LHS Advocate 1995-1996

by Hal Hansen

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Program "We worked with kids who came from migrant fainilies and that were high school 1 dropouts. The kids lived on the University cam-

"My vision of education really goes back to pus and we prepared them to take their G.E.D. the one room schoolhouse," said Mike Wortman, and tllen to be placed on a job," said Wortman

and complextty which characterizes Lincoln High

In fact. considering the difficulties which his predecessor encountered, Wortman's current job may be his most challenging endeavor yet .·principal of the largest school in the state. with- Wortman's work. \iVMllhe High School Equivaout a trace of irony or sarcasm in his voice. lency Progran\,. was ()ne of his first experiences

"However big a group is, you need to break it · with minority students. "Many of the students down into some mana.geable kind of [units] so were minorities and growing up in Minden, Nethat people know each other." · braska I had very little exposure at that tlnle."

Although breaking down 2100 inherently un\. Ironically. Wortman' s first opportunity to manageable students into <'manageable units" is teach minority students was in 1969, as Kadijah an extraordinarily difficult task, Wortman is a Abdullah's student teacher at Lincoln High.· man with a rigorous work ethic and years of ex- Afiter two years with the High School Equivaperience putting in long hours. "I'd say I'm ad- lency Program, including one year as the li)irec• dicted to activity, and I'm sure my family would tor, he accepted a job as principal of Valley High agiee with. me." Scho0>l near Omaha. Five years and a Doctorate

His family's assessment would be correct. On in Edlucational. Administration later, Wortman numerous qccasions WQrtmoo hit~JiQJJgbi.,w.u::~~was..w.orliliig-:asthe:prtncipafofa-Ffutclifson~~

the types of daunting employment opportunities Kansas school of 1300 students. which most of the academic community tends to WCDrtmanwas attracted to Lincoln High in part avoid. becaruse if the school's strong sense of tradition/.

For example, Wortman's first teaching job was but allso because of the Lincoln community's poat a struggling parochial school in which he was tentia'I for being a co-facilitator in the educational the eighth grade class sponsor. assistant bas- proce1ss. "The Lincoln community has so many

ketball coach, h~ad football coach. head track resou,rces. With the University here, the other ' coach. and sole member of the ~ath department. high schools. with the businesses in the com-

Undaunted by his multi-task work load, Wortman munity, a lot of the learning that-you might do

attended UniverSity classes during the summer wouldn't even be in this building," said Wortman.

until, after four years, he had received .his Mas- •The skills and educational philosophies which

ters degree in Educational Administration. Wortman has acquired through his years of hard , warm welcome to the students of Lin-

After acquiring his Masters. he accepted a job work might prove to be indispensable as he atas Assistant Director of the High School Equiva-. tempts to manage the institutional uniqueness · coln High. ··

by Erik Germ•• in the construction and· right now thought." he safd. There was also a · Builders inc.,, tlhe company in problem with a supplier, according

The large, muddy, water-filled charge of the $5.2 million project, to Jim Beard, an employee ofBuildhole that has swallowed the priinary • ls ruruJ,ing a,bout a month behind. ers Inc. "We had a problem getting t~roughfare between .Lt:n.coln Hlgh's main building and· Lincoln ·.· South is not.-as some may have

it should not affect total completion of the project unless winter weather comes early." · · ·As the project nears completion. more and more of the grounds surrounding Lincoln· Higll will appear ··to be consultlJed by the construction gqesse<i, the new poql. I,t 1$. actu· •ally the future base~tJ:li·~ a two-.. · · ·. ~y."li\tik'' between the"~ and.· .·~.t111~d1ngs wbich ~.contain

" ·.~' ·· But this may µot, be entirely the , case. "Obvlously\Ve'te going to lose .··a little bit· of the pr¥tlce field that ··was ,south of the Johnson Gym area ·twdve uew math classrooms and a •,., .-·· '. ·_. : _.' :.:.r<.~:t:.?::~:' computer lab ·.·· ,, · · · .··••··The futur~ pool will b~-situated to.the.emit. of ·the classrooms and· · wtl ha-veeight lanes and at least two ·· dlvtng boards. The old pool is being filed with dirt and 'demolition de- •. •

brts. and the entire former pool will be converted to a weight room on '- : , :,t ti.on. o t e new auuui ion, viewe...,.,Jrom t the first floor with an a~robics area .•. practii~eld. · Littcoln High South is on the left.

beca,use that new gym facility Will ·,.be in· there."·. said Uhtinacher. "It won't beas bad as it is this year · because when the construction · people move out we'll have th~ rest of that field where they have stuff now."

Will there be yet another addi- · tion to Lincoln High? "My guess is that we're done," Uhrmacher· said, alSove. Locker rooms will be added · ,,, ·

· and a hallway will cut through what · Part of.the problem.had to do with is now the _men's bathroo1n nearest the remodeling of the former pool to Johnson Gym. Also included in, area. .5a1t1 .Vice -PrinPtnal Arlyn the addition will be a two-court prac- ·.·Uhrmacher, "The work tn the old tice gymnasium. · ·pool area is more tedious and takThere have been a few setbacks 111g a little more time than we

some steel joists that were supposed to (be delivered) early September, but the delivery has been delayed by me mar1uf'ct~lu,·cru.:ntil oarly Oo~ tober." Said Beard, "There is a delay of approxtmately one month, but

"Tl;lere isn't going to be much building that takes place on the Lincoln High campus in the future."

Barring any further delays. the addition to sched11Ji>d to be completed before the beginning of school next fall.

Vol. 101. No. 1

by Eric Wolford

This summer the Upward Bound program of Lincoln helped introduce minority students to ' college and ca ~ reer opportunities by transporting the program's participants all across the Midwest.

Frt>mJuly 21 - 27, students from the Lincoln area were gtven the chance to tour colleges in several

states courtesy of Upward Bound, the program is designed to help bring minority students into the academic mainstream. Stops o:n this year's tour include ,d Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, while othertrips in the past have been to states such as Texas and Montana

While at the colleges, students had a chance to tour and see the -campus while learning about the requirements needed to attend that

6, 1995

• Drugs and alcohol have become a big problem with teens almost everywhere, so during the school year there :will be a campaig:n going on called "Is It Worth It".

Anne Shrewsbury of the Lincoln Council on Alcoholism and Drugs will be coordinating the campaign at school sites to talk about alcohol and drug use. Along with her coming total!< to us there :will be activities throughout most: Lincoln Public along with Lancaster county schools. These :will consist of anything from giving .a pack of gum to a smoker, to the drunk driving simulators that :will be a four schools in-

eluding Lincoln High. Ms. Shrewsbury, along with area youth will also be handing out posters at games and gtvtng information about the consequences of drug abuse in hopes to get through to teens~ Ms. Shrewsbury's belief is "that if by high sch9ol you have not sjarted smoking by fhe time you are out of high school you probably :will not."

One thing that studen_ts have to look at now, ts that they are not only hurting their own bodies but are at risk for getting in trouble with the law.

Within the upcoming months look forward to seeing LCAD staff and area teens around and maybe Just stop and think about what is going on;then ask Is It Worth It?

college.

commented senior Theresa Spitzer, "I got to see different colleges and a participant in the program two whatllikedanddislikedaboutthose summers ago. "It lets -them know colleges." Said senior Angel Ramirez, that there are places to go beyond who felt that Ui~~ampus visits were Lincoln, Nebraska. " the most important aspect of the However, it was not all work, trip. as stops ·also included the SiX "The objective of the program is Flags amusement park and to exposestudentf!!; to some colleges shopping in Chicago. "We also outside their realm and to widen ' "7ent · to an air show ; " -added their range of opportunities and Rochell<: Canby. "Th-at was their expectattons r for themselves," crazy!"

by Micala Gordon

With using mediation. The most ·common•. o.f these,. according to Kathleen Severens, Director of the Office of Dispute Resolution, are conflicts

In today's world, good· communication is es- between family members. Other themes that fresential Without it, problems develop. If a situ- quentlly arise are those between criminal offend· ation stagnates for a long period of time, litiga.- · · ers and victims, business-to-business relations,

There is, however, an alternative method. Thie mediation program at Lincoln High, (one Mediation is more cost-effective than litigation of the oldest in the state of Nebraska) was de-. and actually give.s both parties a chance to dis- signedl to help students and faculty resolve difcuss the problem and come to a mutually ben- ferences among tjlemselves by discussing the · efiting agreement. situatJion thoroughly and helping both sides de-

is given a chance to explain the story as they see it. Confidentiality is very important as well; in- · formation.about mediation sessions is known· only by the two parties involved and the mediator

In Nebraska, there is a 67% success rate tlon may be necessary to resolve _the conflict. and employment situations. , for cases that are mediated. That is: people involved leave the session feeling satisfied with the outcome. Of the 33% for whom tt ·ts· not successful, mediation mE:l.yserve to help identify the underlying problem in the situation so that the conflict can be resolved through litigation.

A mediation scenario has three components: cideon an agreeable solution. Taylor Borchert, the two conflicting parties and a thir.d neutral _ a seni1or mediator at_Lincoln High, said, "There party who serves as a mediator. After both par- has aliways been a need [for mediation); schools ties agree to go through mediation, the first step have become more accepting in their views of is to encourage them to explain the story form letting students help students."

Mediation is now emphasized as an option for people in fields such as law, counseling, therapy, sales, and politics. Stated KatJ::tleen -Severens, "Mediation is helping people find comfortable·, cost-efficient ways · of resolving their problems themselves. It

their perspective. The task of the mediator is to ._Th,ough the mediation proceedings are inforhelp both sides identify the problem and facili- mal, there are guidelines to follow. An importate discussion between the two parties. tant. aspect of all mediation is that there is no is personally empowering and instills a sense of self-responsil>iltty;" ·

There are many situations that can be dealt

name calling and no

interrupting; each person

by Jenny Allen

Lincoln High School has had a change in what the Administration feels is appropriate dress for students. ·

This new "dress code" includes the restriction of clothing that has profanity, is gang related, or is perceived to be sexually suggestive. According to the opening semester announcements distributed on the first day of school, "Students at Lincoln High are expected to dress in a way that is appropriate for a school setting. Students are not allowed to dress in a matter that is dangerous to their health or safety, or is distractive or indecent to the extent that it interferes with the learning and teaching process."

According to Associate Principal Cynthia Richardson, the change came from spoken concerns coming from parents,

teachers and administrators. She also feels new principal· Mike Wortman when asked. about why the restrictions were introduced.

that appropriate dress now will prepare LHS students for the future. ••1tdepends on where you're coming from, what your experience has been. I think that people who have high standards, this is no problem fo,r them, " Richardson said.

"I think we felt that there were certain things that probably. dicdn't belong in school _ or appropriate for thei[r education," stated

· Both Richardson and Wortman feel that students and parents will be involved in de-

ciding whether or not more restrictions will be applied.

Lincoln High students were split on their opinion of the new dress code. Several said they had not realized that there was a change. Others noticed and were

upset, "I thtnk that it's (the dress code) is kind of stupid. People are going to wear whatever they want. .It's limiting freedom of speech. People should wear

, clothes if they're made to be worn," senior Rachael Anderson said in opposition of the dress code.

Junior Josh L'Ouderback supported the dress code, "It (the dress code) qualifies for a safe environment."

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By Cory Voss

With 24 boys and 14 gtrls, the Links' cross country team is predicted to be a formidable opponent armed with both size and talent.

-It appears that different schools have different methods of inspiration,.· and their keys to success seem to vary. When asked what was thought to be the key to success ·to this year's team senior Paulo. Van Den Berg responded with. ''We need to r:un as a team, so that we can mo:ve up We have a lot of people in the · 'varsity bubble',• which seems to · keep all of us on our toes."

Sophomore Holly Rekart believes the key to winning is psychological "We .need to stay focused, and not to get down on .· ourselves."

"I feel that the key is all of the heart that

we as a team put into it jas a team, and because we all drive to beat Southeast. I also think that the key to success is that Coach Nunnaly.is willing to work with us and help us to be our best," said senior Monica Kepler after. running · the gtrls' varsity race at the Millard South Invitational.

state was mostly developed during this past off season. ·Nearly every day of the summer, dedicated runners would meet at Lincoln High at 7:00 A.M. for a brisk early morning run. When coach Robert White was asked how ·he thought that the team would do this year, he responded , "We have more experience than last year. The talent is higher._ the work intensity is higher, and as for the state meet, we'll see what we can do.'·'

· /This year , as was the case, last year, Coach White has !help on the Cross Country coaching staff. Coach Carol Nunnaly· and. Coach Kelly Loos help coach the girls' team. "I think it adds inspiration," commented Junior Jesse Adams.·

"It helps with a larger group of people. So each person gets more one on one help, when needed. Coach Loos and Coach Nunnaly help out a lot and they gtve inspiration to all of us," said Adams enthusiastically. It has become a collective goal for the team to become the best that they.

The talent that is being seen by the entire can be. Undoubtedly, theteamwill·accomplish many achievements and have fun while they're doing it.,

by. Hil Hansen

Seventeen isn't the only major national magazine tl)terested in Lincoln High students. Athlon Football has tals:ena particular interest in Tyrone

In Athlon's 1995 Edition, Hall is listed as be- ·Erich Warner Hall. · ing anaong the top 20 Blue Chips running backs· ·Burton share in the.Midwest. Athlon's Blue Chips listings.of- mtsm. "As far ten foreshadow future success for young athl.etes, cerned, this is a fact not overlooked by colleges already recruit- High's - best ing Hall. cause we have Hall has recieved calls from Nebraska and · since we didn't ·Arizona State, as well as some Division II col- many 1people

Regardless of the success of his future, Hall is confident that Lincoln High, as a team, will have a successful season. "I think we have a good chance of making it to state We have a really small team, but its really unified," said Hall, Lincoln High's Varsity running back. · · T e a · m

members and Robert · Hall's · optias. I'm coin-. one of Lincoln teams ever beso much unity have very out," leges. "Wherever I get the scholarship is prob- said Warner. ably where I'll go," said Hall.

"People complain, but th.ey're on the outside

The Athlon ratings are compiled based upon looking in," said Burton of critics of the team. athletes' performances during their junior year, Th.e Links ar-e currently 1-3, with a win a fact which Tyrone believes gave him an advan- against Omaha South and losses to second tage. ·"I've been playing Varstiy since I was a ranked Southeast, tenth ranked North Platte, and sophomore and that really helped me," said Hall. Lincoln East.

Uy Jessi~ Intermill •· -

· "Russian people are al}gry With • U11itedStates to l~arn English. ter." said Austin. ·. "I knew: my

a very l:lard ,lif~ , ' 1'b,eyp,~veµian'.y ' "English is veiy important to me brother w9ul$1be InOVJ-.r;ig,Q1.,1t :;,· problems,'' Khajijt~9va cotit1n,11ed. ' ,·hecau~e it is importartt to ·tl'.reworld ' ' and I didn;t rea.lly ; Wftnt to be art ·.·,

· , "When I look around, I seethat ·. s tucient exch~:nge programs and because I don't know it well," only child, so when we were .· the United States people are have existed in Lttncoln fot over 30 ·· explained Khaidarova. called on to be a host family, I ·· strange," said Elena Khaidarova, years, but for the student, it is al- "America ts the o:nly place to · was like, 'Great.' It gave me are- • · lowertngher eyes. · "Here people ate ways a new experience. ··· learn English," said Fus~oni. "En- placement sibling." always laughing , and sllliltng very · "I can't believe people drive when gland, l don't like, and Australia is Khatdarova ·also considers big, but it is good." they are 161" laughed Francesco not the same, so America is the best her hosts to be family. ''l miss ··

For Khaidatova, an exchange Fusconi of Brru;il. "ln my country place to come." my family and my friends in Rus 0 student from Tajikistan (a republic · you can not drive lllnless you are 18, Junior Sarah Austin became in- sia very much, but when I leave of the former Sovtet Union), and for but you can drink when ·you are · volved With the exchange program · I will miss my family here aiso. ·.· other Lincoln High students, such ten." · · · when her falllily decided to host an · They have been very kind and American actions are .much differ- Despite cultural differences, exchange student. help me out with everything. en t than what they are accustomed · both Fusconi and Khaidarova "She [Judith Keizer of the They like me and l like them,· to. agreed that they chose to Visit the · Netherlands]is really like rµy sis- too.'' ·

by Eva Barajas

!• two martial arts clubs in Lin~ coin High there are numer-

·· ' ous dojos, martial arts school, · Martial arts in Lincoln to choose from in Lincoln and has been growtng in popu 7 throughout the United States. larity at an extraordinary Classes for martial arts cost rate over ;the past few years between 25 and 60 dollars, so · · · l\t Lincoln High, we have ex~ 1f you shop around you pertenced the result of this · should be able to find one · growtng interest with the that fits your budget. creation of two clubs that Though martial arts is · relate to martial arts. · The just now catching on in Linfirst was the Martial ·Arts ·· coin it is by no means · new. ···. club. sponsored by Mrs. Martial arts has been around Robertson , the Lincoln High $Ince the birth of Buddhism Chinese teacher. It teaches ' and Taoism tn 1290 B.C. basic martial arts on ·.club Both religions play an impor' day. The second, andnewly ' tant role in learning martial formed, cll,lb · ts the Judo · arts. The · understanding of •. club , sponsored by Ms; the mind and body and the Johnson. It teaches basic ability to incorporate thetll for

Martial

ventor of the particular mar~

tfal art you are taktng and bow >to him Jn respect. There is also the bowtng to the black belts in respect of their knowledge and experience. ·

While interviewing Jeff · Dousharm of the Tae Kwon J Do Plus dojo commented on .·i .·the fact that, " Martial arts ·

is not just · about beating ~ people up. But you teach f morals, ·ethics, and respect SD for the tnstructor and the

to students. "

you 'are ·1nterested in ,: martial arts, you have to look no ·further than ·your

book to find one that ,Will suit you. And whether it is rigorous

you are looking for or just out to

by Patrick Fa.rrell -

chords and deal · th what these former street It is unfortunate that their latest and last alhoodlums knew b st, drugs (Now I Wanna Snfjf bum, Adios Amigos, sounds so weak compared

Some Glue, Chine e Rock), dysfunctional famt- to their earlier youtpful energy packed albums.

When the Ramones burst on to the New York lies (Beat On The rat, We're a Happy Family), a I Don~t Want to Grow Up (a cover of an old Tom music scene in .1974, five people and one dog return to simpler ays of rock (We Want the Air- Waits song), has appropriately received quite a· .attended their first gig. Today they leave a legacy waves, Do You.R member Rock 'n' Roll Radio), lot of radio play, as it is by far the.best song on·· of revivtng rock and roll and initiating one the isolation (Outsider Artimal Boy. Sheena ts a Punk the album. Other notable tunes include The · more interesting facets of pop culture, punk. Rocker). · Crusher,· a classic hard hitting song about a The four Ramones were sick of the "progres- The Ramones have released a dozen or so boxer, and Got Alot to·Say,· in which the only lyr- ·. sive rock" of the 70's and wanted to return to a albums, one produced by rock producing legend ics are "got alot to say, I can't remember now." ··time when "songs were short, exciting. and Phil Spector. They appeared tn and wrote the These few diamonds in the rough can't cover for " good!" .The Ramones originally tried to cover much of the music for the 80's classic film, Rock the rest of the album which sounds slapp~d toother artists' songs, but lacking any formal pi- 'n' Roll High School. They have made notable gether at the last minute. · struction, they found others' songs far too com- appearances on The Simpsons and the MTV · Joey Ramone. when the New York Times plicated to play, so in what became the motto of Movie Awards as well as making it into the re-· Magazine asked him what the Ramones were the punk generation, they did it themselves. cently opened Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame's top ' going to do now, said," Go to Hong Kong, I like Most original Ramones songs consist of 3 500 most influential songs list. the movies they have there."

Reviving Ophelia

Mary Pipher; Ph D.

$24.95

Grosset/ Putnam

by Dane Miller

counseled and wrote about in her Mary Pipher wrote Reviving she elaborated on solutions. "I think book, Reviving Ophelia. Since 1977 Ophelia in response to the cr~sis in ··.people canmake a difference," said Dr. Pipher has been counseling which she continually found adoles- Pipher. "One thing teenagers can families, couples, a:r.id teenagers cent females. Girls from healthy do," she continued, "is [make) She received her Ph; D in clinical families, who had. normal, stable simple agreements not to tease 1'ids psychology from the University of lives, fell apart as soon as they en- who aren't beautiful. They won't Nebraska and now has a practice tered junior high. ma}{e fun of people who are fat. Or in Lincoln. · ; Said Pipher, " I just didn't quite that they won't tease kids who can't

Growing up in .small towns get it. Why are these girls commit-. afford designer clothes Much of across the midwest, DJ. Pipher ting suicide? Why are they cutting the misery teenagers experience, graduated from high sch<?olin 1965. themselves? Why ar,e they drinking they create." She did agree that Tammy came for counseling af- She attended the University of Cali- so much?"· She also wrote the book teenagers can fight back. "Teen~gter her mother discovered her cut- fornia at Berkeley to become an an- to help the ma:ny who don't seek ers can fight things by writing letting her breasts. Daughter of Brian thropologist but ended up going to therapy · Using true stories of her ters to companies who exploit and Alice, she grew up in a relatively graduate school in psychology be- patients, Dr. Pipher 1tells of the suf- [them), or that present women in ordinary family with two older sib- cause of its expanding opportuni- fering in many youn~g women. , ways that are degrading and over lings and a younger brother. Bri~ _ ties. Her education in anthropol- Reviving Ophelia tis written in the sexualized." Recently, in response was the minister of c1,small church ogy was an integral element of Dr. first person, so it is easy to place to consumer outrage, Calvin Kline and Alice was a music teacher. Pipher's book. She explains, "lit] has yourself in a therap~y session with discontinued sexual adds of chilTammy had recently started dating played a significant role in how I see Dr. Pipher. Within the book,· Dr. dren and is being investigated unMartin, a. good-looking athlete and · things What I'm really interested in Pipher explains how she handles der charges of child pornography. bass player from her high school. is how culture affects mental certainsituationsan<dhowshehelps MaryPipher'swritingisunderAccording to Tammy, "All the girls health." her patients deal with their emo- standable and easy to read. When were after hi.m. I was shocked that Dr. Pipher approaches psychol- tions, as if she were teaching the she isn't telling the story of one of he picked me." ogywith a different perspective than reader basic therapy. her patients, you· could easily be

One night after a party, Martin many psychologists. Many times The different kin.ds of problems having a personal conversation got mad when Tammy talked with the family is blamed for causing the·. addressed by Dr. Pipher go from with her abo.ut eating disorders or another guy. He drove her home, problems. Pipher.writes, "Psycholo: saddening to terrifying. It is incred- divorce. As a local therapist, she threw her from the car, ap.d sped off. gists are so prone to pathologtze ible that four boys can justify ab- writes about young women from Tammy snuck inside and got to her families that one definition of a nor- ducting a high school girl, forcefully .·the Lincoln area, which brings Reroom without her parents seeing mal family is a family that has not restraining her in their car, and then viving Ophelia very close to home. her. Teary eyed she said, "I thought yet been evaluated by a psycholo- · raping her; or that society can put Unfortunately, the l.ast few chapI was going crazy. There were scis- gist." so much pressure on a female to be ters become slow ruid t«edious, as sors on the dresser and the idea of Throughout Reviving Ophelia, a · thin that she starves herself to the if dragging out the end will further cutting myself came to me. I don't central theme is the pressure cul- point of severe malnutrition. Pipher emphasize an already well preeven know how I did it. But later I ture plac-es on teenagers.· From illustrates how something as tnno- sented topic. ·had cuts on my arms and I felt bet- sexually explicit Calvtn Kline ads to .·cent as attending an unsupervised

·Overall, Reviving Ophelia is es- · ter." That was the start of a terrify- the pages of Seventeen magazine, party can lead to rape. · sential for anyone. interested in ing period in Tamrriy's life when, to women are bombarded with images After all her patients' personal thow our culture is affecting young ·deal with emotional pain, she re- , of what our culture deems beauti- accounts, however, Pipher barely women. We have a problem on our sorted to cutting her body with scis- ·ful and even worthy. As the pres- explores how we can improve the hands that runs so deep no one is " sors, and razor blades. sure to be sexy has increased, situation. Culture is consistently · safe. Dr. Pipher's knowledge is Tammy was one of forty three women have been judged on how · cited as the enemy, but it took my. very helpful in identifying and adolescent females who Mary Pipher they look, not who they are. asking her in our lI_lterview before solving these problems.

· strangely out~ofplace, because inside the rooms · We heard by Jessica lnter1nill everyone is silent. .··· ··

But Mrs. Peterson prepared us for her (ieath. · And ye>u're snapped back to reality. · She gave us what she knew we needed most:

I haven't missed a day of school for 20 years, "Did you have l'ler for one of your classes?'' ·meme>ries. · , so if I have a substitute tom<>rrow,you can rest '''Yeah, I had biology last year.''

Memories of "Peterson soup,•~ ladybug comassured l'm • , probably ····. · dead!" ·"I h.ad zoology with her, too." · , muntties that resided in her bedroom. miracle We would chuckle at her joke for a mtnute or so, · 'The rest of the day we went through the mo- children that are birthed when you falloff a step- · and then resume class. tions of school. ladder, and a herd of geckos to control the cock- · ·.·She satd it so frequently that it began to lose · :3rd period: "Did you hear?" "Hear what?" roach population. ·· · its edge. ''Of course she wori't die, she'.s Mrs. '' Sh1edied." •· ·

Everyday memories of xylem and phloem and · Peterson!" 4th period: "She died?" "Of cancer;" "No The Hot Zone's , Ebola vtrus. Garfield, micro-

But when school opened on August 29th, wayf" Way. · ·- .··· ·· ' scopes, Corvettes, arid mosses. Overhead notes · ·there was speculation i · ·- !>th perie>d: "l heard that she knew she had and Birkenstocks arid worksheets handed back · There was a:substitute: it." "Well yeah, she knew since last year." · the next -day. · •

The sound announcement came at the start •· 6th period: ''Why didn't she tell us?" · "She ·· Shewasacrazyoldladywhoopened thewtnof second period on Thursday, September sev- · did" ·.

· dows even if the air conditioner was on, because enth. "Weregret to tnformyou , and we knew , Jflhave 1asub You'llget cancer if ; Then • sometimes, you just need fresh air. -.· ·. the rest.

I'll be dead.

1 · And of all the lessons Joyce Peterson taught ·. Suddenly the remnants of the smile-shared • 7th: period: - "She told us." .·"We didn't lis- us, the most important was life. moments ago with best friends shatters , The · teri."' "We didn't want to." · ''Hey guys, did you · · It was just lucky for us that for the times we · hum of students passing betwe en clagsesis herur?" _ knewher, she practtced what she preached.

by Anne .McShane

sumers actually go so far as ing. Instead, it sadly takes and understand the reason- Violation of the right to free to wear these sordid items a dress code to get this ex- ing behind them, but I do speech. Though I'm sure the on their bodies. People crement out of our halls. · ·not support them. It's too administration has no furI don't know what to , would scream like banshees, Did it ever occur to · easy to apply the slippery- ther intentions-of restricting think about this new dress bark like rapid dogs, and any of those who wear slope argument to the situ- clothing, it's the principle code business , · I admit I spin like wbirling dervishes these shirts, and who are ation. Some parents, hav- ·. involved that worries rne. was among the apparently ifl were ·to wear a shirt sup- appalled and outraged at ing read about ,the dress I can't resist, however, small minority who found · porting racism or Nazism or this restriction of their code, ·could complain that ·· from pettily thumbing my the Big Johnson and the something else as popµlarly rights, that they ask for > gay rights clothing ts offen- · nose at all those die~hard; · Coed Naked t.-shirts offen- .· atrocious (iffueydort'twmen it? If theydid not choose sive or that they don't want hard-core CoedNak~d fa- · sive. lmean, it's sad to think · they read this colum1n). · to we;i.r abusive and crude · their precious children ex- natics out there ; 1 can- · the masses would find this However, clothingtn support · clothing, tllere ~lroiild be posed tothat ''pro-abortion oat help l)µt he glad that ~rude, depiaved, and de- of sexism and sexual ha- no call to · restrict their (pro-choice] crap." It is too .·they are no longer permitrogatory "humor" amusing, rassment is not only acce ipt- right to wear this cloth- easy to declare that any t- · ted to wear their shirts much less amusing enough able~ but fashionable. I j1Ust ing. · .·· ·.· · _ .· · · shirt with print is a political And I'll be looking forward to support an 'industry that wish that people would have · ·•On the other soon-to-be- statement that someone to reading all the incomproduces such filth. •.. · · the ·class to wear clothing ·•mangled hand, I do not sup- might think offensive. This ing letters to the editor in ·. Incredibly, ··these con- · that was a little less assault- port dress codes ·I can see · is begin.ningto sound like a · ··response to sentiments.

· Recently, I have observed some my opinion, some teacl;lers of gifted ·1ems with the program ; · troubling patterns in the giftedpro- · students treat certain young , white Theoretically; schools arejorthe · . Staff · gram of Lincoln High School > It ap- males as if they have an intellect students. They are not there for the pears that a group of :people within ···that surpasses the intellect of the administrators, counselors, or -the gifted program; more specifically other gifted students. ·It seems that ·· teachers. ·They supposedly serves ·•· certain young, white males, get ex- ·. many of ·the people that need ·the all students equally; not solely ceractly what they want from the school least support get the most support ta.in young, ·white males. •If a stu- · •·· system when everyone else must by -the teachers, counselors, and dent wants to further their educastruggle tb enhance their education. administration. ·

Patrick Farrell

Aishah ·Cossey Ryana Markey

·.· Hal Hansen

· Anne McShane

Mica.la Gordon .·.. usual school btlI'eaucracy by using in defeat. · I believe one of the rea- mlriistrators, counselors, and school _·

· ·· ·. · tion, why must they be stopped? Many teachers and counselors of My own experience as a gifted ·· Why are only certain students gifted students have a "natural af- student trying to enhance my edu- : stopped while others are free to do ·· · ftnity" for young, white males. ·They cation through the gifted programs what they want to further their edutake a selected few under their care of Lincoln Public ·Schools has b~en · .·cation while ~urpassing the rules? • · and help them easily slide by the a struggle that has usually ended It is time for the teachers, ad-

their nn wer i <>f...•co in nec tions within sons I have not be~ able to enhance board to make a fair playing ground · Jessica Intermill ·.·.

the system.. my ed\lcation is because I am not in the gifted program for all stu· They also seern to escape Lin- whtfe or male. I have also known dents, regardless of sex, color, sexucoin Public School's tight budget many gtfted females and/ or minori- · ality, or social status • · · and usual regulations. At times, in · ties who have bad the same prob ~· · -Susana Bendezu, junior : · ·Dane Miller

·· · Ertc Wolford

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.• If you were at the pep ;ally on Friday you witnessed because he has little mo}Jey he must live in ,a rat and EvaBarajas ·. a blatant display of oppression, prejudice, elitism and roach tnfesteg building that ts on the verge of collapse. · discriminati,on in Lincoln, Nebraska. In this instance All this because he ts a Bla:ck man: •.·Then when he

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.•the hate was ba~d on age and educauon. , Tlle "sopho- .···speaks out agatpst the owner of the building and the Photo Chief· ·•·Erik German ·. · morel' was hui;niltated and abused because he was system that allows the building to existfu slurn condt- -.

· younger and : as a result of age, less educated · ··.ttons he is silenced one way ' or ano ther ··.

Advisor .· Carol Nunnaly < ·· Yes, I r~altze lliis wa~ intended to be a humorous ·· ·Perhaps he tsarrested on a drug charge. Even if he ::::::===========

exercise, llut oppression, prejudice, discrnntnation, hu- ts innocent, who will bellevehim? No one, ·except his .····· e Advocate is published monthly ·b ·miliattor1, elitism and abuse are NOT amusing. These _friends, and most likely they are in the same position he

he Ltncoln High Journalism depart · · injusttces happen to ·the ·poor and weak every dayin is, poor and oppressed. Who will·IJsten? Perhaps he ···· ent Readers are encouraged tosub ••every state and in every city. just disappears, murdered maybe Again who will care? it storv ideas and comments. All let I 1 ·t t· 1··

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ays pep r · o · y emons a e a · scrers to the Editor mu st be Signed an ··.smashed on their J;;i~aclsimply because they are a little • nation, prejudice, oppression, elitis~; a.I'ldabuse are ac- .· · ybe editedfor ,tbe sake of space an ···.Jroun cs;er an d a littl e less experienced? And then to see ceptable in soci ety. ·lthink you willagr·ee with me that · larity. Letters and corrections may .··. J A"e eltveredto room 312 UnSignecleditort · them silertced when they tried to fight back against they are NOT acceptable and should NOT be taught tn a s are the opjnion of the Advocate. Tu · their oppressor. • · ··school environment, or anywhere for that matter · ews expressed here do not necessa.ril Lets take thts scenario arid apply it elsewhere A Honestly, · · esent those of the administration· · Bia.ck mru1 isforced into a minimum wage job. And - · Corey Riggle, senior ·

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charge of the Leading up the Homecoming exganza was Spirit. Week. The purpose Spirit Week was to stuc:lents all fired up with school spirit for the big football game against North Platte. De,spite a-1,1 the · school spirit built up that week the Links were

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The Homecoming dance was still· a success. Over $900 in tickets were sold for the dance The ,money will go into a fund to help set up for next year's Homecoming event.

This year, there were Homecoming royalty from every class. ·It was the Pomalinks decision Coun.cil to do this to began to more inwas in volves all classes in the Home· .·event. to the coming royalty tradition. The King and Queen were Erichtrawa- Woerner and Lindsay Gilmore. The Prince and Princess were o f Juan Lozano and Dara Wagner. get The Duke and Duchess were Justyn Savage and Nicole Huff. · ·The highlight of the evening ·was the appearance Ross Tegeler as David Letterman who stayed around to have his pieture taken with loyal fans. As· the Pomalinks stated in the. Homecoming promotional top defeated by North Platte~26- 7. ten.· everybody who is anybody was there (except Paul Schafer).

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by Jessica lnte·r-n-1111

Bullet-proof glass, an iron fence, a maze of, locked doors, and a ~ystem of security cameras surround her as her jaw tightens and she says with intended irony, "Abortion has been legal since 1973."

Planned Parenthood's second Lincoln location at 3705 South Street is a medical fortress.

According to Gail Linderholm of Planned Parenthood, all patients must be identified before being allowed through the fence, and once they are insiae the locked building, the receptionist who sits behind the bulletproof glass must confirm that the person in front of her is the person who was allowed through the , gates.

isn't what we do."

Planned Parenthood provides breast and cervical cancer screening! HN testing for women and men, urinary tract infection treatment, annual gynecological exams, pap tests, birth control services an~ supplies, sexually transmitted disease screening, free pregnancy tests, and alloption pregnancy information. Almost all-0f these are offered on the sliding fee scale which ranges from full price to no price depending on the

sis. Already, we have found a woman who had a hereditary degenerative cell disease, and she never would have known if we wouldn't have told '

her. It's hard telling someone something like that, but they do need to·know." , 1

However many pro-life supporters, still cannot separate such beneficial (and non-controversial) medical services frorn Planned Parenthood's ( belief in the "fundamental right of each individual ' to manage his or her fertility, regardless of in- 1 come, marital status, age, national , origin or residence (taken from l ' Planned Parenthood's mission state- r ,ment)." , One of these is junior Stephanie ) Halstead. According to Halstead, i '= 0 [ "Every time I look at a child, I think ; that what they're doing is wrong. I ! ,i won't go there because I don't be- i lieve in what they do." , 1

The reason for this extensive security stands on the front lawn: Prolife protesters. .{ , Another pro-life supporter, junior 1 ,.._ Melissa Hughes dis~rees. "E:v,en,_. J ·~,, J ffiougfithey do abortions doesn't mean t i their other seIVices aren't important," ! i:s she said. 1

Such pree~auut..tio..,.1~1s ,-"'I'tJ:1+1mo11u1"JSglrr1,;:-are as much for the patients as for the doctors. "Legally, a protester can come right up to the door and yell whatever they want at whoever they want, but there can't be any contact, legally, and that means physical contact with either patients or

staff," Linderholm.said.

Wrought iron-/enc es, bullet-proof glass and security cameras surround the recent1lyopened contriversal Planned at 3705 South St.

patientt's incq,i;ne level.

, Though Planned Parenthood as an organiza- 1 "Nationally, we (Planned Parenthood] are the , tion insists on confidentiality, the no-touch laws biggestt cancer finder," said Linderholm. "That do not prevent protesters from videotaping pa- may n<Dtbe something to brag about, but if we tients as they ent<2rthe parking lot. Despite this, find cancer, we need to inform that patient." Linderholm commented that the "protesters The search for cancer and other genetic abhaven't affected our setvices at all. It's just that normallities is the reason Planned Parenthood if they weren't there we'would have a lot fewer sends all aborted tissue to laboratories for postlocked doors." She adds though, "It's hard when abortion testing. "We do not 'throw babies in the you hear people ranting and raving at your pa- dumpster,"' clarified Linderholm. "All products tients not to get angry and confront them but of conception are sent to labs for medical analy-

Other students throughout Llncoln 1 High are eq•mllydivided. t

"I think it would be wrong of me to decide what happens to someone else's body," said sophomore Abby Schor.

' Junior John Sypal agreed- and disagreed. "Awoman can do anything she wants to her own body, but that fetus is not her own body."

Hughes considers her little sister the reason she is pro-life. ''When my sister was born at only 26 , weeks, I watched everyone fight for her life. When I , learned that someone could have decided to have her aborted, I was repulsed. She could have been killed when here we were fighting for her life."

Planned Parenthood, though, takes a more universal stand. Said Linderholm, "Our goal is to make every child a wanted child."

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· date rape 1s defined as sexual assault violence. "The fir$t thing we want· ·touching.·. Organizational coalitions · The statiStics regarding teen dat- .· occurring in the context of a date or· to do," said Eckery, ''is ensure that similar to the group Aishah Cossey · ing violence are harrowing: according dating relationship where verbal coer- they are safe, botlh physically and and Molly Ruhlman are working on to the Nebraska Domestic Violence cion, control tactics, physical force or· emotionally. The next step is edu- are an integral part of putting a stop Sexual Assault Coalition, l6. 2o/oof the threats are present. These definitions,. cation; letting the person know that. to teen dating violence and teen date ·• femalesand5.So/oofthemalesingrades however, are only used in prtnted ma- they have done the right thing by .· rape Until people realize that teen• nine through twelve have reported that tertals. Neither the state of Nebraska reporting the incident." dating violence and teen date rape is · they have been victims of violence that · nor the nation as a whole has a shared ·A very important part of this pro- more than a new phenomenon and • has occurred while on a date. In that · definition of teen dating or· date rape. cess, and ,ind~d the entire healing. begin to take it seriously, the efforts age group, 14.3o/oof the females and. Juniors Molly Ruhlman and Aishah process, is support. The victim.must ··.tostop the problem are stymied at a 5.0o/oof the males have reported being· Cossey are part of a group working to be made aware that there are people grassroots level. ·· · date raped. Approximately one-third. develop a cohesive definition for the_ they can talk to; that they are not of all high school students claim that. entire nation.. - · ·alone.· While RSACC and NCADV · they have experlenced dating violence •. Until a definition is reached, it is de~ with walk-ins daily, there are or have been date raped. There may difficult to determine which specific also crisis telephorne lines, literature be many other incidents that have oc- situations warrant legal action. Stated and support groups available. curred but these numbers can only be Molly Ruhlman, A lot of definitions .· These services are provided to viespecu]a·ted. Unfortunately, tnany·of the differ, verbatim can cause problems · tlms after -the incident, but what ·victims·in these situations do not tell legally." about-working to prevent the probanyone because they are afraid of the. Until the situation is brought to lem from worsening? Lincoln High's reaction they may receive or have been a court room, there are various ser- ffiusion Theater educates students in thrtiatened by the · ·with fur- vices that. the Rape Sp<>use Abuse.· •Lincoln about sexual misbehavior by. · thet violence if they do teli someone. · Crisis Center (RSACC),and the. Ne- · performing skits illustrating "appro···Teen dating violence is deftned by braska Coalition Against Domestic , , theNebraskaCoalition.AgainstDom.t$,:, Vi?lence (NCADV) can provide · 0

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Le Etta Sprackling, teacher of science for over twenty-three years, isn't content just reading. about science anymore.

As she clutches the latest copy of The New ·.Yorker, she explains how, at 61 years old, she's had enough science. She likes to read history now, she says, after spending five minutes enthusiastically recounting all the gory details of an article she had just finished.

There's certainly more to Doctor Sprackling's life. than science, she likes to point out,. as she talks about her four trips to Europe. After touring Poland, Hungary, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, and visiting the British Isles three times, she still has an appetite for travel. "I've got years to go, so I'm going to make it to a lot of places," said Sprackling.

Along with her much-stamped passport, Sprackling has traveled through most of America. "I've lived in ten states. Oklahoma; Washington, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska."

Although much of her youth was spent folJowing her father's career all across the country, the rnajorityofher childhood was spent in Okla-. ·.· homa, where her father was a doctor and mother·

was a nurse.'

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I've still got it. When I hear my voice on tape I'm appalled. I don't realize I sound like that until I hear myself."

She credits rnuch of her early interest in sci- · ence to her parents' vocations. "When I was grow~ ing- up·. I was ·always looking through medical- books we had at home."

"The first science class I had was in seventh grade. I·can remember that I knew how to pronounce all these words that nobody else knew how to pronounce because my parents had used · those words Words like 'Diphtheria' and 'Typhoid'."·

Despite a bad experience while in high school, - · Sprackling's scientific curiousity was not · surpressed. "In high school. I had the worst· biology teacher, I hope, in the United States. I · mean, she was just absolutcly horrible."

"We looked. through a microscope once. Other than .that, all we did was give reports and read the book. When I decided I was going to teach I vowed that if they ever had me teach biology,. I would not teach like she did. She was just lwrrible "

As if to assure others that she hasn't accidentally duplicated her higli school biology ·.teacher, she likes to point out that.her students c::lomar~ than "read textbooks arid give reports"

makes her· students work, Sprackling

states, but she also makes them think.

Sprackling gives

by Hal Hansen '

cause. Specifically, the tested to by the numerous nized, mostly powerless, class if the American Con..; · leaf has become an icon political groups on cam- and ignorant of its cons ti- stitution, the most impor_ of the highly organized pus,. the large number of - tutional rights. tant li.ving document. in · Benito Mussolini loved_· world-wide movement to unionized teachers, the. Speaking of ignorance,. the history of the world,.· freedom of speech. In ··end marijuana and hemp cosmopolitan atmosphere the• administration is ig~ can be declared null and· · fact, the only limitation __prohibition. The move- of the school, and Lincoln norant of the curriculum void by an entity as insighe ever placed on per- • ment has all of the char- High's consistent ability they are getting paid to· nificant as. a school dis- · sonal expression was to acteristics of· any other to attract world renowned teach. · If they had taken trict? · .· prohibiting anyone from political movement: in~ politicos such as Stokely the time to actually read All people learn by exdisagreeing with him. eluding in its ranks not Carmichael, Jesse Jack- the books they are buy- ample, and the adminisLincoln High's new just Deadheads and pro- · son, and Bob Kerrey. ing, they would have ob~ tration is teaching the dress code would make il fessional Phreaks, but _.·Censorship w_ouldn't served that on page 118-._ student body at Lincoln Duce proud. In true die~_· also encompassing indus- be tolerated if it were per- ·of Magruder's American High a lesson about cen- .· tatorial form, the code.· trialists eager to process petrated against the fac- Government Textbook, a sorship they are much stifles dissent and for- hemp f.or clothing and ulty and the student body majority opinion· of the more likely to retain than rrially disallows opinions·. paper, environtnentalists shouldn't allow itself to be Supreme Court is quoted ·the. ·_ one· taught in which contradict_ the ad- looking for an alternative victims of such a. glaring as saying: "It can hardly_.· Magruder's Textbook. energy source, farmers · double standard. · · For be argued that either stu~ ··_The .administration is· looking for a new cash example, if the admini_s..: dents or teachers shed ·teaching its students to crop, and victims of tration wer_e as zealously. their constitutional rights .·disregard freedom of · A.I.D.S. and glaucorr:ta in opposed t,:> unionization to freedom of expression speech, the cornerstone · ministration.

Of course. if the code · merely prohibited T" search. of a drug to treat as th,ey c1-rezealously op- or speech at the school~ of a functioning democshirts which displayed unclever innuendoes, the dress code would be· a their chronic nausea. posed to drug legaliza- house gate." _·ra,cy. mere annoyance. not po- Although it is a typical tion, and they decided to Magruder's Textbook Censors and dictators litical. censorship. The • political movement. pos-. ban. the apple symbol of. also explains. in terms so aren't spontaneously gen- aspect of the dress code · sessing all the normal the local teachers' union,· simple even a high school erated though, they are which delves into the ugly characteristics of any there would already be a administrator with mul- slowly molded by observrealm of purposeful social other. political cause or · small army of vicious tiple degrees could under- ing the 7ffectiveness of_ manipulation is the disal- group, the administration li_!:igators working around stand, that the Supreme mind-control tactics and lowance any clothing has decided to regard it in the clock to sue the ad- Court, in Tinker v. Des totalitarian restrictions. which displays a mari- · a most atypical manner. ministration into non-ex- Moines, established that Lincoln High should stop juana leaf.. Other political groups at istence. symbolic political expres~ teaching people to be-

The marijuana_ leaf, Lincoln High are not cen- It is unlikely that any sion within a school is a come dictators and start unlike the other items -·sored. In fact, political students will ever file law- constitutional right. to spend more time teachbanned by the di:;ess code, activism has- always •suits over the dress code. Why would a student ing people the value of

· - is a syII1bol comJ!lonly as- see:rn.ed to be a tradition Li_ke most victims. the beliteve anything they are freedom of expression and sociated with. a political at Lincoln High, a fact at- student body is unorga" told! in Citizenship Issues · participatory democ.racy.

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not actually heardl the songs, but Cleaver and saddle shoes, "Love me by Jessica Intermill ..had read some song lyrics. tender" hummed from '57 Chevy raThe conclusion that rap is influ- dios as teenie-boppers did the Juvenile violence and gang war- encing the minds offAmerica's youth "Bunny Hop". fare have reached epidemic levels in is one that is easy t.o accept for Dole • 1960s The battle for civil rights some American communities. In and the suburban dweller who are· began in the United States and the today's political climate where deci- unfamiliar with ouir nation's inner- biblical "We Shall Overcome" wa.s · sion makers look for easy answers city culture. This conclusion, how- resurrected to be sung a cappella · to complex problems, it· becomes · ever, ·is based on emotion _ rather through the streets of the nation. necessary for someone to take the than on fact. • 1970s America was once again blame for thi~ phenomenon. As a result, it is also veiry wrong. at war, this time in the unpopular

Based on the recent proclama- · Dole and other rap-basljiers sub- Vietnam conflict. The nation'slongtions of leading Republican presi- scribe to the notion that t!he sexu- haire.d. love-beaded youth sang dential candidates, it has also be.,_ ally suggestive andl sometimes sex- Country Joe MacDonald's "Fixin' .to come apparent that that "someone" ist lyrics of rap songs encourage the Die Rag"· whose satirical lyrics ihis gangsta rap. youth of America to engage in mass elude, "Well there ain't no need to

In preparation for next year's orgies. that son 1gs concerning. wonder why, Whoopee we're all · presidential battle, Senator Robert "Clockers" (small time drug dealers) gonna die.".

Dole (R-Kansas) has become one of encourage the sale iofnarcotics, and • 1980s ·.The beginning of the the foremost proponents for right above all that the vrerbal depictions techno-revolution brought with it wing America's family values. By of violent scenes ,encourages the break-dancing and the Maxassuming this mantle, Dole has be- spread of urban violence. · Hedromesque synthesized songs come one of the nation's leading rap- · But the rap-ba:shers ·fail to· ac- like "Pump Up the Volume." bashers. In a May 31 speech, Dole knowledge that art is only imitating And here we sit in ·the grips of announced, "We have reached the life. The conditions in inner-city and the nineteen-nineties accusing p~int where our popular culture sometimes outer-city ghettos are gangsta-rappers of starting the war threatens to undermine our char- · producing the obscene language, >being fought across the country by · acter as a nation." violent, and overtly sexual content America's children not realizing· ' Dole then assaulted the Time- of rap not the reverse. ·· · · · · that saying this is as absurd as ·sayWarner recording label (which re- ·As with 'any musical form, the · ing the Andrew Sisters caused World leased such ·artists_ as Dr. ·Dre, · lyrics or feelings will imitate the cul- ···War.II. · ·.· !3n<>op Doggy Dogg; and' Tupac ·. ture. This can be seen by observing ·•- Rather than assaulting' urban $hakur) as he continued, "I would - the accepted American music ·_youth for listening to such "rap crap," like to ask the executives of Time through the decades. · the leaders of our city, state, and naWarner a question: is this what you • 1940s A111'erican troops were · tion would be wise to sit on the- same intended to accomplish with your - overseas for the Second World War side of the tabl~ as these youth~ and careers? You have sold your souls, ·and the Andrew Sisters sang of the also listen to gangsta rap lyrics. Until but 11111styou debase our nation and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Com- · this happens, our nation's leaders canthreat~n our children al;lwell?" ·_pa,ny B." not even begin to understand the real-

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• .·• •·rial about the Student Council · Ernst the Student Council Scrap- Body and the administration We .· that we hold ''elections; as they versus Student Government book from 1993~ 1994 Among are being consulted often by the are in the ~real world'~• is certainly · convoversy, l realizetl l wasn't · otl)eractivities, tlie Student Coun- new administration, and it is a fine one. But -why stop there? quite sure what Student Council cil of '94,-'95 managed the mar~ deeply appreciated." · Why don't we ha-Ve politica.l indid. Sure, it's supposed to be a.n ·•.quee, helped with the Link~Up, · ·. Though this response was not volvement such as it exists in the elected repre~entativ~ body ofstu- volunteered at the Latino Festival, ·. an adequateanswer to my ques- •.• real world?" ·Students could pt,.:' · dents, but to me, this has always .· · made Spititt-shi:irts, managed the tion, ·. other questions were • titiontheirrepresentatives, the ls- · nJ.eant "popularity contest." But Student Vote pro1gram at Lincoln prompted. Should the ..,Student sties concerned could then cofri.e• once elested ,' wJ,.at did the popu- ·. High, gave ·out AIDS awareness Council be consulted or should the before the governmen t as bills; . · la:rpeople dQ? To quote Jen1;1ifer •·ribbons, ma.de holiday food ·bas.- ·Stµdent Council be a crucial part .•••·Perhaps if student representatives

· ·. •Cantrell, "D~n•t they •-do prom? kets. and rang bells for charity · of the school's decision~making .·had more power in change andin~ They have t<?do somethin~." So, over the holidays~. •.·· ·.•. ·· process? lf the Council is g,rima- novation, the elections would be,. ··

· to learn tf this lack of knowledge ·. These activities are all very rily a liaison, should it hav:e to be come less popularity contests than · of Student Council's doings was ,nice, but where is the "governing · grateful when its ideas are listened elections. Again, who knows? ••·•· · sometlling l alone experienced, I , ap.d representative body of Lincoln to? ·

· .·It is obvious that the students ·· conducted an inforntal little sur-: •·.•High School stud1ents [that) shall To suggest a ·remedy to the don't know, because I asked them.

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< come together .with the commoh situation, that of ineffective stu- .•• They don't know what is done for · · Of the twenty-five students goal : and purpose of representing dent repres 'entation, I propose the them, and they should. They :asked if they knew what. Student ·•···.•· the student body 1topromote good creation of a Student/Faculty/Ad- · should beknowledgable of what is · · Council did, ancl ifso, what, and if · will arid school s :pirit while pro.:. ministration (SFA) Government. • don~ for them. I close by quoting they recognized any presence of tecting the general welfare of all · That is not to suggest that there Evan Tector, , in an introduction he Student Council in the school, two .··.iri the school" tha • t is called for in would not ·be room for a student ··made to a student ·Government ·· responded ·facetiously fifteen an-: ···•the •Lincoln High School Student · governemnt and a student ·coun- ··· Seminar helµ by the Florida Tech • · swered with flat O'no't'sor in the "I- · Council Constitution Preamble? cil at Lincoln High. An SAC could Student Government Association · ·have-absolu tely:11o~idea' ; category~ What governing power cou ld an continue with the activities men- "We live in a society that balances .· · and eight ha d comments · Amorig .· organization with these activities tioned above, excluding what and coordinates its power through some of the more memorable com- i · on its resume pos sibly have? This Messing sees as the primary role .· representative democracy; Where ments were these: .·.

· - group may do goo1d things, but, if of Student Council, the liaison. As do our people learn and get train- · Aaron DuPree said; ''They no one has a clu 1 e as to what it I see it, with all those activities to i11gin standing up for themselves : plan nothing; It'.sjust a neat class, does, how could these students be keep it busy, the Club would not .·•and their rights as citizens? One to go to to hangout with fµn people. • representing us? .·How do they rep~ miss its role as liaison, especially ·of the too few answers is, student

· I haven't seen them accornplish resent the student body by the dis- as the Council has gotten on with- · government! We are the teachers, · ;anything." Julie Johnstone replied, tribution of food baskets? Why do ou t it in ·previous years, as lVIess~·· · workers, trainees, and future lead-

i ".J:have no , idea They do stuff in ·.•they need to ;say they represent us ing herself states ;' -"Fra.:nk:ly, we .•· ers ot our -stat~ari.ll'. ':C:ountry.· Tp· school. They did Slipper Day, didn't · · in this activity? What's the point? ,vere not used as a soundrng board day as strangers with a common they? They gave me candy." · Now, don't get me wrong, I fully my sophomore and. junior years." responsibility we come together !s Timothy Cherry said, "I don't _ support the making of holiday food · Our SFA government would not a strong and resourceful commtli•· really believe ill StuCo (Student baskets, but is this1 an activity that · necessarily need to be of the same · nity. Good government at all ley- · ·.Council) ·.I\ve never seen them, a ''governing and representative mold as those of · college student els is not an accident. · It takfs · · h~ard them, or experienced any- 1:>ody"needs to deall with? Why not · governments; · Howeverr in our skills, communication, and ded 1i- • thing th~t would ·lead to the s ug- · Just make the Stud 1~nt Action Club government, students could have cation ·.AS representatives of ojr · gestionthat they have any physi- (SAC), that everyone could Join a r,eal volce and a real vote when communities we must learn aqd · cal presence or existence. f'rhey're a.nd participate in? .· · policy is made for Lincoln High practice Empqwerment, Responsibi\l·11keJfolk tales.blurry photos. No, ·· Student Courncil president Scho_ol: The ~tudents, faculty arid ity, Effective Management, and Net-wait, don't they runfor election Kelly Messing inr ,esponse to the ·· adm1n1stra:t1on, could ·work to- workihgtobeabletodoourbe~rln every yea1·?"

·. question, "ls Student Council gether to solve problems at Lincoln creating a better future.;.The s · s f-Iaving ascertained for myself more appropriate 1t.han a Student · High~ · If, perhaps; a system like · and cooperation we (would)learn aJ¥i•· tha.t ' atieast sorne pa.rt of the stu- Government?" said, "We are not a · this had been in place when hall.. practice together in student gove1dent body shared my ignorance, I student government. We do not · way safety bec~me an issue, the ment (would) qualify us t? make la · decidecl to fi11dout what they did act a~ a Student Senate which government might have found a difference toward s11ccess. · i [ ·

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·.·. • play pok~r? On occasion. my friends and I off to get where they are in life? You sure stealing Who can argue with the logic · f · have gotten together and we've gaml:>led a don't, because the beriefits of cheating are seeing an item you want and just taking it · little. We play the usual Black Jack, Draw endless. If you cheat, you get good grades. You don't even have to let those pesky morPoker, Pay-thecPot., etc. ·But one of our fa- · If you get good grades; you go to a good col- als get in the way because there is always vorite game~ is one we like to call s••• On lege. If you go to a good college, you get a some way to justify it. lf you see a stereo ln · Your Neighpor In S*** On Your Neighbor. all good Job. If you get a good job, you , getlots a car that you happeri to like, just thinlt players are dealt one card · After that, play .··of rnon1~y.••And ifyoµ get lots of mo11ey, you about it , Aren't we t~ught to sha re fr.om day ·· ·· ·.· .· · continues ·.around the circle and when your ·can Ju$ :t pay someone to cheat foi; you whil~ 011.e? And isn't that person. by pµ.tting ·that ,·

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·_·. have, all you have -to •do is swt tch with your you can cheat t,o win; there 1s no better way one else? Now by taking the stereo, aten

neighbor. Isn"t that great? The way you ~in to get out of it than just plain lying. And if ,you forcing them to share and hence mak:' · · is by shafti11g the guy next •to you. Yet the someone chall~nges you about that lie, lie • ing them a better person? You bet you are ,. best th~ng about s•••_.bn Your Neighbor is some more. ; · · · : · So as you're plagiarizing your English es-:·that it's. ·riot Just a ·game, it'.s Jlrt el'ltire phi,- • · .·.Ask yoursel :f why yoµ need to put correct • say. telling your parents ·that you're not going losijphy.

· •· information ori a job applicati.Qn. Arid :tias to have a party while they're on vacation, or , ·

· As rnany members of the business 4 po- ·• it ever hurt anyone to let someone into a bar runnin~ away with your new piece of audio · ' litical; and priso11ccomrnunities ·have already with a fake ID? You can~t tell me that only a _·equipment, make sure you remember two

learned, this philosophy has many practi- few ~ophomores have gotten into R movies ·.· things - you are only doing what everybody

• cal~pplicat~orisin life Ch~ating, lying, and · without <lctually being seventeen. Besides, · ·.·•el~e is doingand,in your own little way, you · stealing are not or,-ly ~asy, a;nq fun, they re,- •• many people find lyiP:g to be a whole lot more ·.are making the worlcl a bett.er place; ,, ···· · •

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by Micala Gordon

_ Flip on the radio or subject your- · self to the music compilation commercials on late night television, and you'll find that the sounds of the eighties are back in a: big way.

Bands like Tears for Fears and The Pet Shop Boys may have reached their pQp pinnacles in the 1980's, · but their familiar tunes are supplementing the play list on television chaxmels such as MTV and VH-1 and radio stations like 104.1 The · Planet 1n Lincoln.

Bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and other grunge groups that became popu- · lar early in the nineties are still prevalent among the younger crowds. Lately, however,

·there has been a gradual shift from ,, th~hard, bashing, thrashing, heac:lc bangin~ distiord · or alternative grunge back to the mindless, fors gettable, rhythmic whines of bands like The Cure. The Police. Duran Duran, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Popular bands today are releasing albums that sound remarkably like music we heard ten years ago.

ingless vocals accompanied by catchy guitar and drum tracks. Some bands have been with us through the decades; R.E.M., ~a- · donna. U2. and Tom Petty and his vario us projects are still releasing albums. Their music is ·still uniquely h e m atheir own, yet styles have tured and '' changed ·

Artists releasing music in the eighties had a profo1Undeffect on the music and artists of the nineties. Erik Johnson, Program Director at 1104.1, describes the music of today as "a modern rock format · that's 80's~based." Adds Johnson, "It started back with The Clash. The Police and The Talking Heads. (The music of today] grew out of that great old stuff of the modern genre."

Joe Rupp. a senior, ·· believes that the combination of eighties mu'' sic and the political structure of the time produced much of the music that is popular today. Said Rupp. "The music of today was heavily influenced by Reaganonnics and I am pt oud :;,to say that I llived during his reign in tQe United :states."

Blur, Oasis, and many other British groups are incorporating the eighties element into their music; meanthe years. Other artists, ,, such as L v n g · ,v-/ Colour and The Boomtown Rats truly subscribed to the "I got mine" philosophy of the eighties; they released one or two albums, had one or two hit songs, and nobody ever heard from · them again. - ·

It is refreshing for many to hear that familiar Whine re- ·. sounding over radio and tel,evision. · Whatever the reason for the revival of the classic eighties, be it political, :social, or cultural. it appears that the sounds of the four--score decade will be with us into the · next century

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e,'+-- \ of the ne cessatily _ limited to school in the 50.:s. and a get your license? nm high school. Two well- more recent 9()'s flick, Try License to · - -~# 0 known movies, Goonies Dazed and Corifused, por. i: _. l D r i v e +~"".""' and E.T., featured families - traye,u a stereoty-pie~ imc Look- in a state of disrepair and age of a high school in the kids..,.,-in elementary or 1970's. They art~ both exjunior high school-that amples of this type of ···•no one seemed to under movie whtch quickly be~ stand. College, it ap- came popular with a wide pears, was no different ; variety of audier1ces.

ing t 0 outw 1 t · t h e system? R e n t F'erris · tieller's · Day Off or Pump Up the ·· Volume. Concerned with the .· plightofthe wimp? Watch · 3 O'clock High.. Hate popular · people? See Heathers and fiQd out how to get rid of them for good. Lobking for Mr. or Ms. Right? Check out Can't Buy Me Love, Sixte en C~ndles, Pretty in Pink or • imWeird Science. Every- por•. thing from the four food t a n t · groups (sugar, salt, fat, · unify.· and booze) •to the mean- i n · g ing of life (finding a date themes in to prom) is covered. So 80's films is the "new whip out that video rental generation gap". The card and start watching. nuclear family of the ·High school '80's mov- past had been re- : · ies range from respect- placed by sepaable, mainstream films · rated parents; big like Back to the Future empty houses and and the Breakfast Club; latch~key kids.

Real Genius, starring A new gene1·ation of Val Kilmer ·in possi- young actors gained a bly his least serious great deal of exposure to role ever, also had · exposure to these audia strong young ences through th.ese movv er -s u s ies. · This gr9up came to be. known as ~lie ~Brat ·4 Pack" and they grew up ·. ,, making flln;is abo ut · · '- high school in the °', _ 1980's, often u11- d e r ,~ Q the directorship of J · o h n Hughes. Wynona Ryder, M:olly Rfngwald, Corey Feldman ,,. and Emili.Io to the mindless-but-fun · · The yuppies. who had Rock n' Roll High School given the generation gap and its truly :ridiculous · 'its name Just a few years sequel-'-Rock 'n' Roll High before; were now experi- o I _ d : School Forever starring encing the s:ime lack of .· conflict

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· Esteves are four actors from this .· group that became relatively famous at this time. a r ather shaggy Corey understan ding with their_ · ·Before and Feldman. The only post- own children. The high after the l 980's, -·· · - tive aspects of these two , _ school films from this de- movies about highstinkers were that they cade all contained this fChool life and students

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Nov. 16.-19arid 24-25 The controversial film Priest is · coming to Ross theatre bringing the story of a gay Catholic priest: · cost: $3.00 for students

Nov. 18-19 Autumn SttyJIGuided Hike at Chet Ager .NatureCenter. Great for cheap dates or relaxation. · 2:00p.m. meet at nature.center.

Nov. 24-25 The U2 laser light show at Mueller · planetarium is sure to rock on. begins a18:00, 9:00, 11:00 and lasts for 45 minutes · cost: $5.00 adults, $4.00 with college id.

Nov. 29 David Copperfieldis coming to Pershing · Auditorium with his prestadigitoryperformance of magic and wonder. ' cost: $27.75, $24.75 at 5:00 $32.75, $27.75 at 8:30

Nov. 30 The UNL Jazz Ensembleis playing their fall concert at Kimble Hall 8pm free

Dec. 1 ·The UNL Wind Ensemblealso has their fall concert at Kimble Hall 8pm free

Garth Johnson's famous Among the not-so- a Plastik Trumpet staple, Dec; 1-17 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor timid little "um you're strong numbers is T.F.H., .··takes its chorus .from Dream Coat, a hilarious take off of the bible story,is · playing at The Lincoln Community Playhouse, with .super fire hot baby" in- in which the inan 1e lyrics ·Kurt Vonnegut's novel Links: Katriz Kirk and Matt Mccallum · · .,terspersed between rock ("Juinp and run around, · Cats Cradle.··. All things · $15.00Thursday&Sunday :bits has thrilled fan.s to Jump and run around, considered, Plastik Trltm- $ 20.00 Friday & Saturday screains piany a time. .Jump a:nd run around, I pet has made the leap. ·· 8 p,m. 1 ,

.1\s.forthenewersongs, like. you more . than fromstagetoCDsuccess.,.

2p.m,3,17· these also,seem to follow French toast"-lbrings fully. ·Johnson.'s weird

Imthe band's habitual mix back horrible memories voice is still. recognizable

· }of ~ocial commentary, by that awful Jurrip as the one that-made

JWeirplove songs, and gen- Around ditty by H,ouse of Torso the Clown famous

'.:eral out-and-out bizarre-: Pain,} are not rescued by .in the eyes of. Lincoln ·,;ness. ''Find a boy eat him noticeably enjoyable mu., .•youth. Now, you must /up, wish you'd pay atten- ··sic. The tune starts out-· ask yourself a question. :tion to those little pangsi fairly ·mellow, suddenly ·.Are YouPT?

• I

by Jennifer S. Allen

Coach Brady helped the team out a lot with his ~ncouragement ·according to senior Susiie · Kiene. "He encourages.us a lot," Kiene said about.

·.· This year's girls golf team has reached new the coach, ''Through out the season he motivate1d _-horizons. They Took first place

· · us a lot. He helps us kee:p · in the District meet,. second our attitudes up and keeps place in the State meet and beat · us positive." Southeast high school for the

Eskra said that coaclh first time in a long while.

11:SBrady· tells the team mem- ·.

· Lincoll) High school sent i,a bers to "just be positiv·e · five girls to this. year's State l about yourself' and that"s ·meet. They were Sarah Sasse,. ·· 0 why she feels the team sueSusan Kiene, Kelly· Simpson, -i ceeded this year. ·"Coaclh Jaclyn Michealsen, and Amber fll Brady is great. He's a posiHenderson. All five of the ; tive influence. He helps u1s Licoln High school girls placed e:out a lot," she said.· · in the top ten, making Lincoln

This year Lincoln Higlh , High school the second place team in the state, second only

· District meet. "We all playeid to Norfolk. · 8.well. The other teams ther1e ·

· Linc9ln High school's .Golf really weren't competitiv1e team went undefeated this year with us," $aid Kiene. ·. with the inner-city schools, mak-

Sophomore Sarah Sass,e ing them the top team in Lincoln. said, "We played really welll. They beat out all of the other The conditions were really · schools. including Southeast, ·tough, I had trouble playing whom they haven't beatfor awhile.· myself, b~t our team did re:InfacttheybeatenSoutheastHigh ally well. · school in each meet that they met

"We're the first golf team at. "'This is the first year we beat in the history of Lincol1t1 them (Southeast) in any touma- High to do as well as we did ment," said sophomore Sarah this year," Eskra said. Sa · · Se11ior Susie Kiene tees o>Jf. Th t b th· sse. e earn mem ers 11s

According to junior Meli~sa year were Amanda Bade, Eskra this year's team has a lot Melissa Eskra, Ambe1r ·of companionship. Eskra said, "We're a really Henderson, Autumn Henderson, Susan Kiene, · unified team, we got along great. There's really Jaclyn Michealson, Sarah Sasse, Kelly SimpsoI1l, no one who doesn't get along I think that helps." and Lisa Talero. ·

by·Cory

Voss · that we played well with play-

Just one of the many posters that we have. Even the tive factors of having a team times that we lost we felt some- consisting of mostly seniors is Communication, teamwork, what happy because we. knew the leadership that seniors pro,drive, and heart. What do these that we played well and with a vide. According to Diers, manw .·. things all· have in common? lot of heart as a team," re- of the younger players look fo1r

These are all the ingredients for sponded junior Nicole Sessler. advice from the older playersi · this year's girls softball team. The junior varsity team The seniors add the leadership · This year's varsity softball however had an extremely,good needed to have awe11:.balanced · team.is constructed of mostly se- season With a 13 - l - l record,· team. niors: and crowned the junior varsity When· Diers was asked ·•.

·Although many of-the varsity city champs, they proved that what she thought the key to players did not· come into the. they are willing to play and that · winning is, she responded by: ·. season with varsity experience, they want to win. saying, "Communication is ·. many players have stepped up The junior varsity team had • the key to winning and our · and played key roles on the · an ideal amount of players, in- success, but we mostly need. team. The varsity team went 10 ·eluding five freshmen, ten to work on improving as m ·· - 13 for the season. Although the sophomores, and one junior. team, more than any thing losses outweighed the wins, the "I think that we did really else." team played with a lot of heart ··good this season. I think that With many of \his year's · and enthusiasm. we really showed that we can players coming back nex1t

"We lost a lot of seniors last play by winning the city cham- year the links will undoubtyear which of course hurts us on ··· pionshi p," said sophomore edly go in to next season witfu the experience factor, but we feel Jamie Diers. experience and know-how.

by Jenny Allen nervous because l trying your best. That tine ,is worth a set .··

·knew the people who makes it so much bet- · amount of points and were watching, but ter.". therearereductionsfor

This year's Lincoln other than that it was This year the gym~ mistakes; ·.

High school Gymnas- · like any other ,meet," nasties team set a goal Stephan said,

Johnson· gym.· Be"- year were responsible reached that goal with and

·. cause of the gym floor ·.for the high perfor- 136 points They·

damage· in· Johnson mance accordin~ to came in. first at- the. ments

We· gym dµringthe sum-' severalmembers. 'Our Papillionmeet,beatirig dop't worry,about

mer of 1994 the Lin~ coaches are great. We both East and scores on our team ..•

· ' the 'l995 gyinnasar.i<;l,girls gymnastics ,tpey work really hard Points are given tics team· me.mbers · t'eam was unable· to·. to help us With per-·· when a performance is were ··.··.·.

· State·Meet 'Lincoln High placed8th' · coin High school boys have three coaches and Papillion.···

Paul hold meets' last year, : sonal goals. It's just a manipulated with ac~ Schumacher,. Bradley· They were still abie to. matter of our own curacy. Gymnasts re- ·. Tubbs,.· Mar.k Van • hold practices .after goals," said senior · ceive points by their · Andel, Tara Gruebele, · ' schoof in the balconies Karen Stephan •· personal performance, Erin ~llman, ·Shanthough; Swari~on said, thetr originality, and·.· non Murray, Jenny , , · Junior Nicole "They (the· coaches) the difficulty of the Novak, Monica Ryan, · · · · ··. Swanson said that the· don't· care. as much performance.·. They ·. Karen Stephan, Nicole•·. · · ability to hold home about how you do. It's lose points by falling, Swanson, , , Dara , ,m~ts.didnot(;!f!ectthe, .how.:,llar,d you try. orbyfailingtoexecute Wagner •. and Amy , , , , ; ;.team much."'-· .r.Wil~:-: 1'4ey.r,e.Jiappywtthyou the·moyE:,. Each rou- Wolf. -~••e,-",

J. v..Boys and·Girls Cross Couri.try·.. Heartland Conf. Lincoln High placed 1st · LE-LNE-LSE Lincoln High. placed 1st. Fu~ureStars;Meet Llncoln High 1st .···· '•

cause Basra was lecated between Iran ·listed under refugee status. She at=·:c:==b=y=C=a=s=a=d=i=W=·o=l=fi=e=~' :;::;:;:::!:.· and Iraq, arid the two countries were tends six classes. her husband works. · · at war. She thent moved to Kuwait at Kawasaki, and her sisters and r ,.pie:·E."~~;-•~!s!1 ·~ ~rn1 ·~14se,liheandhcerfa11li.lywereafratd·· mother watch ·her two -children Language}classes speak'to ·a wide va:- of Saddam.Hussiem, wher@they stayed, Norhart, 19 months, and Taha, seven · riety of cultures. There are 130 E.S.L. ·· · in camps. ''The camps had no good months old. students at Lincoln High. doctor, no good food or water and no Al-Baaj has five brothers and five ,These students are from medicine, veiy littl(e,"said Al-Baaj. · sisters. "My cousin has 25 kids, but · Afghanastan. Iraq, Japan, Mexico, Ro- The soldiers lbrought food to the I think I'm done," said Al-Baaj. She mania, Russia, EI.Salvador, Ukraine, camps because if the people in the has two sisters and one brother that Viet Nam, and Azerbaijan among oth- camps moved outsiide of the camp, they attend Lincoln High. , · ers. The classes have six levels rang- would be shot. · Al-Baaj was married

Al-Baaj is 20 years old, and since ing from level one, called survival En- at the camps in 1993,whereabout500 a person may not continue to ,be a glish, to level six, where the students people attended. About 20,000 people student in high school past the age attend non-E.S.L. classes. All E.S.L. lived in the camps "Most of the people of 21, she won't be able to graduate. students are sponsored by an organi- Il1()VOOto the Unitted States, Sweden, Al-Baaj is currently taking classes :zation. Norway. Australia. and Holland," said including English, Algebra, Careers.

"All of the students pay regular · Al-Baaj. · and Computer Applications taxes, and many get part time jobs to She arrived in New York. lived in "I didn't want to go to school, but help their families/' said Hilde Dale; Miµnesota for a month and then my mother said to go and learn EnE.S.L. team leader. moved to Lincoln. With her husband ·glish so I could understand doctors

One ESL student. ~b Al-Baaj, Mohammed and daughter Norhan, for my children," saidAl-Baaj. When moved to Llncoln from Saudia Arabia arriving one month before the re- asked if she would like to go back in Augttst of 1994. She livedin Basra, mainder of her fan.illy. Due to the and visit her country, "Maybe someand moved to Najaf for one year be- problems in her country, AJ,.;Baajls day," was her reply.

in.ab 's daughter, No~ 19 months old.

don;tjust go around starting trouble While Lincoln High's step chain are Viewed as cheerleaders or drill by Eroa Kelley and bothering people," stated · is mostly for fun in places like in- · teams. · Walker. · ner-city schools, most step chains Step chains did not begin in

The LHS girls' step chain, II G is r;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;:::::;;;;;::=;:::;;;;::==:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;i schools, but in Africa where they · coming out strong Without the boys used to be stomp chains. LHS is the this year. Last year it seemed to only school Lincoln with a. step most students that the girls and chain.·. Both the. step chains from boys were competing but that is not ,, last ~ar and this year are making how it was intended. Jamel Walker, · ,. a big stand because before last year a member of II G stated that, "The · · · Iii' there was nothing like them and bojs made it into a competition

,, 4y S'they tt)ok it upon the~selves to do becausethey felt like wewere tak-

ing:over."

Walker Sf.i~dthat·the stepchattt-'

ct. somethi1;1g·forthe school alo-ngwtth

themselves.

:S-0fa:r:ll G has performed' at is ~·.way to do something posltive

anti show that .African-Ameri'can:

stui!ents can do better thingsWith

thet time than just sitting around

do~g nothing. The step chain is all

ab<tt

the pep.,.r,ally tlii_s year and at

ft: Seniors Susan· Lott and Nickerson rehearse a marital dispute.

·ght: oug Johns.on nd Jennifer Im "make p" in preparaion for a per01·1nance all photos by Erik Ge,,nan

embrace passionately.

Under the table and dreaming:

Left: Mr. Heineman demonstrates stress management: • , Right:Directors give final suggestions to cast.

Leticia Martinez and Aaron Dupree

I Above:

Micala Gordon and Korey Knecht.

tweein the actors' slurred speech and attempts a priest's first duty to his superior or to his

at English accents. it was often hard to discern people?

·,__ lines. Craig Fitzpatrick received a Superior In- Solomon's Child, Millard North's production, · Lincoln High faced tough completion this year dividual Acting Award for his efforts as ailing King was, according to Lincoln High senior and audiat the District One Act Play Production Contest, George. · · · ence member Elizabeth Schuller, "just bizarre." held here at the t{tgh ort December the story was about a young man second. Competing schools in- brainwashed by a cult. then abeluded Elkhorn, Gran-cl Island, clucted by his parents · and ~illard North, Ralston, and Lincoln "deprogrammed" by one Dr High. Though Lincoln High's Fifth Balthazar. Aside from the five or Sun came in second to Ralston· s so niain characters, the stage was first, LHS did receive that most Su-· · ct.J.riouslycrowded by three or four perior Individual Acting Award, with gratuitous people who spoke little an outstanding sixtotal, three more 'i and did less. Many audience mem,than any other school. la.bers, including Kate Boner, Lefler · Recipients of the award were : Middle School's drama instructor, AarQn Du.Pree, Kellie Frerichs. ~. ~~~~Sat~~ni-e-oprla~a.;lodord.Bityorc. he_rt, Micala Gordon. Korey. K:necht; .,, e,-w1'-CU tl:l J Leticia Martinez, and Enoch Ulmer. ; I,.ast was Grand ·Jsh\ndfs light~·

·' · · &41.rting out the, afternoon was III h~ •Drive In.. whicn,·"wttll.Just ~, __ Elkhorn, Witll Jw:neg.QRd the Giant •. ;se,veaFws*>1e1.c~.-held tt among :!ti',. · />each,a children·~ i,iWl"f,, James., · · tbeother.tmre laFge)Jr1a11t1 plays. ,P, ~yed by Ryan Palmer,· {a: recipient ·· · The story line was centered around , of a Superior Individual Acting four couples, one in the pr. ess of Award) escapes hts two evil :aunts- ""= ..,..•iiiil = ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;_ iiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil dealing ·with misunders · dings, • >.' in a giant peach filled with human-· - - - ·

· one breaking up as a resul ofmissl·zed insects· , whi'ch, after a fiewad- Ocsar Romero (Korey Knecht) is con.seled by the Guardians (Kellie d ding aft urt erstan s. one reuni g er ventures,. la)lds in New York. The Freirichs, Cyg_thia Sa~nzpardo) and Micala Gordon) in LHS' Fifth Sun. some previous misunders dings;. plot was simplistic, :with a. small · · iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii and one not focusing on undertwist at the end. the· eleverft · •· set, Lincoln High's The Fffth SW1was next, con- standing at all. The play was set much m re simtwo wooden curved stairways put together· to re- firming the ftquna department's reputation of fine ply that the others, with a set of two ch and semble a peach pit, was unfortunately too small acting; as LHS took second place. · The set' con- one car, three chairs for another, and ab nch for for the number of characters to ~Ye with ease. siste,d of a simple pyramid-like stair step con- the third, The scarcity of the characters, e simThe contest winner, Ralston,: 'followed, With structiori and a large cross -suspended from the plicity of the set, and the fact that m of the TheMadness of King George, a play about the · ceiling. Korey Knecht's• .partas Oscar Romero· · actors had to stay on stage throughout the play developing mental illness and ensuing recovery had several soliloquies that Knect. performed made the Jobs of these actors that much l}arde:r.

of England's King George III. ·Costuming for the memorably. The play stood out because of its For those who attended the afternoon pro- :

play was ornate, including powdered wigs. Be- · seriousness. Itfotcefully asked the question, is vided diverse and ample theatric entertainment.·

tiy.Bil· Hansen ·'' former Principal Kathryn Piller

about the appropriateness of such·

an activity.

· Lincoln High is the home of "In the past, the boys wore wigs· · mailyschooltraditions. Homecom- and make-up, but some of the ing royalty, prom, senior skip day,· teachers said it·was innappropriate," transvestism. What? Transvestism? · said Junoir Varsity Cheerleader · That's right, the Llncoln High · Katriz Kirk. · tradition of transvestism was per.- '. Jnstead of the comprehensive··· 10/li News interviews Amanda Bergeron as Katie'Wylie .watches.· petuated for yet another year at.the Sexual ambiguities of the past, male · December 15th Switch Rally wheh .·victims of this year's Switch Rally the 50-plus cheerleaders and _17 merely donned \'Pomahunks Switch Pomalinks switched places with th<: Rally 1995" T-Shirts and black boys of their choice. · _.,., shorts.

Although the· tradition wa-s This year's· Cheerleaders,

petept~ted, it lacked the.~ur Pomalinks, and Pomahunks spent ·of many previous Switch Rallies.,4Jre · hours of their own time, early in the· in part to concerns. expressec;l,by morning. preparing for the rally.. ·, · were able to purchase cigarettes. ·

· · Shutters clicked, video tape ~oiled, flashbulbs popped as 10-11 News interviewed I ,incoln High's period five American Experience class a.bout the purported evils of underaged tobacco .sales. The class spent their 15 minutes ·of fame d,iscusstng their participation in a fpecial project designed, to determine the avatlabtlity of tobacco prod_ucts to minors. All but three of the 17 participating sophomores

taff an stu ents scrutinize s-u ervision· at

he iS ~the problem" either; bility towards the stud~nts. Instead, : ploymeht.. "It's IJretty much the •·.·· · but he does believe that Campus Su- · · they act asif responsibility is all to- same because this sch()ol is just a · pervisors abuse their authority. "If ·wards thein."

part of society and allw~re doing is Cops:··. They're everywhere. youTuke a bunch of prison guards - _,· Although he acknowledges that · policing this group. It's really the

H. · They're on the streets, tiding around __ .· _ and sti~k them in a school, they're -·soµ1e students complain about the_ · same.· · ·· in their cop cars; they're on TV,_· , · ,. ·_._,. · · Supervisor Maxey,· who has ·•• ·.-making quasi-theatrical perfor- ·_ · Ctimineil Justice and Education de-.·.··· · ·_·m.ances on actton,-packed re-enact- · .·•·-•··-•grees, believes there is a difference.· · ·ment programs; and, most recently, - -·. · ·•between. law enforcement and cam-_ ··_

they'vebeenwalkingthehallsofLin-

pus supervision. "Toe problems.·· coin High. _ _ •. _ that exist at school are not the same

·.· Well, actually, there are ex-cops as adult problems that exist outside ·_:walking. the halls of Lln~oln High, ·of school.·. Adults are· adults, and ··· an<;l although. they still carry cop -adolescents are adolescents," said ·.·

equipment and are required to ful- Maxey.

·_fill decidedly coppish duties, we now .--· _ Sievert believes the dichotomy ,

ceill them Campus Supervisors. ·· between poli~ing and schooling

How are students reacting to our

·. should be clearer,· stating· "I think· · Campus Supervisors? "It's probably

there should be a fundamental difnot that different from the average.

ference. The lack ofa difference can citiZen's attitude towards the police,"

turn the learning envtronment into ·· said Principal Mike Wortman:

a police state."

, · Albert Maxey, Supervisor of

Campus Superv~sor ·Susan • _ Campus Supervision, said_."We've · ·Briggs believes acertai.namount of· ·_ ·had some complaints that·-weren't

hostility is inevttable between Su- •-· warranted, that· students were be,-

pervtsors and students because "Su- ·_ ·ingpicked on by a certain Supervi-

pervising is about who tells who,.• ·sor. We've had that, but in finding

what to do, who's higher on the ladthat out you find that the problem letes a pil.e of referrals_.. der.~ · · is not the Supervisor, the problem

· Briggs attempts to circum·_·is the person that's complaining. stp}going to want to prod people to conduct. of Camp,us Supervisors, vent ·animosity and resentment Patrick Skomer, a senior, doesn't-• ft~ in and walk the white and yel- -Supervisor Cliff Johnson do,esn't - by "increasing positive contacts feel he ts·"the problem." ''.Iwas walk- · low lines, just like they do to ptis- think most complaints against Su- With students, pecause you can. · · ing down the hallway and all .I did· ·or\ters,"said Sawatzki. "Ifwe needed· pervisors are warranted. "It'.s beeq · never really get enough -ofthem." was reach up and touch the ceiling d•y~. wecouldgotoSouth build > ajoytowor'k:here thisyear,butiast. · Johnson ·also attempts ·-to · With one finger Later, one of the in!g."

_· year students got un.toa mode where build positive contacts with stuSupervisors told me he was going Like Sawatzki and Skomer, Se- if they would go amd complain they dents, but admits that· some'.'" ·_.to gwg me a Fefcwav,t.aaia,Skomer. ·· , Dan SieV"ertis·resentfttl &Vt:he• would usu~ly get their way," said·· times,·it ~an b.e Gifiie·ult-..;"I'd like ·· "When I asked him why I was get- C~pus SUpervisors' autliortty. "I Johnson. to spend mor'e time getting to ting the referral, he told me not to d1 not feel that the Campus Super- Johnson, who was formerly a know kids. I spend so much time get smart with him and said I should Vi~orshandle their positions appro'" :Milita.ryPoliceman :and a corrections._ keeping certain }{ids in li~:e that · ··_leave." ._ p}fiately because they don't think officer, sees manyr similarities be- · I don't spend enough time getSenior Andy Sawatzki doesn't · alpng the lines of havtng resp0nst- _-tween his current and prevtous em- · ting to kriow the good kids;" < -

Eva Barajasand EronKelly

··school visits, ._academic support and enrich- • cellation. ·

__ · ment, college admissions assfsta11c~. tutor- ·_.Once the students knew about the canceling. and pre college skills development, ,ancl .·lation. of the program· they had· mixed -fee.lings. · · Despite the (act that Upward Bound, a. summer aeademlc workshops. · Junior Brandy Satchell said, ''The only reason government program designed to help minor - · ·· · · ·According to. the assistant _ director of Up- ·· (Upward Bound] was cancelled was. so that the ity students pursue higher education, has ward Bound Vaughn Robertson, the program poor and the mirtorities Will have to stay de- ·_ · encouraged numerous students to achieve was canceled because ''Lincoln Public Schools -pendent on the government. The Contract their collegiate goals, its funding has been·· does such a good job that (copgress] could not With America.more than likely has something. · cut. justify (supporting] Upward aound.'' .· to do with it too.II Junio:r Leslie Mireles also

· · Upward b~und was cut due to competi- ·. Upward bound students were told about was disappoi.nted. III feel that the government · tion from other edu~ation prQgrams through- ·._~e funding cuts in September. four months thinks that there aren't needy people here in - out the country.· Its services·includedweekly_- after the coor~inators were informed oftts can-·· Lincoln," she stated · ·

by· Micala Gordbn

and ear:ned. an "A;,,the grade .on the weighted· ·From this perspective, it seems that a weighted system would be a 5.0 instead of the standard grading scale could potentially help all students 4.0. that choose to take honors, advanced placement

Tlhere is a current trend towards instituting or differentiated classes a nattional weighted grading scale. A committee The class waiver process,. already in effect, of te:achers and. Lincoln Public School District would_work hand in hand with a weighted gradcons1ultants was comprised to recommend the ing policy. In or_der to waive a class, students establishmentofaweightedgradespolicy. This must·"prove" their knowledge of the class con- comrmittee conducted a national survey of high tent, .by means other than a test.- Students eascho,ols and colleges inquiring about their pref- ger to waive courses to accommodate a more rigerencce for weighted grades versus the·. normal · orous _ schedule could waive classes ·that congradling process. Many schools responded that tain course work with which they are already they were amazed that Lincoln schools did not familiar and instead take classes with more chalalreai.dy·have weighted grades. lenging content.

Iff a national weighted grading system was Some believe that, if established, a weighted

initiated, the effect on four-year private under-.· grading scale would o:nly benefit gifted students. gradluate college admission policies would be. However, most classes, (with the exception ofprofcound. In a different survey by Norma R. - classes in the special education department or Talley and Joan Isaac Mohr of 579 college ad- classes that require prerequisites), are open to any miss.ion directors, 74°/o said that students with student who enrolls, regardless of the student's weig1hted averages who apply to, their institutions qualifications. "[I11the present system],· an "A".in do ntot have an advantage over students whose Outdoor Cooking is just as valuable on a report tran:scripts show no weighting. In practice, how- · card as an "A"in Differentiated Physics," said Tom ever;, an intereJ5ting dichotomy exists. The stu- Hays, Gifted Consultant for Lincoln Public School denttwith the weighted average on the same ba- District. Jim Barstow, a Social Studies teacher at sic_ttranscript was chosen in 76°/4 of the cases Lincoln High and a member of the Lincoln Public_ · stucllied. 68o/o (396) of the people surveyed were School District Committee, stated, 'Traditional sys-

School District concerns whether or not to initiate a weighted grading policy in grades nine · through twelve.·. in faivor of weighting high school grades, while terns of letter grades disco1:1-ragecollege-bound stu320/m(183) opposed it.. dents from taking difficult courses."

· ·Weighting grades is a systern. of giving advanced, honors, and advanced placement (AP) courses an increase in grade point value from the traditional values used in computing grade point average. For example, if a student completed an advanced placement history course

· by Anne McShane

· Are you socially anxious?

That was the· question Heidi Inderbitzen -asked Lincoln· High juniors on _ November 7. lnderbitzen, Associate Professor· of Psychology at UNL, conducted _ a survey on the topic among LHS _juniors. • According to Inderbitzen, so~ cial anxiety is what people experience when they "feel anxious in different types of social situations." ·.For some people, the problem is a moderate one, limited to speaking in public or going on a date. For others, social

!Previous research has shown that both grade Ideally, this policy of weighted grades in conpoimt average and class rank were the most im- junction with the class waiver option would enportant factors in collegiate admission decisions. courage students to take more challenging courses

· This study upheld GPA as the most important and receive grades more reflective of the effort fact(()r followed by courses taken and class rank. they put into the class.

anxiety can. becorp.e a. serious c,ause.d by th.e condition. '.\it .is mental problem., a social phobia. crit_ical that researchers gather

The aim of the voluntary sur- information that will aid in the vey was to disce1rn the prevalence - development -of prevention and of social anxiet:y among adoles- intervention strategies for school cents and explore other charac- personnel and mental health t_eristics it. miglht be influenced professionals," Inderbitzen by.• Students were asked ques- .- writes. · tions concerninig puberty depres-

Hypotheses on the topic inSion, degree of_ popularity, elude: social anxiety· increases overpFotective1ness and social with age and is pronounced anxiety of pare:nts, and•general among students who experience anxiety. puberty late or early, socially ·. Many survews of social anxi- anxious students are rejected or ety have involved adults, but few neglected by their peers, and _ conducted havre involved - chil- students whose parents are sodren and. adole:scents Because cially anxious are more likely to · of the debilitaticon (impairment in be socially anxious themselves. social and acad.emic functioning) Inderbitzen plans to collect

data..fr.o.i;n. 6000 kids. l,OOQ,each from kids. in grades four, six, seven, nine., and. eleven. She has about half of the data collected, and plans to be. done collecting · data by the end of the ne.xt · school year. She hopes to have results by the end of the next school year and will send these -to Lincoln -High She will also · send the principal LHS-specific results as soon as they are studied. So far, it seems that the kids other students rate as "the most · easy to push around" have the · most social anxiety. lnderbitzen is conducting the survey as part · of her research requirement for UNL

A debate· pending within the Lincoln Public

anythfug :ttiat' yoti ·ctc;>n;t want ,to, ::ltttl~ g1rlvoice I knew, l would say, choi¢e. I was g~111gt: 0 sing their , ,

1>$'J~sica ,l:nterniill ··•. ;. so,ify<lu chooseto,leave'the.group, .··''This ts:the song .that my teacher songs again.·

that is your decision,"· · · ,·is f-orcing me to sing even though <. i ·•··Th'e years have passed and Christmas.;

'.··The story of ,the hli;th 'of Jesus

'

A time of cel~bra,tion arid f es-

· tivtties,' hope and joy

···. The day that every.· American child eagerly looks forwatd to. ,··.·.·Every American child? ·••···· ···

Not me.

For me, when it's beginning to

·.·. But I didn't. want to· le.ave tb,e ·. I don't believe fn anything tha,t lt ev.en though I no, longer come gro11p. · ·fs saying, and when you clap at honte 0 from· sch'ool crying.because · _ The group was. ,my ftier1ds; the.· •.the end you are only telling my · i:r>-Y,best friend asked .again, "Jes~ _·· · .··.··•stca, .·why. do you.· have to• make .·,.·· such a,big,deal about beii:;tg Jew' tsh?" I. still cringe when I hear the ·.·Christmas carols,·becauseiknow · f · that nothing has change.d. :l glare .· ·.s · angrily at the Christmas, trees on '

· the Lincoln High bulletin boards lookalot like Christmas ls when I

that Lincoln.Public Schools, says begiti to get a littie bit queasy. ·And ·

· are secular seasonal symbols and nervous. And.tense. And scared.

Because I don't celebrate

not symbols specific to any reli-

gion. I hear my friends- talking Christmas. I'm Jewish. ·

"Holiday Vacation,'' .and l can't

about the plans they will make on .·.· Until· I was about nine years

·.· old, my family celebrated both help but think how ironic it is that Christmas and Hanukkah because

( my holidays don't fall on the "Holi··my parents_ thoughtmy brother.· ____

ways do · friends· if we· didn't· celebrate

day Vacation," but my friends' aland I would feel isolated from our

.· _·And every year it happens. ·Christmas.·•· · , · From September to mid•Novem··And I do; people I had grown up with and teacher that she is correct in mak- · ber, my school will be a ·second .·.··During ele.mentary and Junior · the people I would.· grow up with, · ing me· observe her own· beliefs." home. ··It is where I meet friends,· · high school, 1.n. chorus classes I so how could I leave these groups? · But then I woke up. where J encot,1.nter textbooks, a11d would be told to sing songs.includ- I was forced to decide between my. ··.Was. she really forcing me to · where I spend the majority of my · tng "What Month Was My Jesus.·· friends and'my faith. · · sing? I could have chosen not to.·· time, but something ha.ppens Botn ln," and "Turn On the I chose the group. ·I sang the and she wouldn't have changed my arou.nd November 15. I am slowly [Christmas) Lights." I would ob- • songs. And when the lyrics said grade. So I tried it once. My · edged out of this world by Christ~ · ject, ;,I don't have a Jesus and I've "Jesus" I stop.ped slngtnguntil the .friends sang about their Jesus and mas lights, .C.hristmas trees, and never turned on Christmas lights, · next verse. ·· ~- I sat in a corner watching them. smiling Saint Nicks · My friends so why should I sing songs that Secretly, I would dream of be- And I felt left out. l wanted to be are no longer mine as their consay I do?" · ing chosen to introduce the songs. with my· friends,. smiling and versations turn to Christmas preIt became expeewd •r-eply: I. waula, step 0ff thf! rJ6eJ"s to .th~ ..-,-la,11glling.-an.d. makcing, .memories. sents And l will find myself wal,kr ''Jessica, because these are pub- microphone in the center of the · not in the corner. mg through analienating world in lie schools, you don't have to sing stage and in the sweetest, nicest, There was n10 longer any which I have no place.

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Motivated·languagestudents require·challenge

by Aishah Cossey

While enrollment in Spanish classes is nearly three· times the enrollment of French classes at Lincoln High, a compacted French course is still

No one likes a boring class. No one learns any- greatly needed. Within the second an.d third year

Mica.la Gordon · thing in a boring. class. Three. years. ago, moti- classes there exists varying degrees of ability levvated students in their second and third year of els among the students. Often the ability levels

Jessica Intermill Spanish were becoming bored;_ So, the foreign·Ian- of the students in these beginning courses is deguage department prudently created a compacted·. pendent on their desire to learn the language, as second aQ.d third year course for those students· · well as their general ability level in other courses more interested in their studies. such as English. Students who love the language Dane Miller· This· Compacted Spanish_2/ 3· course has ex- tend to be more advanced than those who are just isted for over three years now. Compacted classes filling their graduation requirements. Be/cause of

·Sports Editor Jennifer S. Allen. provide students with the. ability and the desire the existence of this variance in degrees of ability · to learn a foreign language at a more accelerated levels, the students who love the language tend Eric Wolford pace. The second and third years of a foreign Ian- to, for lack of a better way to put it, become bored Cory Voss guage are ideal for this type of course because in the classroom. ·This b.oredom among students

Casadi Wolfe much of the se<;ond and third year curriculum con- · was one of the driving forces behind the formulaEva Baraja~ sis ts of review, and after the first year of study, it tion of the Spanish 2./3 course and it is tl;lis same Eron Kelley ,· becomes evident who is able to move at a m.ore 'b~redom which necessitates a Compacted French.·.

· · · accelerat~d pace. class.

• ·. Graphics Master Erik Germari , ····The benefits for the Students in this Compacted· i This. ,was especially> true of my third year. of .• · · • ••.Spanish 2/ 3 course, taught at Lincoln High;. are· French., There were many students in the class

· Aclvisw · •'· -.·Greg Keller •• both noteworthy and obvious. These Spants)Jl stu- who loved the languag~ and wanted to lear.n, but. · ·... .· · : .'. idel'lts .~re :learning_ more .than tlley would in the. /because much of the cla:ss was unable to move at .· · .TheAdvocate ts pu~lished mont;hlyby ··· regular sec:on,d and third year classes with more ._··.· tbe pace of these mote advanced s.tudents. ,the ad~ th e Linc:<>InHigh_Journ~llsm depart-. ·enrichment opportunities and doing it in, half the , vanced students became somewhat· disillusioned · ::tn:t:;r::;:·~~ec1l~:~f:~ie~: • time ~i,.d expense.,. · · .·

· · ·.. and excluded. These stUdertts \Vould have ben• ters to the Ed.itormust be signed and ·. , .In addition, all the students in the classroom efited greatly from a compacted class. ·These stu-. may be edited for t;hesake of space Ei:re there becf.luse they want to be there; which. dents, and all foreign language students whether ,and clarity Lette~s ~d correc;:tions .·greatly improves the a·tm<>sp;here and flextbil-tty of t.hey are studying lttench or Spanish,. deserve· the · may be delivered to room 312. Un- · the _classroom. It only seems fair that all students opportunity to compact· their learning a11d move signed editorials are the optnton of the taking any. foreign l~ngu~ge should have access at a pace which' is appropriate to their intellect. Advocate._Theviews·expressed_here .•to opportunities like this cbmpacted course,· but· ·Schools shouldbea place for people· to Ieatn and do not necessarily repre~ent those of· they do not. Only students taking Spanish are mature, and our foreign language department •the LHS administration. · given t.his option. · s,hould reflect that. ·

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Jeseiea Inter ••rill end R~t1a Mark- '.fieso thou~. prefel"~the mallfor a dtffer~nt < _ Sophomore l{evm Shockey believes the man

· Y --r reason. I dont think its sa~e downtown Ive indicativeofalarger,disturbing ·

· heard on 'JVapout all tlle mlence. ; Plus Ive seen trend m Arnertcan soci'- · Electronic melodies arid cashmere displays ·people fightirig the!,"e;and .it's just not an _erivi-··.ety. •"I feel the man·•··

arena .···ro°jo~ ~;:1~~~5til~n~duate, works ~cl . ~:pu%1~~~~er

Wi:tll , shoppers •n a frant,ic fretlZy and mer- shops at J.C. Pl!JU.lY s, but w<>uldrather p<>"'er .i the ;·.·normal ;

chants ready ahd willµ'.ig to sell to the btgvest purchase in his ownideru shopping setting. i steteot.ypeof ·••· bidder, Gateway mall i~ floutishiqg. .•

"I reaPY don't like the mall.-"said Griffith ~I'd .: mo de r n

"I shop here [at the mallj like once , a w~kl" much rather shop · in ari old market scene, you : teen.agers · · confesses junior Talia -Tieso, whose favorite ~op · kn<>w,outdoors, lemonaqe stands, 110hustle ·arid a n d is Bath and Bi:>dyWorks } "And I ~nd like tw<mty bustle I wanfto shop f:lomeplacewith~haracter •.! •• buc~s each time I ~om~ her~." .·· · •·· : an~ wo<>dfur~tu~, Her,e [at :the nialll, the -w.alls ,; r e ,a 11 y _ : · Annette Almquist. ·a .partner of the faux areso characterless, they're too designer. I guess where its French clothing boutique, "Express: thinks stu-

I just want to shop some:wher¢ with a little dust."

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·.·. dents shop .a:tthe niall "because of -the fun attno ~ · Other people snare Gnffitb'ssentiments; te~ .··.

sphere. When you come to the m~l yqu ha\:e a jec:tirig the co~sum<!rism of the mall.for the more , blast all the time!"

traditional.atmosphere ofdownto\\ttl. "I've never • •·.

· Danell Guhde assistant manager of Camelot · been to Gateway myentire life wait, I take that

·.• Music; •agreed · "'Compclred : to downtown ; it's · back. I;v¢been to tlle srnoke shop," · said soph<]i~ much more social here. More of their [high school more Nick Barber. "I really, really like The Milli ·.· · ·· students'! friends are drawn to the mall.~

I go down there twice a:week."

rims, • lights. l'lnd l'l system you •··r...;;;;;::;;;;;;;;;;;;;. have spent almost two thousand .·' more ,dollars on yolir car "'.fhe

One ~f the biggest hobbies and · extras I have put 011my car :uke money co~sumers that stude~t~ the neon plate lights and new stero spend their money on is working system so far have cost me over on and buying things for their car. one thousand dollars." stated se- • · Cars d~ckecl out with five star nidr jestis Rarrtlerei. • · · · rims. (a very expensive type of , Most people who custom their , hubcap that is shaped like a five cars do it either for show or for a • pointed star); ·under c~r lighting, hobby. A lot of time s you ar,e i,.oc and hydrauli~s to ,make it rock five ticed cir remembered for the car different ways are very expensive. they drive or what tlieir car lot>ks More tljan likley the hydraulics · Ii.ke. A car is aften t i-sed lis a ;ta~ •· would be the 1:1ost e~eensive ht_ tus symbol and that is how you cause tj'iey are 1llegal 1n Neb1:aska. get your recogniti()n, .·•··,.· · A set of four five star rims for can Some of the students do not get _ · ru11 ab?ut fivr to seven thousand much help from their parents foot- · dollars. A.car before any customs irig their automotive bills. Stu- e are put op, can cost apout.sixto dents must -work at p.art time jobs •· ten th~usanci dollars. '.fhis is ~ot in order to afford this prtcy hobby. in_cJud1~g weekly : gas , or repairs -All in ' all this is a very ezj,enslve

th~t might occur along the ~Y-. hobby that is for. the ·strong of

.·.B): the time a car cus~ome d with · heart and the big of billfold.

an outrageous amount of ,however found other ways to spend ·· ·Magic, or lql'.ge, •a sm~ f-Cirtu~ ·•m9ne,Y:on wJla't they are·inteT'e~ted my time :t.h,atai:en'tquite ;as e;x:pen"' · can be easily wrapped up in these in. For many it is well worth the sive." When used in Inoderation, the · e~ensive cards ~ , ··•

·.•. , · Inoi;1eyspent be~a,i~e they re$,lly price mi1y not .be ~ h~ and the Orte of the niore ~ensive love their hobby. For some, once ·cons¢quences are not quite as sebobbies ts the ev¢}~popular · they complete their task, ,such .,as vere :, · ·. • ·-·•. .· · shopping .spree Students' ex~ rims, stereos,. and tires, they don't For some, the preferred hobby penc:liture, haye proven tha~ It feel .satisfied. They feel as if they is ta,kin~ les~ ons of so ,me sort; •·is not difficult: to blow yot,rr en~ need to do more, which could mean · w:hether it ht piano, writl!].g, horse~ ti te · pay<:heck at the mall. •_ · a variety of~iffere ,nt things depelld'- ..•bacl{ riding, or any ri.uml;)erof other within a matter of hours. ing on a person's hobby. · lessons. ~ssions for these activities · · For some; this is the pre- )·. If you're , one who likes to bi ke are often som~what exp¢nsive , bu.t · · ferred hobby. Altliougn you probably know that the ex- well worth it when it cornes time to it may· be a Iit:tleex.pen~ ·peilses involved might bejilst as~- put that skill ~Ous¢. · sive; .·it often cSeems to . pensive as buying a car or even Music has been a favorite hobby

· · - .·. relieve : stress. Junior g1:eater.Bikingrequires many acces- ', for score~ of J:)COplesince it was in",

• ',· Ron Diulas says he is . sories depending on the indtvfdual's vented. CDs, tapes, eight tracks,

· • · one wl+lolikes to shop : .·seriousness,. ·.J uiiior Scott Hollon · rec<>rds,all h~~e hte11 fb:e p*ssion u Someti ,mes after - get commented on his views of biking. or their fans during their time. "I love · thr.QUgh a we~~ of:w,9r'kiJJ,g, "J ,i;~.;i.lly,like tp bike ,::,!hc!V~ J.leen_, ; to ~! te_iz , tP.2!1 ~ic I,,, ~gn't ~eally

·•· · gmrig to practice arid school ; I ·-gding /illaou~lltesShice I was <- lmowJimv many ~'f) -~ I.indtapes tiiat · like to go to the ·mall and spend in fourth grade. :With fill of the ·ac- · I have because I have so many -.·: somemofiey.Wheril'matthe rnall I cessories and bikes tha •t I have Whenever a new CD that l like · · just like to buy iliings." For some, bought I'm sure I could have bought comes out, I can't help but rushing ·· · ·.··.,·.however; sh~ppirig can. get a: little -· a nice :ca:r by now. A serious biker .··.out and gettirtg it." Conii;nented scout of control and a little compul- who really enjoys the _ swrt could nior Julie Boline.

,· ··- · , .· siv~. Many times people have easily spend over $2,000." · ·. Hobbles have always been a ·· found themsel1ves with :large ·. Then there isalways the widely · major J)flrt of life and will probably ·•.··de~ts that they ha v e trouble paying .·condemned "hobby" of drugs, alco- continue to b~ so Chances arethat

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provides an environment suitable for study or ,

social gathering."

Both Hasty and Kohmetscher agree that: for Looking for fun; relaxation, study time, or·. socializing and meeting interesting people; The conversation, Lincoln High students have Coffee House is the place to go. However, oppoplunged ·head -first into the coffee renaissance. · site of Evans, for. sophistication and study time Coffee Houses, no longer the psycho-esot,eric · they prefer The Mill. 'The Mill is more quiet, •

hang-outs of the beat generation, are more popu::. better for study [than the coffee house}" recalls

\\:7'ith plenty of positive user feed- lar thart ever in communities across the Unlited Hasty. "Ifl have to do some studying or ifl want back, we're back! Consider Net Links a States, including Lincoln. to have a discussion with somebody in standard feature now; no longer is it in · Offeringalow-:keyenvironment, coffeehouses partic~lar then I usually go to The Mill." · · for beta testing! are good places·for winding down at the end of 'The Coffee House.yes, is pretty noisy," stated

· Hearing the call of the great out- the day, getting away from annoying family mem- Evans. "But the extra distraction_gives you somedoors, Net Links has struck gold. Out- berS, and· relaxing in a

thing to work against. , If door Resources Online (http://_ pleasant. atmosphere. Al· LK · there is distraction, you www.azstarnet.com/~goclimb/) is a thoughtherearemorethan

have to·- ·concentrate superb sight for any outdoors enthusi- '· ten coffee houses in Lin- more." ast. With comprehensive website lists coin., LHS stu<;Ients almost

· Lincoln has many a:r:rangep. by "Top Picks," "N~w Links", · unanimously chose The

neighborhood coffee and then geographically, there are sites Mill and The Coffee House

houses that cater to select from Arizona Mou.ntaineering club to as th eir favorites. ·

Zermatt Skiing. Included in the site are · The Mill, J.,incoln's old-

u back country travel/ camping, climbing, est coffee house. also -has

Noble coffee the fishing, mountain bikip.g, river running, · the largest clientele~ With

:, gateway mal ts at skiing; and surfing. With over 600 ac- its rustic wooden floors,

.· tive link~. this site will boggle your mind potted trees, and aromatic I'

with endurance laden activities. • coffee, TheMill has a warm

For those steamy endurance activi- atmosphere · "The Mill is

" 9 types of people. A new

· f coffee house, The Purple ties performed indoors, The Safer Sex just more of a quiet sophis: i. Moon opened at 1241 "N" · :page (http:// www.empharni.ucsf.edu ticated place," says senior · · st'reet. "[The Purple. •.· / ~troyer / safesex.html) provides no- Paul Hasty. "I think The =;;;;.., Moon) ha~ a coz'ier, more nonsense information on safer sex, how· Mill is for•..the average [per- · e~thy· s<>rt of ·atmoto use all kinds of protection (even ab- son)" ·

~-o . sphere." said Eva:ti's. stinence), and offers discussion forums Junior Riley Peterson Hasty has recently started'•· on safe~ sex._ It inciudes resources for - _:works there.01' 'o/:fek-ends _ .·. frequenting The Purple :eeunocle¾"a,eovering top ice from HIV to ""- "I do it al\." ~ys. Peter~on. ' '·, " .·, , , , .,, M()on and enjoys its at,behavtor studies, which are beneficial ·.Although he , thinks it is a great place to wcork mosphere as well. Still other coffee housessuth td ·~tuderit's ·and.advisers alike. This ·hedoesn'talwayslikeeverycustomei:. 'ToeyslLlre as Mo Java and Java Java dot the map with-. · educational site may be threatened by stay around for a long time," he says. quaint diversity. "MoJava has.lots of plants ahd the Communications Decency Act so According to many LHS students, The Coffee paintings," says senior Anne McShane, "lt has visit it and voice your opinions soon. House more closely resembles the beat genera- · music on Saturdays and is fairly small and cozy." Movie Lovers rejoice! The Internet·. tion houses. 'The people who are there every Despite the diversity of Lincoln coffee houses, Movie Database (bttp: / / night for seven, eight hours, studying, smoking European establishments still put them to www.msstate.edu/Movies/) offers like five packs a night; those are Coffee HoUise shame. "In Europe," junior Olga Pierce recalls; trivia, plot summaries, and full credits · people, says Hasty. Sophomore Ell"in "the coffee they ms:ke is about twenty times stronto literally thousands of motion pie- Kohmetscher said, "It's a nice place to just go in ger than anything you can find in the us, so I tures, foreign and American. · and sit and have a cup of coffee and just talk to guess people there are a little more nyper as a any submissionsto net links can be e-m~iled to peoplle.thYou;anSaialdwaysmeet really interestilng result... · peop e ere · Susanne Evans, "When I do Whatever your taste. there is a coffee-house dane_mi@llncnet.com ·1ec1 b na· Mill hang

ouses, o en go to e of- 1or you. i ·ambiance, camaraderie, a:nd great fee House. I

•by Eric Woitord

-· ·. After a five year leave of absence, James Bond is back in the edge-of-your-seat film Goldeneye.

In this, the seventeenth installment of the · series., ·Double O Seven (Pierce Brosnan) is on

16-17 "Walkin' in a winter wonder. yet another mission for Her Majesty's Secret Ser· vice When. a top-secret Russian satellite-based .· weapon called "Goldeneye" is stolen from a highly classified-militaryb.asein the heart of the.former ·· land":. the Chet Ager nature centure hosts Crystals an.- Sparkles Guided Hike at the Chet · · Ager building. ·Great, for cheap. dates and fun.· · 2pm Soviet Union, Agent 007 is assigned to find the free· weapon and the criminals responsible. With the fate of the world once again in his hands, Bond starts. his search in St. Petersburg, Russia. ·Af~ · f g, Dec. 19 Jazz up the holidays with the swinging, fresh sounds of Moore By Four at · the Lied Center. Their n.ew interpretations o

ter a few daring escapes,.Bond goes to the Car~ ··traditional carols are sure to bring all· holiday r;·joy.

ibbean and, with the help of Natalya Siminova (Izabela Scorupco), a former cornputer programmer in the Goldeneye project and Bond's love interest,. attempts to stop the evil doers from · sending -the world into total chaos.

From the heart stopping opening scene, right· down .to the alwc1.ysquirky but dependably inventlve Q.(Desmond Llewelyn), Goldeneye is one · of the better movies released this year. Director ··. Martin Campbell brings an atmosphere to the

movie that has been lacking in other Bond ftltns

since the early seventies. ·Brosnan gives a great .·

8pm

Dec. 23 LHS band Midni.gi1t Sun brings their hard edge ·rock to Havelock Social Hall, 4538 N. 62 St. ·There will be door prizes and drawings galore

7:30pm $10.00 performance and will be embraced by.Bond fans in th,ehew James.Bondclassic, Goldeneye. · · who have been waiting for a successor to the dismal Tun,othy Dalton. Sean Bean plays his role

as ··OQ7

·.·Dec. 31 New Year's Eve has never been · · as the surprise villain c-onvincingly and with the. Conn<ery classics, From Russia With Love ·and revengeful tone needed to make it work. GeldftngeF , and puts every 'I'~ Dalti>a aad.

Th-ough 'the movie lacks. the memorable. Roger· Moore film:. to ·shame. · With Brosnan quips associated with the Bond character, this signirng to come back for at least two more films is by far one of the best films in thirty years of - before the year 2000, this is surely not the last the 007 saga.· The film ran.ks behind the two of good. Bond films

.so grand. Starship 9 theatres hosts many lo~ cal bands including LHS band Your Local ·· ··. · \,\Teat.her.Showing six movies, Starship will carry yau to '96

9:30pm-2am

$6 tickets sold at school complied by Dane Mille·

by Ben Kurtenbach

·.oµs, yet nohchalan1t, artistic expres- · The song expresses•fhe group's dedi~ · sion, Labcabin California players · cation to confronting· and coexistImani, · Booty Broiwn_, Fatlip, and ing with madness in our society.

"Hey you can I take up a mo- Slimkid Tre express less "I seen [Ya The means to attain this include ment of your precious time and de- Mama{ in the back ofTa<;o Bell with spiritual sessions in the

·. With all said and· done, let the Pharcyde speak for themselves with the conclusion to Labcabin California. "This ain't nothin' -but the fine the whole truth " handcuffs " theatrics. Perhaps this "Splatitorium" and engaging in fur-

This quotation from the bohe- is due to the natural evolution of ther spiritual musical creation that mian hip-hop foursome· the.· serious musical expression or pas- kicks "Something That Means Pharcyde best describes their inten- sibly maturation through age. Something." tiqns ·on their new. album· Labcabin Nevertheless, tracks like "Devil This notion of spirituality is most California. Back in 1992, the LA,· Music" espressbltmtlytherealttyof prominent in the lyrics of Slimkid. · California-hailing band released corporate hip-hop Simply listen to · Tre; whose transcendant mentality their first. album, entitled Bizarre ·Fatlip when he truthfully states, ·· reminds listeners of cosmic scripts Ride II, that surprised many mem- "Every time I step to the micro- · form sector six, home of the Digable bers of hip-hop unconsciousness phone,· I put my soul on two-:-inch Planets. Yet Tre's similarity to the with a style· different from music · reels that I don't even own." Not only Brooklyn insects only amplifies the · typically signed in South Central. · do hip-hop musicians not own and profound messages found in Tracks. like "Ya Mama." and "Passin' control devices for expression, but· Labcabin California. ··.·MeBy".·Sent_the the self-described · Fatlip also implies a difference in the "herbalized" ·four to a relative sta- objectives between corporations and tus of hip-hop ·fame and most de~ artists. Marketing: versus Move the ·

servedly so.. · Crowd.

··.· In the tradition of Jimi Hendrix, 1 The·· .·firs.t single release, · .··who.transformed his.early guitar. l'Runnin", depicts The Pharcyde's · ··torching hype to later levels of seri- ·Labcabin reality in 'which they live. ··

So follow me tnto the sun and let your soul be free." Peace.

by Anne McShane

Wrestling is a sport that appeals to many Lincoin High atheletes. Ken Johnson, Lincoln High and teamWrork as well. · "We · Sharpe has high hopes for the ·• · · Junior and returning letterman, is one of them. · by Micala ,Gord0 n hope our heard work pays off," team this season. Said Sharpe, · · · "I Just dig wrestling," Johnson says. However, if · s1:1.idJutgems. With a well- "The team is ready; we can · · one is looking for easy glory, the wrestling de- ' The 1995-1996 Boys Ba$ket- · pra~ticed tieam and versatile " make ·it to Districts and State partmentisn't the place to look, as the sport "does ball team , llit the court runriirJ.~ players, tllils goal is Very tan-·•....a.rid do well.:· .·. ·. ' take a commitment, dedication, and sacrifice," this season ~th a combirta.tioh •·•·gtble f()r tbteV'a.i;sity boys this · $even of the twelve team ·

nson

of playing experience and coop-

seasori. ·Aslsistant Coach Sam .·members are seniors · but sev- ·

, · Wrestlers must atten<i practice six days a eration. Pulling them- · era! sophomores and week, from two to three hours per day. Practice s,elves up frol}l last

Juniors round out the

began November thirteenth, with nine returning season's slump, the talent and ability of · •lettermen, seven of which are starting. The other Linc?ln High boys hope

the Varsity team. As · seven weight classes are filled by people new to to improve their record

Van den Berg - stated, ·.· wrestling. ·

and make it to the state

"We have an experiCoach Bob Orta enjoys wrestling because it's champion$hips. · · enced team with qepth · a "one on one sport. It's Just two people, nobody Though the team got

in all positions. ·This · -. else. If you make a mistake, you have nobody to off to a rocky start, se- year's team members blame but yourself." Returning letterman and ~ior Pa~lo Van den Berg ···are

LincolnHighseniorCoryL,yons"ljkesthe indi- is confident that the

vicluality" as well. Unfortunately, the individual- team will shine this sea-

ity means takii;ig full responsibility for failing to ·son. Said Van den Berg, · ···

live up to expectations, including your own. ''~e have a ~olid core of

Lyons feels he fell victim to this at the December eight or nine players

2nd Fremont tournament, where 'the team placed th at can come in and

· fifth of six competing teams. ''It was our first competewithanyone in

meet, everybody was a little ragged, a little tense. Class A. · We're a team ·

There were some bad things, some good things, tbat will co~e together

it was a good point to start." and s~.rpr1se a lot of

Johnson, however; didn't give the team as peopl~. ,

much credit. "I'm disappointed in the team. We · With a 7 -13 record

worked really hard, and then we fell down flat. la st year! the Links are

· We showed a lot of room for improvement." eager ~o better their

are coached To make it to state, the team must be of the reputa~o_n among Class ·.. this

top four statewide. Last year, eleven wrestlers A participants. Kelly

· wenttostate, twoofwhommedalled. Atlastyear's Jurgens, a senior var-

Fremont tournament, the team placed fourth, sity player, noted that

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S'Jurgens (12), Justin

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;: Woods ·.( 12), Shane ·

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Sharpe.

1995 • -..: C ·d. Wi •,. Enoch Ulmer. "I just said, if I of work Jnvolved. "There were a ====u=y===a=sa==·:::: 1 ==o=u=•e===make it great, if I don't, that's few days of·Jntense rehearsals · okay. I wasn't really worried where we didn't come to school,"

· The. NMEA Auditions (Ne- about it I guess;" ·said Rachel said Meyer. braska Mustc,Education Asso- Meyer. "I was extremely ner- The wmners began rehears: · elation) were held at · als for the big perforEast High on Satur- ~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~ mance, where they · day, October 14. Over were able to prove their 2,000 people across musical talents. On ' the state with talents November 18th; they 1n vocal, orchestra, Jazz had a dress rehearsal; band, and choir tried At 5:00 that night, they out. 1, performed at the Lied

The auditions were a,Center. "It's a real neat taped and sent to the : experience because the========:===::======~:::::::;:z·========== Judges, who then chose --i group ts so huge and. ======b=y==R=y:a::a=n=•==M=ar==k=e=y===== the winnefs. There are ! the sound you can about 120 band,, 300 • : make. is Jncredible. I As long as condoms break, women are raped, choir, 100 vocal, and tt thJnk the performance diaphragms and cervical caps are dislodged, pills 20Jazz players/sJngers · i went really well," said are not taken correctly, and people feel the need chosen. The students I Sara Wight. to have unprotected sex, emergency contracep·must be enrolled in an The LincolnHigh stu- tion will be necessary. Toni Jones, a Women's instrumental or vocal liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

dents chosen were: Health Nurse Practitioner at Planned Parenthood · class-to audition, and · Lincoln.Htg · vio st Erin Hallstrom Trisha Deshon, of Lincoln, has been counselmg women about it ts for· high school rehearses for the Nebraska Music Nathaniel Walcott, Andy emergency contraception for years. · grades only. · , Educators Association c:oncert.at Lied. Garbacz, Susanne More commonly known as the "Morning Af-

There were differ - · Evans, Jennifer Pearson, ter Pill," emergency contraception ts ingesting a ent reactions to the au- Jim Novak, Katherine combination of. pills containing estrogen and ditions. !'I was extremely ner•. vous, being in front of people Swoboda, Sara Wight, Dana progesterone, both of which are specific brands vous and I didn't.think I'd make makes me nervous, but my Fernandez, Erin Hallstrom, Anne of birth control pills. These pills are gtven in a it since I was sick, so I said bear teacher prepped me so I felt con- Marie Wilson, Dane Miller, Eliza- certain amount of time and at specific inte:i;vals. " with me; so maybe they took ftden:t," said Sara Wight. For beth Schuller, Ben Armstrong, ·Estrogen an<;l progesterone, the hormones that into consideration,"· said some there was a great amount • .Sarah Shaw, ancrBrtan Weber. present durJng a woman's menstrual cycle, are disrupted by emergency contraception. _The.pills

also disrupt the lining of the uterus so that a ·• , pregnancy will not occur.

Emergency contraception is most appropri' ate when you have had unprotected sex (i.e. noth• Gal Maller, an immtgrantfrom Israel and college campuses? Ing was used, the condom broke, or you have class of '95 alum of Lincoln High, recently sat A: I would say that the MIT senior gift of missed your pills a couple times) around the time dw11n-with the Advocatg's dismantling and rec@struc.tJ.ng a.police car on. of ovulatio~. It's ofte!J..har~ to gete:i;111Ule;}Vhen

i:r Copy Editor Hal Hansen to one ·of the buildings would be one of ffie mote you <Y"'-1late-but Planned Parenthood s:taff has a, discuss college, high. memorable ones. the knowledge to help determine the correct f school, and cost-benefit

Q: Did Lincoln High prepare you for college?. dates. • , ,c: analysts oj chlamydia.

A: It did in certain areas, such a_s English The effectiveness of emergency contraception · a. ·Mr. Maller ts ·a fresh- · and Social Sciences. In the areas of foreign Ian- depends on each woman's menstrual cycle, and 3 _,ruinat Carleto_nCol- guage I learned how to use and how to construct when ovulation occurs. The success rate of.emer- · 1:1 lege in Minne- the language but tp,e weakness was vQCabulary. gency contraception varies from 75% ·to 95%. s«a.

Q; in your

Q: How.is social fife different in college? Emergency contraception will not work if preg-

A: Social life in college ts no longer where nancy has already occurred, if the information opimon, what is you are from or what yo1,1can offer or exterior you gtve is incorrect, or if it has been more than the most sigriift- qualities, it has turned to whether the people 72 hours sJnce you had unprotected sex. cant difference can ,enjoy company for a long period of time and Emergency contraception is not without side between· college maintain a relationsllip for a long time. On- the effects, the most common of which is nausea. life and .high school? other hand,· there are a lot. of short term rela- Approximately 33% of women have nausea; many

A: College ls the epitome of responsibility.. tlonships, such as parties, flings, and infatua~ vomit. Other temporary side effects include headYou screw up and you eat it. You're gonna eat tt · ·tions which are most common at colleges; aches, breast tenderness; dizziness, and fluid. and nobody's gonna help you because they want ·Q: Someone told me recently. and I don't · retention. you to get stuffed and blow up because then know if its true, that one third of the student · ·Some private phystctans in our community , there's one less competitor against them for a body at UNL has clllamydia. What do you have provide emergency contraception; you can ask if job. to·say about that? · · your private physician provides this service_.

Q: You said college is the epitome ofrespon-

A: Reality bites, doesn't it? College students Planned Parenthood also provides emergency sibility. Don't people drink beer, fornicate, and no longer have the restrictions from their par- contraception. Ifyouneed_moreinformationyou live slothfully at most colleges? ents or their school or society in general. When may call Planned Parenthood of Lincoln or a prt-

A:. Yes, but people are inherently irrespon- they're in college they'.re in their own world where .vate physician. ·Be prepared to pay for an exam sible when they get the chance to and they don't · they can choose either to study or to have fun or. and the cost of the :pills. Planned Parenthood's · realize they'll suffer the consequences. Sdme to do both,. but sex is as much a part of college fees are based on a sliding scale, which can be people see college as a place where it's all one as teachers a:re gonna be:. explainedbyanyofthePlannedParenthoodstaff. big vacation; parents pay for tt and they can have

Q: Which do you think is better., high school · The drugs used as emerg,ency contracepanother four years of high school~ but they don't or college? And why? , · tton. pills are approved by the US Foog and realize that employers look for more than Just· A:. As a person wh9 likes challenges and be- Drug Administration and are widely u.sed for grades. They look for who you are and what you lieves there is never a final product; Just an infi- · other purposes. Thes!:! products have not ·can do and if you can do it the best, the cheap- nfte amount of processes, ·Ibelieve coJlege ts bet- been submitted to the F.D.A. for approval • es_t, and the quickest way with the competition ter than high school. College is a riext step in fqr use as emergency contraception pills, but. at hand.

· life: high sch<>0lwas a fun level.

Q: So, in other words, y~u feel that the reek-

cliritcal research studies. haye shown that

Q: My brother once told me that high school emergency contraception pills are safe and, lessness and wanton abandon which have be-- was like.a Dante's Inferno, and that he should effective. come characteristic of college campuses are ac- · be lavished with gifts for bothering to attend. Ms. Jones adds that, "Sex you see on TV, tually good, and are a necessary step towards Would yoti agree with this sentiment? · in magazines, ancl advertisements is made .psychological development?

A: ·No, but there is some truth to it. If htgh to look glamorous and exciting; it's not usu-

A: They're not good, but they're a part of ev- school.isn't Ghallengtng enough for certain stu- · ally th~t way in real life. Having sex creates ery college campus; The role the college should dents, it tends to be boring. Thus, for a per- responsibilities most young people aren't playistominimtzesuchbehavtorsandshowstu~ son-who yearns for college, it may seem like ready to face If you're having sex, use a ·dents that the real world ts either four or six years Dante's Infetno until you're done and -if you : method of contraception and be consistent away and that they should get down to business. do leave you're. stuck ina world which won't in using it. Us1ng contraception to prevent ·

Q! .Wh1;1t'sthe most depraved thing you've gtve you anything unless you go back and fin- a pregnancy ts a lot easier than worrying ever heard of, in terms of reck),es&abandon ~n. ish.

: about being pregnant."

• Have you ever wondered where· your tax dollars are going? They· are going into a great big hole just south of the Lincoln High main building. This is not neeThe essarily a bad thing. hole is being filled with inforced ···concrete, steel I-beams and a small army and of artisans laborers con- working to struct what will become the final addition to

all photos and text by Erik German. Layout by Patrick ·Farrell re-

Nebraska's oldest, largest and arguably greatest high school.

The addition will include c, a new pool,· a practice gymnasium, and enteen sevnew

math classrooms and computer labs. It is scheduled to be completed by the beginning of the 199697 school year and will cost approximately 5.8 million dollars.

Not yet completed, the new gyu1 wt1 be spacious.

Above~· Aweaty constuction worker heads for home at the end of the day.

No orange stickers on.this baby, 15 tons ofwide/load parks wherever it wants.

children in Linc9 In High.'s

·Student Child Learning Center came to school on December 18, 1995, unsuspecting of the af-

Middle School's student council

the Student Child Learning Center a

gift of between $350- and $400-worth of new and

notices to parehts with report cards.· Pound's

'•t VIP First Bank also hung posters asking for

LaFay1a Helmstadter asked of the crowd, "What choose from and take home the remaining 1/3. _ _ ·___ -do you do wh~n people want to be violent? Are · 'The students and I are all very excited," said

you Wlllli1~ to never give up?"

Other i3au.es dis:- a.0~s,~j teacher and -dir1::c_t9r-of the Learning

· .--. .Janu«iy .fifteenth, Gr. Ma.1 tin Luther·Kf~J:"r:- eai.i.ed were the importane.e ofcoinniunicafion: Center, JoAnn Bartek. - "It is so wonderful is to Day, was A Day On, not A Day OfC:for ma:hy working together, gang in:fliiehces; what adults ·- get such a gift from students at other schools, ·_ Lincoln High students. Lincoln High seniors can do to help youth, solutions to racial prob- but especially from middle schools who really Aquarius Hopkins. Anna Nelson, Leticia lems im Lincoln, stereotypes, respect,,quality of aren't even our feeder schools. All the Lincoln Ma.rttp,ez, junior Regina Amen, and teacher life, eq1ual.coverage in history, and the responsi- High students kept saying was, 'They .donated Jarelab'.1e Mays were a11·coordinating men:1bers · bility tto educate oneself. Adults were asked by all of this?'" of the Dr. Martin Luther_ King,. Jr. March/Pro- · Lincolm High. junior Jessica Intermill to make

• _·_gram..that took place Qil .tl:lefifteenth, their Day, · sure tlney were involved in some youth's life, mak-

· On~ · The focus o-fthe. program. w~ "Our _Com- · ing the struggle that little bit easier. Adults were mitment to Unity and Non~violence." The pro- · also asked to have high expectations of young gram was put together by Lincoln youth with people, to give good direction, and just to be there · some aid from groups such as the NAAC·P.the to listen. People should, audience members colGirl Scouts, the_ Lighthouse, !,incoln Project _laboraited, not get mad, but help others under-· Youth, the LPS Multicultural_ Office, and the stand the situation, think before they speak, take Youth Advisory Council. · the initiative in self-education, let down anger

Members of the community joined the Links thresh1olds, and stand up for beliefs. in a chilly march from the County-City Building The discussion was followed by an address to the Capitol. The group then met in the East given lby Lincoln _Police Officer John Carter on Chamber of the Capitol and were welcomed by Comm1unicating with Police. · Thomas Christie Anna Nelson. Lefler Middle School student conclu.ded the speaking program with an AfriRaebel Bates sang the Black National &them, · can proverb, "If we stand tall, it is because we· "Lift Every Voice,., which was followed by ad- stand on the shoulders of our ancestors," and· dresses by Rick Wallace (NAACPofficial), Mayor's · quoted Martin Luther King, Jr., saying, "lnjusAssistant Lori McClurg, and Jean Lauvel, Gov- tice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere." ernor Nelson's Policy Director. _ Middle schooler ·He wemt on to comment on the power of love, the Johance -Christie then_ gave King's·_"I Have a · :Cutilityrof returning hate wj_thhate, ·and to spur Dream" speeeh, after which a video. was shown on au1dience members_ to carry on the fight, , with clips of King, civil rights demonstrations and Lastly., audience and program members together· racist violence.in the movies. "· sang, '"We.Shall Overco~e:"

·The audience was then invited to participate · Lirucoln High Junior Derryl Myles was present _ · in a panel discussion Panel members included at the March and Program "to support the MarLinks Aquarius Hopkins, Leticia Martinez, and tin Lu.ther King dream and to support youth;" Regina Amen, LHS alum Fine Eddie Br.own acted "Everylbody should stand up for equality," he said, as moderator. - - "and slowly but surely the dream will be· realBrown started off--the discussion asking of ized. - 'There is still raeism and _discrimination, · _ anyone if, as King spoke of in the sixties, the but this rally will let Lincoln ~know that people most powerful weapon -against racism and in- are still accomplishing dreams."justice is· still nonviolence In response··to ·this Thiis was the first time since .the third· Monquestion, panel member Leticia Martinez com'" day of January became Dr. Martin Luther King, -mented "I believe that there are still people who ·Jr. Day that the holiday actually fell on King's believe that , I personally believe that vio- birthd;ay. The day off actually had nothing to do lence is not the way. You don't want to fight how with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, according to they fight." Audience members agreed, noting LPS official Radious Guess. · .The day off was that the issue of all cultures working together coincidentally, and • some would· say was especially important in the fight against rac- serendipitously, scheduled for the holiday. Next ism, as well as youth bringing the message home year, the watchword for Martin Luther King, Jr. and to their schools. Lincoln Northeast student Day in LPS will be scholastics as·usual.

' -and with or estures students

byC&cyVoss

On Dece:i;nber 6th and 13th, Tom Frye visited students at Lincoln High.. Frye, author of Scrathing on the Eight Ball, and The Kid. the Cop and the Con, told students about his life and some of his adventures. · Frye's stories and ideas were emphasized with elaborate hand gestures, songs; and emotion-filled voice. All of these made his stories · more interesting and relevant to students, · hich, Frye explained, is his goal in life.

Frye describes hi:i;nselfas a kid who turned around his life Just in time. · Once Frye ·saw that living on the streets and doing drugs was· not the way to live his life, he started trying to help others who had not yet "found themselves".

- by Anne McShane

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· As time ·progressed and the college stUtdents ' group th~t he feels he is treat~d differently form ==========::;:b=y= · =..=l\=is=h===a=b==C=o::: s=s=e=y== -, , ========== ·. became more comfortable with the situation, it - ·the non--minolity students in the classroom · , ·. ·.· ,· · · became evident that though Lincoln High is ar- Lozano stated that in some of his classes he feels Lincoln High's diverse student body became guably a forerunner in the areas of diverslt:y and ·· like, " the teacher is pushing for the white kid ·the subject of a learning opportunity for forty- -to get an 'A' while for me it is just accepted." seven Doane College teachers-in-training on Fri- • , >' ,: :w , Senior and African .American Jackey Bratt exday, January 5. The Doane students visited Lin- ·.

\;if~:.;;

t~ittl~ i!· pressed that she often feels that she is put into a coin High ·as part ,of a required course for all-

teachers-to-be erttitled the "Multicultural In-

positio:g.where she is put where she must "rep-

re sent (her] whole race" in the classroom when terim". The Doane students came from predomi-

issues like slavery and Affirmative Action arise nately rural, · caucasian backgrounds and had ·.

as topics of di~cussion and learning ;

little first- haqd knowledge of even limited

Junior Jessica Intermill shared with the panel multiculturalism, much less a diploma from a

how her0ewish faith comes into conflict with school where a student can walk down any hall-

"' the Christmas symbols that begin to appear af- · way and hear several languages at any given time.

i ter Thanksgiving all over Lincoln High, a school

· According to Dr. Lynn Forrester, instructor S that is supposed to be a bastion of tolerance, of the course. one of the course's many goals ; diversity, and multiculturalism •

seeks to give the students exposure to diversity. · · Lincoln High is preparing its students for She perceived Lincoln High.as the perfect choice the "real world" and on January 5, t!leven to giye the college studeats some firsthand knowl- LHS ,Rainbow Club members had the opporedge of how to incorporate multicultural issues Rainbow Club members -(left ·to right) Erik · tunity to prepare some future preparers ·for into the classroom. · · · · · Kirkland, Jackey Bratt; Erin Brestel, and Jua the real world" to avoid culture shock ·in

The college students were irtitially hesitant .·.Lozano speak as a panel to students from Doan the cll!lssroom. Though Lincoln High is ofto ask questions of the Rainbow Club partel. The ·.· College ten: commended for its tolerant, diverse, and first question asked dealt with Lincoln High's · :multicultural atmosphere, senior Erin • not<>rious"gang problem." Senior Shonna Brown multicuituralism, Lincoln High as a school still ·· Brestel ,notes, "It's not like we come from this tackled theinquirybyresponding, 'We don't have has a long road ahead of it on the path to be- school and we are so multicultural , iwe are · any gangs here. It's not like a big city high school. coming a diverse and tolerant place of learning. so ·ready for college. ··.We still have a lot to There is no real drama here." Latino junior Juan Lozano shared with the learn." ··

the U.S.. The other is bulimia contributes to this phenomerton : " ··.·get recognition are ·skinny. Part of ··

by Eric Wolford nervosa, which is a ·.cycle ' of exces"' Our culture sertds 16ut a message to , th.e picture of a perfect life is beirtg sive eating and vomiting and affects young girls that they need to look

pretty and thin."

In schools today. there are many five per;cent of all women in college. very thin to be considered attrac- .·Even With the rise in -number of , issuesfacingstudents. Oneofthese A pointofconcernisrisingper- tive." · ··.ea.tingdisorders,Tiwaldseesthings ·· is the dangerous problem of eating ·centages of people diagnosed. ·"It's • · Many students at Lincoln High ,•·being done to help improve the situdisorders , · a gro~g problem," says Tiwald. "It · feel the pressure to be thin'. · Senior ' ·ation. "There is some .·advertising "An·eating disorder is an alter- ·. doesn'tseem like a large number are ·Angel Ramirez has noticed it inher that showmodels that aren't e:Xation in a person's body image that affected, but it is a very hard thing · involvement with Po~alinks. •''When tremely thin and in the schools the affects how they see thems~lves," •· to treat." · · I've seen other squads perform, _ messages are being given to girls explained Lincon High School nurse ·.Another problem is that the ages people say really mean stuff. Like if ·• that they don't need to be like _ the Barb Tiwald •. "S,ome signs of eating ·during which eating ·disorders are · ,a ; girl is wearing · spandex, ··they'll ··people 1h the magazines to be liked disorders are preoccupation with usually detected are gradually low- say,'Man, she shouldn't even be and accomplished." ·.-.. • / weight, excessive exercise, and self · ering. ~It :u~ed to be the ages of 15- wearing that.' ·_They're things that There are places where people .·· · induced vomiting." · : · .· 23 where they where diagnosed, but · wouldn't ·make you ' feel good so can go if they thi nk they have an

There are many different eating now it's around 13-20," Tiwald you ..,re like, 'I have to lose weight, I · eating disorder, Tiwald noted. l'Lin- .•· disorders but two are more preva- noted. · · · have to be perfect.'" coln: General Hospital has a good lent than others. One of the most The incidences of eating disor- Amber Nelson, a senior, also out-patient program with groups common is anorexia nervosa, · an ders are highest among females, thinks society has a large impact. • that meet weekly after -school and ·obsession with dieting and thinness • who claim ninety percent of all cases ·· · "Iri every :magazinJ!you look at and · the [University of Nebraska] Medi- · that affects at ·least one percent of · of anorexia and bulimia ; Tiwald in every fairy tale you read, the girls ·. cal Center in Omaha has an in-pa·all female high school ·.students ·in ··.believes ,that the way society works are skinny. · Mostofthe , people that · · tient eating disorder program. "

Many Lincoln High tea chers feel policy too time-consuming

by Hal Hansen

evecything we cart. do to carry out attendance policy support a "natu-

tation of the current poli£y is not school rules, but it can be difficult." ral consequences" policy, as well as excessively time-consuming for Brestel .spends about thirty to greater flexibility for teachers to deal most teachers. "We used to have a

Itisn'tjuststudentswhoareun- forty minutes working on atten- ·· with attendance. Such a policy program that was based around happy with the attendance policy at dance most evenings. would eliminate the formal truancy natural consequences and it was a Lincoln High. After spending hours ·. English teacher Judy Strand has notification process and fwe-truancy · disaster," said Uhrmacher. of time at night mailing letters, so.rt~ also noticed the decline in teacher expulsion rule and instead allow the Jill Hanshew doesn't betieve ing color-coded forms, and notify- participation in the attendance pro- natural consequences of a student's most students are mature enough ing disgruntled parents, many gram. "I know that there are a lot poor attendance to be reflected in for a natural consequences policy. teachers are hoping for a change in of people who are really far behind- · their coursework and grades. "If "It's hard, until students develop school policy. -it depends a great deal on the somebody doesn't come to my class, more 'responsibility, to go with natu''To me. there's a built in absur- · classes the teacher has." Strand they're going to fail. However, one ral consequences," said Hanshew. dity to [the attendance policy). The spends about thirty minutes a day of the things we can do as teachers· "And when we had natural consewhole notion of punishing behavior working on attendance. "I think is try and make. the class. exciting· quences it was too easy not to go· by forcing more of that behavior. Do that's too much time if your primary · to encourage students to come," said to class because there was no one we punish smoking by forcing more job is instruction," said Strand. Brestel. to tell them otherwise." of that behavior?" noted social stud- ·Many teachers still support the Supporters of a natural conseies teacher Tom Jundt; who -Often attendance policy and do not feel quences policy argue that truancies ··feels· overwhelmed by some of the overwhelmed by the daily routine of can be decreased most' effectively if clerical attendance pr,ocedures · parental notification and paper- a teacher is able to personally motiwhich he feels are unnecessary. · work. Spanish teacher and Com- vate students to attend class. Fur-

Under the current attendance mittee member Jill Hanshew only thermore, a natural consequences policy, students are to be expelled spends between one hour and one policy would not eliminate parental· from apy class in which they have and one-half hours per week on at... notification of truancies, but would accumulated five or more truancies. tendance She thinks the policy is make such contacts by teachers Also, teachers are required to either necessary because "Sophomores · voluntary. Supporters also claim · complete a form which provides hav~ been in a very.different envi- that the increased flexibility prowritten notification of a student's ronrnent in a middle school. and vided by a natural consequences truancy or make verbal contact with haven't had to deal with, or develop, policy, would allow them to offer the telephone if the attendance · a lot of responsibili.ty, and so I think · more individualized attention to stuproblem is more serious. English ·without any guidelines or interven- dents with. excessive truancies, as teacher Deborah McGinn. a mem- · tions they are less responsible than well as provide teachers more time ber of Linc.oln High's. Attendance we need them to be." to plan ihstruction. v... nmi-1~e, often spends more than ·.Committee member Alex · "Supposedly, the whole philoso-. an hour every evening keeping up Czeranko also suppox;ts the policy. phy of Lincoln Public Schools is that with the attendance policy. "When ''This is a high schlool, not a college the individual is importaht and I I was absent earlier, the attendance or a university wmere you can just ·think.the attendance policy should forms piled up and I've never caught show up and take: your tests," said reflect that tradition," said history up since," said McGinn. "I realize Czeranko. "ldon't necessarily know teacher Jim Barstow. "We need to everything in LPSDO requires due · that it's keeping m(Orekids in school, step back and allow teachers to run · process .•. but ft seems.like it could·· but it'~ making· sttudents more ac- · their own attendartce P<>licy." be condensed." countable f0r their actions." "In the classe.s which have mo-·

According to Social Studies De- Czeranko believes the atten,. tivated students, attendance is partment Chair and Attendance dance policy•reqµ1ires little work to · much more.regular," said Jundt. Committee member Jack Brestel, uphold and is surprised that some. "The (current) policy makes it easier ··only one member.of his department teachers spend up to· an hour ·an for.those operating the institution had completed all of the paperwork evening. "I can't understand that, to do ·so, but it loses sight of the and notifications required by the at- because at the most (for me) it's original purpose of the institution." tendance policy; "I know of people twenty minutes, but usually about Assistant Principal Arlyn who at this time have just been over-. ten or fifteen minutes a night," said Uhrmacher is skeptical of the pracwhelmed and have givert up," said · Czeranko. ·ticality of a natural consequences · Brestel. "As teachers. we should do Many opponents of the current policy, and be~eves the implemen- · \

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by Cory Voss

Bowling at Lincoln High it 'dosen't recieve quite as much attention as other sports. This could be the result of a lack of financial support · and too few of sponsors. The reason for · this is that the NSAA (Nebraska·.-: Schools Athletic Association} dosen't recognize bowling as an official Nebraska high school · sport, Since it isn't recognized

as a high school sport, bowlers on the Lincoln ·High bowling team cannot earn letters. Although they do have uniforms, they had to be donated by sources

other than the schools.

Even though bowling isn't a recognized sport, bowlers at Lincoln High perform on a city and a state level. An estimated 80 teams of men and women's high school bowling com~

pete in Nebraska each year. State bowling tournament$_ are annually held at Leisure Lane's in Omaha. Lincoln High has consistently played as a strong team in the state throughout the years. Last year the Links' men's team placed second in state. This year the mens· team hopes to cap-, ·ture the title by using hard work, determination, and just plain putting their mind to it.

Sophomore Angie ·Finke said "I think that if the guys team puts their mind to it they can win statet And I · think that the girls team can get· up there (in state)." ·

Many bowlers at LHS compete ·· •on the team. but the team is

• mostly comprised of sophomores and juniors. Even though the tel;\m is fairly. young, LHS bowlers compete with the best teams in the state. Hope' and spirits are high and the state title in their eye.

by Jennifer S. Allen says that even though she feels everyone screaming ! tlhink. boththeoffensiveanddefensive that helps us out," said tearns have a lot of strength, Turman.

The 1995-96 Girls' Basketball team has won their first two· games and started the season off well.

this year's ·offensive team is

·.This year there are only four stronger. "We have really good .· returning Varsity players. The offensive players. We know lack of varsity experience hasn't where we need to be. On de- appeared to handicap the team

The loss of graduates Amy fense our feet don't really · and the rookies seem to breadWeisenburg and Steph Aden move sometimes the girls get justing well. demanded some juggling. but by us," , Thompson said that a1t the ···frcsfi:µfan~';t~ •,:~~e,y:,;..~§":,-. ,'lbfs~j.ea,t''i;he Athletic .de- beginning of the year, the team picked· up. the slack. Senior partment once again is able to didn't ::J,ppearto play as well as Cindy Turman says of Kelley, use the home court for practices it does not because of a latck of "She can drive and see an open. and games. ·Because of con- unity. But.she says, as the: sea~ person. We needed someone struction, the basketball teams son has progressed the team who would drive the ball and were forced to travel to other has gotten to know each other she's not afraid to do .that. gyms to practice as well as to better and. to be there for ,each That's pretty important." host home games. The players other more often.

In the past, Lincoln South- felt that this was a handicap in According to Turman, last east has proved to be a difficult numbers of fans that showed up • year's team wasn't as unified as match for LHS. Southeast won at games ·"Last year· a. home this year's team. "This year the State title last year. also lost game ·wasn't really a home we're more of a team, we're more · some valuable seniors. better- game. We weren't able to get a ·together. Last year I·don't think. ing the odds for LHS. big crowd. Our crowds are what we were a team. I think we had Junioi:: Troylene Thompson keep us going. When you hear some individuals," she said.

by Aishah Cossey.·

There's snow all over and it's freezing cold · For many, the weather is reason ~nough to stay· inside, but not fot evecyone. The warm-blooded and the· daring can be found participating in all kinds of winter sport activities. From ice hockey to sledding to cross-countcy skiing, Lincoln High students do it all. Even our very own Principal · Dr. Mike Wortman gets in on the winter sports scene doing a little skiing with his wife -and two daughters every- year Winter· sports are a cool .· activity to pass away the cold boring days dur~ ing the mid-year, but they require a certain sense of adventure and, of course, a tolerance for the · chilly winter air. .- ·. People brave the Gold weather and risk their lives participating in these winter sports for many. reasons. Avid skier and snowboarder sophomore Nick Barber feels that "A mountain is like a quarter--you are really happy when you have one and you are just itching to ·use it and then you spend it. You always get something good out of a quar~ ter, whether it is a phone call or a half of a Moun- tudents skate on Holmes Lake. Skating is tain Dew This is a minor summacyofth~ feel- popular cold weather activity ing I get when I take a mountain on my .sticks

Girls' Varsity Basketball.

Omaha Marian 59 LHS 45

North Platte 31 LHS 36

Northeast 43 LHS 46

Bellevue West 45 LHS 54

Hastings vs. 'LHS- post-poned

Grand Island 26 LHS 42

Kearney vs. LHS- post-poned Omaha Central 21 LHS 31

· Boys' Varsity· Basketball

East 57 LHS 72

Island 64 LHS 69 · Kearney vs. LHS- post-poned • Omaha Central 65 LHS 67

Wrestling LPS Duals Classic: LHS placed 3rd

Creighton Prep Invitational: LHS placed 5th

Macyville Invitational: LHS placed.2nd

Millard West Invitational: LHS placed 1st

Junior Varsity Girls' Basketball

Omaha Marian 46 LHS 36

NQrth f>latte 32 LH$ i9 , Northeast 40 LHS 24

Bellevue West 9 LHS 43

Hastings vs. LHS- post-poned

Grand Island 48 LHS 43

Kearney vs. LHS- post-poned

Omaha Central 26 LHS 39

Junior Varsity Boys' Basketball.

Hastings vs. LHS- post-poned ·Lincoln East 63 LHS 54

Kearney vs. LHS- post-poned

Omaha Central 61 LHS 64

compiled.by Jennifer S. Allen -

and why I like to ski." '

Sledding may appear to be one of the more tame winter sports in which to participate in, but in reality, sledding can be quite daring. "I .·. like it when you feel like you are going to fall · down and you don't," commented Junior Katie Curcy. Falling down an icy. hill is incredibly · dangerous, but that potential pain is what has addicted Katie Curcy and hundreds of others to sledding.

Perhaps one of the most potentially dangerous winter sports is ice hockey. Junior Gabe Jacobs is fond ~f the violent, competetive nature of the winter sport. "You can check your best · friends right onto the hard ice.·· A check. is a good take-down to retake the puck, so you can ·score on your best friends." says Gabe. No matter for what reason people are particpatipg in these· activities, be it satisfaction; danger, or the love of violence, winter sports are definitely a popular way to. pass away the days of winter. So, it's freezing cold and snowing outside. Pack up your sled, and cruise on down to Tanker Hill. Drive down to NebraSki or, better yet,·· the Rocky Mountains, ·and take a slope. Or lace up your skates. and go check your best friends onto the hard ice.

by Micala Gordon

Waiting to Exhale, a movie ba!ied on the bestselling novel by Teny McMillan, was the No. l box-office hit in America over the Christmas weekend. · It's no wonder, really. It is about time. a modern movie was filmed about black women;· Many of the movies star-. · ring black actors are focused on the trials of living in the ghettos of large urban areas such as. Harlem, the south side of Chicago, or inner-city Los Angeles.

Waiting to Exhale, directed by actor-turned-director Forest Whitaker, is told from the perspectives of four upper-middle class black women living in PhoeniX, Arizona; a refreshing new outl@ok. I entered the theater thinking that the movie I was about to see would be a female-oriented look at the importance of friendship. As the movie rolled on, however, I discovered that there was a greater ~mphasis on · "being there" for one another when there were not any men in their lives.

Savannah, Bernadine,· Robin and Gloria,· (played by Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon, and Loretta Divine, respectively), are four friends that share a · · very important aspect of their lives: the difficult search for Mr. Right.

Fortunately, Wesley Snipes and Gregory Hines appear in Exhale as two shining examples of what a good man should be. Throughout the movie, the audience is force-fed an image of black men as being callow, self-centered and, for the most part, unable to live up to pre-set sexual expeictations. Despite the cameos of Snipes and Hine:s, Terrence Kimbrough, a LHS senior, stated,

Left 'to right:Loretta Devine, Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, and Lela Rochon share a laugh in -Waiting to Exhale.

·•As Bernadine (a great performance by An-' "[Waiiting to Exhale) was stereotypical of black gela Bassett) prepares for a New Year's Jpveparty. meru. There are more good men that should have ·her husband-informs her that he has intentions been shown;" · ot''attending the party with .his Kewpie.:doll girl- Rimyatta Thompson, also a senior, found friend,whomhehaskepthiddenfromBernadine som1e discrepancies between the book and the _ Savannah, throughout the movie, gets strung · movrie. ''The book and the movie were definitely along by a married man who continues .to insist different," said Thompson. "The movie was kind that he will leave his wife so that they can l:>e. of hyped up and was a little bit ofa letdown, but together. it was still really good. In the book, the charac-

Robin!s search is no better; she finds a short, ters are more developed, you know more about chubby black man whom she doesn't find sexu- their lives." ally appealing. Later, she becomes involved with Waiting to Exhale is, for the most part, a good a drug dealer &nd winds up unhappy. film Viewers may find, however, that a film supGlori&, longing to get back together with the posedly about female friendship turns out to be father of her son, is disappointed to hear his con-. ·a twro-hour long whine session about the shortfession that he is gay. Gloria, too, is out of luck. comings of the male gender.

by Casidi Wolfe

Garth Brooks' new CD is entitled Fresh Horses. Although some of the songs are new and fresh, others you have probably heard before, because he combined his old styles of writings with his new in this album The song "Fever" is very upbeat

an_dfun, while "She's Every Woman"_· is slow and romantic. - "She's Every Woman'' is my favorite song on the album. It's very soft and the verses

the Beaches of Cheyenne .and her body was never found. The legend says that if you g(owalk the beaches you will see her ;footprints because she walks them every night.

vorites chosen in the Top 10 in the annual Harris poll _ of America's musical favorites. He has also earned two nomina- · tions for the American " Music Awards, and has been nominated for Favorite Male Artist. Brooks seems to be ' on top with

The song ''The Old Stuff' has the audience recorded in the back~ ground and their great response to Brooks. The song mentions many different places, telling stories about "when the old stuff was new". "The Change" is about hope for the human spirit. The piano in this song is beautiful. Toils song is similar to his older song "The Dance. _"Ireland" · popularity and · · , are like poetry. "Fever" is Brooks' - version of Aerosmith's "The -Fever"_ lyrically made to fit the rodeo styl(!. "It's Midnight Cinderella" changes that sweet fairy tale into Garth's -·1usty version; This song is very fun, and it's sung with a lot of energy.It's a .definite party-starter. ''The _ Beaches of Cheyenne" is a touching tale of a woman who went crazy -when her lover didn't return from a bullfight in Wyoming. She went to -is the grand finale on this album. It is a mystical song on the edge of not being country. It's a touching song about a fight, holding heads high, and returning home. The song is a ·memorial to his home state's capitol, -Oklahaoma city, which wasrocked by terrro,rist bombings last year.

Brooks co-wrote the majority of these songs. He was one of the fa-

he and his wife, Sandy, are ex-· pecting their third child. While I still favor his older cd's,country fans will be impressed. If you are a fan of Brooks, you may also want to buy his new.best hits album entitled Hats O.f/1 A Tribute to Garth Brooks. Garth Brooks has done it again,·- and -I recommend this album to everyone that has a taste for country.

An en to tl1e ebate once an for. a11· •

__by Eric Wolford

in the hell are you talking about? There is no way people could stop new thought!" - - -

And you know what? You are.completely right, my by ·uat Whitlock

Censorship is such a pain. Why do we have to keep faithful readers, they can't. But they sure can make hearing all the self-appointed protectors of the com- you thmk what they want you to thin1k:. You see, my mon good ramble on about how they need to shield the idea is this - the government should just censor ev- Have you ever shown up to class world from the from its own "filth?" - In the Senate, erything. They take all your books, magazines, televi- and been asked to sign a truancy there's Nebraska Senator Jim Exon leading the cam- sion, and anything else that could possibly stimulate sheet? Have you ever shown up to -paigning on a bill. that will ban the ultimate evil, anything important in your head and lock you in your class and been told that you've been cyberporn. Straight from the shelves of the public li_ house for a couple days. At the end of those two days kicked out -and now have a study braries around the country, there are the multiple they send replacement stuff to you, stuff they want hall? - Unfortunately, that happens movements to ban everything from the Holy Bible {chal- you to see and have. When you go back to school, you to many students here at Lmcoln lenged in Alaska and Pennsylvania in 1993) to the hor- won't get the cl-iance to think for yourself (assuming High. Why does this happen? Why ribly corrupting book Wher~·s Waldo? (successfully that you already do) because they'll tell you what they are we told to leave when we show - banned from a New York elementary school). An~ let want you to think. -When you watch your 1V at home, up for class? Doesn't LHS have a_ us not forget the constant call, by about every group you'll be watching what they want you to watch. And policy for attendence? What is the that advocates "family values," for Congress to make when you read any type of publication, you11 _beread- purpose of the _ LHS attendence the networks "legally accountable" for what they put ing what they want you to read. They'll control your policy? on the television. thought by controlling what stimulates it. According to the LHS attendence Yet, it isn't their opinions that annoy me. It's my · At this time you're probably thinking to yourself handbook it is, " to [help stubelief that everyone is entitled to their own. No, this again a_nd you're ·probably saying, " Eric, you idiot, dentsJ assume resposibility, improve irritation is rooted in an even deeper issue ---'-_the fact · you're wrong! They can't do that! Its against the law!" grades, learn more, graduate from that they are going about it in completely the wrong - And again my witty friend, YOU ARE CORRECT! high school, earn credit, and pre-· way. These individuals need a bigger and better cause They can't do that, at least while we still have that pesky pare for the ·world of work." This· to rally around. And it can't be some half-assed at- First.Amendment. You see, as long a:s we have free- policy also states that a student is tempt at limiting the free speech of one certain group ·dom ·or speech secured in the constitution, the self-._ ·to be-removed from a class after the of individuals in one area of the country. This move- · appointed moral crusaders of our nation should let us fifth truancy. So, I am forced to ask, ment needs to encompass the freedom of every indi- · have it. I'll even agree that there are some things that does removing a student from_ a vidual irt the U.S. and squash it like a ~ug. These are done in such bad taste that even I would rather class help achieve the goals of the · · people need. to ban thought altogether. - not· have them in our world. However, -it is ultimately LHS attendance policy? Correct me _ Wait a minute, I take that back;· ·They just need to our decision what we see and read and, at the same if l'In wrong, but doesn't that conend all new thought. You see, there is no way we can time, it is not our place to make that decision for some-· · tradict the six reasons for having an go about slowly limiting the rights of everyone, just nib- body else. If you are against something that is put in a _ attendance policy? _ bling at them slowly until they're all gone. You either · book, plastered on the internet, or ~1-2,wnon,;IV, all - -_~emevjng a stud.~~ froro; :lass have it one way or the other. , ~M you need to do is put the book dowm; ·mra,..,ffyour •does not, most likely, improve re~ - Now ymr'ft! f)l'Ol!>atilysitt1rigthtre and as you're read- - computer, or unplug your television.__ Iit's that simple, __sponsibility, __Removing a student ing'this chuckling and thinking to yourself, "Eric, what · · from class definitely does not im:-

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prove grades, allow a ·student to · ___ learn more, help a student gradu-ate from high school, allow a student to earn credit, or prepare a stu~ dent for the "world of work" (except .· to prove that non-attendertce leads Why don't students get involved real Lincoln High students in our to dismissal). _ in our school newspaper? This is_ newspaper? lnmysixthperiodclass, Doesthecurrentpolicyinadvertthe roam_topic of discussion in my there were many suggestions t&one antly .defy its own purpose? While sixth hour class, "Multi-Cultural Ut_ of the staff members who is in the the attendance policy makes allow··erature." In a school that prides it- class [features editor, Jessica. ances for st-udent-teacher-parent self on being the only real diverse · Intermill). They ranged from hav- meetings, in all .actuality, they tendschool [in Lincoln) with many cul_ ing the _clubs provide a summary of not to happen. ·So does that mean tures, why is it that only one cul- what they are doing, to having a - that the administration assumes ture is shown in our newspaper? page in the paper for different 'Cul- teacher-initiated disciplinary probThis paper lacks information ~bout tures, to getting a more diverse staff. lems in regards to ·attendance are ·what is really going on in school. · "But how do we do this?" was the too much for a teacher to handle? How many of us really care - main question posed by Jessica. T_eachers usually keep their own about going to the Mill (a coffee What do you think? I have my own attendence anyway, and also seem house for those who don't know), Qioughts ·on this issue. All I was to to know their· students and their s~teboarding, or (this is the best see is my own school shown to me · student's problems better than Dr. · one) going to Super K-Mart to find - for what it is. I don't mean you have Jurge:Rs, so why are they forced to those bargains. Come on, a paper to set quotas of how many photo- make a student leave the class if is a tool that is to be used to inform graphs should be taken of people · they think it is an inappropriate the student body of what is happen- .that aren't white, or even stories to decision? · Are our installers of · ing in our school and the issues that that point. All I want to see is what· knowledge considered that inept byface us in our everyday life. is really going on in my school. the administration?

It would be nice to see what 1r·someone from outside of our Our school employs four full- · events the numerous clubs -are school picked up this paper that is· ,time attendance officers that work - sponsoring, so that we, as students, supposed to represent Lincoln High, ·in a relatively lavish office on the can have the chance to get involved - what would they see? I think what second floor that is choc-full of comin them. An example of this is the they would see is that our school is puters. They compile attendance Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March not really what it says it is. So, my data from class attendance sheets and Program* that was put together · fellow students, get involved -in our and. phone calls. Are four ·people by the youth of Lincoln. The only school newspaper. ·I really didn't really necessary (or cost-effective) to _· · way that I found out about this event want to write this but no one else help enforce a policy that is (in prac- _ was from my fellow classmates in was saying what needs to be said. tice) hypocritical? my sixth period class. They knew I know everyone is relieved to see about it because many of tll.em were - Jenny Koperski the wheel-of-fortune attendance on the planning committee or knew policies disappear, but would _one , .someone on it. l went to it on my _ _ more "spin" help?··According to state day off, and I was very impressed to *Editor's note: There is contained - law, attendance has to be taken, but see so many of my classmates from in this issue. an article detailing the the current policy is inefficient in Lincoln High. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. March and· · dealing with any student's future, What can be done to show the Program. - and it is expensive.

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by Eva Barajas

to plan. And there was a big mess to clean up / •-_ Another young band to hit the local scene fs _ ·afterwards. I still enjoyed the bands--my favorKid Quark Star. _ Described by the trumpet -_ ite was Devilution."_ Lincoln High has long been kri.Qwnfor its ex- player, Nate Walcott, a Lincoln High senior, as -Plastik Trumpet is -another -1ocal band -thatcellence in musical talent, so it comes as no sur- -_·-"space jazz," Kid Quark Star has landed regular ' showcases Lincoln High student talent. Though prise that Lincoln High has spawned the forma- --- appearances at Yiayia's, a local restaurant and - Ben Armstrong is the only bandmember curtion of many local bands. -_-The range of music - bar. Along with the Yiayia's gig, the band will be rently at LHS, the band also includes LHS alumni styles represented in tpese bctnds matches the playing at July Jam '96 in Lincoln. - -_- Carl Masters, who plays percussion, David eclectic tastes of {he Lincoln High student 1::>ody.-__- -•Tlie band members are not the only ones who McElravy on guitar, Anil Seth on cello and Garth -_-Orie group at Lincoln High School is Midnight ·•-benefit from the local band scene; the audience Johnson singing lead vocals. Plastik Trumpet is Sun, whose band sports -Linda Nguyen, -a Lin- - •-they cater- to is pleased •as well. - Lincoln High not a new band to hit the local scene: they havecoin High junior, as lead vocals, and four to five ---_junior Jessica Williams is not in a band (other been together since 1993. -_They have Just re:.. 'other members that fluctuate from show to show. - than the LHS Qrchestra), but she frequents the leased their debut CD entitled Are You P.T.? - --Midnight Sun combines the -soul _ of _ traditional • -local -show scene. Williams worked _ at _ the -big _ - To call all bands containing LHS students Lin-Asian music with the bite of a more modern Lincoln New Year's Eve band party at the coln Hig}l \:)ands would be misrepresentation. _ sound to produce an originalsoundallthetr own., Starship Nine, where youth could see the Liri- Though some of the members of the bands may The -most recent perforrnance _ of Midnight -Sun - -coln _ talent and a movie for five dollars. - -Accord- -_•go -to LHS, -there are other -band members _ th.at was at the Havelock-Center on the 29th of De- -- ing to Williams, the night, "did not go according , are in college or are from different countries.

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· - maxtrnizei- where you go a ' glass panel underneath a should also make sur,e ,to Many different salons rec- started tanning at uses UVA from no tan to an even tan. - Plextglass lid. "It's relaxing start at a slow pace aricltake ·oinmend setting appoint- - rays instead of UVB rays Tn.e iritensifier gives you a _ _ •--and I like color to my skin," - contacts out. "You shoulldn't - men ts now because spring - -_which won't cause -as much - dark tropical look and the - said _ senlo_r Stephanie_ tan pregnant and cyr1tain break and prom are the - wrinkles or cancer," said - firtalizer prolongs the tan," - Shields. -________ -- medications make you l!ight busiest tanning times._ "l Shields., - - - said T eri Carter. "lt gets ' Sa.fety preca.utforis 1n seristtiv~." _ said Rita was white befo~e prom; I People are reluctant to expensive if you tan a lot;"tannirig beds are very impor :.. Riensche, from Northern. Ex- -rieeded color ;" said senior use tanning beds due to fear ~d Shields. _ "The public _ tant. - I' feel they need to _posure 'I,'anning -and -Hair Heather Walton -"I_ want to•__ of skin cancer. The Tanning •-- is unaware and are afraid; _ wear goggles, use iridoor tan- Salon. -_.____ ,-_ ___ _ _ _ start tanning again, l>ut l Zone uses beds that fulve they should be educated ning products, not outdoor, -_- · _Tannfng ' ts common in __ - want _ t~ try the new saloIJ. <,been ,used in Europe but about tanning," said Rita

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acupressure is most often used in --· The community is not only loo~- side of their owr'i. ·

- =-=ar= _ =a=• - =a=s= _=====-•·sports injuries. In fact, Leading • ; ing to private clinics to cure what -- -- Along with the rise of mas_--• Edge's most frequent clients are - ails them. More and more people sage therapy and home rem'-

With all the ailments in the world - cross country , track and field, and--•are going back tQ-home· remedies - edies, _-has come an increase in that plague us, conventional medi- - tennis players at UNL. Players who that have been proven over time to _ the p opularity of acupuncture. cal methods are not the only place get injured during the off season be effective. These home remedies Though no clinic in Lincoln curthe communfty is turning to for come into the massage places and range from Ross Tegeler's (a history rently offers acupuncture, doccures. Neuro-muscular massages, are able to "enhance circulation , - teacher here at Linc<>lnHigh) hot --_tors and clients nationwide -~re - acupressure, hydro therapy and _joint mobility, and decrease healing tea and honey cold remedy to "coin_ • learning of the benefits of this coining are a few of the alternatives time," according to Chris Johnson. - _Ing," which is a remedy used by _ ancient form Qf healing; Acu-:students are turning to. - -.- - The clientele of the clinics is split _-some of the Asian students at LHS. __puncture is the insertion of spe- -•- A survey of six - Liricoln mas- pretty much equally between men Coining, like the other home rem- -- cial needles into the pressure sage therapy clinics reported that and women. As far as popular treat_ edies, is a remedy l>rought from the points of the body; It is vtrtu-- healing time for sprains, breaks, or ments the consensus seems to be student's native country. The pro- - ally painless and helps those other bone injuries was drastically •-•deep tissue massage to relieve any- - cess of coining involves first .apply- with heart conditions, headaches redueed with the use of massage ---_thingfroil}minorbackpainto"help- ingamentholcreamtothebodyand - and a vast array of other ail-therapy. -_ _ _-___ __ · -_ing c()mbat negative effect of aging." _-then rubbirig the edge of a com on men ts. Unlike -the home rem-_-Chris Johnson, owner arid Ii- - One session at th,ese clinics ranges the patient. ''The results," said LHS - edies. a session of acupuncturecensed massage therapist of Lead~ from twenty-five t o forty dollars per --- staff member Tony Tran, "are at - usually runs from seventy-:-five to - ing Edge Massage said, "Physical - hour,ihough one average session at -.-·times faster and better than conven- -one:..hundred dollars a n hour.- therapy Just works on sµ-ength~rt- physical therapists usually costs tlonal doctors." Some of the stu-- Whether or not acuJ>uncture,- ing the bones but before you dO that tllree times that. •--•-_ ,_-_ •_ _ ----• -_ --- dents that have had this process -- massage -therapy; or home rem-you need' to increase flexibility and -- -- -_Though the clinics and clients - don~ to them have been harassed__ edies ar~ available to you, , sickness complete recovery." · -• - -_ - were very enthusiastic about the by others due to the after affects of affects us all. Until there is a - "Massage therapy," according to benefits o~__ mass age - · and --_the coining process. _ After coining · magic m~thod to rid _ humans of B. J. Dennis, owner of Total Body acupressure, they emphasized that - sometimes a hickey-like mark is left disease, acupuncture, home rem-· - - Co-ncepts, "gets •-to _ the prol;>lem, it was not a replaceinentforallmod~ __ -- on the body. Unfortunately this ha- edies and coining are just a few of while drugs just cover them up." - ern medicine but an alternative to rassment continues due to the ig- the ways to cure the ever-present Massage --_ - -_ therapy --- - -•- and costly physical therapy. - norance of others on cultures out- aches of the body.

2, 1996

Industrial-sized kitchen appliances, recipes that call for their ingredients in gallons rather than cups, and a group of dedicated personnel are all part of what ·makes lunch happen on a daily basis. While most Lincoln High students rarely see the inside of the lunchroom, eve·n those· who. do frequent the cafeteria have never seen what goes on behind closed oven doors. The food service personnel follow extremely precise recipes, and· make meals in unbelievably large quantities. Their day starts around 7:30 am,

when the first few cooks and bakers arrive and they begin making the entrees and bal{ing cookies, brownies and other desserts. More arrive as lunch time approaches. After a brief break for their lunch, the rate of activity really picks up in the kitchen. People move in all directions a.s they take food out of ovens and refrigerators, load it onto carts and set it out for the cafeteria line. Things do not slow down until both lunch periods have passed, all of the dishes are washed, and feeding time for the students is over.

Head Baker Ka11"enGilbertson displays a hot batch of cookies.

Al1ove: Joan Berryman stocks the lunch line with salad.

All photos and text by Erik· German Layout by Patrick Farrell • Above: Becky Betts and Darleen Woods clown around while preparing the "a la carte" carts.

'Right: The final task of the day; Beverly Channel cleans up.

Above: Phylis Nalow runs the new electronic cash register system.

Right: All ingredients (even dehydrated, chopped onions) are.carefully measured. Corner pours some onto a scaJe.

Eileen

Ab.oye: The food service personnel take a short break to enjoy the fruits of their labor. · ' '.'.'.

··This Issue: C

Vo1. 101No. 5

by Jessica Interntlll

Steaming cider and inviting · cookies welcomed almost 30 guests to what Lincoln High Media Special- · ist Becky Pasco ·hopes will be the first in a long series of annual Afri:-· can-American ·Read-Ins

· 'Toe event was begun in 1990 ·by the National Council of Tea~hers · .·of English to celebrate black literatiire,'' explained Pasco. ·During the · hour-long session, sponsored by the African-American Caucus and the

by Anne Mcshane

Rainbow Club, students and staff · Lincoln High's gay, lesbian were encouraged to read their own and bisexual population is missliterature selections and to listen t() · Right to left, Principal Wortman, Ms; Pasco, Hilde Dale, Marshall ·.. ing out on the prom experience, the selections of others. ·· ·Currin, Tel1."enc<eKimbrough, Deeyl Myles and Aleli sanchez at according to ·Lincoln High En.···Foreign I..anguage Department the Afrtcari~Atn~rrica.nRead In, ·•···.

· glish teacher Ruth Kupfer. "They Chair Christy Hargesheirner, who tendance "We've h,adgroupsin our think it is sad that that haclto be a (lesl:>ians) .,can't go ·to prom unread a poem in Spanish and then country whose contributions have ··. · different opportunity for Marshal," less they pass as straight and go ·· tran$.la te~ tne words to English, been , .µna~rrepresented I wanted she repli~<!, ,

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· , , ,, ,. , ,with a guy.:.Kupfer .,rtoted'" ".Md .• ,;.....---,-~expla.ined that the traditional image to show my support. for Lincol11Eligh : Too ugh alJUQStall 'respqnses to that's not rear 'or 'f tin.~ .··Wliile ·.of Hispanic peoples is often mislead~ •.and my belief ; that t l thirik ,a,11~l11' the event were Positive, one under- Lincoln Public Sehool.s .certa.inly < . , ing. "Hispanic can be black or white tures are import.im:t in ilus world lying criticism remain;ed, in that · doesn;t have a policy against or all shades of brown," she said, and at Lincoln Htgfu School .,> · · some attendants chose not to , re~ · gays, lesbians, or bisexuals at- I; ·.,'. 1; '

I: continuing, ":Look-into it;" , · "I attendeq It (tthe Read-In) be- main for the full hour, and disrupted tending prom, the event is tradi·•·The favorite selection of Litera- cause it was part of my culture," the proceedings by leaving. Hopkins tionally a heterosexual one, and ~1;1reteacher Mary Di~ki11,so~w:3:.sex;pl;:iinedsenior, ,Aqtua:riusHopkins. ·, said that she was, "insulted. I traditions as dug~in as heterowritten by a Lincolrl High Senior. ·":I ,:As far as : rtt1mbeirsgo, we are a •··thought that one reason that some sexual prom are hard to uproot. really loved Aq~arius [Hopkins)'s .··multi-cultural sch6col,but inside, we people came was political. If you are Organizer Danielle Yung cornpoem, 'Sister to sister.'" Hopkins still stay in our ov.vn groups. We going to make an appearance just mented, "We all kind of wanted · wasoneoftwoLincolnHighauthors needopportunitiesttostepoutofour · as a front·that you are multi-cul- to have a dance or something who's pieces were read 1995 comfort levels." · · tural, .·then you really shouldn't It'll be a good opportunity for · · graduate Eric Crump's "FreedoI)l ,'' Dickinson atten !ded for a differ- come at all.'' · · · · people who don't feel comfortable was read by English teacher, Greg ent but related reason. "I have at- Wortman addressed the criti- going to prom to have a good time · Keller. tended the African-American Read- cismsaying, "I was one [of the people and to hang out with their ·· Pasco, though, indic~ted several In for Illany years, usually at UNL, who left). I had to make a decision friends." For these reasons, and · functions served by the Read.:ln 111 becaus~ l want to, celebrate and to either eome for part of the time for others of their own, Lincoln addition to exposing students and · learn about authors thatlw;asnever · or for none of the time, and I wanted High's Gay-Straight--Alliance staff to literature. •"It helped Lin- taught," she said to come and be -part [of the event]. (GSA) ·and Lincoln Northeast's coin High to celebrate its diversity, • Ironically, •Dicki :nson was pub- Everyone has to make those judge- · Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual~Straight · and it brought together students licly thanked duririg the Read-In by · men ts fot themselves, and ~•m not Alliance (GLBSA) are sponsoring ·. and - :staff.- Anytime we can, we .·junior :Marshal Currin : who an- ·going to judge other people s deci.. the first annual Pride Prom. should bring each other together to nounced, "I would lilke to thank Ms. sions, so I would hope that they · The prom takes place tomor~ operate on a single level; At the Dickenson for1etting us read boo~ would notj1:1dge mir;ie.,.• ,, row, Ma.rch ninth, at an undisRead-ln, eveiyone were just rejg c:. about our own (African'-American) ·· · ,.·. clos~dlocation (to discourage ers." ··,··

history:" : · c_ :;! , ·· .. if your club is interested inspon- crashers}: The cover charge is ·...•·,.Printipal ·.Dr.· Mike · Worttii[:n ' bickinson was flattered and sad- soring a Read-In, contact Becky $5. Interested ·parties can obtain cited this idea as his reason foe at- ,dened at the same time. "l really Pasco in the Media Center. ·

· more information concerning the

event by contacting Kupfer or John Heinem -aq (Lincoln High ·, drama instructor).

Kupfer said she got the Pride Prom idea from The Night of 1,000 Stars, a dance hosted by the GSA and Lincoln High's Student Council to benefit AIDS re- · search. "People dug having space to be together (The idea arose] from a need to socialize."

The prom is for all Lincoln students and students from surrounding areas are also welcome. There will be refreshments and door prizes, Lincoln High senior Eric Tomasek will be the organizing the DJ action and provid- · ing the sound system.

by Hal Hansen

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source Institute for Drug Education (PRIDE), 33%

Many students are convtnced that most drug ofhtgh school students have smoked marijuana prevention programs circulate misleading inforonce in the past year and 21 % in the past month. mation designed to exaggerate the. negatives of

The administrative law judge of the Drug. These numbers indicate a 67% rise in annual marijuana consumption while tgnottng the postEnforcement Administration called it "one of the · use since 1991.. In junior high schools, annual tives. "Th~y never to1d us about the benefits of safest therapeutically active substances known use has increased 111 % since just five year·s ago, marijuana, like· all the good. it can· cause for to man." 44% of cancer doctors have prescribed shooting from 4.5% in 1991 to 9.5% in 1995. It people, they Just told us about the problems," it to their patients. It's the largest cash crop in is estimated that there are 5.1 million weekly said junior Eric Meisinger. · the state of Kentucky. users across the country, which constitutes 2.4% According to Paul Hager of the Indiana Civil ' It's ganja. Mary Jane. Reefer. Loco. Hash. By of the nation's population. _Liberties Union Drug Task Force, most of the inany name, the movement to legalize marijuana · According to PRIDE, the increase in use can formation circulated about marijuana is misleads is slowly gathering steam across the country+- be attributed to a lack of parental involvement. ing or false. According to Hager, marijuana ts and at Lincoln High. "The most effective drug prevention program in not necessarily a gateway drug, it causes no sub-

Some students are convtnced that marajuana the world-parental intervention-is used far less stantial brain damage, is non-addictive, and has medicinal benefits. "If you legalize it for medi- than we think," said Thomas J. Gleaton, Prest•. causes only very limited health problems. cal use, it helps people (with AIDS or cancer) eat," dent of PRIDE.

· Nancy Wolfe, coordinator of Lincoln High's Stusaid junior Brent Hermes. "I had a fri~nd who •· PRIDE asserts that despite recent political dentCommunttylnterventlonProgram(SCIP), would had intestinal problems and was helped by mari- developments which could indicate that mari- disagree with Hager. "One of the things I've seen, Juana. It also works for cramps and migraines." Juana legalization is on the verge of entering the particularly in kids of high school age, is indifference

Other students point to the potential indus- political mainstream, it is still a dangerous: drug and a lack of motivation," said Wolfe. "I don't think trial benefits of marijuana-which include the which can cause numerous psychological and studentsreallzethelongtermconsequencesofsome production of rope, clothes, paper, and biof--mass health problems. substances. I don't think students realize that the · fuel. Most students, however, support the legal- Many students· are weary of the frequent younger they are when they start using, the more ization of marijuana primarily for recreational warnings about marijuana issued by organiza-. harmful the effects of their body." purposes; ·. tions such as PRIDE and DARE. "I think: they · Wolfe emphasizes that the SCIP program is a

Much of the present sympathy for marijuana try to· scare kids away from it, but that's a bad · ·support system, not a punishment, and that any legalization stems from increased use across the way to go about educating people," said s,enior ·.students experiencing drug related problems country. ·According to the National Parents' Re- · Kelly Barrett. should stop by

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by Aishah Cossey

mortey needed to pay their ASCAP to see a lot of yourtger people into Sayre who sang contemporary folk · fees while entertaining a.multigert- the local music scene. songs and played "Grandpa Jones"

eratiorial crowd, from infants to the

The local music scene is deft- · style banjo. Next came Tom Mar-

The Mo Java coffeehouse located elderly. ·nit e 1 y tin, singing some original songs writat 2713 North 48th Street, held a Junior worth ten for his son, Duncan, and his fundraising jam session on Febru- Brianna checking daughter, Willa Bitney, a Lincoln ary 16th to hel'f> continue the live Greco o u t High sophomore. One of the favormusic tradition at the coffeehouse. said, "lt Ruhlman ites of the evening followed Martin; Lincolnc High Junior Molly was i.n. g r ., e - tfte 'anythtng bu·t~m•a:irtstream Ruhlman, daughter of the event's terest- ·Cl' marked, Laurie McClean. John Walker coordinator, Terri Dahlquist, said, ing to · !! "It was wrapped up the event with a song "The money from the Java Jam will s e e - great to about "Fat Legs." go to help pay the ASCAP fees. No such a "!:Jget to see Not only did Junior Rachel one is really sure what is ASCAP variety i a sam- Meyer appreciate the "Fat Legs" song exactly.·. It's like the mob, they own of gen- · ·Bpler of but "enjoyed seeing all those middle the rights to all kinds of songs and eratl_ons 8 good lo- aged doctors, lawyers, secretaries, · you have to pay them to be able to enjoy-

cal Lin- and Amoco men with this other · play their songs and not get sued." tng the Nancy Marshal and John Walker performed at coln mu- · musical ~spectoftheir lives, with a All the musicians who partici- s am e

_ __, sicians." real love for music, enjoying thempated in the jam donated their time · music T h e selves." for the· good of the cause. Folk • all together."· jam began with the local classic rock The Mo Java Jam was an event singer and banjo player, Chris Sayre Lincoln High students consti- band Aspen with special guest Molly for people, of multiple generations participated because "[ASCAPJuses tuted the teenaged portion of the Ruhlman. Then came Nancy that was entertaining while supportpretty hard arm-twisting tactics and crowd and were dubbed the "pea- · Marshall, who played the piano and tng local music. Mo Java raised the I've seen lots of places go under to nut gallery" by the older portion. sang "tormented ·women songs" in moneynecessarytopaytheir ASCAP the big guys." One middle aged audience member a humorous Billie Holliday style. fees and will continue to have live The Mo Java Jam raised all the· remarked on how .excited she was Marshall was foillowed by Chris music every Saturday night.

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by Eva Barajas-

lock the door after the class had left. I did not began in 1985, eleven years ago. Then she · lock them right after the class left and two stu- started teaching Spanish and French at first, but dents that were not eveh mine came and pushed · in her eleven years she has taught English and

''Inspiring" is a word that - Lincoln High - my big wooden desk over on m,e. I was very preg- is currently teaching SSEC ( Successful School teacher Sue Johnson hopes people will use to nant with :my second son, Nathan at the time. _ Experience Cen~er) which is a class for students describe her. One of the many ~=====~~=-----, Luckily I was able to get my who have had trouble in school in the past and philosophies that she lives by knees up so the desk did not are looking ;for a second chance.is, " to be positive and moti"

come crashing down on my ·Ms. Johnson does not stop working when vating so that she can help stomach and " Her voice the bell rings. · She is currently a sponsor for other people... trailsed off. her mind unable Judo Club and in the past has sponsored Rain-

Ms ·Johnson grew up in .' i:r to articulate the tragedy she bow Club, African American Caucus, and hasPierce, Nebraska, where her : f narrowly avoided. · · Ms. _ been a facilitator for administrative councils. _ only career choices, because · 00 Johnson says, "l was more .ijer life, rich with experiences, has · she was a woman, were either l2Jcareful after that." _ .·· _ ··- ·· · · yielded nianylife philosophies. " There are a lot in nursing, secretarial duties _ i · -·She had to check her of unhl}ppy times,,. JC>hnson says. You could or teaching. Johnson chose : 0 tires every time she left for either let them destroy you or you could spring teaching beca11se she felt she Ii nails and other sharp objects -off them to become stronger." • was not any good in math. "So that students left under the ··.Both the negative and the positive have nursing was not a good idea,,. _ · tires of teachers· cars. · had their eff~ct on Johnson. One of the most, she admits. Johnson went to

Teaching at that inner cicy positive experiences that she has ever had is getthe University of Nebraska and · San Diego school, having - tinginvolved in Judo. Not only has it helped her after receiving her teaching three boys, and going · physically, but it has l!elped her mental state. certificate she went to San Di- ; through a divorce have made She now has developed a frame of mind that, " ego were she got her first i==============i - Ms. Johnson a stronger Everyone ts always in a growth process as a per· teaching jC>bin an µiner -cicy "I _ iri g"T.· h _. •s·.·· J h

• person and helped her in son, getting stronger mentally and physically

· -·· ·· · -h nsp · n eac er,, ue o nson _ · _ ._ - school In her first teac ing · exclimates the Joy of living. dthevetlophingher 1 pi_hilobsophSihesYou unfold as you get older. _ As you learn more · experience in San Diego the a s e now ves y. e about yourself you start to like yourself better." · student / teacher relationship she now enjoys was tau 1ght in San Diego for three years there before With all the turmoil in her own life she realizes not as friendly. She recounts an ev;~nt: with no mo1Vingback to Lincoln and resuming teaching that she like her st11dents , has burdens to bear. emotion now, saying; " In the school they had in Nebraska. Sue then taught for five years at "So we all need to be sensitive to that when we told all the teachers that you were supposed to Norris High School Her Lincoln High carrier approach others.'' - ·

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Lincoln Hi h - t ' ,eacher. aids · Bosnian

•by Hal Hansen · his automotive students to provide cash he has raised, Suing has also · ._charitable activicy while serving in school suppli1es to war-weary collected boxes of school supplies Korea as a chaplain's assistant in Bosnian chtldrem. · donated by:members of the commu- the 1960's His experience with

Although he lives in America, ''It's very im Jport~t cliplomati- nicy. Although he is proud of his war-torn orphanages then stimuLtncoln High automotive teacher cally because ho1welse are we gcitng _.automotive students' altruism, he lated the concern he has today. "My

· Ron Suing is working hard to edu- to reach out to these kids. These would like to see more donations concern is what happened to the

···•·· , , t~, fu~;f!iildren ofJ?.c,>~ia-. , .J~P.9- - kid,s will r:e~?;~ ,""~kat p~~ -- ::,!4~o;.;,,,~~ ,Q.tli,~ El~P;~tme~t/S at Lincoln kids that's , the §ad part , of -.war."

· fUil-CtlOh WJ.u.-J'",rlY Davidson of the u .s. are respoii~stble for ec!ucatirig fltgh. "I want to see if they can raise said Suing.

Feed the Children prograi:n, Suing is them ·and they'll l want to reach out more money than the auto depart- _, · Donations of money or supplies planning to use the 40 dollars worth to the U.S " saidi Suing. · __ - · _ · ·· _ ··· mertt," said Suing. -·· _ can be given to Suing in the au toof donations he has received from In addition tco·the 40 dollars of Suing was engaged in a similar motive techriolcigy room. ·

b D · Mill \TJetnam we hav«e.;fairs where you

•· yane •- er- ·can see a lot of people; We celebrate , for a month or att least two weeks." ·

The largest holiday of the - Said senior B,ach Tang, "It's the lunar calendar.Asian New Year, took .·•l>tggest holiday im Vietnam. l used · ·place February 18. -·-Celebrated by to have a lot of furnthere but here it mostly southeast Asian peoples, will never be the :same." ·. New Year, Tet in Vietnamese. is full · · Lincoln High lnas the largest ESL ofrichtradi- - student tions -for the body of many Asian the pubpeople in i:r l , i - c Lincoln. 2, s 'chools Tet · is ), · c 111 Lin- · · based on the ·· " · eri{ o l n , lunar calen- f however, · dar and falls : students on different -- 5are _ not dates in late · · I granted winter each anyholiyear on ·the · C - _day time ostumed dancers perform for Asian New ·Year western cal- h I C C o f f · - · d ·· - -at t e n 1.an • ommun1ty ente _ r 1n Linc1oln , T h · e n. a r ; __________________ · e y Families _. _ _ say [at-plan months in aclvance and save - tendance) is optional but we have · money throughout the year to give to call in anyw~y. It's just like sayas a traditional gift to children. tng school is optional everyday, so -_ · When the new year finally arrives, what's the point?" · people take to the streets lighting - • · .·The district administrators in fire crackers and celebrating. In the charge of the school calendar were \, morning they give ·-gifts and wish riot available for commerit e<;1chother happy new year. · · · .· · ·· At Lincoln High, Asian Caucus · Although the celebration is large had a special celebration on club in Asian countries such as Vietnam, day with games and festivities South Korea, and China, Tet in Lin- · Pham performed traditional dances -· ·. coin ·lasts for only a few days -at__ with other Asian people at the Lin-

· · most. ·"In America, during .NewY.ear - coin Indian Center and for public ·--· days. JpeopleJ stay with the.it farn.1-•··__·_school audiences Otherwise, ·no · lies.'' ·_·._Says senior Tan Pham.. ' ''in school events were planned; .·

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by Casadi Wolfe

Imagine being an elementary student again, _ and having big high school students tutor you. Well the Lincoln High Student Council is tutor• ing elementary students, as a part of a commu- nity project that will last through the end of the · school year. _ The council is tutoring a mixed group of first through sixth graders,. at the F ·Street Recreation Center, -Mondays through Fridays from 3 to 7 p.m. "A committee on student council wrote- a motion for student council to do this community project, so we decided .to do this. _ We are __ doing this to_gtye somethingto the ~ommunity and become mQre involved," said junior, Student. Council memb~r. Alicia Towns, wl'lo tutors spell- · __-Ing with junior:. -Sarah Austin, _ a former Lincoln - of different people. Senior Elizabeth Schuller, High. S_tud_entC_o_uncil member._- -___

by Eron Kelley

================================= who has a s ow on Tuesday mornings stated, There.were .700 flyers sent out to the elemen_

· - "You get to meet lots of interesting and very tary students about the tutoring project. The kids

Once again Lincoln High students have found - -unique people, and it also helps your communi- _being tutored signed up for the classes they __a way to keep people in touch with what is going - catlori skills." _ wanted help with, and the F Street Recreation on in Uncoln. This time, it's through the radio. To both of the DJ's volunteering this is a lot Center mailed .Student Council the information. Some Uncoln High students are volunteering at of fulli, but they also learn a lot of different thi:mgs. "Several students were set up for each subject,_ -_ the KZUM community radio station, and some "From working here I have learned how to talk - but the Student Council won't limit the sessions -

actually have their own show1;,. To be. able to get to people and how to manage a radio program," _ to only people who signed up," said junior, Stu- -- a spot on the radio applicants go through a couple - said Pham. "You learn a need to be organized all dent Council member, Mindy Rush. Dependingpf different steps. - First they tell the program the time and very selective in the music you play," on the attendance of the students, most of thedirector their icleas for the show. Once the pro- said Schuller. time it will be one tutor for every three students," gram director has seen their idea and if it is ac- While these DJ's are playing music and shar- said Towns. ·cepted, they then start training. After a few weeks ing what is going on in the world they are also

The subjects that Student Council will help of traning they will begin their show. helping the community in a great way. "I like with include reading, spelling, math, cartoon These students are exposed to a number of doing this because in a way I am helping the drawing, dance, cheerleading, basketball, and different tasks -while they are at the station and older people that don't understand Englishl by Spanish.

on the air. Senior Tan Pham, who is a volunteer translating the news for them," said Pham. The .student council. members don't have to DJ for a Vietnamese program that is broadcast If there are people who do not have a show 1but worry aboutJ:_lie_t11tqring interfering -W!l:!1thetr ___ _ on Saturdays said, "We do not only play songs, would still like to help their community radio sta-' time. "We signed up for thetim,,.,.,.--cwere amero-we also do news, tell children's stories and trans- tion out they could always do their Citizenship tutor according to our schedule. We all wentlate news from English to Vietnamese." - _·issues volunteer hours there. Schuller said, "Even there -and wrote down our interests and times Along with the different tasks the students if you do not get a show you can still volunteer we were available," -said Towns. - Each student - also meet and come into contact with a number because they always have work for you to do". council member tutors an average of one hour a

week

by Jessi Nelson

gathers together to pray '.They wash _ their mouths, faces and hands be- fore sitting down to meal specially

As the sun went down on Janu- _prepared by the family. Dinner usu- ary 20 of this year, about 1.2 billion ally begins With tea and dates, a · people of the world including over bowl of soup or apricot juice, then a ·-· 100 Lincoln High students began to full meal. observe the -_Muslim _holiday_ Fatmah ·Al~Baaj, originally from Ramadan. Ramadari begins at the - Iraq, said the first few days of - first sight of the crescent moon of _--Ramadan was hard. She was hun-

_by

Rob Voelker

the ninth month ofthe Islamic year gry and thirsty during the day, but -_ There's a growing trend in the four high schools, lack of space; On - - and lasts until 'the cresceritof the - after awhile she became used to it. Wednesday, January 17, a group of students and some administrators next month. lt is the time of year She said one of the hardest parts - got together and tallked about this very issue at a youth forum here at when peopleofthe]slamicfaithtry_ ._waswatching herself to make sure Lincoln High.

__ _-_ -_ to better themselves irt _ order to be-- she is not judgmental, 'envious or -- - ---_·Orie of the proposed ideas at this fotum would be to build a new high come closer to god. - dishonest. "Of course I want to be school. -The propos,ed high school would be built to have four year high There are many traditions in- good all the time, but during schools. 'Tots idea :is just an option, among others such as. 12 periods in volved in Ramadan. The two most Ramadan I try extra hard.'' a day, special programs outside the classroom, or a smaller school with important points are fasting and At the end of Ramadan, the fast- only 500 students." Senior StuCo member Justin Dillwood said. He also prayer. Muslims are not allowed to _ing concludes and Id Al-fitir, ''eel- said that this propmsed school would cost 40 million dollars, and would eat, drink or take medicine from ebration of eating", begins. People have to pay for on a bond issue. The cost may restrict the building of this dawn till dusk. On a normal day, -go to the houses of family and high school.

Islamic followers usually pray about friends to give food and _blessing. · _ "Part of the interut of this proposed school would restructure the bound-5 times, but during Ramadan they_- Children -receive _ new clothing and _ ary of who went to what school." Said Dennis Van Horn, instruction con-pray up to 7 or 8 times a day. They money. Zena Al-Timimi, also from sultant in the curri<eulum department at LPSDO. That would I?ean that pray at exactly noon, when the sun - Iraq, said " It is a fun time. We give about 500 LHS students would go to this new high school or one of the goes down and several other times money to the children so they can other 3 high schools. Van Horn also said that this proposal is something during the day. During prayer, celebrate. A lot of people go to far down the road, ,and may not happen at all. Muslims thank God For helping Worlds of Fun and places like that. The teacher's pioint of view in the subject of overcrowding is often -them through another day of - In Iraq, we got out of school for three ignored or never to,ld. "When you're an English teacher and you have Ramadan and ask for strength for days for Id Al-fitir, but here we just more than 22 students that are in a class, it becomes a critical point in when they are hungry. They also take one day." howmuchyoucanmrcan't_do." SaidLHSEnglishteacherWilliamSteinke. ask God to remove envy, hatred and In a lot of ways, Ramadan is eel- He added that 22 students is often too many in a class: Lincoln High disho11esty. They face toward ebrated differently in the United Math teacher Deb 'Van Dusen said that overcrowding affects students Mecca during prayer, the holiest city States than in Iraq, but to Muslims more than it affects teachers because it's harder to get indivualized atin. the Islamic faith, located in Saudi all over the world, Ramadan is a very tention, and the teachers can't teach better lessons. She also said that - Arabia. _ sacred, the most important time of an idealnumber of students per classroom would be 20-25. The school At the end of the day, the family the yeru:. / board has not set any date in the near future to talk about this issue. -

by Erik German

is getting to know more people around the competition," said seniorAdam White, D.E.C.A.'s school," said junior Tara Betts; president. The state-wide D.E.C.A.rcompetition

D.lE.C.A. focuses on the marketing aspect of is similar to the state F.B.L.A. competition, but

The world of business does not confine itself business. 'The purpose of D.E.C.A. is to pro- the focus is primarily on marketing. exclusively to places like the New York Stock Ex- D.E.CA., celebrating its 50th anniversruy this change. A surprising number of Lincoln High year, is one of Lincoln High's older clubs. Since students are getting a head start on their entry its inception, the goals ofD.E.C.A. have expanded into the business world right here at school. in order to keep pace with today's modern mar~ Some are members of busjness-ortented clubs ketplace. "D.E.C.A. stands for Distributive Edulike. Future Business Leaders. of America f cation Clubs of America, but now it's more like (F.B.L.A,) or Distributive Education Clubs of S'an association of marketing students. This is America (D.E.C.A.). The purpose of these clubs c, because there is a lot more to marketing now ·is to educate students in the areas of business · l.il!Ithan just distribution." and marketing in order to better prepare them ii Students interested in business aren't always. for their entry into the job market. Outside of i members of D.E.C.A. or F.B.LA Senior Adam B. ·these two clubs, there are other 'Lincoln High· White (no relation to D.E.C.A. president Adam· students who have chosen to pursue their busi- · White) ts,a.direct parti<!ipa.Iltin a.QµsiJ:lessthat, he ness goals independently. helped.create. C::raz¢One is tl:ie n&e of the t-

Accorcling to senior member D~rek Bothern, shirt.company.W,hichWbiteandtwQfriendsstarted the purpose ofF.B.L.A. is to "get kids more into · recently. "Actuallytheideaforthecompanystarted · the world of business" and to educate them about · about five years ago, and we were going to call it business-related issues. "You can walk up to mote extracurricular marketing education," said Trendy Scraps But we really haven't got it going anyone at school and they'll tell you what they senior Susie Kiene, historian of Lincoln High's Until lately," said White. White classifies the t-. want to be-but they really don.'t know what · D.E.C.A. chapter~ Kiene thinks that business shirts as "skate clothing," and they are sold at only they're getting into. F.B.LA. gives them an edge," · education is important because 'There is a big · two stores in Lincoln: The Ozone and Precision ·. he said. F.B.L.A. members attend leadership. connection between business and everything you Skateboards. The shirts retail for $14.95 each conferences and, later in the year, attend a state- · do. Even If you become a -doctor you have to and- feature original artwork by White and Jacob Wide competition that tests the participants' deal with business.'' One ofD.E.C.A.'s most vis- Smith, another co-founder of the company. All of knowledge of business in the areas of account- ible activities at Lincoln High is the daily sale of the profits made now are put towards making more ing, job interviewing, essay Writing, business law cookies during third period.· Other money-mak- shirts "We just really liked drawing, and it was and others. ers for·the club include the sponsoring to school- really cool to see your drawings on a shirt," said

F.B.L.A. members sell fund-raising items in wide social events, s.uch as this year's Back-to- White. "With the first set of designs wejustwent for order to come up with the money to attend these School-Bash, which was run in cooperation with the· minimum because· we weren't sure how they actiVities. Most recently, these items. hav.e been the Lincoln High Booster Club. 'The profits from would sell. But now we have the fundage to make · · heart-shaped "Luv Pops" and roses for Valentine's large .events like the Back-to-School-Bash usu- loads more, and we have a whole bunch of designs · Day. But F.B.L.A. isn't just about competition ally go to charities, while the profits from the that are much better. The stuff coming out in the and· money-making. "The best part of F.B.L.A. cookie: stand go for sending members to the state future is something to look forward to," he said

Members ,of the

, ·by Casadi Wolfe

_Li~c_olnYou~h Symphony go south to perform

··-· fnendly, said Katie Swoboda. 'The· difference compared to the night we bought spaceboots and ten pesos," other orchestras were really neat, got back," said Swoboda. "We per- said Evans. Mollie Guerra bought everyone was energetic," said formed, visited the largest pyramid "statues, clothes, souvenirs, and a

Many students daydream of a Susanne Evans. in the world, went to the beach in swimsuit." "I bought all of the· vacation, a place with a warm cli- To help pay for· the Mexico trip Alcapulco, went to the Hard Rock Bimbo Nigritos in one store, (they mate, sandy beaches, and different students could do flllild-raisers. "We Cafe, and to a disco" said Mollie are a chocolate covered, chocolate places to ,go ·The members· of the sold candy, sold magazines, and did Guerra. "I climbed the temple of the filled bread thing), two giros, maraLincoln Youth Symphony lived that a play-a-thon," saidt Erin Hallstrom. · Sun and Moon barefoot " said cas, and an Aztec sun calendar" daydream and traveled to Mexico on Everyone from the: (L.Y.S.) Lincoln Susanne E<rans. The Sun and Moon said Ben Armstrong.· • January 25th, and returned on Feb- Youth Symphony iwas required , to pyramids are archeological sites of ''I thought it was a very modern ruary 1st The group traveled to participate in the alll dayplay'"a-thori , Teotilluacan, named the 'City of the place · It was •very different from Mexico City, Tlaxcalan, Cuernavaca, that took place att the East Park Gods' by· the Aztecs, and are the ··Nebraska," said Guerra. · ·Trucco, and Acapulco. · Mall. While there,' they worked on largest and oldest monument of · a ("11.f l r"JJ L.Y.S. performed four different old and new pieces1. "I think it was Mexico. They were constructed vi ..J~ovev11-ea., concerts with two different Mexican .·rather expensive, but there were · about 100 B.C. · USEDBOOKS Youth· Orchestras. Students from · many chances .to fund raise to help The students brought back nu- c;.,.,,.1,,,.)'1>ur.-,lt. all .four of the Lincoln high schools · cover costs," said Swoboda. · merous items. "l got two bracelets, ~ndGnJ • and a few junior high schools went.·· InMexicoCity,L.Y.S. wentt-othe one I traded an ice bucket for, and· 'Th.e ·audiences were very memo~.. Sun and,Moon pyramids; 'The tern- a coke glass bottle (that's what they rable, energetic, enthusiastic, and perature was a one hundred degree still sell pop in)," said Swoboda. "I ••

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· der where these actions began; I cept things for the way they are by Jenny Allen want to know why others feel power · whether they are right or wrong. I'm from putting people down. not ashamed for the way I am

In my American Literature class · Children hear what others say Huyen Tran. a Vietnamese stuwe're reading Bless Me, Ultima; a to them and they repeat it, never · dent here at Lin,coln High was born · story about a Hispanic family living · knowing what will happen to the vie- in the United S1tates, but she says in the United States In the story tims of their persecution. And those people can't see beyond her dark the narrator, a seven year old boy children grow into teenagers; who ··skin and black hair. She said ·that named Antonio, goes to school for outcast classmates, and eventually people often sayr, "Wow! You cion't the first time and is outcast on the grow into adults. who make life ·have an accent" after speaking with first clay because of his cultural dif:- tough for the unqerdog. They make •.her, and she feells that because she ferences. As an essay question my It so the minorities can't find , their _ doesn't have blronde hair and blue teacher, Mrs. Keller, asked if this voices. · .· ·. eyes people don' 't accept that she's type of behavior still occurred. But children aren't the only ones American. She : recalls a story of I sat there a moment trying to who make life tough for minorities. when she and hter Sister were gro ~ figure out if this question was to be Last summer Nick ·Ellingson, a gay ·· cecy shopping arnd were approached taken literally. Yes. it does happen. senior here at Lincoln high had gone by a stranger. · · · This book unfortunately relates a · to Campus Corner with three of his "We were in the store and we · large part of real life as I see it here ·friends. When he went to get back · were Just grocery•,shopping. This old in Lincoln. People-are - often raised into the car his friend ·Randy · lady comes upt ,:o us and she said to overlook the differences they see shouted, "Quick Nick, get into the ': 'You little #*@l&M, why don't you go in others, but when it comes to the · car h«t's got a gun." · The gunman baclc to your country.' We just actual examples, these families had shouted "look at those fags" and walked off. Wedlidn't know her, we teach a different story. Parents pulled a gun on the four, based didn't do anything to her. This is don't realize that derogatory com- strictly on his perception of the my country. I was born here." ments made towards people are un- groups sexuality. · Nick said that the She concluded, · "I think that it - derstood by young children, and · harassment isn't exclusively from ·(prejudice) is ·really ignorant ·of those views are seen as normal as strangers. 'There·~ always the com- · people. I feel that prejudice -is unsociety conditions people to shove ments in the hallway. There's al- called for; It can ruin someone emo~ minorities into a corner. ways the stuff that happens and you · tionally and have a great effect on ·. Since grade school I've witnessed have to learn to deal with it and ac- · their lives." · · · · children put down other chilcl.ren,

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by Hal Hansen

Although it is anastronomically superior literacy document compared to Judith Guest's scll'l:nutzy "Ordinary People," the Declaration of Iridependenceis rarely read in literature class. Likewise, the incredible literature of Martin Luther King Jr., Thomas Paine, ·Carl Sandburg, and Abraham Lincoln is continually overlooked to make room for second ·· and third rate works of fiction. This .· appalling state of affairs is perpetuated by the truly ridiculous notion that the only literature worth reading is fictitious literature.

• · Although fic::tionmost def~tely is literature, it is certainly not the only forn1 of literature, and is hardly · the best form of literature. Fur- · ·-thermore, really bad works of fie·tion, which are positively rampant · throughout LPS English curriculum, really aren't literature at all. A printed document or published book is not necessarily literature , literature is a word which is accom-panied by a selection process. The teasing and taunting others because of differences. ·I sense how these children feel and I see the pain in their eyes. They were outcast for · criteria to be used in this selection reasons beyond their control. I wonprocess, as advanced by MerriamWebster Dic:tionacy (which is probably a more reputable reference in · the field of semantics than Lincoln

by Jessica ln~ermill

Public ·.Schools), is · a document

· which possesses excellence of form

_ , 9re~ressJonahd dealimtWitJa;kl@a§, · -···--•yy -nameisJessica, andIhave-Reallgbadus-Jiinion-itis.~" ---~-

·tor-in-Chief Patrick Farrell

.oTper manent interest. .· .·-. · It started out fairly mild. An incomplete English iassignmerit here. ·· The Declaration of Independence · Skip a few math problems there But then it grew. · ·· is excellent in form qlld expressidn Going shopping on Tuesday instead of researching a German paper. and deals with ideas of tremenSpending the whole weekend on the telephone instead\ of improving my dously permanent interest. The physics grade •And then it spread. Sitting in class recounting weekend Gettysburg Address would also · ··· Aishah Cossey ··· excursions ·C()uriting the second hand'Sticksto prove there really areao · seem torneet this criteria, as would

·Ryana Markey · seconds in a minute. Playing with the computer's high llight color when I Martin Luther King's "I Have a · .·· should have been writing •an editoria). Dream" speech, as well as hundreds opy Editors

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· ·Micala Gordon

Jessica Intei mill

ntertainment · ditor ··Ahne Mcshane Hal Hansen

Dane Miller

ports Editor Jennifer S. Allen

eporters .

And the weather doesn't help much. We all know how much fun ma- of other incredible works of non~fic_ trices and systems are when right outside your window 3rd graders are · tlon which are categorically ignbred throwing slushballs at dogs whose only worry is "wet food or dry?" · by pur ~ngllsh curriculum.

· You r<!member how it used to be. The "good ol' days when you had to .-Reading these work;s in history · get home to see the Gummy Bears and snuggle up with- a blankey and class isn't enough. _They must be · peanut-buttered celery sticks. But today instead of watclling such car- · read and evaluated from a literacy toons, we will ·.calculate the velocity of light particles 11:ransmitted from ·standpoint, as well. History teach- · various 1V towers, taking into account the conservatio 1n of momentum, ers are riot qualified, expected, or and that light has no mass. ·paid to teach literature , they're paid

At least, it doesn't on Earth. But what about on Jupiiter which has an to teach history. , ·. · entirely different chemical coi:nposition and a much moire elliptical orbit, · ·That much is clear. However, I'm not to mention the gravity discrepancy. · .· ·· not sure what we pay our literature ·

Eron Kelley

Heather Welton

·Rob Voelker

Yvette Garrison

·Jessi Nelson

Erik German

ot .ographers · ···· CocyVoss · Casadi Wolfe

Eva Barajas • Greg Keller

And how about in a parallel universe? ·.Will the acceleration due to teachers to teach because they're gr 9vities be equal? If they are, but the people had no mass, would they be certainly not teaching literature. weightless? · Of cot.,1rse,·if people had no mass, then light probablywould ··.Well, actually. they're teaching half hav ~ mass, in which case that would definitely be a fact(J)rin determining · of literature-the fiction half but ·the velocity of light. Right?

· I'm not sur~ literature is something

But I digress- a definite symptom of the Reallybadus -,itises, which can , which can be taught in-1:ialves. Is it strike any student from tenth grade on but is exceptionally severe in -the · possible to teach half of history? · case of high school seniors. · Half of math? Half of science? Non-

My point (or did I have one?) was to warn all of yo u luc lky students who ' · fiction and fiction must be :taught have as of yet escaped t,he "ltis" of the common symptoms associated with together because they complement the illness. A list follows. ··

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•Extreme irritability, especially overprotectiveness of Granola Bars .···..·tdry teachers explairl orie century by •When a friend ·greets you with, ·'"Koniti wa," yourespiond, •·1am not." • referring to the previous cen.tufy. · •Regressingto 7th grade behavior, such as repeatedly Writing a Ioveci , It seems to b~ quite simple. one's name in bubble letters · · · · - Rather than have our tax dollars be The Advocate is p:ublished "monthly'' •Seeking lunchtime amusement from the tabs ofc,,.•-~ (;~s. · used as an instrument for , foisting by the LincolnHighjournalism depart- • • Frequently disrupting class by playinlI u,.,.,..,our new "kid's ~eal" ~o.r· fi~nte;t!~titious tripe upon unWit_ ment '. Readers are encouraged to sub- , •Suddenly realizing you'vetak"'""' personal field trip tm Goodnch dairy _ g .• "'"ts. w.-hydoesn't our mit story · ideas and comments. Alllet- d ri fi rth d ·· · school district clec:u ,.-.: ''-'-t tri' u ng OU peno ·. - - · Ts,::i pe ters to the Editor must be signed arid ·. And of r,,.,_.,_~e tfiere aremore, but I'm not going to tell thenn for fear that I'm ·. and include into our currtcU1u.,~: __ may be edite~ for the ·sake of space l9vmg new ideas to some of YD u who are seve·rely strtcken .· _ •· · · some of the world_-'s greatest literary aild clarity. Letters and correctiono · d t h h h may be , delivered to rooin 31 2. Un- · The bad news is that the Remlybadus -itises have no knrnwn cure, so until ocum~n s, w IC , appen to be · signed editorials are the opinion of the ·one of the few yet untouched soUls finds a cure, the rest of UIS are doorned to •- iy>n.-fiction. We rea<l history in his-.·Advocate. The views expressed here · · numerous more days filled with solitary games of tic-tac-toe, ahdLHS facult,y tpry class. We read scienc~ in sci.,. do not necessartly represent those of wfilyetwonder~hytheirCX>mputershjghlightin ,~piffyshadesofpirikandgreen. ~ ce class. It's ,time we reap liferathe LH:; ~axiu:,,,.,•. .,~ ~ Meanwhile, I'm going outside, in search ofa swingset. .·. • · t re in Uter1;ttureclass · ·•·./ ,./ ··

by Jesslca Intermill

Wading through the concrete, filth, and misery of New York City, Telly looks to his bestfriend Casper and brags, "Virgins. I love 'em."

Kids is the blistering tale of one group of friends, acquaintances, and their sexual conquests as they live !hro'ugh twenty-four hours of their. own realities. The NC-1 7 movie was ·banned from all Douglas theaters, but is now available on video casette.

The raw story begins with Telly ·(Lee Fitzpatrik) and Casper (Justin Pierce) discussing the benefits. of having sexual intercourse with a virgin and continues as they meet up · with friends to discuss the previous night's "affairs." As the conversa- · tions turn from inhalants to oral sex, Telly and Casper leave to greet the midday heat and can soon be found touring the streets of New York, riding the subway, and providing eloquent instruction on how to roll marijuana into a cigar wrapper ("Break .it, Scrape it. Lick it. Stuff it. Smoke it."). The primary focus

then shifts to Jennie (Chloe Sevigny) Don't you know tricks are for kids?" and her struggle to cope with her A visibly younger kid commends own sexual experience. The night another on his necklace as they sit culminates in a party that will not at a party inhaling marijuana'. end until the following morning. "Christ on your neck. I like that. From first to final scene, there You believe in him (Jesus Christ)?" is no question w:hy Kids is rated NC-· The second .answers through rings 1 7. The abundance of. sexually of smoke, "Yeah I believe in him, he's graphic (though in no way_ erotic) my savior."

material is teamed with the unre-

A taxi driver, trying to cheer up

Le itimate or full of it?

by Heather Welton

Many people of all ages have strained language of the characters Jennie. asserts, "If you want to be questions concerning their future, and a single scene in which blood happy, don't think. That's life." "Who will I marry?" "Will I have a and brutality are hardly limited. The That's the life in which Telly, successful occupation?" "When and plentiful use of such cinematic ta- Jenny and Casper drag themselves how will I die?" People will go to boos, though, i:s not out of place. through strewn bodies of their peers extremes to find the answers to This film was not made for the crit- in a scene reminiscent of Gone these questions. From calling 800 ics on Capitol Hill. This ftlm was · With the Wind. The life that numbers, to buying a Ouiji ~oard, made for kids. The plot of the movie prompts Telly to soliloquy, "When people are determined to know what is life, and since life does not cen- you're young not much matters. lies ahead. · sor itself, neither does the movie. When you find something that you · · A psychic is a person claiming

The true crowning jewel of Kids, care about, then that's all you've sensitivity to nonphysical forces able however, comes, not in the superb got Sometimes when you're to see the future · Some psychics acting or courageous photography, young, the only place to go is in- can supposedly tell what has hapbut in the script. The words of the ,side." A life where comic relief ts pened in a person's life or what is characters ring of real life and care- found only when Casper unwraps presently happening. Psychics are fully drip fables that are the embodi- a tampon questioning,· "How do also used for very serious events men ts of kids born of the 1990s. these things work?" And the life such. as finding missing persons, a

·An extra who presses Jennie to · which is encompassed by the apa- technique which seems to work well. try the newest dlrug of the week po- · thetic extra who assumes, "You Some psychics also perform · etically prods, "Now you'll be float- ·know that bulls**t." · palm reading, claiming to be able to ing up in heaven with the angels. That is the life of Kids. tell a person's life story by studying • the formation of the lines in the skin on the left hand. This is a tradition that, in most cases, has been car-

By Aiffhih Cossey ·

ried from generation to generation,

although its origin can be traced

had negative effects on the structure of the family and back to several different countries. the children of our world Rodham Clinton doesn't es- America has proved it favorable acpouse in her book that there was ever a golden age of cording to the three out of four While at\ending Yale Law family values or that one single entity should suffer ,.~~<?Pl~-'!~--12~lieve",th~t !hey J1.~r,e School flitla:ry Rodham Clinton the blame or even that one single entity is responsible · had a psychic experience of some did. extensive· research with the for making changes. She simply espouses that it takes kind. These people have madetli.e Yale Child Studies Pr.ogram.. a village to raise a child and the current village that is · psychic industry very successful. In · While First Lady of Arkansas, she raising the children of our nation. could stand for some. fact, it has become a multi-million made education reform a top pri-· enhancement, enabling our nation's children to grow. dollar industry. Although Shandra ority. ·When the Clintons took of-• up into caring and resilient adults. Olsen, a senior, has never contrib-

· ·flee Arkansas' public. educatioru · In each chapter of It. Talces a Village, Rodham Clinton uted money to these eXperiences she. ·. standards were ranked 49th iru probes deep into the issues concerning our nation's chil- says, "There has to be explanations the nation, superior only to those dren in her characteristic controversial; liberal style and to the strange happenings around of the state of Alabama. Rodharru analyzes what changes and improvement can be made to here. I definitely believe in freaky Clinton founded Arkansas Advo-· enhance the village in dealing with each specific issue. The · stuff like that". cates for· Children and Families and. a pioneering pro-· · First Lady thoroughly examines everything from the need

R O D H A ,\\. · CLINTON

Although this profession has a gram· entitled HIPPY, (Home Instruction Program ·for for strong sexeducation in the public schools to the effects proven success of money intake, it Preschool Youth). HIPPY trains undereducated and! of violent video gamessuch as Mortal Kombat to the lack of has had many drawbacks in the sinoften ·financially disadvantaged parents to help tackle~ avatlable health care for children's sometimes fatal effects. cerity of the psychics. For example, · such tasks as preparing their children for preschoon Th~ book is very much a chronicle of Hillary Rodhain many psychics are very vague with and teaching their children to read. Clinton's personal devotion to children. It is a culmi- · statements like, "Your future shows

Rodham Clinton has worked for many years with nation of her experiences as a child growing up, the · an extremely successful search for · the Children's Legal Defense Furtd, a group foundedl experiences the President had as a child, mothering · enlightenment." This statement by Marian Wright Edelman that ensures. protects, andl · her sixteen year old daughter Chelsea Victoria Clinton, could pertain to. anybody, Almost fights for •the legal rights of children.· She has also and her twenty five years of work as a child advocate. · everyone has hopes of finding a conworked with numerous other child-oriented organiza-· It Takes ci Village isan important book for everyone • tent median in their life,. and most tions ranging from the Children's Television Workshop ·to read, not just parents and people who deal with chil- · people usually do find it, and there- · ··to the Girl Scouts of America, where she currently serves dren, but everyone who is a part of the village. The fore the psychic was right. Right? as honorary President. ·.· book is easy to read and amusing. It reads like one of · Wrong, just clever. There are many

The First Lady's first new book, It Takes a Village,, · Hillary Rodham Clinton's powerful speeches but is not instructional books and videos on is based on the premise that the entire global village is a piece of political rhetoric promoting any campaign. ·the subject of psychic reading. So responsible for children's development into adults. · It Takes a Village is available from Simon & Schuster many people have their own. beliefs Rodham Clinton discusses how t~chnological, economi- for $20.00 as well as· Lincoln Public Libraries and the and experiences that not one percal, and societal advancements, while still good have· Lincoln High Library. ·son can rely on any of the substan-

tial evidence or hearsay. For example, Calli Lounsbury feels that · only Tarot cards are true. It is the ·only psychic means that has ever ·worked for· her and her family. Courtney Knipple, Lindsey Ziemba, and Ria Salvati, all seniors, have very strong feelings toward the Outji board. · "It named Undsey's whole family with.· correct spellings and Lindsey says "It has taken blame for ·

mysterious floodings at places she

has been ··recently". On· the· other

Elizabeth Schuller says

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Ouiji, because ''it failed .me back in

Junior high while l was trying to con-

by Aishah Cossey ·

· "To anyone who is ever in a situation like this · when one thinks you have no chance, this is proof · that if you keep your head up and work hard who knows what can happen. To all the people · who said it could not be done I'd like to say, 'How do you like us now."'

These words can be found on the back of any Lincoln ' High 'School Varsity Girl's Basketball team member·~ new jerseys. ·These words possess a great deal of meaning for these young women, who last week defeated the Bellevue"'.East Chieftans 34 ::20, then the Spartans of Lincoln · East 46-26, earning them the title of District ·· Champion for the first time in four years.

"There are three main reasons we made it to state this year. There was not much adversity, last year we had a lot of problems with pe ople that we don't have this year. We're more talented. We have some younger players who are good and our older players are better. And this year, we wanted it more. " · said senior Nikki Hoffman. · -

Junior Kate Howard went on to say. "I don't think our talent was 'bad' last year, but this year · we used it more."

To start out the season, the returning varsity members "kidnapped" ·tjle new member s ·which built and enhanced team unity, something that has not been as strong in past years.

· "Last year we djdn't do anything together and we had no unity. We fought. Everyone on the iearn had their own cliques." said Howard ; While the team was strong this year. the attendance at the Girl's games in comparison to the Boy '.s games was weak. ·

"Eveiything's sexist when it comes to sports. The (boys) have mote support. The student body l:ioesn't really support us as much as I wish " said Hoffman, who · plays varsity volleyball and soccer in addition to basketball

"They think the guys are more exciting. The · games are faster but we run our offense more." said Howard.

"We work to get the best shot, not the first shot." said Hoffman. , -

Thursday, February 29, the team were de~ feated Omaha Bryan with a score of 48-38 in tjle • first round of the Class A Girls' State High School · · Basketball Tournament. The Links were ahead at the half by two points

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· Lincoln High Senior Tracy BroWIIdrives past

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game is season. ·The Links lost 48 to 38 ;

closing the season 15~7. ·

"We played the way we knew how to play. It ·was actually one of ouI"best games this seasoin." ··· said junior Troylene Thompson. .·. r;iumber 11, Reshea Brtstol, of Omaha Bryan has 'been being recruited by colleges. "The olffi,. cials protected her. They let her do whatever she wanted." said Lincoln High counselor An tne ,' Brestel. ·

"It's difficult to play a game when it's five against seven." Said Lincoln High French teacher and basketball fan Norma Sturgeon.

,ONosport is affected more by officials than basketball. especially girls basketball because tlhe officials are males and they don't n,ecessarily think girls can play which effects their decisions." said Lincoln High Social Studies teacher Jack · Brestel.

The Omaha Bryan game wrapped the Varsi \ty Girls' Basketball season for a final season record · of 15,.7_

._ success , was __ t h _ e respo_·.n4e!d · · - Y, • Ory wOSS ======================::;:: ·Nicholson {sixth) were the four ··••···.with, "I thin l¢;P:iat u.ntty wm.s

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On February 17. the 1995 - eleventh at the state meet, and coaches rea lty ,emphasize id 96 boys' wrestling season came scored 138.5 points. ".J am unity and I think we i-eallly to a close at the Bob Devaney pleased with the way we · used it well." · · Sports Center. Linc oln High wrestled at state. It would have The state meet was the last ·

Wrestling

Kearney • 47 ·Lincoln High · · · took · a ·well balanced .··team of been nice if I had made it to the ··chance for several LHS seniors · ·Northeast 23 Lincoln High Lincoln East ·.33 · Lincoln High wrestlers to the state tourney. finals though;" saidJuniorwres- to participate in high schoml ·With four seniors. three Juniors. tler Ken Johnson. _· wrestling. LHS will lose 4 seand one sophomore the ·Links The Links' went three and ··.nior varsity wrestlers leavtn 1g entered Devaney with high six this past season. Aside from <next year's squad young. Allhopes and expectations. the state meet LHS placed though LHS will lose many

The eight wrestlers that fourth at the Greater Nebraska seniors this year. next year':s went to state for LHS were se~ · Conference finish. ·became co- ·•·.squad will have several expe:niors Cory Lyqns, Erich Warner, _ champs for the Lincoln Public rienced ·seniors ·and younge 1 r · Toby Schroeder, Jas on Shearer. Schools Finish, and took second wrestlers will have the oppor·- · juniors Hank Amen, Ken place at the District Meet. tunity to step up. Johnson, Steve Nicholson , and •· "I believe that we had a re- "We're losing a lot of expe-sophomore Mike Root. · ally good season, it starJed out ·rience this •year. I think tha1t > ·

Of the eight wrestlers that a little rough, but aside from with the combination of expe- · competed at state , (our placed. · that we did pretty good." said rience and conditioning we ate • rated in the top 6 of their weight sophomore Mike Root. When a really good team. We could class in the state. KenJohnson Root was asked what he · out wrestle anybody in the · {third), Cory Lyons (fifth), Hank thought the · key to th.e teams · long run,;, sa.i~J9hnson. - ~

LPS Dual Classic: Lincoln High placed Millard West Inv.: Lincoln High placed ·_ · District Tourney: · Lincoln High placed · State Meet: ··· Lincoln ·High placed 2nd ·_.·1th · 2nd -· .• _ 11th

Compiled by Jepnifer S. Allen ._·

·.by Micala Gordon

(Enoch Ulmer) falls madly in love with Liat 1 (Michelle Swenson), a Tonkenese gtrlwho is con.fused by Cable's expressed love yet his reluc-

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the end tance to marry her. Emile de Bee (Josh Schultz) of World War II, the Lincoln High music depart- is disgusted by the misconceptions people hold ment selected South Pacific for the 1995-96 mu- about other races or cultures. Love, de Bee assteal.· serts, is colorblind.

The two plots that make up the South Pacific Luth,er Billis, (Matt McCallum). serves as the .,. script were originally se.parate pieces, but were comit:: re[ieffor the show. Billis is a profit-minded~ combined in a book oy Joshua L~an. Later came seabee who is constantly searching for ways,toj~ the Broadway hit production, South Pacific. · k · k b k

Th ma e a quic · uc and how to get to Bali H'ai, ., • e main storyline concerns an American an islan,d off-limits to enlisted soldiers. Otheri ·.nurse, Nellie Forbush, who falls in love with a member:s of the· cast include Navy seabees, is-~ ·· French· planter, Emile de Bee, on a Pacific is- land girls, and Nellie's colleagues stationed on i land. The subplot deals with the love affair of an .·the island. Sophomore Doug Johnson, who por-

island girl and .a Marine lieutenant stationed on trayed a, seabee, commented, "[South Pacific) is.ci th e same island. one of the funniest shows I've been in." The au-S

Though South Pacific was written several de- dience enjoyed it as well; crowds in attendancej cades ago. the characters must deal with very all three: nights seemed to find the show enjoycontemporary issues. Both of the relationships able and gave the cast a standing ovation. Deare affected by bigotry and racism. Musical di- spite the drastically low number of males that rector Joseph Skutchan remarked, "South J!acific · audition.ed for· South Pacific, the ·cast did a redeakl ·wtth serious :mor"W issues. · Many of the- -···· ·····,,:;J.J•· b ,;." - · · -~ · · mar~,ejo ui presentinga Broadway1nusicaJ characters must look wit~in t~emselves to over- Skut1chan was responsible for arranging the ·

11 ·"' come their prejudiced beliefs. staging and choreography, while John Heineman l, , ~~llie (Lindsay Gilmore) arrive~ on the island (LHS drama teacher) was in charge of technical

With many prejudgments a~out island people, details such as scene changes, lights, and scene and later discovers that Emile s two children were construction. Selected m~mbers of the Lincoln mothered by an island native.· Despite thils, she High orchestra also contributed their musical decides that her love for Emile can overcome her talents, under the direction of conductor Terry. ·

·previously held prejudices. Lieutenant Joe Cable Rush.

justa ause

by Eron Kelley

Students have received some disturbing news concerning spring break. The spring break for this year was scheduled for April 5-9, but the five days were reduced to only three, from the 5- 7. It was shortened due · to bad wel;lther which led to the cancellation of school.

·

This year, the school board de 0 cided to use a new calendar for the school year. This new system was implementeq due to a concern raised at a school board meeting concerning the cost of keeping teachers in school when the students were not required to attend. With this. new calendar, two of the three days originally scheduled to be non-school days as part of students' sprtngbreak also functioned· asmake-up days for any weather-related cancellations occurring earlier in the year.

· High school students are required to be in school for a minimum of· 1,080 hours. but Lincoln Public Schools would have been over the hours requirement regardless of the cancellations due to winter storms. ·

by Hal Hansen

Daphne Magnusson, Director of English as a Second Language in-· Communications for U.S. English, struction in. the nation's schools. disagreed with Lincoln High stu- However, certain interpretation ser-

ln ·the past, Lincoln High has dents throughout the program. vices would be eliminated and offibeen visited by MTV and Seventeen Magnusson, who supports the es- cial documents printed by the fedMagazine, but recentlly the school's tablishment of English as the offi- eral government would have to be contact with the national media cial national language, said, "In.or- in English. moved,_ill a decidedly mote somber der to get a.job and succeed, you The C-SPAN teleconference was , direction when. twelvre Lincoln High need to know the language." partially sponsored by the Close-Up School ·students wer_einvited to voice •Karen Hansen, a representative Foundation, an organization which their op~ions on the: public affairs of the Hispanic political organiza- encourages youth awareness ofpolicable channel, C-SPAN. · tion, La Raza, sharply rejected _tics. Th~ 1 ~Judents, CQ111.sistingmostly Magnusson's assertions. · "We are Two other schools from across the of immijfants, dis<;ussed the possi- very concerned that they would be nation, one in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, bility ej;:,America esttablishing En- discriminating and divisive these and another in Alahambra, California, gltsh as its official llanguage. ·All policies could be used as a license were al~o selected to participate in the twelve students opposed the idea. to discriminate," said Hansen, cit- teleconference.

"We pay ·taxes, we should get the · ing a recent incident in which His- In regards to the fact that all twelve services, too," said ju:nior Nga Dinh. panic. men were forcefully removed LHS participants were opposed to En-

Some LHS partlicipants were · from a bar after speaking Spanish. glishasanofllciallanguage, oneofthe clearly 'Offended by tthe notion of a Magnusson rebutted Hansen's event's coordinators, Hilde Dale, said one-language nation,. "It seems like criticisms, claiming, "Without the ''There was art effort to select people the government d~sn't care," said common bond of language we can't who were directly affected by this, as Junior Phong Nguyen. · · communicate. It would help pro- well as some native English speakers." · Lin~:Attaie, an iJlnmigrant from mote unity."

Dale acknowledged the lack of di.Afghanistan, said, '"The colonists · -· The establishment of English as verse opinions expressed on the proGame here to gain freedom of reli- the official national language, a gram, noting that onlly one side of the gton and other freedoms. and if they proposition presently under.consid- issue Wl;lSrepresented from Lincoln ·take away. those freedoms. maybe eration by the Republican-led Con- High, however, she still considered the peoplewtll stop comling to the U.S." gress, would probably not eliminate .event "very successful."

Vol. 101 No. 6

Seniors Lindsey Gilmore (Nellie Forbush) and Enoch Ulmer (Joe Cable) perform during the 1996 LHS Musical; South Pacific.

by

Casadi Wolfe

stay in it until they're 21," said an · LHS Special Education teacher, Jim

Everyone wants to have one mo- La Follette.

ment to look back on and be proud To join the .Olympic team, stulof. Lincoln High Special Education dents must get a signature from · i students participating in the Special. their physician and from their par.·c Olympics will have that moment. · ent or guardian. A newsletter was The Special Olympics is an inter- -·sent out at the beginning ofthe year fl>national program that promotes which explained what students {physical fitness and athletic compe- must do to join.

· · 'cl tition for people with mental and "The Special Oly:mpics are fun. iphysical disabilities. Participants and I try to win. It gives me cour(con:ipete in_ different divisions de~ · age,:· said Lee Frederick, an LHS · · I.pending on thellr age M.d ability. T~e junior invoved in track, basketball, · Itprogram was f<>undedm 1.968 and 1s and bowling. , ·sponsored by the Joseph P. Kennedy, In the last three years, Lincoln

Jr. Foundation. High has placed first in the 4 x 100

"I really like wheelchair racing," relay race, which has never hapsaid Stewart Shepard, a junior at pened before for Lincoln High at a LHS. Lincoln High has two teams ···state level. Lincoln High Special competing in state basketball. Olympics has won 13 basketball Most Special Education stu- ·trophies since 1983. dents attend high school. for six "Before the Olympics we say a years. "They usually start in Olym- prayer, and if we don't win; we still pies when they come at age 15 and tried our best,"said Shepard.·

Lincoln High School has ture will give the seven stu- about their respective top• by Jennifer S. Allen been participating in the dents an opportunity to ics. According to Brestel, Clpse-Up program since it sightsee while in Washing- "Students have to be pre- ·

From April 20 to 27, first started in 1983, when ton D.C. Because of the pared and be able to listen

·_ seven Lincoln High School · Lincoln High was one of only schedule, students normally and participate in. the dis-

·.students will travel with LHS · 25 schools nationwide to do not receive that opportu- cussions."

· Social Studies teacher Jack participate. Now, in 1996, nity.

Other events of the week · Brestei to Washington D.C. 100 schools participate, in- "It's a very intense week include an evening at the for the annual Close-Up trip. eluding all four Lincoln pub- of workshops. and semi- · theater, meeting _Nebraska

J The prog1<1m~1s •tleS'igrled to lie st!ti()()IS•. St>utJ:i~a$t fflgl'l · ilai e.," -Bre~te¼ said: · · · s:... Co.agcestsmen ·•· ' Dd11g

· improve high school stu·-~ School traveled to Washing~ ··••· The students will be.in• Bereuter, Bob Kerrey, and dents' knowledge of the na- ton D.C. in February,· East ·volved with workshops and Jim Exon, visiting the Litional government. left in March, and Northeast , seminars from 9 a.m. to 10 brary of Congress, traveling

ttnue fund-raising after their return from Washington · D.C. to help reimburse

According to Brestel. the will leave the same weekend p.m. Each year the speak- to Capitol Hill, and observoverall goal of the program as Lincoln High. ers ·at the· workshops· ing Congress in session. is to, "learn and get an This year, the Lincoln change, giving an opportu- The trip costs the stuawareness of ottr national High students will be leav~ nity for students to learn dents $1,093.00, half of government and to get a ing on April· 20 because of new things. After the semi- which the individuals will close-up view of our nation's an advantage in airfare. The nars, students have a pay. The students hold capitol and the way our gov- pr<;>gra.mis set to start on chance to ask questions and fund:raisers before the trip, ernment operates." April 21. This early depar- debate with the speakers and this year they will conthemselves.

by Jennifer S. Allen ·

Shortly after the "Night of a Thousand Stars" dance earlier this year, the Lincoln High School Gay/ Straight Alliance (G/SAJ decided to sponsor the first annual "PRIDE Prom." ·

On March.8, with help from the Northeast Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Straight Alliance, the first annual PRIDE Prom was held. The dance's theme was "WeAre Family." PRIDE Prom attracted 55 people from all four Lincoln public high schools and from Omaha, and was. the first dance of its kind ever to be held in Nebraska

The dance broke the tradition of prom by allowing gay and straight couples· to dance and. socialize together in a comfortable atmosphere. No royalty were chosen because it would be logistically difficult to se- · lect them, since so many schools were involved. The sponsors also felt that selecting royalty would be ·giving in to stereotypes of youth. "We didn't want to follow the het-

'

erosexual prom model," said LHS teacher and Lincoln High G / SA sponsor Ruth Kupfer.

The sponsors of the two· clubs made refreshments and, along with several other Lincoln adult volun-

teers, chaperoned the dance.

The Lincoln Gay and Lesbian • Youth Talk Line donated flowers, and in conjunction with The Panic. a local gay bar, voiced their encouragement for the dance. Sponsors and administrators from both Lincoln High School and Northeast High School received an overwhelming number· of positive phone calls voicing support for the dance from community members, parents, and former students. According to Lincoln High School principal Michael Wortman, administrator Arlyn Urmacher received a call from an unknown community member, saying, "They supported the. idea that we were doing lots of different things at Lincoln High for lots of different students."

Wortman also commented, "It [the dance) wasn't positive or negative. it was Just another· school ac-

tivity. It was just another thing that was happening "

The Lincoln High G / SA sponsors and club members felt the dance was a Slllccess and hope to continue PRIDE Prom as a tradition at LHS. "I'm happy that the PRIDE Prom tradition got off to such a good

· start this year. I'm sure that next · year's will be even bigger and better," said Kupfe1r. ·

· While in Washington D.C the students will be staying four to a room" With · two roommates from another state. Brestel noted that the p.urpose ·•C!Jfthi~ was for the students to meet people from ·other parts of the country with experiences and viewpoints different. from their own.

The program is open to every Lincoln High School student who would like to be involved. For m.ore information regarding next year's trip, see Brestel in room 107.

April 27, 1996 · 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.

Juniors, Seniors and their guests

Must haue student ID

No one admitted after 1:00 a.m. and Gayle Becwar

Comedian & Magician

door prizes

50 dollar bills

Stereo VCR

Televisions

Phones Microwaves

Dorm Fridge Boom Boxes

Lincoln High School's Greg Otto, number 22, Adam Jonson, number 42, Brain Toy, number 20 and Zach Hottovy competed in Basketball during this year's Special Olympics.

by Jessica. ·1ntermill

by Patrick Farrell

UVA. Unfortunately, the ozone (the · protective atmospheric layer that protects the earth from UV rays) has ·

Many teenagers ·and Lincoln been decreasing at an alarming rate.

·. High School students ·have dealt · Every ten years, the •ozone is de 0 with cancer through a parent or pleted by 3 percent, each 1 percent

Pecka and Bunny Dudley. ··The relative's illness. Most students, · ozone depletion results in a 3 perlater performance, at 6:30 p.m,, · however, are not aware that they are cent increase in the number of skin featured Latino dance, Laotian at risk for common cancers at early cancer cases.

On the fourth of March, twenty- dance, Shin Tai Gi (martial arts), ages. More importantly, many of The possibilities of developing • · four members of the LHS Rainbow the Capital City Kloggin'. Kids and these cancers can be prevented or, skin cancer are dramatically reClub entered Crete High School Kloggin' Juniors, ar.1d Lincoln · if detected early, often stopped. ducedbyavoidingUVlight,notonly classrooms in an event sponsored High ' s IIG. Preventable cancers that teens from the sun, but from tanning beds · by the · Crete · Hig h School Lincoln High reactions to the are at risk for (especially skin and as well. Staying out of sunlight, par-

•. Multicultural Club. · exchange were mixed ~ "The junior lung cancer) can be nearly halted ·ticularly during peak UV time (usu-

The two high schools exchanged · high kids seemed really open by making informed choices about ally 11 a.m. ·to 2 p.ru.), and applyideas and opinions on diversity and minded," said Izaguirre. He con- tobacco and skin care. inga sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher ways •to alleviate Crete students' tiriued, "The senior high students · Smoking is considered to be one •· · can help to reduce risk. Over 2 milworries about multiculturalism. already had their morals and val- of the most preventable causes of lion people use tanning beds annu-

"I went to Crete [high school) to ues down, · though, and they were the largest cancer killer in the U.S. ally. Eighty percent of tanning bed · make everyone aware that the word not going to change." · The American Lung Ass9ciation re- ··operators falsely tell their custom- · ports that 80 to 90 percent of the ers they are not at risk for skin can- · 'racist' does exist, and that they can , "I thought it would be interest-

lung cancer cases reported ,in the cer by using tanning beds. · be racist even if they don't think · ·.tng (o see what they are thinking, U.S today are linked to smoking. Breast and testicle cancer may · they are/' said Rainbow Club presi- a nd what was going on in th eir Many teens put th!'!mselves at risk elicit chuckles and sheepish grins; .· dent, senior Juan Izaguirre. · · minds and if they would be open · · for developing lung 'cancer every day neither are laughing matters. When

The Rainbow Club visitatioh co- to us," said sophomore · l\leli by .smoking. According to the Youth · detected early, both breast and tesincided with the Crete High School Sanchez-Aparicio; a member of Risk Behaviors Survey, 25 percent ticular cancer can often be cured. Multicultural and Curriculum Fair. Rainbow Club, adding; "Sometimes of Nebraska high school students The American Cancer societyrecom-

Otller events ofJhe daytncluded they· were, so :metimes t 1hey smok.e daily. The American Lung , mends , that males ' and females do a showingofvarioustextbooksthat weren't."

Association warns that ninety per- · monthly breast and testicle self-ex- · could be used to diversify curricu- "I think ~at bolli sides were very cent of all smokers start in their aminations starting in. the late teens ·

·· lum, a musical performance, ''Sing courageous,'' commented junior ·.. teens. '· ·•· and early twenties. Orie in eight

•··.· Around Nebraska ;" and a )Jerfor• Brandy Satchel. "It takes a lot togo -,. Obviously, not starting is a good .•·.American women will develop breast mance of arts from several differ- into a n:ew envirorument and speak, · preventative measure. Quitting cancer, and testicul ar cancer is th e ent cultures. about race issues. ·And. converkly, smoking is difficult, but much easier most common cancer among men

"Sing Around Nebraska' ' fea- it was \.'etycourageousfor the pe9Ple .·· tfdone eatlyin astnokersltfe ; ······ berweert.tfi:e ages of 15 and 40. ··_· · ·

;,,r, ,,v tured ,twepty-,fottr ftfi!h- and stxth- in Crete .,,tq:;allow us into their' 'Chw :, · Skin cancer is often ignored un• • · Sigrufipantlyleiwer.ingthe level of fat

·· · · graders singing Gerinan, Israeli, · ronrrient to speak. It was a good first til late in ~ife. when its effects begin andincreasingfiber in one'sdietas well · ·.and indigenous musics, led by Billy · ·step , but much still needs to be done." • to manifest in the form of wrinkles, as e.xercistng regularly can - lower new moles, lesions •·and red patchy chances of developing most cancers, ·skin. According to the American including breast and testicular cancers,

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Nobody has all the answers about sex. But keep in mind athat ,a million teenage gitls get pregnant every year which means:a million guys don't hear the end of it. Here's your choice, you can take responsibility wheb it's easy or you can wait until it's impossibl1e.Don't make a big mistake, Buy acondom. You can get them anywlhere and from Elanned Parenthood. And if you need help or information, call \IS That's what we're here for. · Planned Parenthood of Lincoln 2246 0 street 441-3300 or 3705 South St. ·441-3333

by Jessica Intermill

The following first-person narrative was told to Jessica Intermill under the condition of anonymity.

AIDS and STDs really freaked me. Why would you r1sk your whole life on one hour? Then there was the whole pregnancy thing l can't h;ave a kid in high school. I have so many plans. High school, college, graduate school, career, and then family. But that night the condom broke It was my first time, but it happened any- He cursed and I cried. I kept trying to reway. member all those health classes and think of No next times. ,No second chances. It just some extra-credit hint that they had told us to broke. do if something did happen. But there wasn't

When I was growing up, I was always the one any. people labeled the "goody-two-shoes." I did my Now, either I was pregnant or I wasn't. homework every night not because I wanted to,. But what if I was? I had only three choices. but because I knew I should. I was the kid in ·Have a baby and give it away, have a baby and class that was expected td get an "A," and every- keep it, or abort the pregnancy. one knew that if I didn't, then nobody would. I knew for sure that I couldn't give it up for I was the good girl. I met him in junior high. adoption. If I saw my own child, or even just He transfered in half-way through the year heard it cry, I'd never be able to give it up. So and we got to be friends in science cl;:iss. Over· th.ere were only two choices left for me. the years we went out a few times, but nothing My decision changed every time I saw the much happened. We were just close friends. editorial page of the newspaper. The pro-choice Until this year.. side told me that l shouldn't be intimidated, and We really got to depend on each other. He that since it was my body, I didn't have t<Danwas going through some rough times and I was swer to anyone else, and if the rest of the v;vorld there for him. And after almost two decades of couldn't trust me with a choice, then how could being the. "prude" one and the "tight" one, I got · they trust me with a child? But the pro-life side to. finally see what it was like to be with someone told me how selfish I was. How I would be using who judged me for me; and not for my label. ·. abortion as birth control. How.I would be k'illing • This time we were older, and we knew more, a life that couldn't defend itself or call me

and we'd been through mote together.

And this time I fell in love.

So one night after years of doing what others thought I was supposed to, I did what I thought I should. I let my heart choose, instead of my head And that night I gave hirn my virginity.

I don't know why I stayed a virgin .so long Yes I do. I. was scared: All the brochures on.

by Anne McShane

shopping to ·find shoes that match my prom dress. Today I have to finish my algebra problems. I can't be a mornmy today.· · I don't want to be a mommy today. lam selfish. But I have a right to be. I'm only in high · school.

Three weeks after it happened and I was sure that my period was late, I told him. His mouth dropped open and he accused me of playing some cruel joke But everything suddenly made sense to him. Why I had been so tense lately,. barely talking to him when he called me. Why I didn't sing along to the car radio anymore. Why I didn't laugh at his stupid jokes anymore.

We sat together in silence. Watching each other. Both of us waiting for the other person to talk.

"What do you think I should do?"

Alld he panicked.· He started mumbling that if I wanted to carry the pregnancy to term. that he would take a second job or a third or fourth. Whatever it took to take resonsibility. It was there in that darkened room that l first saw the face of my child. She had his hair color and my mouth. Her eyes shone with his spirit and my intensity. She had a mischievous smile that would always tell us when she was planning to go make trouble.

He kept talking about what he would do if I decided to keep it, and the more he talked, the more I knew that I wasn't ready to have her yet. mommy, but could hear every word I said. "'I think I want an abortion."

"You'd make a great mommy," all of the He let out a loud sigh and smiled. He knew. friends I told said. ·They called me loving and · ··that he wasn't ready to be a daddy as much as l · caring and better than a lot· of the people who wasn't ready to be a mommy ·· actually have kids. They said I would be a per- · · I know that it was my choice to have sex, and · feet momrny to my child. even now, I still don't regret that. choice. · But I

But not today Today I have to go to work so · have to do what's in the best interests ofthe child. I can save up for college. Today I have to go And right now, that child is me.

student wants to study more in-. dent study) mor·e in·depth into deptµ material.· ·. people. It's nice to pe able to r.ead,

Within those criteria, there is po- and talk about wlhat it means.

Independent studies ate becom- tential for an independent study of and get credit. It's also an tncening more and more popular these just about anything. Some students · tive to do reading; I have to do the days. Scores.of students,. over fifty use actiVities they're already involved reading for the independent study, ·here l;lt Lincoln High. are taking ad- in to take care of grl;lduation require- .· and it's reading that l wouldn't do vantage of the independent study ments through independent study. · otherwise, though I'd like to." option to enhance their education Junior Susana Bendezu is using her Junior Katie Swoboda is studyin areas including history,· litera- judo Involvement as a gym require- ing Career Ed'ucation indepenture, mathematics, language, physi- ment To receive credit, she must dently. · She didn't take the class cal education, philosophy, •.debate,· attend judo class four days a week, offered by LHS' as a sophomore. and art, and psychology. Some students two hours per lesson. Though this • she thinks the class, with its focus with qualms about solo study are might seern excessive. she says she · on four-year plans, wouldn't be bendoing group studies, often in groups would be doing it anyway, so she eficial to her now as a junior. So of four or more. might as well be receiving credit. she's taking "a chatnce to explore on

To enroll in ah independent· Other students use independent [her) own." Among other things, study course. one mu~t obtain an studies to study topics they other- Swoboda has to cllesign a resume, independent study form from the wis.e wouldn't. fill out a common college applicacounselors' office, complete it, ~ign Senior Sarah Thompson, with tion, and use the l~search program it, have it signed by the supervising fellow seniors Dan C. Deitemeyer, ·to research a career area and write teacher. the department chair, a 11athaniel Walcott, and Rachel Yung, a paper on it. · parent, and finally by Independent is Ootng a People's History indepen- Junior Aishah Cossey is not only. Study Coordinator Russ Uhing. All dent s·u1dy. "We wanted to study doing an. independent study for her independent study c;ourse has to fill specific aspects of history," she says, own benefit, but for the benefit of one of the following three criteria for "not broad trtnds. It's (the indepen- the debate team as well. In her inthe ·applicant to receive credit. for completi11g the study: •the class is not offered at Lincoln High. the class is offered, but the student's schedule will not permit him/her to attend, or. the class is offered, but the

dependent study, Philosophy for· Debl;lte, she is researching philoso, ·· phers most used in debate: Aristotle, Socrates, Rousseau, and Locke, for · a few She writes summaries of the philosophies. and constructs an evidence file with direct quotations arid ·.· how to apply thern in a debate round, so that people debating next year can use the evidence she's compiled. ·Cossey is doing this because .··. she "wanted to get a better grasp of philosophy, ·especially those used most in debate, because {she's) heard the philosopher's philosophies used in improper ways." Other interesting independent studies include Tony Relys' Chemistry 3 class, Alldy Sawatzki's and Eric Walford's Advanced Film Com• position class, Kate Muchisky's painting course .the Girls' Step Chain's Step Chain class, Justin Kohmetscher's Psychological Allaly· sis class, and Mat Whitlock's Controversial Literature class.

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Recently, ,a poster promoting the Power Club's Friday Lunch Forum was judged by the LHS administration to be too controversial • The Friday Forums were seminars in which different peole came to share their experien-ces in women's history, sexuality, art, and other topics every Friday during March. Friday Forums w~re held in the library during both lunch periods. ·

Mayor l\AikeJohanns, accompanied by Lincoln High languag Brandy Satchell, a Junior students, signs the Forgeign Language Week Proclama.tion. who created the poster ad-

vertising Friday Forum, said

·•Week· activttes included ··a ther~_was never an attempt by Aisbah Cossey

to ruffle up the administrastaff survey which rated the tion. "I didn't think it would study ofa foreign language to be a problem," said Satchell.

The Lincoln High marquee be a 7.8 on a scale of l to 10, After Dr. Wortman and

displayed the phrase "Cure a travel display ca,se in the 11-· the LHS ·administration reMo.nolingualism." Then. orth brary containing souvenirs Jected th e po st er, Satchell , and several other POWER This drawing by junior Brandy third floor hallway was from the travels of LHS st aff members met with the ad- - SatchelladvertisingP.O.W.E.RClub's· adorned with colorful murals members, and teacher appre- ministrators to discuss their Friday Forums drew heated opposicontaining. phrases .like "Oh ctation notes written·in vari- ·decision. Satchell said that, ti.onfrom LHSadministration la vache (oh the cow}" and ous languages which were despite the meeting, "they "Espanol es divertido (Span- ·gtven to teachers on Teacher had already made up th eir mi nd ·"

Dr. Mike Wortman compared Satchell's poster to sexually explicit ish is fun.) .·In the library Apprec1a_ti?n Day_bf foreign t-sh,irts t_ncludJng co"Ed Naked and Big Johns-On shifts. Dt-. \.V-Ort121an·•· ~:rI;~l;?g~¥w~ 1~f, ~ati~~:a,~jl~fstrrff:Jd~;, ,;;~~,e~,-to~~~f~~ftt~a~:tJ:~~~~!~~~~~~=p!~~&.1· . Chinese; It was Foreign Lan-' "We had lots of fun. I got a I support the administrative teams decis.ion not to allow that (the guage Week at LHS. · · lot of posittve comments from P0st erJ."

When Dr. Wortman was asked about the more graphic and sexu- ·

On Tuesday March 5th, teachers about.the apprecia- ally explicit sculptures, pictures, and drawings in the history textMayor Mike Johanns was in tion notes; [and] the display books here at Lincoln High, he responded, "Part of that ts the differ-· Dr. Mike Wortman's office to case put together was ence, perhaps some of that is that it's different to have it in a textbook officially proclaim the week of beautuful. We h;ad a lot of that you might be studying in the library then to have it on the walls." March 4-8, 1996, Foreign fun."

The administration and Dr. Wortman ruled not to allow the poster Language Week. · · Madamoiselle Barb Weiner on the walls of Lincoln High or in any of the classrooms.

Mayor Johanns was ac- said the activities that took

companied by fifteen LHS _·place were determined by students frorri such countries "the level of student interest," as Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and their ability to convey the and.Japan, as well as repre- "importance oflearningaforsentative students from the ·•eign laguage." ·five languages taught at LHS. , Stark and Weiner coordiOther Foreign Language nated the Week .• ,

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·by Micala Gordon·

unpleasant pos,sibility of destroying and Character at Boston University, a 4.() GPA, dishonesty seems to be claims. "Kids have no·.moral comthe best policy. One anonymous · pass other than enlightened self-inFor many Lincoln High students. _LHSstudent remarked, "If I had too terest. Moral standards ·have be- · and indeed, students across the much homework the night before a come so eroded that many children nation, cheating is nothing new. An test. I might ch1eat or copy answers can no longer tell right from wrong." article by Daniel R. Levfne in the but I wouldn't plagiarize for a paper This repl1;tcement of honesty and October 1995 issue of Reader's Di- · or do more than ask the answer to integrity with a win-at-any-cost atgest states that eight out often high a math problem." The moral di- titude, asserts Ryan. is a problem school students admit to cheating. lemma continues; spend two hours ithat only students concerned with Sta tis tic ally, Lincoln High studying versus twenty seconds reinstating honest morality can remdoesn't reflect these. figures-not· glancing at your neighbor's test pa- edy. exactly, anyway. In a recent sur- per. For many, the choice is obvi- At Lincoln High, the most comvey, many students responded that ous. , mon form of cheating for any grade ·cheating was more of a one time is-

And what is more. cheating is ·level was copying or allowing other sue-p:!rhaps they had tried it, had rarely challenged Many teachers ·students to copy homework assign-· been c::i-ught.and never did it again. are more than aware of the appall- men ts. SiXty percent of sophomore Int~restingly enough, the survey ing regularity with which cheating females surveyed indicated that they (divided into categories of grade level occurs. If an attempt was made to sometimes allow people to copy their and gender) indicated that sopho- stop it, however, students would be homework while only forty-seven mores cheated more than any other at a competitive:·disadvantage Fur- percent of the sophomore males reclass. For example, in response jo thermore, according to Levine in his sponded similarly. In· the Junior the survey question. ''Do you write Reader's Digest article, "In some of class. forty-seven percent of the feanswers to quizzes or tests on body the nation's public-school systems. males compared to forty-two percent parts, clothing, etc.," eight percent teacher's and administrators' evalu- of the males sometimes allow othof .the sophomores surveyed re- atlon-:--ancl occ,Etsignally salaries ·e.i:s. t<?.9~py their assignments. sponded that they did this oft~n~In · ar·e ·. i;tffecte·o· " oy student Foi'iy-fiiil pePeent of[ther senior fecontrast. zero percent of juniors and performance schools with high males and forty-three percent of the three percent of seniors surveyed grade-point averages can earn na- senior males surveyed indicated said they did this with regularity. tional reputation that help faculty, · that they sometimes let others copy But. as some kind, caring person in- .·administtators and superintendents. their homework. formed us. rpany people do indeed ·get better contracts. extra funding Though the survey results cheat on this type of survey. and incentive. bonuses." stated ·. showed that females were more So. why do students cheat? For · Levine. likely to allow others to copy their many. the pressure of getting a good

Others believe the deterioration · homework. at least 11 % more of the · grade. overcomes the guilt that of- of student ethics is the main cause males in all three classes gave ten accompanies cheat- of cheating. Kevin Ryan. founding people answers during quizzes or ing. If cheating on a director of the Center for the Ad- tests. semester final for vancement of Some assert that the decay of pre-calculus Ethics student morality is the eliminates _.'\ cause of cheating. t h e · Others blame it on

the high emphasis placed on grades. Whatever the cause of cheating niay be. it is a problem well-rooted not only in Lincoln High but in schools across the nation.·

Terrennce Kimbrough

Tom Pappas · English Teacher coml)lled by Eron Kelley.

by

Anne McSJ,ane

positive view of students. "I think most students

who share their homework honestly believe _ they're helping out a friend. I wish they could Students writing papers for other students look at the bigger picture and see that they're is by farr the most common ca~ght form of cheat- · really enabling someone not to learn and/ or not ing. a survey of LHS teachers found. Trailing to face up to their own responsibilities." behind ,are students finishing others' homework, Ruth Kupfer, anotl)er LHS English t~acher. and students writing test or quiz answers on body believes the school should share the blame. ''I parts or clothing. Next are using a "cheat sheet" wonder if cheating is an outcome of the c~mpetiduring a quiz or test and copying off of other tiveness we've built into our school's systems." students' tests or quizzes. The least caught form Doerr offers this advice to students: "Amore helpof cheating is copying homework. ful strategy would be to gtve them [students asking It shouldn't come as much of a surprise to to copy homework) some infortnal tutoring or just anyone outside the realm of the patently naive set up some study time together. There's a big difthat teachers aren't hip to the cheati9g scene. ferencebetween working out solutions together and Within that displeasure, however, teachers have just giving answers." Kupfer seconds this advice. differen1t opinions regarding what's commonly She thinks that "Ifwe learned in teains or cooperaknown as cheating. Science teacher Steve Ferris, tively, we might learn better. Maybe that's the mesfor example. doesn't mince words on the topic. sage we should get out of this. 'Cheaters' are Just "Cheating is SLIMY. Cheating is a corruption of trying to be cooperative. collaborative learners." someon1e's integrity. I think cheating should be Teachers ca.n discourage cheating in their denounced early and often." ·Another teacher classes in many ways. but_ tw<>sugg~§ted by ·.···,_~Omn;J~}!lt~~·::1ftn~ 1,tremart,<:a};>Jet1Hit ~ttid~JJt~._·••··PO.~led~eacheps_w~r~ .t,o~;~~tfi~~- of act insulted if they are caught. They are not tests, and to give tests and'q!l;ilfies ffiote•weight insulted about being accused; they are guilty and in the overall grade, under the assumption that seem to believe it is their right to copy." it is much easier to copy and get 100% on homeEngJish teacher Julia Doerr holds a more work than it is on a test or quiz.

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by Anne Mcshane

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thers, ·his ··father··was unknown, and ··· Shakur was. born a III~rith ·after·.his•

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spiracy charges.

album titled All Eyez On Me is i· ·.a double C.O. with a total of twenty-seven

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clttcling Dr.Dre, Sno()p Doggy Dogg, and • margarita and marveling at the real strips of beef ·• Nate Dogg. With the variety of songs, it's , · nestling inside the depths of my taco. and. horror of

to tire of the album.

horrors, I spill my water. And to think, not only does

The sgng, "Cal1fornta Love," is played my margarita have real strawberries in it, not only

on many radio.··stations, and · does my taco have identifiable meat bits, but those

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Jams.· It featu~es Or .• Dre .and Roger•. affordable and delectable. They make all their food i Troutman, .arid has• a compute:rtzed, alfrom scratch, including the taco shells and water. · •·•tered voice sound throogh it. This unique ··

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sound canalso ·be heard in "Only God. plusrice,beans.andasouporsaladfor$6.55. Free

•. Judge M_e." ·Th.e up.beat and b.ass-· chips and salsa come with the order of an entre~.

The atmosphere leaves a little to be desired, what filled "2 ·Of Arnerikaz Most Wanted" feawith the ocean decals on the wall, but a little sparse- ·. tures Snoop Doggy Dogg, and ·con ta.ills ness is to be expected in a small restaurant five ·1yr1cs.·about· a gangs ta party. Another·. months old. The restaurant is located on the south- ··· song., "U Can't c Me," is very fun and eneast corner.of the intersection of 13th and "F"streets. ·· ··

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by· Casadi Wolfe

• ·tertailltng, temptillg you to roll your winscene. but find themselves in the environs of El .· _ dows down ill your car arid blast it. · .·Charro, never fear: the restaurant will kowtow to your • Because of· sexual assault charges ·. ''Shorty Wanna Be A Thug," is a song poorly educated taste buds and serve you, upon or- · when he and· two friends assaulted a fan that willlinger because once you hear. it,. der, a cheese- or hamburger, With fries ·

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Aside from the usual taco-enchilada-burrito busi- ill a hote room, convictions o e s oo • you ·. pro a y ave your ea ness. the restaurant serves El Charro steak, seafood, tng of two off-duty policemen,. and cha:rrges •day. The rap entitled, "Wonder Why They. · · and a number of other spec:ialties. including arroz for a fist-fight with Menace ll Soclety di.. Call U B****," is about a girl everyone con pollo (chicken With rice) and tamales (pork in rector Allen Hughes, Tupac Shakur has gossips about because no one has respect corn meal). For dessert, one can ingest sopaipillas. • known controversy sillce the day he be- · •.for her sillce she sleeps around (I person-· god's gffi:to desserts. as well as cheesecake. d'an his career ill ent~rtaimllent... ·.ally don't like this one}. .· ·.To anyone testing the waters of El Charro for the 1:1 · - • first time. 1would recommend first to try something Not only has he been a victim.izet, but I liked "LifeGoes 011," because it shows · new. · ~ot~se>::bi;ft,~m!1'¥.~,f9r.the~TTY~~~·± ~,a, Victim:in,December d.tl 994-cwlleo 2 Shakur's_, conce~n,mr,. tp.e ;guys, ;0n ihe · _ taco,. and will be surpttsed at the· quality~the real, ·he was robbed.' ·Shak:Urresisted, lungillg --.·streets, telling them to be strong: He menstrips of beef (as opposed to hamburger). sure took · for one of the crook's two guns, resultillg tions his· friend Kato, who was· shot,· to my burrito by surprise, If debating between a soup · ill two bullets -grazing his head, another whom the song is .dedicated. or a salad, fd suggest the soup, as the salad consists , · · , , of lettuce bits. With a few cabbage bits thrown in,. puncturillg his left palm, and yet another If you liked Shakur solder C.D. s, such With.dressing 1 could not more heartily advocate goillg through the back of his right thJigh, .·· as Me Against ·The World,.· then you'll .rethe strawberry nor the peach virgtn margarita, and slightly hittillg his scrotum.· Shakur ilS ill ·· ally like this ·one. While· some of these the sopaipillas rock my victual reality. healthy condition now. · · ·· raps sound alike, there's a wide variety, · El Charro. accordin g to th e menu. refers to The Shakur's thug lyrics have been·influ- and it wm·keep you entertained. I recGentlemen whose combined efforts gave birth to the ·

Mexican-Americanrestaurant. an establishment that enced mainly by his childhood. His ommend this to anyone who likes to blast. specializP.sin serving the n:iostgenuine Mexican food mother was a member of the Black Pan- their music so everyone can hear it. in the heart of the Midwest. •

by.Patrick Farrell

thugs Carl (Steve Buscemi) and ·Gaear (Peter Stormare) drive arounda lot, remorselessly shoot people, Perhaps due to the success of and swear like proverbial sailors. Pulp Fiction. the recent trend in the _Unfortunately, Gaear speaks once movie world is to warmly embrace in a blue moon, leaving the audiany movie that is offbeat or a bit ence wishing for dialogue, even · bizarre. Fargo. the most recent flick about hamburgers in Europe. from the brothers Coen, most fa- What's more, neither of them have mous for Raising Arizona. is offbeat, even a tenth of the charisma or style bizarre, and a waste of money and that. John Travolta and Samuel L. time. Jackson's characters had in Pulp

The plot centers around a kid- Fiction. Come to think of it, there napping gone very wrong. ·Jerry isn't a single physically attractive Lundegaard (William Macy) a Min- human in this movie. neapolis car salesman hires two Carl and Gaear kidnap Mrs. thugs to kidnap his wife for $40,000 Lundegaard and.stash her in the and a new car, hoping to con his backseat of their new car. When a boss/father-in-law into paying a trooper pulls them over for not havmillion for ransom and pocketing ing plates we are introduced to the the extra. Like Pulp Fiction, the macabre world of Fargo. The trooper

ends up dead as do a couple of passing teens, and in the end seven bodies litter the screen.

To solve the crime is small town Police Chief Marge Gunderson · (Frances McDermond) who, like everyone in this snow-covered film. gleefully over-stereotypes the Minnesotan accent. Where Garrison Keillor capitalized on Minnesotan humor, the Coens try their best to pervert it. ,

On top of the increasingly annoying Scandinavian accents; viewers will have to endure 90 minutes of winter again. Margie cleverly pieces the mystery together. interviewing parka-clad Minnesotans who slog through this bleak movie. answering her ·questions with phrases like "yah, shure" and "you

betcha." Perhaps credit is due to the Coens for making the heroine of their weird story a seven-month pregnant, smart, and relatively normal woman. In this day and age it isn't often that people in movtes look · like people on the street. The Coens go a bit too far when they start to use close-ups of chubby Minnesotans chewing food like cattle for transition shots. I almost expected to see lutefisk, but the gore is sufficient enough without it.

Fargo looks enticingly good, hailing from the Coens and getting rave reviews from everyone, but I was sorely disappointed. Maybe I missed the point, assuming there was one. Fargo is playing at the Cinema Twin, but save your money for a real movie

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Letter to the Editor •.

l found the article "Psychics: legitimate or full ·. of it?" in the March edition of the Advocate highly

inappropriate. Initially, I was confused as to why

you felt that ·.this article, about spiritual values,

belonged in the entertainment section. It seems

,This :1nappropr1a.te ' poster was

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dr~wm.g by -.tf-l$Jul)'iot; Bfap.dy SatcJaelJ;, to me that an article which is so clearly based on

a mefub :rof ?the 'club ho.lik ; •the Re ..:

Upon reading the article. I discovered that it •• · J'hr9ugl10U:t time, \VOrIJ.en~r ounci th~ >itlg her itlt~rpr~tation of the female form. contained the superficially researched musings of world have been taugh.t by society that It was not obsceqe or graphic, .qqrey~ll

- e a:s evealm · as 'f ti Ii' ' ¼nus()ur·trio a reporter who had clearly not thought thorottghly theit bodies are sinful, dirty,a,nd a caus ·· r , < g • i a. IS (? , ,•. ff p ·, about all of the aspects of paganism, nor the ef- for shame. ··Not only do Womer). tnQtl( yet it \\Tp.$la.1:>eiegi(l~ppropriate fqtthe feet that the publishing of th1s article would have society buy into tl].is fiction: but oJr so;. school. Jf th.at is true \ then ther~ ate on the readers of the Advocate. Pagans, including ·

p sychics, have been in existence, practicing their clety as a whole has swallowed the b,lit, se"e~al pages itl the curticµlum requi,recl spiritual beliefs since / long before history began and a new eneration of gfrls are oein~ Western Civilization text that Ile eel to be being recorded For anyone, even a reporter for forced to Stl~cumb tothis irr~tiori,ajpre ' ~ ;: t§rri 'bµt.

the Advocate, to trivialize this spirituality by us- ·conceptib11 .••··

• l : <J'ij.e ,a.dn:liµistratie>n we]).t•on to ~a:y tng the term, ''full of it" to gauge one's faith ts in" ••·· Though this double standard ha.s that the $tudent l:>odytilight just ~¢~tp.e credibly disrespectful to th e long hiS t ory of pa- been in the societal mind suice the Re :~ ·::post~r<isa •d f a.Wi#gofa t 11a.l{ed1a.a.y : aod ganism andof pagan people.

· Although I realize that the majority of the stu- · naissance, tt has recentlyrec1red its ugly .) 11() Qt~ great c1r worl{ .·a

was.

dent body is Christian, and that the American edu- head at ·Lincoln High Sch.qo1:< Since :. ln.all fairne~s i I ca.n.see how the a. . d: . cational systemhastraditionallybeenformedupon March is ,··Women's History ·Month, ,)' rp.inistrations of's¢ho9ls have to bepo~· ~t1;;;;t~~t~1:~:~;r!::~~~t~t J~r i:i:;;::~:i~

P.O.W.E.R: Club (People Outreaching for ' litica.lly corts~ryative <ip; their decisions; respected as we evolve into an increasingly diverse Women's Equality and Rights) held Fri : •i they ciq nqt want to ruffl.e the feathers world community. I am certain that if l were to day Forµms during lunch timef o,ffermg - of the parents l But l believe the ad-: write an article entitled. "Christ: Son of God or students an opportunity to hear a vari- ( ministra ,tiqri;s •:'of sch()ois forge t th at political whore?" it would not be published in the ety of panelists speak about a variety df ' schools c:ire l'.lotfbr th.~ public or par ~

women's issues. I11promotiQil bf i tllis · ·•·¢nts, ibut for students.Schools in gen / · nizattGns such as Young Life and campus Life al- event, a poster was made. : •·····••; ••··.•

> ; era.lare $upposed ,to be •aplace :where low such an articleJtOJ slide as entertainment. · · Like all posters that are to .be hung children are taught to think on a,hig:her Indeed. this is as it should be: it is up to each in Lincoln High School, this positer re~ level, so when they see an artist's inter ,; · individual to ensure that their cultural and spiri- quired the approval of Vice-Prilllcipa'.i ' pretation ofa. woman's body, they don't tual identifications are not trod upon bythe ma- CynthiaRichardson Unfor tunateily, the · laughandcommentonherbreasts,but Jority. · Equally so. it is up to the ·majority to see

that it isn't treading over the face of individuals' · P.O.W;E,R . . club poster was not ap- . ...are able ito appreciate the proportions · beliefs; particularly while wearing the steel-toed- prpved Wb.y? ·.·Itwas too ·sexu~lly ex- ·:and the power of the work. •·

boots of ignorance: plicit and inappropriate for the school. : .· Congress, the President, and our lo~ · Siilcerely, ·· ··

· The admitlistration claimed .·that since cal school boards a.re.screaming about Susanne Evans L the school i&~pu.blic QUilding and many ,, , b,O.\V\Y-e~eed ,tobetter educate AlJ!trtca.

, _, - people 'ate movtrig inand out Ofit, :they ' ;Does this not al.so irtcliide exposing the ·

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couldnothavesomethingthatmightbe students to art, music and the finer offensive hung up in the hall. · points of human culture? ,

Editor-in-Chief Jessica Intermill · :,,

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. this simplistic vilew was that in .try- afraid to even take aspirin." Real

Patrick Farrell by Erik German ·. ing so desperately to get us to say troubfe arises when graduates of ================= no. it didn't tell :us why. the D.A.R.E , program actually enIn the second grade, drug edu- · In the sixth grade, Drug Abuse · counter drugs In the D.A.R.E cation came to me in the form of a Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) workbook. it was easy to say "No.'' coloring book. The book explained · was touted as 1the program that to a talking bee highcpressuring ·· that drugs were bad. · I remember would end all scare tactic nonsense them to snort cocaine. Jn reality, · two pages in particular On one. and tell kids the straight-up truth the drug offered is often marijuana. there was a happy. cartoon giraffe about drugs. Drlllgs were explained and it Is offered , by friends-- not ·· munching oh leaves. generally cool ahd categorized according to effects · talking bees The D.A :R.E. workwith himself and his surroundings. · they had on the body and strate- book states that "Students who use On the other, was a giraffe on drugs. gtes for saying "No" were presented marijuana are slow, are dull, and · He wasn't munching qn much of to students by a police officer who have little ambition." While this anything because apparently he made regular classroom visits. · And, statement could apply to nearly any ·

Jessi Nelson

Rob Voelker

was dead. We could see this be- of course. all participants got a cool group of students at a given time. cause he had "X"s 111his eyes and T-shirt. many recreational marijuana users because ·there were those little · But in its zeal to discourage the · are none of those things. When stububbles of "drunk" confusion float- use of any drug, ·D.A.R.E. failed to · dents try marijuana for themselves ing above his head. We students clearly show thalt some drugs ·ar e and see that they don't turn into a were invited to color in both pie- more dangerous than others. There zombie, they realtze that they have tures; the giraffe on the left, in stan- is quite a bit of difference between been lied to. And here is where the dard-giraffe colors, and the one on · drinking beer and smoking crack. genuine threat abides. the right in any shade of green that But beer and crack cocaine are IfD.A.R.E. lies about marijuana, we wished. Needless to say, we sec- listed on the same page of the lat~ · who is to say that they were not lyond graders came to the conclusion est edition of the D.A.R:.E. student ing about other drugs? Without a that drugs whatever they were. workbook. Under each drug were reliable source of information. how The Advocate is published "monthly " were obviously quite bad. explanations of their effects Both are students supposed to find outby the Lincoln Htghjournalismdepart- If you use drugs. the basic mes- · are habit-forming, and both, ac- the truth? Experiment? ment. Readers are encouraged to sub- sage went, you Will die, so "Jus t say cording to D.A.R.E can ·lead to And as simply as that, D.A.R.E. mit story ideas and comments · All · · no." Well; as we would say in sec- death. This is not untrue, but it fails. If drug education is to be sueLetters to the Editor must be signed · and grade, "No duhh." While this gives a student the false sense that cessful, it must first be honest. Secand may be edited for the sake of space method may have been superficially all drugs are equally vile and can · ondly, it must empha:s1ze choice and , · a nd clarity. Letters and corrections successful, it -failed to explain to us ··lead directly to wh :at the creators of · conseq1,er1ees- 0 ,"No" is not a choice, · may be delivered to room 312 · Un- what drugs were, what they did to D.A.R.E. said they were trying to · 1c is a dogma. And finally, it must signededitorialsaretheopinioriofthe b ct · th · avo1·ct·. fear. A fr 1·end of mine t t t d t lik · t lli t Advocate. The views expressed qo not a person s o y. or e ,conse- · rea s u en s e 1n e gen necessarily represent those of the LHS quences (other than death) of us 0 summed up this fcdr when she said, people. And intelligent people know administration : ing them. The main problerp. with • "After I finished D,A.R.E I was when they are being lied to.

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by Cory Voss I

For the first time this decade, the Lincoln High Boys Varsity basketball team earned a place in the state tournament. The Links entered the tournament 18-4,armed with experience, height, and teamwork. Four seniors were on the floor to tip off the Link's first round game with Bellevue .west on March 7.

The Links were favored heavily by the Lin'coln Journal Star. The hoopsters proved the prognosticators to be correct. At the end of four quarters, Lincoln High moved to the second round with a 76-67 win against Bellevue West. · After defeating Bellevue West, the Links took on the Northeast Rockets in the semi-finals. The Links jumped to a 8-0 lead. The Rockets, however, came back. The lead changed numerous :~:::::::~h~~~

Links came out and hit two quick three pointers ,~ to take a 36-30 lead. However, Northeast turned the momentum to their favor· and rolled to a fifteen point lead. The Links struggled to catch up but never came within seven points of the Rockets. The final score was Northeast 69, Lincoln High 59.

Mental focus seemed to be key ti) the team's preparations, according to senior PauloVan den

Berg. As the the season progressed, the team Lin.coin High Varsity's Kelly Jmgens ··focused on each game and what needed to be flies past Northeast Rocket defense. done to win against each different team.

Senior Romart Evans said, "To operate well (red and black), and the crowd really got into ·as a team, each player needs to set an example it," s,aid Evans. ·.·of matureness, follow instructions, and be re- "I think we got out to a slow start this seasponsible." son by going 0-2," said Van den Berg. "After

The '94- '95 season proved to be a memorable those first two games I think we started playing one for many players. well and as a team After the season started I

•• '"One of the most. memorable games that I thinlk we played really well. We were able to focan think of was the last home game at Lincoln ·. cus on each game and go out to play our game." Higb.r, It was the seniors' last home game and '';l tbblk one of the most memm:able moments

i,/.... we wanted it to be special; ·Al1 of the seniors ···w.as when V..'C seat Soathea&t.lt .reallyl"elt,good. decided to mismatch, we wore mismatched socks beatilng them," said junior Kelly Jurgens.

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Y atric Farre weekends, but tennts players have had trouble holding prac-

The Lincoln High Varsity tices with Nebraska's ever Girls' Tennis team t>pened this changing weather. season with a rocky 1-8 loss to During practice players Southeast. Nonetheless, tea:m warm-up, play challenge members are confident that, as matches, and work on skill-speweather conditions allow more · cific drills. "I think we get a lot practices and drills, perfor- done and learn Fllot at practice," mance will improve. said junior Alicia Towns. Bailey

"I think we could have agreed saying, "Drills help us played better at the meet and focus on weak points., like just doubles haven't practiced doing backh~nds over and enough," said junior Meghan over." Bailey. · Eve,1 thou~ tennis is often

Teammate Kendra a very individual· sport, team Schuerman, a junior, agreed · strength and·support, as in any saying, "I think we need to prac- sport is central to a successful tice more intensely." Tennis season. Despite l,osing to practices are held everyday af- · Southeast, team members are

havtng fun. "Everyone can talk to each other, We all get along pretty well.,. said Towns of team unity. "We are all good friends," added Bailey.

No team would be complete without a good coach, and coach Dennis Hershberger offers motivation and support to his team.

"He never yells at us, just encourages us," said. Schuerman. "He has a lot of motivation," added Bailey.

This years LHS Varsity Tennis team is composed of seniors Frances Bowley, Danita Howe, Thuy Pham, Angel Ramirez, juniors Meghan Bailey, Linda

Nguyen, Tieuvt Nguyen, Kendra Schuerman, Alicia Towns, and sophomore Corri Synak.

VARSITY GOLF

Voelker

Li.ncoln_High Quad.· LHS Tied for 2nd LHS 13th Placed LBS 15th Place

· Grand Island Inv. Ralston/Westside Inv. · •

JUNIOR VARSITY GOLF

Lincoln Northeast 1st Place

VARSITY BOYS SOCCER

GIRLS SOCCER

VARSITY BOYS TRACK.

Wesleyan Ind<;>oi Millard North Relays Grand

VARSITY GIRLS TRACK

Wesleyan Indoor Inv. Millard North Relays Grand Island Inv,

Gatliff, who has been on the varsity team · No matter what happens to the indivtduals' by Rob

since he was a sophomore, said, "Being the goals, the team's goal is obvtous; "We want to , leader on this year's team is a lot ofresponsibil- · get better as we go, go to state, and play as a

The Lincoln High Varsity Baseball team ity, but it's pretty fun." He also thinks that this team," said junior Nathan Gieck. hoped to play at Seymour-Smith Park in the team.'s key to success is the player's relation- Junior Varsity coach Kevtn French noted, "We middle of April for the state championship. ship to the coach. have a lot of untested players, but our district is Those aspirations were temporarily put on hold Barnett commented that he thinks the Links not that strong." on March 28 when the Pius X Thunderbolts· can go to state if they work hard enough. The_ Barnett statecj. that he thinks this team's key handed LHS a disappointing two-hit 7-0 shut- remainder of the team's members are: Brian to success is to work together and play hard., out. Rodaway (11) P/OF, Jason Hanlon (12) 3B/SS,. Gatliff agrees this is a team goal. "We want to

Lincoln High has only two players returning Clay Uhrmacher (12) P/OF. Jason Eickmeier (12) · make it through.the season without losing sim-. from the team that went 6-15 a year ago. Michael OF Zach Moore ( 11) P / 1BI OF, Nathan Gieck ply because we played poorly." Gatliff, a senior_(Second Base/Pitcher), and jun- (11) SS/OF, Ben Westenburg(IO) 3B/P/C, Rhett Future games include playing at Northeast iorBarryBarnett(Catcher/Pitcher/ThirdBase), Zuspan (11) CF, Adrian Escobedo (11) SS/2B, on April 11, hosting-Papillion/La Vista on the are the two returning letter.winners. and Max Bergeron ( 12) C/ 1B/3B. 13th of April, and playing at Pius X on.April 15.

Below: Juniors Huynh Tram and Tieuvi Nguyen ponder the boys' room facilities.

• • All photgraphs by Erik German. Layout by Patrick Farrell.

:I • by Erik German

With the right set of · keys or enough nerve. Lincoln High can be a pretty cool place. Dragging along a few friends. an Advocate photogra.pher set out to show the student body places that they have never seen before. · From the catacomb-like steam tunnels in the basement. to the airy ex-

Above: A great place to get away from it all. ' A lone Lincoln High

student relaxes on the roof.

Above: Wow! All the stalls have doors. Juniors · Ken Johnson and Chad Vogel explore the girls' room.

panse of the fourth- suspended above the that doesn't need keys floorro~of. Lincoln High ~eiling_ of.thea11dito- or permission to see is is host to many con-· rium. These walkways the bathroom-the one cealed or out-of-the- access all of the ceiling · that you usually don't wayplaces. Seeingthe lightsandmuchofthe see tha,t is. While tunnels, which run un- wiring for. the audito- checking out the derneath Capitol Park- rium. If you don't know "wrong" bathroom may way in one direction anyone with cool keys, lead to a few humorand all the way to the don't worry, the roof- ous conversations, Capitol Building itself. can be seen by just taking a camera along in the other, requires looking out the win- can make things pretty the cooperation of dow-climbing out · awkward. With someone with keys. there unsupervised is enough guts, the right Another place which re- highly entertaining, but friends, and a good set quires the right keys to (ahem) not advisable. of keys, the sky is the see are the "catwalks" One entertaining place _·limit.

·••· · Left: Junior Jenny Fuller and Custodian ' Pam Render check out the legendary steam · tunnels that run beneath Lincoln High.

Ri-ht: Sophomores· Justin Munger and ·' Stacey Hadley. on the catwalks above the ceiling of the Lincoln High Auditorium

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by Hal Hansen

by Heather Welton

On May 21 and 22 Lincoln High introduced the Joynite "Lillkster" awards of 1996. · On the 22, due

, In a move intended to placate to a tornado warning, the angry taxpayers, the legislature show was ended an hour voted in April to put a stop to spend- early and was _carriied out ing increases on education. · at noon on May 241th

LB 299, sponsored by state Not only was Joynite senator Jerome Warner, would pre- held for the entertaiinment vent school districts from increas- of many Lincoln High stuing spending by more than two per- dents, faculty and fans, cent in 1996 and 1997. In the lan- · Student Council represenguage of legislators, this is called a tatives raised $1,100.00 for "two percent lid." the Make A Wish FoundaWarner claims the· lid is neces- tion during the Joyrnite fessary to alleviate the property tax tiVities.

playing two upbeat num- · hers featuring solos. Next was the always entertaining Pomalinks who performed an outstanding routine. Following the Pomalinks ·was The Magician Extrodinaire starring senior Adam White. Trumptight,a c:: rap group, really got things ! ·going by jumping off the 5 stage and leading their new O fans to a rowdy uproar.~ Mummers introduced the: nominees for ·their own .ci movie clips and S ·. 0 Soundsation performed ,S. their harmony talents with two songs. The 96-97 cheerleaders showed off burdenwhichmanyNebraskansfeel Randy Ernst, LHS their latest moves, as did 1s excessl1reJ¥ high. He do 11hts the.. teacl- 1 er and ~e-,::1, =,,;·......,..,....,,¼:tc:bd~

·lid Will significantly diminish edu- rectors of Joynite said, asongbyMelissaEthridge, cational quality. Warner argues that "This Joynite [was) the Next the all talented Musieducational spending is out of con- Wildest ever since it is tak- cal Quartet performed a trol and a lid is needed to guaran- ing place so late in the song written by senior piatee fiscal reponsibility. year. There is more. to rusts, Lindsay Gilmore and

Ross Tegeler, Lin_coln High make fun of, even tile lat- Nick Heral. The last perteacher and member of the Lincoln· · est laughs. This will give formance of Act I ended with Education· Association (a teachers' the students a chance to a little clowning around by union), disagrees with Warner. cut loose." And he was Sophmore Select. "We've always tried very hard to give right, over 1,700 people Act II· started off With each and every kid the best possible attended or participated in Varsity Swing Choir sweateducation we can, but this lid would the festiVities. ing it out back to the eight-

by Milissa Etheridge in the 1996 annual Joynite celebration.

make it very difficult to do that," said The seven MC's. Taylor ies, followed by the not so aged d<;>nations for the Tegeler. Borchert, Kellie Frerichs, coordinated Pomahunks. Make a Wish Foundation, turned it all around With their step stomping rythmatic moves and had many of the students standing on their chairs

In a related attempt to control Andrea Gaither, Kevin Soloist Lemont Russel and yes,. Sarah Scheerger spending, the legislature also Hunt, Derek Jones,, Sarah played the piano and sang finally got the crown! The passed LB 1114,whichwilllgreatly. Scheerger, and Enoch a song by Bryan · 1astsoloistofthenightwas lower property taxes and sharply de- Ulmer started each perfor- McKnight, and who could Lindsay Gilmore who sang crease education spending. Cur- mance off with a little forget Erik German's a breath-taking song that· rently, for every $100 of property a laugh or a big slam. ''She's In Love With A won the soloist award. during their exit.

citizen owns, he or she must pay Joynite started off with Geek?" Student Council Members of JIG took $1.60 in taxes. Under LB 1114, citi- the LincolnH(ghJazzBand also thanked and'encour- the mellow crowd and zens would only have to J;>1:1Y $1. 10. This change in rates ~~uld take place in 1998. · ;f~-·

According to Virgil llotn of the Lincoln Pl.\blic Schools,cthis $.50 difference would create ~ous budgetary problems for the~hool dis~ .,,.;;,_/. ·· trict. '"Basically, if LB l EB·ts imple- · mented, LPS Will come up $25-30 million short. In order to meet that budget, you're going to have to reduce our number of teachers."

Horn points out that 64o/o of the LPS budget _is _spent- on'teachers' salaries, putting them in_line to be the first group sacrificed in the case of a budget crisis. The Lincoln Education Association and the Nebraska State Education Association are strongly opposed to both bills. -Along With a decrease in teachers, Horn predicts the school distr.ict Will have to shear its funding for staff development, operating supplies, and extracurricular actiVities;

by Jennifer-& Allen·

Once again, Joynite was a success and proof that many of the LHS students still have sohool spirit.

been brainwashed into devotion to BIG BROTHER. Mottos like "War Is Peace," "Freedom Is Slavery," "lgnorance is Strength," and "Who controls the past con-·

This year's Mummers' Play was George Orwell's trols the future, who controls the present controls the 1984. To be able to participate in the play, the cast past,"keepthemembersofthesocietycompliant. Syme members had to perform 10 tech_nical pours during (Enoch 'Ulmer), has been put in charge of creating the the other three performances this year, and also had Newsp~ak dictionary, which is used to reduce the avto be members of Mummers, Lincoln High's theater erage citizen's vocabulary. Words that are opposites club. 1984 was put together in four weeks of practices have been eliminated from the dictionary (ungood and and was directe~ by Lincoln High's drama instructor, good are the same as bad and good). Better and best John Heinemann. are represented by plusgood and doubleplusgood.

·Originally a book, 1984 has been frightening read- The! citizens of Oceania are not allowed to thin~ ers for 47 years. The play takes place in Oceania, a about cinything that the Party does not want them to fictional· nation governed by the. omnipotent dictator think about. If a citizen is caught thinking they will be BIG BROTHER. The plot of the story revolves around turned in to the thought police and sent to room 101, Winston (Taylor Borchert), and Julia (Melissa Zak) and a place of torture for noncompliant citizens. their love affair and illegal marriage. BIG BROTHER'S This bleak society is based on a simple principle of hafollowers are not allowed to emote, which results in tred. AslnnerPartyMemberO'Brien(AaronFosterDuPree), their subsequent imprisonment. says to Winston Smith, "If you want a picture of the future,

By the end of the story, all of the characters have _imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever."

Vol. 101 No. 7

School 2229 "J" Street Lincoln Nebraska 68510

Junior Michele Swensen danced a self-choreographed solo to "All American Girl"

by Ryana Markey

other support system to help students and families."

Wolf explains where the · · Lincoln High's School · concern "referral'' starts. · · by Danielson on the harpsichord. The Community Intervention "The concern that starts by Gabe Lechner Spanish carol Dtndtrtn and the gossipy Program (S.C.l.P.), has thisprocesscancomefrom French carol Je le vous dirai were two of h~lpedmanystudentshere a number of places such · · One of Lincoln Htgh's long standing · the bigcrowd-pleasers performed by the at Lincoln High. If a stu- as teachers, parents, peers, · ··traditions has faded into the obscure past '. · entire group. The group recessed with the · · dent is referred to S.C.I.P., or the courts." The 1995-96 Madrigal Singers were the Furry pay Carol. · · the process that follows is But some students have last of their kind, bringing to a ,close 18 Following the concert, the •.audience modified to conform to the problems With the S C.I.P. years of the group's existence. · lingered, admiring the family crests that individual's needs. S.C.I.P · program. "John,•· a senior, The Spr.ing Concert held May 10th represented each singer's household and offers a support group for · says, "You can force some~ brought a fi- ancestry those students who are us- · body to quit doing what · nal ending · The crests in~ drugs or have stopped they're doing for a very brief to the year ·. · were crafted arid want to stay off drugs ·.period of time no matter and the tra- - by the singand alcohol. Students · what the addiction is, but d i t i o n g' ers, who ofdon't have to attend the youcan'tforcethemtostay Songs · of Cfered explasupport meetings. and it's away from that addiction. love and 8 nations for the · students' choice and that's the problem with spring filled ! the symbols whether to participate or S.C.I.P I wonder if these the cafete- · Jl in the denot. 1 people really wanted kids · ria, as the 0 signs, Some stu dents have off drugs why they don't w e a t h e r "' Refresh- · good things to say about come up With a better pro- ·. didn't per~ i merits were S.C.I.P. "Jane," a sopho- gram to keep them off · mit a gath- i then served more, says, ''It's a good drugs." · ·.· · ering in t he 8and ea~h thing for me, 'cause you're S. C. I. P. is not a pre- courtyard g'guest was · ·around a whole bunch of ·vention or a ·correctional as planned. entreated to other sober people ·.that · ·program. It is primarily a T · h e take a mufaren't using. · They kinda referral and support pro- · singers en- fin. "Magic" help you o ut if you have gram for students involved - tered with a beans that problems.·· · with drugs. bright pr o-

would s eek

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· ·. Depending on how · · "Mary,'' a sophomore. ·.cessional by out a king · • much one chooses to par- states,"! believe that ideal- Gastoldi, L--------------------------' aµd · queen ·take in S.C.I.P, a student · iStically S'. C. I. P. is a good · singing all for the cc;,mcanearn two credits toward programandtherearemany · -the way to the front, where their perfor- ing season were found within two of the gratruarrdn; 'Nancy WOIIe: · -g<',i;>dpqf.nts to.U:l"l()'revel. I : man ce was fnfti'sedwithfndivldurul talent.- ·. muffins. The king. Julian Martinez and S.C.I.P: coordirtatc>r, states, think that the rational and • Juniors Heather Danielso:n, Molly queen, Linette Hess were crowned and "l don't see the S.C ;I.P. pro~ · the 'guidelines' of someone · Ruhlman, and Talia ·Tieso performed a cheered upon their discovery. cess as punishment or dis- ·needing 'help' need to be de- trio by William Cornysh. ·. Senior · Letici a · · · The evening was deemed successful by · cipline. I see S.C.I.P. as an- • termined better. 0 M~rtinez sang of love while accompanied both the guests and singers.

Madrigals Jennifer Ah lm and Alison Gage displayin·g their

Madrigal costumes and the Madrigal Coat of Arms.

by Micala Gordon ·

·At 4:00 p.m. on the sixteenth of April, noted author and historian Elie Wiesel stepped onto the stage of the Lied Center for Performing Arts to a standing ovation. · Froµi the modestly furnished stage, Wiesel spent the · ·-next forty-five minutes speaking to the audience about his personal expe- · ======-~b~y=:::;;E~r=o=n~K==e==l;;;:le=y======= and effort into what was seen that riences regarding the Holocaust and the seduction an ,d danger of fanati- day. This included the stage and cism. -·. _ · · _ __ ._ the backdrop which was put to-

Wiesel's Visit was in conjunction with the E.N. Thompson on World · On March 18, Lincoln High a gether by technical director RobIssues symposium. a cooperative project of The Cooper Foundation and little light was shed on one of the ert Park along with the help of University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Israel Charney and Dr. Steven Jacobs many cultures at Lincoln High. · Josh Frank. Effort also went into - formallylntroducedand welcomed ,Wiesel and provided the audience with The Chinese Kaleidoscope double getting the costumes that were a brief biographical sketch of him. assembly was performed by the seen. Costumes were borrowed

- -Wiesel was born in Hungary, in 1928, to very pious and traditional •- students of Celine Robertsort. The Jewish parents. When Wiesel was fourteen years of age, he and his family - performance consisted of a fash~ were transported to the Auschwttz concentration camp as his homelartd · ton show. ,art, singing, and dancand other European countries fell to the Nazi forces. Wiesel, after his ing in both -the traditional and release, wrote many manuscripts: One of Wiesel's writings is erttitled La.·modern style that -gave the stuNuit, or Night. In Night, Wiesel gives a poignant and disturbing account of · dents a chance to learn a little i •· the horrors committed during the Holocaust by the Nazis to Jews, gyp-· more than they would normally t: sies: and other innocent victims. ''Being," Wiesel explained, "became a learn about Chinese culture. Se- ,g crime, punishable by death." · - - · - nior Nga D-inh stated," Since Lin- er:

·Wie~el began his speech by explaining that the combination of reli- • coln High is so culturally diverse I gton, ethnicity, and nationalism can fuel ·the destructive fire of fanati- -·.thought that this would be a good = cism. He maintained that not all religious people or nationalists are fa- way to show off the Chinese cul- ""' - natics; there is a distinct line one must cross. "When a person believes he · ,ture." · Some of the dan.ces, , such 0 · is the one person that holds the key to truth; that only he and no one else as the Aborigine dance, were put 111 can listen and speak to God, that is a fanatic," said Wiesel. "When some- · together by the students with help one says 'I am the master of my land and the conqueror of your land,' that from Robertson. While preparing 8 person is -a fanatic." _ _ _ _ _ _ for and performing the show, these ._.,.

Unlike most people, th e fanatic believes that he has answers to com- students learned many thing~. o plex questions about humanity and can himself define what is good a.rtd Many of these students had a evil. Said Wiesel, "The fanatic believes in superiority, He is aristocratic, chance to learn about the dances, noble; his distorted knowledge gives him power. And fanatics wt~ power language and dress. Senior Thao · are convincing. What can a thousanc:l poets go when a fanatts:: has a Tri.;tnstated," One important thing machine gun? All the words in the world are nqthing ,against a machine that I le arned wras togetherness · Seniors · Enoch Ulmer · and gun." ,, _ and how to work ]together."

Toward the end of the program; Wiesel invited the audience to ask him _ ·Everyone that participated in Frances Bowley wore traditonal · questions. One person asked if Wiesel still believed in God. Wiesel re- the show was i from one of Chinese garb for the Chinese Ka- · sponded, <"Ido not believe in God like I did as a child. I never lost faith, · Robertson's Chin\ese classes. Be- "-l_e_id_o_s_c_o_p_e_p_r_e,;.s_e_n __ta_t_t_o_n_. ·

but I did get angry at God and my faith was wounded. It is also important •· fore this show, many of these stu- · that I have faith in man. I want to believe there is hope. Peace between dents had never worked together, from Kansas City. Besides preparPalestiritarts and Israelis. Peace in Bosnia. It rriust happen." · · so not only wer~ they learning · ing the stage and clothing, prac-

Rachel ¥ung, a senior at Lincoln High and one of many students to · about the Chine~e culture, they ticing time ranged frotn about tw<>._ · attend Wiesel's talk, appreciated his ideas on fanaticism and spiritual were also learnitjg about one an- -- months before arid after school t<> _growth he shared with the audience. Said Yung, "I was , pleased to be able other. · ·· I time durtrtg class · to meditate on the subject of the Holocaust. He [Wiesel) went about it like · These students put much time a discussion, so I could respond to what he said in my own mind." · 1 · Throughout his lecture, Elie Wiesel cautioned against allowing an~ I other Holocaust to occur. An important step in preventing such an atroc-

- tty. Wiesel noted, ts to be careful with language. "A loss in a football game · ls not a holocaust ," said Wiesel. Furthermore, we must be able to recog- · nize the symptoms of fanaticism. Know what lurks in the dark recesses of minds and hearts, he advised, - Wiesel told the audience, "When so many are killed, it is because of the indifference of so many others. · The destruction of one group is the destruction of humanity."

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· playing on the radio. When d a lot. There wa:s more sharing of to listen a lot more than American French song would come on t11era- emotions and sharing of what ev" students. And since alot of French.·. · dio, my French brother would eryone did that day than the typi- people smoke, smoking is allowed " ·change' the sfatlon' 1111less'itwas M cal American family. There really on the school grounds. Everybody ·

From · April 4 to April 14, five C Solaar [French rap .star wasn't much difference between the.· has their cigarette in hand when the Lincoln High French students in- · extraor'dlnaire)," said Junior families, though, other than speak-· bell rings and as they· walk,down , - ··· eluding myself, six Spanish stu- •-MeghanBailey. ing French," said Bailey.. the hall to get outside," said an as,.dents, · Senora Christy ' ··No'matter where we found our- "They seemed to .enjoy each· tounded'Bailey. Hargesheimer, Irving Middle School· ·selves in Paris or Madrid, ,we were other's company more than the typi'- The tour included group outtrigs French teacher Melanie Fraga, and ·· never very far from a McDonalds (or cal American family," said Junior ·.·to· touristy sights around· the area. other Lincoln area language teach-

The French students visited ers went abroad as part of the an-

· Versailles, Chartres, Le Tour Eiffel, ·.nual. Know Your Neighbor Study :ru+·

·L'Arc deTriomphe, Giverny, Le LouTours to Paris and Madrid. · The · 1:1' · · vre, and Notre Dame. The Spanish Know Your Neighbor Study Tour is S'· students visted the El Escorial, · an LPS-sponsored voyage that gtves 8 Seg9vta, Palacio Royal, and Plaza foreign language students the op- 5,h Madyor. The' Spanish students als 1 o portunity to be immersed in the !: a the opportunity to witness Ho y cultu1 e and language of the Ian-· Day Processions. In addition to the guage they study, including hang- Si group outings, almost all of us went mg out on the Champs-Elysees, vis- i sight-seeing with our families Bailey iting the Escorial, smelling the flow- Visited EuroDisney, Eskridge Visited ers at Claude Monet's garden, and · a beautiful castle named Alcazar, and marveling at the art hanging in the f. on Easter Sunday, I went Video arPrado. The trips combine a family - cade-ing in Paris· with my French stay with group sight-seeing tours. brother, Axel The trips are open to any LPS stu- Eagan's favorite place was the dent who has studied a foreign Ian- Prado Museum. "There was all this guage for at least two years, has a Left to

cool art stuff there that we studied "C" or. better in. their foreign Ian- and Huyen

in Mr. Barstow's [Western Civilization) ·guage class, and has a grade point class," she said.average of 2.5 or above. MacDo, as the French call them),· Emilie Eagan of the Spanish fami- For Bailey, the best part of the trip

Upon arriving in Paris and a Dairy Queen, or a Pizza Hut. The lies she experienced. was experiencing places like Le.s Madrid, we were all a little surprised movie theatres played American "My French brother [drank] beer Hailes, a trendy sort of marketplace as to how similar Spanish and flies like Seven, Get Shorty: and Ace like it was Gatorade," said South- on the left bank of Paris. "I really French life really was to American Ventura: Nature Calls. On the tele- east student and France tripper liked just seeing what normal French life and how prevalent American pop vision, you could watch dubbed- Aaron Hartman. people do on a daily basis," she said. culture was in the two countries.· over versions of the Brady Bunch, - Even though we all were thou- In June, sophomore Jayne Asper "The strangest thing that hap- Who's the Boss, and Models Inc. sands of miles away from Lincoln will go to Germany with.·the same pened when I got to France hap- We soon found out that family High, we had to get up early and go · program. For information about next pened when I got into the car with life was not all that much different, to school once during our trip. year's trips talk to Senora my French family for the first time · either. "[The French students) take re- Hargesheimer or your foreign Ianand the Red Hot Chili Peppers were "I really enjoyed my family stay ally thorough not,es and Just seem guage teacher.

LHS Prom a hit again

Junior Mindy Rush gets down to the rhythm at the· Lincoln High 1996 Junior-Senior Prom "Tonight is the Night." Senior Bobby Martinez grooves - in the background. ·

by Jessi Nelson

The 1996 Junior-Senior prom, "Tonight is the Night" proved to be a successful event. An estimated two to three hundred tickets were sold prior to prom and more were sold at the door.

The s:urprisingly small prom committee went through old yearbooks to generate ideas for the theme, finally coming up with "Tonight is the Night."

"It was better than 'The Color of Love,'" said senior and .,prom committee member Allison Gage.

The royalty may sound familiar, as senior voters once again crowned Eric Warner and Lindsay Gilmore king and queen.· The prince and princess were Chad Vogel and Melissa Swanson.

Prom committee member, senior Terrence Kimbrough said he was pleased with the way prom turned out. "Prom night is supposed to be perfect. I think we did a pretty good · Job, even though the DJ wa,sn't very good."

Students were given red ribbons to wear to discourage drinking and driving. but were reminded to pick up their complimc11cary champagne glass on the way out the door.

by Micala Gordon

·.as language used and c_haracters' ins - terrelations within _the subplots, brought about various reactions fromSouth Pacific, Lincoln High's 1996 the. audience and the actors. The musical, was not only a fline display writers of South Pacific, Rodgers and of theatrical talent but also a means Hammerstein, chose to incorporate of presenting contemporary social is- Cable's death into. the script, thus sues to the audience. Both of the eliminating any decision he may have subplots presented in the play con. 0 made regarding his relationship with cern interracial dating. Emile De Bee Liat. Members of the audience and (Josh Schulz), a wealthy French plan- the cast disagreed with the writer's tation owner, has two children by his · choice to kill. off Cable. Stated first wife, a Tonkenese woman. Sev- Ojikutu, "I was not happy about how eral years after her death, he meets they (Rodgers and Hammerstein) Nellie Forbush (Lindsay Gilmore), an · killed off Cable, but Nellie still had to American nurse stationed near his make a choice." -home on an island in the Pacific. Despite Nellie's obvious love for De Bee, his two children Ngana (Kristin Allan) and Jerome (Mikah Meyer) are reminders that De Bee was in love with a woman of a different skin color, something unheard of in her hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. In another subplot, a U.S. Marine Lieutenant falls in love with Liat, an island girl (Michelle Swenson). Liat's mother, Bloody Mary (Ibidunni Ojikutu) tries to convince Lieutenant Cable (Enoch Ulmer) that he and Liat were meant for each other, despite their differences in skin color. Certain aspects of the script, such

In one particular scene, Captain Brackett (Drew Ross) gives De Bee a military assignment and refers to the enemy as "the· Japs". Some people · took offense at this terminology used to describe people of Japanese descent. Upon reading the script for the first time, Ross stated, "I was kind of surprised at first. I didn't want to say it, but we didn't want to mess with a famous play. For some of the parts, we changed 'Japs' to 'Japanese' or to 'the enemy.'"

Although South Pacific was written several decades ago, the actors are able to convey to the audience many· themes prevalent in today's society.

right: Juniors Aishah Cossey, Meghan Bailey, Katie Curry

Tran paused beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

by Casadi Wolfe

The Lincoln High Varsity Girls' soccer team kicked off the year With Wins against Southeast, Northeast, .Grand Island, and Fremont.· They also · ··.shutout Waverly 7-0 and PiusX 1-0. Their over-•

., · ·· all record was 10-4.

Most of the Varsity team has played soccer

for many years, which really shows in their game scores. "The team gets along pretty well. If there's any conflict, none of the players takes it out on the field," said junior Kath~rine Howard Varsity coach Russ Inbody also helps the team stay strong. "He knows what to say to motivate us," said sophomore Amber Danielson. The team practices every day for two hours, With the exception of Sundays and game days. The city games are usually played at Seacrest Field.

The Varsity soccer team has favorite teams to play. "I like East, Southeast, and home teams because they are more challenging and they draw a bigger crowd," said junior Amy Cariotto. Danielson agreed saying, "I like Sou.theast because there's always a big confrontation." "There's great leadership, we have nine seniors on the team. We've done pretty good this year, and next year looks good because the Junior Varsity is the best we've ever had. Our only problem is losing our seniors," said Inbody. The one main thing the team is having problems with is consistency. "Some games we play really change," said Inbody.

The Varsity girls have many positive outlooks of this year. "I'll look back at this year as a learning experience," said Danielson "It was a good team experience," said Cariotto. "I Will look back on this year and remember playing with the seniors and having a good season," said sophomore Holly Rekart.

by Casadi Wolfe

The Lincoln High Boys' Varsity golf team has swung in the year With the majority of scores ranging in the mid 80's.

The golf team only has one senior on the team. "It's a really young team, With little experience," said sophomore Ian. Robertson. "It's a new team this year, but we're getting better as time goes by,". said · junior Ryan Kot.

The dedication of the golf team shows through the practices, which

last about two hours a day, depending on the time r,equired to complete· nine holes They have dinners or get together at teammates' homes occasionally before meets. "'Ne get along great, always joking around With each other," said Kot.

Coach, Sam Sharpe, is l.ooked upon highly by the golf team. " Overall,· his advice is pretty good," _said Robertson. "If we're doing bad. he gtves advice, chee1is us up, and tells us we'll play better the next day," said Kot. "He has a lot of good experience," said sophomore Justin · Hladky.

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ring slowly appro ched, Varsity Soccer Coach · an Claridge was ·repping this year's Varsity Boys' soccer team. for a great season. ··Every y ar, a new group of tu dents must adapt

.to new, hanges. that occur when new members make · .e team. There c be personality conflicts an~ different playing trategies, and in 9r-

der to ve a successful te and a good time, each te mate has to add a little effort on and off the laying field.

Scot Lewis, a senioJi· nd three-year varsity pla er, stated, "This year we have done really ell and definitely dominated the majority(;),f1our games. Our hardest matches were against Pius and East. I believe we could've won, bu our effort at the begining of the games wasn't early as strong as toward the end. We have un ty among a solid team and that's what makes s strong.'' Anthony Aden, also a.senior, su med it up by pointing out that, "We are all ike Muhammad Ali, we fly [sic.] like butterfl es and sting like bees." Juniors Jackson Pue pke and Ch.ad Vogel agree that next year's t am will be hurt by the leaying seniors · since m st were starters. Most .of the juniors have pl yed soccer with the leaving seniors .for the ast ten _years on city teams before enterin Lincoln High. They still have high expecta ions for the 1997 season and anticipate pla ing just as well, if not better.

The 996 Varsity Boys Soccer placed third in city com etitjons, but senior T.J. Hammond realizes th t, "This year didn't go as well as planned, but win ing isn't everything. The spirit that the team c ried throughout the season is what really stoo out most to me and our Lincoln High fans."

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"We can take golf a little too far and not concentrate as well," said Kot.

Playing golf for fun compared to playing for Lincoln High has tt's difIP-rences. "It's a little more competitive, and more serious, rather than going · with friends just to have .fun," said Kot.

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Teammates agreed that this year went well. "We are a new group, there will be some new people and we are developing well," said Kot. "This year was a year of improvement, we're not out just to win, we're out to improve for the following year," said Robertson.

Track: a run for

by Cory Voss

With hard work, self discipline; and a desire to win, last year's Boys' Track team walked away With yet another city championship. For the past two years,. Lincoln High's Boys' Track team won the LPS championship, fueling the desire for another victory this year. This year, both the girls' and boys' team came in second place to Southeast. With sixtee~ returning.boys and eleven returning girls, Lincoln High shows d~th and experience in the ranks. •.· ·

Those involved in track participate for a spectrum of reasons. "I really love •the people who do track, and the support they give you," said senior two mtle:r · Mandy Brady. ''That feeling that you get at the end of a good season, apd the rewards you get from your hard practices," said.junior pole vaulter Bryan Hermsen.

Coaches and athletes have had to overcome more illnesses, and injuries than usual this season. Returning letter winner Mike ~lckley was held out of competition due to appendicitis during the winter, and blood poisoning at the begtnntng of the season. Sophomore Brad Rettig was also held out of competition for several weeks, due to a foot injury. 'We have had to overcome numerous illnesses and injuries. We had str~ throat and the flu going around early," · said boys' head coach Bob White.

At the state meet, held at Omaha Burke, Lincoln High had several athletes · place well in competition. In the Pole Vault Lyon Avila placed fourth overall With· a heighth of 13' 10", breaking the school record of 13' 7". For the Girls' Kahilia Ellis placed second ;in the two hundred meter run, and third in the one hundred meter run. LeTroy Jones placed second in the Long Jump. · · ·

Junior 800 meter runner Gabe Jacobs had several objections to the track though, saying, "I think that the ·people who devote entire seasons to track deserve a half way decent track to run on. Our track has seen better days."

This season, however, will mark the last year of Lincoln High's current running track. The new track will inciude new jumping pits, another top surface layer on the track itself, and a new drainage system. Work is scheduled to be complete by spring of next year, in time for the 96s97 track season. •

Lincoln High School defender Steve Cooper (right) battles With an East midfielder for control of the balll. Senior Scott Lewts cited matches With East as :some of the most challenging this year

' Letters·to the Editor · ·.

Pepsi 1.esson·

has pulled out of Burma. there are their daughter or son. ample opportunities to get in- · As a matter of fact, a student

This space was going to be oc- volved in the fight for human who is finishing school at LHS this ' cupied by art article ,about Pepsi. rights around the world. Not ev- year With a perfec11:4.0 average arid · It would have explained the way ery action is successful, but when a list of scholarships as long as her The institution of education ls that Pepsi paid the Burmese gov- one is, it's not hard to overcome arm is the daughter of a single thought to be an innovative method ernment millions of dollars. It · failures. There are still people who · mother. •So much for the stereotype for the transmission of culture and ·.would have offered a description need helpi and there are stillabu- that says kids from.a single~parent · for upward mobility Within society. • of the illegal overthrow of a legally sive governments My advice to home are disadvantaged. · The process of education has often · elected government in Burma by ·students: injustices may be gteat, A student parent With whom I been defined as: the development of a military Junta, which during its but individually, we all have the ·· worked this year gave me a photo of the self, and its goals are t<>produce · brief rule has amassed a record of power to combat it. her sori; Ori the back she wrote, as competent, thinking citizens to encountless human rights abuses, I,· if speakirig in the voice of the baby: ter society. However, the methods personally, would have urged my Olga Pierce.Junior

"My mom is a goo 1d m~m. and she · utilized to carry out these goals are fellow students at L.H.S. to boy- L.H.S. Amnesty International Club puts her all into me having a better contradictory cott Pepsi, but now I don't have · · · life than she had.'' :Sadly, this young Two of my prints in the Spring to. woman is no longer enrolled at LHS; Art Sh<>wwere censored, without my

On April 24, Pepsi announced

Student parents

she had to drop out for reasons I consent. These prints were # 1s 3 & to the world that they are pulling kriow little about. IIhope that she is 4 of a series of five entitled "Society's out of Burma. · This ·is the result

deserve recognition.·

Still Workirig on building a better Creation" · of a massive boycott and letter- future for her son through her own By removing the "inappropriate'' writing campaign Lots of people This year I was moved, as lam advancement, an ,d -1 realize that pieces from the art show our edusaid things like "I can't boycott all every year, by the accomplishments there are other ways she can do that cational system sent a message to human rights abusing corpora- of our senior students as they were besides getting a traditional high its students: if you close your eyes tions, so why shouldn't I drink recognized at the awards convoca- .· school diploma. ad refuse to see something than it Pepsi?" The answer is you don't tion. · I love the way we take time - But I wonder if student parents must not exist. Self-expression by have to boycott all offending cor- ··out to say to all our seniors, "Your are getting all the support-and re- artists must only be admissible if it · · porations for a boycott to be effec- work has mattered. ·Your achieve~ spect-they desef\lfe from all of us is not confrontational or thought tive. Other companies will look at merits are admirable." · here at LHS. We do a whole lot here, provoking.One cannot just touch on the example of Pepsi, and ·think It occurred to me that ·in this more than many schools across the an issue forever, the general public .· twice before embarking on a simi- group qf seniors being awarded with .country. We have a terrific student must be confronted with it, and if larly exploitative project. Further- scholarships and special recogni- , parenting curriculum, and the ex- they look away then at least they more, the attention raised by the· tions, at least three were student istence of our daycare is crucial to saw it and it frightened them. If we boycott will help the Burmese ·parents. I knew that because I had the success of a significant number ·· close our eyes and s ay that we neverpeople in more ways than just ·worked with two of the women in of students who are parenting. saw the Holocaust happen, does ·through Pepsi's withdrawal. classes I taught, and one other is a Even so, I can't help but wonder that mean it did not occur? This is

As a ·junior in high school, I · woman I've ·come to kriow outside · whether we-teachers and students the same question we must ask our- • can't vote, l can't buy cigarettes, of the classroom. There were prob- alike-hinder the achievements of selves about art. Becoming responand I can't even give blood with- · ably other student parents among teen moms and dads by letting our sible citizens involves being forced out parental ·consent Yet. to the those who earned honors. and some · stereotypes and ou 1 r perceptions go to look at that which challenges our · people of Burma; I've been able to of them may have been fathers, a unexamined and unchallenged. perceptions, our world Views, and

···.make a ,.difference. Though Pepsi condition which ts not always ,v~ry Even a simple statement • like "I our reality. ·

identifiable. · · didn't think that slhe'd be the type Should education not push lim-

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TlJ.is set me to thinking. Unfor- · to get pregnant" is a reflection of · ifs, promote change and facilitate ·· tunately, when student parents are what we believe about who student learning? Either way, our educaalso honor students it defies the ste- parents are. ··So is'"Well, that's it for tionalsystem has let me down.but · ·reotype of teenaged parents as well her (him.) Her (his) life is over now;" I don't feel cheated, I feel deceived. as parents who are not married. But The thing is, th ,e senior awards To those people who might have really, why should it? Many, if not convocation should have shown us · been offended bymyworkl say this: • most. of the student parents With who student P¥<!nts are. They are .·I hope you never watch T.V whom I have worked are motivated hard-working women and men who · · by parenthood to strive for higher deserve to be honored. · ·· Susie Kiene, ~enior · academic achievement because they Ed note: Ms. Kiene's complete series see the direct effect it Will have on Ruth Kupfer, Teacher is on display in the LHS library.

Educational spending necessary to -education .-

' cipal Dan Novak of Elmwood- rtes can be better understood in a by Jessica Intermill • Murdock High School, recently rec- laboratory setting. And in reality, • ognized by Redbook as one of the best children need more than the ''basics"

Fifty million dollars. · high schools in the n ation. "You take · to survive .·when they leave high ·

Enough money to finance 1,408 •-what used to be an exemplary school · school; teachers at Lincoln Public Schools' · and make it a shell.'' The bare bones approach is a ·. average salary, 1,666 jungle gyms, Proposals such , as those passed · skeletonforlearning. Without these 21,739 computers, or 28,571,428.5 •by the legislature, that target extra- fundamental foundations, a child reruns of 8.5" X 11" paper. ·. i curricular activities including athlet- cannot stand and has no intellectual

But that money won't be buying ics, drruna, debate, and journalism, shape. But as it is in the human any of those items this year, next year, ' leave schools with core currtculums body; ·so it is in the human int~llect; or in any foreseeable year for that and pared down electives, saving a skeleton alone cannot contemplate, matter, money in non-necessary areas, and · understand, feel, or live.

On April 16, 1996 Governor E. · re-budgeting to include only neces- To do these things, a skeleton .· Benjamin Nelson signed into law sities. The money saved would be must have lungs, a heart, a brain, LB299 and LB 1114, each approved put to use to alleviate property tax and blood These are what athletics, by 36 members of the Nebraska Uni- · burdens and buy decision-makers .·drama, debate, and journalism comcameral. When combined over a three .· time as they attempt to finance the prise; and as developing arid shapeyear period wtth LB1050, legislation cost of government. able creatures, these are tools with ·redistributing school revenues, these · And while this bare-bones ap- which we learn to contemplate, unbills total 50 million dollars for Lins proach looks fine on paper, reality is ·derstand, feel, and live. coln Public Schools alone, and 250 a different story. In reality, kids don't By enacting LB299, LBl 14, and to 400 milli<>ndollars state-Wide, that · always learn fractions the first time. LB1050, our state's leaders have rewill no longer be used for Nebraska In reality, playing a musical instru- duced our education to a skeleton, and public schools. ment can internalize skills ·such as unless drastic measures are taken to

"We could go from the penthouse self-discipline in a way that chalk restore the life-blood of our schools, it to the outhouse overnight," said Prin- boards can't. In reality science theo- ts skeletons we will become .- ·

by Yvette Garrison & Jessi Nelson ·

The Stone Temple Pilots have done lt again. With the release of .Core in the summer of 1993, STP became an immediate success. Everyone was exited about the "cool guy with · really weird hair and a frosty mug video," and · •"Plush" became the all time · favorite summer song. Not too long after that they came out with Pµrple, the only-thoughtabout-once album featuring the lame-brain song · "Vasaline" where STP tried to · ··prove themselves as truly · good musicians. Now its Tiny

· Music Songs From The Vaticary. Gift Shop, with the debut song "Big Bang Baby.,, ·an ear catching t1tne (the kind of song that sticks in your head all day!) with a super awesome music video. Unfortunately, it's the only good song on \ the album ·Other than "Big Bang Baby 0, Tiny music is filled with five minute songs of lead singer

Scott Wieland wailing half-baked lyrics into the microphone. Like in "Art School Girlfriend"; "I got a girlfriend, she goes to art school, I got an art school girlfriend, yeah!" · · ·

· If STP would -just play music and quit singing, they'd be fine. They have a really good bass player and some cool guitar riffs, but it's _ the lyrics that ruin it for me. · · Since frori t man Scott Wieland will be spending the next six months in a.n intensive drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility, the Stone Temple Pilots no longer have plans to tour this summer with Lollapalooza, and rumor has it the band is currently looking for a new lead singer. Thank God. · ·

If I could go back and spend my $ I 3. 99 on something else, I'd buy Yanni, Live at the Acropolis, · and listen to it every day while eating fried pork rinds.

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From the bass-throbbing begin- · such cookie-cutter characters as ning to the heart-thumping end, · Shor ty, a good kid with a bad life, · Sunset p_ark is an inspiring tale of Busy 1 a typical nerd, Butter, th~ a team and their coach. · If basket" hood'~bad boy; ''µllid-~cecactet ; an · ball is a metaphor for life, Si1nset alwa~s high artdalways >there-for- :S Park is a win. you f!iend, with a humorous real· A hybrid of Hoop Dreams and ·· ism *ncommon in recent times The Mighty Ducks, the story begins which ·dictates cinema to be either With a high school basketball team comeay or drama. ·but rtot both. whose alcoholic coach deserts · ·. ·STirinkled with a hearty dose of them, leaving them with last _ baskef:ball, the sports fan is sure seasori's •record of 2-17, and not •· to be "entertained. · The heart of ·.· · much hope of improveme1:1t. En• Su.nse~Park, though, ts not in its ·•

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=====b:::::=y=R::=:o:;b==v;=o=e=l=k=e=r=======federal witnesses, To put it simply, defense from a Jump shot, and who of a teac.her who triumphs and · · · Schwarzenegger destroys their hisaccepted the Job only because of makes ari impact on her students. · tortes, their birth certificates, marthe salary increase. After a few By followtng he:r heart, and with ·Summer; a time for rest, relax- · riage licenses, etc. ·.Eraser will be rough spots, Sunset Park predict- perse~rance, Coach rejects the all- ation, and movies? Yes, it's time released on June 21. ably leads the team to a spectacu- too~c,mmon · assumption that · agatnfortheblurknownas the hype There areacoupleofmovies that · larly Winning record, as the coach teachers are not to be involved in of the summer blockbuster movies. · could be the summer's darlt horses. ·· and team fill the voids in their re- students' lives, and she opens her-

There are the usual action mov- Jim Carrey will try to make up for spective lives. But wheri Coach self to her students. In turn, they ies, the heart-warming dramas, and his latest blunder, Ace Ventura 2: tells her star player, Shorty of her trust in her, and the relationships · the Disney animated film. This When Nature Calls, with The Cable secret dream to leave town after the that develop prove to be well worth summer there's a new trend; there's · Guy. This movie stars Caffey and season and open her own restau- the effort. only one sequel: A Very Brady Se: Matthew Broderick, and is directed rant, trouble ensues, and the char- In the end, Sunset Park is a pre- quel. - · · by Ben Stiller. Carrey is a goon who acters are forced to spend the re- dictable story \\Tith an unpredict-

The most anticipated IIlovie of installs cable TV, and while he's at mainder of the movie ·recovering • · ·able answer. And in the end, it is the summer is Mission: Impossible, it bugs the heck out of Broderick. from _ bruised egos for the good of thefeel-good-but-not-too-good<Jut- featuring Tom · Cruise and · Columbia paid Carrey $20 million · the team. come that will keep moviegoers at Emmanuelle Beart. Cruise is a spy · for this one, and it just might be

The breakthrough cast of Sun- the box office and 1n front of the trying to protect international se- · worth it. The Cable Guy Will be reset Park led by the experienced silver screen. crets and Beart plays agent Claire • leased June 14.

Phelps, whose impossible mission is ·. The other sleeper of the sum-

• / ·to retrieve a list with the names of mer is The Fan starrtng Wesley · the top under cover agents in the · Snipes and Robert De Niro. · It world, capture an ex-Russian spy presents a very scary, potentially selling secret information, and of realistic scenario here in the U: i S. - - -

course, save the world Mission: Im~ · De Niro plays an obsessed base:

• possible was released May 2 2. ball fan who stalks Snipes, a Victor Hugo's famous tale The baseball player with a less-thanHunchback of Notre Dame comes to spotless reputation : The Fan will the big screen as Disney's 33rd ani- be released after the big boom of mated feature film. It is the story of the other blockbusters, on July Quasimodo, a hunchback who re- 26. sides in the ·Pa.tis cathedral. · The · This summer's movies should be • Hunchback of Notre Dame will be re- better than last year's, siinply beleased June 21. cause there is in.ore of a variety. This · Eraser · stars Arnold · summer's top five in my opinion are Schwarzenegger and Vanessa Will- ·. as follows: Mission: Impossible, The iams. Scwarzenegger plays a char~ Hunchback of Notre Dame, Eraser, acter who deletes the idenities of ··The Cable Guy, and The Fan

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by Patrick Farrell·

Blood.· Toe mere sight of it makes some sick to their stomachs, but it saves · · thousands ofltves·eve:ryyear. Toe Lincoln High Student Council, in cooperation ·with the Lincoln Community Blood Bank, sponsored the LHS Blood Drive on the 24 of April.

Though over 130 students and staff members offered to volunteer their tlitle .· and life's blood, only 86 were able to donate.

Student Council member Shonna Brown was pleased with .the turnout. "Our goal was 120 donors; we had over 130 donors, so we went over our goal."

Toe Drive, normally held in the West Gym, was held this year in the South Building. Consequently, only eight beds were available this year. Nonetheless, record numbers of students turned out to donate blood. Brown said, "[Students) know about the Drive, there [wasn't) any explanation needed.,.

Students 17 and older could volunteer to donate. Students of age then had to pass a, blood test before being allowed to donate. "I did it to make [blood) · available for everyone to use," said senior Bob Podwinski. He added, "l watched it go in and everything!"

' Junior Riley Peterson would have given, but said, "I couldn't because I was on Track and we couldn't run in the City Championship if we gave blood."

(far left) For Psychology instructor Randy Ernst it is just another day at work. He catches up on some reading while giving blood to the Red Cross.

(middle) For others the blood drive was a more intense experience. Some donors became light,.headed and had to lie·down in order to regain consciousness.

(Immediate left) A Red cross technician readies the blood for transport to the Lincoln. Community Blood Bank.

(above) Senior Gabe Lechner, secretary Marsha Munger , and senior Mark Vogel are given TLC by the Red Cross nurse as they give blood

··(left) Sophomore Veronica Artiaga calmly watches as blood runs from her arm.

(below) An accident at the LHS blood drive results in a broken vile of blood.

All photos and captions by Eva Barajas