Features Miner girls wait to rebound a free throw from Inside: the Garrison Toopers. See sports on 16 Miner Flashbacks pages 14-15. December 12, 2008 TheMiner Mario, Madden make middle years fun Issue 3 Volume 57 Photo by: Coltyn Anderson Music: Games: December 12 , 2008 By: Jacey Pulver and Ben Maliske • “If your Gone”- Matchbox • Madden NFL 2001 Incidents Not only have we gone from Twenty • Apples to Apples kindergarten to the third grade, • “U Remind me”- Usher • Spin Top Driving age • “Survivor”- Destiny’s • The Sims but now we are on to reminiscing Child • Grand Theft Auto 3 to the fourth and fifth grade. Movies: may go up • “Come On Over”- Shania • Metal Gear Solid Clubs...6: FFA prepares for By: Jayme Lorenz Back in the fourth grade girls, • Charlie’s Angels Twain 2-Sons of liberty upcoming Greenhand Event Austin Powers North Dakota state don’t you remember how Claire’s • Celebrities: • PS2 was released in January. • Coyote Ugly representatives plan to introduce was the coolest store ever? And • Josh Harnett • GameCube was re- a bill in next year’s legislative • Toy Story 2 how about how we always collected • Eminem leased session to raise the legal driving • The Grinch • Beyonce • Xbox was released age from 14 to 16 for the purpose Smackers lip gloss of every • The Wizard of Oz • Lindsay Lohan • Paper Mario of lowering the accident and fatality flavor? How fun was recess time • The Blair Witch Project rates among teenage drivers (www. • Justin Timberlake • Super Smash Bros back in the fourth grade when • Remember the Titans bismarktribune.com, 11/20/08). • Avril Lavigne Melee all the girls did was play football • Bring it On Each year over 5,000 teens ages • Tiger Woods • Halo • Legally Blonde 16 to 20 die due to fatal injuries and soccer with the boys. Or in • Ben Stiller • Project Gotham Rac- caused in car accidents (www.car- the fifth grade when we would • Spy Kids ing accedints.com 12/1/08). Shrek run into the girls’ bathroom and • • Twisted Metal Black A Driver’s Education teacher, Doug • Harry Potter and the Sor- Olson, is not in favor of this bill, but does the teachers would come kick us cerer’s Stone say, “According to stats, younger and out, oh the good old days. Let’s go inexperienced driving has proven to have a • The Fast and the Furious high rate of accidents.” back and reminisce the movies, • The Princess Diaries Features...7: Karsen Little The risk of being in a car accident is the music, games, and celebrities we • The Rookie Soldier speaks about jamming highest for drivers age 16 to19 -- more than out to Rock Band. any other age group (www.car-acidents. loved back in 2000 and 2001. • Lord of the Rings- Fellow- com, 11/1/08). ship of the Ring Supporters of this bill also feel that the age should not be limited to 16, but there should be certain restrictions placed on younger drivers. “Teenagers this young are too young and not mature enough to handle all types of driving situations,” Olson said. In some states, the law imposes special requirements on teen drivers, like prohibiting them from driving at night or not allowing passengers in the car (www. 300 Hwy 49 S albertiertribume.com,11/20/08). “Inexperience and distractions play a Beulah role in crashes. Younger people are dealing A Part of the Beulah with a lot of those multiple distractions, whether it is a CD player, text messaging, Business Community cell phones or other people in a vehicle,” a Since June 2001 Moments...8-9: Christmas patrol supervisor in Fargo said. Midwest TeleServices Intl. spirit and activites sprinkle Insurance for teenagers can be a lot into BHS. different in costs than for adults. Students must park correctly within the line to avoid receiving a ticket. Many problems have Corporate Headquarters “I applied various discounts such as resulted from inappropriate parking. Photo by: Shawn Neuberger 112 Main St. • Mohall, ND good student discount ,mutli- line, multi- car, good student, -age 16 would be 701-873-4213 approx. 263 dollars more per year then an Parking frustrates students 1-800-356-7762 18 old,” Farm Bureau Insurance agent Dee By: Ben Maliske www.mtind.com Stroh said. this to be a last resort. Drivers should park legally and leave Beulah, Bottineau, Stroh feels this would be a great Beulah High School’s parking room for others to get out of the parking Devils Lake, Fessenden, hardship in rural North Dakota. “I don’t feel the driving age should be lot can be a crowded place. If lot. While some people need to stay after Grafton, Kenmare, Langdon, raised. We are a rural state with almost students and faculty don’t park school, others want to go home. Bad Rugby & Stanley no public transportation--increasing the with care or legally, it can be a parking can result in people not getting driving age would place a hardship on diffi cult place to navigate. Recent where they need to be. parents of teenagers. Also, many teenagers “It’s a matter of respect towards others,” work at least part- time, and since there are complaints have resulted in Principal Todd Kaylor said. days in ND when one can’t walk to work possible tickets in the parking lot. Just about everyone with a license passed because of the extreme weather, this would The parking lot is private property and driver’s education. Everyone knows how the police can only issue tickets if the to park. One just needs to use respect when Sports...14-15: Wrestlers See Driving Age page 12 school presses charges. The school wants parking. fall to Minot Ryan and Harvey in Minot on Nov. 25. Superintendent Lech speaks about Japan By: Jared Seibel Inside The Miner Incidents: Miner Incidents: What was your actual reason for going to News................1 Editorials..........2 Japan uses a different type of school system than that Japan? of the United States, but both schools do require that a Rob Lech: I was selected as a participant in the Japan Fulbright Opinions...........3 News................4 Memorial Fund program. This was a selective application Features...........5 Clubs................6 student goes to school until the age of 16. process, in which there were around 900 applicants. The purpose Entertainment...7 People..............8 Japanese high school prepares the students for college. Parents of of the program is to study the educational system of Japan and People..............9 Faces..............10 the students that attend high school must pay for books and fees that bring back as much information as possible about the school Humor.............11 Outdoors.........12 are required to go to high school. If a student does not wish to enter system, culture, and other aspects of the country as possible to college then he or she will go to a training school, which will teach share with parents, students, colleagues and community members. Features.........13 Sports.............14 that person a trade that is not required to go to college. MI: What was the traveling aspect like from here to Japan? Sports.............15 Features.........16 In Japan, classes are teacher based instead of student focused. RL: Traveling was diffi cult because of the length of time it takes Beulah High School Teachers lecture, while the students are not engaged in the lesson. to get there. We fl ew fi rst to San Francisco and met for a day for The teachers do not include a student’s point of view in a lecture. a program briefi ng and a meeting with a Japanese Consul General. 204 5th Street NW Japanese schooling is based on a get-it or don’t get-it mentality. The direct fl ight from San Francisco to Tokyo was 11 hours. My Photos from: www.mtv.com, www. Beulah, North Dakota 58523 No help is offered to students who struggle in class. fl ight home went from Tokyo to Seattle with a connecting fl ight in exclaim.com,www.iamfan.com and www. BHS Superintendent Rob Lech just returned from Japan, where he Denver before landing in Bismarck. The total amount of airtime moviepublicity.com on 12/02/08. www.beulah.k12.nd.us saw how much different Japan’s teaching styles were than those in was 19 hours. (701) 873-2261 the United States. See Lech page 4 Editorials Sports 2 Miner Philosophy Miner Amp 15 December 12, 2008 October 31, 2008 Miners prepare for fi rst home dual The Miner By:Kassi Eide compete effectively with the other teams at Incidents The BHS wrestling team is low this tournament. in numbers of athletes which will “Hopefully we can pull through as a team Staff and get into the top fi ve at the tournament,” make it hard to compete as a team. Voigt said. Four heavier weight classes are not Voigt believes the two seniors on the fi lled. The heaviest person thus far team will be a great strength. At 112 stands sophomore Isaiah Krebs at pounds senior Ben Maliske has qualifi ed 160 pounds. and placed at state every year on varsity. “I think this year we will be good even ”I’m confi dent Ben will do very well this though we are short of people, because we year,” Voigt said. At 130 pounds, the other senior, John Ben Maliske - Blaze Unruh - have a good work ethic and we have a lot Sports Editor News Editor of talent,” sophomore Isiaha Krebs said. Eisenbeis wrestles for the Miners for The next competition will be at home his third year.