Volume 88: Issue 7

THE SYLVANIA NORTHVIEW

STUDENT PRINTS

Sylvania Northview High School

Coexist represented at GSA Equality Ball

5403 Silica Drive Sylvania, Ohio 43560

Volume 88, Issue 7

March 4, 2014

SciOly dominates two tournaments

Team competed, prepared for Regionals

Kendall McCoy Staffer

The Equality Ball is an accepting dance for high school students in the LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bi, trans, questioning/queer, intersex, and asexual) community and their allies.

The event will be held at Anthony Wayne High School on March 7 where the people in attendance can dance in the auxiliary gym or go to the Equality Fair featured in the cafeteria.

It goes from 8-11pm.

The fair will have representatives from other equality groups such as Equality Toledo and established high school GayStraight Alliances (GSAs), one of those being Northview’s Coexist group.

This special occasion was started by the founders of Anthony Wayne’s GSA that wanted to put together a special event for students throughout Northwest Ohio. Leaders from other schools in the area are helping to put the dance into full swing.

The point of the Equality Ball is to raise awareness in the community and encourage more high school GSA programs to create safe environments for LGBTQIA couples and students to express themselves.

“The Equality Ball is a dance where you can feel safe and accepted regardless of your sexual orientation, race, or religion. You can just be yourself and it’s going to be one night of pure peace, happiness, and acceptance,” senior Sierra Rostetter said.

All the proceeds go to Equality Toledo, which is a local organization that works to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.

The dress code is formal and people of any gender expression or identity can dress as they choose.

Any high school student in the Northwest Region

is

allowed

to

attend

but

they

must

fill

out a guest form and fax it to Anthony Wayne High School by March 5. The forms can be found on the Equality Ball Toledo website and students

can

find

more

information

on

the

website as well.

“The point of the dance is to simply have fun and I am so excited for it. It’s not just for people in Coexist but for everyone and anyone who supports the cause and just feels like going,” Coexist advisor Tami Blue said.

Photo courtesy of Kately Work JUNIOR CELINE SCHREIDAH, SENIOR KATELYN WORK, JUNIOR JILLIAN KOFFMAN and senior Luke Bushrow do “forensics” on the apparently mutilated form of junior Emily Lu between events at the Mentor tournament. The varsity team received 14th place overall.

Kaelynn Knestrick News Editor

Unlike the Bungee Drop Test, the Science Olympiad team has been soaring past expectations.

On February 8, the SciOly team made their way to Middleville, Michigan to compete at the Thornapple Kellogg tournament.

The Varsity and Junior Varsity teams competed against 26 other teams. Most of the teams were from the lower parts of Michigan with one team from Wisconsin and one from Indiana, according to junior SciOly captain Celine Shreidah.

“We want to impress the other teams at this competition,”

Shreidah

said.

“This

is

the

first

time we competed here and we want to set a good reputation for Northview and Ohio.”

NV’s varsity team placed fourth overall, the highest they have placed this year, and JV placed 18th overall. Shreidah and senior Katelyn Work

placed third in Anatomy and Physiology, junior Varsity placed 14th overall. Nistel and senior Casey Knox and senior Julia Nistel placed third in Marissa Winner placed third in Technical Bungee Drop, senior Ben Pifer and Work placed Problem Solving, Bushrow and Pifer placed second in Chem Lab and second in Forensics, and senior Luke Bushrow Pifer and Work placed and

Pifer

placed

first

in

second in MagLev, This is the first time we Forensics, according to according to Mr. Roth. competed here and we SciOly coach Andy Roth.

“We were at school “It was great to until 11pm on Friday want to set a good exceed our expectations trying

to

fix

our

car,”

reputation for and

win

first

place,”

Work said. “We wanted Bushrow said. “I have to cry but it was worth it Northview. progressively gotten in the end.”

-Celine Shreidah, better this year and have “I’m very proud with won third, second and how

the

team

finished.

junior first

consecutively.”

This was our toughest “We have a strong tournament so far and chemistry background which helped us prepare,” they did very well,” Mr. Roth said.

Work said. “Even though we got second, the The team will be going to Regionals on proctor

said

we

won

first

place

for

having

fun.”

March

1.

Their

goal

is

to

win

first

and

second

The Scioly Team also competed at Mentor overall at Regionals and place in the top 10 at on February 15.

States, according to Mr. Roth.

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‘The Next Sweet Thing’ opens in Mayberry Square Maggie Figliomeni Co-Editor

Been missing out on easy-to-reach treats for those after those hard school days? Worry no longer, for the shop at Mayberry that previously hosted Syd’s Bakery has re-opened and is co-owned by one of Northview’s own custodians, Luanne Haley.

Haley and her daughter Jennifer began looking at the bakery last October and bought the shop in November. The grand opening of the store, renamed The Next Sweet Thing, took place a little over a month ago on January 20.

Jennifer went to Bedford High School before attending the culinary institution Schoolcraft in Livonia, Michigan. At Schoolcraft, she was instructed by several Master Chefs. The title ‘Master Chef’ is earned by undergoing a three day examination put on by the American Culinary Federation; the test can only be taken three times per lifetime and there are only around 65 Master Chefs in the United States today, according to Jennifer.

Jennifer handles the daily operations of the bakery.

“I’d been cooking for the past seven years, but baking and pastry is why I went to school,” she said.

She was able to enter the dessert world more fully last year when presents given to friends and colleagues turned into a business opportunity.

“It all started with these chocolate covered oreos she does, she makes characters out of them,” Luanne said.

The young chef would give baked treats to friends as gifts, including chocolate-covered Oreos that eventually took on themes.

At the time, Luanne was working as part of the staff at Highland Elementary, so they put a basket of holiday Oreos decorated as reindeer, little Santas and more on every teacher’s desk. The gesture was a huge success and the mother and daughter decided to branch out from there, continuing to do St. Patrick themed Oreos for

a

local

dentist’s

office

and

animal

themed

Oreos

for

the

Sylvan

“Wild about Reading” program. The business received more and more exposure through word of mouth, according to Jennifer.

“We started looking for a new kitchen to work out of—we were working out of a commercial kitchen in downtown Toledo—and we came across Syd’s Bakery for sale,” Luanne said.

The Next Sweet Thing features the whole spectrum of treats— cakes , pies, cookies, donuts—but the Oreos are still a prominently featured specialty item, according to Jennifer. Though it only officially

opened

a

short

while

ago,

the

bakery

already

has

some

impressive accomplishments under its belt.

On November 8, the business competed in a local dessert challenge for the Ronald McDonald House, emerging victorious against seven other area bakeries. The Next Sweet Thing set up a table with sample of McDonald’s themed food including mini cupcake red and gold “sneakers”, Oreo cheesecake “McFlurries”,

chocolate cookies appearing as “burgers” and chocolate covered potato stick “fries”. The bakery was also featured as a vendor at the Apple Butter Festival in Grand Rapids, Ohio, according to Jennifer.

Upcoming events featuring the Next Sweet Thing’s products include a March 22 business expo put on by the Sylvania Chamber of Commerce at Tam-o-Shanter and several car shows hosted at Mayberry Square this summer, where the bakery will put on pieeating contests.

In addition, Jennifer was invited to cook at a convention soon in Clearwater, Florida where she will work with a Master Chef from Germany and a Master Pastry Chef from Austria.

“I’m really her biggest fan and cheerleader, I’m just so supportive of her because this is her future,” Luanne said.

Both mother and daughter stated that the bakery has been doing quite well since its opening. “[My favorite thing about the bakery is] just being able to do what I love. And I love being able to see people’s reaction to the artistic side of things and the taste—like our chocolate covered potato chips always blow people away with how different they are,” Jennifer said. “I’m also very excited to be a part of Sylvania and the community.”

The Next Sweet Thing is open Mondays from eight to four, Tuesdays

through

Fridays

from

seven

to

five

and

Saturdays

from

seven to one.

News

Features

A&E

Sports

Chinese Club learns culture via foods and crafts, pg. 3

Turnabout takes students to the Roaring 20s, pg. 8

Feature Musician: Ryan Thomas, pg. 9

Boys NVDT break out their best moves, pg. 11

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NEWS

The Student Prints March 4, 2014

Interact spreads the love on Valentine’s Day Kailee McAfee Staff Writer

Photo courtesy of Sejal Shah SOPHOMORE MADDIE MCGRANAHAN, junior Sejal Shah, senior Katelyn Work and junior Abbie Bacon hold the Valentines which they delivered to the Kingston Care Center. Over 1,100 hand-made valentines day cards were delivered to senior citizens.

This Valentine’s Day season Northview wasn’t just lending a helping hand, students were spreading the love.

With smiles on their faces, Interact members hand-delivered over 1,100 handmade Valentine’s Day cards to senior citizens in the community, according to senior Katelyn Work.

“Last year we wanted to do something for Valentine’s Day to help out the local senior citizens, so we decided to make cards; something to brighten up their day,” junior Sejal Shah said.

The Service Committee, run by Work, Shah, junior Abbie Bacon and junior Maddie McGranahan worked hard planning and organizing this huge project. This year, Interact delivered over 800 cards to different nursing homes, including Oakleaf Village, Kingston, Sunset Village, St. Claire Commons, Lake Park, and Rosary Care Center, according to Shah.

Interact also received help making these Valentine cards by having students in every homeroom make at least one Valentine.

“We like the idea of a school oriented project,” Work said. “It brings everyone together for the purpose of helping out the greater community.”

Not only did Interact receive smiles and thanks from the senior citizens. They also received emails from each nursing home thanking them for what they did.

Kingston Care Center said they had senior citizens carrying around their hand-made Valentines for another week, according to Work.

Extra cards were also delivered to the Sylvania Fire Department in a way to also thank

our

firefighters

and

brighten

their

day,

according to Shah. “This is something really small, just making Valentine cards. It’s cool to see how our actions make such a big impact in our community,” Work said.

Other than the Valentine making, the International Service Committee of Interact has started a new project to continue to “Spread the Love”.

In partnership with the Rotary Club, the International Committee, run by senior Esther Kim, Evelyn Gulla and Yaya Hu are doing just that, spreading the love with their service project “Spread the Love”.

The goal of this project is to collect children’s books, educational toys, games and educational VHS tapes to give to the less fortunate children in Belize, according to Kim. To donate to these children, there will be boxes in each English class for each period.

Spread the Love takes place February 24 to March 7.

Sylvania Schools levy for safety measures, new tech Fight for a higher budget for better funding school functions Claire Goecke Staff Writer

The Sylvania School District prides itself with having “An Expectation of Excellence.” In order to achieve and maintain this standard, the school district has a hard-working staff, a friendly environment, and resources to ensure each student has a positive experience.

The Board of Education has proposed a levy for the May ballot to raise the district’s budget.

“The

May

6

operating

levy

is

needed

to

maintain

the

financial

stability of the school system and support initiatives in the areas of curriculum, technology and security,” Superintendent Brad Rieger said.

On top of that, as this generation dives deeper and deeper into the technological world, the school district is trying to keep up to provide the best opportunities for its students. If the new levy is passed, at least nine more carts of chrome books will be purchased at Northview. The district aims to give students the tools to make them successful now and in the real world, according to Principal Steve Swaggerty.

Some of the levy money would go towards providing more safety measures within all of the schools to correspond with the ALiCE program.

The school board would purchase more cameras, locks on new doors and more effective forms of communication if an intruder were to enter The May 6 operating levy is the building, needed to maintain the fiaccording to Mr. Swaggerty. nancial stability of the school Sylvania Schools has system and support initiatives already put in in the areas of curriculum, place many technology and security. plans to reduce costs around -Brad Rieger, the district.

Superintendant “ W h i l e providing an excellent education program for students, we have contained costs through staffing

controls,

reduced

school

and

departmental

budgets,

and

“

”

the HB264 energy conservation project,” Dr. Rieger said.

The district is also planning to use consortium purchasing to eliminate high costs of some necessary purchases; Sylvania would go in on a purchase of certain resources with neighboring school districts by buying in bulk.

The main reason for the levy is that the district has lost funding from their other main sources.

Funding from the state has plummeted in the last few years, and

property

values

in

Sylvania

have

also

dropped

a

significant

amount.

Therefore, the money obtained from property taxes is not nearly what it used to be, according to Mr. Swaggerty.

If the levy does not pass, the school community will appear less attractive to families and businesses because the district cannot provide as many opportunities for its students. Class sizes will continue to increase and reach their limits and more programs will have to be cut all around the Sylvania School District, according to Mr. Swaggerty.

A committee to raise support for the levy has been comprised of parents, community members and staff. The campaign kickoff is set for March 18, at 5PM in the Northview gym, according to Dr. Rieger.

Speech, Debate argues their way to States Peter Birsen

Staff Writer

Time to stop making speeches; no need to debate any longer, the Speech and Debate season is rapidly coming to a close.

Debate is separated into three different categories. These different areas are Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas and Policy. Depending on which category a student chooses to go into affects the types of speeches or debates they will be doing, according to sophomore David Henry.

In Public Forum current events and issues are discussed, Lincoln Douglas deals with moral issues and in Policy similar issues are discussed throughout the year, according to Henry.

Policy is currently discussing whether the US Federal Government should increase the economic engagement with Cuba, Mexico or Venezuela, according to senior Jason Kahn.

In addition, there are nine speech categories. Students decide at the beginning of the year which faction they will go into, according to SPADE Coach Joe Drouillard.

“At the beginning of the season

we show the kids the categories so they can choose,” Coach Drouillard said. “They often stay with the same category, but sometimes change.”

LD and PF have meetings one to two times a week and Policy has meetings everyday. During these meetings practice cases are set up and the debaters highlight key points to debate on, according to Henry.

“Practices help the team become better debators,” Henry said.

After several weeks of practice, NV participates in tournaments against other schools every weekend.

During these tournaments they have three to four debates a day, according to Henry.

“I’m really hopeful for this season,” Coach Drouillard said, “we have a lot of kids participating, around 30.”

Each of the debates last around a half hour each, according to Henry.

Kahn and his partner junior Andrew

Bennet

recently

qualified

to Nationals and attended States.

Junior Geeta Rao and sophomore Owen Cappellini attended States in LD, while senior partners Zach Rioux and Ivan Stoychev went in Policy, according to Rao. The season runs from early November to late spring, according to Henry.

Photo courtesy of Geeta Rao JUNIOR GEETA RAO qualified to States and became a first alternate to Nationals at the Princeton High School National Qualifying tournament.

Calamity days cause crisis for Ohio schools Jarred Wulf

Staff Writer

After the mess of all the weeks of closings the state and school district has come up with a plan to make up for the days.

After 13 days of closing, the debate is how are schools going to make up all the extra days off? The answer: with four more extra days to make up for the level three snow emergencies.

As

of

right

now,

Ohio

schools

have

five

days

no

questions

asked given to them every year that they do not have to make up.

This means that Northview has seven days to make up.

Seven

of

the

closings

were

due

to

wind-­chill,

while

five

were

due to snow and road conditions.

It is a law that a school must have 175 instruction days in a

school year while there is 182 days scheduled a school year.

Sylvania schools used a benchmark of -15 degrees as a closure for the district, according to Superintendant Brad Reiger. For snow days roads are checked around the district and determined whether or not to close for the day.

Ohio Governor John Kasich has been asking for more calamity

days

due

to

this

brutal

winter.

In

2011,

he

asked

for

five

days instead of the three days in place at the time. In that year the Ohio legislative passed the law that increased the days from three

to

five.

This year the governor has gone to the legislative again asking for a one time increase, this time for an additional four more days on

top

of

the

current

five,

according

to

the

toledoblade.com.

The Ohio House has passed this bill and it is awaiting approval by the Ohio Senate, according to the toledoblade.com.

If this passes, NV would have three makeup days with two additional teacher workdays.

The Sylvania School system has attempted to make up days, canceling the teachers’ in-service day on February 18 and opting for a school day. However, due to several inches of snow, that day was cancelled.

Of the last three late starts, two have been cancelled to allow for additional time for teachers to spend with their students.

Next year, the new law will be that extra make up days for schools will be by the amount of hours spent in school instead of by days. Sylvania Schools is already in school beyond the minimum

required

hours.

“With these snow days my learning has been decimated.

To me a lesson learned is a lesson earned,” sophomore Alec Thompson said.

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The Student Prints March 4, 2014

One man’s trash is After Prom’s treasure

Lauren Lewis

least twice a month to coordinate their efforts.

As chairperson, Lafferty organized the efforts Features Editor of the collections, the people, and the sale itself. From students to parents to patrolmen, many people helped Lafferty carry out the sale, You’ve dreamt about it since freshman according to Lafferty. year, and maybe even before then, of that last Some of the people who helped out were dance at Northview, the one that represents “police explorers” and detectives from the saying goodbye and growing up. Prom; and of Sylvania Police Department. course no one can forget the amazing bash of Police explorers are teens and young After-Prom. adults that are aspiring to These events are be patrolmen. Together, All the proceeds will go easily some of the most the detectives and police to the 2014 After Prom anticipated events at explorers made sure that the NV, and some of the garage sale ran smoothly and celebration. most expensive. that nothing would be stolen, -Steve Lafferty, So to put these according to Lafferty. two mind-blowing Besides parents and Garage Sale events together senior policeman, students also Chairperson parents organize and volunteered with the setup fundraise in order to and selling of the variety of host the $20,000 to $25,000 After Prom event, items at the sale. according to chairperson of the garage sale “For

the

first

part

of

the

day,

everything

was

Steve Lafferty. normal priced. We had a lot of people there in To help raise money for After Prom, the morning, even people there waiting outside Lafferty and the helpful group of senior parents for it to start,” senior Shelby Faunt said, who recently held a large garage and bake sale at NV volunteered at the sale. “Then at 2 pm we put on February 8. everything at 50% off and then after that we had “All the proceeds will go to the 2014 $2 for a bag of everything. We sold almost all of After Prom celebration, where we’ll promote our stuff.” an alcohol and drug free environment and an The hard work of the parents, students, and opportunity for the kids to get together after the various others literally “paid off” at the garage prom, win some neat prizes, and play games,” sale as it raised about $6,000 for After Prom, Lafferty said. “There will be a theme which is according to Faunt. kept secret by the senior parents.”

This huge event takes a lot of work to put The efforts for the Garage and Bake Sale on, and seniors will be able to enjoy it and their started back in October and the group met at last NV dance on May 17.

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LEWIS SENIOR ELIZABETH ELLETT volunteers at garage sale and helps girls’ soccer coach Rick Burgin organize the book table. “It was really interesting to see all the things that people were selling,” Ellett said.

NV opens up to safety Food fundraiser gets NV into sticky situation

ALiCE program influences installation of new doors

Nazihah Bhatti Staff Writer

Casey Wittman News Editor

When one door closes another one opens and Northview will be opening many new doors in the future. NV will be replacing the original doors of the building with new and improved doors.

“It is nice to have a facility that you guys come to everyday that is clean, that is visually appealing, that says we care about you and care about your education,” Principal Steve Swaggerty said.

The main purpose for putting in the new doors is for safety. With Sylvania Schools new ALiCE training, all schools in Sylvania will be receiving new doors to protect people against intruders, according to Mr. Swaggerty.

“With the whole new ALiCE philosophy, and after the Sandy Hook (shooting), you can put buffers on doors but that kid just used a gun to get through a glass plate window and just walked in,” Mr. Swaggerty said. “You don’t want to make your school a fortress, or a lockdown, but if your classrooms have lots of glass like ours do, you can easily break those.”

These doors will have smaller and slimmer windows making it easier to barricade a classroom if necessary.

“I think the doors will look something similar to the doors we have in the science labs,” Mr. Swaggerty said.

NV

will

be

getting

the

first

doors

out

of

all

the

Sylvania

Schools.

The Sophomore Class Government, along with Interact, is spreading the love with their peanut butter drive.

February 3-14, students donated jars of peanut

butter

and

were

put

in

a

raffle

for

a

$25

Chipotle gift card.

This collection was a part of the sophomore class’s philanthropic event, according to Class Advisor Katie Mattimoe.

“It’s a great feeling to be able to give back to our local community in such a simple way.

I’m glad that our school was able to come together for such a great cause. Many people think that volunteering has to be a huge project but it can be as easy as collecting jars of peanut butter,” sophomore Class Representative Liz Hildebrandt said.

The collected peanut butter went to Toledo Food for Thought, a charity organization that makes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the homeless in the Toledo area on Friday nights. They are located in Oregon, and volunteers deliver the lunches to the needy on

Saturday

mornings

at

the

field

across

from

the Main Library. Volunteers have the chance to eat and talk with the homeless and hungry, according to sophomore Class Representative Maddie McGranahan.

“I liked the fact that this fundraiser was really simple yet had a big impact on our local community,” sophomore Class Representative Kathleen Duwve said.

Toledo Food for Thought has a mobile pantry that serves over 300 families in the Toledo area every month. Their stationary pantry feeds over 700 families a month.

For more information on Toledo Food for Thought, how to donate, or to lend your time as a volunteer, go to feedtoledo.org.

Chinese Club samples a taste of Asia at meeting “The Chinese Club is a great way to hang out after school and learn Staff Writer Chinese,” sophomore member Jake Krolak said.

Northview is a very diverse place.

The club teaches both about the One example of this is NV’s Chinese Chinese language and its culture, as Club. well as performing cultural activities, The Chiaccording to Mr. nese Club was [The Chinese Club] Word. started by “I teach them helps NV become a Spanish teacher about different John Word at more diverse place. simple phrases the beginning and words. It’s all -John Word, of the the school very elementary,” year. advisor Mr. Word said.

The club So far they currently has have learned how around 10 memto say “hello,” bers and they meet around one to two “goodbye,” “my name is,” different times a month. Each of the meetings activities and words having to do with normally last about an hour, accordfamily and friends, according to Mr. ing to Mr. Word.

Peter Birsen

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HUEY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, Freshman Victoria Diesing, Marissa Moore and Kimberly Mugford have an ASian Cuisine tasting party. They tasted different sweets, suchs as, strawberry and chocolate flavored Pocki Sticks and Durian Candy. “Durian is popular in Asia but it has a bitter taste so we didn’t like it,” Mr. Word said. Members made paper lanterns in the previous meeting and will comtinue to meet and anyone is allowed to join. “I like that students are interested in learning about a culture and language that isn’t offered as a class at Northview. They get to learn MandarinChinese, as well as learn about aspects of the Asian culture, like the food.”

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Word.

Not only do they learn about the culture of China, but all of Asia. For example, they have learned about Japan, Korrea, and Vietnam, according to Mr. Word.

“I think Chinese Club is going very well, we have learned a lot about different cultures and a lot about the Chinese language. It helps Northview become a more diverse place” Mr. Word said.

They also learned all about the Chinese Zodiac, according to Mr. Word.

“I thought learning about the Zodiac was one of the coolest things that we learned,” Krolak said.

“I really enjoy teaching Chinese.

I studied it in college and have always had a passion for it,” Mr. Word said.

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OPINIONS

The Student Prints March 4, 2014

by Rachel Bules

“A student with a 2.0 GPA can be smarter than a student with a 4.0 GPA. Grades don’t determine intelligence, they test obedience.”

Yes, this is a real life thing I saw on Twitter a couple weeks ago. I’m sure you’ve all either thought it or heard someone say some variation of it; your GPA isn’t a representation of how smart you are, or just because you fail classes doesn’t mean you’re going to fail at life.

Well, the answer to these assertions is yes and no.

Okay. So I understand that the concept of a GPA ranking system rubs some people the wrong way. And I get that some people really think they’re stickin’ it to The Man when they don’t do their homework and consequently perform poorly on tests. But really, who are these people hurting beside themselves?

Going back to the assertion that “students with a 2.0 GPA can be smarter than a student

with

a

4.0

GPA,”

I

really

find

myself

questioning how smart that student is if they think that failing their classes and getting a 2.0 GPA is an intelligent choice.

The importance of grades is a multi-faceted concept. On one hand, it can be dangerous to take grades too seriously. Everyone is bound to receive a few bad grades in their lifetime, and worrying too much about that isn’t healthy. However, not taking grades seriously at all has its consequences. College admission counselors won’t be impressed by the fact that you failed Art Foundations just because you didn’t try.

The seriousness with which you take school is a precarious balancing act. If the thought of an “F” on a test sends you into meltdown mode, it might be a good idea to relax a little bit. This may be the second-semester senior part of me speaking, but it isn’t good to dwell on bad grades, because everyone is going to get one at some point. Try not to fall into competition with your classmates either, because that just causes stress and doubt. As long as you are improving yourself, that’s what’s important.

Obviously, things in our life are going to happen that are outside the realm of our control. I know that more than once during my high school career, I’ve had things happen to me outside of school that have affected my academic performance, some for longer periods of time than others. This is totally understandable and is bound to happen to almost everyone.

These experiences, although hard, can be great learning experiences if you allow them to be; learning to roll with the punches is a skill that

will

benefit

everyone

in

the

real

world.

I know that good grades don’t come easily to everyone. I’ve been in classes (mostly math) that make me want to tear my hair out in frustration because I can’t understand the concepts. But that’s life: there will always be people who have different strengths than you do.

What is important to remember is that it’s okay to not be good at something right away and to have to work hard to get it, but it’s really unacceptable to not try.

The truth is, these are the easy days, people. School (and life in general) won’t get any easier after we leave the halls of Northview. Preparing yourself for the real world by developing good habits in high school will only help with anything you plan to do in the future.

Basically, you’re not proving a point to anybody by getting bad grades. There is nothing wrong with doing well in school and putting forth effort, because contrary to what anyone

says,

good

grades

will

benefit

you

more

than bad ones. Whether it’s by getting into your dream school, receiving helpful scholarship money, or even just the satisfaction of an honor roll ribbon, you’re only helping yourself by trying to succeed in school.

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Is NV a friendly environment?

Majority admit to have bullied someone at one point Northview claims to be an anti-bullying school, but is it really? It’s true that students are going to be rude and say things that have a huge negative effect on others, it’s a fact of life.

However, the problem comes in when others witness it and do nothing about it.

We polled 130 students of NV and 28% of people would say that they are not bullies. But are we all lying to ourselves? Without being aware, the majority of students, teachers and parents are gossiping and saying rude, hateful things about others. Yes all of us do it. Most of the time these harsh criticisms would not be

said

if

the

specific

people

being

scrutinized

were around.

A type of bullying: Gossiping. Some may think gossiping is not considered a type of bullying, but not all gossiping is harmless.

Words get around. If you hear even your closest of friends talking about others all the time, do you ever stop and think what they say about you?

People are critiquing and judging all the time. Once you take it to the level of sharing those thoughts with your friends, whispering in the halls or sub-tweeting it, these are a form of bullying. What is bothersome is that it is enabled. In certain classrooms teachers hear about these sub-tweets and hateful gossip.

Yet, do they do anything about it? Many people hear rude things being said, knowing it is wrong, and they do nothing.

This is all easier said than done. When these situations are seen, there is that awkward tug whether you should speak up or not. It truly becomes a problem when authoritative

figures

do

it,

and

kids

see

it.

Do teachers bully? Do they hear about bullying and do nothing about it? 74% of NV students polled have all been in that one class period where that one quiet kid gets picked on by a teacher or the kid that slacks in class gets a personal lecture. And we admit it, it is always very awkward. If a student did this to another student, that would be considered bullying. But if a teacher takes part, does that make it okay?

These students need someone to hold them

accountable for their homework or grades but they also need to be treated with respect. Do not call them out in class to embarrass them and possibly cause them to be bullied outside of the classroom because of it.

All these situations are uncomfortable, we know. But if NV claims to be an anti-bullying school, what are we doing to promote that?

Next time you see bullying, are you going to do something about it?

-Casey Wittman & Kailee McAfee

100% 90%

No Yes

80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%

Have you ever been bullied?

Have you ever seen a teacher bully a student?

Have you ever been a bully?

NOTIONS IN MOTION Do you think there is a problem with bullying at Northiew?

“I’m sure there is some bullying, but I don’t see it that much.”

-freshman Austin Nemire

“I just don’t associate myself with people who make me feel bad.”

-junior Rebekka Forster

“I don’t think there is really any face to face bullying, but there is a lot of talking behind people’s backs.”

-sophomore Natalie Kujawa

”I think there is a problem, but not any more than other schools.”

-senior Aaron DiManna

We need to start making up these snow days - fast!

Typically when you hear that school is closed, or you don’t have school on a certain day, you’d be happy about that, right?

Well,

in

this

case

I

don’t

really

find

it

in

myself

to

be

happy.

On February 10, the teachers voted and on February 11, the OAPSE: janitors, bus drivers, and others voted on whether or not we should have school February 17, which was President’s Day. The majority of the votes said “yes”, but due to possible excessive subs required we did not have school on Monday.

There was supposed to be no school on February 18 as well, due to a teacher-in-service day, but that day was taken away to makeup for the snow days.

But due to another snow-pocalypse, we ended up cancelling school on Tuesday anyway.

Now, I love not having school as much as anyone else, but considering the amount of school days that have been missed and now need to be made up, we should have had school on Monday.

As of right now, there are seven snow days our school has to make up, and it would have been six if we had school on President’s Day. There are several options open for when and how we are to make up these days.

One of those options includes passing a bill that gives us four calamity days back, according to Principal Steve Swaggerty.

And that is exactly what happened. On February 20, a bill passed the Ohio House, giving us four more days back, allowing us to only have to make up three days, but we have to wait for it to pass the Ohio Senate.

One of those options includes making them up at the end of the year, meaning we stay seven days longer in the summer.

Now some people may think three days isn’t that many days to make up; but when it’s summer and the weather is beautiful,

and

no

longer

a

blizzard,

I

would

rather

be

out

enjoying the warm weather.

Also being a senior, there has been talk that our diplomas will be held, and we would have to come back, after graduation, to make up those three days.

This would cause incredible outbursts from families and parents, so I do not think that will happen. It is certainly an option, but nothing is set in stone yet.

I would personally rather stay three days longer and not get out early, rather than make them up any other way.

There are more options coming our way involving how to make up these days, one of those being, giving schools four more calamity days, although that is not a very popular idea among the legislation, according to Mr. Swaggerty.

It may seem that having school on Monday and then only having three days to make up isn’t that big of a deal. But it is one less day to make up, and one less day that we won’t have to spend our summer in school.

We should have had school on President’s Day, in order to make up at least one day. Then arises the debate about it being a national holiday and why should we have school. But if you think about it, we don’t have other national holidays off, such as Veteran’s Day. There is nothing left to do, but wait and see how the solution will play out and how these days will be compensated for.

-Megan McLean

THE STUDENT PRINTS

Volume 88, Issue 7 Co-Editors-In-Chief: Maggie Figliomeni & Rachel Bules Adviser: Sarah Huey News Editor: Kaelynn Knestrick & Casey Wittman Features Editors: Lauren Lewis & Sydney Albert Sports Editors: Jordan Rose Opinions Editors: Geeta Rao & Annie Nowak Arts & Entertainment Editor: Henry Gray Business Editor: Emily Simone Photo Editors: Jessica Stark & Kristin Osinski Staff Writers: Ahmed Atari, Peter Birsen, Nazihah Bhatti, Isabelle Compton, Emma Crandall, Mackenzie Elrod, Claire Goecke, Allie Hartnett, Andrew Headman, Kailee McAfee, Kendall McCoy, Megan McLean, Melanie Siedlecki, 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 TSP 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. TSP 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 TSP are written by staff members, and agreed upon by a majority vote of the editorial board. TSP 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 TSP. Advertising specifications may be obtained by calling (419) 824-8708.

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

OPINIONS

The Student Prints March 4, 2014

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New animated film, Frozen, teaches the greatest Disney lesson of all What

girl

wouldn’t

want

to

be

a

Disney

princess?

It’s

the

perfect

story

line.

One

day,

you

acquire

a

misfortune:

your

only

friend

is

a

pet

tiger,

you

happen

to

have

a

chronic

case

of

narcolepsy

every

time

you

touch

a

spindle,

or

your

step

mother/guardian

is

a

manipulative

maniac

(or

a

dragon

lady)

but

then,

you

meet

a

prince

and

magically

all

is

well.

After

at

most

24

hours

said

prince

saves

you

and

with

true

love’s

kiss,

you

are

happily

married

and

have

an

entire

kingdom

under

your

authority.

To

a

little

girl,

it’s

perfection,

and

don’t

get

me

wrong

I

still

love

my

Disney

movies,

but

sometimes

we

need

a

little

bit

more

reality.

Thanks

to

their

latest

film,

Frozen,

Disney

included

a

little

reality

with

a

twist

on

the

classic

princess

tale.

One

rule

to

remember

ladies?

Sisters

before

misters.

In

one

of

the

scenes,

Elsa

warns

her

younger

sister

Anna

that

she

simply

cannot

marry

a

man

just

hours

after

she

met

him,

which

is

extremely

respectable.

This

is

the

first

time

I

remember

such

a

stable-­minded

character

in

an

animated

movie.

In

addition,

the

movie

teaches

viewers

that,

as

cheesy

as

it

sounds,

1. True love is not the only thing that can save the day.

Frozen 2. Accept everyone for their personalities first, not their looks.

The Beauty and the Beast 3. As you aspire to reach your dreams, never forget your roots.

The Little Mermaid 4. Making your dreams a reality requires you to face your fears.

Tangled 5. Don’t run from the past learn from it to create a better future.

The Lion King 6. Take chances in life; it opens up a different world.

Aladdin 7. We learn the most from those who are different from us.

Pocahontas 8. Bravery overcomes all stereotypes.

Mulan 9. Embrace what makes you different, it could help you fly.

Dumbo 10. Hard work makes a dream come true.

The Princess and the Frog 11. A new pair of shoes could change your life.

Cinderella

Photo Illustration by Geeta Rao

true

love

does

not

have

to

just

be

with

your

significant

other;;

sometimes

ties

with

family

can

save

the

day.

As

we

leave

the

childhood

years

and

venture

out

into

the

world,

it

is

always

important

to

remember

that

family

should

come

close

to

first,

which

Anna

demonstrates

by

sacrificing

her

life

for

her

older

sister.

Family,

best

friends

(in

the

form

of

talking

snowmen

or

reindeer),

they

are

all

important

in

the

Frozen

world.

The

movie

is

not

just

another

fantasy;;

it

actually

delves

deeper

into

the

hearts

of

Disney

fans.

Since

my

parents

fed

me

the

classic

princess

tales

of

Snow

White

and

the

Seven

Dwarfs,

The

Little

Mermaid,

and

The

Beauty

and

the

Beast,

I

have

learned

some

pretty

good

lessons

but

I

am

still

waiting

for

my

flawless

prince

to

take

all

my

troubles

away

and

hand

me

my

tiara.

From

Frozen,

however,

maybe

little

girls

will

see

that

finding

a

prince

should

not

be

the

over

arching

goal

in

either

fairy

tales

or

real

life.

Maybe

those

little

girls

will

see

that

they

should

be

themselves

and

they

will

end

up

just

as

happy

as

Elsa

and

Anna,

who

have

each

other.

It

is

a

far-­reaching

thought,

yes,

but

it

is

possible.

-Geeta

Rao

Justin Bieber will never go to jail; well, Never Say Never Let him stay in the USA; donʼ’t deport

Bieber breeds a bad image; take him away

Driving

under

the

influence,

drag

racing,

and

resisting

arrest

without

violence.

Justin

Bieber

has

been

charged

with

these

illegal

actions

and

is

being

threatened

with

deportation.

I

hate

Justin

as

much

as

the

next

person,

but

deportation?

That’s

a

bit

extreme.

Driving

under

the

influence

is

a

really

dumb

thing

to

do

and

can

injure

more

than

just

the

driver,

but

Bieber

didn’t

do

it.

The

police

report

by

the

Miami

police

was

released

and

revealed

that

alcohol

levels

in

his

bloodstream

only

measured

at

.014,

which

allows

him

to

drive

legally

in

Florida.

Also,

he

was

accused

of

drag

racing.

This

is

also

false.

GPS

records

show

that

Justin’s

vehicle

reached

a

maximum

speed

of

44mph,

even

though

police

accused

him

of

racing

at

speeds

between

50

and

60mph.

The

only

charge

that

still

holds

is

resisting

arrest

without

violence,

which

makes

sense

because

technically

he

didn’t

do

anything

wrong.

Justin

Bieber

left

jail

after

being

bailed

There’s

one

less

lonely

cell

mate

in

Miami,

Florida.

January

23,

2014

is

the

day

that

will

go

down

in

history

as

the

day

everybody’s

least

favorite

pop

star

Justin

Bieber,

was

arrested

for

many

reasons,

Justin

was

charged

with

driving

under

the

influence

of

marijuana,

alcohol,

and

prescription

drugs

while

illegally

drag

racing

in

a

residential

area

with

an

invalid

license.

Now

for

any

other

pop

star

from

America,

this

would

give

him

or

her

jail

time

and

a

lot

of

press.

But

for

Justin

it

is

a

little

different.

He

was

originally

born

and

raised

in

a

small

town

in

Canada,

so

he

has

the

risk

of

being

deported

back

to

his

home

country.

The

same

day

Justin

was

arrested,

a

petition

was

started

on

whitehouse.gov

to

have

him

deported.

So

far

the

petition

has

gained

over

220,000

signatures

and

an

official

review

by

the

oval

office,

according

to

the

New

York

Times

website.

Now

I

agree

that

his

actions

should

result

in

fair

punishment.

Any

other

immigrant

out

for

$2,500

on

the

last

charge.

Justin

Bieber

made

one

too

many

people

angry

and

a

petition

on

whitehouse.gov

was

created

to

have

him

deported.

Whitehouse. gov

is

a

website

where

people

can

create

petitions

for

the

White

House

to

look

at.

If

the

petitions

get

enough

signatures,

then,

by

law,

the

government

must

read

it

over

and

consider

it.

Now,

I

agree

that

if

he

had

actually

done

something

to

the

extremities

of

drunk

driving

and

drag

racing,

he

should

have

some

punishment,

but

he

didn’t

do

anything.

If

anyone

else

had

done

these

things,

they

would

be

thrown

in

jail,

not

deported

from

the

country.

Just

because

he

is

of

Hollywood

status,

and

irritates

many

people,

doesn’t

mean

you

should

treat

him

any

different

then

someone

else.

So

my

advice

to

everybody

is:

do

some

research

before

you

try

to

deport

someone,

no

matter

how

annoying

they

are.

-Ahmed

Atari

For all the annoyances, work and overwhelming monotony you deal with at school, we can relate. It’s WilcatCode. In this issue, we’re talking about this crazy winter weather.

-Designed by Maggie Figliomeni

Haley Jones

WildcatCode

...said NO ONE ever.

You know what is cute? Shorts and dresses.

That stuff people wear when it’s actually

above

fifty

degrees.

@junior

I was snowblowing my driveway and the snow was just so deep... I accidently ran over my dog.

Photos by Jesse Stark

Skylar Gilbert

@freshman

“Oh my god, snow pants are soooooo cute!”

Preston Due

committing

these

crimes

would

be

deported

immediately,

so

I

believe

he

should

receive

the

same

punishment.

By

consistently

using

drugs

and

being

arrested,

Justin

Bieber

has

given

not

only

himself,

but

also

his

country

a

bad

image.

Justin

Bieber

is

most

popular

throughout

the

world

of

young,

easily

influenced

children.

His

fans

are

mostly

innocent

young

girls

who

idolize

him

and

have

his

poster

hanging

above

their

bed,

but

now

that

he

has

a

police

record

for

stuff

that

most

little

kids

don’t

even

know

exist

yet.

If

I

were

a

parent

I

wouldn’t

want

my

children

to

be

listening

to

Justin

Bieber

anymore

now

that

he

is

such

a

bad

influence.

This

is

not

the

first

crime

Bieber

has

committed.

He

had

a

previous

offense

of

assaulting

a

limousine

driver

back

in

December

2013

while

in

Toronto,

Canada.

Not

deporting

Bieber

after

everything

he

has

done

would

be

a

crime

in

itself.

-Annie

Nowak

When you’re stuck at home with your family for four days in a row you’re just like ‘I can’t be here anymore.’

You start to go crazy.

With all this snow I developed a passion for cross-country skiing.

It’s the only way to get places.

Sammi Klinger

...He’s okay though.

@senior

@sophomore

My friend’s car got stuck in the snow and we had to push it all the way down the street.

That cold is too much for me, so now I just

stay

inside

and

watch

Netflix

all

day.

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FEATURES

The Student Prints March 4, 2014

Every year, foreign exchange students from all over the world come to stay in Ohio and go to Northview to experience the everyday lifestyle of Americans.

They do everything from eating our classic American version of hamburgers and hot dogs to visiting places like Cedar Point and New York City. But what happens after they go back to their home countries? The Student Prints contacted some past foreign exchange students of NV to find out.

2011-2012 ~Lauren Lewis

What was your favorite thing about the U.S. while you were here?

Anna Vittoria Blicker

Benshiem,

Germany

I loved all the people I got to met. You guys are so open and friendly and loving, it was really easy to feel at home during my 10-month visit.

If someone from Ohio came to visit Germany, what would you recommend he or she do?

What

has

to

be

seen

are

definitly

some

big

ci es

like

Frankfurt,

Hamburg,

Munich

or

Berlin,

which

are

full

of

old

culture,

shops

and

restaurants.

People

should

definitely

try

the

old

fashioned

German

cooking

and

some

good

whole

grain

German

bread.

What do you miss the most about the U.S.?

I

miss

the

mall

and

the

shopping,

playing

lacrosse,

watching

football

and

baseball,

Taco

Bell,

Doritos,

and

of

course

all

of

my

friends

and

my

lovely

host

family,

the

Pietrykowskis.

Photo Courtesy of Anna Vittoria Blicker

If someone from

What all did you Ohio came to visit learn during your France, what would stay here? you recommend he or she do?

2012-2013

Photo Courtesy of Thomas Schrobiltgen

Staying one year here, I

learned

a

lot

about

myself

and

about

others.

I learned the language of course,

but

I

learned

to

grow up. American History and Computer Graphics were my favorite classes, thanks to my teachers!

Thomas Schrobiltgen

If someone came from Ohio he or she would have to go to Paris of course, to Lyon or Marseille, and to

Normandy

or

Bri any

if he or she likes history.

The

French

Riviera

and

the Alps are awesome too.

There

are

so

many

things

to

do,

but

you’d

have

to

experience the French food, it’s delicious.

Besancon,

France

What was the hardest part of going home?

The

hardest

thing

of

going

back

home

was

saying

goodbye

to

everybody,

especially to my friends who came to the airport with me and to my host family, especially my host

brother,

junior

Brian

Hemsoth. It was really sad.

Also

I

had

a

flight

connec on

in

London

before

to

go

back

to

France and they lost all my suitcases.

But

they

found

them the next day.

Some Stirring, Surpring and Significant Sylvania Secrets Gayleen Gindy has lived in Sylvania her whole life. She’s a lot like students at Northview, she went to Maplewood Elementary, McCord Junior High School,

and

then

was

a

part

of

the

first

gradua ng

class

from

Southview

High

School.

There’s

one

major

difference

though.

Gayleen

Gindy

is

a

history

fana c,

and

has

proved

so

with

her

numerous

history

books

on

the

city

of

Sylvania.

-Maggie Figliomeni Why do you think it is important for us to explore our history?

Are

you

currently

working

on

an eight volume series about Sylvania?

“I get calls all the time from people, news media, Sylvania organizations, and

government

officials

asking

me

questions about Sylvania’s history.

People always want to know the answer to questions like: What was

the

first

.

.

.?

When

did

this

happen? How did we get to this point in time? Why are things this way? Who was responsible for creating this? Who was responsible for starting this? Who was responsible for building this? Why does this street have this name? and so on. I feel that so many people are interested in our history, so I like to share with them what I have uncovered over the years.”

What is your book Murder in Sylvania, Ohio about?

“This book is a true murder that actually happened in Sylvania back in 1857. This murder happened in a house that used to exist on Main Street where downtown Sylvania is today. The man killed his wife and then cut her up and burned her body in his wood burning fireplace

within

his

home.

All

the

information in this book comes from actual documents written in

1857.

Come

to

find

out

he

murdered others throughout Ohio and

now

he

is

known

as

the

first

serial murderer in the state of Ohio.”

“Yes, this is the name of the series of books I am working on right now. So far I have published volumes one, two and three and I am currently working on Volume four, to be published in May of 2014. There will be eight volumes all together when I am done. There is a letter on the top part of each book binding so that when you line all eight volumes up on your bookshelf it will spell out

“SYLVANIA.” In your opinion, what are some interesting historical facts about Sylvania many people do not know?

“Back before the Civil War there were residents in Sylvania who were involved in helping fugitive slaves escape by helping them get to Canada where they were free from the bonds of slavery.”

This book [The underground Railroad and Sylvania’s Historic Lathrop House, to the right] has all my research information that I found regarding Sylvania’s activities and involvement with helping slaves escape to Canada before the Civil War - known as the Underground Railroad.

Photos courtesy of Gayleen Gindy

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The Student Prints March 4, 2014

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Huntin’ Down Me’ Scholarships!

As students, no matter what grade, scholarships are something that you will eventually have to tackle. Scholarships are like free money right? Wrong, while it may seem free, you don’t just receive this “money”.You have to work for it; write an essay, fill out an application, or send in original work. So where do we find these scholarships? Well, follow the map and find your way to the treasure. Arrrrg!

Sydney Albert

, Kaelynn Kne

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Siedlecki

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“Oh my goodness, I can’t picture myself without having a date to every single dance. No way!”

“I can’t wait for driving school!”

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“I really think I’m going to meet…

THE ONE!”

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FEATURES

The Student Prints March 4, 2014

Photos by Ashley Ingle and Justin Scherley Seniors Alanna Henderson and Steven Chirgott

Freshmen Taylor Vandenbroek, Alaa Mahmoud, and Katie Klein

Senior Sierra Rostetter and Emmanuel senior Matthew Pettrey

Senior Maggie Larkins and sophomore Hayden May

Senior Skylar Gilbert and NV graduate Marina Decator

CROWNED BY senior Homecoming Queen Andie McCready is Turnabout King Steven Chirgott.

Seniors Casey Wittman, Sydney Bihn, Jordyn Martinez, McKenzie Watt, Kailee McAfee, and Carolynn McCartney

Juniors Sara Marvin and TJ Reynolds

A&E

The Student Prints March 4, 2014

“Ashes”

NV

By: James Cousino

Origina

ls

“Barefoot”

By: Erin Bruggemann

I

am

balance

beam

steps up

on

wide,

flat Earth You are weightless and my gravity isn’t enough to hold you here I am too hot need to cool

down can’t

be enough You are roaring in the hearth and the beating of your heart is

fire I am little lamb afraid to stand must do right by whom?

You are whoever you please Pleased to meet you you are free I am dial and

hang up You

are

call

and

complain I am tiny toe dipped in a puddle You

are

crashing

against

the shore I am newsprint and day-­old

coffee

in

the yellow fridge light you

are

kaleidoscope

and

brightness and koolaid and daytime I am good grades good intentions good to see you How is your family?

You are alive bad memories late nights hard questions that I am afraid to answer.

I want to know ignorance

is

bliss.

Emerging from the dust, I see only debris. Everything that is, was, or ever will be has been altered. Darkness engulfs the

world.

It’s

difficult

for

me

to

breathe.

What happened? Where am I? Beckoning

for

an

answer,

I

am

met

with

only

the

swirling

sounds

of

wind.

Pieces

of

everything

I’ve

defended

are

scattered

every

which

way,

scorched

and

damaged.

Fallout

rains

down

on

me,

and

I

stick

out

my

nose

to

try

to

track

my

family.

All

I

can

smell

is

the

foul

odor

of

radioactive

ash.

Shaking the ash from my fur, I begin to more thoroughly search

the

debris.

My

whole

life,

it

has

been

my

job

to

love

and

defend

my

family.

I

could

never

in

good

conscience

give

up on them.

My

howling

is

growing

louder

by

the

minute.

Can

anybody

hear

me?

Am

I

the

only

one

left?

The

fallout

has

clouded

my

sight and smell, so there is no way for me to tell. Perhaps my family is beneath the rubble. Who am I to give up hope?

Swiftly,

I

guide

my

way

through

the

ashes.

Mostly,

it’s

just

debris

from

the

structure.

Some

wood

here.

A

piece

of

glass

there.

Then

I

come

upon

some

belongings.

My

“mother’s”

favorite

watch

is

left

with

a

black

mark

stained

to

it.

I

remember

her

always

checking

it,

but

never

wearing

it.

It’s

an

old

pocket

watch

the

family

had

gotten

her

for

Christmas

a

few

years

ago.

The

metal

carries

no

scent

though,

so

I

decide

to

move

on.

There’s

not

much

left.

A

half

burnt

away

family

portrait.

Some

heirlooms

such

as

jewelry

and

coins.

After

about

a

half hour, I lay down and sigh.

There

is

no

trace.

No

leads.

No

hope.

All

my

life

I’ve

defended

us,

chased

away

people

and

dangerous

helicopters

and

airplanes.

How

could

I

let

this

happen?

This

is

all

my

fault. I wasn’t good enough. I wasn’t a good enough dog to even

be

considered

a

part

of

this

family.

After

howling

for

another

ten

minutes

or

so,

I

put

my

face

in

my

arms

and

cry.

My

whines

can

be

heard

from

a

mile

away.

Usually,

if

I’m

upset,

they’ll

comfort

me,

give

me

a

treat, or even hold me. This time though, there is nothing.

Only

the

continuing

swirls

of

the

wind.

Opening

my

eyes

once

again,

I

see

something.

It’s

blue

fabric,

the

only

fabric

that

hasn’t

been

disintegrated.

I

slowly

walk over to it and pull it from the ashes with my teeth.

I simply stare at it. It’s the blanket of my parents bed. The one

I’d

always

slept

in,

curled

up

into

a

ball

next

to

them.

Putting

my

nose

into

it,

I

can

still

smell

their

scent.

Clinging

to

it,

I

cry

again.

They

loved

me

my

entire

life.

Their

scent

is

the

only

thing

I

can

feel

any

love

for.

As

always,

I

curl

up

into

a

ball,

snuggled

into

the

fabric.

Somewhere

in

this

mess

of

radioactive

ash

is

hope.

Hope

that

I

can

protect

what

I

still

have

left.

by Maggie Figliomeni

With all our days off, it’s only smart to have a movie idea in mind for the next time you’re stuck inside and going stir-crazy. And since you can’t beat the classics, I’ve assembled a list of must-see films, guaranteed to satisfy whatever mood you happen to be in. All you have to do is think: I

happy movie Grease The Glassbottom Boat Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Wayne’s World Singin’ in the Rain These whimsical favorites don’t require much thought to follow, perfect if you want to do a riveting 5000 piece puzzle or your homework as you watch.

romantic movie Dirty Dancing Breakfast at Tiffany’s Serendipity When Harry Met Sally Ghost Pretty Woman

These adorable tales of finding the “one” are perfect for those days when you just need something to restore your faith in love.

‘Good n Plenty’ chosen for All-Ohio State Conference Melanie Siedlecki Staff Writer

Your

first

responsibility

as

an

actor

is

to

find

your

light,

according

to

the

Actor’s

Guide

by

the

Huron

Players,

the

light

is your passion and it drives you as a performer. It is what reminds

you

why

you

perform

and

why

you

love

it

so

much.

Every

winter,

the

thespians

have

the

opportunity

to

find

their light in the All Ohio Show at the Ohio State Thespian Conference

on

March

28-­30.

“The

All

Ohio

Show

is

a

production

produced

annually

by

the

Ohio

Educational

Theatre

Association

that

is

performed

at

the

State

Thespian

Conference.

The

production

aims

to

bring

together

Ohio’s

best

performers

for

one

show,

high

school

students from all over Ohio audition for a spot on either the crew

or

as

a

cast

member,”

Theatre

Director

Don

Wachowiak

said.

This

year

the

show

is

a

comedic

play

called

“Good

‘N’

Plenty”

which

follows

the

story

of

Richard

Miller

who

goes

back

to

his

old

high

school

to

teach

history

and

decides

to

enact

a

“drug”

game

involving

the

Good

N

Plenty

candies.

The

play

aims

to

teach

the

U.S.

Criminal

Justice

System,

The production although things do not go well aims to bring and they downward spiral.

In

December,

a

group

together Ohio’s of

Northview

students

best performers auditioned and interviewed for parts. for one show.

Five

of

the

students

were

-Don chosen

to

participate,

the

most

students

NV

has

ever

Wachowiak, had make the All Ohio show. theatre director These students are seniors

Jacob

Groth,

Adriana

Valdez,

Hannah

Barrow,

Marissa

Milliron,

and

junior

Noah

Froelich.

“My

favorite

part

of

this

is

getting

to

see

an

entire

show

coming

together

in

two

long

weekends

and

then

we

only

have

one

weekend

for

a

dress

rehearsal.

It’ll

be

really

exciting

to

see

how

fast

everyone

works

together,”

Milliron

said.

Milliron

has

been

involved

in

Theatre

since

her

freshman

year

and

this

will

be

her

first

All

Ohio

show.

She

is

the

Assistant

Stage

Manager

along

with

being

a

part

of

the

Business/ Publicity

crew

for

Good

‘N’

Plenty.

want to watch a...

funny

movie

caddy Shack

bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure monty Python and the Holy Grail airplane midnight Run

If this isn’t comedy at its finest I don’t know what is. From start to finish, these movies will make you laugh until you cry.

feature musician: Ryan Thomas An aura of music surrounds Ryan Thomas everywhere he goes; music has been played a huge role in Thomas’s life since a very young age. He plays the piano and a variety of percussion instruments. At Northview, he plays in the NV Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, and was involved in the pit orchestra for Shrek the Musical. Outside of school, Ryan participates in the Toledo Youth Orchestra and has been in multiple honors bands.

-Claire Goecke What was the first instrument you learned to play and how old were you?

I started playing the piano when I was three years old and began taking lessons at age six.

How often do you practice?

My practice time definitely varies depending on my schedule. I think the most I’ve ever practiced in one sitting is five hours, but on average I practice between one and two hours a day.

Who is your favorite composer?

It’s probably a tie between Beethoven and John Williams (composer of Jaws and Star Wars musical scores).

What is your favorite genre of music?

Classical music is by far my favorite, but I also enjoy listening and playing jazz.

Do you have a favorite music-related joke?

What do you do with a percussionist that loses one of his drumsticks?

Stick him up at the front of the band and tell them to wave their arms.

What is your biggest achievement in music so far? I was recently accepted to the Interlochen Arts Camp, which is a six-week program I will attend this summer.

Do any of your plans for the future involve music?

Yes, I would love to major in music and eventually teach. I have also considered composing and performing professionally in the future.

9

“

”

great movie

adventure movie

Shawshank Redemption E.T. Dead Poet Society

Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark Star Wars (Episode IV, V and VI) Princess Bride Ghostbusters

The Breakfast Club Good WIll Hunting

These movies are worth seeing and I highly encourage everyone to do so. Inspiring and captivating, they contain lessons for us all.

Goonies

These white-knuckled stories of action and fantasy will keep you on the edge of your seat in a world far more interesting than reality.

10

SPORTS

The Student Prints March 4, 2014

Hockey skates to District Finals, plays SJJ

STARK SENIOR COLTON LULFS SHOOTS the puck against the Clay Eagles on February 17 in the first round game for the Cats in the District Playoffs.

The Cats advanced to play Bowling Green in the District Semi-Finals where they won 3-0. “The difference between this game against BG and the last two times we played them is that this time we were prepared mentally and we came out and executed the way we know we can play,” senior David Marsh said. Their win allowed them to advance to the District Finals against St. John’s.

Emma Crandall Staff Writer

The Cats’ hard work and dedication this season

has

most

definitely

payed

off.

On

January

25,

the

Hockey

team

traveled

to

Indiana.

There,

they

played

Adams-­Marian

and

Southbend

St.

Joes.

The

game

against

Adams-­Marian

took

place

first

and

the

Cats

were

victorious

in

a

7-­1

win.

Scoring

big

for

Northview

this

game

was

senior

Jake

Koback,

who

had

three

goals.

The

next

day,

the

boys

took

on

Southbend

St.

Joes.

Again,

they

were

victorious

in

a

4-­0

win.

On

January

31,

the

Cats

hosted

the

senior

night game against St. Francis. No goals were scored

in

the

first

period,

leaving

the

game

tied

at

0-­0.

St.

Francis

put

themselves

on

the

board

Fab five wrestlers make districts Mackenzie Elrod

with

a

good

mind

set.

No

matter

who

you

face,

you have to try your hardest and give it your Staff Writer all.

I

keep

this

in

mind

while

preparing

for

Districts.

I

don’t

think

of

who

I

am

wrestling,

Northview wrestling pinned the but

I

view

my

opponent

as

someone

just

like

competition and advanced to District. me.

I

have

to

wrestle

him

the

same

as

everyone

“We have just else.

Placing

second

recently competed in at sections was a huge sectionals

and

five

of

You have to go into a big accomplishment

for

our wrestlers placed me

as

a

freshman

and

tournament with a good in

the

top

four

of

their

I

hope

to

place

high

at

mind set. No matter who you Districts,”

Hartbarger

individual weight classes,” junior Keith said. face, you have to try your Sporleder said.

These

five

wrestlers

hardest and give it you all.

Junior Mahdi traveled to Cleveland Jaloudi

took

fourth

State

for

districts

on

-Trevor Hartbarger, in his weight class February

22. freshman of

120

lbs,

freshman

Jessup and Trevor

Hartbarger

Hartbarger

both

went

took second in his 1-­2

while

the

other

three

weight

class

of

132

lbs.

Sophomore

Nick

Adams

wrestlers

unfortunately

went

0-­2,

according

to

placed

third

in

his

weight

class

of

138

lbs,

D.J.

Hartbarger.

Schumacher

placed

third

in

his

weight

class

of

The

boys

came

up

short

at

districts,

but

160

lbs

and

freshman

Jessup

Pawelczyk

placed

this

is

not

stopping

the

wrestling

team

from

third

in

his

weight

class

of

182

lbs,

according

preparing

for

the

next

seaosn.

They

have

to Sporleder. jump-­started

their

off

season

by

lifting

in

the

“You

have

to

go

into

a

big

tournament

weightroom.

“

”

making

it

0-­1

at

the

end

of

the

second

period.

St. Francis had another goal early in the third to make

the

game

0-­2.

NV

scored

four

unanswered

goals

in

the

third

period

ending

the

game

at

4-­2

in

a

Wildcat

victory.

“The senior night game is a hard game to play

because

of

all

the

distractions

going

into

the

game.

I’m

really

happy

that

we

got

the

win

that night,” senior Travis Geer said. “Being a

senior

on

the

team

is

great.

It’s

awesome

helping

out

the

younger

guys

and

being

a

leader

for

the

team.”

On

February

1,

the

Cats

traveled

to

Bowling

Green

to

take

on

the

Bobcats.

At

the

end

of

the

third

period,

the

game

was

tied

at

1-­1

from

senior Cody Estrel’s goal. The game proceeded into

overtime.

BG

found

the

net

first

causing

the

Cats

a

1-­2

loss.

After

being

rescheduled

twice,

NV

finally

hosted

BG

at

Tam-­O-­Shanter

the

next

weekend

on

January

8.

The

Cats

couldn’t

pull

out

a

win,

losing

in

a

hard-­fought

2-­3

game.

On

February

14,

the

Wildcats

traveled

to

Royal

Oak,

Michigan

to

face

Shrine

Catholic.

After

the

first,

the

Cats

were

down

0-­2,

but

came

back

to

win

the

game

4-­3.

“I

think

this

game

prepared

us

heading

into

Districts

because

they

are

around

the

same

talent

level

as

the

other

teams

we

will

be

facing,”

sophomore Reed Kross said.

District

play-­offs

started

on

February

10

and

will

continue

until

March

1.

In

their

first

round,

NV

took

on

Clay

on

February

17.

The

Cats

won

big

in

a

7-­0

lead

over

Clay.

Goals

were

scored

from

seniors

Bailey

Breitigam,

Caleb

Rau,

Sulaiman

Mustapha,

juniors

Josh

Koback

and

Clement,

sophomore

Jared

Hilou

and

freshman

Zach

Doner.

This

sent

the

Cats

to

play

BG

in

the

semi-­final

game.

The

semi-­finals

were

held

on

February

22.

Jake

Koback

came

out

strong

in

the

first

period

scoring

two

goals

both

assisted

from

brother,

Josh

Koback.

The

Cats

lead

the

Bobcats

2-­0

after

the

first

period.

A

goal

from

Estrel

late

in

the

second

put

the

game

at

3-­0.

The

Bobcats

were

unable

to

put

one

in

the

back

of

the

net

ending

the

game

at

a

3-­0

shutout.

“Having a shutout in the game like that is a cool

feeling,

but

what

I

think

is

even

better

than

that is having the opportunity to come out and compete

with

20

of

my

brothers,”

senior

goalie

David

Marsh

said.

“The

difference

between

this game against BG and the last two times we played them is that this time we were prepared mentally and we came out and executed the way we know we can play.”

This advanced the Cats to the District Finals against

St.

John’s

on

March

1.

In

their

previous

match up, the game went into overtime ending in

a

4-­3

victory

for

the

Cats.

Gymnastics vaults to NLLs Kendall McCoy Staff Writer

The

gymnastics

team

was

working

and

preparing

the

whole

season

for

one

of

their

biggest

events:

NLLs.

The

event

was

held

February

7

at

Perrysburg

High

School.

Unlike

most

sporting

events,

the

NLLs

are

completely

separate

from

the

other

meets

the

girls’

previously

competed

in.

This

means

that

the

scores

from

those

events

did

not

affect

them

going

into the Northern Lakes League meet.

There

were

four

different

events

each

gymnast

could

compete

in

including

vault,

bars,

beam,

and

floor

routines.

For

every

specific

event,

each

coach

picks

six

gymnasts

to

represent

their

team

in the particular event.

Juniors

Lauren

Taylor,

Caitlyn

McCloskey,

Katelyn

McKown,

and

freshman

Rachel

Frye

competed

in

every

event,

allowing

them

to

compete

for

the

all-­around

winner.

The

all-­around

winner

is

determined

by

a

collective

score

from

all

four

events

from

each

competitor.

The

other

team

members

participated

in

individual

events.

McKown

was

the

overall

NLL

champion

with

a

score

of

34.800.

“I

felt

nervous

going

into

the

competition,

but

it

was

a

great

environment

to

be

in.

The

results

were

unexpected

but

it

was

great

to

win,”

McKown

said.

Other

notable

participants

included

sophomore

Jill

Newton

who

was

ninth

place

in

the

vault.

McCloskey

placed

16th

on

the

bars

and

15th

overall.

Taylor

received

15th

place

on

the

beam

and

Frye

place

26th

in

the

floor

routine.

The

top

participants

in

each

event

influenced

the

overall

team

score.

Out

of

the

scores

from

each

team

member

that

competed

in

the

event,

the

four

best

scores

contribute

to

the

all-­around

team

score.

The

team

took

fifth

overall.

“I

think

the

event

went

very

well

for

our

team.

We

are

always

looking

for

ways

to

improve

but

the

effort

was

definitely

there

for

every

girl

that

competed,”

McCloskey

said.

The

team

has

been

practicing

since

November

for

the

opportunity

to

not

only

compete

in

NLLs

but

also

to

qualify

for

States.

“This

is

the

time

we

have

to

be

our

best.

The

pressure

can

get

to

you

sometimes

but

you

just

have to keep your head on and stay positive,” Newton said.

They

competed

in

Districts

on

February

21

at

BGSU.

McKown

qualified

for

States

in

the

beam

and

floor

events.

She

placed

fourth

on

the

beam

and

sixth

in

her

floor

routine.

Swim, dive teams plunging into post-season Allie Hartnett Staff Writer

The

swim

and

dive

teams

took

the

fast

lane

on

the

road

to

the

Sectionals meet.

This year’s Sectionals were held at Napoleon High School on February

8.

The

swim

team

prepared

for

the

meet

by

continuing

their

tradition

of

dying

their

hair.

The

boys

bleached

their

hair

and

the

girls’

dyed

a

portion

of

theirs.

Each

swimmer

and

diver

was

the

given

the

chance

to

compete

at

Sectionals

but

only

some

qualified

to

continue

and

move

on

to

the

Districts

meet

on

February

15

which was held at Cleveland State University.

Qualifying

for

the

Girls

Dive

meet

was

freshman

Kaitlyn

Dieringer

who

took

eighth

place

out

of

32

divers

and

junior

Katelyn

McKown

who

took

19th place.

“Making

it

to

Districts

was

my

reward

for

working

so

hard

throughout this season,” Dieringer said.

In

the

Boys

Dive

meet,

junior

Cameron

O’Brien

qualified

and

claimed

16th

place

out

of

27

divers.

For the swim team, senior Meredith Reynolds competed in the

Girls

200

freestyle,

placing

28th. Junior Mickaela Muir added to

the

success

and

qualified,

placing

20th

in

both

the

100

Freestyle

and Backstroke.

“It

felt

really

good

qualifying

because

I’ve

had

a

rough

season

with

shoulder

and

hip

injuries.

I

had

only

been

in

the

water

practicing

for

a

week

before

sectionals

due

to

injury

so

swimming

and

qualifying

was

a

big

relief,”

Muir

said.

In

the

Boys

50

freestyle

event,

junior

Zac

Frame

placed

20th.

Not

stopping

there,

Frame

raced

in

the

100

Freestyle

and

qualified

for

26th place.

In

the

Individual

Medley

relay,

senior

Evan

Sample

qualified

to

move

on

by

placing

24th.

The

Girls

200

freestyle

relay

consisted

of

Muir,

Reynolds,

and

freshmen

Amanda

Taylor

and

Ashley

Houttekier,

accomplishing

18th place.

The

last

event

that

took

place

was

the

Boys

200

medley

relay

which

consisted

of

sophomore

Jack

Sanderson,

junior

Grant

Schwartz,

Frame,

and

Sample.

Finishing

this

relay,

the

boys

placed

20th,

qualifying

to

move

on.

At

the

Districts

meet,

in

the

Girls

one

meter

dive

event,

Dieringer

finished

strong

placing

7th out

of

32

divers.

Following

Dieringer

was

McKown,

claiming

15th place.

O’Brien

competed

in

the

Boys

one

meter

dive

event

and

finished

placing

18th

out

of

27

divers.

Reynolds

competed

in

the

Girls

200

yard

Freestyle

swim

event

and

finished

placing

23rd

out

of

30

other

swimmers.

Sample

participated

in

the

Boys

200

yard

IM

relay

and

finished

in

21st

place.

Frame

was

the

last

individual

to

compete

for the team,

competing

in

the

Boys

50

yard

freestyle

and

the

100

yard

freestyle.

Frame

Finished

the

50

yard

freestyle

in

20th place out

of

30

swimmers

and

the

100

yard

Freestyle

in

22nd place.

Muir

was

not

able

to

compete

in

her

events

at

Districts

due

to

being

sick;;

therefore

junior

Lauren

DeBelly

served

as

an

alternate

in

the

Girls

200

Freestyle

relay

and

competed

in

Muir’s

place.

The

girls’

finished

this

relay

coming

in

17th place. Competing in the

Boys

200

yard

Medley

Relay

and

placing

20th was Sanderson, Schwartz,

Frame,

and

Sample.

For

the

rest

of

Swim

and

Dive

team,

the

season

ended

after

Sectionals,

however

they

will

still

be

able

to

perform

off

season

training

to

prepare

for

next

year’s

season.

“We improved steadily throughout the season and had a good showing at Sectionals. The mark that we measure ourselves with is

the

progress

from

the

beginning

of

the

season

to

the

end.

The

hard

part

is

when

you

evaluate

yourself

against

the

teams

who

made

the

District

cut;;

there

ends

up

being

less

qualifiers

and

less

relays.

However,

there

were

more

schools

competing

for

those

spots

including

a

big

group

of

talented

swimmers

from

Cleveland,”

Assistant

Swim

Coach

Melanie

Rogers

said.

With

many

cancellations

and

not

as

much

practice

time,

both

teams

were

still

able

to

finish

their

season

successfully

and

have

many

people

qualify.

“We

have

gotten

better

through

the

last

3

years

and

have

become

a

more

mature

and

an

all-­around

better

team,”

junior

swim

captain

Ben

Hertz

said.

SPORTS

The Student Prints March 4, 2014

11

Wildcats, LadyKats finished seasons strong Jordan Rose & Kendall McCoy Sports Writers

On February 7, the boys basketball team took on Perrysburg at home. The Yellow Jackets were ranked seventh in the state.

Perrysburg sharpshooter Nick Moschetti scored a career-high and school record 43 points against the Wildcats, leading to a blowout defeat, 47-85. Sophomore Aerin West led the Wildcats with 24 points.

“It was impressive what Moschetti did. It shows that if you work hard in the offseason, you can be as good as you want, and he

has

definitely

proven

that

this

year,”

West

said.

“Playing against him inspires me to want to continue to grow as a basketball player. This offseason I have to put in a lot of work to get where he is at.”

On February 11, the Wildcats took on Southview, as the Cougars sought revenge after the Wildcats upset them at home in

their

first

meeting

in

January.

SV

jumped

out

to

an

11-­0

start

in

the

first

quarter

and

controlled

the

game

the

rest

of

the

way.

The league’s top scorer, SV’s Matt Morrison, scored a game-high 33 points to lead the Cougars as they won 63-83.

“I was obviously disappointed about losing to them, but I finished

my

career

6-­4

against

them.

We

battled

hard

and

beat

them as the underdog this year. I am more excited with that win than

I

am

disappointed

with

that

final

loss,”

senior

John

Wendt

said.On February 14, the Wildcats traveled to Napoleon to take on some other Wildcats at their home court, which is known as “The Grand Canyon”. Northview has not come out victorious at Napoleon for the past two years.

“It is very hard to win at Napoleon because the whole town comes together and supports their team. Every game they have a packed crowd which makes communication hard for the away team,” junior Ryan Moebius said. “Our game plan was to limit them on going on any big runs or the game would be over, and we perfected that plan.”

With all the adversity the team faced, they emerged as a unit and came out victorious with a 41-36 victory.

“It

was

a

great

feeling

to

finally

win

at

The

Grand

Canyon,

especially for the seniors on the team,” sophomore Austin Sample said.

On

February

21,

the

team

faced

Springfield

on

Senior

Night.

Coach

Shadle

started

all

five

seniors,

including

Downing,

Wendt,

Josh Liebes-McClellan, Jordan Rose, and Collin Reeves.

NV was close the whole game, but could not pull it out, as they lost 33-42.

The

team

faced

Start

High

School

in

their

first

tournament

game on Tuesday, February 25.

On the girls side, the LadyKats played on February 13 against the Southview Cougars. This was their last home game of the season. Senior Kayla Morrissey was honored and the students

JUNIOR MADDIE FRIES DODGES around her opponent as she dribbles the ball down the court towards the double-overtime victory against rivals Southview. The LadyKats beat their rival 52-50 and solidified their second place position in the NLL where they finished 11-3. came

out

in

support,

filling

the

bottom

half

of

the

stands.

Towards the end of regulation, junior Kendall Jessing made a clutch steal to tie the game. Sophomore Izzie Austin then hit two key free throws to put the LadyKats up by two points. With time winding down, senior Taryn Stanley from SV scored putting the game into overtime.

The game kept going back and forth, but junior Maddie Fries hit a huge three point shot to put them up by two. Unfortunately, SV rallied in another basket to tie the game up.

With time running down and the score 50-50, the LadyKats made an important play to junior Kendall McCoy who scored the game winning basket with 2.8 seconds left on the clock. After a hard fought battle and full team effort, the LadyKats came on top and

beat

their

rival

52-­50.

This

game

also

solidified

their

second

place

position

in

the

NLL

where

they

finished

11-­3.

“The atmosphere was crazy to play in. I am so happy we pulled out a win as a team with the help of everyone who attended the game,” junior Mackenzie Riggs said.

Their

first

post

season

game

was

against

the

St.

Ursula

arrows

on February 16 at Central Catholic High School. The LadyKats

struggled a bit in the beginning but picked up their defense in the second half to cruise to an easy victory over SUA 57-29.

Their next game was February 22 against SV at Central Catholic. With great patience and a team mentality, the LadyKats fought back after being down by ten points at halftime. At the end of the third quarter, Jessing made a big three point shot to put NV up by one.

The fourth was a battle and with numerous chances to put the

game

away

the

Kats

were

unable

to

complete

it

in

the

final

stanza. However, two overtimes and many foul shots later, the LadyKats prevailed with a third victory over SV 45-42.

“This game helped us grow as a team and helped us remember that there are always two halves to a game. If they work together, great things can happen,” Head Coach Brittaney Cymbolin said.

The win against SV allowed the LadyKats to advance to the District Semi-Finals to play Notre Dame Academy. They lost to NDA earlier this year at the Stroh Center at BGSU. “In order for us to win, we have to play the best we have all year. This is a chance to prove ourselves because we have nothing to lose,” Fries said.

Practice pays off for dance team Baseball throws first pitch

in

2012,

which

was

also

the

first

year

that

they

went to the regional competition. In 2012, the girls only made it to States in hip hop.

Staff Writer “It was music to my ears to hear that we qualified

for

States

in

all

three

categories

again

The Dance Team is shakin’ their way to this year. The practices will be tough but will States. On February 1, the Dance Team headed make us better. I’m excited to show Ohio what to Anthony Wayne High School for the regional Northview Dance Team can do,” senior Maddie competition. They performed three routines; Rutter said. one in each category: jazz, pom, and hip hop.

On Ferbuary 8, the girls attended the Ohio Their dances include a jazz number called State Dance Competition held at St. Ursula.

Let It Go, a hip hop routine to Turn the Music, There was a convention the morning of the and a pom dance called Old School. The girls competition where all of the teams, learned a qualified

in

all

three

categories

for

the

State

dance to perform at the end of the competition. competition, which will be held on March 2 at “I’m so lucky to say that I was able to work St. Johns Arena in Columbus. with OSU, they are an amazing dance team,” “Preparing for Regionals this year was freshman Haley Jones said. really tough, but it shows that hard work really That night, the DT performed the same does pay off in the end,” sophomore Sammi three routines as they did at Regionals. Each Klinger said. dance received a High Gold. This is based on The

team

qualified

in

all

three

categories

the judging of Silver, Gold, High Gold, and last year as well. This is the third time that the Platinum.

NVDT will be attending the state competition.

In addition to scoring High Gold on each The

first

year

that

they

made

it

to

States

was

dance, the team also received third for each

Emma Crandall

routine.

“We have attended the OSU competition three times and I love it because we get to compete against other dance teams around the area that we normally wouldn’t compete against. Each year that we have attended the competition, we have grown to be a better and stronger team. We received all High Golds and I couldn’t be more proud of our team,” senior Morgan Isola said.

During the Northview vs Southview game, the NVDT performed with the accompaniment of a group of very talented boys.

The Dance Team performed their annual Boy’s Dance. This year it was a mix of Timber, Lipgloss, and Missy Elliot.

“The dance team makes it look a lot easier than

it

really

is.

It

was

hard

to

learn

at

first

but

it

was a lot of fun to perform,” sophomore Teddy Austin said.

The DT plans to continue cleaning and perfecting their dances for the few remaining home games and the State competition. They hope their hard work will pay off in the end.

STARK THE NVDT POSES with the boys after the halftime performance against Southview. The dance team also qualified for states, along with the great halftime show. “It was music to my ears to hear that we qualified for States in all three categories again this year. The practices will be tough but will make us better. I’m excited to show Ohio what Northview Dance Team can do,” senior Maddie Rutter said.

Allie Hartnett Staff Writer

The baseball team is quickly getting back into the swing of training as the new season is approaches.

The team held pre-season workouts to prepare for tryouts, which will be held on February 24. The workouts take place three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.

The

first

workouts

started

in

September,

which carried on throughout the fall season, and mainly consisted of long tossing, a new throwing program, and batting practice.

Long tossing is when two players throw a ball back and fourth and then eventually grow farther apart.

“I think long tossing is a great program to help us throw harder because we can’t go outside to throw right now due to the snow, so it’s probably the best option we have for throwing inside,” sophomore Nick DeArmond said.

As the weather grew colder in November, the team moved their workouts to indoor which is where they have been practicing more hitting, conditioning, weight lifting, and improvements on their speed and agility.

“I think we’re all trying to get our timing back as quick as possible,” Rogers said.

These

workouts

will

help

benefit

the

players when they perform at the tryouts by getting them back to playing the game and improving their skills.

“Hopefully these workouts will prevent us from injuries, give us stronger arms, and give us more power at the plate,” Coach Greg Szparka said. The baseball team plans to travel to Destin, Florida for spring break which

is

where

they

will

be

playing

their

first

game on April 1.

SPORTS

The Student Prints March 4, 2014

Cheer begins competitions Claire Weber Staff Writer

INGLE INGLE SENIOR JORDYN MARTINEZ cheers for the student section during a time-out. “I hope to finish out my last season on a good note and have fun performing with my team for the last time,” Martinez said.

As basketball season comes to an end, the cheerleaders have

finished

up

their

final

practices

and

games.

However,

the

cheerleading competition team has just begun competition season.

For the past few months, the cheer team has been practicing for “Cheer for a Cure” competition that will take place at Southview on March 16.

The team will not participate in any other competitions due to starting the season later than expected. Therefore, there weren’t many competition opportunities available when the cheer team was ready, according to junior Caitlyn McCloskey.

For the competition, the cheerleaders will perform one routine that will include sections such as chants, stunts, dances, and jumps. The competition will help raise money for breast

cancer

research

along

with

raffles

that

will

add

to

the

fundraising.

“The best feeling is the anticipation everybody feels before the music starts. I’m excited to go out there with my team and put on a good show. I hope we hit all of our stunts and more importantly to just have fun,” sophomore Madison Tucker said.

In addition, all of the cheer teams will wear some sort of pink when competing. As for NV, the cheerleaders are planning to wear pink jerseys, pink bows, and possibly paint a pink ribbon on their cheeks, according to McCloskey.

“The most important thing to worry about for this competition is to raise money for breast cancer. I just want my team and I to do our best and have fun performing” McCloskey said.

The cheerleaders overall goal is to hit all the stunts and perform a clean routine, but more importantly to try their best and to just have fun, according to Senior Jordyn Martinez.

“I

hope

I

finish

out

my

last

season

on

a

good

note

and

have fun performing with my team for the last time,” Martinez said.

12

NV announces new coach for football season Andrew Headman Staff Writer

New year, new coach. The Football team has recently hired Doug Downing as the new head coach.

Downing has an extensive collegiate coaching career, including jobs at the University of Toledo, Southwest Missouri State University, Western Illinois University, and Eastern Michigan University.

“From my 24 years coaching college football, my philosophies will stay the same. It is about teaching and developing kids to be leaders,’’ Doug Downing said.

Along with his coaching career he played quarterback at the University of Purdue.

“The committee was impressed with his resume with his 24

year

of

college

coaching.

He

lives

in

our

community

and

has great people skills, Athletic Director Chris Irwin said.

He

is

going

to

stress

his

“three

pillars”

for

development:

hard work, positive attitude, and toughness. The foundation of the program will be built on integrity, trust and embracing the process, and belief and poise, according to Coach Downing.

“I am looking forward to change. I feel like it will be good for the team and he can put us on the right track to a winning

season.

He

is

a

perfect

fit

for

the

job,”

junior

Daniel

Schweickert said.

Currently the football team has workouts after school “I am preparing for the season by getting to know the kids and seeing what we have, then devising a plan to get us where we want to go. Also I want to establish a work ethic and a positive attitude with the players, and I want to improve each and everyday,” Downing said. “My number one goal right now, as of February, is to improve all aspects of the game of football and to make the team the best we can be.”

NV junior class lands five commitments Mackenzie Elrod Staff Writer

The future is a scary thought. College is slowly creeping up on us all whether it’s the last few months for the seniors or a couple years for the freshmen.

Many big decisions have to be made like what school to go to, what to major in and whether students wants to continue their sport.

Five of Northview’s junior female athletes have beat the crowd and realized that college is not as far away as everyone thinks.

Junior Abbie Bacon has committed to Bowling Green State University back in the fall.

She will be joining the soccer team in the 2015 season.

“The reason I chose BGSU is because the

school made me feel right at home and meets exactly with what I’m looking for. They also recently hired a new coaching staff that I’m extremely excited to start working with when I graduate from NV,” Bacon said.

Following Bacon to BGSU to continue her basketball career will be junior Maddie Cole.

“I committed in early October. I wanted to make my decision before the season started so I could relax and concentrate on just playing,” Cole said.

Junior Kendall Jessing will be dribbling her way down to Athens, Ohio to play basketball as a Bobcat for Ohio University.

“I choose OU because it had everything I was looking for. It has a beautiful campus, had my degree, is a good

distance from home, and I really like the basketball program, coaches and girls. It was all

“

It’s important that you find a program that fits you and your play. I felt that when I visited the University of Akron. I loved the coaches, team, and atmosphere.

-Abbey Pawlak, junior

”

around

the

perfect

fit,”

Jessing

said.

Heading

to

rival

school,

Miami

of

Ohio,

will

be teammate junior Kendall McCoy. “I chose to commit to Miami of Ohio because their campus is so pretty and it has a real college town feeling to it. I love the coaching staff and it just felt right like home. I am so excited to start college and to continue playing the sport I love,” McCoy said.

Recently on February 16, junior Abbey Pawlak verbally committed to play volleyball at the University of Akron.

“It’s

important

that

you

find

a

program

that

fits

you

and

your

play.

I

felt

that

when

I

visited

the

University of Akron. I loved the coaches, team, and atmosphere of the school. While making the decision, I tried to think of something I didn’t like and there were no negatives for me. I am very excited about my decision and can’t wait to go there. Go Zips,” Pawlak said.

All the girls have verbally committed and plan to sign sometime in the upcoming year.

feature athlete CALEB RAU Hockey Eat, sleep, play hockey. This well-known phrase correlates perfectly with senior Caleb Rau. Rumor has it that his other car is a Zamboni. Rau is one of the ten seniors on the team and a key contributor on the ice. He plays the forward position on the second line. His hard-hitting strength along with his mental toughness makes him one of the many dominant players on the team and in the league. Rau has been on the varsity team for three years and was apart of the 2012 State Championship team. The teams record this year is 15-13-1 and they will face St. Johns in the finals of the district tournament.

-Jordan Rose When did you first start playing hockey?

I first started playing hockey when I was in second grade.

Who is your role model for hockey?

Steve Yzerman. He was a great leader on and off the ice.

What has been your most memorable moment playing at Northview?

Winning the state championship my sophomore year, that was awesome.

How do you get mentally prepared before each game?

I get a good warm up and stretch in before the game and listen to some tunes that will get me focused and in the zone. I also envision what I am going to do when I step on the ice.

Do you plan on growing out the flow for the tournament?

You know, as much as I would love to, I just got a fresh clean cut and it won’t grow fast enough for that to happen.

STARK