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October 2, 1992

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an d 264 dead in " Die H ard 2." As

proof of the influence of this vio-

le nc e, c ri tic s p oi nt to t he a cc us ed

serial killcrof six w om en in N C \ V

York state wh o said be wa s copying

scenes in "Robocop 2. R

Ev en c hil dre n's p ro gr am

ming is not exempt from

violence. InSatwday children's pm-

g ra mm in g, b etw ee n 2 0 an d 25 ac ts of

violence occur per hour. "Tom and

J e rr y" i s c o ns id e re d to be one of the

m ore violent c artoo ns c urre ntly on

th e air.

The N ational Coalition on

T el ev is io n V io le nc e m on i-

to n; p ro gr am s a nd li ste d w ha t it s ay s

w er e th e m os t v io le nt n etw or k s ho ws

fo rth es pr in go fl9 91 . 'T he yw er e. in

order; "YoungRiders. · "In th e H ea t o f

the N ig ht ," " To p C op s, • "M acGy ve r, "

" Am er ic a's M os t W an te d, " ..A me ri-

c an D e te ct iv e, " ~ D EA, " " Hu nt er ," a nd

" Un so h . .e d M yste ries." A ll of the se

shows ha d 20 or m ore violent acts

p er h ou r, a nd " Yo un gR id er s" h ad 55.

"J t hi nk o n t he o ne ha nd , t ee n

a ge rs k no w that s tu 1Ii sn 't r ea l, b ut it

a lso reduc es the shock afa rea l e vent

l ik et ha t h ap pe ni ng , •Medi a Technol-

ogy teacher Darrell Taylor said "I

d on 't t hi nk it m akes them m ore vio -

l en t, n ec es sa ri ly , b uh ft he y s ee s om e-

bodypul li n g a gun an d shooting some-

one, the y're not as shoc ke d. by it be -

c au se t he y'v e s ee n it o n T V ."

TEiEV'S.ON ... HOW

M.UC.H DOE S IT R EA LL Y

INFLUENCE YOUR

IUDGEMENT?

Are we becoming what we watch?

BY TARA DAYTON &

FRANKIE GABRIEL

n 8p er io d o f tw o h ou rs , a

girl g et s p re gn an t b y 8man

old CDOllgh to be her father. a drug

addict robs a Circle K i n o rd er to pa y

off h is d ea le rs , a nd a m an who ap-

peared to be "8g oo d n ei gh bo r" g oe s

looney at a shopping m all a nd m ow s

down a crowd of Christmas shop-

pers .

Sounds like lire in America's

toughest city, doesn't it?

Actually. all of these events took place

inarelati.velysafeenvironment-your

living 100m, o n p rim e- tim e T V.

These images can a lm o st a l-

w ays be seen every night on your

television set. G ra ph ic a nd v io le nt

scenes h av e b ec om e commonp lace

on netw ork TV , w here once, in th e

not-so -dista nt-past, these im age s

were c onfined to the m ovie the atre

o r p re miu m c ab le p ro gr am m in g s uc h

a s H BO o r S ho wtim e.

Does T V r ea Uy in flu en ce

t od a y' s s oc ie ty ? Ifso , in what ways

doe s it influe nce the vie we r? T he se

a r e q u est i on s that are be ing aske d by

v a ri ou s g ro up s a nd i nd iv id ua ls a IOW1 d

t he c o un tr y.

On e f re qu en t c ritic is m is t ha t

young viewers are fre-

q ue ntly in flu en ce d b y s ce ne s s ho w-

i ng v io le nt r es ol ut io ns t o p ro bl em s.

"I th ink t he y [ te en s] s ee v io -

lence as a way t o h an dl e a s it ua ti on

an d guns as a wa y to h an dl e p ro b-

lems," A lgebra I teacher Debbie

V il le rs s ai d, i n c o ns id er in g t he i nf lu -

e nc e t el ev is io n b as .

Though m any don't like to

a dmit it, te lev ision, to a ce rtain e x-

tent, does influence the brand of

Iclothes we buy, what we like, an d hom es via the te levision se t, w he the r

som etim es eve n the vie wpoint we it is on hom e video or netw ork pre-

h ol d o n a s ub je ct. F or in st an ce , it is m ieres of the m ovies.These m ovies

very rare for any name brand to be- are often fiJI c d w i th v io le n ce . A Ne w

c om e v er y p op ula r w ith ou t T V s po ts York T im e s m o vi e c ri ti c c ou nt ed 74

e ntic in g th e c on su me r. Many wh o dead i n " To ta l Recall." 81 dead in

an; studying th e situation feel that "R obocop2 ," 106 dead in'1WnboID,"

this i nf lu en ti al m e di um c an 't h el p b ut

a ff ec t h ow p eo pl e b eh av e.

"If people like a show and

the y sta rt im itating the pe ople on it,

they want t o b e l ik e t he .m . They think

it's g oi ng t o m a k e t hem m or e p op ul ar

i f th ey a ct l ik e th es e c ha ra cte rs ," s e-

n io r M elis sa F ort un e s aid

T

here is s ome s ke p ti ci sm

h ow ev er , t ha t t el ev is io n is

as influential as m any believe . For

e x amp le , J ap a ne s e p ro gnmun in g in-

c lude s som e of th e w or ld 's m os t v io -

le nt a nd raunc hy s how s. Ja pan a lso

h ap pe ns to h av e a ve ry l ow aim e r ar e.

N ot eve ryone agre es that

t el ev is io n i s a n i nf lu en ti al m e di um .

.A cc or din g to J un io r R ya n

P il la ns , T V d oe sn 't i nf lu en ce p eo pl e,

"...just b ec au se m os t p eo pl e w it h c om -

m on s en se k no w that TV h as n ot hi ng

to do with r ea l l if e. "

Oh ers S II ythat since TV is

beamed into m illions of

h om es e ve ry d ay thai t he i nf lu en ce i s

m uc h g re at er a nd ba s a g re a te r im pa c t

o n th e p eo ple it influences.

"Th ey [ the v i ewer s ] se t more

ro le m odels in a shorter period of

t im e t ha n w ith ou t. If t he y w e re n't

expo sed to a lot of ne ga tive im ages ,

t he n th ey w ou ld e xp erie nc e things

d if fe re nt ly . S om c o f th e r ol e m o de ls

a re g oo d, s om e a re b ad ," S an ds to ne

P sy ch olo gis t D r. J ac k W om ac k s aid .

Many b ig -h it t he a tr ic a l m o v-

ies eventually fmd their way into

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TEEns finTV influences viewers' ideas,

morals and values

BY ICATHY ICROL

Does televisi& affect teenager's morals and be -

havior? It seems as if e ve ry on e th es e d ay s is asking

t ha t q ue st io n. Wh et he r it is "M urph y B row n" a nd her

c ho se n s in gl e- pa re nt l if es ty le , o r t he s te amy s ce ne s o n

afternoon soaps, e ve ry on e s eem s to have an opinion

about w hat w e a re seeing.

S o a re we really affected by w hat w e see on thescreen? Yes.

sometimes. Just

t ak e a lo ok ataU

the sideburns

that ha ve b een

cropping up on

nearly every

male teenager in

America. Ifitw eren 't for the

popularity of

"B ev erly H ills

90210" th e n ew

Elvis stamp

would be about

~e only 'Place

sideburns c;:ou/d

be found.

Annrt.'lV

Guide story told

of a d oc to r and

se ve ra l o the rs

w ho ra n a te st in

a semi-ruraJ part

of New York

state. Inth is ex-

TELEVISionTeens know difference between TV

and reality

BY AD KlAN FLORES

T el ev is io n. D oe s it affect p eo ple ? D oe s it pu t

ideas inp eo pl e's h ea ds ? S om e p eo ple s ay TV g iv es

a m essag e to p eo ple an d makes th em d o t he t hi ng s

people do on TV. Not quite. People know the

difference between what is right and what is

w ro ng .P eo pl e a ct o n t h eir o wn a cti on s, n ot o n s om e-

o n e e ls e 's .Si d e -

b ur ns w er e c ro p-

ping up before

" Be ve rl y H ill s,

90210" wa s e v e n

a t ho u gh t in an y

p ro d uc e r' s m in d.

W e s tu dy history

inschool to learn

about the past,

a nd i t i s aproven

f ac t t ha t h is to ry

ha s a tendency to

r ep ea t i ts el f. In

the 70 's side-

burns were seen

all over the U.S

T hen they van-

i sh ed. Now , his-

t or y i s ju st b ei ng

repeated w ith

s id eb urn s c om -

i ng b ac k i n style.

It's just that no

on e noticed them

u nt il t wo p eo pl e

periment a on TV were seen

group of 8-, 19- w ith sideburns.

• and 30-year- A ll TV

a id s w ere stud- .. d o es i s b a si c al ly

ied t o d et erm in e th e e ffe ct s o f te le vi sio n. The stud y o pe n pe ople 's e yes to w hat is re ally g oin g ODin th e

c onc lu ded th at th e rnorq fre qu ently th e 8 -y ea r-olds w orld .w at ch ed te le vi sio n, th e m or e s eri ou s th e c rim es w ere

tha t th ey w ere c on vic te d of by th e tim e th ey w ere 3 O .

Find that a l it tle h ard to b eli ev e? W e l~ r em em be r

w he n " Th e S im ps on s" first hit t he s ma ll s cre en two

y ea rs a go ? B art S im ps on t -s hi rt s a nd h is a tt itu de w ere

everyw here. A new role m odel w as created. S om e

sc ho ols a cro ss th e na tio n ha d to ba n B art from e nte r-

i ng t he s ch oo l d oo rs i n t he m orn in g b ec au se k id s w ere

c op pi ng a n " Tm -b ad -l ea ve -m e -a lo ne a tt it ud e. "

P eop le im ita te w ha t th ey se e. It is h um an n ature ,

and m ore often than not. the TV set teaches m ostpeople w hat they know about life and morals, Wby

e ls e w ou ld s it-c om s d ea l w ith te en -a ge p re gn an cy a nd

drug addictions ifthey d idn ' t wan t to c oo ve y a message

to be c ar ef ul ? I t's b ec au se they k no w tha t the re a re

t ee na ge rs o ut t he re that will actually listen to w hat is

on their screen.

K ids a U a cro ss A meric a h av e b ee n sa ying a nd

d o in g t hi ng s, t hen turning a ro un d a nd b la ming it on

T V show s. T hat's what happened with th e B art

th in g. E v ery k id ha s an attitude. I t's ju st w he n t he y

g et i nto t ro ub le t he y l oo k fo r s om eo ne o r s om eth in g"

to p ut t he b la me o n. P oo r B a rt g ot t he b la me fo r kids'

a t ti tu d e t ha t t ime . Ina bo ut tw o y ea rs s om et hin g w il l

take B art 's p la ce fo r g iv in g k id s a n a tt it ud e.

S ome k id s might o v er he a r t he ir p a re n ts a rg u in g ,

a nd a c uss w ord has a c ha nc e o f s lip pi ng e ve ry n ow

a nd the n.W hen the k id re pe ats w hat he h ea rd ., th e

pa re nts or pa ren t co uld g et up se t a nd a sk the c hild

where he p ic ke d u p t ha t w ord . They m ig ht n ot w an t

to say t hey h e ar d it from them, s o n at ura ll y t he y s ay

they h ea rd it o n TV . T el ev is io n i s n ot re sp on sib le fo r

all t h e t hi ng t ha t go w ro ng , bu t it ge ts b la me d for it

all.

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'Support for teams.needsto'be equal,f

.,T he m o rn in a: a nn ou nc em e nts b la re i nto t he c la ss ro om s, d ed ar -'

in g ~t the L ady V ikes w ill be playing against on e of oo r rivaIs.~

"Go Lady VUw!~' !h~oice:Wi.~:i ; lo-t.ce sc~e~~.thi~;eJlSuri~~tbat w~ AlU! NOTeOUlI to Ignottthe L ady V ikings. T he voice:

c on tin ue s o n its journey, informing us that the (ootban t eam will b e ' "playing against LBJ this Friday night. II...and there will be a pep~rally Friday rnorning, 10l et 's s ho w our Vikings that we're behind

'em all the way," the voice-witb-ncr,face cheers... . ....~"

.:::::,;.Wait a minute;so 'roethingdoesn't-sound ri=ht~Jst just us , df:J. a ~ : ' : t b e Viking fnotball team s e e m to retdve blQre attention tbU'::;

all of the otber sports teams c::ombined. We don't me~ to take.

mythina away f rom t he f oo tb al l team, but w e feel that other sportss ho ul d r ec ei ve t he s am e re eo gn it io n a s fo ot ba ll does. O ther ath letes .

workjust ashard and 8$many hears, if n () tn to re , b ut don't receive.thafmucb attentiihL .. . :.. .. .•...,.

How about a pep rally or tW o (or other team s as th e yeat

progresses ...or dress-up days in support of other athletic teams?

We encourage the administration and athletic department to

fmd a wa y to g iv e.c re dit w he re c re dit is du e,":{

..::;\ :-NORSEMAN E D I T O R I A L B O A R i ) l i :. '". ;- .

IOpen your minds, people,BY MICHEAL SUROVIIC Hills, 90210. Thi s i s B r ya n a nd this

is BHS, where people are pebple .

and n o th in g e ls e .

W e hate th ings that we are

a fr ai d o f a n d d on 'hmdc rs ta nd . Wb y

doesn't everyone learn a bo ut t he

things they are afraid of and try to

u nd ers ta nd t he m? P eo pl e a re dif-

fe re nt a nd e ve ry on e n ee ds t o re al -

iz e thatWe need t o l ik e p eo ple f or

who t he y a re .

Everyone has t he ir o w n s ty le ,

o th e rs n e ed t o a c cep t t ha t. H a s sl in g

t ho s e who ar e i ldi f fe r ent" does n .olb -

ing e xc ept m ake th at p erso n ve ry

insecure about who they are. It

make s t hem v er y u nc om f or ta bl e.

J us t t hi nk a bo ut h ow y ou w o ul d

f ee l i fp eop le t re a te d y o u d if fe re n tl y

than others for . an individual

~ I r ec ent ly me t a girl wh o w e 'v e

all seen in t he h al ls . E v er yb od y h as

, v ibed her super bard because she

was smart enough to be her se l f.I 'mlCurious to know why

people 4 0 t b . B t . P eo pl e k now n ot h-

i ng o f a,~i~n, ye t they don't like

th em a nd they j ud ge t hem b ec au se

t h e Y a re different

I 'v e a ls o n ot ic ed that if you're

n ot w ea ring na me bran d cloth in g

su ch a s G irb au d, o r y ou a re n't th e

- be s t- lo o ki ng p e rs o n in t he wo rl d ,

p eo ple lo ok do wn o n yo u.

Why d on 't p eo pl e g et o ff t he ir

s ix -in ch p ed es ta l, o pe n th eir e ye s

a nd r ea li ze t ha t they a re n 't " g an g -

ste rs " a nd tha t th is isn't B ev erly

, T h e N o t s e m .n l$ p r t > d U Q l i d b y the ro~ljsm n ani! m "d o s s e s 'o(Bryli:ii'::High s c h & i ; 3 J 6 1 : E . ' 29 1h ; l 3r Ya rt f. TX 7 78 02 . " ",

OpiniOJlS c x p l e S s e d a re t ho se orille w r it er a nd do'not necessarilyreprc.senl t he v iew s o f t h e faculty , s ta ffor administration ofBryan High

S c l J o o I or tile Bryan Independen t School Dis t ric t

The No rseman il l a m emb er o fl he Univemry f!:itcrscholasticL e ag tl ep re ss C on fe re nc e. l. et te ts t o1 h e e d it or a re w e lc em e d a nd mu st

be $igned. TlteNorsemap reserve f.lleriilht to edit le~ thrclarlt)'~dl en gt h. L ct tC l1 c on ta in in g o bs etmt y or libelou.~ i M l e r i a L w i l l not be'c o ns id e re d ( or p ri nt T h e Non:m an E di to ri al B o ar d i s c omp os ed orthe

Em tal'$- in-Chief a n d t he s ta n: .

EDITOR. ••••••••••••••••••...•••••.••••••••••••RAHKIE C4BRIEl.

ASSOC'Atl i :~ .Ton$'...4 ~ t ; r ; : ; ~ ~ ~ i . i.;.,•.

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Set your life straight, or you will be here another year

~: a "S enior" and al~ somehow Icaught the disease everyone

k n ow s a bo u t. .. S EN IOR IT IS !

To all o f th e so ph om ore s

a nd j un io rs o ut t he re Ie av e th ewill fo r them to g et their h ead s

o n s traig ht a nd atte mp t to m ak e

the g rade. It w ould b e a s ad a nd

pa in fu l s to r y ifyou d id n 't g ra d u-

ate o n tim e an d m is se d th e g oo d

times w ith your friends after

th ey are g on e.

It is okay to be your ownperson. Ify ou r fr ie nd s c al l y ou

a nerd or a bookw orm and tell

you to take it easy, stop and

think: fo r a m inu te , a nd imagine

y ourself w alking across th e

stage, w hile yo ur friend s are

s it ti ng i n the a ud ie nc e s ay in g, " I

could have been down there

w ith th em bu t Iad to mess up

and stay another year. Bum-mer!"

ifI on't set m y m ind straig ht

that Iwill b e h er e a no th er y ea r.

B um mer, ano th er year of highschool? That doesn't set in m y

s toma ch t oo w el l, b ut Ii nd i t t ob e t ru e.

A ll o f m y stress is startin g

to ca tc h u p w ith m e. P ro cras ti-

nation used to be m y philoso-

p hy u nt il Iw as threaten ed b y

my n ew sp aper adv iser w ho , at

th e tim e, was s ea rc hi ng fo r a

met al fo rk b ec au se s he s aid t ha tt he p la sti c o ne s w ou ld n't w o rk .

D ea dli ne s? Wh at a re t ho se ?

Anot he r w e ll -t ho ug h t q ue st io n -

-so it seem ed at the tim e-but

n ow I 'm f in di ng m ys el f s itt in g a t

computer C typing in my col-

umn. Ifonly Iad s tarted th at

s to ry e ar lie r. M ay be Ishouldh av e tak en e very th in g serio us

an d no t as ajok e, bu t m e being

(n.) The disease thatstrikes aUseniors; also

known as 'senioritis.'

BY' tUNE ~STRO

As time rolls on I seem to

f in d s om e t hi ng s that aggravate

the@ #S#% out of m e. It i s a lso

so methin g that m akes p eop le

sick. This little illness is

STRESS!S tre ss is th e o ne facto r tb at

is really drillin g into m y h ead .

W ith th is y ear b ein g m y last o ne

here, I find it a sw ir li ng m e ss .

Ian 't see m to fin d th e rig ht

r hy thm to my schedule. Itcould

a ls o b e that my m in d is o n o th er

things at this m om en t su ch as

GRADUATION!

E veryo ne is tellin g m e that

Family history of alcoholism could spell trouble for teensso percent of admitted alcoholics comefrom an alcoholic family

or on special occasions, then yo u

p ro ba bly h av e n oth in g to worry

a bo ut , a lt ho ug h it c ou ld p ose a

problem ifyour parents o r g ra nd -

parents are having a party every

weekend.

The p oi nt I 'm b yi ng tomake isthat alcoholism, among o th er things.

is c ons id e re d by many s ci en t is ts to

b e h ered itary . T his is a fac t th at is

unknown am ong m ost teens w ho

drink.

T he s ta tis tic s s ho w th at o ve r

5 0 p er ce nt o f a dm itte d a lc oh olic s

c om e f rom a n a l co ho l i c fam il y. C an

y ou ima gi ne th e aetna! num ber •

c on si de ri ng t ha t there are m any

w ho have not admitted their prob-

lem?

I 'm n ot b yi ng to a cc u se a nyon e

of a ny th in g o r make anyone feel

guilty. I'm simply trying to open

s om e e yes to th e facts.

Ha vi ng a lc o ho li c members inmy fam ily, [ know the risks I'm

t ak i ng e v er y t im e Iav e a drink. Asteenagers, we all f ee l t ha t nothing

c ou ld e ve r h ap pe n to us. W eU. I

h av e o ne m or e fa ct fo r y ou -m an y

alco ho lic s a re teen ag ers w ho say

t hey starte d d rin kin g as y ou ng as

th e age of 12.

Check ou t your f am i ly h is to r y.

Y ou m ig ht fin d o ut s om eth in g th at

c ou ld s av e y ou r li fe . .

BY LORETTA ARISPE

N o one sets ou t to become an

a lc oh ol ic , b ut if your parents or

grandpan:nts a rc a lc oh olic s, t he n

y ou h av e the potential to b ec om e a n

alco ho lic y ou rself Y ou m ay h av enever taken a drink before in your

l if e b u t th e moment you do, yo um ay ac tu ally b eco me seriou sly

hooked.

T h eMacM il Ia n d ic ti o na ry d e fi -

n iti on o f an alco ho lic is on e w ho

su ffe rs fro m alco ho lism o r is ad-

d ie te d t o e xc es si ve u se o f a lc oh ol ic

b ev er ag es . N ow , ify eu r p ar en ts o r

grandparents drink only at parties

batever happened to the good old days of television?Con YOli teU I'ne how to get to 'Sesol'ne street'?w

S es am e S tr ee t

E v en t ho ug h to da y's t ele -,vision ha s gone to thedogs, it's good

to know that there a rc some quality

shows stiU ou t there- a show that is

e duc a ti on a l, a s weU a s e n te r ta in i ng

to w at ch . E v en th ou gh I a m c on si d-erably older than the average

S es am e S tr ee t w at ch er , I s ti ll enjoy

w a tc hi ng i t e ve ry now and t h e : o .

' /h i ss toryhasbeen brought

to yo u b y t he J et te r S. th e Je ne r G ;

and by the num ber 16.

different segm ents on "Sesam e help them academ ically. as w ell as

S tR ct " I e nj oy ed th e l it t le songs the teac hin g k id s ab ou t p erso nal h y~

most g ic ne a nd to s ta y awa y f rom s tr an g-

P BS c ba nn el so w e could w atch

" Se sam e S tre et." I g ue ss sh e d id it

s o s he c ou ld clean. bu t I think it wa s

so we would get out of her hair.

Wh at ev er t he reason, I d id n't c ar e

as long as I got to wa tc h " Se sam e

Street."

E very morning I was

c ou nt in g w it h the Count , s o und in g

ou t words wi th the two-headedmon-

ster, and w atching new s flashes

with Ke rm it t he Frog. Of a ll th e

BY FRANKI'E GABRIEL

W hile watching TV and

seeing nothing w orth w atching. I

turned to an o ld c h il dhood f avo ri te .

O ld frie~ds like Big Bird, Bert.

E r ni e, a nd t he Grouc h a ll s ti ll l iv e a t

123 Sesame Street.

Since as fa r as I can re-

member. right before my mom

w ou ld cle an th e h ou se, sh e'd tum·

on th e T V a nd s w it ch to t he l oc al

"Sesame S t re e t" i s s t il l o n e

o ft od ay 's f in es t s how s, D o tto men-

tion one of th e l ea st v io le nt . T h e

show can break young kids aw ayfrom those a nnoy in g v io le n t t ur tl es

fo r a w hil e. I t t ri es to he lp ch ild ren

l ea rn r at he r t ha n p ut disturbing im -

ages in their h ea ds . I t t ea ch es c hi l-

dren things they need to know to

ers .

As a r es ul to fJ eami ng t hi s,

children ar e mo re p re pa re d t o d ea l

wi th prob lems an d overcome them." Se sa me S tr ee t" a ls o t ea ch es a c hi ld

to en jo y learn in g at a y ou ng ag e. It

can ev en m ak e th em want to le ar n .

mor e. I p ro ba bl y w o ul d n ot h av e

t ur ne d o ut th e wa y I h av e w it ho ut

so me h elp fr om th e guys living 01 1

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BY SHARYLE CRAIN son , B ro ok s' r ep ly to questions

co nc e rn in g h is p o ss ib le r et ir emen t

w as t ha t h is p la ns fo r t h e f ut ure a re

still uncertain. A t the end of his

current tour i n D e cembe r, B ro ok s

will decide if the re is a conflict

between his c ar ee r a nd h is f am i ly .

U n ti l h is d ec is io n h is p la ns f or

h is f ir st i nt er na ti on al t ou r t hr ou gh

E u ro pe , A u st ra li a, a nd t he F a r E a st

O ne o f c ou nt ry m u si c's f av or -

ite e nte rt ain ers i s c on si de ri ng a n

e arly re tire me ntG ~ B ro ok s' c on-

fusion came a bo ut u po n t he b ir th o f

h is d au gh te r, T ay lo r M a yn e P ea rl

Brooks, in J uly . A t re ce nt p re ss

conferences to prom ote his new

Christmas album, B ey on d T he S ea -

Garth Brooks' latest r el ea se is "The Chase, II

I I CHAL~TALK ITravels with ChaucerBY BEVERLY OWEN

EN~L1SH IVTEACHER -

There are times at th e begin-

ning ofevery school y ea r w he n t he

image of me as a tough teacher - Furthennore, a book is i ts own and to p re se nt o ne ta le . T hr ou gh

able to ha nd le a ny c ha lle nge , e ag er d estin ation , a nd n ot o ne is m ore so th ese im pe rso na tio ns th e m id dle

to adapt to new groups of students t h an Geo ff r ey Chaucer 's "TheCan- a ge s in E ngla nd arriv e at Bryan

- d isappears fran th e m irr or . W b a1 terbury Tales. to Some of my most H igh.

I see instead is row after row of fulfilling m om ents in teaching m a- E ven though it is simplyajour-

sum mer stale faces. T hus begins terialize w hen Ih alle ng e p upils to n ey o fth e mind, y ou ng p eo pl e s oo n

m y challenge to m otivate students read C haucer's tale. A t t his tim e I discover the irony that the sam e

to p ro ge ss f rom p oi nt a, o ut o f th e encourage them to take the sam e w riter w ho bas f or ev er fi xe d i n o u r

s umm er m od e, t o p oi nt b, b ec om - pilg rim 's w ay h is c ha ra cte rs tra v- im ag in atio n tha t colorful cross-see-

i n g i n vo l ved in "arm chair travel- eled to visit the holy shrine of the tion of medieval s oc ie ty , b as a ls o

ing," m arty re d S t. T ho ma s A.B ec ke tt. p ain te d a, potrait of l if e i n t h e tw en -

Tho way I try to help teen- A t no other time ha s it given m e tieth century. Ino th er w o rd s, t im e

a ge rs fe el se cu re in t he h ea rt o f the m ore ple asu re than when las t y ea r's p ro gre sse s b ut th e p ow er o fth e p en

u nkn ow n is to g et th em e ng ro sse d c la sse s ro se to th e o cc as io n. E a c h

i n re ad in g - t he e m oti on al equiva- student personified one of the

le nt o f e xp loring a fo re ign la nd. tw en ty-n in e p ilg rim s in trod uc ed inI t i s n ot o nl y that lam passion- "T he P rologue" to The Canter-

ateaboutliteIatureandameagerto b ur y T a le s .

p as s- en th os e s am e feelings to m y A lthough Chaucer created his

s tu de nt s • .o r th at I can best s en se • c ha ra ct ers h av in g to tell t wo t al es

th e d ep th an d clarity of a place on the journey from London to

t b r o u a b r ea d in g ab ou t it,it is PlUch CanterbuJY an d tw o tales on th e

a nd p eo pl e r em ai n th e s am e .

A s a r es ul t, e ve ry y ea r when

w e s tu dy " Th e C an te rb ur y T al es "I watch it c om e a live th rou gh the

s tuden ts' experiences an d realize a

l es so n l ea rn ed as we ar e trans-

p orte d th ro ug h th e op en w ind ow

into th e soul of England.

LOOK

WHO ·Sc TALKlttG

,.

Maria Zavala, sophomore

"Chlcken.-

C o re y R kk ats ol\ s en io r

-A giraffe.·

Diane Dyess, sen io r"Scramble. "

S us ie M orga n, J un io r

·Pantyhose things. -

simpler.Greatliteraryworks,even return trip from Canterbury to

o nes se t in th e most r emote p l ac e s, London, I as k m y m ode m d ay p it-

g ive o ne th e ability to open eyes grims to dress in authentic medie-

into a wor ld o f thougb t . va l c lo th in g o ra c ho se n c ha ra ct er

have been postponed.

IfB ro ok s d ec id es to r et ir e h e

w ill b e m isse d. H is first d eb ut a l~bumGarthBrooks, wonfivenomi- L--- ___J

n at io ns f rom the C o un tr y M u si c

A s so ci at io n w it hi n a year of its

release. N o F en ce s an d R op in ' t he

Wind c omb in ed s ol d mo re than 15

mil l ion cop ies . They a r e t h e l a rg e st

s e ll in g co un tr y albums i n h is to ry .

Th e advanced retail o rd er s { or h is

C h ri stma s a l bum , B ey on d th e S ea -

son ,cxceedcd more than 16million

o rd er s. T h is i s a r ec o rd f or a Christ-

mas album . Another album by

B ro ok s, c al le d The Chase, was

r el ea sed Sept 22 by Liberty records,

After T h e C h as e, B r oo k s' c o n-

tract with Liber ty wi ll b e u p for re-

n ego ti a ti on , wh ich l e ad s t o s p ecu la -

t io n s t h at hi s h in t s o f r e ti rement ar e

a p ub li c r el at io ns s tu nt .

I f B r oo ks r et ir es , h e s ti ll p la ns

to con t inue to write s on gs a nd h el p

n ewcome rs ex ce l in t he mu s ic b u si -

ness. He c an a ls o re le as e albums

w ith ou t g oing o n tou r, b ut he sa id

that g oin g o n tow" is his favorite

a sp ec t o f t he b us in es s.

Brooks is sc he dule d to pe r-

fonn in D allas on O ct. 17 .

WHAT'S THE

FIRST THINe:.

THAT COMES TOYOUR MIND

WHEN YOU HEAR

THE WORD "EGG"?

KaBy Honsol t ; Jun io r

-Humpty Dumpty."

Dama 1r fa S te el l, s o ph omo re'" don't know. Eat"

Catherine Yan_, sen io r

·Where did you get thet?"

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without specif ics," tough c:oa1ro l.son h c : a I t h

c o st s " a nd 10 com all Americans, reprd-lessof~lIOIlditiOD!.·WiUimplc-

ment r e c o m m c n d & t i o n s of th e National

Commiss iou OD AIDS.

Seven-period day to begin with '92-93 school yearOpportunity to take more electives arises with new schedule

efit students the most by giving

them m ore of an opportunity to

t ak e t he c ou rs es t he y rea l l y wan t to

take.

Inorder t o g i ve t he s tu de nt s t he

opportunities they want , t he s ch ed -

ul e will undergo an e xp an si on o f

t he e le c ti ve program by offeringDew e le ct iv es . T he new electives

a re n ot k no wn at t hi s t im e .

Wit h t he s ix -p er io d d ay , it wa s

sometimes hard for a student to

p la ya s po rt a nd b e i nv olv ed inany

o th e r e x tr acu rr ic u la r a c ti vi ti es a tthe sa me tim e. S tu de nts w ill h av e

more flex:ibilitywitbthis

n ew s ch ed -ule.

One group who will benefit

f r o m th e new s c h e d u l e a r e t h e Co -o p s tu den ts . These s tu de nt s c ur -

r en tl y t ak e f ou r c la ss es a nd t he n g o

to w ork. Students needing more

than fo ur c la ss es fo r g ra du at io n

r eq ui rem en ts c an 't t ak e Co-op.

"Everything is fine justtheway

it is with si x c lasses, " j un io r Susie

Mo rg an s ai d.

"I like it." Colby Henton Jr .said, p o in ti ng o u t tha t classes will

b e s h or te r in length.

Classes will be shorten by five

to ten m in ute s. b ut the sc hoo l d ay

wiU be fifteen minutes Ic:qer.Teachers m ay be th e group

mo st o pp o sed to t he n ew sd te d ul e.

" Te ac he rs w ill h av e to teach

mo re c la s se s ," Beck said.

"The n ew s ch edul e will let you

t ak e f iv e classes an d you still have

an o p po rt un it y to be in Co-op,"

Beck said.No t everyone wiU benefit from

the seven period day, however.

Along with another class there

comes a l it tl e mo re c la ss an d home--

work.

"Ihate it. " so ph omor e Do ro th y

Scam ardo said. "It w ill make us

h av e m ore h om ew or k, " s he said.

BY ADRIAN FLORES

Startingin Septemberofl993,

the seven-period da y will becom e a

r ea li ty , w it h s tu de nt s t ak in g seven

classes instead o f t he current six.

"The r ea so n f or mov in g to this

s ch edu le i s to g iv e s tu de nt s m o re o f

a c ho ic e o n what they want to take

inhigh s cho o l, " a ss is ta n t p ri nc i pa l

The seven-period da y will ben-

Pilot program, Health Occupations included in curriculumAmerica's h is to ry b ad an e ff ec t o n

America's writers. Th e teaching

t ech ni qu e s i nc lu d e lectures, class

discussion. c ha r t an d map studies,

d eba te .! p e rs ua s iv e w r it in gs , c o op -

er a tiv e lea rn ing ac t iv i ties, etc. Stu-

d e n t s will be e v a l u a t e d tbrwgb tests,

oral presentations, essays, and proj-

ects .

Another new co ur se ad ded

t o B ry an High i s t h e H ea lt h O cc u-p a ti on s c la s s. Th is c la ss is designed

t o h el p s tu de nt s get a he ad sta rt o n

a c are er in th e m ed ic al f ie ld . I t w a s

a ls o .c re ate d b ec au se t he Quality

Task F or ce d is co ve re d t ha t t he re i s

a t reme nd ou s amo un t o f j ob s a va il -

able in th e medica l field.

He al th O c cu pa ti on s has

three levels of e du ca ti on : B as ic

Heal th C a re , Hea lt h Occup a ti on s

I,a r x t Health Oo -cupations II .• _

Basic Health

Care is being

taught this year.

A s tu de nt w ho

takes all th reel ev e ls w iDev en-

t na ll y r ec ei ve a H e al th C er ti fi ca te

an d be CPR-cer tmed.

Many s l l . I d e m s haw: already

s ig ne d u p forthis class even though

it wa s not heavily p r omo t e d

"This c lass was ju s t put on

t he s ch ed ul e s he e t, " H e al th Occu -

p a ti on s t e ach er Emily Gerst said.

"There wa s n o a dv er ti se me nt fo r

it, II Gerst sa id .

E xp ec ta tio ns for

these ne w cour se s s eem to

be ve ry promising.They

represent yet a no th er' a

boost of education for

Bryan students.Th e Heal th Occu-

p a ti on s S tud en ts of America . th e

ccxnpanim organizatim to the dass ,

will travel toHouston f or a mee ti n g

o n N ov. 7 w ith other chapters from

aeross t he s ta te .

jective of this course is to coordi-

nate s oc i al , e c on om ic , a n d p o li ti ca l

aspects of United States history

with selected works of American

L i te ra tu r e d u ri ng c er ta in t im e p er i-

ods.

'This c ou rs e w a s d es ig ne d

for high

schooljun-

iors to de -

vek lpanap-p.reciation

fo r Ameri-

c an li te ra -

_ ture and

American

history. I t a ls o t ea ch es them. that

BY LUCAS CASTRO

S in ce t he b eg in ni ng o f this

school yea r BH S has se en so me

changes in faculty and academic

offerings. ..

Modifications made in the

c un ic u1w n i nc lu de a Health

Occupationscourse and a

Pilot course which is a am -

bina tion of A me ric an L it-e ra tu re a nd Am eri ca n H is -

tory.

Th e Pilot program

is similar to th e current

"bloc k" c la ss, but it does

no t o f fe r an Hono rs c re d it . The ob -

The Health Oceupa-

lions program will

eventually include

three levels.The Pilot course com-

bines social, economic

and political aspects of

United States history

with seleded works of

Ame'ricao history.

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Expectations high for Vikings this season I

"W e a re glad to be b ac k w it h is making c ha ng es f or t he b et te r.OU T traditional rivals," Criswell "I believe that we'll tum it

said. around and start w in ni ng s om e b al l

O ne o fb is c on ce rn s i s to estab- games," S im s on s ai d.

lish a new i de n ti ty . a n d to help the Participation in V iking sports

players l ea rn t he new system so has dropped in recent y ea rs , a fact

they can be successful this year . that le d Criswell to see wha t could

Criswell's main goal is to be the be d on e t o i nc re as e p ar ti cip at io n. . imo st impr ov ed team is district 13 - "We are going to t reat the ath- I5A. Cr iswel l i s n o t e xp ec tin g a re al lete s l ik e champ iODS, "Cri swell s a id .

high or [ow finish t h i s year. "E veryone is welcome [to join a

Twelve new c oa ch es w er e t e a m J r eg a rd le s s o f p re v io u s expe-

hired to r ou nd o ut t he s ta ff . Coach- r ie n ce o r talent, and tbere will be no

in g strategies s t il l in c lude th e daily team cuts."

routine of w orking out the rough Th e Viki ng s a r e cu rr en t ly 0-3

parts. in p re -s e as o n p lay . The b es t s ho w -

Returning tailback Robert iDg of the season came against

Simpson doesn't s ee a m a j o r d if fe r- Longview las t Friday night at Vi-

ence in p ro ce du re s f rom las t year. king S tad ium . E ve n tho ug h th e .

" Th ere is really n o d if fe re nc e V ik es l os t 2 9 -2 1 , re org an iz at io n o f

fr om la st y ea r," S im ps on s aid . " 10 key p osition s pro du ce d so me e x-

th e o f fen se, what we do d ep end s on citem en t

what th e defense is doing. That Th e n ex t g am e is agaimtAus-

decides wha t we will do fo r the tin LBJ inAustin. TEAM TALK. ••Vtkina head coach Marty Criswell talks to hisday.· The next home game will be .pl .yen af ter. &ame. photo by B en Y ou ng

S impson b e li e ve s t ha t t he t.e am H om ec cm in g Oct 1 6 aga in s t Waco.

BY AD RIAN FLORES

After las t y ea r' s l es s than per-

fect finish inf ootba ll , expecta tions

are rwmingbigh fo r the first y ea r o f

a n ew p ro g ram . The hiring of ath-

l et ic di re ct or a nd h ea d coach Marty

C ri sw el l b ro ug ht s om e c ha ng es in

p er so nn el a nd c oa ch in g s tr at eg ie s.

No t ev er yo n e s h a r e s the same

opinion em . how wel l the varsity

footballt e am.

will d o th is y ea r."I think they will f in is h wo rs e

thantheydidIastycar." Chris Welch

predicted.

Steve Savala w as m ore opti-

mist ic . "They will break even , " he

said.

"This will be the year to re-

bu ild ," te ach er M s. Taylor said.

''They will fin ish be tte r tha n la st

year," she predicted.

Criswell is pleased to be in

District 13-SA w it h f or m er V ik in gdistrict riva ls su ch a s T em ple a nd

Killeen.

Lady Vikes see promising year with new coachesOvera l l , the j unio r vari s ty team

is a fairly young team, consisting

m os tl y o f s op ho mo re s. A lt ho ug h

the te am n ow s tands at a 6-7. jun-

iorvarsity coach BosseImowsthat

they w iD im pro ve a s th e y ea r g oe salong.

'We already see imp rovemen t.

Their greatest a re a of im prov e-

men t i s c o nc e rn in g the inability to

p ut t he match a way w hen eve r the

o pp or tu ni ty a ri se s, " B o ss e s ai d.

T he L am ar fre shm an team is

doing very well according to Coach

Shelton. Their toughest team is

predicted to be T em pl e. T he fresh-men c urr en tly h av e a 1 2-4 re co rd .

Th e Lady V ik in gs ' n ex t h om egam e is T uesday, N ovem ber 6.

fro m M id la nd , T ex as . C oa ch S ar a

Schultz moved up to head coach

forLarnar.

T he g irl s h av e d efi nit e g oa ls

fo r th e t ea m this year.

"W e ju st n ee d to trust each

other, stay commited to each other

and be l ieve in e a c h other, and there

is nothing we can't handle," Kim

F an ne r, a v ar sit y s en io r s ai d.

E ph ria m a gre es th at in order

to have a successful year the team

m us t w ork t og eth er . E p brl am s ai d

t he t eam 's a bi li ty to serve and re -

c ei ve r eq ui re s im pr ov em e nt . Ac-

cording to Ephriam, the Lady V i k I : s '

t ou gh es t o pp on en t i s t hem se lv es .

T he v ars it y re co rd n ow s ta nd s a t 2 -13. .

BY SHARYLE CRAIN

With a ll t he hype surrounding

th e new f oo tb a ll c o ach in g statt:another fall sport-volleyball-bas

been lost in t he e xc it em e nt . H ow-ever, t he re is a g ro up of dedicated

g ir ls w h o want to d e e p e n t hei r dedi-

cation to t he s po rt . .

A lo ng w it h th e n ew f oo tb al l

c oa ching sta ff the B rya n v olle y-

ball program also made a few

c ha ng es . C oa ch M arg ie E p hri am

came to t he v ol le yb all p ro gra m

from A bile ne, T exa s, to c oa ch the

v a rs it y t eam . The former f reshman

coach., Tammy Bo ss e, mov ed up to

th e junior varsity team. CoachC hristy S he lto n c am e to Lamar

STUFF IT...Vtkina voUeyball players fight a hard battle in. non-

district game. photo by Ge ne Za ji c ek

Top tennis players looking forward to district playThe girls top p lay ers a re

Lesl ie Dees, Sherah Wimpee,

Cindy Wimpee. Kim Grote,

M arcia Jo hnson, and Meredith

Hunt.

"W e have a strong girlsteam," Fuller said, "I think that

an y of the g irl s c an play in state

c om pe titio n. "

B ry an i s r an k ed # 15 instate

an d is facing a tough disrict

King, Scotty BlackburnlDale

Hos ki ss on , a nd M ic ha el S en te rl

Gresham Smith.

For th e g ir ls , doubles are

Leslie DeeslSherah Wimpee,

Kim Grote/Cindy Wimpee ,Marcia J oh n so n /S heDy B a tt en .

Thejuniorvarsity and fresh-

man look forward to a vigorous

match against Brenham next

Tuesday.

struggle. Bryan swept a recent

match againsi K ille en an d will

face Waco High on Saturday.

M atc he s lo st were to the higher

ranked teams. The team s that

the netters are f ac in g w il l pre-pa re the m for district.

The f reshman team will begin

their season next Tuesday in a

match again st B r enham .

"W e lost some of our best

players to g ra de s, " F u ll er said,'

' 'but we seem to be playing weD. ' .

Fuller still ha s high hopes

for the netters.

HWe hope to p la y T em p le

for t he f ir st -p la c e title," Fullersaid. "W e lost to them in an ear-

l ier match, bu t we hope to avenge

our l oss ."

Bryan's doubles team con-

sists of Pierce StacylBrendan.

BY LUKE CASTRO

Now into fall season play.

the tennis team currently ha s a

6-5 record . C oach D on Fuller

looks towards his top players tobring forth the district tit le.

Top p la ye rs i nc lu de P ie rc e

Stacy, Scotty Blackburn, Mi-

chael Senter. Dale Hoskisson,

Brendan King, and Gresham

Smith.

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'Typical' American family defies defmitionBY LORETTA ARISPE. -

KATHYKROL

Picture this: a mother, a

fa th er, a so n, a daughtiJr, and a d og

living in one home with a white

picketfence, Sound s tr an ge ? We ll ,

in today's society t his p er fe ct p ic -

ture family h as b eco me a lm ost o b-

so lete. H ow many people d o y ou

know w ho h av e b oth o f t heir natu-

r al p ar en ts living a t h om e ? Heck,

ho w many people know both of

their p a re n ts ? "A ll Ame ri ca n f' am -

ily"- what's thai?

Moreof tcn t han not , s ingle

p are nt h om es arc b eco min g th e

majority r at he r t ha n t he m i no r it y .

A c co rd in g 1 0 th e J an ua ry 1 99 1 ed i -

tio n o f Seventeen magazine, four

ou t of ten children born between1 97 0 a nd 1 98 4 grew up indivorced

families, an d it is predicted that six

ou t o f te n children have grown up

in them in 1990.

"ThctypicaJ family i s p rob-

ably divorced. T he re 's a fifty-fifty

c ha nc e y ou r p ar en ts will ge t a di-

v or ce if th ey 'r e s ti ll to ge th er ," s e-

n io r G le nd a S im m on s sa id " I d on 't

belong to a typical f am i ly . M y p ar -

ents are still married," Simmons

added.

T ry in g to m ain ta in ajo b, a

h om e, a l ife , an d b e a p aren t w hile

instituting f am il y v al ue s ha s be -

come o ne o f th e hardest things to

a c comp li sh f or allparents, single or

working as partners .

"Wed on 't h av e family t ime

together like th ey d id in th e ol d

d ay s," s en io r Yolanda Chatham.

s ai d. " N ow e ve ry on e d oe s t hi ng s a t

d i ff er e nt t im e s, "

Even television ha s tack-

led the subject of broken homes

fr om " Ste p By Step" a nd "Ba by

T alk " to th e recently publicized

"Mur pb y B row n. " Vice-presidentDa n Quayle objccted to Hollywood's

e xplo it at ion o f s ing le parenthood

a1ler th e sh ow a ire d o n n atio na l

television.

Qu ay le f el t t he s how d id n' t

p re se nt a g oo d picture o(fnmily and

family v al ue s. H e s ai d that Holly-

wood was glamor izing s in g le p a r-

e nl ho od . B ut wa s Ho ll ywood por -

traying an ything but the tru th in

som e h om es across the eo untry?

An d does a nyon e r ea ll y know wha t

a " p er fe ct " f am i ly is ?

Do s tu de nt s t hi nk t he y live

in a " ty p ic a l" f am i ly ?

"Yes and no. I have a

c lo s e f am i ly t h at d o es many things

together. However, that depends

on whose idea of an A merican

family yo u a r e t al k in g about," se -

nior Kevin Frosch said.

"Wh at is an 'Ame rica n'

family?" senior J oe S ar at e a sk ed .

"Today in th e American

f am il y y ou c an f in d mo st c hi ld re n

a r e l iv in g in single p ar en t h om es -

an d m os t a rg ue w it h th e o th er c hil -

d ren and lor their parents m ost ofth e time," senior Keana S t rohmeye r

said.

W ith the p assing of such

fa sh io n fa ds as th e p oo dle sk irt,

bobby socks, a nd h ai r g re as e th e

typical All-American family seems

to have followed in their footsteps.

THE NORSEMAN, OCTOBER 1, 1992

What TV personality or family

do you most identify with?

•

"Roseanne." --senior Mayels

Canales

"Will Smith from T he F re sh

P rin ce o f B el A ir ." so ph om or e

J ef fe ry Gr ays

" T he B u nd ys . n -sophomore

Shawn Peschke

I "Vanessa f rom Th e C os by 's. " - ~

sepha more A my M unday

"D arlen e fro m R ose an ne." -

r----------:----------------~----~-------,unior Christine Funicelli

Teachers tell all: TV show favorites

"Elroy Jetson." -senior Brian

Burdine

Now in seco nd year; La mar ca mpu s still undergoing;.~finement BY LUKE CASTRO

be complet ed by th e en d o f Sep- said. Teachers, as students know

tember," Porter said. S po rt s t eam s, e sp ec ia ll y, en- them. have a sacred life of a ll

In August. 1991. Lamar Last year w as a new ~riM coun tered. some diff icul ty incoor- work and no play; but to their

o pe ne d i ts d oo rs to stu~ts o nc e e nc e f or t he d is tri ct, a s w ell as th e d io atin g p ractices·. G ym nas tics~ , su rp rise teach ers are also so me-

a g a i n ~ However, i n s t e a d o f fifth stu de ll~ in v()lv ed . T he y Car\v ~ .tennis. s~&,football . vo l s.: w hat like students in certain

'graders s treaming through the not m tliout its problem s, "leybaU . basketbam :andtrack are, ways.doors. ninth g rader s e n te re d what Porter believes th e Lamarcsm- just a fe w o f ( he s po rt s in which Students like to w atch a lotis now known as Bryan High- pus re ce iv ed so me undeserved Lama r s tu d en t s a re t ra n spo rt ed to f e 1 . , ' 11 dLama r Campus. negative coverage last year inthe the B HS cam pus. T ransportation a t ev rs ion . Appar en y, so ?

For approxim ately 20 years, local media. c li dnot s e em to be a problem last ~~che~~. M an~ t.eac~ers dot t

Lamar wa s a fifthgradQ campus, " Some incidents l as t y ea r year, however.aOcording to Per- 1. :to .ISCUS~ eirpnvate te e~

bu t in,the spring s~~ter of the caused the new s, media to tak:epn~ tef..:'· ..... . .: V ISion life w ith students, or at

1990-91 school y e a r . plans were ..kind ls h o t s 1 at US,II Porter S ~ d , " . A p p a r e n i i Y ' $ t J l l l o Students fe d d least they w on't discuss their

m ad etomo ve cv ery ni nth gr ad ert o T hi s y ea r i s g o in g smoothly." otherw ise.' favorite TV show with them.ODe campus, In sp ite o fP orter'sjo in te ff'o rt ,. Sin ce g ym na stics class stays In som e cases this is not so.

Renovations of the Lam ar with BJY3.l1High principal Jeny ti114:30 af ter school, Jbad tro ub le . T each ers d o have a f avo ri te show

c ampus b eg an a nd Ja ne Long p ri a- Ellis to unite th e two c am pu se s, g ett in g b ac kto Lamar fo r tu to rials an d th ey ac tu ally talk about it.

clpal To m Porter wa s named t o the some s tu de nts a t L am ar s ti ll fe el inth e c la ss es lw as d Oin g poorly in , Art teacher Mary Edna

.s.amcpositioJ)· ~ 'f !1 e ,n ~ .s o h o o l. ~ c iu d e d tr om BryanHigha¢tiYt'" J evenlUally~.·td quit·gymnas·". D y ' f1 it howi "T hThe i991~9tsclloprywbegantie~~'jj":; ,> ' ' " '~ - , ~ F ~ \ ~ , ; , > . ,t i ¢ S " ' 1 : ' n r u t. # ~ n c ~ ~ a i d , \ . ) ,; . ; ;' prse s avo~ e s .ow IS e

Wi~ ta 11 r enova tl ooSbeingcom~ #'~year when t l e 9 P ! ~ ~ , . . Witll'thcf~Hcept { ' J f c O t il b iD ~ \ ~ loday Show, while g~vem~plete. BHS Spoke' of Bryan Hig,l{they ing activities}tiports and other,· ment teacher Brown BI81r pre-

.. Lots of CQ I lS ti u ct io n wa s thoughf of th e main campus, they e v en ts s ti ll fairly n e w , th e adntinis-' f ers lo ca l n ew s.

occuring that, at t i m e s . intc:rfered n ev er s po ke o f L am ar . I've noticed t ra ti on wi ll c ont inue to study all Som e prefer oldies for en-

.)Vith teaching an41~. Cur~ tha tu . re rcol lt inue todoi~~ye ;u- . waysinwhiCh,i :Obettcrcoordinate tertainment, as in the case of

~~i1~Uij.~il~=~i.·.·~.twO·~~f.;; : : : I : : . r~:; . .~:~

BYSHARYLE CRAIN

S om e teach ers are also d ie-

h ard s po rt s f an s.

Sports show s, especially

golf, occupy golf coach Ron

N ewhouse's TV tim e. Sopho-

m ore H onors E nglish teacher

B illie Jean Casey likes "M on-

d ay N ig ht B aseb all. "

" E ve nin g S ha de " is a fa vo r-

ite o f v olley ball co ach T ammy

Bosse.For those m ystery fans out

th ere , t he re a re a c ou ple o f t h os e

st il l a round,

"Matlock" is watched by

orchestra teacher Harold

Turbyfill.

"Twin Peaks" is at the top

of science teacher K aren T ay-

lor 's l is t.

M an y teach ers h av e a th in g

fo r th at lo vely lad y D an Q uay leh as o ft en ta lk ed a bo ut , M ur ph y

Brow n .

"I lik e M urp hy B ro wn be -

cause she's funny," biology

te ac he r D eb bi e R ic ha rd s s ai d.

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I!lITHI NORS""".OCTO.IR.199J I E FATll] l 1 :(jChester Cheetah, Ronald McDonald.... .

haraccielI"s· We're supposed toidentifywitb tbeseguys?

share some o f o ur fe eling s an d

thoughts.

C le ar o ut th e c ob we bs a nd t ry

to remember that ancient

M cD on ald 's c om m erc ial-th e o ne

w he re R on al d i s s ta nd in g in front

of his closet filled with identical

a nd e qu al ly t ac ky c lo th es -a nd he

mutters ,"What to wear? What to

wear?" E ach one of us has un-

doubtedly s t ood before a closet and

u t te r ed t h at same q u es ti on . Maybe

no t in th e same w ord s, b ut s om e-

th in g a lo ng th e l in es o f it.

"I relate to Rona l d McDona l~

b ec au se h e h as th e s am e p er so na l-

ity a s m e. Ian r el at e t o him be -

cause I'm g oo d w it h kids. H e's a

good role m odel." sophom ore

C h ri st al Y b ar ra , s ai d.I t' s h ig hl y u nl ik el y t ha t y ou 'l l

b e s i tt ing in f ro nt o f t he 1V during

He thinks in w ays that nonnal

people can relate to, n ot in ways

that you have to either be under

t hr ee y ea rs o ld o r i nc re di bl y d en se

to understand.

On the opposite side of the

i nt el li ge nc e s ca le . w a y d ow n t he re

in th e A by ss O fN o H op e, l urk s th e

k in g o f comer ci a l c lown s-R on a ld

M cD on ald . F irs t o f a ll, h e c ou ld d o

with a new wardrobe, Yellow

jumper suits an d re d c an oe s ju st

aren't t he r ag e a nymor e. S ec on dl y,

he n e e d s to start h an gi ng w i th a

co ol er c r owd . Ge t r ea l- no w o nd er

Ronald's such a drip . H is best

f ri en ds a re f rench f ri es , a n o ve r-

sized grape, a m uta nt canary (o r

whatever E arly B ird is) and an

e sc ap ee f rom p ri so n.R ig ht o fI th e b at y ou p ro ba bl y

c ou ld n' t r el at e to a c omm erc ia l

c lo wn . B ut t he lo ng er y ou d we ll o n

a P il ls bu ry c omm erc ia l, n od din g

i n ag re emen t an d f ee l in g l ik e y o u' re

th e Doughman's s ou lm a te . B ut it's

possible that ifs om eo ne h it s y ou r

b el ly bu tt on , y ou m i gh t s ay ," Te e-

hee." So the D oughm an isn 't all

flour and w ate r-h e's g ot a few

human qualities.

"Sometimes 1 f ee l l ik e 'L it tl e

Debbie' inwant to p lay t he d omes -

t ic h ou sew if e. T he n o th er t im e s I'm

Cbes te r Chee tah and v e ry d eman d -

ing," substitute teacher Sherri

O e ti ng e r s a id .

Th e most r e cen t an d p e rh aps

th e most i nt el li gen t o f c ommer ci al

c lo wn s h as t o b e 7 -U p's F id o D id o.

H e l oo ks s im ila r to a h um an . He

isn 't c ove red w ith w oo lly fur. h e

d oe sn 't h av e fire-red hair and amatching n ose . a nd he d oe sn 't re -

semble an overgrown beanstalk,

He ac tu a ll y ha s r ea li s tic though ts .

it ( ab ou t 5 m in ut es o f bra in- strain-

ing tb inking ), you 'l l realize t ha t yo u

an d tire Hamburger Helper Hand

have m ore in conunon t han the

ability to sp out ou t a re nditio n of a

M e xi ca n s on g.

III relate to t he F re nc h F ry g uy s

atMcDonald 's because I 'm a lway s

ste alin g the frie s o ff of pe ople 's

trays at m y lunch table, II junior

Anna Cronberg said.

Ify ou 're t he a ve ra ge TV b um ,

t he n mo st of th is relating-to-a-com-

mercial-clown stuff is way over

your head. B ut next t im e y ou 'r e

w atc hin g te le vi si on a nd T on y Ti-

germakes an a pp ea ra nc e, p au se

b e fo re y o u aim t h e r emo te co nt ro l.

Wo r k y o urwom- o ut b ra in c el ls

fo r a c ou pl e o f minutes a nd m a yb ey ou 'll fi nd o ut t ha t y ou a nd t he zo o

cat share m ore than a breakfast

b ow l o f f ro st ed f la ke s.

BYTA!l4DAVTON

Tbey in te nu pt o ur fav orite

s ho ws , p ar ad in g a cro ss t he t el ev i-

s io n s cre en . s om et im es . m ak in g u s

laugh and som etim es m aking us

c ha ng e t he c ha nn el . Tbey come in

every im aginable shape and size

an d level of stupidity-ranging from

a t al ki ng b ub bl e to a c lo wn w ith a n

I. Q. sma ll e r than th e first d ig it o f a

p hon e n um be r. Y ou know them-

R on ald M cD on ald , C he st er C he e-

tah , th e K ee ble r E lv es - t he y s pic e

up our com mercials, or in some

cases are th e ruin of them , but

t he y' re h er e t o s ta y. T he y a re trade-

mark c ha ra ct er s. O r insimpler and

more truthful tenns,"commerciaJ

F ace it-com mercial clow ns

w e re d es ig ne d a ft er p eo pl e, s o t he y

Summertime brings fun for some, misery for otherscom elivehere,tlseniorM attB riske "The worst part of my s ummer Sopbomore Valerie V ick also

said . was when Iad to get a jo b , " j un i or ha d toget u p e arly an d g o to prac-

" I m o ve d to Illinois, Then m y Paula H ebb said . " ... especiallyat tice, .," even though it was sum-

no n ca me a nd d ru gIre

back bcme," McDonalds," she added. mer," she said.sophomore Jeremy Herrera said. Junior Amy Ramirez "".stayed At the end of the tunnel of

"D efin ite ly th e w orst p art w as h om e dllring th e w e ek day s b ab ysit- fre edo m for th re e m on th s w as th e

moving to Bryan." senior John ting." loom ing prospect of that thing called

Webb, said. "I ha d dance practice in th e school.

Other s t u d e I l I s ha d to w o d c . most be at o f J un e for about S O hours a "Com ing back to school. t ha t

of th e s umme r w h en t h. ey c ou ld be day ," sen io r An n Magi ll s ai d. " An d wa s th e worst.," s e n i o r Becky Kinerd

ou t in the SUD. I d id n't g et t o g o to P aris," sh e sa id . sa id.

T he f in al w o rs t p ar t o f s ummer

seemed to be th e fact that it just

zipped by .

"It went too f as t, " ju ni or T ic oM onto ya sa id, p erha ps sw nm in g

up wha t all s t u d e n t s an d even teach-

er s felt like.

T he g oo d news i s, h owev er ,

t ha t Th ank s gi v in g an d Cbristmas

break a re ju st a ro un d t he c or; ne r.

BY KATHY KROL

S om etim es su mm er isn't al-

ways a b ow l o f c he rri es . C ert ai n

things that c ou ld g o w ro ng r ea ll y

pu t a d am pe r s om e s tu de nt s' s um -

mertime joy. On e of the w orst

things w as, w eU ."m oving here

according to s ome s tu d en t s.

"T he w orst part wa s getting

k ic ke d o ut m y h ou se a nd h av in g t o

Meow!

Fido, Fluffy and M orris can be used to relieve stress"It's a great w ay to take my

mind o ff o f m an y things that go on

through-out the day." senior

A rm a nd o J im e ne z s ai d.

W i th t hi s c ha ra ct er is ti c, p et s

ar e used t o h el p p eo pl e. In retire-

ment homes, cats and dogs are

brought in t o h el p t he e ld er ly e nj oy

their g olde n ye ars a nd b rin g su n-

s hi ne t o a t er mi na l p at ie nt . C at s a nd

d ogs h ave a lso be en used t o h el p

men ta l ly r et a rd ed ch il dr en r e sp o ndE v en d ol ph in s h av e been us ed in

c erta in form s o f th era py w ith de -

v e lo pmen ta l Jy d is a bl ed ch il d re n .

It's not just petting cats and

d og s t ha t c an re lie ve s tre ss , b ut it

ca n a lso b e wa tch in g f is h , r id in g a

h orse , o r p etting a bw my .

Ev en t h ou g h s ome p ro fe s si on -

als seem to a gr ee th at pets ma y

r el ie v e s tr es s, n o t e v er yo n e is COD-

vinced. Some an ima l s lend t o g e t o n

t he ir o w ne r's n er ve s.

"I b el ie ve t ha t a nim al s t ha t l iv e

w ith you do not r el ie v e s tr es s. If

t he y a re h yp er t he y are a pain inth e

r ea r.I h ate all m y pets," senior

M ira nd a T re jo s aid .W ho know s? M aybe a trip to

t h e l oc a l a n ima l s h el te r c o ul d r ev e al

t he c ure y ou 'v e b ee n lo ok in g fo r t o

r el ie v e a ll t he s tr e ss s cho o lwo rk ed

h as ca use d y ou

BY FRAN IC IE GABR IE L

W it h a ll th e s tr es s o ne f ac es int od ay' s s o ci et y , one might want. to

know how to relieve this added

stre ss fro m sc ho ol, w ork , o r ju st

things i n g ene ra l . S ome s tu d ie s h ave

shown that r el ie v in g st re s s c an b e as

e as y a s p et ti ng o r p l ay in g w it h y ou r

pet.

W ho w ould h ave th ou gh t tha t

sitting down andpe t t ingF lu ffy cou ldr e li e ve ev er yd ay s tr es s?

Animals seem to possess a

c alm ne ss a bo ut t hem t ha t i s p a ss ed

o n to t he ir o wn ers , s cie nt is ts be -

lieve.

STRESS RELEASE .•.Betsy B u ss el l, ED e n S tr ee er , L in ds ay Barney

and Christian Olsen, son of French teacher Beeti Olsen, enjoy an

afternoon ridine horses beloneine to Detra Dies. photo by Becc iOlsen