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In This IssueOpinions 2,.3News 4Features 5Sports 6Seasonal 7Entertainmer 8

Decernber16,1998

FFAmember named toState Chorus

Junior Tony Rutz was re-cently designated by the Na-tional FFAChorus Di-rector to be amember ofthe State FFAChorus. Ruizwas one ofthe 100members se- Ruizlected out of300 who tried out, and he isalso the first Bryan FFAmem-ber to be a member of theState Chorus. Ruiz is also amember of the Bryan Highchoir.Hammond ...Oliverstudents serve thecommunity

November 24 wasHammond-Oliver communityMake a Difference day. Stu-dents worked together on vari-ous projects that would ben-efit Bryan-College Station.The Brazos Food Bank, theChildren's Museum, ElderAidand Hospice are just a few ofthe organizations around townwhere the students volun-teered.Yearboo.k pu.rchasedeadline soon

Anyone wanting to pur-chase the 1999 Saga mustplace a paid order in advance.Orders mailed during theChristmas holidays can stil lbeat the price increase. AfterJanuary 1, 1999, the price in-creases to $35.The final date for orderingthe book will be March 12. Noorders can be accepted afterthat date.Every year, there are atleast 100 students who get ona waiting list to purchase anyextras when the book arrives.Most of these students aredisappointed, however, be-cause there are never thatmany extras available.The only way to guaran-tee reoeiving a book is to or-der one in advance.For more information,come by Rm. 172.

Vol 28 No.3 Bryan High School

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Move to S ver Campus de ayedA construction schedule

change means late Februarymove for math, science de...partments; entire Blue Cam-pus second floor to close

Wil l WI.seAss/stant editor

here has been a light de-la y, b ut it w ill still h ap pe n. B e-fore the b eg in nin g o f M arc h thee ntir e s ec on d f lo or of the Blueampu will be clo ed off, andboth the mathem atic and sci-e nc e d ep artm en ts w iU mov e in too ne w in g of th e S ilve r C am pus.

O rig in ally , th e m ov e w as tobe ma de o ve r w in te r b re ak : h ow -e er, the new w ing will not bec mpleted b y t he end of ecem-ber, chool official ay that the40 ma th a nd s cie nc e c la sse s w illbe m oved by the end of Febru-ary. Th ection of the upstairsc urr en tly u nd er r en ov atio n, fo r-m er ly th e s oc ia l stu die s d ep ar t-ment , will n ot b e o pe ne d b ac k u p.

"The original pla n w a to re-open the social studie \ ing andmo e orne c ia e i n t he re ,"P rin ci pa l J oe K op ec s ai d. "Ilow-ever, that would close oIT the

cons tr uc ti on acce ss t he re .We d ec id ed in st ea d t o j us tgive them thee nt ir e u ps ta irto lo we r in co n-venience."

Thelo ofthe second no rwill m ean thatth e F oo d ourtw ill be closedas well. Thedownstai rs en f-teria will re-m ain open for atirnehe cafeteria in the ilverC am pu s w ill be op en ed a nd u se dby the entire tudent body,

The l ib ra ry w il l b e r el oc ate dto the Si Iver a rn pu s o ve r theholidays. The n ew l ib ra r y, whichm ay be open to the public, willinclude both the B lue arnpuand Lamar bo k collection awell as 56 c omp ute r w o rk sta -tio ns w bic h wi I. J b e n e two rk ed

Work continues on th e ne w lib ra ry lo ca ted o nth e S ilv er C am pu s. W hile w or km en p re pa re th eg ro un ds f or p av in g a nd l an ds ca pi ng o ut si de ( le ft)f in is h c rews are prep aring to p aint th e insid e(above). photos by Debbie Perez and Wi ll Wise

together and h av e a n In terne tconnection.

The current library spacew il l b e re n va ted for the new a d-m in istr ativ e o ff ic es. th e p rin ci-pal s, counse lo rs an d n ur se s w illall b a t one location. T he cur-rent p rin cip al 'o ff ic es w ill b e r e-placed \I ith a 'school store op-erated by the marketing clas es,wh il e th e c ou ns el or s' a nd n ur se s'

offic es w ill b e ren ov ated fo r th estudent b od y o ff ic er s a nd S tu de ntouncil.D espite the m ajor cha nge,

K opec m ainta ins that the con-struction i s stil l on track.

'orne things havehanged," he said, 'but we'rt il l go ing to open up on sched-ule."

AVID intends to turn 'average' into achievementSarah SnyderCo-editor

One group ba b en disad-va nta ged w ithin the c onfine s ofpublic educa tion, believes thefounders a nd supporter of A d-v an cemen tY ia I nd iv id ua l D et er -m ination (A VID ); they a re thestu de nts in th e m id dle .

While educators tend to

p lac e emphas is all s tu de nt s w hoar e overach levers a nd un de r-aehie ers, many a erage stu-dents often bee me i gn or ed , d e-notes the article "Lost L O theMiddle" in the epternber 14 is-sue of Time magazine.

AVID ha rc o lv ed t o p ut l if eb ac k i nt o th es e d i n chan ted s tu -dents, in turn inc re asing th eir

Center Stage

D rama t ea ch er Cha rl es Hobby a nd hiss tu de nts (le ft) b eg an w or k o n a r ev olv -ing slage several weeks ago. Thep ro je ct ( ab ov e) w as c om ple te d in tim efo r th e th ea tre a rts p ro du ctio n o f TheInspector Gene ra /l as t w e ek en d. pho-tos by Debbie Perez

c ha nc es o f co lle ge a cc epta nc eand succe s.

Thi nati 11\ ide as ociationh as nov fo un d its w ay to BryanH ig h, th an ks to L am a r P rin cip alSharon Ward.

Ward thinks AVID is a nid ea l prog ra m to ha ve for B ry anHigh.

" I'm a lw ays g ett in g te ac he rsw ho sa y, 'I've g ot the p e rf ec t s tu -

d en t fo r y ou ', " Ward said.A VID 's goal is to correct

am tudents' ten de nc y D ol tore ac h th eir fu ll p ote ntia l. ru-dents will a lso be e nc ou ra ge d toi nvo lv e t hemse lv e s in extracur-r icu lar ac tiv it ies .

A nothe r a sp ec t of the A VIDm i sian statem ent is to encour-see AVID pg. 4

Backed by popular demandSchool board approves exemption policyDebbie PerezCo-editor

The d eci si on i in. A t its N ove mbe r m eeting , th e sc ho ol bo ardapproved, on a tria l ba si, the exemptionpolicy p ro po se d b y th e Site- Ba se d D e c i si on The c ri te riaMaking ommittee for Bryan H igh. hetria l period will begin with th thirdtrime ter a nd run through the 199 -200school year. The policy will grant al lstudent, including freshmen, ano ppo rtu nity to p la ce out of one or tw o fina lexams if c erta in c rite ria is m et.T he c rite ria for b ein g a ble to ex em pt a n

exam range from no code of conductviola tion and passing TA AS to having am inim um num ber of a bsences and tardie . min i mum

tudent will b e r equ ir ed to attend number ofschool on te t d ay s e ve n if they are exempt. absences andActivities will b e p la nn ed f or t he se s tu de nts tardies.w hile o th er s a re ta kin g th eir f in als ,

for being ableto exempt anexam rangesfrom no codeof conductviolations andpassing TAASto having a


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C lip-on I.D . tags an idea for the dogsAmong the many decisions facing the adm inistration

concerning the "new" Bryan High School is one that is lor theb irds ... or sh ou ld w e sa y. th e d og s. C lip -o n I.D. t ag s f or s tu de nt shave been uggested as one way to m onitor and control just whois s up po se d t o be o n c am pu s. A ny on e n ot w ea ri ng th e c lip -o n b ad gew ou ld. p resu ma bly . b e sto pp ed an d d ea lt w ith a pp ro pria tely . K in dof'rerninds u of anim al c ntrololli ers potting a stray dog w hichh as th e u nfortu nate situ ation o f b ein g ca ug ht w itho ut a ra bies ta g.If the ~etags' purpose is to com bat unauthorized visitor' tothe cam pus. why not attack the problem where it begins? Therearc m any places around the cam pus w here people can com e andgo a lm os t w ith ou t restrictio n. If the a dm inistra tio n tru ly w an ts tokeep people from entering (or leaving) the school, gel a betters ec u ri ty sy st em .

W hile requ irin g clip-on ta gs m ig ht d isco ura ge som e w ho cu tcla ss a nd w an der the h alls from co ntin uin g th at b eh av io r fo r rearf being topped, w e don't think it will matt er to t ho se students.After all. they roam the halls now without passes and eldom gets to pp ed . A ga in . th is p ro ble m s ho uld be a tt ac ke d wh er e it begin .As long as students are not made accountable for their lack ofconcern for attending class, requiring a nam etag isn't going toc ha ng e t he ir m in ds .

The a rgumen t that tudents should ge t u sed to nametags sincem any businesses require them of their em ployee just doc, n'tconvince us. There is a huge difference between a workingen viro nm en t o f rn a tJy a du lts a nd a sch oo l o f 0 er 3,000 14-1y ea r a id s. W ha t will happen if the la g i 10 t or stolen? Or w hens tu de nts d ec id e to s wi tc h tags? A nd speaking of all those "w hatif' utuations, who i going to be the Name Tag Enforcer to seethat the operation is ffective and efficient?

We u rg e t he a dm in is tra tio n to abandon this idea and dig al it t le deepe r to s ol ve s om e ofthe bigger problem s facing us as w em ake the m ove to the new B ryan I ligh,

Norsematl Editorial Bourd

December 16, 1998Santa's wonders keepmaking headlines

E very bo dy k no ws th e sto rysurrounding anta C laus: A bigorpulent c mpadre h sleigharound the sky hristmaevening, delivering p resen ts toe ve ry w orth y c hild in t he wo rl d.W hile he i trying to brighten upthe liv es of m any ch ild ren , so mepeople begin to neglect thexistence of thi H uprernebeing."S anta C la us is su ch a simple

p erso na ge th at it i difficult tounderstand \ hy people don tbelieve t ha t wha t h e do es is rea LWhat is a weird about hiactions? Lei' just take am om ent to r etr ac e h is Footstepso n C hris tm as e ve nin g, k ee pin g i nm ind that he can do w hatever hewants.

Schoo defies U .S. Suprem e C ourt op in ion

The Ive, oranta's helpers,h av e w ork edfor a year in aorth Pole

pends ome timecatching up on newssince be has not ec hn ol og ic al c on ta ctwith the w orld in theN ort h P ol e. H e d rin ksmilk and e a ts c ook ie .The t ri ck t o t hi s i thatw ith every secretpcticn=m ilk-v anta

l aus is able to shrink th roughthe process of osmosis. Thisenables him to fit throughchimneys e en though he i aI iu le hor izonta l ly-cha l lenged .othing w ei rd a bo ut t ha t e ith er.o he del i ers pre ents al l nighthile lim e i frozen. Every now

an d then h e w ill en co un ter m ilkthat is sour, and he is unable toh rin k to get in to th e n ex t h ou se.That is w hy som e people, eventhough they have been nice, dono t get a isit f rom S an ta .

fter he i done. heunfreezes tim e and heads to theN orth P ole. G ood ch ild ren w ak eu p a nx io us , ready to open theird eserv ed p resen ts. See, it is soimpl. anta Claus can doa ny th in g a nd k nows e ve ry th in gabout us, so be good forgoodne ake,

factory makingtoy and producingpresent that willsatisfy the desires ofchildren. Nothingd if fi cu l t t o unde r tand h ere. H owmany of us have not s ee n L it tl emidgets prancing around thew orld? R esp ect th em fo r t hey a reSanta ' cho en.

o anta an d his w ife h av ebeen up for day g oing 0 er th elist of the ch ild ren lh at h a e b eenn ice an d no t n au gh ty. It's all set.At around 10 p.rn. th e e lv esbegin to load lip the to ys in toSanta sleigh while Rudolphround up hi f el low r einde er s.Still nothing difficult tou nd er st an d h er e.

Okay, so this is where themagic come in. As oon asmidnight come along, SantaC laus freezes tim e; how else doyou expect him to deliverthou ands of present in onenight? Who do you think he is,God? At his fir t house, anta

Debbie PerezCo-ednor

Reality checkStep up girls; back off guysry year at the B H graduati n, a hould be treated the arne way as show-student gets up on stage and 1 ads the ing your boyfriend/girl friend/spouse af-

auditorium titled with students, parents fectiou-do it o n your own time and inand members of the c ommunity in a sup- the privacy ofy ur own home. Not ev-p edly nondenom i national prayer. eryone hould be Forced to watch or lis-However, the prayer isn't legal. ten to a public prayer, and that's exactly

raduation is a public school" pon- \ hat's happening at the BH gradua-sored e ent and is suppo ed to be devoid Angela Morse tion.F I . Assistant editoror any re rgious partisanship .. However, The people who want 1.0 pray atthe p rayers at graduation seem to m e. a nd graduation could do it before it starts.q uite a few o thers , fu ed w ith hristian undertone. Isn't that why they h av e a g et-to ge th er a t a ch urc h

T he U .S. uprem e C ourt recently issued an opin- the night before anyw ay?ion on a prayer at a ew Jersey graduation in 1992, A lso, I'm not C hristian, or even religious,saying the particular cho I's practice in que rion was and I don't feel that Chri tian m oral and prac-uncon titutional becau e it violates the establishm ent tices hould be ho ed dow n m y throat e ery tim eclau e. I tum a round. pecially not at school functions

is our chool breaking th law '! They seem to like graduation.think prayer at graduation is okay a long a it's stu- me peopl feel that lhe opening prayer isd en t led a nd stu den t orga nized , b ut a cco rd in g to th e a g oo d cro wd -silen cer. 1fe el th at th ere a re p le ntySupreme urt, it's not. of o th r great things our s chool could do. What

Beside, 1 feel that we shouldn't be forced to Lis" about a perform ance by the band, choir or or-ten to II hristian prayer if w e don't w ant to. A few of chestra? People w ould be quiet to listen to themu are atheist, some are Jew i h and orne are Mu - perform .lim . H indu r Buddhi l.The principals are not about r m e it' a matter of n lonly feeling io-to let us get up and walk out for a few minutes then lated but uppres ed. One of the greatest part ofcome back in again ju t so we don't have to listen to the freedom of rei igion is the freedom to haveit. n on e a t a ll.

Prayer in and of itself is denom inational. It im -pi ies th at y ou a lrea dy w orsh ip il g od . A th eis ts d on 'twar hip a god, so wbat about them?

A th eis ts m ay feel len out or suppre ed some-thing they are supposed to be protected against byth o n t ir ut io n.

he fact i 1 think public ell 01 should stay outof religion. Their job is to educate, not to m inister orpreach.

I f you want to pray, that' your business andshou ld be done on your ow n tim e, not others, Ieel it

J kn w some of you feel prayer is II greatthing, and for you, it probably is. But to m e it'snot. Some people say that our country wasfounded on religious values, and w e should fol-low the founders. H ow ever, a tot of things pos-ible today w ould not be back then according totheir la x ,such as birth control for marriedwomen.

U T laws and the Con titution are only asgood a w enforce them , and apparently B Hhas cho en to defy and put themselves abovethem.

Val 2B No.3 BryanHlllh SclIoolThe Norseman is a publication of the Bryan High SchoolJournal ism Department , 3401 . 29th, Bryan. TX 77802.(409) 731-7400.Memb er U IL I LP

t hi s tra p re gre t th e rn a"ment they e er melhim . T hey are the onetuck w ith the cryingb ab y a ll n ig ht.They work from 4-

Keitha Gooden 10 p.m . MondayStaffwrlter through Friday andthen go home to do

h om ew ork . Pla ytim ew ith th e b aby co mes a t3 a .m . ju tv hen they e finally gotten tosleep.

Then they get up the nextmorning and re-p ea t th e sa me p ro "cess. A nd w here isthe father? W ithh is n ew g i rl fr ie nd,free of respon i~biLity.So, ladies. hy

g et b urd en ed w itha ll t he se t ro ub le ,?We ha ve th e re t fo ur liv es La find

he will tryto t II you thathe'll always loveyou and bethere for you ifyou get preg-nant. ..

1 thought he lovedme bill when I gOI preg-nant he left.

How m any of us re-member saying this orhave had friends tell usn u s ? These w ord are ut-tered often from younggirls who thought theywere in love, and that if theydidn t d it, he would get itsomewhere el e. B e real: he'sg oin g to d o th at a ny wa y,

R ea lity c he ck la die s: W e a rein high sch 01 , an dnone of us evenknows w hat love is. SurIt' III t. S ur e h e w illtry to te II you thath e'll a lw ay s l ov e YOL land be there for youif y u get pregnant.W bat do we do? Fallfo r it.

It' lim e for u toopen our eyes to re-alize hat if th ey re-ally lo ve u s, th ey w ill w ait. If hecan't, m aybe it's tim e for bim tomove on. We get over them be-fo re w e k now it b ecau se there aretons of other guys in the schooland in the end he will realizew ha t h e m is se d.

Those who have fallen in

th at so meo ne sp e-cia l. T here is n o n eed to g et y ou r-self all tied down with one guya nd e nd u p w ith a n u nre as on ab lere p n ibility.

Ladle , don't feel like youhave to give in to keep him . W en ed to make the e guys re peelus for w ho w e are, [lot for whatw e h av e.

etter to the editor are welcome. Letter must be igneda nd d eliv ered to Rm. 172 or placed in the adviser's box in thema in o ff ic e. The or eman res r e the right to edit orcondense letter as space perm it . M aterial wbich could becon iidered o b cene or libelou \ ill not be considered forprint. The orseman does not guarantee publication uponsubmission.


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:1!let.Student Council serving scCha.unte WhiteStaff writer

Many clubs or organizations at ourschool focus on one objective and workaround that to accomplish their goals. tu-dent ouncil, however, is different in thatthey are a diverse group of student whomake Bry High and the community asa whole their object ive.

These students exercise their leader-ship and citizenship qualities by provid-ing services for the school and the com-munity.

So far this year their accomplish-ments include raising over $600 for theJerry's Kids foundation, and starting arecycling program for the chool. Last fallthey also attended a convention inMadisonville which helped them learnways to contribute to our cbool.

"The fall convention was a good ex-perience for our members. It taught themeverything from drug and alcohol safetyto new methods of teacher apprec iation,"said Student Council sponsor Eva

anchez ,

Serving the community through charitable efforts, S1udenlBody President Tiffany Jack-son and Student Council members Sarah Davidson and Robin Ekeland takes boxes ofclothing to the Goodwill store in Bryan.photo courlesy Student Council

December 16, 1998

00 , community eedsStudent Council members bold a large

responsibility because they are thechool's representatives in the communityin many different ways. They visit el-ementary schools to talk to the kindergart-ners and pas out class t- hir ts, and theyalso bost an annual food dr ive from whichthey donate the proceeds to the BrazosFood Bank.

"With the holidays coming up soon,it 's important that we by to he lp the foodbank and give as much as possible,"Sanchez said.

Student Council will also reap ben-efits from the school renovations. Theywill have a new office located downstairsin the counseling/nur ing area. lt will beused to conduct executive board meetingsand will also serve as a borne base for theorganization.

"It's going to be nice to have an of-fice where we can have meetings and dis-cuss issues com forta bly," memberAnuradha Patel said.

Competition low for candidatesrunning in Student Council electionsChaunte WhiteStaff writer

Over the past couple of years the number of students running for student bodyoffices and class representatives has been decreas ing. Despite the opportunities thatbeing an executive council member offers, students are sti ll reluctant to run for office.

According to Mary Sue Ribardo, history teacher and former tudent Council spon-sor, maJ1Yof the school's good leader are very busy in otb r activitie uch as beingthe editor of the newspaper or yearbook, or the president of National Honor Society oranother organization. One other reason may be that s tudents do not want to take on there ponsibility, but feel they will work with those who do.

"J feel that [in the past] whenever students would declare candidacy, other stu-dents would assess those running and if they felt those running would be good lead-ers, then they didn't feel the need to be candidates anymore," Ribardo said.

Despite this setback the council is stili going strong and plans to continue toencourage the ir members to run for office.

"1do encourage student to get involved as candidates and I hope BHS will con-tinue to benefit from student who care ab ut their scbool," Ribardo said.

Early acceptance finds way to topMore colleges are fllling campuses by this methodTocarro WilliamsStaff writer

High school seniors allaround America are in a hustleto make an important deadlinethat could change their lives for-ever.

Early acceptance has be-come a growing practice allover the United States becauseof the growing competition ofgetting into some or the be tcolleges.

To many students nothingis more impor tant than gettinginto the colJege that they wantto get accepted to or where theyha ve been dreaming of going al ltheir live.

-arly acceptance firsttarted in the Ivy League uni-versitie and on the Ea terncoa t, but it has grown ever morepopular throughout the UnitedStates to larger universities.

More than 20 percent of allfour year colleges are now ac-cepting early application includ-ing private universities.

Ac ording to a recent issueof Newsweek, Harvard filledmore than half of its freshmanclass by early acceptance lastyear.

Other prestigious universi-ties are also fi ll ing their enteringclasses quickly by acceptingearly applications.

Dartmouth and Yale both

filled their freshmen clas e 35p rcent using the early accep-tance procedure.

Texas A&M Univer ity haa different approach on ear ly ac-ceptance, and their guidelines aredifferent than other universitiesaround the nation.

"...Onlya small per-cent of students getaccepted but stu-dents shouldn't getdiscouraged."Mary Catherine HarrisCounselor

To be considered for earlyacceptance, students must be inthe f irst quarter of their graduat-ing class a ud h ave an 1180 SATor a 26 on tbe ACT.

There is also a chance fortho e elect number of studentsto get scholarship money depend-ing on their grade point averageand how early they apply, bu tthere are different policies at alluniversi ties.

"At least 75 percent ofBryan High seniors apply atTexa A&M early, but only asmall percentage of student getaccepted because there are other

spaces that they have to fill la terso students shouldn't get discour-aged," said Bryan High counse-lor Mary Catherine Harris.

There are numerous ofTexas colleges that are consider-ing abandoning the early accep-tance procedure because of theten percent rule that the tatepassed a couple of years ago.The ten percent rule tatesthat any student from anyscbool can go to the public uni-versity of their choosing, whichmeans that after early accep-tance and the ten percent rulethere are only a limited num-ber of spaces left for the stu-dents who go through the com-mon application procedures."They try not to leave the

common application studentsout but after the early acceptanceand the ten percent rule there isonly a limited space for some ofthe best students" Harris said.

The reason for trying not toleave the common applica tionstudents out is because universi-ties are trying to make ure thatthere is a great diversity of stu-dents on campus and not just onetype of student.

"Students do not need toworry about when they are se-lected because the diver ity fac-tor plays a major role," Harrissaid.

AVIDcant. from pg. 1age students to take a challeng-ing course-load. The AVID classperiod will work concurrentlywith the student s AP/Pre-APcurriculum, at the same timeteaching them about hard work,perseverance and other tools ofsuccess.

The fi rst AVID students willbe a group of 80 freshmen andsophomores to be recruited byfaculty and AVID taff

Current teachers will also berecruited to participate inAVID.AVID will al 0 take place atJane Long. As it popularity andsuccess grows, there's room forit to appear in other schools.

AVID was establ ished 10

Takeitha GoodenStaff writer

When doing ervice learningat Bryan High School, most stu-dents don't even realize t ha t theyare doing it.

In the beginning some stu-dents thought that they wouldhave to go out and pick up trasbon the side of the treet. It turnsout that there are many kinds ofprojects that can be done.

Many teachers have foundprojects that students seem to en-joy. Las t trimester the Physica lEducation department had acanned food drive which turnedout to be ucce ful maybe dueto the fac t it was a grade.

1980 by two high school Englishteachers in San Diego, Califor-nra.

After noticing a growingnumber of "undeserved" studentsnot getting into college, they builta team of educator , parents,bu ine p ople and administra-tors around the community tohelp.

Founders share the beliefth at " . ..education is everyone'sconcern because the results ofeducation affec t the entire com-munity."

ow, the program is interna-t ional, encompas ing 30,000 stu-dent worlcUy and boast ing a col-lege acceptance rate of93.8 per-cent and a col lege retent ion rateof 89 percent.

Projects arein full swing

The majority of the projectsstudents did were tied into theirlessons. Th e Government andEconomic students held a mockelection. The election gave s tu-dents the opportunity to see whatit was like to vote and actuallyknow who the candidates were.

Many of the service learn-ing projec t tha t took place wereeducational and helpful to el-ementary tudents, Differentkinds of books and instructionalguides were made and sent tovarious elementary schools.

Other projec ts ranged any-where from making posters ofdifferent er ice organizationsaround the community to regis-tering people to vote.


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~ ';.> "!' ,twJ-:,!~:J .tDecernber16,1998

At a time when changes in lifestyle are inevitable,teenagers find themselves living through ... ir

....ghabitsI Unhealthy foods plague the psychological minds of teens

surnption of fruits among teensis down.

"I care about healthy stuffbut 1 never have time; I just of-ten grab a snack," senior DanaRarnzyck said.

One problem that might re-sult from these eating habits isobesi ty. 1t is one of the most se-r ious problems among teens, es-pecially, ay recent statistics,Native Americans, Hispanicsand African Americans.

On this issue, Rarnzyck feelsthat spending 100 much timeworrying about what to eat andwhat diseases might occur be-cause of choice made is ridicu-lous.

"I only have one life to liveand Iam not going to spend itworrying about what th e guide-lines are ," Ramzyck said.

tain image, demonstrate athleticprowess, gaining acceptance andgaining independence from pa-rental units have more influenceon them.

"My parents don't tell mewhat to eat . 1 eat what I want; itcomes with being in highschool," sophomore SofiaRodriguez said.

The problem with teensmaking thei r own food choicesnutri tionist point out, is the factthat adolescents are not ad-equately educated about dietaryguidelines or even il lnesses likebulemia and anorexia that beginwith bad eating habits.

Teens today are eating lessand less of the vital foods thatcontain important nutrients, suchas iron, calcium, vitamin A andbeta-carotene. Even the con-

Debbie PerezCo-eaiior

Bad teeth. We've all seenthem. Green, rotten, smelly andan occasional blend of all these.Fostering these conditions aresnacks, candy and other un-healthy foods. Adults know thedangers ill a steady diet of junkfood, but teen apparently stilldon' t get the message.

Teenagers have greater free-dom than younger children inmaking food choices. Studieshave shown, however, that teensare not choosing well when itcome to their dietary habits.Teens are plagued with the prob-lem of not knowing how to sat-isfy thei r hunger in a hea Ithy way.

Parents no longer influencean adolescent's food input. So-cial pressures to achieve a cer-

Freshmen in da' houseNew departmen t stru ctu re p la nned fo r S ilv er C ampus New drug reduces risks for cancer patientsdraw himself from the service and un-dergo surgery to get the lump removed.

Anyone can get cancer, but now ev-eryone does [lot have to suffer from it.n October 28, tamoxifen wa approved

by the FDA.Tamoxifen is used on people with

breast cancer. Iti a substitute for other,more painful treatments

However, the new drug is not with-out side effects. Endometrial cancer andth e risk of blood clots are among the po -tentiaJly serious side effects.

"As aluable as tamoxifen is to somepat ients, FDA strongly advises womenand their doctors to carefully weight thebenefits and risks of tamoxifen beforepatients use the drug," FDA act ing com-missioner Michael Friedman said.

Actually, tamoxifen should only beprescribed for women in h ig h- ri s k catego-ries: women with a family history ofbreast cancer, who s tar ted menstruatingat l or younger or had a child past theage 000.

Current ly there are no ways of treat -ing cancer wi thout some possibly pain-ful side effects. The most common treat-ments are radiation, surgery, chemo-therapy, endocrine treatment and systemictherapy.

Right now scientis ts are bu y invent-ing new types of cancer treatment thatwill not have as many dangerous side ef-fects. However, tarnoxifen' s effects on. cancer patients ha had some success.

"There is sufficient evidence thattamoxifen will reduce the chance of breastcancer by 44 percent," a cancer special-ist at the Nat ional Cancer Institute said.

The National Cancer Institute hasstarted a massive breast cancer study thatwill compare tamoxifen with the os-teoporos is drug ralox ifen to see ifraloxifen will prevent breast cancer withfewer side effects.

Carol AndrewsStaff writer

A woman in the advanced stages ofbreast cancer waits for a new drug,tamoxifen, to ease be r pain.

At the time, however, the drug badnot been approved by the Food and DrugAdministration, 0 she simply had to wait.It isjust too bad that the cancer might havealready spread throughout her body, leav-ing her vi rtual ly no hope.

Just a few weeks ago this cenariowould have been entirely common, butnow there is hope for breast cancer pa-t ients. The FDA bas approved a new drugthat will f ight against brea t cancer.

Breast cancer may not seem like animportant i ssue to most people under theage of 30. It i s a topic usually reservedfor beaJth class.

However, there may be a justi fiablerea on for teenagers and young adults tostart learning about and preparing for therisk today: The cancer-related mortali tyrate is growing and younger people arebecoming usceptible to the disease.

Breast cancer i rare in youngerwomen, with the incident rate of only onecase per 100,000 women ages 20-24, buti t is the second leading ca u e of death inwomen ages 15-54.

Every year approximately I 0,000new cases of invasive brea t cancer areexpected to be diagnosed, and 43,000women are ex p cted to die from this dis-ease.

Men should even be aware of the riskfactors of breast cancer since they makeup about one percent of the breast cancermortality rate.

Talk show host Montel Williams isone of the few men who had to deal withbrea t cancer. AI the age of 19, he founda small lump in hls chest. He was in theMarines at the t ime. Mantell had to with-

Liz CarrStaff writer "The one single f lo or w il l be like aparate school within a school, and the

students won't have to leave for anythinge cept lunch and electives on the BlueCampus," Ward said.

The plan is intended to mimic the uc-cessful "cluster" system in place at themiddle chool.

The teachers will use a style called"team teaching," which is irnilar toyesteryear 's block classes. It involvesthree or four teachers of different subjectsworking together with the same group ofstudents and coordinating their le on

plans.This is already being ex-

perimented wi th at Lamar,where English teacher Jen-nifer Poe, world geographyteacher Bil l Fischer and ci-ence teacher Michelle Wardwork with the same fewclasse of students duringfourth and fifth period. Be-cause ofthi ,the number offailures in these cla seshave already declined,

Forthe past few years , Lamar has beenthe tepping tone from middle schoolto high school. Instead of being imrnedi-atelyexpo ed to the foreboding world ofBryan High, full of upperclassmen and un-familiar place. incoming fre hmenstepped into a relat ive safe zone, less ex-pan iv e and populated by their kindred.

That safe zone will vanish with thecompletion of the ninth and tenth gradebuilding, calJed the Silver Campus, andnext year' freshmen will walk directlyfrom their middle schools ofless than 1,000 people to avast, sprawling academicvillage of triple that amount. The

A new system. calledthe "house" method. wi ll beimplemented to help easethe resulting culture shock.

The underclassmenpopulat ion will be dividedinto houses of 500 studentseach. and the individual

plan isintended to mimicthe successful"cluster" systemin place at themiddle schools.

houses wi ll have one coun-selor, on e principal and four to five teamsof five teachers each for the core classeand foreign language.

Lamar principal Sharon Ward, whowill become the principal of the ilverarnpus, believes that the hou e will

make Bryan High feel smaller and thefreshmen feel more at home.

"There's safety and comfort in hav-ing four people that know you," Wardsaid.

The ilver Campu has been designedand constructed in accordance with thehouse plan. ach grade wi ll have one floorwhere all of its classes will be, and stu-dent will rarely have to leave their onearea.

Ward says.Al though it i s not p os ib le to use the

house method at the Blue Campus due tothe number of cour es offered, a mentorprogram will be se t in place, involving asmall group of students meeting with ateacher or other professional frequently ,to hare problems and build a relationship.

Bryan High principal Joe Kopec feelsthat the house method and the mentor pro-gram together will give Bryan High thestrong student-teacher bonds that are of-ten found at small schools. He is optimis-tic about the programs.

"1 think that when we get them go-ing. they' ll f ly," Kopec said.


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sBoys basketball haspre-district successPre-season play for theboys basketball team hasbeen successful, as the Vi-kings had a 7-1 record head-ing into the A&M Consolidatedgame Dec. 14. The game wasplayed at Reed Arena on thethe Texas A&M campus.

The boys took secondplace at the Killeen tourna-ment Nov. 28. JeremyCunningham and Ike Smithwere named to the AII-Tour-nament team.Volleyballers, crosscountry runnershonored

Team returns 4 seniorsUnity, success aregymnastics team's goa sAngela MorseAssistant editor

As the season opens for theBH S girls' gymnastics team thegirls ar e aware that they are in aunique situation. With only fourseniors and two juniors they ar eworking hard to unite the teamwith the four freshmen.

While coach allie urriefeels that the senior leadershipand freshmen abil ity is a strength,she also considers it one of theirweaknesses.Senior AmyW o o d e r s o nagrees.

"One ofthe weaknessesi that with somanypeople,

newthe

team is not asWinners of individual : united as last

awards for volleyball and yea r , "cross country were an- Wo o d e r s o nnounced at a banquet for both said.groups Dec. 1. However,

Cross country runners she adds thatSergio Aguilar and Chris the team hasMedina won the Most Dedi- depth and al-cated Award. Doug Krammerwon the Most Improved MaleAward, while Barbie Hastewon the Most Improved Fe-male Award.

Also named were cap-tains Ben McArthur andCathleen Catlin.

In volleyball, MeoshaWalker was offensive playerof the year, while LakeishaShannon was the defensiveplayer of the year. Shannonmade All-District secondteam. Sarah Byrne won theAcademic Award, andRebecca Pletz and RitaDillon won the Triple DAward.

Kristen Greeno andDanielle Coady took Honor-able Ment ion inthe All-Districtselections.

Wrestling to hostlocal meet

graduate of BH and formermember of oach J.T. FJ tch r'steam.

urrie says that there areseveral s tandouts on this year 'steam.

"I think [junior] KristenGreeno stands out b ca u e shehas to balance two other portand she's very good for not dedi-cating all of her tim to gymna -t ics," Currie said.

u rr ie also feels tha tWo o de r s o nwill be a statefinalist in oneor moreevents thisyar.

Concentrating during pract ice,senior Diana Dixon performs ascorpion scale on the balancebeam. photo by Angela MorseSenior

Kris ten Lehnhoff also agree theVikings have a good team thisyear despite the fact that they losta number of veteran team mem-ber , and therefore do not havethe same experience in compe-t it ion and other areas as last year ,

Last year's group .becarnethe first girl's gymnastics teamto qualify for the state meet, aparticular triumph for urrie, a

ent.

Theteam's firstmeet was onNov. 21 atRound Rock.The girlsthought theyperformedw 1 1 becau eof the team'strength ."Wereally got fo-cused and

pulled together. The freshmenwere better than any other I'veever seen," Lehnhoff said.

TIle gymnasts also said themeet belped them to see what theteam was going to be likethroughout the sea 011.

"1 was very pleased that theteam became unified and wasable to perform well under pres-sure, " said senior Diana Dixon.

December 16, 1998

13-SA CHAMPS

The Bryan Viking football team experienced itsbest season in years. They are district championsfor the second consecutive year, holding a regularseason record of 9-1, despite having only fourhome games. The Vikes also advanced past thefirst round of playoffs for the first time in 11years.Their playoff hopes were halted by a loss to JerseyVillage in the second round of play. (above) TheViking defense recovers a fumbled ball during thelast game of the regular season. (below) TyWarren signals Viking possession of the ball. TheVikes defeated Pflugerville 27-26. photos by BillMeeks

Girls got game, tooLady Vikings have early season success with tournament winMisty McCannStaff wn'ter

J n previous times many mayhave thought of women as non-athletes and unable to excel inany form of team camp tition.

The past several decades haveput that notion to rest, however,as professional women's sportshave taken off and proven other-wise.

Reflecting that trend is acommitment tofemale athleticprograms in highschoo Is acrossthe country andthe girls are re-sponding withenthusia m.Proof of that

enthu ia m canbe found everyday dur ing thirdperi od as til eLady Vikingbasketbal l teamworks out .La t year the

varsity team

The Viking InvitationalWrestling meet is scheduledfor Dec. 19. The ail-day eventin Viking Gym will feature 39teams from area schools.Some of those in attendancewill be A&M Consolidated,The Woodlands, San AntonioChurchi ll , Houston-Katy, Katy-Taylor and several Austinschools.

All 58 Bryan boys andgirls wres tle rs will particpatein the meet.

Girls basketbal l team members complete a pass-ing dril l in practice. photo by S. Farris

ended the season a d istrictchampions. The junior varsityteam also performed well end-ing the season with a 15-6 recordand a second place di trict fin-ish.

The gir l basketball easonkicked off in early ovember.They won their opening gameagainst Groesbeck, and have afull schedule stretching into thenew year.

PLayers are ready for the sea-son and expect their hard workwill payoff.

'1 feel confid nt because ofall the hard work in practice,"said M e o s h a Na h, a enior var-sity player.

Karl Teague, beginning herfirst year as head basketballcoach, fe lt confident after theirfirst scrimmage again t onsoli-dated.

"[The scrimmage] wentwell; we learned a lot aboutwhere we need to go and con-tinue to improve ," Teague said.

Players think they will dowell and feel they will accom-plish many things.'Ithink we have a goodchance in going to state," Nashsaid. De pile being in a new dis-trict, the team believes that theywill play well. a hays it is go-ing to be a challenge, but theywill come out on top.

The girl boosted their con-fidence by winning the LoveladyTournament Nov. 28. The Vi-kings came out on top in a fieldof34 teams after beating AldineNimitz in the championshipgame.

"I think we have a good shotfor making the playoffs," Teaguesaid.


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December 16, 1998 :1!letLocal organizations lend a belpi g band to those in needMisty McCannStaff writer

When many think about theholiday, "vi ionsofsugarplumdance through their head " asthey picture gathering around atable and njoying a big mealwith their family. Nevertheless,there are some families in th eBrazos Valley who cannot enjoya big meal. To help out those inthe community who cannot af-ford a holiday many programare being offered.

Angel Tree, a nationwideprogram, actually has two spon-soring organizations. One, coor-dinated by the Prison Ministryorganization, works through lo-cal churches and other civic or-ganizations. The other spon-ored by the alvation Army, ihelping hildren this holiday ea-son. It provide 2,000 children

with toys and clothing. Storesuc h as Wal-Mart and Targethave trees assembled with paperornam nts on them. The orna-ment will display the name of achild, their size, age, ex andwhat they need for the holidays.Salvation Army Lieutenant JoelCundif f says that some childrenonly want simple items such asBarbie dolls.

The alvation Army encour-age people to belp with AngelTree. They need as many vol-unteers as possible. lf anyone iinterested, they can call 779-3470 to volunteer.

" tudent organizations orclasses could adopt a child andpull together some money to buya gift ," Cundiff said.The Brazos Food Bank andKBTX will hold the annual Foodfor Families food drive at the

Brazos Center December 16. Itwill begin at 6 a.m. and last unt il10:30 p.m.

The Brazos Food Bankwould also appreciate help fromschool organization . Tho e in-terested can contact Wanda Pontzat KBTX Studios at 846-7777.

Last year 89,000 pounds offood and $31,000 was raised forneedy famil ies. For every dollargiven, $25 in food will be givento the families.

In mid-November the tu-dent ouncil held it annual com-peti tive food drive against A&MConsolidated. The item col-lected were donated to tbeBrazos Food Bank. The food col-lected from local businesses andstudents, inpart, bas made i tsuc-cessful in he past.

"With the food driv beinga competition it help drive

FFA members work on their float for the Bryan/College Station Holiday Parade held Dec. 6. The organizationsponsors a float each year forthe community event. photo by Whitney Bogan

Christmas time bringshearts together, if notpeopleEva RayStaff wn'ter

"I' ll be home for Christmas,but only in my dreams." Thisline rings t rue for many famil iesand couples all over the world.

With th season of givingright ar und the comer, manyIarnil ie are worried aboutwhether or not they wi 1I betogether for the holiday.Problems presented bytransportation, work and schoolare just three of the many reasonsthat people may find it hard toget home to the people and placesthey love this holiday season.

Different people finddifferent way t cope with theproblem of knowing that theywil l not behome for t ile hol idays.In any case, it should be a seasonthat is enjoyed.

"The holiday season is atime for you and your family andfriend to enjoy the one day ayear when you can a II gettogether and celebrate," seniorTasha Hinton said.

There are some peoplehowever, who find themselvesaway from home because ofsituations they cannot he lp, forinstance the people that are injailor the families hat areseparated by war. Others,e pecially children, may findthemselves split between theirsingle parents.

"I spent four hristmaseswith my father. I was happybecause I was partying, but leanremember one time when IIll! sed home. That's becausemy dad's hou e is not the place1 con ider home. But that waswhenl was l itt le," senior JosephHanks said.

Others feel like the holidaysjust aren't the same when thewhole family is not there. Tosome it takes aunts, uncles,Grandma and the whole kit n'kaboodle to make the holidayscomplete.

"I've never been away frommy immediate family, butnormally we're with my aunts

Iavebeen away fromfamily on the holidays.I felt alone becauseChristmas is when youand your family get achance to appreciateeach other. People don'trealize the importance offamily until they are awayfrom them on theholidays ..Shavon Wagnerseniorand uncles. or about twohri tmase it wa ju tmy mom

and dad . It just wa n't a nicewithout everyone being there,"junior Mary Wiede said.

The perfect hristmas tosome is one with snow, abeautiful tree and presents thatcontain everything that theyhave ever wanted. Pi ture maybe taken, carol are sung and abig dinner i enjoyed.

To others it just takes thewhole family there to enjoy themoment.

"It is a special time wheneveryone tries to get togetherand have fun. It is a t ime-outfrom hating each other. It i atime to remind you to sticktogether until the end," juniorWalter Bengs aid.

people to bring in food upplies;that way it helps out the BrazosFood Bank, 'said Student oun-cil sponsor Eva anchez.

The Twin ity Mission isanother organ ization for thosethat need help. The missionhelps many get their lives backin order by offering shelter tomen, women and children who

have lost their homes."We treat each person as an

unique individual because every-one is unique," ocial DirectorTere a trap aid.

Thi year the Mission isholding a private holiday partyto offer its staff and residents achance to have a nice Christmas.

' T I s t h e s e a s o n f o r t r a d i t i o n

and not re- Evealed until " verybody goes to mythe entire granny's house onfamily i Christmas Eve and all 17assembled. of us have homemadeI -tho LI g h stew and delicioustrees and desserts, open presentslights areprominent and go to church togetherin tbe sea- for Christmas mass,"son, holi- Kathy Harberday tradi- juniortions aregenerallyfamily affairs.

.. very body goe to mygranny's house on hristrnasEve and all 17 of us have home-made stew and delicious des-serts, open presents and go to

Janice CotsonisStaff writer

The holiday are full oftra-ditions of every sort gatheredand meshed from all over theworld l ike a big collage.

In America some familiesput up their tree promptly afterThanksgiving and begin deco-rating as soon as they can pullthe b xe filled with glass orna-ment and decorati e lights outof the attic,

In Germany the tree isdeco-rated in ecret by parents on De-cember 24

church together for Christmasmass," junior Kathy Harbersaid.

On the other band, the holi -days can be a time of personaltradition too, one of which is themaking of resolutions on NewYear's Eve.

orne tudents, however,don't wait for the new year tostart am thing new or escapeth 1I ual humdrum traditions.

"We dress up my chihuahuaand put pipe cleaner antlers onit, and tie bells to my eat's ta il,"

sopho-rn 0 r eShanaSkrhaksaid.Amid t

the spon-taneity ofnew tradi-t ion,some stu-dents stil lprefer tra-ditionalcelebra-tion.

" hri tmas, to me, is awhen I set aside time to cel-ebrate with my family andfriends," sophomore RoslynPittman said.

Seniors Gje Green, Susannah Lipsey. JillBraley, Rebecca Pletz, AshleyMartin and Chelsie Kay gather before the annual Feast of Carols pre-sented by the combined BHS choirs Dec. 3-5. photo by S. Farris


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v ik Ingsleasantville ups standardliving (by simply ~ Iliving) a~~~/Janice Cotsonis - ~ - .Staff writer --- ..._ ",

Back in the time of black and whitetele i i n ....here existed a sort of Ut piaknown a Pleasantville. obody inPlea antville is concerned witb looks,every basketball game iswon and the star- ring family would put the Cleavers toshame. Life there is laid oul in black andwhite.

ow, through the magic f technol-ogy, a id and Jennifer ha e been re-mo ed fr m their 90's live and plunkedinto Plea antviUe in the place of Bud andMary ue.

Jus t hours after arriving, Jennifer .. ,ahem ... Mary Sue decides that the peopleof Pleasantville need to learn how to liveit lip a little. Before long, teenager arecrowding into Lovers' Lane and di cov-ring that thing they call ex.

hange are taking place in e eryway, shape, form and col r. The onceempty pages of books are fill i ng with to-ries and history. People are making dis-cover ies about themselves and about lifein technicolor, For some, Pleasantvilleisn't so pleasant anymore, hut others re-alize that their loss of innocence is thebest thing for them.

four e that 1 0 c me with apri e. The "coloreds' are larg lyd i crimi-nated again t. Books are burned and cer-tain types of music are strictly forbidden.Pleasantville is a sa ir e that almostdisguises the fact that it i sa serious moviethat will make the public think. lts analo-gies to pa t and present life can fI ict aresure to hit home.*****TWO bro~ell\.; V t e c l Y " t s C I V \ , o {f O tc r t J e o rsLC lte r ...s e G !L r e L e G !ses V l . . - e w G !L b l A . V I A

Jennifer Paige's work as aproducer was acclaimed,but her move intoactually sing-ing has received mixed re-views. Here, Six Angry Vikingsoffer their opinions.

Matt Bordman11AWF: I've heard this song before, and I don't like it.KM: I like the beat.RS: Sounds like the time I stepped on my eat's foot.RR: It 's sounds like the lady that sang that song "I Touch Myself."RS: Got something good right now? Some Celtic would be goodright now. The Scots had better taste thousands of years ago.NH: Sounds like the song in the Pepsi commercial.KM: She should have stayed a producer.MB: I don't l ike it. It's boring.RR: [ don't l ike it. It 's stupid.AWF: I think she's in denial. She should sing about somethingelse.NH: I feel the same I did when I came in. I didn't move me.KM: Singing's not for everyone, especially not her.RS: I hope she's not Jimmy Page's daughter, because she hasno talent.

Niesha Harris11

Ashley Williams-Fitzgerald10

Robyn Rosenfield10Taking to another level Norseman Rating System***** This was so shagarrif ic, Itmade Austin Powers look bad.**** Itwas good but not goodenough to ditch Mel Gibson for it.*** This was okay, but the couplemaking out Infront ofme was better.** What was the name of it again? ,slept through most ofIt .* The cockroaches on the floor put ona bet ter show..

sing about everything from theirchildhood memories ~ ItI . ';)to lelI nasty break ....

up with a former ~girlfriend. a matterwhat th theme of the song i ,if it comes from Om Hill then it is defi-nitely jammin'.

a if your looking to r a li tt le soulwith a dash ofR&B flavor, check outDru Hill latest; it definitely has cia icpOL 111ia1.***

Chaunte WhiteStaff writer

It take more than just anice voiceand a few mo e L create a classic group.There has to be preci ion, creativity andmost importantly passion, and Dru Hillhas incorporated all of this into their lat-est album, Enter the Dru.

Ever since their first arrival to theR&B scene this group has been blowingup the charts, making hits and excitingcrowds every here. Their realism is partof what make them 0 uccessful. They~wing\Urn h/Q/S b a c k into ~potfjght

in Texas and can even be found only afew miles down the road in College Sta-tion. However obscure it is the bastionof trendy Aggie and a mattering of oth-ers who crave the retro ound.

One f the e i math teacher TanyaGerdes, who ounts swing dancing as oneof her many hobbies. Gerdes has watchedthe loca l swing scene grow.

"I go to Dallas or Austin to dance,because there is no place tha t plays swinghere. My friends and Iave also dancedat parties or in living rooms, just wher-ever there wa music," Gerdes said.

Two nee wing clubs are in the worksfor allege tation, but Gerdes is c au iouabout their SlI ces in the local market.

"A while ago, people packed intoother club . It was nip to go to Hurr icaneHarry's. Swing is like that. Right now it'sjust a trend," Gerdes said.~yW i tt WiStl\1 I!! I

New Orleans jazz. which focusedon group improvisation, was al-tered to have one main soloistas its focal pint, backed by abig band.The almost acrobat ic, rhyth-mic chaos of wing dancetook hold in Harlem's avoyBallroom and others like itacross the country and becamea popular form of entertain-ment.The kingdom of wing" as

overthrown in the 1950' ,though, with a federal tax on

dance floors and the arri al of televisiona a favorite pastime. It did not ee a re-surgence in interest until just a few yearsago when The Squirrel Nul Zippers' Hothit alternative radio airwaves everywhere.A sort of swing scene has appeared

Liz CarrStaff writer

In danceclubs aeroAmerica, peoplare taking abreak from theusual bump andgrind to twist,flip and jump tothe f lamboyantsounds of swing.

This genre ofmusic, which habeen around ince the1920's, ha recently been revitalized bybands LikeThe herry Poppin' DaddiesThe Squirrel Nut Zippers and The BrianSetzer Orchestra.

Swing was born when traditional

Eva RayStaff wnYerThe thirty-fiveyear Id ingerealhenry Olumideamuel, profession-ally known as Seal,has produced another magnificent albumwas released November 17.

ince his previous album in 1994, ealhas gone through two heart break whichprovided the "emotional fuel' for hi neO.Human Beings, the ti tle f the new

album, focu es on the love in all it forms:self -love, emotional love, angry love andimpos ible love.This London native, who is of Nige-

rian and Brazilian blood, had a difficultupbringing. Despite tbe fact that he grewup p r," as given up for adoption andwa ev n homeless for a period of hite nage years, Seal is a "resolute cham-pion of r mance and unshakable beli verin the power of love."

cal' s turmoils and troubles inl ife paidoff , especially with bis new album. It is amix of soul, folk, rock and even a littlebit of drum '0 bass. eal's new CO issure to show his listening audience thathe ha grown both as a writer and a aperformer.

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