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September/Oct. 2014 Excellent with Distinction Volume 7, Issue 1 What’s going on in the Middle Bullying by Kenzie L. East, Anyway? Bullying has become a major problem in our so- What You Need to Know about ISIS and why it Matters to the U.S. ciety today. Kids are harrasing each other because Written by Kayla K. of what they look like, the way they talk, where they come from, their size, and many other things. What are these “Sunnis” and “Shiites”? IT NEEDS TO STOP! We think that it is all fun, Sunnis and Shiites are religious factions of the religion, but someone is actually hurting, they may not show Islam. When Muhammad died, back century, there was a it, and you may not know it, but they ARE hurting. disagreement over who would be the next leader of Islam. Some deal with it by telling an adult, others may Over time, in the 7ththe division between the two has grown kill themselves. into political rivalries. The two sects or factions share many I don’t think that it is fair to the people who have similarities concerning the practice of Islam, but disagree on to suffer through things. Some people think that it is some smaller practices. For centuries the Middle East was okay to bully and that nothing bad can come from part of the Ottoman Empire, but the Sunnis and Shiites usu- this, but they are WRONG! We see it all the time ally were separated. However, after World War One, a French on the news that someone has commited suicide, or diplomat and a British colonel drew, in secret, neat lines to that schools are starting to take action because of divide the Middle East into separate areas of control. These students reporting bullying at their school. Luckly, lines mixed the Sunnis and Shiites together causing extreme our school has tried to stop this from happening, tension. Only force and strong dictators could keep a lid on but we know there is no definate way of making the tension. sure that this never happens again. Bullying Statistics: When the US invaded Iraq in 2003, we took out Iraq’s dicta-  Statistics show that 1 in 7 students grades tor, Suddam Hussein. When that happened, the tensions be- k-12 are either a bully or a victim of bullying. That tween the Sunnis and Shiites exploded. It became even more may not sound like a lot of kids but just think about complicated from 2011 to 2013 with the Syrian revolts and it for a moment. There is a 1 in 7 chance that some- civil war against President Bashar al-Assad. The violence in one is a bully of being bullied. Syria spread and spilled over the Syrian borders into Iraq.  Another statistic is 56% of students have That is where ISIS makes an entrance. personally witnesseed some type of bullying. (Continued on Pg. 4) Weather it be physical, cyber, or verbal. That is over half (50%) of the students that have witnessed it, but how many really report it? Origins of the Caramel Apple By Sabrina Q. (Continued on Page 4) Caramel apples were invented in the 1950’s by a man name Dan Walk- er. He was working at a candy factory called Kraft Foods Company. Back then caramel candies were a standard for Halloween, so putting the two together -- an apple and caramel candies -- the first original caramel apple was invented. But a decade later the first caramel apple machine was invented by Vito Raimondi with the help of his uncle Wil- liam in Chicago, Illinois where they continue to own and operate one of the largest companies that produce caramel apples today. Tis the season for caramel apples and this flavor is such a vintage one [ [ for this time of year. (Check out the recipe on page 7) NUMS Cross County is Starting Strong

Written by Kayla K.

The NUMS Cross Country team has had four meets already and with great results. The athletes on the teams include the following: Libby A., Katie C., Summer S., Sydney P., Kayla K., Kamryn R., Brennan G., Zak K., Gabe B., Lance G., Derek B., Aiden G., and Joel K. At their meets, the two teams, both the girls and the boys have been very successful. At North- mor, on August 18, multiple runners from both teams placed in the top ten. When they were at Wynford, on September 2, multiple runners placed in the top 20 and received medals. At their home meet, on September 9, the boys’ team had an individual winner and many runners from both teams in the top places. On September 13, at Marysville, both teams placed second overall and had many runners in the top places. North Union Cross Country had a home invitational on September 27, at 9:00 a.m. The pic to the right is he NUMS Girl’s Volleyball teams of Gabe B. and he captured the school have been working hard under record with a time of 11:17 for 2 miles. TCoaches (7th) A. Hertzler and The team would like to invite you to (8th) M. Hammonds. They have a come and support the North Union record that shows improvement. The Cross Country teams on 10/4, 10/9 and team members include (8th) Kallie P., the COAl on the 11th. Go Wildcats! Lissie D., Josie D., Kenzie L., Gabby K., Lilly A., MacKenzie G., Darian T., Hailey P., Kennedy J. Abby F., Eryn M. AND (7th) Sarah K., Kendra N., Bailee K., Brycelyn D., Kori M., Aleiah M., Abbi H., Alesha L., Madison T., Jessica W., Sydney B., Grason I., Grace M. Top pic is the 7th grade team and the lower pic is the 8th grade team. The 7th grade record is 7-8 and the 8th grade record is 9-6. Both teams have two games left and the the COAL Tournament. Best of luck to the teams to finish season with (W’s)! FOOTBALL he marching band has been working since By: Kenzie L. July 15 to make sure the performances are perfect. The marching band meets every I chose to interview one person from the 8th T Monday and Wednesday after school from 3-5 grade and one person from the 7th grade who and times are set for Fridays before the games. is on the football team. I chose to interview The marching band goes to every football Mitchell Embaugh (7th Grade) and Hunter Zim- game, home and away. The marching band also merman (8th Grade). goes to The Bellefontaine Band Show. One week after that show we host our own band show. Mitchells Questions & Answers: The songs that the band are working on are: What position do you play? Running back • Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top Do you like this position? Love it • Rock Lobster by The B 52’s Do you prefer another position? If so what one? • 50 Ways to Say Goodbye by Train No, I wouldn’t • Wake Me Up! by Avicii Who are the starters? • Surf (which has nothing to do with - Mitchell E. (me), Carson S., Hezekiah H., surfing) by Mucca Pazza Luke D., Connor T., Christian H., Jacob F., Harley • Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison D., Jayden S., Kane B., Jaxson H. • Happy by Pharrell Williams Will you continue to play when you reach high • Master of Puppets by Metallica school age? -Definitely! • Ain't Been Good What is your conditioning like? What does it • Online by Brad Paisley consist of? Is it easy or hard? • We also do pregame which has to be - It is easy some days are hard depending memorized on how we practice • The NU Fight Song What is the hardest play your team runs? • The NU Alma Mater - It would probably have to be an Ace • Star Spangled Banner right 47 power Marching Band is a really fun experience that anyone could enjoy. The songs listed are the Hunter Questions & Answers: first ones we got. We have constantly been get- What is your position? ting others. Submitted by Madison H. I play Wide Receiver and Safety Do you prefer this position? - Yes because I get to hit a lot If not, what one do you prefer? - Running back Will you continue to do football in high school? - Yes, I will continue to play football in high school What is your conditioning like? - Conditioning is not bad, but high school will be tuff What is the hardest play that you guys run? - The plays we run are not hard, but you could say that they are more confusing.

The pics are of the B.V. game with 7th on top and the 8th team on the bottom. Records are 3-2 for 8th grade and 4-0 for 7th grade. Each team has 3 games left with the season ending on October 16th. Good Luck! September/October Animal Care by Madison H. Suicide Information: - Suicide is among the leading cause of death for Fleas- There are less fleas going around, but children under the age of 14. - you should still keep up with your animals A study from 13 countries found a connection be- tween bullying, being bullied, and suicide. flea medication. - The suicide rate for younger men in Massachusets rose 28% in 2007. Ticks- There are less ticks out because it is - Suicide rates have INCREASED by more than getting colder, but you should still get their 50% over the last three decades (30 years). medication (most of it is included in your - In 2005, 270 children in the age range of 10-14 animals flea meds.) committed suicide. Even though these statitsics are from 2009 and Spays and Neuters: they are about 5 years old, after 5 years these -Spays those are for female animals they to it statistics have risen. This problem isn’t just going so they don’t have babies. to go away altogether. We have to come together -Neuters: Those are for male animals and and work as a team to get this problem solved. they help so they don’t have babies too. PLEASE DO NOT BULLY! Be nice to everyone be- cause you never know, maybe you could save a October is the Month of: life. The really big deal Adopt a Shelter Dog Month about October Computer Learning Month (besides Halloween) What is the U.S.doing about it? Cookie Month is National National Pizza Month Bully The US is taking action against the current ISIS situ- National Vegetarian Month Prevention ation. We have sent 300 military officials to help the Month Iraqi government as well as train Iraqi troops. We Mon. October 6th will not, however, be sending troops to the Middle 1st Week of October is STOMP Out East. More than likely, this will be problem that the Get Organized Week Bullying™ We all need this! signature campaign Iraqis will have to solve themselves. Experts say that Blue Shirt Day™ it is unlikely that the Iraqi government will be able to October Wacky Holiays World Day of recover the land that ISIS currently has control over. 1st World Vegetarian Day Bullying Prevention 2nd Natl. Custodian’s Day Week of October 20th STAND UP Why does this matter to the U.S.? 3rd World Smile Day for Others Week 5th Teacher’s Day When you see There are many aspects to why this situation is im- 5th Oktoberfest someone being portant to the US. For one thing, ISIS has caused bullied, be brave and 5th Do Something Nice Day STAND UP millions of refugees to relocate to other countries. 6th --Techies Day -- for them. Bullies We also have many allies in close proximity to where 6th Mad Hatter Day have been known ISIS currently resides, and they could be in danger. 10th World Egg Day to back off when The main reason why this matters to the US is oil. 11th Take a Teddy Bear to Work others stand up Iraq is a large oil producer and should their produc- for victims. 12th Old Farmer’s Day Check it out at tion decrease, gas prices 13th Skeptics Day http://www. in the US and around the world, would soar. Finally, 13th Columbus Day stompoutbullying. if the Iraqi government fails, ISIS could pose a org/index.php/ 14th Natinal Dessert Day campaigns/national- terrorism threat against the world and the U.S. 16th Bosses Day bullying-prevention- 16th Dictionary Day awareness-month/ However, I think that the real question is what 18th Sweetest Day should the U.S. do about it? Fall Teen Events at the Library Future City Submitted by Audrey VanDyne What is Future city? Richwood-North Union Children’s Librarian Future City is a club working to solve the 21st century problems. Their job is to create a PERFECT all means cold weather, hot cocoa, and hay city. rides, but here at the library it also means How long have you guys been doing this? the return of Teen Game Night and the start The longest amount of time these kids have F been doing it is 3 years and the newest member of the ALL NEW Teen Book Club. Teen Game Night have only been doing it for 2 days. is the perfect time to hang out with friends, play What is this years theme? games, and have some snacks. It is the third This year’s future city’s theme is how to feed Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm. Our next your city. Teen Game Night will be October 21st. Teen Book When are your big events? Club is a new club at the library and it is perfect The events are coming up in January and Feb- for book lovers. We will get together and talk ruary. about a great book each month. Our first book Who is teaching future city and who is in future city is The Maze Runner by James Dashner. This is this year? definitely a book you want to read before movie Mr.Gattermeyer is teaching future city this year, hits theaters soon! Teen Book Club meets every Kaylee T., Summer S., Evan W., Audra A., Logan S., third Wednesday of each month at 4:00 pm. The Zak K., and Blaine K. are our Future City team this year. next time we will meet will be October 15th. Get Be prepared for more information soon! involved at your library! Did you know that your library card gives you ac- cess to over 8 million items? If you don’t already The N.U.L.S.D. definition of Bullying -- is an inten- have a card, now is the time to stop in the library tional written, verbal, electronic or physical act that a and get one! They are free and you can check out student has exhibited toward another particular student items such as downloadable ebooks and audio, more than once. The intentional act also includes vio- music CDs, books, and more! See you at the lence within a dating relationship. The behavior causes library! mental or physical harm to the other student and is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive that it cre- ates an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment for the other student. NUMS 8th Grade Cheerleaders: (left to right) Front Row: Kierston D., Aslyn B., Cherokee A., Back Row: Mallory C., LeAnna D., Lucy W. NUMS S.T.U.C.O. By Kayla K.

Student Council has many plans to make this a great school year. Scheduled for November 21, Student Council is planning on having a fall themed school dance. The dance will be from 7pm to 8:30pm and be open to all grades. Also on the cal- endar is the Turkey Teacher week. From November 20 to November 24, you will be able to buy feathers to place on a teacher's turkey. The teacher with the most feathers will have to wear a turkey costume NUMS Paws & Print and second place will have to wear a pilgrim cos- Digital Newspaper tume on November 25. The proceeds from Turkey Editors: Madison P., Anna A., Bethany S. Teacher day goes to Britt's Brunch, a local charity. Supervisor: Mrs. Tenah McMahan STUCO hopes to see a lot of students at the dance Administrator: Mr. Matt Burggraf and a great outcome for Turkey Teacher day. New Music and New Stars JOKES: ) By Brianna L. HOMECOMING By J.T. H. (who else?) 10/10/14 Ariana Grande’s new album, My How do you get an Everything,just came out on August elephant out of a tub of 25th,which featured her two top gelatin? singles Problem ft. Iggy Azalea and Break free ft. Zedd. It has so far Follow the directions on the back of sold 455,000 copies in pre-ordering. the box. Bang Bang was also featured in the album, which Jessie J and Nicki What do you call a pump- Minaj featured in with her. She GGOOO CATS! kin that works at the performed My Everything during beach? Stand Up to Cancer television pro- gram on September 5th. This was a DIY CRAFT A life-gourd. dedication to her grandfather who By Madison H. passed away from cancer earlier A family of Fall leaves were this year. Things you will trying to change a light need: bulb. A squirrel walked by The new boy band, 5SOS (5 Ping Pong and asked why the bulb Seconds of Summer), featuring balls (100 or wasn’t changed yet and the Calum Hood, Luke Hemmings, more prefer- red leaf said, Ashton Irwin, and Michael Clif- ably) ford, have gone on tour with One Multicolored “Because we keep falling.” Direction, being a great opening LED lights (100 act. They have announced that they are planning a tour by themselves, preferably) Why do birds fly south in beginning sometimes in 2015. There the Fall? The directions: single, She Looks so Perfect, hit the charts making the band more Because it is too far to walk. 1.) First you popular than they already were. poke a hole One Direction also helped them out I got tired of looking at all by being so famous. Their Amne- big enough for those leaves in my yard, so the LED light sia EP came out on September 5th I got up off the couch and everywhere, except for America, to fit in the went into action. ping pong ball. and there album came out on July 2.) Then you 22nd, featuring all their singles and take all the I closed the curtains. other songs like Beside You and End LED lights Up Here. Autumn is a great time of and put them the year. Soon those ugly inside the Covers of New Songs patches of dead grass in ping pong On July 30th, Emblem 3, two your lawn will be covered balls brothers, the other member go- up -- with ugly patches of 3.) Then you ing solo, released their cover of dead leaves. plug in the LED All About that Bass. They wanted lights and you to do this cover because they like are done the message left behind it. They changed some of the lyrics and used ENJOY! :) According to Calvin the some auto tune to complete this end of Mirosoft Excel is cover. XFD 1048576! Caramel Apple Slushie! REWARD Trip INFO. 7th & 8th Grade Reward Trip An easy recipe for a Wonderful Fall treat! Ingredients-- 7th and 8th Graders that made the trip! 90% assignments completed and • 1 medium apple peeled and sliced all Study Islands completed for 7th grade. • 1/2 cup of apple The movie -- “Mockingjay part 1” at the Rave Movie Theater juice and eat out at a place like Red Robin! • 5 teaspoons of Friday, November 21 caramel ice cream 6th Grade Reward Trip: topping • 1/4 teaspoon of 6th Graders that earned the trip! Students must have 90%of their assignments completed lemon juice on time in each class and have no more than 1 detention • 7 ice cubes during the nine weeks. The Corn Maize in MIlford Center • additional caramel Monday October 27th ice cream topping Fun Fun Fun AT NUMS hard work earns ( optional) rewards What To Do-- In the blender mix the apple juice with the caramel ice cream toppings. Book Review: What it’s About: Then add the lemon juice blend until mixed Add the Ice cubes To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year- Keep blending until smooth old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Drizzle the caramel ice cream topping over Tourette’s syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely the drink in a cup if desired. special—he has electric powers. Michael thinks he is And Enjoy! unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor has the same mysterious powers. With the help of Mi- chael’s friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up with their abilities, and their investigation soon brings them to the attention of a powerful group who wants to control the electric teens— and through them, the world. The Review- I thought it was good. The charters were amazingly made. The author also showed the char- acters personalities well. It was the author's 1st fiction book so you've got to give him credit, he did really well. It was fast paced and had my favorite thing which is the calm before the storm. The mystery about the characters lives showed through well and the problems they have, before and after, they figure out secrets is well written. Youth2youth- What is youth2youth? Youth2youth is a group activity for being drug Stars(Riley)* * * * * free. We plan fun events so we can have fun! We Stars(Brianna)* * * * are having a Zombie Apocalypse on November (I liked it so much the first 3 8th from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at N.U. High books were done in a week!) School. Please feel welcome to bring nerf guns or Yes, they are making movies foam swords if you would like. After, the Zombie out of these, so they must be Apocalypse we are having a cookout we will have pretty good. Here is the web- hamburgers and we encourage you to bring a side site: http://michaelvey.com/ dish as well. Submitted by: Lindsey A. Fundraiser Interview Questions This Month In History Kaylee S. & Kelsey Written by Kayla K. Mid-September to Mid-October: Q: What is this fundraising going to 9/17/1862 Battle of Antietam help? 9/20/1519 Magellan sets out to circumnavigate A: It helps purchase technology, the world scholarships for 6th through 8th grade 9/22/1862 Lincoln issues Emancipation Procla students, reward trips and food and mation drinks at events. 9/25/1957 Central High School integrated 9/28/1918 British soldier allegedly spares the Q: What is our goal to collect for the life of an injured Adolf Hitler fundraiser? 9/30/1955 James Dean dies in a car accident A: $12,000 or more 10/1/1890 Yosemite National Park established 10/3/1995 O.J. Simpson acquitted Q: How many kids do you think will 10/4/1957 Sputnik launched participate? 10/6/1847 Jane Eyre is published A: Everyone we have great students 10/8/1871 The great fire destroys much of at NUMS. Chicago 10/11/1793 Yellow Fever breaks out in Q: What is the goal for each kid? Philidelphia A: To sell 5 items at 380 students 10/12/1492 Columbus reaches the New World that would be 1900 items. 10/14/1947 Yeager breaks sound barrier Q: Why should we participate, what IOS 8 NEW FEATURES By Kayla H.E. is in it for us? here are many good and bad new different A: Prizes and a big tailgate party. features to the IOS 8, but most features Plus Cash!! And the biggest prize, a Tare bad and don’t work. For example, say chance to throw a pie at someone? you have an older phone like the 4s, 5, 5c, and 5s, when you try to download the IOS 8 you need Q: Is there any selling advice you 4.8 gb of data. Many of people had to reset thier have for our students to remember? phone, but thought that iCloud would save them. A: Be safe. If you go out to sell Unfortunatly, they were wrong; the IOS 8 wipes make sure you have an adult or go in out all but 50 photos and the only thing it sends parties. to the cloud is your music. Apple heard of theses problems and tried to help so they updated to ios 8.2, well that didn't 6th Grade Survey work either. I updated this morning and that I interviewed (50) 6th graders on didn't do anything there is no difference to the how they like Middle School. I gave IOS 8. them four choices: When you download ios 8 you have to 1. I love Middle School download it and that takes about 2 hour, and then 2. It’s good you have to install it and that takes about another Announcing 3. I hate Middle School 30 minutes of your time. the Yearbook 4. I don’t know yet. Now the happy part. There is now family shar- Cover Contest After I did the math this is what I ing where you parents and aunts, uncle, even for the came up with: grandparents can see your text pictures and apps. 2014-2015 66% said ‘I love Middle School’ IMHO thats awesome “NOT”. You can’t even Yearbook! 4% said, ‘It’s good’ shut it off the only good thing that I like is the See 15% said, ‘I hate Middle School’ time lapse on your camera and that is pretty cool. Mrs. McMahan 15% said, ‘I don’t know yet.’ for details.