By Maria Morales Whether America is in favor of GOP Presidential candidate Don-ald Trump or not, Fort Worth’s Convention Center opened their doors to him on Friday, February 26, 2016. Trump was expected to have a campaign rally for the peo-ple of Texas. Trump is part of the Republican Party and has won 14 states so far since February. Some of North Side’s students went to the rally that day including Alexis Soto and George Blackwell. “I felt harassed because there wa s a lot of white people,” says Alexis. “Th ere was just a few Hispanics and a bunch of Trump supporters. Some starred and gave me this evil deep eye to eye look. I felt as if I didn’t belong there, and

I really didn’t want to be around those people when I walked in but I did want to hear what Trump was going to talk about.” Over 7,000 people came to the campaign rally. Trump spoke about Marco Rubio, another Re-publican running for president, im-migration and as well as terrorists. “Th ey all cheered for him and roared,” said Alexis. “It was like a zoo they all praised him even for the silliest things that he talked about. It was really crazy, I don’t get how people can praise a person like that.” Alexis doesn’t support Trump whatsoever. “Th ere are certain things that he wants to achieve if he be-comes president that I don’t really agree with,” says Alexis. “For exam-ple the Wall he wants to build. He

By Yarizeth Sanchez

North Side varsity mariachi stu-dents along with mariachi teacher Mr. Niño went to state regionals. Th ey performed with other schools in San Antonio, TX on Saturday March 12. Th ey received a division one superior rating. Th ey were one out of only two schools that re-ceived such a high score. “Th ere’s a lot more talent this year,” Mariachi teacher Niño said. “Th ere’s a lot of younger kids this year. Last year we had a lot of older kids.” For them to qualify to state they had to perform in a re-gional contest, then the judges have to certify them to advance to state based on their performance. For most of the competitions they go to, they have to fundraise, but because it’s a UIL event the district paid for it.

“Th is is the fi rst year that the UIL hosted the mariachi com-petition. It used to be the Mexican American School Members Asso-ciation, but this year UIL, so its an offi cial state event now,” Mr.Niño said. For some of the students this is going to be their last time going to state since they are grad-uating in June. “I think we’re going to do a great job,” Senior Brianna Rodri-guez said. “We have a lot of new people that this is their fi rst time going to state. Th ey might be kind of nervous but I still feel like we will do a great job. Th e best we’ve ever gotten was second place. We practice twice a week for an hour and a half and we have class every day.” Senior Yadira Triana knew they were going to place well.

Students attend Trump Rallywants to send illegals back to Mex-ico and I don’t agree with it.” While Alexis was at the rally, he said he remembered what he felt the most. “I remember all the hatred to us Hispanics being there,” said Alexis. “I also remember somebody not wanting to sell a shirt to my friend just because he was Asian.” George Blackwell, another student went to the rally. “I was kind of surprised on how many supporters Trump had,” says George. “Th ey were basically expressing what they believed in and I mean I respected their de-cision, I tried to stay quiet but it bothered me a little bit.” George is proud of the way he and other North Side students re-acted towards all the people who were against them.

“I don’t know if people were screaming or yelling at me be-cause I’m Mexican and black, or at my friends because they were Mex-ican,” George says. “Th ey probably did but I wasn’t paying attention, but if they did I mean why should that bother us? We’re proud of where we came from, we’re proud of our roots and we’re proud of who we are.” George doesn’t support Trump and thinks America needs somebody else to be president. “Trump does make some good points,” says George. “But when it comes down to immigra-tion, race or all of those things, I’m not for it. He is a business man and American needs a business man but not Trump. I believe we need a Re-publican in the offi ce so probably Ted Cruz.”

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March 28, 2016Volume 3

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Superior rating at inaugural UIL Mariachi

“We’ re having a lot of section-als with the violins and the voices and just practicing for our perfor-mance,” Yadira Triana said. “I’m re-

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ally excited.” Th e next competition coming up is here in Fort Worth on April 28.

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by Zorria Th ompson Running 26 miles without wa-ter is an impossible task, so that’s why North Side’s medical billing and coding class decided to pass out cups of water to the Cowtown runners on February 29, 2016. Mrs. Coddington took 14 students along with her to off er their help. Th e campus received an email to volunteer at the Cowtown Run. Th ey took the fi rst chance they got. People from all over the world traveled to Fort Worth to run in the marathon. “It was important to pass out water to the runners because they get dehydrated,” Mrs. Coddington said. “It was cold outside. We were all in jackets and sweaters, but for the runners, they were pouring down in sweat and burning up. Th ey would pour the water onto their heads to cool off .” Th e medical billing and coding

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class went to two locations to pass out water. Th e fi rst location was at fl uid station #3 on 701 Grand Ave. Th ey were there from 6:45-9 am. Th e second location was at the Child Study Center on 1300 W. Lancaster. Th ey were here from 10-11 am. “At fi rst it was boring,” student Melissa Abayerde said. “We were standing around waiting because obviously the runners hadn’t come by yet.” As soon as they came, a huge crowd was running. Th e students were scared as they gathered to-gether in a line, holding the cups of water out into their hands. “After a while, we were happy and cool because people were say-ing ‘Th ank you! Th ank you!’ after they got their drinks.” Melissa said. Mrs. Coddington and the stu-dents said they were surprised at how grateful the runners were. Many thanked the medical class

Medical students give water to Cowtown runners

Medical students passing out cups of water to marathon runners.

Hospitality & Culinary Students Off to State

for being there. “It was fun. We got to see the runners,” Melissa said. Th e runners were dressed in dif-ferent groups. Some people were wearing costumes like Wonder Woman, Batman, Th e Avengers, etc. Many of the female runners were dressed in very small shorts despite it being cold outside. “I was proud to volunteer,” Mrs. Coddington said. “I would like to do it again.” A couple of the students had on North Side gear. Most of the peo-ple at the Cowtown Run acknowl-edge the school based on the fact that they or their families might have went here. To have North Side be recognized by others left a good feeling for the volunteers. Mrs. Coddington and the stu-dents hope to volunteer again soon sometime in the future.

By Stephanie Sanchez North Sides FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) competed at the Regional Competition March 4-5 in Waco, TX. Th ere were six diff erent categories: Illustrated talk, Serving up success, Culinary arts, Mystery basket, Hospitality, Recreation, and Tourism and Say yes to FCS (Family and Consumer Sciences Education) that students competed in. Illustrated talk is a team event and they have to make an oral presentation about issues concern-ing Family and Consumer Scienc-es and/or related occupations. Th e students have to come up with a subject that relates to Family and Consumer Sciences. Th ey have to prepare a presentation and present it to the judges. "Th e students went out in the community to inform peo-ple about their subject so they can infl uence other families," Culinary teacher Marcum Tubbs said. "It takes lots of practice, rehearsing and redoing your presentation. Th ey practice their presentation and if we didn’t like it, then we would change the lines and add things here take things out. We present in front of other people and get their feed-back and work from there. It’s a lot of practice really. John Escamilla, David Pinales, and Gustavo Torres brought home 2nd place." Serving up success is an individual event where the students learn to become servers at a fi ne

dining level. It introduces the stu-dents to the food and beverage in-dustry. It has three parts: pre-event interview, restaurant serving simu-lation and a situation question. "Th e students had to go to a restaurant and work there to see what it's like in real life," Mr. Tubbs said. "Th ey follow the server around and interview the manager. Basical-ly their presentation is to do a mock service and they are pretending to serve customers and all they have is fake food. Th ey have to answer a situational card and do a small in-terview with the judges. We took the top three spots. Saul Rodriguez took 1st place, Marisa Espinoza in 2nd and Alfonso Gonzalez with 3rd place. Th ey practice once a week. We practice after school for a couple of hours and then outside of school they practice their lines." Culinary Arts is a compe-tition for the students who take the course. It's three students to a team and they need to work together to produce a quality meal using indus-trial culinary arts/food service tech-niques and equipment. "We have to make sure they know all the basic skills to go to competition," Culinary Teacher Kim Church said. "When they get there they are given a menu and no recipes. Th ey have to prepare a meal and have it done in 1 hour, which is really hard sometimes but we did wonderful this year. We took 6 teams from North Side and two of the teams made it to the top 6. Th ere were about 30 teams com-

peting and placed 1st and 3rd this year." Mystery basket is an in-dividual competition where kids are given a bag on their table that has mystery ingredients in it, they

pull it out and have to plan an en-trée with a starch and vegetable around the mystery ingredients. An individual competition gets the stu-dents worried about working with alone. "Th ey have no idea what it is, so they have to know how to cook anything and everything," Mrs.Church said. "Th ey also have 1 hour and then they show it to the judges. Th e judges rate them on how clean they kept their area, how organized they were and how regale their ideas were. Th ere were about 27 students competing and

this year we won 2nd and 4th place. We are proud of both juniors that placed. It is fun if you like to work with yourself." Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation is a team event where

the students have to create a proj-ect that relates to culinary, lodging, recreation, tourism, or event coor-dination. Th e students will research existing businesses which are simi-lar to their project, develop basic a business plan and client services in-formation and create a website that highlights the business. Th ey then give the judges an oral presentation about their project. "I had two groups this year," Culinary, Hospitality & Event Management Teacher Su-zanne Jenkins said. "One of my

groups did the recreation and they created a theme park. Th e oth-er group you can also do an event coordination and they created an event planning business. I had two groups that had three students in each group, so 6 kids total. Th ey spent weeks making a power point presentation and they also had to create a website so you can actually look up their websites online. Th en they had to practice an oral presen-tation using all that stuff that they made." Say Yes to FCS is an individual or team event allow-ing members the opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed in planning, organiz-ing, implementing and evaluating a marketing project related to Family and Consumer Sciences Education. Th is project focuses on what is in-volved in becoming an FCS Edu-cator, where to get certifi ed and ca-reer opportunities available to those that major in the fi eld. "We had a team, so there were two people on that team," Mrs. Jenkins said. "Th ey spent time after school. Th ey created a brochure on publisher about becoming a FCS teacher and they created a power point to go along with it. Th ey also had to do an oral presentation with everything they created." Five out of the six cate-gories placed for state. Th at means a total of 20 students from North Side High school will move onto the State competition April 7-9.

Students at the Regional Culinary Competition. Photo by Paul Philot

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By: Emyly Arguello Coach Brett Lane leads the golf team for the fi rst time this year. Th e team has only 10 players and all but one have no experience. “Th ey are improving each week,” Coach Lane said. “Th e girls have shot their score and improved each tournament.” It’s quite a challenge trying to do a hole-in-one. “I have not made any,” Sopho-more, Alexia Sanchez said. “But that is actually my goal by the time the season ends although I think I can accomplish it before then.” It can be frustrating for a begin-ner, especially when they have no clue about the sport. “It was hard,” Junior, Stephanie Sanchez said. “Because you have to be able to look at the ball, where do you want it, how high to swing, see how far you have to go, how to stand and how hard to hit the ball.” Learning to golf also teaches them something new. “Patience,” Coach Lane said. “At-tention to detail, and perseverance.”

Teeing Off for District

By: Maria Gomez North Side’s JV softball

team has been having quite the season this year. Th e new JV coach, Mrs. Galvan, joined North Side’s athletic staff this year and the team has been practicing for weeks since the season began in order to im-prove.

Many freshmen who have joined softball are beginning to feel the dedication one must put into not only practices, but every game as well.

“I got into Softball be-cause I wanted to start off high school being as involved as I was in middle school,” Freshman #18, Ana Gomez said. “I’ve always wanted to play softball- ever since I was in 8th grade.”

Getting used to playing a game like softball can be a tedious task, especially if a person is play-ing a high school sport for the fi rst time. Getting acclimated to a stu-dent-athlete schedule is no joke.

“I want to play this sport for the rest of my high school ca-reer. It helps me stay on top of my

Run hard, turn leftJV So� ball continues to hit home runs

grades and in shape as well,” Ana said.

So far, the North Side Steers softball teams have beat Castleberry by a score of 11-1, Ar-lington- Sam Houston, and West-ern Hills by a score of 11-6. Th ey have had losses against Haltom by a score of 16-2, lost to against Granbury by a score of 6-2, against A&M Consolidated by a score of 8-3, lost to Keller Central by a score of 9-1, lost to Mansfi eld by a score of 10-1, lost to Grapevine by a score of 11-0, lost to Rockwall-Heath by a score of 18-1. Th e softball teams practice every day after school in order to get better as a team.

“I want to play more games but the weather has been s u-per crazy lately which prevents us from doing a lot of stuff ,” sopho-more, #38, Julesia Salzido said.

Th ere are a total of 26 girls on the Junior Varsity team, and 13 on the Varsity Team this year.

Th e next game will be here at North Side High School against the JV South Hills softball team at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 1st.

Th e Varsity Softball team went to an invitation only tournament in Southlake February 26-28. Th ey com-peted with the best of the best teams playing 2 games each day. Th eir scores were: Haltom 12-6, A&M Con-solidated 8-3, Keller Central 9-1, Mansfi eld 10-1, Grape-vine 11-0, Rockwall-Health 18-1.

Varsity softball faces defeat at Southlake

At every course they try to hit the ball, at the most 7 times and at the end of the game they add up all their strokes. “Well it depends on the course,” Coach Lane said. “Th e goal and ul-timate goal, the magical number on the PGA TOUR is 59.” Of course, at every tournament everyone wants to win, but it’s all up to them on how hard they try. “It’s usually either by combined score for a team,” Coach Lane said, “Or as an individual medalist and their score.” Everyone starts at the same place. Th ey go from not knowing anything to being really good. Of course, there are some people that get the hang of it faster than others. “I would say my top players are Alexia Sanchez, Stephanie Sanchez and Claudia Osornia” coach Lane said. Th ey practice everyday after school at the Rockwood Golf Course, but only when the weather permits. Th ey hope of qualifying for district in April. Th ey practice 18 holes.

Below: Varsity softball team chanting before the game, “We got this ladies family. On 3; 1 2 3 FAMILY!”

Top: Gissel Ramirez is on alert for the next fl y ball. Photos by Anissa Rodriguez.

Left: “I said a HOMERUN!” Mia Rivera takes a swing.

by Anissa Rodriguez

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“Th e school lunch is disgust-ing,” Freshman Natalia Neva-rez says. “Th e appearance of the food is quite questionable at times, because most of the times it just looks like slop. Th e school lunch is not healthy by any means, listing the calories does not make it healthy. I feel that if most of the food wasn’t greasy and fried then it would be better.” It’s not the lunch ladies’ fault that some of the students feel that way about the school menu. Th ey only serve what they are told, considering that the menu comes from the Nutrition De-partment. Th e menus are re-peating every other week so the students who don’t bring lunch to school, are stuck with the same items for as long as they are at school. “Yes, I actually do mind,” Natalia said. “Like change it up because life is about taking chances. And we aren’t doing what life wants us to if we are doing the same thing every other week.” About 600 students eat in the caf-eteria every day. Th e chicken is the most popular item on the menu. Th e most healthy item on the menu is the vegetables and the most unhealthy is the bread according to cafeteria worker Maria; that’s might be why the chicken is so popular, seeing as the chicken comes with the bread. “My favorite meal would be the Chinese food or the buff alo chicken.” Natalia says. Some people think that students should be able to give out their ideas for the menu and have them taken into consideration, but, that just isn’t the case. “Th e students have to get their parents

together,” Maria said about menu complaints. “Th e FWISD district does not allow salad bars.” Parents would have to go down to the Nu-trition Department for any changes to hap-pen. “I think that a salad bar would be a good option for those who have allergies or they just don’t like somethings on a salad like most,” Natalia said. “So that way they can en-sure that there’s nothing on the salad that can

District Mandated Lunch MenuBy: Makylah Lockhart

Drill teams, PT teams, color guards, and JLAB teams from FWISD high schools will all suit up in their uniforms at Wilkerson Grienes Activity Center on March 26 for their yearly Cowtown drill meet. North Side high school is among them. Th e teams have been in training by doing drills day by day- whether it’s stomping the yard, left-and-right wheeling or simply raising a hand to answer questions to bring home that fi rst-place trophy all schools strive for. “Being able to compete in a drill meet is no walk in the park,” Edward Ahumada, Raider/PT team commander said. “I do both male color guard and PT team- the hardest thing for me for each is I tend to laugh while the instructors are inspect-ing me and the running portion kills me.” In addition, the PT team only takes 2-3 weeks at the most to prepare for a drill meet. Th ey (Raider) have also tri-umphed fi rst place overall at Benbrook battling against seven other schools and second place overall in San Anto-nio against 18.

“Th e new Raider/PT teams have a high standard to be able to keep up

with,” Major Raul Padilla said, “Consid-ering last years team came in only 1st place at competitions. Th ey have to know that North Side set the bar for all schools.” According to Fort Worth offi cials, North Sides Raider team is pronounced one of the toughest schools to beat in Fort Worth.

“Many hours of work, dedication and es-pecially no phones contribute to the tech-niques the color guard uses in order to place at the drill meets,” Sergeant David Naterra, JROTC instructor at North Side high school listed. “Th e color guard girls are a powerful group at competition. I care for them deeply.” Likewise, the award-winning female color guard has placed in every single drill meet they’ve performed being either 1st, 2nd, or (rarely) 3rd overall.

“I kind of just stay on top of them for ev-erything before competing,” First Sergeant Martin Velasquez said. “Th ey only look up to me for direction dealing with technical stuff like uniforms.” In addition, the unarmed drill team con-tains a little over fi fteen cadets; in the past years, there have been as little as fi ve cadets on the team. “I honestly think we’ll do amazing this coming drill meet,” Ahumada assured. “We’ve come a long way to bump North Side up the charts as top-three in FWISD in the past few years.” Also, the North Side instructors are all geared up for battle- from uniforms to time schedules to routines. Cadets performing are all studying their packets to excel at their yearly Cowtown drill meet.

MarchingInto Victory By: Sarah Garza

Saying no to drugsBy: Alessandra Ocura About 570,000 people die annually due to drug use. Th at’s about 440,000 from diseas-es related to tobacco, 85,000 due to alcohol, 20,000 due to illegal drugs, and 20,000 due to prescription drug abuse. “Drugs are retarted, so don’t get started,” said Nancy Hernandez. “Th at’s the silly say-ing my son’s say about drugs. It’s so funny hearing them say that on a serious topic.” Nancy was a nurse at Cook Children’s, she worked at the hospital for 4 years, and she’s seen a lot of cases of lung failure from smok-ing and liver damage from drinking. “Illegal drugs can damage the brain, heart, and other organs,” Nancy said. Th ere’s diff erent types of drugs that aff ect your brain and body, and not many people know that. Th e 5 diff erent types of drugs are 1. Depressants, 2. Hallucinogen, 3. Inhalant, 4. Narcotic and 5. Stimulants.

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an allergic reaction, and the other students can have the items that they are willing to eat on their salad and so they aren’t wasting food by throwing away the things that they don’t like.” For the students and parents that want to change the menu the nutrition department is located at 601 E. Northside Drive Fort Worth, TX 76164.

“By saying no to drugs, your life span will most likely be longer than most people who drink or do any drugs,” Nancy said. “Th at’s why most young adults say no to do-ing drugs, they know the facts.” Many parents want to teach their children to say no to drugs, and not go the wrong route while they’re still young. Th ey have a big fu-ture ahead of them. “Th ere’s diff erent ways to say no to any illegal drug,” says Nancy. “You can ig-nore the question and walk away or you can say no in a fi rm voice and hit them with a fact of what it might do to your body.” In 2014, a survey was done by a col-lege class about the future percentage of student’s in the 8th, 10th , and 12th grade

who will do drugs later on. About 11.7% of 8th graders will do end up doing drugs and so

will 35.1% of 12th graders. “Th ere’s many reasons some-

one would be interested in smoking or trying any il-

legal drug,” said Nancy. A person can be peer pressured into doing it or will want to impress their peers.” Many teens need to understand that if they are being peer pressured to do some-

thing they don’t want to do those “friends’ aren’t

really their friend. Young adults shouldn’t mess up

their healthy life just to prove to their friends how “cool” they are.

“Remember to say NO!!” says Nancy.

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At North Side High School the bells ring three minutes early everyday for every class. Th e reason is no one at North Side has the authority to fi x it because it is programed by the District. Because of this, the already shortened classes this year are even shorter. “In my opinion, I would prefer if they rang at the appropriate time,” Mr. Strange said. “As long as I know it’s going to ring consistently three minutes early I can plan it accordingly. I change my clocks in the room so it can match the bells. I don’t have enough time to teach. I

Bells off by 3 minutesBy: Janeth Gonzalez

do not like 40 minutes, I like the 50 minute classes last year, but I know that’s something that’s not going to change.” Not everyone is unhappy about the disap-pearance of class time. “My opinion on the bell ringing three min-utes early,” Lizbeth Suarez said, “I guess I’m happy because I don’t want to stay in school any longer. I feel like I have enough time in class to learn because I’m always fi nishing early.”

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Students have less time to eat and end up taking there lunch to their next class. “I did not notice that the bells rang early,” Anna Gonzales said, “but I like it. I mean you can leave school 3 minutes earlier. I feel like I do have enough time to work in class, because I’m guessing the teachers now know that the bell rings early so they try to teach before the time the class ends.” Students appreciate leaving school early to go home for jobs and relaxing.

Th e weather last year was the weather that everyone expects during a normal winter. Th ere was white snow everywhere, no school for the kids and just enjoying a nice cup of hot chocolate inside your warm house. All of that sounds lovely but that didn’t happen this year. Th e days of this February 2016 meant having summery weather and the kids play-ing outside. People here in Texas are used to snowy cold winters and sweaty hot summers, not being hot one day then the next cold.

“I assume this year we are not going to have any snow,” said Janeth Gonzalez. “I miss the cold weather because cold is better than hot. When it’s hot you start to sweat and it’s icky but when it’s cold you get to at least put on a sweater or blanket and it’s all good. With the temperature being high I doubt it’ll snow.” Th e fi rst few weeks of February 2015 had some lows at the beginning of the week but

Th e new outbreak of super lice has erupt-ed all over the United States but these lice are harder to get rid of and are more harmful than regular head lice. On August 19th the new outbreak was discovered in eight states Texas being one of them. According to NBC’s Today show, the su-per lice has now spread to twenty fi ve states in the United States in February. Th e main diff erence between head lice and super lice is that super lice are more immune to regular treatments to lice.Th ey often do not respond quickly to lice product or any treatments be-cause over time the lice have mutated and now they are immune to the products that people use. Children and teens all around the country are getting the lice outbreak from schools. Rosa Phillips the nurse here at North Side, cannot say how many students could actually have lice because she said the students feel

then by the middle of each week we dropped down to the 30’s. Th e temperatures quickly rose up to the 70’s by the end of the week. On the other hand, February 2016 meant start-ing the weeks with some high temperatures of 71 degrees then dropping to 54 degrees by the end of each week. “Th is inconstant weather makes me miss the snow,” said Jasmine Alvarez. “I enjoyed going out and being able to have a snow ball fi ght with my siblings. Now with this weath-er we go out and play soccer or go to the park and enjoy a nice ice cream from the ice cream man.” Th e weather kept dropping and then rising by the end of the week during the 2nd and 3rd weeks of February 2015. Feb.16th, ,22nd , 23rd and 25th we had some unexpected rain, but the day everybody was waiting for fi nally came: February 27th. Th at was the day it fi nal-

Let it snow!

embarrassed or ashamed they have lice. “I had lice around when I was in second grade and did not get rid of them until the fi fth grade,’’ said Aaliyah Sanchez, a student who attends JP Elder middle school. “I felt disgusted and embarrassed when I had lice.” Many people have tried methods such as combing the hair or use products but others use methods that kill off lice. “I had to use mouthwash and my sister used mustard,”Aaliyah said. Other people have tried to use other meth-ods to try to kill lice such as mayonnaise, olive oil and according to Sanchez, using mouth-wash and mustard are methods that people would use. Th e main reason anyone would use these home remedies is to make sure the lice cannot breathe then they’ll die off . Doctors suggest these home remedies should not be used but school nurses often tell students to use these remedies. Th e method that should be used is the lice killing soap and thoroughly combing the hair until the lice and the lice

ly snowed 2.5 inches. Many people from oth-er states know that Texas snows sometimes but they are surprised when it doesn’t during the winter. “Snow means a lot to me,” said Briannah Gonzales. “I am from New York and every year we get more than 2 feet of snow. When my family and I moved here in the summer we were happy because we wanted to have some hot weather and maybe some snow during the winter so we won’t miss the snow a lot. Now we see that it hasn’t snowed during this winter and we feel like we might move back to New York or to someplace that actu-ally snows.” Many people will miss the snowy days that Texas has had in the past years. Instead of having to play out in the hot sun we should go out and enjoy some cold snow. We should be able to enjoy a nice cup of hot chocolate.

By: Anna Gonzales

Outbreak of super liceBy: Robert Barrera eggs are completely off a person’s scalp.

“I was so uncomfortable when I heard about the super lice, and they are nasty and annoying,“ Aaliyah said. Many people are shocked about this new outbreak and everyone is taking the necessary precautions to prevent catching the super lice. People should clean their houses, not share any brushes or hats, keep their hair up and avoid hair contact with someone else’s hair.

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Students at North Side High School en-roll in rigorous courses to get college credit. Th ey do this so they can boost their GPAs and empower themselves at a challenging level. By doing this they are able to impress their selected universities. AP (Advance Placement) classes are college level courses designed to hand-hold students because the teachers are there to prepare them to take real college classes. In May, students take the AP test, an exam to determine whether they de-serve the college credit if they meet the qual-ifying scores. Dual Credit on the other hand is about boarding the bus and actually taking the real life college classes at Tarrant County College. Before they enroll in the classes, they must take the TSI (Texas Success Initiative) so that colleges can determine what level of coursework the student is most likely going to be placed. It is advisable for North Side students to enroll in the Dual Credit classes because if they plan to go to Texas state schools, they are

Dual Credit is a LifesaverBy: Federico Vasquez

able to save money by earning credit but only if they pass the class. Th ey are also capable of experiencing a genuine college atmosphere at TCC. Dual Credit classes are early college courses that are taken by some high school students. At North Side, they off er 8 courses: English 1301, 1302, 2301, and 2302, Phycology, So-ciology, Economics, and Government. If a student were to take these courses, free re-duced lunches will fund their books and tui-tion; it’s a promising blessing because college is expensive and it would be impossible for the student’s family to pay for everything. Parents won’t have to worry about the cost so long as the student makes sure they follow the instructor’s syllabus and grading policy. It’s extremely important for the student to know what the professor wants because this is real; they have to take the class seriously if they wish to earn college credit. Th at means they take the class, ace it, and they won’t have to take it again once they enroll at a uni-

versity. It can help students save money by spending less for college classes. Most public state schools such as UNT, UT Arlington, and Texas A&M will accept it. It can be a good experience because ambitious students can get an early experience in college; these classes will make them feel more comfortable so they are able to recognize the atmosphere clearly. AP classes are rigorous because they’re sup-posed to be taught at a quick pace. Th e stu-dents must keep up with the work: there are tests every week, projects done on weekends, textbook reading, and note-taking. Teachers expect the students to work so they can un-derstand the material comprehensibly. Th is puts them at an advantage to feel prepared to take the AP test and be college ready.Th ere’s no guarantee that the student receives college credit because it depends on how much eff ort the student is putting in, and it also depends on the specifi c university. According to the Texas Education Law, public schools take a

3, a 4, or a 5 as the qualifying score. Private universities, however, do whatever they want to evaluate scores. Varsity level classes, it’s doubtful whether they get a qualifying score in the AP exam. Th ey might get the score the university re-quested, but it really depends on how much they already learned in class. Dual Credit is indeed, a preferable choice because any-one who wants to apply for schools in Texas should defi nitely take the class. It stimulates self-confi dence in the college atmosphere once they take the course early and not feel intimidated before they attend a university. It also saves them money by earning early col-lege credit. So far there are six students right now, but the program will expand next year. Dual Credit can defi nitely infl uence the lives of students. Th ey shouldn’t miss this opportunity and they’ll be sorry if they miss out. So why not take early college classes and receive credit by passing the class? It’s worth saving money!

When North Side High School fi rst started the phone policy it was to just not have your phone during class. Now it has gotten to the point where you can’t even have it powered on with you. Faculty and staff do notice that when students are not on their phones, they concen-trate more, but that doesn’t mean the phone has to be completely shut off . We need a phone policy that is less strict. Life is unexpected. Anything could happen in the span of eight hours that we’re in school. Sometimes the only way our parent can reach us is through our phone. Sure, they could call the school, but in some circumstances that option won’t be available. What if a family member needs assistance and you’re the only person they could contact at that moment? Th erefore, your phone should be on, but with the cell-phone policy, its mandatory to have it shut off .

Phone PolicyBy: Yander Ortiz Another reason why the cellphone policy

should be made less strict because many have to call their

ride in order to get picked up

from school

and if they get

their phone taken up

for having it on, they’ll get

stranded. Th at situation would

leave him/her in danger because

they’re all alone at school with no ride

and no phone. Th ey could ask a stranger for

a ride but that’s even more dangerous.

People that enforce the strict policy should start

taking it more lightly and think about all that it causes

and the dangers it presents. Th e policy needs to change be-cause life is unexpected and could

put students in harm if we cannot have our phones out.

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It is another election year and it is up to the people (and Electoral College) to decide the next President of the United States of America. Will it be the ignorant billionaire entrepreneur Trump, will it be the suspicious Clinton, will it be the devote Christian Ted Cruz, or will it be the progressive socialist Bernie Sanders? Bernie Sanders is the best candidate for the job and middle class America’s best hope for a prosperous and successful future because he will protect and treat people equally and fairly. Senator Sanders is the most progressive candidate that is running for President. Pro-gressivism is defi ned as a problem solving method and progressives are those who iden-tify what they perceive as a problem and work to a solution. Th e Meat Inspection Act, and the Pure Food & Drug Act was a progressive reform that helped the American people stay informed on whether the food, drugs, or any other product was safe for them. Progressive laws like these help keep the American peo-ple safe, including North Side. Imagine not being able to tell if the food that your sister, your brother, your mother, or your grand-mother eats is safe. Bernie Sanders wants to implement problem solving laws like this to keep us safe. Senator Sanders is also for the fair and equal treatment of all people from African Americans to the LGBT community. Even before Bernie Sanders’ political career started, he was fi ghting against racism. In his fi rst year

at the University of Chicago, Bernie Sanders and other members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organized a 15 day sit-in after learning that an apartment complex that was owned by the university refused to rent to black students. During his fi rst term as may-or of Burlington in Vermont, Bernie Sanders supported the city’s fi rst Pride Parade and later signed a city ordinance banning housing discrimination of any kind. Bernie Sanders also marched when Martin Luther King gave his “I Have A Dream” speech. Th e North Side community consist mainly of minorities from Hispanics to African Americans and even those who are part of the LGBT communi-ty. With Bernie Sanders as President, he will give people like us equal opportunity as the rest of America. He will create a more dis-tinct separation of Church and State where people’s own religious views do not aff ect the laws that all Americans have to follow and he will prevent any and all kinds of discrimi-nation that still exist today and in the future. Another issue Bernie Sanders will address is the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs in America. Last year, nearly one in fi ve Americans from age 19 to 64 did not get their prescription drugs because they could not aff ord it. 65 million people were not able to aff ord their medicine despite living in the richest country in history. American’s pay about 40% more on prescription drugs than Canadians and Senator Sanders believes that our neighbors to the north should not have lower prices just because many congressmen and women have been essentially bought to

stay away from big pharmaceutical compa-nies, according to Bernie’s campaign website. Bernie Sanders plans on making it possible to import safe and aff ordable drugs from Canada, require pricing and cost transparen-cy which would essentially force major phar-maceutical companies to justify their pricing of prescription drugs, and make it illegal for brand name drug makers to pay generic drug makers to keep their cheaper drug off the market. Family is a very important part in the lives of many North Side students and the North Side community, imagine seeing your loved one suff ering and even dying because they could not aff ord their medicine. Bernie Sanders would make that scenario very un-likely with the ideas he is proposing and that will benefi t all American people. Some teachers and students are a little con-cerned about Bernie’s true intentions. “He seems too good to be true,” two North Side teachers claimed. Th is further proves that the American citizens, even those in North Side High School, are fed up with “the establish-ment” and fear that a politician that claims to do right by the American people may have alternative motives. However, Bernie Sanders was a part of the Senate and his voting record shows that he is and always has been for the American people. Th e American people have been craving change in the American system from pol-itics to economics, which is why candidates like Donald Trump seem so appealing. It is important that we change the way America works but it must be done in a sensible and

benefi cial way to all people. Donald Trump stands for ignorance and hate so much that he appeals to hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Th e former Grand Wizard, David Duke, even went as far as going on radio and telling citizens to join Trump’s campaign be-cause they will “meet people who are going to have the same kind of mindset that you have.” Candidates like Trump want changes that benefi t themselves and it is important for the American people to recognize that. Other candidates, like Hillary Clinton, are surrounded by scandals. Th e Former Secre-tary of State was partially responsible for the Benghazi incident where on September 11, 2012 attacks were made on the U.S. diplo-matic mission is Benghazi, Libya killing 4 Americans including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. Th e main reason some people are against Clinton on the Benghazi incident because the security that worked in the Em-bassy repeatedly requested additional forces but were denied and they were also denied reinforcements during the attacks. Clinton also was criticized for using a private email account to run offi cial business and pass on classifi ed information that was thought to put the country’s entire national security in jeopardy. Th e decision should be easy for an Amer-ican to decide. Bernie Sanders has the prov-en track record to show that he supports all people in America, including the minorities. Bernie Sanders stands for change and equal-ity and people from all demographics will make the right choice and vote for him.

Many people complain about Fort Worth being “lame”. A lot of people say there is nothing to do in Fort Worth and that it gets boring very quickly. Well there are many things to do weather you have money or you’re broke. People who refer to Fort Worth as “lame” are wrong. Th ere are many places you can go weather you’re a visitor or a resi-dent of Fort Worth. Th e Stockyards is one of the most com-mon places to go and is a good place to go to with friends and/or family to eat or simply just walk around. If you’re in Fort Worth and looking forward to spending some money there is whole bunch of things you can do. If your budget is looking good than you can go have a good dinner in downtown at Texas de Brazil featuring an all you

Does North Side ‘Feel Th e Bern’?

Fort Worth is not ‘lame’By: Jesus Sigala

By: Chris Gomes

can eat grilled meat, carved tableside & a salad bar. It’ll cost you some money but it’ll be worth it. After dinner you can let your food digest at Main Event entertainment where there is bowling, laser tag and arcade.Th is is a place where you can go with family or with friends. Th is will run you down some money, but you’ll have a blast. On the other hand, if your budget is low there are still some fun things to do. For example, if you’re going out with your girlfriend or boyfriend take them out for some ice cream then take them to the Water Gardens in downtown. It’ll only cost you about ten dollars. On a day when you’re with a friend or family member and don’t know what to do, you can also go to the Coyote Drive-In movies located by downtown. It’s only

fi ve dollars for each person and you get to watch two movies. Th e movies are cheap but the food there can run you some money. Instead of buying food there, go to Little Cesar’s and buy a box of pizza and some drinks. Th at will only cost you about 10 dollars. Th ese are some things you can do on a regu-lar day that you’re bored and don’t have much money. Now there is no reason for you not to go out and explore Fort Worth. Th ese are only some tips to get you started, but there are many more places to go. Next time a friend or a family member comes over take them to the Bowling Alley, the Stockyards, or the Water Gar-dens. Th ey will have fun for sure and will not refer to Fort Worth as a “lame” city.

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“Back when I was in the army,” Arturo Velasquez said “they would force people to join and if they didn’t do well, they were thrown into prison where they

would stay for 2 years and were forced to join back into

the army.” Although Arturo Velasquez was

drafted into the army, he is proud to have served for the United

States. When Arturo was in the army, he would repair radars for helicopters and rocket launchers as well, which makes him a great addition to the museum due to his experience. “Th is museum was fi rst founded in November 19, 1915,” Arturo says. “It was fi rst named as Th e Veterans Memorial Air Park but later renamed as the Fort Worth Aviation Museum.” Al-though some jets seem to be beat up and dented, they were once one of the best aircrafts in their prime. “Th e fastest jet in the museum is the F-111E Aardvark 68-0009, which fl ies at a maximum speed of 1,453 miles per hour,” Arturo says. “Al-though we do have the aircraft here, it is

Army Veteran guides tour in Aviation Museum

By Miguel Mena under construction there-fore it is not on display.” Al-though the aircrafts are simply parked around the fi eld, a lot of work goes into each one to make it pre-sentable for the public. “As you can see over there, our painter is painting a piece for one of the airplanes we have stored that will be on display in the near future,” Arturo says. “We have about 20 aircrafts in our display at the time.” A jet that is in the museum means a lot to the people who run the museum since it has a pop-ular background behind it. “Out here in the fi eld, we have a specifi c jet called the F-5E Tiger II which is the same mod-el jet used in the tom cruise movie Top Gun,” Arturo says. “I don’t know if you have seen this movie but if you watch it, you may recognize the jet you see out there.” Everyone can visit the museum located at Long Avenue on Wednesdays from 9AM-4PM, Saturdays from 9AM-5PM, and Sundays from 11AM-5PM. Be sure to ask for Arturo Velasquez to get a private tour around the museum and learn about his experience with aircrafts.

Internal view of passenger-side cockpit of helicopter by the name of “CH-53 Sea Stallion.”

TF-102A Delta Dagger “Huey”F-4C Phantom II

F-5E Tiger II is the same Model jet used in the Tom Cruise movie “Top

Gun”.