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CLARIONThe Man in ChargeIntroducing Brian Weaver, North Salem’s ASB President!

November 2009

Cross CountryNorth Salem’s top athletes celebrate a

succesful season on the track.

Students Speak Out!

Journalists express their opinions toward current issues.

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Staff

Editor in Chief Callie Gisler

Magazine Editor Kelsey boles

Reportersmarco garcia

andy alvarez

daniel dixon Tayler barker

sarah silverstone

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Inside This Issue!

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Freshman Spotlight 5 Behind the yellow lanyard, meet some of North Salem’s newest faces this year!

Ask Sarah! 6 From fellow Viking Sarah Silverstone, advice on your daily problems and questions!

Students Speak Up 7 North Salem students speak out about some of today’s current issues.

The Man in Charge 8-9 A close and personal look at North’s 2009-2010 student body president.

Drama, Drama, Drama! 14 A behind the scenes look at one of North Salem’s hidden gems: the drama department!

Bits and Pieces 15 Keeping you entertained while your teacher is rambling on, and on, and on...

The Sounds of Salem 10

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Burning up the Track 12-13 North Salem’s cross country athletes dash into a very successful season.

photo CreditsCover photo Callie Gisler

Freshman photos by Marco Garcia

Brain Weaver photos by Callie Gisler

Drama photos by Tayler Barker

Cross Country photos by Michael T.

Smith

Inside cover photos courtsey of the North Salem Yearbook, 2010

Other photo copyrights (c) include

Warner Brothers Entertainment, Apple

Inc., and Vincent Pictures.

Musical genuis Andy Alverez takes you inside the local music scene of small town Salem.

Box Office Hits: Whip It 10 Teenage angst, romance, self-discovery... And roller derby. A movie worth seeing.

Viking Surveys 11 Harry Potter vs. Twilight? The iPod vs. the Zune? Find out which took the gold.

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For the past three years, the Clarion has been nothing but a thorn in my side. And dur-ing this, my senior year, noth-ing has changed much. But I have loved every moment of it. With a leap into the twenty-first century, the Clarion has taken a contemporary turn in the last twelve months. I have completely loved watching the transformation it has made to a modern magazine and online publication. I’ve found myself at an ex-citing point this year, stepping up to continue on this change. With an entirely new group of faces and ideas, this year of journalism has already proven to be completely different than my past experiences. But it leaves me refreshed and ex-cited to see just what we can

muster this year. I have to thank every single of one of the Clarion’s newest additions for their willingness, patients, and good sense of humor. And an-other huge thanks to Ms. Mc-Conville, who bravely stepped in to cover these first twelve weeks of school of Mr. Davis. She has been nothing but sup-portive and eager to help us get off the ground in this new school year. I hope that this first issue reaches the masses of North Salem High School on a posi-tive note. From turning our ASB president into a “cover girl,” to long arguments with my as-sistant editor and best friend over the specific font size of a headline, I couldn’t be more pleased with how our first is-sue has come together. Quick-ly, too, I must point out. Never could I have guessed, based on

past years, so much work could be achieved in less than two months. It’s shocking. By the time this first issue has reached you, we’ll have al-ready jumped head first into the next cycle. Though for the time, I hope you can enjoy this first issue.

Letters From the EditorsCallie Gisler

When I joined the ranks of North’s journalism team in 2008, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I expected a well-oiled newsroom with deadlines and captions and a regular publication. Little did I know that the Clarion was not exactly a point of pride (or pri-ority) among the Viking popu-lation. I looked at my class of 9 or 10 people, and realized that myself and a few meek others actually intended to release a newspaper. It was going to be a very long year. By the end of that school year, Callie and I were elected editors for 2009. Everyone else

was graduating. Due to the ab-sence of our teacher, Mr. Davis, Callie and I were left to fend for ourselves in training our journalists. Being a teacher re-ally is harder than it looks. Not only to you have to know what you’re talking about, but you have to engage a classroom of kids who think it is too early in the morning to be alive and make sure that they learn it. My hat is off to teachers who can accomplish this task. Arranging a magazine is my career goal. I absolutely love to write and lay out a page. I can’t think of a better way to learn how to run a publication than on-the-job. With the help of Davis’ tempo-rary replacement, Mrs. McCo-nville, and our dedicated jour-

nalists, we have successfully rolled out our first edition of the Clarion this year. Enjoy.

Kelsey Boles

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Michael Davis

Michael Davis was born in Panama on August 3rd, 1995. He is fourteen years old and a freshman here at North Salem High School. After high school Michael plans on joining the Marines. Michael is the young-est of two kids, and has one older brother. Michael’s father is in the military and works as a helicopter mechanic. When asked since his father was in the military if he moved around a lot he answered no. Michael said that he lived in Panama until he was two; he then moved to Washington and lived there until he was four. He then moved to Oregon. Michael attended middle school at Houck. When asked if he likes high school he4 said “it’s better than middle school.” His favorite teachers are Mr. Lee

and Mr. Certain (First Sgt.). His favorite classes are JROTC and math. He thinks the lanyards are okay and does not mind the tardy machines. He is not currently involved in any clubs or sports teams. In his free, Michael enjoys moto-cross activities and competes in races sometimes. When asked about spirit week he said he enjoyed it because it was fun. He thinks that school security is okay and not really a big problem. When asked what he thought about school lunches he an-swered “they’re okay but not great.” He also said that he likes the hour lunch policy. Michael was also asked if he planed on graduating early he said no. When asked if he had any advice to his fellow class-mates and he answered, “not really.”

Denise Ochoa was born on October 4th, 1994. Denise is a freshman at North Salem High School, and despite getting lost a few times, she admits she enjoys high school. Denise is fifteen years old and attended Carlos Houck Middle School during junior high. When asked about lunches here at north Denise said that she enjoys the hour lunch and thinks it is cool because she gets to hang out with friends. Denise was also asked if she thought that everybody should have off campus lunch and her

answer was a bit surprising, “I don’t think that freshman should have off campus lunch because they are too immature and may not be back on time to class” but thinks that every-one else should. Denise plans on joining MECHA because its fun and she gets to volunteer and get some of her community service hours done that are required to grad-uate. Denise’s hobbies include dancing and hanging out with friends. She likes volleyball but did not join a team this year. After high school, Denise plans on going to college and becoming a chef, and one day hopes to own a restaurant of her own. Denise even plans on graduating early as a junior. Her favorite subjects in school are math and science. Her fa-vorite teacher is Mrs. Reyn-olds “because she is funny”. Denise’s best friend is Mayra Franco who has been Denise’s friend for seven years. Denise’s advice to her fellow classmates is, “Stay in school don’t be late to class and get good grades because if you don’t you don’t get an hour lunch”. Some of Denise’s favor-ite quotes are: “You should live life, it’s fun,” and, “Live, Love, Laugh”.

Freshmen in

the Spotlightby Marco Garcia

Denise Ochoa

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Ask SarahHey, I’m Sarah and this is my advice column. If you need advice on any subject you can e-mail me anytime at nsclariononline@gmail.com. Everything you sum-mit to the email will remain anonymous. Liked to hear from you soon =]

Dear Sarah, I am so confused! There’s this guy that I really like. We hung out the other day and he kissed me out of nowhere! I went up to him at his locker today and asked him what the kiss had meant, He told me “it was just a kiss, did it have to mean anything?” Then he told me that it was “in the moment” and “I felt like I had to.” I asked him if he would ever want to take the next step from friends with me and he said “No, I don’t date, but lets hook up again.” What in the world? ~Confused Confused~Hate to break it to you but this guy sounds like a complete player. If a guy just wants to “hook up” and “doesn’t date” then what can you expect from them but to treat you like a toy? Although he may be cute and charming, he sounds like a waste of your time. Yet at the same time, he may be interested nut just afraid of a relationship at the moment. My advice to you is that if you really like this guy, don’t let him kiss you. It’s like the saying, “A girl worth kissing isn’t easily kissed.” He’ll come around.

Dear Sarah, I don’t know what to do. My best friend for six years is talking smack behind my back. I’m usually not one to believe rumors, but I know these are true. I’ve confronted her about it but she keeps denying ev-erything. It hurts that she is saying stuff about me but it hurts more that she is lying about doing it. I just want her to tell me the truth. I’m really upset but we’re friends. We can work this out, right? ~Lost Lost~ Friends come and go but it’s not about how long you’ve known someone, it’s about how good of a friend they’ve been. You could know someone for a week and they turn out to be a better friend then someone you’ve known for a year. Sometimes it gets hard to let go of something you’ve known for so long but maybe that’s what you need to do. I advise you to talk to her one more time and if she is still denying everything, take a break from each other. See what it is like not being friends for a bit. Either you will love it and let her go completely or you will miss her and she’ll realize that she took you for granted. Dear Sarah, My boyfriend told me today that I make him sad sometimes. I didn’t understand what he meant so I asked him to explain. He said that I sometime get this look on my face and it makes him sad. What is this supposed to mean? He’s been real down lately. ~Concerned

Concerned~ You boyfriend cares about you deeply. He gets worried when he sees you sad. The sadness he is talking about is more like heart-ache. He knows that there is not much he can do when you are upset and it makes him a break a little. I wouldn’t be too worried though. The way your boyfriend is feeling is very sweet =] Dear Sarah,I can’t tell if this girl likes me or not. I mean, she talks to me a lot and always looks at me in a way that’s different from other guys. Whenever she’s with her friends they always laugh and she blush-es. Does this mean she likes me or is she just making fun of me? She’s so beautiful; I don’t know what to think!~Helpless Helpless~ Well, girls can be very confusing. They don’t like to admit they like someone unless they like them too. If you really like her then ask her if she would like to hangout sometime. If she seems to jump around it with excuses then she probably isn’t interested. If she says not this week then offers an-other time, she most likely is. Just don’t jump right to dating the first time you hangout. You want to be sure she likes you or else you will make things very awkward for her.

by Sarah Silverstone

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Students Speak Out

You know, it really irritates me when kids just stand there in the hall and block traffic, acting like they are not doing anything wrong. Well, you really are. Stop standing there, talking and blocking the hallway. Why, you ask? Because oth-er people actually care about getting to class on time, and do not like having eleven tar-dies. The kids that block the halls complain, saying how there isn’t enough time to go to the bathroom and your locker and get to class in six minutes. Well guess what, it is possible! You are always late because you sit there in the hall, talking with friends. That’s what lunch is for. I know that other people feel this way as well and it’s about time that this is-sue was brought to the at-tention of the entire student body. It’s not just the fresh-man that block the hallways. Sophomores, juniors and, yes, even seniors are guilty of doing this. So all of you students that stand there in the hall, I have a message for you: get out of the way. Stop blocking the halls and talk on your own time. That means not during passing time, but at lunch since you are not the only students in this school. What you have to talk about isn’t

important enough to make other people late to class. And I know that some peo-ple say, “Just push them out of the way.” Well guess what, not everybody likes to be rude and disrespectful like the students clogging the hall. Yes, I did just say that. I did just called the kids that stand and block traffic in the halls disrespectful, because they are. And that my fellow Vikings, is what really urks me.

Our School Halls Marco Garcia

Twilight Terror Tayler Barker

Why is it that Twilight is so big? It’s just like every other vampire novel out there: girl meets a vampire, and then the forbidden love cycle be-gins once again. What makes this one so much different? The stories themselves don’t even follow each other, yet all the teenage girls have pasted Edward on every surface that is imaginable. When before he had signed up to play Edward he played Cedric Diggory in Harry Pot-ter and the Goblet of Fire and, he seemed to just slide under the radar. So why are people calling Twilight a saga when all the stories were out within three months of each other and the producers aren’t even waiting a year to pop out the

next movie? At the rate they are going they are going to be done with this so-called saga before the end of next year. If it were a real saga it would last longer than the two year period they have put it under. If this was really a saga it would at least be original. Instead, Stephenie Meyer chose to write about some-thing that has been talked about for decades upon de-cades. Is it possible that teens these days can’t see the dif-ference between a horrible series and one that is actu-ally worthwhile? Or are they just into reading the same thing twenty times before they really get the picture? Why is it suddenly okay for students to come to school with vampire teeth on? I mean, come on, it’s not Hal-loween, so don’t dress up like a vampire. There is nothing wrong with being a little different, but if you come to school with vampire teeth you’re asking people to make fun of you. I think we need to give this generation something to really get excited about.

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ASB President

about it now. A three-sport athlete, Brian runs Cross Coun-try, swims, and participates in Track, primarily a hurdler. His favorite sport is

North Salem’s ASB Presi-dent Brian Weaver shares a little about himself, his life, and his humor. Brian was not always in the public school system. T h r o u g h e l e m e n -tary school and ju-nior high, Brian and all his sib-lings were h o m e -schooled. “I liked home school,” he comments. “I could sleep in and eat whenever I wanted.” Upon reaching freshman year, he started here at North Salem High School. His favorite mem-

ory of North was his freshman year when he fell up the stairs while carrying his little zip-up binder. “I was the nerdy fresh-man,” he said. He was embar-rassed at the time but laughs

soccer, and played for North’s team his freshman year. On top of that, he takes Calculus and Physics, plays bass for his Sun-day school class at Faith Bap-tist Church, and works at Roth’s

“Every Friday is Red and Black Day, because there’s a foot-

ball game.”

by Kelsey Boles

Brian with his good friend Daniel Dixon

Brian Weaver

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Age: 17Fave color: YellowFave flavor of ice cream: Ben & Jerry’s Double Fudge Brownie mixed with Chocolate Chip Cookie DoughFave food: Strawberry CheesecakeBest pizza topping ever: Bacon. Not Canadian ba-con, just bacon. Best Movie: Shawn of the DeadJob: Courtesy Clerk at Roth’s on LancasterFavorite class and why: Calculus because it’s easi-er than English

Facts on Brian

whenever he’s not in sports. He likes to work there because of their flexible hours around his extracurricular activities. Why did he want to be presi-dent? “I don’t complain about problems unless I’m willing to get up and change them. I saw problems at North, and am do-ing what I can to fix them.” One thing Brian wanted to share

with the student body regard-ed Spirit Week, “Every Friday is Red and Black Day, because there’s a football game.” As ASB President, Brian gave a speech at Freshman Orientation (so you should all know who he is) as well as the Rotary Club in Salem. When asked about his responsibilities as president, he admitted that it was little more

than a title at this point. His math class conflicts with the Leadership class, but he will be able to get that fixed second semes-ter. Then he will be able to organize assemblies with the Leadership team. Also, he must complete ninety hours of communi-ty service. So far, the best part about being presi-dent is the doughnuts and pizza they were served at leadership meetings over the summer. When asked how he thought the year was go-ing, his reply was: “Really fast! We’re already talk-ing about graduation.” He says most of his classes are easy, save math and science, and he is enjoy-ing this year. Brian has a great sense of family. His older sister, Bekah Weaver graduated

in 2007 and now attends Cor-ban College. His younger broth-er, Jordan Weaver, a freshman, plays football and is very in-volved at church. He has always been bigger than Brian despite the three years between them. Also, Joshua Weaver, who is still homeschooled, will be a fresh-man at North in two years. In his spare time, Brian likes to play music on his bass guitar and really enjoys sleep. Brian would like to thank Jose Garcia, Amanda Burke, Mr. Rector, Mr. Ochoa, Mr. Ward, and last year’s freshmen (who yelled, “Vote for Brian!” in the halls) for electing him as well as all his voters. He appreciates it, and hopes his brother Jor-dan will be able to follow in his footsteps as presi-dent. Brian hopes to attend Oregon State Univer-sity after graduating high school or go to Chemeketa for free and transfer later. He would like to major in engineering and minor in math. To this year’s freshmen he says: “Keep our school spirit alive! Don’t be afraid to go out for sports and support North whenever you can (especially the football team).” To his fellow se-niors, “We’re a l m o s t t h e r e ! Nothing is too hard to reach; you can accomp l i sh anything.”

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Take an indie-loving misfit with big dreams. Throw in a crazed family life, the choking scene of a small Texan town, classic adolescent problems… and roller derby. It is this con-coction that makes up one of the best feel-good films of the year. Based on a novel turned screenplay, written by Shauna Cross, “Whip it” was released early October 2009, and took a lead spot at the box office in the last month. Humorous and fresh, the film follows seventeen-year-old Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) through her life in small town Bodeen, Texas. Quiet and ap-pealing to the “alternative” side of life, Bliss just isn’t the perfect pageant girl that her mother has dreamed of her to be. This proves true when the teen discovers her love and passion for roller derby. Ly-ing about her age, Bliss finds herself involved with the sport’s local underdog team, the Hurl Scouts. And from there, she crosses the point no return as competi-tion, romance, rivalry, and lies begin to churn. With a colorful cast, in-cluding Ellen Page (Juno), Juliette Lewis (Catch and Release, Starsky and Hutch), Jimmy Fallon (Sat-urday Night Live), and mu-sical artist Landon Pig, the on-screen personalities manage to keep you laugh-ing throughout the movie. Like her pervious films, Ellen Page delivers a believ-

able and relatable character, one with just enough spunk and quirk to keep you chuck-ling. Actress Drew Barrymore, who also held a minor role in the film, added the title of “di-rector” to her resume, heading production on the film. Without a moment of hesita-tion, this is a film I would rec-ommend. Laughter comes with ease, and there isn’t a way to walk away without some sort of appreciation for the lesser known sport that is roller der-by. With intense action shots, several bloody noses and bro-ken bones, there is definite ap-peal. Whatever predictable na-ture there might be within the plot line, I can assure you, it is nothing that high-speed and violent roller battles can’t make up for. “Whip it” has definitely proven to be a highlight at the box office this year, and with good reason.

Whip It Do you know there is a mu-sic scene in Salem Oregon? Do you know there are peo-ple who are involved with the Salem music scene that go to this very school? You probably didn’t even know there was such thing at all like that in this small city. I bet you a lot of people don’t. In some ways it’s dying sadly. Now ask yourself what you know about the Salem music scene and what do your friends now about the Salem music scene. You’re probably think-ing not a lot. Surprising isn’t it? But there is such an elabo-rate history to the music scene of Salem dating back to the early fifties to probably back even further all the way until this very present day, it is still blooming but the process of finding itself is well on its way. There are many genres of-fered to listen to in Salem some include rap, metal, punk, alternative, rock, experimen-tal, psychedelic, acoustic, pop and electronica. These are just a few of many more genres to listen to. If you want to get a little taste of the Salem music scene you should purchase the CD Stereo Salem. This is a two disc compilation of local bands presented by the culture shock community project and RadioFree Salem.

Andy Alvarez by Callie Gisler

Sounds of

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I went on a hunt to answer one of the biggest questions in the male world. Which woman is hotter, Megan Fox or Jessica Alba? We found that there were mixed reviews from both women and men alike. Within minutes we had our answer. With 203 voters there was no question about it. Megan Fox definitely pulled this one out of the box with 127 votes, to the mere 76 that Jessica Alba managed to get. When we were asking people this ques-tion the main factor that gave Megan Fox the win is that she has been in the blockbuster hit

I went on a journey to settle once and for all which book series is better Harry Pot-ter or Twilight. Most people would think with this huge Twilight “saga” going on there would not have been any question that Edward and Bella would win. Yet Har-ry Potter flew this one off the Quidditch pitch. This is more than likely because the fans of Harry Potter have been able to grow up with the faces of Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Dumbledore, whereas the Twilight fans have only had Edward and Bella in their faces for about 7 months. So

Which playlist really makes us kids want to move? Is it the swinging iPod or the laid back pace of the Zune? If you were to ask most kids, they probably wouldn’t even know what a Zune was. Is this be-cause the iPod has every known acces-sory to mankind while the Zune just sits back and lets people make their own choice? They are not the ones you see pushing their products on any one. When it came down to it Apple took this one off the charts. It’s definitely the top played in this school.

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of the summer, whereas Jessica Alba laid low with her boyfriend and new daughter. So this week’s survey goes to the always stunning Megan Fox.

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no matter how many people think that the Twilight “saga” is here to stay, the Harry Potter saga will live on even after the last roll of film plays.

by Tayler Barker

Photo complements of giftedandtalented.com

Photo complements of Warner Bros.

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XCThe 2009 Vikings cross-country season has been an amazing experience so far for the athletes on the team. The primary reason this season has gone so well is the astounding ability of the team to incorporate hard work and fun. Sophomore Alexander Muravez, a first year cross-coun-try athlete, says that “it is a lot of fun, but it hurts”. Along with fun times such as the Trask Mountain Assault, the Seaside team retreat, and team parties, cross-country also does intense workouts, such as a 10 mile hill workout. Due to their hard work the team is also one of the top programs in the dis-trict, and consistently is one of the largest. This year’ team isn’t

as large as past teams, but is looking to show the rest of the league how good they are. The co-head coaches, Michael T. Smith and Don Berger both are very excit-ed about their team. Said Coach Berger, “Every year I’m excited for the cross-country season, but I haven’t been this excited about the cross-country team since 2005, when the boys went to state”. At the Waterloo invitational the varsity boys took 3rd out of 14 teams and the JV boys took 2nd, miss-ing 1st place by two points. The boy’s team is led by ju-niors Sergio Olmos and Cody Franklin, along with sopho-more Ramon Villa. Jonathon Castro, also a junior, was the top runner on the team before an injury sidelined him, but the coaches aren’t counting him out of the sea-son yet. Going into the dis-

trict meet the varsity team is excited about their pros-pects of going to state and have been working hard to try and make their dream come true. The varsity boys aren’t the only ones trying to be tops in the district, as the JV boys have strong depth and are going for a JV dis-trict championships. While

by Daniel Dixon

Sergio Olmos- 1st year. Personal record and season best- 17:34Ranked 11th in CVC

Ramon Villa- 1st year. Per-sonal record and season best- 17:37Ranked 12th in CVC

Cody Franklin- 3rd year. Personal record and season best- 17:51Ranked 17th in CVC

Sarah Lopez- 3rd year. Team captain. Personal record and season best- 20:37Ranked 4th in CVC

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the girls team may not have as much depth as the boys team, they’re certainly still a good team. Led by junior team captain Sarah Lopez, the 4th ranked runner in the district right now, the girl’s team is surprising many in the league as they improve each week and continually run faster times. Sarah Lo-pez is the top ranked Vikings runner overall, and she hopes to improve her stand-ing and challenge for a dis-trict championship. Says Lo-pez about the season “Well, so far I love my season, but I’m not completely satisfied. I have some goals that seem too big, but I want to keep trying and hopefully surprise people at districts. I’m hav-ing a blast this season, not only because I’m faster, but because I love my team”. An interesting aspect of cross-country is that it is an individual and a team sport.

If Sarah Lopez wins districts, but the rest of team doesn’t run that well, the team place will drop. In cross-country the adage about how teams improve from the bottom up is certainly true. In races the top seven finishers on the team are all given points based on their position, so if a team has one runner who finishes in a poor position the team will not do as well, no matter how great the number one runner does. Depth is the key to success, and this team certainly has depth. They boys team has 11 athletes who are all com-peting for the seven varsity spots and all of them are very close to each other. The varsity line up hasn’t been the exact same for any two meets yet. This intense competition for varsity will only make the whole team stronger, as athletes push each other to run faster ev-

ery day in practice. The girl’s team may not have as much depth as the boy’s team, but after Sarah the rest of the girls are within 1 minute of each other and constant-ly push each other to work harder. Because of the ex-treme competition the cross-country team is very close to each other, and the season will go down as a success no matter what the final stand-ings say about the team.

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If you were to ask the stu-dents here at North what their favorite after school activity to watch the ma-jority would not even bring up the Drama produc-tions. Why is it that one of the old-est ways of en-tertain-m e n t is be-ing over

looked? I went to ask the Drama kids them-selves and their teacher what makes the drama department so special. I first went to talk to the some per-formers themselves. Then I went to Mr. Schutz to get the directors prospective. Katy Haley, a senior here at North, has been involved in sev-en of the school productions. She got her interest in Drama from friends, family and, her love for acting. She was also very eager to share her love for the theater department. “I love to act. It’s a very fun environ-ment.” Most people are afraid to join the acting department be-cause of stage fright, but Katy

Behind the Scenes!

North Salem’s Drama Departmentwas very reassuring when she was talking about how even she got stage fright when she was getting started. When asked about her character in this up coming school play she said, “I kind of relate to her but she’s old and a mother but there are

certain things that I do relate to.” Mr. Schutz has also been involved in the theater depart-ment for awhile and he said, “I love theater because it’s a great opportu-nity. You get to become some-one else and behave differ-

ently than what is expected. It’s a freeing experience with-out being judged.” If you are afraid to join because you would be the new kid and you are not sure your acting skills are up to par, it’s ok. The drama kids are very welcoming. Both Mr. Schutz and Katy said that the whole department is accepting. “We are all friends.” When I asked Mr. Schutz why he thinks the Drama de-partment is over-looked he got silent, then with a sigh he began to tell me his theory. “I think

By Tayler Barker

“I love theater because it’s a great opportunity.

You get to become someone else and behave differently than what is expected.”

it’s all about when the kids are exposed. They don’t have the chance while in middle school to try out drama. So by the time they get into high school they have already had things like football or soccer thrown at them so they don’t care to be in Drama anymore.” He was highly concerned about this; he also was keen to say, “We only have 15% of our student body involved in after school activi-ties. So if you were to take that 15% and divide it there are kids juggling to do band and the play on top of that. We re-ally need more kids to get in-volved.” The most recent play, “All’s Well that Ends Well,” was a Shakespearean production about a maid wanting to marry a man entirely out of her reach, but she went to great lengths to attain his respect. The stars of the show included Katy Ha-ley, Alan Littlehales, and Ryan As for the winter play you’ll just have to go and try out for yourselves. If you are thinking about auditioning, bring your-self an open mind and con-fidence. Get ready and to act anyway you want and become a different person, at least until the curtain closes.

CALLIEKELSEYMARCODANIEL

ANDYSARAH

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Dye your hair red and black l Wear those North Salem t-shirts and spirit gear l If you don’t have spirit gear, wear red and black l Paint your fingernails and toenails school colors l Design a North Salem sign for your locker l Display a Viking sticker or sign from you back car window l Attend the games and support your athletes l Dress up on Red and Black Fridays l Join a sports team, or try out for cheerleading l Even if football season is over, Viking face paint never goes out of style l Sprint naked down your street at 3 o’clock in the morning scream-ing, “Go Viks!” l Get “NSH” tat-tooed… On your forehead l Forge your own cast iron Vi-king helmet l Or buy a plastic one from Party Depot l Paint your room red and black and de-mands your parents call you “Odin” l Pillage and burn frequently l Demand a Viking funeral pyre l Never share l Make sacrifices to Thor to ensure victory in major “battles…” or games l When the Fight Song is playing, beat your chest in rhythm and yell loudly l Practice and prefect your battle cry l Learn to speak Old English l Dedicate all victories to the Gods l Always eat with your hands l Begin work on your own Viking war ship in your backyard

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