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BRYANmGH SCHOOL OCTOBER 24, 1988
Top Ten Songs of BHS
Spooks ofHalloween
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2OCTOBER 24, 1988
BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL Editorials NORSEMAN
Parking lot becomes demolition derby
B Y JO E LL EN T AL AS EK
Everyone knows by now there
is a parking problem at BHS; a
lack of space for the amount of
cars parked in the parking lots.
There isactually no solution to
the hassle ofparkingthat wou Id
not cause other problems. In
the past many suggestions have
been made but no progress hascome from these ideas.
One suggestion mentioned
was raising the price of the
stickers, which hasalready beendone. This would only cause
the students to complain and
still end up paying an even
higher price of the sticker.
Another suggestion was not
to allow students under 17 to
park inthe parking lots. Putting
an age limit on parking would
only cause conflicts between
students and parents at the
beginning and end of school
due to the parents dropping offand pick ing their chi ldren up.
The suggestion oftwo dismis-
sal times would not help even
would be five to ten minutesthough the dismissal times
apart because students would
only wait for their f riends after
school.
Until the parking areas can
bewidened or extra space pro-
vided one suggestion is to car
pool, therefore, less cars would
be parked in the lots. Anyone
who has the same activities
before and/or after school could
carpool as well redUCing theamount of t raff ic during lunch
and before and after school.
The congestion Ind confusion typif ied by Ihe par ll ing 1015at BHS.
P HO TO B Y G RE G M OG LE
Zero hour: a rude awakeningB Y E M IL Y B OU IS
When was the last time you
took atest at 7 am? For approx-
imately 60 Bryan High students
this is a fact of life.
That Isone of the drawbacks
of zero hour. For those of you
not familiar with this form of
punishment, it is self-inflicted.
At arena scheduling, for one
reason or another, sometimes
there just aren't enough hours
in the day to accomodate theschedule that some students
require.t \-\OUD." LDOIC. .
Bus StopYellow dog riders whimper in the rainB Y S HA NN ON P ON ZIO
I t's three-thir ty and the race
is on. Immediately studentsrun to get to their cars or rides
home before the rain begins to
fall. But those who ride a bus
may not be so lucky. They are
apt to be soaked by the time
they arr ive at home.
Why Will they be so wet?
Because there arefew places
for them to go to escape the
rain. Some may stay inside
while others huddle against the
walls of the building to keepdry. Special Education bus rid-
ers are forced to goback inside
or stand between the gym and
the building. This makes it dit-
f icult for them to watch for their
buses.
And the students aren't the
onIythings that get wet. School
textbooks become warped andyellowed when rained on. Even
book covers can't prevent this.
Sometimes students must redo
assignments that have been
smeared by the water.
Custodians also have more
work on rainy days cleaning up
the muddy floors left by the
students.
Perhaps there is a simple
solution to this problem.
The school has recently com-pleted or are still working on
completing many projects to
improve itself. Maybe one that
was overlooked was a covered
walkway to the bus stops.
Such a walkway would keep
students dry on thier way into
the school aswel l asgive them
a dry place to wait for their bus.Another smal ler coverway
could be set up for Special
Education students for the same
purposes. Or, if only one cov-
erway is to be built. a ramp
would need to be added to the
larger coverway.
To make up for this lack of
time, school officials have al-lowed certain classes to be
scheduled from 7-8 a.m.
Zero hour is scheduled by
demand of students. Ifenough
students sign up for a zero hour
class, it is formed. If too few,
students sign up for a course,
those students are out of luck.
This year, the classes offered
in zero hour are economics,
government (both seniorclases)
and U.S. History.It is the responsibi li ty of the
zero hour student toget toclass
on time. The policy is this-
students must be in their seatwith all materials ready by 7:10
a.m. judged by the teacher's
watch.
It really doesn't matter that
your watch says 7:05. Miss
McDowell, Coach Petty, and
next semester, MissWiliiamson
would probably bewil ling to let
you synchronizeyourwatchwith
theirs.
Those who suffer from chron-
ic tardy- it is beware: zero hourtends to bring out the tardy
animal in everyone!
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NORSEMAN NewsOCTOBER 14, 1988
BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL 3
Anyone interested in partici-
pat ing inUllacademic events
is encouraged to contact Anne
Linne or any of the UIL aca-
demic coaches.
Areas ofcompetition andtheir
sponsors are: Accounting, Myr.
Sims; Number Sense, Nancy
Beard; Science, Tim Luza, San-
dy Gaston, Jennie Heard; One
Act Play, Doug Street; Literary
Criticism, Beth Pennebaker;Journalism, Sandy Farris; Ready
Writing, Gail Thomas; Spelling,
Helen Kuntz; Debate, Diane
Hartman; Speech, Elizabeth
Crusius; Typing, Blanche Hall.
"Anyone whomissed themeet-
ing in September is not out of
the running," said Linne. "We
wi ll f ind a place for them,"
UIL director AnM Unne looks forwar~ '.'
P HO TO 8V G RE G M OG LE
Schedule of tough standards for UIL
B Y D A N W IN GfiE LD
The Bryan Independent
School District has held, in years
past, a continuing tradition of
successful U I L aeademic com-
pet ition in the 15-5Aschootdis-
t rict. This year, however, with
the change to the 16-5A dis-
trict. i t is unknown just howwellBryan High will stand in com-
parison.
In anticlcetion of this tough
competition, UIL academic
coaches have already begun
holding rneetings for their
events in order to prepare stu-
dents for the upcoming compet-
itions,
"I don 't know how well we' ll
Sizing up for new districtB Y EM IL Y H O UI S
In the past year there have
been many changes at Bryan
High. These changes inc lude
new princ ipals, a new parking
lot attendant and the new corn-
peti tion offered by Distr ict 16-
5A.
Now, instead of continuing
our old r ivalries with A&M Con-
solidated and Temple exclusive-
ly, the Vikings now must con-
tend with such high schools as
Klein, Klein Oak, Galveston Ball
and the old favori te, Langham
Creek (remember them Vikes?).
, The competition is not only
l imited to footbal l. Many other
organizat ions are counting on
this year's competition to be
stout.
One of these organizations is
the Shy-Annes. Krista Allen,
Shy-Anne sponsor said, "Iwould
say that this is probably tlie
hardest drill team district in
Texas, but I feel that our girls
have their routines down."
"We had an instructor that
used to teach in this district
come down for our summer
practice. She seemed to ex-
press the same confidence that
Ido in the girls," added Allen.
The change ofdistrict seemed
to please senior Gene Johnson.
Johnson, a golf team member,
sa id, "The new distr ict will be
easier for us because there
won't be as much competition
asthere was last year. The old
district wasthe toughest in state
forgolfand this year's team has
improved a lot."
Although not a part of this
district change, the band will
have to travel the longer dis-
tances with the footba ll team
and Shy-Annes to perform dur-
ing the games. Their distr ict
competition will remain as it
was last year.
This is also going to mean
changes for the Viking specta-
tors. Moret ime wiIIbespent on
going to and returning from the
games.
Journalism class hits the air waves
BV l e lA C H AM P AG NE
The score at halftime is 24
-14, Viking lead. Now for your
halftime pleasure KTAM proud-
ly presents Bryan High Journal-
ism f class with their Halft ime
Highlights. This is KTAM.
For the first time at Bryan
High, Journalism I class, under
the instruction of Sandy Farris,
isdoing a Viking "Halftime High-
light" on KTAM. The broadcast
is ten minutes and is played
during halftime at all Viking
football games. During the ten
minutes, events that are going
on at Bryan High that week wil l
be discussed.
The program is taped each
week during class and then
played that following Friday
night . The program consists of
interviews, production assist-
ance, and scr ipt writing from
which the students wil l begrad-
ed by.
"I think itwill begood because
it will give you, the people lis-
tening to the radio, or who can-
not be at the game a generalidea of what is going on at
Bryan High," said senior Lynn
Currie, who presently isa Jour-
nalism I student.
do," said UIL academic direc-
tor Anne Linne, "but we won't
be atthe bottom."
On September 21, a UIL
assembly was held after school.
A calendar of events was made
available and plans were set for
this year's series of meets. The
fi rs t practice meet Bryan High
will be held at SFA on October
10. Further local competitions
will be held at Bryan High onDecember 6 and once again on
February 3 and 4. At least two
other dist rict inv itationals wi ll
be attended as well.
District competition will be
held in March, regionals are in
April, and state competition wiII
be in May, Exact dates for these
competi tions are not yet avail -
able.
S.nlor Jonn Vlndlol.letllnvolved wlUt IIlml", on ChanMI 31w i th Jack Fol ey
lupervisinr.
School activities shown on 31
B Y K YM M A RC ON T EL L
For years people have beensitting in front of the television
flipp ing the channels around
tryingtofind somethingtowatch
duringthe commercial breaks.
When Cooke Cablevision
came tothe Bryan/College Sta-
tion area they introduced a
channel guide that listed the
programs that were on every
channel at specific t imes. This
was shown on channel 3l.
Recently, the Bryan Indepen-dent School District (8150) intro-
duced a Community Education
Access Channel that is now
shown on Channel 31.
This educational channel
shows the Bryan Viking varsity
football games, A&M Consoli-
dated Tiger varsity football
games, interviews with the stu-
dents involved in school activi-t ies such as Student Counci l,
yearbook, Norseman, volleyball,
Shy-Annes and band.
The educational channel also
runs a list o f school activities
coming up within the week and
the school menus for the next
couple of days.
Economics teacher Jack Foley
has been filming and running
the programs shown.
"We are hoping for the stu-dents to get involved with the
channel," said Foley.If there are any students who
are interested in getting invo! -
'vedwith the channel , they can
talk to Foley in Room 237.
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BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL
Cruise on the rocks in CocktailB Y K YM M A RCON T EL l
Someone issitt ing in a movie
theater with their Dr. Pepper in
in one hand and gummy bears
in the other.The girls hearts begin to beat
faster while the guys sit there
saying "give me a break!" while
the movie starts and YES...there
he is...Tom Cruise!
Heartthrob Cruise has a new
movie out cal led Cocktai l, co-
starring Brian Brown and Eli-
zabeth Shue.
Cocktail is Cruise's follow-up
movie after the hit "The Color of
Money," starring with Paul New-
man.
Cruise has taken on many
roles during his movie career
as an actor. Cruise dances
around in the living room wear-
ing a pink button-down oxford
and underwear. singing into a
hair brush in "Risky Business."
Next, Cruise flew circles a-
o round the other pilots while try-
ing to break the sound barrier
in "Top Gun."
The world seemed to fall in
love with Cruise after "Top
Gun," starring Kelly McGill is.
Cruise excellently portrayed his
character, Maverick.
In Cocktail. Cruise tries some-
thing different. He is a bar-
tender at awell known local bar
with Brown training him.
Together they dazzle the town
by throwing the bottles in the
air and catching them while
mixing the dr inks. They never
op Ten Movies of '88B Y J IL L S M I TH
missed!
Brown and Cruise become
famous for this hobby and are
offered many jobs at different
bars. They ended upworking at
a real exotic bar and there
decide to open their own bar in
the Bahamas someday.
Cruise l ives up to his legend
and, of course, gets the girl,
Shue. Shue plays a rich lady
pretending tocome from a poorfamily. The plot is decent and
average but the mixing of the
drinks are great!
Cocktail is a comedy/drama
movie that was loving and ad-
venturous but it did drag on at
parts. But with all the razzle,
dazzling with the drink mixing,
no one noticed that it dragged.
NORSEMAN
Tom Cruise .hOWl off Inhl.latHt movie •'Cocktail"
Top Ten Movies
of '80
1. Voung Guns
2. Cocktail
3. Die Hard
4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
5 _ Big
6. Coming to America
7. Willow
8. Bull Durham
9. A Fish Called Wanda
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street IV
1_Being There
2. Kramer VI. Kramer
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Electric Hor eman
5. Coal Miner's Daughter
6.Vanks
7 _W I& 8B l oo d
8. Airplane!
9. Fame
10. "10·'
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BRYAN HIGH SCHOOLORSEMAN Entertainment
Book of Love sing sweet "Lullabies"The first decent song is"With
a little Love." This is the first
slow song on the album. The
song itself and the emotion it
gives off isextremely warm and
sensitive. It tells of the love
shared between two people.
The second side has a faster
and more upbeat tempo. It is
better in the sense that it has
more of a consistant rhythm. I t
is more dance tunes than slow
or message songs.
"Witchcraft," the first songon
the first side, is a corny and
serious song at the same t ime.
It just says always believe in
magic.
Another good sO[lg is "You
Look Through Me." This song
deals with a guy who is vain in
every sense of the word All he
does is think of himself. Hisgirlfriend is the one who tells
the story and how she deals
with i t.
"Champagne Wishes" is a
song about how to cope with
reality. One verse in the song
goes like this, "but you're too
blind to notice, the writing on
the wall, the higher you fly, the
harder you tall ." The song says
that at sometime in your life,
you have to face reality so you
can go on and enjoy life.
The last song isthe tit le track
"Lul laby." "Lul laby," the song,
lets you imagine what a man
might be thinking while his
beautiful wife is sleeping.
Overall, this tape was good.
This tape brought out emotions
of both sadness and joy. Susan
and Ted Ottowiano do a superb
job of lead vocals. The way they
project their voices makes the
songs come out of the tape and
into your mind. Jade Lee and
Lauren Roselli sing back-upvocals for BookofLove. Lullaby
is a good album for Book of
Love.
B Y D A VE B A RR Y CH U CK
Book of Love has come out
with another album, Lullaby.
Lullaby has the makings of a
superb album. The sound qual-
i ty of the songs andthe produc-
tion of the tape show through
the stereo.
The tape starts out with thesong "Tubular Bells." This song
is an old remake to the "Tubu-
lar Bells" in the movie "The
Exorcist." Although, in "The
Exorcist," the song holds the
drama and suspense in the
movie, the song on the tape is
boring. "Tubular Bells" was
or igina lly wr itten by Mike Old·
field.
"Sea of Tranquili ty" happens
to be the third song on thealbum. In the dict ionary, tran-
quility means calmness. The
title fits for th is song. It can put
a guy to s leep. The celestial cover of the latest Book 01 Love album complements the music
treasured inside. PHOTOBYGREGMOGLE
State of mind influenced by musicop 10 Rock
1. Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns -noRoses)2. Love Bites (Del Leppard)3. Pour Some Sugar On Me (De' Leppard)4. Red, Red Wine (UB40)5. Pure Energy (Information Society)6.Welcome To the Jungle (Guns on·Roses)7. When It's Love (Van Halen)
8. She Sells Sanctuary (The Cult)9. Chains of Love (Erasure)10. Spirit of '76 (Alarm)
the same, act the same, and do
practically everything the same.
Metal music brings about the
rebel in a person and one can
usually tell when someone likes
to l isten tothis type of music by
their att itude and dress.
New Wavers seem to always
dress in black and consider
white a solemn color, just the
reverse of most people 's per-
ception of color. They make
their l ife an individual effort.
Therappers wear Adidas with-
out shoelaces and heavychains.
They seem to always havetheir
music on the ir mind and ajam-
box everywhere they go.
Then there are, of course,
those who can't make up the ir
minds and listen to every type
of music there is except for
classical. They dress to please
every taste of music and every-
one who l is tens to the music .
Music inf luences several dif-
ferent thi ngs soif someone who
dresses country, probably l is-
tens to country music. But
some people dress differently
than what type of music they
I isten to, so i t just goes to show
that you can't always judge a
book by its cover.
try music.
Music influences dress, emo-
tions, accent, room decoration
and thoughts. There are so
many things that have been
brought about by music. If
there were not 1if ferent types of
music most of us would dress
B Y JO E LL EN T ALA S EK
In the distance you see a
cowboy hat above the crowd.
The fi rst thought that comes to
your mind probably contains
something pertaining to coun-
Top 10 Rap
1. M y Posse On Broadway (Sir Mix'alot)2. If It Isn't Love (New Edition)3. How Deep Is Your Love (Keith Sweat)4. Don't Worry Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin)5. Don't Be Cruel (Bobby Brown)6. Boogie Woogie Man (Capt. Cool)7. Darlin' Nikki (Prince)8. Shake Your Thing (Salt -n - Pepa)9. Colors (Ice T)10. Wishing Well (Terrance Trent D'Arby)
Top 10 Country
1. Forever and Ever (Randy Travis)2. All My Exes Live In Texas (George Strait)3. Streets of Bakersfield (Dwight Yokem)
4. Baby Blue (George Strait)5. The Chair (George Strait)6. Love Me like You Used To (Tanya Tucker)7.1 Should Be With You (Steve Warner)8. Crazy (Patsy Klein)9. Heart Don't Fall Now (Sawyer Brown)10. Elvira (Oakridge Boys)
Jlmm, 'qeof the hlp I,popular 70's band Led Zeppelinha. Influencedman,
muslc'a ... andhal rocked the world. PHOTOBYHANSEILERS
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Creativity spawns the H
B Y D A VE B A RR Y CH U C K ducers are even
u0 kits kids can dAlthough co
into Halloween,
only t ime to dres
The Chinese
New Yearwith ficostumes. In th
China, the Ch
and down the
and chanting in
dragon outfits.
In kabuki
Al l Hal low Eve. The day that
witches love and horror movie
goers enjoy. It is the day that
l itt le kids can dress up as their
favorite character or hero.Costumes are one of the fav-
orite parts of Halloween for most
children because it gives them
a chance to be that character
for a day.Dressing up started back
when people would throw cos-
tume bal ls to celebrate Hal lo-
ween. They would dress up in
their gowns and suits and wear
masks. Through the years it
has transformed into a monop-oly. The producers of the cos-
tumes seewhat ishot onthe toy
market and produce costumes
Mardi Gras,day before Ash
celebration in
Citizens dress uplau ... W l ld ln & . B H S math teacher, po•• as a clown at her JOronI)' rush carnival. 1983.
Off the wallWhat
•IS your
horror
favorite
movie and why? Trick or TreatB Y L ES LE Y R OD G ER S
Is it really good to eat?The Exorcist- "Everything looked
so real. Satan was the most
frightening part of the whole
movie!" Jay Wilder, senior
comes in a few days later and
bags of candy are made. Then
on Halloween night the mer-
chants at the mall dress up not
for sales, but to hand out the
candy."I think it is good they do it
because it keeps the children
from going to strange houses,"said environmental teacher San-
dra Gaston, "Ithink it is a shame
because I found Halloween so
exciting when Iwas young, but I
would not let my daughter go to
strange neighborhoods."
The merchants at the mall
hand out an average of 5,000
pieces of candy each year to
babies from around the age of
six months to adults of thirty-
five.
This year trick-or-treat will be
done between 6-8 p.m. on the
night of Halloween.
On October 29, Humana will
also hold a Halloween party,
which will include trick-or-treat-
ing and a haunted house.
B Y L YC lA C HA M PA GN E
Along with the fun of Hallo-
ween, there isalso the sidethat
has parents worried. This is
whether or not to let their kids
go trick-or-treating. With all of
the maniacs that are putting
razors, need les,and other harm-
ful objects in the candy, it is
hard to know who can betrust-
ed.When Post Oak Mall opened,
an event in which the commun-
ity hasdepended onwas started.
The mall started atrick-or-treat
night.
"My opinion is it is safer at
Post Oak Mall because it is a
controlled environment," said
computer teacher Linda Poole,
"Parents should always go with
kids."
Around the middle of October,
the mall manager has each
store fill out an order form for
the candy that the store wants
for Halloween Night. The order
Faces of Death III - "You get to
see what horror movies are
modeled after." Tray Mounce,
junior. ,!
Friday the 13th Part I - "It was
exciting and gruesome!" Tho-
mas Vetters, sophomore.
Friday the 13th Part I - "ln the
first one you didn't know what
was going on. The rest were
stupid." LeslieStephens, senior.
The Shining - "It was the first
time I ever saw a finger tatk!"
Jimmy Knighton, senior.
Nightmare on Elm Street - "I
don't like Freddy, but I love it
when he makes me scared."
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BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL 7
oween sparklecostumes to get ready for the
lent year.
Costumes are used widely in
the circus. The clowns, acro-
bats, and even the animals are
dressed in vivid and decorative
costumes. The clowns set the
mood by dressing in oversized
costumes and funny make-up.Also, the native Indianswould
use costumes to signify some-
thing. Before a tribal war , theIndians would also dress up in
order to get rain orto bring good
fortune and even to havea good
hunt.
Costumes can be used for a
variety of different things. Whe-
ther it be to set the mood of a
the dramatic play or just to have
fun atthe circus, costumes are
away to get away and be some-
one else for a l it tle whi le .
Which witch i.tll.? Cheryl Weanr of c·ou~e.
P HO TO B Y G RE G M OG LE
IMan,. bags of candy are taken tDbe iCreened each year for unwanted foreign objects. P HO TO B Y G RE G M O GL E
Brook.5Nellon, Itudent body prelldent , Ipreadl hil Chtilfmu joya. SintaClaus.
Tradition lives' on in B-CS
B Y J AN M CK EN ZIE
The innocence of yesteryear
has long been fading away with
growing technological advan-
ces. In today's wor ld, precau-
t ions have to be made for atra-
dition that hasparents paranoid.
Instead of completely abol-
ishing trick-or-treating, precau-
t ions have been taken to reas-
sure parents of the treats that
their children receive.
One project established at St.
Joseph Hospital in 1982 wasformed by Carol McDermund.
She lived in Chicago before
accepting her position as head
of the Radiology Department at
St . Joseph Hospital. The pro-
gram was needed in Chicago
due to the increasing numbers
of tampered candy.Forfive years,the radiologists
have x-rayed candy free of
charge forc hiIdren of concerned
parents. "We do this as a ser-vice project asa reassuranceto
parents," McDermund said.
The procedure is very sim-
ple. The community should
enter at the front door of the
hospital and sign a form giving
permission to the technicians
to x-ray the candy.
The radiologists then spread
the candy out on a table and
discard the unwrapped candy.
They then screen the candy for
foreign metal lic objects which
would include needles or razors.
The instrument used in this
procedure iscalled a radiograph
and the procedure is called
fluroscopy.
Unfortu nately, the pharrnco-
logical tampering, which is
L.S.D. or angel dust lacing,cannot be determined.
This year the hospital is ex-
panding. I f they cannot f in ish
building their new unit in t ime,
the hospital will be unable to
reserve a room for the x-raying.
St. Joseph is not the only
place to x-ray candy. Lastyear
Care-PIuscontributed their equip-
ment and helped at their own
facilities. They will cont inue
this year.Halloween is not becoming a
slowly deteriorating tradition.
With the help ofconcerned tech-
nicians and parents, it may
never come to an end.
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BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL Features NORSEMAN
south PacifiC
"We put in lots of hours and
got no sleep," said Michael
Prince, junior, Bil lis in the play.
"I had fun but I'm glad it's
over," said Chris Stratta, senior,Hhoplayed the part of Emile de
Becque.
"It's all worth it when
you hear the applause~""'y,)tll~~:~
Jackie Higgins, seni
and Nellie in the
play, said.
A true love in the midst of war
"South Pacif ic" was a lit tle
dif ferent. Choir director. JohnHornbeck, decided to make
this play triple casted.TripIecast in8gives more stu-
dents the opportunity to playa
major role. Hornbeck said it is
probably something he wi ll not
do again.
"Having a tr iple cast helped
because you have three differ-
entviews ofthe character," said
Cathy Herrington, senior, who
played the role of Bloody Mary.
Overall the performers en-
joyed doing the play and are
glad to f inally get some rest
Out of my dreams, into my car
B Y SH AN NO N PO NZIO
The lights dimmed and the
audience grew si lent. A lively
iano melody began playing to
. set the mood for Bryan
High's performance of
"South Pacific:'
Everyyear the choir
presents a
musical. But
this year's
approach
to
B Y L IN DA A LV AR EZ
Out of the si lence comes the
blaring ofa horn and the crank-
109 of hot tunes.
A glimpse of l ight sparkles
from a new set of keys.
It's Saturday night, the sun
has gone· now only the street
lights shine from a newly pol-
ished paint job.
Mom and dad enjoy an even-
ing alone at home - it is a teen-
ager type of night.
The American teenager out
on a Saturday night without a
car? Get real! There isno such
thing, or at least there shouldn't
be, according to many Bryan
High School students.
A car is the ticket to inde-
_ _. .. . " , ,~ ~ . .\ d ; pendence and freedom to go) l id . , , - 811 ' \ ( f I 1 , , 'E .G "oG\.E . "anywhere, anytime," said sen-
" $ 81 '1 iO ( o · , "" o -r o 9 'l G ior l isa Greer.
\\ a\I\'\ ~::~ \wc~· Being able to cruise isn' t all
. ., \ 1 1 " : 0 \ \ , , \ . ~ , there is to it; you've also got to,,,o'll\ look sharp.
For example, a young man
P HO TO B Y G RE G M OG LE
pulls into his date's driveway
with not a hair out of place, the
smoothest threads out of his
closet, and enough cologne to
offset the Los Angeles smog
factor, he rings the doorbell.
A tall muscular man (that
looks l ike an ex-bodyguard for
Sylvester Stallone) opens the
door. Will he allow his precious
daughter to be taken out in a
car once used ina nexperiment
for metal corrosion? "I don't
think so."Speed, recognition, indepen-
dence - what more could one
ask from an automobile?
Transportation, maybe?
"A car will allow you to go
where you need to go without
having to bum rides off every-
one," junior Jared Court said.
For many students, relying
on others tor t ransportation islike trying to pole vault with wet
noodles. it doesn't work.
Mom and apple pie, a tee-
nager and an automobile. it's
the American way.
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BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL NORSEMAN
Itumpus I.closed,ttli. ~Jd be thel'8luiar_. P HO TO B Y G R EG M OG LE
Closed Campus
Committee to debate all possibilitiesB Y D AN W IN GF IE LD
Inthe past, the threat ofcios-
ing campus has always been
regarded as an idea that will
never be acted upon; not to be
considered. Forjuniors, sopho-
mores and freshmen, however,
this idea may become, quite
suddenly, a startling reality.
Recently. a drug and alcohol
prevention committee, headedby Congressman Joe Barton,
met to discuss solutions to pos-
sible drug and alcohol problems
for h igh school students. One
oftheir suggestions wasto close
campus.
"An advisory committee wilt
meet to discuss the pro's and
con's ofan open campus," said
principal Jerry Ellis.
The committee wil l consist of
2 students from each ofthe [un-ior, sophomore, and freshmen
classes aswell asparents, memo
bers of the business comrnun-
i ty and members of the admin-
Tam Rhodes reigns over parking lotB Y L ES L EY R OD GE RS
Out of Iowa and into the hus-
tie and bustle of Bryan Highcomes Tom Rhodes. Rhodes is
the new campus monitor at
Bryan High.
While hewas attending a[un-
ior college in Uvalde, Rhodes
decided to goto Iowa to attend
a senior college. Rhodes was
also interested in finding out
what it was like living in the
North.
During hisstay in Iowa,Rhodes
taught atthe Anita CommunitySchool inAnita, Iowa. Histeach-
ing skills range from first grade
to high school . Rhodes taught
both art and industrial arts to
children of all levels.
Rhodeswasveryexcited when
he was hired as Bryan High's
campus monitor. A typical day
for Rhodes isn't an eight to fivejob. Rhodes starts at 7 a.m.
checking the building and park·
ing lots. He routinely checksthe school for cars without park-
ing stickers and students who
are not in class. But, occasion-
all~, hed~ have abit of excite-
istrative staff.
Ellis believes that the variety
ofcommittee members will pro-
vide a wide range of ideas that
wi ll show the effects of the de-
cision on all levels of those
concerned. This wi IIenable the
committee to make a decis ion
that wi ll be beneficial to all .
"I want on the committee,"
said junior Ryan Holt . He feels
that it is the responsibi lity for
those involved to voice their
opinion on the matter. "My
concern is that the community
will losean estimated $630,000
a year."
If the decision is made toclose campus next year, many
changes wil l haveto bemade in
both scheduling and eating fac-
ilities in order to accommodate
the large student populat ion.
There will be at least 3 lunchperiods per day with approxi-
mate ly 600 to 650 students in
each. Standard procedures tol-
lowed in both the cafeteria and
the snack bar wil l bealtered for
greater efficiency.
Students wi ll not be the only
members of Bryan High to be
affected bythis decision. Most
teachers will be asked to give
up their time for lunch duty.
One teacher is very much
against the idea ofclosing earn-
pus. "They would give me lunch
duty and I have just too many
other things to do."Until a decision is made,
everything is up for discussion
and nothing is definite. The
advisory committee's decision
on this mat ter wi ll be thorough
and wBI consider all points of
interest. Closing campus is
expected to bea topic for con-
sideration during much of the
fall semester.
"I can't say what's going to
happen," Ellis said. Thoughvery optimistic as to the out-
come of the committee, he is
just as in the dark as to the
results as anyone.
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~ErOe.b Et.l"'~\Z.\N(j. otLElWilJ6-II ....-~-
K.. pln,nlch owr the parilinalot, TomRhc.:ln enjop hi. work.
ment; either someone gets their
keys locked in their car or he
has to chase someone who
knows they are in the wrong
place.
"The kids at Bryan High are
great! They're very polite and
well·mannered. Everywhereyou
look someone is smiling!"
Rhodes said. He isvery anxious
to meet and toget to know moreabout the students at Bryan
High School.
Rhodes hasattended fourcol-
leges and iscurrently attending
A new year with a new look
arenow Special Education Class-
rooms. Four other new class-
room sare being buiItalongside
the new gym also.
The park benches inthe Com-
mons area of the school were
also completed this summer.
The Class of 1987 donated the
money for the benches as
their Senior Gift . The sign in
frontof the building was
constructed with the money
from the Class of 1988.
Students can take advantage
of some ofthese changes now.
The new gym will becompleted
by the end of this scnool year,
but will not be used until next
year.
Texas A&M. He is working on
his mid-management degree.
When he is not circulating
the school grounds, Rhodes is
at home with his wife or explor-
ing one of his many hobbies.
Rhodes loves to f ish and paint
with water colors. His favori te
place to spend time is the Big
Bend National Park.
Rhodes says the most excit-ing part of his job is" just being
around the kids atgood '01 Bryan
High. They make life fun and
make me feel young again'"
BY S HA NN ON P ON lJO
Bryan High School has under-
gone many changes this past
summer. Perhaps the most
noticeable one isthe new gym-
nasium now under construc-
tion. But there are many less
noticeable renovations also.
Along with the new gym, new
off ices and dressing rooms are
being built inside the future
gym. Dressing rooms in the
present gym have been rerno-
deled for both boys and gir ls .
Formerly used as Student
Council headquarters and stor-
age areas, Rooms 214 and 216
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BHY AN HIGH SCHOOL IIORSEMAN
h
Bryan Htgh Junior Hjstorians
isa new ctub at8ry~n High.lh
this club, t h E ! students learn
m o re a po ut tfJe history of our
counfY and state.
Th e J vniOl'H is to rl an swi ll c om -
pete 'in the T ex aS ! HIstory Day
an d NatloralHistory Day in the ,
near future. The topic of the .
competition will be "lndlvldu-als in History,'; i
The F , u b is planning a fieldtrip to S an Antonio to learn
mere about Texas history.The histor ians are going to
c o- s p on s a ra w i nter s e m [ , fO ( l1 1 a J
dance wIth TAFE. Officers ar e
Presicent-Marcl Rooney, VicePres ident -A l f red Leer Secretary-
L e a n Matthews, Reporter-Lynn
Currie, Histol" ian-P.aUIKing and
the sponsors are A n n Anderson
and RutfLWhfteley.
ClubY GAIL THOMAS
Newshen Jil l Smith approached
me and asked me to write for
this edition of "Chalk Talk," I
immediately agreed. She asked
me to relate a learning sxper-
ience I had during my high
school years. I t sounded easy
at the t ime, but once I sat down
to write I realized - "Man, thatwas 11years ago!" (Thanks for
forcing me to admit that to
myself, Jill. YUCK.) This was
going to be more dif ficul t that I
had imagined.
The first experience that came
to mind was moving from
Spring, Texas, where I had at-
tended Klein from grades 7-11,
to Pit tsbu rsn, Penn syl vania.That truly was a tremendous
learning experience; belive me!
I was a Klein Bearkat through
and through. The thought of
leaving my friends and my
school was a painful, frighten-
ing one.
Imy eyes I had rea f ly " m a de
it" at Klein. I was an act ive
member of the Student Coun-
cil, the drill team and the year-
book staff. I felt like a full-
fledged member of the "in"
crowd. Neverdid I missa sport-
ing event, a school dance or avisit to Shakey's the local hot -
spot pizza parlor where wefaith-
fully gathered after football
games.
Now I had to start all over
again, and I was terrified. My
real fear wasnot being accepted
Th e Science Club-Jets arep la nn in g a Halloween costume
Par ty for the end of October and
are planning togo to Sea Wor ld
in late November . Plans are
also in the making for a fieldtrip to Houston to see 9 P ' E l n
hea(t sursefy.
This year Te)(as Association
of Future Educators (T A FE)of f l -
bers are: President· Am y Nor-yvoqd; Yi¢e President - Marc;
Rooney;Secretary· Ja mes Ki'oc-
zyk ; T re a su re r- D ana Gn.'Iesser;
Histor ian • T ara A lle n; Parlia-
mentarian - Stephanie DUke:
Reporter. Cheryl Bright
P HO TO B Y G RE G M OG LE
in this elite (snobby, if you ask
me) school in the suburbs of
Pittsburgh where the people
were dif ferent and the cul ture
was alien. I became a loner. I
only spoke out in class when I
was called upon todo so. Usu-
ally my response resulted in a
comment from oneof my class-
mates like, "Where are you
from? Youtalk funny." Toavoid
further humiliation, I'd skip
lunch by going to the library
and head home immediate ly
after the 3:30 dismissal bel l
sounded. I cried and moped
and wrote novel -like letters to
friends back "home."
Through all of the loneliness
and pain (much of it self-In-
flicted), looking back atit now, I
can honestly say that I learned
much more about mysel fthan I
ever had before. Rather tha n
basing my likes and dislikes,
my taste in clothes and make·up, and my choice of f riends,
on the group to which I be-
longed, I began toform my own
opinions and ideas. I learned to
be independent and to make
my own judgements. It was
pretty neat, really.
Th e Photogra-phy CI ub has
newly elected officers: Prest -
dent • Cljnt Easterling, Vice
President - Eric- Beal, Secretary
- A ndy Burrichter, arrd Treas-
urer r Mick Southerland.
Meetings a re h el d every tw o
'1.ee:ks on Wednesdays ~t3:30p.m ..i n r oom 126.A c an dy sale is scheduled fo r
December 5.9.
,
Th e Student Co unci! has been
very product ive over the sum-
mer and plans fo r a great year.
Several students attended t~ eS t u den t c o un c il summer work -s hO P in San Angelo. on Sep-
tember 3, Channel 3lfeatored
a vid~otape~it~Counc ] ] mem-
bers discussing 'heir s umme ractIvities, On Septembel' 30,
Student Council sponsored the
Victoty Dance after the football,game. A new propo~1 that the
students thought would make
life a little easier for teachers
and students, wasto establish a5[(11001 store for paper, pencils
and other flec;es:sities~1 &150 ,
thiey are urging students to vote
on the up com i ng p re s id e nt ia l
election. The suggestion b ox
will be contlnLled f r om last yearl
THis y~a r ' s 'M u Alph~ Thetaofficers are: . .President· Hahi
Gadalla; Ist Vice President •
Lisa Schafer; 2n d V[ce Presi-
dent" Paul Kas pe r ; S e 'G re ta r y·I
Leah Matthew; Treasurer? ChrisPargac;an d Publ ic i ty IHlsfbr'ian,
Ke ll y Russel l.Over the s umme r , four TAFE
r nemba r s attended the statew ork sh op in Ju ne in which they
learned about how toconduct a
club meetirlg and other prone-
dures, Thefo!Jrmemberswere;
Tara Allen. Stephanie Duke.James krotcz~. and ly cia C ham .pagne.
Durlng the summe r ' VCi l r iQUS
TAFE .m~mber5 helped jT ) the
m~jn Q f f i l r B and atArena SChed-uling.
Th e Orchestra is having its
fall concert on O c to be r 2 5 at'
7 :30 pm in room 141. The con-cert is open to the public and
everyone is. Invited to attend.Strol l ing Strings is continuing
its success this ye~r, They w i l l
p~ttDrm for : a W'omer1ls.Club
banquet on Nov emb e r 9.
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BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL NORSEMANeader's Page
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