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Volume 69, Issue 9 November 17, 2017
Today:
WHSFA Thea-tre (One Acts) State Competi-tion @ UWW
6:00 PM: Girls Hockey Varsi-ty vs Lakeland Union @ Lake-land Union
6:30 PM: KBJR Parade @ Duluth
Monday–Friday:
No School Thanksgiving Break
Monday:
5:45 & 7:15
PM: Girls Bas-ketball vs Cameron @ Cameron
Today:
Trevor Janowicz Holly Kimmes Nathan Simpson
11/18: Janaia Fudally Calen Kirkpatrick Rachel Kirkpatrick
11/19:
Brianna Linderholm
11/20:
Nicholas Ogren
11/21: Isaac Nichols Drew Sotona
11/23: Samuel Risley
Happy
Birthday!
Pg. 4 &6 Senior Profs
This last week-end I spent three days at Metropo-lis Resort in Eau Claire, WI, with 18 other NHS students.
We spent the weekend jam-ming out to gos-pel with the fea-tured band Light Switch, getting involved with workshops dur-ing the day, all aimed at teach-ing us more
about spreading our faith in our communities. But who could forget the waterpark, arcade and go-cart track, and the newest addition to the hotel, the trampoline park.
Godstock is a youth convention organized by the Synod Youth Board (SYD), the conferences
that make up Wisconsin; we are in the Lake Supe-rior conference. There are two positions you can run for, a one year representative position or a two year position. The SYD also plans another youth conven-tion called Christ Jam, which is similar to God-stock but for middle
schoolers. There are usu-ally four guest speakers for the weekend, two adult guest speakers and then two speakers who are on the Youth Synod Board.
The board members drive down to Eau Claire on Thursday to help
dec-Godstock attendees in Eau Claire.
By Sydney Larsen
A stellar performance of “The Terezin Prom-ise” earned the drama troupe the privilege of competing at the state level this Friday, No-vember 17.
Most of you were able to see an encore perfor-mance of the competi-tion play during Thurs-day’s Academic Advise-ment that the general public witnessed on the annual Night of One Acts.
Also featured that night was a comedy called “12 Reasons Not To Be In a Play.”
The team will be leav-ing around 8:00 a.m. Fri-day to travel six hours on a bus, singing show tunes and the school song, annoying each oth-er and making memories on the way to perform in the State Theatre Festi-val at UW-Whitewater. Cast and crew include Lily Cain, Emily Charli-er, Lauren CroziCharli-er, Jon-son Dillard, Audrey
Ed-wards, Kevin Garland, Erin Germano, Grant Goodlet, Maddy Gross, Trisha Hanson, Erin Hart, Tiana Hursh, Gabe Johnson, Noah Johnson, Paige Johnson, Olivia Kalin, Sami Keller, James Kovaleski, Aman-da Lumberg, Isabella Magerl, Ashley Olson, Josh Olson, Ariel Rutten, and Jessica Schnepper. The play was directed by Mrs. Luostari and Mr. Goodlet. Break a leg, NHS drama!
By Maddy Gross
UW-Superior admin-istration surprised stu-dents and faculty two weeks ago with an alarm-ing email. 25 programs are being suspended for the upcoming fall, in-cluding nine majors, 15 minors, and one graduate program, and an addi-tional 15 programs have been “put on warning.” The administration is attempting to diminish the $2.5 million budget shortfall ($4.5 million as of 2014). Combined with this year’s efforts, UW-Superior has cut 40 programs from the uni-versity.
Northwestern students have been affected by this change, specifically the seniors planning their higher education. One of these students is Nadia Henegar. Nadia is cur-rently enrolled at UWS through youth options, and is taking philosophy
and psycholo-gy. She was planning on applying to UWS for fall semester to study Political Science and Legal Studies, “I’m going to
have to
change my plan,” Nadia says regard-ing her future, “but I’m hop-ing to still be
able to attend UWS be-cause I really love the school.”
“The suspensions are disappointing,” she con-tinues. “I don’t under-stand why (the board) would limit student choices. They are taking opportunities away from future students and I don’t see how there could be a positive out-come from that.”
Many members of the staff are also infuriated
by these cuts and their lack of involvement they were given on the deci-sion. Students and staff alike feel blindsided by this decision, “I think if (the board) had opened up the discussion on sus-pensions before making a final decision, there could have been a better solution to the problems (the board) is trying to fix.” Nadia states.
The administration claims their reasoning
Editor: Ashley Olson
Staff Members: Sydney Larsen
Crystal Taylor Journey Amundson
Maddy Gross
Advisor: Mrs. Thompson
By Journey Amundson
“It’s a huge meet with about 150-180 girls in each race; it’s a great experience,” junior Abby
Nelson commented
about the state cross country meet.
As to be expected both Abby and Kennedy Nel-son were very anxious during the five hour drive to State. But ac-cording to Kennedy Nel-son, “It only felt like two hours because I was in a nice big Suburban.” Early in the season, both girls had goals set, one of which was just to
qualify and be able to race at State, or just beat a personal record, which Kennedy did. Kennedy stated that one of her favorite memories was playing her “pump up jams” on the way to Rapids Golf Course; music of Kanye West, Taylor Swift, and, Beyoncé.
Abby shared that dur-ing the season Mr. Bob Coleman came and talked to the team the day before a meet, deliv-ering one of his famous speeches about team-work and leadership. Mr. Coleman’s wise words
encouraged the runners during the race.
On the day of the state meet, mother nature was not nearly as kind as she
could’ve been, leaving the crisp Wisconsin air at 30 degrees.
The colder weather
By Sydney Larsen
See ‘Run’ on pg. 3
See ‘UWS’ on pg. 5 Picture of student protesters provided by NHS alumnus
Heather Montavon
Each year Americans celebrate the Thanksgiv-ing holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. Most families follow tra-ditions begun on the first Thanksgiving, but many have their own traditions that evolve as the years pass.
Thanksgiving is a chance for families to gather together, to feast and to enjoy being with one another. But the day can also be a meaningful time to reflect on our blessings and remember what we have been giv-en.
Everyone has different traditions: spending time with friends and family, having big dinners of turkey, potatoes, stuffing, turkey, pie and more; watching football games; traveling, and much more.
Some students and teachers shared their tra-ditions as well as what they are thankful for:
Maddy Gross: We go to my nana’s and papa’s house and everyone on my mom's side of the family is there. We so-cialize and then we circle around and pray and then
dig in and spend the day together.
Mrs. Wick: I’m the one that cooks the dinner. This year I’m cooking for 35 friends and family. We all enjoy a nice meal together and catch up on life.
Jake Brill: I’m thankful for everything. I appreci-ate and enjoy everything in my life. I would con-sider my life #blessed.
Mr. Smith: We nor mal-ly don’t sit around the dinner table and eat; we usually stand around the
television watching foot-ball, filling our faces un-til we can’t eat no more.
Devin Olson: I’m thankful for my life.
Austin Bunker: I am thankful for those who have died for our country and for those who con-tinue to serve our coun-try.
Mrs. Peterson: I’m the pie maker, so I end up making a dozen pies. I’m thankful for my kids and my husband.
Isaac Olson:
I’m thankful for Joey
Lydon’s free ride to school every day.
Emily Taylor: I’m thankful for my nephew Braden and my family.
Mr. Helbach: Each year everyone who comes to dinner brings one dish so the dinner making is not on one per-son. I’m thankful for a healthy family and hav-ing a warm place to live.
Tiana Hursh: My fami-ly traditions are traveling to see and spend time with family members that we don’t see often. I’m thankful for coffee, and plastic bags (inside joke).
Paige Johnson: I’m thankful for friends and family.
Mr. Goodlet: Lately the tradition is to go to Flori-da and spend time at Dis-ney World with my fami-ly.
Zeb Hart: I’m thankful for freedom
Ella Brill: I’m thankful for food and my cats.
Mr. Carlson: I’m thankful for my wife. Our family traditions are to grill the turkey and eat lots of food. Go on a walk and come home to watch football.
James Kovaleski: I’m thankful for my exist-ence.
By Crystal Taylor
did have a slight effect on Abby and Kennedy, making it harder for them to warm their bod-ies up before the race. Once they got moving, though, their minds fo-cused on putting one foot in front of another. Now one would think running/competing against 150-180 other
girls would be a little nerve-racking, but the girls stated that having that many runners to compete against fires them up and motivates them.
Abby and Kennedy stated that to practice for state, they went to the Hayward Golf Course; at state the course felt very flat, not counting the gi-ant hill near the finish
line.
This was Abby’s third year competing at state, and she said this year was way different. Her freshman and sophomore years, the whole team went with her; this year Abby had to imagine the rest of the team cheering her on.
Since this was Kenne-dy’s first year I asked her if she felt any pressure,
and she responded, “I don’t think there was any pressure, plus I didn’t know what to expect. I always get tell myself it’s another three mile run, then that usually calms me down.”
Both Kennedy and Abby did an exceptional job at state, placing 56th and 54th respectively, and setting personal rec-ords.
By Maddy Gross
Favorite music genre and artist?
Jackson Meller, from Hawthorne, WI.
If you could have any superpower what would it be?
I would want to talk to animals.
If you could change one school rule, what would it be and why?
To wear hats in school because my brother gets yelled at every day for wearing his hat.
What are your plans for after high school?
I’m going to travel all over the world.
What movie/tv character best describes you? Why?
Dory from Finding Nemo because I forget everything.
Biggest pet peeve?
When people snap me the word “streak”
Pick a memorable moment from high school that you would like to share.
I don’t know how many times I’ve fallen or tripped either on the stairs or on air in my four years.
Bayleigh Sotona
What are your plans for after high school?
Move to Alabama for college.
If someone were to describe you in one word, what would it be?
Needy. I always need somebody by me and talking to me.
Who has made the biggest impact on how you view your life?
Austin Zoltak and Sharlayna Ci-mermancic. They've taught me to live life to the fullest and not to take crap from anyone.
On whom do you have a secret crush?
Austin Zoltak, but that's not really a secret.
What’s on your bedroom walls?
Pictures of my favorite people and memories.
Biggest Pet Peeve?
Disrespectful people.
Any advice for freshmen?
This isn't really advice but you’ll only have like three real friends by senior year because you’ll kick out the negative/fake friends.
Alayna
Gilbertson
Alayna Gilbertson, Bayleigh Sotona, Sharlayna Cimermancic
What are your plans for after high school?
Continue with my make-up and hopefully grow with it.
If someone were to describe you in one word, what would it be?
Confident. I just learned over the years to not worry over the years to not worry what others think and to focus on myself and my needs.
On whom do you have a secret crush?
Girl, it's no secret, Matthew Hanson.
Who has made the biggest impact on how you view your life?
Myself, overcoming the things I have has changed my whole perspective. I choose to become a better person every day.
What's in your pockets right now?
I got no pockets on this ‘fit, my dude.
Anyadviceforfreshmen?
DON’T STAND IN “CLIQUES” IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HALLWAYS!!!
Biggestpetpeeve?
When it’s not even 10 a.m. and people are loud for no reason.
the theme of the the weekend, The theme for this year was “Don’t worry about anything, instead pray about every-thing.”
Once we arrived at the hotel on Friday and got situated in our rooms, everyone gathered in the conference room, where we listened to the run-down for the weekend and to one of the guest speakers.
Then we broke up in-to our “churches” and voted on who should be on the Synod Youth Board for an upcoming year depending on if your position has expired or not.
I was honored to be nominated by Tyler Da-vis, a retiring boar d member in his last year at Godstock, so I will be filling his one year posi-tion, and Olivia Kalin
will be holding the two year position.
Saturday was quite
team building, Bible scavenger hunt, and arts, holy yoga, and “holy”wood game night. After our workshops on Saturday we went to the Eau Claire mall for dinner and some shop-ping then back to the ho-tel conference room for a live performance from the band Light Switch. In addition, Saturday night was the unveiling of the brand new trampoline park, which was a group favorite.
Waking up Sunday morning is not always the easiest because many stay up until about 1:30 a.m., so the wall of sleep deprivation does hit pret-ty hard.
But the Sunday ser-vice is always my favor-ite. The youth board members act out skits during the service show-ing how scripture can relate to our daily lives. After we all recovered from our Godstock
years now and this year was his third year on the board.
I asked Tyler how Godstock has benefitted him since he has the most experience and he responded, “Godstock has helped develop my leadership skills, and speaking skills.
“From leading work-shops and being a guest speaker at the 2016 God-stock. This last year was definitely my best year, with a great group of people that all wanted to make two great youth gatherings this year, and we did, as everyone worked hard and got along really well. This was an amazing last year.”
Although next year is going to be very different without Tyler and some of the other seniors there with us, we will definite-ly continue the upbeat and inspiring motto that Tyler has always held at
commented, “Coming into it I didn’t really know what to expect oth-er than for the most part I knew I’d be fun, but I didn’t know what the spiritual experience was going to be. It was amaz-ing!
“The speakers were very relatable; every-thing they said struck the right cord. The experi-ence overall made me feel closer to God and my peers. I would defi-nitely go back if I wasn't a senior.”
If you have ever con-sidered going to God-stock, don’t be afraid to ask me, Olivia Kalin, or Ted Kyle as we are the present board members for 2018.
It is an amazing expe-rience, and there is al-most always something for everyone to take away from the weekend.
behind cutting programs lies in the amount of op-tions they have. The di-rectors of these decisions state that if new students are given an overwhelm-ing amount of majors to choose from, their deci-sions may be misguided. Students disagree with this explanation. They believe that by limiting their choices, the admin-istration is saying they don’t trust their students with making their own decisions.
Heather Montavon
graduated from NHS in 2014, and is currently attending UW-Superior for English Education (and minoring in
thea-tre). “I think it is abso-lutely heartbreaking to watch my university be-come dismantled,” Heather states.
“I chose this school on the basis that the class sizes and student body was small, something UW-Superior has been praised for. Why do they decide to punish the ma-jors, minors, and gradu-ate programs with low enrollment rates now when it has been viewed as a good thing for years?” Many other stu-dents have the same opinions.
2002 Northwestern graduate, Brady McDonough’s major is also being impacted by this suspension. "Having
my track eliminated [while I was already en-rolled] allows me to fin-ish my degree, but my field was hurt, allowing my future job prospects to be diminished.
How do [the adminis-trative persons] expect more students to enroll with fewer options to choose from?" Brady’s major and minor, Media Studies and Global Stud-ies respectively, are both being suspended for up-coming years.
The university is stick-ing by their claim of not laying off any faculty in the suspended programs, and the students current-ly working towards their degree in the programs will be allowed to finish
their studies. But, no new students will be al-lowed into the program. Last week, students held protests of their own in pursuit of gaining back their programs. On Monday, a peaceful pro-test was held outside of a main building, followed by a sit-in, and on Tues-day a rally was held be-tween Old Main and Swenson.
In last remarks, “Hopefully the admin-istration will take some of what their staff, stu-dents, and community members have said to heart, and reverse the suspensions,” Nadia re-layed.
By Maddy Gross
What movie / tv char-acter best describes you?
The funny character in any movie. I’m very sar-castic, humorous, and always trying to make
people laugh.
Who has made the big-gest impact on how you view your life?
Bob Coleman.
On whom do you have a secret crush?
Andrew Klobucher.
What will you miss most about high school, if anything?
The people you grow up around, 8 hours a day, since elementary school.
Any advice for fresh-men?
Go to athletic events and cheer. Go to school danc-es. Get involved with clubs. Participate in dress -up days. One day it
won't be there.
What was your most iconic middle school outfit?
I would have to say a
Fitch shirt with athletic basketball shorts.
Biggestpetpeeve? Public Displays of Affec-tion.
Vanessa Pearson, Jaelyn Hebert, Sydney Anderson.
Sydney
Anderson
Who has made the big-gest impact on how you view your life?
Bailee and coach Melde they have taught me to have fun in life, be kind to others, love uncondi-tionally, and to not let people push me around.
What’s in your pockets right now?
My shattered phone and chapstick.
What’s your most em-barrassing high school memory?
Running over the stop sign in front of the school with my car, the
monday before christmas break.
Any advice for fresh-men?
Do NOT worry about what others think. Try new things.
What was your most iconic middle school outfit?
Gauchos. Bobby Jack t-shirts, and side ponys
with headbands.
If you could time travel to any time period/ loca-tion, what would it be? I would go to Greece. (sisterhood of the travel-ing pants)
Biggest pet peeve?
People who chew loudly and being ignored.
Jaelyn Hebert
If you were a color, what color would you be and why?
Yellow, it's very bright and obnoxious and some what annoying but every-one still accepts it. (oh and it's the happy color!) If someone were to
de-scribe you in one word, what would it be? Exotic . . . that’s what Logan and Jaelyn tell me. Still learning what it means.
Who has made the big-gest impact on how you view your life?
Anyone of my dance
coaches or Pastor Kyle.
What’s your most em-barrassing high school memory?
Fainting in front of the whole B lunch freshmen year. Everyone thought I was seizing.
What will you miss about high school, if anything?
Anything that has to do
with dance team.
Any advice for fresh-men?
Don’t faint during lunch. It’s not only embarrass-ing but it hurts.
What was your most iconic middle school outfit?
