourself that you love, other people’s words will mean less and less.

Write a list of things that you love about yourself and put them on your mirror. Ask your friends what they admire about you. Say something out loud to yourself every morning, such as, “I am confident, I love myself, and I am perfect just the way I am.” It sounds silly, but words become actions, and your ability to cope will improve. And most importantly, keep fighting. It gets better. I promise. -John Regan

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A&E

February 24, 2015

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NV Fine Arts perform in All-State concert Jessie Li Staff Writer

The Ohio Music Education Association All-State Orchestra performed their annual concert on February 7. It is part of the OMEA State Conference where music educators from all over Ohio attend seminars and see concerts. All-State Orchestra is made up of the finest orchestral musicians in Ohio; this includes string, wind, and percussion players. According to Orchestra Director Pamela Thiel, the purpose is to pull these top musicians together from across the state to form an ensemble of the highest caliber.

“They perform music that is much more difficult and at a much higher level than any high schools could perform,” said Mrs. Thiel. “It is very exciting to participate in and hear.”

String players audition in the fall and are accepted through their regions. Each region sends eight violins, three violas, three cellos, and two basses. Ohio has five regions. The winds and percussions audition by recording in the spring before All-State begins and are chosen from hundreds of recordings submitted throughout the state.

This year, Northview had the honor of having five students participate in All-State: senior violinists Geeta Rao and Mary Solomon, junior cellist Starr Jiang, senior singer Kristen Osinski, and junior percussionist Ryan Thomas. Osinski and Thomas were members of the All-State Choir and All-State Band, respectively.

“I am fairly certain that this is the first time we have had students in all three All-State ensembles in the 18 years I have been at NV,” Mrs.Thiel said. “I am extraordinarily proud of all of these students and think this is really something to be celebrated”.

For the seniors, it will be their last year to participate in All-State before they head off to college.

“I feel very honored to have been a part of All-State,” said Solomon.

“It’s great to know that I have been picked to be in an ensemble with the state’s best musicians. I’ve been a member for three years and I’m sad that I won’t be able to participate next year because the experience was so rewarding and I made a lot of great memories.”

All-State is an opportunity for hundreds of talented students to come together from all across Ohio to make music. Conductors are brought in from all across the country to work with these students.

“Being part of All-State was a great experience for me because I had the chance to meet other great musicians across the state and learn a lot about music,” Jiang said. “I’ve been selected for All-State twice but last year I had a time conflict with Carnegie Hall so I couldn’t go. All-State definitely helped improve my understanding of style in music and the brilliance of some of the musicians in our state.”

“This was my first year being involved in the All-State Choir and it really affected my musical career in a few different ways,” Osinski said. “It exposed me to many talented and wonderful humans, and it helped make me realize the sheer amount of talented people that exist in the world. The music world, especially at a competitive level, is a truly demanding one.

It takes extreme dedication, passion, and self discipline to truly become a master of your craft. And being surrounded by musicians who are better than you, helps you get better yourself.”

It was Thomas’s first year participating in All-State as well.

“All-State was great,” Thomas said. “The chance to make great music with people as invested in music as I am is definitely a rewarding experience. I really enjoyed what I did while we were there. It was a very good experience that I enjoyed a lot”.

Theatre preps for Spring Play Choir, band spark interest in young talent at Junior Highs Syd Donahue Staff Writer

Moon Over Buffalo is the spring play this year and a hilarious comedy that takes place in Buffalo, New York in the 1950s.

The play focuses on George and Charlotte Hay, which are played by seniors Noah Froelich and Kristin Osinski, who are slowly fading stars.“Well George and Charlotte Hay are traveling actors. The theatre is a dying art form because of the TV. This guy Frank comes into town to cast them. But a lot of funny crazy things happen and you’ll just have to come to know the ending,” Froelich said. “It’s definitely a farce type of play. A lot of crazy real life situations happen and it is really funny. I love being a part of this play because I get to interact with a small cast and make new friends.”

Froelich and Osinski aren’t the only students in the play; there are others like seniors Emily Hoffman as Rosalind, Danny Hall as Howard, Maddie Hadeed as Eileen, junior Matthew Nolan as Paul, sophomore Caity Hoffman as Ethel, and freshman Luke Kilcorse as Richard.

A play doesn’t just consist of its actors and actresses, there is a lot of action behind the curtains that the audience can’t see. “I oversee everything, and try to pull everyone together. When performance time comes around I take charge, kind of like a mini director. I call que, tell people when to do their job, and I also take attendance and notes at rehearsals,” Stage Manager junior Marissa Brown said. “Being a stage manager is sometimes really difficult at times but I can handle it.”

But that still doesn’t include everyone involved in the production. Ever wonder where all those cool lights and colors come from? Well, all that is controlled by the Lighting Crew. Sophomore Grace Figliomeni is the Crew leader and is in charge of planning what she does with her crew and how all the lights work. “I work with anything associated with the lights. I make que, gel and clean the lights. Everything. But I’m not on stage I’m behind where everyone sits in the tech booth.”

The play is in April from the 16-19, 7:30 pm and 2:30 on Sunday.

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At the beginning of every year a new class of freshmen arrive, bringing new talent to both band, and choirs.

In order to excite the incoming freshmen about joining band or choir these groups travel to all the different middle schools and perform for them.

The choir traveled to Arbor Hills and McCord during periods one through six, singing songs such as Charlotte Town and Homeward Bound, sung by men’s chorus.

“Choir has given me so many wonderful lessons and experiences, and I just want other kids to be able to get that too,” senior Kristin Osinski said.

The band also traveled to schools to inspire kids.

Performing songs from their Elvis halftime show, the Safety Dance, some of their famous stand tunes, and even drum line performed their own solo.

“I love the adrenaline of seeing the kids so excited about us playing for them, it is an amazing experience and I loved every minute of it,” senior Christina How-

ard, a member of the drum line, said.

The band traveled to McCord, Arbor Hills, Highland, and in the afternoon they split up and half performed at Hillview, while the other half was at Maplewood.

The NV Concert and Chamber Orchestras will be travelling to the junior highs on April 29. They will most likely be playing music from their Disney concert, according senior Mary Solomon, concertmistress of the Chamber Orchestra.

The orchestras will combine in program for Disney, which includes Aladdin’s “A Whole New World”, a jazz piece entitled “Orange Jam,” a contemporary piece called “Today,” a western-themed piece, and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” They will play some of this music at McCord and Arbor Hills.

“I think that the Disney music is very appropriate for visiting the junior highs since it is recognizable. I am excited to play for the junior high kids since it is advertising the programs that NV offers,” senior Emily Hoffman, a member of both the choir and orchestra said.

Students write, direct, perform their own productions Isabelle Compton Staff Writer

On January 30 and January 31 drama club presented the annual Winter One Acts.

Winter One Acts is a collection of student written and directed productions of about 5-15 minutes in length, according to drama club officer Marissa Brown.

“Winter One Acts is put on by the drama club.

Students write, direct, act and perform acts, which are usually pretty funny and always give the audience a laugh. We always collect canned food goods for the Sylvania Family Association. Winter One Acts are a very fun thing to put on and the students get a lot of

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fulfillment with wowing the crowd at the end of our acts and performances,” sophomore Caity Hoffman stated.

Any member of drama club was invited to participate, including people that had done it in the past and newly inducted thespians.

“I think that this one acts went pretty well. Everyone involved had a great time,” Brown said.

The entrance price was $5 or 2 canned goods. The canned goods were donated to the Sylvania Area Family Services, according to actor and drama club officer Matthew Nolan.

“Winter One Acts went great this year, we had a lot of talented kids come out and join. We were very lucky to have very talented writers and directors,” Nolan said.

feature musician Noah Froelich, Orchestra

Senior Noah Froelich currently serves the music department in many ways with his multiple musical talents. He began performing in musical productions in the fourth grade and began playing cello in sixth grade; he still currently participates in theatre and orchestra at Northview.

Froelich has also been a member of the A Capella choir for the past two years. Over spring break, he will be traveling with the orchestra to Disney World in Orlando, Florida to perform. -Claire Goecke How long have you been in Northview’s top Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra?

I have been in Chamber Orchestra for three years.

What are you most excited about for your trip to Disney World with the Orchestra?

I’m most excited to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I’m a huge fan of the books and the movies. Tiana Sarsour also told me to get a turkey leg while I’m there, so I’m looking forward to that too.

What would you consider your biggest accomplishment in music?

I went to All-State Orchestra my junior year.

Do your future college plans involve music?

Although I won’t major in music, I plan on joining a choir or orchestra in college for fun.

Who has inspired you most to continue pursuing music?

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There are many people who have inspired me to continue playing and performing, including Mrs. Thiel, my family, and my private cello instructor.

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Dance team competition season in full swing Emma Crandall Sports Editor

Thus far this season, the Northview Dance Team has been working on their competition dances at a slower pace than they originally planned, according to senior Morgan Korn.

The team started learning their pom routine early in the season, but took a large amount of practice time cleaning and perfecting the dance.

They then moved on to jazz and lastly hip hop, cleaning each dance as they went.

“This year we started our hip hop routine a lot later than usual,” junior Sammi Klinger said. “It was very stressful to learn it so quickly, but we stayed focused and it came together nicely.”

All the team’s hard work on preparation is to reach the end goal, States. With regionals quickly approaching, the team faced crunch time. Having only a week and a half to learn an entire hip hop routine, while implementing new tricks and partner work, the team felt the pressure, according to sophomore Libby Sadowski.

Regionals was held at Anthony Wayne on February 8 starting promptly at 10a.m. The Dance Team held an early morning practice at NV to make last minute changes and adjustments before heading out to the competition.

“The extra practice really helped a lot to clarify counts and things we recently changed. It also prepped us for the day and really got us ready to compete,” freshman Korrin Zollweg said.

Regionals is set up as a qualifier for the state competition, so there are no actual scores or placements at this competition. In the recent years,

the team has done well at Regionals. In 2012, for the first time ever the NVDT qualified for States in the hip hop category. The next year, all three routines qualified, and the same went for last year. The girls were hoping to keep the streak alive and be able to head down to Columbus to compete three dances.

“When I was a freshman, there were very few teams that competed at regionals,” senior Caitlyn Jones said. “Since then, more teams in our area have competed to qualify for a state title.”

The first performance of the morning was pom. With this being the first routine the team learned, they felt confident in going into the performance, according to freshman Teagan Benedict. The girls came off the floor feeling content with their performance. Next came jazz and then hip hop.

After all the teams performed, awards were held. The team sat around in a circle, hands held, in anticipation for the judges to call “Northview.” They were announced three times, meaning NV would be heading to Columbus for all three dances.

“Since I am new to dance team, regionals this year was so exciting for me,” sophomore MaryCaye McCann said. “We have been working really hard all season long, and qualifying for states made us all feel great about our progress. I can’t wait to compete in Columbus.”

Seniors Grace Colville, Mackenzie Elrod, Korn, and Caitlyn Jones are the first in NV history to say they have qualified for States each year of their high school dance careers.

On February 21, the NVDT also competed at the OSU dance competition held at St. Ursula.

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SOPHOMORE LIBBY SADOWSKI is lifted by seniors Grace Colville and Mackenzie Elrod in NVDT’s hip hop routine. “When my coach told me that I was the one she wanted in the air, I was a little nervous,” Sadowski said. “Grace and Mackenzie are really strong lifters though, so after we did it a few times I felt a lot better.”

LadyKat basketball prepares for tournament Kendall McCoy Sports Editor

As the LadyKats near the end of the regular season and get ready for the tournament, they have had some great challenges in the past few games.

To start, the Kats played the Napoleon Wildcats on February 12. They started off slow and down by three in the first three

minutes. The Grand Canyon, as Napoleon calls their gym, can be an intimidating atmosphere to play in but that didn’t stop the Kats.

Their relentless defense and patience on offense fueled the fire they needed to get a 17 point lead by halftime. The lead continued into the second half as the ladies won with a score of 56-30. Senior Kendall McCoy lead all scorers with 13 points.

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but a league clinching game as well. The victory against Napoleon guaranteed the Kats the NLL League Title for the 2014-’15 season. The last time NV won the league was in the 2011-’12 season.

“We had no idea until after the game that we won the title. Honestly, it was a great moment for all of us because this was one of our main goals going into the season. It’s nice to have the hard work we have put into our season pay off,” senior Kendall Jessing said.

Next on their schedule was the Notre Dame Academy Eagles who the Kats played on February 16 at home.

The game was originally supposed to be played at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green on February 14 as part of the”Heroes in Action” showcase which honored women in the military.

Due to weather conditions, the game was cancelled and then moved to NV two days later.

In the past couple meetings, the Kats have not been able to pull off a victory but this time was much different because of their home court advantage and evenly matched personnel.

NDA has three players going on to the college level: Kayla McCintyre, Mariah Copeland, and Christina Jefferson. However, the Kats have that same threat with McCoy, Jessing, and senior Maddie Cole.

The game lived up to its hype and right off the bat, the scores went back and forth. NV’s pressure defense and rebounding held its own keeping the game close throughout. At halftime, the Kats were only trailing by six points.

In the second half, NDA showed extreme patience on offense which took some time off the clock but the Kats still remained composed.

The game was full of momentum swings for both teams. Although NV could not quite get the game within less than three points, they still fought hard on their home court. NDA's lead was never in double digits and the Kats never trailed by more than six points.

Due to last second fouls NV had to commit, NDA hit their free throws and increased the lead. NV lost 35-42. Overall, the Kats outrebounded NDA with a tally of 3728, most of which were offensive rebounds.

On the defensive end, seniors Maddie Fries and Haley Archibeque relayed their toughness as Fries kept Copeland to four points and Archibeque was up in Jefferson’s face all night.

Cole and Jessing also held McCintyre to 12 points which is seven less than her normal average. Stats for the game were McCoy with 18 points and eight rebounds, Jessing with nine points, and Cole with eight points.

“Any team would prefer to win but this game has given us the confidence we need if we play them again in the tournament. We lost by 30 points last year and now we only lost by seven so it is a huge improvement. We can’t hang our heads about this loss,” McCoy said.

Their last game of the season was away against the Anthony Wayne Generals on February 17. They won the game 55-43 but this was the first game with Fries out as she tore her ACL in the NDA game.

This loss will hamper the Kats slightly but as long as they continue to work together and make each other better, Fries is very confident in her teammates.

“Of course this is a hard thing to have to go through but I am staying as positive as I can. My job now is to be there for my teammates and support them the whole way,” Fries said.

This marks the beginning of postseason for the Kats as they enter into the tournament.

NV received the second seed out of 17 teams in the district.

They play tonight at Fostoria High School at 6:15 p.m. against the Bowsher Rebels in the first tournament game.

If they win, the Kats will then play the winner of Lima Senior versus Ashland at Fostoria High School on February 28 at 6:15 p.m.

Boys basketball season winds down GymKats Matt Bishop Staff Writer

The Boys’ Varsity Wildcat Basketball team hosted the Perrysburg Yellow Jackets on January 16 looking to gain momentum in the final half of the season.

The game was back and forth with neither team able to gain a lead of more than four points until Perrysburg took an eight point lead in the third quarter and looked as if they would take the win.

NV stormed back in the fourth quarter and tied the game up. The two teams would need more than the normal 32 minutes to determine a victor. After two overtimes, the Wildcats won the game 74-71. Junior Aerin West led the team with 22 points.

“It was a good win for us after struggling early in the season,” West said. “Getting the experience in overtime also gives us an edge if we ever go to overtime again.”

The Cats were unable to get a winning streak started as they lost to Anthony Wayne on January 20. After trailing by 12 at one point, NV closed the gap but still lost by two, 47-49.

The next game for NV was at home against Bowling Green on January 23. BG won the first matchup of the season so the Cats were looking for revenge.

West once again led the Wildcats with 23 points. However, the key in this game was the tough defense that NV played which caused many turnovers for BG. NV won this exciting game 49-48.

“We were able frustrate them on the defensive end and force some mistakes,”

Senior Alec Ritzert said. “It was a great team win.”

The Cats lost their next game at St. Francis 46-53 on January 27. The team had a poor shooting night and finished the game with a shooting percentage under 40%.

The next matchup for NV was an away contest against the Maumee Panthers on January 30. The Wildcats won the first game between these schools by 20 points.

NV opened the game on an 8-0 run and it looked as if it would be another blowout. They led 16-6 after the first quarter.

The Panthers didn’t give up and fought their way back to within seven points at the half. By the time the third quarter ended, NV was only winning 33-29.

The two teams went back and forth in the fourth quarter. When the final buzzer went off, the Wildcats had won the game 51-49 and picked up their fourth win in the NLL. The Cats lost their next two games to Bedford, 35-51, and Springfield, 56-60.

On February 6, NV got revenge against the Napoleon Wildcats in a 59-41 victory.

They also looked to get revenge against rival Southview on February 13.

The Cougars came into the game undefeated and ranked number one in the state. The Cats came out motivated for an upset and only trailed by four at halftime.

Southview proved worthy of their number one ranking in the second half as they extended their lead to 20 points. NV lost the game with a final score of 48-67.

Junior Mohammed Afifi led the team with

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SOPHOMORE LOGAN JESSING pulls up for a three point shot in their game against Southview. “I was so excited to finally play Southview at home,” Jessing said. “We finally had a great student turn out, which really helped me get pumped up for the game.”

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“I thought we played really well up until the second half. We let them hit two threes and then had a lot of costly turnovers at the end of the third quarter,” Afifi said. “Overall, the game felt closer than the score showed. I think we have a pretty good chance if we play them again in the

tournament.”

Next up for the Wildcats is a trip to Perrysburg on February 20 followed by a home game against Central Catholic on February 24.

The final regular season game is an away game versus Anthony Wayne on February 27.

The GymKats have been increasing their success as the season progresses.

The girls have traveled and competed at Exceleration Gymnastics, the Patrick Henry Invitational, and most recently the NLL championships.

The Patrick Henry Invitational took place on January 1. There senior Katelyn McKown tied for second place on floor with a score of 9.1. For people who do not quite understand scoring in gymnastics, the competitor is judged on a 10 point scale, therefore getting anything above a 9 is very good. Sophomore, Alanna Zaletta competed vault and earned a score of 7.75, and on beam with a score of 7.5 for the GymKats.

After the Patrick Henry Invitational, the GymKats competed at Exceleration Gymnastics against Southview, St. Ursula, Maumee, Clay, and Anthony Wayne.

On February 13 the GymKats traveled to Perrysburg to compete in the NLL Championships. Only five girls represented NV at the competition. The girls who competed were McKown and junior Jill Newton in the All Around.

Sophomore Rachel Frye competed on vault, bars, and floor. Freshman Alanna Zaletta competed on beam, and vault for the GymKats.

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February 24, 2015

Swim, dive qualify several for district meet Dieringer, Horvath advance in diving to State tournament, going for gold

HOWALD JUNIOR TREVOR O’HARE swims butterfly in the medley relay during a home meet. The swim and dive team had several athletes qualify for the District meet and two girls from the dive team, Baylie Horvath and Kaitlin Dieringer, qualify for States.

Nazihah Bhatti Features Editor

The swim and dive team have had an exciting season this year. Team members have greatly improved since last year and had 18 people qualify for districts.

“Our goals for this season were to strengthen our-

selves and improve our stamina and speed. We worked hard together and had some great bonding moments as a team,” Federman said.

The swim team has several morning practices a week, along with everyday after school. They worked hard to prepare for sectionals. As sectionals got closer the team tapered with shorter practices, eating healthy and getting plenty of sleep.

They had more breaks during practice to make sure that they got rest and didn’t over work themselves, according to junior Sarah Emery.

“It was hard work to prepare for sectionals but all of our hard work and dedication pays off when we do well,” junior Miriam Federman said.

Sectionals were on February 14 at St. Francis de Sales and swimmers competed in their best events as

individuals and in relays.

At the District diving tournament, freshmen Baylie Horvath placed third with a score of 433 and sophomore Kaitlin Dieringer placed first with a score of 461.

Both girls qualified for States. Senior Katelyn McKown also placed ninth in diving with a score of 305.

“Qualifying for States in diving is what I have been working for since I was eight years old. It shows that all my hard work paid off,” Horvath said.

Senior diver Cameron O’Brien placed fifth with a score of 377.

“This season has been a lot better than last year, and I lost a couple seconds off of my 100 freestyle. It was nice to have been the only one to qualify individually for districts and I’m hoping to get down to 22 seconds for my 50 freestyle,” senior Zac Frame said.

Frame was also a part of the 200 freestyle relay and the 200 medley relay. Other team members who competed in these relays were senior Grant Schwartz and juniors Jack Sanderson and Tristan Castor.

Competing in the boys’ 400 freestyle were senior Matt Coulter, junior Michael D’onofrio, junior Trevor O’Hare, and sophomore Nate Baldwin.

“We practiced a lot this season to be able to improve our times. Our team has worked together to accomplish our goals this season,” D’onofrio said.

The girls’ relays were the 400 freestyle, 200 freestyle, and the 200 medley relay. Members of the 400 included senior Lauren DeBelly, Emery, sophomore Liz Liber, and freshman Mikayla Reynolds. Members of the 200 were sophomore Ashley Houtteikier, Amanda Taylor, Paige Matuszynski, and junior Lydia Delmonico.

“Throughout the season, our team has become so much closer and we’re basically family,” Taylor said.

“The team has been working really hard this season to improve and we’re glad that so many people qualified for districts,” Emery said.

Broomball girls Wrestling pins their competition begin season, ready to play

the Northwood tournament. Placing second for the Wildcats was senior Mahdi Jaloudi, junior Nick Adams, and sophomore Trevor Hartbarger.

Staff Writer Placing third was sophomore Jessup Pawelczyk. Senior Keith Sporleder placed fourth, and sophomores John Watson, Andy Summers, and Marty On February 4, the wrestling team took on the Hofbauer placed fifth.

Southview Cougars here at Northview.

The team traveled to St. Johns Jesuit High School Being a young team At this rivalry match, it was senior night and on December 30 for the SJJ Invitational. The team finCoach Rada Eltatawy was honored as well. Before gives us the opporished seventh place out of 17 teams. Placing second was the start of the match, all of Coach Rada’s accomPawelczyk and Hartbarger, Jaloudi placed third, and tunity to improve plishments were announced along with a moment placing fifth was Sporleder, Adams, and Summers. as much as we can of silence. Also, the team retired Coach Rada’s wres“Being such a young team gives us the opportunity tling shoes, honoring him and his family and then -Trevor Hartbarger, to improve as much as we can. I think that the team did presented his shoes in a display box to his wife. very well at this tournament,” sophomore Trevor Hartsophomore After each wrestler ended their individual barger said. match, they brought Coach Rada’s wife a rose. The On February 7, the team traveled to Springfield three seniors: Matthew Hosler, Keith Sporleder, and High School and placed fourth out of eight teams at Mahdi Jaloudi were undefeated in their last home match, defeating the NLL’s. Pawelczyk and Hofbauer placed second, Hosler and Hartbarger took Cougars 58-12 with both teams giving up points due to not having a full third, and Sporleder, Adams, and sophomore Mark Vasquez placed fourth. team.

“Overall it went well. After a quick pep talk, we kicked it into gear and On December 5 and 6, the team placed fourth out of 22 teams at were able to finish fourth as a team,” Sporleder said.

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Kendall McCoy Sports Editor

This year’s Girls’ Broomball team, also referred to as the NV Ice Ninjas, began their season in the beginning of February.

Here, broomball is considered a club activity because it is not an actual varsity sport. The roster consists of 12 players from Northview and Southview.

Before this story continues, it is beneficial that we understand the rules of broomball a little bit better. Broomball is a sport very similar to hockey but there are some differences. First, instead of skates the players wear special shoes with rubber on the bottom so they won’t slide on the ice. Instead of hockey sticks, the players use brooms that are duct taped at the end, according to junior Kathryn Tucker.

Also, broomball is less aggressive than hockey. Although the refs call penalties during the game and the girls must sit in the penalty box for an amount of time, there is not as much checking and contact between players.

Another difference is the amount of people on the ice at one time. In broomball, there are a total of 20 people on the ice at a time, which means ten from each team including the goalie.

“I just really want people to realize that broomball is a really fun sport. We are a very close knit group of girls and we always do stuff together outside of broomball,” Tucker said.

The Ice Ninjas play all their games at Tamo-Shanter late at night. The game times can range anywhere between 7 p.m. and 4 a.m and they typically play teams from around Toledo such as Bowsher and Rossford.

They are part of the Greater Toledo Broomball League which consists of teams around the area such as Anthony Wayne, Central Catholic, Bowsher, Maumee, Notre Dame Academy, Start, St.Ursula, and N o r t h v i e w.

I’m excited to win some Southview games and see how far did not have we can get in tournaenough people to make a team ments this year so -Cheridan Myers, junior two girls from SV are part of the Ice Ninja’s team.

Most schools in this league have more than one team such as Bowsher who has nine different teams. The league is further split into the blue conference and red conference. Instead of league games, they play tournaments on the weekends against most of these schools.

So far in their season they have had four games with a record that stands at 3-1. They tied against Maumee and had victories against two teams from Bowsher and Anthony Wayne.

“I think the team has done a great job so far and I’m excited to win some more games along the way and see how far we get in tournaments,” junior Cheridan Myers said.

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Lourdes, NV finalize plan to combine fields for athletics Andrew Headman News Editor

Northview Athletics and Lourdes University have partnered up to assist Lourdes who is in need of fields for their athletics to practice and play on. The deal has been under negotiations and was finalized on February 9. Lourdes will donate over $1.3million over the next five years to the project; while the NV Athletic Foundation started working to raise another $1.3 million

for the new fields.

Lourdes University will be playing lacrosse, soccer, and softball on the NV campus. Once the weather breaks, they will be preparing to put in turf on the football field, according to NV Athletic Director Chris Irwin.

“The plan is for next fall to have both soccer and football games being played on campus,” Mr. Irwin said.

Part of the money that will be donated and raised will go towards a new softball field also to be on campus. Once all the money is raised

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Photo courtesy of Mr. Irwin THESE ARE PLANS FOR THE NEW practice football field and new softball field. The football fields will be turf and they plan on removing parking spots where the transfer students park. The softball field will start renovations when they raise the money.

construction will begin on the field. Center field will be close to right field for the baseball team’s field, the infield will be turff. This will be taking away parking spots from where the transfer students park now therefore spots will be added at the east end of the new football practice field.

The new practice field will be located on the purchased land next to the former Franciscan School.

“The overall goal is to bring the athletes back on campus, it is important for the players and parents to be back on campus, from the aspect that they will not have to travel to Timberstone to have soccer games or track meets. This will increase attendance at the games because people will not have to travel all the way to Timberstone,” Mr. Irwin said.

This deal will help Lourdes not only with being able to play games near their campus, but will help them with recruiting. They will be able to show recruits their facilities.

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February 24, 2015

Hockey enters playoffs, game tonight vs P-burg Cats end season third in Red Division, hold 10-10-5 record Wulf had 12 saves and goals came from Crandall with two, Galecki had two, junior Adam Felser had two, Kross, and junior Drew Beattie each with one.

Later that night the Wildcats took on St. Edwards for the second time this season. NV would go scoreless and lose 0-8. Due had 13 saves and then later in the game Wulf had 20. The final results for the tournament would be 1-1-1.

On January 24, NV would face off with Findlay for league play a second time this year, on senior night. Felser would score two goals that game, but that wouldn’t be enough for Findlay’s five goals including an empty net goal. Due finished with 26 saves.

The next week on January 29, NV faced off with league leader the St.Francis Knights. Junior Alex Syring would score the only goal for the Cats. But NV would have a stellar performance from the entire team and would defeat the Knights 1-0. Wulf claimed

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the first shutout for the Cats and had 43 saves.

“It was our best game we have played all year. We played amazing in both zones, and staying out of the penalty box helped too,” senior Ian Clement said.

The next night the Cats took a day long trip out to Culver, Indiana to take on Culver Military Academy for a “tune up” game for the upcoming playoffs. The Cats had a good offensive game, but could only produce one goal from junior Brendan Pierson.

NV would drop the game 1-4. Due ended with 22 saves.

Then on February 7, the Cats took a drive north to Flint, Michigan for another “tune up” game. It was a different story up there, NV would win the game 4-3. Wulf had 35 saves. Galecki ended up with three goals while Clement scored the other.

MERMER After that game the Wildcats would bring their record 10-105, and finish in the red division as third place with a 3-3-2 record SENIOR CAPTAINS IAN CLEMENT, Josh Koback, and Zack Galecki line up for a face off against Findlay and finished ranked No. 10 in the state. on January 24 on senior night. The Cats faced a 5-2 defeat against the Trojans.

The playoffs started on February 17 for the Cats where they Jarred Wulf New York. The score ended up tied at 3-3 but all of NV’s goals took on Ottawa Hills for the first round.

Staff Writer were scored in just over a minute stretch. The goals came from NV would score their ten goals to win the game, 10-0. Wulf At this point in the season the Hockey team stands in a fa- senior Zach Galecki, junior Reed Kross, and sophomore Brad had 1 save. Goals were scored by Beattie, who had three, Galecki, juniors Alec Thompson, Hunter Fritz, Jason Gross, and Syring, as miliar spot as last year’s team. On January 16 the Wildcat icers Crandall. Senior Preston Due had 24 saves.

The next morning NV would take on North Hills from Penn- well as sophomores Matt Fink and Yaseen Mustapha. took a ride out to Meadville, Pennsylvania. For the first game of The next game is February 24 against Perrysburg. the tournament, Northview would face off with Bethel Park from sylvania. The final score was 8-1 for the Wildcats. Junior Jarred

feature athlete Katelyn McKown, Gymnastics Senior Katelyn McKown participates in both gymnastics and diving here at Northview. Her junior year, she was the only NV gymnast to qualify for the state competition.

~Kendall McCoy and Emma Crandall

When did you start doing gymnastics?

I started doing gymnastics when I was four years old. I first started at Sunrise because it looked fun so my parents let me try it.

What do you do to prepare yourself before a meet?

I like to listen to music and visualize my routine. I don’t do anything too special but I do have a specific hairstyle I wear for each game. I braid it on the side and put it into a ponytail or braid.

Who is your favorite gymnast?

I would have to say McKayla Maroney because she was in the Olympics and I really enjoy watching her.

What is your favorite moment from high school gymnastics?

By far my favorite moment was when I qualified for States in beam and vault my junior year. It was such a good feeling having all my hard work pay off.

Out of all the leotards you own, which is your go to?

Actually, my go to are my Nike Pro spandex. That is my favorite thing to practice in and I am pretty sure I have at least ten pairs. However, my favorite leotard is this black one with pink at the top and rhinestones. I got it my sophomore year and it is so comfortable to wear.

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