THE FARM AID stage combined the Farm Aid logo with a rotating stage that gav1e the perform£rs a chance to set up during other acts.
By Andy Roberts
Last Saturday, Lincoln's Memorial Stadium was the site for the third Farm Aid concert to help America's troubled farmers.
Among the 70,000 spectatorswere many Lincoln Highstudents. Most wentto listen to music, volunteer, and help the American farmer. Among them was senior Dana Turner who volunteered at the stadium before and during the
-are no longer assigned to students show.
Before the show Tumter helped with the set up of the stage, lighting,pwtting down tarps before the concert. He even !helped to construct the television towers on the field.
"I wantedto get involwed I enjoyed doing the behindthe scenes work;,"said Turner.
During the concertTwmer was a patronassistant who helped with seecurity.
Assigning students to a counselor by last name has been replaced by at system that will be of better service to students, according to Assistant Principal of student serwices Don Dean.
Under the new system, counselors will specialize in a particular area of student needs. Because counselors are in an area in which they have ex-
"Kids and parents will be happier knowing they can choose more than one( counselor)." Dean said.
perience and talent; service to students should improve, according to Dean.
But students may still retain a relationship with th e ir former counselor if they so choose."They (students) can see anybody they want to about
"lt went really well, except that th e re was an overabunda11ce of alcol1ol," said Turner.
For Turnerthe best partof the event was last Fridaynight when all of the celebritiescame into town. He said that he was able to meet with Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson.
Aside from the volunteers,most of the Lincoln High studentsthatwere therewere thereto listen to music. One spectator was senior April Dun-
anything," said counselor Mary Beth Lehmanowsky.
The system is more than just a change in organization; it also contains a different concept. No longer will coup.selors be in a reactionary state to student problems; but they will prevent problems by reaching out to students, said Dean. Counselors will teach classes, continue helping programs such as P.E.E.R. and suggest community resources. Not only will this approach help students, but it will also conserve the counselors' time because they will be helping larger numbers of students at once, said • Dean.
"Kids and parents will be happier knowing they can choose more than one(counselor)," said Dean. "I think we 're on the right track."
By Andy Roberts
• After eleven years of consruction work going on here at LHS, Lincoln High will take a well deserved break this year.
Along with the building and students getting a break this year so will the construction workers that have made Lincoln High their workplace these past few years.
"The dress code was very different , we couldn't wear Levi's, shirt tails had to be tucked in, and your hair had to be cut above the ears."
Cain said.
Brad Cain, an electrician for Quantum Electric, worked on the project a year and seven months.
He said that he didn't mind working in a high
school and that he enjoyed seeing ho,v everything has changed since he was in high school.
"I'm 34 years old and it's changed a lot since I was in high school. The dress code was very different, we couldn't wear Levi's, shirt tails had to be tucked in, and your hair had to be cut above the ears," Cain said.
"There weren't many problems with students and they were usually very courteous," Cain said.
"I figure I'm a junior this year," Cain said.
According to Principal Sam Nelson, the past 11 years of renovation have brought Lincoln High's building up to the standard of the other high schools in Lincoln, it will also bring LHS up to
Before the new doors were put in the cafeteria the school was in violation of fire codes. In addition to the doors, the cafeteria will now be 1ir-conditioned.
The total cost for tl1enew industrial arts addition
"There have to be so many minutes of fire resistance, that is why we have the doors at the end of every hallway," Principal Sam Nel~;on said.
current fire codes. plus air-conditioning for the cafeteria has cost over three million dollars. Other finishing proj-
"There have to be so many minutes of fire ects include repaving the parking lot, and buildresistance, that is why we have doors at the end of ing a new entrance into Johnson Gym. every hallway," said Nelson.
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': ning who happened to have seats 20 feet from:M · stage.
"It was the event of the year for Nebraska," ~aid Dunning. '
She said that she went to Fann Aid to see John Cougar and to have fun. For Dunning her favorite part was when John Cougar was playing and at the end when everyone was singing.
"I thought it was neat, really patriotic," said Dunning.
By Stacey Mitchell
A new idea, LHS Club Day, developed by Joe Kreizinger and Opal Stoehr, will be introduced to Lincoln High this semester.
Club Day will take place one Friday out of every month during the regular school day. All clubs that do not meet as a class during the day will meet on Friday for one period. The meeting will take place during the club sponsor's planning period.
"The main goal of Club Day," Stoehr said, "is to have better participation and attendance in all clubs as well as improved communications between clubs."
Stoehr said Club Day will be an asset to those who have part time jobs, athletics, or other responsibilities after school.
"It will enable many students to join clubs that they otherwise would be unable to." Stoehr commented.
Although the plan is not foolproof, Stoehr is optimistic about the outcome. Students are in favor of it as well.
Troy Gagner, a member of Spanisl1 Club, thinks that Club Day is a good idea and will enable him to join more clubs while still being active in Spanish Club.
Club Day will run on a trial basis first semester. If interest and participation are good it will continue throughout the year.
Stoehr commented, "Students of LHS are being afforded an opportunity to build a dynamite club network with the vast majority participating. I hope to find it a success!"
Fann Aid has brought many rural areas good music, but the intent of this pr,~ect seems to be overlooked. Rural America as a whole seems to be dy11g out. Conseqnently, as many as 50 percent of the farmers in the United States may have already faced or soon will face bankruptcy or foreclosure on their loans.
In order to help rural America and make good use of the 1nillions of dollars made from such efforts as Farm Aid, the United States as a whole must realize the causes of this great woe, and what possible solutions exist.
Agriculture has been transformed and changed completely in the last decade. The late 1970's brought prosperity and huge markets for com, wheat antt most other crops raised in the United States. Since many countries were still trying to develop technqlogies, they needed to import most of their foods, and larger, more developed countries such as China and Russia were also importing ht1ge a1nounts of food from the United St.:'ltes. Prosperity continued, and many people wanted to become a part of it, so they took out loans either to buy land or to expand the small farms they already had. Huge debts mounted from .the loans across the country; however, no one was worried because agriculture was becoming a booming business in the United States.
Along with this huge debt increase came chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers, designed to give higher yields, so that farmers could raise more food on less land and have it t.'lke less time. The huge cost of these che1nicals added to the huge debts of the farmers. So yields increased, as did the harms of such chemicals, such as erosion, water pollution, poisonings, and more debts.
Then in the early 1980's, other countries started to join i11on the world market. Lesser developed countries started to become a little more developed and began to increase their exports of grain, and the world market expanded, giving countries such as these great opportunities for growth, while shrinking markets for United States crops. In 1982, the United States had nearly half the world export market on wheat; this had shrunk to less than one fourth by 1986.
The farmers were left with huge debts, masses of crops they couldn't sell because of their s1naller share in the worlcl market, and soil that was being sucked dry of nutrients, alon$ with human deaths and poisonings caused by the chemicals they were using to boost their yields.
This is the difficult burden farmers, and the whole United States 1nust face with reasonable and workable solutions. The mc)ney and awareness raised by Fann A icl III
"Hi, this is blah blah and I'd like to pay for your college education." Hmm, this sounds good. "All you have to do is put on some green camouflage clothing, walk in rows and basically learn how to kill other human beings. So, is it a deal?"
by Charlie Hammer
No, it isn't a deal; the army doesn't seem to know that, and Lincoln High doesn't seem to know that either.
Wherever we go in this school we are constantly assaulted by army propaganda; free book covers, posters, pamphlets, army officers in our classrooms, large ads in the school newspaper, and a separate bulletin board for the army complete with photos of super high tech jets flying over the caption" Aim High: Air Force."
These items usually contain little information items like: 'The army W-64 tank, with its new superneat-o infra-red missiles, it can hit a moving target twenty miles away in 3 .64 seconds. All we need is the strong, the brave, the men real enough to pull the trigger. And that's you. The Army, be all you can be."
If this isn't enough for us to run down to the recruiting office, the school is going to organize something called "military morning" where students can go and meet representatives from all the different branches.The daily staff bulletin read "Please promote in
will not only provide the economy and national budget a break by helping out the farmers, but it will also show local and national United States lawmakers that the people of the United States sup{JOrt the family farmer an<i want to see him/her survive. Many •
possible solutions will
be brought out into tl1e
open. A gradual shift to organic far1ning (using natural pesticitles, herbicides and fertilizers, such as manure, vegetable sprays, and 1 compost, instcacl of 1--tlangerous chemicals,) is one such sc)lution. Since it would be a gradual shift, enough food would still be produced to st1ppc)rt the millions of people that rely on United States crops, while some farms would be building their soil back up with nature's fertilizers. There would be less produced nationwide, so the market demand would match, or at least come closer to, the market supply, This would also ensure the continued production of an adequate food supply. This is not guaranteed when che1nicals are used liecausc after chc1nicals arc usecl on lantl for some time, th.e nutrients in the soil dissipate, ancl the only thing kecpin:g cro1Js gr<J1,vingis the chc1nical. Organic far,ning would als,cJ lower the cost of production, because the farmers wouldn' 't have to buy che,n icals.
1'hc United States 1nust at&Hcalize that now is tl1e tim1e for a worlcl econcJ1ny and a sta!)lc international market. 1111 other words, countries across the glcilJc must work togetl1cr
classes when it is applicable." castyear the school sent out a letter to every prospect alerting hin1/her of so1nething similar called "military night", as if there weren't better things to spend the school's money on.
This is not to say that the army docsn 't deserve a cl1ance, but so does everybody else. Where are the pamphlets for the Peace Corps? The Red Cross? Why don't tl1ese organizations have theiir own bulletin boards? What about giving alternative peace groups a chance to have their say and organii.e a "Peace Night?" At least let them hang up a poster and hand out a few flyers, or maybe even an optional assen1bly. (If we can watch the army "impress us" by dropping people out of the sky, we should be able to watch a presentation on just how much it cost us to to that.) At least have some pamphlets available in the counselors' office so people realize that there are ramifications for entering the army.
These organizations don't have the emormous spending power the army has. They can't afford to make "Work For Peace" bookcovers, or "The Peace Corps: Work For Something Useful'" posters. An effort might need to be made to get into contact with these organizations, not much more of an effort than say a mailing for "military night" might take.
This school should show us both sides of the issue, or sl1ow UIS not11ing. WJ1cther a student enters the army or not can be a very important decision. With Mr. Macho Army Guy constantly being shown to us the decision is very one-sided.
Dear editor, I'm an avid skateboard enthusiast and have had a skateboard ever since I was 6 years old. I have been skating ramps for four and a half years with only minor scrapes and abrasions. I would like to relate an incident that occured early this summer.
I built a skateboard ramp in my back yard. My father talked to our lawyer and worked out a consent form. The form was an understanding that the parents of minors, 19 years and under, knew what their children,were doing and were aware of the dangers involved
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The recent uprise in tl1e popularity of pets has caused a lack of education among pet owners and organizations dedicated to helping pets are having a hard time dealing with this new trend. Robert Downey, Lincoln Human Society director, says that in July alone 758 animals were brought to the flurnane Society and of t11oseover half were put to sleep. The majority of those taken home from the society were animals that were lost and then reclaimed.
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By Andrew Roberts
Every
Lincoln High is the host to several hundred new faces. This year there will be ten new teachers to join the ranks here at LHS.
According to Principal Sanford Nelson there are nine new full· time and one part,time teacher.
"We (the administration) had a lot of options to select others, but we feel these were the best," he said. Nelson added that they are
corrum:tted, eager, and have a love to teach.
"I'rn hrilled to death to be here, I love Lincoln very much,"said Jeff V1:nema,a new teacher in the business department. Venema descriloeshis teaching style and class atmosphere as casual, easy, goinig,and he said that he doesn't push kids as much.
"I likt to think I'm areal easygoing kind of teacher I'm also the bigges; Comhusker fan I've ever met," said Venema. Venema described the stU•
dents here at Lincolri High as being very friendly. If you see or have a new teacher, make them feel welcome and show them what it is like to be a Link.
This year's Distinguished Alu1nniDay will be presented during an assembly on October 2. This event began in 1979 by Vice Principal Dr. Jones with the intention of honoring those Lincoln High graduates who have excelled in their ca• reers and their services to the community. This year four graduates will be honored.
J. Gates Minnick graduated from Lincoln High in 1949. He continued his education at UNL where he received his Bachelor of Science De• gree in Business Administration. He has been elected to the Lincoln City Council since 1986 and currently is the Chairman of the Council for 1987.
Marian B. Andersen, during her high school years, served as President of Student Council and graduated with the Class of 1946. She continued her education at UNL, graduating in 1950. Mrs. Andersen is currently involved in many civic activities, including Vice,Chairman of the Board of Governors of American National Red Cross and serves as a trustee for the Joslyn Art Mu• seum, Doane College and the Nebraska State Historical Society. Marian Andersen and her husband live in Omaha where he is Chairman, Publisher and CEO of the Omaha World,Herald. Cynthia Hardin Milligan graduated in the top
3% of her class in 1964. In 1967 she received her Bachelor of Arts f..Qu :!½leUniversity"of Kan~as and later continued to receive the J.D. (Juris Doctor) from George Washing ton National Law Center in Washington D.C. in 1970. Both de, grees she received with honors. Mrs. Milligan is presently Director of the Nebraska State Depart• ment of Banking and Finance. She also lectures at various continuing legal education seminars. Mrs. Milligan is the author of two books: "Tax Considerations in Condominium Conversions" and "Permissible E:'i~teTax Deductions Under Section 2053." Ray A. Shepard graduated from Lincoln High in 1957. He later received his Bachelor of Sci• ence from UNL and attended Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is currently President of Scribner. Laidlaw Publishing Company in New York City. Scribner• Laidlaw Publishing Com, pany is worth approximately $70 million. The honored alulllittwill be accompined by ~tudent Council members who will reacquaint them with the new additions ofLincolri High and introduce them to many students. The day will conclude with their appearance at the Homecom• mg game
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By Brad Miller
Of the many faces that will be seen in the halls and classrooms this year, one isn't quite as new as it may seem. Ross Tegeler, Social Studies department chairperson, has just returned after spending a year in Europe as part of a teacher exchange.
Tegeler spent the majority of this last year as a social studies teacher at the Barclay School in Stevenage, a satellite to,,;n about 35 miles nortJ1east of London.
A school of good standing, l~arclay suffered from a problem Tegeler described as "over subscribing". That is, more people than the school could accomoc.late wanted in, hence many teachers were forced to move from classroom to classroom.
Tegeler had five different rooms for his seven classes, which included three levels of British history, two levels of American history, and introductory and advanced econonucs.
Not being familiar with teaching at such a high level he found preparing for the advanced economics class particularly strenuous.
By Larkin Hood
While other sports teams practiced a few weeks before school, another type of team was also working; the marching band. Like other teams, the band worked on developing and reviewing basic skills. Two weeks before school band members brushed up on their marching and their music. This was a new experience for newcomers such as sophomore Nichole Brown.
"I wasn't too excited about getting up at 7:30 in the morning (for practice during the school year)," she said. But she saw it as "a way to get involved in school."
Brown said that she had to adjust to a different type of music and the mechanics of playing and marching ,at the same time. Being a flute player, she also had to get used to a new instrumrent, the piccolo. While it was confusing tco play both flute and piccolo, Brown said <0f the piccolo, "I like it better."
At the other end of the spectrum are the seniors that have attended! band camp for three years.
"It's not fun and games,, it's work, " said senior Stephanie Harris. "I was petrified, " she said of her first year of camp. "I was afraid of going the wrong way of
screwing up". Harris stayed on in order to continue playing her instrument and to meet new people, she said.
According to Harris, band is more physical than most peo.ple think. Playing under heat and pressure is physically demanding, and so are the mental aspects, such as memorizing music.
Band members are somtimes misunderstood, according to senior Scott Bales.
"People think we're in here because that is all we can do, " said Bales.
"People think we're such nerds, we're not, " said Harris. Both Bales and Harris claim that marching band does more than create pretty pictures at halftime, it imparts a sense of satisfaction.
"It's like hey, I did it," said Bales.
Because of the work involved, Bales suggests that Lincoln High football spectators delay their trip to the concession stand in order to watch the band at halftime.
"I think the spectators shouldn't leave at halftime." Bales said. 'They should stick around and watch the band and see how hard we've worked. "
"It's about as hard as I've ever had to work in my life, to prepare to teach that class and feel comfortable doing it," Tegeler said.
In regards to some of his personal interests Tegeler refered to himself as a "political junkie," and as such he found his fix with the recent election of prime minister.
"I wrote letters to all the major candidates and got their autographs and pictures of them," he said.
Tegeler noted that his experiences last year have changed the way he views things.
"I think I've developed more of a global perspective of the world and have learned to look at the similarities of people rather than declaring the differences."
As far as future plans go, Tegeler plans to establish pen pals between students in his Foriegn Relations class and students in the Soviet Union. He is also working on a possible exchange between Lincoln students and those from Barclay.
I was privileged eno1Ugh the other night to see "JacMac and RadBoy GO," an underground student film, which more than makes up for in excite :ment what it lacks in length.
By Brad Miller
Wesely Archer is the genius behind this miniflick (3min. 29 sec., to be exact) that traces the adventures of the two protagonists, JacMac and RadBoy as they spend the evening in search of their two obsessions in life: a good time, and brewhaha (beer). Using these two as a medium, Archer also shows us what he considers to be the typical high school student. From start to finish we see that these guys aren't a couple of clean cut american boys. This becomes especially clear when,
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at the beginning of the show, Jae and Rad speed off down the freeway, the wrong way, all the while screaming and displaying obscenities to the passers by. By the time the end rolls around you'll wonder if anything could stop these guys after a high speed chase with the police, that ended with their demise, and inadvertently caused a nuclear holocaust.
The strangest thing about this flick is the meaning behind these two characters. It seems that Archer is showing us what he sees as the typical high school student, going out on Friday/Saturday night driving fast and partying hard, but taken to an almost violent extreme.
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By Doug Catt
The varsity football team is looking to put a good season together. With the experience and depth the team has this could be a good year, according to head coach Harold Simpson. Simpson is in his seventh year as head coach and has never had a team make it to state, but he feels that this year's could be state bound.
"I don't feel that there is anyone on our schedule that we can't beat if we play our game and keep the mistakes to a minimal," said Simpson.
The Links ranked eighth in both Lincoln and Omaha papers.
The Links have nine returning starters back on this year's squad. The experience and depth will be a definite asset to this year's team. The offensive line has looked very strong and will be key on this year's success.
The Links ranked eighth in both Lincoln and Omaha papers.
"The rankings are nice for the public,"said Simpson, "but it is how the team performs on the field that really matters."
The kicking game has not been a 1 strong point in past years.
By Dave Dennis
With six girls and four boys returning to his teams this year, Lincoln High cross country coach Bob White said that the teams "have a good nucleus to build around."
Returning to the line up this year for the girls are seniors Julie Bible, Natalie Hulvey, Hiedi Tussing, Crista Ziesset and sophomores Amy and Angy Tussing.
The teams "have a good nucleus to build aound." Bob White said.
Returning for the boys are seniors Gary Nunnaly, David Meyers, Jeremy Walker and junior Shane Witchendal.
The building up stage began on August 17 when the teams began two-a-day practices at 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. The two practices lasted only an hour or two but in that amount of time the boys logged a total of 11-14 miles, while the girls put in about 9-11 miles a day.
During the two weeks of two-a-day practices the weather, which ranged from extreme heat to cold rain, didn't keep the runners from practicing. The sweatbands went on and a few of the guys shed their
It was a sight not too often witnessed, over 11,000 Nebraskans gathered together
by Dave Dennis
for one event. In this event however the people weren't the spectatois, they were the athletes. The event was the 1987 ('"'' Comlitisker State Games, which was held in Lincoln and its surrounding areas July 17-19.
This year the games drew an incredibly large crowd of 11,089 participants. Thats an increase of almost 4,000 people from 1986. With an increase that great it can be assumed that the Cornhusker State Games are becomming a big event in Nebraska.
The games are a very good idea because they give amateur athletes of all ages a chance to compete, and show what they can do, in 28 different events. The events, which range from archery to wrestling, are divided into divisions for each age group beginning with bantam for people 10 years and under, midget for 11-12 years of age, youth for those who are 13-14 years old, intermediate for the 15-16 year olds, young men and women for those who are 17-19 years of age, and ending with the masters division for those who are over 20 years of age.
Perhaps one of the best things about the games is the presentation of medals. Having the medals presented to them gives the athletes a feeling of achievement. These medals, traditional gold, silver, and bronze, are designed after the medals presented to the athletes in the Olympic games. These medals are presented to the top three individuals (or teams) in each
LIN shirts during the frrst week of practice when the temperature ran as high 100 degrees. The next week brought the rain, the cooler temperatures and the "attack of the muddy runners." Over all, coach White said that the weather "was fairly nice and it didn't affect the runners very much."
The weeks of hard practice paid off well for the two Links teams, who were missing a few people due to injuries, as the girls won the Nebraska Wesleyan Invitational at Pioneers park on August 3. Led by sophomore Amy Tussing and seniors Julie Bible and Natalie Hulvey, who finished first through third respectively. The boys on the other hand weren't as successful as the girls, they finished second 11 points behind Lincoln Southeast.
White said that he felt good about the outcome of the first meet and that the teams were in good shape. Also, with a possibility of a few surprise runners in the wings, White said that both the boys and girls teams are probably one of the best in the state.
division. However, in the Volkswalk, a non-competitive six mile walk, all participants receive medals for fmishing.
Team sports in the games are a growing thing also. This year the largest tum outs were for basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball. These four events, combined, made up almost half of the total number of participants.
When I think about it though,! wonder why there is no baseball competition. After all, baseball is considered to be an "American tradition" just like apple pie on the Fourth of July. So how can the average American be expected to be a patriotic athlete when baseball isn't included in the games?
Another sport that is missing from the wide variety of competitions is the "old
With an increase of over 7,000 parncipants in only two years, it could possibly be predicted that the 1988 state games could draw in as many as 15,000 participants.
favorite" of football. Although traditional tackle football would be unwise because of legal problems and insurance coverage, another version, perhaps flag football, might be suitable. It's relatively safe and requires little equipment, a belt, two flags and a ball. Perhaps in a few years football will become a sport in the games.
With an increase of over 7,000 participants in only two years, it could possibly be predicted that tl1e 1988 state games could draw in as many as 15,000 participants.
By Jane McManus
The recent club day's attendance was down after the institution of several rules.
The administration decided tha, instead of having any student that wanted to go to the club leave, he or she had to be issued a pass by the club's sponsor.
The sponsors had held meetings between the two club days to get a better idea of what students actually wanted to participate in these clubs. The students who attended these meetings had their names put on a roster, and it was from those lists
''There was some abuse DJ a few students, but the merits of the program oittweigh its disadvantages, '' Nelson saia~.
that the sponsors wrote the passes.
The number of those in attendance was down from the first meetings. The French Club had 71 people, which was down from 156. The debate club, which originally had had more than 100 people, had their numbers cut down to about 30.
The debate club sponsor Rick Koenig said he is pleased that club day has been instituted because some extra people have gotte11 involved that perhaps wouldn't have otherwise.
The speech team, which had 310 people the first day, was able to move from Beechner Field to inside the building, although the club was still too large f o r SJ)Ccc h co ae h John tlcin c n1;;n t,, us e hi s r o orn
One of the orders of business in most clubs was to have their picture taken for the Links
yearbook. Club Da)V provided an oppurtunity for the yearbook to talke photos of clubs because many of the members were able to be there.
As a result of clrub day, a new club has been formed: The Young Republicans On the first club day, the Yolllng Democrats and Young • Republicans met in the same room, but later moved to the auditorium because of the number of members. The Republicans had 50 members and the Democrats lhad 141 which is up from six members last year. Ross Tegler, the sponsor for the Young Democr ats said that he is very en.thusistic about club da:w, and that the confusion of the frrst day was a necessary trade off in order to get more people involived. A lot of club sponsors expressed that sentiment.
Principal Sam 1Nelson said he was also very excited about the p,ossibilities.
"There was somte abuse by a few students, but the merits of the pr<ogram outweigh its disadvantages," Nelson said. He also pointed to the fact that the club sponsors and the administration perhaps should've anticipated the larger groups and prepared for them.
"Potencially, it is the most exciting thing we did in the area of strude11tactivities," Nelson said.
David Carson, wresident of Mummers, thinks that club day is a gcood program "because it gives the people who <lorn't usually come to after school meetings come to 11he rr1ec tings and be involved."
Beth Beecham, als o a Mummer, expressed the s a me sc n 1ir ne r ;,~s:HrL \iri.g "1 !l1in k i t s af!n e idea."
The 1-1 r og r;;n n w ill ru n to tl 1e c11d o f tl1is s eme s ter, on ce a un o nlh, and if it is deemed a success, it will comtinue into second semester.
By Stacey Mitchell
Due to the addition of the cafeteria doors, the fresh aroma of popcorn no longer seeps through the halls. The concession stand, run byAnn Baker, may soon be closing.
"If business doesn't pick up we might have a problem," said Mrs. Baker, who has run the stand for nine years.
The concession stand is open every day after school from 3:05 until 3 :45. It sells an assortment of candy bars, popcorn,pop, juice, and chips with prices ranging from 5 to 50 cents. Even with these prices, the stand's business has dropped considerably from past years.
Baker believes that the decrease in customers is partially attributed to the large number of students leaving after sixth period. The concession stand does not open until after seventh which is a disadvantage to those not having a seventh period.
In addition, Baker commented that many people are unaw•are that the concession stand exists. She said th.at the majority of sales are from teachers, but the :stand is a student service, also.
All profit fro1111. the concessions is put into the activity fund and is divided amongst the groups.
In addition to 1!1JruUilgthe concession stand in the cafeteria, Bruker also does all home game • concessions.
"I've enjoyed working with Lincoln High students and enjoy being part of the group," said Baker.
The concession stand is open every day after school except borne football and b"-Sketball games and teachers' meetings. ·
"If business d ,oes not pick up, the concession window will be closed for after school refreshments, " Baker s :aid.
· By Wendy Southwick
Swim coach Gene Cotter is retiring this season after 26 years of service, and is being replace.d by Robert Davis.
Cotter will continue working as a VSN counselor. Cotter said the most important thing he has learned from his swimmers is "Patience and faith, you have to believe in yourself."
"I have always tried to be fair regardless of whether they (swimmers) are a boy or girl, an outstanding or an average swimmer," said Cotter.
Cotter said that planning and preparation are necessary for the team to be able to pull together and win, and he compares it to being a part of a 60 member family. In his 26 years at LHS, Cotter said that he has never e11countered serious problems withan) 1 ofhis "kids", because he likes kids. High values, ability to get along with others, and ability to accept the decisions made by coaches and captains for the good of the team are qualities that Cotter said make a person a good
up with the idea of forming a human chain and spelling out the word 'Links' during diving competition. Until the past few se!l!:ons this wasn't possibe because there weren't enough swimmers to complete the chain.
Cotter said that over 26 years he has seen changes in students and swimmers. One change being their attitude toward school work.
"The difference is, that years ago when we (swim team) would make swimming trips, very few swimmers studied becuase they didn't have to,now agoodshareofthelcid~ (when taking bus trips) take their books and study to keep up (with their classes)," he said.
Cotter said that he can remember a particular year by who were the team captains. Years that stand out in his mind are 68, 70, and 72 when the boys were All State champions. He also remembers the champions of past years: Aaron Drake, Barb Harris, and Amy Tidball.
''The ultimate meet is the State meet when we start out (the swim season) we gear everything for that meet," said Cotter. • team member.
"Every year is a new hope," he said.
Coaching takes a great deal of understanding according to Cotter "You hav 'e to be really dedicated and willing to n1ake the sacrifices that it takes to take care of all the kids," he said.
Putting this philosophy to work, Cotter came
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Earlier this year the administrationapproved a plan to let clubs meet one Friday each month during their sponsor's planning period. It started as a noble experiment. Ideally, students who wanted to join the clubs, but were unable to come to after school meetings because of jobs or other activities, could meet with the clubs during the day.
The staff was enthusiastic about the project, aswere the students. The first meetings were set up to explain about the ir.:~• clubs, and to get a general idea of how many people were interested in the club. It started out as a good idea.
-::::z- When the Friday actually arrived, the priviledge was abused. The number of students expected had been under- estimated. As many as 310 students showed up for some clubs. Some people weren't even the least bit interested in the clubs whose meetings they were attending. Said one student who went to the French club meeting, "I think Club Day is a great idea because I can get out of second period, and I don't even speak French."
• In some clubs, notably debate where more than 100 people showed up,'the sponser couldn't be heard over the people who were just tl1ereto get out of class.
The frrst club day was basically chaos. Some students got out of c !asses,signed in, and then left the classroom In the confusion, it was impossible for teachers to keep track
"And were it left to me to decide whether we should have a governmentwithout newspapers,or newspapers without a government,I should not hesitate to prefer the latter," ThomasJefferson, January 16, 1787.
Jefferson acfvocatedthat to have a truly democratic country, a free and uncensored press is necessary. He asst1medthat the American people had the desire to know of their government's doings. Unfortunately, he assumed too much, for the majority of the American press has become a nest of inaccuracies and distortions.
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The press didn't consciously decide to report the news badly, the problem is that journalism has become a business, not a duty. Many of the most read newspapers are owned by businesses who are more interested in making a buck than preserving democracy, causing the quality of our news to be greatly hampered.
Fortunately there are a few good papers and magazines left who report the news, but these are greatly ignored by the general public.
In the United States today only 10 companies control the most watched and read news. This list includes: the three major television networks, 34 subsidiary networks, 62 radio stations, 59 magazines including the likes of Time and Newsweek, and 58 newspapers including such respected journals as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times.
One example is General Electric, who owns NBC. GE is also a major manufacturer of nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants and would not feel too excited if stories about the hazards of nuclear power were aired on its station because it might lose money. Such stories are not very likely to appear, because
Guest editorial by Josh Hargesheimer
The y~ar of 1979 was an innocent time; we were only, 10 or so and had few worries. But totally apart from ,our existence, below our southern border, a revolution was happening. The people of Nicaragua (the Sandanistas) overthrew the harsh authoritarian government of Anastassio Samoza. The Sandanistas were babes in a huge crib, a young government in dire need of aid.
That same year, the now deceased Ed Zorinsky, U.S. Senator from Nebraska, visited Managua, the capitol of Nicaragua. Senator Zorinsky, representing the Senate Foreign Affairs Corr1mittee,spoke with the new president, Daniel Ortega, about Nicaragua's future. The Same,, , rc.gi1nehad left a crumbled economy, backwards agricul:,ure, and a non-existent social welfare program. Upon retum1ing to Washington,Zorinsky told the United States govcrn1Tnent to back the new Nicaraguan government.He saw that if' the Sandanistas did not get aid from the U.S., they would s;eek aid from the Soviet Union.
With Ronald Reagan's stem push, the U.S. government 11otonly ignored Zorinsky's foresight, but completely contradicted it through money, machine guns, military supervision, and blood. Samoza's army was kicked out of
companies like GE will hire people as editors w o agree with their various political beliefs.
The editors then begin to out pressure on the reporters to report the news that the editors want to hear, not actually what is happening. If a reporter does decide to go after the "big story~•and expose things that his or her editors did not want exposed, that reporter is very like:ly to be yanked from his assignment and placed somewh1ere else.
Such was the case reported in the October issue of the Progressive magazine entitled "Reagan's reporters." The case involved Ray Bonner, a reporter for the New York Times, who wrote about the army in El Salvador killing peasants. This was during a time when the White House was claiming that the government in El Salvador had improved on human rights.
Bonner began to get the cold shoulder from many of his usual sources and began to censor himself in fear of being taken off assignment. In spite of this, he was reassigned by the Times executive editor.
This is just one example. If a reporter is not reassigned, his or her stories may be edited or cut all together.
Worse than being cut or censored, articles may not be written at all. Without press coverage, protests lose importance, chemicals being dumped into rivers go unnoticed, people die in other countries from our funding, and labor disputes all go unreported. These things are happening, they just receive ,·ery low coverage.
All this is not entirely the press's fault. The only reason pages are dedicated to "People" or storles are written about cinnamon rolls is because we asked for it. Who cares about thousands dead? We want to hear more about Tom Selleck's baby.
Which brings us back to Thomas Jefferson. He eventually retracted his above quote because the press, even back then, was being used for propaganda. Long live our blind democracy.
of everyone. The speech team even had to move out to Beechner Field because 310 people showed up. Only 73 people bothered to get back in touch with speech coach John Heineman after the meeting
Club day is still a good idea. The problem was the abuse of it by the students.
The students took a good idea and misused it, but things could've been done to prevent them from doing that.
The second club day went much better. A system was set up to tell which students attended the n1eetings, and it worked well. With the lower number of students going to the meetings, things actually got done. It looks as though the problems of club day have'been lessoned considerably.
Club day is still a good idea. It does give students a chance to go to the club meetings and be involved if they are otherwise unable to. The problem was the abuse of it by the students.
Perhaps before the frrst club day next year, things can be more organized so that students don't take the opportunity to skip classes,but overall,Lincoln High is lucky to have the experience that club day gives.
Nicaragua, but it was not dead. The United States began pouring millions of dollars into Samoza's rebel army. If not for the U.S. aid, this "Contra" army would be extinguished and there would be no war raging in Nicaragua. Ronald Reagan's "Contra" war is a betrayal of our American revolutionary heritage. The United States backed Nicaragua into a perpetual tailspin, an unconstitutional cage. Zorinsky's forsight was the OBVIOUS which our government could not see, even though it was staring us smack dab in the face.
We see a starving, grotesquely dehyderatedperson groveling in the desert heat. Another person towers over this meek individual with a "Super C" glass full of ice water. The one close to death does not care whether the person with the water is Adolf Hitler or Mohandes Gandhi; he simply accepts the water and gulps it down. The Nicaraguan government was that deprived individual, and they had no time to decide who and where the aid came from. The Soviets gave that aid (over 600 million dollars per year) and the Sandanistas simply and happily accepted. Over the next seven years the Sandanistas began to be the "MarxistLeninist" regime they have been referred to as. They closed La Prensa(the opposition newspaper) took innocent political prisoners, and stripped the Nicaraguan people of what freedoms they ever enjoyed. A forced, and sadly unintentional political shift.
Recently however, Nicaragua has reverted from its leftist way and, once again, attempted to tread the democratic waters. Last month, the Sandanistas reopened La Prcnsa and once more allowed opposition printing. A rally for democracy was held in Managua and the Sandanistas not only gave their permission, but allowed live T.V. and radio
coverage of the demonstration. That is defmately a frrst for a so-called Marxist - Leninist regime. C'mon America!!! Nicaragua is trying, why can't we?
By Angie Holdsworth
Despite the 20-14 loss to Southeast the Homecoming Dance still had a good response according, to Student Council Members.
The Student Council invested in more elaborate decorations for this year's dance. Flood lights, disco lights, and a smoke machine, all supported the theme "Moonlight Drive" and added to the atmosphere.
Two slide projectors were also set up that showed slides of the moon and outer space. The slides were provided by Mueller Planetarium as a back round effect for the dance floor.
One very different aspect of the dance this yearwas the alternative to dancing. Set up in the west gym was a large screen television where various movies were shown. According to plan originator Chip Stanley, the problem with the idea was the lack of publicity to inform students of the option. Stanley regrets not publicizing the idea properly.
'The alternative would have given an option to those students who don't like to dance a place where they could go and still be involved with their friends and school." Stanley said.
Stanley also felt that the location was a inconvience for good attendance.
" It should have been in a room closer to the dance where students would have known of its existance," Stanley said.
Music was provided by KFMQ. Judith Kirsch, Student Council sponser felt that a disk jockey pleased more students than a live band.
" D.J.s play a larger variety of music and are available for student requests," Kirsch said.
Students also agreed with the music choice.
"It (the dance) is pretty good, they play a lot of slow songs which is good because I like to dance." Senior Bob Lattimer said.
Council members were pleased with the amount of money that was made. Homecoming, the only money making project of Student Council made a profit of$1,000 that will be used for future projects.
To wrap up the events of the evening was the announcement of the Homecoming royalty.
Present were former King and Queen Amie
Longoria and Anne Hense to crown Gary Nunnally and Shelly Dills as this year's king and queen. First runners up were Greg Hudson and Maren Banwell.
" Everyone got a chance to be themselves and just have good time with friends." Soyna Barnett said.
By Wendy Southwick
Working as a team, several community and school agencies pooled their resources so that Lincoln's youth would be made aware of the issues of alcohol and drug abuse.
A newspaper tabloid entitled "BE SMART, DON'T START" was distributed to Lincoln Public School's junior and senior high students on September 29. It was part of an entire day of classroom awareness activities. Newspapers were provide_dto students free of charge by the Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co. The Journal-Star Printing Co. was responsible for the distribution of papers to Lincoln public junior and senior highs.
Participating agencies were the Lincoln Council on Alcoholism and Drugs, S.C.I.P (School, Community Intervention Program, P.T.S.A (Parent, Teacher, Student Association, Lincoln General Hospital Youth Treatment Center, Alcoholies Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and others working behind the scenes so that Lincoln's students could be better educ-ated in the area of substance use/abuse.
Anita Ross, Lincoln Hjgh's S.C.I.P coordinator said that the day was set aside to make students better informed about drug and alcohol issues and possible solutions. S.C.I.P asked teachers to give students a minimum of five minutes to read the articles within the tabloid,
and to allow for discussion and debate. An anonymous questi01maire was another learning experience which intended to make students stop and think why they do or don't use drugs or alcohol, and think abollltpossible consequences.
The tabloid provided a showcase of community agencies that are available for drug and alcohol counseling, support groups, and people who will listen to the p,roblems of a "user" and free them from their physical and psychological depende ncy.
Lincoln f-Iigl1'sS.C.Il.P operates its .own support group which meets ,every Tuesday. Students recovering from alcohml or drug treatment programs use this time to discuss how their lives have changed, why chamges were necessary, and for giving moral suppolrt. Anita Ross and Barbara Phalen are the facilitators who lead the group discussions.
The S.C.I.P team corusists of Anita Ross, Barbara Phalen, Dick Patteirson,Mary Beth Lehmanowsky, principals S8lill Nelson and Charles Jones, nurse Carol Epp, Sue Cain, Thomas Christie, Judy Strand, Jerel Welker, BJ. Hirt, Deb McGinn, Tom PapJPasand Lynette Streeter. Ross said that P.T.S.A is already working on future awareness events including an activity in March, an information packet forparents, and the after-prom breakfast that gives students a drug and alcohol free alternative.
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Located between the Atrium and Centrum Sk walks.
(right), SIITING IN A circle and discussing their projects for PEER are; (from left to right), Tim Petit, Sharon Knaub, and Linda Saunders.
(below), DISCUSS/ING HOW VALUE and clarificationare the water of life and death are, (from left to right), Jennfer Meier, Bryan Scherbarth, and Stacey Emmons.
By Sara Peterson
Peer Helping has become a n1ajorpart in some peoples lives. It is a class made up of students who like to help others and get satisfaction knowing that they hav:i helped someone. Dianne Leggiadro and Mary Beth Lehmanowsky, both LHS counselors, are the Peer Helping coordinators. The class is a semester long, with the frrst semester composed •··= .• only of seniors, and the second semester just juniors are in · ' ' 'theclass. The students involved in Peer Helping were some of the most frequently named people in the survey all LHS students filled ·out last year on peers and social activities.
discuss issues that occur in teen-agers lives. They range from drugs to homosexuality.
Laura Brown, senior, enjoys these discussions because it lets her see how other people feel about the issues that affect her life.
''Peer Helping helps us realize the problems of
Students who need help and don't feel comfortable talking to adults, can go to a Peer Helper for help oi
people,'' Lindne,~ said, ''and we try to help them solve their problems.''
for just someone to talk to. If a student wants to be contacted by a Peer Helper, they can drop thier name in the Peer Helping box outside the Counseling Center. Everything is confidential. But both Leggiadro and Lehmanowsky want to encourage the Peer Helpers to know their li1nits,and if something is too serious, the Helpers need to go to them for guidance.
''The students are not trained to be counselors," Leggiadro said. ''That is why they are named what they are: Helpers."
David Lindner, senior, got involved into Peer Helping because he felt like he wanted to help people more. He also feels like Peer Helping can try and unify the school more.
''Peer Helping helps us realize the problems of people," Lindner said, ''and we try to help them solve their problems."
During class, the Peer Helpers get involved in group discussions, role-playing, and even watching films. They
the students involved take things differently.
"They tend to look at their everyday life more." she said.
Jennifer Meier, senior, saitl that Peer Helping has helped her to learn to accept people for their choices.
''I like the class because it gives me the opportunity to express my feelings and ideas, and to get honest and intelligent feedback." Brown said. Brown feels that the group is made up of people who represent every social group in LHS, which helps the group to eliminate the stereotypes that go with each group. Lehmanowsky thinks that Peer Helping has really made Leggiadro doesn't want students to reel Peer Helpers arc the only people they can talk to. "Just because a student wasn't asked to be a Peer Helper, it doesn't mean thal they aren't valuable to their friends." Leggiadro said.
''It makes me feel good when people ask me for help with personal things." Meier said.
Most of the Peer Helpers have a ''sophomore buddy". The Peer Helpers sl1aw their buddies around LHS< help them with lockers, and just make them feel that LHS isn't as big as it seems.
Brown has really enjoyed having a sophomore buddy because it makes her feel useful.
''Veronica and I have had a good time together so far," Brown said. ''Bt1t it's hard to do alot becuase we are hoth so active in LHS."
The Peer Helping program stresses communication. Pat Joyner, senior, thinks that this is important to be successful.
''I like to help people," he said. '' And I am more than willing to talk about anything."
Both Leggiadro and Lehmanowsky think that this year's Peer Helpers will be quite a success. But there is only so much that they can do.
''We can't make a student be accepted." Leggiadro said. "Other students can.
SWING CHOIR MEMBERSperform during student council exchangeday
Upon learning of the death of a man whose musical ability and out spoken political views
I've long admired, I was compelled to share this information with my scholastic peers. However, to add insult to injury I found that
By Brad Miller
very few people knew of his exsistence or even of his style of music.
Winston Hubert MacIntosh, known also as Peter MacIntosh, Peter Touch, and probably best kown as Peter Tosh, was killed in his home in Kingston, Jamaica, on September 11, an act of unmeasurably senseless violence.
Tosh, who frrst became known to the world as the baritone vocalist for the original Wailers, along with such Reagge greats as Bob Marely, Bunny Livingston, Junior Braithwaite and Beverly Kelso, was born in Westmoreland,
Jamaica, on October 9, 1944.
During his ten year associaton with the Wailers Tosh managed to maintain a solo career of his own, releasing numerous singles and six studio albums, two of the more famous · ones being LEGALIZE IT, and MAMA AFRICA, which included a reggae remake of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode."
Tlrroughout Tosh's lengthy musical career he has had many confrontations with the law, one of which included a six month jail term for possession of marijuana. In 1978, preforming for a crowd of about 30,000, which included the Jamaican Prime Minister, Tosh smoked a joint on stage and berated the Prime Minister for 30 minutes for not legalizing "ganja" IJ1arijuana.Not long after that, Tosh was arrested, taken to a police station and almost beaten to death before being released.
So goodbye Peter Tosh, if not by anyone else , you '11always be remembered in my mind and on my stereo.
By Melissa Jarret
Seven couples, a mirrored room, a piano in the corner. This is the 1987-88 Varsity Swing Choir.
The Swing Choir is a combination of singing and dancing. The choir puts on several performances over the school year.
''The choir is good, although we're off to a slower start this year, because of replacements," said director Barbara Ludemann. Luddemann choregraphs the choirs dance material. The class requires work outside of school, and takes more than the 50 minute class period.
The class is graded on participation, performance, attendance and the ability to work within the group. Members must also be in Concert Choir.
Nine of the 14 members of Swing Choir have been singing together for three years, all of the members were at one time on Sophomore Swing Choir.
''The group is easier to work with because we know _whatLuddeman expects fom us, and we 're all friends," said Steve Walters who has been a member of Swing Choir for two years.
The Swing Choir will perform at Peru State College October 27. They will compete against other Swing Choirs from around the state. The
choir will have 10 minutes to do three or four songs. The main idea of the competition is not to compete, but to see other swing choirs perform. Auditions for the Swing Choir are held in the spring. Luddemann looks for tone quality, body
"Thegroup is easier to work with because we know what Luedamann expects from us, and we're all friends, 11 Walters said.
language, and facial expression. Auditions in singing and dancing are required.
The choir sings popstandards, classical, Broadway show tunes and vocal jazz. The Swing Choir must sing, dance, smile, use body language and have breath control all at the same time.
"People think it's so easy to sing, its not, there's a lot of concentration and work involved," said Luddemann. This is why the Swing Choir is at the top, Swing Choir members said.
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By Jenni Mapes
The curriculum has been expanded with the addition of three new classes this year. The classes being offered here for the first time are Zoology, Russian History, amd Philosophies of Life.
Jim Barstow, social studi,es teacher, has two sections of Russian History each semester this year. The history of Russia iis one of Barstow's hobbies and he says that rue is excited about teaching the class. "Americans are incredibly ignorant about Russia," he said. ''There are a great many misconceptions that we have. My intent is not to make them look good," he adds, "but to give a more realistic view." Junior Pat Wiechert describes his Russian History class as "interesting and exciting." "Mr. Barstow is a great teacher," adds Wiechert, "he gets the point across with ease." For the more scientifically inclined, Joyce Peterson is teaching one section each semester of Zoology this year. Again, en-
thusiasm abounds. "I've never had a class I enjoy teaching as much," said Peterson. She said that the students are very enthusiastic and that the enthusiasm stems from the fact that the students love animals. Junior Amy Goodson said "It's a fun class." Goodson recommends the class to those who are interested in the area of zoology.In ''Americans are incredibly ignorant about Russia,'' Barstow said, addition to these, Sue Cain will be teaching one section of Philosophies of Life next semester. Most of Peterson's students are students she has had before in Biology or Algebra classes. "They seem to be enjoying themselves," she says. Barstow describes his students as interested, bright and articulate. "It's fun when they ask challenging questions. They really know what's going on."
By Doug Catt
Head coach Harold Simpson is seeing his dreams of making it to state diminishing for the first time in his seven year coaching career.
''There is still an outside chance with the way thingsarehappeninginOmaha,"saidSimpsonin reference to certain games in Omaha.
After a convincing 38-14 win over Scottsbluff to raise their record to 3-0 and earn them a number four ranking in class A, hard times hit
The Links lost three straight. This dropped them out of the rankings and made things hard to advance to state.
The first loss of the season was at the hands of Millard South (currently number one) 7-6.
"We lost to Millard South on one play where we had a mental lapse and it was a costly one," said Simpson
The following week wasn't much easier when the Linksplayed host to city rival Southeast. The Knights jumped out to take a 20-0 lead going into the fourth quarter. The Links made an effort in
th., rei11ainingperiod but fell short, losing to the Knights 20-14.
The next week the Links traveled to Beatrice to face the 1-4 Orangemen. • The team was loo~ to improve their record 4-2 and get back in the Jwtt for a state birth.
Beatrice played better· than their 1-4 record would indicate and the Links lost 3-0.
"Not being mentally prepared hurt us in the Beatrice game," said Simpson.
"This is a team who colllld win their last three games," said Simpson, "the kids don't feel it's over and that is what coUlilts."
The future appeared dark after last week's loss to Grand Island, 9-7 _
The Links have two g:ames left Tomorrow night they travel to Fremont to try and avenge a 40-0 loss to the Tigers la:st year.
Toe:Links , whose city rival is East, will play their last game Thursday, with the hope to end the season with a 5-4 reoord.
By Stacey Mitchell
Boys' Varsity tennis finished off its season year won half of their matches with their top October 15 at Omaha's Dewey Park at the state players being George Ponas and Steve Zoucha. tournament.
Zoucha also placed first in the Greater Nelon. Vogel and Todd Sandberg played in the braska Conferance. Th:is was his first major number two doubles division. They won their tournamentwin.Zouchalhasbeenplayingtennis first match and were defeated in their second. for the Links since his freshman year and will
The Links lost all of their remaining matches. return next year as a senior.
The Links top player, Steve Zoucha, lost his Zach Barber was ineligible to play this year first match in singles, "It just wasn't a good day · because of a transfer from another Lincoln in general, " Zoucha said. school.
However, this year marlced the first year that A volunteer coach, Ted Kennedy, worked boys' tennis had enough participants to play both with both the Varsity andl Reserve teams. W eixV arsity and Reserve teams. elman said that Kennedy lhad a good relationship
The Varsity team had two returning letter- with the players and was a big help. man, Zoucha and Justin Larson. The reserve team was a strong team and had i
"At the beginning of the year it looked like a many meets that were chose in score, according I rebuilding year for the Links because we only to Wcixelman. Zoucha. stated that the team's I had two returning letterman," said Zoucha. morale was never give mp. The Cookie Company --There is no substitute
According to coach, Dennis W eixelman, this The Links are lookimg for a much stronger I 2
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is the youngest team he has ever had. The team team next year. I included eight sophomores.
"We should be a strong team by the time they son: "It has been really fun working with the
play a couple of years." he said. kids. They are really co,operative." I
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By Jane McManus
The new volleyball coach, Deb Headly, has brought the team new innovative techniques. The team members feel that Headly's new coaching methods have improved their performance.
"My goal is to have each athlete improve a little bit with each game," Headly said. Although the team has gotten consistently better, Headly's job still isn't easy. 'There are lots of challenges in coaching," she explains.
The Links have fared well this year despite the excellence of other teams in the city. Junior
''My goal is to have each athelete improve a little bit with each game," Headly said.
Michelle Reinmiller says of the games they've played; "We beat the number one ranked team by one set. That was our best game."
This year's team practices from 3:30 to 6:00pm. Trisha Turpin, a senior who was also on the varsity team last year says that Headly "worked more on the fundamentals" this year, such as passing, serving, and spiking. She taught the team members a new way to spike which helped them. Says Yodi ReinickofofHeadly's of coaching this year: "she's changed our methods for the better." Kim Yisa, a senior, said that
Headly's style was beneficial to the team because "she takes the time to show us something if we 're doing it wrong."
''We beat the number one team by one set. That was our best game," Headly said
Although some members felt that the team could have done better, they seemed to feel that it has been a positive experience. Headly liked it also, saying: "I really enjoy working with the kids here.
The team members agree that team spirit has been an intrinsic element in this year's team ~ Michelle Dickey summed it up by saying "we all get along well and we work well together. Headly looks to a strong finish for the team's season, and is very optomistic about next year. · She is hoping to build up the team year by year, saying that coaching is a building process.
Headly majored in Business Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While there, she played on the volleyball team. After graduation, she was assistant coach at Lincoln Northeast. Last year she helped coach the Links track team. Now, in addition to coaching the volleyball team, she teaches bW1iness education and typing at Goodrich Junior High.
for the ball during a game.
Although the sport has : been around since before you and I were borm, it's only been recognized as a high sch<><olvarsity sport since
By Dave Dennis
Girls golf at Lincoln High is not one of the more popular sports, but LHS golf coach Joel Christiansen is determined to keep the program going. With only seven giirls out this season, coach Christiansen "wound like to encourage more girls to participate SK>we can keep the program." This year's gollf team consists of Diane Dutton, Tricia Gooowin, Lisa Hollinger, Kari Johnson, Kathy Madlsen, Michele Nelson and Laura Wedner.
Talking about the season, coach Christiansen said that the girls made good progress and all of their scores have come down this season. Also, there is no ••number one" golfer on the team because each of the girls are so close in their scores and each of the seven has been a low medalist for the team at one point this year.
Heading into the district meet, coach Christiansen said that "the competition is good
and our goa s are to lower scores." For any of the girls to qualify for the state meet coach Christiansen said it would take a very good day for one of the girls to shoot a score of 100 or better. The district meet is to be held at the
With only seven girls out this season, coach Christiansen ''would like to encourage girls to participate so we can keep the program.''
mainly becausethe courses that they use for practice, Pioneers, Holmes, and Mahoney, do · not
and
Although coach Christiansen doesn't feel that the
Any Lincoln High student or faculty mem·ber who brings in any Lincoln High I.D.(letter jacket/activity card) to the 27th+ Vine St. McDonald's, the week of Oct.26th-30th will receive a FREE **sandwich with the purchase of another of equal or greater value.
** One redemption per customer per visit. Good only at 27th+ Vine St. location Oct.26th-30th.
Nebraska 22nd and 'J' St.
By Stacey Mitchell
A Community Affair was this year's theme for Lincoln High's Open House.
The goal of the school was not just to attract students amd their parents to Open House, but the rest of the community as well.
Open House gained publicity from posters, advertisements, door signs, and personal invitations.
Distributive Education Club of America (DECA) helped in distributing the door signs and also developed a coloring contest to promote Open House.
Trudy Perkins, DECA sponsor, stressed the importance of reaching out to people who do not have kids attending Lincoln High.
"Only twenty-five percent of the taxpayers have kids in school. We want the rest of the community to feel good about supporting the education system," said Perkins.
The Open House included activities from an educational fair, entertainment, and dinner. Along with tours of the recent addition of Lincoln High.
Videotapes and slideshows in booths offered additional information on particular organizations.
Furthermore, the psychology booth supplied games that tested one's visual perception while the science booth made hair stand on end with a stactic machine.
In addition, people could register to vote at the Teenage Republicans/ Young Democrats booth. More than - .);%#MF? ir:r····,,.-·:•"
22 people were registered, including Principal Sam Nelson.
Pat Walla, a sophomore, said all the booths were really interesting and made him want to get involved. His mother, Clara Walla, said the booths were full of oportunities.
"It's like the State fair," she said.
Entertainment was provided by the music department. Included were performances by sophomore and varsity swing choirs, Madrigal Singers, and the Varsity Jazz Band.
"Despite the noise level I think a lot of people enjoyed the performance, and overall the Open House was a success," said Jeff Brehm, a member of Varsity Swing Choir.
Not only was the format different this year, but all activities were concentrated in the gymnasium, rather than throughout the school as in
• previous years. "I think Open House was beneficial to the teachers too because we get to look at the different activities and departments besides ourown, "saidMattLarson, a memberofthe Math department.
Lincoln High hosts an Open House every other year, and this year more tl1an 1,200 people attended.
American schools will not be adequateenough to keep ;he•United S!tttescontpetitive in the world market, Republican Congressman Hal Daub said.
Daub, a congressman from the second district, gave a speech to an estimated 400 students during sixth period on Friday, November 6.
''The success and future industrial competitiveness of our country ultimately depend on the ability of our schools to teach you the things you need to know," Daub said.
Daub said that more college loans, tougher graduation requirements, increased accountability of school boards and teachers, and higher teacher salaries will aid in the improvement of schools.
'The biggest crime in America is that we don't pay our teachers enough," Daub said.
He also suggested that increased student motivation is necessary.
"Students may know the theme of 'Gilligan's Island' by heart," Daub said, "But how well do they know American history? Or algebra? Or Spanish? Or biology?"
After the sixth period speech, Daub took off his jacket and opened the discussion to questions.
The first question was about the arms race, eventually the Persian Gulf, Nicaragua, and others came.
"Politicians have their own style, my style is to absolutely to tell you what's onmy mind." Daµb said after many different opinions were indicated.
After rolling up his sleeves he began an open
discussion in room 302 during seventh period to an es-
he addr,.sses students on November 6. Daub responded to questions such as the federal · Vocational groups contribute deficit, education, his job, and the difference be-
Approximately 2,000 items of food were
Daub
Guest editorial by Jim Stork, faculty member
Because of the recent school board decision to ban smoking in all school buildings, a number of LHS staff members will be faced with the prospect of going cold turkey when the school year begins.in 1988. As an avid pipe
smoker I was disturbed by theiJ decision but harc1Jysurprised. The action parallels the society wide wave of smoker bashing that has become popular during the last few years.
The Lincoln School Board was exercising its legitimate power, albeit restrictive and paternalistic, when it voted to ban smoking in school buildings. The decision probably seemed wise since smoking has become increasingly un-
To every action there is an equal reaction, according to most scientists. This has also shown to be true in our society. An example is the current trend towards radicalism, specifically in today's youth.
Out of the high schools in Lincoln..our school seems to have
by Charlie Hammer
Cecomethe~enter of thistrend.'ffilshascontributed~ radical reputation.
The emergence of these radical youtl! was a reaction to the s-tro-ngwave of conservatismin 1980 with the elec~on t•fR~gan. At that time it was "trendy" to be conservative,wear cxyeru;ive clothes, have perfect hair, and generallynot care about tl,c ~;orlJ.
Today the trend is to wear ripped up pants, have moi1a\..-k haircuts, smoke cigarettes,get really wasted on all sorts of drugs, go to shows, and still not care about the world.
This trend is being partially fueled by the peace movement.It is showing the atrocities of what is happening under the Reagan Administration,and youth are getting angry and decidingto rebel.
In fact, many of the people who were involvedin the conservative movement of 1980 have changed over to being the young punks of the late,80's.
The effects can be seen in our society. The newspapers and televisionstations are trying to latch on to the movementby doing more in-depthreports on some of the importantissues,like nuclear war, Latin America, and government corruption. Shows like "West 57th" would never have been shown in 1980.
Many have tried to compare this movement to the hippie movement of the 60's and 70's. Itis true that many of the styles of dress and hair are similar, but the attitudes and style are very different.
But there is one major similarity between the two generations. Everyone seems to be complaining about the YUPPIES, the
· popular among the adult population. Little political liability is incurred when a majority of parents, administrators, teachers and staff are nonsmokers. Even a representative organization for teachers, The Nebraska State Education Association, went on record against smoking by passing a resolution at Delegate Assembly in support of smoke-free environments for students and staff. There are a number of other seemingly good public relations reasons for supporting a smoking ban. It forces all staff members to model healthy behavior while on duty, thereby eliminating the "do as I say, not as I do" controversy vis-a-vis the students. It waylays the concerns of staff who are fearful of passive smoke or just think that it smells bad. Some folks would just as soon use a dirty sock for a napkin as sit next to a smoker at lunch time. And finally, it places the school system in the vanguard of those organizations who encourage wellness and thereby gain economically by supposedly reducing the number of staff days lost to illness.
Given these enlightened reasons, the right of an individual to smoke becomes a difficult position to defend. Consider smoking's positive attributes; they rank right up there with nuclear war and the bubonic plague. A list of negatives leaves one aghast. If you discount the volumes of scientific evidence linking smoking dozens of serious maladies, you are still left with bad breath, smelly clothing, and, if you've been at it long enough, a cough tl•at rivals a cat hacking up fur balls.
In spite of these damning features, there are a few individuals, even some nonsmokers, who will defendthe right of a person to smoke. The most obvious reason to support an "adult's" right ot smoke is that the activity is considered lawful and not immoral by ordinary conventions. If space can be provided, as it is at Lincoln IIlgh, where people can smoke and not violate the clean air of others, the decision to ban smoking seems unnecessary.
The board may have the right to establish policy for the schools, but this one is far too restrictive of personal liberty. It constitutes a tyranny of the majority simply because it has overwhelming support in opposition to an unpopular but legal practice. This infringement on personal liberty seems particularly hypocritical in a year when our nation and school system are celebrating the 200 year anniversary of our constitution. ·
The policy is also very paternalistic. I doubt that there are many smokers, particularly teachers, who are unaware of the harmful effects of their habit. These people choose to ~e the risks and will cease to smoke in their own good tune. We all know people who have suffered the ill effects of excessive smoking, up to and including death. We can all cite at least three good reasons not to smoke. Many of us who smoke have imagined that our own blighted lungs may one day appear in the photographs adorning The American Cancer Society display. I am convinced that the decisions people make about their health and well-being are mustered forth from internal desires to change and are not imposed externally.
Further, the total effect of the new policy on staff morale form hippies and -,w,ent business le&dcn:A:' ,:1esepeople were may not be worth the potential benefits. In the short term it basicallyradicals duringhigh school a.'ldcollz~e 1.ndthen decided is apt to drive a wedge between smoking staff members the
to face the 'real world' andinterg:ratctl•emsel·_.;.:sinto mainstream .:1 ' society.
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Our pt:ankeryouth of tod:ly will soo,\ become the apathetic that can add str ess to an already stressful occupation. masses of tom011ow,partially because theyhaven c idea what they Smoking members of the Lincoln Education Association are rebelling against,for many of them have no actualidea what is are planning a caucus in an attempt to devise a strategy that going on. They never pick up a paper, or watch rhe news, or make will counter the new board policy. As yet, the caucus has not any effort to educate themselves. They just put on the leather met to formulate a plan of action. Hopefully it will be able jackets and go. to convince the board to accommodate smokers within the This is not to say that no members of this movement are district and adopt a more humane and understanding policy -educated.It is these people, like many from the 60's, who will keep that encourages wellness without forcing it upon us. rebelling their entire lives, for these people
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The movement will also weaken greatly
when the next president is elected. There is
enough liberal sentiment that surely a
Democrat president will be elected. When
that happens,he or she will lessen the atroci-
ties being committed by our government
enough so that the peace movementwill not
have such strong accusationsto fuel the rebelliousness. This is what happened under Carter, which led to Reagan's election.
·It will be at this time that those people who are educated will keep working, keep working against the wrongs being done. They will petition these formerradicals, like the YUPPIES of today, to help them and they willprobablyreceive a responsesuch as this: "Are you kidding, why would I want to do anything against President Falwell's wishes?"
What exactly is~ senior? Well, a senior is someone who has We tried everything we could to be looked up to. w~ran for completed grades kinderg~ten through eleven. That means ~ey president of this and that and were in a deep gloom if we weren•t have passed those years, with at least some success. Who decides elected. But nobody ever told us that we w e th thin · th · f • ? I'd'"- er wor some g, e_expectatJ.on:ioaseruor · llJ\.eto know so I can cut out their when we were elected to these trivial positions. Yes, T-R-1-V-Abram _andf~ 1t to my d~g There are a ~otof ~ple out there, L! So, our biggest nightmarecame true. We weren't caught up in especi~ly seruors,~ho~ the~ have fmled at life because they the web of popularity! weren tHomecorrungking, captamofthefootball team,president I'm here to tell you that I'm caught up in that web d that of_StudentCouncil,or presidentof the Boys' L-club. You have not shoulcm't be. y OU don't have to be esident of Bo s ::r GirlsY,r~ flllled. You are the fortunate ones. Cl b be od · pr y u to a go person. YouJUSthave to be you and try to be the _Itseemed like m JlDllorhigh, everythingwas a g1gant1cpopu- best student and person you can be. This is a little pat on the back ~;uity CO::-test.~en we ~ot,to high school and we became forallofyouwhodon'tholdthesepositions. Becauseyouarethe mature. Wedec1dedwed1cmthaveto beon theStudentCQuncil fort\Ulateones. to be liked. Wedicm'thave to be ona varsity athleticteam to have Matt Catlett freinds.But then our senior year set upon us. Now the race was on. Senior
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I would like_toaddress the problem of parking at Lincoln High. sidenptial streets. It is totally unnecessary and utterly impossible
The front parking lot has become a circus. Cars are parked in any for everyone 10 park in the front of the school. manner th~y please in driveways and in imaginaryplaces. These Regina Vidaver cars make 1tnearly impossiblefor other cars to maneuverin the lot, s · eruor thereby wastmg time and effort. ,--,,c~
There is no enforcement of the area. There are no announce- Kilynn l-Veber's name was omitted from the staff box l:ast ments !IJatingthat these cars must be moved or they will-be towed. • issue No tickets are administered.The police aren't even called. All of the problem stems from lack of courtesy and laziness. The lead in the football story was incorrect. There is ample parking behind the school and on adjacent re-
By Melissa Jarret
November 11,1987 marked Lincoln High's third annual International Dinner that was held in the cafeteria.
The theme for the dinner was "Welcome World." Lincoln High is host to eight foreign exchange students. Six of the eight students are seniors,the other two are sophomores.
"This is a great chance for the exchange students to get acquainted with the students, and the students to get acquainted with them," said Jill Hanshew, "so if the exchange students aren't over their culture shock they will have the opportunity to now."
The dinner was sponsored by the Student Council and the Foreign Language Department. All exchange students prepared foods from their native countries. The foreign language students and Student Council members were all recquired to bring an ethnic dish to the dinner to be admitted.
Honored at the International Dinner were: Marcelo Stegani from Brazil, Mercedas Ortega from Spain, Simon Wong from Hong Kong, Folke Meier from West Germany, Petra Wisehinka from Austria, Tomako Hori from Japan, Sandra Ifland from West Germany, and Sonya Gercia from Spain
Sherry Umstead was in charge of the committee for the dinner.
The committee came up with the scheduled events and invitations to the host families.
The muscian who sang at the dinner was Mr. Martineza, Spanish teacher for the Lincoln Public Schools.
"I'm excited about eating different countries' foods. I'm glad I had a part in helping with the dinner," said Hori.
LT & T has joined with Lincoln High and formed Ventures In The school in return could provide art displays, entertainment, Partnership, or V.I.P. It is a newly formed program, that has been plus the usage of the school for LT & T's own purposes, such as started by the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. n1eetings, said Nelson. Tl1iisprograni has a two goals in mind: bringing the students into This progran1 busirit:~~. arid keepin~ Li11;;.JJ1ue,,t:1 i11fu1111t:ll u11 wl1<1, b !1<1JJ1"-••li1
with a company in the Lincoln High area. The prograni is here to operation
help .inform the students and let them become active in the business but Nelson worlid, according to "Ed Lines," the Lincoln Public Schools news- said he is hoplette1r for teachers. ing to have the LT & T and Lincoln High were put together at the request of LT offical signing & T.. There are several reasons for this request, according to of the LT & T Principal Sanford Nelson. LT & Tis a large company and has large and Lincoln facilities such as a mechanical shop that Lincoln High could use. High agree-
LT & Tis also very close to Lincoln High which makes it easier ment at
for tlh.estudents to get there, said Nelson.
Thi.s program is designed to benefit the company and school by
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Behind the scenes of '''David and Lisa'' an events ea
By Wendy Southwick
A.chilly gust of wir,d s.:indssome
1rown, curly leaves swirling
1roundthe parking lot. People .rrive and scurry up the concrete tairs and into the warm auditoum. All ages have gathered to watch play unfold before their eyes and erhaps get caught up in an emo1nal whirlwind, forgetting daily sponsibilities and problems. The amount of time, energy and ent that go into making a play cessful often goes unoticed.
·e all-school play "David and a" was no exception.
Work begins once scripts are 1deavailableto students and trydates are set. Auditioning 1u1res different amounts of 1paration, concentration, and >eriencefor each individual.
Junior Darcy Boellstorff deibes try-outs as really nerve 1ckingbut not quite as bad as ngon stage. Boellstorffsaid she ,1inues to audition for plays ;ause she has met some very ,resting people and its ·been a ning experience for her. enior Julie Caruso decided to ,ut for the all-school play be1e it was an opportunity she 't want to miss.
1rusosaid she went into audi1 with an open mind; prepared 1rtrayany character the di recskedfor.
"Nopart is a smallpart, it'swhat you make of it," said Caruso.
SeniorAngie Holdsworthsaid she was comfortable with the audition process and does little self-
preparation. She said that simply a love for theatre was her motive for auditioning.
"I always try to at least read the script beforehand so I have some idea of the characters," said Holdsworth.
·1 kind of thrive on theatre, and this was just another opportunity," said Holdsworth.
Another actor, senior John Vogel, said that he takes his performance personally.
"When know I've messed up get all flustered!" said Vogel.
Thenext hurdle to overcome is a month of three hour daily rehersals.
It is a matter of juggling time and making sacrifices to friends, family, and homework,cast memberssaid.
Scenes are usually worked on in severalchunks at a time, said Boellstorff, which means that cast members spend a lot of time together, possibly becoming friends.
"Until about one week before opening night no one takes it (rehersal) too seriously. Peopleget fed up with each other towards the end; guess it's just a lot of differences in opinion," she said.
Holdsworth found the only diffuculty was helping out those who had never been in a play before, but she said they overcame their problems, adapted well, and learned from other cast members.
''They put on a good sho~w-ywhich is not always easy for your first performance,• Holdsworth said.
Coming in and out of character was the one thingCarusodisliked
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TALK/f; ABOUT TOGF [HERNESS, David's f2ther(Dana Turner)ies to ta'k to Davi;,, (David C.•:,;on). David rejected his father'sutreau;1because of his fear of the humsn touch.
PUZZL;JB',' HER DUAL pP.rsonalities,Lisa(Beth ',1,'alker)sir, quietly ;sa's other perso,1,:/ity'sname was Muriel.
COMBG HIS HAIR back, l(c1thyBergstrom., Student ,-.··ectc,r, nel,os,r:,pareMike Bergsrt;i,r. for his performance 1r1 lh1,play. W,1TCf'JG EVERY STROKE as he applies make-up to Karie BoehrnlDavid Carson helps prepare others for thei. oerformance in e play.
TALK/N,TO ONE another, David and Lisa are able to relate to one .,noer. Both Lisa and David went to the same schoc' for mentallJlisturbed teenagers.
totabout rehersals. She found it .,nlly and physically exha•Jstingto play aaggressive charcter on sta;;.:,;then aerword having to rella:n her normally Jbbly personality.
Analyzing characters and memoring lines is vital, however, where and 111en to practice these things varies fromne situation to the next, according toast members.
Holdsworth uses rehersal time to gtto know her character. Once she is farliar with mannerisms and personalityihe lines seem to connect and associatS'ith the character, she said, making mecrization easier.
Caruso learned how to get into chiacter by sitting in front of a mirror1nd obs·ervingher actions. Caruso depnds upon her natural abilities and a knacfor performing to carry her through rEersals and performances, since she hsn't taken any formal drama classes.
In "David and Lisa" Boellstorff plred the part of Mrs. Ferris, an old hosekeeper. She said that it was neccesary to observe how old people act arl to thiiik about things an old person wuld think about to relate to her charact,.
Holdsworth played Mrs. Clemers,a spoiled 45 year- old mother who an't realistically deal with her on.
Holdsworth liked playing the part of a mother because it was a new role loner. She likes convincing the audience 11like as well as dislike her chararter.
Holdsworth formed ideas about her character's background, and domi10ering, materialistic attitude io bring Mrs. Clemens to life. , Standing in the shoes of Josettewas
Caruso, who said that Josette WIS .a neurotic who resented life,but unda her her cruel exterior she desperately wanted the attention only a friend or
family could provide. Becomingangry and thinking about upsetting things, Caruso was able to portray Josette to the audionce.
Suddenly, the cast faces the reality of opening 'night.About two hours before the performancecast membersarrive to put on stage make-up and costumes. Backstage, the cast memberscontrol their nervous energy by keeping conversations to a whisper.
· Waiting in the darkness just off-stage, a burst of adrenaline spurs the actors on to perform, and worries about missing cues, forgetting lines, and tripping over props fill their anxious minds. The reason for presenting a play in the first place is to make the audience either laugh or think about a particular situation, said Holdsworth. She feels satisfied with her performance when a dead silence comes over the auditoriumas if her character has finally become real to the audience.
Boollstorff said that she finds herself saying her lines over and over again in her mind just before she goes on stage. She said that only one thing comes close to breaking her concentration: when she can hear people in the audience saying her name while she is trying to perform. Caruso said that several times during the play she wanted to laugh when she was supposed to be serious.
"I was worried that my dad would stand up and yell: "Go Vern! Go Jewels!" said Caruso.
When the lights go down for the last time and curtain calls are done, the actors said theyare leftwithmixedemotions.Thereis a sigh of relief but also a feeling of disappointment, because a month of hard work vanishes in less than an hour as the cast and crew destroysthe set.
Today Lincoln, tomorrow the world, this is the dream which may Order. "We don't like to play what's popular, we're mot a pop soon become a reality for Elysium Crossing. band," said Sullivan.
Elysium Crossing is a neo-psychedelic garage rock band. Three · Elysium Crossing has been together for 5 months. The band of the four members of the band attend Lincoln High: Julian practices an average of 7 homs a week in. Adams's basement. Vermaas the bassist, Bill Sullivan the drummer, Shamus Adams During the summer.practice was a daily rilllal, averaging 15-20 the lead guitarist. Tom Irvin, the lead singer, attends UNL. He's hours a week. Much of the band's music is composed on stage in also the oldest member. front of the audience.
The band has played at local bars and benefits, and has played at Elysium is in the process of putting out a tape that will hopefully
The Lifticket bar in Omaha. The benefits include a Youth for be out by Christmas. The band is featured on "Broadsidle", a tape Nuclear Freeze benefit and Bop For Bones. of local bands.
"There is a shortage of places to play for minors," said Vermaas. "We plan on making lots of money," said Adams,"we dlon't want
The band gets the cover charge for the gigs. The band mostly plays 9-5 jobs."The band's long te1111goalis to play at The Ritz or Red for free, the most they've made for a gig was $40. Rocks, but for now they'll settle for Brown Bag Day at Lincoln Elysium Crossing's audience is "high school and college sill- High. dents," said Sullivan, "although we would rather play for minors, "We're a serious band. although
"We play a wide spectrum of music, from 'Johnny B. Goode'
'Gloria' ,"said Adams.The band also plays \12,The Cult.and
Were it not for the presence of the unwashed and the half-educated, the formless, queer and incomplete, the unreasonable and absurd, the infinite shapes of the delightful human tadpole, the horizon would not wear so wide a
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Brad Mill er Frank Moore Colby, Imaginary Obligations
If were it possible for me to form my own society, to choose the people that I would spend my time with, I would pick the unique. Those certain individuals that, for what ever reason, don't quite fit with the ''norms" of our society. In that perfect little society which exsists in the attics of my mind, I fmd • myself surrounded by those individuals .that aren't quite the same as everyone else. Those people that are contented with ·1ivingunobtrusive lives and never bothering anyone else.
Through their freedom from the standard trappings of society (clothes, cars, acceptance by large numbers of peers) they have persued avenues of thought and act that make them far more instresting than any prom queen I've ever talked to. Such as the individuals that spend their time in the library lost in·the
words of Plato, Sartre, Marx and, yes, even Shakespeare, who ponder thoughts of far off lands, all the while being oblivious to the happenings around them.
One would be amazed at the interesting people they would find right under their noses, if they were removed from the air. Like your peers in the computer lab who work so diligently to put out this publication you 're reading now, or the people gazing at the stars or taking the AtPac or even the kid that spends every afternoon of his four year high school career in detention. They're all there if you'd just wipe away the haze from your glamorous life and look for them.
Isn't the purpose of school to socialize us, to expose us to many new and different ideas? If so, we can't expect the school do it all for us, we've got to take some initiative and expose ourselves to these ideas and the people that possess them.
Don't assume by this that I'm telling you how to run your lives, by all means, I haven't:"thequalifications to be the advisor for a life as complex and as deeply warped as your own. All I'm doing is giving you a little advice, its up to you to take it or not So next time you and a group of your freinds are running down the hallway and you bump into some kid with his arms full of books, STOP, help him up and get to know him. You way be surprised by what yoµ've gotten yourself into.
By Ja11eMcManus •
Some people are happy to have quiet, unobtrusive hobbies like putting puzzles together or drawing. Then there are people like Jon Vogel.
Jon has plenty ofh.obbies, and although drawing is an1ong them, they are by no means ordinary. His hobbies also include jugglilig, making boomerangs, and raising pigeons.
Jon started raising pigeons in sixth grade when a t,!acher introduced him to it. He thought it might 1,e interestin1g to raise and race them. So he bougl'lt a few pimeons, set up a loft in the backyarcl, and startred racing them. The only drawback was his mmther's concern that the yard may not be as aesthetically pleasing.
He was quick to point out that pigeons live in a loft, not a coop. "Chickens live in coops," he explains. The lofthoids 35 pigeons, but not all of them race. "Some just sit around and make more pigeons," he said
The actual racing process involves all the pigeons involved being tagged and taken out of town to the starting point. They wear a device that records how long it takes them to fly from the starting point and back to their loft. Jon waits for them and when they return he puts the tags in a box that records the time.
It takes a while to determine the winner because the lofts can be different distances from the starting point. The winner is not the pigeon that is back first. but the one who has been consistently fa5test. There is rarely any prize money for the winner.
Jon started juggling when he was in fourth grade as the result of an inspirational Tupperware commercial. In the commercial a person juggled the product. Jon was hooked. He started slowly, juggling with three objects, but has worked his way up to five objects at a time. He someltimes juggles torches. He hasn't tried knives, !however. He said that if a
person catches a torch the wrong way that person could just drop it, but with knives there is the ' potential to get seriously cut. His juggling has come in handy in the past for Joynight and the annual Madrigal feast. There have, however, been occasions when he's been paid to juggle.
"Chickens live in coops," Vogel e.x:plain5,abo11this pigeon loft. "S'(Jrrie }Ltst sit around and make II more pzgeons.
On Sundays, some of Lincoln's jugglers go to a Lincoln park and practice. Jon will sometimes join them.
Jon got his first boomerang when he was nine years old, and became interested in their design. Now he makes them when he's not busy doing one of his other hobbies.
One of Jon's goals includes becoming an aeronautical engineer. He also likes the subjects dealing with science, such as Chemistry. For now, he's content with finishing high school, and playing a "thug" in the fall play, David and Lisa.
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The girls' and boys' cross country teams won the State Championship this year. This was the girls' third consecutive championship, and the boys' frrst championship since 1965, Coach Bob White said.
The state meet has only one event. For the girls, it is the four kilometer run. The boys have the five kilometer (3.1 mile) nm. All the competitors run in that one event, so the trick, said White, is getting there.
Once at state, the teams were optimistic. "The day of the race I got an intuition or feeling. I knew it was going to happen," said White.
The girl's team fmished frrst, leading competitors Fremont and Southeast by at least 28 points. Fremont and Southeast took second and third place, respectively. The fastest finishers in the State for the girls were Julie Bible who came in second, and Amy Tussing who came in fourth. The five other girls on the team are Natalie Hulvey, Angy Tussing, Wendy Smith, Tami Davis, and Christa Zeisset.
The boy's team includes Tim Jung, Shane Wictandalt, Gary Nunnaly Jeremy Walker, TJ Hubbard, Tyler Alderman and Jason Reed. They won by 12 points against their main competitor, Southeast. The boys had tied against Southeast last year for the championship, but lost the tie-breaker.
''The guys were really motivated from losing the tie-breaker last year," said Reed.
The reason they won state is because the individuals came together and worked as a team
The other teams had a few goodnmners, but the whole of the Lincoln High team was better, White said.
Training for the team members began officially on August 17, although there had been a clinic they attended in mid-July. Training was up to one hour of practice- a day before the school year started. However, when school started they started practicing more. Practice consisted of uphill running and distance running to build stamina.
White said that next year's team will be good also. The girls have five out of seven members returning, including Amy and Angy Tussing who did well at state and will be juniors next year.
''They should do as well (next year), "said White. The makeup of next year's boys' team is more questionable. Lefler Junior High had the top 9th grade boys' team. and Lincoln High should get some of those members next year, White said.
"We '11do well with the people we have now, but if things go well we will be one of the teams to beat. We '11give a good nm to retain our titles," said Reed, a junior on the team.
By Dave Dennis
Those were the words of gymnastics coach Mark Shearer after the LHS girls had won their first team championship at the 1987 state gymnastics meet which was held at the Bob Devany Sports Center on November 5th and 6th. Things weren't all that smooth for the Links though. Junior Dawn Spickehneier was forced to withdraw from competition after she suffered an injury to her neck while she was warming up on the vault. With Spickehneier out, the rest of the
"It got us in a down mood, and I knew that I had to hit my routines," Christie said. team knew that the heat was going to be on.
Senior Tayna Christie, who was the girls all around champion, said "It got us inadownmood,
and I knew that I had to hit my routines, but after the beam I started feeling like we'd done it."
Other mr.dalists for the girls included Tayna Christie on the balance beam and Melanie
"We won our first team championship, our first all around title and event championship. This is a spe-. cial moment," Shearer said.
Schidler on the uneven bars. Jennifer Friesen, althoughnotamedalist, filled in at the last minute for Spicklemeier when she was injured.
The boys, who were defeated for the frrst time in three years, finished fourth behind Papillion, Millard North and Millard South. Sanyi DeGrazia led the boys by receiving a gold medal in the parallel bars,tying for the gold in the vault, a silver medal on the high bar, and a bronze on the floor exercise.
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Skate contest occurs November 1 at Trade Center
clothes, doing battle through the obstacle course mo\Dlted on the best steads produced by Vision, Sims, Santa Cruz and many more. This was the scene Nov. 1, at the "This Is Skating" skateboard tournament
The warriors came garbed in their fmest street best three places in each class. Then there was the sticker toss, where the people putting on the contest would toss stickers to the competitors, for the main purpose sticking to the underside of the skaters boards. Everyone had a good time at the event, Woodsoncommentedonthisbysaying, "I always win third, but if I didn't enjoy them so much I would quit going."
The tournament was put on by the East Lincoln Optimist Club, in conjunction with Percision Skates of Lincoln. The contest was held in the parking lot of the Trade Center, a business center in south Lincoln.
Phil Burcher of Percision Skates said that the $5 entrance fee went to Optimist Club for the possible construction of an indoor skate ramp.
The contest was broken into two competitions, street and ramp style. Each competition consisted of three classes A-C, A being the least experienced and C being the most.
Competitors from Lincoln High were senior Kevin Woodson, who took third place in both class B street style and class C ramp. Other competitors were John Shaw, who placed third in class A, and Chris Arnold.
After the winners had been decided, they were awarded T-shirts, posters and trophies for the
Being able to relax after school when the fall athletic season is over is only a dream for the many people who began practice on November 9 for winter sports.
To start things off this season, the boys' and girls' swim teams will be at the Millard South
From the bench
By Dave Dennis
teams, picking up where 26 year veteran Gene Cotter left off.
Coach Davis, who has close to 20 years of experience as a swimming coach, says he is unsure of how the season will go, but he is "expecting a lot of things from the returning lettermen/women." Davis also says that this year's team will be "deep and versatile" in the boys' and girls' free style, and that they have some back strokers who are under the one minute mark. The one event that is the weakest for the Links is the boys' and girls' butterfly, but with 80 kids out this season, perhaps this event could be strengthened.
Jumping out of the pool and moving into. the gym area, we find the girls' basketball team and coach Bill Meyers. The girls will open their season on December 4 against Columbus in Johnson gym.
Coach Meyers says that with the "good competitors and experienced players, we should have a winning season." It will take a lot of hard work to make a great season, but coach Meyers has an optimistic outlook for this year's team.
"Even if you're the best, you can go and watch others and make up moves of your own," Woodson said.
He went on to say that it's impossible to know everything about the sport, because no matter how good you are you can always learn something new.
"Even if you're the best, you can go and watch others and make up moves of your own," Woodson said. Burcher and Woodson agreed on the fact that this contest would spur many more and finally give skateboarding the recognition it really deserves as a competitive sport
'The center position is wide open, and there should be good competition at guard and forward," says Meyers discussing the depth of players at various positions. Returning from last year's team are seniors Laura Brown, Linda Brown, Michelle Neely, Kris Radke, Linda Saunders, and juniors Paula Dissmeyer and Kelly Klawonn.
Finally to wrap up this winter sports preview, we move to the wrestling mats where the "black and red grapplers" are preparing for their season opening meet at the Fremont Invitational on December 5.
Coach Thomas Christie has hopes this year "Tlze center position is wide open, and there should be good competition at guard and forward," Meyers said.
of being the top team in the city, district, and state. With eight returning lettermen, including three state placers, Brad Brehm, Cory Languis, and Jeremy Montgomery, this goal is very attainable.
Christie feels that this could be the year that the Links go all the way because the wrestlers who have been to state "know what it takes to get there and they can model that behavior for those who want to get there." Also, Christie feels that Languis and Montgomery, who were part of the wrestling exchange program, got lots of experience by wrestling different styles and by being with some of the best in the state.
In conclusion, Christie says that he feels that "we have some possible champions, but it will take lots of hard work and effort to make
that into reality."
By Stacey Mitchell
Boys' varsity basketball began practice for the winter season on November 9.
The Links return with all but two lettermen. Having lost one player to graduation and the other, Bruce Staley, to injury.
·In addition to the seven returning letten11en, Coach Aldie Johnson returns for his 28th season at Lincoln High. During his coaching career Aldie has had 13 teams in the state tournaments, claimed runner-up once, but has never captured the state title itself.
Last year the team closed the season with 16 wins andfivelosses, but it was defeated in its first district game.
"Nothing last year, win or loss, has anything to do with this season," said Aldie.
Gary Nunnally agreed with Johnson's viewpoint but added that the same goals needed to be achieved this year that were achieved last year.
"Last year we were successful through hard work, determination, and team work. This year its going to take the same thing," said Nunnally.
Eric Priebe noted that it was important to keep in mind last year's mistakes and overcome them this year.
One advantage the team has is the closeness of the group, not only on the court but off. The players have been playing together as a team
since their sophomore year.
"They are a neat group of young men. Their quality of just being people are exceptional and outstanding," said Johnson. He added that it was a privilege to work with such an exceptional group.
The teamwork and the closeness that comes along with it will help to determine the succeSl!Iof this year's team according to Nunnally.
"Physically we're a very capable team, but the mental aspect of the game and the ability and willingness of players to work together if far more important," said Nunnally.
Teammate Doug Kuszak added "If you work hard to achieve team goals, individually you '11 improve."
Johnson believes that "Basketball in itself is and exterision of the school day." The court is a classroom where the chance for self-improvement and self-satisfaction is a privilege.
Johnson isn't concerned with state championships, "Winninga state championship is not the ultimate. The ultimate is that at the end of the season whoever has participated can look back and say that success is only the self-satisfacton that you've given your best."
The Links begin competing Dec. 4th at Co• lumbus.
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a child. He said that there were quite a few gifts to be wrapped. The presents ranged from Barbie dolls to sweaters to even a big wheel.
''To even buy a gift was generous," Dens berger said. Judy Roderick sparked the interest of Student Council to wrap the ,childrens' gifts. She had taken her classes to wrap the presents at K-mart also.
Student Council also rang bells for the Salvation Army. They also donated cans of food to the Malone Center.
The vocational clubs sponsored a food drive in November. Trudy Perkins, Distributive Education Clubs of America
said Perkins.
Through the Salvation Army, French Club and Girls' "L" Club "adopted" needy families as holiday projects. The clubs gathered food, clothes and toys that the children in the family asked for. Girls' "L" Club "adopted" two families.
Girls' "L" Club also took part in ringing bells for the Salvation Army at local stores throughout the city.
The French and Interact clubs showed their holiday spirits through caroling. Interact Club caroled at homes while raising money for the Senior Center.
The English department :is currently working on a plagiarism policy which will define more clearly what plagiarism is and specific ways of dealing with it, according to English teacher Eli Zietz. Plagiarism is a problem anywhere where people are asked to produce sometlhing in writing, according to Zietz.
"I ' " "dz· t s a very serious matter. sa1 aletz.
By Stacey Mitchell
lH the past teachers hav,e dealt ._,,,ithplagiarism on an individual basis. Tore consequences including failing grades, parent conferences, and even ''People don't realize theseverity of the cons·equences, '' Doerr said.
removal from publication staffs.
Assistant Principal for Instruction Kathy Raymer said although she is only exposed to two or three incidents a year, it is still important to continually emphasize originail ideas.
"We need to help students involved in plagiarism understand the seriousness of the situation," said Raymer.
For example Joseph Biden, U.S. Senator and presidential candidate, was fcrced to withdraw from the preside~tial race in light of evidence that he had plagiarized while in school.
Both Raymer and Zietz agree that the increasing pressures upon teenagers and the competition for good grades encourages plagiarism.
"The work load is getting harder at1d students have less time to get good grades," said Zietz.
In a recent Advocate survey distributed throughout the English classes 60 percent of the students admitted to having plagiarized.
In addition, more than half of the students said they knew what plagiarism was but weren't aware of the consequences.
Not only have memberships to National Honor Society been challenged, but colleges and universities can expel plagiarists from a field of study, according to English teacher Julie Doerr.
"People don't realize the possible severity of the consequences," said Doerr.
According to Doerr most students know what plagiarism is.
'They may not know it by that name but they know what it is," said Doerr.
In addition, it's possible to put something into your own words and still be plagiarizing, said Zietz.
"Paraphrasing is still plagiarizing. You can't get credit for ideas that aren't your own," said Zietz.
''We need to help students involved in plagiarism understand the seriousness of the situation,'' Raymer said.
would use someone else's research paper if the were short on time.
The committee working on the plagiarism policy hopes to establish a consistency within th department at least for what plagiarism is according to Doerr.
"But I feel it should go beyond the English department," said Doerr. "It should be school wide."
By Charlie Hammer
'fhe treaty signed by the Soviet Union and the U.1ited States has brought su,portive views from students and staff.
Ross Tegeler, Citizenship Issues teacher, said that he thought the treaty was a good idea.
"It's the first time in the history of the development of nuclear amis that we've agreed to reduce the number that both sides have," he said.
About three to four percent of the world's nuclear arsenal will be destroyed
"It could've been a half a percent and it would have been signifigant as far as I'm concerned," he said Camilla Eckersley, vice-president of Youth For a Nuclear Freeze (YFNF), said that her group supports it.
"I think it's an important step just because a couple of years ago Gorbachev and Reagan were calling each other names," she said, "now they're talking and writing at least."
She said that her group supported it as a step towards total nuclear disarmament.
Eric Lee, sophomore, liked the idea of the treaty but thought that there should be more.
"I guess it's not really good because we still have
other ones (mis~, \ " he said, "I think w•~should just get rid of everything. ·
Jim Barstow, Russian History tea~'-~r. said that the Soviets needed the treaty.
"It's good in the sense that it allows them to free up money or resources so they can concentrate more on lighter industry and consumer goods," he See "World leaders deserve praise "pg. 2 said.
He said that the Soviet Union is basically a third world country and can't keep spending such a large amount on defense. He said it was "a third world country with big guns."
"Although they gave up almost four to one (the ratio of Soviet missiles to U.S. missiles), their conventional forces are far superior to NATO's," he said.
Jason Downs, president of the Young Republicans, said that he liked the treaty but wanted it to be enforced.
"If its ratified it needs to be enforced," he said, "as of now I think its an excellent opportunity for • further arms control agreements."
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Guest editorial by Keith Lindbloom, substitute teac1'er ·
The American education system is under attack again. It policy is the best honesty, when criminal behavior becomes usually is. commonplace in the corporate boardroom and the most public
The system is now being held responsible for a nation wide of political institutions, and when the church, family, and 20 percent functional illiteracyrate, an increase in juvenile de- 11eighborhoodhand over their traditional role in the life of linquency and adolescent suicide, an increase iI1 teen-age the child to the schools, then wholesalecondemnationof th?se pregnancies, an alarming number of drop-outs, ar:J a destruc- schools is neither justified nor fair. tive trend in drug use even among children. In loco parentis has become in loco communis. Education
Some hold the schools responsible for all of these prob- has come to mean every facet of the life of a child and lems; most hold the schools accountable for some of them. adolescent Most teachers and administrators feel that this Few deny the existence or magnitude of the problems. quantum increase in responsibility is unwarranted, unwise,
But should the schools take the rap? and impossible to execute.
In decades past, when changes came at a slower pace, when "If you don't know where or why you are going, you willl institutions were more stable, when accountability was easier be some place else when you get there." This statement could toassess,andwhenschoolswereonlyinlocoparentis(inplace well be applied to most schools. Since schools mirror the of the parent), then criticism of the system of education for its society that fosters them, that maxim pretty well describes the part in social malaise was probably justified. national predicament as well.
When, however, the divorce rate exceeds the marriage rate, Only when a community begins to clarify its basic values the traditional two parent family becomes a statistical mem- will the role of its schools become more realistic, accountable, ory, and the basic social unit begins to crumble, it's not and attainable. surprising the children feel their launching pad to the future When and if that should happen the frrst step should be f:or turn to quicksand. th~ citizens of that community to define clearly two bas:ic
When abru t chan e is an ovemi ht occurrence, when terr11s:,,ducation and maturit
About a week ago, I was sitting in one of my classes when i the tenn as applied to these cases is accurate. a girl remarked that she didn't understand an assignment : But many of us are unwilling to use this label. In one of Another student said he would help her, but she would have \ the above situations, some girls might not sense that to ''pay" him (not money). The girl gave a weak smile in anything is wrong. Others may 11avea vague feeling of ·
By Larkin Yuod
reply as the cJB .:..&Jg ·
A f~,·· ,onths ago, I was with a group of friends and --'i•l8intencesat a resta11mnt. The guys in lhe group began telling jokes about female sexuality. The girls countered with a few jokes about men. Even so, the scoredidn't seem even by the end of the evening. Later, as I stood outside talking to a friend, she mentioned the jokes and asked, ''Don't you feel slimy and strange, like something from another planet?" The answer is yes. Other girls would agree, if the-Observationsmade of them made in similar situations are co1,ect I have noticed many of these situations. TeacherEli Zietz ag1ee.-...andadds that while the female victims laugh with the rest, their smiles seem fake and pained, indicating that the joke isn't really funny at all. 1
I have also observed girls in other incidents that they didn't seem to find funny either; among them being pinched or pulled in another direction by boys.
There are words to describe these incidents: sexual harassment That tenn mayseem harsh, one found only in court cases and newspapers. But the dictionary definition of harassment reads ''to disturb, irritate persistently". Thus,
uoeasiness, b1,tca,1notindentify the thing that bothers them. Still oll1ersmay be upset and know why, but are unwilling to do anything about it; after all, its not as if they were openly insulted or raped. These different stages of awareness are due in part to the fact that sexual harassment is subtle anflnot easily noticed.
Another reason that sexual hmusme.ntgoes unchecked is ·due to our society. Parents tell their daugbws to ''be nice". Oftentimes girls are led to believe that the jokes. pinching:, etc. ate an acceptable, normal part of their lives. If lbese upsetting things occur, it is because they were not careful enough. Women may not realize it, but they subconsciously try to avoid uncomfortable situations by skipping away from pinching fmgers and keeping their eyes downcast But between being nice and being careful, women are still sexually harassed. Why? Part of the answerlies in responses like the one found in a local paper's editorial ~e concei1tinga similarcolumn on haras.ffllent. In a letter,,the writer told the author and women in general to worry about problems·''tbat are really important". \
Harassment IS really important, because it hurts women and is demeaning to them. Steps must be taken by both men and women alike to stop sexual harassment; but that can only be done when bothsexes realize that it exists, that it is not an acceptable form of behavior, and that it is indeed important Only then can sexual harassment be stopped.
Currently, both are used as nouns. They should be verbs: educating and maturing.They are a process not a product. For the same reason one can' tcount water, one can't be mature and one can't have education. If enough people believe that education is a constant process of learning which produces a constant process of maturing, then that might throw a different light on the Carnegie unit, the diploma, the length of attendance, the nature of curriculum, and, most certainly, the purpose of schools.
And the best place for this process to start is, of course, in those very schools under siege. It will simply require that the concerned ask the right questions of both the school and the general community;the way every great movementhas started since Socrates.
Just what was this ''Big Treaty" that this Russian Gorbachev and our Ronald Reagan signed two weeks ago?
There certainly was enough hoo-hah going on about it, there must be something important in it
It was called the INF (IntermediateNuclear Forces) Treaty, which in plain language is a treaty banning all U.S. and Soviet nuclear missiles in Europe with a range between 310 and 3,200 miles
Over the next five years approximately420 U.S. warheads and 1,520 Soviet warheads will be destroyed
What does all this mean? Why should we all cheer?
Well, it is an important step in eliminating the chance of nuclear war. This is why: let's say there is a war in Europe and side A is losing. Side A decides that it is going to use its short range nuclear weapons (weapons with a range of under 310 miles) to get back at side B. Side B decides it doesn't like that and shoots theirs back at Side A.
Side A gets mad and shoots its bigger missiles, the medium range ones, at side B and so on and so forth until an all out nuclear war occurs. The elimination of these missiles omits a crucial step towards world destruction.
Unfortunately, Great Britain and France both have their own arsenals of medium range missiles that were not covered by the treaty. Also not covered are the many air and sea based missiles owned by the Soviets and Americans; only the land based were covered.
Europe is also seeded with thousands of short-range nuclear weapons,4,600 for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and 3 to 4 as many for the Soviet Union.
_ So if they still have all these warheads, what was acomplished?_
This is the first treaty that has ever actually eliminated missiles; all the others just put restrictions on numbers.
In the spirit of this treaty both leaders have been discussing the possibility of a 50 percent reduction in long range missiles (those with a range more than 3,200 miles). The United States has 13,002 and the Soviet Union has 10,595
The INF Treaty is a brave new step into the realm of understanding and future agreements. Both leaders should be applauded.
By Jane McManus
Tiie district one act play competition was held at Lincoln Northeast on Saturday December 5th. Kevin Woodson, who played the main character, recieved an outstanding actor award.
Although they didn't win the competition, director John Heineman thought the experience was a positive one.
"Its always very disappointing to lose, but I feel very good about what we did and our performance in that play," Heineman said
The play selected was "Sleep Tight Tonight" by Michael Selgrove. It was about a scientist named Max Housden, played by Kevin Woodson, who invents an orbiting research satellite that is put into space by the Americans. The satellite then falls out of orbit. This would have posed few problems except that the Americans had put two nuclear warheads on board The satellite is headed toward a town in England called World's End A few women refuse to leave their homes there, and the last scene details their protest.
"Our play was really good and we did it really well, and the judges thought we did it really well too. Its just that they were looking for something more light headed and not so deep and emotional," said Shannon Mitchell, who served as assistant director for the play.
Heineman said one of the reasons he chose this play was
because of the large cast.
"Although this is a competion, it is still a learning experience Having a small cast in contrast to a large cast I can't justify educa-
tionally," Heineman said.
The winner in class A-1 was Southeast, under the direction of
· Carla Svoboda. Southeast did the play "Wiley and the Hairy Man" Kevin
by Jack Stokes. and Darcy
The
The cast m~mbers for "Sleep Tight Tonight" were, in order of The other schools that placed in class A-1 WC?£eNortheast, who did "In Fireworks appearence, Kevin Woodson, Val Tobler, Jane McManus, Bonnie Lay Secret Codes," East, who did "Baby and the Bathwater," and Grand Island, who Beem, Jean Waller, Elspeth Walker, Troy Bishop, Pat Joyner, did "Quilters."
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By Tyce Markus.sen
After numerous problems with the attendance system during the frrst quarter, there have been some revisions, according to attendance coordinator Opal Stoehr. At the beginning of next semester there will be pre-recorded calls to a person's house if an
"We are basically working with a ModelT, whenweshouldbeworking with a spaceship," said Stoehr. ab,;tmce
There were two calling systems considered for use, according to principal Sanford Nelson. The system that will be used is the most "cost effective," said Nelson. The system Nelson chose will cost $993. Another difference is that there will be less paperwork to ftll out, said Stoehr. According to Stoehr, there used to be five forms to fill out in order for the student to be able to attend class again after an absence, and now there are only two. The computer system that is used now has been part of the problem, said Stoehr.
"We are basically working with a Model T, when we should be working with a spaceship," said Stoehr.
About 90 percent of detentions and suspensions are due to absences, according to viceprincipal Charles Jones. However, there are steps being taken to cut down on truancies, according to Jones. For instance, Jones said this year he has "dropped quite a few students for skipping". Jones said that he has even had parents attend classes with their children instead of suspending them. Jones said this is very effective because when he tells them what is going to happen, "the student's mouth drops open the student feels like a baby," said Jones.
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By Jenni Mapes
There are classes at Lincoln High that teach you how to run a restaraunt, some that help you build your vocabulary, and then there is one, Home Construction, that teaches you how to build a house. The Home Construction class is taught by Eric Knoll. It is a full year, double-period class. Knoll said that the class "teaches students how to build a house."
The students will undertake several projects throughout the year. This year's plans include building two garages, in addition to one they've already built. They will also take on an interior fmish job in a basement.
The projects are done on homes in the Lincoln area. Knoll said that most of the projects are found by word of mouth, or by a homeowner calling and showing interest in having work done.
Last year the class tore down a one-car garage, and built u1its place .1 i.wo-car garage with a room above it.
'They got a $10,000 to $15,000 addition for around $5000," Knoll said.
The homeowners pay only for materials, he said. The labor is provide<! by students.
Knoll said that the cl iSS appeals to a wide range of students. He tries ·o interest such groups as college-bound eng:neers and architectural draftspersons, as wPJl as those plannmg to go into construction imme, ·iately after high school.
He said that tl,e hands-on experience that a student gains from the class helps the engineer or draftsperson undcrstand their trade.
"If you know how to make it, you can draw it," he said.
The students get hands-on experience working with concrete, block work, and framing a house. They also have the opportunity to work with elec- · tricians and plumbers.
Senior Mike Coleman said that he took the class because it's something that he enjoys doing, and • because he is planning to go into construction after ·• high school.
"It's good experience," he said.
Coleman said that the class can be a lot of work. ·• Some days there is a lot to do, and some days there •. isn't "It depencls on the weather," he said.
"We don't get paid, but we get pizza after the job," said Coleman.
By Charlie Har.~~·:er
America has laugh, :-:,•ndra Ifland one thing: how to make mistakes.
Sandra, 17 lives near 1:uesseldorf, West Germany. She is spending first semesi', · at Lincoln High.
Even though she b:.san learning English in the fifth grade, she still had <lift:cult:es when she frrst arrived.
"I didn't talk, but just because~ ,/as too afraid to," she said.
She said that this may be the :t:ason that many exchange students seem "stuck up" wl1en they fir!'t come.
"I don't know what people think r.tout me, it might b<?. })ccausc T dc,n"t 1aik to an\bod\/ 1.:h~.--'~lid. "\t, _,n·t.bccuase l didn't like the peopl.::, i was afraiiJ tc ,-11ake mistakes."
People would r.1:ike her say words l11atsh t crJ.::d no: pronoc..1ce. She gave the words "railroad" and · ·verb" as • examp,es.
"Its R, your R is really strange," she said.
Whiie still in ,vest Germany, she met Terry Hanshew, LHS tra-,ner, •vho was visiting her school. They arranged for Sandra'~ visit to the U.S.
She said•} at sl1e expected Americans to be more weir<l and crazy. "he also expected them to be more talkati , than Gl-.mans.
COMING FROM GERMANY, Sandra lf(and is ,11;,dyingin Nebraska for one semester. "It , : .iuld be easier to just go up and talk to them. A lot . ,
When I was more of a child than I am DO\V, I spent many a Sunday aftem,,on watching some of my favorite actors uo what they did best, scare me. It sec1;1s thit the days of the great horror m')vies ha"ve been replaced by the redundant slasher
Veg notes by Brad Miller movies, which aren't as scary as those. made by the likes of John Carredine, Christopher Lee, and my personal favorite Bela Lugosi.
I found the movies made by those individuals to be some of the scariest I've ever seen, even to the point where they have occasionally invaded my dreams. The movies of today though don't seem to have that effect on me, in fact there were parts of Nightmare On Elm Street where I found
myself laughing at the movies less thai'. adequate attempt to scare me.
So far I've been very negative to tht>,SC movies and one may be wondering if thc.y do have any positive sides; I say they d(' not. They're just speciai ~ffects and go:e with no suspense involvel:, v ~ich is one of the key elements of a g00u horror movie. I <!<;offer some solutions though, plot f:--1 one, ,,1ithouta decent plot the ;!lovie is chao!>JD ftlm. Another solution would b..; less special effects, I am far more scan: 1 ~/ the look in the eyes of Lugosi's Dract1 \~; tha11by watching someone gt1 ~sspill O!-'l across the screen.
So here•s a little !>,1ggestivnfrom me to you, the next time y(\ur in the mood for :.>. good movie look for one st31;.ingso of ti1e people I've s:r,okenabout. ~,ou may find that you agree with me , that they're oldies but they're !,xxlies.
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of people in Germany are kind of stuck up," she said.
The amount of patriotism in America also suprised her. She said that in her town it would be very difficult to find a Ger1nan flag.
"You walk out of the door and the American flag is 11 Yozt walk out of the door and the Anierican flag is hanging right over you, 11lfland said.
hanging right over ~ou. For ex amµlc thcv have the Americari. Flab in ~t1echt:rL".h,Ll1is1s _;u~;t\Vcir,:.1," sl1e ~.;_ud. It also took tin1- •··r her to get used to the school system. She said that ;7,G,:r11,auythere are three main subjects and only three to four P.:G10.- tests a semester. "L'l our school, you can't choose the subjects," she said Most schools in Germany require students to take two foreign languai;.c~, ti-,:!fir~t beginning in the fifth grade and the second in th,, seve:.~h
She said that siJ",;e she has been here, she has learned not to be afraid of speaking, even though the things she may say 11:a:,,·be wrong. ''J':n less afraid of making mistakes any more, I don't ~-•t•:~much any more when people come and tease me," she -:a!(l
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It's a word that makes many students groan and tear out hair and paper. But to math teacher Patience Fisher, there is a solution to the troubles and pains of Calculus.
Fisher attended a colloquim at the University of Lincoln, Nebraska where a proposal of changing the instruction of Calculus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was disscussed.
This new way of teaching Calculus revolves around calculators. Fisher said that calculators would replace the tedious hand written work which often subjects students to mistakes. Instead of figuring math problems by hand, students would be spending more time on learning the concepts of what they are studying.
pr o f e~sors mor e time to discuss tthe why' s of math problems. Fisher said that Calcmlus students have to spend too much time on numerous drill problems and they do not completely comprehend why a math problem produces a certain answer or how a certain theorem was derived.
This new way of teaching Cal1culus would save a lot of time in the classroom. Instead of figuring problems on paper, designated keys on a calculator can be punched and an immediate answer is • given.
Fisher said that currently not enough time is spent on teaching the concepts of Calculus and to much time is spent on drill pro ,blems.
"Some things ta11ghtin Calc :ulus will never be used. But it's still in there ano w.., ~till tp~rh it." said Fisher. Fisher would like to see Calculus moved into the 20th century, but she said that she knows it won't happen over night.
By Brad Miller
As people become older they will find that there are many decisions that must be made. One such decision is whether or not to smoke. In a poll done by the Advocate, 25 sophomores, juniors, seniors and faculty members were asked what their
views are on smoking. The ques-
Do you think, if they are old enough, students should be allowed to smoke on school grounds or have a place provided for it (student lounge)?
5. Why or why not?
6. Do you think faculty members should be allowed to smoke on school grounds or have a place provided for that (faculty lounge)? ~any of the people surveyed said that they didn t smoke, but felt that people had the right to make that decision for themselves and not be inhibite~ ~rom making or living comfortably with · that decision. Not all people felt this way though. One nonsmok~r s~id that due to the unhealthy nature of smokmg, 1tshouldn't be advocated by the school system in anyway. This person went on to say that with teachers as role models for the srudents, the school shouldn't condone their smoking either.
Other nonsmokers attributed the re,.•~- - •VY didn't smoke mostly to COT"' " - ,ur their health and reasons of w~· '••:I·
Reaso~ given for why people do smoke ranged from helpmg them relax, to helping them stay thin to "just 'cuz." · ' One of the main reasons given by one smoker as
Many of the people surveyed said that they didn't smoke, but felt that people had the rig ht to make the decision for themselves.
to why they do smoke is as a show of defiance, to prove to other people (parents, teachers, and general authority figures) that they can make decisions for themselves.
The facts gathered from this survey sei>n: • · support certain statistics ••o• ' - -,a, smokmg amongst hil!h " ' -• ~,udents has been declining ~-· -:•" past_ few years, but as with all surveys there 1s certam amount of umeliability and that should be taken into consideratin" , '- - · -A<Utun:-0 _ 11.1~,,..,sgiven here
"We've been teaching it this way for a long
The course would also be changed to have practical-application problem solving. These kind of problems are used in business, engineering, chemistry, and in many other careers. Fisher said that many of the problems in the LHS calculus book are drill problems which aren't as useful in every day life as the applicationproblems. time," Fisher said. Fisher does not allow her Calculus class to use "I'd rather give my studentsone good story problem then give them 25 drill problems,"she calculators on tests. She said that this way students will be better prepared for colleges who culus courses and allows its students to use calculators, then Fisher said she would allow her students said. The use of calculatorswill give teachers and to do so also.
you a "Natural Helper" t!1ckind of person people come to when
a problem or just need to talk? Do uou sometimes feel you'd like tl' i)e abl<'tc do ,·,::>re, to have better helping skills?
A Teens Helping Teens phone line is coming to Lincoln in 1988. A free 8 week problem or j°'st need to talk? Do uou sometimes feel you'd like to be able to do more, to have better helping -skills?
A Teens Helping Teens phone line is coming to Lincoln in 1988. A free 8 week training program will be offered, beginning January12, to give teens ages 16-19 the skills they need to help other teens. The training will include listening skills, problemsolving techniques, and informationabout helping resources available in Lincoln. If · you are a "Natural Helper", or would like to become better able to help yourself and your friends deal ,vith problems, this trairing program might be for you.
For more informationon the Teens Helping Teens phone line and the teen training program, call Child-Guidanceat 475-7666. Ask for Program CoordinatorPam Seid or Training Specialist Diana Doling.
By Stacey Mitchell
Senior Stefan Wall has been playing soccerfor ten years. He developed an interest in it as a youngster, enjoyed it, and found he was good at
challenging teams because it will help the LHS team improve He added that in the short te~ aspect the team will suffer from lack of expenit. ence. Th Wall currently plays on an Omaha team, e
"It was always something that was really easy to play and it didn't cost a lot," said Wall. "You can play it anywhere with anyone."
Wall plays both indoor and outdoor soccer.
His main · position is goallceeper, although he does play field positions during indoor games.
The goallceeper has the ability to see the whole t1t;",imd is the only player that can use their hands withn, tl.e 18 yard goal box. Wall said that because of this the & ~lkeeper develops a position of leadership.
"Goallceeper is a high pressure position. r,•~ all on my shoulders whether or not the other team scores," said Wall. Wall played soccer for the YMCA team until 8th grade He said the interest level at the younger
''Goalkeeper is a high pressure position. It's all on my shoulders whether or not the other team scores ;'' Wall said.
age levels was much higher than that at the high school level.
In addition, Wall said that soccer was underrated in the Lincoln Public Schools.
"I don't think soccer gets the recognition it deserves," said Wall. "It has all the elements that ,.._ - • - ~ ~r.s do, it has physical endurance, individual skil , tea..,.- - ·• ~"d physical contact."
''I don't think soccer gets the recognition it deserves. It has all the elem ents that the other sports do," Wall said.
Gladiators FC71. The Gladiators have been ••lldefeated in Nebraska for more than 50 consecutlv._ Bllmes.
Recently duru, 5 Thanksgiving break, Wall's • team traveled to Tempe, Aru.on~ to compete ma tournament.
"It's a real boost to travel to Arizona and see that we are capable of competing with teams in that area," said Wall.
In addition to the Ariwna trip, Wall has traveled to Oklahoma. Colorado, and South Dakota for tournaments. He has attended camps in Missouri and North Carolina.
Wall played on both the 1986 and 1987_State Select Teams. The teams traveled during the summer months to Bowling Green, Ohio and Grinnell, Iowa, respectively.
He was also selected for the All City and All State teams
Although Wall enjoys traveling, he admits the expense is a drawback. The players raise the money themselves.
Last year boys• soccer becam1; · •:tv s{)Ort for the Lincoln Public Schools. Wall played 011 the team and also played LHS club soccer his sop11uu "'., For the upcoming soccer season 1""'"•=•·State Activities Association has sanctioned soccer, so the Lincoln schools will play against Omaha teams. Wall said that overall it would be good to play
Along with the winning and the traveling 11 ~11 has had his share of injuries. During his sophomor1; J - - - Wall broke his leg. He also broke his hand last year'-'~ - ~ved the remainder ......rtt-..~ ~ame.
Wall plans to atu;;11u Ou~..:.-- ··· A<lolohw. College in Minnesota or Colorado College where he will continue his soccer career.
It was November of 1971 when Johnny Rodgers and the Nebraska Comhuskers, the number two team in the nation, handed the number one Oklahoma Sooners their only loss of the season in what was called the game of the century. Now, 16 years later, the number one anu •" 0 '"'~ms met again in what some dubbed the game 01 Ll1v <;<>nt11rv II. This time however number two Oklahoma would defeat number one Nebraska and
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mak 'e them eat their words.
The first thing that grabbed my attention was the way that the Huskers had been talking about what was going to be done and who was going to win. Of course this is only natural for players to do because to a certain extent everyone does it. This time however the Huskers went a bit too far.
Starting quarterback Steve Taylor was quoted by the Lincoln Journal Star as saying that "Oklahoma can't play with us in our house." This was a big mistake on two counts. First, Taylor should have watched his words, or should have made them less harsh because eventually Taylor would eat those words and make himself look like a fool. Secondly he should have avoided the press all together. College athletes really have no reason to be interviewed weeks before a game, it only gives them more time to talk big and look stupid, but since the press has the right to interview any
person who is in the public eye athletes are targets of opertunity.
Another thing that grabbed not only my attention, but the attention of the many _ millions of people watching nationally, was the incident between Nebraska defensive end Brodaric Thomas and coach switzer during the St"rnnd hall UI tne game. Although it wasn't known what was being said between the two, it was totaly uncalled for.
There are many people (high school athletes in general) who admire these col- · lege athletes for their abilities and actions, and when an incident like that happens it tends to make tl1at player look bad along with civig the team a bad name. Also the actions of that player n1ay 1.<,llu hi.sh school player that they can do it and get away with it Granted the coaches do remind the players that they are not to exchange words in an unbecomming manner, it still happens because there is no sure fire way of preventing it. Perhaps coaches should susspend or bench players whose actions are unbecomming to college, or high school, athletics but because of some coaches individual morals, they refrain from doing this.
I feel that all athletes, amature to professional, should refrain from making comments that they could possibly regret later down the line, and especially refrain from the unspotsmanlike comments that make a person look bad, and it would make athletics much more better, because people don't pay hundreds of dollars a year to see athletes put on performances where they are bad mouthing officials, coaches and other players.
By Dave Dennis
Strength and enduranceare two requirementsthat are needed,alongwith ability,for athletes of all sports.
Body conditioning3-A, which is taught by head football and strengthcoach Harold Simpson, makes a valid attempt at meeting these two requirements.
The class was originated by Simpsom and P .E. department head Ralph Mueler back at the start of the 1980-81school year. Originally the class, then 99 percent football players,was used for strengtheningand better conditioning of the LHS football players.
''We need to expand so we can have enough room/or everyone to benefit from the program,'' Simpson said.
Soon the class expanded and all of a sudden not only football players were involved in the class, but basketball players, wrestlers and almost every athletic group was using the weight room for the purpose of getting stronger more agile.
The fll'Stprogram used by Simpsonwas mainly a group working program. Persons in the class "maxed out" (liftingthe greatest amount of weight possible one time) and then they were placed into groups of four to five people according to their max weights.
The program included a seven lift rotation in three days (Monday,Wednsdayand Friday). Each person would do three lifts a day which included bench and incline presses,hip sled, squats,leg curls and extentions, arm curls and cleans. The weightsare based on percentagesof a persons max. The percentages started at 70 percent and finished up with 9 5 percentof the givenweight,
thus giving a five set work-out oof repetitions (7 ,5 ,5 ,3 , and 2) for each lift.
This original program was replaced this : year by a strengthprogram adaptedfrom the , University of Nebraska, and specifically writtenby Simpsonand athletic trainerJerel Welker, ''to do what we think is needed for our people."
The new program which eliminates the group work,placespeople on an individualized program for strength or endurance accordingto their particular sport. Simpson says that the new program is better because for each sport, different muscle groups are involved "and with this program we can single out those muscles and strengthen them along with conditioningthe rest of the body." He also says that the new program will help the football team in the battle of strength and endurance against the other schools.
"In the past four or fi.ve years we've been as strongas the other ciltyteams and also our other opponents,"says Simpson,"and with some work there's a possibility to move ahead of some of them."
"With this new program the kids are on
''In the past four or five years we've been as strong as the other teams and also the other opponents,'' Simpson said. their own rotation which makes the weightroom crowded."says Silmpson."We need to expand so we can have enough room for everyone to benefit from the program." Simpson has been attempting to expand or move to a laarger localtionfor the last two years, but due to the lack of funds and available space this mmvehas been impossible.
By Jane McManus
''Wrestling is, hands down, the most disciplined sport at Lincoln High," said Matt Catlett, who is a wrestler.
The wrestling team has had two competitions this year. At the Fremont Invitational they took thirdout of eight, and they also had a meet with Grand Island, which they lost.
For the past two years, under coach Thomas Christie, the wrestlers have been the runner-upat the State tournament.What does Christie think about this team's chances?
''The potential is there, but it would take an outstandingeffort," said Christie.
The team has seven letter-winnersreturning, plus two transfer students. Tim Nausler transferred from Waverly, and Mike Watts, who won state last year, transferred from Lincoln Christian. Watts won't be eligibleuntil second semesterbecauseof the athleti:;transfer policy.
This year another weight class was added, making the number of classes move
from twelve to thirteen. They moved the weight limits up so competitorscould make weight more easily.
"They eliminated a lighter weight nationally. There weren't many kids who weighed 98," said Christie.
''We don't cut. They quit because its one of the toughest sports there is,'' Christie said.
The wrestlersat LHS aren't cut. For each weight class the person ranked first is on varsity and the person ranked second is on ·junior varsity. A third person waits until they can make either team. Each week a wrestler can challenge the person ranked above him in their weight class for his position. If the challengerwins, then he assumes that position.
''We don't cut. They quit be.causeits one of the toughestsports thereis,'' said Christie. The returninglettermenare Brad Brehm, Jeff Brehm, Tony Cech, Aaron Gardener, Cory I .anguis,Darin Lovercheck, and Jeremy Montgomery. All are seniors except -Gardener.
JESTING WIT}/ THE audience, Mall Cat/ell practices for the Madrigal Feaste that was held on December 8.
By Kris Gustafson
Hotel Ballroom
was once again the setting for this year's Yuletide Feaste. This was the third consecutive year that the Madtigals have taken part in the production of the Fe!l!:te at the
T1youts for the jester and i,,;,ald were held ir, l~ovemher. Matt Catlett was chosen as jester and David Carson was the herald. Preparation began almost immediately afterwards. According to Wyn Andrews, a member of the~Madrigal Sing\!fs, there was much work that went into this one evening of entertainment. Rehearsals were ii.Id practically every night since r-iidNovember and lasted p11;:ilthe Madrigals felt that they wc:-e Jlic;ugh for the evening. ~{L,re than 70people paraded down tl:1;;ai~le at the opening of the Feaste. 'fhere were groups of tum-
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plers , wenches lads, a drama troup Madrigal Singers. jest:!ir and the herald also provided en'.,rtaiinment throug.'1out the dir.ner
dancers, and of The for dessert. &n1e of the members of the orchestra accompanied the guests during the dirmer, piaymg traditional Christmas The musicians were under the carols. direction of Terry Rush. Cor::l,.:sker. "The people !er.itto the overall atr11asphereat Nhi Ho, a seruor and a member of the orchestra, had mixed feelings about the dinner.
this festive occasion., sai:dDave Koperski. II
David Koperski, senior, who wa~ the town crier in the Feastt;, said he impressed with the ar.1 .:,~r.t of was peo,ple part;cipating. •] '"The peop1e lent to mosphere 3t tl1is festive tJc..ci.~1'.1n atof memor:cs erf:>,t Feastcs," said Koperiski. lru-betwe:(.:1 each course of the mei>!, the groups sang, danced, and i,~cformcd skits. The 11'eal includec. th,\ toasting of wassail, beains, i'Oast beef and r salad, c:urot,, bread pudding
''I twas an experience. I really enjoyed the skit," she said. "It was a lot of fun, but it wasn't fair that wedidn'tgetto eat and the others did." The crowd numbered more than 450 people. 1 i1e tickets were sold out at$ 14 a pitce. TI1e Feaste lasted approximai~ly t\vo '\!ld one half hours. Kim <\r1dersons said she was plt>as~<l•vi\!1 the turn-out. "l.'s something that everbody should see," she said. "I think it should ;,e more accessible to the people."
By Emo Sybert
''There was a great change in my life," Sen. David Karnes said of his appointment to the Senate last March following the death of former senator, Edward Zorinsky.
Karnes came to Lincoln High on January 14 and spoke about his political career, the importance of leadership, and future challenges in an optional assembly that took place in the audito• num.
Karnes was appointed to the Senate by Governor Kay Orr and was sworn in on March 13 of last year. Many had not heard of Karnes before his appointment, but he was no stranger to politics.
Karnes was chosen to take part in the White House Fellowship program in 1981. Through this program, created by John F. Kennedy, he served as an assisiant to President Reagan and gained political experience.
As a U.S. senator, Karnes has served on three committees. He has served on the banking committee and the small business committee as well as the agriculture committee, which was actually supposed to be filled by a Democrat. Karnes was granted a seat on the agriculture
committee despite the fact that he is a Republican.
Karnes is seeking re-election in 1988 to further serve the state of Nebraska and provide leadership. He believes that leadership is a very important quality to develop.
"I can't underscore more the importance of developing leadership characteristics," Karnes said
As important as leadership is, however, he believes that developing leadership skills is not an easy task.
"Leadership takes a great deal of work," he said. "Leadership, to a large degree, is developing responsibility."
Karnes believes that it is ieadership that will help students to face the challenges of tomorrow and he also believes that it is leadership that will help the Senate face new challenges in 1988.
During 1988 the Senate will deal with the Supreme Court vacancy, the INF treaty, the reduction of strategic nuclear weapons, welfare reforms, launching tlhe space shuttle, banking issues, and the deficit, Karnes said.
By Julie Caruso
Lauri Owens and Jennifer H:oward competed in the Student Events for Achievement and Recognition in Consumer and Homemaking program (SEARCH), a Future Homemakers of America Speech tournament on January 20. The students performed a speech on "Toys That are Safe for Children."
"The thirteen schools that con1pete in SEARCH every year, rotate where it will be held the follo'>'·ingyear," said Glenda Siemek, ho1ne cconon1ics teacher and FHA sponsor. This year the competition was held in Fairbury. Only two Lincoln schools competed, the other was Southeast.
"The only requirement for competition, was, the contestant had to be a member of FHA," said Jareldine Mays, home economics teacher and FHA sponsor. •
"The events are designed for individual or team competition," said Siemek about the event. Siemek said the tournament was not really a competition, because the judges wanted thecompetition kept non-competitive. The judges were home economics teachers, speech and debate judges and university instructors.
The four major categories of·the competition are:_General Chapter Presentations, Consumer· Homemaking Presentations, Peer Education Project Presentations, and National Star Events.
The students competed to earn a spot on the national team which Siemek described as the national FHA team.
Tammy Krumton, senior, recommends FHA, "because we do a lot of fun things." Krumton said the FHA club wcent to Valentinos, conferences in Waverly, and had speakers.
"FHA does not sit around thinking of what to cook next," said Siemek about the cotrunori
Mays, wl10 l1as sp,onsored t11eclub for four years, said FHA invite:s resource people to speak to the club. The FHA chapter has had the Nebraska Childrens Home speak to them about adoptio:11.as an option to abortion. The club has also listened to a teen panel who came to speak about pregnancy. The teen panel was made up of teenage girls who were pregnant and teenage mothers.
• The FHA chapter has no requirement for participation. "There used to be a requirement of at least one semester of Home Economics" remembers Carol Tucker, General Purpose Lab Supervisor. ''That was in the Dark Ages."
Siemek said that the FHA chapter at Lincoln High "is very fortunate to have a club day because we have twenty metnbers this year, the most we have ever had." Last year, FHA had o eight members.
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'After his speech, Karnes answered questions during a question and answer period. He addressed several questions, among them questions about the INF treaty, the toxic waste dump, the budget deficit, SDI, and the Arias peace plan for Central America.
"I want to give peace a chance," Karnes said. He believes' that the peace plan is a good idea but doubts that all countries will comply with the plan. Karnes has visited Central America and has visited with the leaders of several Central Ameri• can nations.
"I was bitterly disappoirtted with my visit with Ortega," he said of his meeting with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
Karnes does not believe that Ortega and his Sandinista government are willing to comply with the Arias peace plan and supports aid to the
Contra rebels. He believes that the United States should help to install a democracy irt Nicaragua. "Americans always want todo what's best,"he said.
Elizabeth Karnes, wife and supporter of the senator, spoke to students and teachers before the senator answered questions irt an assembly that took place irt room 302 during seventh period.
She told students that she supported her husband in
topics of Contra Aid, education, defense, the Palestinians of Israel, Guatemala, gay rights and sodomy laws, the ERA, abortion, and the national debt.
By Amy Folmer
Teachers voted the week of Jan. 4-8 to keep club day one Friday a month through second ·semester.
The teachers voted on ballots with questions such as "Do you think club day should continue?" At the bottom of the ballot they could write comments or suggestions about club day.
Opal Stoehr,attendance coordinator who organized club day, said a large majority of the teachers voted to have it again. They also gave good suggestions for the use of that day. Some guidelines for club day are as follows: l. Instruction is to contirtue on that Friday. 2. There will be no penalization for students who have clubs that meet during a class. 3. Students are required to get information, (notes, worksheets, reading assignments) just as for pre-arranged absences
Teachers also shared their approaches to dealing with club day. For example, Patience Fisher, a math teacher, will give a double assignment on Thursday. Students who do not participate in a club can have a study day to work on these assignments. Those who miss that class on Friday will know what is expected of them on Monday.
Stoehr said many teachers commented that club day is an excellent idea. It allows teachers to get to know students who arc not involved in clubs that period or any clubs at all on a one to one basis because class size is cut down.
"Also, it's a catch-up day for kids that have missed scl1ool or just a study day," said Stoehr. Joe Kreizinger, a drama teacher, gave Stoehr the ideaofhaving club meetings one day a month because he taught.in Waverly, and that's how they conducted club day.
"I think club day is an excellent idea. It's one of t11emore positive moves made to benefit our clubs," said Kreizinger, who is also sponsor for
the drama club, Mummers. "Enrollment hasn't gone up (irt Mummers), it's just stabilized," he said.
Although a large majority of teachers agreed to keep club day, some teachers were not as enthusiastic. Stoehr said that the teachers who voted against continuing club day had problems with attendance because some students didn't take work seriously on that day. With the spring weather approaching, some teachers think kids are most apt to skip so the office needs a better handle on attendance on those days.
Stoehr said other complaints from teachers were that it took extra planning on the teachers part and it is hard to get content of the subject through because of pep rallies and other assemblies.
Jeff Bayer, a social studies teacher, thinks the idea of meeting in school time and not on your own is a "super idea," but the class work students miss should be covered for. He also did not like the idea of not being able to present new material.
"I use every minute of every period for my classes and I didn't like being told that I couldn't teach new material," said Bayer. He said he doesn't think there should be any limitations on J1owhe conducts his class time.
Some students feel that club day is an asset at Lincoln High and that it should be continued. Shawn Allen, a senior, said that he thinks club day helped out the clubs he was involved irt.
"We have a bigger attendance in L-Club and in DECA (the clubs he is involved in), and more people seem to be interested because now they have more time to spend with their clubs," said Allen.
Dear editor,
What's special about Lincoln High School? What sets it apart from other schools? In asking these questions, many differences come to mind- size, economical status of students, location, teachers, etc but one idea keeps coming to mind, one that really makes a difference.
LHS has a strong tradition of individualism, diversity of social and political ideas, and action based on these ideas. Individualism has been accepted and encouraged. In recent years, however, LHS has come to mean something very different, something contrary to its very existence, something grotesque and honible. LHS has come to mean LUNCH HASSLES STUDENTS!
There is a large minority of vegetarians at Lincoln High. These are people, who for religious, health, moral, and/or economic reasons, abstain from meat. They wish to do something that they believe in to make a difference, yet they are being slapped in their faces for their efforts.
It isn't important whether they're right or wrong or if you agree or disagree. What has to be focused on is the treatment vegetarians get at Lincoln High, not from the students, but from the school system itself; na1nely the school lunch program. Vegetarians should be treated equally and with respect- not necessarily because they save animals' lives, but because they are taki1_1g a stand and doing something.
The school lunch system is an incredible insult to me as a vegetarian and as a human being. Inflexible and unreasonable, the cafeteria has turned into a..haven of stagnation and decay. For a year and a half daily, I have been forcing down cheese sandwiches for lunch. Only occasionally, to my heart• s joy, does the cafeteria serve cheese croissants or macaroni and cheese without smokies.
When food such as macaroni and cheese is served with smoRies, or
A couple hours of homework, extra school activities, sometimes a part time job. High school is rough.
Like many other seniors, I am going through the added stress of the college application process. I was recently asked in orie of these applications to do something, that to me, is very hard- to evaluate myself and present my findings on mere paper with mere words.
Finding introspection oh so hard, I turned to some friends to ask their opinions, and the answer that bothered me the most was the one attacking my maturity. So I, here and now, dedicate this little piece of news print to that topic.
There are several ways that maturity can be looked at. Firstly, there is the boundary of physical maturity. To some this is the age at which reproduction is possible, and to others it is when physical growth has reached it's peak. To neither of these is this paper directed, but instead, to t.'1ebehavioral aspects of maturity.
Let me first set the foundation. True maturity is an idea of intellect- a level that is not reached, for most, until after college. This is an idea of responsibility.
Behavioral maturity is a process of thinking that leads one to responsibility, by which maturity should be determined.
More commonly, maturity is determined inyorrectly. A person's everyday behavior does not determine maturity, but instead one's personality.
The personality of a person may seem quite infantile or
spaghetti with meat sauce, we are still unable to eat, in spite of our requests for plain macaroni or plain spaghetti. The most they can do, they always say, is give us the meat on a separate plate which is, of course, ridiculous. I have stated, "I am vegetarian. I can't consume meat," but they still tell me to buy it. I have said, "I am a Ras Tafarian. My religion prohibits the eating of pork," but again, the cafeteria remains inflexible. Why can 'ti buy plain spaghetti? The other day I bought a peanut butter sandwich instead of a cheese sandwich- beat the system, I thought. I got the sandwich, milk, salad, and com- a typical Type A lunch. But this lunch wasn't so typical. It was a lunch that cost me nearly two dollars. Why? Why aren't peanut butter sandwiches included in a Type A lunch? Why do-they cost so much more? I wonder what I would do if I were a vegan, if I didn't eat dairy products either. What would you do? I'm not suggesting that the cafeteria should start a vegetarian menu oor even change their food- though itwouldn't be such a bad idea. I'm noot suggesting that the school should start supporting or encouraging vegretarianism. I'm just suggesting that a few small rules be changed to kee:p with the tradition of Lincoln IIigh- to include the peanut butter sandwich in a Type A lunch and to serve spaghetti without sauce and macaroni arnd cheese without smokies. That• s all. I realize these rules were made for reasons, many I'm sure valid, but when it comes down to it, isn't it better to eat plain spaghetti than nothing at all, or even worse, to eat the meat we have vowed to abstain from?
Please help LHS to change its reputation, to lose its honible nam e, Lunch I-lassies Students, and again become a place of learning and actiona Loving, 1-lelping System.
Camilla Eckersley
under age, but this does not denote this person's maturity. In fact, it seems to me that if immaturity is to be applied to anyone, that it should be reserved for those unwilling to face up to Anddefeat social norms. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against all norms, for I am most definately in favor of laws and such that establish norms to protect the rights of others. I am, on the other hand, against those norms that limit one's personality.
In psychological terms I am talking about formal operations of thought. This is the level at which one is able to adopt his or her own morals or values- to reach them logically, in one's own brain, n~t blindly accepting the values of society. Therefore, those people accepted as normal, or "mature," are those who have not necessarily reached full mental capabilities, but instead are those who have adopted views with more support than opposition.
S01newhatparallel to that of morality, in that they are devised in the mind, is that of personality. Each should be developed by the individual, without limitations placed by society. If one allows his or her personality to be suppressed because of norms, that person can not claim individuality, but is only a conforming babbit. People with these leather dispositions, are the last to be called immature... until now.
So those afraid of being immature may now have some new resolution to set. It's a new year- a time dedicated by our society to set up new goals for ourselves. Keeping both these in mind, maybe one should consider doing things for one's self, rather than society. Don't forget responsibilities;just forget limitations. A variety is the key to eliminate boredom, and this counts for people, too. If everybody has the same limits and the J same mold, then society is going to be pretty boring.
Commentaryby Maria Balderas
Often times when speaking about foreign students;people think about foreign exchange students, ignoring the existence of foreign students that are here to stay. Such students come mainly from oppressed countries such as Vietnam, El Salvador, Mexico, and even from Czechoslovakiaand Colombia.
Political oppression drove the Vietnamese out of their homeland in the mid sixties and seventies, as it's doing today in Central America, specifically El Salvador. The same reasons have driven people out of Cambodia and Czechoslovakia where Communism rules.
As for Mexicans and Colombians, political oppression is not the issue.Rather ambition and dreams that can't come true back home lead the way to the States.
Lincoln High not only has students that have come directly from other countries, but also students born in the States whose parents or grandparents have come from another country
What all these students have in common is the reason why their families came to the United States- to look for a place where their dreams have a chance to come true and personal freedom is not infringed upon, which is somethingthat most Americans wouldn't be able to understandunless they lived without it themselves.
L.H.S. has for years had the opportunity to play host to students from these and other diverse backgrounds,making L.H.S. a "melting pot".
I think we all agree that in order to have good relations with foreigners we must know and understand them, but how can we do that if we continue to ignore the fact that they are a part of our student body as well as our community?
Mostforeign students don't have any contact with American kids outside of school. I don't see why we can't have some kind of planned activity in which both can participate. Right now there is only one such activity for them to take part in, and that is soccer. If you are a boy, great! Most Latin American countries play soccer.and Vietnamese also like the sport. But what about the female foreigners? We would really like it if there was some kind of fun activity for us to participate in.
Another thing to keep in mind is that foreign students don't gather to speak in their own language out of rudeness, but out of a need to feel secure. So the next time you see a group of students speaking in a different language and you feel uncomfortable or you think that they are talking about you, try saying "Hi" to them and you'11 see that they aren't the way you think they are. This issue of the Advocate was ,, published by .the first semester Beginning Journalism class.
The Young Republicans(YR) and Youth For a Nuclear Freeze(YFNF) met and discussed nuclear arms, Latin America, and other peace issues in an open forum on Jan. 13. The hour long event began at 3:15 and was held in room 302.
After questions were asked to each side by the mediator. Those in the audience were also given a chance to ask questions.
Those participating were Camilla Eckersley, Kati Tobler, Kevin McGrath, and Charlie Hammer for YFNF and Jason Downs, Matt Catlett, Josiah Moore, and Rob Winsor for YR. Social studies teachers Ross Tegeler and James Barstow served as mediators for the event.
Mummer's Play scheduled
The Mummer's play, 'The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde, is well on its way.
The cast list includes seniors, David Carson and David Koperski, juniors, Mfchael Bergstrom, Susan Nuss, Sara Bishop, and Adrian Walker, and sophomores, Dylan McCullough, Monty Stoakes, and Jeanne McShane. The production staff is headed by Joe Kriezinger, director, and includes student directors, Brenda Coto and Kathy Bergstrom and stage manager, Denise Scholl. Other students on the staff are seniors Jon Vogel and David Carson and juniors Susan Nuss and Troy Nothnagel.
The Mummer-'s play will be open for two shows on Feb. 19 and 20, opening at 7:30 p.m. both evenings.
Tegeler wins Quiz Bowl
The Applied Economics course taught by Trudy Perkins organized and liquidated a Junior Achievement company over first semester.
The class, known as the Board of Directors, chose the name FirstLink for the company. "The name was taken from FirstTier, the consulting firm that helped the class, and the fact that they were the first Applied Economics company at Lincoln High," said Applied Economics teacher Trudy Perkins.
FirstLink sold Christmas playing cards. The cards cost $3. The company had to pay for the cost of the cards, so they capitalized by selling stocks. FirstLink sold stock to 15 shareholders at $2 a share.
"Each student sold at least two stocks," said Sarah Patterson, Vice President of Marketing. Perkins said Sonya Friese! sold the most.
The class sold 200 cards in less than two weeks.
Before paying the shareholders, the company earned $394.02. The company paid back the shareholders a 25 cent profit. Again the number one seller for the class was Sonya Friese!, who sold 49. The number one seller received a ten dollar check and a certificate of achievement.
Speech prepares for districts Speech team members are beginning to prepare for district competition. The competition is not until March 19, but there are a limited number of spots open on the district team, according to speech coach John Heineman.
At this time, the team consists of eight members. Amy Arnold will be competing in Lincoln/ Douglas debate, Darcy Boellstorff in dramatic interpretation, Cory Ortega in informative
Ross Tegeler's team consisting of senior Beth speaking, Denise Scholl in humorous interpretaWalker, junior Lillah Grund and sophomore tion, Jane McManus in extemporanious speakSarah Gibson won the Quiz Bowl finals held ing, Laura Wedner in Lincoln/Douglas debate on Jan. 18. They beat the competing finalists, andextemporanious speaking, and both Melissa Jim Barstow's team with senior Matt Catlett, LewisandJeanneMcShaneinoralinterpretation junior Brian Scherbarth and sophomore Amy ofpoetry. Althoughtheteamisnowset,thereare Folmer. many contenders which could easily take over Quiz Bowl is a game in which questions are ariy of the positions. read to the opposing teams and seniors on the Almost two months of regular tournaments team must give the answer after the team has remain before the district tournament. Heineconferred. Student Council sponsors this event man is working to have a full team by the time every year. districts come around.
Fewer midterm graduates expected next year
In the future there will be fewer midterm have dropped out or lacked too many credits can graduates. According to Leonard Harnsa, coun- graauare at midterm. selor, all students require an extra 20 hours be- Alice Kruse, registrar, also commented that fore they can graduate. some of those students may not be able to gradu-
The new policy goes into effect·at the begin- ate at midterm anyway. Kruse said it depends ning of the 1988-89 school year. Harnsasaid the upon when they dropped out and the number of onlywayonecangraduatemidtermisifheorshe credits they have and the number they need to has already had three years of high school. That determine if they are even eligible. The number means only students who have been held back or of seniors that graduate at midterm every year ran es from 35 to 50 ..._______________ ...,;.,;,;
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The astronomy club is building a telescope which is five feet long and six inches in diameter.
Bob Winsor, president of the astronomy club, thinks that building a telescope will teach club members how a telescope actually works.
The astronomy club will be making and selling t- shirts so they can get money to build the telescope. The t-shirts will have a smiling sun on the front and a smiling moon on the back.
According to Winsor, you need a catastrophic lens, arefractorlens, or aNetownianlens to build a telescope.
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A catastrophic lens is compact and easy to transport, but is relatively expensive and hard to build from scratch.
A refractor lens has good clarity but is!very expensive.
A Newtonian lens is easy to build and less expensive but needs to be cleaned and aligned often.
The Newtonian type telescope is the least expensive telescope that can be built or purchased.
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The Madhatter surveys the frantic efforts of those students still working in the darkened room and quickly counts the number of hands of those already finished. Seeing enough hands, he quickly switches to the next problem on his overhead projector. This is the Marathon, one of the events scheduled at the Creighton University Math Contest.
With three different events and competition from various high schools from around the midwest, the math contest offers a formidable challenge to the Math Club, competing there Feb. 13. High schools from Nebraska and surrounding states will be present for the morning long contest. The competition is "extremely competitive," said Robert Winsor, treasurer of the Math Club.
"We're very conscious of how we perform," said Winsor. Lincoln High has a standing rivalry
with Omaha Central in the contest. · The contest is made up of three events, the Marathon, Leap Frog and a computer event.
In the Marathon, the Madhatter puts a problem on an overhead projecter, and students begin working until they feel they have the problem worked correctly. They then raise their hands, and when enough hands have been raised a new problem is put up. There are 75 problems. Afterwards students tum in their work and the results are tallied.
The Leapfrog is made up of two person teams where both students take the same tests, and halfway through the event, exchange their tests. They then complete and rework their partner's
By Folke Meier
A club, the Progressives, was formed in December by senior Ken Hanshew. It is an option to be politically active.
Hanshew, president of the Progressives, said he wanted to form the club to give students another option to be politically active other than the Young Democrats and Young Republicans.
The main idea of the club is to get people interested in politics and to educate them about socialism, said Hanshew.
" People don't understand the difference between communism and socialism," Hanshew said.
Socialism is a system of economics, said Hanshew, and communism is a system applied to everything in life.
At first the club was called Young Socialists, but students were turned off from the club just. because of the name, Hanshew said. They think, socialism means no rights, Hanshew said. To them, socialism is synonymous with the U .S .S .R.
omy club is building. Winsor said that the telescope should be built by the end of March.
'This may seem like along time but their is more to building a telescope than just the telescope itself," Winsor said. A mount must also be built to make it easier to find stars.
The telescope will have a six inch aperture and a 48 inch focai lenth. Galaxies, stars, and other objects will be observed more clearly.
'There is so much more to astronomy than just observing stars," Winsor said.
test as much as possible. At the end of the event the results and tallied and the winning trearns announced.
The computer event presents various problems to the students, and challenges them to write programs that will allow the computer to execute and solve these problems. Students are given several such problems, and must choose from a limited number of commands for programming. Trophies are given to school place winners, and plaques are given for outstanding individual performances. The Math Club hopes to bring about a dozen of its members to the Contest.
"If we get the right combination of members to go to the contest, we can come away with a trophy," Winsor said.
The Progressives are more liberal than the Young Democrats and believe that the government is responsible for the people in terms of social welfare, Hanshew said.
The Progressives have 12 members now. Their sponsor is social studies teachers Ross Tegeler. Hanshew hopes to get about 20 active members.
The Progressives plan to debate with other clubs as soon as tl1ey have w1;itten a constitution and are accepted as a club, Hanshew said.
By Aaaron Biggard
Ngoc Chau arrived in the United States with her family as an eight-year-old Vietnamese girl with a thirst for freedom .and education.
Chau, along with her mother, father, two brothers, and one sister, fled from her country's communistic ways. She left Vietnam May 25, 1980 and arrived to an entirely different world January 29, 1981.
Chau and her family started their long vigorous venture going to Thailand from Vietnam and stayed there for one month and eight days. They then went to Indonesia and stayed there for five months, said Chau.
Continuing their pursuit of happiness and freedom, the Chau family went to Singapore and stayed there for one day and night. This concluded the boating part of the trip, according to Chau.
The family next took a plane flew to Hong Kong, where they stayed for a period of time. Chau' s next stop was at Alaska, which was for three hours, added Chau.
Denver, Colorado. Finally, she arrived in Lincoln. "It was a scary, but exiting experience," said Chau.
Being a stranger to the English language, Chau took two years of English as a Second Language at Saratoga Elementary·.
"Education is very important to me," said Chau. She studies every weekday from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m On Fridays, she, works at.the Chinese restaurant, Jade Palace.
On Saturday, Chau takes a break from all of her work and watches old Chinese movies. But it is back to work on Sunday with an all day study session, said Chau.
Chau enjoys doing schoolwork and said, "I have to study really hard in order to do well."
Chau said anyone can be a good student ifhe or she works hard._ Chau advises low academic students to do homework, study, work hard, and get help when needed. "I would tutor a needy student," said Chau.
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Chau said "I would like to go into a field of medicine and hope that someday I will succeed in it."
Beginning to conclude their trip, Chau and her family stayed in Chau's life isnot all work and no play. "My hobbies are tennis, volleyball, and skating," said Chau.
By Michelle Davis
The graduation ceremony is an important and an unimportant event from different people's opinions.
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The measurements for caps and gowns was on January 6. Rent was $12.50 which includes rental of gown and one souvenir cap and tassel.
"It's an easy process." said Don Dean,
Assistant Principal of Student Services.
"When I think about graduating it seems strange," said senior Cory Languis. "It is hard to believe that I have already experienced the best years of my life.''
The graduation ceremony is a traditional event that happens every year. Some people, such as sophomore Zach Barber, feel that it is jt1st a waste of their time. Barber thinks that tl1e ceremony is not needed.
"I would rather not walk across the , stage," said Barber.
Senior Karletta Lewis disagrees.
"I think it is important because it gives you a chance to say good-bye," said Lewis Lewis thinks that all graduating seniors should experience it.
"I think it is to each person's opinion if they think the graduating ceremony is important." said Julie Doerr, an English teacher.
Doerr thinks the ceremony is rather enjoyable. She also enjoys looking back on her own.
Hope Quintana, another sophomore, thinks the ceremony is a good event to have. "I can't wait," said Quintana
There are a lot of opinions about the graduation ceremony.
"It does not matter what your opinion is, the show must go on," said Quintana.
By Bryan Scherbarth
With a student body that wears everything from Forenza to bandannas, jeans, slashed and ripped to frosted and designer, and oxfords to Ozzy tshirts, LHS has earned its reputation for fashion diversity. How ever, diversity isn't just present among the students. In a recent survey, faculty members revealed a wide range of differing and unique fashion preferences.
The survey revealed a strong disagreement among teachers about how casually they ought todress. There is no dress code for teachers, and many teachers expressed that they dressed quite casually at school. Others felt quite strongly, however, that teachers should try and project a professional image to students.
"I wish teachers would be more professional and not wear jeans, sandals, etc.," said driver's education instructor Alex Czeranko. Some, like English teacher Ruth Kupfer, said they performed best when they felt comfortable I wish that people could dress the way they wanted to, look the way they wanted to, and it wouldn't make any difference in the classroom, 11 said Raymer
with the clothes they were wearing.
"My feelings are that I'm going to dress comfortably, because if I don't feel comfortable I won't do my best work," said Kupfer. "I want my students to know you can be successful without wearing a three-piece suit."
Kathy Raymer, assistant principal for instruc-
tion, explained the administration 's feelings about the issue. Lincoln High does not have a dress code for teachers, although some schools do.
"I wish that people could dress the way they wanted, look the way they wanted to, and it wouldn't make any difference in the classroom," Raymer said, "but unfortunately our society doesn't work that way."
"I think that teachers do need 1tOserve as models to students. They need to dress in such a way that conveys to the students that what's going on in the classroom is important. I do think its important that people dress comfortably, but ifthe teaching profession is to be upgraded in the eye's of society, teachers' dress needs to be more professional."
"There are a few staff members who I wc,uld like to see more concerned about their dress and grooming," Raymer said.
11 want my studen,ts to know that you can be successful without wearing a ithree-piece suit, 11 said Kupfer.
This didn't necessarily apply to all faculty members said Raymer. Industrial arts and P.E., for example, are just not "suit and tie" environments. However, there have been times in the past when teachers have had 1tObe asked to improve their appearance. Sometimes a change in personal appearance, especially one in which a lack of concern is displayed for one's appearance, are indications of personal problems an individual might be having. Raymer felt that the emphasis be placed on these personal problems and feelings, and that if it becomes a problem then efforts should be directed towards helping a teacher solve these problems.
Teachers also expressed a variety of preferences as to where they got their clothes. While many mentioned such stores as Younkers, Brauns, The Limited, Miller and Paine, and Ben
"My wife sometimes gets a little nervous when she sees me going out in public and wearing something left over from the ?O's," he said. 'That motivates her to buy clothes for me to replace them."
Although a few teachers professed to being avid shoppers, most commented that they bought clothes to last, and some even commented that the clothes they were wearing now were the same they have been wearing the last,two to eight years.
"I feel good wearing the clothing style that I've worn since high school, since I've always worn jeans and cotton, which continues to remain in style," said graphic arts instructor Gary Corneer. Other teachers, such as Lin Risenhover, vocational arts instructor, felt that high school was the time in which a person develops the clothing styles they wear for the rest of their life.
"I believe the era in which you spent your youth has the most influence and employment," said Risenhoover.
Durability and quality were definately the two things teachers said they looked for the most in clothes. Other qualities included comfort, style, and cost.
About half of the teachers who responded to the survey felt there was no relationship between student trends and teachers fashion viewpoints. One such response came from Spanish teacher
"My wife sometimes gets a little nervous when she sees me going out in pulic wearing something left over from the 70's," Ernst said.
Sue Johnson.
"Are you kidding? People wear what the want to wear, right?" said Johnson.
Not everyone shared that view, however. About one-third of the teachers felt that student Simon's, other teachers said they shopped fre- trends did affect teachers viewpoints in one way quently at thrift stores, garage sales, and flea or another. markets. Shopping by catalog was also extremely "Yes," answered one unsigned response. popular among teachers. A few teachers re- "Because we are at the mercy of what is the the sponded that they make some of their own stores and trends are in the stores." Others, such clothes. as counselor Diane Leggiardro felt that tl1einflu-
Among the male faculty members, a common ence of the youth upon fashion was inescapable. response was that clothes were often bought for "I think youth fashion tends to set the general them by their wives. Randall Ernst, a psychology tone of fashion socially, but I think teachers wear teacl1er, noted !us wife's concern for his appear- to school what they are personally are most ance. _comfortable in," said Leggiadro, counselor.
I used to like the song "Hazy Shade of Winter." That is until I heard the Bangles singing it. In my opinion, a heinous crime has been committed here. The Bangles have taken this solemn, understated tune and turned it into a gimicky jingle.
This is a serious violation. Call it musical rape, if you like.
Bananarama has done the same thing to "Venus" and Motley Crue to "Helter Skelter." Even old Beatles' tunes are not immune from the atrocity of a bad remake. Vanilla Fudge does several remakes, "Eleanor Rigby" among them, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, a band whose music I generally like, does a less than impressive version of "Dear Prudence."
It is hard for me to believe that any band would have the nerve to remake (and 'kill') any song which has been done by such greats as the Beatles or Bob Dylan, but some bands do just this. In fact, some bands do remakes only.
Take, for instance, Dino, Desi, and Billy. This band consists of the sons of Dean Martin, Desi Arnez, and some real estate agent respectively. Here we have three little rich boys with little musical talent singing "Seven~ Son" and "Like a Rolling Stone." I think that the boys really did take their musical efforts
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seriously, but when you listen to their music, it's hard not to laugh.
I'm not down on remakes. I just think that it takes as much talent and originality to remake a song as it does to make the original, but most remakes lack these elements and end up sounding boring and outdated.
·The artist who takes up the task of remaking a song should nurture it and make it his or her own. The remake should have its own identity and should contain all of the originality of the frrst version.
When you hear a good remake, you classify it as a different song altogether. You may or may not like it as well as the original, but you cannot deny that a creative approach has been taken to make the song better, if not in the opinion of the listener, then at least in the opinion of the artist.
In closing, I would simply like to list 10 of my favorite remakes. I urge you to listen to them and compare them to their originals.
1) "Gloria"- The Patti Smith Group
2) "Sister Ray"- Joy Division
3) "I Put a Spell on You"- Screamin' Jay Hawkins
4) "Jump"- Aztec Camera ·
5) "From Me to You" -Bobby Mcferrin
6) "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - The Slits •
7) "Burning Up"- Mike Watt
8) "Rock You"- Lover's Hour
9) "Johnny Be Good"- Peter Tosh
10) ''The Model"-Big Black
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students by Folke Meier
Going through third floor of Lincoln High School one hears a murmur of foreign languages. French, German and Spanish are provided, but this may not be enough.
Students are getting more interested in foreign languages. They start taking foreign languages in junior high and in grade school. They also want to take different languages than those provided, a poll showed.
"There is an increase of students taking foreign languages since I started teaching here in 1972 ," Jill Hanshew, foreign language department chairperson said.
Some students now take a foreign language while they are in grade school. Christy Rosenbaum, a third grader, is enjoying her Spanish class.
Christy has her class twice a week and on a voluntarily basis. The kids sing, play games and speak and write in Spanish, Christy said.
Christy said, she took this class because she wants to speak in Spanish to the Mexican boy in her class.
According to a poll, Lincoln High School stude11ts are not satisfied witl1 the offering of foreign languages. There is a high interest in Latin,
Russian and Japanese.
Latin will be provided at Lincoln High or Southeast next year, assistant principal Kathy Raymer said.
Everet Junior High will offer Chinese next schoolyear and it will be provided as a follow up class in Lincoln High in 1989, Raymer said. Most students want to take Russian, a poll showed. Junior Steven Z.oucha said, "Russian would be cool."
" Russian would be fine," Hanshew said, but there are not many qualified teachers who would
by Julie Caruso
As boys grow into men, the dreams of becoming a pro-football player, basketball player, may or may not diminish.
For seniors Eric Priebe, Doug Kuszak, Pat Thon1as and Gary Nunnally, the dreams so not diminish, they increase.
Eric Priebe and Pat Thomas said they were always small and clumsy when they were younger. This lead them to want to be like the athletes who caught the passes and made the baskets.
"I was just a chubby boy that believed in my dream," said Thomas.
"Just because one dreams doesn't make it easier,"said Nunnally. He says that because of the sports he was in,he has "had to practice every day since sixth grade." Kuszak says that he spends "about two to three hours a night in
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practice during season." Thomas said he "lifts weights every night for two hours," and when football or track is in season, he practices "from four to six every night of the week but Sundays."
Because of practice and games, "I have not had as much time to spend on some things" said Thomas. Kuszak said his friends, "are mostly on the team, so it really isn't that bad."
Thomas says that he has received scholarship offers, and will use them not only for athletics, but for an education.
"When I decided that I wanted to play profootball, I worked harder," he said. "If a person knows they can do something, they should work as hard as possible, then they'll know if they want it bad enough."
Priebe says that the reason he works so hard at basketball is because it is something he enjoys, and can poss~bly earn him an education.
"With sports, you can easily be overshadowed by someone who is better," said Nunnally, "but no one can take away your education."
When the athletes grow older they will not able to compete with the younger, faster athletes. When that happens, Thomas says that he "will go to college and major in mechanical engineering."
Priebe says that he is "not sure " about his future plans, but "wouldn't mind coaching." Nunnally says that a "law degree and perhaps a career as a politician" may be in his future. Kuszak said, "I just want to make lots of money."
Weakness: The least desired quality in any
Though the connection may be hard to make between gaining strength due to dieting, or being weak due to an absence of dieting, to wrestlers
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by Stacy Pritchett
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on the pool's bleachers and up and down the numerous stairs clothed in as many as two sweatshirts and stocking caps. This is used to "sweat off' weight. The wrestlers then go to what's known as the "dog room," a room that.contains a mat on which wrestling moves are practiced and exercise bicycles, where Christie "just kills us for about 45 minutes," according to Catlett. Brehm feels that you are able to wrestle 'better if you maintain a healthy diet and do the workouts, but Brehm and Catlett agree that as many as half of the wrestlers diet the wrong way, and the long term effects of the wrestler's dieting is questioned.
Senior wrestler, Jeff Brehm, follows a set Coach Thomas Christie said he discourages plan for his weight loss. Brehm usually eats a the wrestlers from attempting to lose the dinner consisting of a vegetable, a fruit, water weight a few days before a meet, but the or ice tea, and sometimes meat. He finds it ultimate decision lies in the view the parents difficult to lose unwanted pounds and the and wrestlers take.
"temptations are very easy to give into," Christie said the wrestler and the parent Brehm said. He also feels the idea of the sometimes advocate going beyond the closest "starving wrestler" is wrong. 'That's a natural weight in order to ensure a victory. stereotype," he said. "I'm not their parent," said Christie. He feels Senior wrestler, Matt Catlett, on tl1e other that with the new weight rules, there is no hand, claims to have "real bad habits" when it room for any weight fluctuation, as the new comes to losing weight for wrestling. rules give the advantage to the wrestlers who Due to the inability to maintain a constant are able to lose a great deal of weight and weight loss, Catlett finds himself losing any- remain physically strong. where from three to four pounds daily shortly "Until we can get everyone to play by the before the meet. rules, it's very difficult, as a coach, to monitor He does this by only consuming a small weight loss," said Christie. amount of liquid, and consuming absolutly no Catlett said the wrestlers don't generally solid food. think of the long term effects, they only "I just don't eat," he said. "Some count concentrate on the next meet. calories, but I have a real problem maintain- "I known it's damaging to my body," Catlett ing." said, "but that's what separates wrestling from Another way the wrestlers attempt to lose other sports-wrestling takes dedication."
By Amy Folmer
At4:00 a.m. the day after Christmas when most everyone is at home sleeping enjoying their winter vacation, the Lincoln High boys varsity basketball team was preparing for a road trip to ·the LeBlond Holiday tournament in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The team drove two and one/half hours on the bus and spent their first night there and then came home for two days only to go back December 29 and play another game. December 30 the trip took five hours to get there due to bad weather driving conditions. The team placed third and won the consellation game for the second year in a row.
Starting center, Eric Priebe said it was worth the effort. He said that it was good for the team to get away and play teams you '11probably never see agam.
"Holiday time should be spent with your family but they understand because they know it's important." said Priebe. Another teammate, Doug Kuszak said that it's good for the team on these away tournaments to spend five days together.
"It brings us together and it's more games to play for experience in game situations," said Kuszak.
The Lincoln Public Schools had a girls' varsity class A basketball tournament for six teams.
Coaches Dennis Puelz of Lincoln Southeast whose team went to a similiar holiday tournament in Liberty, Missouri, and Aldie Johnson of LHS think it would be a good idea to bring a tournament for boys here to Lincoln.
Varsity basketball player Gary Nunnally couldn't go home for Christmas because his parents live out of town and he wouldn't have time with the tournament. Nunnally said he chose to get involved with basketball so he has a responsibility to the team.
Greg Hudson, another varsity player, said these games were just like any other game even though this is a tournament.
''These games aren't that valuable except they help us prepare for state and that's where it all counts." said Hudson.
The team is now nine and three and they have been city champions for the last three years. They have just walked away from winning three games last week including Omaha North, Papillion and a 80-54 win against Lincoln East.
Their next challenge is on January 23 at Grand Island. The Islanders record is six and six and they are a very big team said Johnson. Although the Islanders may have the numbers to be worried about, Lincoln High has the talent according to Johnson.
"We aren't a big team, we're just good," he said.
By Amy Folmer
The Lincoln High girls varsity basketbal1 team has had a tough year so far, said coach Bill Meyers. The team is now six and four and number ten in the Lincoln Journal Star poll.
Meyers said some of the reasons for the rough start this year is an inconsistancy in their playing and their not playing hard all four quarters. The team has lost to some good teams like Omaha Westside and North Platte which were very. tough and pro baby could have won according to one of the teams best shooters Kelly Klavonn. The last three games they have lost have been by a total of 11 points.
The last two games against Omaha Marian and Lincoln Northeast they have won because they've pulled together and played hard said coach Meyers. Against other city teams Lincoln High has also done well after just beating Northeast and beating Lincoln East in a Holiday tournament we only have to look forward to Southeast, he said.
"We have a good chance of beating them if we play our best, we played them this summer three
times and they were all very close,"said Meyers.
The team has the fourth best defense in the state with only giving up 38 points a game for an average. Meyers said the team plays very good with the tremendous defense by senior Linda Brown.
''We are having a good time now, but I hope we are still there( at state championships) in March," said Klawonn.
"I get other help from teammates I just try to do my best and use my, feet quick," said Brown. Meyers also said th.e teams best shooters are Kelly Klavonn and Michele Neely.
"We are having a good time now, but I hope we are still there( at state championships) in March," said Klavonn. Lincoln High faces Grand Island on January 23 here in Lincoln. The Islanders are also six and four and they are number eight in the Journal Star top ten.
By Aaron Biggard
The LHS swimmers are on their way toward State. The boys' record is 2-1 and the girls' is 20 and 1 tie. The State hopefuls for the boys are Andy Case, Jeff Foster, Charlie Hammer, and Chad Bany. For the girls there are Ann Tidball, Jody Wanek, Susan Kirsch and Kathy Crump. First year swim coach Bob Davis said there are over 80 divers presently but only a handful will make it to State. There are ten events in the competition. The 200 M.R., 50 Free Dive, 100 Fly, 500 Free, and the 400 F.R. are some of the events. The butterfly is the toughest stroke, according to Davis.
The teams have 11 workouts a week, two a day. One workout is scheduled for 6:30 a.m., and another is held at 3:30 p.m. The workouts usually last about 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Davis said there have not been many injuries and none have been too serious.
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By Emo Sybert
"I do believe the students know something had to be done," said principal Sam Nelson addressing the problems about parking.
Nelson said that stiffer action had to take place in order for the parking situation to be improved.
"We have tried to prevail on young people by warnings and announcements," Nelson said.
The overpacked lots make it difficult to tum in the lot and some skillful maneuvering is necessary just to get out, teacher Bill Zuspan said. The number of fender benders has been increasing due to the difficulty of driving through the parking lots, he said. Zuspan said that another important problem the parking situation has created is cars that are legally parked are blocked in by those
will play tonight and tomorrow night.
' By Sara Peterson
The time has come again for the annual Mummers' play. 'The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde will be performed February 19 and 20 in the auditorium. Cost is $2.50 or free with an activities ticket.
Joe Kriezinger, LHS teacher, is the director of the play. He describes the play as a British comedy.
"It's a classic story of mistaken identities including an involved plot with a biting comment on Victorian morals on engagements and marriage," he said.
Kriezinger said this is a style of comedy that he hasn 'tdone before. It is a widely produced professional play, he said, since it was first performed in 1895 at the St. James Theater.
The basic story line of 'The Importance of Being Earnest" centers around John (Jack) Worthing, his friend Algernon, and their engagements and proposals to Cecily and Gwendolen.
Junior Sara Bishop plays Cecily. Cecily is Algernon's fiance and John's ward.
"She's kind of naive and innocent," she said. "Sh.e doesn't know much about the world."
Sara said Cecily is similar to herself, but she has to act a lot more dumb to become Cecily.
Because· the play has three acts, much more rehearsal time is needed, according to Kriezinger. Rehearsals usually run about2-3 hours every night and from 9-12 Saturday mornings. Kriezinger
the drivers of cars parlked illegally will be warned once by placing a warning sticker on the window and the license number, color and make of the car aire recorded. If the car is found parked illegally a second time, it will be towed.
Zuspan said that during tl1efirst week of monitoring tl1elot 230 warning:s were given and four cars were towed.
"I beliieve this ended up to be something the students wanted," Zuspan said.
Nels,on said that since Zuspan has acted upon a solution, the parking situation has already improved.
"Students have responded and cooperated in a fantastic way," Zuspan :said. "It's much more of a pleasure to walk out into the parking lot."
Nelson agreed that studeats have been cooperating well.
"I have really appreciated the attitude of the vast majority of the students," Nelson said.
By Matt Catlett
"I've never had such a cold reception from Lincoln High School before," said Mayor Bill Harris, referring to the fire drill which interrupted the Feb. 11 assembly and left hundreds of students outside in below freezing temperatures.
Harris came to Lincoln High and addressed the student body and faculty about the importance of the city of Lincoln.
Despite the 35 minute fire drill which gave Harris only eight minutes for his speech, he seemed satisfied witll the response from the students.
"The situation was unfortunate, but overall, I think tile students' response was excellent," said Harris in a later interview.
"I approach my life very directly. When I walked by tile office, I grabbed my gloves and coat and ran out to my car," said Harris.
Harris is a 20 year resident of Lincoln, and received has bachelor of science degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1961. He is a fu1111eI" teacher of Economics and History at Lincoln East.
get across the idea that in order to keep the hard workers and good students in the city of Lincoln, economic opportunity and fun must be provided.
"We need to provide economic opportunity for all of our citizens," said Harris. "Otllerwise they are going to look to anotller city, or even state, to make a living."
But Harris' speech was not limited to economic issues. He talked albout tile importance of having fun in a city faced witll issues, such as downtown redevelopmentt. He related that to his own high school years.
"I grew up in a generati,on where the educated students looked for opportunity outside of Nebraska. They moved to su1chplaces as California and Colorado because Nelbraska was simply not much fun," said Harris. "Now they want to move back."
Harris cited several social activities in Lincoln since he has been mayor. Among them are Farm. Aid III, the Flatwater Festival, and the upcoming water ski tournament at Capital Beach Lake.
Harris said it all boiled down to the fact that people who socialize are more productive and that is the main reason for the events. "We want to create an atmosphere that's exciting so everyone will want to stay in Lincoln," Harris said.
says the most frustrating thing is having to work around all the other LHS activities that take place on the stage which take away from rehearsal time. But it helps that only a small cast was needed, he said.
"Working with a small cast is a good experience because it's more individual." said Kriezinger. To be in a play, it takes a lot of dedication according to Kriezinger. Junior Brenda Coto, costudent director agrees.
"I think if you want to make a commitment like this, you should be able to give things up," she said. 'That goes for anything you do."
Both Bishop and Kriezinger agreed that being involved in a play takes up a lot if not all of their spare time, and Coto said that it was worth it. Responsibility along with talent is important when trying out for the play, said Kriezinger. Those Mummers trying out must earn points in order to be eligible to audition. Auditions were held January 6-8 and rehearsals began January 11. "You do consider experience and responsibility," said Kriezinger. "But their reading of a specific part is what I look for."
Each cast member of the current play has had experience on the LHS stage. Kriezinger said that there are a lot of responsible students involved and he really isn't worried about their ability to perform.
Zuspan said that the current course of action will be continued while long range solutions to the parking problems are being explored.
Nelson said that one of the options is to limit the parking. An example would be that sophomores could not drive to school. Nelson said that this would be impractical because it would take staff to closely supervise the lots.
A long range solution would be to purchase additional ground to be made into a parking lot.
'The additional ground is highly desirable land,'' Nelson said. Making Lincoln High a closed school would also cut down on many of the drivers. ButNelson said that this is something he does not want to do.
Another option to the parking problem would be to designate the north lot as a senior lot.
"I would like them (seniors) to be part of the solution and not the problem," Nelson said.
The legislature voted 34-7 last month to kill a bill that would have provided $500,000 a year in state grants to programs such as teen pregnancy counseling, pregnancy services, a state center to increase public awareness of adoption agen-
What the senator is doing is ignoring an epidemic in our lifetime. If the problem is ignored it will not go away. cies, and various forms of sex education.
The legislature, which is a body of persons elected by the people to make, change, or repeal the laws of the state, did not represent all people when they voted to kill the bill. They ignored a large non-voting body: teenagers.
The legislature represented people from a different era; those who never went through the sexual revolution,who may not have been up on current events in the past twenty years, and who were living in cold, dark cellars, comatose. Most
senators who voted were past the age of child-bearing years, and are out of touch with teenagers.
Sen. Bernice Labedz from Omaha, who moved to kill the bill, felt that the education given through the counseling would undermineparental authority, and sex educationwo,uld motivate us young people to engage in more sexual activity.
Labedz was ignoring one major fact when she said the bill, LBSl 7, was destructive of strong family values in the long term, because the family which Labedz refers to is crumbling at this time. The reason for the counseling and education is because there is not a strong family background to work with. There is not a June Cleaver in every kitchen. One senator did not thinksex outside of marriage was natural and accepted. What the senator is doing is ignoring an epidemic in our lifetime. If the problem is ignored it will not go away.
"Don't stick your head in the sand or under a paper bag and say this will go away," said Sen. Pat Morehead of Beatrice. [Lincoln Journal Jan. 27] What some senators are not
Life used to be so easy, we were a young, prospering nation, we had huge lands to explore, and it seemed as though the Earth would never run out of supplies. We drank from the streams and breathed in clean air. The Earth was indestructible.
by Charlie Hammer
Today, after we have exploited all those lands and a great many of our resources, we still believe the idea that the Earth is indestructible. That no matter how many cans we throw by the side of the road, no matter how many times we go cruising in our cars, no matter how much electricity we burn, the Earth can take it. We believe tl1is because this is the way that it has always been.
The United Nations created a committee called the World Commission on Environment and Development. Their purpose was to dispel these myths about the Earth and to recommend ways of changing our society in hopes of preventing ecological disaster.
It cited the disappearing ozone layer, the usage of fossil fuel, acid rain, nuclear radiation, and the cutting down of rain forests as problems that will begin to seriously alter our lives in about 30 years, about the time we are all in our mid forties and happily married.
Why is this all going to happen? We have let our technology get too far ahead of our general knowledge. Because of our ignorance we allow companies to build their new products with very little restrictions on the damage they do to the environment.
How many of us know how our cars work? Our clock radios? Our microwaves? Do we really understand the effects of these products on the environment? In a worse case scenario such as a nuclear war, could we fix them ourselves?
The effects of this can already be seen. We can no longer drink from the streams and we can no longer breath clean air. The big cities are filled with smog. What may happen in thirty years? Will there be smog in Lincoln? We may have to wear protective suits with gas masks and drink bottled water. We may leave the Earth an uninhabitable • ruin.
We are causing this by our everyday activities. We switch on a light and we've caused just a little more nuclear power to be used, we drive our cars and the exhaust causes the ozone layer to deplete, we eat our food and the pesticides pollute the rivers and land. Every simple action we complete has an effect
We've also forgotten how to survive. In this day and age surviving means having $50,000 a year and a nice house and family. Most of us have no concept of growing our own food and being able to survive on our own. If we were put out in the woods for a month, we would probably die within a few days.
We must live more simply. We don't need $50,000 a year and a house and a VCR and a boat and a big car. All we need are the basics: shelter, food, and companionshiip. We only have a certain amount of resources left. If we • continue at the pace we are going, there will be nothing left for our future families.
If we wish to keep our lifestyles, we must at least propose and approve legislature requiring companies to compensate for the damage they are doing. If they do not, they should be shut down.
This is not just another ordinary problem. This is a fact We can keep arguing about Central America, the Middle East, or the nuclear arms race. But soon, very soon, we will begin to realize the consequences of our ecological ignorance. But in 30 years, when everything is poisoned, it may be too late.
call the Senior Dip our suggestions. Does anybody have any advice? locker home. It has to be the dirtiest part of the school. We have tried Sonya Barnett, junior, Kelly Reger, junior. Let~er- Advocate a corrupt minority controlled paper
Dear ~tor, anymore, this is 1988. Open your eyes to the real world and stop
Speaking For all T.K.~. members, I would like to say that I~ daydreaming of how it "used to be". A wise man once told me, I ve ~ough of this so-~al~ed newspaper· Who do _you think "Peace is an illusion created by those who can not accept the reality your kidding. The ~dvocate 1Sn ta newspaper whose m~ concern of human nature". Even the holy bible states that man does not, and should be the reportmg of news that the MAJORITY of 1t s readers never will possess the knowledge to create peace on earth. wish to read about, It's a tool used by extreme MINORITY group, · S~cerely, so commonly re~erred to as "Peace Freaks", To make themselves Greg Simon appear to be socially acceptable. President of Tappa Kegga Brew
Now before you begin to deny this, I would like for you to answer a question for me. Referring to the January 27 edition, I would like to know if it's absolutely necessary to use an entire page on an article about completely ridiculous clothing, which maybe popular among you 20-30, maybe even 40 daydreamers wl\o refuse to live in the real
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world. Now tell me, in an 8 page newspaper which is read by some -CorrectionsLHS students, should about 40 some of them have 1/8 of it to use to In thelast issue of the Advocate, a story was incorrect in the documentheir liking? And it's not just the latest edition, it's EVERY SINGLE tation of telescopes for AstronomyClub. 9n].y a Refractor telescope uses a EDIDON the Advocate publishes. lens. All other telescope types use mirrors, rather than lenses. The telescope noted as being"catastrophic" should be called catadioptric. I suppose the point I'm getting at is the simple fact that the The Beginning Marketing class surveyed 1269 staff and students on Advocate is a corrupt minority controlled publication. And will be the subject of smoking. 33.8 percent were
ackowledging is the fact that teenagers are sexually active these days. The senators who did not vote for the bill are living in a dream world. Those who did vote for the bill are being realistic.
Another senator voted for the bill because he thought that teen pregnancy is one of the major social issues of our time.
Unfortunately, the legislature does not recognize that we as teenagers are capable of making decisions concerning our own sexuality if we are educated and have access to counseling.
Sen. Vard Johnsondecided to vote for the bill becausehe thoughtif he ignored it wouldbe morallywrong.
We know thereare schools whose governingbodies will choose to ignorethe problemof teen pregnancy. We also know some will addressthis issue, now more than ever becauseof thelegislature'saction.Fortunately,LincolnHigh School is one of those schools.
LincolnHighSchoolStudentCouncilwantsto makeyoung teensat GoodrichJuniorHighawareof peerpressureandthe ramificationsof sexualactivityatthistimein theirlives. They will also offer resourcessuch as pamphletsand a phone numberto thosewho areor wantto becomesexuallyactive. The council is doingsomethingthe legislatureis not. It is educatingteenagersto be aware of peer pressurebefore it becomesa problem. Thestudentcouncilis not encouraging teenagersto engagein sexualactivity,it is simplyeducating themaboutits effects.
Unfortunately,thelegislaturedoes not recognizethatwe as teenagersare capableof making.decisions concerningour own sexualityif we areeducatedand haveaccess to counseling. Afterall, most legislatorsdo not have to worryabout gettingpregnant.
· By Julie Caruso
Nearly 11 teens become pregnant each day. Approxi- 1ty.
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mately 4,000 teenagers became pregnant in 1986; of these, "There are limitations on what we can talk about," said 1,741 ended their pregnancies through abortion. This ac- Sharon Knaub, secretary. The program would be set up to counted for nearly one-third of all abortions performed in make the students understand the ramifications of sex at Nebraska said a Planned Parenthoodpamphlet. this time of their lives, including pregnancy, disease and With an interest and a point to get across, the Lincoln death.
High School Student Council is in the midst of working "Basically we tell them to avoid sex, and we realize some with the parents of Goodrich Junior High students to start will, but we want to deal with the real side of it because a "rap session" about teenage sexuality with the students. some will experiment, and they should be educated, too," "Lincoln High Student Council got involved becal1se we said Jason Downs, a council member. were shown pretty saddening statistics about teenage preg- The idea of confronting peer pressure would be through nancy, and we saw there was a problem at Lincoln High," role playing. said Chip Stanley, vice president, to the parents of students "What we want to show is self-worth, you don't have to at Goodrich. consent to be excepted, and that is what we are emphasiz-
"The meeting with the parents of Goodrich is merely the ing," said Stanley. firststeponalongwalkdealingwiththepressuresinvolved
When asked by parents about the need to relate birth with teenage sex," Stanley said. control information, Wall responded, "Sexuality to stu-
The Student Council said they wanted to provide an at- dents is like a Pandora's Box, if we constantly use scare mosphere that students face daily. tactics that will only make them more curious."
"We want to start by going to the seventh grade health 'This is not a' Just Say No' program, although we won't
classes and providing them with an atmosphere when they begin meetings with birth control methods, we want to can feel comfortable about asking questions," said Stanley. stress responsible decision making," said Clint "The eighth and ninth grades would have 'rap sessions', Densberger, president. "Our main goal, we want to emphawhere they deal with the pressures involving responsibil- size again is, we are not condoning sex, we are going to be • there to tell them that' es, it's all right not to have sex."'
By Charlie Hammer
The United States debates launching a first strike against the Soviet Union while the Soviets denounce the U.S. for its policies in Central America.
This is not World War III. This is what many students dealt with during this year's Model United Nations which occurred Feb. 11-13 at the student union.
Students for111eddelegations that represented individual countries. They argued each issue as the country they represented as if they were in the real United Nations.
Senior Brenda Hornkohl was on th e Canadian delegation.
"I came to model United Nations because I was interested in government and to get a feel of the real United Nations," she said, "and you get to meet a lot of different people."
She said that in most respects it represented the real United Nations. It was designed to imitate the real United Nations with many of its different committees and councils.
"I've learned how to really get a look at both sides of the issue and form an opinion of what you know and what other people know," she said.
Matt Streckfuss, sophomore, represented Tunisia. He said that he had never been to Model United Nations before.
"I wasn't too sure what to expect," he said, "it took me a while to get used to it. By half way through the first day it went well and it was really fun."
He said that it really didn't represent the real United Nations because everyone that went to it was really from tl1c same country.
"You see nations that im the real world who are at war or have major confliicts and the delegates are fr i ends and talk to each other," he said.
But for the most part the delegates try to play the part of their country, he said.
Senior Tom Stritikus represented Brazil.
"I came to see what it was like and to demonstrate my ability to speak eloquently," he said.
He said that even though real United Nations is very limited in what it can do, it is still worthwhile.
"Of course it's limited because it can't demand action," he said, "but it's important because it -raises consciousness and it unifies countries so
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Four peer helpers put together a teen stress panel grades, but also about the decision making about to inform adults about stress that concerns teen- the future, Leggiadro said. agers. Stress at home occurs if parents have too high
The fo 1rr members of the teen stress panel are expectations, divorces and other factors. Many Sharon Y-naub, Laura Brown, Derrick Endler and parents forget how it was when they were 17, LegGary Nunnally. giadro said.
They want to talk to parents, teachers and Social stress involves relations with peers, such younger students about problems of teens, which as having friends and being accepted. Some stucause stress to them, but are not always realized by dents have a feeling of loneliness, if they are not adults, tee11stress panel sponsor Diane Leggiadro sure which group of friends they fit in, Leggiadro said. said.
The teen stress panel divided stress in three The panel members will say how they felt and areas, academic stress, stress at home, and stress how they dealt with their problems, Leggiadro caused by peer~ , social stress. said.
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"It's a message of hope," Leggiadro said. When addressing younger students, the teen stress panel shows, that there is hope so that they don't have to take drugs or commit suicide, said Leggiadro.
The teen stress panel also wants to address adults.
"We want to create a window for parents and teachers," Leggiadro said.
Many problems that concern students are not taken serious by adults, because they forgot how it was when they were young, Knaub said.
Leggiadro started the teen stress panel. The stress level of students had become so great, that they thought that suicide was tlle only possibility, Leggiadro said.
The teen stress panel had their first meeting a few day before Thanksgiving. They want to present the panel to the Parent Teacher Student Association in April or May.
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By Jane McManus
By the time this year's sophomores graduate, 270,000 people will have contracted AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Many people don't think that this disease can have an impacton them, but that is only misconceptions about AIDS.
"You may not believe that AIDS can affect you personally, but it does. It is a disease that affects all of us directly or indirectly,male or female,young or old, rich or poor,"said Otis R. Bowen M.D., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in a pamphlet.
In Nebraska forty cases have been reported, and that number is expected to double every year. Early figures about the virus are elusive because often the virus was reported as something else.
AIDS disrupts the body's ability to fight other diseases. The cause of the disease is a virus calledlITL V-III/LAV.
Once exposed to the virus, a person may not develop the disease right away. It can take several months to five years for the disease to become obvious. Often n a person can have AIDS and not be aware of it. They will feel mentally and physically fine.
AIDS cannot be contracted by donating blood, casual contact with infected persons, and it is extremely rare to get the disease through a blood transfusion. It can be contracted by sharing needles, having sex with an infected person. An infected mother can give birth to a child with the disease.
New York City. where the diseaseis more prominent, has undertakena program to curb the spread of AIDS by supplying addicts with sterile needles.
"As a public health official, I don't have the luxury to be a moralist," said the New York State Health Commissioner David Axelrodin a pamphlet.
The Surgeon General, Everett C. Koop has advocated condom use for homosexualsand heterosexualsengaging in high risk practices. The U.S. Public Health Service also advocates condom use, but not for everyone.
"Teenagers should be encouragedto say no to sex and illegal drugs. Avoiding both drugs and sex is the best safest way to eliminate risk," said the U.S. Public Health Service in a pamphlet
Some teenagers don't feel that complete abstinence is realistic, but do feel that AIDS is a problem that they need to think about and take precautions against.
I'm tying to educate myself without getting paranoid," said one sexually-active senior.
Several hotlines have been set up in Nebraska to council and distribute information about AIDS. There are also many pamphlets availableas sourcesof information.
AIDS is a frightening disease, but being conscious of the risks can reduce the chances of contracting it. The National AIDS hotline is a toll free num-
By Stacy Mitchell
The rising cases of AIDS has prompted the Lincoln Public Schools to start educating people about the disease and implementing policies, accordingto the school nurse Carol Epp. AIDS was first diagnosedin 1981 among gay communitiesin
'' Even though everydaythere is something on the ,iews or in the newspapers some people are still ignorant of the facts, '' said Epp.
New York and Los Angeles. The number of cases has been increasing since then acroding to the booklet " What Everyone Should Know About AIDS."
Nebraska has 28 repored cases of AIDS, which is more than was projected for the state.said Epp.
Cunentl y none of the studentsor staff within the public schools have AIDS. However, theschool board has developed a policy dealing specificallywith AIDS,according to Epp. The policy states that ArDSwill be treated like any other communicabledisease. If the consentof the doctor is given, then the student will be allowed in ;chool, said Epp.
In addition,Epp said thatthe person's illness would be kept confidential, only those who neededto know would be informed. The people informed would bl the nurse, an administrator, and the patient's doctor.
According to" What EveryoneShould Know About AIDS,"
AIDS can be transmitted by sexual contact, sharing an infected hypodermic needle, or through blood or blood products.
Epp said that the school must continue educating students and staff about AIDS.
" Even though everyday there is something on the news or in the newspapers some people are still ignorant of the facts, '' said Epp.
'' I have seen what people can do to other people who are differentfrom themselves. If there was a person going to Lincoln High who had AIDS I think they have the right not to have their illness publicly known," said Walker.
Epp said that the school board and administratorsshould educate now rather than getting a reactionary responsewhen there is someone at Lincoln High with AIDS.
Senior Elspeth Walker admitted that there are a lot of people in school who don't know the facts about AIDS.
'' I have seen what people can do to other people who are different from themselves. If there was a person going to Lincoln High who had AIDS I think:they have the right not
The Advocate recently surveyed 150 students and teachers to test their knowledge on the AIDS virus. The questions and responses are as follows:
1. AIDS is transmitted a number of 7. Has the Li1coln Public School system established an AIDS different ways. Some ways might be by: policy yet?
(they were to circle those which were applicable)
A. Ear piercing/tattooing- 11%
B. Mosquitoes or other insect bites11%
C. Blood transfusion - 80%
D. Intravenous needles - 82%
Answers were A, C, and D.
2. How many AIDS cases have been reported in the state of Nebraska?
A. Approximately40 - 50%
B. Approximately 15 - 21 %
C. Approximately80-14%
The correct response was A.
3. What is ARC?
A. AIDS Remission Condition -13%
B. AIDS Related Complex - 55%
C. AIDS Rehabilitation Center - 18%
The answer was B.
4. What are some symptoms of the AIDS virus?
A. Fever,dry cough• 45%
B. Weight loss - 73%
C. Loss in hearing/vision- 20%
D. Clotted arteries - 16%
Answers were A, B, and C.
5. What is the second most common way that AIDS is spread?
A. Sexual contact - 29%
B. Blood transfusions - 16%
C. I.V. needles• 43%
According to the Lincoln Journal/Star, answer B is correct.
6. The average hospital cost of AIDS care per victim
A. $10,000- 7%
B. $20,000 - 25%
C. $40,000 - 58%
Currently the local hospital cost is B.
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8. Do you think students who have AIDS and are attending school have the right to keep their illness confidential?
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to have their illness publicly known," said Walker.
Senior Mary McShane added that although she couldn't put
'' Other generations have had to deal with some diseases. AIDS is the disease that this generation has to deal with and its not going to go away," said Nunnally herself in the situation she didn't think having someone in the classroom with AIDS would affect her.
"I think it's pretty obvious that you 're not going to get AIDS by sitting in the same desk as someonewith AIDS,••said senior Stefan Wall.
Epp said that a crisis prevention committee has been established. The committee includes nurses, counselors, administrators, and psychologists. They will deal with current epidimics facing the high schools, of which AIDS is included, according to Epp.
In addition, Epp said that a new curriculum has been written that includes AIDS in the health classes.
"Health is only a quarter class. I'm frustratedthat there isn't enough time to provide all the facts," said Epp.
••Other generations have had to deal with some diseases. AIDS is the disease that this generation hasto deal with and its not going to go away," said senior Gary Nunnally.
Although relatively few cases of AIDS have been reported in Nebraska, homosexuals in the area are quite aware of the disease's existence, according to three young gay people interviewed.
''It scares me real bad. It's a serious thing," said one gay student
"I'm not as scared now because I feel that I take care of myself," said another.
A third student interviewed said that he was moderately afraid of the disease.
"Its always in the back of my mind, but it doesn't control everythingI do," he said.
Two of the students said that they had been tested for the AIDS virus, with negative results.
"I did it because I thought it was a good idea," said the frrst. He said that if the results had been positive, or if he ever did test positive, his frrst reaction would be complete shock
"Then I would try to fmd out who gave it to me," he said.
The second said that he had himself tested because he felt like he wanted to know.
''But it scared me at the same time because I didn't want to know," he said.
He also said that if his test results had been positive that he would fist tell his close friends and people with whom he had been involved.
"Then I would probably commit suicide," he said.
The third student said that he had never been tested because he•d never engaged in any ''risky" activities. He said that if he ever tested positive, he too would contemplate suicide.
All of those interviewed said that if a close friend found out that he or she had AIDS, they would try to be as supportive as possible.
"I would be with them when they needed me," said the second student.
The first student said that although he realized there was nothing he could really do, he would try to be there for them.
"I wouldn't abandon them," he said. They all said that they didn't know a lot about the disease,but have made efforts to educate themselves.
"Most of what I know I remember from the media," said the third student.He said that gay bars and gay publications now advocate safe sex.
All agreed that the AIDS scare has prompted them to change their.lifestlyes.
''I watch who I get involvedwith," said the frrst student. The second said that he takes better care of himself,but that some of the gay community don't seem to realize the seriousness of the disease.
''I don•t think it has totally hit them yet," he said. According to those interviewed, the AIDS scare has definitely impaired the cause of gay rights.
"It set us back to where people think more negatively," said the second student.
"They think we started the disease, that it's all our fault."
The third student said that AIDS is not an exclusively homosexual disease, and that it should be the responsibilityof individuals to educate themselves.
"We need to start thinkingof the disease in tet111sof itself," he said, "and not in terms of who to blame."
By Amy Folmer
The filet mignon the man at table five ordered 40 minutes ago is still not ready and you just find out that the restaurant has run out of it. Now you, as the waiter or waitress, must go tell the very impatient man that he must reorder.
This is just one of the problems that must be solved in the restaurant marketing events at a DECA competition. The Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA), Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) are participating in competition again this year.
At a club competition, contestants compete in tl1eir area of study, said Trudy Perkins, DECA faculty sponsor. DECA club members will compete in various events such as food marketing, apparel, fmance and credit, restaurant marketing and general merchandise.
They have studied these topics in business classes and have learned how to deal with people as customers, bosses and employers.
DECA's districts were at Lincoln High on Feb. 6, and winners of their events move on to state competitions at the Cornhusker Hotel on March 17 ,18,and 19. If competitors win their events again they move on to nationals which will be held in Salt Lake City, Utal1 from
not being fulfilled, it manifests itself in a dream. I believe that the motion picture industry also serves this purpose. If we are lacking something in our lives, movies will certainly show us that which is missing.
Today fewer couples are choosing to have children. With both the husband and wife
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By Emo Sybert
wor g 1t seems at c en come a to selfish, money -hungry couples. With so much money in the world and so much power to battle over, who needs babies?
Apparently many ofus do. We subconsciously have an inborn desire to love and be loved, to need and be needed, to come into close physical contact with other human beings. In short, to change dirty diapers.
The motion picture industry has certainly picked up on our maternal/paternal instincts and has overcompensated by throwing babies at us from every direction. I looked at the movie listings the oilier day and counted three movies which had themes centering around babies.
"For Keeps", starring Molly Ringwald, is a typical girl gets pregnant-marries boyfriend-has baby-leaves husband-gets back together-lives happily ever after sort of film. And guess what?
Schmidt, advanced to nationals.
FBLA members call their competitions State Leadership Contests, said co-sponsor Laurie Wegert. FBLA has a state competition held in Ornaha, and their nationals are in Cincinati,Ohio. Linda Saunders, president of FBLA, said that FBLA' s 50 members are going to be competing in events in clerical areas which include typing, spelling, proofreading, accounting and job interviews.
"Competition is a time for students to go as business professionals and explo-it what they know,"said Wegert. The students must ruse Parliamentary procedure and dress in business attire the entire tiime they are tl1ere. A total of 1,500 students are expected to attend.
VICA also competes in events members have studied here at school. TI1e faculty sponsor, Arlyn Uhrmacher, said that competition is a g,:>odway for the students to show what they can do in the industy field.
They ha,·c a state competition coming up in April. Last year Doug Hall, a graphic arts student qualified for nationals. Winners could possibly win $1,000 worth of tools or a scholarship. Last year the business and industy programs around the nation put six million dollars to~vards this competition.
"Mainly, the students are developing leadership skills that will enable them to get jobs later in life," said Uhrmacher.
· By Andy Roberts
According to several Student Council members planning and organizing an all-school dance requires a lot of work, time, and money. Student council members Sherry Umstead, Maren Banwell and Kellie Thomas said planning a dance isn't as ''We are trying ·to get away from the traditional popularity contest," said Kirsch. easy as everyone thinks.
"It takes a lot of time, money, and it's hard to keep people pleased with the music," said Umstead. Banwell said that she feels that people don't come to dances because tliey have a negative feeling about dances and that they don't think they're going to have fun.
"All there is to do is dance, and people are intimidated by that," said Thomas. Student Council has tried to get more
film in which three men have difficulty doing traditional women's work (raising a baby) but end up proving that they can do it while still retaining their masculinity. Hurrah.
"She's Having a Baby", the most recent of the baby flicks, is the story of a newlywed's first few years of marriage in which they experience the birth of their first child. It stars Elizabeth McGovern and Kevin Bacon.
If these movies are any indication, Americans love babies_.Who wouldn't? Babies are pudgy. Babies are bald. They make cute gurgly noises and spit up on themselves. Actually, so does my grandfather, but I don't tliink that the movie industry is going to take off on flicks about • • seruor citizens.
For some reason, I just don't think that "Three Men and a Grandma" would be a hit at the box office, although it would be a refreshing change of pace. I'm tired of babies, but as tired as I am, I fear what the movie industry holds in store for us next. Invasions of space aliens. Hack-em-up horror movies. Rambo XVII. Maybe baby movies aren't so bad after all.
a wider variety of music, having optional things to do as an alternative to dancing and by doing something different with the Valentine's Day Dance Court.
Student Council adviser Judy Kirsch said that the Student Council tried to get more p eople involved with ilie Valentine's Day Dance Court.
"We are trying to get away from the traditional popularity contest," said Kirsch.
Thomas feels that people who attend the dancescan have fun if they really want to.
"It depends on how people make it. If they wantt to l1ave fun they can," said Thomas.
People that go to the dances do more than dance. Many went to the dance because it was free if they went to the basketball game. Many others went to socialize with friends and people of the opposite sex.
"It's a good way to meet people," said
junior Steve Finley.
Even the faculty likes to come to the dances. Teachers Marian Morrison and George Sedlacek said that they go to dances because they like to dance.
"The dances are better now because there is no slam dancing," said Sedlacek.
"I think it ,vould be nice if more faculty came to dances," added Sedlacek. Instead of crowning the usual Valentine's Day royalty, several new categories were created this year to make the titles less of a measure of one's popularity, according to Kirsch.
The newly crowned royalty at the Valentine's Day Dance were Mr and Ms Class Clown, Rick Cuddeford and Kelly Klawonn; Mr. and Ms Eyes, Bob White and Jodie Wanek; Mr. and Ms Mellow, Greg Hudson and Jody Thompson; Mr. and Ms Personality, Bill Zuspan and Tina Chaney; Mr. and Ms Spirit, Gary Nunnally and Susan Pierce.
By Maren Banwell
Lincoln High's diving team has improved go over well with some of the returning divers .greatly from last year, according to diving coach Sophomore Kathy Crump agrees. Reynaldo Castro. This is Castro's first year as a "Coach Castro has very structured practices, diving coachatLHS, butitiscertainlynothis fust and I don't think people were used to that; but I experience with diving. Castro has competed in think we're very fortunate to have a coach like two Olympic games and has approximately 17 him," said sophomore Kathy Crump. years of international diving experience. There are four divers going to state. Chad
"I take the sport more seriously than the Baney, Crump, Decker, and Marshall Murphy. average coach," said Castro. Castro has high hopes for all of them at state
Though he expects a lot from his divers, he competition. He estimates placement in the top feels that because of his impressive accomplish- 12 for all of them. He said, however, that he didn't ments in the sport, they expect more from him really care about placements. He is much more also. concerned with visible improvement and the
"I give them one hundred percent if they show divers feeling good about themselves and their me they want to work hard to improve them- dives. selves," said Castro. Baney, a second year letterman, and Crump,
According to team captain Corey Decker, the only female left on the team, both hope to practice is much more organized than it was last place in the top four at state. Decker said he is just year. He feels that much more has been accom- hoping to make it to the finals. plished but that the change from last year did not State diving takes place Feb. 26 at the Bob . SCOrebOar
By Stacey Mitchell
The baseball team will begin practicing on Feb. 29 with the new head coach, Sam Sharpe. Sharpe has been the assistant coach for the past two years. Assisting Sharpe this year will be Rich Russo from Nebraska Wesleyan and Jeff Venema, a teacher at Lincoln High.Sharpe said this was the fJTst time in three years that two people on the coaching staff have been within the school building. He added that this was an asset because of the increased communication and the fact that the players will have a coach to identify with.
According to pitcher Travis Turpin people have began preparing for the season individually.
"I practice all year round. I work on my form, acetiracy and balance. Pitchers have to have balance," said Turpin.
In addition, Sharpe said that individuals are wur klrtg on weight conditioning and the ba sic fundamentals. But the only advantage the returning lettermen have is the initial experience according to Sharpe.
"It is important to have that experience back from year to year. But the squad members will be challenged to make the team. Each year is a new year," said Sharpe_
Sharpe said the team had shown improvement and had become more competitive last season_
"I'm optimistic that we 're just as capable as any other team, mentally and physically," said Sharpe.
Class A baseball is confmed to the Lincoln and Omaha area and the teams Lincoln High will be
playing will be tough teams, according to Sharpe_ He added that Lincoln High can come back to being a power by having players who know how to play the game with hearts and guts and who can go out and do their jobs.
Not only is dedication important but mental toughness as well, said Sharpe. He said it was important to know the situations that might arise within a ball game and to mentally stay on task.
Although Sharpe admits to baseball's having been more popular in the past, he said baseball isn't popular because the school doesn't make it popular.
'The players make it popular with the visible enthusiasm and pride that they show within school, " said Sharpe.
"I think the team benefits a lot from the support of the students and staff," said Turpin. A chance to be number one is the initial goal according to Sharpe. But the team has to continue preparing itself to be the best they can be Sharpe said_
"It's hard to say when that ulitrnate goal will happen. All I can do as a coach is to encourage them to do their best throughout the season," said Sharpe. Sharpe reminds anyone wanting to try out for a spring sport that physical and parent permission forms must be turned in to the athletic director before Feb_ 29_
By Amy Folmer
The intramural basketball league is well underway for this year, saidBillBrestel, faculty member in charge of intramural basketball. There are sixteen teams in this program. There is a red division with eight teams and a black division with eight teams also. Those eight in each division play each other to decide the top four teams and the bottom four teams. Then the top and bottom teams proceed to play each other and that is where the league is right now, said Brestel.
''It's not as serious as the varsity team, but ,once we're out there we want to win," said Walker.
By Amy Folmer
Lincoln High is changing girls' soccer from "club" soccer to a varsity sport.
Roacio Church was hired to coach the new team. She just moved here from Texas and she has played soccer at Sun Houston State College in Texas. Church said she was really excited that this was made a varsity sport.
"I'm just a first year coach so we 'II (the team) be learning a lot together this year," said Church. The team's first game is at the end of March and ''We are going to be competing against a lot of experienced teams from Omaha," said Church.
tryouts are the week of March 29.
Boys' soccer has been a varsity sport at Lincoln High for one year and it has been very successful, said Athletic Director Jim Sommers.
"Usually
intramural
ball and possibly soccer. These two activities will be run very similar to basketball, said Brestel. other, they proceed to have a tournament with just This is the amended intramural basketball their division. This will go on for about two to schedule for the week of February 22-26: three weeks
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0) and Psilociybins (6-1). This is more teams 2)Chairmen of
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a girls' varsity team. Southeast High school only has a club team andNortheastdoes not have a team at all. "We are going to be competing against a lot of experienced teams from Omaha that have been a varsity sport for a long time," said Church. They will see how this year goes for girls' soccer. There are 12 to 20 girls trying out. The Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) governs all high school activities and will decide the rules but a lot is up to the coach, such as how the alotted eleven players are placed on the field, said Sommers. Portraits by oto 466-8218
vs. Psilocybins Warriors girls involved in this program. Thursday, February 25: "Intramurals are for people who don't partici- 1) Cool Breeze vs. Big Dippers pate in interscholastic spo1rts. They're here for a 2) Flying Mediocrities vs. Sputniks good time and to be with friends, and not just for Friday, February 26: boys," said Brestel. Student Council did a survey 1) Meat 4 vs. ,Running Rebels and the largest activity th.at was voted for was 2) Chaos vs. Running Warriors
The boys' wrestling team once again won the Reinke and Aaron Gardener both placed third in district title this year. their divisions, and Zane Languis took fourth. Individual winners in their weigl1t divisions Coach Thomas Christie said that the team's were: Brad Brehm, Jeremey Montgomery, Jeff chances for a state championship were good. Brehm, and Cory Lani;uis. Second places were "It all depends on the mindset," he said. taken by Johrl Gill and Michael Watts. Devin
By Matt Catlett
Imagine transferring the entire senior class of Lincoln High equally between Lincoln East and Lincoln Northeast. If this action were taken, the city's four public high schools would have approximately the same population.
As of right now, Lincoln High has more than 1,900 students, Southeast has an estimated 1,400 students, and East and Northeast each have about 1,100 students enrolled.
Principal SmnNelson said overcrowding is not the problem, instead it is a matter of an imbalance of student populations between the four high schools.
''Lincoln High is not an overcrowded school," said Nelson. "We simply have more students than the other high schools. The problem is an imbalance of student enrollment between the four high schools, no1t overpopulation in one," said Nelson.
Nelson said he based his statement on the 30,000 square foot addition recently constructed on the south edge of the building.
''We may have 1,900 students, but that isn't a problem because we can hold 1900 students," said Nelson. "The only problem I'm sensing is that without increased staffmg to reduce class size, there will be more and more h " pressure on our teac ers.
Nelson offered possible solutions to relieve the pressure on the teachers at Lincoln High.
''We could extend the time of the individual periods, we could go to an eight-period schoolday, we could hire more staff, or we could utilize more classrooms. These are all possible, but they all cost money," said Nelson. Another possibility, which Nelson said he did not favor, was to close enrollment at Lincoln High.
"It is a distinct possibility that the school board will close the boundaries of the Lincoln High district. One suggestion I have would be to open enrollment to all schools rather than close it at Lincoln High," said Nelson. ''I figure that there are about 200 students at Lincoln High who would rathe:r not be here. Opening enrollment to all schools would give those student:s who don't want to be here, a chance to go to the school of their choice anal it would reduce pressure on our teachers."
Jim Barstow, teacher of World Studies and Russian History, said he would tend to agree with Nelson.
"I think that any solution that would reduce pressure on our teachers ils worth trying," said Barstow. "There is research that says the learning leve:l goes down in a class with more than 25 students. It decreases with every two students."
Barstow also pointed out the fact that in classes with a lot of students, the teacher may become lazy and give easier assignments, or multiple choice tests, simply because it is easier to grade.
''When there are a lot of students in one class, the teacher can't devote rus much time to everybody as he would like," said Barstow. ''This puts the burden on the students' shoulders. Sometimes I will give my students multiple choice and fill in the blank tests because 50 multiple choice test:s are a lot easier to grade than 50 essay tests. The ultimate effect is that students don't learn as much as they could." •
By Julie Caruso
Blood is needed in hospitals in this area every 17 seconds. By weighing 110 pounds or more and donating blood, a person could save the lives of three people.
Lincoln High School Student Council is once again sponsoring the blood drive for the Comunity Blood Bank on March 24.
"The blood drive at Lincoln High has been going on for several years," said Kelley Axe, student council member and one of the coordinators for the project.
"All of the Lincoln public high schools have done it and it has almost created a rivalry between the schools to see how much blood can be donated by each," said Axe.
"Last year Lincoln High donated the most blood," said Sharon Knaub, secretary. "Thisyearwewouldliketo get 150 pints of blood from donors to compare to Southeast High School's 131 pints."
The Community Blood Bank does not want the blood drive to be a competition, "but if more people donate blood,
By Julie Caruso
that's great because it goes to good use," said Harrison Wall historian.
The Community Blood Bank said that theonly way to keep an adequate supply of blood is for healthy individuals to donate. Area hospitals need and use blood for accident victims, cancer patients, hemophiliacs, cardiac and bum patients and many other reasons.
Jason Downs, student council member, who is in charge of collecting parent permission slips said "If you are 17 and want to donate blood, pick up a parent permission slip in the office and bring it in, and if you're 18, you don't need one, so come on down, (to the gym)"
'1f you want to donate blood on the day of the drive, you must get a pass from your teacher," said Randy Ernst, student council sponsor.
Lisa Taber, senior, said one of the reasons she wants to contribute blood is because her friend at East did and her friend enjoyed helping others.
"I thought it was neat how Kirsten enjoyed it," she said.
"I think if you can do it then do because you never know, you may need blood yourself someday," said Jason Kelly, junior.
"The outcome should be better this year, but it will depend on the student response," said Downs. "I think it will be better than last year's Blood Drive because within the school there are more brave and caring people who are aware of the need."
The publicity for the blood drive is very important for a good outcome," said Downs, "because it could make or break the Blood Drive, In the past our publicity was just reaching, but this year will be better than last because BillytheRedBloodCell will be making a guest appearance."
"Just because Billy the Red Blood Cell is going to be there doesn't mean people will go," said Chip Stanley, vice-president. "But perhaps they will understand the reason. The blood drive is a direct avenue to the community that gives Lincoln High the opportunity to really help others."
The Indian Center Inc., with one of five grants funded nationwide by the Administration for high school Aged Native Americans, began a Youth Project.
Urban Indian Achievement, as it is called, began in January. It is directed to exposing Native American teenagers to the world of business and a positive work ethic by having the students create their own business.
''The project was created to provide cultural, economic and educational experiences for Native American youth," said Nora Peragine, Director of Youth Achivement.
Peragine said that the students will manufacture a culturally specified product of their own design. Some of the ideas presented were beaded jewelry, brightly colored woven bracelets and tie-dyed shirts.
The idea selected was an assortment of cards with art work embossed on the front by Native American artists such as Daniel Long Soldier, Everett Baxter
and "perhaps by members of the project itself," said Charlie Stabler, President of the company and a junior at the Bryan Learning Center.
Stabler, who was in a program similiar to this at the Junior Optimists club said "this one is more fun, you get to see how products are produced and are marketed." Stabler said he thought the Urban Indian program was better organized and it made him more interested in business "because I'm involved."
Other students who are participating said it was a good way to meet other Native Americans and was a way to get involved in business. Fawn Mitchell, a senior at Lincoln High, said that by taking a marketing class, she became interested in business.
"It sounded interesting when I was asked to be in it, and it seems pretty exciting," said Gloria Bratt,a sophomore at Lincoln High.
''There are 20 active participants in the Native American program, but I '< - '" " ••'. '"<--
wish more would become involved," said Peragine.
There is a total of35 Native American teenagers in Lincoln High, Northeast, and Bryan Learning Center.
There is much more to the program than Junior Achievement, such as panel discussions, economic education programs, and personal career counseling.
"On Saturdays at the Lincoln Indian Center, we watch movies, and have career exploration by taking field trips." said Peragine. The group took a field trip to the law college to speak to lawyers about Native American legal issues and participated in a mock trial of Standing Bear.
"The Indian community will hopefully benefit from this, the students learning, and maybe they (students) can look at economic developments, and rethink how they will support themselves;• said Peragine.
The program will hopefully open some doors that they (students) thought were closed," said Peragine.
Back when it was unpopular to go to Lincoln High because of its reputation, the school board encouraged transfers into Lincoln High. Soon it will debate on whether to close our school to transfers in 1989-90, the reason: overcrowding.
The obvious solution is to close our school. But there is a much more simple solution that would benefit everyone, open all the schools to tranfers.
Right now anyone cantransfer in from other districts; only Northeast and Lincoln High have this policy. If the schools were open all students would have the choice of where they wanted to go.
Our current population is around 1850, out of which approximately 450 are transfers. At the school's present physical size we can handle the population, but any increase may decrease our ability to educate the students. Solutions must be found to prevent this from happening.
If we keep growing our building may not be able to handle it. One possible solution would be moving into PSAB. It's getting a bit cramped over there, the school board doesn't have a decent place to meet, and the parking is horrible. At tl1e rate they are growing they will need to move out eventually and we could make great use of that space.
But this is not the major reason why we would be closed. We are such a popular school that East and Southeast, the two schools that areclosed, are losing studentsand areunderpopulated. This is a waste of their facilities. If we opened all the schools to transfers they will regain some of their lost population because of people here and at Northeast ,vho wish to transfer in.
One of the great advantages of having transfers is that it keeps our school culturally mixed. The balance of minorities with the dominating majority is representativeof the community around us.
The transfers from other districts mix with the students from our district and give us more experience with dealing with different social classes.
The current mix of our school is what has given it its popularity. If they cut us off we may regress back to what our former reputation wasas a solely inner-city school. The entire problem could be solved by opening up all tire scl1oolsand giving \he students the option to cleci<le where tl1ey want to go.
Guest editorial by Robert Winsor
When the topic of Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) comes to the minds of manypeople, the fll'Stresponse seems to be negative. There are many viewpoints posed arowtd Lincoln High School against SDI, but not very many people here at UIS that support SDI will stand up and defend their beliefs, or at least that's the way it seems to be. My viewpoint is a minority viewpoint here at LHS. The conservative viewpoint on SDI is somewhat misunderstood by those thatopposethe installmentof SDI. It is necessaryto givethe reasons for conservative support of SDI so that this misunderstanding won't be so big. _
The Strategic Defense Initiative is a defensive (not offensive) system that, if employed, would satellite the earth and have the capability of destroying long range nuclear missiles while they are in mid-flight. SDI would incorporate X-ray lasers to do the task of destroying the missiles. Mid-flight destruction of the missiles would occur at approximately ftfty miles above the earth. This has immediate advantages, since the destruction of millions of lives would not occur from the impact of a nuclear bomb on land. SDI could also be used to protect other countries besides ours from nuclear attack.
If SDI is this good, though, why doesn't everybody support it? Well, this is where some misunderstandings take place. I have heard many people talk about how if a glass of milk was spilt on SDI, it would be destroyed at that _ instant and would no longer be operational. While this is true, you must also consider that most of the satellites that have been put into orbit would also be destroyed if a glass of milk was poured on them. I would also like to ask the people who say this to explain to me just exactly where they expect to find a glass of milk in the outer reaches of our atmosphere where the system would be orbiting, a place where water vapor can't even
Have you ever had the potential to be really good,_at something but when it got right down to it, you were just too gosh dam lazy to do any work to achieve thatpotential?
I've known such people. In fact, I know such people. To be honest, it reall makes me an At what int in
society did a person's potential take over the importance of what that person has acnially achieved? What I'm trying to say is that you can't achieve your greatness if you doo 't work, just like you can't see the world if you don't, or won't open your eyes.
If you are totally confused, think about this: Lincoln High has a respected gifted program. Some of these socalled "gifted" students with I.Q's of 150 and above are skipping class and not doing any homework. They ]have
be readily detected. Surely when such a system would be put into orbit, the utmost care would be taken in launching it, as it has been with all of our satellites.
Another argument against SDI is the idea that a nuclear winter would occur anyway and kill us all eventually if a nuclear war were to occur, so what's the use of having it. If enough nuclear bombs were to explode on OW' planet, a nuclear winter would OCCW', and could very possibly kill many people that survived the nuclear attack. If SDIwas deployed, these nuclearweapons would be destroyed in a layer of our atmosphere that is approximately 46 times larger in volwne than the troposphere (the densest part of our atmosphere that reaches to about eight miles above the earth). The layer, c:a]ledthe ionosphere, is not very dense at all. Thus, keeping in mind the size and density of this area of our atmosphere, the chances of a nuclear winter occurring from nuclear weapons that are destroyed in this part of our atmosphere would be greatly reduced.
Many people are eager to say that SDI is much too costly to build and would not be very effective anyway. With the technology we have today, this is true. However, our technology is not at a standstill! Fifty years ago, people thought it would be impossible ever to land a man on the moon, but technology progressed and mankind has been able to go even farther in space travel (i.e. unmanned missions such as Voyager 1 & 2). Those who support SDI realize that it can't be put up at this very moment; it will take time. As research continues, though, the means for producing SDI will become more efficient, and the capabilities of SDI will become more accurate. If the concept of SDI were not so attractive, the Soviet Union would not currently be doing research of their own on such a system.
Dear Advocate,
I am writing in reply to the letter "Advocate a corrupt minority controlled paper" written by Greg Simon in the Feb. 19 issue of the Advocate. I would lilceto ask Mr. Simon, president of Tappa Kegga Brew, is the Advocate entirely to blame for its so called biased, one sided reporting?,
Mr. Simon I must agree with you that the Advocate is somewhat biased, and I'm positive that most of the Advocate staff would entirely agree with that statement, including its editor, but to claim it is a "corrupt minority controlled paper" is a bit harsh. You }iave surfaced a legitimate problem but have you offered any sort of solution? I think not.
In yoW'letter you implied that the Advocate wu amtrolled by "peace freaks" and used to pnsh their views 'IJMl the pc>p1•k<:e of LH.S. Y01 1 1JSedthe example of ethnic clothing_Ba.ides not reptesenting the staff of the Advocate, what is the p.lanonstopbet0ecn ethnic clothing and peace? I know of many conscnatives who inq,ort much of their cloth~ frut11 Italy md France.Y011 also implied that a large portion of the paper wa,,. 1J1-:dto report peace issues or stories that would pertain to this so called "corrupt minority. "While looking
through the last issue the only story that pertained at all to peace besides your letter was the opinion colwnn Chapter Twenty Four. All tlie papers that I know ofhave an opinion column, so do they also qualify for being a "corrupt minority controlled paper?"
You also mentioned in your letter that these "peace frealr.s"weze living in some daydream facade, and they were stuck back in the sixties. You implied this daydream is brought ourin the Advocate. What I would like to know is what would you write about if you were on the Advocate? A beer drinking party of the alleged Tappa Kegga Brew? Well personally I woukt retber he in a sociaHy aware daydream that this beer drunken reality. At. I said earlier, I agiee !bat the Advocate~ SU11wwhatties ml.but are they to blame? No they're not, I ,inroln ffigh ii to b1-. I fmcl it sad that more students atl.JIS arm'tintacatedinjoun,dirn. I abo find it sad that more stw111U widl diffe:a.t ides,. Jma 1111, amt ~ews are not involved with the .Ad•ocate. Not only does the Advoca n,p.CStlJllLincola Higll, but l.i,..ooln High is :.dlt:cllld;., the Adv<'C8te_
Sincerely, Alex Wilson, junior
this potential of pure greatness yet they are entirely unmotivated. tntimately the potential is wasted. I am here to commend those people who may not have the vast potential of gifted students but who are constantly working their hardest to achieve something that highly intelligent students consider to be very simple. These students deserve the recognition of their fellow students, their teachers, and for juniors and seniors, prospective colleges. The reason I believe more recognition is needed for these students is bec;i.11sethey may swdy for hours and receive a ''3" on a given test, while other swdents may study for 15 minutes and not miss a question. It is my belief that what a person, or in this case a student, does or has done should be more of a measure of their character than what they have the capability of doing. Motivation is as much a talent as giftedness is; simply because it is a special aptitude that particular people have. Since motivation and giftedness are both defined as talents, why is there too much emphasis on one and not enough on tlie other? I don't know, go ask your local sociologist By no means am I trying to put down the gifted program, on the contrary I am simply saying that I believe too much emphasis is placed on gifted students. On top of that, they are separated from the students who need them most. This separationcausesthe intelligence of the gifted students to remain within themselves, while the students who may not be as bright aren't getting any smarter. After all, students learn a lot from each other. I believe it will eventoally lead to a lower level of learning throughout the school. Think of this: Mr. Unicell works for some big time conglomerate in Los Angeles. He is the vice-president of sales.He makes$400,000 a year. Question: Did Mr. Unicell get this high up by working hard? ._Probably noL In fact I would bet my bottom dollar that his connections were what got him so much cash. One way to get connections is by going to a school like Harvard or Stanford. One way to get into a school like that is by being in the gifted program. Not a very good work ethic we have here in America, is it? I have no specific plan of action to try andsolve this problem. This is an attempt to give the hard workers in this school recognition. Please take time out to do this with people you know. Believe me, it is greatly appreciated.
By Sara Peterson
Not only is March Youth Art Month at Lincoln
High, it is also National Youth Art Month.
This recognition began in the early 1960's, said George Sedlacek, art teacher, when the American Crayon Association along with The Watercolor and Craft Institute began to take an interest in ''We tried to create something of an awarenessfor studentsand teachers,''Sedlacek said.
Youth art.
In observance of Youth Art Month, Sedlacek and other LHS teachers lined up artists to perform during lunch hours almost every day during the month of March. Sedlacek said that at first he only had a few acts being mostly people he knew and people who had been here before. He began filling in the days with LHS students, drama groups, singing groups, and artists. Sedlacek had planned to organize the month by himself and said he was grateful for the help by the other art, music, drama, and speech teachers.
"It was kind of nice to work with the other
By Folke Meier
The spring musical 'Hello Dolly' takes dedication by the participants, which causes some frustration, but it is very rewarding at the end, senior Wyn Andrews said. -
"It's hard work and you sometimes can't help getting frustrated with yourself," senior David Carson said.
Derrick Endler is nervous about the musical. he said. There is a lot pressure on this year's cast, Endler said, because the musicals in the past were very good. "We are under a lot of pressure to do
teachers," he said.
Art is not just drawings and paintings, Sedlacek said. Art is also music and drama. He said that this month is also the month to observe music in the schools.
The main purpose of having a Youth Art month at LHS, said Sedlacek, is to make people more aware of the different forms of art and to educate and entertain.
"We tried to create something of an awareness for students and teachers," he said.
Examples of some of the activities that will be happening during the month of March are Folk music performances, a Jazz sextet, a dramatic monolog, a musical preview, a fasion show, and kite flying. On March 16, a dinner was held where all the art teachers from the Lincoln High feeder schools were invited to communicate about art programs in the schools.
Art can and should be an experience shared by all people. every day of their lives, said Sedlacek, which means that in order to develop our sensitivities, he said, we must be given the opportunity for growth by early encomagei11.mt and education.
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Andrews is also frustrated, she said '1 am frustrated because I forget my lines," Andrews said.
Music department chairperson Joseph Skutchan, who directs the musical together with drama teacher Joe Kreitzinger, has disappointments with the play as well.
"My two biggest disappointments are that there isn't as much student participation as there could be in a school this size, and the lack of commitment on the part of some students to present a show of high standard," Skutch&n said. Even though Skutchan is frustrated sometimes, he recognizes his cast. "However there are students who have been working long hours, have been very tolerant, and will present a sparkling production," Skutchan said.
The musical is based on a story by Oscar Wilde,'
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The main charactars are seniors Wyn Andrews, Tricia Turpin, Steve Walters, Rod Felton, Cindy Delzell, Derrick Endler, David Carson, Jodi Washburn, and junior Susan Nuss.
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By Sara Peterson
Came the Spring with all its splendor, All its birds and all its blossoms, All its flowers, and leaves, and grasses.
-Henry Wadsworth Long.fellcw With the spring comes some definite changes ~1 behavior, attitudes and school habits according to some Lincoln High teachers and students.
'' pring is a nice excuse," Ernst said,'' and it plays well especially if it's been a cold winter.''
Opal Stoehr, attendance coordiJ1ator, said that the attendance office has noticed a :.ignificant i..~creasein the number of truancies occurring this spring as compared to Li.e n~ber of truancies oc~rring over the winter montlts. There has al3o been an increase :nthe numb::r of calls excusir.g students for missed classes, especially for those nussed on Friday afteooons. Stoehr said that many of these calls are not 1nade by the students' p:,rents.
"We have noticed a few more truancies," she said, "but we don't know if we can attribute it to the weather or to the state sports tournaments."
Randy Ernst, psychology teacher, not only sees more skipping in the spring, but he also sees a lot of behavior changes. The spring not only breeds truancies, he said, but it also breeds excuses for not doing homework, not studying and not paying attention during class.
"Spring is a nice excuse," he said, "and it plays well, especially if it's been a cold winter."
Joyce Peterson, science teacher, said she agrees with Ernst in that students' attitudes towards school change with the warm weather, and that students also change emotionally. She said that she sees a lot of mood swings because of the varied weather conditions. There is a defmite increase in ab s ence s and a decr e ase in quality and quantity of homework, sh e said
Tim Pettit, senior, said he looks forward to
spring because it gives him the feeling of having alotofenergy andofbeing alive, butitcanmalce him restless, too, because he likes to be outside and that makes the school day seem longer. Pettit said that he agrees that students are more apt to skip classes and talce longer lunches when spring arrives because the environment is more relaxing.
Erin Crepes, senior, said she disagrees with Pettit in that she feels that the school day see111li to go faster in the spring because people are more anxious, and they feel good.
"I feel good when spring comes around," she said, "because it's cool and peaceful outside, and I seem to get along with people better."
Ernst agrees with Crepes in that he sees less iighting in the spring.
"I think tempers are better in the spring," he sa,a.
Annie Snowden, sophomore, said she enjoys sp~i,1gbecause it malces her feel more optimistic.
"I like spring because it means the end of the school year," she said, "and all I can think about is (that) it will just be a little bitlonger, and I will be done."
Both Ernst and Peterson change their teaching techniques from winter to spring. Ernst said he tries to assign less homework as long as objectives can be met in class.
Peterson said that she tries to get all her heavy duty teaching done prior to May because she believes that learning decreases proportionally from the first warm day in March.
Peterson and Pettit agree •hat attention spans decrease drastically with the warmer weather, and Peterson said that she sees students become more energetic, more cheerful, more difficult to control and more apt to socialize.
According to Peterson and Pettit, they see spring as a time of relaxation and enjoyment.
"For most people, students included, Spring r e pres e nts a time of re-birth. For most it is a time of hope and o ptimi s m ," said Peterson.
Year after year our social studies teachers drill the same concept into our tired, little minds. The concept? It's simple enough; that history continually repeats itself.
Students of Liberty presently enrolled as High School Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, or Seniors in Lincoln Public, Parochial, or Private Schools, to do Research on the United States Constitution.
To receive full inf or1nation please send your name, address, age, grade and the name
By Emo Sybert
tight, leather pants or the immature vulgarity of the Beastie Boys? Another constant in entertainment history is the blonde bombshell (notice: both blonde and bombshell begin with the letter 'b'). Since the emergence of Mae West ("Peel me a grape."), every decade has had at least one. In the fifties there was the unforgettable Marilyn Monroe. In the sixties there was Twiggy, who was not exactly a bombshell, but who was the epitome of beauty at that time in history. In the seventies there was Farrah Fawcett who gave us the notorious Farrah Fawcett hair-do, and in the eighties we have the boy toy herself, Madonna.
I am filled with pride when I think of this decade being remembered for a bleached-bl.onde babe who flaunts her lingerie, writhes around on the ground like a sow in mud and manifests the true meaning of womanhood.
I guess that it is just fate that Madonna has acquired so much fame. History does have a way of repeating itself, but I'm still wondering if there will ever be another Janis Joplin, another Andy Warhol or another Albert Einstein. Ilut most importantly, will there ever be another John Travolta?
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By Amy Folmer
The swimming events of the local Special Olympics were held on February Z7 at the pool. Lincoln High had 24 students participate and 19 qualified for the State competitions. The teams competing in our area meet were Villa Marie, Lincoln Parks and Recreation, and ARC (Association of Retarded Citizens).
The Special Olympics is athletic competition for mentally retarded and mentally handicapped students starting at seven and until they leave high school which is from the ages of17-21 said Jim LaFollete, special education teacher.
'The kids get real involved in Special Olympics, they live for it," said LaFollete. The students involved must go through a local or area meet, such as the one that was held on February 27. Nebraska has been divided into seven areas Lancaster County is one of them. Swimming was just one of the events the Special Oly11tpicshave area
By Folke Meier
The swim team finished this season well, becatJS"' all swimme.rsimproved their times and the team won against teams against which they lost last year, sophomore swim team member Nicole Zbytniulcsaid.
" I think the swim team did well this year, because all achieved their goals," Zbytniulcsaid. Swim coach Bob Davis is also satisfied with the swim team•s performance, becatJse everybody improved their times, he said.
Zbytniuk said she liked the fact that there were so many people on the team this year, she said. This year there were about 70 people on the team, she said
The team is very young, as there are predominately sophomore girls, Davis said. The boys will lose some good seniors, he added.
Zbytniuk likes being a sophomore on the team, because they get their chance on the team, when they are seniors and can help tne younger swimmers, she said. She said, that the seniors help the sophomores and freshmen to swim faster.
" I like swimming," Zbytniulcsaid, "It is a sport where you don't have to worry about a bunch of people. You get your own little position. In basketball you play mainly for the team. in swimming. you swim mainly for yourself."
At the state championships the boys and girls tea1111 both finished 13th. FreshmenMikbala
meets for. Some other events that have already happened this year are rollerskating, which had eightparticipants, andbowlingwhichhad54. The events to come are basketball and track.
Basketball, the next event, is scheduled for tomo11uw March 19. Lincoln Hi will send
''The kids get real involved in Special Olympics, they live for it," said LaFolle·te.
three teams with a total of 36 participants. They will be competing against teams from Seward, York, Wahoo,andButler. LarryDielcenandJack Martin are two athletes in Special Olympics. They both stressed how much fun it was. Larry also said that Student Council people helped IJlllkeitfun.
Student Cowicil did lend a hand for what needed to be done for the swimming events and
By Maren Banwell
The wrestling team did not accomplish their goal of placing in the top five at state, but according to Coach Thomas Christie, they had an excellent season.
This year is the second in a row that Lincoln High has won districts. Individually, the four district champions are: junior, Jereme Montgom-
"No one thought we were going to win it," said Jeff Brehm of districts.
"I think we surprised a lot of people."
ery (112), seniors, Brad Brehm (103), Jeff Brehm (125), and Cory Languis (145).
Both Jeff and Brad Brehm and Languis are referred to by Christie as an "elite group" because they have been district champs in their individual weight classes for the past two years.
"No one thought we were going to win it," said Jeff Brehm of districts. "I think we surprised a lot of people."
they will also help in the approaching basketball games. Student Council donated $50 for the Olympic fund and challenged other groups such as Girls' and Boys' L-club to try and beat their offer. Gary Nunnally, Student Cowicilmember, is 011 the Special Olympics committee and he said cnj11ys helping out
"It's something Student Council has traaitio:ially done in the past and hopefully will continue doing," said Nunnally.
State Special Olympics will be held in Omaha in May. The athletes will be competing for four days. Each of those days is a combination of all the area meets and every qualifier from theLocalt:,.::c\. will participate. Every four years there is an uitc1 national Special Olympics and the 1990 gan1es , will be held at the University of Notre Dame. The ' athletes that go to the International games are taken fror11the winners of the State events, said LaFol-
As a team the wrestlers placed ninth at state competetion. Christie said Lincoln High has placed in the top ten at state for the past five years. He said this was uite an accom lishment for an ''There's a lot of potential for the underclassmen on the team They want to work,'' said Christie. team.
Out of 16 participants in each weight class, Jeff Brehm placed fJfth, Brad Brehm placed fourth and Montgomery placed second at state. "My goal was to get to the finals," said Montgomery. "But once I got there, I wanted frrst."
Though it may seem as if a large part of the team is graduating, Christie is optomistic. He says it is important for the team to stay competitive, and that next year's team will have those abilities. 'There's a lot of potential for the underclassmen on the team. They want to work," said Christie
Montgomery is also optomistic towards next season.
"Christie is a good coach, he knows what he•s doing," said Montgomery. "I'm really looking forward to next year."
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By Stacey Mitchell
Boy's Varsity Basketball claimed the district title March 1 and went on to finish their season on March 10 in the first round of .he Class A State Basketball Tournament
The Links won bothoftheirdistrictgames. The 47-46 win over Northeast sealed the distict title for the Links and placed them in the state tournament.
Senior Douglas Kuszalc had 15 team-high points including one dunk.
"It was awesome. It kind of sparked things up and made me concenlrate more," said Kuszalc. With two seconds lef, in the fourth quarter Eric Priebe made two free tl1rows which completed the victory over Northeast.
"I just blocked everything out. It was just like a practice shot but I knew I had to make one of the two freethrows," said Priebe.
In addition to disticts the Links went on to meet Millard South in the first round of the state tournament. The Links lost however, 79-64.
Coach Aldie Johnson said the Links played almost as good as they could have, but Millard South played very well.
"Very few people have the opportunity to be there. Even fewer people have the opportunity to win it. At least we had the opportunity to be there," said Kuszalc.
Senior Gary Nunnally said that early on in the game they didn't work their offense enough. As a result Millard South didn't have to play defense and that set the tone for the rest of the game.
"Our team plays the best when there is more balanced scoring. Everybody needs to get involved in the game and I don't think everybody did," said Nunnally.
On the other hand Priebe said they didn't do anything wrong, they just lost their team concept.
By Amy Folmer
"In the last few minutes everyone wanted to get the job done by themselves," said Priebe.
''I felt very good about the way I played individually. That helped me deal with the loss. But teamwise we didn't play to our potential," said Nmmally.
In addition, Nmmally added that at the beginning of the season and throughout the season they had the potential to be the best team in the state.
''When we played as a team I honestly don't believe ther was another team in the state who could stop us," said Nunnally.
Looking back on the seasonJohnson said that UIS had the toughest schedule of any team in the state.
''Our goal was to win every game that was rightfully ours," said Johnson.
Reflecting back on the season Priebe added that Johnson was more like a dad at times than a coach.
''I learned what it's like to be a part of a team and what my role was on that team. I've learned how to work with others in stressful situations," said Priebe.
Johnson added that the team is an exceptional group of young men.
"They are all overachievers. They worked very hard and were very dedicated. I have a lot of love and respect for the group," said Johnson.
"As I look back over the past two seasons I think we could've done better as far as winning more games and more championships, but I don't think I could have learned any more than I did about the game of basketball and life experiences," said Nunnally.
The Links finished their season 17-5. Johnson intends to coach his 30th year next season here at UIS.
Varsity basketball players Doug Kuszalc and Eric Priebe were nominated to the McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team.
There were 1,500 high school basketball players in the nation nominated for the team. They were selected by the All American Team Selection Committee, made of high school basketball coaches and sportswriters. The team is headed by Morgan Wooten, coach of one of the top-ranked high school teams in the country. Kuszalc and Priebe were chosen because of their outstanding ability, according to Don Allio, McDonald's senior regional manager.
The McDonald's team was formed in 1977 to recognize and honor outstanding young athletes. Priebe is a 6 '4 center and forward. He has a 20
point per game average and leads the Links in scoring and rebounding.
"I feel honored to even be nominated to the AllAmerican team," said Priebe. Kuszalc was nominated for his 17 point per game average and he is one of the state leaders for three-point shots.
" I feel it's gratifying to my self to receive such individual honors in a team sport," said Kuszalc.
Other former McDonald's All-Americans are Michael Jordan, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Ralph Sampson, Patrick Ewing and Danny Manning.
The All American team will play in the eleventh annual McDonald's All American Game at the University of New Mexico in Alberquerque on April 17.
By Kristie Rethmteier
Two Lincoln High stu!dents made history this baseball season. This is the first year that female baseball players have made a baseball team at Lincoln High.
"As far as we've known there has never been a baseball playing girl in the: state of Nebraska," said Jeff Venema, the sophomore baseball coach.
Tricia Turpin, a senior;, is on the Varsity baseball team and Amy Bindeir, a sophomore, made it on the Sophomore basebaill team.
Turpin has been playimg softball for the Elks Blazers for seven years. She said that since it was her senior and last year at Lincoln High she thought she would give baseball a try. She said that she didn't have any problems in trying out for the Varsity team.
Turpin said she was really intimidated at first because she thought the other male players might put her down. She said that she hashad a positive response from them and from the coaches also.
"I try my best to compete with tbein," said Turpin.
Binder has been playing softball since the second grade. She said that the latest softball team she has played on was the IDusions. Binder said that she wasn't intimidated by the other baseball players.
''I just came out here and did my best," Binder said.
Venema said that Binder and Turpin have great ability in baseball and that they will both play back-up second baseman. He said that they are two of the top players on the baseball teams.
''Both of them are super kids," Venema said.
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The other baseball players have been very supportive about Binder and Turpin trying out for the sport, said Venema.
'They have shown a lot of maturity," Venema said.
Despite the fact that Turpin and Binder are female, Venema said that they still have meetings in the boys' lockeroom.
Binder said the coaches and the other players didn'tknow that she and Turpin were serious when they showed up at the first baseball meeting. She said that after the coaches saw her play, they started supporting her efforts to malce the team.
"I told her (Binder) right off that 'I'm not going to keep you or cut you because you 're a girl'," Venema said.
Turpin and Binder have been interviewed by four different reporters from local media. Turpin said that she'd rather not have so much news coverage.
"When you 're out on the field trying to concentrate on baseball and the cameras are in your face you lose that 100 percent concentration that you 're trying to keep," Turpin said.
Turpin said that she would like to see the entire team getrecognition and not just the females on the teams.
"I think the guys should be as much involved as we are because they are as much part of the team as we are," said Turpin.
Binder said that the opposing teams might not like the fact that there is a girl on the team.
"It depends on the coaches and if they are real chauvinistic," said Binder.
Turpin said that she sometimes feels that coaches don't want a "girl on a guys' baseball team".
Venema said that if the teams lose badly this season they might be laughed at \Jecause there are girls on the teams. But Venema said that Turpin and Binder are just as good as the other players.
"I'd like to think that we have a good team and that we'll hold our own," said Venema.
By Kristie Rethmeier
A senior parking lot and a senior honor pass system will be implemented this spring for those seniors who meet criteria standards said PtjnciJ?~,Sam Nelson.
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By Matt Catlett
The Equity Committeeat LincolnHigh for the frrst time has allowed student participation and, according to Sue Johnson, teacher of Spanish and chair-person of this year's Equity Committee, there has been tremendous response.
Johnson pointed to three things that the committee tries to fight.
"We fight sexism, racism, and ablism, which is discrimination based on one's physical abilities," said Johnson.
"At one of the meetings, there was an idea to let students get involved," said Johnson. "I'd say at least half of our members are students."
As part of its pro-active role, the committee sponsors a Friday forum. These forums are to educate people on equity issues, such as feminism. They are held each Friday during all three lunches and are open to anyone. The committee is also building drop boxes, one of which will be placed in the northeast comer of third floor and one in the teachers' lounge, where people can voice their
concerns on a more anon)Ylllous level.
Johnson also said that so)me people perceive it to be a hit squad or a hatchet ,group. but it is the exact opposite of that.
"Our meetings aren't fulll of numbers, nouns, and verbs," said Johnson. "W re want to provide protection for victims of discrinnination, and we want to educate people."
Brenda Coto, junior, became involved because she thought she might hawe been able to do something about inequality ancd discrimination.
"Mrs. Johnson told us about it and this was the frrst year students could participate, so I did it," said Coto. "I think I can do something about it."
Coto said that out of all the students in the committee, she is the only minority.She said that she thought that there is still a lot of discrimination.
"I think inequality and discrimination is a big problem," said Coto. "It really hasn't changed much because people's feelings are still going to be the same."
By Maren Banwell
Joynite and Brown Bag Day highlight this year's Spirit Week, April 25-29. Joynite will be April 28 and 30 and Brown Bag Day will be April 29. Joynite is being done differently this year, according to Randy Ernst, Student Council co-sponser.
"We're planning on having the show closely resemble its theme, 'The Joynite Games', as if it were the Olympics," said Ernst Ernst said he was very pleased in the response to Joynite this year. He said of the 23 acts chosen, 15 are clubs while eight are products of open try-outs. "I'm figuring on at least 150 people being involved in the Joynite Games, which is outstanding," said Ernst. "I think it will be a really hot show."
Also during Spirit Week is Brown Bag Day. Student Council Vice-President Chip Stanley hopes that Brown Bag Day does not just mean
three lunches to people.
'The key element to nnaking Brown Bag Day a success is to keep people on campus," said Stanley. According to Stanley there will be at least one band playing on the north steps of the school. He said although many people will enjoy the bands playing, he would like to encourage people to also provide entertainment for themselves.
"Student Council would like to encourage people to be creative and bring their grill for grilling burgers, lay out, play frisbee, horseshoes, whatever," said Stanley.
"Last year there was a tremendous amount of energy when most all the students were back from lunch and on campus together," said Stanley.
'This year we'd like people to stay and maintain that energy throughout the course of Brown Bag Day."
By Sara Peterson
Lincoln High will soon be receivingtwo satellite dishes as a gift from Lincoln TelephoneandTelegraph. The school board approved the gift on April 12, said Meg Laurman, assistant to the superintendent for communication services for Lincoln Public Schools.
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thr uu.t, ll t11C Venture.s l.n Partnership prc,grarr1 which is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, said PrincipalSam Nelson. Nelson said he began meeting with LT&T in the early fall to establish this joint effort.
He said that there were several reasons for having the partnership with LT &T. One reason is its close location to UIS. Another factor in the decision is that it would give students various new opportunities. Another reason is LT&T's large size. Their large size can meet Lincoln High's neeJs better than a smaller company could.
111ctwo satellite dishes will be used throughout LHS for many different purposes. The satellites will obviously be important for foreign languages, Nelson said, but they could be used in a variety of other courses.
"It's not as good as being there," he said, but they can provide many opportunities to explore the world and understand others.
"I think it's fantastic," he said. "It opens many doors to many possibilities. It brings the world closer together."
Norma Sturgeon, French teacher, agrees with Nelson in that the satellites will add many oppor-
tunities to staff and students. It would give students the opportunity to hear foreign languages being spoken and to see other ways of life. Sturgeon said that it would be important that every classroom had a television so that the system could be used at any time.
"T think it's exciting." she sa id, "and it could add "really important dimension to teachin 5 .""
Jim Barstow, social studies teacher, said that although there are some positive aspects of the satellites, they could be impractical for some courses, such as Russian history. He said that Russian television is boring to American audiences, and students would not be able to understand the Russian lahguage.
Barstow said !hat some things, such as cartoons, are universal and could be entertaining. He thinks that the school does need the satellites because they could be beneficial, buthe isn't quite sure how much work will be needed to translate so !hat students can understand the meaning.
"It could be one of !hose treasures that you don't realize the value," Barstow said.
This is the first year that LT&T is providing schools with satellites, said Laurman. She said that LHS students are helping to build the platforms that hold the dishes. The school district must provide the labor for the rest of the project. Nelson said that the satellites will be operational this year, providing eight hours of foreign television programming a day.
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In order to recognize seniors for their hard work during high school, the Student Council and Principal Sam Nelson have developedan honor hall pass and parking system.This system would allow qualified seniors a permanent hall pass. The north parking lot would also be reserved for qualified seniors' use on a frrst come, frrst serve basis.
The idea is a good one, but it has some kinks in it IfN,elson's ideas are put into action, they will create a mountain of paperwork; and if such a plan is instituted yet this year as he proposes, it will merely encumber the current senioll"swith more worry instead of pleasure.
According to Nelson, all seniors would begin next year with the privileges, and then lose them as they failed to meet certain qualifications.But keeping track of who is currently qualified and who isn't would be a difficult task. The school is still strugglingwith bugs in its attendancesystem. This plan wouldmeet with the same problems the attendanceoffice has.
Deciding who can participate creates another problem. Nelson has suggested the possibility of having students apply
for the privilege. The processing of the applications would create yet another strain on the office.
According to Nelson seniors would have to be graduating, have no failing grades, and truanciesor disciplinaryproblems in order to participate. But violations of these criteria would not necessarily disqualify a student. Nelson said that he or another administrator would review violations and decide whethera studentis still eligible or not But this wouldbe quite a bit of work for an already busy person. The students would be inconveniencedby an administrationchoking on a heavier workload.
The plan is to be instituted yet this spring,but the details have not been worked out. Nelson acknowledges this, but he said he hopes any problems will be solved while the system is in use. But this will not make the privileges enjoyable for the current seniors.In order to make the system truly worthwhile, the plan shouldbe taken back to the drawingboard and put on hold until next year.
School needs better ways of dealing with every day problems motions not resent in sc
In order to combat the problems of today's teenager, our school system has developed resources such as helping groups and counseling centers. These programs and resources are much needed by students. Yet the schools are cancelling out these efforts because of their environment and structure. Schools do not allow their students a place to deal with their emotions or time to talk to their friends about their problems.
Larkin Hood
The very nature of school makes it hard for students to deal with emotional problems. From day one of kindergarten we were dehumanized by rules. The catchword otf nursery school was sharing. By the time we reached grade school, we were forbidden to share our food (for fear· of disease). We were discouraged from giving presents tto one another (impropriety).We were also forbidden to shaire information.In high school we still are called down fior cheating, but never praised for heloinl!'someone pJ~P. Th"' rules were made with good intentions, but they discouraged us from reaching out to one another. Aside from becoming less human, we also became scared for ourselves. By junior high we were worried about who
to fit in with, and also where to fit in. While who to fit in with was an adolescent psychologicalproblem, where to• was a problem created by the schools. For instance, durinl the lunch period at my junior high, we could spend our time in four different places: the lunchroom, the library, a basketball court, or a small room in which we could play cards. If these places were filled (as they often were), or we didn't want to do the activities, we became terrified transients, with no place to call our own or feel secure in. But however bad we might have felt, we were not comfortable in showing our emotions. In kindergarten we were told that crying was for ''babies". That rule held true up through ninth grade when I was deliberately hit with a tennis raquet. It hurt terribly, but a friend pulled me away, saying ''Whatever you do, don't cry". Here, an informal norm as given by my kindergarten teacher was kept and enforced by my peers. The same held true for telling on someone. Tattletales were ignored, no matter how bad the offense was.
To hide our fear, anger and sorrow, we developed a school supply as essential as pencils or notebook paper: a mask. Masks vary with the individual, but they all have thesame basic message: "I'm fine. Nothing's wron11"WhP.n we tinally came to high school, we were told that it was O.K. to acknowledge our problems and talk about them. But by this time our masks were frrmly in place. We have become used to not talking, therefore we do not use helping resources offered us to their fullest extent
In the ''good ol' days" when high school newspaper staffs reflectionon the population. If the ad were run, so called ''gay could decide what they wished to be printed, we might have bashers" may have gone and beaten up the members of the seen an ad publicizing a disc11ssiongroup about homosexual- discussiongroup. Overprotectiveparents would have called ity in the last issue of the Advocate. in tryingto protect their littleJonnies from bad influences, i.e.
But unfortunately these are now the ''Hazelwood days." the real world.
Days when high school principals and superintendents of So the decision was made and the ad censored.Whether it schools can censor at whim the content of the high school was appropriateor not, the staffs' right to even have a say in newspapers, a result of the Supreme Court ruling on the the decision of what goes into their papers was stripped from Hazelwood High School case. them. The editors, the people who are supposed to be respon-
In the Lincoln Public Schools policy on advertising there sible for what goes into the papers, were not allowed to,attend is nothing preventing the ad from being printed, although the meeting nor were consulted at all in the making of the there is a catch-all clause that states that ads with "potentially decision. disruptive context" cannot be accepted.
The irony is that this was all perfectly legal. Our decision SuperintendentPhillip Schoo held a meeting where the ad- was made for us. We were told by the Supreme Court and the visors and principals were to make a decision. Without a people at the meeting that we are not mature enough to handle policy backing them up, they decided that the ad would not be this and should not be exposed to controversial issues. Most run. They decided that the advisors of the newspapers were of all we should not have a say in the decision at all, for we are supposed to meet and discuss recommendations for a new all just too stupid to make it for ourselves,nor take the consepolicy that would supposedly exclude similar ads. quences for our stupidity.
The real reasons behind the decision weie not well sup- Apparently whether there is an official policy backing the ported. They were afraid the ad might influence younger · decision or not is not the issue. The new policy drawn up by students, particularly in the case of East High. They said that I the advisors will be inconclusive. Even if they drew up a the discussion group might be fake or unreliable. They said policy excluding ads from gay/lesbiandiscussiongroups, the the best way to deal with the issue is to conduct disc11ssions entire scenario would repeat when another controversialissue and have speakers in the schools. (It would be a great surprise came up. if these discussions actually occur since the issue of homo- The cw1ent policy is adequate and must not be deviated sexuality has been present for some time.) from. Since nopolicy can cover every controversialissue, the
But truly it is not these reasons that caused the ad to be responsibility should go to the staffs of the newspapers to censored; it is the issue of homosexuality.There have been decide what is appropriate for their readers. Thesejournalists ads run by such groups as the''Duck Club," and they have not have been·taught and are constantly reminded of the basic been censored. If the people that attended the meeting are principles of journalism by their advisors. w011iedabout exposing students to bad influences, there But as long as it remains the bad ol' Ha:relwooddays, the should also be speakers about enlisting·in the Army or eating people who run the schools will probably not relinquish that at McDonalds. power. Censorship without consultingthe people who run the
It is not entirely the members of the meetings fault; it is a new~papers,and without a policy, will legally and voluntarily I conunue.
The one basic resource that we don't usually hesitate to use is our friends. But the school system hinders us in this respectalso.Ourfriendsdon't havetime to listen to our problems, simply because they are busy with homework , that cannot wait If they put it off, they are quickly behind. For this same reason, we have a tough time dealing with our own problems. ''It's like you don't dare have a prob-· lem; you're too busy," said a senior.
The school system is not really helping us. It sets us up for a crisis from day one of kindergarten and then tries to bailus out just before we graduate. In high school we can get good help for our problems, but it's late. Sometimes too late.
By Jane McManus
Journalism teachers, administrators and Lincoln Public Schools officials met on March 21 to discuss whether or not to run an advertisement for a gay/lesbian support group in the high school papers.
The advertisement was targeted at young ' ''I'd rather have a candid discussion on all sides of the issue," Schoo said.
people who were unsure about their feelings involving homosexuality, and the newspaper advisors from the four public schools in Lincoln, the four principals, and Superintendent Phillip ,, Schoo decided to keep the ad from running in the l papers. ·
"Learn how to help bring parents and friends ••outoftheircloset:theclosetofmis\Dlderstanding
of the issue," he said "It should be tallcedabout iri ·· a setting that respects the age and maturity of the audience."
Schoo said that the subject could be better explored in articles, editorials and elective classes where there were students who would be better able to maturely handle the information given.
One of the problems that the administration encountered was that there were no guidelines regarding what types of ads could be accepted by the district high school papers.
''There is one good thing that will come out of this," said Principal Sam Nelson. "more specific guidelines."
The newspaper advisors are going to be responsible for designing and instituting guidelines for the types of ads that canbe accepted, in order to avoid problems in the future.
''/ don't intend to become a cen- · ,and fear about homose,inality," stated the ad. It sor I or students, and a moral had an illustration of a closet door opening and toldofameetingthat''recentlyaware"individu- judgment/or them, that's not my aJs could attend. role," Principal Nelson said.
Schoo said that an ad was not the app,opiiate medium for discussion of such a sensitive' subject j /Jthough Nelson agr~ to cut the ad, he didn't ''I'd rather have a candid discussion on all side9 •Y that he would n~ to look carefully at all stories in the Advocate for inappropriate material.
"I don't intend to become a censor for students, and a moral judgement for them, that's not my role," said Nelson.
Marta Slechta, the editor of the Northeast newspa~. said that the staff there thought the ad should be printed.
Nanci Hamilton. a member of the group PFLAG and the writer of the ad s:aidthat it should have run. · "I thought it was a perfectly acceptable ad," she said.
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By Amy Folmer
Would you lie on a four by four foot bed of nails and have a concrete block smashed over your body for the sake of science?
That's what Vice-Principal Charles Jones and three other people were asked to do for a demonstration in Mark Shearer's physical science class.
"I think it's always better if the students can actually see an experiment (rather) than read about it in a book," said Shearer.
This is the second year he has performed the feat, and he said that it has always been difficult to fmd o le who are willin to be" uinea i s" for the
''When he told me I had to lie on a bed of nails, I had to think aboutitforawhile," saidJones.
experiment. Jones was evaluating the physical science class on the day of the experiment, and Shearer asked Jones to help out with the experiment since he was going to be in the class.
"He asked me to help out with a demonstration in class, and when he told me I had to lie on a bed of nails, I had to think about it for a while," said Jones. He said that he accepted because he had seen the experiment being conducted before.
Shearer explained that it was an experiment to demonstrate momentum and kinetic energy. The frrst step in conducting the experiment is fmding or making a four-by-four foot wide board with hundreds of nails densely nailed to the board with their
sharp ends up.
The second step is laying the volunteer on 1h11 board of nails. The assistance of two or three people is needed to do this so that the volunteer ia not injured while attempting to lie down on the board.
After the volunteer is placed on the board of nails, a board with the same measurements is placed on top of the volunteer. Then a concrete block weighing 50 pounds is placed on that board.
Shearer then demonstrates momentum and kinetic energy. With the volunteer properly placed, Shearer smashes the concrete block with a sledgehammer.
"When a person lies on a bed of nails that are evenly distributed throughout the board, the momentwn from the sledgehammer hitting the concrete block is transferred through the whole demonstration," said Shearer. Jones said he was not scared to be a volunteer for the experiment. Two students also volunteered to do this, and they said that it was fun. Seniors Gary Nunnally and Daryl Lindholm said it hurt lying on the sharp nails until the experiment got under way. Ray Henning also volunteered for the experiment, and John Heineman did it last year. No females have volunteered so far.
"Girls haven't been real apt to try this, but next year we might have a willing volunteer," said Shearer who plans to continue these "Mr. Wizard" ·experiments for quite some time.
While sitting at the dinner table the other night, my sister announced that she had just bought a Debbie Gibson album. "Debbie who?" I asked, and to my surprise, my mother was able IO explain to me who Debbie Gibson was.
It was a horrendous blow to my pride to fmd
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that my mother knew more about this sappy fashion plate than I did. If I'm content listening to old Sonny and Cher albums now, how out of touch will I be when I'm my mother's age?
I tried to cheer myself up by reminding myself that I was extremely hip to what was happening in my own social group, but I soon learned that I was disillusioned when I heard a friend mention •
the Justice League. I thought that they were associates of Ralph Nader, but I soon learned that the Justice League was a comic book I decided that even though I couldn't tell the difference between the Bangles and Bananarama, I could most certainly become a comic book expert with a trip down to the Comicenter.
The trip, however, was more than my addled brain could take. I was lost among the Xthieves, X factor and the Exmutants. Surrounding me from all sides were Punisher, Iron Man, The Crimson Avenger, The New Mutants and Martian Manhunter.
I broke out into a cold sweat and like Speedy, I was prepared to Gonzalez out of there when I caught site of the Blue Beetle, my beloved friend from the Electric Company.Tomy dismay, however, I found that the Blue Beetle of comics was not the Blue Beetle I had grown so fond of duringmy childhood.
"You've changed,"I cried as I gingerly placed him back in his world, the comic rack. Like two lovers who had outgrown each other, we were forced to part, though I will never forget our good times.
H he could give up our romanticmid-morning television sessions that taughtme so much about Dick and Janediction to live a life of violence, danger andexcitement, then I could most definitely give him up for Archie.
My trip to the Comicenterhad not been in vain. Although I hadfailed to prove to myself that I, too, could become a comic buff, I did discover an old flame who will always remain true, and besides, he's hip to Somty and Cher.
By Maren Banwell
Is there enough time in the day for a high school student to go to school, be involved in extracurricularactivities and work? Several Lincoln High School students have had to make a decision between working and being involved in other activities.
Senior Tricia Goodman said the choice for her was a dilemma.
"I wasn't sure what ~o do,"said Goodman, ''I'm a full-time student and want to be involved in other activities, but the paycheck sounded awfully good."
Goodman decided to take the paycheck. After weighing the pros and cons of working, Goodman said she decided to keep her part time job at Ar by' s instead of playing tennis this spring.
"I hope I made the right decision, but only time will tell," said Goodman.
Goodman said her parents don't pressure her to work. She said she made the choice to workon her own because she doesn't want to have to depend on her parents for money even though they are willing to help her monetarily.
"Right now I'm just paying off my car," said Goodman, "but this summer I'll be saving for college, also."
Se11iorChai-JEngle said he also decided to keep his job rather than participate in atl extracurricular activity.
"I wanl to go out fot ,rack, but I have to work," said Engle.
Engle has been working since his sophomore year and ha-; l1ad various jobs. He is currently
working at The Fish Store and said that he rean, enjoys it.
"I like the atmosphere, the pay and the fact 1h11 I don't have to wear any polyester," said Engle. Engle works approximately 25 hours per week. He said he earns his money to support sonw basic needs which include gas, clothes and spend• mg money.
"I'm also saving for college, and ifl can work atleast35 hours a week this summer, I'm plannin& on buying a motorcycle," said Engle.
''There are a lot of advantages to working," said Engle. ''It provides good references for future job fmding, and you get to meet a lot of people."
There are, however, disadvantages to working. Senior Diana Dutton said she discovered some of the disadvantages during her sophomore year.
"I loved it because most other people my age weren't working yet, and I had all this money to spend, but there were defmite disadvantages," said Dutton.
Dutton quit Pep Club because many of the Pep Club activities fell on nights she had to work. She said she did not go out for tennis that year because practices would not fit in with her work schedule.
"I let the job become too important," said Dutton.
Dutton currently works at SRI(Selection Research Inc.)where she says she can schedule her ()',l;n hours.
"I'm glad I' in giving myself the opportunity to play tennis this year," said Dutton. "After all, l 've got the rest of my life to work."
By Matt Catlett
Every once in a while a person comes along who is just a little bit different than the rest of the people in the world. Senior Mark Hargrove cannot be excluded from this class.
things should be done in moderation, but moderation is relative fa ,, vm person to person, ·said Hargrove.
Each day at about 11 a.m., Hargrove
'he was doing, and ever since then, I've been studying soybean nodules."
If things fall into place, Hargrove's and his associates' work may be published in a bio-chemical journal in the near future.
Hargrove's interests are not limited to only one activity. Among them are building speaker systems, playing the guitar and collecting football cards.
"I build speakers with the same guy I study soybeans with," said Hargrove. "I've always been interested in how speakers work."
Unlike his interests in soybeans and · drives from LHS to the University of speakers, Hargrove's cat, Zadok, was Nebraska-Lincoln's Agricultural Sci- influential in bringing out his desires to ence building to study soybean nod- learn the guitar. ules. It is part of his independent study "Zadok picks the banjo and I play contract at Lincoln High. bluegrass," said Hargrove.
"I don't really know what got me Hargrove put his guitar talents to interested in soybeans," said Hargrove. work when he joined a band named "I think it was because of a guy who I'm "The Porcelain Mudslide," which
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last year as part of Brown Bag Day. Among Hargrove's idols are Johnny Unitas, who he says is "the best quarterback of all time," Graham Chapi11an, Paul Simon, J.S. Bach and Ed McGriff, the owner of Adam's Ribs on 22 and R streets.
"Ed's an interesting guy," said Hargrove. "He knows what he's talking about."
· One must realize that all this is coming from a guy whose favorite player in chess is the rook "because he's so straightforward." That may sound like a joke, but it very closely reflects Hargrove 's down-to-earth and straightforward personality.
Hargrove's last thought-provoking concept truly portrays his philosophy of life.
He says, "All things should be done in moderation, but moderation is relative from person to person." working for now. He showed
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•Editors Note: This is the first in a series of two articles on integration. The.second will feature different students' viewpoints on the.topic of integratwn.
For decades Lincoln High has been legally integrated, but several critics say that it has not become the "harmonious whole" which implies • • true mtegrauon.
Thomas Christie, sociology teacher, has attended workshops on the subject. He says that the situation here is similar to the one America has.
"America is not a melting pot. I twas for some. People of color can't melt down. History has shown us that," he said. "Just because you put people together in a building does not mean that they are going to integrate."
Eli Zietz, American Literature teacher, said that it is a very complex problem. He said a solution could come if the school would improve its curriculum to include more minority viewpoints.
"All of tlie classes are taught through the white world view," he said.
Khadijah Abdullah, an algebra teacher, said that tliere just isn't enough taught about the other races.
"I feel that the school system could do more in teaching the history of all people," she said. "What I would like to see taught is anthropology."
She said that although she sees no racial tensions, there seems to be a lack of respect for cultures.
"I think that a person could go through Lincoln High and not learn to respect another culture," she said. "It's not as much integration, or lack of integration. It's making people feel tliat they belong."
Principal Sam Nelson says that although Lincoln High has made an effort to work with several organizations to deal with the problem, more of an effort could be made to increase minority participation in extra-curricular activities.
"I think there's more of an outreach that we can and should probabl\y do," he said.
Christie said the ]problem can be solved if both sides make an effurt to understand the other. He said the current system is based too ml1ch on just assimilation, meaniing adopting the characteristics of the majority•.
'"Thesystem has its standard and their standard is assimilation," he: said. 'The way you make it is assimilate. You get rewarded and all the things around, including the school system, expect students to assimilate " (See graph at right.)
He said the dangers of this are that people forget who they are and lose their culture. He says that instead of assimilating, each culture should add its strengths to the dominating culture.
"I'm not sure you can tell me what American culture is," he said. "If you melt down it means that these are the only strengths that we'll accept, only one criteria for what's good."
He said tliat the school system could do more things to help integration, such as more ethnic foods served in t,helunchroom or minority history
This figure demonstrates tliat there are zones in which the Black child must learn to function.
The danger zones on the left represents the child who basically staysintheBlackmodes. This child is considered educationally unbalanced because this child would have the hardest time adjusting to the expectations of the analytical school setting. The child would not only have great conflicts with the dominant system, these children have high conflicts with their peers to maintain the "status
classes. There is no easy solution and it must be attacked from many different ways, he said.
"We control the curriculum. We control the physical and visual environment. Therefore we control minds. He who controls education controls minds," he said.
Integration must occur without the students compromising and losing their culture, he said.
''The ultimate objective should be that all students come out of the educational system witli skills tliat will help enhance them to be tlie best they can be and not at the expense of losing their identity," he said.
quo" of the group.
The danger zone on the right is considered culturally unbalanced because these children are out of touch with their culture. They tend to see those on the other side as "different" from them. They work hard at assimilating at the expense of not being accepted by their own people. These children may "learn: to be very analytical, but lose their "soul"!
Text and graph created by Thomas Christie.
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Christiansen, who has been coachingfor five years,saidthe23 boys that tried out was the largest number he has ever had.
Christiansen said golf is a "lifetime sport", and would like to encourage those who play to join either the boys' or girls' team.
"This year demonstrates to me the increased interest in the sport, but I would like to encourage boys and girls to become involved in a golf team before they're seniors," said Christiansen.
Having no returning lettermen, this year's team is young and inexperienced,but Christiansen says he is optimistic towards the season.
"I've been really encouraged by the potential," said Christiansen.
Carter Van Pelt, the only senior on the team, played for Norris his sophomore and junior years. He said he looks forward to going from Class B
"I like the idea of better competition," said Van Pelt. "I'm not playing very well yet, but I like the · idea."
Van Pelt said that the team's inexperience is a factor and so is confidence, or lack thereof.
"Right now team confidence is lacking," said Van Pelt. "I think it would really help us to have one good tournament. I know it would help me."
According to Christiansen the team should·be very competitive by the district tournament on May 12.
Sophomore T.J. Hubbard said that he is confident the experience gained from playing more will improve the team.
"We need to gain experience from tournaments, but I think we'll do really good at districts."
The top three teams from Class A district meets go to the State tournament on May 19.
"I have high expectations," says Van Pelt. "Once we do ~ell, we'll really get things going.".
By Folke Meier
Soccer is a more dan,gerous sport than people think beca11se;t is a contact sport without much protection;according to soccerteam member Chip Stanley. There are proportionally more injuries in soccer than in football, Stanley said. In football the players have more protection, he said, while soccer players have only shin guards and their common sense as protection.
Boys soccer coach Michael ~aker said that soccer is not as dangerous as football, because every play in soccer involves much hitting and contacL Soccer is dangerous for people who put their entire self with mind and body in it, Stanley said.
· Some play it more carefully, he said. Lincoln High plays a more gentleman type of game, he said.
Most injuries in soccer occur because of head-on struggles for the ball, Stanley said.
There has been one severe injury so far, in addition to othersmall ,ones, Stanley said, Junior Mike Price,broke his ankle and can't Jjlay this
divided into class A and B, Balcer said Lincoln High was in class B. · Now soccer is sanctioned by the Nebraska School Activities Association. There are no classes anymore. Coach Baker thought this would help.
"All the schools are
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ATTEMPTINGTO STEAL, Josh Hargeshim£rreturns to base.
By Stacey Mitchell
Boys• and Girls• Varsity track began their season in late February. Both teams are using the •·earlyseason primarily for conditioning according to the girls' coach, Janet Zillig.
''Our competition is ahead of us because we're trained to come on strong later on,'' said Walker, ''We'll peak later in the season.''
Zillig stressedthe importanceof conditioning and stayinghealthyearlyin the season.
1-'Early in the seasonwe try to buildup andfine tunefor the statemeet," said Zillig.
This year there are 35 girls out for track with 16 being returning lettermen.
Zillig said distance events will be their strong area.
"The people numing the distance events have won the Cross Country State Title two years in a row. That is where we're going to be strong," said Zillig.
By Julie Caruso
Sweat rolls down the brow of the Lincoln High School pitcher. The bases are loaded, there is one out and the Links lead by one.
Cyclops, a giant in Greek mythology with one eye in the middle of his forehead, is up at bat. The pitcher is not intimidated. The pitch is thrown and sent to third. The baseman grabs the ball, steps on the bag and throws the ball home for a Links win.
Perhaps the Links victories differ somewhat from this exaggerated interpretation, but they are impressive nonetheless.
The Links have a .500 record. A .500 record is achieved by comparing an even number of wins and losses. This, said by some, should be the frrst year since 1972, that the Links have had a winning season.
''The Links only won three games last year," said Matt Sahs, jmµor. Sahs said this year the Links attended a batting camp at Wesleyan University. ''Because of that everyone is hitting better," Sahs said.
''The Links have come a long way," said Darby Cain, third baseman. "We've come together and played as a team. Before, when something went wrong, we broke down mentally."
''The reason for the improvement is because of coaching" said Sahs. This year, the Links new coach is Sam Sharpe. "He's very strict and he gets the job done," said Sahs.
"Practice is more organized because he [Coach Sharpe] knows what he is doing." said Tyce Markussen, junior.
Coach Sharpe's technique of coaching is wellliked by Josh Hargesheimer, pitcher.
"I like him a lot because he's taken an entire program back to basic baseball fundamentals," said Hargesheimer.
"It takes a pitching staff to have a good ball ~~hid Sharpe. ''The Links have a large pitcl)ing staff with jlDliors, Matt Sahs, Brad Gertzs and seniors, Steve Muhle, Travis Turpin, Hargesheimer, David Koperski and Rick Cudderford." Lincoln High has come across some formidable adversaries already this season. They have beaten Lincoln East, 13-12, and Lincoln Pius X, 8-7. Their only losses to date, are to two teams that went to state last year, Millard South, with a crushing score of 19-5, and to Omaha South with a score of9-8.
"Millard South is one of the best teams I have seen in a long time," said Hargesheimer, ''They were State Champs last year."
"The Links have a double header coming up against Papillion which is a strong team from the Omahaarea,"said Sharpe.
The Links plan of attack for the doubleheader'l "We always plan going out winning," said Sharpe "We just have to execute and play fimdamentals."
By Sara Peterson
Jung said he is optimistic about the season because like the girls• team their distance runners are the State Cross Co\Dltry champions.
Payne agreed with Ziillig and said they are starting off slow but things should pick up. Payne did not participate in the first meet because of back problems.
"I'm doing better now and I think I have the potential to win state," sai,d Payne.
Unlike Payne, Junior: Shane Wichtendal is concentrating more on helpiing the team rather than individual competition.
"My last two meets havem't been very good, but I'm more of a team person. I would like to help the team get points. As a team. I think we have a good shot at state this year," saiid Wichtendal.
In addition, Senior Jeremy Walker said he is focusing on both on individual and team goals.
"My personal goals are to improve from last year, finish high in the disttrict meet, and go on to state. My goal for the team 1Wouldhaveto be to win state," said Walker.
Walker added that other teams usually do better than Linco]n High early on in the season.
Co-Captains for the girls' team ~e Julie Bible and Linda Brown. In addition, co-captains for the boys' team include Bret Jergens, Tim Jung, Doug , Kuszak, Gary Nunnally, Jeff Payne, Mario Robinson, and Pat Thomas.
"Our competition is ahe:ad of us because we 're trained to come on stronger later on. We'll peak later in the season," said Walker.
The Lincoln High Aqua Links had their frrst performance in four years April 8 and 9. The performances by the synchronized swimming team were held at 7:30 pm in the Johnson pool.
"Seasons Change" was the theme for this year's performance.said Nancy Sands, Aqua Links sponsor. The performance consisted of eight acts all dealing with the different seasons. There was a solo act, a duet, and a trio act by the officers. There was also a boy-girl act and the finale in which all the girls performed. The emcees provided the introduction of the acts and added a little humor to the performance, said Sands.
Tryouts for the team were held Nov. 5 and the girls have periodically practiced throughout the / whole year. During the last month before the performance, said Sands, the girls practiced every day from 3:30 lU1til5:00p.rn.
Bect1use it was the first time the Aqua Links have performed in four years, Sands said the she was really expectinga lot from the girls yet she knew it
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Students are required to take many classes in order to graduate from high school. Citizenship Issues is one of those classes. This course reviews what students have learned in previous history classes. Students study government on a local, state and national level. The course deals with the concepts of democrac)' and the decision-making processesof the United Statesgovernment. A minimum of 20 volunteer hours are required of each student in the class. The course stressesthe importanceof politicalawareness and promotes involvement in government
and public service.
Rick Koenig, a social studies teacher and debate coach, said that CitizenshipIssues is a valuable class for every student to take and that volunteer work is very important.
"Volunteer work is designed to show the studentsthat there is a need for many services that aren't provided for otherwise," said Koenig. "If they weren't (providedfor), then taxes would be higher. The class is supp()sed to show studentsthat citizenship is a concern for human beings."
By Kris Gustafson
The final criteria for senior honor passes have been discussed and decided upon. According to
Principal Sam Nelson, the senior must be making satisfactory progress toward graduating in order to be eligible. Any senior with a truancy or a severe disciplinary referral will be excluded from the system.
"We had a hard time agreeing upon what the criteria should be and how we would manage the system. I had many discussions with the Student Council and other students to see what would be fair to them," said Nelson.
This honor pass would allow the students to go to their lockers or get a drink without having to get a regular pass from a teacher.
Karen Kubicek, senior, has mixed feelings
about the senior honor passes.
"I think it's a great idea, but how are they going to know when somebody is roaming around in the hall way, if they are a senior, or not?" said Kubicek. "They will have to stop them anyway to ask them. I think that the passes will be too much work for the people who are keeping track of them. The teachers I have already let me go to those places without a pass."
Laura Lacy, junior, doesn't think that the new passes will make much of a difference.
"I don't see what the big deal is," said Lacy. "I have never been stopped before in the hall by a monitor before."
Another thing that the pass provides seniors with is a parking space in the front lot. Students are
By Sara Peterson
Students who have dropped out of school or find the normal daily routine unmanageable may be able to have different alternatives next year such as night classes, said Principal Sam Nelson.
Night classes in science, math, English, and social studies may be offered next year under a
''This program would be for students who find school impossible," said Nelson.
federal grant known as the Lincoln High School Dropout Prevention Project. This grant, worth $262,000 would provide classes for those students who would like to further their high school education yet cannot attend school during the day for any reason, said Nelson.
"This program would be for students who find school impossible," said Nelson, "and we are looking for alternatives to accommodate and encourage young people to finish their education."
The program would go into effect next fall for the beginning of the 1988-89 school year. Night classes would probably run three times a week for about an hour and a half, said Nelson. The classes must be longer, he said, because of the graduation requirements and because the classes will meet less often than the regular high school classes.
The idea for night classes came several years ago, but serious work on the idea did not begin until this year, said Len Hamsa, counselor and headoftheStudyCommitteeonAlternativeMethods for Presenting Instruction. This committee, formed by Nelson, consisted of teachers, counselors and administrators, an(J its purpose was to study alternative methods of teaching, said Hamsa.
Nelson said that the committee came up with five alternatives to the regular school day. Evening classes would be set up for people who cannot
attend school during the day. Learning labs would be set up to help students get caught up if they are behind or for tutorial purposes. Individualized classes would help students who need more individualized attention than the regular classroom. Classes may be held in the community setting such as local community centers, and newer and better resources will further their ability to present instruction. This system was designed after the Bryan Learning Center, sat.idHamsa, and students could be paced better at thteir own speed of le arnmg.
The committee began discussing what they wanted to study and then they researched their ideas. Other ideas that the committee looked at were an extended school day, year-round classes, and a reduced schedule. Hamsa said that these ideas were not included in 11:heactual grant, but they were things that were discussed by the committee. Hamsa and the committe ,e interviewed hundreds
''We will still be committed to this concept," Nelson said, ''But we will just be limited to our resources."
of students, both "high-risk" and other students to ask them why and what teachers and administrators can do to accommo ,date students to make school more tolerable for lthem. The information collected was vital to form the content of the grant, said Hamsa.
If the grant is not approved, Nelson said that they will still try to establish this project but it will be more difficult without the federal grant.
"We will still be committed to this concept," Nelson said, "but we will just be limited to our resources."
(See Program for dropouts deserves federal funds, page 2.)
By Maren Banwell
The carnival Student Council had planned for May 27, is going to be put on the back - burner as a project for next year's council.
According to Student Council President Clint Densberger, there is not enough time left in the school year to do a good job on the carnival.
"We don't have time to commit ourselves to doing the good job a carnival would deserve," said Dcnsberger. "This is a project that would require a lot of work."
According to Densberger, the council is busy with several other projects.
"Right now we're concentrating on the litter problem, the paper drive, Sports Day, and the Senior Picnic coming up on May 28. We're also trying to get a city wide Quiz Bowl going," said Dens berger.
Student Council co - sponsor Judy Kirsch, says she is excited about the "new" Quiz Bowl.
"What we're trying to do is form an All O Star team. It ·would be compiled of the best team members within all the Quiz Bowl teams. The All - Star team of Lincoln High would then go against the other Lincoln public school's All - Starteams;
competing for a traveling trophy," said Kirsch. Densberger said he feels badly about the cancellation of the carnival but that the combination of lack of time and lack of response from the student body are two of the best reasons for a project such as this to be postponed until next fall.
"I do wish we had time, but I don't think there would be enough response this time of year from the student body. It would not be worth the time and effort put into it by us and the clubs who made booths," said Densberger.
Kirsch says that with all the other activities going on and "senior - itis" hitting hard, attendance at school-sponsored spring activities is often at a minimal.
"We've tried holding dances during spring in the past," said Kirsch. "In comparison to fall activities attendance is very low."
Sophomore member Alexa Green said the sophomore and junior members of council are looking forward to a carnival next year.
"We've done all the nitty gritty work so the format is pretty well laid out," said Green. 'There will definitely be a carnival next year."
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Commentary by Sara Peterson
For generations, the world has revolved around tradition. Our grandparents and our parents before us attended prom, and it really shouldn't be that big of a deal to attend it now.
The idea of prom began in early England when schools would hold dances call promenades. Both girls and guys would dress in their best and attend their promenade. The idea carried over to America and the name of these formal dances was shortened to prom.
Prom has been traditional for almost forever; there really is no reason to stop having it now. The idea of prom has become partofourculture. Promisnotjustforboyfriend/girlfriendrelationships. Prom can be a time for close friends and even not so close friends. There is no written rule that says that everyone going to proin must have a date. I have known people who have had more fun with friends than with a romantic date. Yes, the social pressures tell us that we should have a date for prom, but why not just go to have fun?
The theory that a girl must be asked by the guy and the girl can't ask the guy herself seems totally ridiculous to me. There is no reason that a girl cannot ask a guy to the prom, or to anything else for that matter. Our mothers always had to wait around for a guy to call them up and ask them to prom but things have changed a lot in 25 years. The tradition of prom should still be there but that does not mean that the girl must be asked by the guy. I don't think that a girl should have to sit around and wait for a guy to ask her to prom when it may just be easier for both of them if she would just ask him.
You will always hear complaints about how much it costs to go to prom, like for renting a tux or buying a formal. Yet, Lincoln High has no written dress code for its prom. Every junior and senior is invited to prom no matter if they dress formally or not. This allows people to be a1>1eto be themselves and to have fun in the clothes that they feel comfortable in.
Another big complaint in the prom tradition is the cost of going out to dinner before the actual prom. There is no rule that says that you have to go to dinner before prom. Maybe just fixing a nice dinner at home with some friends and good conversation would be fun.
Prom is like a fantasy world where people can escape from the normal school routine and let go and have a dream filled night. The tradition should not die because part of our culture would die with it.
Dropouts are a problem. They threaten the nation's productivity, have serious implications on the work force of the future, and represent a tragic waste of young lives.
The proposed Lincoln High Dropout Prevention Project is a program to help dropouts and at-risk students. This project hopes to lower dropout rates at Lincoln High and
by Stephanie Godeker
the other high schools in Lincoln.
The Lincoln Public School District is asking for a grant for $262,572 from the Federal Department of Education in Washington D.C. This is a small amount of money compared to the $71 billion lost in tax revenue, $3 billion in increased welfare and unemployment costs, and $3 billion in crime related costs, according to the Nebraska Council on Vocational Education.
Our dropout rate over the past five graduating classes has been 10 to 14 percent. The rate this year up to the end of third quarter is 9.7 percent. Len Hamsa, counselor, said the rate for 1987-88 will go up at the end of the year because most students drop out then. That has been the pattern noticed from the studies done of the past five graduating classes.
The dropout rate in Lincoln is 16.6 percent, which is considerably lower than in bigger cities. The rates in Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles range from 40 to 60 percent. Rates are worse in bigger cities than in smaller cities because the student to teacher ratio is higher, but our dropout rate is still a significant problem.
On the national level 26 percent of the students dropout annually. This project could lower that number if it is
successful.
Students that are at a disaclvantageare more likely to dropout than advantaged students. Statistics show that 17 percent of disadvantaged students drop out compared to the 5 percent of advantaged students, according to an article written by Andrew Hahn, Phi Delta Kappan magazine, December 1987. Disadvantaged students are students that aren't financially secure and are poor students academically. Advantaged students are financially secure and are average to above average students. Our dropout rate is suprisingly low since Lincoln High is considered a lowincome school.
Most dropouts tend to be from low-income families. The students' parents usually had dropped out of high school and taught their children the same values. This then leads to a cycle of generation after generation dropping out.
The dropout usually has a minimum wage job or no job at all which adds to the extra welfare and unemployment costs. These extra costs are costing the federal government which in tum is costing the taxpayers. Also, the dropouts may not have enough money to support themselves. This may lead to shoplifting or other crimes. This is why there is $3 billion in crime related costs.
The reasons middle and upper class students drop out is a mystery. I believe that these dropouts drop out to be rebellious or because of pressures from their friends. This could be when the cycle starts.
This cycle will keep going if we, as a school, don't do anything about it Do you want our federal government to lose billions of dollars just because of dropouts? I suppose not, because that is the taxpayer's money. That is why the grant needs to be issued.
Correction In the last IssueChip Stanley was misquoted In the soccer story. His corrected quote Is: "I play soccer Instead of football, because It Is a thinking person's sport."
Commentary by Jane McManus
Prom. A time of gross overspending, immodest cattiness and sweaty palms. A time when priorities change from family and schoolwork to color schemes and limo rentals. A time when the minds of intelligent young adults tum to a substance similar to marshmallow cream.
And we like it.
Isn't it reassuring to know that we buy paper-mache streamers and punch for that nostalgic dance while books dating back to the 1960's are used?
Prom is outdated, too costly and stupid. Dresses run from $75 to $250, and that, of course, excludes those more fortunate souls who get their dresses made. Tuxedos do nothing except change the male prom frequenters from human beings to starched penguins for quite a bit of money.
Let's not forget about the popularity contest, er, the crowning of the king and queen. This social success is the culmination of the jock/cheerleader high school dream.
Yet it is continued because it is tradition, founded with high school itself. Social pressure dictates the dress and the fact that dates are necessary. Sure, you can go alone and wear jeans, but that won't be real ''cool." Since most of the conversation during prom consists of whose dress is a) cutest, b) most expensive or c) trashiest, a promgoer clad in jeans won't be able to really get in and dish out the dirt
Oh, the sound of a truly memorable prom night. An overweight disc jockey from a top 40 radio station playing from the gone and gratefully forgotten, to those songs that prompt the question; ''Is there really a just god?" Some schools are of course lucky(?) enough to afford a live(?) band. That way you get not only bad acoustics and bad covers, but you also get the joy of attending a concert with other sweaty teens instead of an actual dance.
Then after prom comes the mentally taxing decision: to go to a post prom school sponsored activity or go rent a hotel room and get really trashed. And the dilemma: what to do with a used prom dress. You can't wear it again, everyone's seen it and it's already out of style. Maybe you could give it to Goodwill, but that's a waste of a nice chunk of allowance money. Perhaps save it for generations to laugh at. "You actually wore that, Grandma?" Anyway you look at it, it is better used for curtains or towels.
What about post-prom let down, all that hype for what? A few hours of gawky dancing and spilling punch on your date and then all of a sudden nothing to look forward to except summer vacation.
This year's prom is sure to be just another in a long line borish pseudo-glamour filled with movie star impersonations and B fashions. There will be memories that range from the embarrassing, such as if your date can't figure out how to get the corsage on and has to ask his mother, the photo-journalist; to the horrifying, when you or your date has on the same outfit as somebody else.
So patriotic prom people, save your money, buy those clothes, and hope for a more enlightened morning after.
By Folke Meier
The Joynight Games, held April 28 and 30 in the auditorium were the peak of this year's spirit week, Joynight director Randy Ernst said.
Joynight was patterned after the Olympic games because this is an Olympic year, Ernst said.
The Olympic hymn was played at the beginning and the participants marched in just like the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Sophomore MarkJanike carried the torch as part of a Student Council skit and the seven emcees acted as broadcasters.
The Joynight Games were to encourage clubs to participate, Ernst said.
DECA, Soundsation, Pomalinks, Speech Club, Madrigals, Cheerleaders, Sophomore Swing Choir and Art Club got an award of $25 for participating.
Money is an incentive to get the clubs to participate, Ernst said, and when they participate they have to work together.
Art Club member Heath Cole said that a school oriented club should be in Joynight and he said he was very enthusiastic about the Art Club skit.
"Art Club is alive and well," Cole said. "Joynight is a good place to display that statement."
Senior Denise Scholl was an emcee and a member of the Speech Club skit. She said that she was so busy with planning her performances that she didn't have time to participate in Spirit Week, but she enjoyed Brown Bag Day. It was a nice time to rest, she said
The Joynight Games were combined with Spirit Week, Ernst said. There was only one month left and everybody was getting tired, Ernst said, and Spirit Week helped to raise spirits.
"It's a break from the normal routine that can
provided music; Elysium Crossing and 13 Nightmares played at the front entrance and DMR played in the court yard.
DMR had played in public before, but Cole, who plays the bass guitar in the band, said he was excited about playing at Brown Bag Day.
"Brown Bag Day is somewhat of another show, but it is special to me because I go to Lincoln High," he said.
Senior Marcelo Stegani said he liked the fact that all students had the same lunch.
"I had a chance to talk to some of the people that I didn't see for a long time because they have different lunches," he said.
This was the first Brown Bag Day for sophomore
Melody Vermaas. She said she was pleased with the whole day.
"Brown Bag Day was real cool. The weather was perfect. The bands were great. It was relaxing and helped the day go by quickly," she said.
Brown Bag Day was organized by Student
Council. Student Council member Chip Stanley said he was pleased with Brown Bag Day. He said it was the greatest one there was so far and he was sure that Brown Bag Day will be continued in the future.
Student Council member Harrison Wall said he was impressed with the turn out of the day and that so many people were there. Wall said that he was pleased that there was only a small amount of litter and that there were only minor discipline problems_.
The cooperation of the administration to organize went really well, Wall said.
"Since Brown Bag Day went so well this year, we will be planning to have two next year," Wall said.
By Jane McManus
By Matt Catlett
The policies to combat drug and alcohol abuse in the Lincoln public schools haven't changed since they were adopted,accordingto Bob Reier, directorof Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) student services.
A large part of this policy involves the S.C.I.P. (School Community Intervention Program) program for students with alcoholic or drug addiction tendencies.
''The policy states that if a student is caught selling drugs and/or alcohol or he/she is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the student will be expelled," said Reier. ''It's as simple as that. If you do it, you're going to be expelled."
Reier said that he had contacted various treatment facilities around Lincoln and had inquired whether that was the right or wrong policy. He said that the treatment facilities agreed to the LPS policy based on the fact that if it didn't expel the student, it would essentiallybe enabling him/her.
''Sometimes, there is a great temptationto tum away from the problem and to enable people," said Reier. ''But we can't do that. It's a serious problem."
As part of the policy to combat alcohol and drug use and abuse in the schools, LPS started a S.C.I.P program six years ago to help students who may have an alcohol or drug problem.
"We started S.C.I.P in the high schools about six years ago and a few years back, we implementedit into a few of the junior high schools on a trial basis," said Reier. ''Now we have aS.C.I.Pprogram in all of the junior highs and we're discussing putting them into the elementary schools."
Anyonecan refer a student to S.C.I.P. It can be a parent, teacher,administrator,or another student. After the student has been referred, the S.C.I.P coordinator sends out referral forms to the students' teachers, checks daily attendance sheets, and checks with the viceprincipal or principal to see if the student has had any disciplinaryproblems
After the teachers have filled out the referral forms, they send them back to the coordinator, who then puts together a file on the student and presents the information to the S.C.I.P team. Then the S.C.I.P team decides
if intervention is appropriate.
Anita Ross, S.C I.P. coordinator at Lincoln High, said that sometimesthere is no evidence of alcohol or drug abuse but there might be a different problem.
''Sometimes it's real iffy," said Ross. "Sometimes we find things that are not related to alcohol or drugs. If that is the case, we refer them to counselors,etcetera,to take care of the problem."
Ross said that this is the identificationpart of S.C.I.P. She said that if the S.C.I.P team sees consistent tendencies in the student, the interventionprocess will begin. This is where the data which the S.C.I.P team members have gathered is presented to the student and his/her parents to show that there is a problem.
The communitypart of S.C.I.P involves the various professional agencies around Lincoln which specialize in the treatment of alcoholismand drug addiction. Amongthese are the Youth Treatment Center, which is a branch of Lincoln General Hospital's Independence Center, Full Circle Too, Lutheran Family Services,The Child GuidanceCenter, The Lincoln-Lancaster Drug Project, and Valley Hope.
After the intervention,the st1udcnts'parents may set up an evaluation at one of these treatment facilities. After the evaluation, the student may or may not enter a treatment
program, based on what information was fqund.
If the student does enter and finishes a treatment program, the school has a support group where the studentcan go to get support from peers who have gone through an identical process. Ross said that this is the reintegrationpart of S.C.I.P.
Deb McGinn, S.C.I.P team member, said that it is the teachers' responsibilityto fill out the referral forms and to not ignore behavior patterns.
''You must be responsible with that referral," said McGinn. ''It's not an easy task going through the referral or identification process, but if you know something about a studentand don't act on it, then you are doing a disservice to that student."
McGinn said that the team members are not
counselors,but they are educators. She said they had to go through a week-long training program in order to bccpme team members.
''We're nothing more than an intervention team,'' said McGinn. ''We are not counselors. We are taught to notice indicatorswhich might be a potential of a drug or alcohol problem of a sort."
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By Emo Sybert
It seems that our country isn a state of turmoil when it comes to controlling the ntion's drug problem. According to the Lincoln Con:il on Alcoholism and Drugs, drug smuggling has bcome increasingly more difficult to control. Drug relaMcrime is on the rise and
''People try to tscape from their problems through drzgs, but when they come down from thei.·high, their problems are even worse,' said Stride.
more young people are tryinJand abusing drugs at an earlier age than ever before, :.:cordingto the Council. Even though the majority cf young people have experimented with drugs and llianyuse drugs regularly, there are many young people who have made a conscious decision to abstain from drugs and share their views on the dangers of drug use with others.
Junior Buddy Stride is one of these youngpeople. He said that he feels that the drug problem in An1cricais a threateningone that just createsmore problemssuch as crime and family conflicts. Drugs, which are used by some to solve problems, end up creatingproblems, he said.
''People try to escape from their problems through
drugs, but when they come down from their high, their problems are even worse," said Stride.
He said that people should find more effective ways of dealing with their stress. He turns to God.
''I don't use drugs, and I don't feel I have to because I'm a Christian," Stride said. ''Basically, I just trust in God."
Junior Kati Tobler agrees with Stride in that she doesn't believe that drugs would solve any of herpro~ms or add anything to her life. She said that she has never felt the desire to drink or do drugs.
''I've never drunk alcohol or taken drugs," she said. ''I don't need drugs to have a good time."
She said that she thinks that drug abuse has a negative effect upon society.People fail to learn how to cope with their problems, she said.
''I think it ( drug abuse) is a sign of people not learning to deal with things," said Tobler. ''I think it creates a whole societythat jilst wants to escape from their lives."
Senior Sarah Price also said that she sees a number of problems in society as a result of drug
By Charlie Hammer
While the media and the government are spreading the ''just say no" image to drugs, two students say that using drugs may not be as bad as their image says.
The students, who wished to remain anonymous, say that there are certain drugs that should be legalized.
''Drugs get so much of a bad rap and.it's not
''/ doubt Nancy (Reagan) ever toked up,'' he said, ''It'sjust something they're scared of. always true," said one student, ·''It's just propaganda,I really don't pay attentionto it."
He said that anyone who is 16 or older should be able to buy marijuana (pot), while harder drugs such as cocaine or heroin should remain illegal.
''I do other things, but 1 don't think they should be legalized," he said. He said that he knows that pot has bad effects, but he compared it to alcohol, saying that when pot is used it causes the user to be mellow while alcohol causes them to bcco1nc aggressive.
''I think it is bad for you, but everybody's got their vices," he said. ''Through my own experience I've come to the conclusion that drugs aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to be."
He said that he uses drugs because he has a better chance of meeting friends, especially at parties. When people whor11he usually might not get along with are on drugs, it is easier to get along with them, he saic!.
Before criticizing drugs, people should try them, he said. He said that he doubted that many of the people who were anti-drugs l1ad ever tried them and that without that experience they have no right to criticize them.
It' sjust somethingthey're scaredof," he said.
Anotherstudent who has been using drugs for ma11yyears, agrees that pot should be legalizedbut have the same restrictionsas alcohol, including advertising.
''There's a lot of growing and learning that peop!eneed to do before they mess with their mind," he said.
He said that scientists researching the effects of pot are told by the government to research only that bad effects, and sometimes even told to lie. He gave examplesof how the reported effects of drugs change rapidly, usually for the better.
''It has never been proven to be physically addictive," he said.
He said that he also uses pot for social interaction.
''If you all smokepot, it closes the gap a bit and you begin to trust them," he said, ''It sort
''Through my own experience I've come to the conclusion that drugs aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to be," he said.
of builds an alliance, like a first step."
Legalizing pot would help the country's welfare by money gained through taxation that would reduce the budget deficit, he said. All other drugs, with the possible exception of LSD, should remain illegal and shouldn't be used, he said.
"I ,vould think it (LSD) would have psychiatric purposes," he said. "I think it should be studied more before it is distributed for wide-spreaduse."
use. She said that drug abuse is not just a problem of the present,but also a problem that will affect our futures.A lot of people who do drugs now and fail to learn coping skills will end up regretting it later, she said.
Price said that although drugs do cause some problems they should be legalized. She said that people would learn to use drugs in moderation if they were legalized. In most Europeancountrieswhere there is no enforceddrinkingage young people grow up to respect alcohol and abuse it less than their American counterparts.Price said that the same result would be attained if drugs were legalized.This is where her opinion differs from that of Stride and Tobler.
''At first it would add to the problem," Price said, "but in the long run it would help the problem."
By Tina Koeppe
Writing. It is expression. Letting the mind roam free and possibly creating another world. Feelings and emotions pour out, leaving a unique impress1on.
For many students, writing is not only something they are required to do for English, but something that they enjoy doing.
Sophomore Jeff McArthur wrote a story this year that was a runner-up in the Scholastic Writing Awards Contest.
McArthur said that writing is only a form of expression when someone else reads it. He said that he believes that what a person writes should usually be read by somebody else if it is meant to be called "expression". He also said that he likes to have people read and critique what he writes.
He said that sometimes instead of talking to people, he will talk to his books. He said that writing is an alternative to talking.
"I like people and I like talking about people," he said.
Sometimes things in day-to-day life can be inspiring, said McArthur.
He said that sometimes the crazy things that he hasseen people do can provide the basis for a story.
Another student who considers writing a leisure activity is senior Jean Waller.Waller said that she hasbeen writing most of her life. As an only child, she said she found companionship in books. Her parents encouraged reading and writing when she was very young.
Waller said that she isn't as fanatical about
writing as some people are.
"I just don't carry notebooks and spend every dying hour writing," she said.
She said that she prefers more structured writing and plans to include it in her career. She said that she is planning on a career that would enable her to do a lot of researching and documenting.
Waller has never submited anything for publication before.
"I've thought about it, I've just never wanted to," she said.
Unlike McArthur, she said that she prefers to read her writings aloud to others.
"Ifl can read it to them, I like it better," she said.
Even then, she said that she only likes to show her work to certain people.
Sophomore Tony White is a student who began writing when he discovered that he could create his own society on paper. White tried writing poetry for a while during the summer. He said poetry writing sometimes calls for a quiet, emotional mood, while other types of writing call for strange and creative moods.
"If I can relate to it, I write it down," he said Sometimes inspiration comes from English assignments, television, and things that he has read about, he said.
White said that he only lets others read what he writes, "if I really, deep-down like it myself."
He said that other students should try writing.
"I think that everybody has a creative, imaginative spark in them," said White.
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Editor's note: this is the second of two articles on the subject of integration. The first dealt with teacher's views on the subject.
Many minority students feel that there is a problem with integration, but some do not.
Tuyen Nguyen, a Vietnamese senior, said that there really isn't a problem, except with some of
nearly got into a fight because of prejudices against his race. Much of this comes because other people hear his group speaking Vietnamese and feel uncomfortable, he said.
"It makes them feel out of place because they don't understand," he said.
Like Tuyen, he is not afraid of losing his culthe males of her race.
"I don't think it's that much of a big deal," she ''My parents aren't too disapsaid, "a lot ofpeople are satisfied with the people. pointed in me because I'm they hang out with."
She said that although many Vietnamese tend to Americanized, they just want me hangoutonlywithpeopleofthesamerace,itcan't to keep the old tradition ofvalbe helped.
"That's mainly tradition, you have to," she said, ues',, Tuyen said. "a lot of people believe that you have to hang out with your own nationality, especially the guys."
Vietnamese males tend to hang out with each other more often than females hang out with other females, she said.
Although she described herself as Americanized, she said that she and her parents were not worried about her losing her culture.
"My parents aren't too disappointed in me because I'm Americanized, they just want to keep the old tradition of values," she said, "you can do anything you want as long as you know that you are Vietnamese and you always will be."
Anli (f oni) Tran, a Vietnamese Senior, said that there is a problem. He said that he knows people who have difficulties speaking English and have problems integrating because of it.
"They do mix, but they can't really talk to you," he said. He said that he has been called names and
ture.
"When I am school I speak English," he said, "when I am at home I speak to my parents in my own language."
Joe Henderson, a black senior, said that it creates problems when people of certain races don't fit into the norm. He says that he knows people who would not hang out with a white person.
"If you don't hang around with black people, if you want to go out with them(white people) you 're an Uncle Tom," he said.
But he said that Lincoln High is representative of society as a whole.
"Lincoln High is a lot more realistic than other schools," he said, "we're kind of a melting pot, a small United States."
He said that there should be more emphasis on certain areas, but that efforts are being made to open people's minds.
rouIt's May. Flowers are blossoming. The sun is shining. Sorngbirdsare whistling. Everywhere you lmok, there are signs of vitality. Everythin$ seems to be thriving. Yet during these fine May days, my mind
By Emo Sybert
cannot avoid thoughts of death.
On May 18, 1980 Ian Curtis, vocalist for Joy Division, hanged himself. A great deal of mystery and intrigue surrounds his death, but one thing is clear; his death had a profound effect upon the band. Joy Division was forced to change, was forced to cope with the death of Curtis.
The band became New Order and adopted a new sound, one more upbeat and main-
stream. They sold more records, made more money and became a common name in dance clubs across America and Europe. Their change, while pleasing a new audience, was a bitter disappointmentto the old Joy Division set.
This same upset can be seen as a result of the death of Jim Morrison, the notorious vocalist of the Doors. Many avid Doors fans aren't even aware of the fact that the band continued to produce records even after the death of Morrison. Some would argue that he was the Doors, and I would have to agree after listening to the post-Jim Morrison Doors.
Whereas Joy Division acquired more fame after the death of their vocalist and change of name, the new Doors quickly faded away. Like New Order, their music had also become more upbeat and mainstream and included a new boogie beat It was clearly too much for old Doors fans to swallow but not enough to attract a new audience.
Even though death is always an obstacle for families to overcome (bands are, indeed, families), bands can cope with the death of a member while still pleasing past and present listeners. When Stu Sutcliffe died as a result of a brain tumor, his band from Liverpool was forced to change, but that didn't hinder its success. The Beatles coped.
By Betsy Wagner
A dash of garlic seasoning, a splash or so of milk, some celery salt, a few squeezes of Hunt's ketchup, stir briskly and toss in a couple of Little Debbie Snack Bars and you've got "Something hot for dinner!" declares Kathy, a preschooler, as she plays with empty boxes and food containers in the "kitchen" of Lincoln High's child care lab.
The lab is part of a hands on experience in both Child Care Training and Exploring Childhood. These double period classes are open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, and provide 10 credit hours each.
Students in the classes learn about the physical and mental growth of children and how to care for them during their different stages. Along with classroom studies, the students work for six weeks with 3- and 4-year-olds in the Head Start program at Elliott school prior to working at Lincoln High, according to Glenda Siemek, a home economics teacher who has been in charge of the Lincoln High Child Care facilities for four years.
After completing the Head Start program, students divide into groups which plan and manage activities for the lab.
"Seeing students have a chance to experience what it's like to be a preschool teacher," said Siemek, is her favorite part of the job.
Mimi Mogle, Siemek's aid, is required to be in room 106 every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and "supervise" for insurance reasons. but admits she loves it and is "having a ball!" Mogle couldn't pick out the most amusing moment she's had there but said, "We 're laughing at something everyday."
Some activities the children participate in are: drawing, having tea parties, various games and puzzles, touring the Lincoln High library, snaclt time, playing in the sand-box, and painting.
"The messier the more fim," Mogle said, laugh• mg.
The lab is limited to 10 preschoolers who are chosen mainly by the high school students themselves and arc primarily their friends or relatives.
The classroom's lack of space restricts the number of children and is one of the changes Siemek would like to see made, along with the addition of some new toys and equipment.
Junior Teena Cisneros, a member of the Chil care training class, would like to go into some form of child care training and development in the future.
'The rewards of being with the children and helping them learn is the best part," said Cisneros. She became interested through babysitting jobs and working at day care centers over the summer. Cisneros enjoyed being with the kids and decided to continue.
Although those working in the lab are teachers helping children learn. Jhe teachers are also students being taught by children.
By Amy Folmer
Jorge the Iguana was having a bad morning crawling all over Nicole and the rabbit Gondeli spilled it's water in the cage which made Ann very unhappy. Also, Kenny was astounded because his frog has come up for air while Jacen's Siamese fighting fish has jumped the aquarium and died.
These are just some of the experiences the advanced biology class has had with their Alive and Satisfied project in which they have learned to take care and observe a variety of animals and plants, according to Pat Friedrichsen, Biology teacher. She said she got this idea from Jerry
·Saunders and Tim Golden of Southeast High school who did this project with some classes and the program was published in a national science teachers magazt11e.
"I thought it would be a good idea for the students to observe the animals and keep notebooks on them," said Friedrichsen. \ Some of the students brought pets from home or they bought them from pct stores, but she stresses that the project is not to hurt the animals or endanger them in any way but to learn from them.
This project was the special project of the quarter. The first quarter class project was hay infusions in
By Sara Peterson
Vocational Special Needs, known as VSN,is not a new program at Lincoln High. The VSN counseling program began in 1975,and has expanded to a Sophomore Resource class along with counsel• mg.
Gene Cotter, June Klein, Brabara Phalen, and Hershel Turner are the VSN counselors.
'This program is set up to give help to students who have extra needs in various areas," Cotter said. These needs may deal with school, family, or
social areas.
The goal of the VSN colill1Selorsis to help these students develop a better feeling about the things that they are having trouble with, said Phalen. They try to help the ki,ds develop a positive attitude toward school, jobs, and social relationships, Cotter said.
Help is provided through tutoring, counseling services, and being an ad.vocate for the students in a time of crisis, said Cotter. VSN gives students more individual attention than the regular counselor does because of the smaller number of students each courISelor is in charge of, he said.
"We have more opportunities to find underlying problems that are occurring in the students lives," Coner said.
Not only do the counselors deal with the student, but they also try and have a lot of parent contact by phone or by making visits at home By doing this, the counselors can help the students improve conflicts at home, said Klein. This also helps them socially at school, she said.
Not everyone needs the VSN program. Students selected for the program are those students
who the counselors feel would benefit from the special attention and increased counselor contact, Klein said.
'The students usually come to us or are sent to us," said Cotter
A new aspect to the VSN counseling program is that this year, frrst semester, a Sophomore Resource class was offered as sort of an orientation to Lincoln Hlgh. Each VSN counselor taught two classes a day which gave them all the experience of teaching. It also gave the counselors daily contact with the students without disturbing the students other classes, said Cotter.
'The Sophomore Resource class is an intro to high school with the emphasis on what it takes to survive, get credit, and eventually graduate as a senior," Cotter said.
Cotter also said that the class is important to the VSN program becauseitlets the counselors see how the students act in class and then they will be able to tell how the students may behave in their other classes.
"It• s a home base for the kids who need to identify with somebody," Cotter said.
which the students grew bacteria. The second quarterprojectwas a unit of debateson topics that relatedto thesurroundingworldandtheprojectfor third quarterwas on recombinantDNA and its effects on society.
"Havingclass in theroomis like a zoo, butI like it because it's actical biolo ," said Fried-
''It's an excellent chancefor the students in the class to observe live animals and plants,'' said Bob Talbetzer,
richsen.
Bob Talbetzer is a student teacher in Friedrichsen' s room and he said that the project is interesting and stimulating.
"It's not often you get to see real animals in a classroom," said Talbetzer, "it's an excellent chance for the students in this class to observe live animals and plants."
Ann Tidball, rabbit owner, likes this project. She said it brought a variety in her normal biology. She said it wasn't just like taking notes. , Kenny Love has an underwater frog and in the observation part pf the project he noticed the frog (named Rope) eats by shoveling food to his mouth underwater.
Nicole Ruben has an original animal not found in the area of Nebraska, it's Jorge the Iguana. "My sister was getting one from her professor at the University so I thought I'd get one too," said Ruben. ''Not very many of the students were familiar with the animal so we've been learning a lot," said Ruben.
The Advanced Biology class will continue learning about animals and plants the rest of the quarter. The fmal exam for this unit will be a series of contracts they have made up to get points with their animal or plant.
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By Stacey Mitchell
Girls tennis began its season with a new coach, Cindy Aerni. Aerni is the third coach the team has had in the last four years.
"My goal at the beginning of the season was to get their confidence up so they would know they could win. I wanted them to believe in themselves," said Aerni.
Aerni said that she will continue coaching if she is able to get a permanent job at Lincoln High.
"After substituting at LHS I would rather be here than anywhere else. I enjoy the students," said Aerni.
Aerni has been coaching various sports for 10 years. She served as an assistant coach for girls tennis in Columbus the past two years. According to Aerni she has worked the girls hard from the beginning.They lift weights, run, and jump rope to condition. Senior Maren Banwell added that conditioning is an important part of tennis.
"You can't just go out and play tennis. You have to be in good shape," said Banwell.
In addition, Aerni works the girls mentally as well. However, she feels a more positive attitude is needed in tennis because it is such an individualized sport. Junior Kelli Thomas said that when the coach works the team hard they know the coach wants them to win.
"You have to be mentally tough because it's just you and the other person," said Thomas. Banwell said that if the coach lets them know their weakness in areas, they know they need to rmprove.
"If the coach never offers criticism then it's like accepting defeat," said Banwell. Aerni said she hoped to improve on their record bit by bit.
"I don't always want to gear towards winning. Otherwise we'll have a downfall when we lose," said Aerni. "I've shown those girls that I really care. I want them to be the best they can. I know how bad they want to win."
Aerni is assisted by a volunteer coach, Sandy
Hilsabeck. Aerni said they take turns running the varsity and junior varsity teams.
"She's a big help to the teams. We both have input and it allows me to spend more time with both teams," said Aerni.
Hilsabeck was a volunteer coach at Lincoln East for two years. This is an advantage because she knows the players the team is up against according to Aerni. However, Lincoln High's previous coach, Jeff Hoham, is now coaching at East High.
In addition to changing coaches, participation for girls tennis has not been very high.
'There hasn't been much success in the past because this school doesn't have a lot of kids who are willing to spend the time and money required to be an excellent tennis player," said Aerni.
Despite this the team has been doing well this season according to Banwell. She said that all teams have lost some key players. The team beat Southeast in a dual match for the second time in two consecutive years. Banwell added that it has created a rivalry between the two teams.
''They're out for revenge; we want to defend the championship," said Banwell. Coach Aerni agrees.
"It proved they are a well balanced team. They 're stronger than most people think they are." said Aerni.
The team also placed second in the Fremont Invitational on April 25. They tied for second with Southeast. This was the frrst time in thirteen years that Lincoln High had upset Fremont said Aerni
Aerni added that the rest of the season will be close competition.
"W c '11go neck and neck in every position except number one singles. We haven't developed that position yet like the other teams have," said Aerni. Aerni hopes to win the city championship and to place high at state.
"These girls have such a good attitude and are willing to work hard that I know they will be successful, in whatever they do," said Aerni.
By Julie Caruso
There are a lot of reasons people like baseball but perhaps one of oddest responses came from sophomore Chad Kennedy. Kennedy, who is catcher for the sophomore baseball team, said, "I like it because there are a lot of collisions."
While collisions are not on third baseman Joel Nelson's agenda, winning is. Giving a reason for ·the recent losses the sophomore team has had, Nelson said,"We would be really great if we had all (the) sophomores."
Not all the sophomores play on the sophomore team because of vacancies O>nthe varsity and reserve rosters. There are five sophomores on the varsity team, and anywhere fr·om six to eight on the reserve team.
'The sophomore class has a good baseball level," said Jeff Venema, sophomore baseball coach. t!I 'They are very compet1t1ve. ·
One of the disadvantages for the team, Venema said, is that the sophomores had not worked as a team prior to baseball season.
Kennedy said the team has "a lot of talent," because most members of the team play during the summer. "I think it is an asset to be able to play together {in a summer program}," said Kennedy.
Rick Russo, the coach of the reserve baseball team, said the record for the reserves is 3-8.
'The reserves are not playing that bad of ball and
are scoring as well as varsity," said Russo.
'They play the aspects of the game very well, but the lows are in execution and playing defensively," said Russo.
''The reserves are playing that bad of ball and are scoring as well as varsity," said Russo. ''They play the aspects of the game very well.''
The reserves have six to eight sophomores on the team, said Russo. "Some programs have a lot of sophomores playing junior varsity, but our {whole program} has primarily sophomores. The big key is we haven't worked together before," said Russo. The Links reserve, have three wins; they beat Papillion, who is a state qualifier from time to time, in a double header, where the Links came from behind, and they beat Lincoln Pius
By Amy Folmer