May 2014

fused Senior Tanner Green sleeps in utopia May 15. / photo by Maureen Langley

official newsmagazine of bloomington high school north - vol7, no7

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PROBLEMS CAUSE TUTORIAL CHANGES

page 4 Students forgetting to sign up, skipping tutorials, and using tutorials inappropriately causes administration to change policies.

A NEW BEGINNING

Junior learns from mistakes after going to juvenile detention.

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MEET DALTON GRIMES

This senior balances his time between five activities.

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MOVING FORWARD

Senior Kevin O’Brien has attended North for one year.

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NEWS

Problems cause tutorial changes

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CHANGES TO TUTORIALS

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Maureen Langley Zoe Need

Novel every young girl should read “The Time Machine” stands the test of time

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A new beginning 06 Meet Dalton Grimes 08 New president elected for NHS 09 Moving forward from the best year ever 10

CJ Campbell Catherine Hardy Destiny Mullis Sydney Pogue Alaina Schmidt Kat Sylvester Hannah Weatherbee Kiah Weaver Krista Williams

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Senior David Davtyan practices for one act plays during tutorial. / photo by Hannah Weatherbee

Rebecca Alano checks junior Katie Chuke’s name off her attendance list. / photo by Maureen Langley

CORRECTIONS FOR APRIL In “Silence is golden” on page 8, the “Q” in LGBTQ stands for “questioning,” not “queer.”

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In “Spring into track season” on page 10, junior Phillip Woelmer runs the 4 by 800 meter, not the 100 meter.

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Problems cause tutorial changes

Students forgetting to sign up, skipping tutorials, and using tutorials inappropriately causes administration to change policies.

by Maureen Langley

Junior Katie Chuke uses her phone while sophomore Dalton Kahl reads during math teacher Rebecca Alano’s utopia May 15. / photo by Maureen Langley

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tudents sit silently in a classroom. They’re working on different assignments, but they have one thing in common. They forgot to sign up for tutorials and now they’re stuck in utopia.

Principal Jeffry Henderson said tutorial started in 2011 to give students a chance to get extra help from teachers during the school day. Problems with students forgetting to sign up and skipping tutorials caused administration to change policies.

“We operate on the assumption that not everyone learns at the same speed, and we operate on the assumption that all kids can learn,” principal Jeffry Henderson said.

Since August, students have been assigned to Utopia rooms for silent studying instead of the auditorium.

Students were expected to keep electronics put away, and to have a book or something to study out at all times.

“I couldn’t use my phone. There was stuff that I

could’ve done on my phone for homework. I feel like we should be allowed to go to a different tutorial if we have stuff to do,” junior Gerashae Norman said.

Students aren’t allowed to get passes out of utopia because of attendance. Utopia teachers often teach different subjects than what a student needs help in, but students can’t leave the classroom to ask another teacher.

“Ultimately, my responsibility is to be able to locate a kid in this building at any point in time during the day,” Henderson said.

Technology coordinator Stephen Cole said that it’s not unusual for some kids to not bother to sign up or to show up to tutorials. He said ideally each student would assign themselves or a teacher would make sure each student is assigned.

“We have kids who really ought to be somewhere (other) than in a Utopia, because they’re either missing work or having some difficulty and need some extra

help and they don’t sign up for things,” Cole said.

Junior Katie Chuke said she has been in utopia for most of the year because she doesn’t need help from teachers. She said she preferred the auditorium over utopia because it felt like she had more freedom.

“We should be able to talk instead of it being quiet and awkward,” Chuke said.

Science teacher Paul Farmer has had attendance problems with utopia, but not behavioral problems.

“The only problem is I’ve had students come in 10-20 minutes late saying (they) didn’t know where it was at. By that time they’ve already been marked absent,” science teacher Paul Farmer said.

Henderson said that tutorials continue to evolve and they are currently changing the online scheduler.

“I think we’re learning a lot about it and looking for ways to make improvements so that it’s more beneficial. Change, you know, is sometimes kind of slow,” Cole said.

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Novel every young girl should read Author tells the importance of gender equality through “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks.”

by Krista Williams

5/5 Frankie Landau-Banks is just a girl. A girl whose mother won’t let her walk to town herself, but allows her younger male cousin to. A girl who is completely ignored until she develops womanly curves. A girl who is objectified, underestimated, and excluded because of her sex.

“The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks” by E. Lockhart chronologies Frankie’s transformation from being an awkward, geeky, complainant child, her father’s “Bunny Rabbit”, into a daring, manipulative individual; a force to be reckoned with.

Each and every event in “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks” is important to Frankie’s character development. As a result, Frankie isn’t the most likable character, but that makes her realistic and makes this novel compelling.

Upon starting her sophomore year, Frankie immediately begins dating rich, popular Matthew Livingston, who the year before, completely ignored her. The only difference now is that Frankie has gotten attractive over the summer.

Early into their relationship, Frankie realizes two things about Livingston: he is apart of their boarding school’s all male secret society, The Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds and he is completely uninter-

ested in Frankie’s life.

Feminism is the main theme of “The Disreputable History of Frankie LandauBanks.” Frankie is put under the pressure of social conventions her boyfriend.

Livingston, “genuinely liked her, she knew. Maybe even loved her. He just loved her in a limited way. Loved her best when she needed help. Loved her best when he could set the boundaries and make the rules. Loved her best when she was a smaller, younger person than he was, with no social power. When he could adore her for her youth and charm and protect her from the larger concerns of life.”

It is the passages like the one above that speaks to the true meaning of the novel. Livingston represents the social expectations for women. He wants Frankie to be dependent on him. He wants her to be completely wrapped in his world, but he doesn’t want to do the same for her. Livingston tries to make Frankie into an extension of him, rather than her own person.

The reader has to feel for Frankie and connect with her struggles. Whenever she’s criticized for being “oversensitive” or told she’s “thinking too much” or that she’s “harmless”, the reader has to sympathise with her. Whenever she rebels against these terms, the reader has to cheer with her.

It is because she is underestimated and overlooked, that Frankie rebels. It leads her to secretly inject herself into a leadership position in her school’s male-only society.

In the process she may take things too far, but who can blame her?

“The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks” is a wonderfully authentic and truthful novel. Frankie is a beautifully complex character. She’s passionate and driven and completely aware that the moment she became Matthew Livingston’s girlfriend, she stopped being herself. However, she cannot stop herself from wanting to be a part of his world; she cannot stop herself from wanting to fall in love.

The novel’s message is a powerful on that every girl should know.

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“The Time Machine” stands the test of time H.G Wells’ science fiction novel intrigues readers for generations.

by Alaina Schmidt

Written by H.G. Wells in 1895, “The Time Traveler” is a hard book to put down. The novel tells the story of a narrator who creates a time machine in order to travel to other dimensions.

The story takes off when the narrator, known as the Time Traveler, tests his device with a journey that takes him to the year 802,701.

In the future he discovers two species of sub-humans. Over time, the wealth gap has steadily increased between the rich and the poor in these species. The poor become so disadvantaged by this wealth gap, that they become like animals-a sub-par breed of humans who have no possibility of entering high society. This limits the society to half the population, half the brain power, and half the innovators than it would have otherwise.

Wells argues against capitalism. He lays before the audience a possible future; one that no one would want, one that no one should want.

The Time Traveler’s emotions are conveyed heavily throughout the novel; the reader can connect with the narrator. He continues to make short jumps through time, seeing life on

Earth and it’s relationship with the sun change, leading to later developments in the Time Traveler’s character.

The Time Traveler is brave and gains access to the Underworld. He discovers the remains of an old museum.

Wells uses such descriptive language that it is easy to get wrapped into the book. The Time Traveler is brave for wanting to explore different centuries; something that many would not have the guts to do.

Overwhelmed, The Time Traveler returns to his house a short time after he left, and tells the story to his guests.

Here, a significant theme arises in the book. Since his story is so embellished, they are weary to believe it.

Several times throughout the book, the narrator is faced with such decisions that would lead him to question his conscience.

H.G. Wells gives great descriptions on occurring events, and makes the Time Traveler’s character seemingly real; it’s easy to get enticed within the pages of the book and lose track of reality. The Time Machine is a fast paced, action filled book that’s sure to intrigue readers, as it has for decades.

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A NEW BEGINNING:

AUSTIN MULLIS Junior Austin Mullis has been in the Batesville Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) three times in the past year. The first time was just days, but then he went back for a month. Now that he is out, he regrets what he’s done and is trying to start over.

“I would take (my actions) back if I could,” Mullis said. “I just made bad choices at the wrong times.”

Mullis’ life went downhill when he fractured his shoulder playing basketball. After surgery on his shoulder, Mullis was prescribed Hydrocodone, a heavy pain-killer. One day, he brought his medication to school and officials found it.

“I was arrested. Just absolutely terrified,” Mullis said. “I was in jail at 16 years old.”

Mullis was charged with a felony for Class B Narcotics on School Property and sent to Batesville Juvenile Detention center for a few days.

He went back two days after he got out.

After getting out the first time, he met a friend at a public park. This friend was the person who told the school officials about his medication the first time he got sent to Juvenile Detention. Mullis beat him up and was arrested again for battery.

“I said to myself ‘I can’t believe I’m going back,’”

Mullis said. “I mean, I literally got out not only a week ago.”

Mullis went to Batesville again for three days in solitary confinement.

“I couldn’t concentrate at all,” he said. “That’s when I found God by reading the bible. That and knowing what time food came were the only things that gave me hope.”

Once again, it was a situation where he would be at the wrong place at the wrong time. “I should’ve stopped to think of the consequences before I made my actions,” Mullis said.

He was about to make the biggest mistake of his life on New Year’s Day of 2014. When Mullis pulled away with his caravan out of a nearby hotel acting as a designated driver, two police cars were already waiting to bust the party. Mullis had marijuana in his possession, which led to a potential misdemeanor during his conviction.

Those actions landed him under bars for a third time. In this case, it would be for roughly a month.

“Everything made me feel terrible,” Mullis stated. “At that point, nobody would trust me.”

To make matters worse, Mullis disappointed the one

by CJ Campbell who cared about him the most.

“What made me feel the worst was letting down my grandma,” he said, “I still have not seen her to this day.”

The only things Mullis could look forward to everyday were his opportunity to leave his cell for half an hour periods and meals.

“I thought I was invincible at the time,” said Mullis.

“Now I look back and wonder why I ever felt that way.”

For Mullis, spending time around other JDC inmates was also another intimidating and eye-opening experience.

Mullis learned a lesson during the next four weeks.

“It’s not cool to follow a group,” he said. “Most importantly, there’s nothing good in any way about smoking weed.”

Behavior like Mullis exhibited has the potential to land any other negligent teen behind bars.

Mullis is four months sober and wants to prevent this behavior in his peers.

“Smoking marijuana was not worth the time I spent in jail,” he said. “It’s definitely not the right path for others to go on.”

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DALTON GRIMES

Senior Dalton Grimes is in Latin Club, Latin Honor Society, Spell Bowl, Cougar Leaders and Track. See why he joined these clubs and how he manages his time.

by Hannah Weatherbee

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT BEING IN ALL OF THESE CLUBS? It’s definitely more so fun than stressful. Spell Bowl was absolutely no pressure. Latin Club involves hardly any work.

Cougar Leaders is 40 minutes every week.

WHO HAVE YOU BEEN A COUGAR LEADER FOR AND FOR HOW LONG? I’ve been a Cougar Leader for two years, and have been (Angie) Cannon’s (Cougar Leader) for both years. I do whatever I want when I’m in there. The freshmen think it’s awesome.

WHY DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN THESE CLUBS?

For Latin Honor Society and Latin Club, Mrs. Roe talked me into joining them. As for Cougar Leaders, my freshmen year was horrible because of my Cougar leaders. All they did was sit around and talk, I didn’t want to have future freshmen deal with that, so I decided to try out for it. I wanted to make a difference.

HOW DO YOU BALANCE SCHOOL WORK WITH CLUB MEETING? I don’t really balance my time with either. I typically do my homework in other classes.

HOW DO YOU MANAGE STRESS BETWEEN SCHOOL AND CLUBS?

I mainly try to avoid breakdowns. Other than that, I don’t really stress, unless the meetings interfere with outside time.

WHICH ACTIVITY DO YOU COMMIT THE MOST TIME TO?

My biggest time commitment would have to be track. We practice everyday after school. We have to be there at 3:15 for attendance, practice ends at about 5:30. Track meets typically end at about 9:30, which means that my day is gone. I have no time for homework.

HOW OFTEN DO THESE CLUBS MEET?

Cougar Leaders meets every last Monday of the month for planning. Spell Bowl doesn’t ever really meet. Latin Club and Latin Honor Society goes on field trips a lot, and we meet during den and tutorials.

WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO NORTH AS A FRESHMEN, WHAT CLUBS WERE YOU IN? I wasn’t really in any clubs. I did play football and track.

IF YOU COULD GIVE ADVICE TO ANYONE WHO IS AFRAID OF JOINING A CLUB, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Join clubs, you can meet a lot of people. People don’t think of clubs as something to do, they think of it as something to be apart of. It’s a lot of people that enjoy the same things.

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New president elected for National Honors Society No drastic changes will be made to National Honors Society as junior Lucas Adams prepares to be president for the 2014-15 school year.

by Zoe Need / design by Maureen Langley A group of half awake teenagers stare groggily from their seats in the auditorium at potential leaders of National Honors Society (NHS). He stands in front of them and prepares to speak. There are butterflies in his stomach.

In the last NHS meeting, junior Lucas Adams was nominated by junior Taylor Stewart for president. The possibility of holding the position became a reality after a close election. His win was well received.

“I was very excited to hear the news that I won because obviously anyone who is running for a position within NHS is successful with what they do. I wasn’t

for sure that I had won I just knew that I had given my speech well and hoped that the chapter recognized that I would be a good president,” Adams said.

Adams will be working with juniors parliamentarian Clarissa Chen, treasurer Tanner Ellis, secretary Megan Factora, vice president Morgan Newman and teacher sponsor Alexis Harmon.

While no major changes have been discussed with the entire leadership board yet for the upcoming year, Adams has a few plans of his own.

He hopes to start recording minutes for students and send them in emails, as well as stay on top of responding to students

who email the leadership board about hours and update the website.

As for the two most talked about issues in NHS, Adams plans on keeping sponsored hours and morning meetings, but being more efficient.

“At the core I really like non-sponsored hours because it encourages people to do stuff like bell ringing, and without them we would lose a link in the chapter, but maybe I would consider recommendations for other options for sponsored hours.

“Morning meetings seem like a necessary evil in order to meet together and have some face to face interaction.

That being said, I recognize that a lot of things being talked with in meetings can be dealt with in email,” Adams said.

Despite the lack of absolute clarity in overall goals in the chapter yet, he has a positive outlook on his future time as president.

“When I baby sit, I always try to clean up or make the house look nicer than when I got there. The position now isn’t super messy pertaining to the metaphor but I will do everything I can to make it even better and in turn make the chapter better and the world better and the universe better,” Adams said.

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Moving forward from the best year ever Kevin O’ Brien reflects on spending his last year of high school in a new town and a new school.

by Zoe Need

Why did your family move to Bloomington?

My mom felt very stagnant where she was in life so she decided to go to college, and since IU was the only place in state that offered her major, we moved down here.

How would you describe your relationship with your mom?

We used to be incredibly close but with me getting so close to graduation and such my mind has been telling me to separate from her so that I can leave the nest with no problems.

Was your mom a factor in deciding to go to IU? Yes, I'll be staying in a dorm next year which will give me both the freedom of being away from her and the comfort that she's not very far away if I need anything.

Where did you live before moving here?

The last place I lived was Crawfordsville, Ind. which was a smaller town. I lived there for five years: from seventh grade to the end of eleventh grade year. I was a Northridge Middle School Cougar and then a North Montgomery High School Charger. I moved to Bloomington Aug. 1 and did everything in one day. Cougar Encounter was Aug. 5 and I toured the school that day, and then school started Aug. 7.

How were you feeling on that first day?

Going into it I was a bit intimidated because it was the biggest school I've ever been to, but right away I started making friends. The swim team kind of consumed me and made my year. This has probably been the best year of my life and I've loved every part of the school. It's been a very friendly place and has influenced who I am pretty positively.

How would you describe your life here?

Everything has been pretty busy and full of stuff to do.

Nowhere else I've lived has been like that for me.

Why wasn't it as busy in Crawfordsville?

I played soccer and ran track but the teams there weren't nearly as close in friendship to what I experienced here. They were very cliquey. Swimming really made me realize you can have fun while working out whereas running is just terrible.

Also, Dave Tanner has been the greatest coach and one of the best people I've gotten to know. Swimming would've been way different without him and he made me feel like I contributed to the team.

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here who are going to IU, and I plan on living with them so that would make staying in touch pretty easy.

What about saying goodbye to the friends that you won't be in school with?

I don't think I'm ready to say goodbye just yet. I still have a lot of friends who are juniors and are going to have a great senior year, so I hope I can be a part of that, but I'm excited for school to be over for the summer. That's for sure.

Do you think you would have decided to go to IU if you had stayed in Crawfordsville?

I don't think so one bit. In Crawfordsville I had a lot of people influencing me to go to Wabash, which is the college there.

With all of their financial aid I was even really close to going this year, but I made my decision and I'm happy with it. I really love it here in Bloomington and I'm looking forward to four great years.

Why do you love Bloomington?

I really love the environment: how active the sidewalks are, the biking community, there's always something going on during the school year. I also love how great and close the lakes are and living here has given me so many opportunities to try new things and really just enjoy the city.

What's the biggest thing you've learned here?

Moving somewhere is not the end of the world. You can make friends and have a great time if you have the mind set to do so. I've had a great year and I attribute that to me having been proactive about meeting people and how friendly the people I met were.

Would you want to stay in Bloomington or move on?

I plan on going where life takes me. The next four years will be here, but who knows what will come with the rest.

What do you plan on doing with your career?

I actually have no idea what I want to do as a career. My first year in college is dedicated to exploring that and seeing what I actually like.

Has your time at North changed that at all?

Well, I don't have to make a decision for a while and life is very fluid so I'll go where the river carries me.

Will you play sports in college?

Going to IU, the level of athleticism is way above me so while I won't be very competitive I plan to stay in shape with intramural sports like ultimate frisbee and swimming.

Is your flexibility brought on by your move to North at all?

Yeah. It's given me the most choices I've ever had to make decisions and choose. So it's made me learn how to weigh options and decide what I really like the most. And I realize now that things happen regardless of how you chose to approach them so I try to make myself available for whatever life brings toward me.

Do you plan on staying in touch with the friends you made at North this year?

I understand there will be a few friends that I lose touch with just because it'll be tough, but there are some friends of mine

What is your mentality going into your new adult life?

Each person you meet offers a variety of things you've never experienced. Make friends with people and mutually benefit them. Life is great, but it's better when you share it.

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North upperclassmen practice one act plays during tutorial in preparation for their final performance on May 15. photos by Hannah Weatherbee / design by Maddie Gooldy

JUNIOR KARLY TAYLOR

SENIOR ALISSA WYLE

JUNIOR SARAH SEYFRIED AND SENIOR DAVID DAVTYAN

SENIOR ISAAC NEWSOM