October 2014 – Page 2

[caption id="attachment_2739" align="alignright" width="300"] ATHLETIC TRAINER JACKIE HARPHAM tapes junior TYSHUN TINNENS’ hand before a game.[/caption] “My favorite part of my job is getting to...

Are You Stressed?: Teens suffer from variety of pressures

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October 31, 2014October 30, 2014

News/Features

[caption id="attachment_2747" align="alignright" width="300"] Becca Heilman/The Omniscient[/caption] Seventy three percent of teachers consider school and teen life far more stressful for students compared to the...

Here and back again: Northwood alumni return as teachers

Katie Robbins

October 31, 2014October 30, 2014

News/Features

[caption id="attachment_2749" align="alignright" width="300"] From left to right: Alex Hart, Kristen Norwood, Adam Perry, Valencia Toomer[/caption] “I was definitely that senior that was ready to...

Staff Editorial: “Cough, cough—excuse me (from exams)”

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October 31, 2014October 30, 2014

Opinion Staff Editorials

[caption id="attachment_2733" align="alignright" width="300"] Bailey Miller/The Omniscient[/caption] Typical sounds in the Northwood hallways include the ruckus of students talking and shouting, laughter of students and...

“Putting on armor:” why I choose not to wear makeup

Frances Beroset

October 31, 2014October 28, 2014

Opinion

I don’t wear makeup. When I was 10 years old, I convinced my mom to buy me a $3 Wet and Wild eyeshadow palette at...

“A sea of refugees”: Student confronts crisis in Syria

Skyler Waugh

October 31, 2014October 28, 2014

Opinion

My mom and I walked the ancient Istanbul cobblestone trying not to step on the sea of Syrian refugees. A little Syrian girl, who couldn’t have...

Treating ADHD: To medicate or not to medicate?

Jessica Kolomichuk

October 31, 2014October 28, 2014

Opinion

“Don’t let them drug you.” That was the first thing my dad said to me when I told him I was diagnosed with ADHD. ADHD...

Hall’s Final Ride: Long time football coach to step down at end of season

Jacob Sipe

October 31, 2014October 30, 2014

Sports

[caption id="attachment_2753" align="alignright" width="300"] FOOTBALL COACH BILL HALL gives a speech to the team after a game against Orange. Elizabeth Thompson/The Omniscient[/caption] Since 2001, one...

Championship Curse: NHS Athletics has not won a championship in 42 years

Elizabeth Thompson

October 31, 2014October 28, 2014

Sports

After 42 years, one back-to-back state semifinal appearance in baseball, five consecutive third round playoff appearances in football and a state championship appearance in basketball,...