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-Rad io con trovers~-Getting you, moneys worth-BHS students have it goodPage 3

- E 8 t J O g " ' r i g h t ~81m$ being h~al1hY,-High ac:hooJ -stUdents getting a glimpse of col lege life-New var iety In snack barPage6-BaSketball: so far. so lIOt- -5 r?MQlnQ Into actioneage7-D\"rict proves to u gh 1 0 r I90ccer tearn ' ., .~~I'$ on thei r way ton .tJol 1al sp a g 'e s ' : : ' ' .-Facesln the crOWd-Chalk Talk: A memorable Christmaseage lA-New y e ar , o ld p re se n tsPgge2A

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lio ns a bo ut th eir p are nts' d iv orc e.T hey lik e al l the presents and thea tt en ti on , y et feel that a p art o f e ac hC h ris tm as is stolen f ro m th em b y n oth av in g o ne f am il y.

F or so me k id s, th e first Christmasw ilhout their mom or d ad was thehardest

" My f irs t C hristm as w as VITi dif-ferenL Itwa s not a C hr is tm as th at Ienjoyed, Iell th at a part o f me wasm is sin g f rom m y l if e, " so ph om o re ,M ic he ll e C la yto n s aid .

There are a lso c hild ren w ho h aveno p ro blem s w ith th e fact that theirp a re nt s a re d ivo rc ed . T hey a ccept.a nd liv e w iL h th at f ac t,

"I a cc ep t i t a nd am glad that thingsh av e w ork ed o ut th ey w ay they have .rm oneo fth e luc ky o nes, so me kid s'p a re nt s c a n' , e ve n ta I k to one ano the rafter the d ivo rce," senior, TrayM o un ce sa id .

Sometimes a d ivorce can lead tocompeuuon, Bo th parents w illco mpete to give th ir c hild ren th eb es t, m o st e xp c n sivc presents.This can of Le n lead to a ng er a nd

IDIVlORCEICoping with split families during holidays

frustradon in t he p a re nt s, but thec hild ren seem to lo ve ill

Guill is of L e n accompanied by ad ivo rce, an d is no t d ispla yed no t byth e p ar en ts , b ut b y th e c hi ld re n,

"Sometime If ee l g uil ty w he n-ever I come back from my d ad 's. Idon't see him very much and I loves ee in g ru m a t C h ristm as . I 'm a n o nl yc hild in C aJ if om ia , th ere's DO com-pennon, n o f ig hts , a nd n o j ea lo us y, "C la yto n s aid .

" Th ere a re a l wa ys tw o sid es to o nestory. Whe n tw o p eo p le g et divorced,th e c hild re n h ea r b oth sid es . Ihinkth e peo ple w ho arc m ost affected bya divorce ar e th o se w h o try t o d e c id ewho' right or w rong. They try tofind an an wer to w h y t he ir p ar en tsg ot d iv orc ed ," M o un ce said.

A ltho ugh d ivorce isn 't easy fore ith er s id e o f t he r ec eiv in g e nd , beingable to accept it i s the best way tocope with il"A p ers on h as to d eal w ith th eirp aren ts'd iv orc e. T he y h av e g ot d ea lw ith it, j u. t accept Il, d o n 't a n al yz eit! It'snot a ll t ha t b ad ," M o un ce said.

b y L e sl ey Ro d g er liLast C hristm as w as w on de rf ul

Dad , m om, a nd the children sal aroundth e tree on Ch ristm as morning. Al oo k o fs he er ex cite me nl w a s w ri tte non e ac h f ac e as the mou nd of pack-a ges w ere rip pe d o pen . T ha t w as la stChristmas.

This Chr is tmas th ings won 'tbe th esam e. T his C hristm as so meth ingwill be m iss in g fro m th at "pertest"s ce ne o f ye st .e ry ea r. A n d t hi s C h ri st -mas only mom and the kid s w ill sitaround th e tree.

D ad dy is gone because of a cruelw ord -c od e name DIVORCE.Each y ea r, c hild ren f ro m b ro ken

h omes a re farced toma ke imp o rt an tdecisons a bo ut h ow th ey will spendtheir Christmas.

Whic h p are nt w ill Ip en d C h ri st -mas w ilh? W ill Ip en d C h ri st ma seve w ilh mom or d ad ? Does mom 'snew h usb and o r d a d's new w ife evenw an t m e I he re f or Christrna ? W ill Isp en d e no ug h tim e with both of m yp a re nt s w i th o ut f ee li ng guilty?C hild ren o ften h ave m ixed erne-

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2 NORSEMAN . FR IDAY, DECEMBER 15 . 1 9 1 9Area s ta tio ns h av e lis te ne rs s le ep in gby Ryan HoltW hile B ryan-C ollege Stauon is

one of the fastest growing metro-pclitan areas in the country, it's ashame that we d on't have a radiostation that meets ihe l e ve l o f q ua li tythat Bryan-College S tauon deserves.or some six rad io stations in thearea, o nl y o ne h as rec eiv ed n aL io na lrecognit ion either f or it s p ro gram-m in g o r i ts o n -a ir p er so n al it ie s. Thatr ad io s ta ti on is KORA-FM. morew id e ly k nown as 98 country. KORAis a v ery p op ula r ra dio sta tio n, a ndfo r good re aso n, b ut if y ou d on 't lik ec on tin uo us c ou nL ry m us ic the onlyother places to tum are hicksville-FM Iike Star 92 or KKYS.

T he re w as a tim e, h ow ev er, that Irem em ber,!h e pre- Sta r 92 and pre-Chuck Redden e ras. Unfortunately,th e arrival o f Sta r 92 killed t he o n cegreat 92K . and it n ow c ate rs to theover 3 5 c ro wd , w ith e arly 8 0's h its.

If t ha t' s no t b ad e no ug h, at aboutthe same tim e C hu ck R ed d en m ov edto K KY S from a rad io sta tio n inLouisiana. They we re th e l u cky ones!Since Reddens' arrival h i s on -a i r a n ti csand approval (as fanner stationm an ag er) o f su ch n ig ht slllpidity asElectric Ded ic at io ns , h as b ro ug ht t hetarget aud ience of KKYS d own tothe Junior High level. This poinLbecomes blatantly o bv io us a t a bo ut9 p .m . e ve ry week night,These tw o rad io stations have for-gouen about Lh e a g e o f l is te ne rs thatrun this town: the l6-30 yearolds.lothis town, if th is a ge g ro up d oes n'tsuppo rt yo u, yo u d on't survive thetest of t ime. M ost o f me listeners inthai ag e group f re qu en tl y tu ne in toHouston radio stations.L et's lo ok in to th e f utu re a nd ju stpretend a little bit Le t' s p re te n d thatthe new owners of KKYS. aJong

A P AR K lN Q ST IC KE R I S N E C ES SA RY T O P A RK . A T B l lS .P HO T O B Y M IN DY H ER R IN

with u pg ra d in g th ei r p ow er to 50,000watts, also f Ir ed ( 1 k n ow it's h op in gfo r a lo t) C hu ck R ed d en . Let's justsay th en , th at th e new ow ners re-f orm aU ed th e sta tio n, a nd a ll ow ed af ew m ore th an len so ng s to b e p la yedover and over agam, Perhaps theym ig ht e ve n l is te n to w ha t t he p ub licwants to h ea r. instead o f w hat B ill-board Magazi n e s ay s ar e t he b igges th its. M ay be , ju st m ay be , w ith th esesignifican t c h an ge s p lu s th e fact thatKKYS isnow 50.000 walls, thistowncould actually draw a decem groupe r ors.So now you are asking, is thereany h ope fo r Star 9 2? T he a nsw er is,p ro ba bly n ot, T he rea so n f or tha1 is,th e o wners o f S tar 92 ac tua lly be -lieve mat they are d oing th e rightthing by p la y in g e ar ly 80's music(?).See radio p. 3

' I ' not having a sticker isgrounds for D-HaJJ, then saveme a seat (his Saturday. I'lldo my homework while Icount my $S,"

Parking up the the wrong tree

to eat, T here's n oth in g w ors e th anknowing you're notright, butbelieveit or not, w e stud ents just may beta king th is "bum th e sc ho ol d ow n"a ltitu de a little to o f ar -- just maybe.

There is an o ld ph rase tha t says" no p a in , n o g ai n. " E v er yo n e' s heardit, T he I IUth is, it's n ot th e p ain th atb r ing s ab out impr ovemen l-i t' s howyou respond to pain w hen it comesyour way that reveals just ho w "tough"o r " co ol" y ou a re u nd er p re ssu re .Ifs om eo ne c an l ea rn to ov er eome

a n id e al o r s it ua ti on th ey d o n't a gre ew ith, they are that much a betterperson fo r it . I k now this s o un d s l ik eSee at ti tude p. 3

clo sed ca mpus an d w hat seem s to bea m il ita nt a d mi nis tr at io n. S o w h at?I n c as e n o o ne h as n otic ed . n oth in g'sperfect, This w orld is imperfect Itmay just be me , but things like ac lo sed c am pu s o r stric t sc ho ol p oli-c i es a r en 't that big o f a d eal.

I know for a fact tha t a s h um an sw e a re c apa ble o f ea ting in th e sa mel un ch ro om w it ho ut s erio us p hy sic alo r p s ycho log ica l ha rm , Why , so mep eo ple o n th is p la ne t d o n't ev en h av eenough food to C81-- or any thing thalr es emb les d e cen t e du cat ion ; and herew e s it , c o ns ta n Ll y t el li n g o n e a n ot he rof our great woe and tribulationbec ause w e c an't d nve so mew here

by Ross KingAs a conce rne d s eni o r here at BHS,

I h av e n otic ed o ne is su e thal contin-ues t o b o the r me . Iave no w ish Ladig up o ld c lo se d campus bo nes o rc orn pla i n a bo ut th e d r ess c od e o r a n yo th er l ar ge ly d e ba te d r ul e My prob-lem r e vo lve s a r ound the parking situ-ation.Let us r ev ie w th e facts:1. In o rd er to a tte nd B ry an H ig h,we must p a rk in t he Jun io r /Seni o rParking Lot.

2. In order (0pa rk in eith er lo tI m ust h av e a s tic ker.

3. Inorder to g el a s ti ck er , I mustpa y $5.

4. IfI d o no t h ave a sticker, I m ust

T o us, $5 for a sticker t o p ar k in aplace w he re w e have lobe iCwe wantan e ducat ion seems a l it tl e steep,If n ot h av mg a stic ker is grounds

f or D .h al1 , th en sa ve me a se at th isS at ur da y, 1 11do m y h om ew o rk w h il eI count my $5 .

A n ot he r p ro b lem that Ihave in-v alv es th eu seo fm y m on ey . W he re ,if I may ask. d oes my $5 go? 1certainly h ope it doesn't go LO myow n s ec ur ity a nd s af ety ,b ec au se ,d urin g th is y ea r so f ar, se vera l o f m yf rie nd s' c ar s h av e been hit while int he p a rk ing 101., and my own car basb een k ey ed tw ic e. I n a d ditio n, I h av eSee parking sticker p. 3

t ake Oha ll un ti l such t ime as Jc an o bta m o ne ,

In essence, the situation is this: Im ust pay the school $5 LO sta y o uto ut o f O -h all. In A merica , we callth al exto rtio n. It so und s cra zy, butju st c hec k th e a bo ve facts.

Those of us who hold jobs andd on't get w eekJy allow ances w iththree d igits apprec ia te th e va lue o fmoney.

S tuden ts overreac t w ith bad attitudeby H.C. Ross"I can't stand closed campus -

l un ch is a wf ul !""This school is a p ri so n . "" Th ey c an 't m ak e u s do t ha I. W h at

a bo u t o u r r ig h ts ?! G el real - t hi s s ch o ol ma y have

pro blem s, but th ey h ave no th ing tod o w ith closed campus or any in-f ri ng em e nt o n o u r i na li en a bl e r ig h ts .The p r ob l ems come f rom t he s tu d en tbo dy. W e're all a b un ch o f s el fi shwhiners. Complain. complain,c om pla in . N ow b efo re a ny on e gelsoffended. I'd l ike t o e x pl a in why Ihold this o pin io n o f th in gs .

It is true our school has a fewp erc eiv ab le sh ortc om in gs. su ch a s

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3ow er to SOKS boosts

by Ryan RoltOn N ovem ber 1, 1989, Bryan-

College S ta ti on j o in e d the ranks ofsuch m aj orc it ie s a s D all as , H O US lo n,Denver, Chicago, New York, andC in cin au i a s' the o wn ers o f a 5 0,0 00w aU ra dio sta tio n. L oc al ra dio sta-L io n K K YS -F M in cre ase d its p ow eroutage from 3,000 to 50,000 w a tt s o fp ow er , p ul lin g it among the mostpowerful radio s ta ti on s i n t he U n it edStates.

"The increase in po wer has beenin the w ork s f or a bo ut a y ea r, " s ai dm orning O J C huc k R ed den .

KKYS is trying to reach a ne waudience of listeners, such as th eprime area i n Hun ts v il l e.

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a ir u nu lt he c h an ge ov er th e n ex t. da y,O U T i n g that l i m e l iste ne rs w ere a l-lowed L O call in and g ue s e xa ct lywhat L im e t h e p ow er i nc re as e wouldO C C U T . T he w inner received 50 al-bums or casseues, R ed den end ed upstaying on L he a ir f or o ve r 30 hoursstraigju, W hen the Lime finaJly ar -riv ed , B ry an M a yo r M a rv in T ale a ndC o ll eg e S ta ti on M a yo r L a rr y R in ge rh el pe d f li p th e s witc h ."This increase in power is justmal, a t th is L im e w e h av e a bs ol ute lyno intentions of changing our for-m al. W e feel th at OUT listeners enjoyou r format as is ," R ed d en sa id .

" We 're try in g to gel the SamHou L on m a rk et into o u r l is te ni ngaud ience. A s it w as. th ey rea llyd id n't h av e a ra d io s ta tio n that theyc ould pic k up ," R ed d en S 8Id .

Along with th e in cre ase in p ow erK KY S also changed lts frequencyf ro m 1 04 .9 to ]04.7 FM . The fre-qu en cy c ha nge lo ok p la ce b ec au se aradio slauon j us t o u ts id e of Houstonh as th e 1 04 .9 frequency a s w ell . T hein crea se m po wer w ou ld h ave over-lapped th e market area of the tw or ad io s ta t ion s .

T he mo rning befo re the po wer"u p, C h uc k R e dd e n s ta rte d in his usualm orn ing tim e slo t a nd sta yed o n th e DJ CHUCK REDDEN GOES ON THE AJR WITH THE EXPANDED KKYS PM.

PHOTO BRYAN PRESS" J resolve 10 w ork hard and lO be

! . h e a ll -b ein g m as te r o f L im e, sp ac ea nd d im ensio n -- T hen ..J w an na goto Europe."> Marshall Love"Ie so lv e n ev er to e a t c a f et e ri afood again and to be t he s ix th 'M is sTexas' 10 w in th e 'M iss U .S .A .' p ag -eant." - Deborah Perry"I resolve to grad uate" - DanGreves~I resolve lO w in th e NobeJ PeaceP riz e th is y ea r, a nd to le ad a c ol on i-z atio n o f M ars." - Jo sh ua D yal"I resolve to get a car -- also to

have as much fun as possible andmanage to keep up m y grad es untilg ra d ua ~o n. - L es le y W o od~Iu su sa ll y d o n 't make resolutions

because I k now I'llnever keep them"-M rs . F reric h, te ac he r"To lo ve many w om en." - K evinAllen

BHS plans forapproaching decadeF ac ed w ith th e o min ou s p re se nc e

o ra w ho le ne w year (hence the name)ahead, it s ee ms n ec e sary LO make af ew " Ne w Y ea r's re oluuoos" to setthings suaigbl W hat about th e stu-d ents h ere a t B HS ? A re th ere am bi-t i o u s p l a ns 10 b r ing ab out world p e a c e ?A r e t he re p la n s for hap p ie r, he a lt h ie rl iv es ? T he f ol lo w in g s tu d en ts /s ta ffga ~e th eir o wn N ew Y ea r's reso lu-

byH.C.RossT h er e c om es a p oi nt d u rin g e ve ry

holiday s ea so n , a ft er y o u' ve r et ur ne dhome from G ra ndm a's , w h en all th epresents have been opened , all theturkey (okay,~ofLhe t ur ke y) h a sbeen consumed, an d there i s l i tt le lOdo o utsid e o f cal, s le ep . te nd th ef ire pl ac e. a nd watch c oll eg e f oo t-ball. C hrisu na s is o ve r a nd it seemsfairly safe to call il h olid a y a nd goback to e ve ry da y l if e. T he n, OUl ofthe blue, here co mes N ew Y ear's.b rin gin g u p the tail end of the holi-d a y s ea so n .

lions:"T o finish lh i year as soon as

p oss ib le an dra i em y g ra d es ." - KymCarroll

" I w i ll SLOp t er ro ri zi ng sm al l c h il -d ren aro und th e H allo ween sea so nan d SLOp ." - Der ek R ic ha rd s

me on a c om pl ai ni ng r am p ag e.Th e best thing we as students ca n

d o no w is sm ile a nd try to l ig h te n u p.Ifyou've go t a c om pl ai nt a g ai ns t th es ch oo l, a nd a re i nt el lig en t e no ug h toorganize y o ur t ho u gh ts o n paper. then,f or g oo d ne ss s ak es, se nd a l ette r in tothe Norseman. W e'll p rint it fo re ve ry o ne e ls e 10se e. I p ro mis e, I c ansp ea k f or all of us here and say I'dmuch rather read it i n th e paper thanbea r it d ay a fter d ay in t he h a ll s.

T hat's a ll, B ryan H igh . Have an ic e d a y.

what make up B ryan H igh, not theru les or the dres code. If all th ep eo pl e h ere are f o re v er d e p re ss edabout t hei r c i rcumst ance s, whe r e docsth a t p ut OUT spirit?If pride iny ou r sc ho ol se em s l ik e

a cr ock , itmayhelp LO think o f s ch o o lspirit like th is: W he n e ve ry on e h erecan in some way relate and be COD-ten t (fo r a c ha nge) w ith a "G ee, th isisn't so bad" a un ud e -- o r s omet h ingl ik e th at, y ou g et th e p ic tu re -- w he ne ve ry on e c an be of the sam e m ind ,t ha t i s s ch o ol piriL

I 'm t ry i ng to enjo y m y lastd ays o fhigh sc ho ol h ere, a nd I'm n ot go in gLO w asre m y L im e o r a nyb od y ruse'stim e c om pl ain in g a bo ut e ve ry liu leaspect of life that isn't up to mypersonal standards, I 'm going tom ake th e m ost of m y life n ow , be-f or e I 'v e g ra d ua te d a nd a ll m yf ri en d sare g one a nd I'm w orking all d ay tomake a living . 00 ahead, stea l m ylunch ! Blow up m y locker! B elteryet., b lo w u p m y h ouse! I 'm g la d tobe w here I am, and noth ing sho rt ofa n uc lea r h olo ca ust is go ing to get

w e graduate,Some t hi ng s i n this w orld d o n eed

c orre ctin g, a nd w e a re re sp on sib lefOT speal- .ing ou t a g ai ns t t ho s e th ings- but those pro blem s are not here atBryan H igh School. W e've got itg oo d h er e, ifyo u ask me (by t he w a y

purchased their ~king stickers, it isimportant that th ey d o. Ju st go d ow nto thal li tL le office, fill out th e s am eform 37 t imes in d i ff er en t c o lo rs ,pa y yOUT $5, a nd g iv e y ou r d riv er'slic en se. pro of o f in su ra nc e, birthcen if i ca t e. s oc ia l securi ty card. bloodtype, an d yOUT report cards f or th el as t s ev en y ea rs .

S erio usl y th ou gh , if stu de nts a reto pay f or o ur p ark in g stic ke rs , th enperh ap s it sh ou ld pa y to h av e o ne .To p rop er ly m on ito r b oth p ark in gl ot s, a rl ea st two p e op le s ho u ld be ond uty a t all times.Ica n o nly h ope that th e w ho lei tu ati on g ets b ett er . b ut ir i t d oe s n 'tI'll be o kay in th e morning.

park ing s ti ck er , c ont : f rom p. 2m any friend s w ho h av e h ad th eir c ars te r eos s to l e n.

W ith that k ind of securi ty , I'msu rp rise d n ob od y h as c om e into th ep ar ld n g l ot, b lo w n off th e to p o fmayc ar w ith d yn am it.e , in sta ll ed sire nso n th e h oo d , an d driven it across th ef oo tb al ll ie id d ra gg in g s ma ll k itc h ena p pl ia n ce s b e hi nd iL

O f course, if something like thatw e re t o h a pp en , it wou ld p ro b ab ly beth e stud ents ' fau lts. O ur securityw ould h av e been h ind ered b ec au ses o m u ch time h as to be speotcbasingdown cars th al h av e th eir stickerstaped o n, a nd no t stu ck o n using th eproper adhesive procedure, Th en t he rea re th ose vic io us la wbrea kers w holeave a comer o f t he ir p a rk in g s ti ck -e r s uns tuck ,

W ith p ro ble ms l ik e th ese a t h an d,there is no lime LO w atc h fo r sillyth in gs l ik e t hi ev es , v an d al s, o r r ec k-l e ss d r i ve r s.

For those w ho still h ave not yet

"If w e can persevere inthese 'bard times' atBryan Higb, tben w e willbe much more preparedto face the world of em-p lo ym en t a nd p olitic s a ndtaxes after w e grad uate. "

r ad io , c on i: f rom p . 2It seems in reality lhat we are

stuck w ith these lethargic id eas ofr a d io s ta t ion s . Inm y o pi ni on e it he rlearn to like co untry m usic o r gel aradio thal p ic ks u p H o u sto n, b ec au seas w e kno w, life is not a dream, an dw e can 't turn back tim e to the pre-R ed den a nd pre-S ta r d ays. Fo r n ow ,all w e c an d o is hope that some daywe w ill become as r , . _Louisiana w....

a tt itu d e, c on i. f rom p . 2th e kind of s tu ff y ou r g ra nd p ap pyt el ls y ou , b ut a ga in , i t's a ctu al ly tr ue .If w e ( th e stu de nt body) ca n perse-v re in these "hard lim es " a t B ry anH igh. then we w ill be m uch m oreprepared to face the w orld of em -p lo ym en t a nd p ol it ic s a nd ta xe s a ft er

I'm nor writing this editorial as arepresentative for the faculty oranything like that),

AU th is n ag gin g a bo ut o ur sc ho olb ein g less th an sa tisfa cto ry m akesme nauseo us. T he peop le h ere ar e

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Off the Wallhow much do you actually study each night?

"Not mu ch , e xc ep t r ig ht before Ul.eclass starts."Murray Newman. sophomore

"Abs ol u te ly n o ne wh a ts oe v er ."Andy Novosad, junior

"10:00 'lilli f al l a sl ee p - s om e tim e s 10 r nin ., s om et im es a n h ou r. "Linda Searsan, senior

"N ot v ery m uch , I stud y d uring sch oo lm o re U l an o uts id e s ch oo l. "

T es ci ll e C o le , s en io r

"T wo h ou rs a w eek ." Johnetta Washington, junior

"Depend s - if I have a test the next d ay.",--------r Mandy Hollin, sophomore

-ASKElb..._ m inu tes. B ecau se I w ork , I j ust d on 't h av e th e tim e." Sh eila G offn ey , sen io r

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C olleges affect tow ns in sevew ay s su ch as b rin gin g m ore m on ein to t he e co nom y a nd i nc re as in g thtown's p op ul atio n b y 1 0,0 00 o r marpe op le. A co lle ge can also aff ect thh ig h s ch oo l stu d en ts th at l iv e in th atown.

H aving a college in tow n canb oth b en ef ica l a nd d is to rtin g toy ou ng p er so n' s m in d . T h e h ig h s ch oostudent ca n see what life after higs ch oo l is l ik e if h e o r s he in te nd s 1ta ke th e tim e to f urth er th eir e du calion.

B ut d ep en ding o n w ho or w hat thstud en t sees is w ha t g iv es him o r h etheir concept of the future. For ins ta n ce , s ee in g c o ll eg e s tu d en ts studying most of the tim e a nd workinha rd to g et g oo d gra de s is a p ositivasp ec t, c au sin g the fu tu re co llegstudent to re al iz e h e h as to w ork barto g et th e g ra de s h e w an ts to a ch ie veIf the h igh school stud ent onlsees the "party life" of a col leg

stud en t an d n ev er seem s to catch thco lleg e stu den t in "stu dy life" theh e co uld g et th e id ea th at co lle ge ia ll o ne b ig p arty , le av in g him wian expec t at io n L O p arty all th e timo nc e h e re ac he s c ol le ge .

T he tra ditio ns o f a c ol le ge s uc hA &M 's 12th M an, yell practiceb on fire an d E lep han t W alk, h av eco nsid erab le e ffect o n h ig h scb oot ra d it io n s. B r ya n High stu d en ts y efor their c lasses much like A &s tu de nts h av e c erta in y ell s f or th e'classes.

In a town without a college th

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luence high schoolhigh school has tocome upwi th thei rown traditions, so they might nothave as many as a high school in thetown with a col lege. A high schoolwitha college in town can come upwith their own, plus some of thecoJlege tradi tions and rituals .

The organization Young Life bringshigh school students togethcrto formbonds with college students in theright atmosphere.

A high school student may alsodecide to go lO the college in theirtown and stay home with their par-ems. But, l iv iog at home and being a"homebody" won't help with financesin the future.Having a col lege in the (own can

also have a tremendous ef fect on theh igh school studen ts' grades. Per-formance can increase because stu-dents know how much it takes [0 getinto a coll ege since they have easieraccess to the information.Living in a college town can also

give a high school student a betternightlife. CoUege students create moreact ivit ies in t ile town such as yellpractice a d the haunted house thatf ra te rnities hold every Hal loween.This gives high school smdems some-thing to do besides drive all overtown all . iight searching for some-thing to a o , which usually turns outto be a Jig wa te of gas.Having a college in town mainlybenefits h igh school students even

though there arc so many exira peopleand cars in the town when college isin session.

even reuben sandwiches.From the sixth section students

w illbe able to feast on a panorama ofdelectable international del igfus, Itwill be just like being at lunch in afore ign country. It ems wil l includepasta (I ta ly) , fajit as (Merico) , Chi-nese food , and finally, baked pota-toes Oreland?).Probably the most popular section

of the snack bar will be section seven.ICE CREAM! I(enough said).

Last. but not least. for the rabbit ineveryone, the famed salad bar willcontinue to see act ion,"We want to have student input on

the k ind of foods they would like 10see in the snack bar area. we aresetting up a commitee of studentcouncil members that will serve fo rthat purpose ," Zawie ja sa id.

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Cindy Zawieja, Director of FoodServices.The second sec tion will be an area

where students can obtain such foodsas frito pie, hot dogs, burritos, andfrench fries. In the third section,students will see a welcome change.

"We are hoping 10 present to thestudents a wide variety of hamburg-ers, including such things as 1/4 poundhamburgers , cheeseburgers, baconcheeseburgers, and maybe evenmushroom burgers," Zawie ja sa id.

In the fourth section students willbe receiving such gourmet treat s aspizza pockets, frcnchbread pizza, RedBaron pizza, and finally, the hit ofevery party, square-pan-baked p izza,

Inthe fi ft h sect ion s tudents will beable to find the old favorites liketuna, chicken salad, and YES!, maybe

balancing school and l ife act ivit iesmanagable, many students must dropsocial lives for grades, and othersmust drop grades for social lives.This is a bad situation for manytrying tomeet commitments on bothends, but solutions can be found,usually through unwanted sacrifices.

"I'm supposed to beaut of town onmost weekends, bu t I'm often stay-inS here for school," junior Jill Mmgansaid.However, there is sti ll the prob-lem of getting the assigned home-work done on lime, and the key tothis is preparat ion. Be prepared todohomework after school, late at night,or be prepared to do no homework.

American child.BISD dietician intern MaryVanelswyck believes that eating habits

come from parents and the commu-nity. That is, what a paren t eats, achi ld eats also.

There are six risk factors whichinvolve high cholcstcrol levels . Th~yare: elevated blood cholesterol,weighing more than 20% over idealbody weight, smoking more than tencigarettes per day, a family historyo f high blood pre ure, and also beinga male.All the risk factors are additive,meaning Iha t if a person possessesmore than one risk factor i t increasesthe chance of hean disease.A normal cholesterol level is

18Smg/d l. Most doctors feel Lhal acholesterol level above 200mg/dlshould be checked.

"I'm not asking people to give up

Delecta'ble DelightsS nack bar renovations nearing com p le tion

G rade p ressure dep rive students of socia l life"We go to school to learn, we go

home to do homework," juniorRhonda Owens said.The bouom line is that if school is

overbearing, and giving up seemslike a good idea, talk. to someone.Although no one wants a class ofstudents with nothing to do, no oneintends to give so much wok thatbecoming a dropout makes for a greatidea. The counselors and grade prin-cipals are here for the students. andthey are willmg 10 work out anyproblems that can't be fixed by ateacher, Remember.the high schoolyears should be the best in your li fe,but only you ca n make them won-derful.

Wa tch in g ch ole ste ro l h ea lth y h olid ay tra ditio n'all the pleasures of eating, bull justwant people to realize whatlhey aredoing. I t' s a problem that will dete r-mine the rest of your life," Vanelswycksaid.Although cholesterol is always

thought of as being "the enemy," itasa very essent ia l par t of a bal anceddiet. It is also very necessary inbrain development and function.Cholesterol is also needed to pro-duce certain hormones and to con-struct cells.Some wise food choices migh t beto eat baked chicken, instead of fTied

chicken. or Fig Newtons instead ofNutte r Butle r's . sherbert instead ofice cream, or rice cakes instead ofGranola bars.

"The younger a person starts towatch and make and make wise foodchoices , the bett er off they wil l be,"Vanelswyck said.

by Ryan HoltWell folks, the moment every-

body has been waiting for is here.Work has finally been started on thesnack bar expansion.The basic question asked by most

is, if they ever get through with thisthing, what is it going to look like,and is the food ever going to getbet ter? Ask no more, the answers ar ehere.

Basically , the new snack bar areawill be divided into eight main parts .The first section will consist of adeli-type setup where sandwiches wiUbe made to the students' specifica-ti ons whi le they wail

"We are going to try to have asmany sandwich combinations aspossible. It should be a lot like asandwich restaurant s ituation," said

by Kathie CenterLet's see: Algebra test. ..chemistry

homework. . .English test.i.historypapcr ... Spanish test. WHAT have Iforgotten? Asocial l ife? Sony. this isschool.For many people, school has be-

come a choice between extracur-ri cular ac tiviti es , grades or a socia llife."Grades gel me all stressed out.and Ian't do what Iwant todo. They

want us to gel involved in extracur -r icula r ac tiviti es, but who ha s thetime to make the grade and be in-volved," junior Stacy Kindt sa id.Although some people have found

With all the goodies noo.ting aroond,Chri stmas is def inuely nOLthe bes tOrne to watch your cholesterol level .But , watching your cholesterol is theonly way to keep a healthy heart anda sound mind.Cholest erol i s a soft, fat -l ike sub-

stance found among the fats in thebloodstream. These arc called lip-ids. A high level of lipidsa bui lt-upin the bloodstream is called hyper.lipidemia, which IS a major ri sk fac-tor for coronary heart disease.More than 50% of middle-aged

Ameri cans have a cholest erol levelabove their normal average. Butthere is a growing problem with the

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6 NOBSEMAN. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1989by Amber Holt " I g e l r ea ll y n er vo us , b ut th ey ( th e'

m eets) are alot of fun," senior A n-thony Gan a s ai d.To be on the team th e only re-

q uir em en ts a rc that s tu d en ts m a keal l of th e p ra cuc es , r em a in eligible,an d be a h ard w ork er. T he g ym na s-tic s c la ss is d urin g sixth p erio d a ndp ra ct ic es u su al ly l as t u nt il 5 :3 0 p .m .

"Last year Iam e L O B ry an H ig hfor c om mu nity ed uc atio n c la sse s ing ym na stic s a nd C oa cb A eL Ch er s aid1 h ad lh eabiliLy LObe o n lh e learn, sotn ars b asic al ly h ow I b ec am e inter-es te d in g ym na stic s," L ap p s aid .

T he c om mu nity e du ca tio n c la ss isin stru cte d b y D eb bie V ill ers , B ra dD ix on, B ra nd on R ay, Shay Drews.an d Julie L ukens, M on da y r.bro ughT hursd ay n igh ts fro m 6 p .m . to 9p.m .. I I tea ch es ba sic rum blin g fo rthree y e a rs o r a ge o n u p. A s in L ap p'sc a se .t hi s c l as s usually seems LO inter-est many stud ents in being on theteam.

AO.er g ra d e c uts , th er e w il l p ro ba -bl y be abo ut I? o n th e team. Gradesa re a m ajo r p art o f pa rtic ip ating inany spon, howev er , gymnas ti c s takesy ea rs o fp ra clic e a nd to ns o f d ed ic a-t ion.

n I th ink it wo u ld be fun L O go to theO lym pics, but m y goal righ t now is10 go to Slate a nd p la ce :' j un io r K ris LyT ho ma so n sa id .Fo r g ym na sts , th e u ltim ate s ta gew ou ld seem to be th e O lym pic s. Inh ig h s ch oo l n ot m an y s et th eir g oa lsthat h igh, but fo r now set them to -w a rd s s ta le .

T h e B ry an V ik in g g ym na sti cs te amdoes n ot a lw ay s seem to get th ecreduitdeserves, T uc kc da wa y in anu ps ta ir s r oom of th e p ra ctic e g ym .h ou rs o f heart, s ou l a nd perspirationa rc p oured o ut into exten sive exer-eise, T he g ym na stic s tea m aL BryanH ig h h as a lw ay s b ee n v ery c om peti-tive. Last y ea r, a se nio r, J oe l D ix ona ve ra ge d f irst in th e n atio n o n rin gs .Sh ay D rew s and Lori Thomas arereturning "All-American" gymnasta w ard w in ne rs .Last yea r's rec ord s d o seem hardto beat but there seems to be nopressure a s th ey prepa re fo r eachc om petitio n. T he gy mn asts a ct a s al ea rn r at he r t ha n i nd i vi d ua ls .

"We a ll h elp ea ch o th er." so ph o-m o re J en ny Lapp sai d .

" We sta nd s tro ng er a s a le arn th anindividuals. W e c he er ea ch o th er on,"se nio r S ha y D re ws s aid .The tint meet was held on De-cember1or girls a nd o n D ec em be r8 fo r guys."This is the rust tim e w e'v e h eld

c om pe ti ti on b e fo re t he Chr isunasho lid ays," gym nastics co ach J.T .P l eLChe r s a id .

In eac h m eet th ere a re fo ur w om -ens' even ts, w hic h inc lud e un evenbars. vault , beam a nd f lo or. T he g uy scompete insix e ve nt s. w h ic h i nc lu d epommel horse, r ing , f lo o r, v a ul t,high bar, and parallel bars. Five peoplefrom th e team can co mpete in eachi nd i vi d ua l e ve nt , At th e m ee ts , le n-sio ns rise f or th e V ik in g g ym na sts .

T EAM M EM BE RS S HOW 1lfEIR DED ICAT ION TO OYMNA .S ll CS. PHaro BY~THIA Gl11EMAN

Ba sk etb all fa ce s to u gh .seasonT hey a ls o d efe ate d C on so lid a te d in ag lo r io u s 9 5 -8 0 win. T he frrst o ut o fI Own g am e wa s p la y ed a g ai ns t L u fk inina lOurnamenLTh e varsity Learn as o f N ov em b er

c on sists o f 13 players. T he y a re :& ic J ac ks on , A ru ho ny H a in es , D o na ldThompson, Joe Wilburt, Mark Haines,C ed ric S ha nn on , D ary l E ll is , A d ria nLawson. R obert ~ , Sieve Salazar,S id n ey M cM ur ra y. Rodney Young,a nd C h ar le s M cM il la n.

C oa ch D av ish op es to ge ts om e n ewp la ye rs , w h ic h w il l be a n a ss et 10 th eJV t ea m, f rom f oo tb al l.U su ally f oo tb all b rin gs a biggerc ro wd th an b as ke tb all . b ut th is y ea r itshould be differenL

" We h avea go od team , a nd I w ou ldreally like L O s ee th e stu den t bodyc om e to spu r th e learn o n t ho v ic to ry .If th e tea m w in s, it se em s like every-o ne h ere a t sh co ol w in s, " D av is sa id .

Th e team will use both m an-tom an a nd z on e d ef en se .

The ba sk etba ll sc hed ule fo r th e1 98 9 19 90 B ry an High S ch oo l B as -k etb all T ea m is a s f oU ow s:

by Lesley RodgersT ou gh . T ha i's w ha t H ea d B as ke t-b all C oa ch B arry D avis thinks this

year 's drstrict will be like."The district is g oing to b e LOugh-

-to ugh er th an la st y ear, S om e o f th eto ug he sro pp on en ts a re g on n a b e C y-F ai r. Kl ei n, C yp re ss C re ek , a nd K le inO a k . T h ey 'r e all go od ," D av is sa id .

Even t hough Davis ha s only beenat B ryan H igh two year's. he feelsth at th e b ig ge st d if fe re nc e b etw ee nth is sea so n a nd la st is th at h e h as h adtime 10 geL to know each perso n ont he L e ar n.

" I know al l th e kids an d we've ha da f ull s prin g t og eth er! W e k no w a llth ese exp ec ta tio ns o f ea ch o th er,"D a vi s s ai d .

AI lhough the basketball team didn'tpractice th is sum mer, many of thep la ye rs j oin ed s umm er l ea gu es .

" D ur in g t he s um m er . th e g uy s h a vea c ha nc e to m ake th em selv es b etterin div id ua l p la yers . T he b eu er indi-v id ua ls y ou h av e.th e b eu er o f'a teamy ou h av e," D av is sa id .

The team's first win wa s o v er Wa c o.Viking Basketball

DEC. 14-16 - A&M CONSOLIDATED TO URN TDEC. 14-16 - HUNTSVILLE JV TOURN. - TDEC. 27-29 -SOMERVILLE JV TOURN . TDEC. 2830 - MIDWAY TOURN_ - TDISTRICT GAMESJAN. 2 ~ JERSEY VILLAGE ~HJAN. 5 - KLEIN - TJAN. 9 ~ LANGHAM CREEK - HJAN. 12 ~KLEIN FOREST. TJAN. 16- CYPRESS FAIRBANKS - TJAN. 19- KLEIN OAK - HJAN. 23 - CYPRESS CREEK T(Remainder of schedule will beprimed in the next issue of/he NorsemtJn.)ASKE TBALL TEAM [ S EN 'T E R. [N G THE IR S EA SON P REPARED . P HO T O S B Y CYNTH IA GUZEMAN

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NORSEMAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15.1989 7D is tr ic t p re ss ure s to u gh fo r s oc ce rby R o ss K i ngEven ! ho ugh !h e beginning of soccer

season isn 't until January, CoachT om mie A llm on has been t ra in ingthe team since the st ar t of school.Since O c to be r, t he team has beenrunning a nd p er fo rm in g drills in

preparation for the upcoming sea-son. Allmon said tha t be is doingthings a Iiule bit differently this year.

"We're doing a lot more team stufft hi s y ea r . .. trying [0g el a wa y fromdrills that ju st c en te r a ro un d theindividual player, n Allmon said.Allmon is look ing for a much

smmger team as a whole thi s year .' "We n eed to have a good l e arn t h is

season, not ju st a bunch of goodp la ye rs ," A llm on s ai d.The main concern for th soccer

team now is making up for all thetalented players tha t were los t withlast year's graduating class . Veryfew of the players on the varsi ty

team this year were on fast year'sv ar si ty . M uc h o f t he t ea m a re so ph o-mores a nd las t year's j un io r v ar si typlayers.

As Car as slrOng points go, thel ea rn h a s f our p rospec t iv e goalkeep-ers , which i s hjghly unusual . ALso,s en io r K ri s Kosh, who w as an all-district player last year , i s expected10do very well and be a grea t as se t tothe team. In addit ion, Allmon saidthat m any of the juniors and seniorsa re s tr on g, e xp er ie nc ed p la ye rs ,In t he dis tr ic t tha t Bryan is CUl-

rently in, the ream w ill need to per-form as w ell as they can, and use allof their sarong points [0the fuDesL

"The dis trict we're in will alwaysbe tough because of a ll the Houstonteams that are in it," Allmon said ."Houston always has good learns."

All 01 Ihe bome games will beplayed at Stephen F. A us ti n a ga inthis year.

M EM BE RS O F T HE SWI M T EA M R ES T A FT ER A H AR D WO RK O UT . P HO T O B Y G L EN N J ON ES

Sw im Team makes w aves in n ew seasone ffo rt to be th ere to o," s en io r tea mmember Tina Dcnena said.

N oto nly d o th ey swim four or fivemiles a day, but a fte r tha t, many l if tweights also.

~A lot of sports you can play onpur e talen t," sen ior Marshall Lovesaid, "but for this it takes a lot ofl ime , d e d ic auon , and hardwork. Ifyou stop for just two weeks, y ou c anlo se up to 8 5% o f y o ur ab ility ," L ov esaid.

In sp ite o f a ll th e h ard work, mosto f th e te am members don't seriouslycomplain about it."We may gripe about i t, but i t's

wonh is when you go to a meet,"junio r Cindi Liner said.

Th e team is unusual this year int ha t t he re a re 60 p eo pl e o n it N ot a llof th em may compete, but aU prac-tice, squeezing eight people imo alane. According [0members. this isgood and bad .

"It 's k ind of crowded, but i t's neatbecause you can see the learn pro-gressing as you go along," Linersaid.

"It h elp s th at w e are a very close-kni t t eam," Denena said.Wh il e H a rd c as tl e does push herteam quite a bit, sh e also puts thedes ire in th em to do it on their own.

"If you want La compete , you re-ally h av e 1 0 go for it and work hard,"Denena said.

"Coach IS a good c oa ch , b ur she'sa really good friend lOO," Liner said.

Th e r eam membe rs s ti ck with thet ea m f or a v ar ie ty o f r ea so ns . Somelike the cempeution, and some likethe work, but most j us t l ik e swim-ming.

"It's become an obsession withme," Love said.

"It makes me feel Important," juniorEmily Burrows said , "You do it byyorself, but you also do it for theteam."

Tha.t about d e sc ri be s h ow the teamfeels. They do it for themselves. butmore importantly, LIley do it for theteam. That' s how a winning learnshould be , and tha t s a ys somethingabout the B ry an H ig h swim team.

by Jill SmithAlthough the actual distr ict and

regional meets aren't un til spring,the swim team is w ell o n its way [0placing high in district.

"Ou r s eason acwally started Nov9 against Temple. W e don't have a'season' as such, " swimming coachJan Hardcastle said, "I try to sched-ulemeets with learns in O UT region asw el l a s o ur d is tr ic t, in order LO pre-pare the swimmers for the actualdisuict and regional meets in thespring." _

While most believe that being onthe sw i m team would be easy, this ISactua lly far from the truth. Hard -cast le did nOL requi re her team LOwork out dur ing the ummer, butmost did anyway. The swimmerspractice everyday from 2:30 - 4:45and three d ays a week from 6 - 7 : 15in Ihe rnornmgs. The morning prac-tices a re n ot r eq ui re d , b utma ny showup in order Lage; more p r ac t ic e in.

"You really have to make an ef-fort, but she (Hardcastle) makes an

SOCCER SCHEDULE JV Varsity5:00 7:005:30 7:305:30 7:306:00 7:305:30 7:305:30 7:306:00

January9 ~.Georgetown -- Home w_J 2 -- Pflugerville -- Home .-16 n Conroe _.Home -_19 Waco High -- Home _.23 -- Oak Ridge Home --26 Pflugerville -_Away 29 -- Alumni -- Home -.February2 -- Sprlng Away _.6 Brenham Home 9 -_Westfield Away-13 Huntsville .- Home 16oMcCullough - Away -20 A&M Consolidated Home23 Oak Ridge -- Away27 .- Georgetown .- Away

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V ik ing chee rlead ing squad on the ir w ay to n atio na l c omp etitio nthe ponytails a nd t he m ega ph on es .When most people think of cheer-

leaders, they imagine cute JitUe snobswith hort skirts and loud voices.Thosedaysaregone. A1Bryan High,Sylvia Franze says that she ha schanged aU of that since she hasbeen here.

"One of my goals was to havecheerleaders that were effective lead-ers and not JUSl show girls," Franzesaid.Franze has tnuned h er g ir ls to be

th e best cheerlead ers that they canbe . She has also taught them to befriends, according to the cheerlead-ers.

"We're like sisters. We know eve-rything about each other," juniorJennifer Miller said.Apparently, Franze 's t ra inmg has

paid o IT , b ec au se o n October 7 , h ercheerleaders went. 1 0 re gi on al c om -petition and won a chance to com-pete at th e national competition inDallas."I didn ' t really expec t t h at we wouldwin r eg io na ls o n o ur f ir st L rip t he re .b ut s in ce w e'v e w on , i t's a n a we so mefeeling. W e've w alked so hard andn ow it 's paid off," Decker said.No w tnat they have nationals toworry about, the squad has a fullload (0carry. In addition [0getting

said. " It's a privilege to go."T he only thing Franze foresees as

a p rob l em before the competition isinjuries."Accidents can happen a lo t in

p ra ct ic e, " F ra nz e s ai d.W ith the problem s of injuries,

emotional SIrCSS, and exhaustion, thesquad is learning abou t wo rking hardto get whal LIley want"We've been practicing three hours

aday, six days a week ever since wegol b ac k f ro m r eg io na ls ," s ai d seniorSusan Siegert. "Just lik e anythingyou do inl if e, i t seems easy unt il youhave to do the work instead of watch-i ng f ro m t he s id el in es . n

read y for basketball, a coach hasbeen brought in from Houston to[ ea ch t hem a routine [or the compe-tition in Dallas. They have to prac-tice l at e n ig h ts . weekends, and anyspar e time that th ey can.

" We're c om pe ting aga inst a bo ut150 squads ," F ranze sa id . "My goa lis to be in the lop 30.n

Even though they have h ig h h op esof doing wel l a tna tionals , the cheer -leaders seem to feel that it won'tmatter h ow w el l they place.

"We' re r ea ll y e xc it ed 1 0 g o, " M i ll ersaid. We'll be happy no matter howwe do."

nI L doesn't really matter," Decker

by RossKJngEvery year, Bryan High students

go 10 various school sporting eventssuch as football, occer, and basket-ball games to w atch the action andcheer on our beloved alma mater.They yell and scream and Jump upand down to show the teams thai thes tu d en t b od y really has s c hoo l sp ir it ,Why? Wh o i responsible for all ofth is racket? Maybe it's the seniorclass.

N o, t he y'r e 1 00 b us y s il ti ng downand being cool. The true answermust lie deep inside the hearts o rthose familiar girls on the field with

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i - 8 NORSEMAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 5 . 1919Faces in the CrowdC;x-:", 6.... ..... % ::_t!':.

Thl! H and s of G odYe a m erril y w e d id c ha seR ou nd lh e p la ne rs in o uter sp ac e.T il th ou lo oked d ow n upo n

yon p l ane to i dA n d s ig ht ed u s d iv er ti ng a ste ro id s .T hu s s av mg it w ith m aj es tic m ig ht,T o beauLify each ea r then n ig h tTil ma n s ou gh t o ur w ay to know,T o w a lk w h er e n o m or ta ls go ,Lest thee b e in D ea th s g re at h an d.T ho u sh all n ev er w alk th is lan d.Yet when th o u c om e to h ea ve n's gateT ho u sh al l n ev er h av e to wailU pon th e w ings o f God you' ll flyT o ba nish c ha os a nd o rd er th e sky.Forman shall write inh is g re a t b o ok .H ow w e sc ulptured th e sky to look .T he sky w hich m an now

ca n traverse,Shal l be laid 10 aU i n p o et ic v er se .For no w in th e sky m an can rid e,A nd lik e th e Fa th er in ou r pride,U po n th e sky th e a ngels stan d,an d g lo no usly aw ait th e

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As a celebration of the FrenchChristmas t ra d i ti ons , Sa in t Nicho lasvisited the French roo m Tuesd ayD ec em ber 5, and f il le d t he s tu d en tss ho es w ith v ari ou s Chnsunas treats,T he F re nc h C lu b a lso h eld its a nn ua lChristmas party at P izza Hut onM o nd a y D ec em be r 11. At t he p a rt ythe m embers exchanged gag giflsa mo ng t he ms eI ves,

T he S t uden t Counci l recentlyanended t he D is tr ic t V I F al l C o n v en -l io n a t A&M C o ns ol id a te d . F if ty -o nem em bers au en ded a nd lea rned h elp-f u. ll ea d e rs hi pL ip s. T h ey a ls o p a rt ic i-pated il l sm all w ork sh op s to p ic k urn ew id ea s f or s ch oo l a nd c om mu mtyactivites.In other act iv i ty th IS month.th e C ou nc il so ld C hristm as lig hts tob en efit th e B ra zo s V alle y R eh ab rh -r a ti on Cen te r.

Jason Mallory is th e R .O . T.C .S qu ad ro n C omm a nd e r a t B ry an H ig h.H e is a ju nio r a nd is al so a m em bc ro fth e Pan-Am C lub. H is ho bbies in-clud e p laying guitar and JilUngw eigh ts. M allo ry sa ys h e pla ns tojoin the army d uring the summerf ol lo win g h is J un io r y ea r, and saysa fte r h e g ra du ate s h e h op es to a ue ndWest Poim U n ite d S ta te s M i li ta ryAcademy, in N ew Y ork .

M arsh al Crenshaw is a junio r atB ry an H ig h, a nd is in vo lv ed in m an ys ch o o l a c ti vi ti es a n d o rg a ni za ti on s.H e is o fficial T A FE repo rter, a nd isa m em ber o f th e F renc h an d Sp eec hclubs. H e recenlly played a role inth e D ram a C lub's perfo rmance of"W ho 's Life Is IL A nyw ay?" and isalso a r eg io n c ho ir m em be r. M a rs ha lis th e so n o f D r. H arris on C res ha w,p ric ip al a t S am R a yb ur n J un io r H ig hSchool and Gana Crenshaw , anE n gl is h t ea c he r at J an e L on g J un io rHigh SchooL Hi s exrracurriculara ctiv itie s in clu de c hu rc h, d ra win ga nd p la yin g b as s gmtar in tw o l oc alrock band s. C renshaw said of hisp la yin g, " It's a g re at w ay to rel ea sem y c rea tive energy." A s fo r th e fu -Lure. Crenshaw say he p lans toa tte nd S ou th w es te rn U n iv er si ty a ndIS l o ok in g i nt o a ca reer in education.His m ost fa mo us quo te - "I believein a m o de ra te l if es ty le ."

Since C hnstmas IS a bs ol ut el y m ymo Ia vo rite tim e o f th e y ea r, it isd ifficult for me to recall my mostmem orable o r favorite o ne. H ow -e ve r th ere is o ne C hristm as th at d o esstand out,

E ve n th o ug h o ur f am il y didn ' t havemuch money as we w ere grow ingup . My mother mad e Christmasspecial b ec au se sh e b ak ed ta ma liz -i ng t re a ts a n d tried to se e th at ea ch o fth e ch ild ren (th ere w ere fo ur in m yf ami ly ) r ec e i v ed ai l ea st o n c s pe ci algift a year. W e alw ays gO I cand y,fruit a nd n uts in O ur sto ck ings an dth ere w ere a lw ays severa l sm allerg if ts u nd e r th e tree fo r e a ch o f u s, b utth ere w as also o ne special gifl thatSanta C laus Jeft as we slep t oneC h ri st ma s e ve .

O n this particular Christmas, Ireceived a very special gifl thatb ec am e e ve n m o re s pe cia l as Irewo ld er. I w as a bo ut S ix o r s ev en y ea rsold and loved LO p la y w il.h d oll s.W el J a f ew w eek s b efo re C hristm as\this was when yo u sho pped fo rC h ri su na s a ft er T h an k sg ivm g) Iawa d oll that [ thought w as the most

S.AD.D. w i ll b e d o in g their Christ-m a s h o lid a y c omm er cia l on drink-ing and d riving in the month ofD ecem ber. T he co mm erc ial w ill bea ga in st .d rin kin g a nd d riv in g w arn -ing people o f the cencequences oft he il le ga l a ct,

T he C om pu!.er P ro fessio na ls o fA me ric a h ad a C hristm as p arty D ec .13 at the home of member JohnSu:Jf..

The ch eerlead ers hosted aC heerlea der C linic fo r a ges 5-14 o nD ec , 9 . T he c lin ic w as a f un d-ra ise rto h el p c ov er th e c ost o f a tten din g th eNationals Compeuuon la ter th ismonth,

b ea utif ul d oll I h ad e ve r la id e ye s o n.S he w as in a b ox, h igh o n a s he lf a t alocal va riety sto re (w ha t w e w ouldcall W oo lsw orth 's no w). S he sto odabout two feel ta ll, and she was aprincess with a g org eo us la ve nd erl at Te ta g ow n a n d j ew e le d p la st ic t ie rr ao n h er h ea d. I w anted th at d oll m oreth an an y d oll I h ad e ve r w an te d be-fore, but I didn't think. th ere w asa ny wa y s he w ou ld b el on g La m e; s hewas ju st t co ex pe ns i v e, Several Limesa w eek, 1 w ould go into th at sto re tolo ok a t t ha t d oll sm ilin g d ow n a t m ef rom t he s he l f; I c o ul d te ll s he w a nte dto come home w ith me, and 1 hadalread y named her Laura May - itd oc n 't so un d lik e a p rinc ess' n am enow . but it d id to me then. I ex-plained all o f th is to m y pa rents. bU Ith ey d id n't s ee m to give m e m uchhope .

A bo ut a w eek b efo re C hristm as, Iwe n 1nto the store o ne d ay, and thed oll was gone. AL first I w as d e-v as ts te d , b ut th en I d a re d th at m ay be ,somehow, J wa s g el li ng h e r f o r C h r is t-m as. A fter a w eek of to rtnreed an-t ic ip a ti on , C h ri st ma s m o rn in g f in a ll yarrived , A t OUT h ou se th e c hil d re nw er e n ot a ll ow ed to go into th e liv-10 9 room to s ee t he g if ts u nu l e ve ry -o ne w as a wak e and we could go intogether. When M oth er an d D ad d yo pe ne d th e d o or, th e f irsl lh in g thatmet my eyes was that d oll 1 ha dw an te d so b ad ly . 1 c o uld n't b elie vesh e w as re ally m in e! I lo ve d th at d o lla nd play ed w ith h er fo r m any y ea rs,b ut it w a s la ter, w he n I w a s o ld er th atI r ea liz ed th at M o th er m us t h av e h ad10 sa crif ic e so me th in g to g et m e th atd oll, a nd th at w as w hen sh e bec am ee ve n m orc o f a tre asu re to me .Club New s

I n D ec em be r, R O T C C ol or G ua rda tte nd ed th e M uA lp ha T he ta in du c-tio n c erem on y o n Dec. 7. The unita ls o m arc he d in th e B ry an -C O lle geS ta tio n C hris tm as p ara de D ec . 3 .O n Dec. ] 8, RO TC will serve asth e C olo r Guard at the dedicationc ere mo ny o f th e n ew f ed era l p ris onf ac il it y i n B r ya n .

The Band marched in the B -CSC hristm as p ara de D ec . 3. T hey a lsop la ye d C h ris tm as m u~ ic a t t he l ig ht -ing of B riarcrcsl D rive Dec. 4 . AChristmas Concert was presented Dec.5, a nd A ll-R eg io n try ou ts w ere h el din K il le en D ec . 9 .

N ow le t's c om pa re a p en du lu mTo th e life o f a girl w e know .Her situation draining he rA s s he sw in gs to a nd f ro .Her posit ion i s a n aw kw ard o neFull o f d e c is ion s to makeE ac h o ne m akes h er an u mp ireWhich call will c au se w h os e

h ea rt to b re ak ?O n a ll s id e s t he re is chaosA s th e c lo ck lic ks sh e sw ings soThat m aybe as th e bands moveT he te ars w iI I Slop t he ir l low .A nd a ll th e w hile h e resets th ependulum

A ga in . a ga in a nd m ore.N ever h appy w ith h ow h is c lo ck

k ee ps L im e,A nd h er tea rs c on tin ue to p ou r.S he b eg s f or p ea ce , p erh ap s a c ha nc eT o set h er pa ce a s sh e sees fium gInstead h e speed s up o r s lo ws d ow nA nd in sid e sh e f ee ls lik e quiuing.

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Ch ris tm as is th e sam e eve ry yea rby J oE ll en T al kth ai p re se nt is ?

" O ne y ea r Iot B. s le ep ing b l ank er(Charlie Brown and t he g an g) withabunch of L O y c ars a nd th in gs in sid e.ILwa s fro m m y cousins wh o are kindof stupid, " said sophomae Ro b CahillO f c ou rs e there ar e a lw ays th estories o f p as t Christmases that haveto be told by G rand pa o r D ad . Suchas, " I had to walk t en m il es throughthree fo ot d eep sn ow 10gel a slic k o ffirew ood to put und er the kettle forC hri st ma s d in ne r. " S ou nd familiar?Notice how the m il es g etio ng er a ndthe snow gets deeper every year.

" Ev ery y ea r 1 h ea r th at S an ta w o n'tcome if m y s to ck in g I sn 't h un g andaletter wriuen for h im alo ng with aplate of cookie and an orange forRudolph." s ai d j un io r D ea nn e Bus be e.Finally, e ve ry on e g o es home feel-in g a s stuffed a s th e turkey o nc e w as

a nd rea dy to hi t th e sa ck a nd to c atc ha few w inks of sleep before the nextday . If !.h at d o esn 't su m u p th e ty pi-c al C hristm as th en th ere m ust b e on et hin g l ef L. T his year, m ake a littlef am ily w ag er a nd m ake so me m on eyo ff o f guessing w hat is in !.he pres-ents.

E ve ry y ea r j1 s th e sa me o ld sto ry .Da d gets t he b r own Lie, mom gets theflannel n ig hl gow n, G ra ndm a geLS !h efuzzy socks a nd th e k id s g el th e f ril lysocks.

"E ve ry y ea r 1ge l a pair o f g lo v esand every year I l os e th em ," saidsenior Rayford Bloom.

" I a lw a ys ge l d co dera nt a nd co -lo gne in m y stocking, Gue s thaLit'sa hint fro m S anta ," sa id jun io r M allSurber.

O h, and by the way, d on't letG ra nd ma d ec eiv e a nyo ne b y p Ul lin ga d iff eren t c olo red b ow o n th e w ra p-p in g p ap er she s av ed f rom l as t y ea r'sChristmas.

"My grandma alway seems togive me two pairs of panties forChristmas," said sen io r M elin daLerma." My g ra nd mo th er a lw ay s makesm e a h omem ad e mm bo w sw ea ter,"s aid j un io r C hris W is em an .

"M y grand mo ther, she's go t th isth in g fo r ea rm uff s, so ev ery C hrist-m as Ig ct th e la test a nd w eird est ty leof earmuffs," said emor CraigMalone.

D id a ny on e ev er re aliz e !h at w henth ey w ere a kid they a lw ays rushedl O o p e n t he ir presents a nd w he n theygrew older dinner w a s t he more fa-v or ab le p ar t o f C h ri su na s.

" I d o n' t t hi nk t he re 's any danger inmy OuisLmas dinner laking th e placeof my prese nts; sa id ju nio r AndyWinn.About the o nly urprise anyone

usually gets is w hat type of exoticstuffing that G rand ma d ecid ed tos tu ff th e tu rk ey w ith ,

D on 'rf org et h ow je alo us y ou 'd g etif your sister or brother go; coolers oc ks o r a c oo le r p air o f b cl lb ou orn sthan yo u d id ."1re mem be r o n year my brother

got a jam box and 1 w as tuck w ithWestern Barbie," s ai d j un io r AmyPauling.An d t he n t he re 's a lw a ys U n cl e rim'Scrac ks a bo ut w hatever anyone go tfo r Chr is tma s . He a lw ay s s ee ms tob e sta nd in g th ere with t he c ame raw ail in g f or th at p oo r u ns us pe ctin gsoul to pull the mo '1 embarrassingth in g th ey c ou ld 've ev er gouen ou tof their box. Need a nyo ne sa y w ha t

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2A NORSEMAN . F RID AY. D ECEMBER 15.1989 Paren ts a re h e re to gu ide usid eas of life arc o ld -fash ioned and Idon' t agree w ith th em ," s aid s op ho -m o re S te ph an ie M o or e.

A re y ou r p are nts re all y o ld -fash ioned or is [hat you're from ageneration totally di f ferenl than theone they grew up m?

"My d efinition of o ld -fasioned is m y parents. W hen youlo ok u p o ld f ash io ned in the diction-ary, besid e the d efinition there is apicture of my mom and d ad ," saidju ni or P h il ip M e rr il l.

Parents are there L O guidet he ir c hi ld r en a nd 10 k ee p th em f ro mm ak in g th e s am e m is ta ke s th ey o nc em ad e th em se lv es . A ny on e w ho caresa ny th in g a bo ut a ny on e e ls e w ou ld n 'lw ant them to make the sam e m is-takes if the could pred ict w ha t w asgoing to happen. If they didn't everh av e a p ro ble m su ch as th eir ch ild ish av in g th ey m ig ht let th em g o a he adand m ake the m i stake jusuo let theml ea rn f ro m it.

"II hi nk m y parents a re m o reconcerned a bo ut m e rather than them-

selv es b ec au se th ey h av e m ad e m is-tak es in theirlives and th ey d on 'twant me to m ake those sam e m is-ta ke s," sa id s en io r S ha wn ta y L ew is."T hey a re c on cern ed ab ou tme b e ca u se Im thei r r e sponsi b il it yan d they know !he trouble !hey cang e t i nt o if th ey d o n' t keep m e out of

it," sa id ju nio r J en nif er T ub b.E ve ry on e is w ro ng so me

o f th e L im e. in clu din g p aren ts, b utaren't kids t ha nk fu l w h en I he y l is te nt o t he ir p ar en ts w h en t he y'r e correcta nd it s av es I he m th e e mb ara ssm en to f a b ig m is ta ke ?50 in a ll th e h ustle a ndb ustle ab ou t w ho is rig ht a nd w ho isw ro ng w e fe nd to f org et o ur p are ntsr ea so ns f or f el tin g u s, a s e ve ry on ecalls it. how to live our lives. B ut ifwe didn'l have parents thar. cared,th en th e s o-c al le d c ru el w or ld w ou I dliterally eat us up th e m inute w ewere born.

by JoEllen TalasekAlrighl-kid-go-clean-yoll.f-

roorn-this-is-the-last-tirne-I'rn-gcing-to-warn-you!M ost of the youth in the

U .S. to da y h ea r th is p hrase at Ieasto nce a w ee k. D id an yo ne ev er S LO ptot hi nk t ha t If th ey c le an ed th eir ro omth e first lim e th en m ay be th eir p ar-ents m ight not nag them so o fL e na bo ut it? M ay be fo r so me re aso n th isconstant n ag gin g ca use s th e k id s torebel against w hat they are beingto ld. "M y pa re nts a re rig ht m osto f th e tim e but s om etim es th ey ju std o n't u nd er sta nd m y situ atio n," s aids en io r S co tt D o ol ey .

"My parents are usually righLT he y k no w w hat tee nag ers want tod o an d w he re th ey wanuo go . You ' vegO L to re me mb er p are nts w er e te en -agers once," said senior CharlieWellens .

''T he y a re usually r ig ht a l-though there arc times w hen their

W hen homew ork doesn 't g e t done , it 's a d iseasei ng a sen io r is s uc h a h ard th ing to d o,re mem berin g "B oo k-B lah s" an d "JWanna G o," m ost seniors have nodigni ty , an d people start to w on d erhow the class as a w hole got so fa rt hr ou gh s ch oo l. ( Es pe ci al ly r em em-b erin g h ow m uc h homework lhi. .~sn'td o i ng .) T h e a c ti on s c ft he s ea ie rc la s sex plain w hy B ry an H ig h is o fte n ledb y i ts b or ed j un io rs .

N o m atter w hat year a stu-d ent is eo tering , or w hen he w illg ra du ate , th e d is ea se o f h ig h s ch oo lw il l h it. E ac h s op ho mo re ,ju nio r a ndse nio r is d oo me d to go through atleast one of the afore mentionedp ro ble ms, a nd n o m atte r what i s s ai do r d o ne , th e s tu d en t. wi U a ll ow r ea ch -e rs , f am il y. n ei gh bo rs a nd l ov ed o ne sto s ta nd a sid e a nd /o r ta ke c ov er w he nn ec es sa ry . U n fo nu na te ly , th er e is n ocu re to m ag ic ally en d !h e p ro blem so f b ein g a h ig b s ch oo l s ru d en t.

by Kathie eenlerAs c la ss es g o on an d Christ-

mas is slow ly arriv ing, more andm ore stu de nts a re b eg in nin g to f eelp r es su re . T h er e are al l kinds o f p re s -sure, and they come from every-wh e re . " C le an up y ou r ro om ." " Mo wth e y ar d." "D on 't beat up your sis-ter." A ll o f these are typical pres-s ure s o f te en ag ers . B U L th e b ig ge stpressure is to continue applyingo ne se lf 1 0 sc ho ol . T h is IS f el t b y b othh ar dw ork er sa nd g oo f-o ff s a lik e, a ndtherefore, no one know s just howe ac h s tu de nt b ec om es a fO i cte d .

Beginning as a jI'Oblem whenth e h om ew ork J US t d oe sn 't g et d o ne .it b e co me s a d is ea se . S oo n, b oo ks a rele ft in to cers "ac cid en tally " o n p ur-p ose a nd m ore h om ew ork d oesn 't g eld o ne . E ac h p ers on b eg in s to c a re l es san d less a bou t sch oo l. M an y sen io rs

ab ou t co lle ge fo r an oth er y ear. T heon1y th in g a ju nio r ca n d o inprepara-tion for co llege is to w ork on th er ep or t c ar d , w h ic h a d re ad e d w ord toan y student,

B y the L im e one becom es asen io r, c ertain th in gs a rc rig htfu lp ro pe rty in th e ever-changing highs ch oo l s ce ne . T he rig ht to !h e f l oo r a tp ep -r al li es b el O g o ne , a nd t he r ig ht tob e to la ll y s tu pid b ein g a no th er. E ve nth ou gh th e seDlOTS have acted thes am e s in ce th ei r y ea rs i n grade school.no one has the heart to tell them . Sow hen the seniors say "W ow , w e'recrazy, see w hat w e j ust d id ?" no onehas t he h e ar t to t el l t hem o th e rw i se ,a nd th e a lre ad y "c ra zy " s en io rs g o o nbeging lhal wa y unti l around the secondw ee k, w he n th ey a re h it w ith r ea lity ."H EY , w e're se nio rs!" T hu s b eg in sa no th er y ea r o f s en io ri tis , th e "W e'r eOuua H ere" d isea se. S in ce b eco m-

have becom e afflicted and call its en i o ri lis. However , it d o es a ff ec ts tudents in o th er g ra d es .

Sophom ores L end 10 ge t"Book-Blahs" disease. "Book-Blahs"stem s from the social changes onee n co unt er s wh e n e n te ri ng h ig h s ch o ol .a nd th e d r am atic e x p ec ta tlo ns o fh ig hs ch oo l c ou rs es , ie . "W ea re p re pa nn gyo u f or c olle ge." M ost o f th ese stu -d en ts h av e n o in te re st in b ei ng p re -p ared f or c olleg e, an d co nsid erin gth eir n ew e nt ra nc e Into B ry an H ig h,th ey a re c on te nt, T he p ro bl em is th at" Bo ok -B la hs" h as th e p ow c.rto m ak ee ven th e m ost h ard w ork in g stu de ntwish helshe ha d never heard o f s c hoo l .T he c om mo n sy mp to ms a re u su ally alack of hom ew ork and a m ost com-manding s oc ia l l if e . S imp ly pUl, thesestud ents w ould m uch ra ther spend afew m ore hours on the phone thana tte mp t to co mp le te an

mem, Fo r j un io r s, th e excitemento f atte nd in g h ig h sch oo l has worno ff, b ut lilt e xc ite me nt o f l ea vin gh as n' t y et b ec om e a p nv i 1ege . Thesestud ents suffer from tile "I W annaG o" sy nd ro me. B cin g su rro un ded b ye xc it ed s en io rs a nd s op hom or es , m a nyj un io rs b eg in to b el ie ve th er e i s n o th -in g w on d er fu l a bo ut b eg in g a ju nio r,a nd fee l th e d esp era tio n o f a lo ne lybreed. Th is c la ss h as g en er al ly b ee nthe cause of trouble in and aroundschool. H ow ever, juniors are a lsoknown to l ea d th e s ch oo l, b ut th is h asb ee n d ia gn os ed a s b ore d om .Most j un io rs h a ve r ec o ve re dfro m "B oo k-B lah s" d urin g the ir so -p ho mo re y ear, ju st in tim e to returnw ith a n ew a il me nt N ow th e s tu d en tsa re n ot o nl y re ad y to be preparedJorc ol le ge , th ey a re petrified. T he o nlyproblem is that they can 't d o m uchObje ctio ns o ve r d is se ctio ns

Ihe country have ad opted policies w ould sim ply pair that stu den t w uh at ha t m a ke it p ossib le fo r stu de nts n ot stu de nt th at w ou ld c om plete th e lab .to ac tua lly d issect an animal. but That would a llow both stud ents tosim ply o bserv e th e p ro cess. T eac hers g ain th e sam e k no wled ge. w hile re-say that th is option is U te best so lu- specting the stud ent's objection,"tion possib le to a touchy situa tion Deborah R ichard s, B io logy I and IIb ec au se it a llo ws m e stu den ts to g ain teac her sa id .the same know led ge, even though "If these a n ima ls we re raisedth .e y are n ot a ctu ally d oin g th e CUl- s pe cif ic al ly ra is ed f or !h e p ur po se o fting. d issection, I could und erstand tha t

"T he purpose of d issec tion argum ent, but !hat is DO L m e case inl ab s i s n o t to ed ucate stud ents on how the circum stances by w hich w e ob-to cut up anim als but rather il a llow s lain the anim als that w e use. Thethem hands o n in sig ht in to th e stru c- a nim als th at w e g el w ere p rev io uslywre of the bod ies of L iving organ- put to a humane d ea th . such as theism s. If a situa tion occurred in w hich local anim al sheller d oes w ith un-a stud ent had a legitim ate m oral ob- w anted anim als after the requiredjection ID d isse cting an an im al. w e w ailin g p erio d," sa id R ich ard s.

by Ryan Holt

R ecently . a group of C ali-f orn ia stu de nts a nd p are nts fo rm ed acoalition to m ake the d issec tion ofa nim als in p ub lic s ch oo ls a s e xtin cta s d i no saur s.T he gro up S la te s th at it isunfair to make all s tu d e nt s p a rt ic i-pa le in ac ts that some rod ents andp aren ts m ig ht h av e m ora l o r e thic alobjections to.

B ec au se th is p ro bl em is n ota n ew o ne , m os t s ch oo l districlS across

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J as on M o li to r- " Iw an t to kill a 10-p oin t b uc k &1w an t a F ord d ou ble -c a b d u a ll y. "

Tony Almanza- "Peace in th eMiddle East."

T od d B ru eg ge r- " Iwish thal peoplei n E t h iop ia ca n b e h a pp y. "

S te ph e n Du ke - "1990 Black 4x4"R ya n H olt- "I w ish th al Jill Smith

would quit nagging t he N o rs em anstaff."

Dani 'e l H a ze lw o o d - "Blue Mer-c ed e s B e nz c o nv en ib le ."L an ce B urc h- " So ny CD player."Sc ou G i ff en - . .A l l t he w i she s I c a n

geCC lint M oeh lm an- ..A n ew pa ir o f

r un nin g s ho es f or b as eb al l. "Mark Smit h- . .A c ou po n f or a free

large S lu rp ee a t 7 -E l ev en ."Kim R ile y- " To finish m y c orr e-spondence so I ca n graduate early."

Jeff Harris- "A c ollec tio n o f a llB ugs B unny c ano ons o n vid co ca s-sene, and most of all, forgivenessf rom th os e 1 h av e w ro ng ed ."

M arcus R amirez.- "New boxers ho rts a nd s om e n ew r ain co at s. "

Lance Dobbins- "A new pair ofBVDUIlderwear . 1don'rdo anythingw ith ou t m y BVD's."

K ent W all- "I 'd like to be able L Oquit high school before I graduateand s ti ll l ak e h om e S I 0 0,0 00 a year. n

S usa n S ieg ert- "T o do well atNationals."

C h ri s D ue wa ll - "All I want forC hr is tm as is o pe n c am pu s. "Bob Spang- "To be home for

Christmas, "V areen Bauo- "The o ther half of

my money to go La Europe."T h er es a Mon te lo n go - "That new

modcmBarbieDollHouse{ltcomcswith a microw ave and my ow n per-s on al K en D o ll .)Amy Decker- "To d o our best atNationals."

M in dy M artin - "First place atN a ti on a ls . ..Lausha R ic ha rd so n- "W ate rb ed

wishpillow."Jmnif er Howes - "A big teddy hear."

Shelley Halsell- "Mor e f a d id d Je s ."Misty Parrish- "National cheer-

l ea d in g c hamp io ns hi p w in ."Courtney Schroeppe l- "Luggage."B e th De la n ey - "An airplane. nB rand on M ascono- "Some bad ,

thumpin' bass."J er em y Smith - " A c ur e C o r cancer,

an end to AIDS suf fer ing , world peace,a nd fo od fo r th e m asse s."

Laurie S ie ge rt - . .A veritable col-la ge o f k itc he n a pp lia nc es . ,.C ar ol S te el ma n- "M al ib u B ar bie "Kirnbala W alk er- " To f ee d ev ay -

on e that i s hungr y. nMrs. Cawley- "F or m y family to

b e t oge the r. "D avis W atson- "To be as cool as

Ross King."Larry W est- " Ne w lu nc h b ox ."K a ty Smit h " Re d c on ve rtib le . nR icky H arvey- "To be almo st as

c oo l a s R oss King."Tray M ounce- "P ost b a k : MaIl

Snack Bar."Mi tc h S c hr oe d er - "T o be able to

d rive my car where I want, when 1w ant, an d fo r n o d arn rea so n a t a ll."

Amy K ir by - " Tw o C oc ke r S pa ni elpuppies.". Mary Novak- "For all the little

children of the world to join theirliuIe h and s and sing in h arm ony a ndpeace."

Te rr i Snodg ra s s- " T o le ar n ho w Ladrive."Shawn P onzio- "P eace on earth ,good will t ow ar ds m en ."

A nd y W inn- "I'd like La g iv e th eworld a c ok e. "

L au ra Ba r to s kew it z - "CAR!!!"A ud rey Flo res- "P ea ce o n earth."M ike W ard - "For my mom to pa y

fo r ev ery th in g to f ix up my t ru c k. "C ra ig R o bin so n- " A C hic k- Fi l- A

in ou r ma l l- li ke food court ."Kathie S ie ge rt- " Ne w c ar ."R obert Dunn- "For me and Tif-

fany 1. 0 be together."

listDale Homburg- "I want a planet ick e t t o anywhe re . "M and y O 'Q uinn- "For a cute stud

to hop into my lap and say, "I'myou rs , b ab y. "

J enn if e r Mi l le r- nA date."David Pnnee- "A r ec or din g c on -

LraCL"Geniri G a nd y - "M or e h an ge rs ."M r. Brown ( camp us m o nit or) - "M y

w if e a nd k id s L abe able to gel wha tth ey w an t f or Christmas,"

Rose Ma ri e E s cam il la - "2 40 S X"Q uin t P oste r- " Yo un g L if e s ki tripp aid f or ."

Amy G ul le y- " Bu ck y Richardson."Julie Allen- "Red Po rsehe . "M rs . F ra nz e- " An e asy la bo r."BobbyCampbeU- "That B ri an a nd

Bobby Jr. experience the s ame Chr is t-mas thri ll s tha i I h a ve ."

Esther Sustaita- "1 wish that ev -ery one in m y fa mily gets w ha t th eywant"Jill Smith- "The entire collectiono f J oh n T ra vo lta's m ovies o n vid e-o ta pe . i nc lu d in g the o ld 'W el com eB a ck K a lt er ' e pi so d e s. "

Sh aro n B oyd - "F or K elJi S ko pikto lose he r voice."

Wendy G r af f- "A mi ll ion do l la r s. nM ik e K osh - " To c atc h a rik kett."Shannon Stephens- "Fo r Kelli

Skopik to l os e h er v oi ce ."Heather M aurer- "Red BMW

conv er ti bl e. "Amber Hoh- "Jimmy Carter for

President. "Matt HamillOn- "F or Sh elleyH a ls el l t o l os e h er t em pe r. "J a son Kiner d - "B lack co rv e tt e w i th

B ad B oy lic en se p la tes ."M a n S pe nc er - " O ne o f L ho sc $ l5 00s te r eo s y st ems with 6 f O O L speakers.a CD p la ye r, a n eq ua liz er, a nd a lo to f o th e r e xp en si ve junk. n

Charl e s McMi ll an- "That we c o ul dmake it to th e p la yo ff s in basket-baU."

Kathie Center- "T o make All-Stalec ho ir .

M ic ha el P rin ce - "A recordingcontract."

H .C . R o ss - H I w ish p eo ple w ou ldlo ok a t C h ristm as fo r w ha t it really isi ns te ad o f making a b i g commer c ia lou t of it."

M rs . F ar ris - " I w is h b el l- bo uo rn sa nd p la tf orm sh oes w ou ld c om e b ac kin, II

J en y L in er- " To w in a b ask etb allgame.

Brod erick Davis- "I wish thate ve ry on e's w is he s c om e true."

Latrond a W illiams- "I w ish thalt he b oy s' b a sk e tb a ll team c ou ld g o toslate."

P aLtye W imbish - "To net breakm y leg skiing. "

Jo E llen T ala sc k- "1 h ope DRUGd o esn 't g el c au gh t a ga in , C oo te r g etswhat h e n ee ds, this c er ta in p er so ngives m e w hat is o wed a nd Jennifergets a date! "

Ross King- "Before 1begin t o l is tthe n um er ou s w o rl d ly , m ate ria l p os -s es si on s t ha t Ie sir e f or t his C hr is t-m as, I'd lik e to tell yo u a few th ingsabo ut myself. Though I w as born inFebruary , thereby making me anA quarius, "bo rn o f w ater," I've a l-w ays relt th at 1 w as put o n this worldto fly. Y ou m ay la ugh at m e, but yo uc an 't b rin g m ed own . P eo pl e l au gh eda t G era ld in e F erra ro w he n sh e trie dLa be V ice P resid ent o f th ese greatUnited States, bu t that didn't SLOph er. Sh e m ay h ave lo st th e elec tio npitifully, b ut s he w as a re al tro op er!T ha t's w h at I 'm ta lk in g a bo ut, T ha t'sw ha t life is all about,

Y ou m ay th in k th at I 'm ju st try in gLa fill up this p ag e w ith w orth lesst yp ef ac e, b ut I'm important , too, man.I m a y no t b e a n a th lete o r a sm art guyw ith lots of brains in my head , butI 've gal a heart Lhat's beating andp ul sa tin g d e ep w ith in m y b re as t, a ndthat's wha t counts.1k no w th at th ere are p eo ple o utth ere th at feel lik e th ey are alo ne in

this crazy world and that nobodylo ves th em , b ut I j ust w an t ev ery on eo u t t he re to know that I don't reallyl ov e y ou either. so go ah ead and feelth at w a y. J us t k id d in g.

N ow , for C hristm as, I w ant a b igpiec e o f styro fo am an d so me so cks.

Merry Christmas. Bryan High."

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hits on the outd oor P .A. s yste m a ndlet the neighborhood know you're"gettin' d ow n" and "stayin' alive"t his h ol id a y s ea so n.

'" I ns te ad o f th e tra d itio na lfir o r p in e tr ee f or d e co ra ti ng , 1sug-g es ta p ric kl y- pe ar o r s ag ua ro c ac tu s.T he y'r e a ff ord a ble , th ey d o n 'weed alo t of room , and d on't need any w a-ter. B ew are th ou gh ---th ey ca n b e ac ha ll en ge w he n it c om es to d e co ra t-ing. H ours of fun guaranteed , andw on't you be the envy of the blockh av in g th e o nl y " Ch ris tm as C ac tu s"in y ou r w in do w-g el th e l 2Q iru ? (ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)

'" There 's noth ing moree xc itin g th an a p in ata to beat on a tC hristm as, and here's a sure w ay tom ak e th at ex cite me nt ev en m ore in -tense: fill one w ith a sw arm of liveh orn ets! I ma gin e th e lo ok o n ev ery -o ne 's fa ce w he n th ey fin ally b re ak ito pe n a nd d isc ov er a n an gry sw arm o fs ix -l eg ge d s tin ge rs . R un k id s!

Those arejust a f ew s ug ge s-tions for chasing aw ay C hristm asbored om . M aybe you can th ink up afew of your own. If not, you justm ig ht h av e to re so rt b ac k to th e s am eC hr is tm as tra d itio ns . f ro m l as t y ea r{ wl:rich d oesn't sound all tha t badn ow th at I t hm k a bo ut i t} . W h ate ve rth e c as e, h av e a h ap py C hris tm as a nda m erry N ew Y ea r.

mo rn in g t he y 'l l be.thrilli;Q to s ee t heby H.C. Ross p ro of t ha t S an ta a nd h is r ei nd e er w e reC hristm as is a great holi- rea lly th ere th e n ig ht b ef ore! (A nd

day.fewwoulddeny.There's.always you'll feel good know ing it's safe,p lenty to d o in the w ay of trad ition. cheap, and w ashes rig ht off w ith soapY ou 'v e g ot th e "C hris tm as tree" to a n d wa t; r. )trim and the "Christm as ligh ts" and . Ho~ do y ou m an ag e ~ SlaYth e tocki h d tb "Chri OCCUPied d unng those long leisure-s ngs to ang an e nst-mas d inn " 1to n " th h 1 filled d ays of com fon and r e l a x a -cr,no menan ewoc. ?H ' "k ISanta Claus thing It's all reallll- uom er e s a up. keep a personabut you kno " ,; y sw e journa l of daily f ro st a nd , h um id i tyw . some ...m es you want . . .m ore fro m a h olid ay . S om etim es y ou le vels. T his IS f un a nd e d u. ca u~ n al ,ge t to f ee li ng i t's ti me f or s om e th in g too. (If yo u n

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kind of warmed me -- I felt likemaybe Iwas on to s om e th in g ( ha tw ou ld m ak e p eo ple h ap py ."

Knox 's Christmas decorat.ions wento n d i sp la y D e cem be r 10 , a nd w il l bes ho win g e ve ry n ig ht ( an d d a y) u ntilN ew Y ear's Eve. H e lives at 1408Candy Hill street, in B ryan. C arscan be parked in th e v ic in ity . an dvisitors ar e welcome tosee ( he d is -p lay up c lose and m eet Mr. Knox .ItJ like 10 g re et th e p eo pl e, a nd I'll

alw ay s b e o ut h ere ." he says. Forth os e w ho w is h to g el a g en uin e tasteo f t he C h ri st ma s s pir it, a vi sit to thislo cal sp ecta cle is stro ng ly re co m-m en ded _ . no t on I y f or th e b rig ht a ndc o lor fu l d i sp la y . bu t also fo r !he uniquean d sp ec ia l m an be hin d it all.

SABryan man glows with Christmas spirit

s tiv e d is he sseem ID be c ho co la te . p ec an , b os to nc re me , l em on . a nd p ic e p ie s. c ho co -

an d seal- late cake, cheesecake, ice creamo f p op ul ar c ru mb le b all s, g in ge rb re ad , f ru itc ak e.to sin k th eir a nd an y k in d o f C hristm as co ok ie.

o f d ishes To wash it all d ow n, the trad i-. T urkey and tional eggnog seem s to be a popular, swee t ootato beverage as w ell as spice Lea, ha l

fa milies. c ~o a. p in eap ple n og ,an d h ot ap pleskewered C id er. .stuffing cock- As s oo n a s e v er y s toma ch i s s l l lf fe d , you w ill know that Christm as d inner

is o ve r. E ven th ou gh y ou 're sad th atth ere is a w ho le y ea r 10 wa il u nt il t hen ex t C hris tm as . d in ne r, re me mb erthere w ill probably be tw o w eeksw orth o f lef to ve rs w hen y ou lo ok inthe frid ge the next d ay! H appy eat-i ng eve ryone !

by H.C.RossEvery year Christmas arrives, bring-

in g w ith it a c erta in sen se o f p eac e,jo y, an d g oo dw ill. T his C hristm ass pir it m ay s ee m l ik e j us ta "f ee lin g inth e air", b ut o cc asio nally o ne w illfind an ind ivid ua l w ho is a liv ingpersonification of the sp ir it o f Ch r is t -m as -- someone w ith a kind heartwho aulycares a bo ut h is f el lo w m a n.

A nd re w K no x is su ch a n in div id -u al . E ve ry y ea r K no x tu rn s h is f ro nty ard in to a n a ma zin gl y im pre ss iv esh ow o f C hristm as lig hts, d eco ra -tio ns, an d m usic. H e w elco mes a nya nd a ll visitors to see h is n or th B ry anr es id en ce . w h ic h h e d is pl ay s e ve ryCh ri stm as s ea so n .

H e b eg an c oU ec tin g a nd d is pl ay -i ng h is C h ri st ma s o rn am e nts tw e nt y-f i ve year s ago, in D allas T exas. H eh as b een liv in g in B ry an fo r th e pastf iv e y ea rs, an d h as sh ow n h is d eco -ra tio ns e ve ry y ea r h e has b ee n h er e.Tbe grand setup, which h a s c o st K n oxa ro un d $ 20 ,0 00 (ta ke n f ro m h is o wnin co me), in clu de s all ty pe s o f San-tas, s no w -m e n. a ng el s. a nd N a tiv it yf ig ure s, a s w el l a s a n a bu nd an t v ar i-e ty o f l ig hts , b oth c ol ore d a nd tw in -kling. He em ph as iz es a s ep ar ati onin h is d isp lay s b etw een th e seculara nd sp iritu al sid es o f C hristm as. "I

Ch ris tm as from around the w orld------by Kathll! CenterIn S we d en , c el eb ra tio ns b eg in o n

December 13, St. L ucia's D ay. O nth is m orning, the youngest girl ine ac h f am il y d re ss es to r ep re se nt S LLucia in a w hile robe and an ever-g re en w re ath stu d de d w ith c an dl es.Sh e th en se rv es breakfast to mem-b er s o f h er f am il y. Jolly e lv e s c al le dJuul Nisse aresaidtobrlngthetlhrist-ma s g if LS ,InF in la nd , C hr istm as is c al le d th e

E ve of St, S tep hen s. T he F in ns eat aH UG E m eal and give gif ts, sim ilart o m a ny o th er c ou nt rie s. B u t F in la ndhas one ad vantage to the rest o f thew o rl d . " Sa nt a c om e s f ro m F in la nd ! Jprom ise," junior Anna E ho s aid . S hea ls o s aid s no w w il t c om e f or C hr is t-m as. "H ow d o y ou th in k San ta C la uscan r id e w it h r ei nd e er w it ho ut s no w ?"Ehoasked.InJapan, Hoteiosho c ar rie s a s ac k

o f to ys o n h is b ack fo r th e ch ild ren .I f a c hil d is no t good , ilis said th atHoteiosho w il l k no w it b ec au se h ehas eyes in the back of h is head ."B eca use Ja pan ese an d A meric anc ultu re s a re so d if fe re nt, Iwant tosee a n Am e ri ca n C h ri stm a s, " j un io rE un jo o B ac k s aid .InIraq an d Iran, Christmas i s known

as t h e L i tt l eFea s t in c on tr a st t o Ea s te r ,

the B ig F east, In these countries,g i f L S ate generally not given untilN ew Y ea rs .

W h en C h ri st ma s c om e s to Austra-lia, it is th e h otte -s t tim e o f th e y ea rthere. A fter the trad itional m eal,Cami li es g o to sporting e ve nts o r tothe beaches. Instead of greenery,houses ar c d e co ra te d w ith t he C h ri st-m as Bell and the C hristm as B ush ,t wo f lo w er s that b lo om th is tim e o fyear.

I n F ra nc e, I e petit N o el ( th e C h ri stC hild ) or P ere N oel (F ath er C hrist-mas) fill th e c hild re n's sh oes w ithgifts. P eo pl e b uy m is tl et oe to bringg oo d lu ck to th eir h ou ses. a nd giftsare exchanged on N ew Y ears D ay.T he French also celebra te B oxingDay.

I n H ol la nd .s tre ets a nd h ou se s a rcd e co ra te d w ith C hris tm as tre es a ndlights. It is u su ally c old an d th ere isnowdur ingmoslChr isunases . Thcyh av e tw o C h ris tm a s D a ys , Dec. 25 &2 6, a nd the s ec on d d ay p eo ple usu-a lly g o out to eat or they v i si t f amilym em bers. M ost people d on't giveg if ts f or C h ri st ma s. b ut on St.N icho-l as D ay , D ec . 5, St. 'ic ho las is saidto b e a sain t fro m Sp ain , w ho c om esevery year by boat to H olland . H ep un ish es th e b ad c hild re n a nd g ive s

c an d y a nd gifts to I De go od o ne s, N omauer w hat country people com eC hristm as is a sp ec ia l lim e o f j oy

f or e ve ry on e. V a ca tio ns , p re se nts ,th e a tm osp he re a nd f oo d b rin g a bo uta s pe cia l C hris tm as f ee lin g a s c o un -t rie s th ro ug ho ut t he w o rl d c el eb ra te .B U l n o t a ll f es uv iu es a re a lik e.

T he E ng lis h c el eb ra te C hris tm asm uc h l ik e Am eric an s d o . H ow ev er ,D ecem ber 26 is B oxing D ay, a d ayto p ut m on ey in b ox es f or th ose w hoh av e serv ed th e f am ily th ro ug ho utth e y ea r, su ch a s th e m ail ma n.f ro m , C h ris tm a s h as a s im i 1a r ef fe ct ." It 's a t im e t o J a ke r es t, t o b e t ha nk fu lto others, to th ink about past andf ut ur e," s aid B a rt S to ff el s s ai d .

In Spa in, people try to d o a goodd e ed b ef ore m id n ig ht o n C hris tm asE ve. Joy is expressed through 'h( 'd a nc e c al le d th e jota, a nd th e u - 01fa te d eterm ines w ho w ill becom ef am il y f ri en d s d u ri ng th e n e xt y e ar .

T his C hristm as, as Santa C laus( pa pa N o el , Juul N i ss e, Ho te io s ho ,Ie p etit N oel, P erc N oel, S t. Niche-l as ) c om e s t o h ou se s t hr ou gh ou t Itw orl d, w e will re me mb er th e m ea n-in g of Christmas. "It's a tim e LO bey ou r b es t." s aid E ho .

d on't ever m ix Santa C laus w itha ny th in g r el ig io us ." H e s triv es tom ake every year a liule mo re u ni quq e th an the last. "E ve ry y ear Iry todo s omet hi ng d i ff e re nL . .I try to makeit in tere stin g." T he to tal am ou nt o fd ec ora tio ns Ja ke s a bo ut tw o o r th re emonths 10 set up and one m onth LOd i sa ss emb l e. (Wor ki ng a lo n e, h e star1Sin late Septem ber and w orks untilFebruary.)

D es pite th e h ard w ork , h ow ev er,K n ox f ee ls h e is dealing w it h a w a 1h -whi le cause. "U [ his C h ri stm a s d i s-p la y] m a ke s t he l it tl e c hi ld r en h ap py ;it m ak es e ve ry bo d y h ap py . I t s e em stobea good th ing to d o . . .I hate th ew ork, you know -- but Inow howmuch Iw ou ld m iss th e p eo ple co m-ing if I d id n't d o it. I t's so meth in gth at e veryb od y -- e very bo dy canenjoy."

K nox tells of a tim e w hen a pick-up truckload of ch ild ren cam e tov isit h is C hristm as d isp lay . T he yw ere so im pre ssed b y it t he y c ou ldd o n oth in g b ut s it q uie tl y a nd s ta re ."They stayed and stayed and justlistened to t he mu si c. Hs eem ed l ik eeverybod y w as a t peace; and it w ascoldl I th ou gh t, w el l, w ha t is it thatm akes people stay out in the co ldand not w ant to l e ave? . .t ha t really

ANDREW KNOX TA !. .K S ABO l IT H ISCHRI STMAS L IGHTS D1S PLAY .B EL OW B O V lV lC KE T EL LS O FCHRI STMAS I N H IS NATI V E COUN TRYP HO TO S BY DALE HOMB UR G

Writer's Note: Recelllly vandalsdes troyed a port ion of Mr. Knox'sdisplay -- they smashed whatamounted to 30 0 colored light bulbs,each worth about thirty-nine cents.Although he doesn't accept moneychar it ie s ~ ., ,. Knox ha s asked thatthe students at B ryan H igh (and allof the public) be notified -- he isaccepting any gift of new light bulbsto go on hi s display, in lieu of lh elights tha: were destroyed. Thesecan be dropped his nd,1N".r

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C hiJ d" is o ne o f th e o rg an iz atio n'sprograms."P eo ple w ill call in an d

request to 'a do pt' a c hild o r fa milyfo r th e h olid ay ," R ed C ro ss su per-v is or N e tt ie Fields sai d . "We willth en give th em a na me o f a fam ily o rch ild an d L Iley t hen bu y th em pres-ents or food o r even a Christmast .ree. "

, Loca l charities he lp re lie ve hunge r

ANT HO N Y GAR ZA A ND KAT RI NA R IC HA RD H EL P C O LL EC T F O O DFO R T HE N HS CANNED FO O D DRlva PHO TO BY S ANDY FARRIS

by Amber Hol t

A s m an y f am ilie ssit down to w ond erful meals onChristmas d a y, t he re are o th er s w h oare not so f ortu na te . H un ger in o urarea is nor so meth ing new ; th aL iswhy Christmas food drives are helda nn ua ll y b y d if fe re nt o rg an iz atio nsa ro un d B -C S.

B r ya n H i gh held a food drivefo r C h r i S l J T L a S November 2 0- 22 . N H Ss po ns or ed t he d riv e a nd a cc ord in g toN HS sp on so r Sloan T aylo r, it w as"Fantastic!"

"It w ent very w ell," N HSsponsor M onica Bozeman said ."Compared L O the one we d id lasiyear at T han ksg iving, w e d id m uc hbeuer. M ore money and food wascollected."

1755 cans of food werec o ll ec tc d , w h ic h is ju st a f ew p ou nd sshort o f o ne to n, as w ell as $457 . Acheclc wa s then preserued to th e BrazosFood Bank. From there, the food

w ill g o to d if fe re nt c hu rc h p an triesw hich w ill distribute it 10 needyfamilies. The Cheer Fund was alsoa no th er m aj or f un d ra is er in Bryan.T he E ag le spon ored the Fund butvo lunteers fro m the com munityh el pe d g al .h er , p ac k, a nd d is tr ib utet he f oo d . A h o li d ay meal w.ill be en -joyed by 1,400 l o cal f am il ie s d ue 10th is e ff ort. H am , f lo ur, su ga r, ric e,beans, c o rnm ea l, e gg s, a p pl es , pota-to es a nd p ea nu t b utte r are th e mainite ms th at w ill b e d i strib uted a s w ella s v ario us c an ne d g oo ds .

T his is th e f ou rtee nth y ea rihat the Eagle has sponsored !h e CheerFl1lld. The fund-raiser has grown froman e mp lo ye e p ro je ct 10 a c omm u-n i ty -w id e ac ti vi ty .

The R ed C ross is anothero rg an iz atio n th at c ol le cts ite ms f orC h ri Sl Jl l3 S d i st ri bu ti on . "A d o pt -a -

M o ne y a nd fo od d on atio nsa re a ls o c oll ec ted a nd c an be droppedof f at th e R ed C ro ss o ffic es .

"M ainly. d onations go tof am ilies w ho se h ou se s h av e b urn edd ow n and th ey have no thing left,"F ie ld s s ai d .

T he se o rg an iz atio ns a re n ott he o n ly onescollecting i tems f o rt heholid ays. O thers, such as Centra lB ap tis lC h ur ch w ith i ts " A ng el T re e"p ro je ct , a nd t he Salvation A rmy , a ls oc oll ec t g oo ds f or th e n eed y.

Local economyaffectedbyChristmas'by Ros~KJnIC hristm as c om es bu t o nc e a

year, a nd w he n i1 does , it b ri ng s w i thit m an y n ea l th in gs lik e h ap pin ess,j oy , a nd v as t f lu ct ua tio ns i n th e e co n-omy.

E veryone knows that thegiving and receiving of gifts. thed e co ra tin g o f trees, an d th e ea ting o fb ig m ea ls p ro mp t th at h ap pin ess a ndjoy . How ever, many peop le oftenwonder what happens to make theeco no my