--- a/news/urls.py	Mon Dec 14 20:42:20 2015 -0600
+++ b/news/urls.py	Tue Dec 15 21:01:07 2015 -0600
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 """urls for the News application"""
-from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+from django.conf.urls import url
 
-urlpatterns = patterns('news.views',
-    url(r'^date/$', 'index', name='news-index_page'),
-    url(r'^archive/$', 'archive_index', name='news-archive_index'),
+import news.views
+
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^date/$', news.views.index, name='news-index_page'),
+    url(r'^archive/$', news.views.archive_index, name='news-archive_index'),
     url(r'^archive/(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>\d\d?)/$',
-        'archive',
+        news.views.archive,
         name='news-archive_page'),
-    url(r'^categories/$', 'category_index', name='news-category_index'),
-    url(r'^category/(?P<slug>[\w\d-]+)/$', 'category', name='news-category'),
-    url(r'^email/(\d+)/$', 'email_story', name='news-email_story'),
-    url(r'^email/thanks/$', 'email_thanks', name='news-email_thanks'),
-    url(r'^story/(\d+)/$', 'story', name='news-story'),
-    url(r'^submit/$', 'submit', name='news-submit'),
-    url(r'^submit/thanks/$', 'submit_thanks', name='news-submit_thanks'),
-    url(r'^tags/$', 'tags', name='news-tag_index'),
-    url(r'^tag/(?P<tag_name>[^/]+)/$', 'tag', name='news-tag_page'),
-)
+    url(r'^categories/$', news.views.category_index, name='news-category_index'),
+    url(r'^category/(?P<slug>[\w\d-]+)/$', news.views.category, name='news-category'),
+    url(r'^email/(\d+)/$', news.views.email_story, name='news-email_story'),
+    url(r'^email/thanks/$', news.views.email_thanks, name='news-email_thanks'),
+    url(r'^story/(\d+)/$', news.views.story, name='news-story'),
+    url(r'^submit/$', news.views.submit, name='news-submit'),
+    url(r'^submit/thanks/$', news.views.submit_thanks, name='news-submit_thanks'),
+    url(r'^tags/$', news.views.tags, name='news-tag_index'),
+    url(r'^tag/(?P<tag_name>[^/]+)/$', news.views.tag, name='news-tag_page'),
+]