Husky Hockey Rivalry

Sports

By Erich Elliot 

Husky Herald Reporter

   The Marysville, Port Huron Northern rivalry met at an all-time high this year. Going into the first game against the Vikings early in the season Northern was defeated 3-1.  It was an all-out tough game but the Vikings came on top with the win.

   During the middle of the season, the rivals met for a second time and came up with a tie. I spoke to one of the captains Justin VanBuskirk (14) and I asked him what his game plan is when they go up against the rival for a third time; the first round in the district playoffs.

    “I expect it to be a hard fought game on both sides, we have to come out on fire from the start and continue to play husky hockey.” Said VanBuskirk (14). The puck drop was scheduled to be at 8:15 Wednesday night.

    Six minutes into the game and Marysville puts one in the back of the net to start off a 1-0 lead against the huskies.  After one period of play the Vikings lead 1-0.  Three minutes into the second Brandon Shagnea (15) gets a one timer to tie things up. 

    Shortly after Bailey McVety (16) sets up Clay Wilson (15) for the second goal to put the huskies up by 1. Hunter Austin (15) found the back of the net twice that night; Nate Wilson (15) also contributed to the 5-1 win with two points.  Justin VanBuskirk (14), Jake Schott (15), Luke Scahill (15) all had an assist.  Trevor Mamps (14) the huskies goalie managed to stop 22 shots from going in.  All though Marysville out-shot the huskies by 14, we still managed to come away with the win.    
Northern plays Saturday at 2:00 the team they play is unannounced.  

Enjoying the Winter Olympics

Feature

By Jon May

Husky Herald Reporter

   Both the summer and winter Olympics are a time of year when it brings all nations of the world together. These series of Olympic sports do this by allowing the nations to compete for the bronze, silver and gold medals.

    Every 4 years there are a Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, but they alternate every 2 years. In the year 2014 the Winter Olympics also known as XXII Winter Olympic games were held in Sochi, Russia. In total there are 15 sports that are in the Winter Olympic Games.

   I was pondered with one question. “What is Port Huron Northern’s most watched Winter Olympic sport?”

I interviewed several people to answer this question.

   Joe Zappa (’15) said “I pretty much watch anything that’s on.” This is a general statement that  people responded with. However Joe (’15) also said “If I had to pick a favorite though, I would say Hockey because I love hockey”.

   I also interviewed some woman to find out their opinion on the Winter Olympic Games. Haley Siem (’14) said “I watch Hockey the most. I also really like to watch Freestyle Skiing; it’s cool to see all the jumps.”

   Megan Lynch (’14) answered my question by saying “I really only watch Hockey. Otherwise just what is on then Olympics”.  Some people enjoy watching everything but a few sports.

    Emily Gates (’14) watches almost everything except one sport. “The only thing I don’t really see people watching is curling.” “I really don’t like Figure Skating” said Siem (’14) “It doesn't entertain me; I usually change the channel when it’s on.”

   So what does the general opinion of Northern say about the Winter Olympics? That basically they all enjoy the Olympics.

   The Olympics has an astounding 15 sports, including  biathlon mixed relay, women's ski jumping, mixed-team figure skating, mixed-team luge, pipe skiing, ski and snowboard slope style, and snowboard parallel slalom.

   Now there is still one un-answered question “What is Port Huron Northern’s most watched Winter Olympic sport?” Based on the opinions given, the most watched Winter Olympic sport is Ice Hockey.

   Does this mean that the other Olympic sports aren’t just as equally watched?  No, it just means that amongst these people, Hockey happened to be the favorite

Snow Days: Why We Can’t Keep Skipping

Opinion

By Thomas Saura 

Husky Herald Reporter

   So it’s 5 o’ clock on a Monday morning, you’re just opening up your eyes, trying to freshen up your brain for the upcoming daily adversities. No one understands why you’re getting up--its negative 30 degrees outside with a 2-inch sheet of ice on the ground. Oh yeah, now you remember, it’s time for school.

   You have the same thought as everyone else on this treacherous morning of slipping and sliding: Why do we even have school? You think of all the accidents you’re seeing along Pine Grove as you grip the wheel tighter for safety.

   Let’s face it, the morning rush hour can be extremely hectic and tiring to begin with, add terrible road conditions and an angry teenager and you have a recipe for disaster.  With this winter being in the top three for most snowfall in Michigan history, the probability of an accident increases to an overwhelming amount.

   So why do our school district make us go? Why are our lives on the line every morning as we battle through these fierce storms that leave us at the fate of the road?

   Well, a lot of factors go into this, one of the largest being an issue of money.

Truck covered in snow, on a particularly bad day.
Photo By: Matt Fox

   The problem is we have a mandatory 180 days of school we have to attend. If we go past our allotted snow days, we have to make up the days somehow. One solution to this is adding extra days in June.

   Now this would be an effective solution if budgeting wasn't such a problem. For schools to add in extra days means a whole lot of extra money will have to be spent that wasn't originally planned, and as most of us know, this district is pretty tight on money.

   So why not just add an extra 30 minutes to the day? We could put in 5 minutes to each hour and it wouldn't even be noticeable!

   Well that’s where the problem lies; it wouldn't make a difference in each hour. That would just create an extra 5 minutes to line up at the door and mess around with friends, at the cost of having hundreds of students reschedule work and other extra-curricular activities that are affected by us getting out at 3 o’ clock instead of 2:20 pm.

   So the next time you go to complain about having to come into school on a shabby day, just remember you have a set amount of days you need to be at school. In the Port Huron Area School District there are two certainties in life: You will die, and you will go to school for 180 days.

               

Preparing for the ACT's

Feature

By Eric Land 

Husky Herald Reporter

    In any high school the ACTs are taken very seriously, and if the students are serious about going to college it is very important that they study a lot for the ACTs.  If students do not study, they will not be prepared and everything will be a mess when they sit down to take arguably the most important test of your life.

   A very enthusiastic student, Aislinn Hughes (‘15) says, “I need to listen in class every day that I am at school just so I can be prepared to do the reviews because I keep my reviews in class to study from.”

   When asking Hughes if she had any study tips she said, “I go through all of my reviews and when I see a question that I don’t know I put a star next to it. This easy little study tip allows me to review information I don’t know.”

   Hughes said, “One of the most important strategy tips I have learned to do when taking tests is taking notes on the test because those notes I take are usually questions that are asked in the test.”

   Most people when taking the ACTs have certain things they do to help them be more efficient and also more prepared.

   Danielle Tucker (‘15) said, “when studying for the ACTs I usually study more for the class that I am not well at so I do everything I can to help me prepare for my math portions.”

   I asked Tucker if she has done anything yet to help for the ACTs she said, “I have taken some prep classes before at the college before so I have a better idea on what to expect.”

   Most students have a different approach when taking the ACTs than when they take a normal test. Tucker said, “Well, whenever I am taking the reading section I try skimming through each reading section to get a basic summary on what was said.  I do this so I can conserve time and doing this allows me to when answering questions I can just remember where it was at.”

  
Check out Port Huron Northern teachers' motivational ACT/MME mash up song: 

    

How To Survive Bear Attacks

Humor

By Thomas Steinhauer 

Husky Herald Reporter

   

   Have you ever been in contact with a dangerous bear? Did not know how to react? Well, this article will tell you what to do.

   Bears will eat anything, even you, so you have to be prepared! Just follow these steps and you’ll be safe.

   Step one: Never carry raw meat in your pockets, make sure it’s cooked. For reasons unknown, raw meat will attract the bear in your neck of the woods.

Trinidad James

   Step two: If you encounter a bear make very sudden movements. Make eye contact and growl at the bear. Show teeth!

   Step three: Never sing Trinidad James aloud. Bears can hear that from a mile away.

   Trinidad and bears have a huge beef. All bears want to kill Trinidad.

   Now that you know the basics, it’s time to get into the advanced tactics of how to protect yourself from dangerous bears.

   All bears are dangerous but the two most dangerous bears are the Polar Bear and the Golden Grizzly.

   Grizzlies can live up to 25 years in the wild and get up to 1199.31 lbs. on average.

   Polar bears can get even bigger, up to 1500 lbs.! Also they can swim 6 mph. That’s crazy!

   So if you ever see a bear you can’t out run it. It will be able to out run and out swim you.

   Most of the bears in PHN are in and around the PAC, mostly in the wilderness where there aren’t too many people.

   Although due to overpopulation, bears have been getting closer and closer to people.

 Last week, a bear was seen in Mrs. Hohf’s classroom.

   Northern is a good place to see bears! But be sure to not get too close to one or they’ll get you!

  

'Ride Along' Review

Entertainment

By Michael Poirier 

Husky Herald Reporter

   There are a lot of great movies that have come out over the years, not only in my lifetime, but in many lifetimes. 

  It is so hard to pick the best movie because there are so many amazing ones. I do know one good movie though, and that is Ride Along.

   Ride Along is about this guy named Ben who is a school security guard. He wants to marry his girlfriend, Angel. In order to marry his girlfriend, he has to get her brother’s approval who really does not like him. His name is James and he is the top detective in the Atlanta Police Department, so to show that Ben is worthy enough to marry Angela, James takes Ben on a ride along.

   This movie came out on January 17, 2014. I went out and saw it a few weeks ago and thought it was a very good movie.

   It has a very nice mix between action and comedy. It is one of my favorite types of genres.

   The movie has a runtime of 99 minutes. The budget for the movie was $25,000,000 and as of February 14 the movie made a gross income of $166,133,000.

   I took a look at a few reviews on some websites. On IMBd they gave the movie 6.4 out of 10 which I think is pretty low but on rottentomatoes.com it went even lower and gave the movie 4.2 out of 10.

   Then, the rating even gets lower on rogerebert.com and they give the movie two stars out of five which is equivalent to 4 out of 10.

   In my opinion these ratings are ridiculous and you shouldn’t listen to them. I feel like if you want to go see a hilarious action movie then you should be in the movie theater right now watching Ride Along.

   No movie with Kevin Hart in it should get a rating below an eight because he is one of the funniest people I have ever seen on TV and really captures what comedy is. So personally I would give this movie an 8.3 out of 10 rating because it was very funny and it is a movie I would definitely go to watch again.

    

Sex, Money, Drugs (Or, what Valentine's Day is not about)

Feature

By Thomas Steinhauer 

Husky Herald Reporter

   SEX, MONEY, DRUGS!!!!! That’s not what Valentine’s Day is all about.

   This article will tell you about an average Valentine’s Day at PHN.

   So many different students do different things on Valentine’s Day at Port Huron Northern.

   When asked what she did on Valentine’s Day, Tori Fenner (‘15) said, “I usually go to a romantic dinner and movie with my friend who’s a girl. Then we watch sad movies and cry about not having boyfriends.”

   Zachary Ellis (’15) said, “I chill with my mom and do jigsaw puzzles.”

   There’s a variety of activities that students perform at PHN on Valentine’s Day, from hanging out with your boyfriend/girlfriend, to hanging out by yourself, to hanging out with your mom. The possibilities are endless.

   Port Huron Northern has an interesting variety of students who perform an interesting variety of activities. However, some students don’t even know when Valentine’s Day is.

   “I don’t really care for Valentine’s Day; it’s not that big of deal to me,” said Danielle Tucker (‘15).  By being ignorant, Tucker adds an interesting perspective to Port Huron Northern St. Valentine’s Day.

   There’s so many different ways that students at PHN celebrate Valentine’s Day. Another way the school itself helps out with the holiday is by selling candy grams.

   For one dollar, students can send a candy gram to their crush on Valentine’s Day and make his or her dreams come true.

   That can be very helpful, especially for kids who don’t want to spend a bunch of money on some girl such as Clinton Massey (‘15), who said, “I’m only ‘bout to spend like one dollar one my girl. She ain’t even that good.”

   Others aren’t as rude as Massey.

   “I’ll get my girl whatever she wants. I’d buy her one hundred candy grams if she want,” said Jordon Callahan (’15).

 No matter the methods, there are so many ways students at Port Huron Northern celebrate Valentine’s Day.  

Husky Heroes Lending a Helping Hand

Feature

By Lacey Harris

Husky Herald Reporter   

  Heroes in the Hallway, now also known as Heroes, is a new program at Port Huron Northern. Heroes, is a program that deals with bullying and doing different things to help out the community.

   Heroes recently decided to change the name because of a few reasons. “We are starting to do more stuff in the community and doing more fundraisers around the school because we wanted to expand into the community rather than just around the school,” said Kaylee Kerrigan (’15).

   “I feel like changing the name will give off a different vibe. Everyone is pro for ‘anti-bullying’ club. I feel like changing it gives off more positive than negative,” said Nicole Tucker (’15).

   “I think Heroes is opening up the discussion of bullying and acknowledging it exists still. It is great that kids are helping out other kids.” said Gail Markopoulos.

   Recently Heroes went into the ninth grade ELA classes and spoke with them about bullying and the effects it can have on people. They talked to them about the bully, the victim and the bystander.

   “Talking to the ninth graders went really good and they were really interested and respectful.” said Kerrigan.

   “Most of the kids participated in the activity we had for them and when we were all up in the front talking the ninth graders were all very respectful and listening to us. And they were actually interested in what we were saying, we had their attention pretty well.” said Tucker.

   After talking to the ninth graders Heroes had a couple of students go to their councilors and ask to sign up because they wanted to be a part of the program.  

   For now, Heroes are doing some work around the school and helping out with different things around the community.

   Heroes is coming together really well. We have got a lot accomplished and we have a lot of plans for the next couple of months.

   The meetings are once a week usually on Fridays. The members are always welcoming new people and encourage students to get involved with helping out in the school and community.