The AviATorNovember 2009 FREE

Hutchison High School3750 Geist Road

Fairbanks, AK 99709

Former Hutchison High School assistant boys varsity basketball coach Jonathan Andrews is stepping up to take the head spot vacated by Dave Thompson for this upcoming varsity season. Thompson left the Hawks last

Hutch scores new coach

Security cameras fixed on students

News

• James T. Hutchison leaves a legacy along with a school•Meet Teacher of the Month Amy Brown, who is more than a math teacher

• Fall sports wrap-up•Winter sports introduction•Photos from fall sports

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By ELI MAYNE summer to coach the women’s basketball team at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. After being crowned 3A state champions last year, expectations are high and Andrews is planning on shooting for a repeat. “Every team’s goal is to win state, though it is difficult,” said Andrews. He is focused on beating Hutch’s 3A town rivals in the Aurora Conference: Eielson and Monroe. Last year’s strength, according

to Andrews, was the ability of the players to buy into the program. The open gyms and team camps kick-started the team, with aid from a good junior varsity and swing system, the idea of swinging junior varsity players up to varsity. Part of last year’s team being lost was six seniors. The seniors last year brought lots of height to the team, which will still be on the team this year along with two returning All-Conference players. The

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• “Wild Things” movie review • “Chelsea’s Chuckles” comics by Chelsea Roehl

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• Ava Goepfert talks about Hutchison teachers• Adviser Kevin Coughlin discusses the birth of a new newspaper

By SKYLER EVANSAs students and staff have

noticed over the past few weeks, security cameras have been pop-ping up all over Hutchison High School. The ceiling cameras are being put up along most of the hallways in the school, as well as around the outside, and are aimed at fixing some security issues in Hutchison.

The main reason the cameras

are being installed, according to Principal Jeanette Hayden, isn’t for high school students. Because Hutchison shares areas with Tanana Valley Campus courses, there are a number of university students in the school, especially after high school hours. These areas are unsuper-vised during these times, and the cameras are meant to keep an eye on the school around the clock.

“It’s not to spy on the kids. It’s for the security of the building,” Hayden said.

Part of the issue stems from the large amount of expensive equipment in Hutchison. As a technological school, the equip-ment is an integral part of the education, which the school can’t afford to lose.

There have been issues with theft in the school, especially after high school has let out.

The list of incidents includes

multiple Hutchison school lap-

tops, along with a break in at the

wood sheds at the back of the

school property. Students from

previous years might even notice

that the space where the cameras

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Students going down the junior hallway are watched by cameras staged strategically throughout the school. There will be 31 total cameras, 21 inside and 10 outside of the school, when installation is complete.

core group from state last year is expected to be a big part of the team’s success this year. Andrews likes the head coaching spot, because of the greater level of involvement inside Hutch. He is able to be around the school more often and be involved with the students at HHS, not just the players. Andrews said he “likes having a lot of responsibility” in his new spot as head coach.

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The pillar centered in the entryway of the school houses a school map, spirit posters, and a plaque dedicated to James T. Hutchison. Students pass his picture every day, perhaps giving it a fleeting glance, or a quick moment of their time. But, “Hutch” gave more to Fairbanks than a name for a high school and a plaque on a pillar. He revolutionized the aviation industry. The aviation business became a part of Hutchison’s life when he began working on Arctic explorer Sir Hubert Wilkin’s Fokker airplane in 1924. At the time, Hutchison had been working at Samson Hardware for three years. After repairing Wilkin’s plane with machinist Ed Ross, Noel Wien asked Hutchison to help repair his airplane as well. By 1929, Hutch became fully immersed in aviation mechanics by accepting a job at Ben Eielson’s Alaska Airways. Hutchison became “somewhat legendary,” said his grandson Garry Hutchison, a two-term Fairbanks Northstar Borough Assembly member, when his grandfather attempted to rescue Eielson from Siberia in January 1930. Eielson had flown over to Siberia to rescue passengers from a freight ship locked in ice on the Siberian coast. In January, pilot T.M. Reid, Hutchison and fellow mechanic William Hughes attempted to fly to Siberia to help in the search effort and repair an airplane. As the men neared Unalakleet during a blizzard, they crash landed in 40 feet of snow, losing five feet of the airplane’s wing in the process. For two days the men battled the weather and struggled to assess the damage. After

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A James Hutchison portrait is displayed in the breezeway at Hutch.realizing that the airplane housed inadequate supplies to replace five feet of airplane wing, Hutchison and Hughes took apart the four gas cases that carried what little repair supplies they had. Hutchison and Hughes layered the structure of the cases over willow branches to create a wing then nailed it all together with the nails salvaged from the gas cases. The end product was held together with what little airplane dope —a lacquer which stiffens the structure of the wing —they had. Hutchison recalled in a 1985 interview with Bill Schneider that “it flopped a little bit.” The “floppy” wing was enough to get the men safely to

Nome to finish the repairs. The team was too late to accomplish their repair job, but their story made the New York Times, and started Hutchison’s repertoire of astounding repair jobs. He later repaired Wiley Post’s “Winnie Mae” as Post went on the first solo flight around the world. His work was finished in time for Post to complete his flight. This cemented his reputation as an accomplished airplane mechanic. Throughout his aviation career, Hutchison experienced many changes. He saw the transition from wooden planes to carbon steel-tubing, from fabric wings, to metal. Throughout Alaska, he

was known for his attention to detail and his ability to get any job done. He won the “Mechanic of the Year” award from the Federal Aviation Agency in 1972 for changing the design of a nose wheel steering mechanism. In September 1973, Hutchison High School was dedicated to him. All eight of his children and 26 of his grandchildren attended the dedication Hutchison was born in 1900. He came to Alaska with the Army in August 1919, after World War I. After spending time in Haines, he married his wife in Valdez in April 1921, and moved to Fairbanks after being discharged from the Army

in 1922. Although Hutchison enjoyed repairing airplanes, he never became a pilot. In the 1985 interview, he mentioned that Ralph Wien started to teach him how to fly. “I flew about 45 minutes with him, and I was doing pretty good. In those days, if you could land and take off, you were a pilot,” he said. With this 45-minute flight, and a half a century of aviation mechanics, Hutchison flew and solidly landed in Alaskan history books. He died on September 3, 1996, at the age of 95.

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Things add up in Brown’s career By BROOKLYN PHILLIPS One look in Amy Brown’s classroom and any student will realize that this isn’t the average teacher. With a water cooler, a pencil dispenser, brightly colored posters, and red and blue yoga balls scattered across the room, students would most likely be confused. But those that know Brown think this isn’t very confusing at all. Brown is known for her unique teaching styles. For example she has yoga balls for chairs in her classroom. Brandy Reeves, a S.P.E.D. teacher at Hutchison High School and assistant in Brown’s room, went to her and suggested using them. Sometimes described as udders because of the odd looking legs at the bottom, the balls were incorporated into the classroom because many students need to be active during the learning process. “All brains function differently, but they are similar. You need brain and body breaks,” said Brown. Even with the different ideas and teaching styles, Brown still said, “I’m not that different from other teachers, the only thing that really separates us are the walls between us and the subjects we teach.” In breaking down those walls, Brown has not only figured out new ideas to teach, but also ways to work cohesively together in the classroom. She’s always trying to split the work evenly. “She isn’t afraid to share her class,” said Reeves, “Its cooperative teaching.” Brown said her favorite subject to teach is Algebra I, primarily because she likes to watch the ninth graders morph into “mostly functional adults.” She said that she enjoys seeing kids get enthusiastic about learning.

Math teacher Amy Brown makes soup as a fund-raiser for Acadeca in her classroom.

“I just love to watch the light come on.” Brown also coaches Hutch’s Academic Decathlon team. She has coached Acadeca in two different villages in rural Alaska, one year in Gambell and seven in Chevak. “You think it isn’t a big deal. It is not just some academic thing, (but) it can change your life,” said Kaleb Daugherty about being on the Acadeca team, “Ms. Brown is fun, not very serious. She can crack jokes and all that. If the matter is pressing she can be serious, but she is usually easygoing.” Brown has wanted to be a teacher since a young age. She talked about being a young girl

with different dreams than the other kids. “I’ve just always wanted to teach and learn, ever since kindergarten,” Brown said. “Some kids come out of kindergarten wanting to be ballerinas or astronauts; I wanted to be a teacher. Well actually, that was my dream second to being a giraffe.” In her passion for teaching and learning, Brown also feels strongly about her relationship with her students. She wants everyone in her class to feel as if they were the favorite. One day her son Kieran came home and said, “I’m the favorite,” when talking about his teacher. “I smugly smiled and thought,

‘that’s so cool,’” said Brown. Brown said that being a mom has affected the way she teaches. She said that having her son Kieran and daughter Ceili has given her more realistic views; she says she knows how hard after school can be, and just how important it is to check backpacks. She said she now knows where certain behaviors come from, and instead of reacting, she can resolve the problem. She also said that having an autistic son has helped her because she can work well with special needs students. “You can always catch me talking about my kids. Little kids make people laugh, it’s a great icebreaker. Having them is

almost empowering.” Brown has a bachelor’s degree in math and her master’s in math education. She got her bachelors at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, and her masters at the University of Missouri at Columbia. She said she never wanted to be overly educated though; she would never want to be pulled out of the classroom. Brown has always been involved at Hutchison, she was hired three weeks before it opened. She says she has no intention of working anywhere else, “I can’t imagine life without teenagers mucking it up.”

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sporTsWrestlers hope to pin down victories Wrestling Coach Jeff Sagers is shooting for the top 10 this upcoming season in the Regional Tournament in a new conference combining the Denali and Katchemak conferences. There will be over 40 teams when the two conferences join together. After losing some close matches in the 3rd period and overtime last year, Sagers would like the team to improve on finishing their matches. “Many times last year we had the lead and would let it slip away in the end,” said Sagers. “The boys are more experienced so we have to eliminate those kinds of basic errors and win those close matches.” Sagers is focusing more on conditioning this upcoming season in hopes of reducing the season-ending injuries that happened last year. He will also push the kids harder and make them more competitive.

“I think the team’s strength this year is going to be their willingness to learn from their mistakes and improve each match and competition,” said Sagers. He hopes for the team to improve after each match or competition. “The wrestlers coming back from last year are looking good for early in the season and will continue to improve,” said Sagers. Junior David Scerback, a captain, is expected by Sagers to lead the team. “David is an excellent wrestler and I believe that he has a good chance to go all the way and bring home a State Title at either 125 or 130 pounds this year,” said Sagers. Sagers also has high hopes for Corey Upton, who he is looking to as a strong leader. The ACS tournament is on Sagers’ mind this season, the largest 3A tourney of the season. The ACS tournament can have great impact on who a team faces for State.

Wrestlers Billy Kozevnikoff and Clay Easterling and Joe Heath, an assistant coach, work on pins during an afternoon practice.

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Thompson adjusting to coaching college team Former Hutchison boys basket-ball coach Dave Thompson is now the head coach of the UAF women’s team. The spot became open for him when former coach Darryl Smith left to the states. After leaving Hutch Thompson said he would miss the support from the administration, along with the players and environ-ment of the school. Seeing most of the players finish through their senior year was one thing Thompson regrets not being able to do. “I would love to be at senior night,” said Thompson, who is excited to see seniors Kevin Rima and Keenan Mays play

their last game at home. “We all wanted to do what we had to do to win state.” According to Thompson, the players were committed to the team above themselves and they all did what they could for the program. Thompson said not winning one game in the team’s inaugural season in 2004 to becoming 3A state champions was symbolic of the program and how far it had come. “We never wanted to be judged on wins and losses,” said Thompson. “The program was the most important.” With the loss of six seniors from the team, Thompson said it will

be “an opportunity for younger guys to show what they can do. The sophomores and the juniors were pushing behind the seniors last year.” Two of those seniors, Cole Daniel and Ben Snow, are now playing for the basketball team at UAF. Thompson was contacted at the end of June about coaching the Lady Nanooks and was hired immediately. Joining the team in the middle of recruiting was a challenge for Thompson, but he quickly absorbed into the university surroundings. “It’s a great opportunity,” said Thompson about the UAF

coaching spot. “There’s a lot more with coaching and it’s all year-round.” Winning state with the Hawks helped Thompson become more visible to the athletics depart-ment at the university. When comparing the differ-ences in coaching high school to college, Thompson said the main distinction was that coaching college basketball is a year-long job. According to Thompson, “The athletes train all year around and some do cross training with other sports. In the off-season we have 20 hours of practice time a week.” Since the Lady Nanooks

haven’t played a game yet, Thompson hasn’t completely been involved into the coaching system, but will be soon when the season starts. “There are advantages to coaching both high school and college,” said Thompson, who could not decide which one he favored. “I think Coach Andrews will do a great job this year,” said Thompson. “There was nine years of coaching in between us and he’s been doing a good job developing the program.” Thompson believes the Hawks will do well, and haven’t lost their chance for a repeat.

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Thompson adjusting to coaching college teamthe Hawks could fight with the Ravens, but the Hawks ended up with a tough 14-11 loss in 5 games.

CROSS COUNTRY At press time the Hawks cross country team is not far from going to State as a team and Coach Martin is confident that the team will be able to do so. “State is a whole new ball game,” said Martin, senior David Spindler and junior Zach Jacobson are the two players she’s expecting to perform at state. They both had the fastest

Volleyball highlighted fall season At press time, the volleyball team was coming off a tough loss against Monroe and looking forward to the Regional Tournament. Head Coach Linda Bode stated the girls’ “coachability” made the team strong. Their drive to change their technique and attitude along with good defense gave the team its strength, according to Bode. Bode felt privileged to coach these young women and said, “Not only are they good athletes, they are scholars as well.” Confidence and improvement made the group very fun to be around for Bode and she loved what she saw in the team this year. Volleyball is a team sport and in Bode’s mind no player really “stood out” among the rest, with a lot of the players struggling. Senior Veronica Swaim’s setting and hitting abilities along with her consistency helped the team out this season. Senior Ava Goepfert’s positive attitude and ability to be a role model for young players brought a good sense of morality. Seniors Goepfert and Swaim, along with junior Hannah Soland, stepped up and lead the team. Hutch’s score over Galena was important, but Bode says the Monroe match helped the team turn a corner. “We played great ball and really made a statement” said Bode, “We didn’t win but we played well and it helped the team’s confidence.” Since that match the Hawks have a better and more confident attitude towards playing. According to Bode, Hutchison’s biggest threat was Eielson, who ended up beating the Hawks in five sets. When it entered the fifth set, Bode knew

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practice runs on the team, Jacobson with a time of 19:58 minutes and Spindler at 20:10 minutes. Martin said Zach ran a

very good race and has a chance to place in Regionals. According to Martin, last year’s stand-out player was Spindler

because of his improvement over the last four years. “David needed to work hard to make it to state,” said Martin, “and that’s exactly what he did.” Martin said the team still needs to work on its strengths, especially teamwork. “We tend not to work as a team” said Martin about the aspects of the cross country team. The most important win for the Hawks came in Regionals, which to Martin “is always the most important race for us. If the practices are good and the meets are run right, you should be at your peak by Regionals.”

Coach Linda Bode motivates the Hutch volleyball team

Hutch’s cross country team at a meet in Salcha

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“Where the Wild Things Are” is a well played and well thought-out movie about a boy named Max. Max, played by Max Records, was a trouble-some boy who only wanted to be heard. Records did a charm-ing interpretation of the little boy who went to a far away land to find monsters. He was a very lovable character that takes the viewers by the heart. The movie did follow the book rather closely which is always a concern when creating a movie

based off a book. There were some added parts because of the length of the book. For example, the way Max goes to “Where the Wild Things Are”. In the book it is in his imagination and Max’s room dissolves to reveal a forest. However in the movie Max runs away to a forest where he finds a boat which takes him to the lovable characters of the monsters. The book “Where the wild things are” was a short chil-dren’s book written by Maurice Sendak and was published in 1963 by HarperCollins, the book

is about a young boy who has trouble obeying and following the rules. The movie followed the same plotline as the book to where the boy is troubled so he makes monsters and controls them, then he calms down and he goes back home. The other twists and turns are just extra to have the viewers entertained and focused on the movie, and it did entertain. Though this movie was good, it may not have been suitable for those younger viewers. It had some parts that may have seemed scary or confusing to

Children’s book, grown-up movieBy RACHELLE PIKE

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kids ranging in ages from two to three. The scariest part of the film may be the climax when Carol, voiced by James Gan-dolfini, gets angry and blames events on Max and starts to chase the little boy through the forest. Carol shows big teeth, makes loud noises, and appears suddenly in some places. It may not have been written to scare small children, but that is the way it comes off. Carol is a loveable charac-ter but when he gets angry he breaks things and causes

a ruckus. Kids might become scared by his forward nature. Though this is a children’s book it is an adult movie. It was entertaining and though some parts were different from the book, it is a movie from Hol-lywood and they have their own way of interpreting the book. Where the wild things are is a very good movie and is enjoy-able to watch for adults. It was slightly disappointing that it was more of an adult and teen movie, rather than a children’s movie like the book wanted it to be.

Draw your OwnCalling all students, calling all students. The Aviator needs your help. We need artists to draw cartoons and comics for the paper. Please read the following information: • Due the third week of November • Please submit outside Mr. Coughlin’s room, 122, in the box • This is a school, so make them school appropriate.

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For those of us who have weathered secondary edu-cation for years now, we know that there are teach-ers who are considered “good” as well as “bad”. The “good” teachers engage students, become their role models, and in-vite them to learn without being boring. The teachers who are often considered “bad” live by their text-books, are constantly com-plained about by students, and leave them with little knowledge except how to skillfully text under desk-tops. However, teachers at Hutchison High School do not fit the mold of typical teachers, whether good or bad. The knowledge these teachers bring to the table is in-depth and extremely broad.

If students took a chance to get to know their teach-ers instead of working their thumbs on cell phone keyboards or “resting their heads” on their arms, they would learn so much more than what year the French Revolution started and how to write a thesis statement. In addition, students need to learn when to complain, and when to let grades be grades. For instance, if your teacher gives you a “C” on one paper, it does not mean they hate you, and will never give you a decent grade on a paper ever again. It simply means you must work harder, listen more intently, and ask questions. Do not let one bad experience, paper, or test ruin your idea of a teacher. This can prevent you from listening and learning from that teacher

the rest of the year. At Hutchison, we are for-tunate to have a fantastic teaching staff. All of them have outside experience in their field or profession. They have stories, adven-tures, and life lessons to tell that have nothing and everything to do with high school. When thinking back to the teachers I had in middle and high schools and comparing them to the Hutchison teachers I have had the past two years, the difference is dramatic. Not only are Hutchison teach-ers special because they are at a career school like ours, but they are special in the types of classes they can teach, and the skills and abilities they have gathered throughout the years. Tim Muphrey, for exam-

ple, is not only an English major, but was a dental assistant and built a mo-torcycle. Several of our teachers are mechanics, including Mark Oppe and Amy Scott. Dan Domke, our assistant principal, is an airplane pilot. These are only a few examples of the diversity of our staff members. If students took the time to listen to their teach-ers talk, and soak up their knowledge, Hutchison graduates would be so much more than people with a high school di-ploma and the beginning of a career. They would be students with knowledge that cannot be taught with a textbook, or through the Internet. They would hold the knowledge of life, and that lesson holds no price.

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Brilliant minds of Hutchison High Gotta Gripe?

Write a letter to the editor. Here’s the info:

•Write about the paper or the Hutch community •Please submit by the third week of November •Submit outside Mr. Coughlin’s room in the box placed by the door.

Aviator StaffAva Goepfert

Managing Editor, Reporter, Page Layout

Chelsea VillalvaBusiness Manager, Page Layout

Emily AhernBusiness Editor, Page Layout

Brooklyn PhillipsReporter, Page Layout

Skyler Evans Reporter, Copy Editor, Page Layout

Rachelle PikeReporter, Reviews, Page Layout

Eli MayneSports Reporter

Bryan Hume

Hutchison High School has a lot to be proud of and we hope The Aviator is someday added to that list. “We” are Hutch’s first print journalism class, and The Aviator is Hutch’s first-ever newspaper.

What you are reading is our first effort, an eight-page tabloid produced by a class of eight bright, hardworking students. We hope you like it.

Obviously, as the adviser, I am biased, but I think this newspaper is a strong first attempt. Still, I think we will improve each month.

I say “we” because I am merely a part--and a rather small one at that--of the production of this newspaper. Most of my 20-some years of working life have been spent either in the field of journalism--as a reporter and as a copy editor--or in the field of teaching.

I have helped jump-start two student

newspapers in the past--one back in Bedford, Virginia, about 15 years ago, and one at neighboring West Valley four years ago.

I wrote an introductory piece much like this one for each of those first-effort newspapers. In fact, much of what follows is pulled from one of those articles, because my philosophy on whose newspaper this belongs to remains unchanged.

And my role remains unchanged. I won’t write any more articles for The Aviator. I am not the primary editor of stories. Nor do I create the pages.

I see my role here exactly reflecting my title: adviser. I will guide a diligent, creative, energetic group of high school students as THEY produce a newspaper.

So enough about me. As I said before, this newspaper is a “we.” It is the reporters, editors, photographers and the layout team. It is the students, teachers and administrators. It is parents and even

future students. It is the advertisers. It is Fairbanks. And it is the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, which is printing The Aviator on newsprint--so that it has that feel of a “real” newspaper--at a generous rate.

The Aviator may not always be perfect--in fact, it likely never will be--but this group has already proven to me that at least we will try. No high school newspaper is produced in the vacuum of a single classroom, however. It comes to be through an entire community.

So contribute. Write letters. Write opinion pieces. Write reviews. Give us suggestions for stories. Draw cartoons. Create. Help us create. And, hey, if you’re feeling philanthropically wealthy, contribute funding, buy ads. We’re building infrastructure here as well.

As I told my journalism class on Day One, this is not my newspaper. It’s your paper. It’s our paper

Welcome to the first edition of your paperBy KEVIN COUGHLIN

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Thin-Clients receive fat upgrade Hutchison’s outdated thin-client computer system is being scrapped in favor of newer desktop computers. The upgrade, planned to occur later this year, will include 136 new desktops being installed in various areas, including the library and computer lab. The new computers are part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District’s plan for technology upgrades using a federal stimulus package. This means that the new PCs will be offered outside of Hutchison’s normal budget, and the expansive upgrade will not affect any other tech programs or funding inside the school. Of the total number of computers, 56 are to be installed in the library. According to librarian Timothy Short, the library’s layout will change

to adjust. Fitting twenty-eight computers on either side of the room, each half of the library will become a computer lab for classes. “We hope to be able to fit two full classes in here,” Short said.

The plans for the library are mostly dependent on cabling issues, as the computers cannot be installed if there isn’t any option of running Ethernet cords to the computers, according to Short. As long as the cabling

is possible, the plans should be followed through. Another large scale replacement will be the thin-client computer lab in Room 120-A. The entire lab will be switching from thin-client systems to the new PCs. This will give a total of three new installations of the new computers available for classrooms and students in groups. According to principal Jeanette Hayden, the remaining computers will be installed in classrooms for teachers who require them. The existing thin-clients will be put in surplus, and the new PCs will be the primary computers for Hutch. Installation of the new system should be a “pretty seamless and fast transition,” said Hayden. This was confirmed by Greg Yocum, the Network Services

By SKYLER EVANS technician overseeing the upgrade. According to Yocum, the new PCs will be registered and numbered by the district before the installation begins. If all goes well, the process of actually replacing the computers in the school should take roughly a week. The thin-clients will be taken out at that time, and the server running them will likely be repurposed. The computers are part of a larger, district-wide system upgrade, which includes new computers for most of the schools. Because Hutchison has such recent systems already, though, it is one of the last schools to be outfitted with new computers. “Hutch is near the bottom of the list,” said Yocum, “but we’ll hopefully be done by Spring Break.”

These ethernet wires connect all of the computers around the school into the central server in Room 128.

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previously occupied by mir-rored domes that decorated the hall corners. These domes were stolen last year, and the cameras are here to take their place.

The addition of security fea-tures isn’t unique to Hutchison. According to Hayden, “We’re one of the only schools that doesn’t have cameras.”

The completed installation will include 21 cameras in the school hallways, and 10 outdoor cameras. The cameras will record video, without audio, and will keep it stored for an unspecified amount of time be-fore being overwritten. This will allow recordings to be avail-able for situations that require looking back, as opposed to just viewing current feeds.

Depending on the situa-tion, students may even raise complaints and request school officials to use the tapes for information, such as in instances

of theft or vandalism. Students cannot, however, access footage on their own accord.

The cameras have been placed in order to cover most of the hallway space, and their vision areas overlap each other. This will allow for nearly all areas of the school to be viewed, as well as the parking lots outside.

The reaction to the installation among students has been mixed, with some praising the new security measures, and others protesting the cameras.

“They have Mrs. Jager and the others walking around anyways,” said sophomore Julie Teegardin. “They’re pointless, and a waste of money.”

Other students, such as junior Rachael McDougall, are sup-portive of the cameras for aiding in school security.

“I actually think they’re pretty cool,” she explained. “They make me feel safe.”

Andrews is looking forward to coming off a 23-5 season last year and a start on the road at Barrow. After Barrow, the Hawks will be heading to Galena and Sitka. Walking into this season as state champions, Andrews is prepared for the competition that comes with the title. With a target on their back, every team in the Aurora Conference will be watching out for the Hawks. Though Hutch has lost some major parts of the team, Andrews believes the team’s strengths of height and strong defense will stay intact. He is not going to clone Thompson’s coaching philosophy, but he does plan on keeping the system similar. “Creating winning programs, not winning games” is Andrew’s idea behind the team this year. Six returning players have

already been through this system and should have a jump-start this year. Two All-Conference players returning to the team this year are seniors Kevin Rima and Keenan Mays. “We weren’t the go-to guys last year,” said Rima, who is looking forward to being in the spotlight this year.When some of the seniors weren’t able to produce last year, Rima and Mays picked up the slack. “In Regionals and State we really kicked in,” said Mays. “It’s our time to shine now,” said Rima. Mays believes the team will retain its defense and size advantages, but gain some new aspects of play this upcoming season. Along with a new head coach, Mays expects the Hawks to have a slightly different style of play, a more up-tempo pace. “We’ll be setting up less and using a lot more run and gun,” said Mays. “We’re going to have a target

on our back,” said Rima. “It can be a good intimidation factor against a lot of teams, after coming off a state championship.” Both Rima and Mays are liking Andrews and his approach towards the game, though it is not the same as Coach Thompson’s. Thompson was more business-like and straight forward than Andrews. “They both think the same, but from a different approach,” said Mays. “Andrews is a lot about discipline,” said Rima, who likes Andrews’s attention toward athlete’s grades and personal problems. “He focused a lot on basketball and money raising,” said Mays, “he did a lot to make sure we played the game right.” With a new coach and a second back-to-back state title in mind for Hutch, the upcoming basketball season should prove to be worth watching.