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Art student's workto be displayedat Astroarena

Thirty-oneBryan High artstudents hadwork dis-played in theregional Hous-ton Livestockand Rodeo SustaitaYouth ArtShow on January 16. NatalieSustaita won Best of Showand wil l be awarded a trophyat the Astroarena where herwork will be on displaythroughout February.

Speech studentsadvance in Aldinetournament

The speech and debateteam competed in a tourna-ment the weekend of January22-23 in Aldine. StewartBaxter, Marlesa Herman,Virginia Traweek andJanelle Weatherford ad-vanced to semi-finals in do-

mesticextemp.Weatherfordalso ad-vanced tosemi-finalsin bothprose andpoetryreading.advanced to

Weatherford

Amanda Whitesemi-finals in prose reading.The team of Bryan Palmerand Chelsa Richards re-ceived sixth place in duet act-ing. Jinny Sarvis and Vir-ginia Traweek made it todouble octos in Lincoln Dou-glas Debate.Regional AcaDecmeet held in Bryan

Bryan High hosted the re-gional AcaOec meet on Janu-ary 29-30 at Stephen F.Aus-tin Middle School. ElevenBHS students competed inten events. Fourteen otherschools attended the meet.The winner of the meetwill advance to state compe-tition. BHS has won the re-gional competition nine out ofthe past ten years.

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flll:1!tei~Parking problems could besolved with a little etiquette

The parking situation has been the average BH S student'snum ber one gripe lor the past two years. S tuden ts go on and onabout how hard i t is to find a space an d how long it takes to gel inan d out of the lots. W hat they fai l to see is tha t they , not the ad-m in istra ti on , a re ca us in g m os t o f th e p ro blem s.

T o s ta rt th in gs off pedestria ns do have the rig ht of w ay. H ow -ever, the " 'ain purpose of those w ide, paved areas in the park inglo ts is for autom otive traff ic . C on trary to popular op in ion , theyaren 't b ig, w id e w alkw ay s for large h erds of studen ts.

That's why som eone, a very lo ng tim e a go , i nv en ted a th ingca lled a sidew alk . They were m ade for pedestrians to w alk on sotha t they wouldn 't be in the way of cars, because as some maykn ow , cars hurt w hen they hi t peo ple .

T o a vo id g ettin g h it, p ed es tria ns sh ou ld c on si der th e si dew alklo ca ted o n th e sid e of the parkin g lot n ext to the fin e arts bui ld ing.T his w ill take a person directly to a crossw alk, an other in ven tionrarely used b y the students of B HS . w hich allows them to safelyc ro ss th e s tr ee t.

S om e people haven 't been blessed w ith the luxury of auto-m otive tran sportation , but m ost w ho have can understand w hat ahassle it i s to dodge peop le stag gerin g through the parkin g lots.It's a pretty com mon occurren ce to b e tryin g to en ter or leave thelots a nd fin d a pedestrian or three w alkin g directly in fron t of thecar. S trangely , they're the on es givin g dirty looks a t the persondaring to be driving directly behind them . Those who can 't re-spect the flow of traffic need to stop and thin k ab out the troublethey are causing. A nd on tha t note, people in cars who stop in them id dle o f the lo t to talk w ith frien ds cause ab out as m uch troub le.

M ost studen t drivers don 't w an t to run people o ver or get in toa wreck w ith another car. They are just trying to park and go tos ch oo l li ke ev ery on e els e.

P ed estri an s s ho uld sto p co mp la in in g a nd s ta rt m ov in g. It's asim ple thin g to rem em ber: sidew alks are for w alkin g, drivew aysa re f or d ri vi ng .

-Norseman Editorial Board

Getting high hurtsTeen drug abuse doesn't only affect the user

Y ou w ou ld n ev erim ag in e w he n y ou 'rei n th e s ix th g ra de th atby the tim e you're ajun ior one of yourcla ssm ates w att ld b e ad ru g a dd ic t. J read innewspapers all thetime about how thepercentage of teensthat use drugs is at an a II t imehigh , b ut i t n ever really hi t hom eunti l} saw it w ith m y own eyes.A person tha t Iused to say wasm y clo se frie nd b eca me a dd icte dt o d ru g s.

A lthough m y frien d w as nota member of my fam ily, it stillhurt to see th is person in th e con -dition they w ere in . . That's onethin g tha t drug users don 't real-ize: how m uch they are hurtingth e people that care ab out th em ..

There is a feeling of want-ing to reach out and help themso b ad, b ut then th e realizatio nhits that no one can help themuntil they are w i IIiog to helpthem selv es. B ut don 't ever giveup because one day if you keeplov ing them and showing them

th at y ou c ar e, that per-son will ga in thestre ng th to g et h elp .It i s e sp ec ia lly h ar d

to see a teen addictedto drugs. They havethe power to accom-plish anything theywant in life, and toth row it all aw ay for a

" hi gh " i s p it if ul.Itseems Like th ere w as m ore

emphasis placed on the issuewhen we were younger. S omep eo pl e d on 't r ea l i ze t ha t th e p ro b-lem is sti ll there, and at the agewe are, the issue is even moreprom inent. W e are much moresusceptib le to p eer pressure an dd ru gs a re d ef in itely m ore a cces -sible .

B otto m li ne - teen drug abus-ers n eed help . It is v irtu ally i m-p os si bl e t o b e re ha bi li ta te d w it h-out professional care. S top andthink about w ho it is affecting.D rugs not only hurt the abuserbu t also the fam ily and frien dsthat care about them . Gettingh ig h h ur ts .

February 5, 1999Living large and loving it: There is life after size 9

W hen the m ercuryf ir st s oa re d o ve r 1 00 de -grees last M ay, Iwentshopping for sum merclothes. A s T casuallystrolled through thera ck s a t B ea ll's , I d is -c ov er ed a m in is cu le s pa -g h et ti -s tr ap t op , w h ic h Ithoug ht surely m ust b e-long in t he c hi ld re n' s d e-partment. J examined th e tag,expectin g to see a 4~ 6x a nd real-ized that indeed it w as a jun iorsize 9..

This w as when r k new th atthere is d ef l n it e ly sornethi ngw ro ng w ith th e w orld i n g en era l,particulary t he c lo th in g i n du st ry .

A noth er su ch in ciden t oc-c ur re d w h en I went in 579 w i t ha f ri en d. W e w ere clea rly b ey on dth e 5-7-9 r an ge , a nd t he s al es gi rlwanted to make sure that weknew it. S he walked up to us atleast th ree tim es and sa id in an-n oy in gly ch ip pe r to ne, "S iz es 0-9, ladies, 0-9."

O kay, w e get it. It was a twofor one sa le, and w e w ere goingto buy two and sew them to-gether.

The poin t is tha t the pub licneeds to change the way theyth in k a bo ut o verw eig ht p eo ple .

There is nothingug ly about fat. It'sju st d ifferen t, likeb lue eyes andbrown eyes orb londe and bru-nette.

Or maybe i t'sno t the public ..Maybe it i s theclot h ing ind us t ry.

W omen have not always beencoerced in to tryin g to m eet suchun re a l s ta nd ar d s.

Liz CarrStaff writer

There is nothingugly about fat. It'sJust different, likeblue eyes andbrown eyes orblonde and bru-nette.

D urin g th e R en ais sa nc e, fo rexam ple, th in w om en w ere COIl~sid ere d u na ttra ctiv e. L arg e w asi de al, a nd c ou ntl es s a rt is ts i ll us -t ra te d th is i n t he ir p ai nti ng s.

Perhaps we should return

the days of naked fat womenloun gin g on couch es a nd sta nd-in g in sea sh ells . T hes e p eo pleha d the rig ht idea .

T he truth is that b ig is beau-tiful, a nd there is n othin g w ron gw ith b re ak in g th e re str ic ti ve 0-9mold .

B ig g irls live and enjoy lifein just th e sa me w ay our slen dercounterparts do. W e sti ll haveF riends, go on dates and spendSaturday a ftern oo ns a t th e m all.The only difference is that we[H a, Ha J g et to h av e t ha t lu sc io ussla b of chocolate cheesecakew ith o ur c ap pu ci no ,

And the best part is tha t wea re n ot a ny le ss b ea ut if ul, c ha rm -in g, sm art o r v alu ab le b eca us e o fit .

P eople just n eed to stop let-ting what a scale says controlt he ir J iv es . It is novel to want tolose w eight for your health , bu tthere is nothing w rong w ith be-in g w hatever size yo u are.

Regard less of how it maysound, I 'm not trying to putskinny people down. I'm justsaying that I'm happy the size Iam [16], and w ill be happy nom atter w hat the tag on m y L evi 'ssays.

Can't we all just get along?Deal with it; everyone is stuck on this planet togetherth e n igh t before, or m aybe theydo not want to pay at lea st $ 50fo r an a rt ic le o f c lo th in g th at wi IIgo out of style in a bo ut a m on th .

T he other day m y frien d a nd1w ere w alk in g th ro ug h th e p ark -in g lo t an d so me peop le starteds ay in g " pe ac e d ud e, love'v-basi-ca lly callin g us hippies. If th eyw ould have taken the tim e to talkto us they w ould have realizedthat there is m ore to us than ourflarejeans, p la tf orm s, a n d f low ershirts.

S o the next tim e you decideto call som eon e a "kicker, banger,or prep" a t least try to hav e a con -v ers atio n w ith th em , th en d eci deif you w an t to ha ng a roun d th em .An d by conversation, Imean thatth e two of yo u have to exch a ng eideas that say so methin g ab outyour p erson alties. If you are n otim mature y ou w ill prob ab ly likew hat you see.

S om e people m ay read thisand say it is im possib le to getalong w ith a person that is dif-fe ren t th an y ou r "g ro up ," b ut th atis the atti tude tha t m akes i t im -possible, It just takes a li ttleg um p ti on a nd k in dn es s.

In a rece nt cla ssdiscussion Irealizedbow shallow we canb e. T here w as a s tereo -type for each group ofpeople, ran gin g from ,b ut n ot li mi ted to n erd ,jock and prep. W e allhad an idea for thesetype of people. T he ic-ing on thecake wa swhen Iw alk ed in to a cla ssro omthat had a huge piece of paperta ped to th e d esk w ith th e w ord s"R eb els R ule" w ri tten on it.

I'm n ot trying to sound l ikean "old grandma" nor am I try-i ng to li ve b y clich es, b ut o ne d ayall of us are going to be awayf rom th e s ec ur i ty o f B ry an H ig h,an d w e a re goin g to b e a way fro mall of our groups, so w e w ill ha veto learn to get alon g w ith differ-en t ty pes o f p eo ple.

Just because a person doesn ot fi t in to yo ur m old of w hat theperfect character is does notm ea n y ou h av e to co nd em n them,Everybody is differen t and hasd iffe ren t i dea s to wa rd s li fe. N otwanting to look the sam e as an-other person is because not ev-eryone looks at li fe through the

same w indow . Youm ight have the sam eex pe nen ce s, b ut y oup ro b ab ly h av e d if fe r-en t view s aboutso meth in g th an y ou rfr iend.

Ju st lo ok a ro un dB ryan H igh and youw il l s ee th e d if fe re ntsty les o f h ow p eo ple

d ress. B ut, th is does not definet he ir t ru e s el f.

S omet im e s f ir st i m pr es si on sare not alw ays correct for vari -o us rea so ns. S om eo ne c ou ld h av eha d a b ad day , or m ig ht h ave b eenn erv ou s, ti red , o r sh y. P ro ba bly ,if you look deeper in to the per-s on y ou w ill rea liz e th ere i s m oreto that person . You m ight evenhave some the same things incommon.

A lso, what really gets m e ishow some judge people by ap erson 's ou ter app eara nce. N othaving the la test Tom my, Jnco,N ike or Calvin K lein does notm ake som eone less of a person .If a person is n ot dressed in w hatsome may call the "norm" itcould be because they did noth a ve e n ou gh time t o w a sh c lo th es

Misty McCannStaff writerChaunte White

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Co-ed, i torsDebbie Perez, Sarah SnyderAsistant egi lQrsAngela Morse, Wil l Wise.Staff w.ritersCarol Andrews, Liz Carr, Janice Cotsonis, TakeithaGooden, Misty McCann, Eva Ray, Chaunte White,Tocarro WilliamsAgviserSandy Farris

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Does graduating from high school early have an impact on being prepared foryour freshman year of college?, I t would def initelyhave an impact. Ithink early graduatesare mature enough tohandle going to col-lege."Domingo Torres, 12

M any Vikings havechosen to enter adult-hood early and graduate fromhigh schlOl ahead of schedule.Some argue that these stu-dents may face a tremendousamount of extra pressure theirf reshman year of college incethey are younger than mostcollege freshmen. Does ] ;n9a year older make you a earwiser, or is the maturity evelof a high school senior eq iva-lenb of that of a college f resh-man?

"I per onally believethat college is aheavy load to carrywhen you're only17."Kim Cole, 12

Carpe diemEnjoy the 'best years of your life' now

When Iwas in high school, Ilways heardthat 1 . should enjoy those years because they werethe "best years of your life." 1 did enjoy highschool, but Iwondered what the future held ifthe high school years were as good as it wouldget.

Then I wa in college and 1 wa told toenjoy that time becau e the friends you make incollege will be your friends "for tbe rest of yourlife" and, of course , it is the "best time of your

life." Well, college wa a blast (we won't get into those stories). Butdid it mean that it was downhill from there?Now L am much older and possibly a little bit wiser. I have come

to realize that, while those years were fun and interesting and impor-tant, they weren't necessar ily the "best years of my life."Ihave learned through experiences that involved family situa-

tions, medical problems and personal trials that NOW has to be the"best years of your life."TODAY is the only part of your life that you can do anything about.

While each of us bas things in our past we are ashamed of andwould like to change (and Heaven knows r have made plenty ofdecisions 1would have liked to make differently) , we can do nothingabout them. What we have done and the decisions we have made inthe past are what has made us what we are today. "Accept me as Imbecause this is what life has dealt me and Iave handled it as well as1 could!"

Tomorrow is yet to be seen. TI le way we handle ourselves todaywill affect and guide us for tomorrow, but the future holds things wecannot forsee, so we have to take things as they come and make thebest of them.

Today is what we can control. Our attitudes, our body language,our personalities and our friends are our outward express ion of whowe are inside and how we see ourselves. How we greet each otherdetermines bow we are greeted. How we approach our work is indirect relation to whether we enjoy itor dread going every day.

Michael K.ellingPhotojournalismteacher

"Each year you getmore mature. Yo u needall four years of highschool to grow and getthe xperience youneed to make it in col-lege."Laura Starr, 11"They definitely wouldnot be ready. You ma-ture a lot between theage of 1 7 a nd 18. 'Bryce Evans, 10

"High school prepares youfor the future an d what youare about to face in col lege.If you skip a year, youwon't be as mature as othercollege freshman."G arre tt L ip sc om b , 1 0

Graduating early wouldn'thave an impact because ifyou were prepared enoughto graduate early, then youshould be able to handlecollege."Haley Hughes, 10

When His will is done, He will comeNo one has the right to say when the world will endThe end is coming!

The world is going to beover!

How can normalpeople be given the rightto say that the world isgoing to be over?

Growing up in theeighties and the nineties,[ have grown accus-tomed to hearing that Jesus iscoming in the year 2000 .But now it is 1999, and I havejust about had enough of bearingthat the second coming is near.

Has it ever occurred to any-body that God is unpredictable?

God is not going to comewhen everyone thinks He is. Heis going to sneak up on you andsurprise you.

God is someone that youshould trus t and have faith in. Heis not doing this because Hewants to murder us a 1 1 for beingbad.

God isjust trying to make hiworld a better place. He is nottryi ng to kiIIeveryone just for thefun ofit.Ihink it is sad that people

are going through such huge stepsuch as taking money out of thebank and making their bouse abomb shelter to make sure theycan urvive.

The whole point of the sec-ond coming is for people to die.

Am Icorrect?So how in the

heck are you sup-posed to surv ivemortally when theend is corning?

Did it ever hi tsome people that theman upstairs maynot count his days

th e way we do?Your great-graodcbi Idrenmay be on this earth for at least

20 or 30 years before God de-cides that the world bas becomesuch a sickening ight for Himtbat He thinks that we need tobe somewhere we can be morewholesome.

Ok a y,now Ican un-derstand thatpeople at thetum of the firs tcentury alsodid crazythings like thisbut it has nevergone this far.Ihink that

ocarro WilliamsStaff writer

going to be okay.The sad part of this whole

'the world is ending" ordeal isthat chi ldren are really upset thatthey are not going to be alive.

What has the world come towhen we can torture childrenwith the thought that they arenever going to be able to be mar-ried or go to col lege?

We have no r ight to deprivechildren of their right to dreamand fantasize about what theywill be able to do wben tbeygrow up.

Children are the future ofour nation no matter how longyou think it is going to last.

Children are the fruit of oursociety and theirdreams are whatmolds our societyinto what it is.Ihink that oursociety needs to fo-cus on what is go-ing on in the worldright now, notwhat is going tohappen later on inlife. Maybe then

our world wouldn't be so cor-rupt.

We need to concentrate onmaking our society stronger foreveryone in our society becauseit does affect every one of us.

Children are thefuture of our na-tion no matterhow long youthink it is gOing tolast.

if you have astrong faith in your religion thenthere is nothing to worry about.Iam not trying to degrade

anyone who is God-fearing butT think that if you have faith inyour God. you know that you are

Don't bother me -- I'm coloringLife may very well be a sham; put it in perspective to find what mattersPerception is a grue-some thing.

You wake up and --obno! --it feels like you justwent to sleep. Youscramble around to make

You run home andshovel a can of raviolidown your throat justso you can haveenough energy toserve your graciouspubl ic . ..a public whocould care less aboutreturn policies andwho wrote them, just

so they get the satisfaction oftelling you what they think ... apublic who lets little Johnnyand Sue run around the depart-ment like animals, knockingdown a pile of sweaters you

yourself somewhat present-able, ju t 0you call sit in a Sarah Snyderdesk all day to learn facts; Co-editorfacts that mean squat to youunless you're cramming for theJeopardy semifinals. 3:45 hits, andthe day is seemingly over. Unlessyou're employed that is; in thatcase, it bas just begun.

just spent an entire hour meticu-lous ly folding only ten minutesbefore. Then 9 o'clock hits. It sover.

Then you remember you havethat final exam so you ingest asmany legal timulants as you canat once to pull an all-nighter ... allso you can make a stinking gradeon a stinking test- -all for a singlenumber that will supposedly havean insanely huge impact on yourlivelihood, your OPA.

And then you sleep and it allstarts over again the next day. Butit doesn't end there. You do all this

work so you can go to a schoolyou can't afford in the fi rst placeto repeat paragraphs two throughfour all over again day after dayfor four more years. Then youland a professional job, but it'snot until 40 years later that youcan retire from that. All thewhile, people are telling you theworld's going to end next year.Welcome to America. (Whew!)

A J J Ian say is, stop one dayand smell a box of crayons. Notthe generic Wal-Mart stuff.Crayola brand crayons. They re-ally put things in perspective.

Then color a picture. This iswhere you've gotta be careful:choose your colors wisely.

For some, the color is somekind of hobby, maybe somebodyyou care about a great deal, aport, your religion . ..

Of course, your colorscheme may consist of aLIof theabove, or none of these. Thepoint is not to have a blank page.

lfyour page i blank, all thework you have ever done, all thework you will ever do, willamount to nothing,

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Poll says students prefer trimesterAccording to a 1998 classroom survey,

BHS students would rather have trimesterthan semester scheduling. The survey, con-ducted by probability and statistics studentsof math teacher Sara Szymanski, was takenby all Bryan High students at the end of the1997-98 school year.

Strongly AgreeWith the trimester, my gradeshave Improved

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vey are jniors wholast sschedulingday while at Juniors hadthe same schedule, bu t were attend-ing Lamar under the semester sys-t em.I am able to focus bet ter with 5ct . . . . . . day

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Attention seniors: money awaitsInformation on scholarships and financial aid is availableMisty McCannStaff writer

With graduation arriving soon thequestions on most sen iors' minds are howthey can prepare for the future and bowscholarships and financial. aid can be ac-quired.

According to counselor CurtisLauderrnilk, there are three different waysthat financial aid can be awarded. One isthe Pell Grant, "free money' that do notneed to be paid back. Pell Grant recipi-ents must meet strict guidelines concern-ing income and family statu .

Another way to finance college costsis through a work-study program inwhicha student can obtain a part-time jobthrough the universi ty they attend.

There are also several types of loansavailable to students. Some are subsidized,which means the federal government paysthe interest while the student is in col lege.Others are un-subsidized, which meansthe student is responsible for the interes tfrom the day the loan is made.

Bryan High students are especially atan advantage in February, when localscholarships wil l be available for seniors.

Lauderrnilk urges students to check thecounseling center often for these localsc ho la rsh i P o pp ortu n i ti es.

The qualif ications for most scholar-ships include student eligibility such asGPA requirements and financial need.

Another place to gather inforrnationis the career center in the library. Thereare three different programs available toobtain information on col leges, scholar-ships and financial aid: the Guidance In-formation System, College View andTexas Cares.

With the Guidance Information Sys-tem, a ques tionnaire is mailed in. Infor-mation will be sent to the recipient aboutcolleges concerning their major and finan-cial aid. On the internet, students get anaddress and mail wi ll be sent to them aboutthe questionnaire and other things thatthey requested.

Good academic preparation now,Laudermilk says, wi ll payoff later.

"I urge enior to go to cia es, workas hard as tbey can, immerse themselvesinto the course, and know everythingabout the subject they are studying,"L au de rm il k s ai d.

4Senior Amy Prachyl works to produce the perfect round ar rangement in her f lora l designclass. Teacher Tina Parker says the classes wil l be opening a f loral shop for students andstaff as soon as detai ls such as operating hours are worked out.

PREDICTIONScant. from pg. 1

discussed. Now that the problem is finally being taken seriously, some people areafraid it wi l. l be too late.

H is hard to say exactly what will happen. Anything from unu able credit cards tonuclear bombs going off i pos ible, though the latter is not that likely, There is nodoubt that a computer crash would cause some problems, exper ts say, but extremis tstend to believe that a computer shutdown will be the inevitable demise of the world.

ome doomsday believers have already started prepar ing for the turn of'the cen-tury. Although no one knows exactly what the future has in store, many believe thatdoomsday is marked by the turn of the new millennium.

"Everyone tries to ignore the fact that major problems are at hand. Everyoneshould take precautions. Wbat would it hurt?" Daniel said.

ISTRICTnt. from pg. 1

Sausedo says 010 t of the software in admini trators' u e is not date-sens itive, and thenewer computers are already "Y2K-fTiendly."

Older computers that have been replaced are being used to train new employees,according to Sau edo.

As for miss iles going off spontaneou Iy, few faculty and adminis trators appearconcemed about the more dire predictions.

"I 've gotta have hope that the defense department did their job," Norris said.Seal's main concern is air travel."It's an inside joke in our house: I will not go in an airplane during the year

2000," Seals said.

'D O\lf\A 1co~ege Hints for managing the details*Buy used textbooks or ask to bOiTOWbooks from studentswho have previously taken a course."Be cautious when applying for and using credit cards.

"Cal] your roommates over the summer to discusswhat items need to be purchased for your dorm

~~~~ .. ~room.'" tick to eating on your prepaid food plan, and not atfast food restaurants.'"AIways ask if there is a student discount at 1 oca I

store , movie theatres ports events, etc."Avoid opening hank. accounts that charge extra fees for using the ATM or havemonthly transaction fees.*Look for ajob at home dur ing the summer breaks and vacations."Don't miss out by missing deadlines. The ear lier your forms are received, thebetter the chance your need wi IIbe met.Keep a copy of all completed form and applications.*Respond to all schools' inquiries promptly and accurately. An incomplete filecould result in a reduction or los of aid.*Keep in touch with the financial aid office at all schools you are consider ing.Immediately notify them if there is a change in your family's financial situation."'Remember to re-apply for financial aid and ome scholarship each year.You do not have to apply for the full amount of the loan offered in your financialaid package. Only borrow what you need.

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February 5, 1999 /~.' - -. - ~--..;f.] ,{ ~ - ._ ,_- ...... -- - _VALENTINE, MYVALENTINEStudents recall sweet memories of romantic holidayJanice CotsonlsStaff writer

lt could be a m an ifestation of theg re etin g ca rd i nd ustry o r i t m ig ht b e a c el-e br at io n o f s om e l on g- fo rg ot te n s ai nt . Ina ny c as e, Ifis a h olid ay celeb rated by ev -ery age group across the Un ited S tates.W hat is th is holiday that stretches fromcoast to coast? N on e oth er th an th e ch ar-a cte ri sti ca lly ro ma nti c S t. V ale nti ne 'sDay.

T he w e ek s p re ce di ng F eb ru ar y 1 4 ar ethe one tim e of year w hen mushy greet-ing cards are tru ly appreciated , and afab led chu bb y ch erub roam s th e coun trysh ootin g h is arrow s of love. In ad dition ,ch ocolate hearts w rapped in red an d pin kfoil pou r ou t of stores b y th e pou nd .

M ost studen ts w ere exchanging thev ery sam e rom an tically charg ed sw eetsb ef ore th ey h ad e ve n le arn ed to sp ell " va l-entine."

T he w ee k b ef ore V ale nti ne's D ay , e l-e me nta ry sc ho ol te ac hers w ou ld d ra g o utth e constru ction paper, d oilies an d g lue

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and w atch as stu dents w en t to w ork d eco-rating paper sacks W Ith hearts of everyshape and size. T hat F riday, those bagsw ou ld b e f illed w ith c an dy a nd c ard s frome very pe rson i n th e cla ss.

Back then the holiday, for many,m ea nt li ttle m ore th an ex tra ch oc ola te a ndcookies fOT th e d ay .

"A LII k new w as th at i t c am e and w en ta nd th e c ho co la te w a s g oo d, " ju ni or L uc asR i tt er s ai d.

S op ho mo re M ich ae l W ei sen be rg ere as i J y a dm it te d t ha t . .. .. g et ti n g c an dy f ro mthe teacher" was his favori te part ofC up id 's d ay i n ele men ta ry sc hoo l.

A s they age, the m eaning ofV alen tine's D ay has evolved w ith in theh ea rts an d m in ds of stu den ts.

"Iu se d to lo ve d ec ora ti ng c oo ki es f orValentine's Day, but now the em phasis isd efin itely on h av in g som eb od y to lov e,"f re shm an L es li e Rivers said.

N ot only has i t changed from valen -tine bags and a day of extra sugar, forsom e, i t has also lost the traditional im-

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leave theirrlyDebbie Pere.z.Co-editor

Independence D ay com es early to som e seniors th isyear as they set forth to the land of freedom : no school.T he en d of th e secon d trim ester for th ese people m ark s theend of their h ig h school experien ce. S om e w ill g et a headstart 00 adulthood w hile the m ore laid-back w ill enjoy alast b reak un ti l th ey enroll in a c ol le g e o r u n iv er si ty .

G ra du ati ng o ne o r tw o tri me sters e arly si mp ly m ea nsthat a student has com pleted all required courses. Eventhough th ey are out of school, how ever, m ost still chooseto atten d their sen ior prom an d b e a part of th e M ay g radu -a ti on c er emo ny .

"Som e studen ts go to sum mer school and take zeroh ou r c la ss es i n o rd er t o a cc om p l i sh this," coun s elo r She rr e llM oore sa id .

U nc erta in ty m ay a ri se i n th e stu den t's m in d w he n try-i ng t o d ec id e ifearly g ra du ati on is a n o pti on . S en ior C ase y W e sse l, w ho i s g ra du ati ngearly, thinks that m issing out on the high school life is a major reason wby otherstu de nts sh ou ld n ot c on si der g rad uati ng e arly . S en io r Rachelle P eters, on th e oth erh an d, p ra ise s h er d ec isi on to g ra du ate e arly .

"I just w an t to get th is school th ing over w ith , go to college as soon as possib lea nd th en li ve li fe to th e f ulle st, " P ete rs ex plai ne d.

M o ore a dd s t ha t a s tu de nt 's plans w ill i nd ic ate w he th er or n ot ea rly g ra du ati on i sa w ise c ho ic e."If a person 's goal is actually going to be facilita ted by getting out of school

e ar ly , i t m a k es se ns e. Ifa stu den t w ill ju st w aste ti me a nd d o n oth in g u nti l th ey e nro llin colleg e in the fall, th en th ere is n o reason to consid er i t," M oore said .

W hile m any grad uatin g sen iors' freed om w ill in crease, som e insist th at cuttin gsh ort o ne 's se ni or y ear is a g rea t d isa dv an ta ge .

"Y ou are not ju st in sch ool to com plete cou rses. W e are also h ere to interact w iththe w orld, our friends and learn about li fe 's lessons. Th is is the fu ll experience ofone's high school dram a. N o one should deprive them selves of this, not even a tri-m es te r, " W e ss el s ai d.

L id ia P erez com pleted h er h igh sch ool credits last N ov em ber an d b as h ad m oree xp er ie nc e i n t he a ct ua l, d ep en de nt s ta ge t ha t a s tu de nt f in ds th em se lv es i n a ft er g ra du -a ti ng h ig h school,

"J find m yself just w orking and try ing to com ply to the life of an adult and m ak-ing m oney for m yself. In the future, I w ill be attending college. I m iss school but IJu st n eed ed to g et i t ov er w ith," P erez said.

po rtan ce o f sp en di ng th e d ay sole ly w itho ne 's tru e lo ve .

" A p erf ec t V ale nti ne 's D ay w ou ld b eto go out w ith a bu nch of m y friend s o rtb row a h ug e party an d ch ill ou t b y a b on-fire w ith som e s'rnores," se nio r C hri sR ee d s ai d.

F or oth ers, h ow ev er, the rom an ticholiday is m ean t to be just that, a day ofrom ance w hen one opens up to the per-son w ho h old s th e k ey to th eir h eart.

"1 don 't like to do anyth ing too b ig ,but th at's th e d ay T find som ebody andtreat her like a queeo w ith flow ers andc ho co la te ," W e is en be rg er sa id .

For R ivers there is even more to itt ha n t ha t.

"It's abou t stoppin g to lak e tbe tim eto show the one you love how much youl ov e t hem . Itdoesn 't have to be the daythe calendar tells you; i t's the day yourh ea rt te lls y ou ," R iv ers sa id .

"T hat's w hat Valen tine's D ay is alla bo u t- -y o ur h ea rt ."

'It aC(began when. .. ~In 5 th cen tu ry R om e, F eb ru ary 1 4

w as th e d ay of th e F east of'Lupricalia,a f east h eld to h on or th e G od o f'F erti l-ity and, in s om e a cc ou n ts , s ev e ra l o th erg od s a nd g od de sse s.

At the beginn ing of the feast allb oys w ou ld d raw ou t the n am e ofa girlfrom a v ase. T hroug hout th e celebra-tion, th e p ar tn ers w ou ld d an ce a nd p la ytogether. S om etim es the partnersw ou ld m ak e a " ma tc h" an d e ven tu allyge t married.

In 496 A .D ., P ope Gelasius out-law ed th is "pagan" holiday and re-placed it w ith a sim ilar, b ut m ore su it-ab le on e. H e d ecid ed th at in stead , th eB ish op V ale nti ne sh ou ld b e th e pa tro nsain t of h is n ew holiday .

A s th e sto ry g oes, S ai nt V ale nti new as to be beheaded for helping young ,lov ers m arry ag ain st th e w ish es of th em ad e mp ero r C la ud iu s. B ef ore e xec u-tion, V alen tine h im self had fallen inlo ve w ith th e ja ile r'S d au gh ter. H is fi-n al n ote to berw as si gn ed , " From Y ou rV ale ntin e." T he p hra se stu ck a nd th us,th e establish men t of S t. V alen tin e's

~ ay, the celeb ration of true Jove. ~

Seniors (from l ef t) Am i S w ai m , K at ie Y o un gk in a nd S u sa nn ah L ip se y l oo k a t b ro ch ur es i nt he l oc al A rm y r ec ru it in g o ff ic e o f S g t S ob o. photo by Martha Utt le

Recruiters promote military opportunitlesChaunte WhiteStaff writerD arnel L ew is knew w hat tria ls and

tribu lation s h e w as ab out to ex periencefor the next six w eeks. H e w as going tosw eat and ache, and h is body w as goingto be abused and overw orked . W hy didh e e nlist in th e U .S . A rm y? W ho informedhim that besides being physically ex-h au ste d h e w as also g oin g to b e e du ca te dand financially com pensated? L ew is'A rm y re cru ite r pro vid ed th e a nsw ers.

T h ere a re m a ny s to ri es a bo ut r ec ru it -ers and h ow th ey pressu re stud en ts to en -te r th e m ili ta ry w he n th ey g ra du at e f ro mh ig h sc ho ol. B ut th ey are n ot e xa ctly m on -sters w aitin g to g ob ble u p li ttle 18 yearold boys and girls, as som e m ay th in k. Inf act, a rec ru ite r w ill n ev er try t o a c tu a ll yre cru it a stu de nt u nti l th ey sh ow a n i nter-e s t t h ems e lve s.

"R ecru iters d on 't n ag or h arass y ou ,they just open the doors and show yousome options that you m ight not haveknown you had," counselor CurtisL au de rm il k s ai d.

A fte r a stu de nt sh ow s a ll i ni ti al i nter-e st i n t he m il it ary p ro gr am , a re cr ui te r w i lltest th eir qualifications. A cad em ics,physical capab ili ties and m edical andcri min al h isto ry a re j ust a f ew of th e th in gsth ey lo ok a t.

" S tu de nt s m u st h av e l it tl e OT no crimi-o at re cord . W e lo ok a t th is b eca use i t t ellsa lot abou t a person 's ch aracter an d back -g ro un d, " U .S . N a vy re cr ui te r C h ie f D ar iu sJ oh ns on sa id .

A r ec r ui te r will a lso h elp s tu de nt s f in dt he ir c ar ee r i nt er est s. T he A rm e d S e rv i ce sVocational Apti t ud e B at te ry (A SVAB ) t es ts ho ws w h at a re a in w hi ch a stu de nt i s m o stli ke ly to e xce l. T hi s, in turn, c an h elp stu -d ents m ak e d ecision s su ch as m ajors an doccupations .

" Usu ally a p erso n th at g oe s stra ig htto colleg e doesn 't h av e th e ex perience toknow what they want to m ajor in . Them ili ta ry , h ow ev er, la ys ou t y ou r o ptio nsan d gi ve s you a c ha nc e to e xp er ie nc e t he set hi ng s f ir st ha nd ," J oh ns on s ai d.

R e cr ui te rs w i ll a ls o i n tr od u ce s tu d en tst o th e f in an ci al o pp or tu ni ti es t ha t t he rnili-ta ry o ffe rs . .T he m ili ta ry m ay p ay as m uc has 75 p erce nt o f c olleg e tu iti on a nd of fe rC lep T ests so th at stu dents can test ou t ofc er ta in c ou rs es. I n th e c iv il ia n wo rl d t he set es ts c os t a ro u nd $75~80; t he m il it ar y o f-f ers th ese te sts f or fre e.

" Most fa mi lie s c an 't a ff ord to p ay th eh ig h tu ition prices an d room an d b oard ofa colleg e freshm an . W e h elp stu dents ou ttrem endously w ith these expenses andem ploy them in the process," Johnsonsaid.

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Latest sequel to The Legend a/Zelda arrives to overwhelming responseWill WiseAssistant editor

intendo announ ed its coming al-most as soon as the Nintendo 64 was in-troduced; the eventual launch date camethree years later. It is th latest installmentin what has been considered th e best fan-tasy gamejeries of all time. It is TheLeg-end ofZelda: Ocarina ofTime.

For many faithful intendo fans, ob-taining the game became something of aquest. Over the course of three years,gamer and fan eagerly grabbed up anymagazine promising screen shots or Dewsabout Zelda 64's launch date. A they sooften do, rumor and speculation ran ram-pant.

"J felt it would be a big deal," saidJu ti n McKee, a sophomore at BHS."[Nintendo wa ] bringing it to a systemthat really needed it."

Finally, Nintendo of America an-nounced the launch date - November 23,1998. As if the anticipation could not bebuilt any higher , NoA added that any cop-New success interweaves withpast accomplishments InCarey's ncw albumDebbie Perez . ,.., ,~.~.'Co-editor .r.. ,j_

I I ta ke s l1lor~ than - .) ,. ''''1% .a sweet. co mpc l l ing .voice and a ti 1 " 1 1 1 stand O il li k \ issues tocompare (11 till' risillg star image createdhy M ariah Carey several u l hum s ago. Asa lady or soul. Mariah rolls back 10 he runtorgcttahlc tup hils fro m prcv iousalbums. She compresses them into asin~k work thut recaptures the intense~SSl'IlCl' Ill' her l'~lrly years.

I lcr nlluun. \Iariah', #1. lak~ ~ herfans h;lck ((1 her S\\ cct melodies like"Someday" and recent chart breakers like"Fantasy" and "One S\\ lc t Day." Thealbum alsn lcuturcs a duct \\ i th BryanMc Kn ig hr , a 1 1L '\\ so ng entitled"Sweetheart" and the ever-thr illing duct\\ ith her soul sisl~ r Whitney Houston .

l-cuturcd n il the sound track ThePrince Ill' Egypt. "When You Believe"i111r(1dllC~S the Ik'\\ \ ihc created by 1\\0ladies \\ IHlSl' re pu tati on s e xte nd b e y o n dpcrsonul talent. FL'~ lillgs of expectedri \ alrv d im in ished \\ 11l'11the voices ofMariah and \Vh i ll l' :Y b l ended Sl'~111lcsxlyinto a s ou nd ( 11 < 11 ra ns ce nd s perfection,The sOllg is also featured OIl both of thesingers" a I hu rn-, and cl i mbed the chartsl'\ ~11before Ih . . ..1ll0\ ic premiered

T he s cn xa ti on of Mariah's hilS docsnot end and. aj1p~lr~IlII:, did nor start withIhis sOllg. \losl of Mariuhs early lnnsremember her s\lllg "Someday" \\ hichnaturally effused a Ill'\\ being ill M ariah .

:\ltlHlllgh In r....L1l1nicrvicv. she ha sclaimed to he unsatisfied \\ i th her c arli erw ork s. th ese nld songs arc th e ones thatw il l always c;I1TY the vigor an dinkn sil~ ing touch that created the M ariahCarcv we knov, today.

On the other s ide, th c r e arc peoplewho condemn her lor being so tree-spirited . lfsh c ch ou sc Inem ula te a stylethat fi ls the l)O's and strays from herurig inn l image hy wcuring skimpyc loth in g an ti a cti ng pl'm oc ati vc ly , it is he rbusiness. As lun-; though. S(1Il1~ o r usmight choose III crit icize this an d evenchange our perspective about her, One has1(1 a d r n i t. however, IlO m atter how drasti cher image has changed. she sti ll has thetalen t to be the shining star in the musicindustry.

ies of Zelda 64 reserved before Novem-ber 22 would arrive in a limited-editiongold cartridge, as an homage to the NESZelda's, both ofwhicb came in shiny goldcarts.

By the time the launch date arrived,over a quarter million copies had beenreserved, effectively raising the bar forquali ty. As freshman Ryan Coffer said, "Itbetter be good b e c a u s [had to put downmoney and wait for two months for it."

According to most gamer, the waitwas worthwhile. ritical re ponse habeen overwhelmingly positive. Ziff-DavisVideo Game Group, the publishers ofElectronic Gaming Monthly, bestowedupon Zelda 64 three of its yearly awards-Best Adventure Game, Best Nintendo 64Game and Overall Best Game of the Year-and it is only the second game to receivefour I O ' s -a perfect score, in an EGM re-view.

Re pon e from local garners has beenjust as favorable. Coffer said he enjoyedthe series ' earlier games and had high ex-

pectations of the latest of-fering, expectations whichwere not in vain.

"I thought i twas goingto be cool because theycouldn't screw it up. It' onthe same level as th fir tone [for the NES] becauseyou have to think about it,"Coffer said.

Gamel's agree that thepuzzle and dungeon ele-ment that made th e earlierZelda s fa m ou s has beenfa i th fu lIy transferred in t othree dimensions. McKeethinks that alone is whatNintendo needs toregain i tsformer s atus as the indu *try leader."Zelda will definitelyincrease Nintendo 64sale ," he said. '[The 64]needs more games of thisquality now."

The LegemL" unfold ...The Legend o/Zelda (NES, 1986) - nlCfirst g am e o f th e series in tr d uced th em ai n c ha ra cte rs L in k, P ri nc es s Z eld aa nd th e e vi l G an on , a nd th e b au le lo rthe mysterious Triforcc.Zeit/a 2: The Adventure of Link ( ES,1987) - This iequel w as v er y p op ula rb ut h ig hly c ri ti ci ze d lo r its ch an ge informat .The Legend ofZelda: A Link 10 the Past(S ES, 1992) - et 100 years beforet he o r ig i na l Zelda, L in k a nd Z eld a' sa n ce st or s. n ame d L in k a n d Z el da , s ee kt he l eg en da ry M a st er Sw o rd t o c om b atG an on a nd reco ver th e T rifo rce. T hed isco ve ry o f L in k's seco nd q uest is co nsid ered o ne o f th e

finest m om en t in v id eo ga me h isto ry .The Legend a/Zelda: Links Awakening ( Ga me B oy . 1994)-Af t er d e f ea t i ng Ganon , L i n k d e ci d es LO seek a n ew a dve n-tu re. O n th e way . h e i s s hi pw re ck e d an d must s e ck th e ai d oft he m y th ic al W i n d f is h t o r et ur n to Ilyruic. 0 f ar . i t i s s ti ll t hef an -f av or it e O S g am e .The Legend of Zelda; Ocarina ofTime (N 64, 1998) - T hef i rs t th ree-d imens ional Zelda c h ro n ic le s L i n k, b o th as a y o ut ha nd a s a n a du lt. fli pp in g b etw een th e p ast a nd future to res-cue Zelda from the evil O anondorf, whu ha taken overH yr ul e. T hi s g am e a ctu ally p re da te s th e r es t o f th e se ri es.The Legend o/Zelda: Link :\.Awakening DX ( Gam e Bo yC o l or .(999) - As t h e t i tl e s l at e s. DX is a deluxe v er si on o f t he o ri gi -n al G S Zelda i n c olo r w ith a dd ed f ea tu re s, i nc lu di ng a n ewdungeon.

Carol AndrewsStaff writer

Women, booze, gambling and l ies areusually some of th e things associated withthe typical bachelor party. But what do youdo when the unexpected happens, andyou're left with a dead tripper andsecurity guard?

That's the question for the five guysin Very Bad Things. Kyle Fisher (JonFavreau) f inds him elf bent out of shapewhen hi bachelor party takes a turn forthe worse. H is best man Robert Boyd( hristian later) decides a stripper anddrugs are neces ary lor the perfectbachelor patty, but when a fellow bachelorMichael Berkow (Jeremy Piven)accidentally kills her, the guys are leftinsane with tear.What will Kyle's fiance, Laura( ameron Diaz), think? What will AdamBerkow's (Daniel Stem) wife think? Andmost importantly, what will the authoritiesthink?

Well, they couldn't have security intheir way, so now the heat is really on forthe five simple-minded uburban boys.Somehow they come to the false logic thatburying the bodies in the desert i the bestbet.

After the dirty work is taken care of,they head back home to face their lovedones an d their guilt.

After only a few days, they all begintocrack. Soon the f ive accomplices beginto drop Like flie in a twisted plot to keepthe secret of the dead tripper buried.

Even though Kyle is distraught withfear and 1 0 s, Laura demands that thewedding still takes place. Soon Kyle isleft with only one compadre, CharlesMoore (Leland Orser). Laura suggeststhat Kyle take him to the desert todisposeof him as well, to show that he "truly lovesher."

TIle ending has proven i tsel f to be the

best part. Although you expect the worseth e extreme worse is what you get.

This movie has the elements of acomedy being radical and full ofunexpected twist . However, Iound thatthe movie wasn't exactly runny. It wasgood, if you like tho e weird,unpredictable movies that leave youdepressed and disgusted, but Ion't thinkthat the movie achi ved what it set out to.

1gue the film maker thought theworld thrives on sick comedy. I wouldrecommend thismovie to thosenot easilydisgustedand thosewho findthe bizarreamusing.However,don't rent thisone for the kids!***

New Psycho disappoints in mimcry of originalAngela Morse ~ I Vince Vaughn wa exactly the sameAssistant editor ['i)"1I " I\ psychotic Norman Bates and Ann

I was so excited when 1 _~~~JJr;j.lHecheplayedtheshowersceneper-heard that there was a remake ...3!..~~_'_ fectly.of Alfred Hitchcock's movie .___, This infamous shower scene k pt thePsycho coming out. I thought it would same fake look from the old movie. Thebe good for the movie to get a '90's twist. kn ife appeared to bounce right off1 was sorely disappointed. Heche's body, and then it appear she diedThe movie was made to be an exact of only two tab wound to the back.

copy of the original. Everything was the And there's a reason why eachsame, only with different actors. They scene is the same. Before each sceneeven kept the food-color-dyed water for wa acted out, the actor and the di-blood. rector would watch the originalThey also kept the clothes from the scene in order to better imitate it.

'40's, which looked out of place in th To me this defeats th e purposemovie. Everyone except the main charac- of a remake. If you're going to re-ters dressed in modern clothes. Norman make something, yOll should add aBates and the other main characters drove little twist to it or at lea t updatecars from the '40's while everyone else the clothing. Otherwise, you shoulddrove modem vehicles. just leave well enough alone.The actors did, however, do a good job This movie also shows an obvi-

of copying the original actor' work. o us lack of creativity. Apparently

the producer couldn't come LIpwith any-thing original of hi own so he bad to stealsomeone else's movie.The type of acting in this movie both-

ers me. They were just mimicking some-body else work without bringing any-thing new to the character . Acting is sup-posed to be a creative outlet, not mimicry,**

Vince Vaughn playsNorman Bates in thenew version of Psychowhich was releasedin November of1998.

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Ifit's not Hollywood or pay-per-view you are craving, here aresome of the movie releases avail-able this month. Check them outat your nearest video store .FEBRUARY 2MulanSometh.ing About MaryDingo

FEBRUARY 9AntzRounders

FEBRUARY 16VampiresSnake EyesAnimorphsVulcan

FEBRUARY 23RoninUrban LegendSoccer Dog

February 5, 1999vikingsLM: Can we sing to it?EB: Can we get up and dance?NH: I like the song, it's slow.CM: I don't like it.BI: I don't either.NT: I'd rather listen to Marilyn Manson.EB: I 'm feeling the song. She has a nice voice and everything.BI: I think it's too slow.LM: It puts me to sleep.NH: It's a romantic song, and you could get your groove onwith your man.CM: It's boring. NM: Good meaning but too slow.LM: It's a snuggle song.

ROCK OF AGESChristian musicians take on popular genresliz Carr, Tocarro WilliamsStaff writers

The Inger looks out on a sea of youngfaces, bouncing up an d down in time withthe pulsating beat of the music. A bodysails over the crowd and drops, narrowlyavoiding a collision with apew.

Yes, a pew. This rnoshpit i not in an arena or anightclub but in a localBaptist church. This is oneof the many new faces ofthe Christian music indus-try.

From country to R&B,almost every genre of mu- Amy Grantsic popular today has aChri tian alterego.

The R&B scene has recently pickedup Kirk Franklin, God's Property, NuNation and Trinity 5-7.

God's Property and Nu Nation areamong the mostpopular becauseof their connec-tion with thecharismatic KirkFranklin.Tho ughFranklin comesfrom a family ofgospel must-

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cians, he has also been successful in thehip-hop scene. Trinity 5- 7 is another oneofFrankJin's creations that has establisheda distinct positionin the field.

Avalon, Amy Grant and Point ofGrace have contributed to the world of

Christian pop.Amy Grant re-

mains at the top due toher longevi ty in the popand Christian musicbusines. Point ofGrace has been a hitsince their first big al-burn The Great Divide.

"Point of Gracebas a great sound. Theyknow how to harmo-

nize, and their words illuminate bow weshould live our lives on a dailybasis.rjunior Cathleen Catlinsaid.

Avalon has also in-creased in popularity sincethe release of their new al-bum, A Maze of Grace.

Jars of Clay, DC Talkand Between Thieve are onthe cutting edge of Christianalternative.

"DC Talk has some ofthe best beats. They havebeen around so long, and they will always

be here to give us what God wants us tohear ," sophomore Amanda White sa id.

DC Talk's recent release Supernaru-ra] i sjust another addi tion to a long stringof bits. Jars of Clay, who enjoyed phe-nomenal success with their se lf- titled al-bum, is known especially for their experi-mentation with different instruments.

Ricky kaggs, Shenedoah and BarbraFairchild have changed the meaning ofcountry music and altered it into a newChris tian form. The sounds and styles soessential 0 country are sti ll present, butthis time the lyrics deal with God's loveand mercy instead of drunk men withcheating wives.

Many critics feel that all the newforms of contemporary Christian wil l pro-vide listeners with a fresh alternative tosecular music. By honoring God in both

their lyrics and liveperformances, Chris-tian ar tists seem to beglvmg audienceswhat they want.

"This is what oursociety needs espe-cially for our children,to bring them all andallow themsel ves tolisten to somethingwholesome," said aChristian Music Magazine critic.

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,Alienated' faculty makesa landing in the box officeTakeitha Gooden ~ D ' ' "StaffWriter r . . : : : . ~ \Like many ~~ I ; . . Jschools, Herrington ~High is out of money, and the students areti red, not to mention the teachers. But whoknew the faculty would tum into aliens?

The Facul ty consists of a high schoolfaculty that i over taken by aliens whichleads to the infect ion of the students.

Stokley (Clea Duvall) comes out tobe the hero in the end as he and his com-panions take you on a roller coaster ride.

Marybeth (Laura Harris) is a nicelittle country girl who decides to move toa small town. The true depiction of hercharacter in the end, however, istwist ing.

The Faculty blends a bit of teenageli fe with comedy and horror. It keeps youin suspense with i ts many shocking twistsand turns. Ult imately, the movie wil l keepyou on the edge of your seat.*****ating System

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