The Student Prints Volume 94 Issue #7

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The Student Prints Volume 94, Issue 7

March 20, 2020

Governor Mike DeWine closes schools for three weeks due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Students like junior Claire Miller stopped in Monday to pick up work, while teachers prepared online lessons.

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Super Tuesday

Want to know what’s happening in politics? Check out this page for all you need to know, especially about Super Tuesday and more. P2

Editorials Features

Fast fashion issues

Where are your clothes coming from and how are they being made? Companies are trying to keep up with the latest trends, but they’re using unethical methods. P7

Domestic violence

An issue that affects people each and everyday. Why should we care about it and how does it affect us? We took a look deeper inside the core issues. P11

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NEWS

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Biden wins big on Super Tuesday Daniel Klein Staff Writer

The biggest day of the 2020 Democratic primaries, so-called “Super Tuesday,” occurred March 3. Fourteen states, as well as American Samoa and Democrats Abroad, held their primaries, and 1,357 delegates were awarded.

Former Vice President Joe Biden won the lion’s share of states and delegates, however, Senator Bernie Sanders kept the race close. Biden resoundingly won southern states like Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee. Biden also won hotly contested states that Sanders was previously projected to win, such as Texas, Minnesota, and Massachusetts.

Sanders did not walk away empty handed, though. He won the largest state of the day, California, as well as Utah, Colorado, and his home state of Vermont. The other Democratic candidates still in the race at the time (Michael Bloomberg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Representative Tulsi Gabbard) failed to win any states.

Bloomberg, however, won over 50% of votes in American Samoa, and was awarded five delegates.

Biden’s success, which was a little unexpected, was greatly boosted by a series of endorsements from influential politicians.

The day before Super Tuesday, candidates Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar both dropped out and endorsed Biden; former candidate Beto O’Rourke also endorsed Biden, though he dropped out in November. Exit polls indicate that a significant portion of Biden voters decided to vote for him within a few days of the primary.

After the dust settled, Biden took the lead overall in delegates, with 664; Sanders is in a relatively close second at 573. Biden is poised to be the frontrunner for the nomination, as Bloomberg dropped out the day after and endorsed Biden.

Biden followed up his big wins with another good day on “Super Tuesday II” or “Big Tuesday,” when states like Michigan, Washington, Mississippi, Missouri, Idaho, and North Dakota voted. Sanders won in North Dakota, while Biden swept the rest

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primary election was held this past Tuesday, March 17, the same day as Arizona, Florida, and Illinois.

Who’s won what state?

LLS campaign ends A group of students started a campaign to raise awareness and money to fight blood cancer specifically for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Their campaign started on January 16 and ended March 6.

“I’m relieved that our campaign is over and that we were able to raise so much money for something so important. I’m extremely proud of our accomplishments and grateful to be part of such a great cause,” sophomore Hannah Haupricht said.

The final amount that they raised was $37,000 which was close to their goal of $50,000.

The last fundraising event they had was a benefit concert on February 28. This event took place at Northview. There were musical performances by Maplewood Elementary, Arbor Hills Junior High, Southview, and NV. Admission to this event was free but donations were accepted. “I am thankful for everyone who donated to our campaign to help tackle cancer,” sophomore Tatum Brown said.

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Check mate Northview

BROTHAG JUNIORS MITCHELL LATENDRESSE and Isaac Miklovic are playing a tough game of chess while physics teachBROTHAG er Jon Engel is working at his desk. Issac is about to win the game in the next few moves and is excited.

Reegan Minor Staff Writer

Did you know that Northview has a Chess Club?

Well eight individuals do know. The club started with the help of physics teacher and athletic trainer Jon Engel.

Mr. Engel is the club advisor and allows the group to meet in his room twice

every week to compete against each other.

Many different people have come together due to their love for the game.

“It’s not often that two chess extraordinaires such as Mitchell Latendresse and myself happen to cross paths. We were very fortunate to have done so,” junior Isaac Miklovic said.

The group had a tournament that be-

gan March 9 to see who the best player truly was on the team. Latendresse finished third place in the tournament. However, Luke Park and Connor Ferguson still have to play each other for first place.

The tournament wraps up Chess Club for the 2019-’20 school year but the group is actively searching for new members for next school year.

Congressional Debate and senior captain Cecile Schreidah for Original Orientation.

Junior Michael Spinelli and freshman Ji-Fu Tsou went for Lincoln Douglas Debate.

And finally sophomore Grant Wieligman went for United States Extemporaneous Speaking.

In order to qualify for States Students qualify through littles and need to get four bids. To get bids they need to place very high at the competitions.

The amount of bids that are given out also relies on how many competitors are at the competitions, according to Schreidah.

While at States, Spinelli was able to beat a debater who went to semi finals and did the best out of any NV debater.

Richmond was able to break quarterfinals for congress, and Lee and Li broke to quarter finals in Duo Interpretation.

“My favorite part of States was watching the Duo Interpretation state finals.

States is super competitive so the final round is absolutely amazing and so fun to watch,” Schreidah said.

While the team is competing they also have some free time where they can do team bonding like going out to dinner.

“Speech and Debate has one of the best team cultures of anything I’ve ever been in and it’s really just great to get to spend time with such great people,” Spinelli said.

No team member is moving past States but many made it to the quarter finals.

SPADE goes to States Gillian Myslinski News Editor

The Speech and Debate team competed in the state competition in Wooster, Ohio on March 6 and 7.

The students who qualified for States include sophomore Elijah Amustutz and junior Maya Black for Public Forum, sophomore Laney Blagrave, seniors Dante Lee, and Alison Li, and sophomores Elizabeth Richmond, Maiya Sarikonda, and Sara Lee for Duo Interpretation and junior Ariba Fatima for Program of Oral Interpretation.

Also attending were seniors Daniel Klein, Jack McGranahan, and Kai Richmond and sophomore Frank Lee, for

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SciOly Gold qualifies for States

The Science Olympiad team competed in the Regional competition at the Bowling Green State University, on February 29.

Competitors can take tests in certain science subjects, or test pre-built cars, planes, and even rockets, according to junior George Hajjar.

This year each team was allowed to bring 15 members to compete in the events. Northview brought their Gold and Black teams.

The Gold team consists of seniors Daniel Klein, Angie Louis, Cecile Schreidah, and Anya Wojtkowiak, juniors David Dubiel, George Hajjar, Sam Kim, Jack Seal-Roth, Elena Stoycheva, Pravin Jayatissa, Luke Park, and Ben Turner, sophomore Frank Lee, and freshman Dipakshi Pal. The Black team consists of senior Sophie Strawbridge, juniors Aiden Archambault, Jae Choi, Fiona McDaniel, and Michael Spinelli, sophomores Emma Foster, Olivia Li, Haroon Lughmani, Elizabeth Richmond, and Grant Wieligman, freshman Alex Kang, Maggie Mchmitt, Ben Seal-Roth, Suneha Shelke, and Jack Szymanski.

Every year the team walks around campus because both of the team’s coaches, Andy Roth and Lauren Stewart, are BGSU Alums.

“One of my favorite parts was playing new random games that we come up with that pop-up and we have a lot of fun during the day,” Hajjar said.

In order to move on to States, the team has to compete in the regional competition.

The Varsity team, or the Gold team, placed first and the Junior Varsity team, or the Black team, finished second. Because of the spread of the Coronavirus, this year’s state competition has been canceled. “I’m honestly just glad that I got to end my senior season on such a positive note with a team that I love,” senior captain Angie Louis said.

Even though the team’s season was forced to end, they still placed well at Regionals coming in first and second place as teams. -Gillian Myslinski

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NEWS

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Beattie, Thiel honored at Distinguished Alumni Dinner An event hosted by the Sylvania Schools Foundation, the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame dinner, honors Sylvania Schools alumni.

PHOTO COURTESY OF AMY ADDINGTON THE TWO Kathleen A. Babiak Memorial Award for Volunteerism winners Paige with SV’s Aditi Vijendra

This year, they are honoring inductees into the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame, Sylvania Schools Educator of the Year, the Legacy Award Winner, and the Kathleen A. Babiak Award for volunteerism winners.

The Hall of Fame inductees have the opportunity to tour one of Sylvania’s high schools and speak to students the morning of the dinner.

The event was held on March 13 with a 6pm reception and the dinner and awards at 7. The Kathleen A. Babiak Memorial Award for Volunteerism is given to a Northview and a Southview student each year, according to Amy Addington, the District Communications Coordinator.

This award is named after one of the original trustees and founding members of the Sylvania Academic Excellence Founda-

tion, Kathy Babiak. Kathy’s children both graduated from Northview and during those years, she remained involved in both the school and community activities. This year, it was awarded to Southview’s Aditi Vijendra and Northview senior Paige Beattie.

“I’m so honored to have won the Babiak award for volunteerism this year,” Beattie said. “I’m so grateful to have grown up in such a loving community like Sylvania.

Thank you for all the wonderful opportunities Northview has offered over the last four years.”

The Legacy Award is given to an individual or organization for their positive impact on Sylvania Schools students and this year it was awarded to Sharon Lange.

The 2020 Distinguished Alumni are James A. Young,

Richard S. MacMillan, Steven Andrew Rank, Rebecca Myers Koike, and Clark Reber. The 2019 Sylvania Schools Educator of the Year is Orchestra Director Pam Thiel who gave a speech at the dinner.

“I was enormously honored to be recognized as the Sylvania Schools Educator of the Year and to give a brief address to those who gathered. Making the evening more special was that fact that the honorees included Richard MacMillan, (Sylvania HS

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EDITORIALS

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Sophomore Lourdes visit a waste of students’ time on ACT DAY While freshmen learned how to take a college visit, juniors took their ACT, and seniors learned what it’s like working with others, sophomores took the most pointless tour on ACT Day. Sophomores took their practice ACT to prepare us for next year with the real ACT and afterwards we had a college visit at Lourdes University. While the practice ACT can be helpful, the visit at Lourdes was not.

The sophomores were split into two large groups based on last name for the test.

Half were in the main gym while the other

half were in the aux gym.

After the practice ACT we walked to Lourdes to get a small welcome presentation and then eat lunch.

After lunch, the two groups either went to a presentation based on the career they picked, or to go on a tour of the campus. The two groups were also split into smaller sub-groups.

There were only four presentations that covered the many different career op-

tions. They did not explain much about each choice either.

The group that had the most career options was the arts and sciences group, so naturally there were the most amount of people there.

With all the different choices there are for arts and sciences, the amount of time they had was not enough to cover all them with enough detail. I didn’t really learn much about what

they had to offer for my career choice.

The tour, if it can even be called that, was very pointless.

The guides took us across the street to their rec room and their dorms. That was all they had for the tour.

A few lucky groups were able to see the planetarium.

The Lourdes tour could be greatly improved. They should show us more of the main buildings instead of the dorms and during the presentations, make more groups so more can be covered.

- Elizabeth Humberger

What did you think of the Lourdes University tour?

“Everyone was extremely kind there. The food was pretty good and I enjoyed seeing all that the campus had to offer. I hope the weather is not as bad as it was when we went when the sophomores go next school year.”

- Grace Miller

“The campus was amazing, but after taking the ACT it was really tiresome to do so much walking and focus.”

- Mikaela Vanasdale “It dragged the day on, we should have just gone home after taking the PACT.” - Samantha Mason

Poll taken of 10% of the sophomore class

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The right way to live teen life?

There’s a feeling that I get whenever I watch a coming of age movie meant for teenage audiences. The dictionary doesn’t have a word to describe how it makes me feel, but it can be described in long drives at night, blasting the song Midnight City by M83, and watching the sky turn a burnt orange during sunset.

The teens in these movies are all experiencing these incredible feelings of freedom and joy, and these images are being forced down our throats as we watch them.

But is this really what our teenage years are supposed to look like? Is there a right way to spend our teenage years? Are we all doing it wrong?

We always see high schoolers partying and living their lives to the absolute fullest in movies like To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Mean Girls, and The Kissing Booth. It seems like they’re living how teenagers are supposed to, and we’ve only become accustomed to this idea because of the film industry.

As a 17-year-old girl, I sometimes feel like I’m wasting what are supposed to be the “best” years of my life when I decide to stay at home on a Friday night rather than go out traveling the world like the main characters do in The Fault in Our Stars.

We’re told to make the most of the short time we have here in high school, but instead of actually enjoying being a teenager, I’m thinking about how much I can accomplish before I hit the age of 20.

But if I really think about it, there is no set list of things that we have to do while we’re still young. We each have our own interests, hobbies, and friend groups, so why are we letting movies and people who may have completely different values than we do

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tell us how we should be spending our lives.

“If you have good friends and you like what you’re doing, then you’re having a good teenage experience,” senior Megan House said. “I think everyone’s high school experience is different, and it doesn’t mean it’s bad if it’s not just exactly like the movies.”

“Setting a guideline of how you want to spend your time as a teenager only ruins the unexpected fun and surprise of your experience,” sophomore Mollie Barrett said. “The fun you have should come naturally, not forced or be based off of regular ‘teenage fun’ stereotypes.

Living your teenage life naturally and letting the good or bad things come to you only makes your teen years more enjoyable and interesting.”

It’s like we’re writing a mental list of ourselves. Sure, it’s great to create attainable goals and things you want to do before your time is up, but pushing yourself to complete “teenage” milestones that aren’t exactly necessary takes all of the fun out of life.

“A lot of people spend their teen years being sad over what they can’t do, but they just hide it through partying and social media,” House said.

So, skip that night out if you really want to. Don’t think about everything you’re going to miss, because then you really are wasting precious moments of your life regretting your decisions.

Stay home, spend time doing what you feel like you should be doing, and don’t base the success of your own life off of how others choose to spend theirs.

“Setting a guideline of how you want to spend your time as a teenager only ruins the unexpected fun and surprise of your experience,” senior Megan House said.

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“I’m so excited to find the perfect Prom dress and the perfect Prom date to have the BEST night ever!” “I bet I got an ‘A’ on the last statistics test!” “I’m so excited for college, I can’t wait to get into my top choice school!”

Whether you’ve had these same thoughts before or not, we all have expectations. We look forward to certain moments in our lives, certain events, checkpoints, or even just simple things like a test grade or project. What happens when life falls short of our expectations? Or, in some cases even worse, life meets our expectations, but something still doesn’t feel right?

I feel like we all have a million circumstances that could lead us to ask ourselves those two questions, but senior year truly exaggerates them. I’m going to be completely honest. This year has been hard, like really hard. Despite being extremely excited and aware that I should be enjoying every moment of my last year of high school, it still feels like I’m not doing enough or life isn’t meeting me where I want it to.

There seems to be this gap between reality and expectation that I just can’t close. For example, in January I interviewed for a spot in an honors college at my top-choice college. I spent a week and a half solely preparing for the interview (sorry again to all my teachers that week, I’m pretty sure I was quite removed from class,) because it was all in French and I was super nervous. I went, I did it, and in addition I had this new wave of confidence.

No matter the results, I knew that I put myself out there and did my best. So you’d be surprised to hear that the day I found out I was accepted into the honors college was not exactly the best day ever. Inevitably, I was extremely excited and honored to be accepted to this super selective program.

When I say selective, I mean that the college offers 35 majors within the honors college and it only has around 300 kids total across all four years. It was a pretty big deal, but it still just felt… so weird.

My expectations, in this case, were actually exceeded, yet there was still some-

thing that didn’t feel right, something felt like it was missing despite it feeling like I had everything I had spent the last six months wishing for.

I think a part of it is that senior year truly does move quick. When I thought of senior year, I expected this incredible last year with all my friends and classmates but it really has felt like it’s moving too fast. Even if we’re all physically present, it doesn’t change the fact that we’re focussed on deciding plans for next year, and rooming arrangements, and it seems like every conversation seems to lead its way to college. In trying to preserve the time that I have here, I pushed every thought about college away. I didn’t want to talk about it, I didn’t want to start the search for a roommate, I didn’t want to think about not seeing my teachers or friends everyday. It also helps to mention that I’m extremely nervous for what next year brings, but I am also incredibly excited for a new adventure and I’m honestly extremely excited to learn even more. Half of me really likes that I am able to enjoy what I have in front of me before worrying about what’s before me, but it reached a point where I was dreading the future instead of being excited for what’s to come and I knew I wasn’t happy with that either.

No matter what I am doing or how I am feeling, it seems to feel like I can’t find a middle ground, and I realize that that is life sometimes. If it was simply black and white, if our expectations were always easily met, what would we learn? A while back, when I was met with challenges in life, I tried to make it a habit to ask myself “what can I learn from this?” I learned that when we give pain a purpose, it makes it a little easier to overcome. I will admit that this hasn’t been the most fun year emotionally, but I have learned a lot about myself that I don’t think I would have otherwise. I’ve learned how to grow and adapt to circumstances and to try and reflect on why I feel the way that I do, and in this I feel like I’ve developed a lot of self awareness.

The truth is, we’re always going to have expectations. We are always going to hope for one thing but often be met with another, and that’s life. So even if Prom isn’t the best night of high school or you don’t get into that college you have been dreaming about, something is out there waiting for you that just might blow your expectations.

7 Unknown issue of fast fashion EDITORIALS

Clothing is very important; many people use clothing as a form of self-expression, it can be used to show interests, religion, or sense of style. We all know that we can get clothes from the mall, boutique, or order them online. Although, we don’t know where our clothes come from, who they are made by, and how they got on into our stores. Since so many people don’t know the answer to these questions. They also don’t know how much harm our clothing is causing our planet and other people.

The term “fast fashion” is used to describe most of the clothes we wear today.

Examples of companies include Shein, Forever 21, and H&M. The University of Queensland, located in Australia described fast fashion as, “cheaply produced and priced garments that copy the latest catwalk styles and get pumped quickly through stores to maximize on current trends.” Fast fashion sounds like a simple solution to

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keep clothes inexpensive, available to everyone, and ensures we can keep up with trends; but at what cost?

Our environment is severely affected by the fast fashion industry, today it accounts for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions. If that isn’t scary enough, it is predicted to be a terrifying 50% by 2030.

Water is another issue involved with fast fashion, according to The World Bank, “Every year the fashion industry uses 93 billion cubic meters of water — enough to meet the

Controversial “When I’m at school I feel like I’m more shy due to me being tired and just wanting to get my work done so I don’t have to do as much when I get home.”

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consumption needs of five million people.”

The final and most saddening issue is the effect fast fashion has on its workers. Over 40 million people are employed as fast fashion producers. With 97% of our clothes being produced outside of the United States, we can assume most clothing is coming from poorer countries. According to The Fashion Law, F a s t fashion workers on average

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make anywhere from $43-147 a month, not near enough to support themselves or their families.

Eighty Percent of garment workers are women, many who have been physically or verbally abused by their bosses. The Global Labor Justice said, “Asian female garment workers in H&M and Gap supplier factories are subject to physical abuse, sexual harassment, poor work conditions, and forced overtime.” Their employers use these scare tactics to make women perform better, resulting in more clothing.

With our earth and other people at risk, fast fashion is an evil way to produce clothing; but what can the consumers do to help? Start by asking the manufacturer if their clothing is made in a sustainable way.

Donate old clothes, repair items, and go thrift shopping. These small steps can help avoid purchasing from fast fashion companies.

-Ella Lockshin

Question “I feel more like myself at school than I do elsewhere. I’m truly myself when I’m with my friends. They’re all really supportive and awesome... ” - freshman David Bradish

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Students speak at International Women’s Day

Women being for and supporting other women was the main idea at the International Women’s Day celebration at the Sylvania Public Library on March 8.

The history of IWD goes all the way back to 1909 when the first celebration occurred on February 28 across the United States. Various celebrations around the world continued up until 1975 when the United Nations declared March 8 to be the official celebration.

No specific organization plans or profits from IWD, it just depends on the country.

Sylvania celebrated by holding an intimate gathering put on by The Selene Center which is a group that assists domestic violence victims.

There were several speakers, including two Northview students, juniors Maiya Black and Fiona McDaniel.

Everyone on the panel was asked to name a strong woman who they look up to. Black spoke about Rowan Blanchard, an 18 year-old actress who despite having a busy schedule, still takes the time to be involved in feminism. McDaniel said Greta Thunberg, a 17 year-old environmental activist who isn’t afraid to speak her mind.

Each woman on the panel had a lot to say about being strong and independent, but the overall message was clear: taking your space in the room and having a good perception of yourself is most important.

“Some people are afraid of those who take power, but I love to see women come in a room and take power,” Celia Williamson, a woman on the panel, said.

- Anastasia Carter

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EDITORIALS

Is a GAP year a good idea?

“Gap years have increased in popularity in the US over the past few years,” according to goabroad.com.

A gap year is what people refer to as a year where a graduated high school student takes a year off of school before beginning college, or a profession.

Many take that year to figure out what their next step should be.

These young adults take the time to travel and find their true passions in life.

Once the year is complete, the goal is to be able to decide what they want to do with their lives.

Others take a gap year for financial reasons. They take a year to work and save money in order to be able to afford a higher education.

The only issue with taking a year off is that some people get too comfortable. The

gap year is supposed to be insightful and give someone the advantage to know what they want to do and to be able to afford it.

“I think taking a gap year is pointless because you could just go to college and get all of your general courses during your first year. You could still take that year to figure out what you want to do while also getting credits,” junior Morgan Brixey said.

You can still benefit from going to college since there are so many general credits that you need, without wasting your time.

“I think that if you have the resources to take a gap year then you should do it because you can find who you are outside of the confines of high school. Unfortunately, a lot of people can’t exactly afford to do so.

Taking that year off also makes it harder for someone to want to go back to school and lose the motivation to want to do so,” Eng-

lish teacher Jilian Stefango said.

Taking a gap year and utilizing it to find your true passion in life has its advantages. In order to do so, you need to plan out that gap year and figure out what you want to do during it that will help you learn about yourself.

Things like internships give insight to professions without committing to anything and can allow someone to try out many different things.

Taking a gap year is a more serious decision that many realize and shouldn’t be an excuse to just sit around for a year after high school.

If the year is spent with intent then it could be very beneficial and provide understanding about what to do with your future and who you are as an individual.

-Reegan Minor

On the 26th of this month, so called “Ivy Day,” the dreams of thousands of high school seniors across the world will come true as they open acceptance letters from any Ivy League schools they applied to.

Conversely, tens of thousands more will have their dreams crushed, as they receive sobering messages beginning with “Unfortunately, we are unable to offer you admission to the class of 2020…” But this begs the question, does it really matter in the long run?

First, we must recognize how inaccessible these distinguished colleges are for the average person. We’re often told that in order to be accepted into one of these schools, we need to be a perfect candidate: great grades, fantastic test scores, personal and nuanced essays, glowing letters of recommendation, and unique extracurricular activities.

If we lived in a perfect world, every student across the country would have the opportunity to achieve each of these things.

But, unfortunately, the college admissions process is far from equitable, and it tends to favor the wealthy.

Upper class students are more likely to have access to rigorous courses like AP classes in order to bolster their grade point

average. They’re more likely to have access to expensive tutors and coaches to help raise their SAT and ACT scores. They’re more likely to have the opportunity to participate in special activities that provide unique experiences.

The data from top universities prove this. For example, Harvard University likes to pride itself on the fact that 53% of its student body receives financial aid. However, when we take a deeper look, we can find that that means 47% of Harvard students receive no financial aid, meaning they pay the yearly price of over $73,000 in full, out of pocket.

At Yale University, a New York Times study found that the median household income of the student body is $192,000 per year, which is over three times the national median. That same study found that almost 20% of the students attending come from the richest 1% of American families.

Perhaps the prestige of the college you attend is more indicative of how wealthy your family is, rather than the caliber of high school student you were.

If you’re somehow able to make it to a prestigious school, though, students warn that it may not be all that it’s made out to be.

Alumni point out that prestigious schools

often become pressure cookers of stress.

Thousands of high achieving students, crammed into one campus, all trying to outdo one another in how many classes they take, how many internships they get, and how many clubs they lead can lead to serious mental health issues, according to those that attended high-prestige schools.

For example, a well known phenomenon among Stanford students is the “Stanford Duck Syndrome,” referring to students that on the outside look to be smoothly gliding through the waters of college, but under the surface, they’re paddling for dear life in a culture of stress.

Plenty of people have had unparalleled success, even without an education from a prestigious university. Media mogul and billionaire Oprah Winfrey attended Tennessee State University. Warren Buffett, famed investor and fourth wealthiest man in the world, went to the University of Nebraska. Former senator, Vice President, and current presidential candidate Joe Biden attended the University of Delaware.

In the end, the best determiner of future success will not be the name on your degree; it will be the quality of your character.

-Daniel Klein

Is it worth the prestige?

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March 20, 2020

S S Current ClassTheCash Importance: The breakdown:

$61.5/person $40 per meal 300 guests $5 beverage $20,361 for food $5 dessert $600 for DJ $50 per person $300 for centerpieces $150 for invitations 23% gratuity $861 for $61.5/person administrators to eat for food $20,361 total

+$1,000 down payment(seniors exempt) $21,361 - current class budget net price/300 estimated guests = per person price, plus parking and favors

Sophomores

Freshman Current Balance

current Prom price:

$400

$69.87

Current Balance

current Prom price:

$1,100

$67.54

Successes: bubble tea failures: restaurant nights

Successes: Carnation sale failures: freshman shirts

seniors

Juniors Current Balance

From the beginning of our freshman year, we’re bombarded with planning fundraisers in order to earn profits that go towards our Prom senior year. We may even say to ourselves “but Prom is four years away, so why do I have to start fundraising now?” Despite the initial confusion, it becomes very clear very quickly that it is never too early to start raising money for Prom. Seniors this year have found themselves falling short of their desired balance, so we were curious as to the funds that each class has along with their successes and errors with fundraising. With the information we gathered, we calculated an estimated Prom bid price for each grade based off of their current funds, if they were to have a Prom this year. All prices are based off of the class of 2020’s current estimated prices for their upcoming Prom. The prices are based off of The Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel. The meal price includes a chicken option and a vegetarian option. All prices are subject to change based on location and they do not include parking or favors. The current estimates will put into perspective just how important fundraising and class participation is in ensuring success with Prom planning. So next time you are annoyed about another chipotle fundraiser, think twice about how it could affect you down the road!

current Prom price:

$3,100

Successes: Krispy creme failures: t-shirt sales

$60.87

Current Balance

current Prom price:

$11,000

Successes: Cat's Meow failures: camo t-shirts

$31.21

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FEATURES

March 20, 2020

COVID-19 = Cancellations What started off as a joke h a s now become incredibly real and devastating in a matter of days.

The COVID-19 virus, or coronavirus, is responsible for cancelling many events at the school, state, and national levels, and many students are grieving over the losses of their competitions and activities.

During a press conference on March 10, Governor Mike DeWine recommended that large, indoor gatherings in Ohio

be canceled or postponed. “After consulting with experts, we know that the decisions we make in the next few days and weeks will determine how many lives are lost in Ohio and how long this pandemic will last,” he said.

After this press conference, activities such as Science Olympiad, Band, Choir, Theatre, Wrestling States, and other after school clubs had many important competitions or trips cancelled within seconds.

Only days later he would close Ohio schools for three weeks.

“Initially, as most people had been, I was shocked. All of the events I had planned for the Spring including the NASA Stu-

dent Launch Trip, District and State choir competitions, and senior spring break trip with the boys is now all cancelled. It’s quite unbelievable at this point and hard to take in,” senior Demetrios Rousos said.

Many other students have said similar things. Whether they think it’s unbelievable or say that i t doesn’t even feel real, most have said all of t h e cancellations were extremely upsetting.

“I have waited four years to do all of the activities that come along with senior year and the fact that it only

took one day to take that all away is really upsetting,” senior Peyton Siegel said.

However, while it is very upsetting, preventative measures are very effective to ensure that the COVID-19 virus does not become bigger than it could be. Choir Director Jeremy Davis explained to all of his choirs that everyone has to hope that what is being given up will save so many other lives.

“There are certainly others who are in much worse of a scenario than myself. It’s about being selfless in this situation. It’s about coming together as a community and helping one another.

The people who have the ability to do the right thing should act, because now is the time to do it,” Rousos said.

While coronavirus has taken many events from many people and it is ex-

tremely important to grieve, after taking time for yourself it’s also important to reset, stick to a schedule, keep up with schoolwork, and help out the community in any way possible to preserve both your intelligence and mental health.

Taryn Wachowiak Staff Writer

HAILEY’Son HOW TO: restaurant etiquette

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Be respectful to the staff:

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Mind your phone:

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Tipping:

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Don’t loiter:

- If you’re trying to get your servers’ attention, don’t yell or wave at them; make direct eye contact with them. Also, be aware that if your meal is taking awhile, or there was a problem, it’s not your server’s fault.

- This is something most of us know, but be sure to tip at least 15%-20%, unless your service was exceptionally bad. It is important to tip every time.

- Don’t leave your phone/belongings out on the table.

Especially if you’re with someone, it’s not polite to sit on your phone. Don’t sit on your phone while you’re talking to your server, either.

- After you’ve paid don’t stay at your table for too long.

You should stay, at the most, ten to fifteen minutes then, go somewhere else if you still want to be with the person/ people. Restaurants get busy and it’s not fair to other customers or the server.

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Domestic violence happens here What is it?

Stop Domestic Violence What are some of the signs?

To start, if you have to ask yourself whether it’s domestic violence or not, there’s a chance it is. You should talk to someone who you can trust.

Some other things to look out for include, but are not limited to: -Your partner communicates in a hurtful way. You may find it hard to talk to them about your feelings because they belittle you.

-Your partner is disregarding yours and others opinions, feelings, thoughts, and or, physical safety.

-Constantly accuses you of cheating on them when you’re not.

-Your partner is unable to admit they have abusive tendencies. They may also try to blame others for their actions.

-Being controlled. Your partner is making all the decisions for you without any input from you.

-They limit who you can talk to, where you can go, and when you can leave.

-Being forced or coerced into sexual activities including pregnancy.

-Your partner is controlling the money flow. They may control your income, not allow you to have it, and or, you can’t talk to them about the finances.

-This may not apply to a high school relationship, but maybe think of your friends: -Using the children to gain power or convince their partner to do something. They may also tell the children negative things about the other partner.

Domestic violence (D.V.), as described by the National Domestic Hotline, is a repeated use of certain behaviors used by one's partner in order to gain power and control over their significant other.

Anyone of any race, sex, sexual orientation, age, and religion, can be a victim of D.V. It can happen to you and it could be happening right now.

When people talk about D.V., they typically only talk about how women are abused, but men are also affected by domestic violence. According to The Guardian, around 40% of D.V. reports are from men.

D.V. includes behaviors that harm you physically or mentally. Also includes, behaviors intended to arouse fear or actions that prevent a partner from doing what they want/making them do things they don’t want to do.

Some forms of violence also include physical and sexual violence, emotional abuse, economic deprivation, and threats and intimidation.

It is not limited to just one action, many could be occurring at the same time.

Types of abuse The National Domestic Hotline has a power wheel. They use this to easily describe what happens most in a violent relationship. They also made a point of saying the wheel uses the pronouns she/her for the victim and implies a male for the perpetrator, abuse happens to any gender in any relationship. Check out their website for the power wheel.

Where to get help You can call the National Domestic at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential help or you can text 1-800-787-3224. Their online chat is available 24/7/365 as stated on their website. https://www.thehotline.org/ If you’re looking for help at our school, you can go to talk to Mr. Hede. He will talk through everything with you and help you figure out the next step.

Page, Graphic, and story done by Hailey Brothag

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March 20, 2020

Featured Students

You always hear on the announcements which sports groups won what, which extracurricular group is going where, and if not it can be found somewhere on the schools website.

Students who do things within the school are almost always recognized in some way. But what about the kids whose interest and talents can be found elsewhere? Several students around the school are involved in really cool activities other than the traditional extracurriculars. Below are just a few.

Jacob Dolinar Kylie Wamsher Kennedy Vrooman

Senior Jacob Dolinar has been racing cars since he was five. He races all across the country and has won several championships. His favorite race was in Las Vegas where he raced against 300 other cars. He has also taken a lap around the Minneapolis Speedway.

Senior Kylie Wamsher volunteered at The Toledo Zoo all summer long surrounded by what she loves most, animals. It was her first summer spent there helping out in a variety of ways and she enjoyed everything around her including her favorite animal, the zebras.

Junior Kennedy Vrooman has been riding horses since she was four. She is currently riding at CEC Stables where she has been the past two years, and jumps with a retired racehorse, Ronan.

PHOTO CREDITS TO DOLINAR, BROTHAG AND VROOMAN. PAGE BY EMILY THIELEN

Morgan Shephard

feature musician

How long have you been playing?

“I’ve been playing since seventh grade, so about six years.”

What instrument do you play?

“I play violin.”

What’s your favorite piece that you’ve played?

“My favorite is probably Sleigh Ride or anything from our Disney lineup.”

Where do you plan on going to college and do you want to continue playing?

“I’m going to St. Mary’s College. Hopefully I can continue playing because I’d really like to.”

What ensembles are you a part of at NV? “I’m currently in Symphony Orchestra.”

Who is your biggest inspiration (musical or not)?

“Definitely has to be Mrs. Thiel. She’s my day one inspiration.”

What was your favorite memory in orchestra?

“My favorite memory of orchestra was probably the Disney trip. It really made orchestra feel like my home away from home and I felt like I was with family the entire time.”

senior

orchestra BROTHAG

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SPORTS

March 20, 2020

Competition cheer finishes at States Grant Hartnett Staff Writer

The Cheer team has wrapped up their big season with a dominant performance at the state tournament on March 1. The Cats Cheer team has been up to the challenge all

year after looking for a bounce back from last season’s performance at the state tournament. The team, which has been preparing all summer, fall and winter for this competition, was ready to make their mark this season.

Come winter the team was all giddy

from the previous season with some new additions to the Basketball Cheer team and Competition cheer team which has filled up winter nights as they had practices for basically two different sports.

With all of this hectic scheduling and busy practices for the girls they were well

prepared for the state competition.

The girls took fourth on the competition side of the contest and finished in third in the sideline competition.

Overall these girls had a great season and look forward to preparing for the upcoming season.

Wrestling States cancelled Girls BBall final buzzer Grant Hartnett Staff Writer

The Wrestling Team had their season cut short due to Coronavirus after two wrestlers qualified to States, when the OHSAA cancelled all events including their state meet March 12.

That does not take away from how great their season was though. Competing in the Districts were freshman Andrew Liber, sophomore Cole Mckinley, and junior Conner Liber. All three boys at Districts were able to qualify for the second day which was good for the championship day.

Something has been done though that no other Northview Wrestler has ever done before. Freshman Andrew Liber is the first state qualifier as a freshman. He qualified with his brother, standout wrestler junior Conner Liber.

For the junior this is not anything new to him. This is would have been his second year at States and he has been nothing but dominant in his campaign this year.

Conner had high expectations as he looked to place this season at the State Tournament. “I really hoped to place this year. I am happy to be able to compete with my brother,” Connor said.

Maia Dray Staff Writer

With the season over for the Girls’ Varsity Basketball team they end 15-10 overall. The team strives on communication and skill, although there have been numerous injuries the team did not quit and continued to work hard.

The team is always working, one of their most memorable and outstanding games was on February 14. The team beat Genoa Rea by 51 points with a final score of 67.

The Girls’ tournament run was outstanding and in the end they made it to the

Gabe Singh

feature athlete

What sets you apart from your competition?

What sets me apart from my competition is the mentality of things and the work ethic.

Having a strong mentality going into the race and being mentally prepared sets me up for success. Trusting my training and knowing that I can do it, also keeping my faith physically and religiously.

Any records you’re looking to check off before you leave NV? Records wise I’m looking at two that I know I can break by the end of this season. Already having the 4x400 record and 200m hurdle record at arbor hills really gives me the confidence that I can break the 400m record and 300m hurdle record. After coming back from a successful indoor season that 48 and 39 second 400/300 records going down.

Do you plan on running in College?

I definitely would love to run in college not only is it a dream of mine but it would be a blessing if I could go to school on an athletic scholarship! I like to stay humble about what colleges I’ve been talking to, but I am very excited about the next level of training.

It’s just the beginning of the recruiting process.

What is it like to be this successful so early in your high school career?

It’s very nice having such early success with running, but it was not easy everything that led me up to right now took everything out of me, the saying “blood, sweat, and tears” is my reality. It’s my foundation. I thank my coach for part of my success but outside of mandatory practice I had to train myself independently in order to get to the place I am.

district final. “We were able to get a couple of upset wins and make a district final where we almost knocked off one of the best teams in the state.

The team is competitive and their effort and hard work can be seen on the court. “We’re all super competitive, but in the end we’re all super close and have each other’s back no matter what,” junior Charley Sullins said.

The season ended on a high note with many of the girls growing in both friendship and skills. The team holds promise for their next season and will never stop working at their goals and achieve something great next season.

9th in the state for Indoor Track

3 years on Varsity

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