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finally som ethin g go ing o n thisw eek end in this d ea d to wn, b utyour mother saysis m or e im po rta nt th an yourg ra ndmo th er 's T uppe rw a re party,so on the w ay

Hicksville, y ou d ay dre am a bo utthe fun your friends are probablyhaving by now , so youwhat an y s el f- r es pec ting te enagercaught

m om and dad's cat w ou ld d o.You sleep.Thl.S i s t he wo rs t . .. o h n o! .. .t he y 'r estopping at th e h is to ri ca l m a rk erup ahead! Whert will yo u getb ac k to civilization a nd th eTown wh er e t he re 's n ev er a ny th in g t o d o?Rob and Ju dy h ave b een going

out for tw o years a nd e ve ry F rid aynight th e same q ue stio n c om es u p-wha t ca n w e d o t on ig ht ?

m an y m ore o ptio ns a nd c ho ic es th anth e o ld er g en era tio ns h av e. J ust b e-cause theopt ions areavailable though,d oe sn 't m ea n that they are mentally

Does this d il emm a s ou nd famil- o r em ot io n al ly r ea d y f or t he r es p on s i-i~ for most Bryan-College S ta tio n b ilitie s lh atg oa lo ng with n ew er fo rm st ee na ge rs , t he s am e o pt io ns a ri se e v-e ry sin gle w ee ke nd : b ow lin g, sk at-ing, movies, erc., etc ., e tc. M anyp eo pl e w o ul d think that living in ac ol le ge t ow n w o ul d o ff er -e ve n g ua r-a nt ee -a v ar ie ty o f o p ti on s. b ut is thisr ea ll y t ru e ?

A p pr ox im at el y 2 0 s t ud en ts w e rea sk ed t he q ue st io n, "Wh at a ct iv it ie sdo you participate in on the w eek-ends?" The results show that them aj or it y o f t he se s tu de nt s p re fe r c ol -le ge-typ e activ ities such as dan ceclubs, yell p ra ctic e, e tc ., o ve r h ig hs eh oo lt yp ea ct iv ui es s uc h a s b ow li ngo r sk a ti ng.

S om e s tu de nt s f ee l t ha t t he se r eosu its sho w L hat B-eS t ee na ge rs a rcg ro win g u p to o fa st b ec au se th ey liv ein a co lleg e to wn , w hile o thers feelt ha t t he ir w e ek en d a ct iv it ie s d ep en dl ar ge ly u po n t he ir f ri en ds .Still others feel the change ine n te rt ai nm e nt i s d u e t o o th e rf ac to rs .

"r b elie ve th at b ec au se o f te ch -n olo gy , leda y's k ids are ex po sed to

of entertainment," teacher M aryS e lc er s ai d.The influence of Texas A&M

U niv ers ity o n th e w ee ke nd s o f lo ca lte en ag er s is tr em en do us. B ec au se o ft he u ni ve rs it y, t ee na ge rs h av e a cc es sto club s an d co llege activities th atw ou ld not be read ily available in at ow n w it ho ut t he c ol le ge i nf lu en ce .

P erh ap s a s e vid en ce o f th is , th eT ex as A lc ho ljc B ev era ge C om mis -sio n (T AB C ) h an ded o ut S72 MTP'sin th e B ra zos V alley d urin g the lastcalendar year. T A BC agent M ikeD on aho o said the m ajo rity o f th esew ere issu ed in B ryan /C olleg e S ta-lion.

In other tow ns and cities, thef oc us o f w ee ke nd a ctiv itie s d iffe rsg re aU y. F or e xa mp le , in C hic ag o, a na lt er na ti ve e nt er ta in m en t i s o ff er edin th e fo rm o f "J uic e B ars ,"'w hic hcater to 15-21 year aids and servenon -a t coho fi c d r ink s .

T he se J uic e B ar s a re e xtre me ly

p ap ula r w ith th e h ig h s ch oo l c ro wd .F or me r C h ic ag o r es id en t and currentB ry an H ig h s tu de nt K ath y K ro l s ay sthere is less em ph asis on alcoh ol inC hi ca go a mo ng t ee na ge rs a nd t he re -f or e, te en s d on 't g en era lly a tte nd th eb a rs s er vi ng a lc o ho l.

"l was s up ris ed th at c lu bs h erea ll ow ed p eo pl e u nd er 21, b ec au se inC hic ag o lb ey r ea lly c he ck lO 's- noo ne u nd er 2.1 i s a l lowed ," Krol said.

Krol added that many speciale ve nts su ch a s fa ir s, m us ic f es tiv alsa nd p la ys p ro vid e c on tin uo us , funentertainment in Chicago.

O n a sm alle r s ca le , B ry an /C ol-l eg e S ta ti on i s u n ab le t o p r o vi de m a n yo f th es e a cL iv itie s th at w ou ld s ee m-i ng ly s ol ve t he p ro bl em . A fc w t hi ng ssuch as teen clubs and communityc en te rs h a ve b e en t ri ed , b u t h a v e n e ve rq ui te c au gh t o n i n p op ul ar it y.

So, R ob and Judy's p roblem isn ot a s e a sily s olv ed a s if wou ld s eem .

W hat then, can be done to keepte en s fro m sittin g a ro un d w ith A un tMyrtle and Uncle Bob play ingParchecsi on any given Sa turdayn ig ht , o r a t t he o th er e xt re me , party-ing w ith B iff and Buffy at the TriD ella T ri to ga lu au a nd b ein g h au le dh om e c ou rte sy o f th e B ra zo s C ou ntyShe ri Jl 's D ep a rtment ?

C ou ld i t b e t ha t t ee na ge rs s im pl yw an t t o g r ow u p f as te r a nd e xp er ie nc en ew a ctiv itie s g ea re d f or th eir 001-l eg e- ag e c ou nt er pa rt s a cr os s t ow n?

P er ha ps t he city c o un c il s o f b o thc ommu ni ti es s h ou ld be c ha ll en ge d tolo ok fo r w ays to kee p the teen age rshappy I y e t s af e.

T eenagers, in m any w ays, areth e r efle ctio n o f th e c om mu nity a ndits sta nd ard s. I t's tim e so me on e to oknotice.

--contribullng to this story wereSarah Hall, ZoneMorse, Angie Coo-per. Sabrina Court, Mandy Dover,Robln Pope. Oralia Herrerra, andAmy Schmiedeke

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Liberal interpretation

Taking a liberal v ie w o f th e C o ns ti tu ti on c ou ldvery w ell be a s olu tio n to s om e o f th e p ro blem sAm erica faces right now , or least c lear up a fewdisputes.

I f o ne w er e to ta ke a l it er a l i nt er p re ta ti on o n thewh ol e f re ed om o f s pe ec h t hi ng , t ha t w o u ld m e an t ha t,a ny on e c ou ld s ay w h ate ve r th ey darn we l l p l e ased ,w h en ev er th ey f elt th e u rg e. S o, in o th er w o rd s, o nec ou ld r ip to s hr ed s a no th er p er so n a nd lo r s ub je ctw it h a b so lu te ly n o r es pe ct .

T o tak e aw ay som eone else's right in ord er top ursu e y ou r ow n rights need s a few lim itations.P eo ple h av e a rg ue d th atth e K u K lu x K la n has everyr igh t to ex is t a nd vo ice th eir v iew s. I a lso h av e theright to c ho os e n ot t o h ea r th ei r b a ckw a rd s i de as , b u tif an annua l KKK barbecue is held in the tow nsquare, I think that m aybe my rights m ight b et rampled.

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T homa s J eff er so n is k no w a s t he f ath er o f o u rC on stitu tio n. P eo ple s ay if J ef fe rs on w a s liv in gt od ay h e w o u ld r ew r it e t he C o ns tit ut io n. It i s a l sosaid that peop le are tak ing advantage of theCon st it u ti on . T h is , i s n o t t ru e . All p eo p le w a nt tod o is to c ha ng e th e C on stitu tion so it will benefitth em m ore th an it will a ny b od y e ls e.

T ak e the 2 L iv e C re w in cid en t c on ce rn in gc er ta in l yr ic s i n a r ap t he y c om p os ed . T h e g ov er n-m en t cen sor ed th eir a lb um fo r a ny on e u nd er th ea ge o f e ig ht ee n, T h e C o ns ti tu tio n states th er e isn ot to b e a ny c en so rs hip . T he C on stitu tio n s ta te sth ere is fr eed om o f sp eech , b ut th e g ov er nm en td en ie d 2 L iv e C re w o f t he ir fr ee do m. S o d oe s th ism e an t ha t th e C o ns ti tu ti on o nl y a p pl ie s to certainp eo pl e o r ju s t c er ta in t hin gs ?

It isn 't a lw ays just a question of how to ap- Are th er e a ny lim its to h ow f ar o ur c on stitu -p roa ch th e C ons titu tion , b ut a ls o a m atter o f i ns till- tio na l r ig hts ca n p ro ceed ? If so, w hy didn't

prob lem s w e have now . Some peop le think that ta kin g a lib er al v ie wIt is s ta te d that ev er yo ne h as th e rig ht to life, o f the C ons titu tion will so lv e so me o f tod ay 's

lib er ty a nd th e p ur su it o f h ap pin es s. If so meon e's p ro blem s. R ea lly , if y o u sto p a nd ta ke a lo ok , it i spursu it of happ iness depends on the invasion of the source of the prob lem . By not tak ing thes om e on e e ls e' s, th er e ha s to be a r es tr ic ti on . N a tu -rally, th e s i.tu atio ns a re g oin g to r eq u ir e s e pa r at ed ec is io ns b ec au se n ot e ve ry in cid en t is th e s am e.

P eo pl e a re o ft en a fr ai d t o e ve n li ste n to s om e on etry to explain what it is th ey th in k nee ds r efo rmb ec au se th ey a uto ma tic ally b ra nd q ue stio nin g th eCon sr im i ti on "Un -Ame ri ca n " and t he r ef or e , c om -m unist w hich ~ be horrib le. If any thing is con-sid er ed a b rea k fro m th e n orm it's a uto ma tica lly"co mm un ist" w hic h isn 't a lw ay s th e ca se . W e'v ea lw ay s b ee n taught that o ur g ov er nm en t is th e b es ta nd a ll o th ers a re w ro ng . T ha t's n ot ne cessa rily tr ue y ou w ou ld b e h eld in 'co ntem pt o f c ou rt ..Is t hi s n otan d n either is th e con cep t o f C om mu nism n ea rly a s a n ex am ple of h ow on e th io g lea ds to a no th er?horrib le and dea th inducing as w e've been pro-g ra .r pm eJ i ~ . ~ ~e ve ., Q p e,,- ~n de dn ~s s c an s O\J le ~, It im e s. !q d tD 'b e tt el ! s o lu t io n s o r " t I ~t l el \d ,h e! p' i~ ~ Ijhahd: . , r I I r J I III i, ) r : I:, :I 1 , , . - :'J i j r . I 11

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ing a few m or als b ere a nd ther e.A s tr ic t f ol low i ng still m ig ht n ot b e th e a ns we r.O ne c an 't a lw a ys fo llo w s om eth ir lg to t he e x tr eme

c o rr ec tn e ss b e ca u se s omewhe re a lo n gJ th e l in e i t ju s tis n't g oin g to flo at. N o la w is p er fe ctly la id d ow n a ndis 100% correct. If so, then w e w ou ld n't have the

J ef fe rs on s ay a ny th in g a bo ut w ho th e C on stitu -tio n r eferr ed to ? A ctu ally , h e did It says theC on stitu tio n a pp lie s to e ve ry on e. It a ls o statesthat we have ther i gh t to b e a r arms, In some s t at e sit i s il le ga l t o carry a g un in to th e sta te.

p ro per a ctio ns w ith on e th ing , w ill m os t lik elylea d y ou to d o this m or e o ften . It is lik e the olds ay in g: " Giv e 'e m a n in ch a nd th ey 'll ta ke a m ile ."

The F ir st Am er 1dm cn t s ay s we a ll h a ve thefreed om o f s p eech . T his m ea ns w e h av e h av e th er ig ht t o s ay w h at ev er we want o r th e rig ht no t tos ay a ny th in g a t all. Howev er , i f' yo u w e re to g o tocourt and w ant to use your right and Dot saya ny th in g i n y o ur d ef en se , w h ic h i s p e rf ec tl y l eg al,

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t ..: :::}~,,:.,,:,:,. , : , , : / > ' < ~ : : :: ' " : :' , :' : : ' . ". " . } I.!~tI,'.The right t o taJ{e.ilJlfei>:~ho'decides?~eDCly 10Penascola,Flori4aa pro..life;shotand k i l l e d . c l o c t o . : ' W h o

performed abortions, bn't it a nUle ironk'thitlOmcone. 'who figbt. to 'preserve lives would take one awayT .' ~The abortion isue seems to have taken I.new luI'lL Insteadoffigbtiogfor the right for a baby 10be bom or for women tobe Ibldo cont ro l tbeir

bedies it bu become a fight On a playground for a bunch' o r litClekids..Apparently noone seems to care about the issues tbat origin"ly sparkedtbe whole controversy, but instead are usiog it as a decision maker onwhich Rlf-righteous group will prevail over the olber. Nolo.nger are thefeelings ofthe mother oflbe child put into cmuideratioD. Atf;rst . both tbePro-l irers and tbe Pro-choicen s e e m e d to ,, .ot to provide opron. andcomfort (or those in trouble. However, now it seem thlt tbe two groupsare using these people 81pawns in an emotiooal glIDe of chess.Both sides 5Ctin mOR: concemed about "Winning the Game" thanabout tbe credibmty of the pros and aiDS presented bY' eitherorganization. The morals that were first quemon.ed about abortion seemto have taken a backbume r to the moral . that are being used to abolageth e otber ide. II' s time toeither drop the game or start piaying all fai r asyo u want the laws to be.

. .. .. or seman Edi tor ia l Board! I' ,Courts need tO I start cODl1ictingcriminal, not innocent teenagersBYFRANDE GABRIEL a c ase lik e th is to trial.A ca se lik e t his is j ust s o h ar d

to b el ie ve , b u t a cc or di ng t o a ju d geth is is d on e q uite o fte n. S o, n o o nereally k no w s b ow many tax dollarsare wasted o n o th er s im ila r c as esl ike t h is .

T he re a re p ro ba bly o th er w a ysto h an dle th is s or t o f ca se than totake it to court Why can 't the"crim inal" ju st p ay the $75 finean d returning the o ve rd u e i te m?That wo ul d s eem m u ch e as ie r th a nd ra gg in g it in fro nt o f a ju dg e .

S ome th in g r ea lly n ee ds to bed one ab ou t things lik e this thatwastetax do l la rs . Tha tmoneycou ldbe u s ed f or mo r e c o ns tr u ct iv e t hi ng si n t he communit y than prosecutings om eo ne w ith o ve rd ue lib ra ry m a-terial.

Is th er e s om et hi ng w r on g w it ha j ud ic ia ry s ys te m wh en c ri min al sar e free t o r oam t he s tr ee ts b ec au s ethe cou rts are all tied up w ith te-dious li tt le c as es ? T h er e must besom ething a little b it w rong b e-c au se t hi s happens today.

While th e courts should bec on vic tin g s om e h ar de ned c rim i-nal, th ey c ho os e to p ro se cu te s om ein no cen t hig h sch ool stu den t for. . .overdue library ma te r ia l. Da youk no w w ho that c ou ld b e?W hile the courts spend thepeople's tax d olla rs o n a ted io usc as e lik e th is , s om e h oo lig an is o utthere, free to commit morec rim es . E ve n th ou gh th is is a w a steof tax mOne y, t he c ou rt s a re ta k in g

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I'd, f '!Thi~gs pleasing to the nose Bring back the days ofmorals and valuesBY LORElTAARISPE t he e x ac t e x pr e ss io n I w ould use . .., All of u s have k now n at least BY SHARYLE CRAIN d o n' t h av e t o l iv e l ik e h oo d lum s all married,one p er so n w h o ha s this sm ell that the tim e. , And w ith every k ind of d isease

ju st ta nta liz es y ou . This is not to Remember back in the good 0 1 ' Takecrime.forjnstance.Back y ou c an th in k o f r un nin g a ro un d,sa y that t he sm el l that luke ha s days w he n d ru gs w ere only taken . in the good 01 ' d a y s peop le cou ld even if you 're married, ya y stilltantalizes me or anything, Iim ply fo r illn es s, m ar ria ge w as fo re ver. lea ve th eir h ou se w ith ou t lo ck in g can't b e s af e.ha p p e n t o l ik e the w ay Luke smells. and sex w as taboo? the d oor. Now a p erson can 't e ven Sometim es I ju st h av e to sto pI Ot he r sm e ll s I find rather a t- Y es, those w ere the days- 80 across the street w ithou t lock- and ask myself Gosh w here is

tnictive a re t he sme ll of roses, grass w hen Leave it t o B e av er , T h ePa r- in g u p. It tak es a p erson twenty eve ryone 's mora ls? (Probab ly inafr es hly m ois te ne d b y r ain , Obes- d ,.>:;< 1 dU Dsion for m en, R ealities by L iz tri gerami)" an nappy ays minutes to Jock up . They have to gu tter).Claibomeand many more, bu t those w ere hip , and almost everyone lock the back door, side door (if D on 't g ell m e w rong, I'm no tare a ll the one's I w ish to name! w anted to be a part of the "All y ou h av e o ne), g ar ag e, m ak e su re trying. t o s o u nd p ru d is h, b u tr ea l! y, Have you ever n oticed that for American Fam ily ." all the w indow s a re secure, and w hen are some of these peop le

'every like thcre isad islike ; jus~like W ell, qu it d ream ing abou t then w hen they finally get to the going to stop?for every point there is a counter those days. T hey a reju st a th in g o f fr or\~ do or , th ey h av e to lock t hree W hen you think a bo ut t he s it u -point? The same holds true for the past. Now w e are moving on to d ifferent types of deadbolts. a li on, it's rea lly scary . If it ha ssmells. b igger and b etter things. .W ouldn 't you hate to lose those gotten this b ad just since t he 5 0 's,

A few of the sm ells f dislike They are definitely b igger.B u t keys? " ji11a~lne 'how 'it's g oin g to be inare : I a r e t he y r ea l ly b e tt er ? Thi n k abou t And tha t is just one of the another 30 years?C igarette smoke . b s: ak dIt erore you m eanysnappyan many examples I c ou ld give you . I'm sorry , bu t then aga in,I Co ok in g li ve r (yukI!!) rash decisions. W hile I'm o n the w ar pa th, let m aybe I'm not. I tru ly don't w antD ir ty b ab y d ia pe rsCooking Menudo Putting aside the convenience me j ust m ention another example my k ids grow ing up in t his d isrup -

d of all ou r m od em equ ip ment, are of how ou r society ha s c ha ng ed fo r tiv e k in d o f a n en vir on men t.... an m any m ore.So the next tim e you and your all th e changes rea lly , orth it? the w orse. It's ge tting so bad in some a r-friends get together and find you I'll be the first 10 adnn t the M arriage. It's not a hard con- cas that it's not even safe to g o tohave nothing to do, (this w ould m odem conveniences w e have to- cep t. M arriages were so meth in g th e m ailb ox a ny mo re.co me in h an dy a s a g oo d co nv er sa - d ay a re w on derfu l, ev en a b less in g. that w as sacred . Y oujust d idn 't get O kay , so m aybe I'm exagger-t ien startcr)start t a lk ing aboot som e B ut a re t he changes that came with hitched because you thought it a ting just a b it. B u t it i s r ea ll yo f th e sm ells y ou find interesting. them really w orth the troub le? m igh t be fun. Now we have 24 horrib le to think h ow th e m ora lsY ou m ight be surp ised to find ou t I don 't think that the U .S .w ha t s mells s om e o f y ou r frien ds s ho uld h ib er na te fr om s ociety , I'ml ik e o r d i sl ik e . ju st try ing to sa y that w e r ea lly

Day aftor d ay w e go throu ghthe sam e rou tine: - get up , take asbower, get ~ come to s c l 1 o o l ,a nd o f co ur se, g o to t ho s e e v er - so -l ov e ly s ix clas~cswi th a 'O -m i nu t eb rea k for lu dch. W ha t a fulfilledl if e w e s tu d bn ts leadlA s a n a d de d b o nu s to my day,Id d one m ore th ing to m y ever soe x ci ti ng r o u ti ne : s n if fi ng my f ri en dL uke' s c lo th e s.O k, by t hi s t im e I 'v e p r ob a bl yfr ea ked o ut a beu t h alf o f y ou th ata re rea din g th is c olu mn . b ut d on 'tw o rr y- Pm n ot a fr ea k o r a ny th in g.I t i s j u st t ha rd er ta in sm el ls a tt ra ctm e and luKe's "c lothes seem to carryO n e of ~ attrhttin.g smclls.'Nuff'said!

What's. th e s me ll y ou a sk ?W e ll. if y ou h av e e ve r s me lle d

a co mb in atio n o f D ow n y a nd Gain,then you know that even aloneth es e a re s om e o f t h e b es t s me llin gla un dr y d ete rg en ts a nd s ofte ne rsyou can use". bu t w hen you pu tt ho se tw o t og et he r. Wow!

Have you ever heard of theshampoo Gee YOI" Hair SmellsTerrific? W ell tak e ou t the Hairand pu t in Clothes a nd y ou 'v e g ot hour m arriage services. It's like a and values of the peop le in ourfa st fo od r esta ur an t- dr iv e u p, co un try h av e d r am atic ally dcclin ed

p la ce y ou r o rd er , a nd boom, you 're from a few years back.

One of the small pleasures in life, riding a "Yellowdog"It's th at tim e o f th e d ay a ga in

w hen [ p u t m y life o n th e lin e in th ename of school t ranspo r ta t ion .Yep ,it's 3 : 1 5 p .m . a nd tim e to m ak e m yw ay dow n to the old herd ings ta tio n .. .a Jia s T H E BU S S TO P .

Aftertherushtomydelapidatedlo ck er to g ra b m y a ncien t h isto rybook . J join the sou thw ard m igra- are unfortu natetio n to ~e ~ \fs s to p. A lo ng th e w ~y ', en ou gh to .m is s o utI p ass the Ju ok y goob ers w ho get; I6~ ! l1 o f th l s . fun, an Ip ic ke d u p by their folks. " I I~~pty seat IS prac-

I'm \ l . t ~ 't:iu s s to p n ow , s ta nd -L t i c ; a l L y nonexistent.i ng a ro u nd with' th e o th er d w ee b~ I I t 1 (( ge t a s ea t n ex t Iwho have to rely on yellow dogs, to ApeO irJ, w hobecau se our parents don 't love us doesn 't know w h a t(enter th~clp~d p sychologist). deoderant is a nd re-W e try 'to ap pear inte lligent. . a Uy ,d oesn 't d are -, Iand som e of us have been practic- She's an okay per-ing this so long that w e actua lly son, though-if youlook like w e've got a b it of sense. overlook the gruntsBut don't be fooled-most of us an d w hiffs of badwouldn 't be ; iJb .le to find our w '_y . . ~ '~ '. . ., . t l~home ifth e bus d idn 't d rop us offin The bus d river h a $ t D g et o u t tof ro nt o f i t . . . . . . . ~ ~ t he e ng in e , bu t ~t's only aTh e w ein er s a rr iv e, a nd o ne b y m mo r se tb ack . We r e o ff ! Well, at

BYTARA DAYTON one I w atch my fellow yellow -d og ge rs d is ap pe ar . J us t w h en I b e-g in t o t hi nk t ha t I 'm g oi ng t o h a ve t ow a l k t he t w o m ile s h om e , m y t oi le t-on -whee ls pu l ls up . . .whooppeedoo.

I shove and squeeze m y w aythrou gh the su ffocating herd s ofcow s w ho have the same idea inm ind .. getting asea t. T o th ose w ho

w hoosh-the chip is ou t, aJong !.lith W e screech to a. stop and Iw hatever he had for lunch. ,'~ ' stand up , shak ing off the hair that

W e k eep a 'ch ug gin ', ea ch s to p A peG ir l sh ed a Jl o ve r m e. I s qu eezebringing me closer to home. Va- my w ay dow n the narrow aisle ofnilla Ice, Jr. is try ing to sing a rap the b us, step ping over the feet an dso ng , a n d inb etw een ea ch v ers e, h e b ag s that h in d er m y e nt ra nc e b a ckte lls u s a bo ut th e tim e that he got into tho SANE W ORLD.shot. W ith a BB gun, p robab ly . Ah-smelltbatair! I am FREE,Jiggle Jiggle- heehee. I am a survivor in every

that's the sound sense of the w ord . On the w ayof F at A lb ert's hom e, I a ssess m y inju ries and d is-r o ll s a s WP hit a cqver that I am now m inus tw o,..,. I" I ,. lbump . I close fingers, ~ to the bus driverm y eyes, c lick closin~ the door oJ my b a n d as Imy n e e l s t h ree wa s g et ti ng o ff . Itirfies a n d saf, t IBur t h a t ' s ' ok a y- th e p b ys ic al"There 's n b t h - . Ia m a g e - i s no thing compared to th ein g lik e s ch oo l p en na ne nte mo tio na l s ca rr in g I s u f-b uses there's fer from . If I e ver write a n a u t. ob i -nqthj ng Ii k , e . . ograph: t O J ? - P l y ~ ~ ( ~ I d ou bt itsch ool b uses." b ecau se I'm a bou t as interesting asW hen I open a p iece of toilet p a pe r) , I 'l l begin iteyes, I can like this:see my street. "I wa s a p ro du ct of t he g r ea t

N othing has looked bette r to me' . American System . R id ing asince I found t ha t t J a s slation w heb ' ~,ellowckJg helped to brihgmewheremy d ad 's car b rok e d o w n in th e I a m to da y . ... su ffer in g f rom post-desert. trauma disorder. 1HANK . YOu.AMERICA!!"

a rate of 5 m iJesan hou r, and if w ehave no stop s, I shou ld be homesome time ton igh t .

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ENT,ERTAXNMENT993G'day mate, get ready for 'Quigley Down Under'

In tu m, M a tth ew a nd C a se y ta ug htth e n ativ es h ow to m ak e b ow s a ndd is ta n ce m a rk sm a n t he re i s. Ir on i-cally , M atthew is tha t one indi-

vidual.BYSHARYLE CRAINCan yo u imagine being dwnped

in t he scorching h eat of the A \lstra-, W hen conflict occurs betw eenlia n O u tb ack ? T his is ex actly w ha t M atth ew a nd M ariso n, th e ta bleshappened to Tom SeUeck and his tum and they are now hated en-half-p int sidek ick , Laura San em ies. M atthew is ordered off theG ia co mo (C asey Co bb ),in Qu ig ley la nd .D own Unde r, v a, il ab le at aU video So now Matthew and his half-ren ta l stores. p int, C asey, are out in the desert.

To m Selleck, (M atthew They are almost near death whenQ uig le y) ,p la ys th ety pic al ro m an ce th e n ativ e A bo rig in es n ur se th emh ero. A fter b e sav es the da msel in ba ck to health.d istress, he rides the rugged pla ins T hen th ey spend som e qualityto h is n ew jo b. time, w hile a lso le ar nin g th e Ab-A la n R ic km a n, (Manson), is origine w ay o f life.an establish ed citizen of A ustra lia T he A borigines taught the m enw ho is looking for the best long- h ow to hunt fo r f ood using a spear.

ar rows.After tha t brief period ofe arth ly le ar nin g, M a tth ew a nd h is

h a lf -p in t s ave t he s ac re d Abo ri gi nef ro m M a riso n a nd e vil v illa in s.

L ik e a ny ty pic al r om an ce th ismovie has a h ap py e nd in g.

T his m ov ie is o ka y, h ow ev er ,i t' s no t s omet hi ng t ha t I o ul d s ug -gest you run around tow n w ithy ou r h ea d c ut o ff lo ok in g f or in th en ea rest v id eo sto re. B ut, if y ou d oh ap pen to b e b ro wsin g a nd sp ot ito n a d us ty s he lf , g o a he ad a nd p ic kit up . A fter blow ing off th e dustpo p it in th e V CR, it'll b e w or th it.

"M id-Ages its m ysti-c al k in g s a nd s tu ff ar ec oo l. " J ea n -e tte T homa s, s en io r.

" I'd g o b ack a nd liv e w ithF lin tsto ne s, b ec au se I w a nt a B ry -o nto sa ur as b ur ge r." E rn ie O rtiz ,junior.Wake up for the sounds of 'Rave'

major cities "Speed" are the p retty swanky.To Many of these songs can only

b e p u rc h as ed as 1 2" r ec or ds , CDs ing le s, o r c a ss et te Max i- Si ng le s.

you m ay find . a co mp ila tio n-x sic . S om e co ol

BY FR.ANKIE GABRIELDoh, let's all tum to KKYS

a nd listen to som e m ore of ou r a llt ime favori tes .th at b e? C o uld "I'd w ant to g o back to the 70's. "The 50's. They had cool cars,Iw ant to see w hat it w as like w hen cool clothes. It w as a lot coolerI as born." N ata ly n S mid t, sen io r. b ack th en ." R ob ert S terlin g, se n-

ior.

haps Ne w Kidsc ou rs e! I t m u stp le as e, g et lo stm usic. How aboutl it tl e more in ten~st j.nZ[1l rI 'O '< J :noJ red an ce ab le , l ik e U~~QyIUUo f r av e?

-,... W - ,as te r . Hardcorc :l~ ra~4 ;1~imrZ ;wavera ge from 130-140 b eats perm in ute (b pm ) w hile h ou se c ou ntsa ro un d 1 10 -1 20 bp ms . T his so rt o fm us ic is m ostly p la ye d in c lu bs in

you know what you are lookingfor, and w ith som e luck, y ou m ayf in d s ome g oo d c ho ic es a t H a st in gsi n Co ll eg e S ta ti on .

"W es te rn d ay s b ec au se o f th eadventures." Gary Stansbury,senior.

" Th e R om an Era because Ithink it would be cool." JasonPayne, junior.

BHS during the Seventies was the good 01 ' school daysv er y s ho rt , a n d y ou d ef in it el y c ou ldn ot le an o ver to g et a d rin k o r p ickso me th in g u p o ff th e flo or. G uy sw ore jeans and slacks, a nd theirhair w as lo ng er . S om e o f their shirtsw ere p retty lo ud , b ut we thoughtth ey w ere v er y g oo d lo ok in g.

I t oo k m os t o f t h e s am e c la sse sthat a re o ffered to da y. M ost o f m yc la ss es w er e c alle d " alte rn ativ e"c la sses, b ut to da y th ey a re ca lle d"honors".

Although Ia ve co me a cro sssome o f th es e n eg ativ e a ttitu de s insome s tudents , I a s v er y h ap py tose e m an y p os itiv e a ttitu de s in o th -ers. M y students w ant to under-stand why things are a certainw ay .T hey d on 't w an t to be fed abunch of facts, bu t w ant to knowho w these facts apply to thei r wor ldMos t s tu d en ts a r e p o li te , r es p ec tf u la n d d ep en da bl e, a n d t he y d on 't l ik eit w he n o th er s a re n ot.

I a m v ery p ro ud to tell o th ersth at I e njo y te ac hin g a nd w o rk in gwith h ig h sc ho ol s tu de nts . T he rea re so me w ho a re n ot a s m atu re asas students when I w as in highschool, but there a re m any m oreT I , Iw ho a re w ell-b eh av ed , p ositiv estudents w ho I look forw ard tos ee ing exce l in t he f ut ur e.

w o nd er fu l j ob i n k ee pi ng t he s ch oo ll oo k in g s o w e ll .

E no ug h a bo ut th e b uild in g-students usually ask me aboutclo th es, cla sses a nd d atin g in th e'7 0's . I w o u I d l ik e t o sa y th at I neverwore beUbc ttoms , bu t unfortunate ly ,I d id ! W e w or e th em in ju nio r h ig h,n ot in high school.

W e did N OT w ear Keds, Y ouwere really o utd ated if y ou w oreKeds, N o one wo re t hem ! A d id as ,N ike's, deck shoes (the on es y ouw ea r o n b oa ts) a nd so me h orrib lep la tf orm sa nd als w er e in s ty le .

Girls d id n 't w e ar j ea n s o r s ho rt sto school. I rem eber m y m otherm aking m e som e very l ou d p la idslacks. I wore them as much asI I Ip ossib le-I th ou gh t I w as so cool .

O I'd Ic i' .resses an sets were worn J

W e also didn't have to m akesome dec is ions abou t r igh t or w r o n gchoices that man y s tu de nt s a re facedw it h t od a y. I 'm n ot s ay in g s tu de nt sd id n't g et in to tro ub le, b ut it w ash ar de r to f in d it!

W hen I first sta rte d tea ch in gh er e, s om e p eo pl e m a de c ommen tsa bo ut h ig h s ch oo l s tu de nt s t od a y. lhave found that there are som e-a ttitu de s th at a re d ifferen t fro mwhen I was in school, T here a res tu de nts w ho fe el th at th ey s ho u ldo nl y d o a n a ss ig ru ne nt ift he y h av eto f or a g ra de , in ste ad o f t o le ar n o rp ra ct ic e a s ub je ct .

I h av e see n a m ore "w ha t's in itfo r m e? " a ttitu de. S om e stu de n,d on 't se em to w a nt to ta ke re sp qn -s ib ilitie s f or th eir a ctio ns o r in ac -t ion s ( not s tu d yi ng ) .

M,... Lourd_ Gorzyck;Sp&D; .1 .. I T e acber

S om e o f y ou m ay a lr ea dy k no wthat Im a 1 97 5 g ra du ate o f BH S.A s I w alk through the halls, I f indmy se lf r ef le ct in g o n t he p as t. S ometh in gs a re d iff er en t, o th er s a re th esame.

T h e building itselfhas ha d scmerenovations. H all A and B havebeen extended , and the new gymhas been added. The "old " gymu sed to h av e its d oo rs in d ifferen tp la ce s. I f in d my se lf trying t o e n te rt hr ou gh t he w in dow s!

A lt ho ug h t he re h av e been somep hy sic al c ha ng es , th e o ve ra ll. a p-pearance h a s n ot c ha ng ed . it isapparent that t he s tu d en t b ody , s t ! u ra nd c usto dia l s erv ic es h av e d on e a

Students in th e e a rl y ' 70 ' swou l ddate or go out w ith friends. W ew ou ld g o to th e m ov ie s, p la y p utt-p utt g olf, b ow l, o r a tte nd sp ortin ge ve nts . M os t o f u s h ad e ar lie r c ur-f ew s th an s tu de nts h av e to da y, b utI t hi nk that was a good idea . W ec ou ld n 't g et i nt o t ro ub le o r be i n the" wr on g" p la ce a s e as ily .

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NEWSYeaj-round school, seven-period day voted down by BoardBY ~ EICHHOL TZ programs. The lack of facilities schools to retain. the learned infor- current campuses. ta2 said they detract from the funding for other

. wou Id also be a limiting factor in mation better a nd g r ad u at e s tu d en t s would like to see summerprograms programs.the new program. earlier in their lives. and 81 0 said they did not want to 1 0 other recent Board action,School board president Ji m Resul ts of th e parent survey try the program at all th e seven-period day wa s v o o x : l d o w nBradford called the parental sur- distributed a few months ago stated There were major concerns by a vote of 4-3 at their r e g ula rvey "inconclusive." that the p arents were spJit about the abo~ttheDewprogramsuchasthe meeti IgMarch 8. It wa s thought

The school board first s tarted proposal. 81 0 were for the concept absence of a program beyond the e a rl ie , . that the Board would ap-talking about the program because and 753 were against it elementary school level, reassur- prove. the measure and implemen-of a national trend to have year Of the parents that responded, ance that th e program would never tation would begin with th e 1993-round school.Using the facilit ies 21 3 of them said that they were become mandatory, and concern 94 school year. Aftermuchtea.cheryear round would save tax money, wi ll ing to try the new program but that additional costs to fund the input opposing the schedule, how-enable the children in elementary 540 said they would like it at the variable calendar program would ever, the Board voted against the

seven-period day.

The Bry~ School Board re-cent ly voted unanimously to dropthe year-round calendar p ilot pro-gram for allcast a year due to lackof interest and parents n9 t wantingthe change.

The ptJaram would have re -quireda healthy outlay of money forstart-up costs , which would takemoney away from other needed

Academic Decathlon ends year at state competition Anthology Nowuaking Submissionsics, Science, Fine Arts and theSocial Sciences of th e PacificOcean environment.At competition, the studentsare expected to prepare essays, dointerviews, make twospeeches (oneprepared and one impromptu) andparticipate in Super Quiz.

Super Quiz is like a gameshow. Before competition, the stu-dents study the lives of thirty people.At the meet, they are quizzed onevery aspect ofthose peoples' lives.The winners of Super Quiz receivemedals just like inevery o ther event .

"We have come to r ea liz e t heimportance of studying other cul-lures," Romero said.

Only nine of the twenty-fourstudents in the Acadec class go tocompetition. The other fifteen stu-dents do research for the team, drillthem, listen to speeches, critiqueand, most important of all, giveemotional support.

"When times get tough. the

team pulls together like a herd ofcattle on a cold day," Thonnahlensaid.

The A ca de c te am h as broughtgreat esteem to Bryan High.

"The support ofBISD ba s re-ally helped. We have appreciatedDr. Ashburn 's and Mr. Ellis' faithin us." Stuessy said .

The Acadec team likes to referto themselves as a 'melting pot ' ofknowledge.

"We're working together toreach a common goal," Bur rowssaid.

The team has had grea t suc-cess during the year and ba s morecompetitions to attend.

'We've hadaphenomenal year.This has been a great experienceforus all .and we're sure to remem-ber it," Stolle said.The tcam had the pleasure ofmaking it to Sta te competit ion inPlano. While there t he l cam placed17th out 40 teams at competition.

BY LORE'IT A ARISPETheAcadcc team brought back

first place inthe regional competi-tion in Temple in Feburary.

The Acadcc team actually con-sists of three different sections:Honors, Scholastic and Varsity.InHonors are seniors JonathanPurifoy, Brent Stolle and MaryStuessy. Scholastic members areseniors Sara Burrows and JohnMaddox and junior Jason Romero.In Varsityarojuniors Eric DuPontand Stephen Galvin and seniorNorman Thormahlen.Thc Acadecteams are headed byteachers LauraWagner and Carolyn Lampo.

This year, competition cen-tered around the study of all ofthesurroundings of the Pacific Ocean.

There are seven academic ar-eas that the students have tomasterbefore going to competition. Theyarc as follows: Economics, Lan-guage and Literature, Mathemat-

The Bryan Higb School L i t " ; 'erary Anthology is accepting sub-missions forpublication. The a n -thology accepts submissions 'inseveral categories: short stories,essays, poet ry and graphic art.

There arenominimum lengths.but each category bas suggestedmaximum length guidelines. Al lwriting must be typed! 1you usea printer, it must be letter qual-ity, no t dot matrix.

Typing format is one and ahalf inch left margin, one inchright margin, one inch marginsfor both top and bottom with 00page numbers.

Guidel ines are : short s tory-maximum length to be fou r typewritten pages, essay-maximumlength to be one type- writtenpage, poetry-maximum length tobe thirty lines written on onepage any type: sonnet, haiku,c inquain , free verse, ballad, e tc.

Short stories and essays shouldbe double spaced unless singlespacing isnecessary tomeet lengthguidelines.

Please proofread carefully fo rspelling and punctuation.

Please fil l in the information'sheet for eachpiece of work.Rem~mllir to in~lride your n a m b

on :s-'ourwork.Iffor some reason, your wod

needs revision of any sort, tb,student editor will contacr-yo;with instructions or suggestions

Your final copy may begiverto your English teacher l'f tcMrs. Casey in room Ill. .

Al l art should be reproducibleirblack and white. Art should fcl-low t 1 : i ~ .sizeguideimes gi~erit b 6 v ffor margins. Ar t will be acceptecfor several purposes such as ~work in and of itself, margirillustrations, section dividers, anethe anthology cover as well.asillustrations for written workInterested artists should contaciMrs. Casey.All students whose work ilaccepted for the anthology witreceive one free copy. Unfortu-nately all submissions cannot beincluded . The student editorfs'will mke the decisions about inelusions. Your work, whetheraccepted or not. cannot be reoturned.

Students need to submittheuwork to their Engl ish teacher 01Mrs. Casey by the end of thefifth sixth weeks period. Onll,students wh o ~ubmit their wor}! .. I", d,..." ~will receive an antllol0$Y"'::'

ALL DRESSED UP... The Acadec tcam displays their medals. (f rom 1-r ) sponsor Mrs. Lampo, MaryStuessy, Norman Thormahlen, John Maddox, Sara Burrows, Iohnathan Purifoy. Jason Romero, StephenGalvin Breht Stolle, Eric Dupont,'and'Sponsor Mrs. Wagner. photo courtesy o/the Eagle., 1 r :

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~~~~f-l:HrI. "De L SPORTSTrack team prepares for upcoming com petitionBY KA,RL EICHHOL rz in the long jump and triple jump. Head Coach David Greeno is'W e defini te ly have a young unsure of the team's chances.

team, but the outcome is going to "We have a young team-not adepend on consistency. Inthe past, lot of seniors, so this year willa great deal of our competing ba s probably be a year of surprises,been str ict ly frpm talent ," Madkins hopeful ly pleasant. The numberssaid."Forust()s~cceedandobf:in, Iar e really good. We have moreanother district championship, we people out in track at this pointare going to have to compete with than any other time in the fourteenskill this year .1 years I've been here," Greeno said.

Jer-emy Gooch placed fifth in' Overall the boy's track teamdiscuss and sixth in shot put. plaoed second in the first meet of

"The weight men are working the yearand are now prepar ing forreally hard and we hope to pull their district competition on Aprilsome points up for the team." 17.Gooch said.

With the track season cominginto full swing, the Vdcing trackteam ha s been preparing rigorouslyfor upcoming meets.

Patr ick Olive( placed first inth e 110 high hurdles at the firstmeet of the y&r on Feb. 20.

"This season, we definitelyhave a much more positive atti-tude," Oliver said, "We know we'llhave to work hard to get four in arow. You don't win meets just forshowing up."Ph.il lip Madkins placed first AIMING HIGH ...Micheal Dove

, (left) and Oralia Herrera(right) dotheir best during the VikingIRelays.photos by Ben Young 'I t- .

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Soeee r fa lis sh0 rtin playoffs. In1986 they met Clearfirst round playoffs

Individual results are as f01-Lake and lost. The next glimpse lows:they had was in 1988, but the' Girls 1The '92-93 season has 200-mcdlcy re lay-Kris tee Keiley, f lo l leyVikings suffered a 0-1 loss toturned out on the upper hand Howell , T ra vis D on ah o I U1 d Er in A lle n,Pasadena Dobie. 13Ut;for soccer coach Tommie 2 00 -tM - S a r a h B e rg br ei te r, l Ot h;=Adrian FloresAllmon. Inthe past few years,

Allmon's Vikings have fallen . 50-reesly lc - C hristie Day, 9th;Swimmers fin ISh 5 00 - rr ee st y le _A l i ci a Lightsey, 16th;best season ever, 200-freestylerelay-Bergbreiter,Donaho,R ose 4th at State H ow e ll a nd D ay , 1 0t h;Conroe-McCullough which 400-freest)' lerelay-Bergbreiter. Lightsey,

kept them out of the playoffs. The boys swim team's best An ne -Ma ri e G i ar di no a nd D a y , 1 0t h.This year, three teams were finish ever in a regional meet B C i Y Icame atthe Class SARegion IV 200-medley relay . B illy Rose, Maltchosen as qualifiers. The Vi- .. . Mann, John Morgan. Joey Gytis, 2nd;

short to Conroe High and

swim meet at Trinity Univer-sity. They placed second withthe help of Billy Rose, who got

kings placed second as a dis- 5 0. fr ee st yle - G yu g, 1 2t h;lOO-bu t ter f ly - Morgan, 2nd;l OO -f re es ty le - Ro se , l st ;200-frccst)'lerelay-Rose, Morgan,Mann,Gyug, lTd;

trictrunner-upto Conroe. Theyplayed John Tyler High School two first-place finishes in the

IOO-freestyle and lOO-back-last Thursday in Lufkin andlost 0-2. l 00 -b a ck st ro k e - R o se , 1 51 ;Th is is the third tim e stroke. At the slate meet March I OO -b re as ts tr ok e - M an n, 8 0 1;

19-20, Rosewon fourth place in 4 00 f re es ty l e 1 'C 1 ay B e n Yo u ng , M i tc hAllmon's Vikes have seen the . th e 100~ba.okstroke. I I' I~e,gert, Ro b AridrOI1., CIul'1 Moutray,iou,I ! ... .-First time for everything, softballincluded in UIL

in search of opponents.The softball district will be

smaller, howeve "_The;:~s,tNt.are going to be in the same districtas the Bryan Vikings a r e: Hwr ts vi ll e,A&:M Consol idated and Center-v ille. Of the four teams in district,only two will advance to districtcompetition.

Softball is a relatively newsport for Bryan High. Teams have

, b e e n fielded for the past four years.Coach Janice WiUiamson is

any sport, you have to always beon your toes because you 're usu-ally going to be backing-up some-body," centerfielder Lucio said.

The team asa whele has agreat deal of faith and confidencein themselves.

"AJthrugh w e' re a young team[ believe we can \\tin district andm ak e it to state." Lucio ~dded.

The team is currently incompetition to make it todistrict.

optimistic for the season."Both t e a m s have very talented

gir ls on them. These girls show alot of potential of bettering them-selves as a team, for the team,"Williamson said.So far the varsity team ha s arecord of 5-4 and the Nteam isundefeated against outside compe-t it ion. They have only lost to theother Bryan junior varsity team.

Some of the returning varsityplayers are Michele Lucio, Jodie

Flournoy and Kristen Nachlinger.Recently. in a g a m e ag aim t T O O l P I e , .Nachlinger pitched a no-hitter.

"In our first couple ofpmt:Swe played well, but we came upshort because of batting errors andmental problems, but we're learn-ing from our mistakes and plan onwinning di*ritt for '93,"1 ~iloberINachlinger said..~ This game is not always funIand games though.

' 'W I 1 i . M pJaying softball, as willi

BY LORETTA ARISPEFor the first ~e tJVlI year ,

softball will be recognized as aUIL sport. The team will nowcompete in a regular district for-mat , including playoffs , the samea s o t he r c c r np e ti tiv e s p o r ts at BryantIighBeing a un. sport essentiallyallows for the games to be set upfor the team in a regular district.Now, the team does not have to go

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FEATURESIIII I IT e e ,1[Lab2)00to prepare student for technogical world

Sophomore wins Golden Gloves boxing competition

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W hen we ask what y ou w an t to re ad a bo ut, w e'r e a lso tired of h ea rin g "S om eth in g intere stin g." B ut w hen w e a sk y ou w ha t's in terestin g, y ousa y. "I d un no ...u h .. ..Id u nn o . ..uh...11 So bere's your chance to think about it and give us som e ideas. B e rea l. though. W e don't do gossipc olu mn s ... w e d on 't h av e en ou gh m one y to d efen d o urselv es a ga in st a lib el suit And fo rg et. a bo ut th ose N atio na l E nq uir er -ty pe ex po se s ...j~tgive uS.SOnl~ good ideas an d W~'Upo th e rest... . ' ... .. ..

,(.FiIl r ~ the smV~ybeiQW lf9 rehttnit to th e J >6x ,i pt he ma in o ff ic eo rbt ing it b Yi R n i 1 331 . l{1. Do yo u usual ly read every 3 . C he ck th e regular colu mns y ou 4. L ist any stories below you p ar- S. L ist b elo w y ou r lea st favoritestory inthe ~Ql'Seman'! ticularly liked this year (if y ou c an part of th e Norseman.~ in~ry issue: remember the top icl)

D Lo (~ltw ho 's T alk in goCh al k T a lk ( te ac he r e ss ay )o~ oin t-C ou nterp oint ;' ! ,

BY FRANKIE GABRIELBryan r o f b is p rep arin g fo rth e 2 I st until ry with theconstruc-

t ion oftheTec1mology Lab 2000Tlol/th e Sr n a r t L a b " D I . The lab is sc he d -u led to op en inS ep tem b, 19 93 a sth e n ew .sc ho ol y ea r begins.

"The lab is a b rand name ofequipment t h a t w ill be able tom an ufa ctu re p ro du cts . T he a ctu alp ro ce ss u se d in th e lab is th e s am eas in in du str y to da y, b ut th e s ca lei s d i ff er e nt ," m anuf ac tu r in g g r aph -ics te ac he r B ob J on es s aid .The T ra ns T ec h T ec hn ol og yL ab 2 00 0 will tum t he voca ti ona lwing into a " la b o f t he fu tu re ". T hela b w in in vo lv e c om pu te rs in al-m ost a ll o f it functions, w h i c h wil lg iv e s tu de nts c on tr ol o f th e m an u-f a ct ur in g p roc es s .

T he com pu ter-m anaged labw i ll a ls o g iv e a cc es s to a rea s s uc h

BY TARA DAYTONFo r mo s t a th le te s at BHS, m a k -

in g a c ar ee r o u t o f t h eir s po rt is onlya vague ink ling. But for JuanLozano, making a career out ofb oxin g isn 't ju st a n ink ling -it's afu lf le dged poss ib i li ty .

The 16 year old BHS sopho-more r ec en tl y w o n a t ro ph y at th e

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H ou ston G olden G loves 1993 S ub that his role m odel is his coach,N ov ice, in th e 2 0 I Ib s cha mp io n- Darrell Sears.ship on Feb 17. T he Golden.G loves Lozano trains every day fortook place at Chappas Boxing three bours, excep t on Satu rdayArena inHouston. and Sunday. As p a rt of hi s t ra in in g ,

" I g o t in te re st ed i n b o x i n g be- L oz an o j um p ropes. h it s th e b a g,cause all my c ou si ns l ik e t o b o x , s o an d s ha do w b ox es . L oz an o's g oa lI joined. to Lozano said . for the fu ture i s to be come a p rof es -

Lozano ha s o nly b een tra inin g sio na l b ox er, a nd so fa r it lo::,kslikefo r th re e o r f ou r m on th s, an d says he j ust might reach that goal.

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'M r o bo ti cs , s y st em s s imu la ti on s ,~ o rd p roc es si ng , s a te ll it e t ec h no l-o gy pn euma ti c s tr u ct u re s. r o ck e tr y ,a er od yn am ic te stin g, s im u la te df li gh t, h yd ro pon ic s, s u p er co n duc -tivity, s p a c e - f r a m e construction,a n d c ompu te r- a ss is te d pub li sh in g .

T he s tu den ts w ill b e ab le to gothrough e ve ry s te p o f m a nu fa ct ur -i ng . T h is i nc lu d es d e si gn in g , m anu-f ac tu r in g, p ro d uc ti on , a nd market-in g of th e p ro du ct In th is p ro cesst he s tu d en t w il l be d oi ng t he exactsame process that i s u se d i n t oday ' sm a nu fa ct ur in g w o rld .

"T he p urp ose of this lab is tot ea c h t ec h no lo g y as it ex ists into d ay 's w o rl d, " J on es s aid .

T he S ma rtL ab w ill a lso tea chstudents to be come l it er a te i n t e ch -n o lo g y a n d to de ve lo p t he s k il ls t ha twill b e n ee de d i n th e 2 1s t- ce ntu r ya n d b e yon d ."The lab is going to help the

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students unde-rstand t he w o rl d t he ylive ina n d t he y 'r e g o in g to be betterp r ep a re d . .. T h is will g iv e t hem ar ea so n t o l ea rn . .. and get th em e x-

c ite d a bo ut th eir f utu re -b e a ble tounderstand their future, a nd D ot beafraid o f t he ir f utu r e, " J on es s ai d.With technology changing

d ai ly , t he T ec hL ab 2 00 0 w il l betterp re pa re it s student to keep up withtechnology's fast pace an d helpthem s uc ce ed i n th e r e a l world.

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Woo stations L b MO O I D V y . . ~~~~ omputer-aided droning labThe Golden Gloves match

lasted fo r o ne r ou nd , .a nd L oz an of ee ls t ha t t he g uy h e f ou gh t againstw a sn 't p re pa re d fo r th e fig ht.

"It w as easy. It w as l ik e j us tli ke f ig ht in g a guy o ff t he stn:ets-I th in k be wasn't ready," Lozanosaid.

i ng . Fo r a n yon e wh o i s i n t er es te d i nta king u p b oxin g, L oza no sa ys toenjoy it, if th at's w h at y ou lik e.

W h e n he isn't training, Lozanolikes to w o r k on can. His nextIJ'I3k:b is in A pr il, a nd that shouldbring hi m even clo ser to meetingh is g o al o fb e com in g a p rof es si on a l

Lozano isn't concerned w ith boxer.any in ju r i es he might ge t from box-

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FEATURESRaising animals not as easy as A-B-C

r i cu la r a c t iv i ty , IIHau sen fl u ck s a id .Brazos Valley s tudents showed

t he ir a ni ma ls a t t h e B ra zo s C o un tyLivestock Show during springbreak.

T here are m any b en efits inr ai si ng a n animal.

to t h e a n ima ls ."I ra ise tu rk ey s a nd it costs

about $40 a w ee k." G ar re tt s ai d.H ard w ork a nd lo ng h ou rs ar ein vo lv ed in ra isin g an animal,w h et he r i t is for sho w or n ot.

"It t ak es a l ot o f p er so n aJ d ed i-

BYSHARYLE CRAINL iv in g t he n ig htl ife m ay h av eon e m ean in g to som e p eo ple, b ut

w hen you get up to feed your ani-m als a nd it's dark a nd a t le ast 20d eg re e s ou ts id e , n i gh t li fe takes ona w ho le n ew m ea nin g.

Y ou know that you 'll end upf re ez in g y ou r f in ge rs o ff, as wella s m o st o f y o ur face. But still-youg et u p a nd f ace t he m u sic . W e ll, a tleast th e s ou n d o f y o u r c ow s , c hi ck -e ns , p ig s, o r m a y be e ve n th e s ou ndof a rooster.

Most Future Farmers ofAmerica (FFA ) s tu d en ts f ac e s im i-la r c ho re s e ve ry d ay .

''Y ou h av e to m ake su re theyhave feed, w at er , a nd a c le an p en ."s op hom or e M a rc G ar re tt s ai d.

C o st s r an g e w i de ly a cc o rd in g

c a ti on, " s e ni or Ca r la Rob in s on said "The kids get a sense ofU nlik e p op ula r b elic f, it is n ot resp on sib ilty fr om h av in g to t ak e

a re qu ir me nt to wear boo ts an d say care of their anim als. They keepy'all ev er y c ha nc e y ou g et in o rd er re co rd s, so th ey g et sk ills in r ec or dto be a member ofFFA . keep ing," Hausenfluck sa id .

"FFA is open to anybody in- O ther benefits are more per-terested in agriculture," FFA sonal.teacher T erry Hausenfluck said . "They get a sense of responsi-

M ost ofthc tim e and w ork the b ility from having to take care ofstu de nts p ut in to c arin g fo r th eir th eir a nim als," H au se nflu ck sa id .animals is done outside of class. According to Hausenfluck

" FF A i s a y ou th o rg an iz ati on FFA b ui ld s l ea d er sh ip s tu d en ts g etth at goes a lo ng w ith agricultu ra l a sense o f com petitiveness w hen L """"-_ &;;II --;s ci en c e p ro g ra m s. I t i s n o t r ea ll y a th ey s ho w t he ir a ni ma Js .cou rse, bu t m ore of an extraeur-

STANDING TALL ....s en io r C ar la R ob in so n, s ho wn h er e o n h er h or se"App rova ls Imp res s ion . "shows a n i m a l s as a m em ber of FF A .Media Tech students win first place in video contest

tion holds a contest fo r th e bestv id eo a ga in st d riv in g d ru nk . Th ec omm it te e s el e ct ed th e v id eo c re -ated by M anuel Salcida , SusanG en dr on , A dr ia n H en ry , a nd T h o-mas M ala , members of DarrelT ay lo r'S M e di a T ec h c la ss .

T he video is a depiction of ac ar lo ad o f p eo ple a nd a no th er o f ap ea ce fu l g ro up m in di ng t he ir ow nb us in es s. T he t wo e ve ntu al ly c ol -

L id e . Th e v id eo i s rather humorousw it h t he p eo ple b ei ng m a d e ou t o fp ip e clean ers rid ing in a B arb iesports car and pulled a Jo ng b y astrin g. D esp ite its h um oro us ap -p ro ac h, t he v id eo c on v ey s a s er io u smessage: d r u n k d ri vi ng k il ls i nn o-c e nt p e opl e." Th ey [t he s tu de nt s] m ail ed inth e video to L a G ran ge," T aylorsa id . "T hey c an ed u s u p an d t old u s

we ha d won."T h e p ho ne c al l c a me o n F eb ru -

ary 1 3as t he s tu d en ts w e re a t S am 'sg ettin g th in gs fo r th e M ed ia T ec hValentine 's Dance. They were pleas-a nd y s ur pr is ed w h en t he y r et ur ne d.

"W e don 't get any of them o ne y, " j un io r A d ri an H e nr y s ai d." Th e m o ne y goes to Me dia T ec hinstead."

The s tu d en t s will be presented

w ith a check o n A pril 16 .''W e're go in g to a banq uet inFt. Worth at t he R ad is so n w h er e

w e 'l l b e p r es en t ed th e m on ey ." s e-n io r T h om a s Mata said.

" Even t hou gh t h e s t u d en t s w on 'tp e rs ona ll y r e ce iv e t h e money , w e 'r egoing to take them ou t and spend ,some money on them and try tohave a good tim e," T aylor sa id ."It'll b e f un ."

BYKATHYKROLFive hu ndr e d d o ll ar s is a c on -

s id er ab le a mo un t o f m o ne y t o mostp eo pl e. F ou r s tu de nt s i n th e M e diaTech c la ss es h a ve p ro ud ly e a r n e dtha t am ou nt fo r their p rog ram byw in nin g a state wid e a nti- dru nkd riv in g v id eo c on te st .

E ve ry y ea r th e T ex as A lc oh olT r af fi c S af et y E d uc at io n A ss oc ia -

Debate team wins first place in district competitioncom petition on M arch 18 -20 inAustin.

In C X D ebate, the team isgiven a topic and a side-pro orc on -t o th at t op ic , a nd th ey d eb at eo n t ha t issue.

"T he stu de nts h av e fun. bu twork real Iy h a rd a nd p ut in a lo t o fo utsid h ou rs to p re pa re f or th ei rc ompe ti ti o ns ," s pe ec h coach D i aneHartman said.

T he d eb at e te am is g i ve n a s id et o d eb at e o n, r eg ar dl es s o f w h e th erth ey a gr ee o n that s id e o r n ot .

"I t d oe sn 't g iv e m e a p ro ble m,b ecause d eb ate is b ased o n log icand you have to keep emotions

o ut, " B ra dfo rd s aid .The compe t it ion ca n be tr icky."The a f fi rma tive is w he n y ou

support you r own case and then eg at iv e i s d eb at in g a ga in st a c as e.When you agree w ith it, it getsb ar d. I t' s fun and kind of a mindg am e," H an so n s aid .

M a ny t hi ng s can g o t hr ou g ht he d eb ate r's m in ds d ur in g c om pe -tition.

"I read our case. I try to havefun stay calm an d 1d on 't g et n er -v ou s a ny mo re ," S mit h s ai d.

" Aft er a wh il e, y ou d on 't thinkso m uch. It's autom atic, and y ouk no w w h at to d o, " L aw ho rn s ai d.

BYKARL EICIfiIOLTZT h e B r ya n UIL Cross-Exami-

n at io n d eb at e t ea m w on fir st p la cei n r e ce n t d i st ri ct c omp et it io n , q u al i-fy in g th em to co mp ete a t th e statemeet.

Team members arc KellyHanson, C ynthia Sm ith , JohnB rad fo rd , Ja so n L aw ho rn , B re ntS to ll e a nd M i cb ea l H o ei ng h ou se .T he ir d eb at e t op ic w as g lo ba J p ol -lu tion.

T h e V ik in g d eb a te team placedfir st, se co nd an d fo urth , w ith th eHanson-Sm ith and B rad ford-L aw ho rn t ea ms ti ed fo r fi rs t p la cea ll ow in g th em to a dv an ce to state

WITH VICTORy .... T he C X d eb ate team t ak es a r es t a ft ertheir district m ee t. (f ro nt l- r), K el ly H an so n, C y nt hi a S mi th , (b ac k l -r ),J as on L aw h or n, a nd J oh n B ra df or d. photo by Annalfdo Jimenez .

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