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8/6/2019 Volume 16 Number 7

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Ne r ' I.2 B ry H I ,h $ch.,1A p r i l 24,'9'7~U'7ie1 f ) a / t"What is the onething in life that youcan absolUtely notIive without andwhy?"

by Veronica Almanza

"A car. I havepeopl to seeiutd places to go." - JoLynnWilder- sophomore

"Music, because if wedidn't have music there wouldbe nothing 10 do." - AngieCrvtiss- juniorphotos, by Sl~phank Mills

O p i n i o n sEducational reforms lurking in the future

- by Jeremy Webster -_.;...----in all of its infinite wisdom, de-cided that the illiteracy ofteachers was a major factor con-tribut ing to the ailments of mod-em education. Therefore, theygave teachers and administratorsa literacy test. Evidently theselegislators are dedicated to the.Better -late-than-never' doc-trine. It goes without saying thatthis test had very little, if anyposit ive effects in the clas-srooms.The resul ts of this test provedthat the vast majority of teacherscan read and write, but can they

- by Christine CotteAccording to the EnglishWriting and Skills book that ispresendy employed by varioussenior English classes, the re-search paper is "v.. an extendedformal composi tion present inginformat ion gathered from anumber of sources . ." What is thepurpose of these I'formal re-search papers"? Not to gather in-formation and write a repon onit. as the books would like thegullibJe high school student tobelieve. No, the research paperhas but two purposes: toconformstudents and to prepare them forthe one other time that they willhave to write a formal paper, col-lege. It is a ridiculous, t ime-

eat ing project that only serves towaste time and frazzle the nervesof both students and teachers. Itshould be banned from exist-ence.Now, don't get us wrong.There is a t ime and a place for thegathering of information. We arenot saying that the student shouldnot leam anything. In fact,gathering information and re-port ing on i t is a great idea. Whatis being discussed here is thecomplete stupidity of the formalresearch process . As stated in theaforementioned English book,there are eight exact steps thatone must go through if one is towrite an acceptable and proper

Boys and girls beware of SMUHello boys Iand girls. WeI-I pus with goosy-gossip concern-come to South- ing -who did what- withem Methodist' whom. Sounds like a pe r f e c tUniversity's story for Mike Wallace and 60neighborhood. Minutes.No, I'm not, Now it is time to visit anotherMister C1e- I neighborhood. The neighbor-ments, but you hood of the Southwest Confer-already knew ence. Otherwise known asthat. ~L.U.LU -Schools Without Class. That 'sLately this neighborhood has right boys and girls, the kind ofnot been a nice neighborhood to neighborhood where all motherslive in because SMU has been and fathers want their kids togiven the death penalty, Boys play football today. A neighbor-and girls ca n you speU death hood of fast times, fast cars, fastpenalty? That's right, f-r-e-e c-a- cash and dirty football. All of

s-h. this is courtesy of the gods ofYes, boys and girls, SMU's football these days, the alumni.football program has die d be - Welcome to the upside downcause it was a repeated violator world of the SWC whose themeof NCAA rules and has been ex- song could be' 'Dancing On ThepeUed fromplayingfootbaII until Ceiling. "'Welcome to a confer-the 1989 season. Thanks to the ence where the basketballalumni, SMU was found guilty tournament champion wasof illegal cash payments called seeded a lowly eighth. If youslush funds. Also, it has been thought the SMU ordeal wasrumored that some players had harsh, just ponder over whatbeen naughty and were foundplaying hanky-panky with could happen in the next fewprostitutes. Just wait a couple months. By the way boys andmore weeks and daily news let- girls, how do you spell relief?ters win be distr ibuted on cam-

have finally demolished theirsoap boxes and have begun toenact the long overdue reforms.This is evidenced by the approxi-mate 98 % graduation rate atBHS. Th e faculty must be doingsomething right or else this ratecould Dot be as high as it is.Pos ible the faculty 's awarene sof these olutions to the problemsof public education will even-tually reach the educat ional ora-toe. and they too, will roll up'their sleeves, demolish their soapboxes, and begin active reforma-tion.

N o r s e m a nThe Norstman is-published by the Journal ism II class of Bryan HigbScheel, 340 I E. 29th, Bryan, Texas, 77802. Editorials reflect the opinion(If the writerand do not in an y way represent the views nfthe faculty, steffor administration of Bryan Independent School District.The Norseman isamember ofthe University Interscholastic League,Interscholastic League Press Conference and Columbia Scholastic PressAssociation.

interact with their students?Legislators hit the jackpot whenthey incorporated the teacherevaluation system into HooseBill 72. This system has resul tedin many teachers realizing thatstudent-teacher interaction ismuch more effective than lectur-ing. Educators are beginning torealize that the relationship be-tween teacher and student, notteacher literacy of subject know-ledge, is at the heart of modemeducation's problems.Fortunately BHS is gifted withadministrators and teachers who

research paper. These step are,in order: Choose and limit atopic, Survey resources, Preparea preliminary outl ine and thesisstatement, Gather information,Reevaluate, Make a final thesisstatement and formal outline,Write a rougb draft, and, fmally,Write the final draft with foot-Dotes and bibliography. Heavensforbid that you should gather in-formation before you write yourpreliminary outline and thesissta tement .Is the proposed purpose of theresearch paper just to ensure acopy system? To make sure thatevery student is capable of writ-ing fonnulated mush? It would

seem so. Originality does notmatter anymore. In fact, this. 'proper form" does not evenleave room for original ity. Onlyconformity matters in the case offormal research papers.As ridiculous as this all mightsound, the point is that researchpapers have no place in theschool curriculum. Students hatethem, and many teachers do aswell . Why should everyone suf-fer when the idea itself isso utter-ly ridiculous? Just ba n them.Perhaps then the students ca nactually learn something, ratherthan wasting t ime trying to pro-duce papers that look just likeeveryone else's.

Christine ConeEditors in Chief

Blair FanninAssistant EditorReggie WilliamsNews Editor Sports Editor

Karla Hawkins Jay FisherStaff Reporters

PhotographeuBlair FanninShawn Passwaters. Stephanie MillBryan WitthausAdviser

Sandy Farris

Veronica AlmanzaLori BrossmannAllen HousleySharon JamesNina Jerzewski

Recently the American publichas been bombarded with alarge-scale propaganda cam-paign urging reform in publicschools. As a result, legislators,lobbyists and other various"qualified personnel" havetaken their soap boxes out of thecloset, applied a new coat ofpaint and erected them at thenearest street comer. Now thatthese orators have brought the in -adequacies of modem educationinto the conciousness of everyAmerican, what is being done toremedy the situation?In 1984 the Texas Lep'i.:ll1hmResearch papers are definite waste of time

Scott KoenningOabrieOe LegeMi s sy Sm ithJ e remy Web sr e t'Bryan Witthaus


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F e a t u r e s N " , . . .I.__________ 8"1.. H 1 th S e h .. 1~3A p r i l 24 ,1987 .'Lethal Weapon', Gibson pack powerful punch

--- by ChristineCotte------So you're looking for a goodmovie. One that is full of action,but also has good act ing, a goodscript, seriousness, humor andgood photography. It must alsohave all the facets of an actionmovie; car chases. shooting,bombings, karate, drug smug-gling, attempted suicides andbad guys in Limos. Sounds liketoo much to ask for, but thecreators of Lethal Weaponsomehow manage all that, andmore.Martin Riggs(MeJ Gibson) is acrazed detective that, nonethe-less. is very good at what he. . . ~ ~it ~it . .. . . . . .. . it. . . I . . .. . . .. . . .~ . .. . . .1 1 . .~ . . .t. J I 3 t. - :.. . . .. . . .. . . - . .. . IU . .. . . .~ tt . .. . .. .. . :.. . . . .t . .. .. . . .it ' ". ' "

does. The problem is that hetends to be suicidal. Needless tosay, this greatly disturbs his co-workers, Riggs also tends to bevery deadly. a ta lent that he ac -quired during the Vietnam war inthe Special Forces.Roger Murtaugh(Danny Glov-er) is excel lent as a middle-ageddetective that gets stuck withRiggs. The head of the policedepartment decides that Mur-taugh might help to calm Riggs,and so the pannership begins.Burbank is an adorable catwho adds nicely to the story even

though he does not have a leadpart.The story begins with thedeath of a porno-f lick actress. Itis discovered that her father is anold friend of Murtaugb's , so be isundeIStandably upset when evi-dence proves that she was mur-dered. Slowly Murtaugh andRiggs learn that her death wasjust the tip of the iceberg. Thepar tners soon discover that theyare in over their heads and mustpaddle like crazy to reach theanswers. There is one majorobstacle here. These are not

average, run-of-the-mill badguys they're deal ing with. Wha tfollows is a barrage of "huntthose suckers down It scenes thatkeep the viewer on the edge ofhis seat, with f ingernai ls bur iedin the armrests.Maybe Lethal Weapon willnot appeal to everyone. Nomovie does, but this one is sogood that it is st il l drawing bigcrowds even though it has beenhere for several weeks. Ifyou'relooking for an excellent actionmovie, Lethal Weapon is notone to miss.

'Live Alive' features best of Stevie Ray Vaughan---......I by Jay Fisher _After seeing the live perform-ance of Stevie Ray Vaughan inSouth Padre Island, I had to get

his Live Alive album. The albumset includes some vintage rhythmand blues and some fast-pacedelectric sounds.For most people, their first en-counter with Stevie Ray's blaz-i .ngsolos was on David Bowie's

Let's DlUJce.These solos werenot the R&B that he played inTexas bars for over a decade, butwere pure blues influenced bysuch blues masters as LonnieMack, Magic Sam, and AlbertKing.After recording with Bowie,Vaughan went back to his home-

town group Double Trouble(bassist Tommy Shannon anddrummer Chris Layton) to recordTexas Flood. This albumbrought Vaughan into the spot-light as one of the best up andcoming electric guitar players ,Live AHve features songs.from all his a1bums and some

Parker's 'Angel Heart' proves originality can be terrifying:.........._y LoriBrossmann ___

It's been a long wait. For yearshorror films have slid by withtired formulas and laughableacting. At last Alan Parker hascreated a chilling film which em -ploys true talents and dares to beoriginal. The result Ange lHeart, is a film guaranteed tounnerve a musk ox.Angel Heart is a horror filmmade more horrible because itoffers no haunted houses, nol imping psychos, not one ridicu-lous, reassuring stereotype. Hereis a film which spends the fU'sthour layering viewers in grime,and then proceeds to bum it offwith sheer terror.

The story begins when pr ivatedetective Harold Angel(MickeyRourke) is hired by LouisCyphre(Robert DeNiro) to locateformer singing star Johnny Favo--rite, Favorite had made a dealwith Cyphre, but then WorldWar Ilcame and Favorite dis-appeared.As Angel' s search progresses.viewers are drawn into the night -marish world of voodoo. As apile of mutilated corp es mounts,it is the ritual, not the acrualdeaths, that keeps teeth clenchedand knuckles white. Despitecringe after cringe, a grotesq~e

fascination makes it impossibleto turn from the screen.Eventually Favorite's spookytrail leads to Louisiana and toEpiphany Proudfoot(LisaBonet). Although her strikingappearance adds to the mysteryof the film, Bonet almost des-troys the spel l when sh e speaks.Her childlike voice is hard toaccept in this dark and seriouspiece.Luckily, stunning perform-ances by Rourke and DeN i r oeclipse any talent lacking byBonet. The s en s e of evil careful-ly constructed by these two per-

vades the ent ire f ilm, while styl-ish photograghy adds to the eer ieeffect.Although the final scene is abit disappointing, it ooly inflictsa surface wound on the quali ty ofthe entire film. Angel Heart isstill ligbt years ahead of thedrive-in quality thrillers thatspread their infection into sequelafter sequel.For those with weak: sto-machs, there ar e plenty of luke-warm pseudo-chi l l e rs . For thosewho seek a chill which defies theApril sunshine, Angel Heart isthe ftlm to see.

special guest appearances fromhis brother, Jimmy Vaughan.The album, recorded live, fea-tures an original Jimi Hendrixtune, Voodoo ClUJe. Through-out Voodoo ODe, Vaughanshowcases what sets him apartfrom all the other Hendrix pre-tenders as be plays the lead andrhythm simultaneously.Once booked up on stage,Vaughan breaks rigbt into a solothat leads into some classicrhythm and blues. Included onthe Live Alive album are someclassic Stevie Ray tunes like:"Pride and Joy," "Supersti-tion," 'Willy the Wimp," and"Look at Lit tle Sister" .Vaughan, who sings ade-quately but oot well enough tomake it as a vocalist , not onlycaptivates h is audience but over-whelms them. Vaughan's energynever stops. Even in his slowersongs his hand speed is incredi-ble. Stevie Ray Vaughan doesn'tjust play the guitar, he mauls it.


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4 M . , . 8 ry H i S . $ 1. A , r l l 24 ,1911 F e a t u r e sStudents learn to change in IEe---- by Jay Fisher------

Most BHS students have onlyheard about a place called IEC,rather than experienced it fir-sthand. Those who have beenthere come back with onethought inmind: they don' t wantto go back. What is the reality ofme and how is it working?Upon entering the InterimEducation Center (IEC), onemight notice that this is not thetradi tional classroom setup. Itmight be the dnee-waIled carrelsand stools, the green walls, or thepainted-over windows. But themost noticeable difference be-tween me and a r egu la r BRSclassroom is the si lence found inIEC.

The center is capable of hold-ing 71 students. The staff con-sists of two teachers, Bill Bros-sard and Cassandra Taylor, andcoordinator Nilah Wright. Theteachers ar e there to assist stu-dents with completing theirclasswork, a major requirementinvolved with being releasedfrom the center.The two-year-old-program isdesigned to curb bad habits with-out depriving students the rightto an education."The whole idea is to havestudent control from the time thestudents r each campus to thetime they leave the campus,"Taylor said.

Tammy Hedgpenh tlJId Veronica Al1fll:PlZQ motkllM lalest prom/tuhions.photo by SupJ rmUe Mi lb

There is no argument forsomeone who thinks that lEe is awasted effort or a needless opera-tion. Approx.imately 8 0% of thestudents referred to the unit wil lnot come back in the same year.Close to 70% of those who vi-sited last year have not fallenback into what got them there."I think i t' s a pretty good dealexcept someone shouldn't havetogo for tardies, " senior Morgan

Cassady said.Last year me was referred563 students from seventh to thetwelfth grades. With the additionof the drug dogs and the"accumulated referral rule,"me enrollment should top thatfigure by the end of March.

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Junior-senior prom to bea night of glamour in the park

show the signs: drumming fin-gers, blank stare , and generalbouncing off the walls.As yet, no cure for senioritishas been found. Perhaps that'sjust as well, because in truth,senioritis is not a disease---it'sa way to describe the signs ofrestlessness. And that very res-tlessness is only a natural signthat today's seniors are ready tomove on to start creating theirown lives.

--- byarla Hawkins -----Everything has to be perfect .The hair, the clothes, and thewhole evening has to be perfect.The night is planned carefully. Itis going to be glamorous andromantic, not to mention gli tzy.I twill be one of the most memor-able occasions in high school,the junior-senior prom.BHS will have its prom onMay 16 at the Brazos Center. .The dance will begin at 7 p.m.and end at midnight. Specialattractions include a dinner, a

0.1. and a few announcements.Dinner will be served begin-ning at 6 p.m. The meals, servedon china, will be catered by Epi-cures Catering. Tables for twowill also be available. Each tablewill have a waiter to serve them.Seniors who only wish to attendthe dance will not have to pay,but if they attend the dinner thecost is $10. The cost for juniorsto attend the prom is $15 regard-less.Music will be provid~ by

Deja Vu, a group of deejays fromAustin. This group is the sameone that provided music for lastyear's prom.The theme of the prom will beannounced at a later date. Thedecorations will include parkscenery with an indoor fountainand street lamps . 'We're trying to create a goodromantic atmosphere," juniorclass secretary Steve Beller said.

Senioritis: The incurable seasonal disease :currently striking---by LoriBrossmannl-- _

spent in class do. too.This dreaded disease begins toinfect healthy minds as early asSeptember. However, it waitsuntil second semester to launchan annual assault of epidemicproportions.Then no one is spared. Saintlystudents and class sldppers alikequickly develop symptoms.Soon senior level classes ar e fil-led with more than their share ofsleepy-beaded daydreamersand dizzy hyperactivers. They all

What's more common than thecommon cold? What can makeevery week seem like a parade ofMondays? And, finally, whatmakes those Mondays crawl byslower than slugs on morphine?What else? Senioritis!!!!Brought on by the lure of lazydays by the pool and complicatedby calendars that bulge and coo-tract like funhouse mirrors,seoioritis isan established part ofthe ritual of spring. It seems thatas the days get longer, the hours


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O u t d o o r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N . n . . . . S ry.IIHI!h Sah ll l ~A p r i l 24,1917Selection of proper luresvital in spring fishing---- by Blair Fannin _

With the arrival of springweather avid fisherman confinedto the indoors find themselvesdaydreaming about how theywould rather be fishing thanworking. During the months ofApril andMay are prime limes tocatch that t rophy bass that you sodesperately want.Fishing during th e springmonths can be successful ifa lit-tle common sense and know-ledge about the correct lures thatshould be used.Perhaps the most widely usedbait over I:bc past few years hasbeen the worm and lizard. Basssimply cannot resist the tempta-lion of trouncing on a l iza:td thatis p ro pe r ly p re se n te d . Fishingthis bait should be done veryslowly, giving the bait a naturallook as if it was real. Areas tofish this lure are around placeswith fallen timber and shallowwater where bass usually 'hangout".Topwater baits along timberlines .and ,shallow water usuaDyproduce results also, Tackle

boxes should haveat least one ortwo of these lures around themiddle of May,. Light , easy cas tssend this lure flying through theair making it land softly in thewater without scaring other f ishoff'. One loud splash will causeany bass large orsmaU to bescared off. Le t the lure settle andwait a few seconds before reelingin. Add a twitch with your rodwhen reeling in while inserting apause in the process.Crankbaits such as Rattle-traps and Cordell crankbaits pro-vide the easy option for whenfish are Dot biting anything that isbeing thrown out . Shallow wateris also an effective site to try.Whenever in doubt whilefishing a certain spot, make surethat you have fished the s ite thor-oughly. Usually a bass will getreal ly tired of seeing that huef loat past him making him be-come impatient.Nice weather should be takenadvantage of during this time ofyear. Now is the time to get afterit.

Artw wilhfalkn t iMMr art prlmejishins ProsfHCIS with 1M lUTts :shown in the instt pMfO.(iJuet/rOlfJ top tob o t t o t r J J Topwaltrlurt, WOml, .Iiuvd. an d crankboir.PMfo by Blair FlJIIIIin

Skeet shooting less violent sport___ by AllenHousley-----To many Texans, shooting from a friend, and. s hells, whichsports means one thing. hunting. can be reloaded for as little asBut to many avid sportsmen the $2.7S a box.wards shooting sports have more The sport itself consists ofthan one meaning. Of COIU"Se shooting clay target5thrownhunting accounts for the main [rom two houses at eight variousBowhnnting, supposedly a partef shooting. Especially spots on the skeet field .. Theforgotten sport, is on a massive white taiJed deer, dove, and quai l shooter rotates counter clock-upswing. Hunters across Amer- hunting. Deer bunting f ills as the wise on the stations, shooting inica are now using the bow and most popular form of bunting tum at 2S targets with a max-

arrow as a second bunting with dove bunting running a imum of 25 points at the end ofweapon, and the enthusiasm is close second. Not known to eacbround.spreading like wildfire. many are the sbootingspo.rts Still targets, another shootingBowhunting, which origin- with a less violent aspect. sport which has many branchesaled in prehistoric times, ha s Skeet shooting is allllllknown such as paper targets, movinggraduated [rom the short-ranged, sport to many. This is because of targets, and silhouettes is veryinaccurate shortbow, to the long- StwknlS Ittanows fly uJ lM inrramuroJ (lrchery cosiest. the financial aspect of the sport, popular among small anus en-bow, which added distance, plwro by Steplumie Mills which is believed to be the sport thusiasts. Unlike skeet this sportaccuracy and power. Finally it of the wealthy ..Untrue. Skeet is a uses high powered anus from themivedat the bow with which we quail. Bowfishing is also very from the Bryan High intramural sport which is easily accessible lightweight.22 caliber to the.are most familiar, the compound popular in the Southern state-so tournament are as follows: Divi- through 4-H shooting clubs, powerful.44 caliber handguns.bow. The compound bow is The use of the bow is not li- sian A1st Lance Wbite,. 2nd which receive lower rates be - Silhouettes which is veryequipped with cams and pulleys mit ed to hunting alone, as one Morgan Cassady, 3rd Kevin cause of the constant business popular among Southern out-which double and triple the pow- might th ink. Tournaments are Bard; Division B- 1 st Allen ' brought to the range operators. doorsmen consists of shootinger of the a.verage bow. Sights, held where the archer shoots at Housley, 2nd Catarina Reyna. Butsinee clubs are not a main- various sized metal targets ofequalizers and counterbalances still targets as well as moving and 3rd Doug Turek. .stay for most shooters, targets different animal like shapes.'can be added to ebhance targets. Archery is also an Olym- Information on archery classes can be pu.rc:based through local For more infonnahon onaccuracy. pic sport. offered at Bryan High is avail- sporting goods stores and target shooting sports, contact BryanBowhunters have a wide range Many schools, such as Bryan able from Mr s . Patterson or one throwerscan be located with few Gun Club located on North High-of targets from deer and other High and Texas A&M, offer of the counselors. Texas Game problems. All that are left isa way 6 or Indian 'Lakes Rod andlarge animals, suehas elk. and archery classes and school- and Fisheries can supply more shotgun which, ifnot owned by a Gun Club located on Highway 6boar. to birds such as turkeys and sponsored tournaments. Results information on bowbunting. ,shooter, can usually be borrowed South.~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~

Bowhunting onthe upswingby AllenHousley


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6 N.n B r y l n H I , h S o h .. 1A p r i l 24 ,1987 N e w sClubrench Club participates in symposium---------byJayJanner __---- __Journalism I ews

Th e Fre nc h Club par tic ipate d M arch 6 -8 at th e T exas Fre nc hSympos ium in S an A nto nio . A bo ut 1 50 0 s tu de nts fr om 6 8 s ch oo lscompe t ed in s e ve r al c a te g or ie s i nc lu di ng v oc ab ul ar y . grammar,c iv il iz at io n , a nd poetry.This is th e first year BH S s tu de n ts c om p ete d in t h e s ympo si um .S op bo mo re A p ri l N a ve ja r r ea ch e d the semi-f ina ls in poetry. Otherp ar tic ip an ts w er e ju nio rs : K ar i P ip er a nd Je an ne tte D ev lo o; a ndsoph om ore s: K ath y B ell, Jon ath an A le xan de r, Tricia Griffin,Hani GadaUa , Kim W illiam s, R uth a T ay lo r, E ly sh a B ro wn , a ndE ls a Ag r amon te ,F uture ac tivitie s for th e F re nc h C lub in clude th e fore ign lan -guage s oc ce r to um am e nt th is s pr in g an d a p o s si bl e t ri p t oH o u st on .

Student Council Imembers remain active--- byDianeZamora1-- _

Journalism IS om e o f th e r ec en t e ve nts forStudent C ou nc il w er e a c an dy weh e ld M a rc h 23-27. an d su pe rv isio n o f th e s prin g e le ctio ns A pr il

1 0-1 5. A sp ring soc ial w as h eld for th e old and ne wly e le cte dstu de nt c ou nc il m em be rs in clu din g th os e e le cte d fr om S PA .Apr i l 26 to M ay 2 is S tu de nt C ou nc il w ee k. T he y will post ab u st e r s how in g all th e ir a cti vi ti es a nd th e s tu de n ts w ill g et a c h an ceto e va lu ate th e c ou nc il' s a cti viti es .M ay 1 an d 2 is s ta te c o n ve n t io n in Aust in .T he y are also p lan nin g a vic tory p arty w ith th e C on solidate dc ou nc il o n th eir n ew p ositio ns o f first V. P an d B ry an 's p os itio n o fp re sid en t o f D istr ic t 6 .'Ibis s umm e r t he o rg an iz at io n plans to atte nd a sum me r w ork-Frtnch club members panicipaltd m lM French Symposium in San Antonio 011 March 6-8. M~rs incllllk: sh op for on e w ee k at a un ive rsity .Kim Wllli tuns, April Navrjar, JonDIlwn Alexondu, Tricia Gri ff in , Karl Piper , Elyshia B r r o w _ _ ; n , ~ I l ; ; . ;; Q I U . . ; . . ;. . . ; ;...;:..;;;=.:...._ -:::;;:- """Kathy Btll, Jeanette Devloo, Rwho Taylor, Elsa Agramonu an d ~or Mrs. Olsen.

TAPE chapter named top in the stateT he T exas A ssoc iation of F uture Educ ators at B ry an H igh w asn am ed outstan din g c hap te r in A ustin at th e an nual s tate c on fe r-e n c e .The local c hap te r also w on fir st p lac e in th e to p te n p ro je ctsca tegory with its te ac he r o f th e m on th c am paig n. It a ls o w on fi rs ti n th e s cr ap bo ok c om pe titi on .C lub sp on sor Im oge ne V e tte rs w as e le cte d to th e TAPE stateb oa rd o f d ir e ct or s.S tude nt de le gate s from B ry an w ere M e lan ie B en jam in , p re s-i de n t; R e be c ca H in ri ch s, v ic e -p re si de n t; J ill H ug hs on , h is to ri an ;

M o nic a K im , s ta te v ic e-p re sid en t; N a nc y White, f in an c ia l s e cr e -tary; T an y a W i lli am s, s ec re ta ry ; A n gi e B e ar d a nd G e na C of fm an .TAPE chaplD named top in 1M a lt JI e. M emb er s i nc lu de : T on ya W i ll ia m s,Kim. Noney W lU te , J m H llgh .so n, M ela nie B en ja min . R ebe cc a H in ric hs . J ulie

Am a n d a Ross an d sponsor Mrs. Yetters. photo by B ryan WitthausApplications for the Norseman andthe Saga staffs now being accepted

A pplica tion s for n e xt y ear 's N orse man and S aga staffs arecur rent ly being a cc e pte d. S tu de n ts m ay p ic k. u p a n a pp li ca ti on inth e c ou nse lo r's o ffic e an d r etu rn th em b y M a y 1 . S e le ctio ns will bean noun ce d ove r th e P .A .A p pli ca nts f or b oth s ta ff s m us t m e et c e rta in g ra de r eq ui re m en tsa s o u tl in e d in th e ap plic atio n. P ho to gra ph ers , as w ell a s w rite rs ,a re b e in g s ou gh t.F or m ore in form ation , p ic k up an ap plic ation or c on tac t thes po ns or , M r s. P ar ri s.I L pa r ti c ip o nl s d i sp l ay med al s nc t iv t d tit the dis."lrictJ55 . 4l il er a ry COn ie s 'M id in Hl l 1I I sv i lk i n M(UC :h .Bryanp/Qcu third overall.


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N e V I sAll BISD to benefit from bond issue

--by JeremyWebster-;::::::: ::--_.,-On April 4, Bryan votersapproved a $27.6 million bondpackage with a vote of 3.188 forand 1,976 against. According toSchool Board plans, approx-imately $2.2 million will bespent buildiog a new gymnasiumat BHS and converting the ex-ist ing one into an assembly facil -ity. Sophomore Kim Zemanek

provides one example of howthis will be a definite improve-ment."This will allow more roomfor fans to watch indoor gamescomfortably," she said. "As aresult, more people will want tocome and watch."Besides building new facilitiesat BHS, a total of $9.9 millionwill be spent reo?vatiog f :heO";ver, K emp /B owi e, F a: nb ln , tra-vis, Bonham, Milam and Crock-ett campuses. Another $4.2 mil-lion will be used to improve theSFA camp .BISD will also construct twonew junior high schools whichwil l serve 1000 students each, ingrades 7-9. costing $11.3 mil-lion. At the time of the election,the most likely sites for theseschools were the East Bypassnorth of Boonville Road and theintersection of PM 2818 andClear Leaf Drive. Tenatively,construction on these junior'highs will begin in January 1988and be completed by September1989. provided that an architectto design the schools can beselected by May of this yeElf.As a result of the bond'sapproval, all BISD schools will

also have air-conditioning/heat-ing improvements. additions toaccommodate handicapped stu-dents and be brought up to cur-rent requirements for safety.Besides renovations and addi-t ions to present schools and con-struction of new ones, SchoolBoard Trustees also plan to ev-aluate older schools, such asTra-vis, Bowie and Fannin, and overthe next 15 years all three will

probably be phased out of usedue to their age.On the same day as the bondelection, voters re-elected sever-al Bryan officials. Among thesewere Mayor Marvin Tate, alongwith City Councilmen HankMcQuaide and Ben Hardemanand unopposed CouncilwomanHelen Chavarr ia. School BoardTrustees Wendy Costa and Her-bert Wade were also re-elected.

Night school classes small, but personalI----by GabrielleLege------

It is late evening. The halls ofBryan High School have longsince been cleared of the regularbus tle of sophomores, juniors,seniors, and teachers. A janitorsweeps away the remnants of theday's activities, but school is notover yet .Every Monday, Tuesday, andThursday at 6:30 p.m., BryanHigh School opens its doors foranother kind of class=-nightschool.Most students know nothingof night school-where it is heldor who teaches it.The math and English coursesare taught by M r. Dayton Phil-lips who teaches GED. He also

teaches prisoners in the local jail.The classes are not lectureclasses. Rather. the teacher helpsthe student with whatever he orshe has problems with. Studentsare free to ask quest ions on what-ever they need help with.Night classes are small , oftenhaving only five to ten people ineach class."Often, day students enroU innight school to get help with sub-jects they are having trouble within day school since our classesare smaller, " Phill ips said.Not everyone in night schoolis a high school drop-out or needshelp with classes.

"We have all kinds of peoplein here," Phillips said. "Somepeople go to night chool be-cause they work. Some are adul tsthat have come back to get theirdiploma. There ar e even somehere who ar e from overseas,"Phillips said.Phillips does his best toanswer everyone's questions ful-Iy . as well as to show studentswbere they went wrong and toencourage them in their coursework. He also slips in a fewjokes.Night school is part of the ex-tensive community educationprograms offered by the BISD.

'Alternate Uzma Hashmi.N ew s Writing-First, JeremyWebster; Second, Reggie Wil-liams.Headline Writing-Third. Reg-gie Williams.Editorial Wri ting-Alternate,Christine Cotte.Numbe r Sense-Second, HelenKim; Third, Monica Kim,Calculator-Second, ShaneArnold; Alternate, MaddyNaudeau.Ready Writing-Third. MissyPhelps; Alternate, Alex Schoen-feldt.Prose Interprelation-second,Jeremy Gaston.

Ull, coordinator Anne Linnewas pleased with Bryan's pe r -formance.'In comparison to the lastthree years I we did very well.Last year Ifour went to regionalsand this year , we're sending thir-teen." she said.

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13 headed for UIL Regionals------..Iby MissySmith------

Instructor, Dayton Phillips, helps night school student, DlZVt Kahil.plwto 51 lumie Mills

They have coaches, but theircoaches don't blow whistles.They practice, but they don'tpractice on the field. They havemeets. but they don't compete ina gymnasium. Who are thesepeople? These ar e the 38 studentswho competed in the District IS-SA un . Literary contest.The meet was held in Hun-stville March 24, 27 and 28.Bryan High placed third overallbebind first place winner King-wood and second place McCol-lough.Out of the 38 competitors, 13won honors which will qualifythem to compete at the regionalmeet in Dallas April 24-25.The results of the meet ar e asfollows:Literary Criticism-First, Ra-quel Christian; Second, LoriBrossmann; Alternate, MissyPhelps.Spell ing-Second, Monica Kim;


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8 N"....._ _ B r y . . H i s h S c h . . 1 - - - - - - - - - I I I I I I !p r i l 24 ,1987Vikes still in district race--by Sharon James

The Viking baseball seasonhot off to a winning start with a9- 7 victory against Brenham. Itwas the ~lfflt game of the seasonand the performance of the teamcould not yet be determined. De-livery of the fundamentals wasthe major aim.Third-baseman, Robert Caseysaid that the team hoped to be infull stride by the first districtgame against Humble. The Vik-ings strode to a 3-2 win overHumble and a 4-3 win againstHuntsville."I think our pitching is astrong point. Offensively wedon't execute as good as wecould," said Coach Paul Hol-zhaus, in his first year as Vikingbead coach.Key pitcber Erik Wright,junior , turned out 12str ikeouts inthe game against McCullough asthe Vikes overpowered them 11 -

3 . Other strong players on theteam are senior Shawn Cooley,who leads in base stealing andLarry Avila, who started off theseason with a batt ing average of.524.There are 12 athletes on thevarsity team and 32 combinedwith junior varsity.,'Ithink we're doing real well.We got a bunch of new players.Everyone that is playing hasplayed with each other once be-fore." Steve Sarkissian, enior,said.Holzhaus has confidence inthe team and believes that theteam has talent to win."They're working and Iex-pect a good thing because of theway they work," Holzhaus said."We hope to get to the playoffs,but for now we're just going totake care of our own busine s.

S p o r t s

M l!m /N rs o f th e B HS b ase ba ll te am p ra ctic e th eir c atc hin g a nd th ro win g te ch niq ue s,

Returning lettermen leading track team's quest for district win--by Scott Koenning ------It runs. It jumps. It burls pro-jectiles over massive interstellardistances. It even flies. What isit? It's not Superman. It's notGumby. It's the Bryan HighSchool varsity track team, andthey mean business.The team, under th e coachingof David Greeno and the lead-ership of returning team mem-

bers such as Shawn Passwaters,Russel Otts , Steve Dove, ArthurBurleson, Charles Rittenhouse,Ernest Box, and Eric Swansonhas a tough act to follow. Andthey have an even tougher dis-trict to do it in.

As is [be case in many of thedistrict's sport s races, Conroeand McCUllough are among thetop contenders for the district ti-tle. Most team members agreethat if Bryan ca n handle thesetwo teams, then winning distr ictshould not be too difficult. Bryani ina tough district , and winningit could mean playoff success.Last year the track team wasvery successful, winning districtand entering regional competi-t ion. Some of the team memberseven advanced to state levelcompetition. This season prom-ie s similar results.

"The team i doing prettyweIl," said returning lettermanEric Swanson. "If we can keepup the good work, Ihink we canwin district."And they do work hard. Theteam can usually be found run-ning around the track or throwingshotput and discu after school .Most of the team members also

work out on their own.The tracksters are optimisticabout this season, but they alsoknow that they have their workcut out for them. They mustprove that last year's success wasnot just a flash in the pan.

Lettermen leading Viking charge for Regionals---byReggieWilliams ------

For the average sports fan, ayear at BHS is loaded with sport-ingevents. There's football, bas-ketball, volleyball and track tokeep the fan occupied formonths. There is also golf,which goes vir tually unnoticedthroughout its long, but uccess-fuJ season. Golfers opened uptheir season inFebruary and havebeen swinging ever since.As the Viking golf teamstarted preparing for [be upcom-in g season, they saw a golf cartfull of returning lettermen. Theyinclude: seniors Jesse Montelon-go Jr., Shannon Snedeker,Brooke Newton and junior LisaBori kie. Other varsity membersare: seniors Sharon Joyce andKerri Hale and juniors JeffMeads, John Diamond and

Suzanne Horton.Montelongo has been leadingthe scoring for the boys with a sixround average of 81." J .J . has been having a prettygood season, " Head Coach RonNewhouse said. 'He hasfinished in the top 10 twice out offive tournaments ."In the girls competition,Snedeker has been the top girl,shooting a 94 average. She isfol-lowed closely by Newton with a96 average and Boriskie with a97 average."It's going to be a real goodseason for us," Snedeker said."We're working real hard rightnow. "Newhouse said the new dis-trict will be about the same for

the girls..'I really expect the girls tomake a strong ru n for a regionalberth," Newhouse said.For the boys the competition isa lot stronger. With the new dis-trict. the boys moved from atough district to one of thestrongest in the tate. Conroe isthe two-time state champion.Kingwood will also be tough tobeat."Conroe will probably repeatthis year, " Newhouse said."Kingwood will offer goodcompetition, along with McCul-lough. ""Our numbers are down thisyear because of ineligibili ty ,"Newhouse said, 'but our youngplayers are really improving."

Gymnastics team achieves much......-~yNina Jerzewski ------Unnoticed by many students,the Bryan High gymnastics teamachieved one success afteranother. Satisfaction with thepresent and high hopes for thefuture are the general feelingsthat the athletes and their coach

second in the districtIcolmoebtion at Round Rock HighSchool on March 20, the teamadvanced to the regionals."Regionals is the meet we'vebeen working for all year,"coach J. T. Fletcher said. "Allprevious meets were steps or les-sons."Fletcher prepared his team thor-oughly."We pract#ed every day dur-ing spring b~ for three or fourhours," senior Brad Dixon said.The hard work was rewarded.At the South Texas Region IlChampionship in Austin onMarch 27-28, the boys wonsecond place and qualified forthe state competi tion. The girlsthird, but according to..cmoetitive

with the first two teams.In the indvidual competition,Dixon won six gold-medals outof seven events and placed firstall-around. Sophomore Joel Dix-on placed fourth all-around.For the girls sophomore CaliWhitfield won fourth place all-around and sophomore AminaHaji sixth place all-around."Iam really proud of these kidsand glad to be part of theirteam," Fletcher said. 1bei r suc-cess, he believes, is due to the"organization of workouts andhard work".The gymnasts see a furtherreason for their success. I'CoachFletcher pushes us hard and is agood coach," Whitf ie ld said.To this year's girl's gymnasticsteam belong Ferrel l McDonald(senior) , Cali Whitf ie ld. AminaHaji, Teresa Campise, ReneRamsey, and Jackie Higgins(sopbomores). Members of theboy's team are Brad Dixon, Eli-jah Johnson (seniors), Joel Dix-on, Eric Beal, Sandy Owens, andBoecker (sophomores) .

B ra d D ixo n p ra ctic es o n r in gs fo r th l! u pc om in g sta le m l!l!t.photo by S te p ha n i M i ll s

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