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BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL NOVEMBER 23, 1988

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lot is Mickey Mouse and has ,.-........::

B Y L ES LE Y R OD GE RS been so every since his crea- ~

tion.

Some of the most popular

"fictitious" presidents include:

Randee of the Redwoods, Cal·

vin of Calvin and Hobbes, Ger-

aldo, Roger Rabbit, and evenHank Williams Jr.

Why would someone want

such people as president? Well,

here's why some of the Bryan

High student sfeel these arethe

best-possible candidetes,

"Hank's the best! We could

have the president of the Uni-

ted States and the president of

part y in' all in the same man!"

said Chris Siegert.

Todd Brugger said, '" thinkGeraldo would be good, 'cause

he don't take no bull!"

Whether its Randee or Roger,

Ozzy or Hank, we a'i have our

own ideas as to who should be

the "Sig Cheese." And, who

knows, maybe one of them will

be our future president. After

all, Clint "Make my day" did

Every four years, in Novem-

ber, everyone isovercome with

the seriousness of elect ions ...

but some of us have a dif ferent

out look on who should be pres-

ident

There arethe third- party can-

didates, such asthis year's Ron

Paul or Lenora Fulani, who

travel from place to place and

give lectureson how the govern-

ment should beled. Often their

views are very extreme and are

popular with a small part ofthe

voters.

Sut, believe it or not, there

are those whose choice for pres-ident are even more extreme

than that ofthe third-party can-

didates.

Could you see OzzyOzbou rne

as president? Scary, huh? Ser-

iouslythough, many campaigns

for rock stars, cartoon charac-

ters, and actors have been

created for the more humorous

side of politics.

The mostfamous write-in bal-

become a mayor!



2NOVEMBER 23,1988

BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL

Possibility of closing campus arouses serious debate

Those for------Thoseagainst---------BY KYM MARCONTEL L

It's been all talk and noaction

overtheyears about closing the

campus but recently some ac-

t ion has been appl ied towards

the issue and it might finally

come t rue starting the school

year of 1989-90.

An advisory committee be-

l ieves this is one possible solu-

tion to the drug and alcohol

prob lems in school. The com-

mittee has not met yet and is

being formed and will look at

the situation.

The firstthing everyone thinks

of when they hear the words"closed campus" is that it

means they would haveto eat in

the cafeteria. This is not true.

Anyone iswelcome to eat in the

snack bar or even bring a sack

lunch from home.

Also, eating at school and/or

bringing one's own lunch would

save students (and let's not for-

get the parents) money for gas

and/or a ll those l it tle "extras"

every teenager needs to surviveinth isworld. Plus, aIIthe money

would fi Iter backinta the school

system.

Closing campus would a lso

cut down on all those speeding

tickets students just seem to

collect over the months of the

school year while rushing to

thei r favor ite fast- food join t to

"scar f' downthei r meal and get

back before the tardy bel l.

The accidents students have

while trying to get off campus

before everyone else does would

be reduced. Students would

only haveto worry about getti ng

run over inthe halts while going

to the cafeteria or snack bar.

Insurance pol ic ies would stay

the same as before so parents

would not have to worry about

that.

Closing the campus would

also decrease the amount of

tardies to all classes after each

lunch period. This decreases

the amount of students for Sat-

urday D-hall and the amount of

teachers needed to sit wi th the

students during D-hall.By closing the campus the

Editorials

BY DAN W INGF IE L D

In answer to the increasing

drug and alcohol problem in

high schools around the state,

Joe Barton has suggested that

schools retain a closed campus

status during lunch periods.

When taking Bryan High into

considerat ion on this matter ,

however, it becomes apparent

that closing campus would

cause more problems than it

would ever actually solve.

school would face some prob-

lems. Atthe same time, closing

the campus would solve twice

as many problems as it would

cause.

Once everyone has looked

and studied both sides to the

issue of closing the campus,

ask each other one question: is

it really worth all the commo-

tion, confusion, problems, mon-

ey and gas just to eat off-cam-

pus?

What is your choice: To vote or not to vote?

BY J IL L SM IT H

. .

To vote or not to vote? The

decision should not have to be

made at all. After all, was our

country not founded onthe idea

of "a govern ment of the people,

by the people, and for the peo-

ple?"

The United States has long

been held in esteem by many

other countries, but Americans

have begun to take this advan·

tage for granted. People have

quit voting and have become

lax in their knowledge of pol-

itics.

With the past election, many

eligible voters did not turnout

to vote. There were an esti-

mated 183 mil lion eligible vo-

ters, and of these, only 53.1%

voted in the past president ia l

election.

People in this country have a

variety of excuses to explain

why they do not vote, one being

frustration with the government

and the system. You may not

like any of the candidates, or

even the system ofgovernment

at all. But. by not voting, you

are only for fei ting your vo ice in

government. I fyou did notvote

in this past election, you have

no right to complain about the

actions of the president in the

next four years.

Some say vot ing is too much

trouble, but campaigners are

doing as much as they can to

make vot ing easier for you, the

voter. Some states have estab-

I ished voting registration by

mail or in gvernment offices

such as the Post Off ice. Party

headquarters, in most areas,

provide such services as rides

to the polls for voters that can-

not drive and babysitting for

voters with children who can-

not be left alone.

Then, there is always the ex-

cuse that "my vote doesn't

count." For those of you that

sti lt be lieve that, consider the

close election of 1960. The

Republ lea ns prom ised that Vice-

President Nixon would continue

the peace left over from the

Eisenhower administration.

The Democrats saw achange, a

new front ier to be explored in

Kennedy. After the election,

when all of the votes had been

counted, Kennedy had won by

118,000 votes. If one more

person ineveryprecinct in Amer-

ica had voted for Nixon, the

election would have gone the

other way.

The excuses aregetting weak-

er and weaker. So, if you are

eighteen by the election of '92,

VOTE!

NORSEMAN

The Norseman is published by the Journalism II class of

Bryan High School. 3401 E. 29th, Bryan, Texas. The views

expressed are those of the writer and do not necessari ly reflect

the views of the facul ty , s ta ff or admin is trat ion. Letters to the

editor are encouraged. The Norseman reserves the right toeditletters for length and clari ty. ubelous material contained in

letters will not be published.

Co-edi tors .•.•. .. _._•. .. .• _ Kym Marcontel l, Dan Wingf ie ld

Assistant Edi tors . .. .• David Barrychuck, Lycia Champagne

Jan McKenzie

Reporters. . . . . L inda Alvarez, Emi ly Bouls, Shannon Ponzio ,

Lesley Rodgers, Jill Smith, JoElien Talasek

Phot08f8pher ••..•.•••••••••••.•.•••..•••.•.. Greg Mogle

Advisor •• __•••..••..••. _.••...••• __••••••••. Sandy Farris

Closing campus to prevent

the use of drugs and alcohol

would be a futi Ie effort that

would considerably affect every-

one where only avery few are at

fault. In fact, c los ing campus

might actually increase the pos-

sibility of drugs on campus.

Those few depraved souls that

would be affected in this way

would be tempted more and

more to satisfy their need on

campus when they used to be

able to anywhere else. Closing

campus is not going to stop the

people who do use drugs from

using them on their own time

anyway.

Evenso,the pract ical s ide of

closing campus is enough In

i tself to render the ent ire mat-

ter academic. Bryan High's

cafeteria and snack bar are bare-

Iy able to serve the amount of

students they have now with

only a portion of the student

body staying on campus for

lunch. I f campus were closed,

renovations would have to be

made to these eating facil it iesand even wi th three lunch peri -

NORSEMAN

ods, the cafeteria faculty would

still be hard-pressed to serve

the school's entire population.

I f the decis ion to c lose cam-

pus is actually made, students

wil l not beconti ned tothe snack

bar, but this iswhere the major-

ity of the students wi ll be loca-

ted. Inorder to properly super-

vise this large amount of stu-

dents, more teachers than ever

before wi ll be p laced on lunch

duty, wastingvaluabletimethat

could be used for the better

education of their pupils.

Another factor to be consi-

dered isthatthe business com-

munity would lose an estimated$630,000 a year on lunches

alone, money that is desper-

ately needed in the economy.

Drug and alcohol abuse is

definitely a problem that needs

to besolved and there are even

more problems facing BHS,

such asconstant tardiness and

traffic problems, that need to

befaced aswell . Closing cam-

pus, however, is by no means a

feasible solution.



NORSEMAN FeaturesNOVEMBER 23, 1988

BRYAN BIGH SCHOOL

A turkey's last day

B Y D A N W IN G FI EL D

A multitude ofcolor cascades

over the sidewalk as Autumn's

sweet breath paints each leaf

and blows them away with a

heart warming rustle. Cool

nights welcome a warm hearth

as the family gathers together

in close accord.

It's getting to be that time of

year again where families come

togetherto break bread inThanks-

giving and to rest from their

daily toils and troubles. It is a

t ime of love and togetherness

shared by all.

AsThanksgiving arrives, moth-

ers and grandmothers begin

their preparations for the even-

ing feast.As the places are set

and the family gathers around

the magnificent feast, all join

hands in thanks of this joyous

occasion.

But there is one present that

has no reason for thanks. One

who loathes the approach of

this day from the very begin-

ning of his existence. One who

trembles in abject horror at the

very mention of this evil day.

This poor , desti tute soul has

gone inconsolable in his fears

sinee the very beginnings of thetradition of Thanksgiving. His

torments have gone unnoticed

by mankind's total denial of

even the existence of his feel-

ings.

After all, in all the fun, food

and football, who has time to

worry about the turkey's feel-

ings?

Asa little fledgling inthe wild,

a turkey hears tales of the in-

human cruelty of a race of be-

ings that perform cannibalistic

r ituals on the fourth Thursday

ofevery Novem ber that involves

the sacrificial beheading of the

prime of turkey youth. Some

such fledglings ignore the warn-

ings of their mentors but aresoon made firm believers as

.Thanksgiving:

A time for family and tradition

B Y E MIL Y B OU IS

Thanksgiving means many

things to many people. It is a

special time of the year that is

set aside for us to reflect on I

everything that there is to be

thankful for in our l ives.No matter how our individual

lives are, there are always

things for which to bethankful.

There are the basic freedoms

of choice, speech and rel igion

and, as is so eloquent ly stated

in the Declaration of Independ-

ence, we have in America, the

freedoms to pursue life, l iberty

and happiness.

There are many personal free·

dams, but these basic free-

doms hold true for all Amer-

icans.

Each family, however big or

small, holds its individual cele-

brations in a different and u-

nique way, but they all have one I

thing in common: they are all

celebrating their freedom.

Clint Easterling, senior, said,

"Each Thanksgiving our family

has a family reunion and ourrei atives from aIIover the coun-

the sharp retort of ahigh caliber

weapon sounds as a death tol l,

extinguishing any remaining

doubts.

Fo r the persecuted, the true

Thanksgiving comes a day later

as they realized they have sur-

vived another year. But it is a

short Thanksgiving for they

know that next year is yet to

come.

Keepingthis in mind, the next

time a family sits down to plan

their Thanksgiving feast , per-

haps they should ask them-

selves, "Why not have ham this

year?"

I I I think of all my relativesand all of the food." Jo

LynnWilder, senior

'Thanksgiving?

iii think of food and the

whole family getting to-

gether." Sharon Rose,

try come down to Mississippi

for a large feast."

The family feast seems to be

an important part ofthe Thanks-

giving tradition. Some families

combine with other families to

make one big Thanksgiving cel-

ebration.

"We have our celebration withthe family members and

friends. Weall get together with

the cooking of the dinner (ev-

eryone cooks something) and

somehow our family always

ends up cooking the turkey. I

always look forward to this time

of the year because there is a

lot of food, but I hate the weight

I 've gained after i t's a ll over !l ,"

senior Cynthia Mendez said.

One of the things that no one

Iooks forward to isthe clean-up.

"My family usually gathers in

Houston. Another part gathers

in Henderson. Iusually get

stuck doing all the work. My

cousins and Iusual ly take off at

clean-up time," said senior

Stephanie Duke.

The traditions that people

keep up are as unique as the

reasons why they are celebra-ting.

"I think of the Pilgramscoming over." NatashaDunn, junior

~-Ofthewal---------------L

hat do you think of when you think of

U I think of all the football

games." John Vindiola.senior

3



4 NORSEMAN Indepth- Presi

seeing him would be surprising

enough.

The President of the United

States. The tit le alone signifies

a representation of the people,

of the ir ideasand their dream s.

In this year's presidentialelec-

t ion, many people thought that

there was not m uc h of a choice.Both parties' candidates did not

seem appealing.

'" think for this election, it'sthe lesser of two evils. Ielieve

that both ofthem are incornpe-

tent and are not qualified or

honest," said senlor WadeJohn-

son.

But achoice had to be made .

Although many students were

unable to vote because of the

IS·year age requirement, opin-

ions were still formulated a-

mong the students.

Bu s h The Race of thBush or

""Opinions vary,

Republicans rejoice in their victoryannouncement ofthe mock elec-

tion, everyone knew the out-

come of the real election.

The majority ofstudents were

stil l skeptical of who would be

the r ight choice to f il l the presi-

dent's position, but most be-

lieved that Bush could do the

job better. There were those

who did feel that the Demo-cratic party's candidates could

have done better.

"I think the country is in trou-

ble. I don't think Bush will do a

good job. The poor will get

poorer and the rich will get

richer. Bush doesn't favor irn-

port tariffs and that's going to

hurt America's economy," said

senior Dawn Turbyfill.

In another opinion onthe out-

come of the election, ChristyFrederick also disagreed with

America's choice of president.

B V JA N M CK EN ZIE

The last vote was in and all

were accounted for. Even be-

fore then, the winner was obvi-

ous. America sighed when the

outcome was announced and

George Bush made his accep-

tance speech.Republican George Bush won

by a wide margin. He carried

40 states and more of his share

of electoral votes.

The race was much closer

this year, which was not sur-

prising to most voters. tha nfour

years ago when Ronald Reagan

ran against Walter Mondale.

Forthe Sryan High mock elec-

tion, Bush also won by a land-

slide. As a general consensus,most students were pleased

with the outcome. After the

"Bush is a liar. 1 really don't

think he is going to fulfill any of

his campaign promises. I don't

feel he was the wisest choice of

the two candidates for the wei-

fare of our cou ntry. In my op in -

ion Bushisfull of Dukakls," said

sophomore Frederick

Although these two state-

ments are against the electedpresident, America did choose,

in its api nion, the perfect eandi-

date.

America isa democratic cou n-

try; therefore, this cou ntry has a

fair and [ust election process.

To f i l l the position of head of

this country would require the

characteristics of God, but no

one is perfect so it is not only a

game of chance, but of cross-

ing Amer ica's f ingers in hopesof four years ofgood leadersh ip.

B Y J AN M CK EN ZIE

Turning on the televisi on, you

switch from chann el to cha nnel

realizing that the same guy is

on every channel. You ask your

dad, "Who is this dude?"

"WeH son, that's the presi-

dent of the United States," your

father says coaly."Geez, that means 'The Cosby

Show' is canceled," you say to

yourself.

The "dude" on television is

the same person who runs the

country and affects your every·

. day life. Suppose, just by pure

ehanee,that you could ask ques-

tions to the leader of the coun-

try. What would'you ask? Prob-

ably the idea of just actually

•1

Th e m ock ejectio n held at B ryan H igh o n

..... _ _ tu nity: to so cia l stu dies stu de nts to vo te o n

outcome of the election is shown above.



ntial Election

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NOVEMBER 23, 1988

BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL

uences growcommon sense, be

",rc:n,"",n1e, and relate well to

I like George 8ush

- = 1 . . CJI.J::'C Mike Dukakis doesn't

across to me as a strong

ndidate," said sophomorennifer Steadman.

What influences people to

e asthey do? The fact isthate issues discussed today are

than controversial, they

Iwith the rights of the indi·

al.

to outlaw abor-

Dukakis and Bush are on

sides of the issue. Bush,Republican, is strongly on -to abort ion. Onthe other

Dukakis, the Democrat,

is for the rights of the woman.

The question would be up to

her.

Another issue which could

influence many students for or

against a candidate, is the idea

of prayer in school. Bush be-

lieves in instituting a law that

would help students in their

religious beliefs. Although D u -

kakis isagainst prayer in school,

he believes in the moral values

that would be created with a

time of meditation.

Hopefully, students do have

opinions of their own on who

they would like to lead their

country. According to many, to

choose their president would

help generate a new and irn-proved political future for Amer-

ica.

5

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What do you think the president's biggest

concern would be when he is first in office?

"I think his biggest concern

would be to not do anything

wrong because all eyes are on

him at this point." - Joanna

Bernard, Jr.

Party Animalsukakis?

"I th ink hewould want totake

careof the problems with Social

Securi ty." -Matt Lea, Sr.

'" feel war would be a big

concern for him because it is

alwaysa threat." - Gracie Can-

ales, Soph.

"To join the peopleofthe U.S.

together to stop the spread of

country music!" - Tim Simp-

son, Sr.



NOVEMBER 23,1988

B RY A N HIG H SCHOOL . NORSEMANports

Another football season ends

A final look at this year's crew

B Y S HA NN ON PO NZ JO experienced, but strong. Itwas

------------- made up mostly of.seniors with

two sophomores.

The coaches and players a·

l ike felt that the players worked

as a team instead of as indio

viduals.

"As the year is passed we

were getting better as a team

and not as one," said junior

Chris Nutall afthe Varsity team.Some players feel that thei r The Vikings rush to gain more yardage against

coaches were a great influence Cypress Creek.

on their performance.

"I appreciate all of fhe hard

work that he(Coach Newhouse)

put me through to make me

better," junior Charles McMil·

l ian of the Varsity team said.

The Vikings Junior Varsity

team has also come through

the season. The team was

strengthened when the sopho-more and junior varsity teams

combined.

"It 's been atough year. We've

had a lot ofproblem s,but we've

overcome them," said Coach

Jim Petty.

The 1988 football season has

at last come to an end, but the

victories were not just handed

to the Vikings of. Bryan High

School.

Beginning the year with a

young and inexperienced team,

the Vikings immediately fell vic-

t im to the Temple Wildcats."Our first opponent, Temple,

started a few weeks before us,

meaningwewould haveto work

even harder to catch up," said

, Junior Rayford Bloom, half· back

on the Varsity team.

Having only three running

backs and three offensive line·

men returning to play this year

also hurt the team. JuniorSean

Johnson played start ing Quar-

terback replacing last year'sSteven Rizzo.

Offensively the team gained

strength. Seven sophomores

played in the first and second

offensive teams along with the

older players.

The Vikings fought until the end. Defensively, the team was in-Photo B y Wade Johnson

The football team shows their skills during the Lufkingame. Photo B y Scott Speck

Th e YAk.nas rush to ~ punt by Cypnu Creek

dun... our final prne. Photo B y W.te Johnson

Sports scheduleBoys' Basketball

Jan. 3 at Jersey Village

Jan.6 Klein .Jan. 10 at Langham Creek

Jan. 13 Klein Forest

Jan. 17 Cy Fair

Jan. 20 at Klein Oak

Jan. 27 Jersey Village

Jan. 31 at KleinFeb. 3 Langham Creek

Feb. 7 at Klein Forest

Feb. 10 at Cy Fair

Feb. 14 Klein Oak

Feb. 17 at Cypress Creek

Swimmilfg team practices for their upcoming District gam e.

PH OT O B Y G RE G M O GL E

Girls' Basketball Swimming

Date Teams Place

Nov. 29 Lamar HS; Bryan Rosenburg

Dec. 3 Corsicana HS; Aerofit

Bryan

Dec. 17 Holiday Tisca Houston

Jan. 20 Oak Ridge; Bryj!Jn; Woodlands

West Orange

Jan. 28 Bryan; A&M Can; Aerofit

Conroe

Feb. 4 Conroe Inv. Woodlands

Feb. 18 District Woodlands

March 3·4 Regionals TBA

Mar. 17-18 State Austin

at Klein Oak

Jersey Village

at Klein

Langham Creek

at Klein Forest

at Cypress fairbanks

Klein Oak

at Cypress Creek

at Jersey Village

Klein

at Langham Creek

Klein Forest

Cypress Fairbanks

Dec. 13

Jan. 3

Jan. 6

Jan. 10

Jan. 13

Jan.17

Jan. 20

Jan. 24

Jan. 27

Jan. 31

Feb. 3

Feb. 7

Feb. 10

Senior Elvi. Rog.rs prIIctlces hi. layups.

Photo By Robert Beaty



NORSEMAN NewsNOVEMBER 23, 1988

BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL 7

Drugs a problem in Netherlands

by Jeremy Smith

The drug issue is a contro-

versial issuetoday. Giving harsh-

er penal ties, sti ffer fines, and

longer jai l sentences are all be-

ing considered for offenders.

Yetsti ll weseepictures of peo-

ple, our age, wasting away be-

cause they are hooked on

drugs. Still, dealers are making

billions of dollars yearly frompeddling illegal drugs. Can't

get anyworse right? Let metel l

you, it can.

Two years agoduring my surn-

mer vacation Ivisited Europe. I

toured several dif ferent coun-

tries on my trip, and enjoyed

most of them. The Netherlands

was the exception. The United

States outlawed mari juana in

1937, but in the Netherlands

it's as legal as candy.My parents had been to the

Netherlands before. They en-

joyed i t. They told me Amster-dam (the capital) was a very

pretty city. It's strange how

t ime changes things, or in this

case, marijuana changes

things.

In all due fai rness, outside of

Amsterdam was some beaut i-

ful countryside. It had some

scenic villages, andseveralwind-

mi lls were sti ll working. There

were places loaded with mari -

juana to spare. There was dirtand trash scattered throughout

the city. When people are high,

they do not care about picking

up after themselves. They have

enough problems picking them-

selves up. Graffi ti was all over

the place. A flower stand could

close for the night and in the

morning it would be covered

with graffiti. It didn' t even say

anything like "Dick loves Jane,"

it was just scribbling like anypreschooler would do.

The band does its last per formance of the UIL mlrch ing show at the

homecoming game Photo By Wade Johnson

The band receives A-I ratingtron and football halftime shows

B Y JO EllEN TALASEK at the beginning of August. To

perfect the shows and dri lls the

"Bryan High School ... one. . band holds practice every Mon-

. " and the band with its fans day, Tuesday, and Thursday.

roared with excitement. Bill Sprott, director, and Rob-

Recently, the Bryan High ert Tatum, assistant director,

Band wentto the Ull Marching tried something new this year

Contest. They competed a- by adding the role of squad

gainst a var iety of bands for the leaderto some band members.

chance to go to Area cornpeti- Squad leaders help in fitting

tion. The band received a 1and band members into a show,

alternate for area. keeping band members in l ine,

In order to prepare well in , and teaching them the basic

advance, the band started prac- fundamentals of marching.

tice for UIL Marching competi- , I 1 •

: 1 1 ~ , If

Then there were the people.

What k ind of people are goingto be attracted by legal mari-

juana? Not exactly your fine

upstanding citizens. There

were bums scattered all over

the place. Sprawled in al leys,

on sidewalks, and inthe streets;

they were everywhere. The

Dutch just stepped over them

and ignored them. I must ad-

mit, the Dutch are get ting bet-

ter. Because the craving for

marijuana often drives peopleto steal, the Dutch government

has put up signs telling tourists

to hold on to their wallets and

watch for pickpockets. With

authority l ike that, they should

have the problem licked in no

time.

Tobe honest, marijuana may

not be the only blame for the

city's high crime rate and shab-

by appearance. As is common

all over Europe, the drinkingage is low compared to ours.

eons pros

And the Dutch are among the

few in Europe to legalize prosti-

tut ion. Amsterdam's Red light

District isfamous for it's prosti-

tution shops. But it mainly

at tracts col lege students and

other tour ists out of cur iosi ty.

In the evenings, you can find

lots of people strol ling throughthere just looking around.

IIIii,

these substances.

Should the United States te-

galize the use of drugs?

"I'm not in favor of legalizing

drugs," governmentteacher Jan-

ice Wi lliamson said. '" believe

we would be encouraging peo-ple to destroy their lives. If

drugs were legal, r believe the

government would haveto cre-

atemore drug rehabilitation cen-

ters, and the decrease in na-

tional productivity would be

very costly to the U.S."

Comparing the criminaliza-

tion of drugs to the Alcohol Pro-

hibition of 1920, Time esti-

mates the regular use of drugs

to double, maybe triple if theyare legalized.

George J. Church of Time

states that there is another is-

sue here - the severe threat to

individual freedom.

This freedom, according to

Church, has been infringed

upon by such actions as drug

testing and searches.

"Whether drugs should bele-

galized isnotthe question. The

question iswhat ever happenedto the freedom of choice? The

constitution guarantees that peo-

ple are the power of the govern-

ment. The drug laws are totally

against the constitut ion. Also,

Prostitution has been around

a long time, but is doesn't ruin

once beautiful cit ies. Marijua-

na is more recent, and it does.

If i tcan ruina whole city, doyou

think you can handle it? The

Dutch government said "yes",

and they paid the price. Doyou

want to pay the price too?

The drug war: a constant battlei f there were nodrug laws there

would be no drug dealers or

drug related crime. Drugs

would be l ike cars, and poison

- the responsibility lies with

the people." said senior Dean

Morgan."Drugs are not bad because

they are illegal," reminds John

Lawn, head of the Drug Enforce-

ment Association, "they are i l-

legal because they are bad."

Politicians, scholars, and

h_ealth experts have all been

sharply divided bythis issue of

legalizing drugs.

Those aga inst the legaIization

have some proposals and the-

ories to help combat the drugproblem in America.

Advocates of the legalization

of drugs face many Questions,

and offer some answers. But as

of now, they still haven' t pro-

posed a pract ical plan of legal-

ization.

Dealers are making money.

The United States is spending

money. Citizens feel their rights

are threatened. Drugs are

claiming lives.Should the Uni ted States le-

galize drugs?

Even at the moment , the war

rages on.

B Y L IN DA A LV A RE Z

There are two things greater

than all things. The first is Love,

and the second is War.Rudyard Kipling

A most v ital , controversial,

and life threateni ngwar isgoing

on even at this moment.

This dangerous war is not

one between countries over

land orwater disputes, instead,

i t l ies within each individual in

the United States.

Today, approximately 8 bil-

Iion American dollars are spent

intercepting drugs and on localdrug law enforcement. (Time,

May 30, 1988).

Statistics also note that the

increasing crime rate parallels

with increasing drug laws. Al-

most 40% of the inmates in

federal prisons are there on

drug dealing charges. Thisnurn-

ber isexpected to double within

the next 15 years, accord ing to

an art ic le in The New Republic

magazine. (June 13, 1988).In New York last year, almost

half the felony indictments

were on drug charges.

Alj>l?roxi[ l1~tely 75% of all

drug users become addicted to



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NOVEMBER 23, ]988

BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL

by Sandra Gaston

It's ironic that Iwas asked to

tell you about getting in trouble.

When I was a kid, the worst

trouble Icaused in school was

talking in class and holding

hands with my boyfr iend inthe

hallway. Iwas fairly boring, well

behaved, and a good student.

Isuppose that in my mother's

eyes, one of my worst habitswas volunteering· for almost

anything. Whether three dozen

cookies were needed for the

next day or someone was need-

ed to make costumes tor a

church pageant. ,a/ways volun-

teered my mom. Iam seeing

my mother's point of view

now that I have a daughter of

my own. She is just as quick to

volunteer her mom as I was at

volunteering mine.

Another activity that seemed

to cause problems between my

Being the Best

parents and me was cruising.

My parents bought a yellow

1965 Mustang as soon asthey

were available. and I borrowed

i t every chance I got. There

were two popular drive-ins in

ourtown. My fr iends and Ikept

the "drag" between the two

drive-ins busy, driving back and

forth. My parents fussed about

the wasted time and the wasted

money, even though gasol inewas only 30¢ a gallon at the

time. Now, as an Environmen·

taIScience teach er , IfeeIguiIty

about all the gasoline Iwasted

just driving around, looking for

my boyfriend and my friends.

Most of my forays into trouble

came about because of mytyp·

leal adolescent desire for lnde-

pendence. Iwas grounded for

much of the time Iwas in high

school for talking back to mymother, a practice my husband

wil l testify is doomed to failure!

Isuppose Iwas lucky to grow

up in an era when it was easier

to stay out of trouble. There

were di fferent standards and

ethics. Drugs and alcohol andcasual sex were certainly less

common. I was fortunate to

have friend swho alwaysencou r-

aged me to be at my best.

Unfortunately, I never have

learned to keep my mouth

closed when I should!

The yellow dog is howling for someone to start her

but instead we get to r ide in the charter.

We scream and have fun al l the way there.

By the last mi le Tatum's pulling out hair .

At last onto the field wetake steps wi th great prideal though wi ld most of the time, we show our serious side.

Marching in rythm to a beauti fu l chorus

no one could dare choose to ignore us.

We know we are better than any band there

all other bands give us envious stares.

Up in the stands everyone isQuietly waiting

to see who wil l get a number one rating

Then the judges finally come to a unanimous decision

the Bryan Viking Band gets f irst division!

Everyone jumps up with a humongous cheer

for we all know that sweepstakes is near!!!

b y Amber Holt

Club News

Reader's Page NORSEMAN

The French Club attempted

to play Volleyball against con-solidated's French Club earlier

in October, but the game w as

rained out. The Club then relo-

cated to Jeremy Smith's house

where the volleyball game was

held, this time juniors vs. sopho-

mores. The juniors were jam,

ming that day and came outvictorious.

The club held its annual

French Banquet Nov. 8, and

plans are now in the making for

a Christmas Party.

RecenttYthe Bryan AI Depart-ment took on a new family mem-

ber. As everyone knows the

Bryan FFA is one big family.

Our new member IsMrs. Angela

Maki. She is from El Paso,

Texas. She is attending Texas

A&M University and wil l gradu-

ate In December with her sec-ond Agriculture degree. She

will be here practicing with us

until December 14. Shewill be

discussing various subjects per-

taining to the agricultural f ield.

Mrs . Maki says that sh e plans to

substitute teach after college.

Silent Thoughts

you slash your li fe

you're but a fugitive

what goes through your mind

I can't understand

Oh, the tears comethe thought of you

if you only knew Icared

once again you attempt

to bend your l ife

but sympathy is gone

you are close but far from me

emptiness covers my heart

you've been away so long

a long goodbye

Why....

by D.J .

In December the Bryan High

Band and Orchestra will per-

form a Christmas concert with

a choir of children from several

dif ferent elementary schools.

Several band members will also

be going to Disrict band corn-

petition. They will all be lookingforward to the chance of mak-

ing one of th e tw o District bandsand going to area.

The Future Problem Solvers

(FPS) have submitted their sot-

utions to Practice Problem No.

1: Energy Sources. Results areexpected by the end of Novem-

ber. They are preparing to sub-

mit their solutions to Practice

Problem No.2: Children and

the Law.

SEDS(Students for t he Exp lo r -

atIon andDevelopment of Space)

are participating in the Name

the Orbiter Contest. The con-

test is being held nationwide to

name the new space shuttle

vehicle that WIll replace the

.Challenger. They are having a

guest speaker on Optics and

Lasers Nov. 10. SEDS i s s p on-sored by Cheryl Weaver.

On Oct. 21, the Science Club

. Jets visited the diagnostic lab

at TAMU. where they watched a

necropsy (animal autopsy). They

held a Halloween Party on Oc t .28, and are planning a Christ-

mas Party for December.

Junior Historians, Student

Council, FFA and NHS cleaned

upGrandview Cem ete ry on 0cto-

ber 29 and 30. Forty studentsworked to clean up \4 of the

cemetery. Junior Historians

pfan to gradtialty dean up the

remaining part of the cemetery

in the n ext y ear .

Grandview Is located on the

East Bypass Highway 21 exit

behind the Circle K . T he ceme-

tery was overgrown after years

o f negtect.

On November 5·7, cosmeto-

logy students attended tbe Ca

meo Guild H air s hoW in Oal las.

Over 150 stylists throughout

Europe and the United Statescame to share their techniques

of the styles for the 1990's.International companies such

as Loreal, Wella , and Helena

Curtis sponsored this hair shoW.

Artist of the Issue

volume 18 number 2

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