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century star 1000 E. Century Ave. 58503

February 2010

A look at drugs and alcohol in the lives of teens p. 24 High School hockey players take their passion outdoors to the p. 12

BOHL

When it comes to

how

picture messaging,

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This Tastes Like Change

This is one band you wont want to miss p. 44

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century star staff adviser sueskalicky editor amandalittrell web editor norahkolberg assistant editor macyegeland design editor breanneskalicky web programmer alexroth news editor jordankalk opinion editor paulmurphy sports editor greghilzendeger entertainment editor sammimoss feature editor impact editor

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fiction editor sarahmcphillips photo editors

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Letter from the editor

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copy editors baileycarlson jordankalk

events coordinator

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business manager davidmathern shorts manager allithorson marketing manager aleciasmith ad designer kellanstaebell reporters briannabrown jocelynnsonnenberg abbykopp caseykrefting

The STAR newsmagazine policy The Star policy is a document that covers everything from our purpose to our plan of action if something goes wrong. It’s the staff’s guideline as to how our decisions are made. The Star is a student-generated newsmagazine published through the efforts and decisions of its editorial board and staff without any prior review. It is produced, edited and maintained by students. It is an open forum for student expression and the discussion of issues of concern to its audience. The Star and its staff are protected by and bound to the principles of the First Amendment, made possible by the Constitution and various laws and court decisions implementing those principles.

The Star staff will strive to report all issues in a legal, objective, accurate and ethical manner, according to the Canons of Professional Journalism developed by the Society of Professional Journalists. The Canons of Professional Journalism include a code of ethics the Star staff is encouraged to follow. The Star publishes itself and covers the budget costs entirely through advertising sales, subscriptions and fund-raising projects.

Century High School 1000 E. Century Ave. Bismarck, ND 58501 (701) 323-4900 ext. 6627 Fax (701) 323-4905 century_star@bismarckschool.org

In this here fifth issue, the staff of the Century STAR has worked themselves to the bone to find and report the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. For the past four weeks, ideas have been floating around the room, inspiring the newsies to work harder and get those interviews done faster. This is our product.

We’d like to welcome you to the new Century STAR. By reinventing ourselves again, we have created the package.

The purpose of the package is to inform you, honestly and to the fullest, use the resources given to help you make everyday decisions and give a voice to those unable to be heard.

This month’s issue, drugs and alcohol, has opened a variety of doors for the STAR staff. A wide range of students, both past and present, teachers, resource officers and anyone with something to say have donated their time, effort and personal experiences to the staff to create our product. Not only have we been working on package, but also working for the web and the normal sections that make up our paper each month. Before we go any further, I will stop and let you enjoy by telling you to read these stories. Not to just skim through them looking for something shorter to read, but to stop and think.

Like my friend Pete Townsend always said, it’s only teenage wasteland.

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News briefs........................................................................................6 Dining decisions...........................................................................8 Respecting technology...........................................................9

sports:

Sport shorts.....................................................................................11 A league of their own......................................................12 Century combat........................................................................14

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Hurt in Haiti................................................................................16 Post secret.....................................................................................18 Sleeping through school................................................20 Feature shorts..............................................................................21

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fiction

Featured artist: Chelsey Krecklau...........................23

A look at drugs and alcohol in the lives of teens p. 24

impact:

Falling deep.................................................................................24 Profiles...............................................................................................34

High School hockey players take their passion outdoors to the p. 12

BOHL

When it comes to

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picture messaging,

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too

much? p.9

This Tastes Like Change

This is one band you wont want to p. miss44

2004 graduate, Nate Hockett, shares his story with the staff of the Century STAR for this month’s impact section. To read more, turn to page 24. photo.breanneskalicky

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Paul...................................................................................................................37

This Tastes Like Change...............................................................45

Alyssa.............................................................................................................38

Entertainment shorts..........................................................................49

Rants and Raves...................................................................................40

Reviews..........................................................................................................52

Editorials.......................................................................................................36

In your element.....................................................................................42

It’s my life....................................................................................................54

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short.baileycarlson photos.sarajohardmeyer For the first time ever at Century High School, this year all juniors will be required to take a free in-school ACT (or WorkKeys) in April. The ACT is a four-part college entrance test, with the highest possible score being a 36. Here are some tips to help you study (if you plan to!).

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Take some practice tests and read all directions before the test. Practicing will keep you familiar with the types of questions and allow less stress on the real test. Most test aids recommend taking practice tests over overall study because the study topics are so broad.

Eat a good breakfast before and chew gum or a mint during the test.

This stimulates brain function.

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Get sleep the night before! If at all possible, take the day before the big test off of all studying and just relax.

You can’t learn everything in one night, and if you have paid attention in class before and done any studying prior to the exam, you should do fine.

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Take it again. If you don’t feel confident the first round, you can always try again.

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This year, some students will be relieved when they hear the school plans to change the time schedule for next year. Since last spring, a group of board members have been deciding on a new time table for the public schools of Bismarck. What mainly brought this concern of changing the schedule is the use, or non-use, of Channel One time. A popular topic of this school year’s conversations is the absence of Channel One during second period and what effect it makes. The board has narrowed down their plan to four different options. The most popular option seems to be “Option C,” which involves not starting school until 8:42 A.M. and being dismissed at 3:30 P.M. That is, unless, any student is required to have tutoring time in the morning everyday begining at 8:05 A.M. until 8:38 A.M. Also siding with “Option C” is assistant principal Mark Murdock. “[The tutoring time] takes away that option of, ‘I’m failing the class so I should just give up,’” Murdock said.

The new school time table has not been released yet, but is expected to surface in the next few months.

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“I don’t eat out in the winter as much. I [don’t] want to be he bell rings and classroom doors burst open. Students pour into the hallways and scramble in every direction. out in the cold,” Peterson said. “[In spring] I love going out to eat; it’s so nice out [and] it makes me feel better.”

It’s lunchtime.

Though many students go out, it’s important to embrace Century High School students have an open campus what the school offers. Students may not notice, but the lunch, which means they can either eat in the school school does take into consideration their opinions. There cafeteria or may leave for lunch. Century is in the prime location for fast food dining, so what makes students eat at hasn’t been a way to solve the long lunch line yet, but it has recently taken into consideration the students and school or retreat to a local food joint? implemented something they have been “There are so many fast food places around here that are accessible,” kitchen “There are so many asking for.

“People think the salad bar is more effimanager Lori DeCoteau said. “ I think [that’s why] our numbers aren’t as high as Bismarck fast food places around cient, and a lot of kids ask for a salad bar,” High’s.” here that are acces- school nutrition program manager for the ND Department of Public Instruction Deb DeCoteau believes many students look sible.”

Egeland said. “That’s why so many of our at the menu and if it is something they like schools have gone to having salad bars because so many they will eat at school, but if it’s something they don’t care of our kids have asked for it.” for they will find food elsewhere. DeCoteau said it is easy Century High School’s open campus is a privilege stuto notice what Century High School’s favorite lunches are; dents have. While some appreciate all the work that goes chicken patty is very popular along with any type of pasta, into their own cafeteria and its operation, others enjoy the while the meatloaf is not a big hit. break that lunch gives them, and like to enjoy it away from Junior Stacy Peterson often eats at school but will go school. out on occasion. It’s a way for her to escape her everyday “They are taking advantage of having the freedom to go routine and get out of the school, if only for a short time. out to eat,” Peterson said. v However, the weather is a big factor in her decision.

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he phone vibrates in her pocket and she takes it in her hand. She reads the familiar name at the top of the screen and then the message underneath. After a few moments of thought she responds, and a few minutes later a picture is taken and sent to her that-time boyfriend. At that moment, what was going on seemed innocent and harmless, but as time passed it would prove to be a mistake that would cost the young girl her money, her dignity, and her happiness.

In January of 2009, Century High School senior Courtney Balstad was caught sending inappropriate photos from her phone. One of the pictures was anonymously sent to her mother, and after discussing it with Balstad’s father, they confronted her.

“I didn’t know what the heck she was doing,” Balstad’s mother Tanja Balstad said.

Though the news came as shocking and upsetting to the adults involved, Balstad, along with many other teens, saw little cause for punishment.

“I didn’t even think they were that bad,” Balstad said. “It was just me in a swimsuit.”

It’s no secret that many teens participate in this kind of behavior, as it is commonly heard of on the news as “sexting.” The big question is why teens choose to do it. Many believe the answer can be explained by hormone levels and an adrenaline rush they receive.

According to the office of the Attorney General, teenagers can be prosecuted for sexting if they send or possess nude or partially nude photos on their cell phone. If convicted of sexting, the teenager will need to register as a sex offender, and tudents may also be required to study at home or with a tutor instead of being at school.

The adrenaline that teens recieve from sexuality is now becoming an issue when it comes to boyfriends and girlfriends sending nude or partially nude photos. Not only is it dangerous if someone else gains possession of the photo, but it is now against the law. True North Solutions counselor Bonnie Engel sees sending sexual photos as the new version of streaking.

“Largely, our teenagers are adrenaline junkies,” Engel said.

These days, people in general often think less before they do, say or even send things. By sending photos, teenagers are opening themselves up for exploitation in both

good and bad ways. Teenagers are often acting for the now and not thinking about the effects it could have later on. Link Psychological Services, P.C. psychologist Dr. James Link says that teens engaging in this behavior will have many relationship problems and not know how to have an adult relationship because they were exposing themselves at such a young and manipulative age.

“They need to stop and think, in 2-3 years are you going to be okay with it?” Link said. “There are many other ways to communicate to a person and still show affection.” v

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...win a state championship?

Senior Madi Buck 2008 Volleyball "It was amazing! Words can't even explain how great it was. The team worked hard together, and it was a great experience."

Senior Kalee Kemmesat 2009 girls’ swimming “It was a great experience; the team pulled together and we fought hard for the win.”

...win WDA senior of the year and the Gatorade North Dakota runner of the year?

Senior Brett Kelly "I was shocked; I thought it would be close but I never thought I would win both of the awards."

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A league of their own Students take their passion for hockey outdoors

From left; top: senior Mike Mahowald, junior Carson Wentz, senior Jon Bahr, senior Peter Horner, senior Bryce Murray, Bismarck High School senior Shane Kuntz, Bottom: senior Jordan Buechler, senior Tate Leapaldt

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he frigid winter air blows across the rink. Newly sharpened skates cut across the ice and the sound of sticks slapping the frozen ground echoes throughout the Tatley outdoor rink.

The puck drops and a mass of players launch themselves into a full-fledged competition.

This is the Bismarck Outdoor Hockey League. It is an organized league consisting of students from Century High School and Bismarck High School that get together to play hockey three to four times a week, depending on the weather and players' availability. The BOHL is in its first full season. "[The league] came from last year when we went skating together," Century senior Jon Bahr said. "We wanted to get more people involved and get more organized."

Century senior Tate Leapaldt, one of the original BOHL players, said the league began as an activity just to keep busy but has evolved into a passion for its participants.

"It started because we needed something to do and it turned out to be something fun and competitive," Leapaldt said.

"It's better than video games I guess."

The BOHL is developing into a premier

recreational hockey league for high school players. It has attracted many participants, from recreational athletes to current and former players. It has become one of the best opportunities for competitive hockey outside of the high school team.

"I've skated since I was young, and I've always been playing hockey," Century senior and BOHL regular Jordan Buechler said.

"It started because we needed something to do and it turned out to be something fun and competitive."

Though the BOHL consists of many seasoned hockey veterans, there is also a place in the league for those just beginning in the sport.

"My first attempt at shooting I missed and fell," Leapaldt said.

Leapaldt has caught on quickly to the game after never having skated before last year. After getting more experience he has gained a new perspective on the sport.

"I've improved at skating quite a bit and learned a lot about hockey," Leapaldt said. "I've gained a new respect for hockey players."

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There are currently around 40 participants in the BOHL. When the league meets they will organize a game with the players that showed up that day. Teams are decided by tossing all the sticks in the middle and having one person throw them to each side. They will then play a contest up to ten goals before choosing new teams.

"Some games we're joking around, but other ones are intense, especially when we have a lot of good people," Bahr said.

Though the league is non-sanctioned and there is no tangible prize to be won, the fierce competition of BOHL can rival that of any athletic competition, especially when the games involve players with a high level of skill.

"It can get extremely intense," Leapaldt said. "We've had as many as 25 people there [at once] and we get some good skaters."

The BOHL has come a long way in a short time. It has grown rapidly, from being a small group of guys that got together to play pick-up games to the popular league that it is now. For all involved, BOHL can basically be summed up in two simple words.

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How did you get started? When?

I went to a class for self defense and the instructor was on the athletics commission and he asked him if I wanted to start fighting. I started training last September.

What is your most memorable moment while fighting?

The very first time I stepped into the rink. I just heard the crowd and then when I stepped in all of it went blank and I was just focused on the fight.

What’s your record?

0-1 as of now Why do you fight?

I guess it shows me that I can do it, and I just love it. Win or lose, I just love doing it.

What do you do for training and how long?

I have jujitsu training Tuesdays and Thursdays for two hours at the Bismarck Bushido Academy, and then I usually have sparring and boxing training on the weekends if I can, and I run and have a regular workout every day.

Who influenced you to start?

Jason Cook (the instructor mentioned above.)

How would you describe your fighting style?

I’m a ground fighter so I use submissions, grappling and ground and pound.

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How did you get started in fighting?

I've been training for two and a half, three years. I got started through my other martial arts where I've got three different black belts.

What is your most memorable moment fighting?

My last fight. It was at the Civic Center, in my hometown. It was all slow motion, a 23 second knockout. That was a pretty memorable moment for me.

What is your record?

2-0. My first fight went one minute 41 seconds and my second one was 23 seconds.

Why do you fight?

I like how you can't blame anyone else if you lose. You get out what you put in. It's the most extreme training you'll do. I just like the challenge, and I like fighting. I also really like the recognition you get from the sport.

What do you do for training?

I lift at least five days a week for an hour and a half. I do two hours worth of work at the gym five days a week doing different drills, and then running on top of that.

How would you describe your fighting style?

Stand-up, I use my hands and feet a lot. Wrestling is my weak point. I'm working on that.

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How did you get started in fighting?

A friend brought me into a self-defense class last Christmas and it just kind of evolved.

Why did you decide to fight?

I never really did sports. I thought I'd try it out. I just liked fighting I guess.

When is your first fight?

March 20 in Fargo.

What do you expect from your first fight?

I'm going to do good. I'm going to win.

What do you do for training?

We spar with each other, and go over techniques. We look at opponents’ weaknesses and strengths and decide what to do.

How would you describe your fighting style?

I'm more comfortable standing up. [I like] boxing and kickboxing. I like to kick a lot.

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minute-long earthquake left a country in rubble.

January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake terrorized and destroyed the livelihood of most Haitian people. "[My mom] went there for a medical mission trip with UMCOR," Century High School junior Steven Baker said. "She was the only person from around here to go [to Haiti]."

Nurse practitioner Sarah Baker, mother of Steven Baker, joined UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, and completed her first mission in Haiti January 8, 2010. Four days later the earthquake hit.

"The thing I noticed first was the noise," Sarah said. "It was a very loud rumbling. I didn't know what it was. Then the earth started heaving, buckling. It felt like walking across a water bed.

As we ran out of the clinic, everything was just unstable. It was scary."

Due to the severity of the earthquake, phone lines were disabled. The missionaries traveled to the west-land to use satellite Internet and send out a message saying the missionaries were

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The first day I went to the grocery store here, I just went home crying.

okay. However, they couldn't get off the island and the lack of food was becoming an issue.

"We started to say we better ration the food that we have because we might run out if we don't get off the island," Sarah said.

Sarah was surprised by the generosity of the Haitian people despite the poverty and political unrest in the country, especially compared with all the luxuries available in the United States. One of the interpreters to the missionaries was eager to share with them despite his need to care for his family. Sarah saw the Haitians took care of others before themselves.

"It was kind of beyond comprehension," Sarah said. "It was like flying to another world, landing on a different planet. Yet the people are the most generous just amazing people. They were so thankful for the care."

Sarah provided medical care with the UMCOR. She had to do what she could with the few services people had and the political unrest shaking the country.

"The first day we saw 200 people. That night there were still

200 people to be seen," Sarah said. "But nobody demanded that they be seen, they just came back the next day."

In Haiti, the poverty is so bad that as soon as children stop breastfeeding, to keep them from extreme hunger pains their mothers feed them pancakes made of dirt, water, and sugarcane. It eases their stomachs, but gives them no real nutrition.

"Some of the moms would only eat three times a week so they would have a little more to feed their kids,” Sarah said. "I don't know how we, as Americans, can ever understand that kind of poverty.”

Another group has been aiding Haiti before the earthquake through solar ovens. According to the Solar Oven Partners Haiti Solar Oven Project, people in developing countries can spend as much on fuel to cook food as on buying food.

"Every June, 1,000 solar ovens are sent [to Haiti]," McCabe Methodist volunteer Karen Workman said.

The group builds ovens that can be used without electricity through the power of the sun. With the situation in Haiti so desperate, people were using everything they could to make their lives easier. They had no real homes, much less beds.

"People took the boxes [the ovens were in] home to use as mattresses," Workman said.

Former resident of Haiti Lori Desir lived in Haiti for 13 years. The strife there led her to bring her family back to the United States, and Bismarck, North Dakota.

"The first day I went to the grocery store here, I just went home crying," Desir said. “There was just so For more information on the earthquake much.” or how to help, go to the Century Star Seeing the desolation, Sarah related easily to the website: www.century.highschoolmedia. heartbreak Desir felt. org You can also help with the Solar Oven "I don't think I know what the word need is,” Project or find out more at www.gbgmSarah said. “I want things, but I have nothing that I umc.org/SOLAROVENSHAITI lack. In fact, the things that I have feel almost like a burden, because I have so much."

Madame Danielle, a woman who cooked for the missionaries, is a single mom with five kids. Her son JeanJacques tested higher than every other ninth grader in Haiti on the national exam.

"She lives in what you wouldn't even call a shack," Sarah said.

"There's only room for three of the kids and mom to sleep inside. This kid, who is the smartest kid in Haiti, sleeps on the ground outside on the dirt."

After the earthquake, many medical services Sarah and the other volunteers had to provide became much more intense. Sarah had to peel off burned skin on a child to restore circulation to his arm so it wouldn't be amputated.

"I realized if I didn't do [these hard medical things], nobody would," Sarah said. "Being able to do something for that one kid [was the important thing].

There's a big need, but we were able to help those people that we saw. We saw 850 people in five days! It was a privilege to provide health care to them.

It was very humbling."

With all the problems Haiti has suffered the past month, and since its founding, the hurt is still continuing. There has been no quick fix, but for now missionaries and government officials do what they can to aid Haiti.

"I felt compelled to stay," Sarah said. "Now I'm just thinking how I'll get back there and what I'll do differently."v

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Teenagers need at least nine hours of sleep each night, but the average high school student gets less than seven and a half. Demanding school, work, extracurriculars and social events often keep teens up late at night. The extra stress that occurs as a result of activities doesn’t help with getting to bed earlier either.

One Century High School senior, Kelsey Sheldon, does a good job of staying on track during the school week. Her day starts at 6 A.M.., after getting about eight hours of sleep.

“I wake up, get ready for school, do chores, eat breakfast, then go to early-bird class,” Sheldon said.

Sheldon lives on a farm outside of Bismarck. She helps out “I’m not sure if it’s the stress twice a day, once in the morning for about 15 minutes then that causes less sleep or if it after school for about two hours. is the less amount of sleep that “I’m not typically stressed,” Sheldon said. She also added how this year was one of her easiest as far as academics go. causes stress.”

“I haven’t had much homework. It is definitely nice.”

Around Century it isn’t uncommon to see a student falling asleep while a teacher is lecturing. Teachers, peers, and counselors can spot when students aren’t entirely “on their game.”

“I’m not sure if it’s the stress that causes less sleep or if it is the less amount of sleep that causes stress,” Century counselor Dan Trottier said.

About seven or eight years ago Century switched its school schedule so students were able to have more time in the mornings. The school day used to begin at 7:45 A.M. Trottier thinks the change has helped maintain students’ focus in morning classes.

The issue of students abilities to stay focused and receive enough sleep to make it through the day is an ongoing struggle. Sleep centers are made, some even in Bismarck at Medcenter One. Registered sleep technician Nikki Mills deals with people’s sleep behaviors on a daily basis.

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{feature “It just takes schedules, make a point of doing efficient tasks and organizing,” Mills said.

Mills recommends students make a distinctive attempt to go to bed early and set an alarm to get up on time.

“Kids should be able to catch up on extra hours of sleep on weekends,” Mills said.

Teenagers need more sleep than the standard adult because their bodies are still developing. It is common to find that many teenagers have jobs outside of school that require their presence until 12 A.M. or later.

“High school dropouts can be caused by the stress of jobs and they think they ‘need to work,’” Trottier said.

Probably the best combination for sleep scheduling is the one Sheldon has. She has a job where, once a week, she does jobs around the house for her neighbor.

With the exception of winter, this is a year around event for Sheldon.

“I ride horse. It clears my mind. It is something I love to do,” Sheldon said,, describing what she does in her free time.

High school is a stressful time for many students. It’s best to have a rounded schedule so all aspects of daily challenges are fulfilled. As the stress of the school day unwinds it’s best for students to turn on their iPod and bury themselves in the comfort of their beds for a good night’s rest. v

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sure ways to fall asleep Students often have troubles staying awake in class. Weekend events, part-time jobs and regular demands of life have been the cause of stress in many people throughout the years.

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1. Lavender scent: studies show a spray of it will relax a person.

2. Comfortable PJ’s and blankets.

3. Drink herbal tea before going to bed.

4. Count backwards from 100.

5. Listen to an iPod or any soothing music.

6. Turn a fan on for background noise.

7. Write down thoughts in a journal to relieve nervous thoughts from the mind.

8. Exercise: people that do sleep harder and need less hours sleep.

9. Read a book to calm anxiety down and prepare to quiet yourself for bed.

10. Avoid drinking too much caffeine or taking naps throughout the day.

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Sophomore Taylor Stute

“The Incident” Sophomore Ben Buchholz

“Benny FooFoo or Beezy” Junior Tristen Bentz

“T-Poww” Junior Zach Hoerner

“Z-Woww” Senior Taylor Stockert

“T-Dawg Bro Chill” Senior Rachel Pederson

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Andy Warhol because it’s bright and colorful!

What is your favorite work of art?

The sky.

How long have you been doing art?

Roughly five years.

What is a quote that inspires you?

When you see beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.

Why do you like art?

I love color and being unique.

What mediums do you like/use most?

Acrylic, paint, and tie dye.

What do you want to do as a profession?

I want to sell my glass blown art and tie dye at stores across America, while still having a career that I can help people and inspire.

Do you have goals for your art?

Just to be unique and colorful and put a smile on peoples face.

What is you favorite class?

Art II with Ferdie!!!

Featured artist Name: Chelsey Krecklau Grade: 12

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What inspires you?

Nature and craziness as long as it brings a smile to myself and others.

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Ellen Hopkins, because her stories are very realistic and intense.

What is your favorite book?

Too many.

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins How long have you been writing?

Two Years.

What is your favorite work you’ve written?

Fallen Angles.

What is a quote that inspires you?

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” -Marilyn Monroe Why do you write?

It helps me deal with things that are going on in my life.

What kind of writing do you do most?

Short stories and poems.

What do you want to do as a profession?

Journalism teacher or elementary teacher.

What goal do you have for your writing?

To eventually have a piece of work published.

What is your favorite class?

Pageant, the teachers are great and it’s a fun class.

What inspires you?

My thoughts and feelings and the things that are going on in my life.

Featured writer Name: Alex Delzer Grade: 11 The world is a horrifying place, filled with guns, war and mace. people starving; carving into their mind that it’s okay to act unkind. it makes them feel so alive, nerves dancing in a jive.

Obama says your pants are illegal, I say he’s keeping you from soaring like an eagle. people dying, loved ones crying, friends sighing, dealers keep pressuring they buying.

No, it’s not okay, it doesn’t matter what you say in my heart it doesn’t feel right, that momma has to say ‘don’t walk at night.’

It seems like Jesus lost his sight.

In the news there’s missing people, cults gathering around their steeple It’s not right to feel afraid, you shouldn’t be tempted to carry a blade.

Help turn this back to normal, make sure it’s not too formal he says ‘sky’s the limit’ but there’s too much pressure to do it.

It’s making you come unglued, you try to run but you have no shoes, this is what I’m trying to do. do something before they control you.

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n an early morning in 2004 at Century High School, the bell rings and economics teacher Brad Townsend begins his class. He peers around while collecting tests from students but doesn’t notice anything out of place, that is, until senior Nate Hockett stumbles up to the front of his desk reeking of alcohol. Hockett tries to speak to Townsend but can’t be understood because he is too intoxicated. Townsend grabs him by the arm to take him to the office because Hockett can barely walk with his guidance, let alone by himself. Hockett is guided down the hallways to the main office where Townsend requests to see assistant principal Lee Ziegler.

“I believe this young man is intoxicated,” Townsend said to Ziegler.

Hockett, after being held at the office for quite some time, breathed into a breathalyzer for the police and blew a .34. Above .40 is deadly. Hockett was taken away by the police, then charged with a Minor In Consumption.

“He must have drank a lot to be that drunk before 9 A.M.,” Townsend said. “It was sad to see.”

The school resource officer for Century High School and Horizon Middle School Brett Anderson has seen this scene more times than he’d like to. Anderson has arrested many minors; however, lately Anderson has seen more drug problems circulating than alcohol.

“Lately, the biggest thing I’ve been noticing is the prescription medication,” Anderson said. “More people have been selling or giving out their medication like rufilin, hydrocodone [and] different kinds of pain medication.”

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{impact Police Youth Bureau worker Travis Rau works with kids around the state to get them help after they commit offenses. He also reports offenses of minors to their schools’ principals. Most days are spent in his office working on paperwork or having meetings with kids and their families. Rau usually deals with kids missing their curfews or being unruly to their parents. He tries to have sit-down meetings with each case family to sort out their problems. Rau’s list of students can range anywhere from 5 to 20 kids a week. For the first time in the 13 years that Rau has been a PYB worker, he has seen North Dakota’s alcohol numbers fall.

“Unfortunately, [underage drinking] is still our number one most issued citation,” Rau said.

Dickinson State University student teacher Kari Wilson knows firsthand what alcohol can do to a teen. Wilson was awakened one winter night close to 2 A.M. by a phone call. Some of her students had gotten a hold of her to tell her that her son, Craig, had been found passed out in his now-wrecked car and they had taken her son to the hospital. At that moment, the phone rang again. This time it was the hospital calling saying they had her son, and they believed he experienced alcohol poisoning. By the time Wilson and her husband arrived at the hospital, her son already had his stomach pumped and was now being forced fluids.

“When you hear alcohol poisoning, you think, people die from this,” Wilson said. “You wonder if they’re dead or alive.”

When it comes to teens drinking or doing drugs, it may seem there are only certain days that these problems can occur. The actual matter is that there isn’t a specific time or place, it happens everyday.

“It could be the coldest week of January, and I will still have 15 or 20 names on my list [of kids to report],” Rau said. “There is no exact science behind it. It is what it is.”

The process of what a teen goes through is entirely up to them. For some, the downward spiral can last forever, but for those that have learned their lesson, it stops during their first dangerous situation.

For North Dakota Youth Correctional Center student Alex E., the transition of having his life back to normal is still in effect today. Alex began using drugs with his baseball team in the eighth grade, but never worried that his life would spin out of control. He promised himself that the only things he would use were marijuana and alcohol. One thing led to another, and soon Alex was using more extreme drugs, as a result, he dropped out of high school to spend his time getting high. Alex’s life was spiraling out of control, and his dad threatened to kick him out of the house if he didn’t go back to school and get another job. Alex had run out of money and options. One night Alex and a friend decided the only way to get money was to commit a robbery. After making the plans, they recruited two more people from their school to drive them to Kmart. The night of the robbery went just as planned; they got their money and drove off without any problems, until a few days later.

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Century graduate Nate Hockett had a problem with alcohol since the 8th grade.

Today, Hockett works at Medcenter One as a CNA and CMA. “I want to find my place,” Hockett said.

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Word had spread throughout school from the drivers who had bragged about their “adventure” all week. After several calls concerning the students, the police showed up at Alex’s house to question him. After a long time of Alex denying his involvement, his father refused to let the police leave until his son confessed. Alex finally confessed and was arrested. He was sent to the juvenile detention center in Minot.

“I was extremely mad at [my dad],” Alex said. “I didn’t talk to him for a very long time.”

After living at the detention center in Minot for more than 100 days, Alex is now at the North Dakota Youth Correctional Center. Alex has been there since he was 16, and when he turns 20 this June, he will be transported into an adult facility until his sentence is complete eight months later. After Alex has served his sentence he will have five years of probation.

“Even though I’ve done a lot of stuff since then, I’m still set up for failure,” Alex said.

Unlike Alex, Craig stopped his life from getting out of control. That night at the hospital changed his life.

“He said he was sorry,” Wilson said. “He said that he didn’t plan on it, it just happened.”

After his experience with alcohol poisoning, Craig stopped making the decisions that almost ended his life. It took days for Wilson to find herself able to talk to her son, and after a long talk and a grounding sentence, the Wilson family found peace. Wilson still worries about her son because of her family’s past problems with alcohol.

“You never know, you could have a problem,” Wilson said.

As it turns out, many teens in North Dakota do have a problem but most don’t realize it. In the 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the results show that over 25 percent of North Dakota teens believe teen drinking is acceptable, and the same amount believe smoking marijuana once a month has no risk of harming their bodies or minds. As shocking as that might be, close to 40 percent of Century students agreed with both of these statements. Sadly, here in the United States, North Dakota is ranked at the top of the list for teen drinking and drug usage.

“I’ve seen the numbers drop over the past few years,” Rau said. “But we’re still up there.”

There are several other facilities in North Dakota that focus on helping people with addictions. Places like Teen Challenge in Mandan, the Heartview Foundation and the New Freedom Center in Bismarck are always taking in new people and trying to change lives everyday. Teen Challenge Director of Administrations Steve Berg started as a Sheriff of Burleigh County and now works with troubled lives every day. Berg has seen both sides of the disaster that can take over when lives are invaded by drugs and alcohol.

“Little by little you lose control, and little by little you regain it,” Berg said.

After Hockett’s incident at school, he still continued to drink excessively. No matter where he went, whether it was school or being with friends, Hockett was almost always around drugs and alcohol. He spent many nights partying; drinking so much that he couldn’t remember what happened upon waking the next morning. The moment of clarity for Hockett came on the night he almost died. Hockett consumed several shots of Captain Morgan, two ecstasy pills and had passed out. He remembers laying on a bed, unable to speak or move. All Hockett could do was lay there for the rest of the night and hope to live.

“I thought I was going to die,” Hockett said. “I just knew I needed some help.”

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Disheveled appearance

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No one knows Hockett’s stuggles better than his younger brother Nick Hockett. Growing up just a few years behind Hockett, it was very difficult to see his older brother’s life get out of control. He also knew Hockett needed help.

“I saw that drinking had taken over his life,” Nick said.

Hockett turned to Teen Challenge in Mandan. This organization focuses on recovery from drugs and alcohol with the help of God guiding each individual to a better recovery. Teen Challenge is also the largest faith-based recovery center in North Dakota. People from all over, including county jails, state prisons or homes, come to Teen Challenge to get the help they need, away from drugs and alcohol.

Berg has seen many amazing moments take place at Teen Challenge.

Berg believes that bringing each “student” closer to God will help them heal.

“I’ve seen miracles happen here when lives change,” Berg said.

Berg believes that bringing in the knowledge of Jesus Christ helps take away the void that some students feel at the center. Berg states that “the door swings both ways” at Teen Challenge. People can leave and join at their own consent. Because Teen Challenge is a faithbased program, no one can be ordered by the court to go there. Yet, sometimes it’s an option to those who face jail time. Many are grateful to go there and look back with no regrets. At Teen Challenge there is an atmosphere similar to a college campus with dorms, a kitchen and a chapel area. Berg says this gives an environment incentive to learn.

These classes aren’t quite like a typical college class; they emphasize changing students’ destructive thoughts and helping them deal with anger and sometimes financial issues. Berg explains that these classes teach spiritually how to rebuild their lives and deal with their past issues.

“It helps heal the wounds from the past,” Berg said.

In October of 2009, Berg conducted a survey from past graduates of Teen Challenge. His results showed that 70 percent of the graduates maintained total sobriety and only ten percent have been noted to have returned to prison or jail. However, the most amazing part of Berg’s survey was that 100 percent of the graduates surveyed said that they have learned to positively handle their life situations. They say if it weren’t for Teen Challenge, they would be much worse off.

“We have people that are skilled here,” Berg said.

Hockett never finished Teen Challenge; he dropped out before his graduation date. Although, Teen Challenge taught Hockett many things he will never forget.

“It teaches you to be quiet,” Hockett said. “ A lot of things are stripped away, but God is a huge reliance, and for the most part, [you] know you can get through it.”

He ended up going to the Burleigh County Jail for 60 days after get-

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ting three DUIs. Hockett experienced hunger, loneliness and boredom throughout his time there. Alone in his cell, he spent most of his time reading on his bed with one sheet and no pillow. He rationed his food to trade for other things. Consequently, he spent many nights clutching his stomach in pain from being so hungry. Finally, his sentence was over.

“You realize how much time you have in a day,” Hockett said. “[It’s] not only a self reflection but [it’s also] how many things are taken away.”

His jail time not only hurt Hockett, but also his brother. Nick would visit Hockett any chance he could to motivate his brother to keep making the right choices and remind him to trust in God for help. Seeing his brother in jail put fear into Nick’s mind that kept him from having trouble with alcohol.

“I didn’t have my older brother, it really made me sad,” Nick said.

Hockett still isn’t allowed to drive, which makes his life very difficult getting to and from work. The burden of relying on someone else to take him the places he needs to go is very stressful, but Hockett believes his life is better than it was back in high school. He is now a CNA and a CMA for Medcenter One in Mandan. Hockett hopes to someday work for himself in interior painting and to become successful in whatever he happens to do. He wants to find his place in the world and get involved in anything that comes his way.

“I’m happy where I’m at now,” Hockett said. “Don’t meddle in the past; what happens in your life makes you who you are.”

Consequences come with every decision. The decision to use drugs and alcohol can bring severe consequences that can affect peoples’ lives for years. Families, friends, and acquaintances are all affected by the abuse of drugs or alcohol. Relationships can be damaged by addictions like these and lives can also be destroyed.

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-It's a stimulant, which means it speeds up your heart rate and makes you feel energized and hyper.

-It can cause your heart to have extremely painful spasms. It also suppresses your appetite, and you get a numb feeling on your tongue, nose, throat.

-Often referred to as snow, flake, coke, and blow. Big C, Lady, White and Powder.

Cocaine:

-It makes you feel all numb, tingly but you have to increasingly do more and more to get high.

-You get overall really bad flu symptoms: the sweats, the chills, you have diarrhea, you vomit, most people get an awful skin crawling feeling -Popular street names include smack, skag, and junk, Horse, Mud, Brown sugar, Black tar and Big H.

Heroin:

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-It may make you be impressed by the slightest things: color, music, movement.

-But also makes you feel depressed, calm, and not alert.

-Also called: pot, herb, grass, weed, Mary Jane, M.J, reefer, magic smoke, Urb, 420, bowl, hit, blunt, dro, green, ganja (Blazed, Toked, Stoned, Buzzing, Tripping, Fried, Cooked)

Marijuana:

-It may make you feel more outgoing, very happy or hyper.

-But also makes you feel depressed, angry, drowsy, forgetful, nauseated and almost every time you have an impairment of all senses.

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he crunch of another can. The cling of a bottle being opened. The snap of a head as the last drop goes down. The sudden loosening of muscles. The strange buzz in her brain. The last box opens, only one more can. The short drive home. The sharp corner at the end of the street.

The unseen car. The sudden lights. The clang of metal on metal, tires on asphalt. Dark. Numb. Cold. But hey, it was only just one drink.

North Dakota’s underage drinking problem has been the source for much ridicule in the past few years. According to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), in 2009 almost half of North Dakota’s high school students had at least one drink within the same month as the survey was taken.

“The percentages [of underage drinking] are always higher than I’d like them to be,” Century High School assistant principal Mark Murdock said. “I’d like them to be zero percent, but that’s just not realistic.”

Bismarck has the second highest percentage of underage drinking. While many people think the schools turn a blind eye to the drinking around the schools, Murdock is doing everything he can to prevent it.

“We try to make sure that throughout the district we provide information to let students know the dangers of drinking,” Murdock said. “In addition to that, in Century High School we have all kinds of things for students to be involved with, so hopefully they choose to participate in some of those instead of a more negative activity.

About a quarter of the students in North Dakota think drinking is accepted by their community.

“It really comes down to cultural acceptance,” North Dakota’s First Lady Mikey Hoeven said. “If teenagers think that it’s okay to drink, they have no reason not to.”

According to the YRBS, 12.3 percent of students in North Dakota binge drink at least once or twice a week.

Hoeven has been striving to lessen the percentages of underage drinking since her husband came into office.

She started an ad campaign, Parenting for Prevention, in March of 2009.

“I think it really comes down to what goes on at home,” Hoeven said. “What teenagers learn at home carries over to what they do outside of the house. The parents need to know the W’s. Who their children are with. What they’re doing. Where they are. And what time they’re going to be home.”

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Twenty years later, catching and prosecuting these “legal” recreational drugs is still difficult. Often a legal high doesn’t come to public attention until someone is harmed or a large possession is found. The internet provides quick and elusive access to these drugs, marketing marijuana substitutes as “herbal incense” and artificial amphetamines as “energy supplements.” Information on what is legal and what is not is constantly changing and varies with the source, making these “legal highs” a gamble for any user.

The United Kingdom’s problem with “designer drugs” In the United Kingdom, 21-year-old medical student Hester Stewart died April 26, 2009 after combining GBL, a then-legal substitute for ecstasy, with alcohol. Her mother Maryon Stewart called for and received a ban of the drug, a ban that also included cannabis substitute Spice, BZP (benzylpiperazine) and other amphetamine substitutes, and 24 under-the-radar anabolic steroids. Even more recently, the UK has had issues with amphetamine substitute mephedrone, which has been linked to numerous hospital visits and several deaths. Citizens are calling for a drug law overhaul, which could mean an act similar to the one enacted by the United States under the FAA.

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Spark 20 produces hallucinations and delusions. Mephedrone increases heart rate and may cause palpitations and anxiety. GBL (gamma-butyrolactone) produces a reaction similar to ecstasy. These so-called “legal highs” mimic Class A and B illegal drugs, but their restrictions are more vague than their illegal counterparts. Many of these substances are on watch lists or are “unscheduled” in the United States, but that doesn’t make their users less susceptible to consequences.

In 1986, a clause was added to the Controlled Substances Act called the Federal Analog Act. The clause states that any substance that is “substantially similar” in chemical structure and effect to an illegal drug is punishable under law as a drug. The need for the act came to attention after a man was admitted to a hospital in 1982 with a chemical substance similar to heroin running through his system. The man had symptoms reminiscent of advanced Parkinson’s disease because of the use, yet neither he nor the people responsible for creating the drug were punishable under law because of the current Controlled Substances Act. As these “designer drugs” spread, pressure was put on Congress to make an all-encompassing law to prohibit these drug substitutes, leading to the current Federal Analog Act.

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1. Go out to eat: Grab some friends and find a fun place to go out to eat for dinner or just go and have a dessert.

2. Drive around: We all know it’s fun to get some friends and go drive around town, so go and grab some food and crank up the music.

3. Go to a movie: Get a group of people together and go to a movie.

4. Rent a movie: Head to someone’s house and have a movie night.

5. Game night: Get some people together at someone’s house and have a game night. Some favorites are Catch Phrase, Scavenger Hunt, Twister, Apples to Apples, and Quelf.

6. Sports games: Some favorites are hockey, basketball, football, and soccer.

7. Ice skating/sledding in the dark: Hit up Tom O’Leary and do some intense sledding in the dark. Find an Ice Rink indoors or outdoors.

8. Water balloons: In the summer preferably.

9. Broom ball: Why not embrace the snow and ice and go to the ice rink and play broom ball with some friends?

10. Video game night: We all know you play them so get a party going and play some video games such as Halo, Wii, or DDR.

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Running from a party was the 4th highest citation given in the year 2008 in Burleigh county. A juvenile can be fined for their citation or be ordered to pay class fees. A runaway can be cited with fleeing on foot as well which brings extra consequences, but most importantly running away shows disrespet for authority.

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With an unemployment rate almost three times as high as North Dakota, California’s state assemblyman Tom Ammiano introduced a bill that could gain up to 1.3 billion dollars per year. The average amount of money spent on enforcing the current law, which states the possession or use of marijuana is illegal, is 42 billion dollars. Ammiano thinks this money could be used to bring CaliSources: http://www.drugfree.org/Intervention/Articles/Signs_Someone_Is_Using http://www.familycorner.com/parenting/teens/teen_drug_use.shtml http://toddcue.co.uk/articles/articles.php?art_id=161&start=1

fornia out of its economic crisis. Ammiano is proposing that each ounce of marijuana is taxed 50 dollars.

California has been known for taking the lead in the nation.

They were the first to legalize gay marriage and medical marijuana. Ammiano is thinking that if California legalizes the use of marijuana for the use of the general public that other states will soon follow, and America’s economic downfall will be cured within a few short years. The supporters of the bill are working hard to get it on the ballot in November.

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unior Melanie Cox doesn’t drink or do drugs. Cox believes drinking and doing drugs is wrong not only because it is against the law but because it is a sin. She is a part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, more commonly known as Mormons . They believe that Jesus was the son of God and also believe in not only the Bible’s teachings but the Book of Mormon.

“I’ve seen the bad things [alcohol] has done in peoples’ lives and their examples of the harm have taught me,” Cox said. “I would feel bad for letting family and friends down, but mostly for letting God down because he has told me and I’ve been taught not to do that because it’s harmful for my body and God knows what’s best for me.”

Unlike many religions where drinking is considered okay in small amounts and when the legal age is reached, Mormons do not drink, ever. They take communion, the holy sacrament remembering Christ’s sufferings, with water instead of wine.

“Drinking can cause so much damage that it’s not even worth causing damage to the gift of your body that God gave you,” Cox said. “I will never drink.”

profile.baileycarlson photo.sammimoss Despite her opposition to alcohol and drugs, Cox is not ignorant of the trouble it causes North Dakota teens. She has heard stories from people of their drinking escapades but is not impressed by the bragging. Cox believes teens drink because it seemingly makes them feel good when they are bored or rebellious and their parents don’t imply the seriousness of alcohol and drugs.

“Every time I hear about people that have done [drugs or used alcohol] and their stories it just devastates me because I know these people have the potential to be awesome,” Cox said. “But they’re stuck in a standstill.”

Though Cox is sympathetic about the pressures and choices teens make about alcohol she doesn’t let others influence her decisions.

“If you’re constantly in a situation where people around you [make bad choices], whether you are a person who has confidence in yourself and has good values, it’s eventually going to wear you down,” Cox said. “Being around those people is either going to annoy you and you’ll be sick of being around them, or you’ll be envious of the fun they seem to be having and so you’ll just give in. It makes me sad for those people because a lot of them are my friends and I’m not going to hang out with people who do [drugs and alcohol], so I’ve lost friends.”

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ehind the glasses there is a man with a story. The teacher most students view as upbeat and doing most anything for the kids, Rich Hovland is a health and business teacher at Century High School. He is an alcoholic, who has been clean for more than 16 years.

From the very beginning, Hovland knew that he was different from his peers. ”It scared me,” he said.

His first drink of alcohol was when he was a teenager.

Hovland described it as having either conscience or subconscious feelings as a teenager. These emotions were enough to keep him away from the substances for awhile.

He eventually began bouncing back and forth with drinking. Somewhere in the middle of the events he got married to his wife. The issue of his drinking would come up four years later when he was about 28 years old.

In his life, Hovland went to two different treatment programs. The first he says was more of a fake entry.

The second was the successful one.

He recalls having two main fears in treatment. The first was “what is everyone in the world going to think of me.” And the second was “what am I going to do without my “friend,” meaning the alcohol.

Hovland can recall the exact moment when everything became clear to him. One Saturday morning about 11 A.M. the weight on his shoulders lifted and he said a quick, “Oh.” From then on he said he became a more laid back person, and didn’t care as much about what others thought of him.

“If I would have been in a different place at a different time I wouldn’t be alive,” Hovland said. The thought to him is described as very sobering.

Today Hovland is cured of the addiction but will always have the body chemistry of an alcoholic. The decision to be alcohol free, in his opinion, has had the biggest impact on his life. ”Every day I say thank you to a higher power, which for me is God,” he said.

At Century it isn’t uncommon to hear Hovland in the gym, coaching others, or giving life lessons to students. He is thankful that his wife and daughter describe his as more than “worthless.” During the school day he resides in room 215, but his heart is with teaching students. v

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he experienced an extremely unpleasant two years. The pain and suffering she went through put her in rehab for six months.

She’s had a painful case of what the therapists call a love addiction. This isn’t a joke or a new song title, it’s an actual disease that has disrupted many lives, including her life for over two years.

At the age of 14 she began a relationship with an older male. What began as a mutual friendship became a very committed relationship and she fell in love. After months of giving little by little, she finally gave herself.

“Finally, I gave everything I had, including my virginity,” she said.

She began a routine of sneaking out of her house to spend the night with her boyfriend. But over time, the man she thought she loved had changed. He was no longer the respectful man she gave everything to, he was a man that didn’t truly love her anymore.

“I was 14, innocent, and I thought everyone was nice and sweet,” she said. “I didn’t think anyone would hurt you on purpose just like that.”

That was when her addiction began. The therapists classified it as a love addiction, though she used sex to get that feeling of love. She

would give anything, including herself, just to have what she thought was love.

Her parents enrolled her into a recovery program in out of state. She left her school before the first semester ended. Terrified, isolated and alone. she arrived at center.

“Here I am, little miss North Dakota with all these other girls that had drug problems or even more serious issues,” she said.

Withdrawals are different for each case, but, for her, the main aspect was being alone.

“I sat alone so many times and just cried,” she said. “I didn’t want to be alive at points.

Therapy alone with a counselor and together in groups slowly lifted the burdens off her chest. She now felt that she had someone that she could talk to that would understand her feelings. Those six months in rehab changed her life.

What she thought would be a prison situation became a sisterhood with a new family full of hope. Life back in North Dakota had never been better. She learned sex isn’t what love is about, and that love comes with time and patience.

“If it wasn’t for rehab I wouldn’t be the person I am today,” she said. v

The source for this profile is purposely unidentified in an effort to focus on the main issue and not the person associated with it. For more information on help centers in North Dakota call True North Solutions counselor Bonnie Engel at 701-224-8783.

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We, as a staff, as well as many others, feel that this year’s seniors, quite frankly, suck. There is an incredible lack of school spirit, cooperation and respect given by the group.

In past years, seniors have been the main supporters of our school and our sports teams. However, this year there is a very small group of seniors that actually attend them, and even part of that group is there for the wrong reasons. Many times, rude comments about the other team’s players can be heard from the Century student section. This gives our school a bad reputation.

“The cheers that are being cheered and the comments that are made are inappropriate. They’re disrespectful. They certainly are not sportsmanlike, and we seem to think that’s acceptable,” Century High School principal Mike Heilman said. “We seem to think that it’s better for a handful of individuals to make discouraging remarks about opposing players in attempt to hurt the other team rather than cheer our team on.”

In every way, shape and form, student council dedicates their time and effort into creating more school spirit. One way, spirit weeks, have been severely lacking when it comes to senior participation. Even during homecoming week, they and other students believe they are “too cool” to partake in the events planned. Even when they’re easy things to participate in, such as pajama day, the seniors will instead take time to get ready in the morning when it’s as easy as rolling out of bed.

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not to cooperate, it ruins it for everyone.

“When our cheerleaders are attempting to build some unity by doing class cheers and having fun, and then the seniors do something totally different, I don’t care for it,” Heilman said. “I think it has the opposite effect of what we want to have happen.”

Heilman believes that the seniors choose to be disrespectful to draw attention towards themselves.

“Those folks who are doing that are saying ‘it’s more important that we stand out than having school unity,’” Heilman said.

Seniors also lack unison within their class during school events.

Our biggest issue is the senior class cheer during pep rallies.

Heilman said that pep rallies are meant for the “building of school spirit and school pride and being able to act and cheer as one.”

Instead of chanting their graduation year, they choose to simply scream. This lack of cooperation ruins the competition for everyone else and it runs the risk of being passed on to younger classes. They shouldn’t want to be known as the group that ruined the class cheers. It wouldn’t be an issue if all of the seniors agreed on screaming as the cheer. It’s about being in harmony instead of discord.

So, we ask of the 2010 seniors, become unified within yourselves as well as the whole school by setting an example for the underclassmen. We agree that it’s necessary to have fun at school events, but we also ask that it’s done in a respectful manner. Attend games, go to school dances, cheer for our team, participate in spirit week, and above all else, make the rest of the year enjoyable for all seniors, juniors, and sophomores alike.

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“Hold on.” I had been friends with him long enough to know that this was probably my last chance to interrupt before resigning myself to the role of his mute listener for the rest of our conversation. “Why did you steal the blacklights?”

He held up a hand to shush me, eyes rolling at my blatant disregard for his story’s flow. “They were mine to begin with and since I quit, I had to sneak into where we practice and take them back.” Where his band rehearsed was a detached garage somewhere, soundproof enough to keep the neighbors from complaining and well enough stocked with nachos and soda to keep the teenage musicians from getting bored. He had been playing with them for a little under a year, spending most of his weekends traveling across the state to perform, and afterwards bumming a meal and empty bed off a fan or two.

It was the kind of life that I consciously avoid by staying in school and keeping a decent enough GPA, but he had seemed happy doing it.

“So you didn’t tell them you were quitting?” I could tell by his sigh that I had asked my last question. He had clearly planned this whole story out, practicing it that morning, perhaps admiring himself in front of the mirror and timing just how to relate his tale so he could finish before class started. Not that I blame him, the four minutes he and I spend walking down the same hallway to our different classes isn’t nearly enough time to efficiently tell a story and I had clearly botched things for him by interjecting.

“I live my life mostly by routine.”

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{opinion “No way, they didn’t find out until I made a Myspace post saying that the band needed a new drummer.”

The story of him breaking into his band-mate’s garage to steal back the lights and trap set was the final bit of news he had for me that day, his idea of saving the craziest for last. Minutes before, I had been leaving class when he all but vaulted from behind a corner, wasting no time on pleasantries and telling me “Dude, I just quit my job.” He had spent over a year working at a Mexican restaurant, dishing up American-made burritos and tacos for customer after customer with a visor stretched across his head and a smile sewn onto his face, the words “Would you like Queso with that” never far from his lips. Leaving that line of work came as no real surprise to me. We had barely rounded the corner when he said, in what he thought was a nonchalant manner, “Oh right, I broke up with my girlfriend, too,” and, before I could respond, followed that up with “Say, do you remember that band I was in?”

I’m not someone who is surprised easily, especially by the zany things he does, but in this instance, my mouth hung open in incredulous shock. “Uh,” I managed to stammer out, “Are you...okay with everything?”

He looked at me with eyebrows raised, “Duh, man, I’ve just been feeling like making some changes.”

“Changes.” The word itself wracks my spine with nervous spasms and fills my tongue with a bitter burning that not even the Sour Patch Kids can replicate. When people ask me about phobias or various fears, the idea of change is one I often leave out, replacing it with something more typical, like tight spaces or drowning. Despite that, change truly terrifies me, even if it isn’t the kind of fear that keeps the covers pulled over my head at night.

I live my life mostly by routine. I wake up each morning around the same time, I drive the exact same route to school, I hang out with the same people at the same places, I listen to the same music and podcast radio shows before bed. I rinse. I repeat.

My days, especially lately, depend on that sense of order, a constant rotation of the same events week in and week out. School until 3:30, play rehearsals until five and work from six until nine. Nothing changes; the routine is the same each day.

As I saw him walk with a new, energetic bounce in his step, watched him revel in the changes he had made, I started to realize just how my stubborn routine limited me. Without any real variety, my days just seem to run together. I often lose track of the weeks, never entirely sure of the date or even the day, knowing only the routine, hour by hour, minute by minute.

When it came time to choose colleges, that hold of familiarity kept its grip tight on me. After spending far too much time holding off on the decision altogether, I finally opted for community college, where the change would be minimal. I’d still live at home, I’d still see the same people, I’d still work the same job; altering nothing save for the streets I drive on my way to school. There’s a whole world out there, available and waiting for me and I chose to stay rooted, paralyzed by my inability to change anything.

He gave a small cough, bringing my mind back into the hallway. He veered off into his class, unslinging the backpack off his shoulder and giving me a quick nod, probably unnerved by my silence. “Catch you later, bro.”

He got back with his band soon after that, only to repeat the quitting/rejoining process again a short while after. He still travels around with them, never knowing what he’ll eat or where he’ll sleep, but knowing that, even without making plans or sticking to a routine, things will turn out for the better.

After entering the doorway of my own class, I felt inspired. I panned around the room, looking for a different desk to take, a new change to make. There were none and I sat where I always do. But I had my eye on one in a new row, promising myself that tomorrow I would try it all from a brand new perspective.

Well, maybe not tomorrow, but soon. v

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hether it’s a sign on the side of the road telling us where to park or what the speed limit is; whether it’s a teacher telling a classroom of students that they can’t use their phones or parents telling their child when to be home, rules are evident in every aspect of our lives. They tell us what to do and what not to do, often threatening consequences to those who disobey them. We are taught to never break the rules, even those that we question. But to an ignorant juvenile like me, there were things more important than what my parents had to say. Knowing full well what the risks were, I pushed them to the back of my mind, and broke the rules.

For years I begged my parents to let me date, and for years they denied me my request. The rule was I had to be sixteen, and there was no changing that. Unsatisfied with their stubbornness, I chose to date without their permission, behind their backs. Throughout middle and high school I dated a handful of guys that never so much as met my parents, to avoid any suspicion on their part. They never asked questions, so I never had to lie. I tried to convince myself it wasn’t that big of a deal, but slowly the stress of hiding my relationships began to wear me down. During my ninth grade year and into the following summer, I was dating a guy I knew from school, but as the months went by, my paranoia grew and it was taking a toll on not only my relationship with my boyfriend at the time, but also with my friends and family. When I was informed that my grandmother who had been in poor health for some time was going into the hospital and didn’t have much time left, I finally broke down. I don’t ever remember being that emotional before in my life, and I haven’t been since. Without going into further detail, I can only say I was a mess.

Soon after, the boy and I broke up and I vowed to never date without my parents’ permission again. Yet, soon after summer ended and school started up, I was dating someone new. The cycle continued throughout my school years, promising myself to follow the rules after every heartbreak, and pushing the thought aside as soon as my heart desired otherwise. Before this turns into something I don’t want it to be, let me get to the point I am trying to make. I was so eager to have a boyfriend and to date when everyone else was that I was willing to go behind my parents backs, risking losing their trust and getting hurt. At the time, that certain guy was my priority, and everything else was pushed out of sight.

In high school especially we realize, in some way or another, what our priorities are. Whether it’s money, friendship, grades, a job, or love, we all find out what is truly the most important to us, and how far we we go for it. For me, as well as other teens, I chose to make relationships with the opposite sex more important than the one with my parents. When my parents read this column, it will be the first time they hear about this part of my life. For years I’ve hidden what I had done, for fear of punishment, or of disappointing my parents. This in itself is almost enough to make me want to erase everything I’ve written so far, but something in my head tells me to keep going. I know it has to come out eventually, because I don’t know how long I’ll be able to lead a double life before I break down again. This time it may not be over a sick loved one, but something as minor as a broken shoelace, or a math problem that I can’t find the answer to.

I have lived two lives for so long, that I’m not quite sure what it will be like when everyone knows the truth. (Lets face it, printing a huge secret of mine in the school newspaper isn’t exactly subtle.) Its hard to completely alter such a huge part of who I have become, even if I know the change is for the best. I think the same can be said for many other people in many areas of their lives. We develop habits when we’re young, and from then on our life consists of patterns and predictability. Sometimes the habits we pick up along the way aren’t good ones, but they become part of pattern, and part of us. When I started to hide part of my life from my parents, I slowly let myself drift away from them. My parents and I both feel the distance, some days more than others. If I can achieve anything by writing this column, I hope it would be to close the gap I put between us.

When I was younger, my priorities weren’t where they should have been. Even today, I know I still need to sort them out farther, but I can at least see now what a mistake I made. The two people that always put me first were the same people I let myself betray. Simply put, my priority was myself, and what I wanted. In the end, I got what I wanted and what I deserved. I was taught a lesson by young love and heartbreak long before I should have. Looking back I know that is what my parents were trying to prevent, and by risking hurting them I ended up hurting myself.

All there is to do now is make it right. No matter how many wrongs we have committed throughout our lives, nothing is beyond repair. As long as we are still breathing, there is a chance to correct any mistake from our past. So today, with nothing by my words and some spare hope, I will attempt to fix what I have broken. v

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You are neither my grandmother, nor of any other relation that would require you to refer to me as “hun”, “babe”, “honey” or “baby.” In fact, my grandma doesn’t even refer to me using those obnoxious terms of endearment. There is no need to call me by those names- at all. It’s extremely irritating, and aggravating. So please, just stop.

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Apparently the weather has gotten so depressing, even the meteorologists are getting sick of it. I read the most pessimistic weather report in the Tribune, and it made my heart a little warmer. Tuesday: Even more clouds.

Wednesday: Colder still. Everyone is just so mad about this weather. Maybe we should pull some tax dollars together and give our state a nice, warm vacation. Winter tans for everyone- there’s a governor campaign.

Norah Kolberg

I absolutely cannot stand people that walk slowly in the hallways. My classes drag me from one side of the building to the other and getting behind a row of jabbering girls has made me tardy on more than one occasion. I’m sick of hearing the latest rumors when I have to get to my next class so I don’t have to take finals. So shut up, and get a move on in the hallways.

Abby Kopp

There comes a time in one’s life when you just want to fill your water bottle at the water fountain as quickly and efficiently as possible so that you’re not holding up the line or late for your next class. If filling my water bottle was that simple life would be that much easier, but it’s not. No, instead I am tormented by the sporadic spewing drinking fountains that turns this seemingly simple task into an all out battle between Century’s piping system and my coordination. I think that the sink will suffice for next time.

Casey Krefting

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Facebook and MySpace are by no means the same.

When I go on and see that someone has their profile picture set to one they took of themselves, specifically when you can see their arm, it just really turns my knobs. If one of your eyes is covered by bangs and your lips are puckered, that picture has absolutely no place on Facebook. Leave that emo junk for MySpace. Fo realz.

Macy Egeland

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For those of you that don’t already know, I fully intend on becoming a cat lady when I’m older. I’ve had a cat as a pet since the day I was born and will never not have a cat at any point in the future. My home will be filled with anywhere between ten to 308 cats along with a few dogs and chinchillas here and there. The cats will forever and always reign supreme but any animal willing to put up with their orders will have a place in my home, as long as it doesn’t talk or have feathers.

Macy Egeland

I love going on road trips to big name cities and telling the people there that I live in North Dakota. The questions are hilarious. No, we don’t live on a farm. Yes, we have electricity. Thank you, you stupid, stupid citizen of the United States of America for making my day a little better.

Abby Kopp

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My ‘83 Buick is one of the most reliable cars on the roads. Given to my dad as a gift from his parents, my little car has trucked through the worst weather; it has only been jumped three times this year. Still clad in homecoming paint from two years ago, my little warrior has never failed to get me where I need to be.

Sammi Moss

I sit on the couch bored out of my mind; there is nothing to do. I whip out my phone to text someone but then it dawns on me, I can play brick-breaker instead. There is nothing more fulfilling then breaking a high score and moving on to the next level. The game is a fairweathered friend, one minute it’s all fun and games and the next is a yelling match because the extra life was just dropped out of existence forever. All in all though it’s time well spent, level 23 has got nothing on me.

Jordan Kalk

Sweatpants in general are the epitome of comfort, but having sweatpants with pockets, it is like winning the lottery. With these comfy, pocketed pants, I am allowed to store my cell phone, keys, and whatever else I wish.

Sweatpants are my pants of choice and with pockets, well that’s always a plus.

Tonya Bauer

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n the surface, it appears to be a hangout spot for teens. With a cafe, numerous video game systems, a mini-basketball court and a huge stage decked out in instruments and colorful lights, it’s easy to think the Element Student Center is only a place to get together with friends.

However, every Wednesday night and Sunday morning, the doors of the Element are opened, letting in a flood of teenagers. “Popular” kids, skaters, musicians, athletes and artists of all ages gather together to connect with friends and with God. “It doesn’t matter what kind of person you are,” Century High School sophomore Alaina Kloster who has been going to the Element for a year and a half said. “You’re really accepted by everyone.”

The youth group has grown from less than thirty students to over 300 in the past two years. Terry Parkman, who has been the youth pastor for those two years, energetically guides students through their day-to-day life; not only teaching about God, but also helping those who struggle with cutting, relationships and social

expectations. Though Century sophomore Ivy Lippert has only been going to the youth group for half a year, she’s noticed changes in herself.

“Coming here can totally impact your life,” Lippert said.

One of the biggest components of the influence the Element has is their music. Old hymns are thrown aside as the beats of the drum pulls students to the front of the stage. Every student is given the opportunity to lead worship by singing or playing drums or guitar.

“It’s crucial. Music is crucial,” Parkman said. “It’s a vehicle to bring you into the presence of God.” The leaders of the youth group encourage students not only to sit in the audience but also to participate.

Whether it’s Parkman asking the junior high kids to repeat after him, allowing the students to play in the band, or giving out CDs, T-shirts and free drinks to the new kids, not one person is left out.

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n the Phish invaded basement, there lurks a force magnetically connecting four people. No, it’s not the clapper in the corner of Century High School senior Michael Oberlander’s bedroom, but through their musical talents and ability to have a good time.

This Tastes Like Change sets apart from other bands by creating the ultimate music mood. Combining individual personality and talent, they are capable of turning any room into a jam room.

TTLC consists of Oberlander, 18, Andrew Walz, 20, Travis Wolff, 20 and Matt Fornshell, 20. Like most bands, TTLC was formed off of connections made through the school band and mutual friendships.

“It all just meshes perfectly,” Walz said, “Like our band.”

The name This Tastes Like Change was inspired by actual events happening all around: change. After switching metal to jam, drums to guitar or trumpet to guitar and singing, the members of the band don’t want to play their songs the same.

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Q: Who are some of your greatest musical influences?

Andy: “Phish, The Grateful Dead, in both music and what they did, Medeski Martin and Wood, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown and my dad for supporting me, there’s always been great music playing in the car.”

Michael: “I’d say my main one right now if Phish, also. I’ve been really watching out for the really good bassists lately, like John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin, Umphrees Mcgee, Jaco Pastorious and Zero7.”

Travis: “Neil Young, Velvet Underground, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rush, John Frusciante, Beck and the Flaming Lips

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Matt: “Rush is a big influence, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, Gojira (heavy ass metal band) and In Flames.”

Q: Besides playing music, what is a goal you’d like to see the band reach?

Matt: “Whenever I play music, it plays in a way that people get into it, people can groove with it and people can listen to it. It’s definitely a learning experience throughout. The music we play when we take our ideas and putting them together makes you think outside the box.”

Travis: “I’m trying something completely new, you know? The style of music we’re playing is really close to the kind of music I like. Also, to kind of follow in the footsteps of local bands that are funky, rocky, jammy that can play bars and play originals and get paid for it. It’s not a greedy thing, but I hate jobs. If I can make money playing music, that’s my job.”

Michael: “I just think that Bismarck is kind of unique, I think that you have a lot of metal bands and there are a lot of really good experimental bands that are just a lot more accessible to play in other areas. It’s good to be accessible to different crowds and different tastes in music and still make it enjoyable for yourself. I think that one of the most important things in music is that regardless to what you’re playing, if you can convince people that what you’re playing is good, in one way or another, I think you’ve kind of won that battle. As long as someone believes in what you’re playing, you’ve accomplished a goal.”

Andy: “If you play something that’s original and people enjoy it, that is a really cool and rewarding thing. Sometimes with music, you have to do something people wouldn’t normally hear just because it’s unique and not many people are doing it. So if you play something like that, there might be 20 people who are like. ‘Okay, that sounds like junk. That doesn’t sound like anything I listen to.’ But all of a sudden, if there are two people in that crowd that really like it, and they respect you for doing something cool and different and they enjoy it because it’s something that’s original to that moment or to that song, that’s the goal for me. There’s all these scared people out there. If you can break that down someway and if you can do that through music and people enjoy and appreciate it, then I think that’s something really special.”

Q: Can you describe the genre you’re trying to go for?

Michael: “Like everyone says when they’re asked this question, they’re like ‘We’re not definable by a genre’ and I think I’m kind of tired of that answer.”

Matt: “Funk, rock, experimental, jam, acoustic-ish, badass.”

Michael: It’s really hard because music has come so full circle. All of our influences were influenced by a band who were influenced by another band. It’s just meshed so well it’s like there is so many sub-genres. It’s kinda hard to put a finger on it.”

Andy: “I think we can agree that we’re going for something original.”

February 28th – Project Noise – 7:30 p.m.

March 13th – Project Noise – 7:30 p.m.

March 23rd – The Walrus with Trifekta – 9:00 p.m.

April 20th – The Walrus – 9:00 p.m.

May 7th – Rock the Lawn at BSC – TBA May 8th – Youthworks Fundraiser – TBA For more information on TTLC, follow the link on the Century STAR website to their facebook

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Travis: “Slow paced.”

music scene, Bismarck’s is growing and it’s really up to the band to persevere their gigs and make sure they’re getting their own name out there.

Michael: “Few and far between.”

Q: What do you see in This Tastes Like Change’s future?

Matt: “Yeah, there’s not as big of a support for the Bismarck music scene as there is other states.”

Andy: “The opposite end of the spectrum of MTV is my goal, nah I’m just kidding but kind of. The goal for the band for me is to have fun, create something interesting and unique and that’s pretty much it actually. (laughs)

Q: What’s it like being in the Bismarck music scene?

Michael: “I think there’s a couple bands that have gone more Bismarck mainstream, like FatDad, Trifekta type stuff. I think they’re trying to really blaze a trail for everyone and Gypsyfoot, too.”

Andy: “The thing that’s tough is that there’s not a ton of opportunities to play shows where people are gonna hear you.”

Michael: “You gotta be really legitamate in what you do, or else people aren’t gonna book you. I think there’s things that are being done like steps like Urban Harvest. It’s really a good step in the right direction for a smaller town.”

Michael: “Play in other cities and maybe other states this summer, to broaden where we can play. We’re different. And maybe develop as a group. Develop into what we all have in mind.”

Travis: “What I wanted with this band is to live out a fantasy of playing guitar and being Neil Young in Buffalo Springfield, and then starting my solo career. I want a recording that I can show my kids someday.”

Matt: “Getting a few songs recorded or something down over the summer.”

Travis: “Urban Harvest gets so many people downtown and it’s such a cool part of town. It’s like, the real Bismarck.”

Michael: “Stay together, keep developing our sound.”

Andy: “I think a lot of it is how much you put into it.”

Travis: “Not only that, but stay focused.”

Michael: “People would rather sit at home and complain about having nothing to do in Bismarck then to go out and actually do stuff, go to the Walrus and have dinner at a locally owned place and hear some music.”

Q: So how should we end the interview?

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Numbers have always been used, but not only as your phone numbers and math quizzes.

Ancient civilizations payed close attention to the relationship between numbers and personalities for centuries. From their records you can discover your personality. Take your birthday and convert it to a single number which is your personality number. Then read up on it.

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entertainment Example: Birthday: February 25, 1991 Convert the digits: 2/25/1991 Add: 2+2+5+1+9+9+1= 29 Then... add again: 2+9=11 And again: 1+1= 2 Your number is 2.

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Key word: Aware You rule because: You're self-assured, independent, and unique.

But sometimes: You're arrogant.

Key word: Understanding You rule because: You're friendly, social, and communicative.

But sometimes: You're insecure.

Key word: Self-expressive You rule because: You're enthusiastic, optimistic, and creative.

But sometimes: You're scatterbrained.

Key word: Physical You rule because: You're practical, patient, and dependable.

But sometimes: You're stubborn.

Key word: Instinctive You rule because: You're ingenious, independent, and sensible.

But sometimes: You're inconsistent.

6789 Key word: Involved You rule because: You're trustworthy, compassionate, and you love people.

But sometimes: You're critical.

Key word: Intuitive You rule because: You're brainy, intuitive, and honest.

But sometimes: You're self-absorbed.

Key word: Motivated You rule because: You're strong, direct, and hardworking.

But sometimes: You're impatient.

Key word: Compassionate You rule because: You're kind, tolerant, and idealistic.

But sometimes: You'remoody.

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Youtube videos short.alexroth photo.tonyabauer The Century STAR picked the top five Youtube videos of all time. Check them out on our website: century.highschoolmedia.org 1. Charlie Bit My Finger 2. Kittens Inspired by Kittens 3. JK Wedding Entrance Dance 4. David After the Dentist 5. Cadbury Eyebrows Commercial

Best of ice cream Best Cake Batter:

Coldstone Creamery It may not be anyone’s birthday, but Coldstone’s Birthday Cake Remix makes any day a celebration. Velvety smooth and delicious!

Runner-up: Ben & Jerry’s Cake Batter

It’s hard to know what brands of ice cream are worth buying, especially when they cost so much. Here is a detailed guide to buying ice cream: short&photos.sammimoss

Best Coffee:

Starbucks Caramel Macchiato Named after one of the best Starbucks Coffee Flavors, Caramel Macchiato ice cream is satisfyingly rich. With coffee and vanilla ice creams swirled together, accompanied by dancing caramel, this sweet delight doesn’t get any better.

Runner-up: Haagen Daaz Coffee

Best Cheesecake:

Ben & Jerry’s ONE Cheesecake Brownie Gooey brownie globs, chunks of cheesecake, and smooth cheesecake flavored ice cream equal absolute perfection.

Runner-up: Breyers Sara Lee Strawberry Cheesecake

Best Vanilla:

Haagen Daaz Vanilla Pure. Delicious. Vanilla.

What could be better?

Runner-up: Homemade!

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Secret Life of the American Teenager ...................................................................................................

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Taking a trip to nearly a decade ago, Almost Famous has proven to be a winner yet again. From writer/director Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous is a provocative story profiling the lifestyles of the band members from Stillwater, a “bandaid” named Penny Lane and a 15-year-old journalist writing his first story for one of the biggest music magazines in the industry. Throughout the story, the ripe and young William is tempted by sex, drugs and rock and roll which twists his few days vacation into a tour of even more sex, drugs and rock and roll. Relationships and tensions seem to rise as the plot almost hits the top, but don’t let that fool you, this movie has a better end then you can imagine. Based on a true story, Almost Famous is a sure hit for anyone curious about how the music biz is all about.

When the Secret Life of the American Teenager aired its first episode in the summer of 2008, it was expected to be a hit. The TV series portrays a teenager, Amy Juergens, that accidentally gets pregnant at band camp. Including the melodrama that goes along with the pregnancy, there is also an additional number of friends, boyfriends, ex-boyfriends, bad relationships, weird siblings and parents. Secret Life is the teenage form of a soap opera, and just like all soap operas, should end after one season.

The second season of Secret Life deals with the difficulties of being a teenage mother and there are also the dramas from before, such as the boyfriends, ex-boyfriends, and friends that hook up with each other every other episode. If the writers felt compelled to incorporate another season into the series, they should have stopped with the second. The third season started in January of this year and it is a disgrace to every teenager on this earth. Implying that every teenager is driven by finding the love of their life in high school, this TV show doesn’t try to show any other stereotype of teenager.

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Road to Perdition TGIF

What better place to go kick back after a long week of school and work than TGI Fridays on Riverwood Drive, right by the river and Expressway? The relaxing atmosphere is almost retro with all the antique trinkets and memorabilia hanging on the walls and ceilings and red and white striped traditional table covers. This place is decently classy, but not overly spendy.

Start out with a Shirley temple and an appetizer of Jack Daniel’s glazed chicken strips. The service is very friendly as they seat and tend to your orders with smiles on their faces. So next time you’re thinking about going out for a nice dinner or lunch, head up to TGIF for a great time.

This movie by all-star director Sam Mendes (“American Beauty”), takes the grit of the American Gangster genre and manages to work the tired formula in a new direction. Tom Hanks stars as mafioso tough guy Mike Sullivan, double- crossed by those he worked for and out for revenge against the men responsible for his wife’s and youngest son’s murder. What keeps this from the run of the mill crime movie is the father and son dynamic from Tom Hank’s character and his eldest son, played by Tyler Hoechlin. The movie’s focus on their relationship makes what could have been an average action movie into a coming of age tale, as cinematically brilliant as any other. A near perfect film slighted only by segments that run a little sluggish.

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Whether it be jamming in the car, cleaning the house or strolling around town, music needs to be everywhere. The radio is meant for this; a program available all hours for top music to enjoy. In Bismarck it’s not uncommon to hear country 24-7 so any hope of top 40 music should be appreciated right?

Well, Hot 97.5 is a start for radio, but it could improve. The morning show is not relevant to anything in this area, and the voices do nothing to make a person energized. Old School Drive at Five, alright oldies are forever, but also can be kept as a secret. The time is coming for a change; it’s “Tik Tok” on the clock for sure.

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‘ It’s My Life

Savo Samardzic, Junior Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia

profile.macyegeland&caseykrefting photos.jocelynnsonnenberg What do you enjoy doing in your free time?. . . . . . “I like to watch television and play video games. I also like to draw pictures and play musical instruments. I draw characters from T.V. shows and I also draw many of my own.”

“That I speak an unusual language and have an unusual name in this country.” (meaning yugoslavian)

What makes you unique or different from everyone else?. . . . . .

Why did you move to North Dakota?. . . . . .“We were suggested to go [here].”

Who suggested you come here?. . . . . .“The embassy; we moved here because

of a war.”

Do you play any instruments?. . . . . .“I play piano and violin. I also taught my-

self to play other instruments by ear, like the guitar.”

What kind of music do you listen to?. . . . . .“I like progressive rock.” “I like rush

music.”

What is your favorite thing about ND?. . . . . .“That it’s a safe place to live.”

Least favorite?. . . . . .“There aren’t very many places of interest here. Like no

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