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Sylvania Northview Volume 83 Issue #7 February 24, 2008
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Winter Sports Assembly recognizes captains >>page 2
Are Ohio schools teaching enough math and sciences? >> page 6
Turnabout assembly amuses Staff Writer What do a gorilla suit, chicken noodle soup, and Africa have in common? They were all a part of the 2009 Turnabout assembly at Northview. At 1:53 PM, students began to file into the main gym to the sounds of “Walk like an Egyptian.” Once everyone settled down, the choirs sang the Alma Mater. The representatives from each grade were escorted by their moms as they walked down the runway. The freshman representative was John Broer, and the sophomore representative was Yianni Papadimos. The junior representative was Bobby Callejas. The top 5 senior representatives were Ben Meyers, Dave Navarre, Tim Bodie, Dan Cooperider, and Bob Napierela. “The assembly was really tight,” said junior Bob Callejas, “I liked it a lot.” Harmony Road Show performed “Africa” by Toto following the announcement of the Turnabout court. Sophomore Austin Flores was given the opportunity to perform a solo during “Africa” with the vocal jazz group. “Having a solo with Harmony Road Show really inspired me,” said Flores, “now I want to be in Road Show even more next year.” As tradition, the top 5 representatives from the senior class each performed a skit, which usually exemplifies a talent of some sort. Ben Meyers was up first, and was slightly unorthodox when it came to his skit. As the song “Year 3000” by the Jonas Brothers played, Meyers walked around and strutted his stuff. Next up was Tim Bodie. He came out dressed up in tight leather pants and an afro
Sierra Roby SENIOR DAN COOPERIDER as “Dan the Magic Man,” combines colors during his Turnabout skit. Four senior boys including Ben Meyers, Tim Bodie, David Navarre and Dan Cooperider each did a skit to pursuade students to vote for them for Turnabout King. Unfortunately senior court member Bob Napierala was absent and unable to perform a skit. wig. He showed off his dance moves and graced us with his singing talents as he sang “Staying Alive”. Dressed as a Gorilla, Dave Navarre danced to the song “Chicken Noodle Soup”. He showed off some hip-hop dance moves. Dan Cooperider finished up the skits with some magical tricks. “Dan the magic man” from “England” performed tricks such as pulling colors out of a bag and pulling a zebra from his top-hat. Also, Cooperider made senior Sam Weisman levitate, disappear, and then reappear. “This was my first show in the States and
I was really happy with the superb energy in the building,” said Cooperider, “Looking back on it, I thought it was a wicked good show.” Unfortunately, Bob Napierala was sick on the day of the assembly and unable to perform his skit. “I personally enjoyed all the skits. Sam Weisman was my favorite performance of the day. She took Dan Coop’s magic act to another level,” said senior Ali Sayre. Students will vote during the week leading up to Turnabout on who will be their king.
NHS carnations continue tradition Smoking affects NV students >> page 7
Staff Writer In keeping with tradition, National Honors Society held their annual carnation sale during the week of February 9. Students were able to purchase the flowers during their lunch periods for delivery on February 13. In preparation for the sale, NHS formed a committee of students led by chairperson senior Sarah Federman. The group met the week previous to the sale, to make decisions regarding flower color, advertising, and selling dates.
“The committee decided on red carnations because it is the color of Valentine’s Day,” said Treasurer senior Martha Fitzgerald. “And because red colored flowers were only 38¢.” NHS had high hopes for the sale, ordering 500 carnations, leaving room for broken or dead flowers. “We had about 100 orders previous to the 12th and almost 200 orders that day, leaving us with a lot of flowers to deliver,” said Fitzgerald. Because of religious obligations, Federman was unable to help out during the week of the sale, leaving matters to NHS President senior Sweta Rao, Secretary
senior Andrea Darmahkasih, and Treasurer Fitzgerald. The carnations came in February 11 and were tied and carded after school on the 12th. Friday the 13th was delivery day, leaving students and some teachers in anticipation during first and second period. “Well I was surprised when I received my carnations,” said junior Morgan Hojnacki. “I actually have friends.” According to Fitzgerald, NHS sales fell short of expectations. Of the ordered 500 flowers, only 300 were sold. Although there were extra carnations, the sale made a profit of over $200 for afterprom.
Science Olympiad eyes on States Swimmers compete in Sectionals >> page 10
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Northview’s Science Olympians returned home late on February 7 with exhausted bodies, four medals, and a 14th overall finish. Students loaded buses bright and early at 4:30a.m. and left for Solon, Ohio to compete against 44 other teams at the Solon Invitational. The invitational included events ranging from typical science events such as Chemlab and Physics Lab, to abstract building and writing events. Competition officially began at 8:30 that morning with each event lasting 50 minutes, leaving only ten minutes as travel periods between events. In many cases, students were in up to six events, some being back to back. “It was really hectic being in six back to back events in such a big school,” said junior President Connor McEwen, “But I felt like it prepared me well for regionals since that competition will be quite similar.” NV faired well in the Science Olympics with top performances in the Junkyard Challenge and Physics Lab. The duo of junior John Holler and senior Ricky Gerding raced to build a machine from scratch within the allotted 50 minutes and dominated with a fourth place finish. NV took another medal with its sixth place finish in Physics Lab by McEwen and Holler. High placements also included Holler and McEwen placing ninth in Write it Do It, where one student writes directions to build a model and another student builds it based on those directions, and senior Paul Broer and junior Levi Jasper placing tenth in Remote Sensing, where students identify planetary structures. “The invitational was full of super competitive teams,” said Holler, “I was surprised I placed so well.” Sam Weisman This competition was also a new experience to the many novice SENIOR SWETA RAO and junior Connor McEwen continue to work Olympians on the team. “It was definitely different that anything hard in hopes to qualify for states in the near future along with else I’ve done before,” said Broer, “But it was a good preview to the rest of the Science Olympiad team. what regionals will be like.” This invitational was a challenge to many due to NV’s shortage in team members and the more experienced, disciplined teams well at the Regional competition on March 7 and qualify to states with more preparation. present, according to advisor Mr. Andy Roth. “I have full confidence that we will prepare better after seeing “We were not as prepared as we could have been,” said Mr. our competition,” said McEwen, “we definitely have a good chance Roth, “but overall, I was happy with our effort.” With its weekend success, the team hopes to perform and place at going to states.”