Biel recommends Last.fm to music fans of all genres INCIDENTS · beats the functionality of Ugg Boots. Made from twin-faced sheepskin with fleece on the inside and a tanned outer

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Features

By Nicholas BielWhile many students frequent

sites like Pandora AOL Radio or Youtube for their music listening needs few seem to know of the 2002-launched Web site Lastfm

Like Pandora its online radio plays music based on a userrsquos listening history and favorite songs Though Lastfmrsquos recommendation system seems less refined its radio is ad and interruption free

Where the site really stands out though is its extraordinary statistics collection abilities It records not only play counts but when those tracks were played Last fm uses this data to generate weekly favorite lists or even graphs of a single

trackrsquos listening history While Lastfm can collect this

data from the sitersquos integrated radio users can submit information directly from a their media players in a process called scrobbling

Scrobbling allows users to track their listening history from any

computer on well over 60 media players as well as from Xbox 360s and PS3s This is done either with plug-ins that directly modify the media player or with a small program called Audioscrobbler which acts as a bridge between media players and Lastfmrsquos website

Users can even record play counts using portable media players such as iPods or Zunes

Alternately if users rely on websites

for music listening but still want to track their plays they can use Firefox scrobbling plug-ins for YouTube and Pandora that can be found and installed with ease

The real value of this ubiquitous scrobbling is the feedback it gives to the user Lastfm records not only the number of plays for each track but the date and time of each scrobble down to the minute

With this data at hand users can view their most popular songs and artists as well as trends of listening for individual tracks

If this data is still not enough there is a plethora of Lastfm and user created programs specifically designed for tasks like calculating listening diversity or making colorful graphs of a userrsquos most

listened artists There are even programs for charting usersrsquo most common listening times on weekends and weekdays

Furthermore users know that the data truly reflects their listening habits (unless they leave their media player on) because scrobbling only occurs halfway through the song

After only a few weeks of listening new users will discover that they have listening patterns that they were unaware of For example users may find that although most of their scrobbles come from one band their top tracks could be from a completely different artist

Even though all these new programs plugins and listening methods may take a while to set up and get used to they are well worth the effort

Time Change continued from page 4

care or nanny costs The shortened week could also interfere with after-school ac-tivities

Although Lech is open to new ideas he doesnrsquot believe the four-day school week could be enacted in North Dakota right now ldquoI know of at least one school district in the state that has attempted to do it They were denied by the Depart of Public In-struction Their [the school district] plan according to the DPI would not meet their goals for education Such a plan is a waiver to the set of accreditation rules set down by the state As of now I donrsquot see them [DPI] waiving those accreditationsrdquo If the thought of school lasting until June is stomach churning chew on a third option open to schools just abolish the entire idea of a summer altogether With an entire month of school added to the year July and part of August would be the only summer months Instead of letting students off for such an abnormally short break schools could instead break up those days and disperse them throughout the entire year Christmas could be three weeks Holidays like Easter or special times of the year like spring break would also snatch up valuable days

Four-day continued from page 4

Biel recommends Lastfm to music fans of all genres

an overwhelmingly bad reputation Algebra II teacher Connie Schmidt called them ldquogoofyrdquo while freshman Dan Harildstad said they are ldquostupidrdquo ldquoI think shutter shades are dumb Just because Kanye West wears them doesnrsquot mean we have tordquo freshman Rachel Funkhouser said

While sunglasses that block the wearerrsquos view are considered impractical nothing beats the functionality of Ugg Boots Made from twin-faced sheepskin with fleece on the inside and a tanned outer surface they are the epitome of Eskimo chic

The female population of Beulah High School is absolutely smitten with them Senior Kayden Candrian and sophomore Kaitlyn Grad said they are ldquosuper comfyrdquo

While these fads may seem perfectly acceptable now they will soon become cringe worthy Most students consider Crocs a type of rubber sandal with a

Fads continued from page 9

ldquoI love to listen to my iPod loud and long and I havenrsquot noticed any problems with my hearingrdquo Zimmerman said However she said she thinks even small amounts of hearing loss in teens can cause problems later in life ldquoI think that the earlier hearing loss starts the faster it will deteriorate later in life But it really isnrsquot a huge issue to just ask lsquoWhatrsquo a lot more oftenrdquo Zimmerman said

Although Zimmerman isnrsquot worried about hearing loss later in life that exact point is the real concern surrounding this study When this generation gets older the prevalence of hearing loss will be at unprecedented levels This means more money will be spent on expensive surgery and hearing aids This can lead to higher health insurance costs (because of the increase in claims) for this generation and the generations that come after us

This study does not suggest that MP3 players should never be used The study simply shows a serious and evident correlation between their excessive use and hearing loss

Hearing loss continued from page 9 time slots However this would create scheduling conflicts in the other schools in the districtrdquo

With all of the adjustments necessary for a successful switch to Central Time a change on Nov 7 would be nearly impossible ldquoI would really like to see the school on Central Time after the semester breakrdquo Lech said ldquoWe will do everything we can to make that happenrdquo From Nov 7 until the end of the first semester or more likely until the end of the school year an interim schedule will be put in place

The plan Lech brought before the board is for the school to run from 925 am to 420 pm keeping the same daylight hours as Mountain Time

This temporary solution while it puts the school on the right track for change causes more problems than the school is facing now For one none of the issues addressed by the time change will be remedied until the school actually begins to run on Central

she said ldquoIt will be very difficult to fill the hour from 4 to 5 pm Irsquom not quite sure what we will dordquo

While the time zone change may not be the ideal solution the fact remains that it has been approved and the change is coming One thing that students and faculty alike can find comfort in though is that the Beulah School District is neither the first to go through the change nor alone in the process ldquoThe Center school district went through this process alreadyrdquo Lech said ldquoand two of Hazenrsquos administrators were there during the process Our school will have lots of resourcesrdquo

summer jobs Mr Wold one of the counselors at Beu-lah High School sees the benifits of not having three months off He has seen the downward slide in NWEA test scores in the spring in comparison to the fall scores But he isnrsquot entirely against the idea of summer ldquoI also see the benefits of part-time jobs and the opportunity to travel It really depends on what you do in those three months to determine if those three months off were worth it for the development of the brainrdquo Wold said

Whether they are for or against the idea of a four-day school week people know that if the financial situation in this coun-try doesnrsquot get better changes will have to be made to ensure that every American child gets the necessary education to be successful

when worn in conjunction with bright colored boxers on males Bodell advised guys not to wear revealing shirts with the sleeves excessively cut off Every generation makes collectively bad decisions Itrsquos part of growing up Maybe twenty years from now students will look back and be appalled by these decisions maybe theyrsquoll think these were the greatest decisions of their lives but right now putting on a purple V-neck with gray skinny jeans flip-flops and a neon hippy bandana is definitely awesome

Commons continued from page 1 provided they donrsquot have food The Commons is a trademark It must be appreciated as a privilege and it must never again be so abused

The most optimistic approach for students is to hope the privilege will be returned to them This may not occur in the near future though While a reversal of the decision is not at the top of his list of priorities Kaylor urges students to nonetheless ldquokeep it cleanrdquo

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October 20 2010

Volume 59 Issue 1

Lunch no longer allowed in Commons

Bomb threat puts high school on edge

Sophomores Megan Battest and Kourtany Koch celebrate Space Jam day during Homecoming 2010 P6

The Fellowship of Christian A th le tes p rac t i ces team-work by passing marshmal-lows wi th toothpicks P8

Cross Country runners out-pace competit ion on steephi l ls with hometurf advan-tage P11

On Wednesday Sept 29 the administration moved high school students to the elementary school gym following a bomb threat Principal Todd Kaylor addressed students concerning the threat (Photo by Staff)

By Megan Muscha On Wednesday Sept 29 the

students and faculty of Beulah High School had an experience like no other During fifth period Principal Todd Kaylor made an announcement to the school that everyone was to be escorted to the elementary school gym When the entire school was evacuated and in a safe location they were told by Kaylor of the bomb threat Confusion and a list of questions spread throughout the room Who would do this Why Is it serious or is it just a prank Everyone wanted answers to questions that no one could solve

When the noise died down in the elementary school gym Kaylor announced that the school had received a bomb threat via an anonymous letter Although the chances of it being a prank were ninety-nine percent Kaylor said he was not willing to risk that one percent The students of BHS were held in the gym until regular dismissal at 320 pm Police closed off the four streets surrounding the high school for studentsrsquo safety Students were not allowed to go back into the school to retrieve homework or any of their possessions that they had left behind when they were told to evacuate Vehicles in the parking lot or parked on the streets surrounding the high school were also off-limits to students Although vehicles were allowed to be retrieved later that night many students were forced to walk or find other means of transportation to their homes or that of a friends

The police force did a thorough job of

searching every ldquonook and crannyrdquo they investigated every classroom searching behind books and even removed ceiling tiles No lsquobombrsquo dogs were brought in but the police ldquodid everything physically possible to make sure it would be safe for the students to return to schoolrdquo Detective Jim Wenning said The police officersrsquo attendance was continuous through the rest of the week

The studentsrsquo reactions ranged from cautious and slightly nervous to complete annoyance ldquoWhat if something happens during the pep rally Thatrsquos where everyonersquos going to be at one timerdquo senior and student council president Kendra Seibel said

Although this was a concern for most of the on-edge students the pep rally went on with no disruptions

Other students were more annoyed at the culprit than concerned ldquoIrsquom fine with missing Latin class and all but letrsquos be honesthellipwhoever thought they should write a prank bomb threat to get out of school is uncoolrdquo senior class president Marisa Kritzberger said

As for the consequences the responsible party could face anything from a fine to jail time ldquoThis offense would be charged with a felonyrdquo Detective Jim Wenning said Felonies can be on a personrsquos record for life They can also result in probation loss of occupational licensing loss of the right to possess deadly weapons and the loss of voting rights according to Legalmatchcom Classes continued according to schedule on Thursday with no new updates of the guilty party

By Andrew G Heller

All great peoples have a personal sanctuary Batman has the Batcave the ancient Greeks had the Parthenon and Beulah High School students have the Commons But tragedy struck on August 25 the first day of school when students were told they could no longer eat lunch in the Commons This was expected to be a major disturbance in the traditions of BHS Contrary to what many students believed having lunch in the commons is not a long-standing tradition Food Service Director Janet Dschaak said students have only been allowed to eat in the commons for less than ten years The original change was brought about due to a large student body that was unable to fit comfortably in the lunchroom

The change is an administrative rule that was enacted at the beginning of the 2010-11 school year This is not to be confused with a policy as policies are written segments that can be found in the Beulah High School Handbook ldquoIt was a privilege that was not maintained The Commons wasnrsquot kept

cleanrdquo BHS Principal Todd Kaylor said ldquoGarbage was left Trays glasses and silverware were left on tables and put in garbage cansrdquo Dschaak said Since the policyrsquos introduction students have questioned why a blanket rule was necessary Most are respectful and clean up after themselves It leaves them curious as to why the entire student body should be punished for the misbehavior of a few people

At some point the problem became uncontrollable and the unfortunate decision had to be made Kaylor said he regrets having to make the decision but felt it was the only way to police the situation ldquoThe very last thing I wanted was to punish the whole schoolrdquo Kaylor said Last year Kaylor made considerable warnings Attempts were made to find the individuals responsible but the misbehavior continued This blanket rule was the last resort for the administration ldquoAfter several warnings it wasnrsquot working outrdquo Kaylor said Since coming to Beulah four years ago he has noticed a ldquosteady declinerdquo in the attention to care of the Commons Whether this was the result of an influx of food fights or simple disregard by students is unknown While students are eager

to claim innocence no one is willing to confront any known guilty parties Perhaps none are known Or perhaps this decision hasnrsquot majorly impacted the student body Just weeks after its introduction the new rule is nothing more than a ghost of a thought to most students Lunch continues to occur day to day without incident The student body has decreased in number from the size that required students to be allowed to eat lunch in the Commons Dschaak said that the lunchroom has room for everyone Several of the tables are left relatively empty and no one is bumping elbows Everyone is able to pick out a place that accommodates them as well as their peers

The change doesnrsquot seem to be negatively affecting Dschaak or the other cooks She has notices some positive changes taking place ldquoKids are sitting with people they donrsquot normally sit withrdquo she said The processes of lunch continue as usual

The new accommodations may bring about a more integrated and friendly school Although this notion can be called ldquocheesyrdquo it is a positive one Students can still enjoy the Beulah High School Commons at any time

A school board decision to change to Central time will affect school hours P4

See Commons page 12

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Beulah North Dakota 58523 wwwbeulahk12ndus

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The lack of summer besides the drastic cultural changes it would bring would steal an opportunity for student to hold

covering over the toe to be the worst current fad While not technically fashion Dwyer said the worst modern fad is ldquosparkly vampiresrdquo She raises a good point Saggy pants are considered equally bad

Schmidt specifically objected to these

Apple acknowledges their product can cause hearing loss The official iPod user manual says ldquoPermanent hearing loss may occur if earbuds or headphones are used at high volume Set the volume to a safe levelrdquo Unfortunately Apple does not give a specific volume level or percentage to follow But according to Dr Ness the volume should be kept below 60 percent of its potential volume to avoid damage

Time Furthermore since the school will run

an hour later than it did on Mountain Time (with respect to area businesses) students and parents alike may have difficulty reconciling work and school schedules First any parents whose work schedule

allows them to drop off their kids during their commute will now be leaving them at school an hour before it starts

To address this Lech proposed a supervised before-school period for the students to wait until the school day begins ldquoWe feel that it is our responsibility to provide a place for our kids to berdquo he said ldquoParents should not have to take on any additional costs or responsibilities for morning childcarerdquo

Additionally students with after-school jobs will lose an hour of potential work during the week since school will cut an extra hour out of businessesrsquo operation hours Senior Zach Femling who tries to work

every day after school to make his car payments could lose five hours per week of work ldquoThat loss will really add up quicklyrdquo he said ldquoI might have to pick up more hours on the weekendsrdquo Kim Kessler co-owner of Bronsonrsquos Super Valu in downtown Beulah said she will have a tough time adjusting her work schedule to allow for students working one less hour per day ldquoBronsonrsquos employs 10-12 studentsrdquo

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INCIDENTS

Staff

By Andrew Heller

Auto-Tune allows creativity fraudHere at The Miner Incidents we phase vocoder to correct pitch in vocal a tool to express themselves with in ways

instrumental performances Essentially they never could have beforelove our music We write while we it fixes the wrong pitches in a personrsquos Auto-Tune has a dark side to it though listen and we listen while we write voice so that anyonersquos voice can sound Major recording artists should never use

Even among our small staff of five awesome Auto-Tune Musicians should be highly journalists we all have drastically On the positive side it is a wonderful talented people who possess singing different music tastes and powerful tool for tech-savvy Internet voices that few others possess If Auto-

users to use to create media Anyone Tune can magically fix anybodyrsquos voice After several hours of continuous with access to the Internet can buy and then nothing separates the musician fromFacebook chatting and arguing about download a simplified version of the the massesmusic specifically Auto-Tune we found Auto-Tune software and create music Aretha Franklin became a superstarthat it cannot be simplified to the point of

A perfect example of the proper because of her amazing child-prodigycalling it either good or bad and to do so application of Auto-Tune is the popular like piano playing skills and her soulfulwould be an injustice ldquoAuto-Tune the Newsrdquo channel on singing voice With her talents and hard We decided two schools of thought YouTube which was created by a musical work she earned the title as ldquoThe Queenexist on the value of Auto-Tune it either group called the Gregory Brothers of Soulrdquoallows for great amounts of creativity consisting of three brothers from Redford Auto-Tune steals all of those gifts and for Internet users or it is a destructive VA and one girl from Brooklyn NY talent and gives them to anybody liketechnology allowing any Tom Dick These viral videos are a mixture of humor some sort of instant gratification machineor Faith Hill to sound like a rock (or pop music and political information in an If an artist is to be respected and laudedcountry) god without any talent all the easily digestible package he must possess the talent and willingnesswhile making oodles of money If it werenrsquot for Auto-Tune such videos to reach music nirvanaWe would love to assume that everyone could not exist Granted if these videos Auto-Tune is both a superhero knows what Auto-Tune is but we know did not exist the world wouldnrsquot stop allowing any person to rise to Internetthat some imitate Patrick Star and live turning but a great amount of creativity stardom in a frenzy of self-expressionunder a rock So to completely clarify went into creating these videos This and a menace allowing lazy money-bag here is the exact Google definition of private usage by small indie groups to artists to consistently put on fake perfectAuto-Tune a proprietary audio processor make silly YouTube clips is the proper use performancescreated by Antares Audio that uses a of this technology It gave these musicians

Letter to the Editor of The Miner Incidents Dear Editor I as a student a Beulah High School believe that if a student goes out for a sport he or she should get equal time on the field or court

as the other players even if the student is unskilled or not as skilled That is where fairness comes into play between each player on the team The student may not be as skilled as much as the rest of the team but at least he or she made the effort to go out for that sport and gave as much effort as a lot of the other teammates on the team It shouldnrsquot matter if itrsquos the playerrsquos first year or fourth year in the sport each player on the team should get an equal amount of time on the field Fairness to me is when two or more people have the same rights and equal pieces of a pie If a person is left out of some activity or just doesnrsquot get as much time in during a sport season that student will lose morale against the coach and more importantly himself or herself Once a student loses morale he or she will start to feel left out give up and the population of new students in sports participa-tion will drop I know in a school district teachers coaches and students in sports try to encourage different students to come out for sports and make their school year better Some students donrsquot have as much skill as other students but the more those lesser skilled students are put in the more skill they will gain Itrsquos just not practice where they get skill itrsquos also in games I believe that the coaches in the Beulah High School can make the school even a better place for sports if they give each athlete a fair share in the playing season The sport itself would be more fun than it would be just sitting there not being able to play Just sitting on the sidelines for games gets really boring to athletes If the athlete is ready to play and worked during the weeks in practice the athlete should get a chance to play in games no matter what the score or how much skill the athlete has The more an athlete will play in games the more skills he or she will develop I as an athlete feel that playing in a game is better than practice because a chance on the field would be a better way to work with my own skill than it would be in practice Sincerely Alex Gunsch

The Miner Incidents is published six times a year by the Journalism Department by and for the students of Beulah High School and does not necessarily represent the views of the administration The Miner Incidents accepts signed letters to the editor reserving the right to edit them for grammar and profanity Student submissions may be given to Mrs Heller

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Sports Page 11 20 October 2010

Cross Country prepares for state race on Oct 23 By Megan Muscha

The North Dakota State Cross Country meet will be held in Jamestown on Oct 23

ldquoThe team has a great work ethic and the season has been outstandingrdquo head coach Bruce Wold said Specifically the boys are rated third and the girls are rated fifth and sixth The team credits its success to hard work dedication and good pairs of running shoes

ldquoIf the kids just keep working hard I think state will go pretty well But the important thing is that they just do the best they can and have fun with itrdquo Wold said

Working hard is what this team does The top three girl runners are Hazen senior Sarah Grimm eighth grader Nessa Iverson and eighth grader Alicia Aune In the 25 mile run Sarah runs a 1600 Nessa runs a 1640 and Alicia runs a 1647

The top three male runners are Hazen sophomore Jaaz Catterall freshman Cole Messerschmidt and Hazen freshman Asher Catterall In the 31 mile run Jaaz runs a 1705 Cole runs a 1714 and Asher runs a 1728

ldquoIrsquom really excited for state this year because the bus rides are always a blast and Irsquom hoping wersquoll do pretty good as far as placing goesrdquo freshman runner Connor Candrian said

After being involved in cross country throughout her entire high school career it was hard for Senior Kayden Candrian to just walk away Although she can no longer compete she is still a vital part of the team as a statistician and is quite enthusiastic about the state meet ldquoWe have quite a few talented kids that have a good possibility of placing highrdquo Candrain said

What makes her come back year after year is the cross country crew of course ldquoThe best part about cross country is how close of a family we all become Because wersquore a smaller sport and travel long distances it is easy to get to know the people quicklyrdquo Candrain said Coach Wold encourages any and all interested to lace up their tennis shoes and come pound the pavement with the team next year ldquoJust do it You will get in great shape and there are really fun people on the teamrdquo Wold said

Nicholas Biel News Writer Columnist and Features Editor

Carson Reinhardt News Writer Columnist and Opinions Editor

Anika Jurgens Sports Writer Fea-tures Writer and Sports Editor

Andrew G Heller Cartoonist Features Writer and News Editor

Megan Muscha News Writer Sports Writer and Features Editor

Contributor Photographer JaymePischel

Clockwise from top right Freshman Randy Julson pushes up a hill during the the Beulah Cross Country meet at Black Sands Golf Course Nessa Iverson sprints to stay ahead of competition Beulah boys take off the starting line with hopes to establish a position early in the race The girls cross country runners break away at the sound of the starting gun (Photos by Andrew Heller)

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Sports Opinion

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Fellowship of Christian Athletes promotes faith teamwork

Hayden Kessler and Logan Eisenbies pass a marshmallow with tooth-picks during an FCA team-building exercise (Photo by Staff)

By Megan MuschaFellowship of Christian Athletes

(FCA) provides BHS students with yet another great reason to love Fridays This organization gathers weekly in coach Loy Hamrsquos room to enjoy his legendary breakfast pizza bake and discuss scripture readings But donrsquot let the athlete part discourage any anti-sweat students out there because FCA welcomes all who want to grow closer to God and their faith

ldquoAnybody can come itrsquos not only for athletes itrsquos for everyonerdquo Beulah linebacker Erik Ham said FCA began in 1954 by its founder Don McClanen and has been touching lives nationwide ever since It is the largest Christian sports organization in America according to fcaorg

The Beulah High School FCA is currently on its ninth year Loy Ham decided to bring this program to BHS for two reasons he was approached by a member of the school board to start a local FCA chapter and his church sponsored a month-long movement to challenge its members to find unique ways to open their faith to others ldquoFCArsquos purpose at its absolute core is

Minot-Ryan ruins Miner footballrsquos playoff aspirations By Anika Jean Jurgens

Minot Ryan was the deciding factor of whether the Miners made it to the playoffs or not and losing to the Lions 21 ndash 19 knocked the Miners out of the playoffs with the game against Carrington left Minot Ryan wasnrsquot the toughest team that the Miners played this season but they showed the team that it wasnrsquot going to be easy in the first half of the game ldquo The turning point in the game was at half time when we all realized that we could pull through what gave us hope was when we scored on our halftime opening playrdquo senior Stephen Kessler said

ldquoThe season did not go the way we wanted we all wanted to win morerdquo senior Colton Starr said

The Miners played Bottineau on Friday Oct1 for the homecoming game They players worked for their win 35 ndash 6 over the Braves Through the rain wind and cold the game vs St

Maryrsquos continued to a disheartening loss for the Miners The end score was 30 -14

The team traveled to Belcourt on Sep 24 and won that game 41 ndash 10 In spite of a very cold night the Miners had an outstanding game Dustin Rueb was the last scorer for the team with a 97- yard rush that he intercepted

Devils Lake came to Riverside to play the Miners on

Sept13 The Miners fought hard but couldnrsquot pull threw loosing the game 26 ndash 6 AJ Rudolph had the only score for the Miners during this game The Miners played Trinity in the new Dickinson State

Bowl With two overtimes the Trinity Titans beat the Miners 20 ndash 26

In addition to practicing and playing games the team is involved with a Character Counts pillar every week Each player has to turn in a paper for the week on one pillar of character counts before Fridayrsquos game or before they leave to play out of town

ldquoIt helps build us as a team and as friends knowing that everyone has turned in a paper on how the specific character is that week makes us prove that we know what it is and that we all can abide by thatrdquo senior Evan Entze said

Some of the best times together are winning and the startersrsquo nights On most Wednesdays all the varsity starters go to a seniors place and eat supper and do various activities together ldquoMy favorite thing about the season is the good food on

startersrsquo nightrdquo Bosch said Others say the best part of the season is being with

friends and that football is their favorite sport ldquoHitting people is my favorite thing about the seasonrdquo

senior Frank (Austin) Smith said With 11 seniors upcoming underclassmen have a lot of

pressure to work play and try harder

The Beulah Miner football team holds up the coveted Coal Bowl trophy they won by beating Hazen in the season opener (Photo by Anika Jurgens)

Beulah Motor Vehicle Branch Office

120 Central Ave N Beulah ND701-873-4940

License Tag Renewals Title Transfers

amp Vehicle Registra-tion Duplicate Titles Duplicate Plates Duplicate Registra-tion amp Tabs

Special Letter Plate Orders and more

Awesome Sauce Proposition 19 deserves support By Andrew G Heller where I would be tempted to become aProposition 19 is a ballot Cannibasaurus or any other species

Like any issue I wished to bemeasure in California to be thoroughly informed of both sidesrsquovoted upon this November If arguments in order to form my own passed it will legalize the sale opinion

and consumption of marijuana The first notion I studied was the for recreational purposes as idea that marijuana causes lethargy In well as provide guidelines for Marijuana Myths Marijuana Facts A

Review of the Scientific Evidence Dr its regulation and taxation Lynn Zimmer and John P Morgan refute Opponents see Prop 19 as a grave thisdanger to society Supporters treat ldquoThere is nothing about marijuana

it as a major milestone in a fight specifically that causes people to lose theirfor personal freedoms drive and ambition In laboratory studies

California is far from North Dakota subject given high doses of marijuana This does not keep me from supporting it for several days or even several weeks I am in favor of Proposition 19 because of exhibit no decrease in work motivation or scientific evidence concerning marijuana productivityrdquo Zimmer and Morgan said in

We were taught about the dangers their bookof drugs and alcohol In elementary Other claims like marijuana causes school guidance counselors police or cancer was disproved most notably other speakers would occasionally visit by a research study performed by the classrooms in an attempt to educate us University of New Hampshire Scientific The most cartoonish deterrent was a book America covered this in a May 24 2006 I got in fifth grade which used dinosaurs article to show the dangers of different drugs rdquoWe expected that we would find that Each drug was a different species of a history of heavy marijuana usehellipwould dinosaur but all ended up the same way increase the risk of cancerrdquo Physician The book used the dinosaursrsquo extinction Donald Tashkin of the University of to illustrate usage as a dead end (pun California Los Angeles said His intended) research proved to be the opposite of his

The Cannibasauras the pot smoking hypothesisdinosaur met its demise due to laziness My investigation led me to be and loss of brain cells from smoking resoundingly in favor of legalization too much weed In the mind of my fifth I was not alone in this opinion The grade self this message was clear and National Organization for Reform of persuasive Marijuana Laws or NORML ldquosupports

To high-schooler me it comes off as the development of a legally controlled transparently biased High school was See Prop 19 page 8

Meganrsquos Mind Halloween trick-or-treating evolves By Megan Muscha better Costumes such as naughty nurse

When the word Halloween or playful Playboy bunny are becoming more and more the norm giving parentscomes to mind common thoughts nightmares on Halloween Nowadaysassociated with it are candyhellip showing off costumes or lack thereof is

costumeshellipand well more candy more common than going door to doorAlthough this is normal for for candy that could just be bought in the todayrsquos society it was not always store

Trick-or-treating is a concept known all like this Before preteens started around the world and dates back to thedressing up like vampires and Middle Ages Because the Celts believed witches Halloween used to be a that not all the roaming spirits were

time for honoring the dead It was friendly gifts and treats were left out to originally a pagan holiday referred please the evil ones and ensure that next to as All Hallows Eve dating back yearrsquos crops would be plentiful states

Halloween Web (9-17-10) This traditionover 2000 years according to evolved into trick-or-treating ThisHalloween Web (9-17-10) activity is popular in not only the US but

HalloweenHistoryorg states that in the United Kingdom Canada Ireland andthe ancient Celtic festivals Halloween other parts of Europe as well accordingwas known as Samhain (9-17-10) It to HalloweenHistoryorg In some placeswas believed that on this day the it is referred to as ldquoBeggars Nightrdquo Theboundaries between the living and the saying goes if you say ldquotrick-or-treatrdquo dead overlapped People thought that and a treat is not given a trick is playedthe dead would come back to cause on the homeowner I have never actuallymayhem such as diseases and bad crops seen trick-or-treaters get upset from their During these times people would wear treats beforehellipwell unless they receive acostumes and masks either to mimic the toothbrush or something like that Okayevil spirits or pacify them Today people people a toothbrush thatrsquos what you get do this for kicks and giggles Whether it from your dentist not on Halloween nightis dressing up like a Twilight character when all you really want is an intenseor simply copying the Teletubbies trick- sugar rushor-treaters have found many new and Halloween has evolved from appeasinginteresting ways of masking themselves evil spirits to trick-or-treating things for this event Costumes in this day have changed a lot So next time peopleand age have significantly changed Not are dressing up as Hannah Montanaonly is less material is being used for Scooby Doo or the occasional ldquonurserdquoldquocostumesrdquo but Halloween has changed remember that Halloween isnrsquot just all from a horror movie into a fashion show about the candyhellipWho am I kiddinghellipOFof sorts For girls the skimpier the COURSE IT IS

Carsonrsquos Conundrums Ground Zero mosque must be built to combine peoplersquos passion for sports

with their passion for Christ and teach them that those two worlds donrsquot have to be separate FCA wants to give meaning to the athletic nature that all of us are born with and use it for something that stretches beyond sportsrdquowrote Nick Dunn in the ldquoBeginnerrsquos Guide to FCArdquo (fca org 10-7-10) ldquoIt is a non-denominational organization that allows athletes to use their unique position to spread the word of Godrdquo Loy Ham said

This organization reaches out to as many people as possible With its own magazine ldquoSharing the Victoryrdquo books web pages and other resources itrsquos hard to ignore this continuously growing sensation FACLifecom is one of the programs of this organization According to fcaorg FCALifecom aims to provide all those involved with FCA a unique and more fruitful social networking experience It unites all huddles across the country and give members a better opportunity to stay connected throughout the school year

ldquoI enjoy the fellowship with the other athletes I enjoy building each other up and helping each other grow closer to Godrdquo senior and FCA huddle leader Ethan Bohn said

By Carson Reinhardt The debate over the proposed

mosque near the site of the 911 attacks has stirred up some almost disturbing anti-Muslim sentiments throughout the country

In Florida Pastor Terry Jones and his congregation of 50 planned to burn Qurans for the ninth anniversary of 911while protestors in New York marched up and down the streets around the abandoned Burlington Coat Factory building where Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf wants to not only build a mosque but as they believe a type of victory Mosque to spit in the face of 911 victims and their families

Opponents demand that the proposed building which if built would be two blocks from Ground Zero be moved farther away from this ldquoholy groundrdquo because of the proximity to the attacks and the victimsrsquo bodies that were found there Some especially paranoid Americans believe that this will become a radical Islamist training center to facilitate the Islamization of America so that they can destroy everything we hold dear apple pie baseball and Frank Sinatra

As a young citizen of the United States I find this blatant abandonment of the First Amendment right to freedom of religion disgusting But opponents to the building would argue that they are not arguing the legality of it but the fact that itrsquos in bad taste Quite frankly that reason is not good enough for me Islam did not attack the US that historical day A small radical sect of the 157 billion Muslims

did To blame an entire religion for the actions of a few is irresponsible First and foremost the mosque isnrsquot a mosque Imam Feisal (who in fact is an American citizen) is proposing to build an inter-faith Islamic center to strengthen public relations with the people of New York and to increase Islamic worship space to accommodate the growing number of Muslims in Manhattan Think of it as an Islamic YMCA only itrsquoll have its own catchy song performed by the Village People According to Rauf It will also have separate worshiping areas for Jews and Christians so that people from all different walks of life and religions can come together for mutual peace and understanding Next letrsquos consider the controversy over the site itself Opponents claim that two blocks from Ground Zero is simply too close If Imam Rauf really wanted to be sensitive to 911 victims he would move it farther away from this ldquoholy groundrdquo to be respectful to the memories of 911 victims and their families I do not believe that this site is holy ground for two distinct reasons 1 This area is typical New York it has strip clubs delicatessens and McDonaldrsquos 2 The arbitrary number of blocks people believe it should be away is ridiculous three four five or six blocks away cannot be any better or less ldquoevilrdquo than two blocks

Even with these insights I can still hear the screaming ldquoJust move the darn thing and everything will be okrdquo In an interview with CNNrsquos Soledad OrsquoBrien in August of 2010 when asked

See Mosque page 8

Bielrsquos Bias Understanding trumps knowledge By Nicholas Biel

Recently as I sat in Mr Yalersquos AP Calculus class feeling my brain slowly tearing itself asunder I finally realized that I have never really understood mathematics and am just starting to learn its underlying principles

Granted Irsquove learned enough processes and memorized enough tricks to breeze through almost all of my math courses leading up to calculus However the combination of new concepts with Yalersquos unique teaching style has shown me that all I really know are workarounds that only hint at true mathematical concepts

For example during the first few days of school he explained that nearly every function can be graphed with only the knowledge of a few parent graphs and the effects of applying transformations on those graphs

As I absorbed this new information I realized that the omnipresent slope intercept form is not only a simplified version of this concept but that it is very limiting While it is a helpful formula for working with lines it is rendered useless with anything more complex than basic arithmetic terms

Looking back now I wish I would have been taught concepts instead of tricks I realize that learning such important and potent rules as a younger student would have been a challenge but trying to learn underlying principles along with a whole new branch of mathematics feels overwhelming at times

Now as I sit here thinking of ways I

can expand this article I realize that this concept of thorough understanding can be applied to other subjects as well

In chemistry for example we should learn not just what happens when we mix two chemicals together but why Knowing the why allows us to predict future reactions which gives us the ability to tailor the ingredients to get a desired result

Social studies too could benefit from this type of education Learning dates and locations of events is fine but it pales in comparison to understanding motives If we could know and comprehend the motives behind historical movements we could not only have a much better grasp of history but also use that information to examine our present conditions

Even outside of school this policy of comprehension is indispensible for understanding is the basis of relationships Two people can never become friends if they do not ldquogetrdquo each other

This idea can also be applied on a broader scale to interactions between groups or even societies If different cultures only assume things about each other there can be nothing but distrust and suspicion between them Only when there is understanding between populations can there be a true and lasting peace capable of weathering tides of ignorance and storms of xenophobia

We as a society should emphasize comprehension not rote memorization If we base our learning on this idea a better educated and more thoughtful populace is sure to develop

THE MINER INCIDENTS THE MINER INCIDENTS

Page 4 News Features Page 9 20 October 2010 20 October 2010

Mercer County time change disrupts routines

The Beulah District School Board votes to put the schoolsrsquo clocks on Central Time Beginning Nov 8 students will attend school from 925 am - 420 pm (Photo by Staff) By Nicholas Biel On Oct 7 the Beulah District

School Board voted to put the schoolsrsquo clocks on Central Time but run from 925-420 pm beginning Monday Nov 8 the day after the end of Daylight Savings Time

This decision came as a result of the Sept 29 Department of Transportation ruling which will move all of Mercer

County into the Central Time zone at Daylight Savings Timersquos end

This was spurred by a forum held earlier this year in Hazen where Mercer County residents met and discussed the proposed time change

In 2000 the Mercer County Commission put forth a petition to make the switch to Central Time which while supported by a simple county-wide vote failed because of stated public sentiment according to the Federal Register The

Daily Journal of the United States Government (10410)

This time around however there was much more support for change not only from the general populace but from area businesses and hospitals as well

Beulah School District Superintendent Robert Lech said that while he thought the schoolrsquos opinion was probably not the most important factor they did declare themselves in favor of the change ldquoIn an example year with 183 extra-

curricular activitiesrdquo Lech said ldquowe had 122 take place in the Central Time zone We were losing too much instructional timerdquo

The problem with driving into another time zone he said is that buses have to leave an hour earlier than theyrsquod ordinarily have to just to make up for the hour jump into Central Time

Another problem with the difference in time zones Lech said is the hassles it causes with Interactive Television (ITV) classes Only periods two through six occur during the operating hours of two schools in different time zones All others depend on early bird or late owl classes in one school or another

While the switch from Mountain to Central Time will ultimately fix several major problems it will neither be simple nor problem free ldquoOne of the biggest problems I seerdquo

Lech said ldquois with adjusting the schoolrsquos schedule to fit Central Timerdquo

Ironically one of the things the change will remedy is also one of the greatest hang-ups in bringing about a speedy switch ldquoThe ITV classes are cementedrdquo Lech said ldquoWe have to build our entire schedule around themrdquo Some people think that since the school

will switch to Central Time the schedule will mesh nicely with schools that have always been on Central Time This is not so ITV classes must stay at the same time periods not necessarily the same hours

The problem created by the rigidity of the ITV system is exacerbated by the number of ITV classes offered at Beulah High School and the number of students enrolled in ITV classes ldquoOut of fourteen possible ITV slots thirteen are filledrdquo Lech said ldquoThis makes moving classes around very difficultrdquo

The school canrsquot just drop ITV classes because some students will need courses taught by other schools to qualify for North Dakota scholarships ldquoThe last thing we want to do is hurt the

studentsrdquo Lech said Another problem Lech foresees

withschedule changes is the use of shared staff between schools in the school district ldquoIdeallyrdquo he said ldquowe could simply move period seven in before period one and run the rest of the classes in the same

See Time change page 12

Four-day week attractive to cash-strapped districts By Carson Reinhardt Individuals are not the only ones

suffering in these terrible economic times The local state and federal levels of government are feeling the squeeze too

For most of the students at Beulah High School the actions that legislators and board members must take to keep their respective institutions afloat are of no interest But school districts are one of these institutions and students feel every decision first hand

In at least nine states around the coun-try economically failing school districts are taking on the enormous task of con-verting their five-day school weeks into four Such a drastic change in the way schools conduct business is a hotly de-bated topic among educators legislators and parents And not everybody believes that the pros outweigh the cons

The majority of school districts switch-ing are rural based Rural school districts face huge transportation costs Everyday a bus doesnrsquot run it doesnrsquot use fuel and the school saves money in a big way

Rob Lech the Beulah School District superintendent would be in favor of such a change if the structure of it reached the current education standards and if there was enough support for the measure ldquoI would be open to anything if it works

To me therersquos nothing thatrsquos untouch-ablerdquo Lech said In addition to savings in transportation

costs schools save by feeding students one less meal per week paying fewer substitute teachers using less electricity and using less heatair conditioning to keep the building at a comfortable tem-perature When the costs are tallied the savings begin to stack up to such a sizable amount that for some districts the four-

day week becomes irresistible Cost cutting is not the only benefit the

four-day week generates It also protects the amount of funding for every other cost the school incurs It allows the busses to keep all of their routes running instead of cutting one It protects the salaries of every staff member And it protects extracurricular activities But most im-portantly it protects fine art classes such as band choir and art It also protects the physical education program Since these programs are not essential to the required education of students they sadly can be cut from the school curriculum completely to balance the budget

Unfortunately though this new school week structure is by no means a perfect solution for every district Those newly found days off do not simply drift away they have to be made up somehow The simplest solution available to most

schools is to make the day longer This means that school could potentially last an hour later

Senior Lucas Schnaidt would strongly oppose such a change if it ever happened ldquoI think itrsquos a terrible ideardquo he said ldquoI donrsquot think I could focus for such a long time and give 100 percent in every class With more time comes more classes and that also means more homework per night Between my afterschool job extracurricu-lar activities and friends I really donrsquot see how I could fit anymore onto my platerdquo If the longer school day is not an option

districts could instead add more weeks to the year Beulah High School uses a 36-week school year with four quarters of nine weeks each Subtracting the five Mondays that are holidays Beulah would have 31 days of school to make up which would translate into more

See Four-day page 12

Turn it downTeen hearing loss rises nationwide

ldquoWhen I run for a long time and Irsquom really trying to pump myself up I turn

By Carson Reinhardt Everybody owns one It

my music loud My runs usually last 45unassumingly sits in a personrsquos minutes and I can definitely tell that mypocket or backpack throughout the hearing is not quite as good for a whileschool day But unbeknownst to afterwards I also own both over-ear and Beulah High School students MP3 in-ear headphones and I think that the in-players are machines of hearing ear style cause more problems for me thandestruction the over-ear stylerdquo Reinhardt said

A 2010 study published in the Journal of A study conducted by the Center the American Medical Association found for Disease Control used statistical that teen hearing loss is dramatically information from the National Health increasing due to teens playing their MP3 and Nutrition Examination Survey which players too loud for too long In fact it tested the hearing capabilities of nearly quoted Brian Fligor an audiologist at 1800 teens between 2005 and 2006 Childrenrsquos Hospital in Boston saying that They then compared those findings with teens listen to music more than twice as a similar study that tested 3000 teens long as the previous generation between 1988 and 1994 Researchers

Senior Samuel Reinhardt who frequently found that the prevalence of hearing loss uses an MP3 player admitted he doesnrsquot has jumped from 15 percent to nearly 20 feel completely confident in his hearing percent one fifth of the American teen ldquoI havenrsquot been to a doctor but population ldquoItrsquos by no means severe [hellip] but sometimes I feel it [ my hearing ] just Dr Brady Ness an audiologist at what we are doing to the ears and wersquore enough to muffle speech so you have a could be betterrdquoReinhardt said Medcenter One in Bismarck and the Coal educating and yet we arenrsquot seeing lot of situations where you hear peopleMusic has evolved from a primary Country Community Health Center here in those numbers declinerdquo talking but not understand what theyrsquoreform of entertainment to a secondary one Beulah found these statistics perplexing The CDC study classified the hearing sayingrdquo Ness saidTodayrsquos teens do not listen to music just ldquoIt [ teen hearing loss ] definitely isnrsquot loss as a slight impediment In this Junior Heidi Zimmerman isnrsquot for the sake of listening they listen to going down especially with the iPod and instance the word ldquoslightrdquo means the convinced about the findings of the study music while doing other activities such as the music generation we see as many as inability to hear sounds in the 16 to 24 nor is she worried about the quality of herrunning driving or doing homework we ever haverdquo Ness said ldquoWe know now decibel range hearing See Hearing loss page 12

Ethan Bohn works on calculus in the commons while listening to his MP3 player (Photo by Carson Reinhardt)

Fashion fads fascinate Beulah High School students

Maiya Gerde sports Ugg Boots and skinny jeans as she searches her locker for books

(Photo by Carson Reinhardt)

By Andrew G Heller A generationrsquos culture is defined by its fads

Farrah Fawcett hair and bell-bottoms dominated the lsquo70s lsquo80s children wore legwarmers and a Flock of Seagulls haircut Current teenagers will have their time to look back at their high school yearbooks and gasp in horror but that time is not now Now is the time of Converse All-Stars and cardigans But students should be careful not to get caught up in the bright colors and cute boots They should take a moment for a careful constructive assessment of the situation Beulah High School students and faculty are doing just that This is the eye of the hurricane of fashion

Arguably the most eye-catching trends of the modern era are skinny jeans These pants hug as close to a personrsquos legs as possible Sophomore Cody Nelson said they are ldquocomfy and exoticrdquo Several students agree with him especially when females wear them English Teacher Rachel Dwyer celebrates skinny jeansrsquo ingenuity ldquoWhatrsquos not to like about jeans that take extra effort to put on and take off Itrsquos exercise and fashion in onerdquo She said Some think they may be too tight ldquoYou shouldnrsquot be

able to see the quarter in a dudersquos back pocketrdquo senior Lucas Schnaidt said

As object to excessively tight articles of clothing as some may be others are not satiated with simply making normal articles of clothing tighter They need to wear

actual tights Leggings are usually worn under a dress or skirt so

girls can enjoy these looks even in colder climates North Dakotans seem to be especially grateful No one spoke ill of leggings ldquoLeggings are one of the most comfortable pieces of

clothing everrdquo senior Taryn Zacher said While they seem to be perfectly acceptable when worn

with a skirt or dress it is a mistake to wear them alone Junior Abby Baranick and sophomore Elle Pfenning said these are not pants

One of the more shocking trends is the neon flannel shirt Grizzly Adams would be wearing one of these to the club These have the traditional long sleeve button up fronts and the flannel material but the difference is the details Most obvious are the striking color schemes Other tweaks include breast pockets and military shoulder straps ldquoFlannels are the coolest They will never go out of

stylerdquo freshman Ty Horning said Others like pre-calc teacher Ryan Bodell and freshman Connor Candrian are baffled by the idea of neon and would like Mr Adams to put away his peacock patterns and return to the woods where he belongs

As peculiar as bright colored shirts may be they are still tame compared to shutter shades These sunglasses are defined by pieces of the frame that cross the lenses horizontally mimicking shutter blinds This eyewear was made famous by rapper Kanye West and continues to have a presence in celebritiesrsquo wardrobes

While the stars love them shutter shades have See Fads page 12

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Beulah FFA members set up for the annual FFA BBQ kick-off meeting in the Agriculture Department (Photo by Jodi Boe)

FFA heads to convention Mosque continued from page 3 about why he simply wouldnrsquot move the site of the Islamic center Rauf responded that he cannot back down now because of national security He fears that if the site is moved or even worse if the entire project is cancelled the extremist Islamic world would respond harshly The extremist Muslims would view this as an attack on Islam and could potentially react violently towards the United States If the Islamic center were to be built moderate Muslims could act as a sort of buffer between the radicals and American citizens Unfortunately some Americans view all Muslims as extremists and the previous paragraph probably didnrsquot help to rectify that view Every religion has extremism in it Christianity has extremist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the National Liberation Front of Tripura Also dark events in history such as the Inquisition and the Crusades were directly ordered by Christian kings and queens Islam has extremist groups like AlrsquoQueda and the Taliban It is simply wrong to say that any major religion is better than the other

In the United States every religion has equal protection under the law No single religion is the ldquonormalrdquo US religion To think otherwise undermines the freedoms everyone receives from the First Amendment ldquoCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof [hellip]rdquo

Although the first settlers to America based their government heavily on protestant religious teachings in the modern age we have since moved away from these restrictive borderline

College application scholarship deadlines approach By Nicholas Biel students apply She also said that students should base the application process

Bismarck State College for example their college choice not on cost but on ldquoEvery school is differentrdquo Wold saidWith many colleges refusing usually has more available scholarships compatibility with studentsrsquo preferences For example some schools like BSC orapplications submitted later than than applicants said Kari Bitz a BSC College selection should be more about NDSU have rolling applications They December seniors need to get admissions counselor who has worked finding the best fit Wold said admit students until their programs are

at the University of Mary as well as ldquoThe first step in finding a collegerdquo he full up until a week before classes starttheir applications in to meet fast- Rasmussen College said ldquois to get to know yourself Figure Other usually larger colleges require approaching deadlines ldquoMany donrsquot fill out the application out the type of school that will make you application submission by a certain date

The question plaguing most Beulah because they think they wonrsquot get any happyrdquo According to Hunter MIT accepts High School seniors is ldquoHow am I scholarshipsrdquo Bitz said ldquoWe wish more He advises students to look at colleges applications no later than Jan 1 and going to pay for as early as Nov 1for Early Action collegerdquo ldquoThe biggest thing is to choose your field of study first and then applicants

The first step find a college that meets your needsrdquo ~BHS Counselor Bruce Wold ldquoThe Early Action routerdquo she said students should ldquois for students who want to receive a take is filling out the Free Application students would applyrdquo as early as sophomore year so they decision as soon as possiblerdquo for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) The According to Bitz BSC typically gives will have plenty of time to make their At MIT the early route is not binding FAFSA is required not only for federal out more money for academic merits than decisions unlike other schools which give grants or loans but also for consideration athletic talent ldquoBy the end of their junior year preference to early applicants as they are for many college scholarships ldquoItrsquos not like the moviesrdquo she said students should have their college choices obligated to attend if accepted

For North Dakota college bound ldquowhere every quarterback gets a full riderdquo narrowed down to about 3-5rdquo Wold said Although students must fulfill different students Academic or CTE scholarships The Massachusetts Institute of When looking at potential schools requirements for each school one step is offered by the state should be considered Technology on the other hand offers students should consider variables like universally recommended students should first Links for information and no merit scholarships instead choosing location campus size diversity cost and tour as many colleges as possible before requirements of these scholarships are on to award money based on demonstrated student-to-faculty ratio making a commitmentthe Beulah district home page financial need ldquoThe biggest thing is to choose your ldquoYou have two school sanctioned days North Dakota also offers full instate ldquoAll that we require is that students fill field of study first and then find a college for college visitsrdquo Wold said tuition too the top five percent of in-state out a FAFSA and submit it for reviewrdquo that meets your needsrdquo Wold said And students should try to get their ACT scorers in the state said Kim Hunter MIT admissions officer The next step is to research the specifics visits in as early as possible because as

Any other scholarship options beyond ldquoWe typically see students leaving MIT of each college Learning each collegersquos Bitz said ldquoTouring in the winter is no those depend on the colleges to which with less than $25000 of debtrdquo admission requirements is a vital step in funrdquo

McLaughlin brings new outlook to Beulah school board

By Anika Jean Jurgens As the next National FFA

convention came into view FFA Adviser Tim Aichele and four of the 2010 -2011 Chapter Officers (President Jodi Boe Secretary Brooke Renner Reporter Anika Jurgens and Treasurer Christina Flemmer) packed their bags to travel to Indiannapolis on Oct19 Janolyn Aichele a former Beulah High School student and FFA Chapter Officer will receive her American Degree award at this yearrsquos convention The national FFA convention is held each

Oct with nearly 55000 FFA members and guests from across the country in attendance Members participate in general sessions competitive events educational tours leadership workshops and a career show It is one of the largest annual student conventions in the country

The students left on Tuesday Oct 19 drove down to Indianapolis to be at the convention at 4 pm on Wednesday Oct 20 During the week they are in Indianapolis

they will attend convention sessions and leadership workshops and hear inspirational speakers such as Josh Shipp Kevin Caroll Judson Laipply On Friday night members will attend the American Degree Reception with Aichele

ldquoAlong with an application I needed to have a record of leadership activities and at least 50 hours of community servicerdquo Aichele said

The community service had to be done at three different activities These hours were in addition to and could not be paid or unpaid SAE hours She had to have received a ldquoCrdquo or better on her high school records and have the principal and superintendent approve it to get the American Degree Both country singers Lady Antebellum who sings ldquoAmerican Honeyrdquo and Eason Corbin who sings ldquoA Little More Country Then Thatrdquo will perform on Wednesday night for all the FFA students who bought a tickets to attend Earlier this year the FFA held its annual BBQ on Sept 13 They started off with burgers and hotdogs and various other foods went directly into the meeting and then went outside to play the games

Norwegian Skiing wheelbarrow race and food relay then they wrapped up the BBQ with a pie eating contest in the shop ldquoThe BBQ went very well and everyone that participated had a blastrdquo FFA President Jodi Boe said

There were about 60 members in attendance They voted on if they should give money to the alumni for the scholarships that the alumni hand out to the senior members and whether or not to donate an FFA jacket to the local creed winner

At local leadership night held in Beulah on Sept 23 FFA students competed in memorized and extemporary speaking job interview state and chapter quiz and demonstrations At the District Leadership Contest on

Oct 14 in Center Kayden Candrian competed in Job Interview Jodi Boe was the memorized speaker from Beulah The quiz team consisting of Jodi Boe Linsi Boe Brooke Renner Brayden Dschaak and Anika Jurgens All these students will go to state in June

Mitch Matthias competed in the demonstration contest Lauren Nelson competed in extemporary speaking and both left districts with silvers

The officer team has been at the school by either 630 or 7 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays and some Wednesdays to practice Parliamentary Procedure and take tests on Dunbarrsquo Parliamentary procedure With all the practice they qualified to go to state on Oct 6 in Bismarck At state the team took fifth out of sixteen teams

theocracies and built something better a country where every ethnicity and religion has an equal right to exist and conduct its business unimpeded regardless of the actions of extremists As a nation we must not condemn an entire religion for the actions of a few We must move forward away from the pain and anger Prop 19 continued from page 3 market for cannabisrdquo on their Web site Even countries are considering legalization

According to guardiancouk Portugal decriminalized personal possession of all narcotics in 2001 Since then drugs usage has decreased most notably in the 13-19 year old demographic From 2001-2005 it had the lowest marijuana usage rate in the EU Drug related disease and mortality rates have also decreased

On Sept 8 2010 McClatchy Newspapers reported that Mexico weary from a long and bloody drug conflict has begun to consider legalization options Mexico said it would pursue these options further if Proposition 19 was passed

A vote on proposition 19 is coming in November Passage would result in a dramatic cultural and political shift But only exists California although similar strides are being made in Florida and South Dakota

Students should not casually agree with me though They should do their own research in order to better form an individual opinion Maybe theyrsquoll reach the same conclusion or they may find evidence that contradicts mine It is because of these facts that I am in favor of Proposition 19

Frank Smith donates blood at the third Student Council sponsored Blood Drive A total of 26 donors were interviewed 14 of whom were first time donors Students gave 18 units of whole blood an 10 units of double red blood cells (Photo by Andrew Heller)

By Anika Jean Jurgens New school board member Stacee

McLaughlin was elected in early June McLaughlin wanted to be on the school board to ensure

that every student in the Beulah School System receives the best education possible

Although she has a full time job she has made room in her schedule for the board Even though to most students the position of a school board member may not look like much it involves a lot of behind the scenes work and keeping up to date with all the happenings

McLaughlin said that the community has a wonderful school system here in Beulah

Stacee has three children in the Beulah school system at the moment She is involved with the community and loves to be with people She refers to her house as a miniature petting zoo The McLaughlinrsquos have two Chinchillas a bird fish and two dogs ldquoBeing a parent of students in the school system gives

me the opportunity to see it as a parent and try to improve on what we already have in placerdquo McLaughlin said

McLaughlin said when she was in high school she loved it ldquoProm was one of the funnest memoriesrdquo McLaughlin

said ldquoIt was when I went to prom with friends and not a boyfriendrdquo

Stacee was not into sports the way most students are today She focused more on the clubs in the time

ldquoStudents these days focus more on the sports and

friends and not so much on the grades What they donrsquot know is that their grades will affect them when the time comes to fill out college applicationsrdquo McLaughlin said McLaughlin thinks students in the high school have

more to prepare for than what they think is coming toward them in future years

ldquoStudents nowadays have a nice balance between sport education and friendshiprdquo McLaughlin said ldquoEnjoy your high school life it goes by very fastrdquo

Times may have changed but McLaughlin keeps up to date on the fun side of things that go on now She listens to the latest country and some hip hop music and loves reading romantic books

Styles by Stacee is the salon McLaughlin owns in town She has owned it for thirteen years and loves what she does

Her job and personality go hand in hand Every one of her traits reflects what she does for a living McLaughlin is a mom and wife who loves to be with her family She likes to read in her spare time and socialize with friends McLaughlin said she believes if you do something it should be done the fullest ldquoIf you are only going to do part of a job donrsquot bother give it your all or donrsquot do itrdquo McLaughlin said McLaughlinrsquos positive outlook is reflected in her advice to students ldquoHave fun Donrsquot worry about the small stuff your high school years go by way too fast to worryrdquo McLaughlin said

(Photo courtesy Stacee McLaughlin)

We are open Mon-Fri 600AM-800 and Sat 800-1200PM


Page 6 Miner Focus Miner Focus Page 7 20 October 2010 20 October 2010

BHS Homececoming 2010

lsquoToons have history By Megan Muscha (9-14-10) There were many

The 2010 Homecoming participants on this day because was full of crazy ideas this wellhellipwhatrsquos not to like about a yearrsquos theme of choice was show that has character names

such as Pebbles and Bamm-a week full of shows that Bammmost of the student body

ldquoI love the Flintstones because Ienjoys watching such as always wanted to have Dino as aSpongeBob Squarepants petrdquo senior Dustin Rueb saidFor those who are not the ldquoSnorkasourusrsquos (which is occasional or obsessive Dinorsquos species) would definitely fan these shows are packed make a fun animal to play fetch

with lively characters and withrdquo senior Taryn Zacher said in meaningful topics (Yes agreementeven SpongeBob) Wednesday was a day full of First off on Monday students Space Jam Students laced upwere to dress in outfits that their tennis shoes and broke would represent characters from out their jerseys wearing themSpongeBob Squarepants Now with pride There were even the although this show hasnrsquot been occasional few who representedaround as long as the others it is the opposing side by dressing upstill equally famous This series as alienswas created in 1999 by a marine ldquoThis day was chill but sportybiologist named Steve Hillenburg so I had fun with itrdquo freshman He once worked as a fry cook in Leah Voigt said a seafood restaurant Hillenburg Space Jam was made in 1996 liked drawing marine life so much and filled with many well-knownthat he came up with the idea actors including Michael Jordanto draw SpongeBob (who was and Bill Murray originally named ldquoSpongeBoyrdquo) In this epic movie MichaelAccording to About Infoplease Jordan and the Looney Toons (9-15-10) he thought that sponges team up to play a basketball gamewere the ldquooddest of allrdquo against evil aliens In order to gain

ldquoSpongeBob day was awesome their freedom the Loony Toons because it was so tropical I got to needed a victory This game turns wear my most random Hawaiian out to be quite a nail-clothesrdquo sophomore Kaitlyn Grad biter On Tuesday the character On Thursday the theme was the Flintstones Even students at BHS if students were not fortunate channeled their inner enough to be born in the superhero completesixties when this show with flashy capeshappened to premiere they and neon tightscan still catch up on all the This resulted in episodes thanks to re-runs on mini Batman and the Cartoon Network This show Spiderman look-was produced by Bill Hanna a-likes wonderingand Joe Barbera The Museum the hallways

bull Monday SpongeBobHawaiian Day

bull Tuesday Space JamSports Day

bull Wednesday FlintstoneCaveman Day

bull Thursday Justice LeagueSuperhero Day

bull Friday SmurfBlue and Gold Day

The Justice League television series began in 2001 and lasted until 2006 It was created by Gardner Fox who started out as a lawyer but then switched when he found his calling as a writer Justice League is an inspiring show full of action teamwork and awesome superheroeshellipan unbeatable combination

The dressing up came to an end on Friday where the students were encouraged to look like the characters from the show Smurfs According to Retro Junk this animated television series aired in the US from 1981 to 1990 The Smurfs is about a bunch The homecoming royalty (L-R Ann Charging Carson RReinhardt Emmie Miller King Blake Smith Queen Taryn of little blue characters that live in Zacher Skye Littlesoldier Rebecca Alt and Frank Smithh) bask in the autumn sun following the pep rally Friday a mushroom village and try to avoid Clockwise from above left Taryn Zacher Connor Candrrian and Marisa Kritzberger demonstrate the proper at-being captured by their greatest enemy a wizard named Gargamel tire for relaxation Freshman Connor Candrian decoratees for homecoming Ethan Bohn prowls the halls in his

The color blue officially took over dinosaur costume Kayden Candrian Kortney Koch KKendra Seibel Kaitlyn Grad Lauren Nelson and Haileythe school on Friday It was easy Tollefson huddle up on Space Jam day Sophomore Treevor Zacher takes a break from invigorating jog to posebecause of the school colors but some for photo Junior boys take a quick huddle during the booys volleyball match Kendra Seibel and Megan Muschawent beyond the typical blue jersey or t-shirt Face paint came in very combine their powers and take the form of photogenetrron (Photos by Staff Artwork by Andrew Heller) handy for those who wanted to go the extra mile by completely covering themselves Although BHS had the ldquobluesrdquo school spirit was not lacking Beulah High Schoolrsquos homecoming is eventful every year filled with new and interesting experiences This year was no exception The ideas are great and the participation is outstanding Studentrsquos look forward each year Toon IIt Upto spending a week where they get to imitate another wacky identity and where dressing up is only the beginning

Beulah High School lsquoToons-it-uprsquo By Anika Jean Jurgens The super hero seniors invited

The week of their friends Batman Spiderman Sep 27 flew by Wonder Women Superman

and Superwoman to join in thewith homecoming festivities on Thursday Girlsrsquo dodge activities ball and boysrsquo volleyball were

revolving around played The juniors won both the cartoons boys and girls games that night On Monday Miners ldquoSuper hero day was my favorite dove under the sea to go because who wouldnrsquot want to be

a super hero and the fact that we crushed the other classes in the gamesrdquo junior Heidi Zimmerman said

Smurf land erupted with the sea of blue on Friday Although not having a blue attitude the students dressed in blue to honor the Smurfs and to support the football team

On Friday during seventh period the students went to the gym for the pep rally where students played games and crowned the royalty The seniors stomped on all the other classes in the relay The relay was made up of people shooting a free-throw blindfolded hula hooping baby throwing a box racing and girls dressing up as football players and boys dressing up in cheerleading uniforms

Student Council President Kendra Seibel helped Master of Ceremonies Colton Starr crown

jellyfish hunting In their SpongeBob and Patrick (Hawaiian) attire students played the game find-the-plankton-for-a-free-Dairy-Queen-blizzard On Tuesday the students were dribbling throwing balls and cheering as if in the movie Space Jam Bugs bunny and his friends were found in all the high school hallways

The volleyball team finished up the Space Jam feel by playing hard and getting a win over Trinity

Dino the dinosaur was spotted in the school on Wednesday The Flintstones were back in town Dressed up in leopard print dresses and togas with big white pearls and bones in their hair students were more than happy to show off the old times

ldquoThe Flintstones day was the funnest day I dressed up as Wilma and got to be lsquoPebblesrsquo mom because a lot of my friends dressed up as Pebblesrdquo senior Kendra Seibel said

of Broadcast Communications states that it was the first and longest running animated situation comedy shown in prime-time television Although The Flintstones was set in prehistoric times it was easily relatable because the characters seemed to deal with the same work and family issues as its viewers

looking for any unjust deeds While the only evil they could find was the amount of homework they were given it was still an action packed day

ldquoI loved dressing up as a superhero because I could finally show my underwear and not get in troublerdquo junior Kortney Koch said

the 2010 Homecoming King Blake Smith and Queen Taryn Zacher

The Bottineau Braves came to Riverside Park for the homecoming football game The Miners won 35 ndash 6 Students attended the dance after the game at the middle school which was sponsored by the BHS Student Council ldquoMy favorite day of the week

was Friday because of the football game and the dance They were a lot of funrdquo Skye Little Soldier said

There was a better turn out at the dance than in recent years The student council was impressed and happy to have everyone there

ldquoThe dance was fun and went over well with everyone it was even more controlled then past yearsrdquo Seibel said

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Page 2 Editorials 20 October 2010

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Staff

By Andrew Heller

Auto-Tune allows creativity fraudHere at The Miner Incidents we phase vocoder to correct pitch in vocal a tool to express themselves with in ways

instrumental performances Essentially they never could have beforelove our music We write while we it fixes the wrong pitches in a personrsquos Auto-Tune has a dark side to it though listen and we listen while we write voice so that anyonersquos voice can sound Major recording artists should never use

Even among our small staff of five awesome Auto-Tune Musicians should be highly journalists we all have drastically On the positive side it is a wonderful talented people who possess singing different music tastes and powerful tool for tech-savvy Internet voices that few others possess If Auto-

users to use to create media Anyone Tune can magically fix anybodyrsquos voice After several hours of continuous with access to the Internet can buy and then nothing separates the musician fromFacebook chatting and arguing about download a simplified version of the the massesmusic specifically Auto-Tune we found Auto-Tune software and create music Aretha Franklin became a superstarthat it cannot be simplified to the point of

A perfect example of the proper because of her amazing child-prodigycalling it either good or bad and to do so application of Auto-Tune is the popular like piano playing skills and her soulfulwould be an injustice ldquoAuto-Tune the Newsrdquo channel on singing voice With her talents and hard We decided two schools of thought YouTube which was created by a musical work she earned the title as ldquoThe Queenexist on the value of Auto-Tune it either group called the Gregory Brothers of Soulrdquoallows for great amounts of creativity consisting of three brothers from Redford Auto-Tune steals all of those gifts and for Internet users or it is a destructive VA and one girl from Brooklyn NY talent and gives them to anybody liketechnology allowing any Tom Dick These viral videos are a mixture of humor some sort of instant gratification machineor Faith Hill to sound like a rock (or pop music and political information in an If an artist is to be respected and laudedcountry) god without any talent all the easily digestible package he must possess the talent and willingnesswhile making oodles of money If it werenrsquot for Auto-Tune such videos to reach music nirvanaWe would love to assume that everyone could not exist Granted if these videos Auto-Tune is both a superhero knows what Auto-Tune is but we know did not exist the world wouldnrsquot stop allowing any person to rise to Internetthat some imitate Patrick Star and live turning but a great amount of creativity stardom in a frenzy of self-expressionunder a rock So to completely clarify went into creating these videos This and a menace allowing lazy money-bag here is the exact Google definition of private usage by small indie groups to artists to consistently put on fake perfectAuto-Tune a proprietary audio processor make silly YouTube clips is the proper use performancescreated by Antares Audio that uses a of this technology It gave these musicians

Letter to the Editor of The Miner Incidents Dear Editor I as a student a Beulah High School believe that if a student goes out for a sport he or she should get equal time on the field or court

as the other players even if the student is unskilled or not as skilled That is where fairness comes into play between each player on the team The student may not be as skilled as much as the rest of the team but at least he or she made the effort to go out for that sport and gave as much effort as a lot of the other teammates on the team It shouldnrsquot matter if itrsquos the playerrsquos first year or fourth year in the sport each player on the team should get an equal amount of time on the field Fairness to me is when two or more people have the same rights and equal pieces of a pie If a person is left out of some activity or just doesnrsquot get as much time in during a sport season that student will lose morale against the coach and more importantly himself or herself Once a student loses morale he or she will start to feel left out give up and the population of new students in sports participa-tion will drop I know in a school district teachers coaches and students in sports try to encourage different students to come out for sports and make their school year better Some students donrsquot have as much skill as other students but the more those lesser skilled students are put in the more skill they will gain Itrsquos just not practice where they get skill itrsquos also in games I believe that the coaches in the Beulah High School can make the school even a better place for sports if they give each athlete a fair share in the playing season The sport itself would be more fun than it would be just sitting there not being able to play Just sitting on the sidelines for games gets really boring to athletes If the athlete is ready to play and worked during the weeks in practice the athlete should get a chance to play in games no matter what the score or how much skill the athlete has The more an athlete will play in games the more skills he or she will develop I as an athlete feel that playing in a game is better than practice because a chance on the field would be a better way to work with my own skill than it would be in practice Sincerely Alex Gunsch

The Miner Incidents is published six times a year by the Journalism Department by and for the students of Beulah High School and does not necessarily represent the views of the administration The Miner Incidents accepts signed letters to the editor reserving the right to edit them for grammar and profanity Student submissions may be given to Mrs Heller

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Sports Page 11 20 October 2010

Cross Country prepares for state race on Oct 23 By Megan Muscha

The North Dakota State Cross Country meet will be held in Jamestown on Oct 23

ldquoThe team has a great work ethic and the season has been outstandingrdquo head coach Bruce Wold said Specifically the boys are rated third and the girls are rated fifth and sixth The team credits its success to hard work dedication and good pairs of running shoes

ldquoIf the kids just keep working hard I think state will go pretty well But the important thing is that they just do the best they can and have fun with itrdquo Wold said

Working hard is what this team does The top three girl runners are Hazen senior Sarah Grimm eighth grader Nessa Iverson and eighth grader Alicia Aune In the 25 mile run Sarah runs a 1600 Nessa runs a 1640 and Alicia runs a 1647

The top three male runners are Hazen sophomore Jaaz Catterall freshman Cole Messerschmidt and Hazen freshman Asher Catterall In the 31 mile run Jaaz runs a 1705 Cole runs a 1714 and Asher runs a 1728

ldquoIrsquom really excited for state this year because the bus rides are always a blast and Irsquom hoping wersquoll do pretty good as far as placing goesrdquo freshman runner Connor Candrian said

After being involved in cross country throughout her entire high school career it was hard for Senior Kayden Candrian to just walk away Although she can no longer compete she is still a vital part of the team as a statistician and is quite enthusiastic about the state meet ldquoWe have quite a few talented kids that have a good possibility of placing highrdquo Candrain said

What makes her come back year after year is the cross country crew of course ldquoThe best part about cross country is how close of a family we all become Because wersquore a smaller sport and travel long distances it is easy to get to know the people quicklyrdquo Candrain said Coach Wold encourages any and all interested to lace up their tennis shoes and come pound the pavement with the team next year ldquoJust do it You will get in great shape and there are really fun people on the teamrdquo Wold said

Nicholas Biel News Writer Columnist and Features Editor

Carson Reinhardt News Writer Columnist and Opinions Editor

Anika Jurgens Sports Writer Fea-tures Writer and Sports Editor

Andrew G Heller Cartoonist Features Writer and News Editor

Megan Muscha News Writer Sports Writer and Features Editor

Contributor Photographer JaymePischel

Clockwise from top right Freshman Randy Julson pushes up a hill during the the Beulah Cross Country meet at Black Sands Golf Course Nessa Iverson sprints to stay ahead of competition Beulah boys take off the starting line with hopes to establish a position early in the race The girls cross country runners break away at the sound of the starting gun (Photos by Andrew Heller)

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