volume 17 number 3

8/6/2019 Volume 17 Number 3

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Bryan High Schoo./ 3401 E. 29 Bryan, TeJCtu 77802

Wh f decisi "en acmg . eClslonsfriends need friends .By Julie Mowxe

Youthful eyes 'oHow the whiteclothed figure dar ting about theroom. The nurse adiu.t. thi.and that, and injects somethinginto the intravenous tube lead-ing to the youth's ann.But the young man doesn'tcare. Since yesterday, nothingmattered,Anyone passing bymight lookin wonder what could make thisyoung man attempt to take hislife-what could provoke such

misery? They might even liftthe medical folder from the doorIot and open it to read an thestandard information attachedto the youth's name. And per.haps, mixed within the medicaljargon, they would fall upon ahand- scribbled note;

I jlut wonted to talk. ..But no one would listen ...

"The toughest times of lifeare in high school- kids needmaximum support," said M.B.

Flippen, Execut ive Director ofThe Answer. The An.wer i.afamily. life counseling center inBryan. Flippen lpecializes inyouth courueli.ng ..Flippen believes that high

school is the most bying time ofa young person's life because .itis then thai many of the mostIife-.af{ecting decisionl will needto be made.During the nexl five years,decisions such as: career choi-ces, morals, where to live. whomto marry, abilities, and basicquestions of "who am I," w i l lface high school and gradua teIludents .When Iaeing these decisions.friends can play essential roles."Being a friend is somethingmost anyone can do," Flippenlaid. Flippen feels that sensitive

friends can provide necessarysupport and caring for strug-gling individuals, who ohen justneed someone to listen to them.Unfortunately, because soci-ety's attitude-that "having prob-lems" is showing weakness-

VoL17No. 3 November 9, 1987

The toughest times of lifeare in high school-kidsneed maximum support.-M.B. Flippen, Executivedirector of The Answer

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "any friendships remain "clos- school studenu, " Smith said,ed." Thai is, fr iends never fully Like FJjppen, Smith fee ls thaiconfide ineach other because of such friendships are vital to easefear of the other's reaction. the tension that often eompli-"[People] tend 10 lear that if cates a high school student'sthey let f riends get too close to lile.them, they will tum on them," So the problem is c1ear-Wayne Smith, Area Director 01 friends need friends. But for oneYoung Life (Brazos ValJey), reason or another, the friendsaid. ships. are not "opening up."Young Lile is an inte rnational Problems kept inside are having

Christian organization with a a snowball eHed and are crush-central emphasis on the building ing the security and happinessof positive friendships. of many students."Our goal is to b uild uncondi- The answer: ''The ultimatetional friendships between older key is for ok:lerstudents (juniors(college-age) students and high andseniora) to become involved,"Smith saKI. In actual lonn, the

anlwer could involve a peercounseling program of wil lingstudents trained to become"friends" within the school.

Photo by S. Farri.

"I 've seen them work, nPrin.cipal Jerry Kirby said of similarprograms in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area. Kirby commentedthat, ifcarefully supervised, IUchprogram. can be "very good."Flippen, who hal helped infounding l imilar program. inother high Khools,. feel. that apeer counseling program wouldbe greatly beneficial 10 BHS.Volunteer .tudenls would betrained through a basic progr.am

U1~.""';~." n d _....I:..... ':'::II~"00l1li_-'6 .... a '15 S.will.The goal of the program wouldbe 10 enhance the students' nat-ural capacities f or b ei ng caringfrienda.Both Smith and Flippen f e e lthat a peer counseling programal BHS is "reaDy needed."

NorsemanIndepth: CoII.- pAIIes4-SHow to prepare

Changes at TAMUCollege 6 fe : a true look

Sport. page 7Injuries in hip tc:hool.portsLady Vikes charge into new leaaonEntertainment ". . . . page 8

BH S roco with .ludell' bandaFea~ PIIge3A lt er C ia . .

'Creative evac:ua.tion'A hard day'. night: Students working after school

Newl page61987 BHS HomeGoming QueenThe bond iuue an d BHS


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2------- B'llGn Hirlh School ----------NotJerrtber 6, 1987 Opinions NorsemanCounselors' time limits

more COU Il Id or . Even thoughthia aolution a ou nda good, itwould co. t the school eIi.arid alot of money. In ordel' to hirefour new coumelon, the dist rictwould have to.pend in exce . . of$80,000 on new salaries annually. Additional office spacewould alao be required, COitingthe district f rom $2400 to $6000for .tarten. Office furniture,electricity, and so on would aliabe requi red. Also, more counse-lors might not solve the prob .Iem. The only way for 1900students to idea l ly receive coun-aeling at any given momentwould be to have 1900 counse-lora, Thel'efore, thia proposaJwould not be 'euible.

Even though BHS CCJUI IRb .line.ely care about the .tuenb with which t hey w ork , th eJUDben areagainll: them.. T ' h e r eare three grade- leve l counaeIor.for aome 1900 .ludenil. A. aresult, the counselon cannotpouibly f u I f i D thei r r e spona ib il i- .tiel adequately . This imbalancebetween c o un se Io n a nd ab.Identsbaacrealedaddiniteproblem-ludenll are unable to receivethe cOUJUe6ng they n eed w he nthey need it. bu t it is not the fault0 1 the coun.elon.How can thi. problem besolved?The obvioul answer is to hireo the Wall

aid for massesAnothel' aoIution would be fora homeroom daa. per i ed to bereinstituted. SeveI'aI year. ago,

BHS had homeroom ciUladaily, bu t these were canceleddue to a lack of information tofill these cla.sea on a daily buil.Another dil8dvantage to addingtbiI period iIhat itwould inhibitpedal activities, such al pep-rall ies and school allemblies.S~c~day.coWdalao be set up in which .tuden . .

with common question. couldreceive a .. illance. For exampie, al l college-bound seniorlcould ligo up to see the C1JUDM!-lor about coDege applicatioDl,f inancial aid and acholar .hip .Then, one.by-one, they would

By JUI McKenzie

What college are you plan-ning to attend and what doyou expect college to belike?

"I plan to go to Blinn. I gues. it will be moredemanding than Iexpect it to be and I am NOTready lor il" - Heathel' Kumpe, Senior

". hope 10 attend a .mal Ie r religiou.ly affiliatedcollege in a large city. Ixpect college 10 be a newbeg inn ing for friendahipa and opportunitiea."

-Kari Piper, Senior

" I haven't given it much thought., but I 'U proba-bly go to A& M and it'. going 10 be WORKH"-WiD Greer, Junior

"Iwillattend Province CoUege and Ithink itwillbe hard work but fu n and exciting."-Colleen Wiggim, Junior

I' U p obably en d up in A& M my first year thengo to the Uriverai y of HOUlton or some out-of-.tale college. I expect it to be more relaxed thanhigh achoolli fe." -Jennifer Arnold, Senior

of studentsbe called to viIiI the cowuelor.Thia proces. would take placeduring a partiaalar t ime, .uch 81the fir.t three period. of eachday throughout the fir.t liz-week period.The third solution i.he bestIOlution to this problem. Thi.aotulian would provide .Iudenbquality time with the CQUJUelofi.Thil would allO allow cowue-Ion to prepare infonnation b e -fore the coun.eling .es.ion.Furthermore, it would give coun-

selon the opportunity to counael.ludent. on a one-to-one builwhich would aDow them to ad~cIres. the .tudenil' individualneeds.The inability of cowuelor. tofulfill their responaibilities iIadefinite problem at BHS withthe counaelor . caught betweenconf l i c t ing duties. lnati tutinglpec::ialcounaeling ligo up timesitthe best way to aolve this prob-lem.

Senior leadership a traditionByMilly SmithBryan High prides ilaelf onthe quality of its student body.But wh.e did this tradition ofquality originate? Itstarted with

senior leaderlhip.Bryan High depend. heavi lyon ita aeniors. Sophomoresdon't really know what's goingon or how to react to it. Afterall, it's their first year at the highIchool. Get ting thrown into thepace of Bryan High can be apretty big initiation into highscboollife.Then there are the juniors.They know the ropel but theyfigure they're going to be here

two more yean anyway .0whyget too excited. The thought ofoU-campu. lunch and Fridaynight victory dances aren' t allbig of a dea l a. they were a yearago.But to the .enior., this i.heirla.t year and they want tomakeit outstanding. They want to

leave Bryan High with memo-ries of sceomplehment. Theireyes are aet on May and walking the s tage with pride.Senior Jeadel'ahip ia nothingnew 10 Bryan Hia:h. It'a not

something the Clul of'SS . t a r t -ed. It'l a Iradition. Maybe it'sbecause the sernor. see thi. astheir latt chance to prove them-.elves. Or the past two years asunderclassmen have allowedthem to see how thinga are sup-posed to be done.Take 'porta, lor example.Probably everyone hu heard atleul once thai a auccesaful sea-Ion can be credited 10 seniorleadership. Itha. brought BHStwo ltate champioDihipl in baa-ketball an d playoU berthl inlootball.Senior. do ge t alol of atten-tion. But thia is their year andthey've worked for it. They setthe .tandards that the re.t of the.tudent body follow. this yearand in year. to come. ThroughtJu. aenior lead ershi p. BryanHigh truly hu become the beatof th e beat.

The Noraeman is noW accepting contribution. '0 Vikin,sLimited. All contributiolU mwrbe .i,ned a nd printed 'erl'bl".Entries lor tlti. parle and lettersfo fhe editor can be , ,'aced in th edesignated b o . z in die Iront office.

The Noneman is published by t ire Journal ism 11class 01Bryan High School, 3401 E .. 29th, Bryan, Taas. TheoieUls e.zpressed are those 01 the writer and do not neces-sarily 'reflect the views of the faculty, staff or administTation. Letters to the editor are encouraged. The Norsemanreserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity.Libelous malerial contained in letters will not be pub-lished.Co-editor. Sharon JtlRle., Jeremy WebderA .. i.tant &I'to,.. V C I T O n ; c . a Alman.z.a , .Julie Mounce, Miny SmithReportf!!'l'. David BarrychuckLycia Champagne. Molly GritterKym Marconlell, Jem McKenzieAduuor S.antIy Farri.


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Bryan Highchool-----3November 9, 1987eaturesStudents work hard after schoolBy Veronica Almanza gel their parent . to buy.

But most are student. whoneed the jobs tomake paymentson their car or earn money forfuture purchases, such u a car.". had to get a job becauseI'm having to pay for my car,"said junior Aloia Newland, whe

is a hostess for Steak 'N Ale.Others are those who take the

jo b jUlt to have ext ra money.for some of the working tu-dents , thei r jobs can be fun andsometimes rewarding to them."l enjoy my job. We are alll ike one big family," Newlandsaid. "If one of UI hal a prob-lem, we can talk it over withanother co-worker ."Jurnor Joel Strickland said heenjoys hi. job because it giveshim a chance to meet manypeople. Strickland worka as acounter clerk at BaskinRobbill.8."My pay geb me by for whatI want ," said senior David Martinez, a produce clerk at Safe-way.To other stud e nta , the paymay not be ureat as they

expected..strickland, for example, saidhe is no t u.tisfied with his pay.How about asking for a raise?Most businesses give raises tothei r employees after a certainperiod of t ime."I 've never asked for a raisebecause we get an . increase inpay every six montha . .. seniorEli Bryand said."They give raises dependingon how tong a person ha s workedthere," Martinez said."Hostesses do not get raises .They gel paid intips," Newlandsaid.The treatment of teenagersmay be another question thatmay arise. They may some-times be treated diHerentIy thanthe adul ta because of their age."Sometimes they think juatbecause you're young that youcan't do anything, nBryand said.But these hardworking stu-dents are willing 1. 0 put up with

these sacrifices in order to earnthose fe w extra bucks.

It happens to everyone. Youknow the feeling. You come toschool with f ee t dragging andeyes struggling to Itay open.You walk into first period.The teacher begins lecturing.There you are with your headflat on the desk, and yeur eyesf inaIJy surrendering to sleepiness.The teacher walks by and in asweet voice she tell s you if youdo not stay awake in class youwiu get a zero fer the day. AU

the while you're thinkirig toyour-self, "PLEASE LET MESLEEP!"Many students with this tiredfeeling may be the ones whohave after school jobs and whosometimes work until late atnighL Then these students comehome to homework that hasbeen sitting and waiting on thekitchen table to be done, Finally,

it is done and the clock reads12:30 a.m.Studenta take these jobs andsacrifice sleep in order to earnmoney for things they cannotCNI Cilleland, senior, wol'k. parttime at

Robbhu.Photo byMoO, Gritter A 'how-to' guide to creativebut totally unsafe evacuationAfter Class

from room 258!Quickly donning an innocent,sheepish gr in , you slowly file outthe glas. doors.26 das~ates have not beenidle. After losing the teacheramidJt the confusion, they quickIyre-entered the clasll'oom andlocked the door. Then, beingthe creative students th ai th eyare, they all squeeze in front ofthe spacious 2x6 fool windowand beR in banging on it andscreaming, "H el p! H e lp ! We'retrapped! HeJp!" (cough, cough,gup!)Teachers hurry to the "unfortunate" students' ai d by unlock

ing the door an d are welcomedby the UDR1ppr 'eI Ied cheers ofthe .tudenta."12-3 psyche!"By lhi .I time, you and yourt h n e e oth wearied adventurershave returned and things areback to "normal" until yourteacher, Mrs . Hewoman berlelf,threalmingly stares each sIu-dent down."What do you think you'vebeen d oi ng ?" a be b ell ow s ."Eh, practicing creative evac-uation?" you meekly respond.The next thing you know youhear, "Welcome to the wonder-fu l world a . IEC!"

By Jeremy WehlterCaptivated by your fourthperiod teacher '. lec ture on how

David Living.lon's trek throughAfrica eHected American literature, your glazedover stare atthe chalkboard suddenly brok-en by the high-pitched rinp ofthe 6re drill alarm.The mischievous exchangeof glances between you an dyour cJaumatea seem. to say,"Party time!!!!"Four of you quicldy dart outof the room in the oppoliledirection of the approved evae-uation route, .trategicaDy avoid-ing the oncoming traffic . Run-ning at top spee.d. a U (our of youscream, "rU 'el Fire!" at the lopofyour lungs, until ... uh-oh! Mr.Kirby!!!Duhing in the other direc-t ion, you quicldy jump into anearby c Ia ur oo m - oopt! -wrongroom!Back in the hall, now being'oHowed by a U live principal.,you leap up the stairs and headtowards the social studies depar.bIlent."What are you doing in thi,

hall?" a feminine voice caUsoutbefore you. Snagged by theyoung woman in the pinle sweab

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4- B'lIan High SchoolN o v e m b e r9, 1 9 8 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -d starts hereCollege ... the roOd the library.pizza an . Is 0 1 collegeh a t essenttat ere

.College prep: A responsible stepBy Jeremy Web.ter

"How do I get from here to college?"This is a question many Itudent.-lOphomores,jumofl and lemon alike-uk thenuelves. Theanawer ilo't an ea.y one, and yet, it'l a proceslthat all coDege-bound .tudenta mual undertake.The t irl t I tep toward. col lege is to choose theright high school COIIJ'IeI. Even though they aren'texceedingly f un , courses which challenge you arethe ones which will be the most beneficial.The second step it todevelop good .iudy habits.Try to .iudy without diatradionl and developcomprehenaion .kiIlI. Note-taking , k i l l . are alsoestenlia.l for coRege-bound .tudenta.T hird, keep the right attitude. Even thoughcberni .try may not be the easiest cla. . to master,by applying yourtell, you not only learn aboutatom" molecules an d chemical equaboDl, bu t youalso learn to IOlve word problem, and how to takethe information you've learned in pall uni" andapply it to a new concepl. Both thell! .kiD, cancarry over into other .ubjecb.Fourth, developbuic . k i I I , auch .. mathernat-iCl, public 'peaking, compo-aition an d essay writ-ing and reading comprehetllion. These , k i l l .carry over into al l college majors an d profesaional

occupationa.Filth, prepare for an d take the SAT a r w J / orACT testa . These testa help to indicate how wellprepa red you are to do the kind of academic workrequired by most colleges. This is importantaincea higher score 'ugges", bu t not necessarily gua.rantees, a highs- performance on college levelwork. These testa abo help collets decide onwhat acadtmic l e v e l to place a .tudenLhides these general way. that a11l1Udentacanprepare for c~ege. there are .peci!ic way. thatindividuala in each cla.a. can prepare.Sa,..........1. Upda l e y OU l plant f or c lu a ea dur ing yourjunior an d senior yeafl.2. Star t sean:hing for coUege handbooJu andcatalop to help determine inwha t co ll eg e s you'reintensted.3. Start preparina fo r the PSAT/NMSQT ..I0OI1 ... p qillib le - thiI can really make thedift ...J'~:.-~(obtain Socia l Securi ty number - manycole .. uae thiI 'O W idaificaIion .... reconIa.

2. Compile a lilt of your interest . and collegetrait ., such a. l ize. co-ed, accredation and types ofmajors available, you like. A list of .ubjed. youenjoy in high school would 8110 be helpful. TheselUb can help when it', time to choose a college toattend.3. Start looking for information on college c.oatsand how to get f inancial aid or scholarshipl .4. If you plan to take the SA T or AC T at theend of the year. gel the information booklet. andpractice tel t. early and atart preparing.5. Begin deoding at what coUeges you want toapply. Many cou.,ges a llow ltudenta to apply at .the end of their junior year. This ia an advantagefor colleges with limited enrollment.6. Plan to take daISes your senior year whichwiD help build the necesaary .kin. you'D need forcollege cou:nes. Good examples are tr igonome'try. elementary a na Iy , precaiculuI, computercourses, .peech, foreign languages and p.ychol-ogy.7. Keep your grades up- a high d... rank help.when applying at major colleges.Senion:1. Reduce your lilt o f perapedive coUeges toabout 5 to 10 "good" ones. Get a. much informa-tion on these .. pouible.

2. Find out about an d meet al l deadlinea foradmission apptications, scholar.hip applicabonaan d I inanciaI aid fol'1lll.3 . D e ci de on teachera or other faculty member.which you could .. k for recommendations. If youneed recommendationa, gel them 81 lOOn aspouible.4. Plan carefuDy for the date(a) on which you

want to ~ the SAT or ACT. W Q r J c hard to doas wei) as pouible on these tes".S. A, lOOn .. you find out which colleges have

accepted you. decide on one an d pay any neceI'aary deposib. Report b ac k to all the other collegeswhich have accepted you.6. If you receive more Ihan one schoIarahip or6nanciaI a id a w ar d, report to thoee that you arenot accepting 10 th at th e money can be given toIOIIIeOM _.7. Begin reading wide ly an d r e v i e w i n c mathe-maIiCI .... The .e will help areat ly once ytN're in

~& I8. Keep your l P ' a d e s up - f inal da la ranIu an dGPA' . count at a ImoI I a D =Ole . . .

Editor'. Note: All in/ormationin ,Ill. atoru WGI c omp ile d f romarticles provided btl rite Colle,eBoard. We U J O I I I d l J J r e 10e:JInaIOrB ."..ciation lor f laeir proof..Ion 01 thIa information.


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Colege8---------------No..........--s-em~a--n-S

From the ouWde,it seem. aa though it is jull : anordinary habitat ion. But as you walk t hr ou gh t hedouble door. an d take in the .mel) of dirty laundry.hair.pray and pizza, it becomes a whole differentworld. It is the land of t he c o- ed donn-the.tuff ofteenaged dream. and mother.'. nighbnares.By the telephonea there are helples., frishtened

and bewildered coHege .tudentl begging formoneythai is, weD-needed fo r their weekend purpoaes.In the hal lway. there i.a large amount of c lam-our. The usual, of course.Some may oy thi. is an average coDege .tudent'. me. And lome oy thi, i,just the beginningof disastrous ,tudy habib and gounnel party

appetitea.W oulcln't you be deathly afraid ofsomeone whocame up to you and s ai d t hi s happens ALL thetim ??e r ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - _ _ . _ - - ~ ~

Don't be too intimidated, you can alway, aawlunder your bed an d get at least IOI1HI homeworkdone.The work overload is not that bad-ju&t: look at

the .tat iatiCl : for one hour 0 1 a cla . . you'D probe-bly be exj.leded 10 do three hour, of homework anight and you'll probably have thirteen or 110 hoursof eJaalet a week.. See , it'. not that bad.Now .uppoH! you lived at the library. Thatwouk! be real convenient, lince you'D be lpendingmOlt of your nalural life there anyway.The tranaportat ion on campu' is mOltly footwork. It really doesn't matter if you own a carbecause you're going to have to walk to Egypt

trying to find your daalel anyway. A bikewiDdoyou good; although it' . heck for the dal ing seene.All in all, coUege life i,expemive, fun and hardwork!! 11 '. definitely four year. of mind-bogglingexperiencea.

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College L if eThe total mind-boggling experience

By Jan McKenzie

Senion ~lempt. te _JJete choice. for next yeu. Photo By Julie MOlDlce

A&M modifies graduate plansB y M oO r Gritter

The Bonfire. Twelfth Man. Corpa of Cadeta.T ex.. A& M U niversity, a IChooi ricb in tradition,ba a .teadily become one of the mo,tpopular universiliea in the United Slates.Some 36,500 Iludenta are currently enroled inTAMU'. coliegel, inc lud ing qriculbae, e n c i n e e r -ing, and busineu administration. In the-lut yearalone, A&M accepted. over 7,500 freahmen.Becaule 0 1 it.rapidly growing enrollment, TAMUhat found it neasaary to amend requi:remenll foradmiuion. These changea w iD make admiAionimo A&M more diffiadt 10 the quality of educa-tion oI fered can rnnain.

Requirementa for admial ion for the llDIII11erof1988 an d thereafta- will aHecllqh .dtool eoune. . requi rements an d teat acore requirements. Eng.lJth..math .aence,lCJciaIlciencea, an d eledivesare the bal ic high a c : h o o I COUfIeI which w iD beneect.d. One'. da .. ranking determinea Ih e nUn-inial SAl! or ACT acore needed f o r a u tomat icadmiuion. The higher one rania, th e lower the

required tell 1C0re wal be .Studenu who do not meet admia.ion require-

ment. may be e1iRibie f or s p e cia l evaluation con-. ideralion. The . lucIen! may be allowed 10 attendthe university under probation.AIIo, beginning in the fallof 1988. each studententering TAMU mu.t complete a basic COTe curriwlum to graduate.The corecurriwJum will indude .peecb andwriting k i l l mathematicaVlogicai rea.aoning,

acience. cultural heritage, a o c i a . I acience, phyaicaleducation, and citizenahip (political acience an dAmeriean hiatory). If a .tudent did no t take twoyearl of IIIforeign language l ! I D d one year of COlDpuler literacy inhighachool. these wil l be includedin hia curriOlUm.Aeeording 10 PeglY White, lenior cowuelor.the changes have been received well by a tudents .There are many. quell.tiona bu t 1J1~ . tuden . . havebeen .bowing their intereIt in AItM.The changea being made 8.t A & : M w i ll allowquality education 10 remain its m o . t tm.,9rtanttracilion.


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6 B'IIan H ig h S ch o ol - -- -- --- - NewsNovembe r 9, J 987 ~ NorsemanHomecoming queen chosenBy Veronica A1manz.a

h's homecoming night. Tbegirt. and guys dresa up nice forthe dance later on that night.The Kirk pi le on the hairapray sothm hair w iD stay perfect .This year, the rain bad fallenfrom the clouds at if someoneup above was pouring waterfrom a giant boiling pol, leavingthe football6e1d wet and muddyHalftime i. here and now

cornea the moment that a ll thefinalists of BHS HomecomingQueen have been anxiouslyawaiting.AU the nominees and finalist..tand on the muddy field with amile on the ir faces despite thefad that the humidity has madetheir hair flat.The names of the nomineesan d finalists a re a nn ou nc ed u ntilthe apeaker geb to the last one.Everyone impatiently awaits

and 6naUy the .peaker announ-ce s the reaulta.Senior Candi Variaco w8.lllc .rowned BHS HomecomingQueen during haHtime on Octo-be r 23, 1987.The-e were lix finalists com-peting 'for the title thia year.c bBeginning this month, TAFE

w iD IPOl\lOl a teacher-aide pro-gram for club memberl. Theprogram wiI1 involve BHS ltu-dents assitting in elementaryschool claslrooma.The par ticipat ing dub mem-berl wiI1 vil it classrooms once amonth for the remainder of theyear. In the claaarooma, theywill ai d the teachers in every-th ing from helping organize artsuppliea to actua l "handa-on"teaching experiences.T AFE apol1lOra the programeach year in an effort to helpdub membera obta in ac tual ex-perience in a teaching atmos-phere an d decide if they trulywant to become "future edaca-tora."

They were: Jennifer Escamilla,Candi Var iaco, Courtney Ham-ilton, D'Anne Britten. TaraPreanal, and Meredith Seale.Because of a tie between twoof the gir ls, this it the first yearsi x finalists were chosen.The experience for Variseo

was a happy one fo r her."l was shocked and happy .wasn't expecting it to be me,"she .aid.V arisco it active in manyschool activities. She it on thecheerleading aquad, senior cia. .counc il, Pan Am, the Nationa lHonor Socie ty, Mu Alpha The-ta, and Young Life .How doe. HomecomingQueen make Variaco feel?"I feel kind of odd becausethe competition wa. hard," sheaaid.Some ofVarilco'. main inter-esta and hobbies art! cheeringan d dancing.Varilco was aaked if.he cou ld

vid anywhere inthe world whatplace woWei she like to go to?4'( th ink Iwoukllike to go toEurope, probably England be -

cause of the scenery."

ewsThe Student Council, thi.

year's pTeaident of Dittrid 15SA, held a reception for BHSalumni 01 aI ] ages October 23.The council will make pro-ject. on Monday. November 9,for the Crestview Craft Show.The projects will be .oIdandprofi t. wil l go to the volunteB'sat Creat-view.On November 21 the BHScouncil will preside at the fa Uconvention al A&M Consolidated High School. The day'.activities w i l l begin at 9 a.m.an d conclude a t 2 p.m.

From the Ilart of the 87-88IChool year, the senior dasl

5mior Candi VariKo WIDi ChORft CIS BHSHOf1I_ti.., qtlftft duriq IulUtimeatth e B ' J I C U l an d Hanrsoilk fame. Photo ." S. Pum

counci l ba a been active bying toraisemoney fo r the aenior dan.So far this year, they haveI O I d pompoms during acbooIand at the home gll ll teS. D u r i n sthe week of homecoming, thesenior cIau council participatedin the hall decoration contestThey also aold Atomic Fireballaas another clasl fund raiser.The senior dau is pLmningmany fund rai lers because theyd id not receive the depol il fromthe Brazos Center after Promlast year.

I n J u ne , th e Saga staff attend-ed a camp sponaored by Tay]orPublishing Company. The ItaHWILl awarded the Yearbook ofMerit.. This honored the Sagaltaff 81 one of the top ten ac taffsr~~~atcamp. Theawardwas b a a e d on creativity of layout,an d cooperabon among the staff.

Individual Saga members whoreceived award. in layout areLaDonna Kenney. second inthe Student Life category andTina Polansky, second in theDiwion Page category.

Renovations ofgym in the makingBy Sharon JamesProjects proposed laat year inthe BlSD $28 million bond pack-age are now beginning to get

under construct ion. The pack-age c alle d f or two new juniorhigbs an d general renovationsfor certain schoo" throughoutthe diatricLFor Bryan High School, afree-standing gym wi l l be con-Itructed. It ia expected to holdapproximately 2000 studen ...Archilects have already com-

ple ted the gym's ac:hemabc de-sign,Also completed are designs

for the two n.ew iunior highs.Construct ion of the new schoolis ICheduled to come to an endby September, 1989. At thatt ime, according to Henry Caldw e D of Maintenan.ce an d Opere -tions, Stephen F. Au.tin Schoolw iD be dosed down and w iDtmdergo total renovation."They 'r e s ti ll studying th e p0s-sibilities of where an d how top lace tbe(new junior high) kitII,"C aJ dw eD s ai d.Ten other schools are expec-te d to undergo renovationa bu t

at the present lime, architec :taa re s ti ll being hired.

Saga sponsored a theme con-lest for the '88 Saga. Thiaallowed the .ludent body a partin the yearbook's production .The winning theme was lubmitted by art teacher Mary t:dnaDorsey. She won a free yearbook courtesy of the Saga ataff .Dorsey donated her copy to therunner-up, Richard Stein ..Editor for the '88 Saga itsenior Jana Pieters. Leah Mat-thewl, Tina Polansky, Angie

Beard, Sharon ROle , and La-Donna Kenney are section ed i -tors.The staff diatr ibu~ the om-RAGEOUS Saga '87 duringthe firat W e M : ofOctober. Thereare ,tiD unclaimed yearbooklthat can be picked up afterschool in room 126 Drby con-tacting the yearbook Ipol1lOlSandy Farris.


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Sports ------------ BryonHighSchool_-__ 7Nouember 9, 1987orsemanSports injuries inhibit BHS teams Junior r.-rdKemp i,out f.. therett 01 this __ doe III broken

Photo By Julie MounceAt Bryan High, Tommy BiIleaud, who is the head of thetrainer,. , worb with injured play.ers and puts them through ther-apy. Therapy is a long proceubecause the player. have towork with the musdet to putthem back in shape. It i, toughtokeep them in thera_py becauaethey are ready to get back totheir sport."The toughett thing is to keepa per lOn up on rehab," Billeuadlaid. "We have people who areaerioully injured an d it ithard tokeep them going through re-bab."In football. 80 to 85 pel' centof a ll the injuries result from con-tact which u.uaUy cauRl prob-lem, with ankell, legs, arms,and .houlderl. In voDeyballmo.t injuriet are jUlt twisted

anldet and hurt kneet. Soccer

and baakdball also have prob-lem. with knee and ankle injur.ies. Swimming, tennis, gymnutics, and track playen uauallydo not have any injuriea, butwhen they do they are mainlyjust puDed mwdes and .prains.Junior Tanya Amerson hathurt hendf once during trackand then again in batketball.She went to the rehab centerevery other day where .he .a t inthe whirlpool, did th.ecycle, andexerciHJd."( loved todo both lporta andit k:iI1m me no t to be able toplay," said Tanya. "My momused to tay that Ilooked 10depressed when ( waa hurt andno t playing."Tbil year Billeaud haa onlytaken player. to the hospitaJonce or twice a month. Afterfootba l l season he taid that there

By Lycia Cb.mpqne

It is the end of a hard day ofpractice. The athlete runnigaround the track for the last t imefalll down to the ground whenhis ankle gives out on him.After a vit it to Doctor Quak,he realizet that the rest of theteUDn il hi, tory.Sporta injuries are mDst coen-mon among football players,

bu t every .pon gets ill share.There is nol a way 10 ItOP aninjury but one can help preventone. Players mutt build up theirmuscles and lone up. Coacheshave braces to give the playerswho have weak knees or ju,tneed one to wear. Players whohave previously been hur t wearspecial braces made for them bytheir doctor.

te play, especially if one i. asenior. i.he wont fee l ing thereit. Senior e h r i a Hanslik ha s hadto deal with that."Itwaa my aeni.or year an d Iwanted to be able to play. Iwa.scared that I waa not going toget the chance to play," Hens-Iik said. "Therapy was a lot ofwork which Iam . t i 1 1 goingthrough, but i twu a good feeling knowing that I could comeback."Paul Madilon also waa hurtbu t i.eady to play 8gain after

get ti .ng bi llet back into .hape."II took me (our weeks ju.t toget ha l f way back into .hape,"Paul said. "Right now Iam inabout 70 percent, but hopeluDyby tracktime Iwill."

will be fewer injuries.Football Coach Jim Petty f e e l sthat playen need to realize thedifference between a pain andan injury. He fee ls that someplayer. who think that they arehurt are nOlI,thai it it just phyli-cal pain and that they havenever had it before 10 they donot know what if fed. like sothey think they are hurt .Being hUrland not being able

Good season ahead for lady Vikeshave teen10 far and I am enjoy-ing coaching them very much."Poole said.Poole feds that gir ls are eas-ier to coach in basketbal l be -

cause they are more receptivethan boys and they are moreeager to learn."l think with the overall atti-tude the girls have, we wi} havea pretty decent year," Poole.aid.The top player. on the teamaremen Tracy Garn.on, Mar-Ia Barron. Stacey Segal an dBetty Lyn W &rd."Since this it my tint year

coaching here, Iam IODkingforward to our tirst game againstNava.sota on November 16 an dwith all the team' pirit, it isgoing to be a good year," Poolesaid.Poole feel. that the team hala lot of talent in .kiIla, ability.an d quickneal. They only have

one flaw-height BU I with a llof their talents, height it not aproblem, PooLe believes.Poole said, "We hope we w iDgo to di.trid toumamen.ts bu trealitticaly, Iknow if we did, itwould be because the girl. gave110 percent."

By Kym MarconteUWith a new coach this year,

the girl'.baakel:ball tearn it hop-ing for a good, yet challengingyear.Coach Kenneth Poole itBryanHigh'. new girl'. ba.kelballcoach. He hat been coachingbaaketball for 13 year. inCam-eron. He a I a o coached in fool-ball and so H for nine year ."This it my lint year forcoaching a girl.' ba.ketballteam. I am pleued with what I Photo By Julie Mounce

Aggies help with Adaptive p'e. programat BHS , Kemp, Janel. and SamHOUlton schoo!. . The programi. designed 81 a comprehensivedevelopmental plan to enhancemotor skiU. in students withspecial needs.Thi. i. the third year that theA&M .Iudents have been invol .

ved in the BISO special ed pro-grams. They come once a weekfor twelve weeks to work withthe id. Caldwell feels thattheir participation isa benefit toboth the kid. in the clas. 8S wellas the Aggies themaelves."It'. nice for the kid. to havenew faces around, and I think

the kidl work harder to pleasethe coDege .tudents," CaJdwellsaid."Our response is to go alDngwith them-to be there and leachthem," said Laura Raffety, alenior p.e. and Spanish major atA&M.Raffety feels that she hasgained new insight on teaching

through her experiences withthe kids in the program."The program has made merea ize that I don't need to leelinhibited working with these kid.,

but rather that I can really havefun with them," RaH~ said.

With loads of enthusiasm,teachfrl-in-training from A&Mhave been taking t ime .out 10visit BHS and work with BryanHigh', adapt ive p.e. program.Through a program designedby Susan Dart (A&M Coordi-nator) and Gayle Caldwell (BISOSpecial Education), these 15Aggie student. are gaining gra-duation credits-and a whollot more,Caldwell works with the adap-tive physical education programlStudeota in adaptive P.E. participate in modified phytkal uerci-.Photo By Julie MoUPCe


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8- ~~::~~~~~~~o~---- Entertainment--------Norseman

B y S ha ro n J UD eIT he m usic, w hich hal beensaid to be of the youth an d for

the youth, continues to be per-formed, even among .tudent. atB HS , by the youth.Pop music of the eighties halbecome the dime-adozen cueof the music indu.try. AU youneed a re s om e c l i g i t a D y .ynchro~ized Iynthesizers- to make itcome in on time an d in tune-and .omeone who ling. al goodaa the next guy , to createlottay'. poplOund.With this in mmd , It probablyisn't a wonder that senior MattDorsett, ball guitar player ofThe Hitch. dedares the band as"anti-Top40." Othermembenofthe Beatlet-R.E.M. influencedband include senion G a t . e s Gard-ner (rhythm guitar), CreightonMil ler (lead guitar), CIu i . Segreat (vocaliat), Chri s T ot.on (keyboards), an d BHS alumnu.T re nt H a nn a (drum.) w ho grad.uated lut year and now attendaSam Houston State Univerlityon a music aeJJolanhip.Their .ound is mainly basicrock 'n' roU an d "rock-a.biDy."

Rock-a-biUy. as explained byTolson, containl a tinge of coun-try inHuence bu t not tothe o:teratthat it can' t be withs tood bythole pouasing strictly rock 'n'roD ear .The Hitch adopt. an INXS

I----of the------style a. wen. Thil was theoriginal concept behind the act-ual formation of the banet."Matt and Gates came upwith the original concept of form-ing a band to play INXS lOng , "Miller explained. "Then, theyrealized that Iplayed guitar, 10they asked me to join an d onething lead to another and nowwe h av e T he HUch."Th e band member's spartan-eoul senae of humor createl apOli live alti tude among TheHitch's members. It is alsoreflected in th e music they play.which il for the mo.t part f un ,dance-party mUIIc.Ata party theHitchmight belIure to play their original "IJustCan't Let Her Go" which IOWldamore BeatJea,que than anythingboth in inatrumentation an d voc-all.The Hitch has played (or theJUlltSay No benefit an d variousparties. T olson said that th egroup is r ea dy to play on a no:t-day basis."Ithink that if you're going tohave a party an d you jUlt wan lt o f ea st an d frolic an d s tu f f l ik ethat you ougbl to get our bandcause we're reaUy fun to walch,"Segrest said.Adds Dorsett "We're not tightat all."Segrest al lO dOei vocab inanother band known iU Th.eFaith. Memberl of The Hirch

agree that thl!l"e isn't a conO ia

8.1 long as th e lO u nd a of bothband. remain d if fe re n t a n d donot bleed over inlo one another.As put by Dorsett, The Hitch'sItyle leans more towards being.pontaneoul whi le The Faithintends to be more preciae.With their U2ish lIound, TheFaith', memberl a110 consisl ofsenior Craig Weaver (drum.)and two of lasl yem'1 BHSgradualel, Scott Weaver (leadguitar) an d Brad Schroeter (baalguitar).The Faith 'II 10und gives w ay toa l O u nd c lO l e ly i de n ti fi ed withE u ro pa n b an da . It is more gui-

tar oriented music with no keyboards which can go by namessuch al po It-punk and cow-punk."h'. pretty much th e roar oflound that w e . tr ive for," Seg-relt laid, "I guell to them(Europeanl) it'.jult rock 'n' rollbut to UI i t' l not generic American rock... i t' llOmething diHer-enL"

Like mott high s ch oo l r oc kbanda, TheFaidtplays th e lOng.of their modded artists by earan d almost disbelieves in lheetmusic ."You just listen to th e 10"1about eight or nine times an dpick out your part an d you jultlearn it by liltening to it,"Weaver said. "It'l tm.J of aharder way to do it bu t it'. UIU-alJy b et te r b ec au se when theywrite .heet mus ic it ian't exactlylike the record. Whereas, if youju. t li sten to the record you canget it almost per fect . ItThough th e band feell it ha.th e talent to carry it into thefu tu re , they have mixed feelings."I'd like to do this for thefuture bu t i t' ,going to be hard to

do becaule J once read or aome-body lold me that it was as hardto make it in mus ic al it is (as anactor) in Hollywood," Weaversaid.Segrest sa id that it ha s al-way' been a dream of hi s to beinvolved in a band but plana totry his best at everyth ing andsee whl!l"e it takes him.

1 ' I I c H i tc h : , ., eltrlac" ... , Caw Cardrwr, e,.,.. IIi"". II. Do ne a. ~ .. .... .... .. ufIftd am . To'-.

"I'll work at i t hard. but Iwon' t get too bogged down on itbecause you never know wh a t' agoing to happen."AI the lound of early rock 'n'roU i.being reestablished, thiaalso means the return of classicmetal a ll performed by ThingsHa"pen . Thil ila temporaryname for a band whose mem-bers ar e senior Be n Kent (drum.),junior B ru c e E n lo e (VOCall), an dformer BHS grada Scott Koen-ning (lead guitar), and LexSimon (baal guitar).The band hal a variety ofinOuences from Jimi Hendrix toRush , to the 8eatJes, iUwellas avariely of styles luch as lpeed-metal, claa.i.c metal, and tlv-ashp u n k. T h ra sh p u n k. accordingto EnJoe is "a way to releaseanxieties through a lot ofacreamlng. a lot of louder chorda, and alot 0 1 plycbedelic-type music."Like leveral other developingbandl Thin,. Ha""en halthrown itl own partis not onlyto gain perfonnance experiencebut also to Ipread their nameand get their music heard. Theyhave abo played to passers-byat Central Park.Editor's Note: Since rhg ,'orll

WCI I written, Thing. HappenIuu disbanded. However, anew band called Th e Conspi-racy i. in the works . It. memobert are juniora Eric Beal (voc-alut), Andy Bu"ic#ater (leadguitar), K ei th A n d e T lO n ( drvnu),Mati Shea (bas. guitar).

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