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BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL NOVEMBER 23, 1988
Bush0ukakisDther c ~
lot is Mickey Mouse and has ,.-........::
B Y L ES LE Y R OD GE RS been so every since his crea- ~
tion.
Some of the most popular
"fictitious" presidents include:
Randee of the Redwoods, Cal·
vin of Calvin and Hobbes, Ger-
aldo, Roger Rabbit, and evenHank Williams Jr.
Why would someone want
such people as president? Well,
here's why some of the Bryan
High student sfeel these arethe
best-possible candidetes,
"Hank's the best! We could
have the president of the Uni-
ted States and the president of
part y in' all in the same man!"
said Chris Siegert.
Todd Brugger said, '" thinkGeraldo would be good, 'cause
he don't take no bull!"
Whether its Randee or Roger,
Ozzy or Hank, we a'i have our
own ideas as to who should be
the "Sig Cheese." And, who
knows, maybe one of them will
be our future president. After
all, Clint "Make my day" did
Every four years, in Novem-
ber, everyone isovercome with
the seriousness of elect ions ...
but some of us have a dif ferent
out look on who should be pres-
ident
There arethe third- party can-
didates, such asthis year's Ron
Paul or Lenora Fulani, who
travel from place to place and
give lectureson how the govern-
ment should beled. Often their
views are very extreme and are
popular with a small part ofthe
voters.
Sut, believe it or not, there
are those whose choice for pres-ident are even more extreme
than that ofthe third-party can-
didates.
Could you see OzzyOzbou rne
as president? Scary, huh? Ser-
iouslythough, many campaigns
for rock stars, cartoon charac-
ters, and actors have been
created for the more humorous
side of politics.
The mostfamous write-in bal-
become a mayor!
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2NOVEMBER 23,1988
BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL
Possibility of closing campus arouses serious debate
Those for------Thoseagainst---------BY KYM MARCONTEL L
It's been all talk and noaction
overtheyears about closing the
campus but recently some ac-
t ion has been appl ied towards
the issue and it might finally
come t rue starting the school
year of 1989-90.
An advisory committee be-
l ieves this is one possible solu-
tion to the drug and alcohol
prob lems in school. The com-
mittee has not met yet and is
being formed and will look at
the situation.
The firstthing everyone thinks
of when they hear the words"closed campus" is that it
means they would haveto eat in
the cafeteria. This is not true.
Anyone iswelcome to eat in the
snack bar or even bring a sack
lunch from home.
Also, eating at school and/or
bringing one's own lunch would
save students (and let's not for-
get the parents) money for gas
and/or a ll those l it tle "extras"
every teenager needs to surviveinth isworld. Plus, aIIthe money
would fi Iter backinta the school
system.
Closing campus would a lso
cut down on all those speeding
tickets students just seem to
collect over the months of the
school year while rushing to
thei r favor ite fast- food join t to
"scar f' downthei r meal and get
back before the tardy bel l.
The accidents students have
while trying to get off campus
before everyone else does would
be reduced. Students would
only haveto worry about getti ng
run over inthe halts while going
to the cafeteria or snack bar.
Insurance pol ic ies would stay
the same as before so parents
would not have to worry about
that.
Closing the campus would
also decrease the amount of
tardies to all classes after each
lunch period. This decreases
the amount of students for Sat-
urday D-hall and the amount of
teachers needed to sit wi th the
students during D-hall.By closing the campus the
Editorials
BY DAN W INGF IE L D
In answer to the increasing
drug and alcohol problem in
high schools around the state,
Joe Barton has suggested that
schools retain a closed campus
status during lunch periods.
When taking Bryan High into
considerat ion on this matter ,
however, it becomes apparent
that closing campus would
cause more problems than it
would ever actually solve.
school would face some prob-
lems. Atthe same time, closing
the campus would solve twice
as many problems as it would
cause.
Once everyone has looked
and studied both sides to the
issue of closing the campus,
ask each other one question: is
it really worth all the commo-
tion, confusion, problems, mon-
ey and gas just to eat off-cam-
pus?
What is your choice: To vote or not to vote?
BY J IL L SM IT H
. .
To vote or not to vote? The
decision should not have to be
made at all. After all, was our
country not founded onthe idea
of "a govern ment of the people,
by the people, and for the peo-
ple?"
The United States has long
been held in esteem by many
other countries, but Americans
have begun to take this advan·
tage for granted. People have
quit voting and have become
lax in their knowledge of pol-
itics.
With the past election, many
eligible voters did not turnout
to vote. There were an esti-
mated 183 mil lion eligible vo-
ters, and of these, only 53.1%
voted in the past president ia l
election.
People in this country have a
variety of excuses to explain
why they do not vote, one being
frustration with the government
and the system. You may not
like any of the candidates, or
even the system ofgovernment
at all. But. by not voting, you
are only for fei ting your vo ice in
government. I fyou did notvote
in this past election, you have
no right to complain about the
actions of the president in the
next four years.
Some say vot ing is too much
trouble, but campaigners are
doing as much as they can to
make vot ing easier for you, the
voter. Some states have estab-
I ished voting registration by
mail or in gvernment offices
such as the Post Off ice. Party
headquarters, in most areas,
provide such services as rides
to the polls for voters that can-
not drive and babysitting for
voters with children who can-
not be left alone.
Then, there is always the ex-
cuse that "my vote doesn't
count." For those of you that
sti lt be lieve that, consider the
close election of 1960. The
Republ lea ns prom ised that Vice-
President Nixon would continue
the peace left over from the
Eisenhower administration.
The Democrats saw achange, a
new front ier to be explored in
Kennedy. After the election,
when all of the votes had been
counted, Kennedy had won by
118,000 votes. If one more
person ineveryprecinct in Amer-
ica had voted for Nixon, the
election would have gone the
other way.
The excuses aregetting weak-
er and weaker. So, if you are
eighteen by the election of '92,
VOTE!
NORSEMAN
The Norseman is published by the Journalism II class of
Bryan High School. 3401 E. 29th, Bryan, Texas. The views
expressed are those of the writer and do not necessari ly reflect
the views of the facul ty , s ta ff or admin is trat ion. Letters to the
editor are encouraged. The Norseman reserves the right toeditletters for length and clari ty. ubelous material contained in
letters will not be published.
Co-edi tors .•.•. .. _._•. .. .• _ Kym Marcontel l, Dan Wingf ie ld
Assistant Edi tors . .. .• David Barrychuck, Lycia Champagne
Jan McKenzie
Reporters. . . . . L inda Alvarez, Emi ly Bouls, Shannon Ponzio ,
Lesley Rodgers, Jill Smith, JoElien Talasek
Phot08f8pher ••..•.•••••••••••.•.•••..•••.•.. Greg Mogle
Advisor •• __•••..••..••. _.••...••• __••••••••. Sandy Farris
Closing campus to prevent
the use of drugs and alcohol
would be a futi Ie effort that
would considerably affect every-
one where only avery few are at
fault. In fact, c los ing campus
might actually increase the pos-
sibility of drugs on campus.
Those few depraved souls that
would be affected in this way
would be tempted more and
more to satisfy their need on
campus when they used to be
able to anywhere else. Closing
campus is not going to stop the
people who do use drugs from
using them on their own time
anyway.
Evenso,the pract ical s ide of
closing campus is enough In
i tself to render the ent ire mat-
ter academic. Bryan High's
cafeteria and snack bar are bare-
Iy able to serve the amount of
students they have now with
only a portion of the student
body staying on campus for
lunch. I f campus were closed,
renovations would have to be
made to these eating facil it iesand even wi th three lunch peri -
NORSEMAN
ods, the cafeteria faculty would
still be hard-pressed to serve
the school's entire population.
I f the decis ion to c lose cam-
pus is actually made, students
wil l not beconti ned tothe snack
bar, but this iswhere the major-
ity of the students wi ll be loca-
ted. Inorder to properly super-
vise this large amount of stu-
dents, more teachers than ever
before wi ll be p laced on lunch
duty, wastingvaluabletimethat
could be used for the better
education of their pupils.
Another factor to be consi-
dered isthatthe business com-
munity would lose an estimated$630,000 a year on lunches
alone, money that is desper-
ately needed in the economy.
Drug and alcohol abuse is
definitely a problem that needs
to besolved and there are even
more problems facing BHS,
such asconstant tardiness and
traffic problems, that need to
befaced aswell . Closing cam-
pus, however, is by no means a
feasible solution.
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NORSEMAN FeaturesNOVEMBER 23, 1988
BRYAN BIGH SCHOOL
A turkey's last day
B Y D A N W IN G FI EL D
A multitude ofcolor cascades
over the sidewalk as Autumn's
sweet breath paints each leaf
and blows them away with a
heart warming rustle. Cool
nights welcome a warm hearth
as the family gathers together
in close accord.
It's getting to be that time of
year again where families come
togetherto break bread inThanks-
giving and to rest from their
daily toils and troubles. It is a
t ime of love and togetherness
shared by all.
AsThanksgiving arrives, moth-
ers and grandmothers begin
their preparations for the even-
ing feast.As the places are set
and the family gathers around
the magnificent feast, all join
hands in thanks of this joyous
occasion.
But there is one present that
has no reason for thanks. One
who loathes the approach of
this day from the very begin-
ning of his existence. One who
trembles in abject horror at the
very mention of this evil day.
This poor , desti tute soul has
gone inconsolable in his fears
sinee the very beginnings of thetradition of Thanksgiving. His
torments have gone unnoticed
by mankind's total denial of
even the existence of his feel-
ings.
After all, in all the fun, food
and football, who has time to
worry about the turkey's feel-
ings?
Asa little fledgling inthe wild,
a turkey hears tales of the in-
human cruelty of a race of be-
ings that perform cannibalistic
r ituals on the fourth Thursday
ofevery Novem ber that involves
the sacrificial beheading of the
prime of turkey youth. Some
such fledglings ignore the warn-
ings of their mentors but aresoon made firm believers as
.Thanksgiving:
A time for family and tradition
B Y E MIL Y B OU IS
Thanksgiving means many
things to many people. It is a
special time of the year that is
set aside for us to reflect on I
everything that there is to be
thankful for in our l ives.No matter how our individual
lives are, there are always
things for which to bethankful.
There are the basic freedoms
of choice, speech and rel igion
and, as is so eloquent ly stated
in the Declaration of Independ-
ence, we have in America, the
freedoms to pursue life, l iberty
and happiness.
There are many personal free·
dams, but these basic free-
doms hold true for all Amer-
icans.
Each family, however big or
small, holds its individual cele-
brations in a different and u-
nique way, but they all have one I
thing in common: they are all
celebrating their freedom.
Clint Easterling, senior, said,
"Each Thanksgiving our family
has a family reunion and ourrei atives from aIIover the coun-
the sharp retort of ahigh caliber
weapon sounds as a death tol l,
extinguishing any remaining
doubts.
Fo r the persecuted, the true
Thanksgiving comes a day later
as they realized they have sur-
vived another year. But it is a
short Thanksgiving for they
know that next year is yet to
come.
Keepingthis in mind, the next
time a family sits down to plan
their Thanksgiving feast , per-
haps they should ask them-
selves, "Why not have ham this
year?"
I I I think of all my relativesand all of the food." Jo
LynnWilder, senior
'Thanksgiving?
iii think of food and the
whole family getting to-
gether." Sharon Rose,
try come down to Mississippi
for a large feast."
The family feast seems to be
an important part ofthe Thanks-
giving tradition. Some families
combine with other families to
make one big Thanksgiving cel-
ebration.
"We have our celebration withthe family members and
friends. Weall get together with
the cooking of the dinner (ev-
eryone cooks something) and
somehow our family always
ends up cooking the turkey. I
always look forward to this time
of the year because there is a
lot of food, but I hate the weight
I 've gained after i t's a ll over !l ,"
senior Cynthia Mendez said.
One of the things that no one
Iooks forward to isthe clean-up.
"My family usually gathers in
Houston. Another part gathers
in Henderson. Iusually get
stuck doing all the work. My
cousins and Iusual ly take off at
clean-up time," said senior
Stephanie Duke.
The traditions that people
keep up are as unique as the
reasons why they are celebra-ting.
"I think of the Pilgramscoming over." NatashaDunn, junior
~-Ofthewal---------------L
hat do you think of when you think of
U I think of all the football
games." John Vindiola.senior
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4 NORSEMAN Indepth- Presi
seeing him would be surprising
enough.
The President of the United
States. The tit le alone signifies
a representation of the people,
of the ir ideasand their dream s.
In this year's presidentialelec-
t ion, many people thought that
there was not m uc h of a choice.Both parties' candidates did not
seem appealing.
'" think for this election, it'sthe lesser of two evils. Ielieve
that both ofthem are incornpe-
tent and are not qualified or
honest," said senlor WadeJohn-
son.
But achoice had to be made .
Although many students were
unable to vote because of the
IS·year age requirement, opin-
ions were still formulated a-
mong the students.
Bu s h The Race of thBush or
""Opinions vary,
Republicans rejoice in their victoryannouncement ofthe mock elec-
tion, everyone knew the out-
come of the real election.
The majority ofstudents were
stil l skeptical of who would be
the r ight choice to f il l the presi-
dent's position, but most be-
lieved that Bush could do the
job better. There were those
who did feel that the Demo-cratic party's candidates could
have done better.
"I think the country is in trou-
ble. I don't think Bush will do a
good job. The poor will get
poorer and the rich will get
richer. Bush doesn't favor irn-
port tariffs and that's going to
hurt America's economy," said
senior Dawn Turbyfill.
In another opinion onthe out-
come of the election, ChristyFrederick also disagreed with
America's choice of president.
B V JA N M CK EN ZIE
The last vote was in and all
were accounted for. Even be-
fore then, the winner was obvi-
ous. America sighed when the
outcome was announced and
George Bush made his accep-
tance speech.Republican George Bush won
by a wide margin. He carried
40 states and more of his share
of electoral votes.
The race was much closer
this year, which was not sur-
prising to most voters. tha nfour
years ago when Ronald Reagan
ran against Walter Mondale.
Forthe Sryan High mock elec-
tion, Bush also won by a land-
slide. As a general consensus,most students were pleased
with the outcome. After the
"Bush is a liar. 1 really don't
think he is going to fulfill any of
his campaign promises. I don't
feel he was the wisest choice of
the two candidates for the wei-
fare of our cou ntry. In my op in -
ion Bushisfull of Dukakls," said
sophomore Frederick
Although these two state-
ments are against the electedpresident, America did choose,
in its api nion, the perfect eandi-
date.
America isa democratic cou n-
try; therefore, this cou ntry has a
fair and [ust election process.
To f i l l the position of head of
this country would require the
characteristics of God, but no
one is perfect so it is not only a
game of chance, but of cross-
ing Amer ica's f ingers in hopesof four years ofgood leadersh ip.
B Y J AN M CK EN ZIE
Turning on the televisi on, you
switch from chann el to cha nnel
realizing that the same guy is
on every channel. You ask your
dad, "Who is this dude?"
"WeH son, that's the presi-
dent of the United States," your
father says coaly."Geez, that means 'The Cosby
Show' is canceled," you say to
yourself.
The "dude" on television is
the same person who runs the
country and affects your every·
. day life. Suppose, just by pure
ehanee,that you could ask ques-
tions to the leader of the coun-
try. What would'you ask? Prob-
ably the idea of just actually
•1
Th e m ock ejectio n held at B ryan H igh o n
..... _ _ tu nity: to so cia l stu dies stu de nts to vo te o n
outcome of the election is shown above.
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ntial Election
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NOVEMBER 23, 1988
BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL
uences growcommon sense, be
",rc:n,"",n1e, and relate well to
I like George 8ush
- = 1 . . CJI.J::'C Mike Dukakis doesn't
across to me as a strong
ndidate," said sophomorennifer Steadman.
What influences people to
e asthey do? The fact isthate issues discussed today are
than controversial, they
Iwith the rights of the indi·
al.
to outlaw abor-
Dukakis and Bush are on
sides of the issue. Bush,Republican, is strongly on -to abort ion. Onthe other
Dukakis, the Democrat,
is for the rights of the woman.
The question would be up to
her.
Another issue which could
influence many students for or
against a candidate, is the idea
of prayer in school. Bush be-
lieves in instituting a law that
would help students in their
religious beliefs. Although D u -
kakis isagainst prayer in school,
he believes in the moral values
that would be created with a
time of meditation.
Hopefully, students do have
opinions of their own on who
they would like to lead their
country. According to many, to
choose their president would
help generate a new and irn-proved political future for Amer-
ica.
5
f f theWall------------
What do you think the president's biggest
concern would be when he is first in office?
"I think his biggest concern
would be to not do anything
wrong because all eyes are on
him at this point." - Joanna
Bernard, Jr.
Party Animalsukakis?
"I th ink hewould want totake
careof the problems with Social
Securi ty." -Matt Lea, Sr.
'" feel war would be a big
concern for him because it is
alwaysa threat." - Gracie Can-
ales, Soph.
"To join the peopleofthe U.S.
together to stop the spread of
country music!" - Tim Simp-
son, Sr.
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NOVEMBER 23,1988
B RY A N HIG H SCHOOL . NORSEMANports
Another football season ends
A final look at this year's crew
B Y S HA NN ON PO NZ JO experienced, but strong. Itwas
------------- made up mostly of.seniors with
two sophomores.
The coaches and players a·
l ike felt that the players worked
as a team instead of as indio
viduals.
"As the year is passed we
were getting better as a team
and not as one," said junior
Chris Nutall afthe Varsity team.Some players feel that thei r The Vikings rush to gain more yardage against
coaches were a great influence Cypress Creek.
on their performance.
"I appreciate all of fhe hard
work that he(Coach Newhouse)
put me through to make me
better," junior Charles McMil·
l ian of the Varsity team said.
The Vikings Junior Varsity
team has also come through
the season. The team was
strengthened when the sopho-more and junior varsity teams
combined.
"It 's been atough year. We've
had a lot ofproblem s,but we've
overcome them," said Coach
Jim Petty.
The 1988 football season has
at last come to an end, but the
victories were not just handed
to the Vikings of. Bryan High
School.
Beginning the year with a
young and inexperienced team,
the Vikings immediately fell vic-
t im to the Temple Wildcats."Our first opponent, Temple,
started a few weeks before us,
meaningwewould haveto work
even harder to catch up," said
, Junior Rayford Bloom, half· back
on the Varsity team.
Having only three running
backs and three offensive line·
men returning to play this year
also hurt the team. JuniorSean
Johnson played start ing Quar-
terback replacing last year'sSteven Rizzo.
Offensively the team gained
strength. Seven sophomores
played in the first and second
offensive teams along with the
older players.
The Vikings fought until the end. Defensively, the team was in-Photo B y Wade Johnson
The football team shows their skills during the Lufkingame. Photo B y Scott Speck
Th e YAk.nas rush to ~ punt by Cypnu Creek
dun... our final prne. Photo B y W.te Johnson
Sports scheduleBoys' Basketball
Jan. 3 at Jersey Village
Jan.6 Klein .Jan. 10 at Langham Creek
Jan. 13 Klein Forest
Jan. 17 Cy Fair
Jan. 20 at Klein Oak
Jan. 27 Jersey Village
Jan. 31 at KleinFeb. 3 Langham Creek
Feb. 7 at Klein Forest
Feb. 10 at Cy Fair
Feb. 14 Klein Oak
Feb. 17 at Cypress Creek
Swimmilfg team practices for their upcoming District gam e.
PH OT O B Y G RE G M O GL E
Girls' Basketball Swimming
Date Teams Place
Nov. 29 Lamar HS; Bryan Rosenburg
Dec. 3 Corsicana HS; Aerofit
Bryan
Dec. 17 Holiday Tisca Houston
Jan. 20 Oak Ridge; Bryj!Jn; Woodlands
West Orange
Jan. 28 Bryan; A&M Can; Aerofit
Conroe
Feb. 4 Conroe Inv. Woodlands
Feb. 18 District Woodlands
March 3·4 Regionals TBA
Mar. 17-18 State Austin
at Klein Oak
Jersey Village
at Klein
Langham Creek
at Klein Forest
at Cypress fairbanks
Klein Oak
at Cypress Creek
at Jersey Village
Klein
at Langham Creek
Klein Forest
Cypress Fairbanks
Dec. 13
Jan. 3
Jan. 6
Jan. 10
Jan. 13
Jan.17
Jan. 20
Jan. 24
Jan. 27
Jan. 31
Feb. 3
Feb. 7
Feb. 10
Senior Elvi. Rog.rs prIIctlces hi. layups.
Photo By Robert Beaty
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NORSEMAN NewsNOVEMBER 23, 1988
BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL 7
Drugs a problem in Netherlands
by Jeremy Smith
The drug issue is a contro-
versial issuetoday. Giving harsh-
er penal ties, sti ffer fines, and
longer jai l sentences are all be-
ing considered for offenders.
Yetsti ll weseepictures of peo-
ple, our age, wasting away be-
cause they are hooked on
drugs. Still, dealers are making
billions of dollars yearly frompeddling illegal drugs. Can't
get anyworse right? Let metel l
you, it can.
Two years agoduring my surn-
mer vacation Ivisited Europe. I
toured several dif ferent coun-
tries on my trip, and enjoyed
most of them. The Netherlands
was the exception. The United
States outlawed mari juana in
1937, but in the Netherlands
it's as legal as candy.My parents had been to the
Netherlands before. They en-
joyed i t. They told me Amster-dam (the capital) was a very
pretty city. It's strange how
t ime changes things, or in this
case, marijuana changes
things.
In all due fai rness, outside of
Amsterdam was some beaut i-
ful countryside. It had some
scenic villages, andseveralwind-
mi lls were sti ll working. There
were places loaded with mari -
juana to spare. There was dirtand trash scattered throughout
the city. When people are high,
they do not care about picking
up after themselves. They have
enough problems picking them-
selves up. Graffi ti was all over
the place. A flower stand could
close for the night and in the
morning it would be covered
with graffiti. It didn' t even say
anything like "Dick loves Jane,"
it was just scribbling like anypreschooler would do.
The band does its last per formance of the UIL mlrch ing show at the
homecoming game Photo By Wade Johnson
The band receives A-I ratingtron and football halftime shows
B Y JO EllEN TALASEK at the beginning of August. To
perfect the shows and dri lls the
"Bryan High School ... one. . band holds practice every Mon-
. " and the band with its fans day, Tuesday, and Thursday.
roared with excitement. Bill Sprott, director, and Rob-
Recently, the Bryan High ert Tatum, assistant director,
Band wentto the Ull Marching tried something new this year
Contest. They competed a- by adding the role of squad
gainst a var iety of bands for the leaderto some band members.
chance to go to Area cornpeti- Squad leaders help in fitting
tion. The band received a 1and band members into a show,
alternate for area. keeping band members in l ine,
In order to prepare well in , and teaching them the basic
advance, the band started prac- fundamentals of marching.
tice for UIL Marching competi- , I 1 •
: 1 1 ~ , If
Then there were the people.
What k ind of people are goingto be attracted by legal mari-
juana? Not exactly your fine
upstanding citizens. There
were bums scattered all over
the place. Sprawled in al leys,
on sidewalks, and inthe streets;
they were everywhere. The
Dutch just stepped over them
and ignored them. I must ad-
mit, the Dutch are get ting bet-
ter. Because the craving for
marijuana often drives peopleto steal, the Dutch government
has put up signs telling tourists
to hold on to their wallets and
watch for pickpockets. With
authority l ike that, they should
have the problem licked in no
time.
Tobe honest, marijuana may
not be the only blame for the
city's high crime rate and shab-
by appearance. As is common
all over Europe, the drinkingage is low compared to ours.
eons pros
And the Dutch are among the
few in Europe to legalize prosti-
tut ion. Amsterdam's Red light
District isfamous for it's prosti-
tution shops. But it mainly
at tracts col lege students and
other tour ists out of cur iosi ty.
In the evenings, you can find
lots of people strol ling throughthere just looking around.
IIIii,
these substances.
Should the United States te-
galize the use of drugs?
"I'm not in favor of legalizing
drugs," governmentteacher Jan-
ice Wi lliamson said. '" believe
we would be encouraging peo-ple to destroy their lives. If
drugs were legal, r believe the
government would haveto cre-
atemore drug rehabilitation cen-
ters, and the decrease in na-
tional productivity would be
very costly to the U.S."
Comparing the criminaliza-
tion of drugs to the Alcohol Pro-
hibition of 1920, Time esti-
mates the regular use of drugs
to double, maybe triple if theyare legalized.
George J. Church of Time
states that there is another is-
sue here - the severe threat to
individual freedom.
This freedom, according to
Church, has been infringed
upon by such actions as drug
testing and searches.
"Whether drugs should bele-
galized isnotthe question. The
question iswhat ever happenedto the freedom of choice? The
constitution guarantees that peo-
ple are the power of the govern-
ment. The drug laws are totally
against the constitut ion. Also,
Prostitution has been around
a long time, but is doesn't ruin
once beautiful cit ies. Marijua-
na is more recent, and it does.
If i tcan ruina whole city, doyou
think you can handle it? The
Dutch government said "yes",
and they paid the price. Doyou
want to pay the price too?
The drug war: a constant battlei f there were nodrug laws there
would be no drug dealers or
drug related crime. Drugs
would be l ike cars, and poison
- the responsibility lies with
the people." said senior Dean
Morgan."Drugs are not bad because
they are illegal," reminds John
Lawn, head of the Drug Enforce-
ment Association, "they are i l-
legal because they are bad."
Politicians, scholars, and
h_ealth experts have all been
sharply divided bythis issue of
legalizing drugs.
Those aga inst the legaIization
have some proposals and the-
ories to help combat the drugproblem in America.
Advocates of the legalization
of drugs face many Questions,
and offer some answers. But as
of now, they still haven' t pro-
posed a pract ical plan of legal-
ization.
Dealers are making money.
The United States is spending
money. Citizens feel their rights
are threatened. Drugs are
claiming lives.Should the Uni ted States le-
galize drugs?
Even at the moment , the war
rages on.
B Y L IN DA A LV A RE Z
There are two things greater
than all things. The first is Love,
and the second is War.Rudyard Kipling
A most v ital , controversial,
and life threateni ngwar isgoing
on even at this moment.
This dangerous war is not
one between countries over
land orwater disputes, instead,
i t l ies within each individual in
the United States.
Today, approximately 8 bil-
Iion American dollars are spent
intercepting drugs and on localdrug law enforcement. (Time,
May 30, 1988).
Statistics also note that the
increasing crime rate parallels
with increasing drug laws. Al-
most 40% of the inmates in
federal prisons are there on
drug dealing charges. Thisnurn-
ber isexpected to double within
the next 15 years, accord ing to
an art ic le in The New Republic
magazine. (June 13, 1988).In New York last year, almost
half the felony indictments
were on drug charges.
Alj>l?roxi[ l1~tely 75% of all
drug users become addicted to
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NOVEMBER 23, ]988
BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL
by Sandra Gaston
It's ironic that Iwas asked to
tell you about getting in trouble.
When I was a kid, the worst
trouble Icaused in school was
talking in class and holding
hands with my boyfr iend inthe
hallway. Iwas fairly boring, well
behaved, and a good student.
Isuppose that in my mother's
eyes, one of my worst habitswas volunteering· for almost
anything. Whether three dozen
cookies were needed for the
next day or someone was need-
ed to make costumes tor a
church pageant. ,a/ways volun-
teered my mom. Iam seeing
my mother's point of view
now that I have a daughter of
my own. She is just as quick to
volunteer her mom as I was at
volunteering mine.
Another activity that seemed
to cause problems between my
Being the Best
parents and me was cruising.
My parents bought a yellow
1965 Mustang as soon asthey
were available. and I borrowed
i t every chance I got. There
were two popular drive-ins in
ourtown. My fr iends and Ikept
the "drag" between the two
drive-ins busy, driving back and
forth. My parents fussed about
the wasted time and the wasted
money, even though gasol inewas only 30¢ a gallon at the
time. Now, as an Environmen·
taIScience teach er , IfeeIguiIty
about all the gasoline Iwasted
just driving around, looking for
my boyfriend and my friends.
Most of my forays into trouble
came about because of mytyp·
leal adolescent desire for lnde-
pendence. Iwas grounded for
much of the time Iwas in high
school for talking back to mymother, a practice my husband
wil l testify is doomed to failure!
Isuppose Iwas lucky to grow
up in an era when it was easier
to stay out of trouble. There
were di fferent standards and
ethics. Drugs and alcohol andcasual sex were certainly less
common. I was fortunate to
have friend swho alwaysencou r-
aged me to be at my best.
Unfortunately, I never have
learned to keep my mouth
closed when I should!
The yellow dog is howling for someone to start her
but instead we get to r ide in the charter.
We scream and have fun al l the way there.
By the last mi le Tatum's pulling out hair .
At last onto the field wetake steps wi th great prideal though wi ld most of the time, we show our serious side.
Marching in rythm to a beauti fu l chorus
no one could dare choose to ignore us.
We know we are better than any band there
all other bands give us envious stares.
Up in the stands everyone isQuietly waiting
to see who wil l get a number one rating
Then the judges finally come to a unanimous decision
the Bryan Viking Band gets f irst division!
Everyone jumps up with a humongous cheer
for we all know that sweepstakes is near!!!
b y Amber Holt
Club News
Reader's Page NORSEMAN
The French Club attempted
to play Volleyball against con-solidated's French Club earlier
in October, but the game w as
rained out. The Club then relo-
cated to Jeremy Smith's house
where the volleyball game was
held, this time juniors vs. sopho-
mores. The juniors were jam,
ming that day and came outvictorious.
The club held its annual
French Banquet Nov. 8, and
plans are now in the making for
a Christmas Party.
RecenttYthe Bryan AI Depart-ment took on a new family mem-
ber. As everyone knows the
Bryan FFA is one big family.
Our new member IsMrs. Angela
Maki. She is from El Paso,
Texas. She is attending Texas
A&M University and wil l gradu-
ate In December with her sec-ond Agriculture degree. She
will be here practicing with us
until December 14. Shewill be
discussing various subjects per-
taining to the agricultural f ield.
Mrs . Maki says that sh e plans to
substitute teach after college.
Silent Thoughts
you slash your li fe
you're but a fugitive
what goes through your mind
I can't understand
Oh, the tears comethe thought of you
if you only knew Icared
once again you attempt
to bend your l ife
but sympathy is gone
you are close but far from me
emptiness covers my heart
you've been away so long
a long goodbye
Why....
by D.J .
In December the Bryan High
Band and Orchestra will per-
form a Christmas concert with
a choir of children from several
dif ferent elementary schools.
Several band members will also
be going to Disrict band corn-
petition. They will all be lookingforward to the chance of mak-
ing one of th e tw o District bandsand going to area.
The Future Problem Solvers
(FPS) have submitted their sot-
utions to Practice Problem No.
1: Energy Sources. Results areexpected by the end of Novem-
ber. They are preparing to sub-
mit their solutions to Practice
Problem No.2: Children and
the Law.
SEDS(Students for t he Exp lo r -
atIon andDevelopment of Space)
are participating in the Name
the Orbiter Contest. The con-
test is being held nationwide to
name the new space shuttle
vehicle that WIll replace the
.Challenger. They are having a
guest speaker on Optics and
Lasers Nov. 10. SEDS i s s p on-sored by Cheryl Weaver.
On Oct. 21, the Science Club
. Jets visited the diagnostic lab
at TAMU. where they watched a
necropsy (animal autopsy). They
held a Halloween Party on Oc t .28, and are planning a Christ-
mas Party for December.
Junior Historians, Student
Council, FFA and NHS cleaned
upGrandview Cem ete ry on 0cto-
ber 29 and 30. Forty studentsworked to clean up \4 of the
cemetery. Junior Historians
pfan to gradtialty dean up the
remaining part of the cemetery
in the n ext y ear .
Grandview Is located on the
East Bypass Highway 21 exit
behind the Circle K . T he ceme-
tery was overgrown after years
o f negtect.
On November 5·7, cosmeto-
logy students attended tbe Ca
meo Guild H air s hoW in Oal las.
Over 150 stylists throughout
Europe and the United Statescame to share their techniques
of the styles for the 1990's.International companies such
as Loreal, Wella , and Helena
Curtis sponsored this hair shoW.
Artist of the Issue