November 2013

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official newsmagazine of bloomington high school north - vol7, no4

On the Road to Rhythm photo by Maureen Langley

Junior Sadie Johnson shares her passion for music.

All in a season

Recalling highlights of fall sports

The best buddy you can be

Senior shares the joys of the club

Putting students to the test

A look at the use of standardized tests

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news Setback but Standing Strong The Best Buddy You Can Be

Editors in Chief Maureen Langley Zoe Need

feature

On the road to rhythm

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Opinion

Business Editors Olivia Druckemiller Maddie Gooldy Sydney Pogue

Putting Students to the Test

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profiles

Copy Editor

From the Hallway to the Runway The Few and the Proud

Catherine Hardy

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Staffers

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adviser

North Defeats BNL All in a Season

photo by Hannah Weatherbee

Krista Williams

Sports

Senior Bethany Lumsdaine

Emily Brewer CJ Campbell Gabby Johnson Destiny Mullis Jade Record Alaina Schmidt Kat Sylvester Hannah Weatherbee Kiah Weaver

Corrections In the Oct. 8 issue on page 5, freshman Tessa Barnett was mislabeled as junior Meredith Metz. Also on page 5, senior Emma Barnett was mislabeled as senior Alissa Wyle.

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Setback but Standing Strong North graduate recovers from serious injuries.

by Olivia Druckemiller

On June 5, at 11 p.m. , Ashley Miller was sitting in the back seat of a truck not wearing a seat belt. A few moments later, she wasn’t in the truck. The driver lost control of the vehicle at 80 mph, while passing another vehicle. The car swerved off the road and flipped over itself into a ditch.

Miller was rushed to IU Health Bloomington Hospital where she was then life lined to IU Health Methodist Hospital.

Miller lost 36 units of blood before she could get medical attention.

She fractured five ribs, her left knee, shattered her tailbone into 21 pieces, shattered her pelvis and both hip sockets. Both of her lungs collapsed and she broke her neck. Her doctor told her that out of everyone who breaks their neck, only 5 percent live.

Miller opened her eyes from her hospital bed two weeks later to see her mother sitting by her side.

“I starting crying because when I tried to talk I couldn’t,” Miller said.

Miller had a breathing tube down her throat, preventing her from speaking.

Shortly after, her doctors came back in to sedate her again, taking her out of pain and allowing her to sleep.

“While sedated all my dreams felt really real, they were all of me dying,” Miller said.

Miller woke up the second time confused and had to be told what happened by her mother and her doctors.

“I didn’t know where I was or what happened,” Miller said “I was in so much pain.”

just “I’m blessed to be here. ”

Miller shows off her neck brace while laying in bed.

Photo courtesy of Ashley Miller For the next two weeks Miller undergoes 18 different surgeries.

The first surgery was done to put a plate and cork in her neck for stabilization. She had two separate surgeries to put in chest tubes to help her breath. She then had two different surgeries on her back to fuse all the fractions back together.

She also had a X fix surgery done on her pelvis for stabilization. Another surgery had

to be done on her tailbone to put it back together.

REHAB

Miller was finally released from IU Health Methodist Hospital for rehab Aug. 9th. She had tried to do rehab in Bloomington, but her back opened back up. This caused her to lose another 18 units of blood. She had to

be rushed back to Indianapolis for yet another back surgery. Miller then stayed in Indianapolis to complete her rehab at Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana. For the first two weeks of rehab no weight could be put on Miller’s left leg so her focus was on her arms and right leg.

Rehab was mainly to teach Miller how to walk again.

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It completely changed the way I look at life. I cherish every moment.

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Miller and her doctor after a rehab session.

Photo courtesy of Ashley Miller “I didn’t know how to walk, I couldn’t remember,” Miller said.

“I was scared.” For the first two weeks Miller wore a back brace and walked with a walker. After two weeks in rehab, Miller can walk with a cane and push a grocery cart at the grocery store.

Miller’s family has been by her side the whole time. “My mom was by my side every day at the hospital and at

rehab,” Miller said “She slept in the waiting room” Miller’s doctor said she would be recovered after six months, but hasn’t fully recovered after a year.

Riding in cars is still something Miller isn’t comfortable with.

“There’s only a few people I trust to drive right now.” When Miller gets in a car her heart starts to race and she gets really hot.

Sometimes this leads to anxiety attacks.

she can’t drive herself. However, she hopes to be able to in a couple of months.

Assistance

goals

While in a back brace Miller needed help with everything. Including getting in and out of bed, taking a shower and getting dressed. Now Miller can handle most of that on her own. She still can’t bend down all the way if she drops something. She still needs people to take her places because

Miller plans to go to Ivy tech in January.

Miller can’t take a full load of classes due to her memory problem. She hopes once she is in classes it will come back to her, but if not college may not be an option. She still plans on getting a job and moving past this experience.

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The Best Buddy You Can Be Best Buddies share their plans for this year.

by Gabby Johnson

Best Buddies is a volunteer mentoring program that creates opportunities for one on one relationships and leadership development for students with mental disabilities.

Best Buddies President senior Lindsey VanDeventer joined Best Buddies because her buddy senior Olivia Guerrataz wanted her to.

She and Guerrataz are in 4H together. They go to meetings together. Sometimes they also go out to eat together, to the mall, hang out, or watch movies.

“My favorite part is getting to meet new people and getting to hang out with everyone and have fun,” Guerrettaz said.

VanDeventer loves helping others. “It has been the most rewarding program ever,” VanDeventer said.

VanDeventer’s duties include organizing all meeting and recruiting new members.

This year Best Buddies had a fall party. Activites included a hayride, a bonfire and pumpkin decorating. They’ve volunteered at Hoosier Hills food bank. This winter they plan to have a gingerbread house contest.

In the spring, Best Buddies will hold a breakfast at the American Legion. Members serve breakfast to attendees themselves. Funds raised will pay chapter dues and send the president and the buddy director to summer camp.

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The program really opens your eyes to something that you’ve never experienced in high school. You get to see how some people struggle and help them make new friends.

Senior Thuraya Al Naseri, juniors Marianne Torres, Nick Colby, Baylee Allen, Alexmar Velez and algebra teacher Brooke Fleener stand by the fire and cook hotdogs together at their fall party.

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Members go on a hayride together.

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Putting Students to the

A look at standarized tests; their use in schools, in applications, and their impact on teenagers.

Opinion by Krista Williams Throw away the PSAT, the SAT and all other standardized tests that measure things like time management and obscure vocabulary words rather than actual intelligence.

Most colleges look at SAT scores as a way to sift through thousands of applications. Which means these colleges base their opinions very heavily on something that doesn’t even touch on creativity, leadership, and other true measures of future success.

The SAT is useful for collecting data, such as how many teenagers know what the word perfidious means. But it doesn’t change how many teenagers use the word nor does it eliminate the reliance on dictionaries.

The things that students are tested for on the SAT most likely won’t transfer into their college curriculum.

Look at it this way. When will college students be asked to complete a vocabulary test? When will English majors be asked to do Algebra?

The answer is never.

The SAT/ PSAT does not measure college readiness-the one thing that it’s supposed to measure. Colleges

should not deny applicants because of this test.

“If (the score) is really low you’re still a smart kid,” senior Blake Anderson said. “If you just don’t do good on tests you should still go to that college.”

The one thing that the SAT/PSAT does measure is time management. The PSAT only grants an average of one minute per problem or less (the writing section only allows 30 minutes for 39 problems). Each section limits a person’s ability to complete a full thought process.

“Sure someone’s brain may take a longer time analyzing things but it’s working just fine and thinking properly,” sophomore Joanna Morton said.

Furthermore, with all this hype over a single test, students are crumbling under the pressure. The PSAT/ SAT is not designed for the average student, and leads to insecurity amongst teenagers.

“The PSAT made me feel like I’ll only be accepted to Ivy Tech,” sophomore Jessie Grubb said.

Thankfully, colleges are catching on to this and less are requiring a SAT score with their application.

SAT Fast facts

professionals.collegeboard.com

Takes three hours and 45 minutes.

Consists of 10 separately timed sections It is machine-scored, except for essay.

Provides students with access to scholarship opportunities.

Most colleges require an admission test such as the SAT. 80 percent finish nearly the entire test.

Most complete at least 75 percent of the questions.

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On the Road to Rhythm

by Kiah Weaver

Junior Sadie Johnson shares her love for music and her passion for helping others.

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Junior Sadie Johnson has created a stir in the music crowd that extends beyond Bloomington. Johnson has recently performed with her bands in multiple venues in front of growing crowds.

Among her biggest performances was when The Sadie Johnson Band played in Maryville, Tenn. a few weeks ago with the ‘90s band Blues Traveler. She also played for 15,000 people at an Indianapolis Colts game.

“It was our biggest gig yet,” Johnson said. “I usually don’t get nervous because of performance but because the venues keep growing.”

The Sadie Johnson band has an upcoming performance at the Chicago House of Blues. Johnson doesn’t have a job outside of performing.

“Music and performing is pretty much my life,” Johnson said.

That doesn’t mean her life is limited to performing.

Johnson seeks out every opportunity to help the community.

“Anytime I get a chance to help the community, I do,” Johnson said.

Johnson participates in the project school’s music therapy program regularly. She also donates half of the proceeds from her online music sales to Love Hope Strength, a charity that builds cancer centers.

Johnson also performs with her older sister Sam Johnson in The Sad Sam Blues Jam. “My biggest fans are probably my parents and my sisters. If I didn’t have this amazing family I wouldn’t be able to do any this,” Johnson said.

“If I didn’t have this amazing family I wouldn’t be able to do any this.”

design and photos by Maureen Langley

Johnson’s songs are available for purchase at www.reverbnation.com/thesadsambluesjam

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Brandon Hecht Joins

The Few and the Proud

Senior is on his way to becoming a United States Marine.

by CJ Campbell

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I’m scared to death that I’m there at one of the hardest trainings in the country, yet happier beyond my wildest dreams that I’m this close.

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Brandon Hecht is not your typical teenager. Life will change dramatically once Hecht is shipped off to the Marine Recruit Depot in San Diego this February.

“I’m not joining for the glory, it’s the thought of brotherhood and the history behind the Marine Corps,” said Hecht. “I want to be apart of something greater than myself.”

Hecht grew up in a military family. He was born at Ramstein Air Force Base in Landstuhl, Germany and has lived in four cities within the United States ever since. The Marine Corps is not foreign to him.

“I know I’ve wanted to join the military ever since I was 11 or 12,” Hecht said.

He specifically reminisced a Marine Corps commercial he saw at the age of 12 that changed his life forever.

“Ever since that day, I’ve always known I wanted to be a Marine.”

Hecht has also been preparing himself by taking physical training sessions at the local armed forces career center for the last three years.

“I’ve been staying in the best shape possible by working out on my own with my recruiter,” he said.

“It’s hard, but it’ll make you tougher.”

Hecht already has a detailed plan of how he wants to serve as a soldier.

“My occupation will be CE, or combat support. I will directly support the infantry units on the ground by means of either artillery, amphibious, assault vehicles, tank, or anti-air gunners.”

Combat support is crucial when working in unison

with infantry units.

“If you think of the Marine Corps as a car, my job would be the wheels, where the infantry would be the tires,” said Hecht. “I’m not where the rubber meets the road, but without the wheels, the tires would collapse.”

With boot camp rapidly approaching, Hecht still has mixed feelings. In reality, he isn’t completely ready for what awaits.

“It’s going to hit me like a ton of bricks,” he said.

“I’m going to be home sick, in culture shock and there’s no way around that.”

Regardless, Hecht is on a mission bigger than himself.

“Hundreds of thousands of brave men and women have died defending my rights. The least I can do is keep defending this nation as time goes on.”

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From the Hallway to the Runway North Sophomore is on her way to becoming a model.

by Sydney Pogue

Photo courtesy of Laura Telthorst

Sophomore Julia Telthorst is one of several acclaimed models who attends North. She is one of the few that is actively pursuing her dream.

“I’ve always wanted to be somewhere in the public eye but I never really knew what I wanted to do,” Telthorst said.

As a child, Telthorst always wanted to be in the spotlight.

She was always jumping in front of the camera, but never sure of what she wanted to pursue.

Until her older sister picked up photography. Laura Telthorst attended North years before Julia did. Laura took photography with Ernie Clark, and used Julia as a model in a lot of her photos. Julia fell in love with modeling.

“She’s a really corny kid, but when she get’s in front of the camera she get’s in her zone and is very serious,” said Clark. He believes that modeling is the one thing that Julia is really passionate about.

Julia’s modeling career has escalated over the past few years. She’s traveled with her sister to Los Angeles and Chicago to model. However, Julia will be staying in Bloomington until she finishes her education before she further pursues her career.

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North Defeats BNL North played BNL on Nov. 1 as part of the IHSAA state tournament. The Cougars deafeated the Stars 49-7 and then topped South on Nov. 8.

Junior Alex Richardson looks towards his teammates as they begin to make a play.

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Sophomore Jack Smith and junior Alex Richardson high five coaches.

Seniors Z Stephenson and Matt Wieligman tackle members of the other team.

Junior Alex Richardson stares down a member of the opposing team.

Wieligman lets sophomore John Earl Rochell-Manns on the field.

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Senior Ali Mallory photo by Lindsey Lawrence

Sophomore Jie-En Wu photo by Sydney Pogue

All in a Season Recall the highlights of fall sports.

by Kat Sylvester

Senior Gabe Zelaya photo by Maureen Langley

Senior Hunter Jastremski photo by Sydney Pogue

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varsity boys soccer

• The Cougars demolished South this season.

• Southport went undefeated until they played North.

• Twelve seniors played on the team this year.

• Currently ranked 27th in the state.

“No Pressure No Diamonds”

-team motto.

varsity football

varsity girls golf

• Freshman Kaleena Abraham shot two holes-in-one; the first during a practice round and another in the sectional tournament.

• This season’s key players include senior Abbey Barker, junior Morgan Eudaly, sophomore Vanessa Rush and freshman Kaleena Abraham.

• Placed 4th at the Conference Indiana match Sept. 16.

Varsity girls soccer

• Currently ranked 71 in the state.

• Recorded 25 goals and 245 saves.

• Averaged 68 tackles per game.

• Against Bedford North Lawrence

• Beat South 24-16 on Sept. 13.

• Cougars head coach Scott Bless won the “Bless Bowl” by beating Columbus North, led by Scott’s brother, Tim.

• Key players of this season in-

clude seniors Jonathan Frederick and Hugh Jackson, juniors Alex Richardson and Hunter Jastremski, and sophomore Jack Smith.

sophomore Kylee Henderson gets knocked to the ground, picks herself up and kicks in a sweet shot above the goalie’s head.

• The contest against Franklin Cen-

tral was scoreless until the last five minutes. Junior Stephanie Haddad scored in the final nine seconds.

“First five, last five.”

-team motto.

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Senior Ashley Hash

Junior Dustin Deckard

the

SNAPSHOT compiled by Hannah Weatherbee

Art work drawn by North seniors.

Senior Ashley Hash

Junior Dustin Deckard

Senior Abbey Saccone