May 16, 2017

Volume 13, Issue 4

Track is very popular at North Star since we have teamed

up with Shade. It has brought a lot of change and cool

things to the school. It was not until last year that we de-

cided to join up with Shade’s Track team. Since then,

track has been a huge success. People have said there

has been a positive outcome of teaming up with Shade;

however, a few may disagree. Since there is more than

one school on the team, there is opportunity to meet new

people and be in a good and different environment. Jes-

sica McQuaide, new to track this year, said “Since North

Star and other schools teamed up with Shade for track,

you get to meet a lot of new people that live around here

that you wouldn't normally meet.”

Track members have also mentioned a lot of positives

that come out of track itself. Austin Ray, a senior on the

track team, said, “Track keeps me in shape, and I push

myself to be better.” Grace Leiford said, “Track’s fun and

it's a good way to push yourself to do your best both men-

tally and physically.” Most other members have agreed

with Grace and Austin's points and thoroughly enjoy

track. Although track may be hard and challenging, ac-

complishing goals leads to a better person and athlete.

I asked Austin Ray and Jessica McQuaide, “What was

your favorite experience from track?” Austin said

“Getting to meet new people and make friends.” Jessica

said, “Meeting new people and making new friends. Also

setting goals for you to reach and achieving them.” From

these comments, track seems enjoyable and a challenge

ready to be taken. Jessica also said “I love it and I'll defi-

nitely do it next year!”

The people who were or are in track this year are Sen-

iors: Austin Ray, Emilee Griffith, and Vincent Sheehan;

Juniors: Katie Montgomery, Savannah St. Clair, and Mat-

thew Romesburg;

Sophomores: Jessi-

ca McQuaide, Eri-

c a W a l t e r s ,

Kyrsten Joseph,

Shellby Usjack,

Barbara Sleppy,

Noah Petronick,

and Caleb Ash-

brook; and Fresh-

men: Grace Leiford, Emily Coddington, and Cassidy

St. Clair. Good luck to the track team as they finish

their year up!

Leave it to our talented students at North Star to bring a

huge Broadway production alive and in living color

right on the stage of the high school and with such a

small cast. On April 27, 28, and 29 the spotlights hit

Cooper Tretter as Frank Abagnale, Jr., (or is it Frank

Connors? Frank Taylor?) a teen turned conman as he

makes his way through life playing doctor, pilot, lawyer

and more after he’s run away from home and his divorc-

ing parents, Frank Abagnale, Sr., (Caleb Hildbold) and

Paula Abagnale (Hannah Hillegas). Forging checks and

lying his way into jobs with fake IDs, Frank quickly gar-

ners the attention of FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Nick Bar-

on) and his team of agents played by Austin Lyons,

Gabe Daniels, and Alex Daniels. As Frank dances about,

romancing stewardesses

and nurses, all played by

nine talented girls ranging

from freshman to seniors, he

ends up falling for one nurse

in particular: Brenda Strong

(Tiffany Walker). This is

where Frank’s problems

begin. You see, as

he’s out showing Bren-

da the “Seven Wonders” and getting brought into

the “Family Tree” by his soon-to-be in-laws Carol

and Roger Strong (Kaitlin Darr and Austin Lyons),

Hanratty is hot on the trail of finding out who “The

Doctor, pilot, or actor? Catch Me If You Can By Mattison Lyons

Cont. on pg. 4.

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Track By Hannah St. Clair

Photo courtesy of Jonathan Guaetta.

Man Inside the Clues” really is. If you happened to miss

the show, then you don’t know that after this, Frank’s fate

is sealed—Brenda has to let her love “Fly, Fly Away” to

save his life and Frank’s forced to face reality and say

“Goodbye” to the fantasy he’s created. Though happy

endings do come in strange places and though he still has

to serve his time, Agent Hanratty actually offers Frank a

job at the FBI after his release, leaving the duo “Stuck To-

gether” even after all they’ve been through.

Putting on this large of a show was no easy feat and the

entire cast and crew of the North Star High School produc-

tion deserves all the praise for pulling off such a large

complex show with such a smaller cast, and doing it so

well. Double sometimes triple casting, the use of wigs and

contact lenses used to create differences between charac-

ters and the amount of memorization and hard work put in

by everyone involved made it easily one of the best musi-

cals to date here at North Star. It was also a show of a lot of

scenes and props and the stage crew handled it all with

such ease, I would’ve thought they’d been working on this

since last May, not October (over 7 months since the cast

began to practice). A round of applause goes out to all

those who were part of the production of this amazing mu-

sical, and for those intrigued: Go out and see next year’s

musical, or better yet, get up on stage and be in it!

Grad corner: Ashley St. Clair By Hannah St. Clair

Doctor, pilot, or actor? Catch Me If You Can Cont. from pg. 3.

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Photos courtesy of Jonathan Guaetta.

Photo courtesy of Jonathan Guaetta.

Ashley St. Clair graduated from the North Star High

School in the year 2012. She is the daughter of Lloyd

and Roxanne St. Clair. Ashley has two siblings, Han-

nah and Brandon St. Clair, and lives on a farm with

her fiancé Jared Zehner. During her North Star High

School career, she played soccer and participated

on the rifle team. Since her graduation, she has con-

tinued her education. After high school, she went to

Alleghany College of Maryland for a year to study

nursing. After contemplating many ideas, she de-

cided to transfer to the Somerset County Technical

Center to continue her nursing degree. In August,

she hopes to graduate and be a Licensed Practical

Nurse.

Upon graduation, Ashley wants to continue her edu-

cation even further. After all of her schooling, she

will be a Registered Nurse.

In an interview with Ashley, she said her fa-

vorite part of high school was having fun with

friends and playing sports. She goes on to tell

me that high school is very different from college.

College is more difficult and impacting on your life.

She commented on how she misses how laidback

and carefree high school was, and seeing her old

friends every day. Ashley’s quote to inspire North

Star students is “Whatever you decide to do, make

sure it makes you happy.” Ashely leaves with the

advice to try hard and to be

serious about school.

Ashley accompanied by her parents at graduation.

Photo courtesy of Hannah St. Clair.

Ashley poses for her senior picture. Photo courtesy of

Elisha Zimmerman.

Many of you may be familiar with the Forensics club. For

those of you who are not familiar, Forensics teaches pub-

lic speaking and reasoning. These skills are useful to any-

one for communication.

Did you know that the word “Forensic,” actually means

argumentative exercise? Well, the team here at North

Star did very well this year. Being that our school is in

Pennsylvania, that makes North Star part of the

“Pennsylvania High School Speech League, PHSSL.” For

North Star the team has the chance to compete locally, at

districts, or even at states!

One outstanding student advanced to states. Cooper Tret-

ter, a current junior at the high school, was among other

students around the state who qualified. The neat thing

about Forensics is the abundance of the once-in-a-life

time opportunities put in front of students. Since one stu-

dent from North Star advanced to the next round two

more could go. These other two students were chosen as

so called “Wild Cards,” to also compete at states. What

an exciting chance to compete with students from all

across the state!

Cooper Tretter competed at States on March seventeenth

and eighteenth in the “Persuasive,” category. States were

held at Bloomsburg University those two days. A current

junior, Austin Lyons, competed there for the wild-card

category “Radio Announcing.” He later advanced to the

quarter final round ending in the top twenty-four in the

State! The second wild card, a junior Casey Ray was also

involved in states. Casey competed in the wild-card

“Impromptu,” category. Cooper Tretter made it to the

final round in States landing second in the State!

The NCFL is a completely different association of Foren-

sics. The NCFL or, “National Catholic Forensics League,”

is how nationals fit in. Regionals is the national-

qualifying meet for this league (these two events,

Regionals and Nationals, are organized by NCFL). A

junior Nick Baron competed in “Dramatic Interpreta-

tion,” placing second. Cooper Tretter placed first in

“Persuasive.” Because of their efforts, both Nick and

Cooper are advancing to Nationals. During Memori-

al Day weekend, these two will be in Louisville, Ken-

tucky for the National tournament. Best of luck to

Nick and Cooper as they will be proving how their

hard work pays off!

What a great way to represent the North Star School

District! Congratulations to everyone who has com-

peted whether that be locally, over the state, or over

the nation. If anyone is interested in public speak-

ing, get out of your comfort zone and join Forensics!

Twenty-nine World Language students recently studied

French Impressionist artworks and traveled to the Carne-

gie Art and Natural History Museum in Pittsburgh as part

of a scholarship awarded to Madame Mishko. The How-

ard and Neil Miller Foundation generously granted more

than $600.00 to NSHS which included a guided tour of the

Scaife gallery.

Each participant researched an artist and painting and

presented their essay to the class. Students' projects in-

cluded such celebrated artists as Monet, Degas, Renoir,

and Van Gogh. The most exciting part of the tour was

seeing the actual masterpiece on display at the museum.

Upon conclusion of the tour, students were able to visit

displays of dinosaurs, and Native Americans and

Egyptian artifacts.

A day at the museum By Madame Mishko

Forensics wrap-up By Trinity Romesberg

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In April, the North Star team took to the road for the

spring reading competition at Forest Hills’ newly-built

school. On the way there, the team stopped at the mall

and played contact for most of the bus ride.

Once arriving at the school the team waited to be as-

signed its rooms, talked to the other schools, got more

food and looked around at the new school. They were

assigned their rooms, and completed the first round;

while the team waited for the totals to be counted, they

hung out and watched the tennis and track teams practice

from the window.

The next two rounds were completed, and while results

were being tallied, the team watched part of the guys’

Volleyball Tournament. After everything was settled, the

team went to the awards assembly, although the High

School didn’t place, the Middle School did!

If you or any of your friends are interested on being on

the reading team, please contact Ms. Saylor. And, a very

large thank you to Ms. Saylor and Ms. Griffith for making

this possible! Also, the participants of this great team are:

Tiffany Walker, Autumn Sporry, Hannah Bassett, Hannah

St. Clair, Madison Shroyer, Maggie Ridilla, Candra

Hay, Maho Mori, Billie Tresise, Alysha Pluta, Barbara

Sleppy and Graceann Knupp.

Going in Style is, not surprisingly, a hilarious movie star-

ring Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin. Im-

mediately, you know Going in Style is going to be good

because of the actors and humor incorporated into even

the very beginning of the movie. Each new scene has dif-

ferent interactions between the three old men and their

surroundings, which makes the movie highly entertaining

and keeps you wanting to watch more.

I don't want to give too much away about the scenes of this

movie or the humor and jokes in each one. Although I will

say this: the three old men Willie (Morgan Freeman), Joe

(Michael Caine) and Albert (Alan Arkin) can no longer re-

ceive their social security checks, so they struggle to pay

bills, keep their homes, or even have a meal. After wit-

nessing a bank robbery, Joe proposes robbing a bank

themselves. After some thought, they decide to go through

with it, with some help of course. They learn the ins and

outs of the bank and come up with a plan for the robbery

and their escape.

The ending is something I won't give away; Going in Style

is really one movie you just need to see. I, personally,

would rate it 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it to

anyone that wants to watch a funny and entertaining

movie.

Movie review By Jessica McQuaide

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Photo courtesy of Barbara Sleppy.

Photo courtesy of sky.com.

Reading team By Barbara Sleppy

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The boys’ baseball team is doing well so far with nine

wins and six losses. I interviewed Coach Blucas about

the season. He remarked, “What I enjoy about base-

ball is the skill associated with taking a cylinder and

trying to hit a sphere squarely. Doing that three out of

every ten times is considered successful.

“My favorite game so far was the championship game

of the 23rd Annual Boswell Jaycee Baseball Tourna-

ment. It is our home tournament, played at the Fer-

rellton fields instead of in Boswell, and we have not

won the tournament in several years. It was a great

team effort.

“I’ve been coaching baseball at North Star for quite

some time, even before I was a teacher here, starting

in 2002 as a volunteer and then as an assistant and fi-

nally head coach the past two years.

“Some of my favorite memories have been when we

made it to the final four of the state playoffs in 2012

where we played baseball two to three weeks after

school had dismissed.

“I also really enjoy when past players come to visit

practices and games. The advice I have for new

players is this: put in the hard work and be an asset

to the team, not necessarily always in game action,

but through practicing to be their baseball best.”

Boys’ baseball By Gavin Young

Jaycee Tournament Photo courtesy of

North Star School District’s website.

The days are longer, the trees greener, and the nights

warmer. Summer is almost here: a respite from the cold

and wet weather that surrounds Somerset County the rest

of the year, a refreshing break from classes and sports,

and a few months of unoccupied hours just waiting to be

seized. It can often be tempting once the first day of sum-

mer vacation rolls around to stay in bed all day and binge-

watch the latest Netflix original (been there, done that),

but in truth there are few feelings better than falling asleep

at night knowing that you made the most of the day that

you had. Here are a few things that you can try out this

summer to make it the best one yet.

Hiking is always a staple summer activity, but why not? It’s

healthy, both mentally and physically and you really can’t

beat some of the sights Laurel Mountain has to offer. The

first to come to mind is Beam’s Rock. If you haven’t al-

ready, the short hike out to this cliff is well worth it. The 80-

foot-tall lookout not only offers a stunning view of the

Forbes State Forest but also a series of trails and crevices

that you can navigate down to the bottom. Another fun at-

traction not far from Beam’s Rock is the natural waterslide

at Linn Run State Park. On a road down the mountain just

before Ligonier, decades of water erosion have formed a

perfect summer slide that is as beautiful as it is refreshing

on a hot July day.

Now, you maybe have lived here your entire life and these

places are nothing new to you. If that’s the case for you

then you may want to take a trip out to Breezewood, PA

where thirteen miles of the Pennsylvania turnpike along

with two tunnels were abandoned over 40 years ago. It is a

longer drive to get there and it can be tricky to find once

you’re there, but it is a hike that will never lose my inter-

est. The stretch of highway was originally intended to be

converted into a usable walking and bike path but was

never finished. Regardless, it is a lot of fun to take a group

of friends and trek along the crumbling road and adven-

ture through the pitch-black tunnels with graffiti-

covered walls.

If the turnpike sparked your interest, you may also en-

joy the abandoned trolley yard in Windber, PA, a much

closer drive for the residents of our country than Breeze-

wood. This lesser-known gem of Somerset County is

home to over 40 trolley cars that have been decaying in

the woods since they were brought here in the 90’s. The

trolleys however, are not really abandoned. The compa-

ny is officially called the VIntage Electric Streetcar Com-

pany and serves to preserve these cars so they can

eventually be restored or used to help restore other trol-

leys instead of being scrapped for metal. Tours are of-

fered for $30 and allow you to explore the graveyard in

all it’s rusted glory. It’s a very unique experience and

would most definitely be a fulfilling use of your time to

go check out.

One last item that is a wonderful way to wrap up a day

of adventure is also one of the oldest customs known to

man. Grab a blanket and a telescope if you have one

and go stargazing. Find a secluded spot as far from any

lights as you can and just look up. Space is beautiful.

Regardless of your race, religion or political views,

we’re all on this earth together and it’s so humbling to

look up at the celestial bodies and think of immense the

universe is and how small we are compared to every-

thing else. There are over 100 billion stars in our galaxy,

and over 100 billion galaxies in our known universe,

each star with its own solar system and among all of that,

the things we say and do in life matter. So don’t spend

your life in an air-conditioned bubble, watching TV, eat-

ing chips. Go out and make the day count. Carpe diem,

seize the day!

Odd hobbies for summer fun By Caleb Hildbold

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Book review: Stray By Hannah Bassett

The book “Stray” was written by Elissa Sussman. The

book is about a girl named Aislynn, who is a princess.

She has powerful magic that shows when she feels threat-

ened by anyone. She tries to control her powers but she

can’t; her magic outbursts are called occurrences.

Aislynn’s fairy godmother is there to help her, until

Aislynn was told that she was being redirected, meaning

that she was no longer seen as a princess. She will be-

come a fairy godmother to another princess.

The princess she now helps and watches over is a girl

named Linnea. Linnea never had an oc-

currence until she was getting closer to

the ball in which she would be proposed

to marriage.

I would recommend this book to high

school students who are into action-

filled, sad stories.

Photo courtesy of goodbooksandgoodwine.com.

A great long time ago, there was a massive war of awe-

some proportions. Every country fought against each oth-

er for a few hours until all that was left was irradiated

wasteland from the bombs. Hundreds of years after the

war, new creatures started to emerge. Deer with many

eyes, legs, and antlers sharper than diamonds, bears with

razor sharp bones jutting from their backs, and other

woodland creatures turned into barely recognizable

monstrosities. Humans were affected by the radiation as

well, and a few hundred years later, there were mutants. I

know, because I’m one.

I’ve got a wingspan of 15 feet, claws and teeth sharper

than steel, and six eyes to see around me. Cities in the

former “United States” have different opinions on us mu-

tants. Some accept us, some tolerate us, and some kill us

on sight. In my experiences trekking around the waste-

land, some travelers tell tales of a “safe haven” off the

coast of a former state called “Florida.” Some say that it’s

an island, filled with the last “normal” animals that are

free of radiation, roaming around a sanctuary. Others say

that it’s an underwater complex, where the last humans

that aren’t mutated are residing. No use for me to go

there, as I’d probably get killed on sight.

Humans may think that us mutants are terrifying, but they

turn around and cause the end of the modern world be-

cause one country leader threatened to nuke another

country leader. That on its own is terrifying, but the

countless deaths caused by humanity before the

war? That could keep anyone up all night.

I headed towards an abandoned gas station, and

checked around to see if any other animals or peo-

ple resided inside the mangled building. As I slowly

opened the door, the rusted hinges let out an ear-

piercing screech and scared away any other animals

inside the station. Glancing at the shelves and coun-

ter, there were few rations that survived the atomic

blasts. The few that did were stolen by raiders or

eaten by the animals. The freezer doors were bro-

ken, with shards of dusty glass scattered across the

chipped black and white tiling. A faded package of

chips lay on the floor, and I kneeled down to get a

closer look. Noticing the nearly invisible fishing wire

attached to the bag, I decided to get away from the

gas station, as it

was a trap for mu-

tants. Guess I’d

have to find an-

other place to

rest.

Fiction By Trinity Chynoweth

“Whether you are a beginning, intermediate, or even

advanced archer, archery will give you something that's

almost impossible to find elsewhere.”-USA Archery

The archery club is a new arrival to the list of many North

Star clubs. Not many people know a lot about this club,

but Taylor Miller was willing to share some of her

knowledge. In archery club, they discuss hunting and

shoot archery at Shade’s sportsmen’s club and are plan-

ning to shoot elsewhere in the near future. They will be

shooting more in archery club next year. To be in ar-

chery club, you must have no write-ups and have your

own bow. Stocking fish is another activity performed in

archery club.

The group members include Martin Mowry, Bradley

Spiegle, Matt Mcclemens, Colton Buchanan (President),

Adam Henry(VP) , Eric Price, Gianna Levay (Treasurer) ,

Levi Sheeler, Keaton Furry, Michael Novak, Christopher

Koontz and Taylor Miller (Secretary).

Archery club takes aim By Maggie Ridilla

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Photo courtesy of https://www.overthinkingit.com.

On Wednesday, May 3, the opening reception of the

North Star High School Art Exhibit took place at the

Jenner Art Gallery in the Mountain Playhouse. The

art exhibit is taking place May 3 through May 18. It’s

close, so drive on up and observe some mesmeriz-

ing art.

This art exhibit, hosted by Mr. Stephen Mrosko, has

been taking place the past eleven years and is usual-

ly well-attended. Mrosko said, “The artwork will be

up until May 18. So if you cannot attend the recep-

tion, the work still will be hanging.”

The Lady Cougars softball team has only won two games

this season. So far, that is. The girls are still looking for-

ward to an eventful end to the season. Josie Bittner, Jill

Mullen, Kylie Kelly, Julie Orlandi, Mallory Colegrove,

Laikyn Will, Alexis Sipel, Kirsten Henry, Lesly Contreras,

Jennifer Couture, Hana Vish, Star Gordan, and Grace

Tressler make up the 2017 softball team. The girls have

been improving as the season continues on. When asked

about her team Hana Vish said, “The softball team is get-

ting better with each game. We’ve been keeping the

games close with some tougher teams.“

As a team, each year and with each game we grow closer

and closer. Softball is a great sport to play. You get to

meet so many different personalities and people and you

make tons of new friends all the while having fun,” says

Hana.

Jill Mullen and Josie Bittner are the seniors this year, so

the younger players will be saying goodbye to two great

friends and teammates. All these girls give it their all on

the field, and there are not many games left, so catch one

before they end.

NSHS Art Exhibit By Connor Sturtz

Softball By Madison Shroyer

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A few of the exhibits shown at the Mountain Playhouse.

Photo credit Bella Walters.

Softball season underway Photos courtesy of Star Gordon.

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Graduation is only days away now, and the senior class

of 2017 is a mix of emotions. Joy and sadness, anxiety

and relief, fear for what the future has in store as we go

our separate ways, but eagerness to face it head on

anyway.

I was welcomed into this class in third grade by the

same people that I see walking through these halls to-

day, three schools and ten years later. We have en-

dured so much together. Over 1 million minutes of our

lives have been spent together; studying, laughing,

crying, just trying to survive what we sometimes

thought was the end of the world. We had friends to

help us and shoulders to lean on. We’ve taken PSSAs

together and Keystone exams and the same old grade

test over and over (we get it, Carlos didn’t actually

bend over backwards). We’ve had group chats over

the years that go on for a while and then we forget

about. We played Trivia Crack like nobody’s business

for about a month of sophomore year. We’ve played

with the same signs since freshman year. We bit our

thumbs at each other after watching Romeo and Juliet

in Mr. Gerney’s but then yelled at the TV when that

grandma jumped out of the boat in Dante’s Peak. We

had an assembly at least once a month for the first two

years of high school, from guys who threw twinkies at

us, to bikers, veterans, bankers and even rappers tell-

ing us not to smoke (even though they post pictures at

Hookah Connection). We have had fights and parties

and dances and I wouldn’t trade any of that for the

world. Some days it was hard and we didn’t even want

to get out of bed, but we did. We came and worked

hard and finished strong, and now we’re done. We’re

ready to go off into the real world, into the rest of our

lives.

It’s truly been an honor to spend these years with all of

you and they are years that I will never forget. Thank

you to all the people who helped make this experience

the best we could have.

And as a famous oreo-loving historian said, “that’s all

she wrote.”

Goodbye class of 2017 By Caleb Hildbold

Class of 2017. Photo courtesy of Mr. Mrosko.

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Should women be required to sign up for the draft? Could

they even keep up with their male comrades? This is some-

thing that was a hot topic in class last year on our “political

Friday’’ debates and recently come up again. I was honestly

shocked to find out my classmates’ opinions on this. Only

three or four people in our class (including myself) agreed

that women should have to sign up for the draft. I was expect-

ing more of the girls in my class to stand up for themselves,

but many of them even agreed with the boys and said they

wouldn’t be able to keep up in the military.

But here’s the thing about the equal rights so many of us

strive for: you do not get to pick and choose which ones you

want. If you want to be considered equal, you have to take

some responsibility and deal with the “downsides” of that,

too. So just like men do, women should be required to sign

up for the draft in addition to registering for selective service

within 30 days of their eighteenth birthday.

I myself would never want to be in the military; it was never

something I was interested in doing. I wouldn’t want the pos-

sibility of being ripped away from friends and family to go

fight overseas should there be another war. But neither did

the millions of men who were drafted in the Vietnam War,

Korean War, WWII… the list goes on.

So what’s setting us apart from men on this subject anyway?

Many say it’s because women are simply weaker than men.

But is that really true? The women who would be sent to fight

would have to meet the same requirements any man would

have to in order to have a role in combat. So, even if some

women are actually weaker than men, why exclude the wom-

en who have all the qualifications? Plenty of men don’t meet

the standards but no one complains about that. You don’t

hear of any protests saying men shouldn’t be drafted be-

cause not all men are tough, because that just doesn’t make

sense. So why do we complain about drafting women be-

cause not all of us are tough?

It’s a double standard that most women don’t even seem to

realize is there. They’ve just accepted it as a fact that men are

stronger, and women aren’t fighters because that’s what

we’ve always been told. Yet men never had to fight for their

rights did they? It was handed to them since birth. They nev-

er had to hold protests and marches in hopes that they would

be able to vote or get equal pay. We’ve been fighting for

years, and while most of those didn’t lead to physical con-

frontations, I think women should at least be given the

chance to prove themselves like they have in the

past. We’re headstrong, and many more than you

realize are physically strong too.

We’re no longer living in the 1950s. It’s time to con-

front the inequalities that still exist today. Even if it

doesn’t benefit us, it’s still something that tells us

we aren’t completely equal, and we should be re-

quired to do it just like any man should.

Student editorial: women and the draft By Brittany Gary

This editorial is the viewpoint of the author and not necessarily the viewpoint of North Star School District.

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Photo courtesy of openclipart.org.

1. More money is printed everyday for Monopoly than

for the US Treasury.

2. Chances of a white Christmas in New York City: 25%

3. ⅓ of all soft serve ice cream served is vanilla.

4. Caribbean oysters can climb trees.

5. Most polar bears are left handed.

6. “Wendy” was a fabricated name made up for the

book, Peter Pan. It was popularized after the release.

7. Pigs are the only other animal that can get sunburnt.

8. John F. Kennedy was the only president to win a Pulitz-

er prize.

9. Watermelons in Japan are grown in square molds,

making square watermelons for better stacking.

10. Most American car horns honk in the key of “F”.

Source: www.wfu.edu

This year has been a fairly exciting one for the Varsity

wrestlers! As always, team members placed well at dis-

tricts while some advanced to regionals. Colten Connor is

a sophomore here at North Star High School. He has been

involved in wrestling over the years. When asked how

districts went, he gave some insight: “It was a good year

for districts. Four wrestlers got first and two wrestlers got

third. Overall, it was our best performance all year!”

Colten also said he had a good season. In his words: “My

season was an improvement from last year by far. I ended

the year with a record of seventeen and sixteen.” Hunter

Tremain, Eli Brougher, Chris Baker, Keaton Furry, Alec

Supanick, and Mason Augustine went to regionals. How

exciting to have so many members involved in a huge

event! As of the end this season, seven seniors will be off

to the next chapter of their lives. Colten Connor believes

they will have a young, talented group of people step up,

and become varsity wrestlers! Congratulations to the

North Star Cougars varsity wrestlers on an outstand-

ing year!

Post-season wrestling By Trinity Romesberg

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Photo courtesy of Deanna Connor.

Useless information By Caleb Hildbold

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Edition

Goodbye class of 2017 Page 11

Musical Wrap-Up Page 3

Highlights

Track Season Page 3

Softball Update Page 10

Newspaper Staff

Editor: Cooper Tretter

Co-editor: Jessica McQuaide

Design: Mattison Lyons, Jessica McQuaide and Brittany Gary

Barbara Sleppy Hannah St. Clair Madison Shroyer

Caleb Hildbold Trinity Romesberg Gavin Young

Connor Sturtz Maggie Ridilla Ethan Lehman

Trinity Chynoweth Hannah Bassett