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Issue Date: Thursday, March 20, 2008 Issue: March 2008 Last Update: Thursday, March 20, 2008

  • Varsity Football to be lead by new, but familiar face next year

    Tuesday, March 18, 2008 By: Jim Couillard

    The head Varsity Football coach for the upcoming season will be Mr. Wes Temples, PE teacher and Driver Education instructor.

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  • Breakfast With Iron recognizes students

    Tuesday, March 18, 2008 By: Kevin Kitchell

    Every month, five teachers are selected to nominate students who, according to the NCHS web site, “have demonstrated Iron Spirit and Pride . . . These students were chosen because of their positive co

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  • UFO attacks with Strangers in the Night!

    Tuesday, March 18, 2008 By: Josh Cavanaugh-Wozniak

    English cult-classic UFO has re-released their long-time favorite Strangers in the Night. The CD includes new versions of each song, which were recorded and specially adapted for this new release.

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  • Breakfast With Iron recognizes students

    Tuesday, March 18, 2008 By: Kevin Kitchell

    Every month, five teachers are selected to nominate students who, according to the NCHS web site, “have demonstrated Iron Spirit and Pride . . . These students were chosen because of their positive co

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  • Hair trendsHere to stay or just a fad?

    Tuesday, March 18, 2008 By: Kristin Jording, Editor-in-chief

    For many girls thier appearance is based on their hair. Females search for the latest trend whether it may be color, cut or style.

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  • 1st Person Experience—: Teen’s dream leads to shopping spree

    Tuesday, March 18, 2008 By: Jenny Ewan

    Rachel Vincent(11) didn’t require a wishbone or twinkling star to make her wish come true. The Make-A-Wish Foundation sent Vincent and three friends, Megan Harcharik(11), Roni Raufer(11), and me, on a

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  • Because of locationLearning tornado precautions makes sense

    Tuesday, March 18, 2008 By: Paige O'Shea

    The United States has more tornadoes than any other country in the world, and Illinois is located in Tornado Alley, an area of considerable tornado outbursts. That makes NCHS students and staff even m

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  • Breakfast With Iron recognizes students

    Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By: Kevin Kitchell

    Every month, five teachers are selected to nominate students who, according to the NCHS web site, “have demonstrated Iron Spirit and Pride . . . These students were chosen because of their positive co

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  • Bar mitzvahsJewish teenagers undergo traditional rite of passage

    Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By: Cassie Schollmann

    Legally, 13 year olds are not allowed to drive, vote, or smoke cigars; however, at this age teens of the Jewish faith are considered adults with the help of a ceremony.

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  • ESL improves school life for foreign speakers

    Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By: Suzanne Pearson

    Copying notes from the overhead is time-consuming for any student, but imagine translating these notes into Japanese at the same time. A group of 40 NCHS students are among those who face the challeng

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At-a-glance
Physics class makes music
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By Rachel Paturi
Student Teacher Michael Turner, who is working with Mr. John Bergmann’s Physics classes, assigned students a hands-on assignment—making their own musical instruments.
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Jump start for summer job seekers
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By Kristin Gallaway
With Spring Break beginning in a matter of hours, the end of the school year is just around the corner. Students will be looking for a summer job soon and can benefit from expert advice for entering t
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The Van View: Sleepy students struggle to stay awake
The Van View: Sleepy students struggle to stay awake
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By Lindzi VanBrocklin
It's time to wake up already? You've got to be kidding me. Who invented the despicable hour of 5:30 a.m. anyway?
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Kicking and Screaming: Girls Soccer looks to get back to Sectionals
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By Mark Steadman
Varsity Girls’ Soccer begins play with confidence after a promising 2007 season.
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Administration cracks down on theft in P.E. locker rooms
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By Heather Huckstadt, Editor-in-chief
In the month of February, School Resource Officer Michael Dowd received about 15 theft reports. The vast majority of these thefts occurred in P.E. locker rooms.
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Hispanic celebration makes girls princess for a day
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By Heather Huckstadt, Editor-in-chief
Movies like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast have given young girls fantasies about being princesses for years. For many Hispanic girls, one of their first opportunities to feel like a princess occ
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IMC hours need to be extended
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By Inkspot Staff
Our IMC offers 48 computers, school resources, reading materials, and a comfortable, quiet place to work; thus, the IMC is vital to students’ productivity in school. With that in mind, keeping the li
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To stop violence, we need to pass tougher gun laws: Shootings at NIU, in Bloomington make it clear. . .
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By Jan Franke
The tragedy at NIU, the Riley Drive shooting in Bloomington in February that left two people dead, several school lockdowns in Central Illinois last fall, and the shooting at Virginia Tech. All of the
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Superstitions:: Unexplainable beliefs of our time
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By Lindsey Luttrell
Break a mirror and you’ll have seven years of bad luck, step on a crack and break your mother’s back, open an umbrella in the house and bad luck will rain on you; all of these are superstitions, but t
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ESL improves school life for foreign speakers
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 By Suzanne Pearson
Copying notes from the overhead is time-consuming for any student, but imagine translating these notes into Japanese at the same time. A group of 40 NCHS students are among those who face the challeng
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