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Based Upon the im()Strecent levy projections ._ grams similar to the , be registered and - -·
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\' to alleviate these , truces will be increased. ;, problems when voters head However, - the amount to the polls on October 5, to would be grades 6-8, and all ·· school. property truces will in; vote on the proposed b ond high schools 'would be ·The ongoing costs for crease depends on the issue. _ grades 9-12. _ the ·schools would _ be -· value of the trucpayer's ', The · Lincoln. Public -· Initial costs for the two around $4 million per year home. · ! Schools (LPS) school board - high schools are estimated · ($2 million per school)
In addition, the
! _._ _ is asking voters to approve to be $81.3 million ($40.65 which includes utilities, school board is comI bonds in the amount of million per school). not to '· athletics and activities, mitted to returning : i $100 million to build new mention the equiptment, maintenance, and non'" any savings acheived ! : high schools : in northwest furnishings and fees that · classroom staff. - in the construction of i
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Shaima Nassir
. was ·called "the ·region of Muslims in all of Bosnia, Al- cans d()n't know their Student Link Editor · Balkans," was u ,nder the b ;ania, - - Kosovo, and stoi:tes or the American Muslim's c-ontrol until the Ot- ·c :hechyanains is not less - government's rules in A year ago Albania was in - toman Empire began to be tJha.n 95°/o,' while 90o/o of their cases. _ - the _ news constantly .- There, weakened and the Russian --'-Serbs are Christians. There - -·Sophomore Hatixhe were very quick actiotl~ cm<JEmpire lnfluen<;ed the area. h :as never been a peace Govorl is a Lincoln High unclear information about All of those small countries there. student and an Alb a\ that regior in American me- were seized and put together · In 1998 the United Sates nian refugee. < She has dia. Most of the news was , · · been here - for four about American troops that - months. On March 3, went there. Now we hardly --.1999 a Serbian officer hear anything about Albania. ; came to her familiy's It seems that the war ended llouse warning them to and president Slobodan - · - leave immediately._ - At Milosivic acquiesced to the -- that time Govori lived world's voices. The general - with her mother and two image of the people is that ev- · other sisters, ' :Katlma, -_ erything is fine now, and the and Rukaia. They · Albanian people went back to - moved to another house their homes in peace · Actu- - - in a sma1l village called ·ally, more than 6QO/oof the Al- Brestena. Her brother banian people ended up as _ · Xhafgr Govori and _ his refuges in many countries, wife used to live there, including the United States. but they had already left We have about 25 -families in to another place They Lincoln, and we also have 6 - .·did not know where he - Albanians students here at was. · _ _ --·.Lincoln High School. · · On the March 31, Most of us don't even six more Serbian sol- - kn~w the Geography or the ···. ,· --· diers came telling them
•• history of that land. _ In the > to JUOVeagain, but this
· • -•· > 18th century the ,Ottoman ·· _ Hatixhe Govori (10), ol)e of six refugee students __ time out of their counEmpire conquered that land~ - from KQsovo,works on a prqject during class, - try. Govori said, · They
_ ·.Most of the Bosnians, Alba- , .· were ._wearing masks
· nians, Chechyanains, and under the rule of one govern- intervened, but the Alba- · and black uniforms.
· Kosovos (95°/oare Albanians, -__mentca.lledYugoslavia,which. - -niians endedup 'as refuges in They h ad many guns. • I
- - ·.5010are Serbian's) accepted Is,. means the "native people." - more than 8 countries in- , was very scared." They >lam as their religion. You can _ The _ Otto man Elllpire had ·· eluding the United States. - did not take anything see the influence ofthe Ar- some control over it until · - Albanian people have be- with them but the " abs and Turkish Muslims on World War I, bht the Serbian come a part of Our lives,ard - clothes that they were
· the culture of the ,people in government Jjas .,always be ~ we have many other refuges wearing. They walked many aspects: construction, lieved that this land was his- form otner countries like · for siX hours, but they decoration, eating, dressing tortca.lly theirs. Religion is B,osnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Cont'd on pg. 4 and so on. This region, which also a factor. The percent of _ and Croatia. Most Ameri-
Nebraska ' AIDS
ByMeghan Connet···
Opinion Editor
canbe raised for research and •· bt:aska with the awaren~ss pu :blic awareness and maybe .·•touched personally by the disthere are still more ways to · that AIDS does happen here, that can help prevent the · ·ease. Several of the walkers ·
··•·· support people in •Lincoln," ·· not just in urban areas. • "We transmission. This year's walk were actual clients of the NAP. Some were walking for a said Mark Giesler, a social want to ra1se awareness of in I,incoln was held at the Auld · "It gives people who actually cure, others were walking for worker · at · Recreation · are living with the disease a · a lost friend, but for all the NAP. "AIDS · CenterinAnte- chance to do something for · walkers who came out ·for the has not gone lope Park on · themselves, so it h'elps em8th Annual Nebraska AIDS away; in fact, September 12. · · power them," said Giesler. Walk, they found that they statistics The walk in~ The walk signified somewere not alone in their purpose show that it eluded not only thing more than just raising of fighting against this deadly .· is rising anq ·the 250 walk- money for the NAPthough. ·For disease.
I think that is ers, but also many of the walkers it was a
Four different walks wei::e over 50 volun- waytofightbackagainstadis~ ·-. · scheduled throughout Ne- teers who gave ease that had touched them · braska in Lincoln; Omaha, their time to thr<:>ughlosing someone close Kearney, and Norfolk to help help make the to them. Ma'ny, though, • raise funds ·for the Nebraska · wards it. We walk a success. wantedto show that AIDS afAIDS Project (NAP). NAPis an need to have Emily Barris, a fects all of us. ' "Just because organization that provides sev- • a renewed in- junior at Lin- .·you don't have ·someone in eral services for those in the terest." coin High, vol- yourlifewho has AIDS, doesn't · community with HIV/AIDS Oneofthe unteeredatthe ._mean that it doesn't affect · and also works to prevent HN most impor- ·AIDS walk. you," said forrner Lincoln High through awareness and edu- tant go~ls of The Lincoln High School Advocate staff joined others to ·"AIDS is · a student Vicki Fuller. · · ·cation. Anonymous HN test~ the walk is to help raise awareness du_ring the Nebraska AIDS walk · ··•.cause that I am ·Through a.warer;iess _ arid ing and counseling are avail- p r o v i d e involved in and projects like the AIDS>Walk, able through the NAP, along '· · awareness to the community. HN/AIDS in the community · I want to help rid the world of AIDS has become a disease with individual counseling, Since June 1998, 395 Nebras- and by walking people can see the disease," she said. that is still scary, yet together emergency firianclal ·assis- kans have contracted HIV, · you walking and that starts- The ·day began early with a cure can be found. · Educatance, and a pastoral service. · while 58 people actually have people talking about HN / AIDS registration from 9-11 a.m. tlon and awareness will be the The AIDS walk is · one of the · full-blown AIDS. To date, 544 · and what it is. And that gives The whole atmosphere was not key to stopping the disease and · ways that the NAPraises funds people in Nebraska have died us an opportunity to say what one of sadness, but of one re- it will take each and every for these servi~es. · 'There is ·from the disease. The goal of ··AIDS ·is and what it isn't and flection, joy, and fun. Many of ··person's contribution to stop~ still much more money that the walk was to provide Ne- how it is transmitted. It raises those who walked had been ping it's spread.
To Nebraska
By Chris Lathen .··
News Editor
'.To.wn eeting
· officals have over looked ru- Year 2000 Conversion Chair
ral towns, or local govern- John A. Koskinen noted that Throughout the past mental · agencies. These 70o/o of the public school sys· year and a half, the media agencies include police, fire, tern is not Y2K ready. Ei- · · · has mentioned the upcom- · aqd health care coverage .: · ther programs or system ipg concern of the year Sirice ···.the mid · 1980s , platforms still ,n~ <J;,.tLJ;>•.,Q# 2000. The concern is due to Djncoln's goverment ariq changed and if they 'areh't, a ···compute,r programing ·· protection agencies have the systems have the possi- • · problem tliat many pro~ been switching their pro- · blljty of locking down, or gramers overlooked. When · grains over to become Y2K crashing. · ·. the ·computer programmers compliant. After initial test- The President's Chairmade the programs for com- ing, Lincoln's police, fire and man ·suggests for all stu~ puters, they only included · health care are going to be dents to have a copy of thier two ·digits for the date. In- able to continue through the • ·school records just in case stead of it being 1999, the end of the year and info the the computers do fail. · In computer would read a line ·next millennium. The only tincoln, LPS has already of code by "99." The prob- other branch of local govern- started their conversions. lem is, "what will the com- ment that hasn't become You can now read about puter do when it hits "00." compliant is the education their policy on the LPS web Computer ·programers .· system. site, www.lps.org. · ran a series of tests to find On August 25, 1999, the For all students, Just to out what would happen on Nebraska · Educational be safe have a copy of your New Year's Eve 1999. The · Telecommunication's Net~ · grades fro -m 9th grade to · results ofthe ' testing was the work held a town hall meet- your senior year, just as computer wouldn't know ing of the subject of Y2K. your parents and yourself what centucy it was. The Twenty-two experts took hold on to past tax returns · computer couldn't tell if it questions from Nebraskans If the computers do fail, then · was 1900, 2000, 2100 or any by telephone and from a stu- you can go to yourcouncelor · other year that ends in "00." dio audience. Throughout and have your grades reBecause of this government the one hour meeting, all turned For teachers; keep agencies and private compa- twenty-two bussiness ex- hard copies of grading nies started the endless task perts answered question to · books. of switching billions of lines the best of their ability and The world saw another of code in computer pro- assured Nebraskans that possible glich in the comgrams into 4 digit year code everything should be fine. puter programing on Sepinstead of only two. · Through all of the divi- tember 9, 1999. The public What most people have · sioris or business and gov- heard on the news that sysheard from the news is that ernment, there is only one terns could crash due to the banking, military and other sector of America that has · date, "9999." For computer main industries have al- yet to be "Year 2000 Com- ·. programs, "9999" is a code ready become Y2K compli- patible." That sector is edu- for the end of a file. What · ant, or they have fixed their cation. The question from a everyone had failed to realprograms. Other times young student, "We all have ize is that the computers people hear that a company heard that our motley, gas, ·. read that date as, "090999," is Y2K ready, or they have · power and other vital utili- · and some read it as devised contingency plans if ties are ready, but what "09091999." And even if .·• their programs fail. · · ·about other government that date would have af~ .·
So far most companies bodies? What I mean is, has fected the computers, it have become Y2K compliant the education system be- ·. would have ended the comTh~~e. companies cover the come Y2K compliant?" The puter files that were running · ut1J1t1es (gas, water and panel burst i11tolaughter af- at that time. All computer power), banks, telephone ter one person said, "You are programers would have had ·companies, and the national .·worried if you will graduate." · to do was restart each progovernment. But most The President's Council on gram again. ·
By Molly Geiger
Editor~in-chief
· · days off (with a few excep- time of school, and the start- shown high school students come from students' lunch
· tions) in a quarter into a one · ing time was set at 7:30 a.m. perform best after 9 a.m., period. When asked why the week vacatio~. · "When I came four years ago they had to agree on a time decision was made,
This year the sop ho- Lincoln High Principal · it was still a discussion," that would not interfere-with Wortman responded that the mores at Lincoln High were Mike Wortman believes the Wortman said. Apparently after school activities. five minutes had to come out not the only students expe- new schedule will, ''allow 7:30 a.m. was not the ma- The administration did of somewhere riencing changes. families to plan around that jority opinion, and a lot of some checking around be- · The choices were to start
A lot of juniors and se- [one week vacation] and teachers were still express- fore deciding to implement five minutes earlier, end five niors had trouble figuring hopefully student atten- · ing concerns. When Psy- an earlier first period (or zero minutes later, or shorten the out their schedules as well. dance will be better." chology teacher Randy perioq, as other school refer lunch period by five minChanges to both the daily Although no classes will Ernst's Advanced Psychol- to them). In their effort to utes. "I hate that it [the new and calendar schedules had be in session, other activi- ogy class did a study on the come closer to meeting the schedule] makes lunch students and faculty con- ties such as athletic events functioning abilities of stu- learning styles.of students, shorter," said senior Jeremy fused at the start of school. and practices will still take dents at 7:30 a.m, the re- the administration agreed Parks. He is not the only one
The entire district is test- place during the one week suits showed that students that the best idea was to of- feeling frustrations. · ing out a new calendar break. Wortman also said were not functioning well fer four classes that stu- Many members of the schedule that has students that the district is commit- that early in the morning. · dents could chose to take student body have discussed attending school for nine ted to carrying out this new During the spring of starting at 7 a.m.. possible petitions for a weeks straight, with one calendar for at least three 1998, it was decided by the
Although some students longer lunch period. week off between quarters · years before they will put it majority of teachers that are enjoying their extra 20 The changes are hitting
This schedule cam~ into · up for review. students would start class at ·. minutes of sleep, other stu- everyone a little differently, effect ·after teachers ex- · The new calendar 8:00 a.m. ·Due to students · dents see fault in the sched- and some stud.ents are not pressed concerns that four schedule was not the only who had already made ar- · ule. as enthused about the day weeks threw everybody change Lincoln High stu- rangements to take classes Because school starts at schedule as others, but it's off. At the district level they dents had to adapt to. Al;>out at UNL, the plan could not 8 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m., good to know that the ad~. decided the best way to com- · five or six years ago teach- go into affect until the 1999- the school day is five mtn- ministration and district ofbat these concerns was to ers at Lincoln High were 2000 school year. utes shorter than the previ- · fice are actively trying to combine all of the sporadic polled about the starting Although studies have ous year. Th~se five minutes meet the needs of students.
Top: Jeremie Larkins (12), Jar Perkins (11), Nick ~ott~hue (1~)?and Colin Lortz (11), and Aaron Grenfell (11) show their Links sp1r1t at the Varsity Football game against Millard West.
Above: Megan Milligan (11), Katie Lathrop (11), and Devon Baker (11), · line up for the hammer. competition at the Renaissance Festiival in Bonner Springs, KS. Forty-seven students and staff members traveled by charter bus to the festival during this year's trip sponsored ll>yEnglish teacher John Heineman and social studies teacher Rand Ernst.
·New Staff Storms L
By Amy Nichols Student Link Editor
A new school year always brings new faces to LHS, and this year is no exception, but this time I'm not talking about the sophomores. I'm talking about the new staff. You may have noticed that we've gotten two new campus supervisors, or maybe you have classes with some of the new · teachers.
For those of you who. haven't met any of the new staff. it's time for you to familiarize yourself with them.
This year LHS has two · new campus supervisors, Gary Burger and Bob Mersed. Mersed is also. the coach of the reserve softball team. The office has a few new faces, too including a new associate principal, .Pam Cox, and two new secretaries, Marilyn Heckman and Margaret Wagner.
· · Marilyn Heckman is the new executive secretary. You might see her if you stop in the main office sometime.
Glenda Willnerd will be providing help in the media center this year, and Family and Consumer Sciences has a new para, Tricia To~di· ··~.
· There a.fe also thirteen new teachers in a variety of departments including math, social studies, special education, world l~~ag~. Englisq, ESL, and physical.education.
Joe Shandera, the new physical education teacher, taught at Dawes Middle School before coming to LHS. He also
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coaches football and track.
There are two new ESL teachers-Anne Rickover and Cindy West. Special education has three new· tea:chersKa thle en Dubas. Maria · Mazurek, and Pat Shuman.
One teacher, Christie Hargesheimer, may be a familiar face to some students, but to most she is new. She has been teaching for 25 years and has been a Spanish teacher at LHS, but she took a year off to finish her Ph.D. and is back teaching Spanish this year. Hargesheimer is also the sponsor of Las Razas Unidas.
She is a self-proclaimed human rights activist and has a message for her students: "Estoy loca por un cierto prof esor de historia" (which means she is crazy about a certain history teacher-her husband, social studies teacher · Richard Hargesheimer).
The other world language teacher is Linda Graham Rowe. who teaches French. Rowe is a sponsor of French club along with French teacher Barb Weiner.
Giovanni Jones and · Tammi Schaaf are new in the English department. The math department gained· Shayla Bushhousen and Celia Sherman, and J.P. Caruso is· teaching U.S. history and coaching debate.
The new teachers are very eJCCited'abdut teaching here at LHS and are hoping to have a good year and to make a positive impact on their students.
these downtown businesses on Tuesdays, and they will donate 3o/oof their a:ross sales to charitable organizations.
·From now 1,ntil the end of November onation& will be .r11adeto the
were not alone. Many people were walking with them. "It was cold that day," Govori said ··. They reached a train that put them on Macedonia's· border, but the Macedonian government did. not allow them in They said that they had enough refuges. Govori's family stayed on the borders for 6 days with no shelters. It rained for the first three days. They did not have blan- · kets, but some of them had bags to protect themselves from the heayy rain Many · people were sick and 36 people died.
Some Albanians who lived in Macedonia came to help them by bringing them some food and blankets. After the six days American troops came and let them inside the Macedonia borders because it became very dangerous for them to stay there.
· They stayed there for 5 weeks living in tents for the
first 3 weeks with no bath- tance. They stayed in New room facilities. After these Jersey for three weeks, and three weeks the American then they came to Lincoln. troops .built them camps The Islamic Foundation with bathrooms. During of Lincoln and Catholic Sothat time they meet her sis- cial Services had helped ter-in-law, but--her brother · them by providing shelters, was not with her, and his food stamps, and teachers to wife did not know where he teach them English. wa.s. She had lost him dur- Govori's brother founded ing the movie form their his way to Lincoln last country. month. He took his wife and · The United Nations came his three daughters and to help the Albanians leave went back to Kosovo. Govori to a safer places. Govori's said that. her brother is very mother decided to take her brave to go back. The presidaughters, her daughter-in- dent of Islamic Center in law, and .her grandchildren Great Britain said that more. and go to either Germany or than 80,000 people· came Switzerland because she back to their land so far; had two sons livingg there. about 2,000 every day. The German and Swiss gov- "I appreciate the peace · ermments refused their pa- here," Govori said. "The pers, because they had people here are very nice." enough Albanians refuges. But she eventually plans to They then decided to come · return home. "I will finish to America. · my education and help my They arrived on the J.une family to collect some money 2, in New Jersey with 23 • to buy a house a.gain· in other Albanian families Kosovo. I love my old small wh,ere they received admin- village. l want my country istrative arid health assis- to be independent."
By Brooke Brestel Sports Editor
Can someone please explain to me why Coke decided to raise their prices in their pop machines around LHS? I mean realty, 85 ¢ for a 20 oz. bottle of soda seems a · bit steep to me.
I realize that our athletic department gets the profits from
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ripped off! I certainly can not taste the difference between my75¢, and 85¢
Personally, I think that LHS should boycott Coke and only drink Pepsi. Pepsi
ounce bottle and let the remaining· 8 ounces go to waste.
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the pop machines in that their production prices Cokes So whatever they did not raise their prices, Johnson Hallway, and be- increased, therefore niak- are paying. extra for, they but the athletic department 11eve me, I am all for rais- ing the price to vendors rise are not getting. , doesn't sell Coke at one. ing money for the athletic as well. The Coke repre- And if the coke prices price and Pepsi at another department, but hey, I am ·. sentative also stressed that increased so much, then So basically, the athletic a poor high school student,. the prices here are still rea- why is it that the cans of department receives a · and I can make a dime go a sonable compared to those Coke in the cafeteria hall- larger profit from the Pepsi long way. I do not need to at convenience sores. That · way are still 50¢? Is the machine than the Coke. waste it on a bottle of pop I is true, but if their produc- • soda in the cans cheaper to And speaking of Pepsi, could have gotten for 75¢ a tion prices actually did go make than the soda in the why is it that LHS does not few months ago. up, then Coke is getting bottles? It seems pretty ob- have a' Pepsi machine that
Closed Campus Excellent. Idea for Student Safety .
There is no denymg the fact that students like their 40 minutes of freedom in the middle of their day. Allowing stu"dents to go elsewhere for lunch lets students accept a larger ·role Qfresportsibility. However, because some students can·not qapdle this responsibility poor attendance and truan· , cies· have been attributed :-tothe 9-pertcarnp11s.:po1tcy.<1\1;, though these are issues, the more overwhelming concern is · the safety of students during this 40 minute period.
During the second clay of school, Tuesday, August 24, seniors Wayne Buzby and Brad Belk were involved in,a car accident on 21st and 'J' streets. The accident occurred at 11 :40 a.m., lunch hour for Lincoln High ~tudents, Again •during lunch hour on September 1, about.five gunshots were heard across the street from Lincoln High. These and other instances have made the issue of closing campus for a lunch a very relevartt debate. ,
With only 40 minutes for lunch (counting 12 minutes of passing period), students are being forced to drive and eat faster in order to make it back to school on time. Marty students have experienced first hand the frustrations of driving the speed limit while being in a hurry. What will happen when there ·is ice on the roads and students are rushing themselves to get to class on time?
Even though safety is art issue during the lunch hour, having a closed campus for all students is r,ot a reasonable solution at this time. Students going out to lunch are not the only ones feeling rushed. Those who choose to stay in are finding long lines and limited time to eat even within the halls of Lincoln High. Part of the reason that students are not accepting of a.·closed campus may be due to the way lunch is currently set-up. If all students were required to, stay in for lunch, a lot of changes would be needed to make: the plan successful.
Not many students are keen on the idea of eating cafete-, ria food or cold DaVinci's pizza. Before area high schools began to open campus to juniors and seniors, local b~siness would bring their food to the school. Instead of havmg one selection, like DaVinci's, students could choose from m,my fast food items. Some businesses such as Amigo's used to set up a trailer and sell lunch in the parking lots.
Another issue is the amount of food that the cafeteria would need to produce if all 2,500 students and.faculty were dinning in. If running out of certain items during 'B' lunch is already a problem now, revisions would have to be made to insure that all students have the same selection. At Northeast High school, lunch is a whole period, with three periods designated for lunch. This means more time to eat with less ~~in~. ' .• ·. '
· ·One.thing is for sure, their needs to be a change 1n the way lunch is for students at Lincoln High School. To insure safety, a closed campus policy should be in affect. This policy, however, should not happen unless accommodations are made so that all students receive the lunch hour that they deseIVe. ·
vious to me that if that's sells cans? You know, the case, then Coke should sometimes I'm not that put the same pop in both thirsty, and good 12 the cans and the bottles ounces will do the trick. If and save themselves a few I want a Mountain Dew, my bucks. only choice is to get a 20
CommentaryByChml.athen
they had spent months plan-
NewsEditor
ning.On September 15, in a - Throughout .all of our .~hurch. in sul:>µrban FQrt lives our parents brought us Worth, Texas America lost up hoping that we all would another piece of its innobecome law abiding citizens cence. We watched and read and that we would better our- · about how a man walked into selves and the world around a youth rally at. a small us. Our parents tried to keep church and opened fire. But the world innocent to us, and ·why does this have to hap- · to shelter us from as much pen? What is the point in all bad as th.e world contains. of the killing? · But there is only so long that· I remember that I was your parents can shelter you. taught that America is the It was only a matter of land of opportunity, and the time before you became land of .freedom to express friends with other children yourself, your religion and and adolescents your. own your voice. What is happenage. Some became friends ing in all of this? · · with the wrong kids; some · What is happening is that became friends with the right we are losing the· battle. ones. ·The only question is America is not losing the "Who is the right person to be battle of peace due to· poor ·friends with?" gun control, bad· security or
Then comes popularity any other meaning less exand expectancy. When these cuse that a politician in are not attained some do not Washington can come up know how to cope with it. with. The real reason why Some deal with their. prob- •America is killing itself is the lems in the wrong manner. inability to get along and see
Last year at Columbine each other's differences. It is High School, everyone due to our incompetence to watched the drama play out accept cultures other than on the television screens. For our own. months and months after the As citizens we should not ordeal had ·ended, the story be forced to live in fear. Why monopolized the newspapers, do we have to sacrifice our magazines, and television. constitutional freedoms due
Through it all, the news- to the insanity of others? papers, magazines and tele- Why do we have to run from vision never plainly stated all of this, and why can't we that the murders were in the just accept each other for who wrong and that what they did we are? Maybe it's due to ~e was unjust. · · fact we were picked on as ch1l-
All they did was glorify the d.ren, or we were not allowed killers. by plastering their into the popular group in faces on front pages or on the · school. Maybe it's just that · television every chance that we never came to the realiza., they had. tion that nobody is the s~me.
But the media didn't glo- If we all were the same, 1fwe rify the killers by making all thought the same and if them god-like, or into we all l:>elieved the sarne heroes what the media did things, this world would be was even worse. The media one boring place. Maybe gave the killers what they someday Ameri_ca and .the probably wanted. To be no- world ~11 open its ey~s and ticed and to show everyone we all will be able to live tothat they accomplished what gether in peace.
I feel as.
though thi.s pop situation is a huge injustice to· the school and to the students' pocketbooks. We can not let this continue to take place in our school. · I value
my dimes. Heck I need them to make pay phone calls since someone decided to raise that price by a dime a few years ago.
By Adam Wuerfele
Layout Editor
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i e usually promotes a · teresting that a person who · Philadelphia, is one of the · playt?g as G. Love & :j!;[!~\l:w11 /¥1f: ~1''' '"''tttfOn-violent state of plays a harmonica and guigrooviest, hip - shakin', head • Special Sauce They Jlil!!P' eep connection and tar can make a song that bobbin' albums he bas re- .· were signed to Okeh @L -•~ikes to uncover social doesn't sound too country. leased. G. Love's innovative records and distributed z1Jproblems such as "cor- - On a scale of one to five, hip-hop blues sound is just · through Epic. With the •. oratee,xploitment"and five being awesome, 3 being · _enough to catch the most fer_ success of their first ··eeply seeded racism: swell, a~d one being horrertvent rap protester, and like- single "Cold Beverage," ut on this album he dous, I have to give this alwise hypnotiZe one who has The band's first release compromises his m:o-· bum 4 stars. It isn't the best never, and says they will still sells an average of ltives and on six of the work that G. Love & Special never, listen to rock music. lOOOcopiesaweekofits _ :fourteen tracks, he saucehaseverputout,butit Influenced by Bob Dylan, · first album. ·· · ' :seems to be wasting his is pretty good. G._Love began <playing the · G. Love does riot l/1111., j~reath."In the song Other G. Love & Special g u1t ar and the harmonica have a great voice. He ;\tij!;:;.::\lmw,,dr•1w; : · · Roaches he sings on Sauce albums: when he was eight. At the · has a very thick Phila- i,J6 t~i tilll0t +"'+i,,,.,,,,.. _ _ theissueoftheroaches _ a.Love & Special Saucesame time he was also listen- delphian accent, and to a shiny state of perfection. · in hi :s apartment "having 1994 · ing to the music of Run DMC · probably couldn't carry a tune Th~ "work in progress" sound · mass on Sunday," This con- -·· Coast To Coast Moteland the Beas tie Boys. He in a bucket, but it works. His · promotes a feeling that this trasts the song "Dreamin" 1995 started performing on the voice has a weird sound to it music, though it could be where he explains that Yeah. It's ThatEasy-1997 · street while still in high ·that makes it interesting to better, is good the way it is. · "dreams are like fish/ you · Official Web site: www.gschool. After dropping out of listen ~to. · The album was There are no mistakes on this gots to keep on reeling." -· love.com · college after one year, he made out of sound checks and album only artistic oversighu, G. Love has a way, I don't
New Level ... Tori Amos .·
···By Jeff Goff recorded · during soundcheck. Web Editor "To Venus And Back" , Wow!!!·!This is the first which was produced by , word that came to mind af- Tori Amos, is an awsome ter listening to the new ' 'rori compilation of both her Amos album "To Venus And · ·new and old songs. It also Back." She has once again gives you an awareness ·to take :n her style of music how her · music has and has kick i;(J it up to a · changed stylistically whole new level. through the past seven - - years of her career. · This album contains 2 •·.
- The instrumentation of CDs. the first CD contains 11 new tracks including both · her and her the · single "Blis :s," which ·. is a song that expr ,esses fa- , ther :-daughter t1ies. Many of the tracks on this disc cont iain electron'ic music c e rn t e r ·e d around Tori Amos' trademarlk. piano playing
• E v e n though her music is more electroni- band(Matt Chamberlain cally influenced, her lyrics Joe Evans, and Steve Can~ are ,still as deeply emo- ton) shine well in both the · tional as ever. · ·live and st ,udio tracks. The
The second CD contains additional drum programlive tracks of some of her ming by Andy Gray on the previous songs recorded _ tracks "Suede," "Riot during the "Plugged" tour. P roof," and "Datura," give · Some of the tracks in- -· a nice edge to the instrucluded are "Cornflake Girl," · mentation. · "Bells ·For Her," "Cruel," and "Little Earthquakes," · · "To Venus ·And Back" and an excellent 7 minute, should be htg~ly success37 second version of "Pre- ful · like her otl:1.'ers, and I cious Things." · · believe that it ould also help her gain \ a larger · fanbase. , · T 'his CD also contains three unreleased tracks. · "Cooling," a live track · I highly recommend it whiclh was ortgianally going · along with her four p revi·. to be released in "Boys For · ous albums. Also, be sure · Pele in 1996, then was al- · to keep an eye out for the ·. most in ·"From The Choir ~ ·new video "Bliss," which girl Hotel" in 1998. "Sugar;" has been airing · on ·VH I and "Purple People" were ·. since August 20th.
By Robin Washut Staff Writer
In ·the scorching heat of August it is ·hard· enough Just to go outside, let alone go practicing for sports two times a day. For fall sports athletes the leisure of summer came to a very rude ending on August 16. While the rest of us were sleeping in until noon, the players were waking up at 7 or 8 a.m. to go to a grueling practice that consisted mostly of endurance conditioning. When the first prac~ tice was finally over at around 11 a.m., the ath-
_ letes went home and slept, ate, or just relaxed.
bad, and the coaches make sure to give us plenty of water."
A lot of water is a ne-
went· and tried to get the most out of their last week of summer. Wha.tever the case, the
· Four hours later, the Varsityfootball to!fghed it out through the heat! players made their way back to practice for the second session. Unfortunately, they did not have the luxury of the cool morning
No, this pr'actice was during the hottest time of the day, and if they were lucky, they might have gotten relief from a breeze that helped cool them off.
Junior Casey Massa, a member of the junior varsity football team, sa.id, "If there's a breeze it's not so
cessity for practices in 90 degree plus heat, especially because of last year's reports of players passing out because of heat exhaustion. Coaches have become a little more careful when it comes to practices.
, When - the second practice ended around 5 p.m., the athletes went home, showered, maybe ate something, and some either fell right asleep or
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By Meghan Connett Opinion Editor
runner is competing f'or their own individual time,. but as a team they are com-
This year's cross country_ peting together. This year,team is running away with to incorporate more 'tea'm' the. competition and hopes into the sport, team dinners to pull away at the end by are held before each meet. sending both the boys' and While they are running in girls' teams to state With practice or in meets, they over 40 cross country run- will also call out each other's ·ners and top runners senior _ names. to keep each o.ther Frankie Lange and senior motivated. "It's easier to· Ben Johnson back on the run with someone than by team, the t~a.m is eager to yourself. It's someone to set face the competition. · · your pace with," said senior Cross country is not a. Jeremie Memming. By run-. sport for everyone. Accord- ning as a team, it also aling to head coach Rob Smith lows more pee>ple to go to it takes one who is dedi- state. By working as a team · cated, has a lot of self-disci.,- · ·.to make it to state, seven pline, and needs to b.e able runners from each team can to motivate themselves.· run, instead of just one who Practices usually consist of qualifies with a time. warm-ups, stretching, and a Meets are held either· at run that can last 30 to 45 courses out of town, or the minutes. The distances run ever-difficult Pioneers each day vary, but are usu- Course, which includes ally three to six miles per hills, shade and sun. day. "Cross country is re- It may seem to many of ally hard, but it is so much us that it is absurd to want fun and it keeps you in to run six miles a day, but shape," said sophomore it really does take a supeJanna Miller. During the rior athletes to dedicate summer,. the team met each themselves to the strain and morning to run and build up pain that can accompany miles so that they would be the sport of cross country. ready for the upcoming sea- In the end though, the gain son this fall. The workouts is greater. "I do cross counare rigorous,· but the run- try because you feel like ners are only expected to you've accomplished sonne-. compete at the level of their thing when you make it to ability. "I don't ask things the end," said junior Nicole of them that they are not Linke. "When you get done, ready to do yet," said Coach you look back an~ think of Smith. _ how hard it was, but you feel Cross country is an in- great because you actually dividual-team sport. Each_ finished the race."
two practices a day can tivation to do homework take a toll on an athlete. after a hard practice. · But if you want to play, So the question reyou have to tough it out. mains, are practices. in It didn't get any the heat too much for easier after two-a-days. players, and is the strain · Once· school started, · interfering with athletes' ·the athletes were not academics? just physically tir,ed, Most of the fall sports but mentally tired as players say no,. but lookwell. ing at others who are reJu.ggling academics· ally struggling with and athletics can be grades,· it is something hard to do, but if play- student ath.letes and their ers do not keep up their parents should be con.,. grades, then they be- cerned about. come ineligible and can Whatever the case may not play. That is when. be, when students play the physical fatigue sports, they should know comes into play. With and be prepared, for the all the tim_e and energy demands the s.ports ask athletes put into ath- from them. For those who le tics, they may have can't, maybe it is time to trouble finding the mo- reconsider.
Lookin' Fine in '99:. Varsity Volleyball Ready to ..·Roll
By Robin Washut Staff Writer
September 1 7. and 18 team in assists and played.· but also· to show the to hold anything back. which they were three and an essential role in the team's sense of style; The The projected starters two in the highest ranked ··Links' State title run. "For shoes are Nikes with Lin- for this year's te,am are
The· Lincoln High vol-. pool of the tournament;. the volleyball team to do ·•coin High Red. and Black.· Michaela · Franklin at leyball team is heading They finished
mix - middle hitter, senior into the 1999-2000 sea- 7th in the Sil~ · tu re Shelly Chiles and sophoson with high expecta- ver division af- that, more Makyla Lone Wolf at tions, not only from them- ter defeating com- · outside hitter, ancl junior selves, but also from oth- S 04'.l the as t. bined Christine Shoem,itker at ers. Entering the year Omaha Skutt, with rightside hitter. ¢onnett ranked third in the state, and Millard their will play ,at sette~. while. a lot of pressure is being North. uni - senior T;;Imara Foree will put on the Links, who The Links' forms, be the defensive $pecialqualified for the State five seniors are 1 o o k ist. Wi,ih a team tq,is deep Tournament last year be- hoping to make very at almost every position, fore losing to Northeast in th·eir impres- nice. the Ljncoln High volleyball the first round. sions felt this teamwill be ready for any-
Despite all the atten- year. Middle thing their oppon~nts try tion, head coach Kristi hitter Brooke v o 1 - to throw at them.· Nelson-Hitz's squad is fo,. Brestel has
1 e y - A relatively easy discused. With five returning high goals for b a 1 1 trict, the Links are feeling starters.the Links should herself and the
TheJVVolleyballteamhuddlesupbeforeamatch. team very confident o(theirr pick up right were they team, "The w a s chances at going t~ Stat~ left off last season; Jun- main thing that deter- for the second cons~cutive ior Michaela Franklin, the I need to improve on is my well this year, we all have mined not to have a repeat year. If they play as well team's most publicized blocking,." Brestel said. to play together as a. of last season. With as they can, thei!r only player, has not let all the "As a team, our goals are team," "Teamwork is what memories of last years' competition may· b e from hype get to her. Franklin, to win our district and will get us to State." The first round loss to Lincoln some of the Omaha teams. who made second team make it to State." relationship betwe.en the Northeast still lingering in Only time will tell if the · All-State last season, has Although short in stat- · players does not stop once the minds of all the play- Links can live up to the had numerous articles ure, at 5'1" junior setter they step off the court. ers and the coaches, the hype. They still have to and quotes in the Lincoln Meghan Connett's game Team unity is a major September 28 rematch play the games and anyJournal-Star over the makes her a big problem goal. One example of the against Northeast was thing can happen on any summer and even back .for her opponents. steps taken to improve the very intense. Although' givep day. If they take it · into last season. The · Connett, who is a return- team's unity is the shoes.· the Rockets are not sup- one game at a tim«r, I am 5' 1 O" middle hitter is ing starter from last year's The players got together posed to be as talented as sure that we will see the ready for action, as the team, is hoping to make and· decided to wear they were last year, you Links playing in the State Links' first tournament an impact this season. matching shoes, not just can bet that coach Nelson- tournament coming this was the LPS. Classic. on · Last year Meghan led the · to symbolize their unity, Hitz and her team did not November.
ew Era'' Huskers
News Editor
_By Molly Geiger • _ Editor-in-cheif
City Councilwoman Annette cause her experts told her Studentswould attend McRoy. co-chairman of the there was a need for new high classes for longer periYES! On -Schools committee, schools. ods of time, but not as
The future of Lincoln Pub- Joe Hampton, and Southeast _ The bond passed by a frequently. lie Schools was decided on High School teacher Ted small margin: 52.5 percent to So what does this Tuesday,October5,whenvot- Larson. 47.5percent. Thissmallmar- - meanforLincolnHigh? ers agreed -to build two new_ Larson expressed his con- - gin is largely due to the lack The proposed idea was high schools. The high - cemsabouttheenthusiasmof of people at the polls. Less that each area high schools will be located on 14th Lincolnites when millions of than 30 percent of Lincoln's school would house Street and Pine Lake Road and -_l, 500 students, grades at 33rd Street and Fletcher 9~ 12. That's right: Avenue. · - T Freshman! But the
There was much debate · · changes don't stop at -over the cost of building the the high school level. schools, which was estimated Because every highto be $100 million. STOP school will include
Although most Lincoln r:NI~if~~lt grade 9, this pushes evHigh students wer 1 e not able
erything up. This to vote, many invo ved them- · means that middle selves anyway. On October 3, schools will be 6-8, and the Sunday before the elec_ elementary schools tion, around 25 students Kindergarten-5. gathered on the front steps of - Eckerson was Lincoln High to show their thrilled to see the iins u pport of the "Yes! On pact that students had - Schools" campaign. on the passing of the
President of Lincoln High's , bond issue. "I think Young Democrats, senior _ _ this vote has shown ,.,.J1t•~'lt~a~.:.a,.geoj.;ed:the •:;.;J.inC!Qm'.l-lighSttttbaP~:staod-811t.in the ~ol~ ?11...:..~t!b~i-
b,o.w _ ~tude.nts- r-ec.g;llYc rally. "The Young Democrats during a rally organized to slhow-their support for the • - can. make a difference: as well as st udents 0 f th e 0th er bond issue that will add two n1ewhigh schools to Lincoln. The final results were Lincoln High Schools, used so close that I have no our rally to make a statement dollars - were spent on -iregistered voters participated doubt in my mind that to the cornmunity about-what skyboxes at Memorial Sta- ftn the election. The_ high the students with their we as students value. Be- dium; and their lack of enthu- schools are scheduled to open signs, standing on the cause most of us can't vote, siasm when it comes -to two ftn the fall of 2003. _ Plans for corner on election day, this is our way of having our new high schools that could limplementing a block- sched- really did get the votes voices heard," Eckerson said. better education. 1Ulefor these schools are be- we needed to win! My
Speakers at the rally in-_ McRoy referred to the stu- ling discussed. Block sched- - thanks and congratulacluded Lincoln Board of Edu- dents as her'experts' and said 1Uli11g.givesmore of a college tions to all oftheml" she cation President Ed Zimmer, - she supported the bond _be- :atmosphere to a high school. said.
Amber-Rainirez•-Recovers,
By Amy Nichols_Student Link co-editor
_ _ - For the next six years·Am- _ - people as old as Amber. - The a wave of panic th:rrough ber delt with the seizures the - surgery would be very risky, the hearts of .Amber's _best she could. Three brain but Amber made up her mind friends _and famil~. An
On July 13, 1999 fifteen- surgeries to remove infected - that she wanted to have the infection had grown in year-old Amber Ramirez's life - pieces of her brain tissue and - surgery. Without the sµrgery, _--the scar on tqp - of _waschanged forever. After six _ a lot of medications slowed the she faced th.e -_Amber's head where she_ ! years of suffering from seizures disease, possibility of >had been cut opetj dur~ caused by Rasmussen's Dis_ but could - ment:a],retarda~ ing surgery. She 'jVOUld ease, she finally has a seizure _ not stop it _tion, _paralysis, __ not be able to return free life thanks to a surgery -f - r o m and eventually home yet. Doctors had _ that was performed to remove __spreading. - maype even - to reopen her head to rethe infected part of her brain. _ Amber had - death. move the - infection. Rasmussen'sdiseaseisarare _ only one
OitJuly 13, - Oncethatwasoverthey neurological disease that af.:.- hope if she friellds and fam- found another infection. fects only about 1,000 people? e v e r ily nervously Along with it came the worldwide. It occurs mostly in'" wanted to waited to hear real fear that everyone children. under the age of ten, -stop _ the_ •whether or not had tried not to think_ , and causes debilitating sei- , • seizures: a she _.made it abo~t. What if Amber - zuresand brain damage as the - - ERT- through - the wasn't okay?_ What' if disease slowly eats away the e c t o m y surgery. Finally she was never able to · brain. Amber's battle started D o c t o r s · word came. The - leave the hospital? _-Dr. - when she was nine years old. , would re- -operation was a Benjamin Carson, After playing softball one day move the Amber Ramirez with Sasha - - success. Amber Amber's. surgeon, an-she had a pain in her right foot, en tire left _ was .oka.y, but_ -noun~ed that she wo~ld but couldn't remember being side of her brain. She would - 1fuehardest part ~tilllay ahead- - not be able to come hurt. Two months later she lose movement in the right side rehabilitation and qµestions of home until they were was in a wheel· chair. Then -.of her body, and possibly never ·whether she would ever be able certain that there wouldcame the seizures, They o~-:i be able to speak or read again. to speak. or walk, or do any of be no more infection. curred-on a regularbasis;·oi-1~)\ .She would have to relearn how - the activities she·used to love The time went .by and· ci.lmostevery·hour. _ After visitJ;.· to walk and-have at least a year - so much.- --_At-frrst· everything Amber -got· better. - She ing many different doctors; no ? -of recovery after the operation, · was great. Doctors ,at Johns -finally returned home a one could give a positive_diag- if she survived. The operation, Ho.pkins Medic_al· Center in month_ -after _ the exnosis. An Omaha doctor fl- • _ which is only done by a hand- - Bosto11said evefythingwas "as __pected time. ___ '_.nally.,-.fou~d,,,,~hat -it,.v.aits ,.-fut-0~dootgrs,acFoss-the GGRn- · ~d.!•~Weeks passed and··•-;,;,,;c~;t'd o···---- .4) Rasmussen s Disease. ___ - try, 1~ ngt ,norp;ially:,d@e ,.on, ,:1 then ,<;~methe news that sent ( , , , ,\\\ P~ , ,
~y Nicole Linke · and individual talents to live,
Coordinator Russ Uhing .· going goal that is worked on Not all students are so
learn, and work in a diverse ·· stressed, "Wedon't want it to by students · an d ·staff ev.en sure: · · 'Junior Amanda G rap·_hie Editor ··· so · c·.1•ety .", be a punitive thing •where it's · afterthis •year. Uhing also re- Heidemann said, "I don't ···. Lincoln High ts stamping ·· .··Last year ·the staff ·dis~ just punishment. ··We think ·.·mar·ked that ·language deals ·• think it (the no cussing goal) out foul la,nguage. Curbing cussecl ·.possible •
directly With respect. ·· will help, because people are · cussing is this year's Ltncoln improvem 'ent · · When people talk ap~ going to cuss whether teach~ High Schoo1 1mprovement goals and · nar- .· ·· propriatelythen they ersarewearingbuttons or Goal. , It has· been a major • rowed the -list to are showing respect ·. not: They already kn.ow they concern for both staff and six ideas. The .··· which reduces con- ··•areri'tsupposed to cuss so the students of Lincoln High. staff also got flicts. bu ttons don't 1:lelp." ··· ,
•·•· · The -goal states. "All·stu- : •.ideas from ,,stu- i
•· .· • · • , · Appropr\ate Ian- Most teachers are a little dents Willincrease respectf-µl '.derits by havtng i < · · > gu.age con$ists of · less critica.1 like science behRvior towc;1rdsthemselves. ,focus •• ·•: grou 'ps ·.·.
· · ·· sexu:al, racial, or eth- than anything else. I think behind this year·s School Im- • Most of the nic harassment or it's difficult to e nforce be-·. provement Goal are to pre- students sur-- slurs, profanities, cause there isn't a set list of pare students to play a posi- · veyed said that •· ··cussing, ·and ges~ vocabulary that is considered
tive role in society; be it uie language ' was a tures; along with at- inappropriate so a lot of times work plc;1ceor other natural ··.·problem. Staff ·. · ta.cks on religion or re- it is just personal decision on contact with people, to help · then chose the ligious figures. the teacher's part." students communicate and improvement
Uhing · believes Staff will survey the Linsolve problems in a positive goals for the next that students are coin High community later in manner. to promote respect of ·two years Next • ' aware of the new goal the year to see how well the all people, and to further Lin- year the goal will LHS school teachers wear buttons like this 0 ,ne and he thinks that is goal is working and get an coin High's mission state- be • improv~ng to show their dislike for cussing in school. positive. He said that accurate response. ment ~ · problem solving ·
· ·· when he has stopped Uhing remarked that That statement says "Lin- abilities by students in allcir-- there are a lot of reasons why students for - offensive Ian- · awareness is the first step .· coin High School is commit'... cular area.s. · Another issue · language '. is ·.,important." guage the students have un- and hopefully ·students are ted to preparing each student that is being looked at is al- Uhtng also said that the staff derstood the mistake and cor- finding other ways to express to use multiple perspectives ternative scheduling. wants this goal to be an on- rected themselves. themselves.
Author Visits LHS
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· > W()rd~that are not of-: teacfher Tracy Felton ••"I'm in peers, and authority by re- me~t and survey ; , fensive to others. Ex- favor of it, because I feel it's ducing obscene or vulgar lah~ \ ing over 300 stµ~ ·· amples would be · more of a respect issue more · · guage." A.few of the reasons dents. ·
·B,yShaima Nassir · · migr'ants and refugees change ·· ·, ,,,~tiud nJ:t} Jl ;,89-.?fdit;?,f t '} ·.America:,,.sire ha s' beertlw&k- · Lincoln High School had ing with ESL teacher and stu · , the opportunity to have Mary dents. · " I loved to work with Pipher as a guest in the me- · (LHS teachers) flilde Dale. · dia center on the 14th of Oc- Mary Dickinson. Constance l{ingston; Richard Harges- : tober. Pipher, · author of "Re- · · viv.ing Ophelia, M was born ·in heim.er, and Cindy West. They ' ' Omaha, married and has a were really helpful. The stu- · ; ! ,daugh· ter, Sara · P ihper, ·.·w h o gradtiatedfrom · · LHS six · years · a · g o Sara was · ·•.anl. editor · ·.on · the ·.· Adlvocate .·· -staff. .·.··· ,·.Pipher is now writing a b o · o k
• •p is , very · ·.happy to be ·.in h 1· h g ' school again. ·· She loves · to be with ·.· · teens es~ pecially ··.after her · · childr-en ab,out im- ··
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and left
• grew up mii.grants
• and refugees in the United home. ''Teens are fun Iovi~g. ·. · States and she will ~e work: very intense,· vexy integrated, · ing With some refugge s!u · and very e ager · to do good ···· de1nts ·here at Lincoln High. things," she said.
· Because LHS is a diverse She is g6ing to stop sclhool, it was Pipher's first working on her book for a choice among other s~hools. w:hile because her daughter
· The mc;lingoal of her book is coming from Thailand next is to explore two questi9ns: ,,week She wants to -~pend first how does America so me time with her before change iminiiantsaJld -refit- .·~he Will iµoye again to Wash~ • g~s. and second, how do Im; ingtoll, D:C, < '
· By Shaima Nassir
he stayed ln power the FBI grounds of the Jumping Bull ·· Peltier was in his tent when released because the evidence
· Student Link Co-Editor · · .· form~d anFBI-traine d pri:vate Ranch. · Acc9rding to their he heard shooting and the agauist them was insufficient. · army called the GOON squad traditions they wanted to help screams of women and chil- Leonard Peltier was then •
·. When I was _ in Mary (Guardians of (!1e Oglala Na- .·protect the Lakota tribe c1ren. He grabbed his weapon illegally extradited from Dickinson's American Litera- tion). They threatned any- members from the murders · and joined othe,r AIM mem- .· Canada. He was convicted on
··ture class I found a flyer that body who opposed Wilson's • and beatings. On June of the · bers in order to protect the two counts of first degree read, "For the past 24 years.
w o m e n murder and sentenced to two Leonard Peltier has been in · and chil- consecutive life sentences.
· prison due to and ,unfair and ·, · dren form · ··•·His case has drawn the biaseci judicial process. Sun- the · in- .· auspices of human rights ac-
· day, September 26, there will truders. · tivists from around the world, be a birthday celebration in So ·simply ineludirtg ···South Africa's · horior of one of America's po- they were • president Nelson Mandela, litical prisoners, in tne Indian acting in the Archbishop of Canter~ center; 1100 Military Road." self- de- · bury, and Amnesty Interna· I was surprised for two fense. Af- tional. reasons; first that there are · ter the · Archbishop Des1i1ond
· political prisoners in the sh<:>otit1g Tutu and 60 members of · United States of America, and · · was over a i•.Congress have all called for a
· second, I thought that Native young In- new trial to exonerate Peltier
·· American .·suffering ended •. •dian man ·form his wrongful conviction. ·. during the civil rights move~ was killed, · ··· : During his time in prison
· men.ts in the '60s. as w,ere Peltier has been rewarded the
· .· l went to the Indian Cen- the t~o F~~cierick ' Douglass ' and '' ter on Sunday, Sept. 26 , and F · B I Sacco ·and Vanzetti Awards. that was ' my first step in ex- , ,:.,,,,,, ;·:: ""'tr· · > agents He also has been nominated ploring Native American cul- •- JennieYankton,(left)andTimGongaware(right) displaya birthdaycake in ·The · re~ for the Nobel Peace Prize , ture, and to know Pel tier's honorof LeonardPeltier'sbirthdayduringa celebrationat the Indian Cen- main in g Over 25 mi,llion signatures story. Peltier's ·story begins ·
· N A . · lii'cal Lea · rth Kansas members have been collected around
... in 1972 on the Pine Ridge In- · · of the AIM the world asking for his redian Reservation in South leadership. They were re- same year, two FBI agents, · camp escaped With the help lease. ·.· D~ota, when the FBI and the · sponsible for many violations · without any official permis- of many local traditional Here in Lincoln the Indian Bureau of Indian A,ffatrl:l against the members of · the sion and without identifying people. ,.·
··.. .· •·•. • Center was trymg to take its played a role in supporting American Indian Movement themselves, followed a .ve-, .·.·· Peltier fled to Canada, place to support Peltier in his ·· the tribal leadership of Dick (AIM). In June of 1975 Peltier hicle onto the Jumping Bull and Bob Robideau, and Dino unfair suffering by Wilson Wilson was elected and other AIM members went property. Shots were fired by Butler went to trial for the · with less than 20 percent of .··to .Pine Ridge to establish a ·. both the agents • and the death of the agents. •·· More on Peltier ·
i. the votes. To make sure that spiritual camp on the people .·on the property. Robideau. and Butler were · ·Page 5 ··
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Jeff Goff · est programs m Lincolrt High ¥J:eb>Page Editor history. Under the direction of
I ' · They can be heard from out- • Terry Rush and Dan Ehly, and side the school every day at the l • · beginnirlg of 8th period to 3:20 Drum Line director Scott Zimmerman, this group has
· in the ·afternoon They ·can be · shown what a high school band
I seen at the Lincolrt High Foot.:. is well capable of.
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· gamesdur-
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·marching competitions that they attended At the Ll:IScompeti- ·. tion, themarchiilgbandreceived · the "Best Drum line," and "Best Overall"awards along Withtheir ·· supertor rating ··· Thtsyearthemarchingband geared up for another season With a ·sea theme. The show had music · from the movie "Sea Hawk," and from the musical "South Pacific," as .·· ·well as a piece called "Victory at sea." ··• ·
· 'This show wasa bit · difficult for the students to perform considering · that the music wasmore challenging than any of · the past years. But the the Lincolrt · LHS Band competes for a ''superior'' rating · ·band did as they wereexpected to do, ••they gave it High school · · ·Last year, the marching Marching Band
The Lincolrt High Marching band brought home superior ·.Band Has to be one of the great- ratings from all four of the" ',.
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all they had and perfor rned one great show after another for ,,the entire season that is not· ortly •.pleasing to the ears but to the eyeaswen
Despite the music and the · · show. it's the individual efforts .,· of the students that make the ··
marching band. Next time that your at a Lincolrt High Football game, look at each and every student on the field during halftime. Then you will see the concentration, effort, discipline, and
determination that makes this group a success.
, MulticulturdrfJtzy a Celebrationof Diversityat LHS
Left:Jade Mesa (12) speaks about her experiencesduring _ the afternoonsessionof MulticulturalDay. The curtainof - CDs decoratedby each student at LHS hangs in the - baickground.Above:VocalMusic teacherSuzy Schulz directs Voicesof Destiny during their performance · ,·'
ArabicYouth L,earn-Language, Traditions
· By Shaima Nassir Student Link co-editor
- Six years ago 60 Iraqi families came to Lincoln as refugees from - Saudi Arabia ·rhese Iraqi f~I!lilies and 500 other families left Iraq during the Gulf War in 1991, after the revolution in the South of Iraq.
· They had lived in camps for three years and most of them are still living in the camps in the_ Araibain desert. We will have three new faimlies next month coming from Saudi Arabia. These Tamilies' biggest concern was a way to keep taei11c.tr.aditions and culture and teach them to their children. The best way to k e e p these elements alive for A r a b people is to · ·keep u s i n g their language.
On the 16th of May 1999 two Arab i c classes were established in the As i an center, at 40 South 27th St. The class-
The Arabic school has an imp ortant role in ·- the Muslim community in generally a n d m o r e specifically in Arabs commun i t y Arabic is m o r e than a language for "Muslim Arabs. It room is in c a r r i e s the base- Iraqi refugee childrrenKulode Al-waely, Fatima Al-waely, and their his~:n;uil~! Mustafa Al-waely study the Arabic alphabet during Arabic - tory, culing. The language classes at 1theAsian Community and Culture Center. tu 1~ef a nd f ·t th·
Arabic language. The age thing they need is to rerequired to join the class is member the J?,ronunciatiort · between 5 and 12 years old. of the letters,' he added. -_ There are 25 students in the The second class is. for -_classroom. There. are two -\Islamic· studies. - The focus volunteer teachers. the _ in tbis class is o_n prayer. Imam of the Mosque, and - The first_ step in" Islamic Ahmmed Al~kanas. There is · praying is "Waddu" (ablualso a :rnonthly,-parents con- · tion). Second step is facing ference _- ·· _ Maaca in Saudi Arabia be- · The first class is for read- -cause of the existence of theing; and writing._ The stu- "House of Allah." As redents are learning th_e Ara-_ quired in performing pray~r. bic alphabet. ·_The teachers - students have to memorize use the same method of at least two chapters from teaching Arabic langua_ge irt the holy book "Qurian"; one I · Tliey use the Iraqi gov of them should be the chape~~'fuent books for the first ter of "Al-Fatiha" (Introduc- and second -grades. There tory Chapter). The prayer '
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se:~ten_you enter th e lar to K letter in English). - ing it alive means kee~flg ~l~ssroom is t~.e wo rd Arabic is written from all these elements for their Bismeca Alahum · (in th e righ.t to left. Arabic is very identity alive also. Those name of God) on th e b_la~k concise and any event can be - little students realize this board. The stude:i:its sit_ in specified in its location, tim- heavy responsibility on a U sha,P,e:. T~e little girls - ing, and meaning very pre- their tiny shoulders, howwear a HiJab, scarf, and cisely. Spelling is probably ever, they are happy to be some of the ~oys_;Vear co!- the. easiest part in learning in the school to make themton crochet Kufi 0 !1 th eir Arabic because generally selves and their parents heads. The school is held - wri.ting a word is the same proud. The school will be two days a week, Sat1;1rd ay as lits pronunciation. Mr Al- transferred to a new place· and Sunday mornings, Kanas said, "The children located at the intersection offrom lO a.m. to 1 p.m. are: not finding· any difficul- 70th & Douglas St.next The classes are free for • • 11· h 1 · k · those who want to learn the ties in spe ing. T e on Y wee •
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Now Amber spends her days in outpatient therapy at Madonna Rehabilitation Center. The therapy that Amber goes through_is similar to that used for stroke victims and · head injury patients. She can walk on her own now, and she - is slowly remembering how to speak, saying about three words at a time. She tires
quickly, but is getting stronger. If she continues to make progress at this rate it is pos 0 sible that she could be back in school, which would be here at Lincoln High, as soon as next semester. For Amber's friends it's been hard since she came back home. They remember her the way she used to be, happy, ener-•' '"
getic, talkative, and they know that she will never be quite the same again. Members of Amber's 4- H club got a nice surprise when Amber attended their meeting last month. The club threw a welcome back party for her, but that's not the only thing they've done. They sent cards and posters to her
while she was in the hospital and during the county fair, some of the members sat in a booth to collect donations for the fund that was set up at · Norwest Bank to help pay for her surgery. They also had a journal so people could sign ·get well wishes to her even if they couldn't donate any mOil~Y:' " ,
For now Amber and her mother Sherri Ramirez are taking it one day at a time. Each day Amber improves and moves one step closer to be- · ing back doing the things she loves and being back in school. As of right now, Amber plans to attend Lincoln High in January if all goes well.
By Brooke Brestel
year old is not competant
Sp.orts Editor enough. to sign a contract. That same 18 year old is caCan someone please ex- pable of committing "adult" plain to me why one is not crimes, but heaven forbid considered an adult in the that kid wants to work somestate of Nebraska until! they where other than are 19 years old? •Yet all ju- McDonald's. venile records are turned over I have been anticipating when you turn 18 years old - this day for quite awhile now. and all males are required to Today, November 1, 1999, I enter the draft when they am officially 18 years old. I turn 18. Basically, the state thought when this day came of Nebraska is saying that I would somehow be liberthey will put the fate of the ated I mean, 18 years old country in the hands ofan 18 sounds pretty grown up. year old, but that same 18 However, besides buying to-
By -Meghan Connett
Op1n1onE~1tor
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help the student get through the prac-tice for the· u pcom-
. the analogy section, and ing SAT. I don't believe that
As I sat in room S383 on teach you to think like the · the PSAT is worth the time October 16 taking the PSAT, test-maker. Students spend. to take, but I still took it I · I found it hard to concentrate their time and money study- will take the SAT later this on the situation a~ hand. I ing _these guides, hoping that year. Like many other colhad a test booklet in ~rant of their scores will go up by at lege bound students, I fear me, a score sheet w~th my least 100 points, but if the this test, but I can't get away name nea!ly bubbled 1n, and PSAT were really testing from it. It has become a part · · four pencils sharpened to a one's reasoning skills, these of me, because without takpoint, ~ut I was not ready to study guides would be of no ing the SAT, I can't get into take t~is test. use. · Instead, these very the college I want. Until our
This year, 2 million stu-. books sell millions of copies society finds a better way of dents found ~hemselves in a each year. · establishing how· smart we · room, much like the one that I know that the PSAT is are, we are stuck with this I was in, filling in either an not a test of how smart I am. _··dreadful test We are stuck a~ b, c, d, or e to questions If I did poorly, it would not ·filling in the bubbles andthat have been set up to trick · ,be the end of the world, at .· studying for a test that could the test taker. Indeed, the least that, is what 'I told my- hold our future. But I a:m purpose -of the PSA.T is not self,,, Still, there were the - not going to let this te~t hold _ to test how well ?ne's math thoughts .of college dancing _·my future. · · ·· · ·. ·• .· and verbal reasoning are, but .·in my head Coropetltion · I sat· in the ro.om and
·· instead scores how well one amongst studerits to ge-t into filled in the bubbles th-e best can take. a test. · For stan- college_ has become fierce,· that I could, but when I went
dardized tests, m~ch like the · and it has become more dif- home, I forgot about it, The PS~T. there is a direct corre- ficult to get into the college ·best thing that I can do now_ lation between the scores of·. of your choice. It seems that is think about what I want a student. and how much colleges look very fondly· , my future to hold.· money their parents make. upon high SAT scores; Don't The more money spent on get me wrong, test scores are learning how to take the hot the. only part of being PSAT, the more probable that accepted to a college; but it the score will be higher. does play a major role in the
· Books and tapes are pub- acceptance process These ··.lished proclaiming that they tests are· taken into a quarwill up your PSAT scores, or ter of the decision. ·
· they know how to "Crack the I awoke extra early on a code to the PSAT". These Saturday morning to take my books contain words that fre- PSAT, and why did I do this? uently show up on the tests, I wanted, or ·erhaps needed, ·
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bacco and porn. my "liberation" is pretty limited.
I drive a 1994 Dodge Shadow. Don't get me wrong. I like my car and. appreciate my parents for taking care of the expenses, but something inside me just screams CONVERTABLE! I would love to buy my own set of wheels. Feeling the wind through my hair as I drive to Lawrence Kansas to visit my sister (where, by the way you can get into. BARS when you are 18) is something that I dream about on a daily basis.
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The State of Nebraska has a different plan. According to them, I am not capable of signing a contract for anything-cars, apartments, jobsuntill I am 19. I guess since I am just 18, I can not be trusted when it comes to making payments.·
Basically, what I am saying is when your 18th birthday rolls around, don't get too excited. You may think that now you have all kinds of rights but in reality, you are going to have to wait another year. Or two. Or.three
By Jeff Goff Web Editor
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By Adam Wuerfeile
Layout & Entertainment Editor The next band, Train,·. played ·an acoustic set because their bus broke So I found my nose ring and the down adn the didrit have their equipmosh pit, and I was happy. Ben Folds ment. The two guitarists, Jimmy Stafford Five was in Omaha on October 4, along ·and Rob Hotchkiss, were on acoustic guiwith Fleming & John and Train. All tars, Charlie Colin was on an electric bass, three bands delivered an energetic and the drummer, Scott Undeiwood, was ·show that lasted four hours. I was very on one snare drum and a box. The only impressed. song I knew was "Meet Virginia," and the Fleming & John, with Fleming whole crowd sang along. · McWilliams on vocaJls and. vartous per- · Ben Folds Five opened their set with cussion instruments (rainstick), John their latest release "Don't Change Your · Mark Painter (McWilliams husband) on Plans." The crowd started singing to eva Djembe drum an ·· •erysong at the beginbackground vocals, ning of the set, but · and Chrts Donohu towards the end, on guitar, was the they couldn't stay first band of the with Folds · Ben night. They cam .Folds Five is not a · out before the se very hard rock band, arid - when the but the crowds started tuning the· pushed to get to the instruments, part o front. I found that if the crowd mistoo you moved around a themforroadies. Af- lot and jumped, · ' ter the band started people would get playing and the crowd realized that they ·. away from you, unlike some other con- · were the openers. McWilliams' voice is · certs I've been to. Ben Folds Five, conquite enticing, sometimes a scream and sisting of Ben Folds on piano and vocals,· ·sometimes beautiful. but then the crowd Darren Jessee on bass, and Robert Sledge · became accustomed to the sound. ·The on drums, put on an energetic show that · crowd especially liked the sorig"Ugly Girl,"· · lasted for several hours. The song with ·which was co-written by Ben Folds, and the biggestreceptionwas "Underground" is in rotation at 104.1 the Point thespon- from BFF's first self-ti'tled album. sor of the concert.
Overall, I knew what to expect of Ben Fleming & John got their start after Folds Five, I have been hatening to them they independently released "Delusions for years and have seen their live shows Of Grand~ur" and Universal Records on T.V. (Look for them on ·1n Session" picked up their release. They got another reruns on PBS). I was also impressed by break when Ben Folds called them 'Tue the two opening bands.. I didn't know Carpenters of the '90s with Led .zeppelin's who was opening before I went, but I derhythm section." He also let both cided to learn about them after seeil1g Mcwilliams and Painter work with him them. ·What matters most is that I had a on his side project."Fear of Pop." lot of fun
Lincoln \High ·Footba:11.Struggles ·····.ith·rrough·.Season
By Molly Geiger Editor In · Chief
on.e rated Millard West. They went into the game and played their hearts· out, los-
When the football season ing in the.·final seconds 21s tarted,· Lincoln High had.. 23. The Links played the high hopes of what they could · whole game with a lot of ofachieve. Their well-rounded fensive drives that could have and experienced team
game of the season. Partly· a football team they are, de- ·which gave them the •edge due to the overwhelming ad- spite .their record," said senior they needed to obtain a vie~ versity, the Links failed to Jerrod Phillip. Phillip is a co-·. tory. The Links defeated the produce much, costing them·. captain along with senior Islanders 37-6. ·But the road a win with a final score of21- Brad Kindler. • •· · · would not be smooth ahead,
· 33. Next up was the home-
After such a tough.loss to· next· up ·was number one coming game against East. East, the team was ready for ranked Southeast. Although · would surely help them to be successfµl. · But after , · four losses and much ad~ -
! versity caused. by academic problems, the Lincoln High · footba11·team re-evaluated their definition of success The team could have given · ' up, but they didn't. In; stead, they kept their heads up and kept playing for the · reasons they originally started the sport: because they love the game and they have fun playing it. In turn, they dominated in their October 1 game against Grand Island.
The Links started off their season by playing intra,.city rival, Northeast Unfortunately, the Lincoln High defense wasn't ready· for the strong running offense that Northeast attacked with. Although they lost the game, they refused to go down without a fight. The Links lost 21-24 in a last minute loss. Still set on do' · ing their best, the Links were not intimidated ·by number
been sustained, but they fell short due to penalties and missed assignments. With only a six point deficit from their first two games, the team traveled to Fremont to play theix: first district
Although the Spartans play a · very similar offense and defense to Lincoln High,· the Links weren't able to put that fact into good use. The Links lost 39-0. "I. think the team underestimated how good of
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a win. And a victory is just· what they got during their away game to Grand lslarid. Cold weather and wind made the team switch from a passing to a rushing offensive, ·
the final score was 20-42, although the· Links might not · have come out strong in the first quarter; they. po.ured ·thetr hearts into. the game in · the second half ·.·
·On Friday October· 15, the · Links went on to seize their second victory· of the season. Lincoln High hosted Columbus at Seacrest field. The Links went into half time with · a two point deficit, But after · half time, the Lincoln High defense came out and domi- · nated the'rest of the game.
· The goals for the 1999 · football team were to win their district and have a winning record, both of which are still possible. The Links have overcome much adversity this season, but they don't want that to take their focus off their goals. "Wejust need to work harder at playing as ·a team," said senior Kyle Golden. With that in mind, head coach Eric Knoll thinks ·the Links could be successful, "It's not the best individuals that win a game, it's the team," he said.
By
Chris Lathen
· •Anyone looking at this year:s
_N...:e:...w_· · -s---E-d-i-to_r_ ____ Nebraska volleyball tea:m · sas State. Even after as tough of a schedule as Nebraska has · · · would once again see that the ·For the past twenty-two .team is packed full of Neseasons, Terry.· Pettit has braska talent. Nine of the fif·1 guided··•.the Nebraska volley- teen roster players ·are from
played, the Huskers still have.· a tuff Big XII season left to play. Already With losses to ·Big XII -rivals ·•Kansas.·State .• ·. and T.exas A&M. · · ball team to great suecess. Since 1983 when the · then Big 8 Confrence sW:rted keep• · ing volleyball records, •Coach Pettit has lead the Huskers to a 199-9 i record, including 12 perfect seasons which was one of the best records in the. Big 8 \ · Confrence, and now Big · XII Confrence. In his · career at the University of Nebraska Pettit has a year
·Nebraska still has· to play No~ 8 ·Texas, No. 14 Texas A&M again,· No. 16 Kansas State, No. 20 Colo·rado, and all of the other Big XII teams ·.except Oklahoma State. · The Big XII · confrence is one of the highest rated confrence in vol-
· 667-142-11 record,·. leyball.
· / which comes out to be a 820/o Nebraska high schools, Withl Currently the Nebraska win percentage. - Also .Pettit_ the other six players coming volleyball program is ranked has been Big s and Big XII , frorn Iowa, Wisconsin, Texas ·twelveth in the_ nation, with Confrence Coach of the Year and Puerto Rico. hopes of rising. In a tough · .nine times, including last sea- In· the. young college season opener Nebraska had · son. For the past 14 years, sports season; the Nebraska two tough loses to No. 3 PaNebraska has finished in the. Volleyball team has facedl cific and No. 4 Florida, but AVCA's Top 10 due to Pettit's some tough opponets and · two weeks later beat Florida great coaching, and eye for · now has a record of 12 - 4 · at home. Overall this season great talent. So far this season the Ne- · should be another great seaYear after year. Pettit's braska volleyball team· µas · son. All the Nebraska volley-
team are a who's who of na- faced No. 1 Penn State, No. 3 · ball team needs to do is show tive Nebraskans .and :rvtidwest~ Pacific, No. 4 Florida, No. 14 all Nebraskan's what they can
- • e1:ners that play on his teams. · 'fexasA&M, and'No. l6 Kan-·dQ. ··
By Robin Washut
crush a baseball into the third · The home run has. dra~ McGWire is a perfect example ·
· ··deck. ·· -Fans ·of. all ages ··.·matically changed baseball. · of this After his.· record-·.·.
.·· · watched in awe as the mighty Game.· .strategies < revolve ·.breakii1g seaso.n in 1998, · It is hard to believe that·. ·Mark McGwire stepped. up to ·arc)ll.ind.·it, players rely on it. ·.word got out about his use of ··. ·ust four seasons ago when. a· ··bat It was fun· to watch, but · to. keep their jobs,-·and there Andra, a supplement· that fs
.: layer had a. 30 home run it also made me feel as if the · is even a home run competi- known to have fast, very posi- · · ! season they were considered·· ·only· reason these. 75. 000 ·· tion during the all-star break · tive. results for. increasing · franchise player· and. he ·people were there was to see Witlh so··much atten.tion. to:'. .· muscle mass. ·Androis ille-new that his job was secure. 500-foot home runs, ·not a ward home run hitters, it is gal in every other professional ;
baseball game.
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· By Brooke Brestel
Sports Editor
· Although
·cs team may ot have the umbers they ave had in e past, the · eam's hard ork and edication till receive
This.
ihr,,.season. the ,;;t incoln High· d Northeast earns decided
as ilf a player that only bats · and collegiate sport except for · -·-.· This is just one of the .20<0, but hits 50 home runs Major League Baseball. The many ways that the home run is still ·considered being an · main reason for the Andra has changed the game of all~star. · issue is the question whether baseball. It seems as if the Player's extend their ca-·· or not he could have hit 70. team aspect has all but faded reeirs because of the desig.:. home runs without it away from with the exception nat1ed hitter rule, there for · Whatever the case may of the few dominant teams, allo1wingthem to beef up bat- be, there is no doubt that the like the Yankees, the Indians, ting statistics and eventually home run is the one thing the Braves, etc. become a hall-of -famer that has changed the game of
Now it seems that fans · What ever happened to actu- baseball more than anything lose interest in the team's ally earning a place in the hall in the history of the game. performance and look to an instead of having it handed to Some people think that individual. Back in the 1950s a player, all based on home the change· is good for the and 60s, fans rooted for their runs. game. others think it is hurtteam no matter what the · Another issue of the home ing it. If this sudden power team's record, if a player hit run debate is how players surge continues. be prepared • home runs it was just a bo- have more foreign sub- for an 80-homer season to be nus. Today's game is no- stances, such as steroids and. an average year in ten years. Androstenedione. to increase Good thing? More like ridicuthe1r athletic ability. Mark lous.
Look to Next Year.
and Julie Friberg.
Young, and sophomore Barry Kelly
T h e boys team headed into the state tournament · on Friday, October 22. We can be sure the .hard work
o combine as Abby Brink (12) ne because performs her floor · f the low
·. throughout the season paid off for the Links. umbers in - exercise at a meet.
T h e girls had·· their state all practice. he teams have only 10· eople total, but the heart ey put into each and every · ractice and game makes up or it.
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Senior Abby Brink is one f the only returning letter ·nners. "We have done relly well considering we didn't ave a lot of people and for he amount of people• who ave never competed before," rink said. The teams. who racticed everyday after school perfecting their rouines, consisted of Brink. long with juniors Stephanie tournament on Saturday, October 30. The results were not available, as this lovely edition of the Advocate was at print, but Brink • had many goals for her team.
"If we go into state with good attitudes, and as long as we do our best, we should be in pretty good shape."
The young team may not have come out on top _of all their meets. but off season training and the· experience gained from this year will help Lincoln High gymnastics flip; spin, and jump their way back into the winner's circle.
Nate McLean (12) shows his strength on . the rings during a meet earlier this sea-· son.
• • e1neman ece1ves onor LHS Teacher, 'Teacher o the Year'
By Meghan Connett Opinion Editor
· If you have taken an acting class or watched a theatre production here at Lin.·coln. High School, you· have s· e en John llinIBJ,. the Nebraska Teacher · of the Year, in action. For 14 years, Heinemm h a s b e e n part of the LHS teaching staff as the ,:t_h,eat -,
teacher Celine Robertson has encouraged Heineman to fill out the application. This year he finally took her advice. "He is a great teacher," said Robertson. "He has energy and his
Excellence · in teaching is what has gotten Heineman this award, but his class-. rooms are "very similar to a lot of other classrooms," ·he said. "I jµst g O t lucky a n d w o n t h i s award."
Many, however do not see it quite t h a t way. "It is exciting to have a teacher here in and oral commun i ca~ ti on s teacher.·
For ·the
English Department Chair and Drama teacher John Heineman helps Debbie Peters (12), Anna Degraff (11), Greg Lawson (12), and Emily Harris (11), rehearse a scene for the. One Act Play~''The Cagedbirds!' Henieman was selected as · a u. r building who is reco g nized," said Dr.· Mike Wltrmn · past two years he the Nebraska Teacher of the Year. has also been the English department chair. He has been influencing the lives of many y~ung students as they pass through these hallways, as well as the staff that has worked beside him.
Heineman did not always ··think that he would be a teacher; though. His first ambition was to become the next Jacques Costeau of marine biology. -vivhenhe realized that he would be working with fish for the rest of his life, that prospect made him change his mind. Afterhis first year of college however, he changed his major in the arts: and sciences to .,.:".,·.c, teaching sfhool. For several summers, Heineman worked at a youttf summer camp. The time and· interaction with the. kids was what he wanted, "I love the fact that ',_ everyday I come and it is going to be different," said Heineman. "'Some days are · · frustrating, .,some days are glorious, but Itis. that inter~ action witli: the students that I love." ~··
This award was the re,sul t of a process that involved an· application of seven questions that Heineman had to fill out and turn into a committee. For · three yea.rs, LHS Chinese "· .,;.. ·.P' '·<. ,.,.', ,; c' k
background is very interest- ··"It helps all of us. He'll ing. I knew they were look- learn from this expeing for someone like him." rience and bring [it) After the committee re- back to make LHS a viewed the applications that better·place." were received, the candi- As a teacher, dates were narrowed down Heineman has taught to five. Each of five candi- · students in the classdates were interviewed, and · room, but he has also then chosen from the inter- tried to teach them life · view and application. "I am lessons that can be very humbled by this·.learnedinhighschool. award. lt has been such a · Since he teaches wonderful· honor and has· mostly acting classes, been so overwhelming,'' ,:('tinvqlves a.lot of in~ said Heineman. · ·. · ·· feraction among the The next step for · students.. "Participa~ Heineman is at the national · · tion is more important level. His application has than homework," he been submitted to a na- ~aid; Through acting, tional committee, and he ··Heineman has tried to will know in January how.· open the world to stuhe fared. dents so that they can Heineman believes that per!,::eive it in a new there are many more tal- and different way. "I ented teachers in this ·.·expect everyone to be school that should have re-· involved and pushing ceived this award. "The · their skills," he said. only thing you need to know · Heineman plans to about awards is that Mozart stay at L.HS, but · never won one,,. said · teaching may not. be Heineman; ·This award will the only role that he not change the way that ··may play in education. Hei.neman teaches his stu- Someday he hopes to d~nts. He will continue to try administration. be'ihe best teacher that he · For now though, he is can be through interaction · Nebraska's Teacher of with his students and the the Year,. and all of lessons that he• can ·teach Lincoln High is proud them. .of him. ·
National French· eek: French Touches Your Life
Amy Nichols Student Link Co-Editor
Parlez-vous francais? Do you speak French? That is what Lincoln High French students were trying to get elementary and middle school students to do November 410 di.iring National French Week. The theme of French Week was "Everyday in some way French touches your life." The French students showed that by making posters that displayed all the ways that French is involved in everyone's life and hanging them up around the school.
"We want people to see the importance of French in their daily lives," said French teacher Barbara Weiner.
· "Most people don't know the impact French has on the world."
French words make up 40-50°/o of the English lan-
in a recent listing of international jobs by the U.S. State Department, 53% required or
.·the number one tourist destination in the world. It is renowned for its fashion, art, literature, and cooking.
ested in French. Lincoln High students went to Clinton Elementary School to teach
On Saturday, November 6, students went to Gere Library and the Children's Mu-
Children's museum, they helped kids make French Flags and taught them · French words. at the grocery. store and bank exhibits When the kids were able to correctly repeat French words, they were rewarded with stickers.
·Students also made a trivia box which they put in the library and asked a different question each day. Questions were posted on the student bulletin board outside room 204.
Those who answered the questions correctly, won prizes. One student won a French dictionary. Others won pencils and other itemsthat had French words or phrases. on them.
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guage. Words like cuisine, · preferred French.. France is.. French to the students there. seum. The students at the li· perfume, restaurant, barette, and metro all come from the French language. lt's also the second most frequently taught foreign language worldwide after English, and
Students also had a goal of getting younger kids inter-
They played games with the brary read storybooks in kids, and taught them songs French to little children. like head, shoulders, knees, Among the books read were and toes. The students also "'Little Red Riding Hood," "The taught the kids how to say. Three Bears," and colors in French. ..Madeleine." ···· At the
The university also got involved with National French Week. They had poetry readings,·· a··French ftlm festival, and an afternoon of French song. The students who par-. ticipated in French·week had · a lot of fun. They hope that their efforts· to increase the.· interest in French will pay off ·and that more students· will decide to learn the language.
November6, LHS studentsErica Wiegert, 10, Dyan Haahr,11, Julia Eddes, 12, Michah Spilker,10, and Luke Stick.a,12, visitoothe Lincoln Childrens l\luseum to teach french.
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· Seniors Kira • van · back to home eerily quiet. Rossum, Jon Beeck, Beth This happened when Kinney Kinney, Sophomore Rachel · · went on the wrong side of Beddes and myself, who · barrels in the "middle" of the have dubbed ourselves ''The road and went off road. Ev-Road Trippers," have been erybody was okay, but the traveling to smallNebraska · < "' car made a weirdsmell and towns ·With a history of tak:.. · the windows ·were down ·in irig trips to Seward, Crete, ··· •... freezing temperatures. Wahoo, and York, peo ple as k · Rachel Beddes (iO), Beth 'Kinney (12), and Jon Beeck (12) ·.· · Road trips are not for evus what there ts to do In · stare into the open hood of Kinney's car and wonder if · ·erybody, but when bored on these small towns. On our ·they are going to get home. · ·· a Friday riight ; know that < · trip to Crete we found Prai- < · ··· ·•· · you are nqt limited to the en- · rie Peace Park on the way to · bad. The problem with this town; it is also important to · tertaintnent section in the meet Cindy Wanek ··Cindy is that the five members ·of have a map. This became es- phone book. Another town ·· Wanek, thinking th at we · the Road Trippers can't peciallyevidentonourtripto · may not have. movie thewere on a scavenger hunt, agree on which songs go into Wahoo when we started our aters; but that does not gave us yardsticks, an each category. Seethe Road tripahdwentthe wrongwJ1y ; meanthat'itisn'tfun , Small American flag, and a Christ- Trippers recommended lis- Luckily we stopped at a small town students drive around · mas ·.tree ornament; · ·We tening. · When choosing road gas station and got directions ·•.town all night ·and have fun. found the world's largest trip music one needs to de- Small town people are often
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.·· Il;ed or want and lets them Brianne Mon~ · 1\merica's •youth : I'm speak- have suffered -brutally from · ; · ·· The •1999-2000 school stay in their extra curricular roe came up · ing truth and history's my mind-altering drugs that year brought many new activity that take sup another · wi th a solu~ proof. It's the key to unlock never seem to cease. changes to the public school class period," said Plooster. tion to th system .''The most controver- The over- s h o r t e r doors of flaws humans have sial was the new scheduling w he 1 ming lunches. "I brought forth. greatAinerican pie and everysysteril; Under this new sys.: opinion of th ink ·it'd be You just think I'm ram- one wants a piece, but 3/4 is , tern, students attenci school "zero" period better if we for nine weeks and then re--.·.· was that it is a could ·extend Brianne Monroe bling and rebelling, but in re- ·already taken by the wealthy ceive a week off. A lot of stu- · good idea. "I · our lunch pe-
· ality these are things I've been and confused individuals ob- · dents said that they liked the th ink lt is a ·riod, th en have 8th period laSt taught Reasons for conflict · sessed with greed. · Where I speak of poverty. The week off because it gave them good idea for until 3: 15. I'd be willing to i a chance to relax. · · ; ..•. students who stay an extra 15 minutes ifwe · have often been sought by the we're from we reward people ·· i Senior Danielle Plooster Manah Meyer choose to take ·· could have a longer lunch," highest experts, scientists, who can shoot three's and ·· ;j sa 1·d,"I don' t rm·nd 1·tall tha· t it," Singleton said. she sai d.
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·receive. Let's give them something to believe. Insteacl of cheesy tactics that we laugh at. While they face the project what the opin- last year's schedule because es s orwor eyve rmsse , · th lunch was longer." · · she said. There was one per- Youngins' wasn't making scene, wishing they could Lisa Ferdinand ion on e rune h week sched- So what are the feeling son, owever, hundreds smoking blunts break free and leave. ule, students did many ways · about the shorter lunch peri- who likes our · d ? "It' · t ne w lunch sys ·· and pulling· illegal stunts. to use that one week break. o s s JUS ·· SeniorLisaFerdinandwentto not an ad- tern. ,. These things you won't Washington. D.C., and at- e q u a t ,e Senior Me-' find. Now my brothers are tended _ a National Youth · amount of lissaDicksaid, ·ti ·Yi · "I · 1i·ke i·t ··It ·i·s locked in Penitentiaries dym ·· g themselves ·.to ·.the extreme.
·Let's teach them their goals can be reached if th~seek their dreams and pus fi > Leadership Forum on Law. "It • ·· me. ou are · · · · " was an amazing experience," always in a really cool," rapidly with time. What has Tell them ·"your mind and ;:' she said. Others stayed here .··· rush a nd she said. · ··· •.· · happened to our minds? Free ·· soul are more powerful than Ii during the break. "I caught F \ sometimes The next Malissa Dick \ up on sleep;" said 1:,enior ,;.c; - you don't sch e du 1 e ci yourself and believe we can anything. Abbie Dunn. Edie Cruse even have break for this year iS winter climb '. · You're made of the uniAl thi th time to eat," break, which will be Decem- .·•. so new ·syearwas e be·r 2 3 3·.1 .•
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Gathered around the ''wild one,'' the birds prepare to kill the Twitting in a scene from Lincoln High's One Act play '''fhe Cagedbirds:' by David Campton. Lyin2 on the 2round: Mariah Meyer (12). Left to Ri2ht: Greg Lawson, Debbie Peters, Kneelin2: Anna Degraff. In the play, six birds live useless, but happy lives in a cage until another biird comes and wants to be free. The play raises the qU1estion,''Is it better to live safe in .the cage or to live. ·. outtside, where it's dangerous, but where you have your freedom?'' ''Cagedbirds'' will be performed during a competition at Ralston on Dec. 4. at 10:45 a.m. Admission will be $2.
Nebraksa AIDS Project announces that the Night of a Thousand Stars will be held on Saturday, December 4, 1999. Held annually, Night of a Thousand Stars is a · major fund-raiser for the statewide AIDS service organization, which has offices in Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Kearney, and Scottstbluff. The date coincides with World AIDS Day and provides a focus for raising public awaren,ess of HIV and AIDS.
In Lincoln, Don and Carole Burt have been named Honorary Chairs of Night of a Thousand Stars. The couple hopes to arrange more than twenty private parties in the local community, followed by a Gala Desert Reception, at the Wick Alumni Center the evening of December 4th. Ms. Burt reports that party host recruitment is currently underway, ''We invite members of the community to join with us in fighting the spread of AIDS by hosting a party, inviting their friends, and contributing the proceeds of the evening to the work of Nebraska AIDS Project. ·Party theme, guest list and ticket price are at the discretion of the host. It is our goal to schedule the majority of the parties on the evening of December 4th so that hosts and invitees can all attend the Gala Desert Reception to celebrate the success of the evening."
For more information about being a ''Stars''' host or to be invited to an event, please contact Gail Linderholm,· Resource Development, Nebraska AIDS Project, 488-1331. Nebraska AIDS Project (NAP) is a private nonprofit which provides direct service and financial support to individuals living with HIV and AIDS, and works to prevent the spread of HIV/ AIDS through education. The Lincoln NAP office is located in Rathbone Village, 2123 Winthrop Rd. 68502.
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When some people think of block teachers are telling them. Not to making the high school atmosphere block scheduling, some opponents scheduling what automatically comes mention that with more sleep. stua little more preparatory for college. say that the tendency of teachers is.· to !hind are classes like AMEX and dents would be happier. But after all; high school is here for a to 'water~down' the material Since· the physics/pre-calculus block where More in-depth learning is the reason. It's not s.upposed to be just students can't pay attention for the they spend· two. full periods in the most important reason why block like college. Two of the most com- whole 90 minutes, teachers tend to same classroom with only a short schedules should be used. ·Many monly used types of block schedul- show more movies or allow class time break in between.· To many people classes are only able to briefly introing are refereed to as the 4x4, and for homework to hold the interest of· that seems unbearable. Fortunately, duce -students to certain ideas or ·4x4 A.B plans. The 4x4 plan converts the students. such is not always the reality in a true events. With more time devoted to all year long classes into semester Another concern with the 4x4 · block schedule. There are many dif- one subject, students could spend classes, each 90 minutes long. Stu- block scheduling plan is the rate at ferent types of block schedules. I more time learning about topics that dents would take only four classes a. which the course is scheduled to go. myself have had experience in one interest them. Who knows, it might day, two in the morning and two in To cover the material of a year-long type of a full block schedule and it's · just inspire them to do more in a subthe afternoon. The 4x4 A,B plan is course in just a semester requires the really not all that bad. ject they had previously hated. I know similar to the 4x4 except that stu- information to be taught at twice the The year is divided so that each that there have been times in classes dents take th e four classes every 0th er speed. Not only are some st udents student has only two core classes per whrn I'm really interested in a spe~ day. Students carry an eight class. not ready for this pace, but what semester. cific event, but I haven't been able to load throughout the entire year. about students For example learn all that I wanted because there
The primary problem with a with special By Sally Harlow block schedule is catering to the at- educ at i O n a - student was too much that had to be covered tention span of students. Most stu- needs or dis- may have in too short of an amount of time. dents I know can't even make it abilities?
English and Some people may think that since a through the regular 50 minute class. If a student ' Social Stud~ block schedule requires a year's worth Can you imagine an hour and a half misses school ies first se- of work to be done in a semester that of math? due to illness, , mester, then the material will have to be done even
Think about sitting through a 90 they would : ; 1 \ · second se- faster, but that is not the case. A lot minute lecture or note-taking. The have twice as I '. \ \ mester that ·.can be accomplished in the extra time t } 1 _'. average student has an attention much work to ,,;,.,,:,;_ student will that blocks provide. span of 20-50 minutes. High school rnake-up. This · have math Another advantage to block is a time where students should be will cause more and science. classes is the way that two subjects exploring a wide variety of courses, students to fall S t u d e n t s like English and social studies tie into to better help them make decisions behind. also _ can · each other. Having the two together about their future. For students not One of the have an aca- heJps students to understand both interested in a particular field, an major argu- demic lab subjects better. For example having hour and a half of it would not hold ments from _proponents of a block where they do practice work for the American Histoty at the same time as their interest, and therefore not ben- schedule is that less time is wasted classes they are not currently taking. American Literature students are betefit them.· in the hallways. This fact is very true, Academic labs help students remem- ter able to understand the point of
Departments such as music but does it really assiist tne learning ber what they have already learned view of the author because tpey have would also suffer from th is type of process? After sitting th rough ,a 90 and keep them doing at least a little a better understanding of the events scheduling. It is not good for a minute class, the time spent for passstudent's voice to sing for an hour and ing period is probably well needed, if bit of work for all four subjects every- of the time period that influenced the a half straight. Classes such as pub- nothing else but to recuperate for the day. writer. , lications and other English courses, next class.
Each class in a block usually lasts With so many good reasons to rely on outside of class time to do · There are some departments such somewhere around 72 minutes. have block schedules how can we say writing 'arid'feadirig'"a'ssigH.ments ' as'aft a.nosci.ence that could benefit ··'Fhat's only about 22 minutes longer no'? 'f'heywouldbe a great benefit to Only 50 minutes is needed for the from a longer class period, but mak- than a· regular class and there are students and they would make,;teachactual in-class discussions and test- ing the class longer means taking less fewer classes to go to. ers' jobs a lot easier. ing. days to cover the material. There are Longer classes with fewer subjects
Also, making year-long classes fit some students that are capable offo- allows students to give more atteninto a semester affects the retention cusing for an entire 90 minute period tion to certain subjects allowing stuof students in classes such as a for- and retaining the information for dents to have more in-depth learning eign language or math. A student longer periods of time, but there are and less stress. With a longer class, would have to wait an entire semes- a lot of students who •can't. students can finish more work in ter before taking the following course. Block scheduling might be ben- class and have less homework at It is true that band and orchestra eficial for some, but until a program· night. With less homework there could benefit from a longer class pe- can be developed to benefit ALL de- would be fewer students pulling allriod to practice, but they would only partments and ALL students, there is nighters in order to get everything have that longer period for one semes- no need for a change. , -Can S001eone
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Why there are people who just And speaking of people going too decide to congragate in the middle of slowly, have you ever noticed how on the freakin' hallways!? I don't under- Football Saturdays in this town, it is stand what these people· are doing. impossible to_get from one point to Don't they have some class to be in, another in less than 30 minutes? and shouldn't they be getting there? What really annoys me is that all of Lincoln High is a pretty big school, I the people messing up everyone else know I have trouble getting from are the people from out of town that South Building to the main building don't have any idea that in the city of in 6 short minutes (partly because of Lincoln, you CAN turn right on red!!! these people) so I don't know how they And why is it that no one honks at
people who actually have some place to be waiting on the people who have not seen a driver's manual in a long while. · , And speaking of disrespect, students our age seem to have no idea how to act when it comes to party ettiquette. I was at a birthday party a few weeks ago, where someone broke a doorknob, stole a manequin's arm, broke a deer lawn ornament, and stole a $150 camera I was under the impression that people our
get to where they need to be on time. In addition to the people who don't move at all, there are the people who. think they are too cool and. have to strut their way to class at a pace that makes everyone else in the hallway following them late. Here's a hint: If the space in between you and the next person exceeds 6 feet, and the space between you and the person follow-
these people? My good friend Molly. Geiger (the editor of this lovely periodical) honks at everything, and she seems to get her way when it comes to driving. If some people would just give their horns a toot or two, maybe these folks from ouc of town would get a clue as to how to drive in the city. That is just straight disrespectful to keep the
age knew that if something does not belong to you, you don't touch it. I guess I was wrong. · LHS students need to start trying to be aware of how their actions affect other people. Yeah,. you might get a few laughs at the time, but is it really worth it? You could be making someone late to class,· or late to work, or have to live without doorknobs.
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Lincoln Stars Shine as.New Season Begins at IceBox
By Chris Lathen
the Stars have faced. has scored 5 points this year
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.·In four season of com pet- team will not win. In his third ing in. Lincoln, the Lincoln .· season with the Stars, goal ·Stars junior hockey club have tender Wayne Russell has brought home one Anderson shown that he can
complish, but in hockey, the USHL, the Stars convert 20o/o of all their powerplays converting 21 of their l 04 chances.
Cup Championship and nu- handle the task of demerous wins for home town fending the goal with proud fans.· This year's team, ·players crashing ·towith luck and the breaks of wards him. Giving up the game going their way, will · 32 goals in 14 games be no different. for a 2.37 goals al-
So far, the Lincoln Stars lowed average, and a have gone 8-6-1, and are tied 91.2 °10·save average, ··for fifth in the Western Con- Russell sits fourth in ference of the USHL. Already • the race for best goal this season the Stars have tender. Last year played tough opponents, de- Russell finished with ·feating defending champion a 2.81 goals allowed Dubuque Fighting Saints, average, and a 92°/o and they have played well. ·save average. · Because of this great play, · But besides goal · Lincoln has supported their .·keeping,· the team
And
killing a power play
Stuart leads the tearnin goals But the players that scored with 8. Stuart, former sometime lose to the limelight MVP for the USA Under 18 of goal scoring are the defense' Select Team, is in his fir~t men. In his second year on/ season with the Stars, the team, Nick Fouts plays a playing Center and Left physical and aggressive Wing. With great scoring game. So far this season, this potential, Stuart slaps typeofplayforFoutshascost · home goals for Lincoln. him 58 minutes in penalties But with every goal, there due to Fouts wanting his is almost always an assist. presence known on the ice. With 11 assists, Chris Another key player to the Fournier leads the Stars Stars defense is Jay playing Left Wing and Cen- Hardwick. With only 10 penter. Born in Anchorage, alty minutes this year, Alaska, Fournier is in his Hardwick serves as a leader
third season of playing in to the defense. Lincoln. Last year Althoughhockeyisalong Fournier scored 23 goals · game, and the Stars still have ·and 33 assists in 54 games. many games to come, Lincoln Due· to Fournier's speed hopes to see their Stars shine Stars to the second highest. needs to score goals, and the also is just as important. attendance in the USHL av~ Lincoln Stars do just that. 86°/o of the time, Lincoln has eraging 5,0 l O fans per game. Power plays are key factors to been able to stop the oppoand great stick handling, at the end of the year. Only Fournier always brings ex-· 14 games into this·young seacitement to the ice; ·and sets son, Lincoln just might see· up· goal with ease. And· their Stars shine as brightly
Beating opponents in any · scoring opportunities. With nent from scoring on 66 of the sport is ·a tough task to ac,. the fourth best power play in 77 short handed situations · slapshot artist Nick Fuher · as they hope.
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By Nicole Lin~e
• Graphics Editor · · One of the University of Nebraska's newest·· sports is · creating a lot· of ruckus this ·· season. Nebraska Women's ;,,&Qocer, has b~n-gaining in popularity since. the. team deb u t e d l 9 9 4 Their second ·round N C.A·A game offi., · cially had. 1,814inattendance, just shy of the record of 1,851, and fans stood outside the gates. waiting to get in even after
Huskers beat number 25 Mis- reserve goalkeeper Angela souri 2-1 in San Antonio, Barker for the only goal of the Texas to win the Big 12 Cham- game. pionship. Now, the Huskers Seven other· Huskers beare in the NCAATournament sides Nonen also earned frrst and advanced to the fourth or second team all conference round,to face ·NGtF~ Dame.a,, , r.@cognition, Eight playerswere honored by making the fir s t team a c a· demic all. Big l 2 Coach kickoff. · · Fans, new · The Husker Women's soccer team celebrates after winning the John Walker w a· s voted Big 12 Coach· of the Year by h i s peers for an and old, of Big 12 Tournament in San Antonio, Texas. The Huskers beat 0 U tstandHusker· Missouri 2-1, and advanced to the NCAA tournament. Nebraska ing seasoccerhave beat Minnesota 5-0 in the first round, and Texas A&M 1-0 after a s o n plenty to bench clearing brawl that caused the A&M keeper to be ejected. H i s makenoise
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The Huskers' recently act-·· The seemingly calm fourth · posted 82 goals this. season vanced to the fourth round of .·round game soon turned vio- with an average of 4.3 goals a the NCAA Tournament in a lent when Texas A&M goal- garne, The only loss of the seawild 1-0 win against Texas keeper MelanieWilson recieved son was 2-1 against number A&M. ·The win was the 13th a red card. The red card came .1 Santa Clara and their only shutout the Huskers have when Wilsonknocked down a tiewasscorelessagainstnum-. posted this year which is no chip shot with her hand out- ber 9 Clemson. surprise considering the great ·side the penalty box While The Huskers are only one defense lead by Sharolta leaving the fieldWilson game away from their first Norien Nonen is the first de- pushedNebraska's .Shannon NCAA final four. No matter fensiveplayerevertobetheBig Tanaka. Before the .officals what happens in the upcom12 Player of the Year. De- could step in Nebr_aska's ing • games, the Husker · fense is not the only strength Meghan Anderson was in a Women's Soccer team can be for the fourth ranked Huskers; headlock and all 22 players on proud of a great season. Look their offense·is second·in. the the field were involved ·Only· ·out·· .Husker football, the nation. · Being well-rounded five minutes after the :fight Women's Soccer team is makhas lead the Hu~kers to a 22~ · Anderson sent· a cornet kick · ·ing a run for th~ spotlight, .·· • l l season and their third Big .··.acrossto th.e waiting Breanna·.·· ·and the National Champion-.· · 12 Title in four years. The · Boydwhoheadedtheballpast ship..
By Chris Lathen News Editor
··Juniors Katie Stitt, Kristen and Millard West were great Killman, and Tanya Casteel, examples of this. Both
· and · Sophomore Sally games were decided by a field · · Through the years, Lin· · S haffert all competed in the goal, a nd the crucial breaks · coln High School has been · 4,000 · meter state meet. of the game just didn't fall in · known for the academic ac- · Overall, Lincoln High fin- the direction of the Links. complishments its students ·ished 12th in the team cpm- And · perhaps one of the have made. The ·academics ·•.·petition, with the highest fin• ·toughest games···.of the year · have over-shadowed the ath- isher Frankie Lange, finish- for the Links was against the .· · letics that Lincoln High ing 22nd of the 89 runner · -Pius X Thunderbolts where School has to offer. field. the Links pulled the win off Lincoln High School stu- Throughout the gymnas- in overtime, winning 27-20 · dents devoted time and effort · tics season, •Lincoln High The final sport that qualiinto team practices and their · and Northeast both had to fied for Nebraska's state school work so that they combine teams to compete · tournament was Lincoln could continue to be a part for team overall wins. · High's Varsity Volleyball cif a team. · Lincoln High qualified · team which battled all year · The goal of all teams is to ·.one woman for state, senior · against the tough teams of · make it to the state tourna- · Abbey B,rink. Overall, the · Millard North and Lincoln ments at the end of the year. Lincoln High-Northeast team ·Northeast, and competed in This year, Lincoln High quali-' finished 9th in the team five_tournaments to have a fled five teams for state com- • competition ·with Brink fin- · record of 25-6. Districts were petition: · both the Men's and ishing 2nd on beam, •and played at ·Omaha Westside Women's Cross Country · 5th on vault to send her to where Lincoln High beat their teams, the Varsity Volleyball •· an 8th place individual over- first round opponent Millard team, the Varsity Football, · all finish. West ·in straight sets, and and the Women's Gymnastics · In football, the Links defeated Millard North in ·.team (which was a joint ~f- •drew a tough opponent in · three sets. After tying the fort with Lincoln Northeast the first round of state, the game at one set apiece, Lin- · High School). 8-1 Omaha Westside War- colp High scored 10 unan- · In Men's Cross Country, riors. Since Omaha Westside swered points on their way Lincoln High had 6 qualifiers. had a better record, Lincoln to a districts championship. Seniors Ben Johnson, Matt High was forced to make the · · At state, Lincoln High Neukirch, and, Jeremie drive to Westside, where af- played the North Platte BullMemming, Juniors Travis ter a well-played game, Lin- dogs, and won in · three Edwards, Andrew Gottula, coln High lost 53-13 and was games, 15-5, 13~15, 16-14. and Nick Scott all qualified to eliminated from the playoffs. After a well played and hard · take part in the 5,000 meter All year Lincoln High fought first round game, later state competition. Lincoln played a tough schedule, fac- the same day Lincoln High's High's highest finisher was ' ing opponents like Lincoln Varsity team had to play 31Johnson, who finished in Southeast, Lincoln North- 6, Bellvue West, Sadly the 11th place of 96 runners that east, and Millard West. With Links lost to the state run·partieipatedc Overall; Lincoln such a tough schedule, LinHigh finished 10th in the coin High's record of 3-6 team totals. · didn't show how well the · ners up in two games, 5-15, · 13-15, Lincoln High played · • well throughout the tourna-
In Women's Cross Coun~ team had really performed try, Lincoln High had , seven on the football field. qualifiers Seniors Frankie The football games Lange, and Charrisa Rader, against · Lincoln Northeast
ment. Overall; Lincoln High can know that all of its teams represented our school well this fall at state.
Michaela Franklin (11) and Brooke
· · show their impressive vertical jumps while puting up a block against Bellevue West during the state tournament. •· Unfortunately the Links fell to Bellevue West 5-15, 13-15.
Above: The Lincoln High Varsity Volleyball team celebrates their victory over North · · Platte 15-5, 13-15, 16-14 in the first round of the state volleyball tournament.
Right: Junior Chase Dilley atte~pts to make a cliving catcb. l>eforelosing tQ Omaha
·Westside during the first round of state playoffs.
Above: Senior Richard Ross completes one ofhis many spectacular catches of the 1999 season during the state play~off game against Omaha Westside.
Hope you all got a copy of the latest Advocate. Please let :me know if you need additional copies.
I need to draw your attention to a couple of CORRECTIONS in this issue.
In the story about the canned food drive on page 2 ("LHS Helps Camnunity With Canned Food Drive"), the wrong version of the story (actually, the first draft) got placed, and we didn"t catch it until after printing. The final version of the story is much longer and actually says how many cans were collected and who won the contest.
Lincoln High donated a totoal of 1,622 cans of food, and Randy Ernst's 2nd period class won the contest by collecting 1,049 cans. Senior Mariah Carroll collected 153 cans by herself.
***NOTE***Mr. Ernst DID NOT tell his students that they would not have a final exam if they collected 999 cans as the story states.*** This incorrect info:cmation was given by a student during the first draft of the story and it was later found to be false. our apologies to Mr. Ernst for any inconvenience or hate mail he might receive as a result.
In the caption for the photo, junior Laura Kadavy is standing in front of the cans collected by Mr. Ernst's class, not the cans that Student Council collected,
Also the photo on page 7 of the Women's Soccer Team was given to us by the UNL Athletic Department. The photo credit was left off.
Please let us know if you spot any more errors or if you have any suggestions for future issues. We welcane your feedback. Really. We also welcome and encourage letters to the editor.
Thanks.
Mr, Keller and the Advocate staff.
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Students Reveal Problem in Recent Survey
By Molly Geiger Editor-in-chief
The numbers shown in the table are real results from · a recent survey given to the Lincoln High student body ·about their drug and alcohol usage. Twenty--six percent of ·
In ·order to combat most problems of today's society, education and other prevention techniques need to start at an early age. Many people a.re getting bored of the same · old Columbine saga, but after that incident it seemed
.attitude that most of society embraces. Just because we can't put an end to it, doesn't mean that there aren't means to weaken the problem. After a student has reached the age of 18, and already established a sense of independence, it is too late to start d i s· cussing t h e negative affects of drugs and alcohol.
The purpose 0 f school is tb proviq.e
·-•· s t u Lincoln High students re-
! _\ ported using drugs at least
, twice a month and thirty-five
1 percent to using alcohol at
least twice a month.
Drugs are a problem.
to take action and put a stop to the problems that adolescents of today are encouqtering: de.pression and other disorders caused by physical
that society was finally ready dents with knowledge and skills that will prepare them for the future. Although drug prevention techniques such as drug testing are not necessarily the responsibility of the school, if there is no support for the student at home,
Puttiqg an end to all of these p.17oblemswill probably never happen, and this is the
This is ri>lta new revelation,so why isn't anything being done to redµce drug usage? The answer to this question is the spark of many debates. ··-abuse, 'drtrgs,alcohol, and disrespect.
Speaker Sheds Light On Ramadhan
By Shaima Nassir Student Link
co-editor
Lincoln High SGhool had the opportunity to II.ave Mr. Ali Hussain as a speaker on December 14th. Rahman Club, a club for Muslims, had invited HussaJn from Alhedyha Islamic Center on 71st & Douglas street. to. talk about Ramadhan, the holy month for Muslims which started on the 8th · of December.
· Hussain was
the European and Asian the students were entering countries, and he teaches in room 302 with their teachers, I.C.A.S. (Islamic College for Rahman Club was playing a Advance Studies) in London. recording of the Holy Book Hussain arrived in Lincoln Qur'an. Husaain started his last Friday, Dec. 10, from the speech with this famous IsInstitute of Islamic Studies in lamic say, "In the name ofAlLondon, and he returned to lah the beneficent the merciful." Although the topic of his speech ·.-was born in Baghdad on Dec. 22, I 964. His family ·had
Mr. Ali Hussain sp~aks to an audience of Lincoln High Students ab~ut the celebration of Ramadhan.
a b o u t Ramadhan, Hussain also talked about the history of Islam,· the basic prin-ciples ·of Islam, and the current issues that Muslims•face around the world. _ He discu.ss~d the left Iraq after having some conflict with the · Englap,d,On Dec. 23rd, 1999. Iraqi government. He fin- TheCqptional assembly ishet'.i his Ph.D. e,qµivalent in .·.was heW'ln-r9oin. 302 during Islamic Studies in the Hawza 3rd, 4tlj, and 5th periods. of Qum irl Iran. He speaks five __ Rahman Club decorated the langu~$: Englisp., German, room with Islamic symbols, -stereotypes that· people •·-·_have about Muslims like terrorism, and women's status.in Islam. His advice was to talk with Muslims. and read the books · that were writterr by theirj scholars about Islam. instead· Norwegian, Persian, and Ara-_. and verses_ from the -Holy bic. He has been in most of Book Qur'an (Aia'a). While of' getting their infotmation Cont'd on pg. 2
29 Years Of ronglful ID1prison01ent, ondo Speaks_._Out
By Shamia Nassir
Student Link-Co Editor
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threatened him with the electric chair if he did not coop-
Once again the Advocate erate. Peak disappeared right opens the American political · after ·and ··Mondo and prisoners files. Last time we Poindexter were convicted of discussed Leonard Peltier. first degree murder. This time we will focus on, Poindexter was sent to David Rice who changed his prison in Minnesota bename to Wopashitwe Mondo; cause he chose to. Mondo Eyen we Langa. stayed in Lincoln. His law~ Mondo has been in prison yer, Lennox Hinds from for 29 years. Advocate had New York, was and still is the chance to interview him Nelson Mandela's lawyer. on Monday, Dec. 12th in the Peak's voice did not Nebraska State Penitentiary match the voice on the 911 in Lincoln. When you see him tape, the 911 tape was you know that you are in front never turned over to the · of a strong, and smart man defense, and the tape was who could survive inside never played at the trial. these high stone walls. In 1977 the FBI special
On August 17th, 1970, at Agent. in Charge of the 2 :00 am., a 911 call was made Omaha Office sent a memo · in· Omaha, Nebraska The to J. Edgar Hoover in caller reported that a womAn Washington informing him had been dragged, screaming that the Omaha Police did into a vacant house at 2867 not want the 911 tape Ohio Street. Eight police of- played at the trail because ficers responded to the call, it would be prejudicial to when they searched the their case against Rice and house, officer Larry Minard Poindexter. After 29 years was killed when a bomb- in prison Mondo and laden suitcase exploded. Af- Poindexter insist they are· · ter the investigation the · completely innocent of this Omaha police arrested a 15- · crime. They believe that year old African American they were framed for the youth named Duane Peak. murder of the police officer He was seen with a suitcase because they belonged to around· that area. Peak was an off-shoot of the Black held for 3 days, and during Panther Party called the that time he made 7 deposi- · National Committee·. to tions which are official state- Combat Fascism, orNCCF. ments. During his 8th depo- ··Duane Peak had also been a sition, the police brought up _ member of the NCCF. the names David Rice, and That was Mondo's story Edward Poindexter; only then from the .med_ia's point. o( ·.Peak did'saythaf.Mondo~ ~110 view, but what does he want Poindexter were·. involved in people ·.to know ab~ilt hi~ the explosion. Peak said he case? "I have been fighting was afraid of the police, who · not because of the constitu-
·tional violation in the trial, but because I am here wrongly." Mondo believes in self defense. "We needed to carry guns sometimes to protect ourselves from police be-
bombing. He said, "the po- differently? "I would be more lice suspected me and Ed be- careful to protect myself because of Nation wide violence · cause I was young and naive." · toward Black Panthers mem- ·Mondo was honored Sunbers." day aftern·oon, March 2, The United States of· 1997, by the Lincolil Branch America is a big country of the NAACP at the Newman '' O: with a complex heritage, Methodist Church as an out-
Eyen we Langa , reads some of his poems that in the visitaion room of the Nebraska Sate Penitentiary. havior." Mondo's weapons are the pen and the typewriter. 'The pen can be a two edged sword,. warning or a healing medicine. I used it_as a healing medicine."· Some people wondered why the police suspected him of the
and history, Mondo said standing African American everyone finds- a way to author in Lincoln Commuidentify him or herself. 11ity. Mondo was honored for "When African females his many creative and inteldyed their hair blond, lectual achievements over he straighten their hair, and past twenty seven years, He. do other things to hide the has worked powerfully in African identity, it is an both visual and verbal arts, example of a spiritual being a painter and sculptor sickness. When African as well as a writer. When he males are locked up for was asked if his experiences selling drugs for their own and years in prison was bepeople that is an example hind that creative writing he of spiritual sicknes.s, be- said, "No, I began to write cause they are willing to poems when I was 18 years add to the institution old. One time l was coming when they are trying to do from a party at night. I was it for money. To call my- alone, and it was cold. I beself an African American gan to hear tones. So I could puts a stamp of approval interpret these tones to a on what this government poem. I am doing what I was · · has done and continues to doing before I ·entered the do. We have a myth of de- prison. It did not stop me ·mocracy. This country from what I was." He is curbelongs to Leonard's rently writing African Folks ·people;" Mondo has a dif- tales for adults. ·.All the tales ferent definition for rac- take place in South Africa. ism, which is (European · It takes a strong person Supremacist Ideology). to survive inside the prison People are not born with It is even harder if you believe ignorance, but we learn it. that you are an innocent per"Children are open be- son. "l think about the usual cause they are not afraid things like not being outside of ignorance. Every time I with no chance to be a daddy. · learn something; it is a new You can help, you believe that wrorld of ignorance to explore." you can help, outside, but· Some peopl~ _would you are inside." Mondo beclhange their ,pa:th, ff tbe;y -.· Ueves.that even if he gets his C(Ould see the consequences, free·dom now, it is too late for e'.ven if they believed in their justice. It would not be ajusway. Would Mondo do things tice, it I would be a relief.
East Ti01or Struggle Continues
Continued from Page 1
· · assault rifles, machetes, and handgrenades, went into the church, raped dozens of women and slaughtered more than 100 people, including three priests.
· Although investigators have found shell casings, walls marked with bullet holes, dried blood, and a pile of underwear, they are having trouble determining exactly what happened because of a lack of bodies. No bodies have been found. According to several eyewitness accounts the bodies were · burned, then loaded on a truck and dumped in one of several crocodile-filled lakes on the outskirts of Suai.
Large scale killings such as ·the one that took place in Suai are rare. · The most common
attacks kill less than ten son will put the lives of the · people. In all of the killings refuge~s in danger, forcing the murderers have taken ex- them to sleep in places surtreme caution in covering up rounded by flood water. their tracks in order to be able After 24 years of Indoneto deny that any of these sian occupation, many people events had ever happened. wonder whether the violence The East Timorese people and terror in East Timor will_ are not safe even in refugee ever stop. camps in West Timor, Accord- According to· Amnesty Iniingto investigations by the Na- temational ''sending more pot.ional Commission for the Pro- lice is not enough. What is 1tection of Children, at least needed are immediate and un312 babies have died in refu- ambiguous orders from the Ingee camps there and 11,892 donesiangovemmentinstructare sick and suffering from ing the militia, military, and malnutrition. There is a huge police supporting them, that shortage of medicine and the any form of abuse is unacceptonly medical facilities are too able and must stop immedifar away for the people who ately." need help to travel to them. Hopefully the violence will
·· However, these events all stop arid the people of East took place before the rain sea- Timor will be able to finally re'son had started. The rain sea- turn to a life of peace.
Mondo
By Nicole Linke Graphics Editor
The prices are too high but the amount of money teenagers have is not very much. What can a teenager do these days with little money? Never fear, a solution is here! Five dollars and a little imagination can get a lot.
Have a sweet tooth and need to calm it? Ben Franklin's, the dime store in Medowlane Shopping Center, has great candy for pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Childhood favorites include, m i n t c a n d y sticks formally known as candy cigarettes, candy lipstick, Sixlets, Ring Pops, and the old time fa\TOrite Tootsie Rolls. Having a cookie craving? Five bags of cookies at the Lincoln High Cookie Link are $5; that's 15 cookies. An-
other good buy is bulk bins. The candy is always cheaper than prepackaged candy, which means more for less!
On the subject of food, lunch time is always a trying situation. When there is a small budget eating fast food can be difficult. Valentino's Express Lunch is only $2. 12 including tax. The lunch consists of a big slice of pizza, choice of garlic or cinnamon stick, and a soda. That is enough to fill a person until an after school snack. What about Burger King's $.99 menu? The menu includes Whopper Juniors, small fries, five pieces chicken tenders, desert pies, small shake or pop, and more. A · lunch consisting of a Whopper Jr., small fry, a small pop, and a desert pie would be around $4. Feel like a movie? The
Starship Theater on "P" street is $1. 75. The real spending comes from snacks. Either buy a soda and one box of candy for around $4 or go to Ben Franklin, or a bulk bin at the nearest grocery store, buy the cheap candy and sneak it in using a purse or coat pocket. A little mischievous, and against the rules, but nothing that will break the theater's bank. Renting a video game or a movie can be cheap. if you shop around. Filmstrip Video, 1419 N. 66th, rents video.games for $.99 a day, and during the week the deal is 3 movies, 3 days, 3. bucks. Since. Filmstrip Video is a small business they give more one on one help than the big stores. Getting extra help when finding the right movie is difficult and definitely worth a few dollars.
Now that winter is here
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with the snow and ice, seasonal cheap activities arise. Ice skating at Holmes Lake is fun and cheap. Skate rentals cost under $5 and skating is free. Sledding is another great pastime in the winter, a plastic roll up sled is under $5. Sledding can be done anywhere with a hill, but some g r e a t places are Pioneers Park and Holmes L a k e Snowball fights are free and so are snow forts and snowmen, so get a few friends together and be a kid again! Finding ways to spend your limited funds is easy with a little imagination. Even if rolling in the dough is difficult, letting your imagination roll is not.
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·Te[!m mixes experience with young talent
ByAmyN1chols
· rality of economic On the weekend of that. As a team they
StudentLinkco-editor · sanctions as a tool of December 18, the team do warm-un and
· The·· Lincoln High u:S. foreign policy to won· the c·hampionship breathing exercises. speech and debate whether juvenile of-· in. both speech and Some just don't get teams have gotten off. fenders should be student government at nervous. "When I'm in to a good· start this treated as adults. Ralston. character, I forget that year and look to have They work at the The team practices I'm performing, and I very bright futures. tournaments too. On after sc.hool Monday become my character, The deba;te team December 10 and 11, through Thursday from so I'm not nervous," started off the year they hosted a tourna- 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and said junior Elisabe\h with senior Janet ment here at LHS with sometimes later. At Reinkordt. Eckerson making quar- schools coming from practice the students The students love to ter finals at their first all over the state. work with their compete and find many tournament at South- Caruso said he was coaches and team- benefits to being on east. Social studies very proud of the way mates to polish their the team. "I like comteacher and debate they handled the tour- performance. Each peting. We get to make coach J.P. Caruso nament. The debate member also has to friends with people thinks Eckerson , who t e a m ' s s e a s o n r u n s practice on their own from al 1 over the state is also the team cap- through March 30, so since most of the Speech has brought me tain, has a great year be sure to support our events are memorized. some of the closest· ahead of her. "I think debate team. The topics for the friends I have. I love that Janet will be in The speech team, speeches cover a wide to .1ct, and speech althe running this year which. is coached by variety of issues. lows me to do this for state champion," ACE teacher Ross They've got everything cJmpetitively," said said Caruso. Tegeler, is doing very fromhumor, drama, en- R.einkordt.
The team has sev- well this year. In ev- tertainment, and im- The speech and deeral young members ery tournament they've promptu. They also bate teams are looking too, all of which had so far, one or more perform pieces· tha: great and they still Caruso says did a very LHS competitors have were written by oth(r have a lot of time left nice job at the South- made it to the final people such as a sr1f- in their season to move east tournament. This rounds. They hope to fragette, a love story on to ever bigger acwas a way for them to send several students about a professiJnal complishments. Good gain some experience. to Nationals which will assassin. and hi3 ac- luck to both teams.
The debate team take place in Portland, tress girlfrienc', and historically has had a · Oregon in June, and poetry as well .iS curvery strong program. their goal is to be in rent events. It has produced a num- the top five at state. The studeJits on the ber of state champi- Tegeler is very speech teafi are also ons. Coach Caruso proud of the progress involved in student has a very positive the team has made so congress where they opinion of the team far. "We have a good act as s~nators and this year. "I feel very. sized team with a nice represevcatives to dis-. good about the success· combination of novices cuss bi,ls· and resoluthey will have this sea- and experienced team tions · son, " he said. me m b e rs , " Te g e 1er W ilh tough subjects
The debaters work said. "It's a great like that and having to hard to prepare for team. We received a speat in front of so their competitions. lot of compliments man) people you would They practice three about the team and the thinK they'd get nernights a week tackling school at the tourna- voi,s, but they· have such issues as the mo- ment we hosted." w aY s of Preventing
By Brooke Brestel Sports Editor
ereYour Favorite emoriesof the ' ? •
Whether you believe the millenium ends or begins in the year 2000, one thing is for sure: 2000 means the end of the nineties. No more neon colors, stiff hairsprayed bangs, and fanny packs (see What to Leave Behind in the 20th Century, pg.5). Some Lincoln High students shared some favorite memories from the past decade.
''The 4 National Championships the Cornhuskers won."
-Jared Kerns (11)
"Watching Ty Graham finish Northeast off with a last· second buzzer beater."
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-Jason Moore (12)
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''The day I discovered "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer" and every Tuesday thereafter. (Mondays in the early days)"
-Aaron Stege (12)
"Playing cops and robbers and other games outside when I was younger."
- Michaela Franklin ( 11)
What are some fads that you participated in?
"Wearing jeans rolled at the bottom."
-Josie Payne ( 11)
"Body suits, holey shirts, tight jeans, wide-leg jeans, flare leg jeans, black and brown lip liner, and flannel."
-Chance Broo,ks (11)
"Pony tails pulled to the side."
-Carmen Estrada (11)
What are some television shows that were on in the late ·1980s, early 1990s, that have since been canceled, that you wish would come back?
"Living Single, Mr. Belvedere, Alph, and My So-called Life."
-Christian Olson (12)
"Get a Life and The Cosby Show."
-Jesse Elsener (12)
"Martin."
-C.J. Kadavy (12)
What music artist from the same time period would you like to see come out with a new album?
"Boyz II Men, Jodeci, Portrait, HTown, Envouge, Kris Kross."
-Lydia Brown (11)
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oices of Destiny perfonns their first concert of the 1999-2000 school year at Lincoln High on November 30. hoto by Amanda Werner.
Record album sales expected with well known names
By Adam Wuerfele
Entertainment Editor·
The Notorious B.I.G. non-country listener, this has been dead for almos1i: album· is actually palat-
The holiday season is 3 years now, but tha1i: able. "How Do You Like a very busy season for the won't get in the way of his Me Now? isn't country/ music industry. What's · newest release · "Born pop like Faith Hill or easier to give to a person Again." Or is this album Shania Twain, but it has than a CD that they want? from all ofB.I.G.'s friends? good enough hooks that ·Hopefully everybody got at Only two full length songs anybody could appreciate. least one gift that they are entirely by B.I.G. and Don't run out and buy this wanted this season, and if the 14 other full length CD if you haven't heard the music industry had songs have at least one anything from it, but if their way, that gift would special guest. Some of the you like country, consider have been one of the fol- guests include Missy "Mis- it. This album has won lowing CD's. demeanor" Elliot, Method over a country hater and Fiona Apple released Man, Ice Cube, Busta I'll give it four stars. **** her 93 word titled CD Rhymes,. Lil' Kim, Lil' On the fourth release "When The Pawn " in mid Cease, Nas, K-Ci and Jo- from Bush, the band adds November. This release, Jo, and what B.I.G. album an element of electronica which is just as good if not would be complete with- to a lot of their songs. better than her debut al- ··out Sean "Puffy" Combs., Though the music has bum "Tidal", puts more of "Born Again should be slightly changed, the lyran emphasis on a mid to seen as more of a memo- ics and overall feeling of fast tem:Ro music than rial to B.I.G. because it the album is exactly the slow songs. Apple is· also showcases his ability to go way it was on "Razorblade writing about love a lot into a studio and just rap Suitcase.'' Despite the inmore, of course not the while it also shows how he dividual meanings of cernormal situations, but her touched many people's tain sections of songs,·· writing is a significant lives· that he· didn't even most of the songs don't step in the direction of the get a chance to meet and mean anything. On rest of the world's emo- rap with (such as "Warm Machine" Gavin tions. Maybe her romance Eminem). This album is Rossdale, the lead singer, with magician D::i.vid actually quite good, except says "There's a thousand · Blaine (the guy who floats for Busta Rhymes proving miles to go/without blinkin mid air, and was bur- that he actually can be ex- mg/gravitate spacewards/ ied for several days) has tremely annoying, and it find a home for the head/ , opened her to a little bit receive four and a half out from my basement." The of love in her life. Even · of five stars. **** 1 /2 lyrics don't have any one though the pictures in the Toby Keith's latest re- message for any one song. ~s,e~~"~'l!l'l"~"'ff"Ngfit,-..<,,•l¢ttse "How Do You Like A disappointir:ig release for ·ening, five out of five stars. Me Now?" i,s exactly what Bush. I'll give one of my go to Apple's ability to country should be. Not · ex-favorite bands two and morphherselfintoamore .· toofasttotalkabout"last: a half out of five stars. normal, crazy version of night", but not too slow to, ** 1 /2 herself. ***** talk about boots. For a.
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1. Fiona Apple "When The Pawn " Courtesy Sony Records
2. Toby Keith "How Do You Like Me Now?" Courtesy Dreamworks Records
3 4 3. Notorious B.I.G. "Born Again" Courtesy Bad Boy Records ·
4. Bush "The Science Of Things" Courtesy Trauma Records
PokewhatIn the orld?
By Jeff Goff Web Editor
Trading cards, video games, television, movies, videos, music, clothes, ·action figures. (deep breath), lunch boxes, key chains, calendars, posters, plush toys, bendable toys, customizable card games: Oh yeah, it's Pokemon! You can't go anywhere without seeing
Nintendo dominated sales. """"'"'""'some strange yellow cat looking thing in a store with a kid under it pointing to something called Bulbasaur. Who thought of all this?
To follow up with the success, an animated television series was made in 1997 _which was loosely based on the video game. The show was about a character named .Satoshi (named after the creator of the game). He and his Pokemon, Pikachu, traveled with two other trainers to catch other Pokemon The show soon became as popu 0 lar as the game. · In December of 1997, an episodewas made in which Pikachu's lightning attack was combined with a sort ofbomb blast. This episode caused epileptic seizures in approximately 700 Japanese chilIt all started back in 1995 when. a Japanese man named Satoshi Tajiri made a game for the Gameboy Tajiri as a child didn't have that many friends, so he spent most of his time collecting bugs and ·other small creatures. Later on he found video games, became hooked on Space Invaders, and as soon as Nintendo arrived, he and his frtends made their own
dren. This of course wasn't the best thing to happen when they wanted to bring the show to America. "Nintendo ofAmerica" still released the gam~ as well as the show. But first, they decided to change a few things so that American children would be able to relate to it better. ·They changed the names of some of the Pokemon and characters so they would be easier for children to remember, and easier for Americans to relate to. The character Satoshi soon became known as Ash. Many features were also added to help children remember the names of the Pokemon, the segment ''Who's that Pokemon?" is placed before a commercial break, and the Pokerap, an annoying song that raps the names of the pokemon, always follows the end of the show.
Nintendo will be coming out
more species of Pokemon. There will also be an N64 title called "Pokemon: Stadi1rm." This game will have a feature so you can use the Pokemon that you caught in the Gameboy titles. You can also see the show evei:y weekday at 4p.m. on KXVOCh.15.
and Shorts
_By Adam Wuerfele
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items from what I would consider worthy causes, I have Entertainment Editor probably bought more from "Excuseme,wouldyoube unworthy causes than I interested in buying this piece would like to admit. What is of plastic that you won't look happens here is that I will buy at after a month, or how stuff from the first person about this t-shirt that you will that approaches me, or vice never wear? How about a big versa, and when a worthy basket of fruit that will go bad cause comes along I am albefore you can eat it all?" Lin- ready either dedicated to the coin High is not overly other person or just plain out funded, I know, but this fact of money. This is taking does not mean that every money from the worthy club, every class, and every causes that I want to support. group at Uncoln High should Give me a reason to care sell junk that the students ·enough to spend my hard don't want all at the same earned money · ._ time. What I dislike most about Receiving a product in - fundraising, especially excesexchange for a donation to a sively, is the image that this worthy cause is· a great is projecting on Lincoln High. fundraising idea. But a lot of Who wants to be constantly groups at Lincoln High are bombarded by students neednot worthy causes. What I ing money? I don't and I am am saying is: What.are you one of those students. Linselling this Junk for? And, coin High is going to receive while I. have bought various· the honorable title of
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a little disinterested. Okay, a lot disinterested. I am not a sir, and I wasn't on the phone. - You know who you are. What really detaches me from the seU'er of anitemis wpe:ii they -.•,_-,, ,,~- :,•,-_,., push It even after I have said no, which happens a lot with friends and acquaintances. I know that this school has business classes, _but .leave the professionals to get me to buy something I don't want. They're already doing a good enough job to have amateurs stink up their business. Basically, I already have enough Junk. And everybody else at school already has · enough junk. Want to raise some funds? ·Do something new.
hiney _ Nebraska Fans Should Appreciate
By Robin Washut
Sports Writer
In the minds of many Nebraska Cornhusker fans Frank Solich is a failure. Losing five games in two years has come to be unacceptable, despite the fact that Solich is on an almost identical pace with his predecessors, Tom Osborne and Bob Devaney. So the question is, why are fans expecting more from Solich than what two of the greatest coaches of all time could?· · Solichs' record after two years is 20-5 with two bowl appearences. Osborne was an almost identical 18-5-1 with two -bowls. Decpite the fact that. Solich has a better two -year record than Osborne, he is still seen to many as a bad coach. Wheather it is his play calling, lack of leadership, or that his teams are not destraying their opponents like they used to, there is always something that people do not · like about him. Fans may just
long for the feeling of secu-. He went 9-2-1 with losses to era began, the exepectations rity that Osborne brought to Missouri and Oklahoma and were even higher. Solich had the field every Satur- a tie to Oklahoma State. his transition year, this year day. The feeling ..-..,,,..--....._ However, he did the he had to produce. Like the that you knew one thing that year before, the Huskers shot the Huskers Solich did not, out of the gate crushing their would win, it win his bowl opponents. Then came along was just raphicCourtesyofUN game with a win those pesky Longhorns of how badly. ._ over Texas in Texas. The.Huskers had their When the Cotton title hopes erased for the Osborne t Bowl. Mabye sencond year in a row. This. took over the bowl win beared a striking resemblence f o r helped calm to Osborne's first two years. Devaney • down fans that Instead of Texas, it was the in 1973, f were on the brink Missouri Tigers who had he delt of insanity after beaten the Big Red twice in with the only a 9 win sea- two years.
s a m e son when Fans may have forgotten p r e s - Devaney how they thought Osborne sures as h a d was going to be a failiure afSolich. l e d ter his mediocer first two seaTaking their sons by Husker standards. o v e r _mighty He was not producing to the the·. de- Huskers level he was expecte@ to and fending to con-· Nebraska should find some national secutive one new. Sound familiar? It champi,on, t i t I e s is a good thing that fans did immense pressure to Unfourtunetly for not act on their words bewin, all in your first year as Solich, he did not get the bowl cause they could have thrown head coach. Osbornes' win, or the trust of Husker out one of the greatest inagurua1 season was re- fans for that matter. coaches of all time. Maybe the markably Similar to Solichs'. As year two of the Solich same will hold true for Solich.
th nu everen Dr. Ma,·tin Luther R:i•1g,Jr. Youth Rally a11.dMa•·ch
Youth and adult members of the Lincolri community are in the process of organizing the 5th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Yo,uth Rally and March which will take place on Monday, January 17, 2000. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend all or part of our program. The day will begin With a welcome at the UNL Culture Center, 14th & R St., at 9:30
a.m. Everyone will then be welcome to participate in a march from the Culture Center to the State Capitol at 15th & J St. In the East Chambers of the ,capitol, young people of Lincoln will present an exciting and diverse program in honor of Dr. King. The theme of this year's rally is, "F,11t11Jil'\gthe Possible Dream."
_ The March will begin at 10 a.m. at the Culture Center, and the Youth Rally Program at the capitol will begin at 10:30 a.m. The program will feature a variety of presentations Lincoln Hlgh's Voices of Destiny, a diverse group of high school students who sing uplifting spirituals, will be perfo111Iingat the Capitol. Elementary and Midc:lleSchool Students will be reading some original poetry about their visions for making Dr. King's dream come true. Yo11ng .<\dult Speakers will share their ideas about the relevance of Dr. King's message for young people today and what can be done to make the dream a reality. And members of the NAACP Youth Co11ncil will do a dramatic interpretation of the poetry of Mondo we Lange, a political prisoner serving a life sentence in the Nebraska State Penitentiary.
In addition to the program, we will also be collecting canned food for the City Mission, and we will be collecting cash donations for O.C. Love, a young man who is suffering from Sickle Cell Anemia here m Uncoln. Donations may be dropped off at the J,inr.oln Plaza on the west side of the State Capitol Jl11iJding•mder the statue of Abraham Lincoln. This program is sponsored and organized by youth and adult volunteers of the Lincoln community, and it is fmanced entirely by donations. If you would like more information, or if you would like to contribute your time, money or resources, please contact Anne Stokes at 436-1276, Jake Kirkland at 472-9315, or Gre Keller at 436-1301.
a group of couples where one partner was HIV -infected, and the uninfected spouse knew this, 82°/o of the uninfected partners contracted
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"education." This pamphlet's main point was that teenagers do not know how to use condoms correctly. and that is why they do not work. The · brochure, published• by ·The Medical Institute for _sexual Health, said onl)' l1alf of sexually active adolescents report having used a condom the last time they had sex. In addition, it stated 5-40% used condoms consistently (everytime they had sex). 540%? What the heck is that statistic? That is like saying 0-1 OOo/oof people think that Mr. Conrad reads the announcements too loud. Overall, the brochure said that even people who are highly motivated to use condoms have difficulty using them ··consistently and correctly.
It seems to me that if the brochures taught the reader how to use condoms correctly, errors in using them would be reduced. In addition, if they taught about the dangers of NOT using them, people would be more apt to use them every time they engage in intercourse. These brochures attempt to do that, but they present it in such a way that it makes condoms seem like they do nothing _at
all. . It is time for the people who are making the decisions regarding our education wake up and realize what kind of world we live in. Kids are going to have sex regardless of how bad adults "scare" them. · If they are truly concerned with the well-being of students. they need to teach them how to protect themselves correctly against STDs and pregnancy. Abstinence is an effective method, but it should be taught in addition. to others as well.
By Chris Lathen News Editor
After a disappointing loss in the first round at the State · Basketball Tournament last year to the state champion Omaha Westside, the Lincoln High Vrsity Girls Basketball team has high hopes for this upcoming year. Although those high hopes will be put to the te~t when they face tough opponents in the weeks to come like Lincoln Northeast, Millard North, Bellevue West, Lincoln Pius X, and Columbus.
With returning seniors stars Tiffany Hicks, and Shelly Chiles from last year's team, the Links will have a great success this year. Also with returning senior Brooke Brestel in the lineup and junior Michaela Franklin step-
ping up to play a key role in the Links basketball games, the Links will have great charns f o r SU Ccess this year. A 1ready t h e Links have had their tallent shown being
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season fourth ranked team. lumbus 40-27 in a great deIn games this year, Lincoln fensJive battle. Throughout High has shown some great the game, Columbus remained close to Lincoln High, but in the sec- · and half, t h e Links pulled away because of numerous turnovers made by Co-
up a three pointer in the
home, and season opener against the Discoverers of Columbus. Lincoln High won the game 70-49
talent against a team that made semi-finals last year, the Columbus Discoverers. In the Links season and home opener, the Links beat Co-
Links traveled to Fremont to battne the Tigers for their second game of the year. In another great game , Lincoln High came out the victors 48-
38. So far this year, Lincoln High has shown great play against good teams. Outscoring their opponents 190 to 142, Lincoln High has shown the offense and defense it will take to win more games this year.
l umb u s The following week, t h e · After playing their first four games of the year before the Winter break, Lincoln High went unbeaten "We're 4~0 right now, and there is· not a team on our schedule that we can't beat," said se~ nior Brooke Brestel, "So it's going to. be a fun [and) successful season." Upcoming home games against Lincoln East, Millard South, Omaha Central, Pius X, road games at Grand. Island, Hastings, Kearney, Lincoln Southeast. Omaha Benson, and Omaha Burke, will be better tests of how well the Links will do. Only time can tell how well the Links will do this year, and how they will perform in the state tournament. this March.
Lincoln High restle01ania 2000: Hill, ohnson Lead Young Tea01
By Robin Washut Sports Guy
The 1999-2000 Licoln High Wrestling Team came into this year with high goals·•· set for themselves. After the impressive showing at state last year, the Links have · the talent to re- · peat. With three wrestlers that could be contenders in· state, the Links feel that they could make some noise this year.·
Being one of · the top-rated wrestlers in the
Hill is coming off his 100th victory earlier this year, Phillip took first in his weight class and Johnson was run~ · ner up due to an injury in the
though the focus is mainly on individual success, it shows a lot when a school has a good team record. With a youthful· team the Links will only get better;· Good practices will assure success in the future. Every year the team · will set aisde three · days in the season and ·
South Souix City Invitational on De- will last for the entire year. "My per-
0~ ~sat~ go undefeated and win s t at e again." said a confident Hill.
The Lincoln High Wrestlers work on new moves in a practice after school. · · set goals for the·· team and for themselves. Some goals. m a y change as the season progresses, but some state, senior Trevor Hill is the man to beat for Lincoln High. Comming into the year ranked first in his weight class, Hill has high expectations to live up to. "If Trevor contin- ·. ues doing what he's doing and works hard, he'll be alright," said head coach Bob Orta.
The Links Ben Johnson (12) a.nd Trevor Hill (12), two of the Links' Wether or not Hill and the Links m e e t t h e i r goals has yet to be seen. If they can keep up roster this year consists of an most successful wrestlers, go at it in front of the rest of the Lincoln High Wrestling Team. abundence of underclassmen and only three real contenders in the state. Along with Hill, seniors Ben Johnson and Jerrod· Phillip are the three to watch this season.
cember 18.
The Links are 2-0 in team competition with wins over Grand Island and Southeast, and they have a meet against Northeast on January 11. Al-
the confident attitude that has taken them this. far into state, we could see another first place award in the trophey case. • I /
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LHS Band m·ore than just concerts
Musicians travel, fund-raise, and practice
By Jonathan Thornton Journalism 1 Student
for the 2000-2001 year "got into high school know-
The Lincoln High school trip. While down ing more people." Senior Marching band has had there he also hopes to do a Sunny Dreith said she's straight superiors 5 years parade performance at Walt made a lot of friends and in a row, and is one of the Disney's Magic Kingdom, that the best thing about best bands in the state, of- to visit Epcot, and to visit the band is the competiten taking trips every 3 Universal or MGM studios. tions. "It's challenging beyears. The last trip they To help students attain cause you do more than one took was to London, En- this goal he's doing fund- thing at a time and it makes gland in 1997 to play in the raisers, such as the ever you think." Junior Travis Queen's New Year's Day Pa- popular Fruit, Cheese and Johns thinks that more rade, and while there they Sausage fund-raiser, and people should get involved took trips to such places as the Links Discount Cards in band and show support. Stonehenge, The Baths, that a person can use at "If you can play an instruPicadilly Circle and often several places. ment join because it's fun," rode in the underground Starting in August, Lin- he said. transportation railway coln _High Marching Band Of this year's band Rush known as, strangely students go to band camp said, "There was a lot of enough, "The Under- from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with growth in the students, muground." a one hour lunch break sically physically and menH-1·gThheM_aLrincheo-1·nlng
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and understand the end of march-
Band plays at the varsity football games, and some of the volleyball games. It splits in to pep bands at
to ing season for
be one of the top the basketball _ 5 or 6 bands in games and goes , the state. "When to Grand Island, It];:you see the halfNebraska for "\•time show you Harvest of Har- are seeing a finmo ny parade. •~~lili;:\£t'.i~~it:,li.&h; ;
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;_,,>:,;c:::\L/;: ·<;Y;Lii;\;tt\and not the work the Star City pa- The LHS Marching Band takes center stage at the they do as a rade on the first Star City Parade playing ''Pomalink Christmas.'' group, or on their Saturday of De_ own. It is physicember every year, and from noon to 1 p.m. fGr a cally and mentally demandthey march at the Links In- week learning how to ing to put on one of those vitati<t_!!§ll,_,competition, the march in parade formation shows," Rush said. _. , L,incoln Public Schools and also learning -the first .Students inte~ested ~in competition, and N.S.B.A., parts of the shows that stu~ 2nd semester band have the or the Nebraska - State dents and faculty see at the choice of Concert or SymBandmasters Association. football games. phonic Band and should go
With 21 years of teach- While_ some people may see Mr. Rush or Mr. Ehly in ing experience behind him, think that marching band - room 153 for more infor16 of which have been at is hard, sophomore Amelia mation. Lincoln High, the other 5 at Hunt said "Marching Band Teachers and students Pius X, Terry Rush plans isn't _hard at all." can also support the marchon applying for a parade Sophomore Kristina ing band's trip by buying down in Florida in conjunc- Morgan said that band things from them during tion _with the Orange Bowl camp was cool because she the fund-raisers.
Youth roup tries to coD1bat racisDl
By Cortney C per - -
Journalism 1 Student graders from all different Youth Against Racism schools around Lincoln, and and Prejudice (Y.A.R.P.) is a on the average, there are 20 youth group sponsored by to 30 members. Joe Ballard. He also is the Chelsea Long is a senior founder of Project Youth. at Lincoln High and is conY.A.R. P. is a program first sidered a senior member of sta1:""ted approximately 1 O Y.A.R.P. She started workyears ago to try to help kids ing with Project Youth for deal with racism and become volunteer hours and decided more open-minded with all to join Y.A.R.P. for that rearelated issues. At that time, son. Fortunately, she felt as Ballard was involved in a dis- - though she got so much out cussion group called Citizens of it and even put a little into Against Racism and Preju- it that she became not only a dice (C.A.R.P). Although volunteer, but a member. "I that is not what really in- enjoy Y.A.R.P. because I like spired him, he was inspired to be a part of teaching to put the youth group to- younger kids about the imgether while he was working portance of the issues we ,disat Lincoln High as a hallway cuss. I believe that the future monitor. One day the school lies in their hands and they held a multicultural assem- will be making the differbly. - Ballard recalled, "I had ence." seen a group of students Fred Chukwuma singing the song, 'Reach Out Iromuanya Jr. is an eighthand Touch Someone's Hand.' grader at Culler MiddleI got this strange feeling in- School. He was convinced to side me, and that's when I join Y.A.R.P. by a friend, and wanted to get in touch with admits he joined for the kids and make a difference.'' wrong reasons. Although, He began to recruit kids once he sat through his first from the basketball and soft- meeting he thought he could ball teams he coached, who bring a lot to the group to do in turn brought their friends his part in stopping racism. to get involved. ,Ballard fo- He then decided to run for cuses on the -age groups of president, and by doing that, seventh through twelfth he achieved his first goal. _
Being president has made him more responsible knowing that he's a role model now. Y.A.R.P. has taught Iromuanya, and the others, how to handle racial issues outside of the meetings. For example, - nobody should have to take racism, and if you are in a situation, how should you handle it? Consider the consequences each outcome may have. "I've never really had guidelines." Iromuanya said, "Now I do."
Matt Dunlap is a ninth grader at Goodrich Middle School and is a first year member of Y.A.R.P. Dunlap was invited to join by Ballard, he thinks Y.A.R.P. has made him stronger, more open-minded, and moreoutspoken. Dunlap said, "Before I would let racist jokes just slide by, but now I say something." He has learned to stand up for other people and what he believes is right. Leaming to speak aloud in front of the Y.A.R.P. group has also helped Dunlap speak better in front of audiences and be more outgoing at school. _ Ballard, with a little help, has figured out different ways to teach the Yarpsters
to have fun while learning.
So far, they have watched movies that relate to the subject, they have had many long discussions, and they have elected chairpersons.
Y.A.R.P. has many plans for the future, for examples, going to museums, doing skits
that bring up situations in which the kids have to figure out a resolution to the problem and have to consider the consequences each resolution will bring, going bowling, going to basketball games, having holiday parties, and more.
Lincoln High Builds Cars to Race
By Tracey Shafer Journalism Student
The big thing in cars right now is the Honda Insight. It is a gas and electric powered car and it took a million dollars worth of studies to put it together.
nated cars to the school. A · 1964 thunderbird was sold for $1,250, a 1987 and a 1977 chevy Nova were sold for $701 and $300. The money from these cars was used for the materials needed to build
Students in the Lincoln ·High Automotive Department are getting into the action by the cars. There are 24 schools in Nebraska that participate in
building 3 electric cars and 1 gas powered car. Automotive Technology teacher Ron Suing is the head of this project, and he hopes that · next year students can put together a car like the Insight with the knowledge of the cars that are be-
ing built this year. "Building these races. There is also a cars is giving students a good national competition that is experience,"He said held in Phoenix, Arizona.
building engines. These two students are working on the restoration of a 1970 sprint car, along with one of the electric cars and the gas powered car. They started working on the ideas for these cars a couple of months ago.
Caleb Twiss, a Southeast High School senior, has auto class a Lincoln High. He has also been working on one of the electric cars. When he was younger he built a tricycle from the ground up all on his own, but all it did was roll down hill. He has always been fascinated by cars and it makes him proud to be involved in this project, because when they are fintshed they
Lincoln High School's Automotive Department has developed three new electric cars to compete at Omaha Public Power District's electric car races. will have an actual vehicle that he will be able to drive himself. He is building a car that is powered by electricity and actually runs.
Omaha Public Power Dis- None of the cars from Lincoln trict (OPPDJ is sponsoring High have been to this comraces for the electric cars and petition yet, but Suing hopes the University of Nebraska is it will happen someday. sponsoring a race for the gas Lincoln High School jun- ior Dustin Brown believes powered car. Last year's the races were held on May 17th. this is a good experience for This year's date is not set. other students. Some people They will most likely be held aren't as interested in this early second semester. This type of project, but it will teach them how to work on is the second year these cars have been made. their own electric running
The supplies and some of cars. It also gives them suffithe funds for these cars are cient knowledge for the future. - being donated by various businesses in town, like Lin- Josh Guntorad, a Lincoln coln Tent and awning, Speed~ High Junior, was interested way Motors. The Army Na- in working on this project betional Guard, OPPD. Oreilly cause it's a new experience Auto Parts and other dona- for him. This is the first time tions of funds from several individuals. he and Dustin Brown have been involved in a project like this, and they both have
Twiss thinks this is a good experience for other students to be able to learn about electric motors and body design. ''The electric cars being built are what may be in. store for the future in automotives," he said Twiss is confident in his workmanship, and he is confident that his group's car will. • win.
The completion of these cars takes a lot of preparation. Going over all the measurements and actually ending up with the final product is time consuming. These students are confident that they will win the races and encourage others to come out and support their fellow classmates and their
Some people have also do- learned new things about re- school!
Campus Supervisors Inside Look at ''Red Coats''
By Robert Starkey Journalism Student
When students· see the sophomores on campus.
campus supervisors walking down the hall they get many different impressions of them. Do they think they are here just to give them a hard time?
Campus Supervisor Bob Mersed said, "We're not here to hinder your education, we're only here to help.".
Mersed graduated from Lincoln High in 1975, and he also played basketball his three years here. Since then he has stayed in touch with the school through watching sports and working with the Special Education students.
Now that Mersed is back he still tries to help with the Special Education students when he can, but his other time is spent as the head coach of the reseive softball team and the freshmen boys basketball team.
One of the best parts of being part of the campus supervisor team is the interaction with the students. They get to spend time with students and talk about things that teachers and students don't talk
Campus Supervisor Gary Burger is the newest supervi- · sor of them all. He has only been here for one semester. Burger said, ''The hardest part of the job is the physical part." Campus Supervisors have to walk all around the school and make sure people are where
· they are supposed to be. Campus Supervisor John Goodwin is one of the most popular supeIYisors with the students.
Goodwin has been here at Lincoln High for about a year and a half. Goodwin said, ''The job is challenging, but fun." Goodwin is also in charge of the Lincoln High step group II G. Campus ~upervisor Dave Medina is the longest standing supervisor at this point in time. He has been here for seven years now. Medina said, "I'm from Northeast and I can really tell which one is a better school," The main part of their job is to make sure students are doing what they are supposed to be doing and are where they are supposed to be.
The campus supervisors think • the reputation Lincoln High has for being "a bad school" is
about much. Part of the job is to keep the students who belong here on campus and the people who don't off. With that also comes one of the most annoying part of the job; keeping
greatly over exaggerated. When it comes to our reputation the campus supervisors are doing their part but it can't be done by just them. It has to be done by the whole.
Autoinobile accidents plague Lincoln youth in 1999
By Kasandra Smith
Journalism Student couldn't believe it happened.
Some Lincoln High stu - I just wanted them to make dents are starting to wonder it. It made me realize how if it is as safe to drive or ride short life can be." The girls in a car as they thought it are fine now, but will always was. Everyone thinks they remember the accident. are good drivers, but when Many people continue to your car starts to slide on ice, drive carelessly. Some even do you know what to do? Not go to the extreme and ateveryone does. That is how tempt to drive drunk, or some serious car accidents high. happen. When they do this they
Many Lincoln High stu~ not. only put themselves in dents think that there have danger, but everyone else been more serious accidents who might be on the road in the last year than norn1al. that day. Tawni Perez, a The most recent accidents sophomore at Lincoln High hunting us. While we try to was killed by one of these forget about the many before careless drunk drivers. " I them. have known Tawni since the Junior Kim Vaverka and seventh garde," said junior Janae Blahak got in a sophmore Trina Berks. "Ever
ended in complete tragedy. one o,f my friends. I have Many people were affected by known her for along time," this accident. Friends of said sophomore Tyler Payne. Tawni made T-shirts with her " When I found out about the picture on them to show how accident I didn't know what much they loved and miss to think. I just kept telling her. Everyone felt sorrow to- myself that it wasn't true. wards Tawni, her family, and Mandee was so nice I just her friends. People who didn't can't believe that she got in even know Tawni may have such a bad accident." Unforfelt something, too. If not sor- tunately Mandee's accident row for the one's who knew ended in tragedy, too. her, then fear of getting hit by · Mandee, her mother, and a drunk driver. stepfather all died.
Another very recent acci- Accidents happen all over
ones around you. If you think that the number of accidents have gone up. you'er right. In 1994, in Lincoln there were 9,890 accidents involving cars. Out of these accidents 3, 115 people were injured, and nine were killed. In 1995, and 1996 the number of accidents began to rise. Last year in 1998 there were 10,111 car accidents. Out of these accidents 3,133 people were injured, and 13 were killed;
They were hospitalized and an angel to everyone. I found their car was totaled. "I out about it when my friend played soccer with them called and told me. I didn't since I was in the third believe it at first, and to this _grade," said junior Elisha day I still think of her as beNovak. "It was really sad. I ing here." Tawni's accident
· car accident·•last spring. since then she has been like dent didn't happen because the country everyday that we of a drunk driver, or some- don't hear about. Some one not playing attention. It people realize what may haphappened due to icy roads; pen after you get in a car. something no one can help. These people do whatever it It involved a 15-year-old girl takes to be safe. Some people named Mandee Hansen, her don't realize these incredible mother Dee Ruthledge, and dangers. These are the her stepfather Paul people who drive carelessly. Ruthledge. She did not at- I don't mean to scare anyone, tend Lincoln High, but many or make anyone upset. I just students that attend Lincoln want to let people know what High knew her and were very may happen in the blink of close to her. " Mandee was an eye. and how it effects the
· We don't know the number of accidents for 1999, but hopefully. in the future people will think of these numbers when they decide to take the car out for a spin. To be safer people can make sure to wear their seatbelts They can obey traffic laws, and on top of all don't drink, and drive. If they do maybe the number of accidents, and deaths will drop tremendously.
Left: Bob Mersed talks with students during lunch. Right: John Goodwin checks a hall pass.
Death Penalty Headline Goes all the way to way out here
By Sarah Werner ·· · Journalism 1 Student
Recently Governor Mike Johanns made the statement that he would like to make Nebraska's execution method lethal injection rather than the electric chair, as it has always been.
You would think that maybe he was doing this because lethal injection, though still a form of murder, was at least somewhat more humane and would cause those being executed to en-' dure less pain.
However, Johanns' decision was made because the Supreme Court has recently been faced with the question as to whether or not the elec• tric chair is cruel and un'." usual punishment.
If they rule that it is then following this. decision there will no longer be use of the electric chair in the U :S. This was a case appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court from Florida which was questioning the cruelty of this murder device. Without the electric chair Nebraska would no longer have an:y way. to execute a person, and so Johanns' decision was
· quickly made based on the fact that if he does not act fast to change our form of execu'." tion, Nebraska may end up losing what some people consider an essential tool. /
Thirty. eight states in the U.S. use some form of capital
punishment to punish th.ose who they feel have committed especially heinous crimes. There are five different methods of execution that are u:sed in the -United States today: the electric chair, the gas
· chamber, the firing· squad, lethal injection and hanging.·
We use this type of puni.shment generally for people t.hat have committed murder more
than· anything. _ · Which is what truly makes this a hypocritical sys-
Racism: Is It At LHS?
tern. We are saying that it is
rible, but when we as a soci- , essary to keep the death penwrong to kill a person, and so ety take a persori convicted of alty going the sentences ·at in order to punish those con- such a crime and repeatedly · victed of such crimes, we kill shoot volts of electricity them. through their bodies or take
I realize that some people more of an old-fashioned apfeel that by killing those who proach and hang them we are convicted of crimes so bad don't really seem much betthat death is a consideration ter. we will be giving them th~ Race, though it should punishment they deserve and · not be, seems to· be another some will be at peace know- big factor when deciding ing that this person is dead. who should and should not
However, if it is punish- get the death penalty. A ment that we are looking for crime is a crime regardless of wouldn't it seem that being who commits it, and race locked -µpin .a cell all of your should be something that is life would be pretty terrible as not even looked at when dewell as knowing that you will ciding the severity of a senprobably never be exposed to tence. the outside world again? How In most murder cases if is killing another person go- the victim is white then the ing to bring much closure or convicted would more likely relief to those looking for it get sentenced to death rather when all it really is is another than if the victim were of unnecessary death? Ethnic minority.·
We hear about .all of these This is obviously an issue crimes that are ·committed that needs to be recognized. and some are absolutely ter- because if people find it nee-
least need to be given out consistently. nothing; other than the crime itself needs to be looked at.
Generally when any sort · of punishment is given out the thought behind it should be to punish a person, but also to teach them and keep them from committing any other sort of crime.
When we kill a person to show them that murder is wrong, what are we teaching them? It would be hard to hear people tell you that you should not kill people when they are going to do the exact same to you.
The whole idea of capital punishment seems pretty disgusting to me yet there are a lot of people who consider this justifiable, for those of us who do not, hopefully with continued effort we can get rid of it completely!
ovies not to blaD1e for violent acts
By Grant Pearson Journalism 1 Student
· I consider myself a normal kid. I go see movies, have a job, listen to music, go out on weekends. But apparently, since I go to a high school, I
By Dan Weins have to fear for my life be-
Journalism 1 Student dents walk by. She said she cause a few kids have seen Lincoln High is often also doesn't like it that all "Reservoir' Dogs" or listen to tr..-'l.•·.•·11u.a:·.•·
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whiti:,neanle -estere~nined Marilyn Manson and •that ~110:1,and 1n maO:y~itWtt a:'1WblfJfm 1'fii~t."'"''"''•t,i~$(,~> · makes them prim~candidates is But did you ever stop to A lot of students also lfeel to go on killing sprees. Oh, wonder if there is racism· that Lincoln High is not re- wait a minute. I have done present in this diverse spected by students fr·om both of these things. I guess I school'? ·'How are people ,of. other schools. One African- am in that category of potencertain races treated in this American student, who tiallydangerouspeople. Watch school? I recently took a sur- wished to· be anonymous, out for me, I've seen ·The Mavey of Lincoln High students ·said that he doesn't feel rac- trix" 5 times! to see what their opinions ism in this school. "Lincoln I have been unfairly catwere. High is a very diverse school, egorized with millions of other ·.
Of all of the 97 students. and the students are incred- kids just because of what I surveyed about 90 percent ibly smart. and under- choose for entertainment. thought racism was present judged." he said..
People looked for the easy anin Lincoln High. and about One student remarked swer, and movies and music 44 percent said they have that there is a racial clique happened to be what they saw been the victim of racism in thing where groups of the before the gun shops and the school. same race find more comfort drug dealers.
Two students wrote together. Some have similar While I do think "Reserabout how they have been physical characteristics and voir Dogs" and ·The Matrix" called· the "N". word while · mannerisms and that makes are pure genius, I also sat in waiting for rides outside of it look like tr1e groups are be- awe at ·The Iron Giant" and Lincoln High. Senior Pablo ing racial. But he said that "Pleasantville." I do listen to Barbosa said that he doesn't that's not what it's all about. Korn and Limp Bizkit, but I see a lot of racism in the One biracial student s:aid also like Weezer and They school but, he has noticed that it is not always a racial Might Be Giants. What I'm some. "I sometimes think the thing but a group thing. getting at is those things people in the offices are re- .· "Like if you are a G or a aren't "evil," they are just ally bad to people that can't preppy or whatever," she simpl~ forms of entertainspeak English that well." he said. ment. From the loud and ofsaid. Another student re- · fensive to the quiet and polite.
Senior Isaiah Black said, marked that there is. racism The biggest misconception "I don't like how all we learn wherever you go and that most adults have about this is about is European history. you cannot avoid it She said · that they don't realize kids What about my [African that she doesn't notice it that· can think on their own. They American] history?" He also much in Lincoln High. ·but have thoughts and ideas that said that he has learned it's still there. · they came up with. not what about everybody else's his- One thing I learned fr 1om a movie told them to think. If tory all his life, and he wants this survey is that many movies told kids what to his tum to learn about his people here at Lincoln High · think, none of them would background and where he think racism exists and that have any prejudice thoughts · came from. According to it is directed at all races. if they saw "American History Black when he questioned Most feel that this cannot be X" or "Pleasantville." But all his teacher about this he was changed. Many remarked types of discrimination are sent to· the hall. that there is racism at Lin- still a huge issue today even
Another student re- coln High. but there is rac- though some claim it to be an. marked that she doesn't like ism everywhere, and Lincoln issue of the past. · With it when people make racist High has very low racism by "Pleasantville" making more · remarks when Asian stu- comparison. ' · than $40 million in theaters,
and another $40 million from video rentals, I. figured a lot more people would be more "love thy neighbor-ish". If people are going to say movies decide actions, then they · have to look. at every· single movie, not just the violent ones. I do understand that mov-.ies might. play a small part, but they are nowhere near the whole cause. A person has to be mentally unstable in one way or another in the first place before they go and kill a group of people. Listening to Insane C.lown Posse or watching "Natural Born Killers" will not make you suddenly snap. I have been forced to listen to Insane Clown Posse · on many occasions, and I am not going to go kill my teachers because of it. If you want evidence that these things aren't to blame, look at me. Look at my friends. Look at the vast majority of people in the world. They are the evidence.
While all the parents are out finding what the next movie is to blame. they don't realize that they. are leaving their kids alone. Their kids are sitting there watching these violent movies, or listening to that loud music, and the most the parents do is tell them to stop it, without further explanation of why. They. don't talk over their concerns with the kids, they just go fight the war against these "terrible" things. If parents just talked
with their kids, then that trust could be built, and if something was wrong, the kid would tell the parent, or be less likely to act out violently. Working at a movie the-·. ater, I have had to stop un- · derage kids from going to rated R movies. I have witnessed ma,ny peopl~ argue with th.e cashiers. about not being able to get in. Occasionally somebody slips by and. ·sees one of these Illovies. We · know because most of the time a parent calls and complains the very next day about it. Theaters are blamed a lot for · ruining America's youth. Theaters became the baby-sitters. They try their hardest to enforce the rules, and when they make a mistake, they get part of the blame for the breakdown of society ·Again, this goes back to parents just needing to talk with their kids. Express the concern about. something in a way that won't sound like they are being nagged at. and, there's a good· chance kids will listen. Movies. while they might give people that already have. some mental illness ideas, are not the main cause of violence. When arguing that movies do cause violence. take in the whole pie~ ture, not just the part you want to prove your point. And Parents, spend time with your. children. It's up to you to notice if your child is becoming violent or isolated. If you don't pay attention to them, there is nobody else out there that can.
BoysBasketball: ·gh Expectations
By Brandon Hergott Journalism 1 Student
The Lincoln High Boys Basketball Team is coming off an 11-9 record last year. and they are looking strong for the ·99 - ·ooseason. With three senior starters returning, the Links have pretty high expectations.
Ty Graham, Jere my Parks, and Richard Ross should lead the way in what looks to be another exciting year in high school basketball
The Links open~d the season at Columbus with the #3 preseason rating.
Coach Russ Uhing made his debut as the Link's head coach with a 70-51 win. All three other Class A Lincoln schools are rated as well. Southeast is rated #5, Northeast #6, and East #9.
· The team practices every day ex-.· cept Sunday and
pionship! This will take a lot of dedication and practice. Coach Uhing said, "The team has done a good job and practiced really hard. They .have to be ready to play every night." One team goal for the
said Donahue. The Links. will have some tough opponents on their way to a state cham~ pionship. The biggest rivalries will be from the loc al Class A schools. Southeast, Northeast, and East all look to be exciting games.. Preseason number onerated Bellevue West · also looks to be one of the Links' tougher opponents of this season.· "They are playing really well right now along with the city schools," Uhing said.
Journalism 1 Student
Swimming is an age-old sport that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, siz.e and physical condi~ tion. ·Evensome people who can't walk, can swim Swimming is a system of physical conditioning that improves the respiratoi:yand circulatoi:ysystem by the increase of oxygen consumption, not to mention the fact it tones nearly all muscles in the body. Itisalowimpact sport that is one ofthe best overall workouts. "Life evolved from the primordial soup," said swimming coach Richard Conradt. "Humans swam before they could walk."
average.team member may prac~ tice. 11 hours a week, members · who wish to letter practice up to 14 ·hours, a week.· But the team doesn't let practice interfere with · studies. "Our academics are second. to none," said coach Seth Lutz.
a layup during a closs loss to Lincoln Northeast.
a Links Varsity game Links this season is to is $4. Students may also come out every night and use an LPS student activoutplay their opponents. ity pass and get in for free. They also want to play as The following are mema team and prove that they bers of the 1999-2000 are the best team in the Links Varsity Basketball state. Junior Aaron · Team: Ty Graham (senior), Grenfell said, "My per- Jeremy Parks {senior), Risonal goal is to improve chard Ross (senior), Adam and · become a. better Krecklow (senior), Seth player." Miller (senior), Kyle Golden Each player on the (senior), Nick Donahue (seteam also has his own per- nior). Chase Dilley Uunior), sonal goals. Donahue Aaron Grenfell (junior), wants to improve his game Yohance Christie (junior), every time he steps on the Henry Winsley (junior). court. "I'm learning some- Tyron Canby (freshman). thing new every day, "
Will the Links take state? This year looks to be as good of a chance as any as the Links just keep getting stronger. Senior Adam Krecklow says Millard West will be the team's toughest op.ponent of this season. Jeremy Parks agrees. "They have a dominant big man," he said, The cost to attend game days, for around two hours. During practice, the players run plays, do drills, scrimmage, etc., to prepare for the upcoming games. The team's hopes are high for this basketball season. "I expect to win districts and go to state, " senior Jeremy Parks said. Senior Nick Donahue said, "We are capable of beating any team, but we are beatable also. We look toward the leadership of our seniors this year." Each player pretty much had the same objective: to win a state cham~
Although a great workout, swimmi:ngisverymuchoverlooked by many people. Most Lincoln High students and staff wouldn't know that this year Lincoln High School's boys are undefeated with a 3-0 record and the girls are 1-2.
Senior Sara Henick said, 'We get better evei:yyear,and this is one of our best years!"
Some swimmers feelas ifthey are not treated equally to other sports,. Unlike football players,. swimmers must share their lockers with several other P.E. classes only to have their possessions stolen. Although swimmers may get ed in. treat- • ment > and< rec-, :, ogni- ·· tion, · this. year's. swimming and diving
team don't let it dampen
Members of the Lincoln High Swimming and Diving team make up a great group of fantastic, hard workers. '11lis year we're coming together as ateam and we· hope to win a lot of·meets," said ·. senior Devin Nielsen. The 19992000 Swimming and Diving teams are mmposed of 24 boys and 31 girls. The team can always use more support, and with 11 meets yet ahead, they hope fans can attend at least one. Each meet is around 2 hours long, and events featured are: seven rounds of diving, 100 yd. Butterfly, 100yd. Backstroke. 100 yd. Breaststroke, and a 50, 100, 200 and 500 yd. Freestyle. And · don't forget the 200 and 400 yd. Freestyle relay which is 4 people swimming 2 and 4 lengths·at any preferred stroke, and the 200 yd. Medely relay, which is 4 people swimming 2 lengths each· of the ,four differentstrokes. There is also a 200 yd. IndMdual Medely also known as· IM
Katie Sands (10) lunges toward the finish line during a 100 yd Butterfly against Lincoln Northeast.
their spirits. 'We got a group of hard-working guys and we hope to step it up," said senior Sam Rosenau.
The Lincoln High Swimming and Diving team work very hard to get where they are. While the ·
By Sara Lynn Pancharoen · Journalism 1 Student
Sitting at Thanksgiving dinner you serve yourself a third heap of grandma's delicious, yet loaded with calories, mashed potatoes. At the same time.you silently vow to yourself to get on a regular exercise schedule before the next holiday.
Before you realize it, the holidays are here and you are in the same place. No exercise. has been done and this time you're eating that last slice of pecan pie, PROMISINGto get yourself on that treadmill!
Now that holiday break is over, what better time than now to get started? With so many options it's hard to get started. The first thing you· should do is figure out what kind of activity, or activities, to get involved with.
Kick boxing is one of the hottest new wo.rkouts people · are raving about. And they should be. Martial arts-based fitness classes build and strengthen muscles while giving your heart a workout of its own. Not only that, the
precise movement improves locations, offers a few differflexibility. balance, and coor- ent classes for only $35 a dination. There are a few month. (Class hours listed in places in Lincoln that special- the Yellow Pages.) Both ize in martial arts such as places offer step classes, Enduro Kicks and Cardio- which are high intensity step Kicks. These types of places aerobic, with optional low inusually issue- a punch card tensity moves available. which entitles a certain pe- If you are looking for a riod of time to attend classes · variety of programs, head to at around three to four dol- one of Lincoln's fitness cenlars a class. ters and clubs. There are If Kick boxing isn't really many in Lincoln and they what you are looking for, have a lot to offer. For addithere are gyms in Lincoln tional · costs, these facilities that focus mainly on weight offer. pools, weight rooms, training. Golds Gym and racquet ball, a wide array of Curves for Women feature cir- aerobic classes, and, dependcuit training and cardiovas'... ing on where you go, offer cular endurance. These many other extra perks that places usually have flexible others cannot offer. One hours which may be easier to great advantage of these fit in your schedule. places is their convenient Other places, like hours. Some are open 24 Jazzercise and Chase Fitness, hours a day, such as The Cotare great for muscle toning tonwood Club. While others and cardiovascular endur- may have hours of 5 a.m. to ance. Chase Fitness, offers 12 a.m. like .the Prairie Life · step, kick boxing, and yoga Center, which also offers classes several times a week. dance classes and other alterTheir student rate is $30 a native fitness programs. The month with unlimited classes. YWCA and YMCA are nice faJazzercise, with two Lincoln ·cilities at· a reasonable price.
For only $15 a month, you can come and go in-between the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays. (The pool has separ:ate hours.) Keep in mind also that these types of place may have a hefty initiation fee. B:ut that's only paid once. If you find yourself in debt from all the gifts just recen,tly purchased, you may want to check out the workout vi,deos at your local Blockbuster. This way, you can try a video out arid if you end up liking it you ca:n purchase it. It's a lot cheaper than a club, but the same perky host can get a bit tedious after a while. Try MlV's Grind Daily workout for m.ore modern music, or check out www collageviedo.com for a whole listing and description of an, arcade of "'orkout videos.·
Another option is to get some: copies of the many fitness magazines on the newsstands. They always have workout plar1s and moves easily written out for complete understanding. They also of-
e n t strokes.· 'N O'W , th at y O U know what to
expect at a m,eet,come s11pportyourLincoln High Swimming and Diving team to show we are not only a school of intelligent young students, but also a school of young talented athletes. We look forward to seeing you there!
fer great dieting plans and tips on money-saving such as filling up empty pop. bottles with sand or water in place of hand weights. Disadvantages of workout videos and other at home workout plans may be lack of space and lots of dis,traction. It's easy to find your~;elf needing to do something else while you are at home.
If none of this sparks your interests, there are still many activities that will help shed that extra serving of mashed potatoes. Rollerblading, ice skating, soccer, running, swimming, dance- it all works! No matter what it is that you choose, it's always easier to work out with an encouraging partner. So get a friend to help motivate you while getting a great workout too. And don't give up after the first try. Of course it's not going to be the greatest thing in the world, but I guarantee you will feel a whole lot better with yourself if you stick to it. So, get off your tush and get moving!
Forward Richard Ross (12) cuts through traffic to make
IA.frican -American
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By Marcus Mason Staff Writer
1645 - First American slave ship, the Rainbqwe, sails.
1663 - First major African revolt against slavezy. Many more were to follow.
- 1712- New York City, 1739 - South Carolina, 1741 - New __ York City, and 1811 -Louisiana·
Turner led the most serious slave uprising in U.S. histozy. It scared· many plantation owners and installed hope in many slaves.
1834 - Henzy Blair becomes the first African to receive a patent, invents the corn ·planter.·
1854 -Ashmun Institute, the first African American college is formed, renamed Lincoln University in 1866.
History:_
can regiments.
Around 175,000 African soldiers fought in the civil war. 68, 178 were killed fighting for this countzy. In 1864 twenty-one African servicemen were awarded the congressional medal of honor.
The_·Untold Story··
American woman lawyer. comes - the heavy weight1878 - Lewis Latimer champion of the world.works with Hiram Maxim on 1917 300,000 African invention of the incandescent Americans serve in the great electric light. European War. - :1;::·•--
Between 1890 and 1930 1919 - 83 African Amerfnearly 4,000 African Amert- cans are lynched during the cans were lynched by angzy summer. The K.K.K. -holds: , _ white mobs. 200 public meetings. 2l:l~,w.J:c:
1 771 - Phyllis Wheatley is first Afri- · can American woman to have poems published._ can Americans rights Jack Johnson by law.
1 777- Vermont becomes the first state to a.bolish slavezy. In 1790 8°/oof the African population was free. In 1860 _ only 12°10were free.
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1857 - Dred Scott decision denies Afri-
· 1864 - Production of the "New Orleans Tribune" starts. It is the first black daily newspaper in the south.
Over 200 -battles in the civil war were fought by Afri-
1865 - Nathan B. Iforrest - 1892 - Ida B. Wells cam- 1920 - Marcus Garvey( organizes the Ku Klux Klan paigns against lynching. convenes and international 1866 - Fisk University 1893 - gatheringinHarlemunder> - opens. Daniel Hale the banner of the Univer-1867 - Howard, - Williams sal Negro Impro-vement.'' Morehouse, and Talladega performs Association and, African are established. the first Communities Leag1.1e. 1869 - Ebenezer Don -open heart 1922 - Dyer ::A:riti Carlos Bassett is the first Af- s u r g e r y lynching Bill is passei:t?in rican diplomat, minister to success - U.S. House of RepresentaHaiti. - fully. tives, but is defeated in the-• 1870 - Hiram Revels sue- 1895 - senate.- ·-- :,,;t. ceeds Jefferson Davis O.fr U.S. - V,,T • D • D • '"'illiam--:U~:u .,tio - i'b2d•:~&a1i't:cc?L lVIOr=senator from Mississippi, be- DuBois be- gan invents the traffic coming the first African comes the first African light. American in Congress. American to obtain a doctor- 1937 - William H. Hastie 1872 - Charlotte E, Ray ate at Harvard University. is the first African American becomes the first African 1905 -The Niagara move- to be appointed fedetaljudge.
ii, Nebraska Youth Help-Sha.pe Policy
By Shaima Nassir Student Link Co-Editor
participated in the Shaping - the - - public school in Public Policy program that Burchard, has been conwas -sponsored by SchoQl at verted into a full-service rethe Center Project, with spe- treat and meeting facility. It
On January 15, while cial funding from the Partner- was the smallest town I have most students were enjoying ships in Economic Develop- - ever been in. ·In two minutestheir first day of the end of ment Act (LB144). The title you can be out of there. Linfirst semester break, three of the program was Youth coln High Spanish teacher
Lincoln High School students, Voices CAN Be Heard. Christie Hargesheimer, who Janon Khedir Al-tiae (12), We arrived at 9:30 am to provided transportation for
us,· left us after she wished us a nice ·and beneficial weekend. There were six adults, four ladies and two gentlemen, there to _welcome us: Dawn Kirwood (School at the Center). Hilazy Binder-Aviles -{Co/Motion Dir(ictor), Marsha Simpson (Alliat)ce For Justice), Ashley Pri~(National 4H Center), M_attiBlomstedt (Alliance for Rut-a.]_Educ),and Travis Dunekacke (Youth Leadership in Action).
_ment is organized by African 1938 - Crystal Bird American intellectuals. Fauset becomes the first Af1909 - W.E.B. DuBois rican American female legisand others found the lator.
N.A.A.C.P.
1940 _ - Benjamin 0. 1910 - Jack Johnson be- Davis, Sr. becomes the
s,udents form different high schools in Nebraska (Clockwise from the top left:
_ Michelle Ibrahime (ONHS), Brad Fuglei (ONHS), Dara Pagano (ONHS), Shannon Ford-Jefferson (ONHS), Shaima Nassir (LHS), Le T. Nguyen (LHS), Justin Sharp (ONHS), and Curtis Stennis (ONHS)) gathered to participated in the Youth Shaping Public Policy program that was held in Burchard, NE on January 15- I 6.
Shaima Nassir ( 12), and Le T. Nguyen (11) were up at 8:00 a.m. and ready to go to Burchard, NE. There they the Burchard Recreation Center where all the activities were held. The -Recreation Center, which was formerly
Dawn Kirkwood is the project coordinator. Last year she received a grarit from the -Nebraska Department of Education Development to offer a youth leadership program in Southeast Nebraska. She went on the internet and -found Hilazy, Marsha, and Ashley. Kirkwood said, "I want to know what youth think about education. How can we get more kids involved, and what do you need from us to follow up?"
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Pr,esidental Primaries Heat Up tb,e ·ith Co01petition
By Meghan Connett
Co-Editor-In-Chief
fore November 7, 2000. His McCain plans to cut unneces- standards. The Internet taken to the ring, put on their ·
battle cry has been a $483 bil- sary government spending. would be opened to all chil- game faces, and are swinging Thefighthasbegun. There lion tax cut to the American These two rivals have dren to learn and explore. to win the match. However, t_are four contenders vying for people. ·"It's important to cut squared off in Delaware and College education would be. only one shall win, proving the title and it comes down to · the taxes. otherwise the gov~ · New Hampshire, each coming more affordable to families to · not only his ability to outwit the decision of the people. The emment is going to spend it," out with a win. - help make the prosperity his opponent, but to wir1 over road is long. dollar wise that - -says Bush. His plan is an o:rigi-.• · While McCain and Bush dream a reality. the people, too. ,The true tei;;t ' .is. and in the end; the winner nal one. calling for equal taxa- have f0t1ght in the right ring - · Standing in Gore's way is comes, however, in the ring takes all. With only nine short tion that will allow those with about truces. two other con- the very tall Bill Bradley. called the Wllite House,.O in months to prove their abilities, low incomes less tax. along__ tenders have been punching it Bradley's own plan for ed\lca_ which promises become either training has ended, and each - withrnakingtaxesfairforthose out on the left on education tion is straightforward and lies or realities. · one harbors their own advan- in higher tax brackets as well. issues. -starts with every child at an · · In the game of election tages and weaknesses. Al- ·Bush's plan is appealing Current Vice President early age. He plans to start and the presidency. it comes ready. the players hit below the and a low blow for his rival, and inventor of the Internet, _ an Early Care and Education down to the number of votes. belt, eager to take the opponent John McCain, but McCain has Al Gore, and former Knick's · prograrn for children under On November 7, one will be out before the match comes his own plans for winning over star Bill Bradley have lifted•- - the age of five. which would ·on top. For now, in light. of. down to the nitty grttty; Now · the audience. His plan for sue~ their own games to new lev- prepare children to come to the primaries; each contender it's time to meet the presiden- cess is a fine-tuned tax refor1n els in preparation for their school to learn. The Head is fighting to beat out his own tial contenders. _ and relief plan. "I believe that own match-up. Start program would be fully · opponent -an.d Win their
On the. far right. we have taxes are too high and the tax Al Gore has devised a plan funded to ALLchildren to par- party's nomination.
Governor George W. Bush. code too complex," McCain that he hopes to be bullet- ticiipate in it. Better teachers The best man may not Before his advancement into says. Reliefwould come mostly proof against the competition. would also be a necessity. always ·win. Sometimes it's the gubernatorial office of the to the lower and middle class He envisions a place in which Scholarships for gifted stu- the one with the best strategy state of Texas. Bush was ac- by allowing more people to fit everyone has a chance to dents would be granted to or the one with the most tive in the oil business. Now into the 15°/o tax bracket. Gift share in the prosperity. This those going into teaching. The money. 'However, burning ishe's hoping to advance to a and estate taxes would be abol- begins by making the US the largest part of his plan calls sues are the weapons of this .f1tgh~rposition. An early con- ished, ridding the people of most educated country in the for a $2 billion project to start election and the fight is not tencter in the race, Bush has unnecessary and repeated world. "I'm not going to give after school places in the com- between the contenders. The_ utilized over $70 million to taxes. The usual tax increase up on public schools," says munities which· would be people should be gearing up mak:e sure that every person for married couples would not Gore. His plans begins with open until 11 or 12 at night. for what they want, for that is in the US knows him well be- exist. With so many tax cuts, smaller classes and higher Four contenders have what this fight is about.
By Sara~ ergman
It is proven that the earth Staff Writer - is warming up, but is it glo-
Is global warming truth or bal warming? Debate issues: opinion? Well, ever since the are we heating up or is it just earth started heating up sci- a regular cycle of Earth heat entist have declared and de- patterns? nied global warming. In case you're not too sure what global warming is all _about, here you go. The pollution. we are releasing into our atmosphere, such as burning coal, oil and natural ·gasses, are building a layer, or a block out of our atmosphere. Heat from the sun comes down to Earth and gives up heat.
Well, then the Earth says. "wow, I'm good and hot now". and sends back the recycled warm air. But now with the wall of pollution in our beau~ tiful sky. the heat cannot leave and bounces back and warms us even more
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Ground monitors show big increases· in Earth temperatures, yet satellites and weather balloons_ show little or no warming.
Scientists have finally come to the conclusion that the earth is warming. Surprisingly not all have urged a fix-it plan. Some feef the problem isn't big enough to worry about.
You know, global tern~ peratures have increased .45 to 72 degrees over the past twenty years, and from 72 to 1.44 degrees over the last 100 years. Notice how we've had a pretty mild winter. Not a lot of moisture, and our record high for December and January are rising every year. I'm surprised the wild life around us didn't get confusecl and come out of hibernation. This past decade has seen some of the _wa1·111estyears on record, and as we've seen too, an unusual string of warm weather in the United States.
Scientists are saying glo-
bal warming is happening, Or if anything else, just but they can't say it will giveyourcarabreakandride worsen in the future. The 20- with someone else. Take a - year records are too short to look at our school's parking make official statements. lot, and all the other schools. - Lots of people are ready - There are tons of cars, the to take action. There's no way lots are full. That seems ·a you can change the damage •little strange to me. With all we have done, but we can the students that go here, and stop the future damage or at that drive don't you thin.k you least make the rate of dam- could easily find a ride to age go slower. school? Little things like that
Fuel from cars is one of can make a difference. the biggest factors toward pol- 95 percent of your fuel is lution and -global warming. used for carrying your car And with the population and only five percent is used gr,owing so fast more and - for carrying you. So, to help more car pollution will be that a little, always make sure growing. your ti.res are properly in-
You should try not to use flated at all times, and try not your car so much. Public to carry excess weight unless transportation, such as necessary, buses, are another option. If It is your choice to try to it's nice out do the terrible stop global warming. Are you and walk, or ride your bide, feeling lucky? Global .warm-_ Get some .exercise, it's good __ing could just be hype, but do for you. - · you want to take that risk?
African Alllerican History is Part of Us All: (untold story
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African American army general.
1941 - Scientist Charles Drew develops techniques to separate and preserve blood. ·He organizes the. first blood bank.
1945 - Over a million African Americans are inducted into the armed forces by the end of World War II.
1954 - Brown v.Topeka Board of Education case takes place. They found separate but equal doctrine was invalid in education.
1955 - Emmett Till, 14, is kidnapped and lynched in Mississippi.
1958 Hanstmy's "A Raisin in The Sun" is the first play by an Afric a n American woman to be produced on tiroadway
Lorraine
A&TUniversity stage the first
1968 - Dr. Martin Luther audience of any program in sit-ins. King Jr. is assassinated. history.
1963 - Medgar Evers is Shirley
1978- Muhammad assassinated. , Chrisholm be- ,_ · "'' : Ali becomes the first march on Wa~~~g;o
hear Mar- .-----= ,,,..----. can female onship three times. tin Luther member of the
1979 - Franklin King Jr. 's House of Rep- ,.I Thomas is named "I have a resentatives. '. Ford Foundation dream"
1972 - Na- President. speech. tional Black
1982 - Michael
1964 - Political Con- Jackson records C i v i 1 vention takes 'Thriller" the biggest rights act place in Gary, Black Panther Party selling record of all of 1964 is Indiana. time passed.
1974 - Henry Aaron of
1983 - Lt. Colonel Guion
1965 - the Atlanta Braves sets a new Bluford becomes the Malcolm X Malcolm X home run record. frrst African from the is assassi-
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1975 - Arthur Ashe wins U.S. in space. nated in Harlem. Wimbledon Tennis Champi-
1985 - Eddie·
Riots in Watts, onship. Robinson becomes·. California, kills 35 people. General Daniel C. James the winningest foot-
1966 - Huey Newton and of the Air Force becomes the ball coach in history.
•·Bobby Seale found Black first African American four
1986 - Martin
·•Panther Party in Oakland, s t a r Luther King
••Cal. general. Jr. 's birthday
Robert Weaver becomes 1977 becomes a na-
: the first African American to - ABC's tional holiday in
••be appointed to the Presiden- t e 1 e vi - the U.S.
••tial Cabinet. sion ad- 1987 - Mae
Edward Brooke becomes aptation
Carol Jemison
••first African American elected of Alex becomes the .·to the senate. Haley's first African 1967 -Thurgood Marshall · b o o k
American fe-
University in Philadephia becomes the first university· to offer the doctorate degree in African American Studies. 1989 - Douglas Wilder of Virginia becomes the first African American elected to govMartin Luther King, Jr. ernorship.
David Dinkins be-
·••comes the first African ·•American mayor of New York City. 1960 ·•· t d t th S "Roots" Mohammad Alt' al t
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Continued From Page 1 students, the curriculum, and which was S.U.N. It stands for two and a half hours. that we look forward another name. We finished at 5:<00 fqr Students United in Ne- It was a good opportunity
The rest of the night was ouirs. Schuster arrived. We started about the educational system
We sat in two rows after p.m. and then we ate dinn<er. braska. After a few minutes for the students to know meeting. We gathered to take pictures and to exchange emails. We wished a safe and we put on our name tags which included the name of our high school. Each high school's kids sat together. The program had seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshman attending.
Seven Nebraskan High Schools were there: Meridian, Omaha North High School, SENC, Beatrice High School, Diller High School, and Lincoln High School.
Every student said their names and their reason. for coming, specifically what they wanted to get out of that weekend. Al-tiae said, "I
There were some educational the discussion right away. in Nebraska and the ques movies in the auditorium, if Schuster Kent (Freshman, ·.tions were very· powerful. anybody wanted to watch, amd BHS) asked about a way to Schuster said, "I was very imsome games. Most of the st,u- limit the big business control pressed by the intelligent dents went upstairs to talk over the education in Ne- questions." and get to know each other. braska and other states. "Your youth is the most The subjects were very pow- One morning he and his creative part of your life beerful. classmates were shocked cause you still have the vision
We talked about racism, when their teachers made to do whatever you want." At politics, sexism, and multicul- them watch Channel One for the end of the day we listened tural education in Nebraska. 20 minutes before first pe- to a poem that was written by The discussion showed how riod started. Shannon Ford-Jefferson much the students were m:a- This channel had some (Junior, ONHS) , and a song ture and aware about their en- commercial for a certain by Fuglei. vironment. Kirkwood said, "I business that gave a grant to It was very hard to say a almost get tears in my eyes be- the school board. Another good-bye after the wonderful cause you think about things question was asked by Brad weekend. We told Kirkwood '
nice trip to cdclt otlctcr. fllicdir Al-tiae's aunt volunteered to give us a ride back We left at 4: 15 p.m.
Our next meeting will be .on Saturday, March 18, 10:30 a.m. through Sunday, March 19. Binder-Aviles feels that S.U.N. is a unique group with the potential to be a national model for youth organizers. Lincoln High students are invited and encouraged to participate in this program. If you need more information please come to Room 310 and see Mr. Keller or myself. wanted to hear what other we never thought about when Fuglei (Junstudents were doing to en- we were your age. I need you ior, ONHS) hance the education at their to know that there are adults· about the
schools." As a group, we made posters about leadership skills, teens stereotypes, media, and movement. During that time a new adult visitor arrived, Carol Doeden. She is a free- lance writer and writes for Lincoln Journal Star.
She represented the media for us. We ate lunch in the cafeteria. The food was all homemade. The cook took care of vegetarian people too. After the lunch was over we sat on the stage of the auditorium with some snacks. After the time we had spent in the cafeteria, we sat and talked like we knew each other for long time. The key was breaking the ice among a group. The next activity was creating our own high school, what it looks like, number of
who want to help you." Some salary of the people did not sleep until 3:00 teachers , a.m. It was a very active night. and the
The next morning we had funding for to wake up at 8:30 am. After education the breakfast we had to meet and why again in the auditorium to de- they are very cide the activities for the rest low even of the day. Price announced when Nethat at 1 :30 p.m. a woman braska pays from the board of education at a high rate of Louestin, Bonita Schuster, would be there to listen to us. She asked us to write a list of questions to her.
We made a list of the factors that control the education in our public schools, and what we wanted to see change in our curriculum. After we finished our list Simpson suggested to find a new name to our group.
We chose Justin Sharp's name (a junior from ONHS),
taxes. Schuster said. that no matter·how much they have in the public school's account they can not spend more than 2o/o. The discus-·· sion lasted
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Alpha Clarion. akes An Issue Out Of Student Rights
By Meghan Connett Co-Editor in Chief
Students do not lose their constitutional rights when they step into a school building. They are still granted the right to speak their minds, voice their opinions, and write about issues concerning not only students. but .issues affecting society as a whole. These tights are not only important. they are essential. The children of today are not the leaders of the future, they are the leaders of TODAY. For far too long, the views of the young have been disregarded. Now is the time to be heard, and we do have a voice.
Having an opinion and being able to express it are two very different things. The rights regarding how stuqents can voice their op,fµions have been limited vV'Ithiri 1 the school systems. The principal of a school still has the right to preview school newspapers before ~qeygo to print, because a §,c4ool newspaper is a
school-sponsored activity tributed without the approval which according to the Stu- outs and the hallways were and is part of the curriculum. of the school. ·.The Board's dent Press Law Center not blocked more than usual, Independent, or "under- policy includes underground (SPLC) are any student pub- due to the distribution of the ground" newspapers, on the newspapers, like the lication not associated with paper. other hand, are not under AlphaClarion. a school, are independent The LHS adm.inistration the direction of any school Lincoln High's adminis- from censorship of any kind cannot be blamed, entirely. and therefore can not be in- tration upheld the Board's from a school and can be le- The true contradiction comes terfered with by the school. · policy by confiscating the un- gally distributed on school between the Lincoln School The AlphaClarion, a non- approved newspapers, but grounds. Several Supreme Board policy and the Constischool sponsored---------------------. Court cases have tution itself. Underground newspaper, recently · dealt with what un- newspapers. such as the Courtesy Of www.org/speech came out with· its derground newspa- AlphaClarion, have specific February 4 issue. pers can and can not laws allowing their distribuOn this date. copies do. tion. This is the one of the were distributed
According to the last ways that students can within Lincoln High Supreme Court of the freely express themselves. School and Lincoln United States, "public Until this issue is brought to Southeast. Later schools cannot ban the Lincoln School Board, that day, the papers r '.·· the distribution ofun- the policy remains the same. distributed at Lin- derground newspa-. The creation of underground coln High were con- pers any more than newspapers will be tolerated,. fiscated by the ad- they can ban their but distribution on the ministration and creation. (SPLC)" The schools will not. The those distributing only restriction is that AlphaClarion staff has the newspaper were distribution cannot agreed to distribute off of called into the office. be "substantially dis- school grounds. to discuss the distri- ruptive," such as ad- This has truly been a viobution. vacating a school lation of the Constitution.
The distribution walk-out or illegal ac- Freedom of speech is a right of unapproved items tivities. · ··•. that even students keep in a school are in di-
The AlphaClarion while in their respective inrect violation with the Lin- truly a First Amendment was handed out in the hall~ stitutions of learning. coin School Board policy. · right was violated. Students ways of LHS The only true However, responsibilities Items such as Bibles, not only deserve a place in reason for its confiscation follow these rights. If stupamphlets. and leaf- which they can openly speak · should have been because dents want their freedom of lets from sources about new ideas and issues. there was a disruption in the speech rights, they may have within the community they have a Constitutional regular school day, but the to fight for them, but in a way can not be brought right to be able to do so. Un- general flow of the day was that vole.es their opinions into a school and dis~ derground newspapers, normal. There were no walk- clearly, not their anger.
By Amy Nichols StudentLink Co-Editor
money, money. Lately it seems that there isn't anything that money doesn't dominate.
Even sports, which originated as pure entertainment, are affected by money.
It costs so much money to play now, especially for the people who want to go far in the. sport. There's equipment to buy, clinics to attend, and teams to play for.
Softball is one of many examples of sports that cost a lot of money to play. Softball players have to buy cleats and a glove (neither of which are cheap) and. that's the b2.re minim um of necessary equipment.
Many players do additional practice apart· from their teams. In order to do that they have to buy whatever they need for practice, (bats, balls, etc.). There are lots of little items that are not required, but most players buy, like visors, socks, and sliding pads (which all add to the cost of the sport).
Coaches are al-
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ways impressed by players who attend clinics at universities, not to mention that the LPS high schools all have their own clinics.
The university clinics cost about $50, and each clinic only focuses on one part of the game, such as pitching, batting, etc.
Many coaches also like for their players to be on "competitive teams" during the summer. That's great if you can afford it. The teams cost over a hundred dollars just to be on the team.
Many players also have batting coaches or pitching coaches.
Coaches like that are great. They can give a player the one-on-one at·tention that their regular coach may not have the time for, but they cost money. Other sports are the. same way Tennis players have•·· to have racquets and shoes and · many players own more than one racquet in case one breaks. They also take lessons and play team tennis during the summer.
When racquets do break, they are very expensive to get restrung. Some places like the Racquet Club have classes available for players that want to improve, but those cost $80 and don't allow players to recieve one on one atten-
tion.
1fhe Racquet Club also has programs to help prepar<e players for the Missouri Valley Tournaments which cost $100 and that doesn't include. the costs of the ,actual tournament.·
1fhe real issue is that college recruiters won't even look at a player unless they play for these teams. There· could be a softball player with incredible athletic ability that's playing for Joe Ballard's league because that person's parents can't afford the other teams.
/ T h a t player could be overlooked !\~ only be- 1 cause they .don't play in. the · Doris Bair league.
The only players that really make it anywhere in tennis are the ones who play in big tournaments like the Missouri Valley. Those tournaments cost a lot of money just to play in, and if a player gets beaten out right away it wastes all the money that was spent on the tournament.
I could go on and list what is needed for each
sport, but that would take way too much time and many of the sports have similar expenses. The real problem is that coaches like to see their players attend clinics and play for toprated teams.
Competitive teams are good. They build skills and prepare kids for varsity sports once they reach high school, but they cost way too much money for some people, which isn't fair If a softball player bought the necessary equipment, played for a competitive team, and attended two clinics at the university along with the Lincoln High clinic, it would cost them about $430. 75 and that's not including the other equipment \ that. most players \ own. · The kids who's parents can afford to. pay for everything have an urtf air advantage. They get the chance to work with the top coaches in the state, have the best equipment, an'd play for the best teams, all of which. make them stand out from other athletes.
The cost of playing needs to be lowered so more people have an opportunity to play. Or, we could always go to a more realistic solution, coaches and recruiters could open their eyes and minds and start looking for talent in some new places.
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heart and his health is •not a prob-
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By Dan _'Veins .·
Staff Wnter
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football in 1997. At the time of his
·· ·.Dr Tom Osborne, known by many ·. tion to the 3rd District. Osborne has I have no problem with Tom retirement he said that he was reas T.O, the retire ct Neb raska football ·.residency in his home district. He Osborne on a personal level. He is a tiring because he wanted more time · coach; is running for the seat in the has farmland in the 3rd District, a · good honest man. But that has with his family and because he had 3rd ·Congressional district Jeft open · house in Hastings, and a house at nothing to do with his political career. a heart condition. When asked about by Rep. Bill Barrett. ·Some people feel ·Lake Ogallala. Os borne does not "Dr. Tom" announced at 9:00 am on · the heart condition Osborne replied,' ·.Osborne wotild not be appropriate for ·think he has his party's nomination
the house seat, but in fact he is well , yet and at his press conference he Thursday, January 27th that he will "We did every test known to man on suited for the position. ···• • : · assured, "We are not going to take · run for Congress. He said"{ don't want me and found out I have a few miles ··. Osborne has a doctorate in edu- anything for grantecd." He intends to feelas ifl have been left on the shelf left in me." I don't know about you cational psycho!"-
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forever." me.Every football fan a.tic in. t his :•; · · He intends to ·continue with those seat.
Well that's cool Tom, but don't you state is going to vote for him because ·subjects if he is elected. · In the May 9th primary Osborne
Osborne said at his January 27, ·. faces North ' Platte ,attorney John .•think runnmgforCongress(~jobthat · He's the mart!" To prove that state2000 press co nference , that the Gale, Farmer Cartolll Sheldon, state ··cranks out $136,000 · a year) Is less ment I quote Kevin O'Halon of the main issues facing the 3rd District Board of Education member Kathy like hopping off the shelf and ·more Associated Press who said '' Osborne · include the economic downturn of ·.Wilmot of Beaver Citty, grain eleva~ · likejumpingoffthe Sears Tower. Tom is not a typical sports celebrity dabthe farm economy' and the "brain tor operator David Hiergert, and Ne- • Osborne has rto real political expert- bling in politics. He is held in reverclrain," a pheqomenon of young bra!3ka Public Service commissioner ence at all. He has had several "pet ertce by most of the 1.6 million people leaving the state This oc- Daniel G. Urwiller. _ peeves" such as, the family first pro" people in Nebra.ska,_:wherethereanf ···
curs mainly in the rural farm dis- Dr. Osborne has the right work ·
·· · tricts of Nebraska like District 3, · ethic, he knows the issues. and he gram. but · PersonaJly _ l think Tom- ncrother-rilajor football prograllls or where Osborne is from. has the neC:~ssacy..prievious pontical shoutd - sfa:rf iow if he wants to be a .· professional sports within its borOsborne.alsohas -theworketh1c · and· ·humanitarian work to fill the politician. Like a Mayor or so1nething. ders" Tom Osborne released in a
· - - needed ta'be successful; Using his house seat completelly; Starting off as a representative is not press conference on Jan ua.ry 28th · football career only as an example, · the way to go about this. that he doesn't know that much his preparedness is out- ·•·. · · about politics but h~ standing. ln readying for .·.· can learn." Who wants a ·game Osborne would
use all his resources to re- , a representative that is search and understand learning in the proces~ -; his ·opponent. He would · I want a Represent~fiv~ spend many hours, even that knows the processi ··.·· ··on his own time; to make I am also afraid that Tom _ sure he understood every · Osborne will let his Y;ieWs•·· ·• aspect of the opponent. • go to his head. · · Ability to understand
Tom is · also re pre :\ · the issues and bills at
senting cattle ·country · hand are important in the •. ·House of Representatives ,and guess what • he's a in order to make the best vegetarian. Now how is .· choice for your state and
the · vegetarian ·going ·.to ·· country. Also, Osborne
run cattle country, pretty has an outstanding atten-
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meeting and participate. , another J~sse Ventura. I , The state of Nebra ska
don't think he should get knows Osborne is com-
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Representive.
By Adam Wuerfele
Co-Editor In Chief
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Imagine a salse beat fading
into Pantera. After moving Latin American influence to Ft. Lauderdale, FL the on contemporary pop music band started to really get is an obvious fact due to the · into more of the Latin sound. ever growing increase in - "I don't know if we missed po.pularity of musicians the island or what," said such as Ricky Martin, Jen~ Paniagua in a recent inter,.,. nifer Lopez, and Enrique view, "but our Iglesias. These albums, al- -Latin-· influence though mostly in English started growing and distantly related to stronger [in Latino culture, are slowly Florida). more _ opening the United States to· than when we culture. Puya. which sound were living in a lotlike Korn or Limp Bizkit Puerto Rico." They (but good) and salsa music, _·got· their first are taking the· states by record deal with storm. MCAin 1998, have Sergio Curbelo (vocals released many and minor percussion), LP's, have been on Harold Hopkins (bass. minor a few percussion. _ and vocals), compliations, as Ramon Ortiz (Guitar. cuatro, well as being on minor_ percussion, and vo- the Sno-Core tour cals). and Eduardo Paniagua with System of a (drums, minor percussion, Down, Incubus, and vocals) are what makes and Mr.Bungle. up the "rock en espafiol" The first requartet Puya. They wer born lease by Puya, in Puerto Rico and grew up "Oasis," jumps dion the two radio stations rectly fro-m heavy metal muthat were there. The tradi- sic. Horns on heavy metal tional salsa radio station music also make the overall and the heavy metal station sound a liitle less. well, loud!. were close together and This isn't to say that the would fade into each other. · record is quiet. the second
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single from the release "Sal Pa'Fuera," is driven to the core of loud rock remniscint of Metallica, and then "Remora," a song about being manipulated, is -almost punk. Other "rock en espafiol" artists that one
quick and often unnatural. / Modernization, industrial.:. It's either all or nothing. The - ization / Feeding people vio.time it takes to get to the· lence / now you got therrt a.11 loud part is often too long and disillusions the listener.
"Fundamental," the CD's title track, starts with an acoustic guitar and after a full minute. it changes into a slightly faster song for 15 seconds. If you like heavy metal. you skip •over the song after ·30 seconds of salsa, and if you ·•like salsa you listen to the song and then skip to the ••next song after you hear the guitar riffs.
sick." Once people actually read the lyrics, which are translated, they can really see exactly what this band sings. The song "Whatever" is about a bad day that Curbelo had and explains the need to just say "Whatever" -and. get on with your life. He gets to work · late. doesn't get a lunch, then gets fired, goes home and has no dinner made. Even after that; he dies and the angels _ · in heaven told him "We're sorry man, but we can't find your file." and he responds "Whatever."
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The one major weakness of this disc is its strength. The transitions from hardrocking music to salsa are so
The lyrics of the •••disc are in Spanish. English. and, self•·professed, Spanglish. · "Retro" talks about the problems of today's society with the mix of languages saying.
"Sociedad te canto a ti (society I sing to you) / no te me tapes los oidos, me vas a oir (don't you cover your ears. you are going to listen to me)
No. this band isn't for everybody, it is for extremely · varied music lovers. which is what I am I really liked this album because it was both heavy metal and salsa; On a scale of one to five, five being grand (as in Oklahoma) and one being putrid, I give this album a 3 and l /2 because it is great to listen to, if you like it and give it a chance; ***1/2
Artist Website: www.puya.net
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By Amy Nichols
Seek and Solve." That has be- recently released. The cd, solos (OfGoodwin, Ross, and Student
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come the group's motto-never called "Elements of Insanity," Mason. which are expected to be
If you went to Joy Nite last give up, always strive harder. features the Wilderness artists released next year. They work year, you saw a rap group by 'The world is like the wilder- along with Mbah's separate · hard because they are deterthe name of Wilderness. Since ness and we're all lost in it right group So Sick Clique. Another mined to touch people with their · last year the group has been nowtryingtofindourpath that cd in the works is Universal music. very busy performing, has re- will lead us to happiness. Soldiers' "Global Communica-
The amazing thing is that.• leased an album and plans to That's what it's about-gain' tion." Universal Soldiers is a thegro1updoesn'tpractice. They release more in the future.·. knowledge and wisdom in "or- separate group under Wilder- all havre such busy schedules ·. Wilderness has been to- derto be content," said Mason ness consisting of Ross, that it's impossible to get them gether for about six years. The The group's symbol is the Goodwin, and Mason. It's re- all together at once. Usually, group consists of seven mem- "W" and the eye pointed at a lease is planned for early April. Murphy makes some beats, bers, five artists and two pro- five point star. The eye repre- The next album to be made puts them on a tape, and gives · ducers. The members are sents insight them to each of Vinnie Murphy (Ghost of and keeping
*· the other mem- · Vengence)' Marcus Mason an open Graphic courtesy of Marcus Mason - bers. They then (L.A.C.E.), Leslie Dennis. (Lil' · mind. "We talk over the Les), Richard Ross (Fatal believe it's im- · phone, throw Myst), Matt Goodwin (MG), portanttosee ideas back and Kenny Mbah (K-Live), and things for forth, and then go Wade (Big Afficial). what they to the studio and
The group came together are, not what · · ·.record. "Go For through Murphy and Dennis. they appear the Glory" was all Murphy and Dertnis ·both to be,"· said. improvised. played. football for Nebraska Mason ·. The · · While they· were which allowed them tQ meet · eye is looking all at the studio, many different people, includ- up at the star • Murphy put beats tng Wade and· Mbah. ·· Mason ·which means · .·· ·•·together and the · ·. ·. is Murphy's brother-in-law. to always · · group wrote the Murphy knew that Mason and shoot to do ·. song right on the · · · Ross had been doing some ·your bt'!stand ·.spot. Sometimes writing of tlleir own and asked never lose they worked ,until them to join his group. · •· sight of your three or four in Murphy and Dennis made. dream&. ·The · the morning • mix tapes for KZUM and solcl ··· five point star • w
The group has ·. them through local stores.• represents .·
L./ done many perSoon the group realized that the elements formances at what they were doing had se- of man~head, two· arms, and.· by Wilderness·. as· a whole places such as the Malone Cenrious potential. Goodwin two legs It also represents the group is planned ·to have a ter, Temptations, Gameday Bar,· joined the group last March. five original artists of Wilder~· completely different feel to it UNL Cultural Center, and here after Mason and Ross listened ness. than the first. According to the at LHS. The group loves to perto him at school and liked what The group released their group, it will be more "mental" form. "IIlove to perforn1 in front they heard. · According to Ma- first album "Go For the Glory" and political with less foul Ian- of crowrds. There's almost no
Gaod:urin. bas bis own inNovember. Iathealbum.the guage because they want ev- better f(eeling for us than when· unique style. 'We just had to group basically let their frus· ·eryone to understand the mes- we're on stage receiving love add him to the line-up." ·· trations out on some other lo- sage they are trying to get from th.e crowd. We try our
Originally the group's calgroupsthatonlyralkabout across. "We want people to hardest to spread our energy name was Wilderness Produc- killing and gangs. "I felt we snap out of that false illusion throughout the crowd,". said tion, but after they got together made a statement and they that everything is o.k. and start .· Mason. Wilderness will be perand started rapping they short- can't do nothin' but respect · thinking differently. There's a forming at a talen_t sh.ow at ened it tojustWilderness. The that," said Mason. They al~ lot of dirt outther:e.that needs Nortlreast in March, The group name stands for "When Issues ready have a lo~ gf plans...f&· -tooeexposed," said Mason. also plans to do more perforLook Depr~~siilg, .Elevate-and future eds~including several During the summer, the mances at LHS. Be sure. to
···· Resolve, Notice Everything, solo debuts. Mbah's solo was group will be wrapping up the check them out.
By Mariah Meyer
students are "forced"to attend and · any w. 0 were O en e ·. y e
Co Editor ' On the contrary; other students spirit squads, Student Council, ·. watch pep rallies, even when they · ·Switch Rally claim that these pep
· pbn a typical Friday morning have e~pressed their appreciation· andmanyotherteachersalsow?rk don't wish to (as opposed to cul- •. rallies aren't promoting school you slip into your 4th period class and.~nJoymentof the ~ally~Se~ior · ·togetJ:ierto p1;1ton the pep rall~es, tural assemblies, which are usu- spirit because of their offensiveand take your s ot at the comer E~1l1a Boes_chensaid, I th11;1k · alf with !~e intent of promoting ally optional). ness to students and staff. Disdesk. You pull f notebook out of Switch Rally1sa great opportun1o/ school sp1nt. !Jnfortunately,many With this in mind, remember pleasing someone is not an effecyour backpack and slump down in for ~heguys to understand what it students claim that the recent that the purpose of pep tallies is tiveway of promotingschool spirit. your seat 'r'.'ouc'!l°h~rdly bear the 1~~d to ge~ to promote Through exploring the varied thought of l1sten1ngto another lee- ·ticPe. s·0 earplrya~ ascnhdoolspitrhite, viewpointson assemblies; itis ~vi 0 t th l k t· k b 1 I 10 dent that students and staff need ure as e oc 1 ~ s Y sow Y,· the morning-:- premise be- to work towards.a compromiseon ~dlyou 1r mio d begins·to wander. something the hind school ·creatin.·gpositiv. ·e eYnerien.c.e. s for all aun ess Y- · ·· .·Ch · l d 't • th t ,.... Suddenl.y,t~e unusual tone a eer ;a ers spiri ts a students. · ·· · · ·· ··· ~nthe teachers voice catches your Pomalinks ddo eshvoeurldy 0 ponse..· ·.··. To reach this goal, effort is remterest and you perk up ho rears · · quired from all sides of every is· u a lot to pre- sess pride in, sue, notJ·ustfrom those already in-
Just 1n time to hear t e great fare for per- and have 1 d h news today durinn 4th pen'od(as · VO ve wit organizing rallies and · ' or man c es spirit for, assemblies. ·. mthatverymoment,therewtllbe throug· hout their school. S B th s· l t d an all-school_assembly. • th.e year."
Assemblies · en1or e 1ngeon sai , You are 1nstru~t~d to gather Whatever the. .can. b.e va]u- "Those. people ;(~eferr~~ to th~ up your books and Jorn the ranks ·· ·. ·. · people mvol:v,ed1n the. y).are at of students filinginto the Johnson opinion· th e able opportu- least out there making an effort to G bl h d d · will recent pep • nities for get involvedand do something. If Y1{1 ;eac ~rs. an you O so - rally has the "learning out you want to change something, ing Y,Jumpfmlag at th e opportumty LHS·popula~ of the box" · then you need to· do s.omething. to get 01;1t o c ss. The perfect see- tion exploring and ed uca!1ari0,nght? Noc~ass,~d <!-ttend - their opinions
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d t Ms. Carmichaelexplainedthat faculty response to the January pecia Y e ··. · en s ar:-e 1f students feel the need for a 28th pep rally 1 ty f 1 annual SWitchrally. ···switch rally left them less than learning from a speaker's words, a change, they need to do something fc · .p en ° peop e are ·· As the Associate Principals in ·• "spirited," and in some cases, up0 form of art, entertainment, or to fix whatever they are unhappy ask!ng or more out _ofschool pep charge of assemblies and activi- set and offended. · · · · learning about human behaviorby about. All students and faculty ~,µlie~and assemblies Or, per- ties, Russ Uhing and Pam • • The response to the rally has watching fellowstudents, assem- needtoworktogetherandtrustthe aps it would be correct to say t?at Carmichael respectively are in some students questionin~ the blies are opportunities for learn- decisions and actions of each other many people are actually looking h f. ' · · h, · d d b d h ·ahn f 1 to see a little less. Sfnce the rally, c 3:rge o ov~rseeing sc ool pep i eas an motives ehin all- ing out~i et ere o ·c assro.om.· in order to corne to an effective students and staff have expressed rallies. ~chael supports hav- schoolassemblies in the frrst place. ecfucatiorn. · compromise. If the members of the their animosity regarding the mu- mg ass~li~s, as she feels the~e Senior Janon KhedirAl-tiae notes · The unfortunate part is that LHS community would actively sic and movement choices of sev- assemblies give students expe1;- the importance of school pep ral- the recent rally left students dis- work together, .then perhaps the eral of the Switch Rally perform- ences they may n~ver ha".'eagam · lies due to the necessity of having gusted and offended,thus certainly next all-school pep rally can be a ing groups which in their opin- after hi~ school. Ed_ucationdoes ·school spirit Yet, senior Ben not focusing on the intended ben- "spirit-lifting"and enjoyable expe-. · ' · not begin and end 1n a certain Horner doesn't understand why all eficial value of the experience. rience for everyone involved.
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By Robin Washut impressive that recruiting a degree. "My education has
Sports Editor
analyst Rick Ball listed him always been important to
It is hard to imagine as one of the top five Ju Co me. Basketball got me into that one of the best defen- players in the nation. college, but I want a guarsive basketball players ever Ffriend selected the Uni- antee for after basketball." to play for Nebraska nearly versity of Nebraska over That does not mean Kimani chose not to play. Just top. schools like LSU and has not considered making· three years ago 6' 11" shot Georgia (who also heavily basketball a career though. block specialist Kimani recruited him.). "I chose "Hopefully I can play in the Ffriend was known as a Nebraska because of their NBA. but I will just have to track and soccer star. not •. academic support and I keep working harq and see a basketball player. It was like the challenge of bring- what ha pp.ens." For right not until high school ing the Nebraska to the now, Ffriend is just going to coaches anq others pres- top." said Ffriend. enjoy the college experience sured him that he gave All the moves from and if the opportunity to basketball a shot. Al- school to school have been playprofessionallyjusthapthough, most 6'9" tenth hard on Kimani. "I get pens to come, he will worry
homesick sometimes. I about it then. can't see my family over When Kimani was just breaks like I could at my beginning to become interold schools." said Ffriend. ested in basketball, there "But I like Nebraska, were a few big factors that people here are a lot nicer caught is attention. Michael than they are in Jamaica. I Jordan, of course, was one can just be walking down and the. other was Kansas the street and people I Jayhawk basketball: "I used don't even know will say hi to watch Kansas all the time · to me. That doesn't happen on ESPN. They were my fain Jamaica." As you could· vorite."SowhenJanuary 14 imagine,· communication came arouµd Kimani got his can be a little difficult for · chance to play on national ·. Kimarri. "People have television (ESPN) in Allen · · trouble understanding me Field House against his fasometimes, that can get vorite team in high school, graders get that a lot. annoying." So of course he Kansas. "The Kansas game · Kimani began his bas- is now working toward a was one of my favorite ketball career b.y playing bachelors degree in Com- games of the season. I was· local rec league ball in his. munications. actually playing on the hometown of Kingston, Ja- · Ffriend has had no court that I used to watch maica. He. played on the trouble getting his point on TV." Even though he has high school team and word across on the basketball. played in two nationally got out .of l1is talent. Later. court, leading .the Biig televised ga,mes. Kansas anUlympfc scout saw film Twelve Yri"blocks and sev- ancl Ariion'a,· K1inar1i be:. ' in a bank and asked enth in rebounds. "Defense lieves that the December 31 Ffriend to play for the Ja- is the best part of my game. game against Minnesota maican Olympic team in I love blocking shots." saiid was when he really broke Atlanta. Ffriend. Kimani's increcd- out. "The Minnesota game Basketball was ible seed and quickness for was my best game. Going Kimani's ticket to America. his 6' 11" frame make him against Joel Pryzbella and He attended Dekalb Junior even more deadly He ran doing well made people noCollege in Dekalb, Georgia an impressive 4. 7 in the tice me."· for one season and was the 40-yard dash and finished
When Kimani decided to teams starting center. A second on the team in the come to Nebraska, to many year later, he enrolled into 10-yard dash only to it did not seem like a wise Gulf Coast Community Col- Cookie Belcher. decision. He could have lege where in 24 games With all the recent me- gone to a basketball promiFfriend averaged 18.2 ppg, dia attention, Kimani has nent school down south and 9.5 rpg, and 5.4 bpg remained focused on what stayed close to his family, Kimani's numbers were so he came to college for, to get but instead he elected to ·• move to the mid west and play for school that could be considered the international football capital of the world. As it all turns out, Kimani's decision is looking smarter and smarter as time goes by. He is the main man on his team, he is playing high prestige programs on national television, and instead of adding to a teams already deep roster of talented players. Kimani is building up a program just like he wanted to.
It just so happens that · Kimani is not the only big time athlete in the Ffriend family. His little brother Marlon seems to be quite the soccer player down in Jamaica. "Marlon is a little soccer star back home. He is always getting on TV every night on the news. It's fun to watch him play." said Kimani. If you think that seeing soccer every night on the news is strange, little Marlon is only nine years old. It must be genetic.
Kimani Ffriend
Li,ncoln High Bowls Over the Competition
Bowling team currently in second place and ready for State
ByChad Fleek Staff Writer
Many people know that Lincoln .High has a bowling team, but what
turned to do some more damage, they out the rewards. The team had two all shot well above their average. Af- people receive high game and high seter it was all done and every team that ries medals and a little trophy. Fiwas there had finished up the team nally, they announced the winning name "Lincoln High Links, first place." The team all got medals and a trophy that went to the coach. In the league around Lincoln, where all high schools participate, LHS is currently in second place.
The girls' side is also doing well; The team consists of two seniors and four juniors. The seniors are Emily Edwards and Shannon Ruble, the four juniors are Andrea Sacca, Ambyr Morin, Nicole Foreman, and Tammy Stewart.
The girls have qualified for state and also came close to making it into the finals at the Star City Open. The girls are in third place in competing against five other teams and a bye (which is a ghost team).
As the year com.es to an end you can say that your LHS bowling teams have been doing great.
The teams only have about three people~may not know is that our team is very talented. The reason why waited to hear the results of the many people may not know about the scores. As the time drew closer they team is because bowling is not a became more anxious, but finally the popular sport, like football or base- wait was over and it was time to hand
weeks left in competition between the high school teams and will compete in a couple more tournaments, including state (on the 26th and 27th of February). ball.
As the year comes to an end, the LHS team has had an outstanding season. The team consist of two teams. a boy's and a girl's team, which have seven and six members, respectively.
The coaches for the two teams are very cool and nice. They will help you if you ate struggling in a bowling match, and will tell you what you are doing wrong. The coach for the boys team is Les Amory. He has trained the boys very hard to get to where they are today. On the other side, the girls' coach is
Patty Meyer, who has also trained the girls well.
On the boy's side the team is doing great. The team consists of five seniors and two sophomores. The seniors are Pat Bryan, Chris Hile, Cory Meyer, Justin Roberts, and John Snelling.
The two sophomores are Chris Amory and Chad Fleek. The team has been on a roll for the past month They have qualified for state in Fre-. mont by placing 3rd in the tournament. The team went to a tournament in Millard. The tournament,was a blast and lasted all weekend. The whole team was on fire.
On the first day the team shot really great and this put them in the lead. On Sunday, when the team re-
While Tammy Stewart (11) looks on, Cory Meyer (12) prepares to bowl. The Bowling team will finish out its season with a state competition
Nicole Foreman (11), bowls for a strike at a bowling tournament. This: year's bowling team is in second place and will bowl in the state tournament February 26 and 27.
Fastest Game on Ice, Enters the Ho01e Stretch of the Season·
By Chris Lathen Photo Editor
Averages (G.A.A.) would iln- ·
ers; and it was the first time crease, and the game would hockey would be played in At-
Going into ·the· All-Star Lindros · of the Philadelphia Weekend that takes place in Flyers was checked, fell on llis Toronto this year, the best own stick, and suffered seri--
The 1999-2000 NHL· become more exciting and. lanta since the late 1970s hockey season got underway bring more team in the league is the ous injuries including a collast October and since then fans. The 28 hockey clubs across the · hockey critcouhtry have· waged heavy ics were cor·battle for 60 minutes·a game. rect.
The year, however, the game T · h e ,~ and its rules have changed. popularity of·. \.'
Changes from last season to the NHL this year's season include the hockey has elimination of. video goal re- grown by view and the changing of the leaps and NHL's overtime. rules. Last bounds in year the NHL played 5 on 5 the past hockey during a ,5-minute · years. This overtime period in the regu- - growth was lar season. This year's rule apparent· in calls for 4 on 4 hockey over the 1990s 5-minutes in the regular sea- when the son. To add to the confusion, league saw the NHL will now give teams the moves of that lose in overtime 1 point. four teams to In past years teams that lost go to bigger in overtime received no money markets such as Dalpoints, and 1 point in ties. las, Colorado, .Phoenix, and After changing the rules, Carolina teams. The NHL hockey critics said the welcomed in four new teams: changes in overtime rules and the San Jose Sharks, Tampa the elimination of the goal · Bay Lightning, Ottawa Sena·.review would make the game tors and the Nashville Preda••more of an attacking game. · tors. This year the NHL wel·Scoring and Goals Allowed. corned in the Atlanta Thrash-
New Jersey Devils with a · lapsed lung that doctors record of-31-13-5-3, scor- ··didn't even notice in a check ·ing 70 points Second in up after the game, and he had the league is the Detroit flown home following an away Red Wings at 29-14-6-1. · game. Lindros was lucky that scoring 65 points, and he survived after flying with the Toronto Maple Leafs such a serious unknown conat 28-1 7 -6-3 scoring 65 dition. Because of the rise in points. Right now 20 of injuries in the past years and the 28 teams in the NHL this year the NHL have winning records Commissioner's Office added ·with more wins and ties an. additional referee to the thanlosses. · games. There are two referAlso, this year has ees and two linesmen, and seen many injuries lead- they have levied out more· ing to suspensions and a stern penalties, thus leading raise in penalty minutes. to suspensions.
Earlier this year Mike Overall the NHL has Modano of the Dallas shown great success this Stars was checked from year. Catch the next viewi(lg behind in to the ct.asher
· when the Atlanta Flames··boards (the wall behind the moved to become the Calgary goal), and seriously injured. Flames.This year's season The player at fault was sushas seen many great games. pended for 7 games. This With the season .half. over, year hash't been the oDly year scoring of goals, assists, and that penalties and the seripoints are up, and teams are ousness of the injuries have of National Hockey Night oj;i ESPN and ESPN2. You'll enjoy a great evening of television. Another opportunity to see great hockey is to go down the State Fair Grounds .and watch your hometown Liricoin Stars compete in great
· closely matched up for great been up. Last year, in the.·
• parity in the NHL.. Stanley· Cup Playoffs Eric games against the best teams in the USHL
Swi01 Tea01 Prepares for State; Looks· Back on Seaso.n 7-2
record leads Boys' Team to state
By Adam Wuerfele
Co-Editor-in-Chief
What does it take to become a good swimmer? There are different definitions for different people. One definition is to not drown, a better definition is to glide through water with ease, accuracy, and precision. Guess which one the· Lincoln. High swim team has adopted. If you chose definition number two you were correct in thinking that this year's Lincoln High swim team has a chance at winning competitions. In fact, the team has already won competition
"I think we'll do good this year," said Micah Spilker, a sophomore swimmer who also. said that this year's team is strong and unified. 'We're hoping to kick some butt," he went on to say "We've got some good swimmers."
Scoring of meets may or may not help this year's team approach its goals. On individual races each swimmer that earns first place will receive 12 points for their team, the second place earns 10 points, and third place receives 8 points. Relays would earn twice as many points for each competition. Diving scoring is a little different. Each dive gets a score from several judges based on difficulty, the actual performance· of the dive, and how much splash the dive makes. ·A good dive would have a high difficulty, would be
performed well, and would have as little splash as possible.
According to the team captain, senior Devin Nielsen, the team is planning on making.it to state. "We'll go all the way to state and compete well and give other teams competition that they havn't seen in a long time." Mer winning their furst few meets Nielsen j11st may be right. Nielsen went ori to say · that "[The) girls are having a little trouble getting started!."
Coach Richard Conradt was highly praised by Nielsen. "Conradt '.@i has done well the four years I've been here. He's an excellent coach with excellent experience."
On the issue of camaraderie: "He has become a great friend to all of us. ·
To sum everything up, the swim team should do well this year. Does the team have a chance at winning state, maybe. On the subject ofhis teammates Nielsen said, "They all have excellent ability to swim fast, some just haven't found it yet." He seemed really positive about this semester's season
and was ex-· cited to swim this year.
Malissa Coad · (11) tucks into a flip at Southeast during a -competition as her teammates look· · on.
Robert Krynsky (11) prepares to execute his high quality dive while his teamates cheer him on.
Photos By Katie Lathrop
Upcoming Events in February/March
Death Penalty?
omen's History is More Than One onth
By Amy Nichols Student Link Editor
Women's History Month got its start in the 1970s when the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California). Commission ori the Status of Women started a "Women's History Week" celebration in 1978. The purpose of the week ···was to t a i ·s e
awareness of all the important contributions that · women had made in history Organizations spon-
Rubin Carter Takes Lincoln by Storm
By
Marcus Mason
· · • ·.. · and fought with all he had to starting to take its toll on
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· win his freedom back. · Rubin Carter. He had been
In May of 1967, prof es- ln 1974, he published his separated from his wife and sional boxer Rubin "Hurri- first book, "The Sixteenth daughter for nine years. The cane" Carter was found guilty Round." Celebrities from fact that he was innocent, of triple homicide. He main- around the country helped to ho,wever, was motivation tained his innocence, but Mr. raise $600,000 for his de- enough to keep him battling Carter and John Artis were to be free.
.'l' .; ' 'f·" still convicted by an all-white
pacts in all aspects of life. Some of their contributions include: The first woman to ever win a Nobel Peace Prize-Bar, oness Bertha van Suttner. In fact, the prize was inspired by
long ····tO: hear, "You're fre:e to go." After 22 'years of suffering, he was
Finally, in jury in New Jersey. Despite 1989, Rubin H;urall the evidence presented ricane Cc1rter got pointing to someone else, he to hear the words was farced to face life in he had watted so prison. His future wasn't looking very promising. Carter felt completely· !.; C''';j' powerless. He had spent half i\~,. his life behind bars and the 7
.~ thought of having to spend ,"•\ii ' · the rest of it the same way ('''iii
if,, ··,;. '· 'i .,,,,_,: was, to. say the least, ex~ ; , tremely ciepressing. He hacf , · put so much faith in thejus~i1:<. ':i tice system, that he thought · 1 they would. abs,olutely find,, ;;Rubin Cartet was immortalized in f, hii:nknl o; gudilty. t tBhuttthhe ,; the song written by Bob Dylan ,. qu1c y 1oun ou a e ,· ·.' , · >·· '''Hurricane.''
Peggy Hull sored essay contests as well as other activities in their local communities. Within a few years, thousands of schools and communities began to celebrate National Women's History Week. They were supported and encouraged by resolutions from governors, city councils, school boards, and the U.S. Congress. In 1987, the National Women's History Project petitioned Congress to expand ,·~··· .
her. Nobel had been interested in peace and recognizing the people who worked for it. He was inspired by her international movement against war, which was organized in the 1890s.
· finally released. From tpat day on · he was determined to speak out and warn otl),ers of the justice system's unfairness.
In 1999, "Hurricane," a movie based on Rubin's life, was released in movie theaters + · system isn't perfect and has a reputation for making many mistakes, throughout fense. history. In 1976, the New Jersey Instead of breaking down Supreme Court granted the and giving up on what ap- · two men a new trial, but they peared to be a hopeless situ- · ·were both again found guilty: ··.ation, Carter rose to his feet·. , The frustration and pain was·
across the country. Carter himself wrote the entire script to the movie. I had the privilege to go see it and I must sColwas·extreme~;ved · (. •·ntinued op / · e,9)
the celebrafion'totfie"entire month of March. The petition was, of course, approved. · Women ·have tn:ade Im~
On September 17, 1918, Peggy Hull won accreditation from the War Department to become the first official American female war correspondent. Hull also went on to serve as ·a correspondent during World ·War II. She paved the way for many more women in journalism. Female journalists got another boost in 1919 when a ·.group · of Washington newswomen· founded the Women's Press Club. The organization merged with the National Press Club in 1971. ·· Sophie Kurys (the Flint Flash) stole 1, 114 bases in her career · ·with the All Americah Girls · Professional Baseball League (MGPBL) which lasted from. 1943-1952. In 1944, she' stolel66 bases. Lou Brock, · who is considered to have the career record, stole 939 and Rickey Henderson's 130 stolen• bases in. 1982 is. the season record. In ,1984, Geraldine A ··.(Co11tin1,1ed911Page 9)•.·
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Fetal Tissue a Big Debate, Beco1ming a Deb-acle
By Me~ban Co~nett
Co~ Editor In Chief
cry caused the Nebraska legislature realization thqt UNMC has been us-
to consider a ban on fetal tissue re- ing · fetal tissue to research
Ethical questions are being raised search. In the nation there are only Alzheimer's. There are those against as the University of Nebraska Medi- · four states With a ban on using fetal it an those for it. Both sides seem to cal Center (UNMC}takes heat for per-· tissue in research. Governor Johanns agree that the research is honorable, forming research on aborted fetuses. indicated that he would sign a bill to·. but the means by which they are re-
For some, the issue of fetal tissue re- ban any state funded use of fetal tis- searching is the problem. search involves not just pro-life or sue.
·Opposers to the research feel that. pro-choice sides, but the morals that Two bills h.ave been proposed in · using aborted fetuses is promoting come along With the fact that research committee concerning fetal tissue, abortion Even though abortion has and technology have extended into a LB1405 and LB1417. LB1405 would · been legal in the U.S. since 1973, whole new sphere of rapid advance- ban the use of fetal tissue in research, those against the research believe the ment. · ·. while LB 1417 would only require that · use of aborted fetuses could ulti-
Fetal tissue research at UNMC an annual report be given on the use mately sway a woman's decision to .·dates back to 1993, but its existence of human tissue. - LB 1405 made it to have an abortion. ·Those vie.wing has only been recognized since this committee and was discussed, but · abortion as immoral sometimes see past November. · The fetuses come· held back from being placed in front that nothing moral can come out of · from an Omaha abortion clinic where of the whole legislature -in a dead- it. · · Dr. LeRoy Carhart performs elective locked 4 to 4 vote.
·Those in favor of the research see· abortions. Eight to 20 week old fe- UNMC, though not banned from that abortion is legal, _so why not tuses are then taken to UNMC, where using fetal tissue, has looked into al- make something good come out of it researchers use brain tissue from the ternatives to fetal tissue. ·The three through the advancement of human fetuses to study brain damage caused alternatives are brain biopsies per- kind? The· fact is that a ban that ·by Alzheimer's and other degenera~ formed quickly after death, tissue would stop this research would still tive brain diseases. from miscarriages or stillbirths, or the not save the aborted fetus and no ad-
The public awareness of the re- use of adult brain tissue from neuro- - vancements to save other humans search has spawned condemnation logical procedures. These are useful could be made is another view that and condonation. for some research, but fetal tissue is supporters are taking.
The UN regents reviewed the pro- best for it's rapid growth and fetal Whether good can come from cess of fetal tissue research in Decem- brains can also show repairment of abortion is each individuals own beber and unanimously agreed that it brain cells. lief, but for now fetal tissue research could continue. However, public out- Two sides have formed since the will continue
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Innocence, and ustice Lost for A1nadou Diallo., Society
By Chris Lechner Opinion Editor
hood in plain clothes and an un- witnesses, rio. proof; and no real rea- is chosen for the case, and it is completel:
· marked police car. The set out after son for what they were doing. These the .opposite' environment of the are,
Imagine yourself in a situation you because you were acting suspi- officers acted as judge, jury, and ex• where you were shot. The jurors are se you have commonly been in, stand- ·. ciotis. by'· looking around so ',much ,, ecutioner The actions that, they took •',.lecte.d and the trial proceeds. At the con ing outside your home. ,You stroll They thought that you· either fit the•, ·were. rriucl:i like that of a 'lynch mob. ',, .clusion the verdict is read: ''Not Guilty back and forth along your porch, and ·. description of a suspect who was rob._ , ,,' Newspaper articles, T.V. and ra- on all charges against the defendants.•, · periodically you peer around the cor- bing people in the neig;hborhood or dio broadcasts, and many people rally , , ',,The question is: What is justice? An< ner to see if your friends are round- that of a suspected rapi.st They did · against the injustice that was taken , does it apply to everyone,, including po ing the bend, but when you look you · not stop to ask, who you were and upon you. The media frenzy s ur- lice officers? A situation very similar t, see an unmarked car with four men what you were doing, they assumed , rounding your case results in a this one occurred in the Bronx to Amado1 in it heading your way• The men get that you· were a thief or rapist. As a change of venue. for the trial. The de- Diallo,', an immigrant from Guinea. H, out of their car wielding handguns. result of their bad Judgment they fense attorneys of the officers thought was shot 41 times because he was black
You· then ·turn to try to enter your pointed their guns, fired and killed · that it would be impossible to find an and fit the description of a burglar in th, home for safety. They scream at you you. What they did not realize is that impartial Jury in your neighborhood. area. The police obviously used exces to "Stop." You stop and fac~ the men. you live in the house of the porch that They thought that because the media ', sive force on a presumed burglar, let alon, ,. Thinking that you were about to be you were pacing upon, you were wait- ' focused on the barrage of 41 bullets an innocent man. The only step toward: · involved in a robbery you reach in ing for friends, and most of all, you and that of your innocence, there criminal justice in his, case. is a federa your back. pocket for your wallet. As were innocent. In a court of law you would be no chance that the poten- trial, which can only be rriade if it is foun< you reach back, one of the men yells, are presumed innocent until proven ,tial jurors would give the policemen a that Diallo's civil rights have' been vio ''Gun." They all fire at you with their guilty. In the minds of these men you chance to be proven not guilty, some- lated. The least the family of Diallo ca1 guns, producing a barrage of 41 bul- were guilty even though they had no thing that they never gave you. A site do is pursue a civil trial. lets. You fall to the ground, wallet in · hand, and 19 'bullets lodged inside as the verdi ct to acquit the New York City police officers in the
you. , As luck would have it, the men yelling and screaming at ·you are members of the police department. They were patrolling the neighboriallo shooting fair? ,
'"The verdict was not fair it was not right they should have realized who they were she>oting"
Mana
Farahani
"No. From what I've heard, forensic experts , determined that quite a few shots were fired when he· was on the ground. , Why? And just the fact that he was shot so many times makes you wonder.
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Sophomore Senior
"I think the shooting was uncalled for."
Tarvis Banks Sophomore
"He was lying down and they were still ·shooting him. They were white racist cops that shot a black guy 41 times. The sad part · is that the justice system failed by letting them off."
Tanner Schacher · Sophomore
Brandon Teena Challenges Gender Roles
By Sarah Werner Staff Writer
actress, played Teena Brandon,,· and Chloe Sevigny (who played Lana
The story of Teena Brandon is one Tisdel) is up for an Academy Award ·that I am sure most of us, if not all of , for best supporting actress. Both of us, are aware of. Brandon was one these women played tough roles, one of three killed in a brutal and ugly having to act as her opposite gender hate crime. She was murdered be- and both having to engage in pretty cause she felt as though she was a graphic sex scenes. The movie is very man and because of these feelings she tough to watch because most people did what she could to make herself look more masculine. Not only did she alter her looks ··significantly, but she also switched her name around so she was known as Brandon Teena. Brandon was a re:sident " of Lincoln, Nebrask~ but was murdered in Falls• City, Nebraska, where she had gotten mixed up with some of the wrong people. While living in
··Falls City with some friends the secret got out that Brandon was in actuality a woman, and the feelings ·from her friends were mixed. Lana Tisdel, who Ciraphi
made Nebraska look, regarding Teena Brandon's life, but with my .personal experience living here that sort of lifestyle has not been apparent. A lot of times when thinking about people who want to change their sex I think that it is associated with having a disease, almost as if it could not just be that the person feels
Brandon was seeing, found out Hilary Swank portrays a young woman who and was not bo th ered _much. dresses as a man in the movie ''Boys Don't Cry''. as though they are male ot female even though on their birth certificate it says otherwise, but rather there has to be something wrong with them. That is not to say that some people that want to change their sex are not going through some kind of sexual identity crisis, but I do not think that it is fair to take that into consideration for every person , who feels this way. If a person feels the way that Teena Brandon felt then who is anyone else to care enough to hurt a Her feelings really did not change significantly, as in the way that she felt about Brandon. Not all of her friends felt this way, however. Most of the people Brandon considered her friends were upset to hear that Brandon Teena was really Teena Brandon. Two of her friends, John Lotter and Marvin T. Nissen, took their feelings too far and brutally raped Brandon just days before they murdered her and two witnesses, Lisa Lambert and Philip DeVine.
This tragic story was recently por-. trayed in the Academy Award nominated movie "Boys Don't Cry." Though the film had a few misrepresentations, overall it was pretty well done. Hillary Swank, who is nominated for an Academy Award for best
know the story, and, though you want nothing more than a different outcome, it will not happen. The sad truth is that this whole story,. even prior to the end, is very upsetting. Theway that the movie makes Brandon's short time in Falls City look is almost depressing. There was a lot of sitting around in smoky and congested environments, or playing games. like bumper surfing which is a game that, even living in Nebraska, I have never heard of. So when the end of the movie approaches, Nebraska really looks like an unappealing place to live because it is not portrayed in the most positive way. That is not to say that the movie was off in the way that they ·
person or care at all.
Our society has still obviously not fully grasped the idea of acceptance and opening our minds because if we are continually killing people based on their sexual preference, changing genders, skin color etc., then we have some big problems. Teena Brandon's story was a perfect example of this sort of hate because two men were overly concerned with what she did and honestly felt it necessary to torture her and then kill her along with two others, for some reason considering this justifiable. Through this tragic example it is very apparent that the failure to accept people based on what, to some, may seemingly be different or strange needs to change.
abolished it, their murder rate dropped. By Chris Lechner living and breathing
In the states of Georgia, and Flortda, since · Opinion Editor and they do not v.alue
I would. like to start off by saying that I their reinstating of the death penalty, their mur- · · Capital Punish- their own life because strongly believe in life and for this reason I think der rates rose 20 to 28 percent,. This was shown· ment is a good thing. they have made an ir~ · that capital punishment is totally unjustified. · by a federal study in the U.S. and Canada: · It 'Solves an alrea.dy reversible ,mistake
The death penalty is barbaric, cruel, and is ··There is a mlsconception often argued that complex · sit,uation that is punishable .by often applied unfairly; This ts a very serious is-·. the death p~nalty is cheaper than life imprison~ with a relatively ,easy death.•· sue that all the inhabitants 9fthis planet should · ment. ·This is also riot true. The cost of keeping· 'decision; · · Arguments are really take a closer look into.
· · a criminal for-life 1 opposed to taking their life is · The·· pena~ty of made that capital ' Violence doesn't end violence. It never has much less. Capital punishment means more · death or capital pun- punishment is utibefore. By approving capital punishment we are money out of your pocket. ishment is utilized on lized as a false d,eteradditig to the already.· exist.ing·.problem. Two.wrongs,don·t make a right. An eye fo.ran a pers· ·o·n who
• ln his• book,."LegalLynching," Jessie Jack- ·· fact.is, that if punish" son said, "Violence. begets. violence a.nd by en~ · ment alone is a deterdorsing the death penalty, we as a nation are per- rent. for. any crime petuating the cycle of violence. We are telling there would be no use our citizens that murder can be justified, because for jails .at all. the government does it." · · Life was created by a more powerful being and· · The.death penalty ,we. as individuals, have no right to take it away. is not used as a deterThe law states that capital punishment is justi~ rent but rather as a fied. In other words, the execution of another punishment for those human being for committing a heinous crime is who have done wrong. right. This is terribly incorrect Killing another "If we execute · individual can in no way be cor1sidered justified. murderers and there
· Sister Helen Prejean, a nun of St. Joeseph's, is in fact no deterrent and an author of several books including "Dead t · effect, we have killed Man Walking," said, ."It's applied in a racist man- ·n·.••· a bunch of murderers ner. It's not a deterrent to murder.·. It's dispro-
If we fail- to exportionately affects the poor and can never be ecute murderers, and equitably applied." doing so would in fact
Clarence Darrow, an American lawyer .l:>e- have deterred other tween 19.00-1930, who was best known fot his murders, we hav.e aldefense, stated, "We teach people to kill, and the lowed the killing of a state is one that teaches them. If a state wishes bunch of innocent viethat its citizens respect human life, then the state •t· · lmS · should sto.p killing." I· · l ct ·h wou muc
· By the state. allowing this to happen, we are rather risk the former. sinking to the level of the common kille,r. If you This, to me, is .not a really look at it, there is no difference between · '/ tough call," said John the state and a normal person,.killhl,g.,an.indi-· vipual, because the final outcome is always the · : ·
Mci\dams • ·or ·· th e same: another dead body, another set of mourn- Marqµette University I ing parents and another cemetery slot. Department of Politis h t g· th t t th right t ·t eye is unfair. There are.problems with. the equal. · cal Science.·
0 w a ives e s a e · e O comrm · court of law of some- Those · who are such a heinous crime? Despite how much we punishment principle. Ifwe are to believe in this · feel that person should die, we do not possess method, then why do we not rape rapist, torture tlling such as first de- ·convicted of murder that power. For this reason, I think an appropri- torturers, and burn arso11ists? Capital punish- gree murder or an- · but are innocent are ate criterion-is "that which best supports Justice." ment holds no consistency. other heinous crime kille<i unjustly. They Life is an appropriate value given this resolu- Life is the most important thing we posses in the eyes of society. are lamentable martion, because the resolution supports the idea of Nolan's Lincoln-Douglas Debate Resource Guide The solution for tyts of our society. · destroying a human life. A commitment to life described life as 'The biological state of existence dealing with the con- · ·. Capital Punishnecessitates the negation ·of the resolution~. be- generally regarded as necessary for any otherhu- victed felon fs getting ment did not condemn cause once you take a life, there is absolutely man values to be of worth." ·rid of them. · Execu- this individual. The nothing that can be done to correct that mistake. Abolishingthe death penalty is necessary be- tion is the easiest, foibles of our society It's final. · cause over time as we kill individuals, we are most efficient, and are· the· real culprit.
Marietta Jaeger, a mother of a murdered _sending a powerful message to our community most logical way to. Innocent people. are daughter said, "Our laws should call us to higher on the value of human life. Once we commit such purge an undesirable held· at the mercy of mora.l principles than the practice of primitive acts a horrible act, we are no better than the common person such as a our justice system, of more murders to resolve our conflicts, hatreds, killer. murderer. which does its best to fears, and frustrations. We violate our own honor Amnesty International wrote, "The death pen- The death penalty weed out the innocent and dignity by unabashedly killing a chained, re.: alty is the premeditated and cold-blooded killing takes in to account from the guilty. strained, defenseless person, however deserving of a human being by the state. The state can that a-life has been Unfortunately, of death we deem that person to be We become exercise no greater power over a person than that lost and can never be sometimes they misthat which we deplore, people who kill people, an of deliberately depriving him or her of life." · reversed. If someone take a carnation for a insult to the memory of our beloved victims." Finally, abolishing capital punishment best ·t h dandelion. FortuCapital punishment can easily be.said to be fulfills the criterion of that which best :supports co.mmi s a repre en- sible crime they are nately not many 1·n simple murder. Imagine if the same rules that justice, because you would then be allowing in- • ·are applied to regular people are applied to the dividua.ls to their fundamental human rights. basically throwing nocent people go on government. -True, that person has a right to These are persona.l freedom, justice and peace. th eir own lives away dea th row· shoot at an intruder who is breaking into their· You shouldn't violate these rights regardless of by their actions. · Another good side house, but if the person captures the intruder the punishment we feel the individual should re- When a murder is · of the· death penalty and has them tied up and under control, then ceive. committed it is not for is emotional compenshooting and killing the intruder is considered The death penalty is "an irrevocable punish- the· benefit of others- sation for the victim's simple murder. Is that not what the death pen- ment, resulting inevitably in the execution of it serves a selfish need family. alty is? people innocent of any crime. It is a violation of to do something to There is nothing Jesse Jackson also expressed, "The death their fundamental human rights. · someone that is awful. worse for a parent penalty's finality leaves no room for corrective ac- These rights are inherent in every human be- It serves the person than to declare that tion if the person is later to be found innocent." ing. They are not priVileges that may be granted who commits the their kid died at the
A 1987 study by the Stanford Law Review by governments for good behavior and they may crime because they merciless hands of a showed that as many as 23 innocent people were not be withdrawn for bad behavior," according to gain something that killer. ·When we do executed between an 85-year period. A recent Amnesty International. satisfies their wants. wrong, something is study from a national organization in Washing- John O'Sullivan, said, "The practice of capi- While the indi- taken· away from us ton, D.C. showed that there are 4,000 people on tal punishment by society for the purpose of ex- victual. gains, society to compensate for the <;teath row today and 1 out of every 7 of them is erting a moral influence·on the minds of men to loses both the victim crime. innocent of the crime they have been convicted deter them from the crime of murder, is in truth, and the perpetrator. A If a thief steals a of. That's 572 innocent people about to be mur- a suicidal one." murderer has no car, he is sent away dered. Even if the number was small, the fact In conclusion, the blunt reality is that the value or respect. for to prison for a few that this could and has happened is enough to death penalty is a gross failure. life. years. s~y that capital punishment is unjustified. Besides its horror and incivility, it has nei- They did not re- When a killer It has also been proven that capital punish- ther protected the innocent nor deterred the sin-. spect the ri·.ght of the ment doesn't work as a deterrent. Since Canada. ister. commits mu rd er, he victim to carfy on with is sent away to die.
The AlphaClarion.: Have They
·•.Overs.teppedTheir
··Boundaries? •·•. ·
By Scott Rutz
Letters to the Editor ...
For that reason l believe that The Al- mesocyclonic storm systems. neces- an idea. Every time you see a stupha Clarion should be left alone. I feel sary for a regular rainy season are dent wearing all black, taunt and ··that the administrators of the district· missing our wonderful state. I think tease them. Make it so they hate and · have more. important issues and that all this El Nino· and La .Nina is despise coming to school, and the stu 0 problems .to face. There are many Just rubbish. My theory is that Ne~ dents as well. Then, when they kill
· ·· things that go on in high school that· braska has always had funky weather,·•.·twelve other students, a teacher, and should be stressed much more than hot, cold; rainy,and dry. My theory · themselves, you can blame it on "Sa-
a· small, 'but growing. underground ·· is that we can't explain the weather, tartic" music they neither liked nor lis- · newspaper. ·we can't change it, so we should stop teaed tt:>.··For months afterward, you
• ·.I think I we~·. v.rith the. general ' ·•· The ,shootings l.n, schools lately · whining about it. I personally feel that can talk,.whine and complain about. · consensus of the Lincoln High and should push other issues into the the lack of precipitation,in Nebraska students wearing trench coats and
• Southeast High School student bod- spotlight,of attention of the adminis-c is caused by the Jet stream bemg di,- lack .of.school security.
· · ies when I say that The Alpha Clarion • trators more than a newspaper that rected unproportionally to tl,le south • Does .any of this sound fantlliar. · ·, h · It·. .b• •··iig·h·tl· contains some bad language and raw. of us, causing a diversion of rain, toyou? I sh•.ould_cert.ru·nty. hope 1.·t· 1s umorous. can e s y raw m
but it
· taste. After all, no one is forcing any- which results in cumionimbus clouds. does, unless you, dear Reader, are erms o s e, 1s unny, 1sn · ,
· it? Well that's something that you one to read the newspaper. It is an Some scientists are saying. that we are feeble-minded enough to have forgot- ·
· 1 ·f. h · ·t ·ct t t • individual's choice to read it and if in for a huge drought, but if a drought ten less than one year later. yofurse • a:1:ve O ederrmnel 10W.ehnt 1!8 ·. they believe they will be upset read- mean 70 degree weather in February, · So tell me,. dear Reader, did you 0 your va ues · .mora s. · a s ing it than they don't need to read it. than I'll take it. ·
· · learn anything from that unfortunate· funny and whats Ju st ; ta st el.ess? I'm not speaking on behalf of The · incident, or was it completely point-.
More importantly 1s the question · , , · ·. of what is the, ,LPSschool district's Ju- Alpha Clarion or agains~ it. I want to ' ' Littleton Memories less? For if you learned something risdiction over an undergroµnd news- advocate that the attention of the ad- • from it, this could •not have been paper? No matter what age you are, ministrators that was spent on The · ·
Still Vivid
.· pointless. Did you acquire new you still have certain·· unalienable • Alpha Clarion and the attention that knowledge, dear Reader, or have you rights as an American. In today's ma- is going to be spent on The Alpha By DavfclMoock. been desensitized. to· violence by Jor culture. changes, where should Clarion could be better used on other peaceful songs about how great war tolerance be set at a safe level? issues. Hypothetically, should we as Oh, no. Students·. wearing all is?
Personally, 1 don't like some oftlie · students worry about the kids with black clothes. What is coming to Did a light turn on in that head of fmes in tl1e library or the kids ·that when minors are allowed to express yours, or has it been dumbed down articles in The Alpha Clarion, simply are frustrated with life and are think- them.selves, while at the same time b t h t 11· "d I
because I think there are other ways · · ·Y eac ers e ing you O as say, · to make a reader laugh than to di- ing of taking their own life or others'? harming no one, as they wish? I have not as I do"? minish other people or use raw lan- To put it simply: there are bigger fish guage. If the writers of The Alpha to fry. Clarion spent more time writing and preparing their articles to make them more acceptable I think they could appeal to a much larger group of students.·
Even so, I still think a majority of,
the articles contained in The Alpha· Clarion·.are humorous··and fun to read. The Alpha Clarion (in my knowl·.· 'edge,· 1 haven't read ·every single article printed by The Alpha Clarion) has not printed an article so tasteless that it could offend many people.
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What's up with thils Nebraska weather? These atmospheric undulations are really messing with my mind and I am not even going to start about my wardrobe. I have a theory, though, on why all of the upper level
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Frank Welker for Freddy, Nicole Jaffe for Velma, and Heather North for Daphne.
Almost everyone has seen Scooby-Doo had a lot of the human like Great Dane changes in his career. In and his gang of four people 1972 CBS changed the forwho. solve mysteries. Pre- mat, which gave birth to "The miering in 1969, Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo Movies." This is one of the longest running series incorporated stars of cartoons. Scooby seemed to the time like Phyllis Diller, fade when Scrappy-Doo was Tim Conway, Jonathan Winintroduced, but spin-offs ·in ters, and many others. After the late '80s and early '90s 7 years, Scooby and the gang could not add up to the origi- moved to ABC and sta_rted nal show. Now Scooby and ''The Scooby Doo/Dynomutt gang have made a resurgence Hour" in which Scooby-Dum. with two n.ew movies and and Scooby-Dear was intro~cooby's likeness on every- duced The following year ·.tfttng•from. handbags to T •· saw the first 2 ·hour Satur-, shirts · day morning cartoon show in Scooby-Doo was brought the network history, the · into. the spotlight by CBS in highly successful "Scooby's · September of 1969 with the All Star Laff-A-Lympics." Saturday morning cartoon, · 1978 showed the smallerver- ·· · "Scooby-Doo, Where Are sion ofLaff-A-Lympics called You?" The road to "Scooby'sAll Stars". In 1979 cartoondom was rocky. Fred Scooby's first television speSilverman, head of daytime cial happened, and the show programming at the time, was was called. "Scooby Goes to looking for a new show that Hollywood." Also in 1979 got away from superheros Scrappy-Doowasintroduced. and into comedy and adven· In the 1980's the show with ture. Hanna-Barbara was in Vincent Price called "The charge of creating a cartoon Thirteen Ghosts of Scoobyto fit Silverman's needs. They Doo" aired. The most recent assigned writers Ken Spears TV cartoon was "The Pup and Joe Ruby to formulate a Named Scooby-Doo," featurshow. Spears and Ruby's ing the gang and Scooby as idea revolved around four children; teenage detectives who solved Scooby-Doo has two new crimes while traveling around adventures, "Scooby-Doo On the country in a van called the Zombie Island" and "Scooby· Mystery Machine. A dog was Doo And The Witch's Ghost." included with the teens but In Zombie Island Scooby and was not a prominent charac- the gang are reunited and ter. The show was first called head to a haunted bayou is"Mysteries Five" and later land to investigate the ghost "Who's Scared?" However, one ofMoonscar the pirate. Howproblem faced the show: the ever, there is a new twist, the ·artwork was too scary for chil- island is full of real zombies. dren and was rejected. Then, This is vastly different than while Silverman was listening the original series in which to Frank Sinatra's "Strangers every mystery had a reasonin the Night". the phrase able explanation. Also, the scooby-dooby-doo stuck in gang has grown up. Velma his head and the idea of owns a bookstore, Daphne Scooby-Doo the dog and has a television show, Fred "Scooby-Doo, Where Are produces the show, and You?" came to mind. Scooby and Shaggy are cusHanna-Barbara hired Ben toms officials. Since they Raleigh, who had earlier · have grown up their clothing wrote songs from Tin Pan Al- has changed. Fred no longer· ley, and he wrote the now fa- wears an ascot but wears mous theme song to "Scooby- jeans, a short sleeved shirt, a Doo, Where Are You?" Larry vest, and a belt. Takamoto, Marks sang the song. Iwao the art creator, wanted to put Takamoto was the art creator a belt on Fred since the beof Scooby-Doo. Voices for the ginning. Daphne has also
determine. In the end, looking. She wears a purple Hanna-Barbara got Don dress jacket with a matching Messick for Scooby-Doo, skirtandagreenshirtunderCasey Kasem for Shaggy, neath.
A Look at the Award Show That Sta :
By Grant Pearson Entertainment Editor
Every year there are numerous awards for a movie to win. There are the bigger · awards, .like the Golden Globes, or, for the smaller movies, the Independent Spirit awards. Out of all these · awards, there is one that stands by itself. The Academy Awards, or the Oscars, are
and guess on a few of these categories as to who will take home the Oscar.
Best Picture
"American Beauty" "The Cider House Rules" ''The Green Mile" ''The Insider" ''The Sixth Sense"
This year's nominees for best picture I agree with more than the ·past few years, although the list still has its flaws. "The Cider House Rules" and ''The Sixth Sense" were both great movies, but "Being John Malkovich" deserved one of those nomina_. tions. That was one. of the · most original· movies ever made, and it not being nomi· nated was a tragedy; Out of.· the · choices; "American ·Beauty" should easily get the win, but in .the case of an upset, "The Green Mlle" would Win.
looked at as the fmal decision of what makes a movie good, and what makes a movie great. They view every film released theatrically that year and decide on what ftlms were the best, what actors were the best, screenplays, directors, costume designers, etc. Evety year, about a month before the actual awards are given out, the academy releases a. list of the nominees for each
category. Then T.V. shows, newspapers, websites, and so on, all tty to guess who will win. NQw I have decided to tty
Best Actor Russell Crowe, ''The Insider" Richard Farnsworth, "The Straight Story" Sean Penn, · "Sweet and Lowdown" · Kevin Spacey, "American Beauty" Denzel Washington, ''The Hurricane" Julianne Moore, ''The End of the Affair"
·· KevinSJ:>0ci!yisone~fti~•-·••• best actors alive today. His performances always stand out from everybody else's. Jim
Meryl streep .•.,< •.. , "Music Of The Heart"
Hilary Swank, "Boys Don't Cty" Carrey should have received a nomination for ·. "Man On The Moon."
· The past 2 years Jim Carrey has delivered a great performance · · ("The Truman Show," "Man On The Moon"), · won the Golden· Globe for those each year, then got nothing from the academy.· Hopefully in the future,. he'll make another great movie and finally win, he deserves it; Since he isn't nominated though, Kevin Spacey should have it.
Annette Bening, while vety good, doesn't deserve the win, and Meryl Streep shouldn't be nominated at all. Hilary Swank has been pretty much winning everything , she's been nominated for in "Boys Don't Cty," so I expect. her to walk away with this.
Best Supporting Actor Michael Caine, "The Cider House Rules" Tom Cruise, "Magnolia"
Michael Clarke Duncan, "The Green Mile" Jude Law, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" Haley Joel Osment, "The Sixth Sense"
Between "Magnolia" and characters were the next to become more professional
In Witch's Ghost the gang is back solving mysteries when they meet Velma's idol, novelist Ben Ravencroft Ravencroft invites them to his hometown to solve the mystery of his relative Sara Ravencraft. Her ghost is haunting the town because they condemned her as a witch. · Ravencroft believes she is a Wiccan. In typical Scooby and the gang fashion they solve the mystery but the movie has a twist unlike old Scooby-Doo shows.
In this movie Tim Curry makes an appearance as Ben Ravencroft. Also, former Go·· Go Jane Weidlin sings with the Hex Girls and Billy Ray Cyrus sings the theme song. There are some voice changes, Maty Kay Bergman is Daphne, Scott lnes is Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, and B.J. Loard(II) is Velma. With the two new movies there has.,.been a resurgence of Scooby-Doo promotions and merchandise. Cartoon Network has had several Scooby-Doo marathons, one cleverly called ''The Scooby-
Doo Project." The Cartoon Network Nascar racing team has had two different ScoobyOoo cars, the latest was in 1998 with Zombie Island. Scooby-Doo has a CD from Rhino Records that has every theme song the show has had and other songs often played in Scooby-Doo shows. Over 7 million licensed products have been produced including: mugs, hats, shirts, stuffed animals, action figures, and linens. The resurgence of Scooby-Doo has allowed both young and old to enjoy Scooby-Doo.
ands Out from all Others, The Oscars Santana's · usic has a
"The Talented Mr. Ripley,"· Tom ·Cruise is the only one with a chance out of the two.
Michael Caine was good, but not great, as was Michael Clarke Duncan. ''The Sixth Sense" should only get an award for this. category. because Haley Joel Osment carried this movie. He made it believable. Hopefully he will win, but if not, I would bet on Tom Cruise or Michael Clarke Duncan.
Angelina Jolie has recieved a lot of awards in the past for 1V movies, and for · · her performance in "Girl, Interrupted," Toni Collette and Catherine Keener both deserved their nominations. but they shouldn't win. Chloe Sevigny .and Angelina Jolie have the best chances of winning, but I couldn't make a guess.
Best Directot - ' ' ' ·
M. Night Shyamalan, ''The Sixth Sense"
Michael Mann, "The Insider"
Sam Mendes, , "American .Beauty"
SpikeJonze,.· "Being John Malkovich"
Lasse Hallstrom, ''The Cider House Rules"
Sam Mendes has the best chance of winning. Spike Jonze directed an amazing film, and really deserves the win, but most likely won't get it. M Night Shyamalan wouldn't be nominated if it wasn't for Haley Joel Osment. So look for Sam Mendes to win this one.
Alan Ball, "American Beauty"
Charlie Kaufman, "Being John Malkovich"
Mike Leigh, ''Topsy-Turvy"
M. Night Shyamalan, ''The Sixth Sense"
"American Beauty" and "Being John Malkovich" will be the prime candidates in this category. Charlie Kaufman was responsible for writing one of the most original movies in years, but Alan Ball will probably walk away with this
· Best Original Song
South Park: Bigger; Longer and Uncut"Blame Canada" , by Trey Parker & Marc· Shaiman.
Music OJThe Heart"Music Of My Heart" by Dianne Warren Magnolia- "Save Me" by
but I personally want to see South Park win, because South Park was actually a musical with a good message.
Latin Groove that is Straight From the Soul
By Adam Wuerfele
Editor In Chief
Co-
Legendary band Santana, in the afterglow of the founding member Carlos Santana's · sweep at the Grammy's, released ''Tropical Spirits Parts 1 & 2" on leap day, February 29. While this album is definitely not a "best of" or a "greatest
& 2." Classic Santana era songs such as "Jammin'. Home," "Jam in E," and ''Fried Neckbones and Home Fries" litter the soundscape of almost two hours of engaging songs.
With utmost respect and honor, Matt Green remixed both "Jingo" and "Fried hits of"
Aimee Mann Toy Story 2- "Whe She Loved Me" by Randy,. Newman Tarzan- "You'll Be In My. Heart" by Phil Collins
"Music Of l\1:yHeart" was pop trash, and doesn't need to be here. "You'll Be In My Heart" was a good Best Original play
P.T. Anderson, "Magnolia" Screen- song, but still not even close to deserving the nomination. Aimee Mann has an extremely good chance of winning this,
But look for Aimee Mann to win, because, ·well, she deserves it.
What will come out as best picture? Who is the best actor of the year?
Can South Park win an academy (hopefully yes)? award
You can find out all the answers to these ques,·'. -·· ·--~·--·-· tions on Sunday, March 26 when the 72nd annual Academy Awar.ds hit the air.
So tune in, but until then, keep guessing, because fun. that is a11· the
Santana, this· two · · disc set is most assuredly a vital addition to any music lovers collection.
'8Bnlarn. is one of the most influential bands in history, whether it be their big break as a last minute opening act for The Who, or their riveting set at ·Woodstock. Carlos Santana's first experience with music was with his father in Autlan, Mexico at the age of five.
His father taught him the basics of music theory, and though an accomplished Mariachi violinist, Santana's father could only teach him so much. Three years later the Santana family would move to Tijuana and little Carlos would pick up a guitar and start learning how to play like his idols, B.B. King, T -Bone Walker, and John Lee Hooker. At age thirteen Santana's family moved to San Francisco and Carlos stayed in Tijuana to play in music clubs and perfect his developing guitar skills. At fourteen he moved to· San Francisco with his family and started taking classes to learn English.
In 1966 he had gotten together with David Brown (bass), Greg Rolie (keyboards}, Tom Frazer (guitar), and Rod Harper (drums) and began playing as the Santana Blues Band. Later, band members would be added and changed. The band electrified audiertces with its captivatingly fresh new Latin blues sound.
One of the highs of the band's career was at the Woodstock convention in 1969. This was only the beginning of Santana's long career which has lasted, well, to the present.
Essential, essential, essential is all that needs to be said about "Tropical Spirits 1
Neckbones and Home Fries" for a special "Millennium 2000" remix In addition Julian Synne of Interface remixed ''Acapulco Sunrise" and Mark Pistel remixed · "Soul Sacrifice." Though an interesting take on the timeless Santana tunes, these remixes cheapen Santana's overall sound and make it too computer-like and drum machiney.
Santana plays music from the soul, taking samples and inserting them into the songs does not make for the most heartfelt of songs. Parts of the remixes makes Santana sound techno, and that's just plain wrong.
Though the four remixed songs on the two disc set are cold, the rest of the music is great.
There are basically no lyrics to any of the songs, but Santana's playing is in the international language of mu• SIC.
Well, not only music, but good music. "Jam in E" features both a guitar and a drum solo that are engrossing and remarkable.
One has to wonder how fast The band must play to play the music that it does. With each song that is listened to, the overall feeling of the listener turns to one of admiration, with good reason.
I have to give this two disc set 4 and 1/2 stars because it is Santana, great Santana. The special "Millenium ~000" remixes detract from the al-· bum, but not so much that one couldn't skip the songs. ****1/2
Students Have· ixed Emotions Foll.owing· ETS Conference.· ·· ·
. By Marcus Mason
Staff Writer
· ers from the univ<'!rsity environment. gain much. Lynda Todd commented Despite the staffs reasons, many ·
and.the public school system, along on the outcome of the leadership re-· students were still unsatisfied. ·
The First Annual Leadership And with. members of the community to ·treat saying,. "The overall objectives Keshona Taylor, a senior here at Diversity Retreat took place th.is year talk to the kids about ways students were achievedi It'.s unfortunate that LHS, .felt the team leaders were to .at the Clifford Hardin Nebraska Cen- .of color can become advocates for things got, out of control ·.We blame. Taylor. said, "The original ter for C.ontinuing Education on themselves and teach them ways thought we pl~ned something fun plan that Lynda Todd had was to · · East Campus. The retreat was an they can learn how to ·stand up, be and different. You had. to maintain have fun. I think that was really · all weekend activity that went on positive, and take leadership roles a positive, open mind; We can't just great .and it would've worked, had ······ · during the last week of February. and responsibilities · · ·. ·•.· ··have fun all the time and not learn the team leaders not treated us like The overall purpose was to introduce Despite all the work put irito the· , anything from it. '1 She went on to we weren't important., I love and ap- · high school students ofcolor to lead- event, though, the students shared · adrutt th~t it probably would've been ···preciate Lynda's love for us, but. I · ership opportunities that they most mixed feelings about their expert~ better if they shortened the sessions· think she should be a little more seoften wouldn't get the opportunity ence. Students felt they did learn with the speakers. · lective of her team leaders." to be exposed to. some positive lessons on how to be- ··.·· The staffs intent was to bring Todd responded to this by simThe retreat was brought together ·come. a better, stronger person, but college students on campus with the ply saying that they did the best job · by the University of Nebraska-Lin- others, felt they were shown no re- high school students so they could they could · They picked a diverse coln Educational Talent Search. spect by the leadership staff. Some ask questions abo.ut what .it's like group of team leaders. "We selected. This program works with Lincoln's of the students complained about being a college student, making that · our leaders according. to students ·students of color in. an attempt· to being monitored as they went to use ·transition, and what it's. like bei.ng that were active on campus. We help them recognize what strengths the rest rooms. Others complained · a student of color on a predomi- tried to pick a variety of ethnic they have and how to use them to about the strictness and non-stop nately white campus. As far as the ·,.groups. We chose people that had achieve their dreams. The retreat time .schedule they had to always attitudes at the retreat, Todd said, actually gone through leadership was to consist of fun, interactive ses- stay on. Some felt they had no time ·"Students need to realize that things ·· development on campus. They were sions in which students would ex- to visit with others and received no are not always going to go the way active role models and strong stuplore and enhance their leadership time to be alone and kick back from they want them to be, and part of dents academically." skills and knowledge of diversity is- all the events. being a good leader is knowing how For next year ETS is planning on sues. The ultimate goal of the re- Esmeralda Martinez, a senior to persevere through negative situ- having the retreat at Carol Joy treat was to acquaint participants · here at Lincoln High, said, "I learned ations and maintain a positive out- Holling Camp in Ashland. Whether ·with cultural diversity and to en- · to avoid thinking negatively and look. the retreat was a success is still in courage them to assume leadership start thinking positively about myroles at home, at school, and in the self. I realized many of the qualicommunity. ties I do have that I had never no-
There were a total of 50 students ·ticed before. It was really informainvited to this educational opportu- tive." Martinez also felt that the nity, most of them were Lincoln High ·staffs attitude towards the youths, students. The students sat in con- made it more difficult for the two ference rooms for several hours at a groups to get along ''They needed time listening to a variety of distin- more organization and they nee.ded guished facilitators. After all the to display more trust in us." learning, tl1e par~lcipantswere able Several other participants saw to enjoy pizza and bowling as a re- things the same way. Lydia arown, lief and a chance to· relax. The re~ a Junior here at LHS, said,. "Most of treat was headed by Lynda. Todd. the staff were mean. ·I regret going. Assistant Director of ETS and a They treated us like babies." Brown group of UNL students who volun- mentioned that the speakers were teered as the retreat's "team lead- good, but they were too long. ers." The ETS staff brought in speakMany students came away from the retreat feeling like they didn't
It's unfortunate that some kids came away feeling like they weren't respected as adults when actually. they weren't acting like adults either." She also said the leadership staff had caught news· of students planning on doing some non-retreat activities the first night Todd said, "We were liable for .everyone there. We had to ensur,'e safety. ·When you have 50 to 55 young men and women, there has to be some limi- ·· tations, rules, or guidelines." They didn't want kids going into each others' rooms, because they didn't want· anything bad to happen. In order to prevent something like that, they felt they had to be proactive, not reactive.
heavy debate. Both sides can agree · that they learned in order to have a fun retreat next year with improved conditions, they are going to have to work on compromising.
Diversity Is ·.hat .· akes Lincoln High A Great School Clothing, Hair Styles, Personality, Open-mindedness Part ofLHS Diversity
By Sarah Bergman Staff Writer
It's 7:30 am, and as I walk through the doors of my old school wearing my new checkered pants from Goodwill I'm feeling great, un · til the faces turn and the smirksarise.
Some of them actually are looking scared or confused. They can't quite figure out why a person would dress like this. "Don't you want to fit in and look like everyone else?" they seem to ask! ·
I went to that school for a year and a half, and finally I got sick of it and transferred here to Lincoln High. The difference is amazing. Lincoln High doesn't have one majority group. You walk through the school and you see diversity down one hall, and· diversity down the other.
the majority is very clear, and almost · dull. · everyone looks the same. ····· They got pulled into the, "I'm
Lincoln High is very unique in ·something more special .than anythat there are so many different ·one,~ pit and they. can't get out. groups and types of people. The way these students were, af-
The people at my old school are fected my learning. These people, the richie, clean · · for some strange reacut, "I'm better son, thought they than everyone were tough and extra else" type. They privileged, all of them close their· in their knitted minds off to only sweater vests acting "their type," and all hard. anyone else who
They would give isn't like them is others a hard time, "strange, abnor- and they would never mal, and stu- stop talking and igpid." The sad noring teachers.
part about all
They didn't have to, this is that they because they thought are the way they they were better than are because everyone else. most people at
Before I started
may not think it is a problem, but I do, and I want to. see it change.· Lincoln High is usually cat<'!gorized as the. bad school because of the people and behavioral·· stereotypes, but with my experience my old school has more hate, less obedience, and more closedrutndedness, which .can lead to more violence in schools.
Since I have started going to Lincoln High I have realized high school doesn't have to be hell. I walk down the halls and no one is amazed at what I am wearing, or makes fun of me for it. Most people compliment me rather than stare at me in disbelief.
I also feel a lot more love here from students as well as staff. The majority of kids are friendly and caring. Teachers don't think I'm a trouble maker because I don't look · •· my old high attending my old high like everyone else. because there is I'm not just talking race either. school are like school the middle too much diversity for someone to I'm talking clothing, hair, personal- that.
school I went to was look like everyone else. ity, and open-mindedness. The When I went the same way, but I love it here, and am very glad I , thing about Lincoln High is that there I watched worse. made the change I feel free, loved, · there is no majority. everyone is dif- so many kids
When I realized and open every time I walk ,in the ferent. who looked different, and had strong how. bad it was there I figured, building. Others may disagree · You may think, "Yeah, what's the diverse opinions, change into the "they'll grow out of it, they have to." strongly witl). me, but with what. I big deal?" Well, you probably have · stereotype of that s.chool. They be- Well, I was wrong This, sadly, may have experienced these are my facts, · never attended other schools. where · came trendy. closed-minded, and ·.·be a permanent problem, and some and for now, l~m sticking With them. ·"'
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In 1984, Geraldine A. Ferraro be- · came the· first woman vice-presidenRepublican governor in U.S. history in 1987. She is one ·of only fifteen women to ever have beeri governor of. a state. ·
Willa Cather was a popu;lar au~ thor, in the early 1900s. She graduated from the University of Nebraska
· at the university. she w.as , dressed as William ,Cather (Willa's opposite ~extwin). Cather's first book, April TwUights, was published in 1903. She is most famous for writing My Antonia · Grace Abbott was .born in Grand Island in 1878:.
tial candidate on a national party · ticket. Although not elected, she went on to hold several other political jobs. Ferraro was first elected. to Congress from J'!I<:?WYork's Ninth Congressional District in 1978 and served three in 1895. 1When Cather first arrivedterms in t h e House of. Re pres en·tatives.· In· Congress s· h ·e · worked for the Public Works, Post Office, Civil Service, and the Budget committees
·Femu:o lead efforts ·to
· She was very dedicated to child welfare. Abbott taught high· school until 1907, worked with many philanthropic organizations in Chicago, and was the director of the Child Labor Division of the U.S. , Children's Bureau from · 1921 to 1934. She pro-. mated legislation to regu 0
•··pass the· late child labor and directed studies of delinquency and child neglect. Equal Rights Amendment. She also supported the Women's Economic Equity.Act, which ended pensiort dis·.cl"imination against women and pro-vided job options for displaced homemakers.
Kay Orr became the first female ·
Since the decrease in production, a little," said junior Gabe Alexander. OPEC increased gas prices, which led OPEC has ""atched as the
Most. students· agree at LHS said, "It's very disturbing be~
rienced ·late in 1.998 when a barrel· that prices have gone too. high.. "I· ··cause from all indications, rising gas •. prices could lead to the same kind of·•
recessionary period that we had seen in the '80s."
During the '80s, inflation increased to a high of 13.5%. People lost their jobs, and interest rates were hiked up to double d.igits to bring about a more stable economy. "Right now, I think one of the things people are looking at is how high will it go before I start changing my habits," said Myers
For some, this may mean walking, biking, or car pooling. A nationwide gas out has also been planned · · for April 7-10. During this time people are encouraged not to buy gas, in ·hopes of bringing .down the gas ptj,ces. · ·
Despite so many contrib~tions to society, women's importance in history is often overlooked. That is why Women's History Month is so impor 0 tant. It gives women the honor they have worked so hard to earn over the years
cost only $10.
The supply for oil has decreased, but the demand is only rising. Purchases of gas guzzling SUV's and higher speed limits have increased the · need for gas. Today, people use gas much more and in higher amounts than in the early '80s.
OPEC meets March 27 to discuss the possibility of increasing oil production, but prices will continue to rise for some time. For now, rising prices have caused most people to be aware of how much driving is actu-. ally necessary to do. "It affects my driving habits because it makes it more difficult to go places when you don't know if you should save more money for gas or go ahead and spend
think the rising gas prices are going too high, said junior David Bruning. Junior StefTomkins agrees and proposes her own idea on what to do about it. "I think it is crazy. I say we boycott gas altogether! Who needs it anyway? Only people who are LOSERS use gas!"
When filling up the gas tank, re~ member that it is not the gas attendants who have raised prices, but the countries who produce it. "I g~t com plaints fr.om everyone," said Conoco · gas attendant Kim Anderson. "I wish people would realize that I have to fill up for those prices too."
Concern for the rising gas prices has some remembering back t.o the late 1970s and early 1980s when
· ,., With the economy still booming, thoug}), and the other economic in~ dicators such as inflation and unemployment still low, some see the rising pl"ices as a short term priority, and one that will go away as quickly as it has com
Willa Cather
The Lincoln High Girls Basketball Team went into the State tournament rated number three, Their first opponent was Norfolk and they came out with a 5546 victory. The second round game against Omaha North was close, but LHS lost 29 - 43. The girls closed the season out 17-4. · , ,
Pictures from top to bottom:· SeniorTiffanyr Hicks (24) drives past her opponents in the first round of state basketball. Senior guard, Shelly Chiles (31) plays tough defense in the first round game against Norfolk · The Lincoln High Boys Basketball team went into the state tournament rated number 6. Their first round opponent were the North Platte Bulldogs. Through the first three quarters, both teams exchanged the lead several times, but the Bulldogs pulled away in the
fourth quarter to post a 6049 victory against LHS.
Pictures from top· to bottom: Senior Ty Graham (32) drives a layup to an open basket in the first game against Nortll Platte. Senior Richard Ross (24) applies pressure to the North Platte guard.
Pictures by Chris Lathen
LHS Special Olylllpics Tea01 ins Big
By Chad Fleek
Staff Writer
cial Olympic Games in Soldier Field, Speciall Olympics basketball team Chicago. '.[he concept was born in the beat Northeast two games 1to none. early 1960s when Mrs. · Shriver The team consisted of seven players:
· · Many of you may know about or started a day camp for mentally chal- Josh Reinwald (12), Brad Wenzel (12),
· watch the Olympics, but do you know Jenged people, who were far more ca- Latisha Minchow (12), Bria. Boone
·····about the Special Olympics'? The pable in sports and physical activi- (lll, John Admire(l l), Ethan Beeck'
Special Olympics are an inter-· (12), Orvin Medina fl , and
· national program of year- the coach Larty Sypho: round sports training and ath- The basketball team has letic competition for more than practiced very hard. They
· one million children and practiceeveryTuesdaynight. adults who are,•mentally ·and ·State is the last weekend of physially challenged. school, and the team hopes
Participation in the Special to· take it all the way this
· Olympics fosters improved year. physical fitness and motor
At the Special Olympians skills, greater self-confideJilce, swimming meet Friday, a· more po_sitive self-image. March 3, the students that friendships and increased fam- placed well will be competily support. The athletes carry ing in Omaha in June. The these benefits with them into results are as follows: Brad their daily lives at home, in the Wenzel- 1st place in the 10 classroom, on the job, and in meter, Remington Holmesthe community. 3rd place in the 15 meter,
The athletes' parents who and 2nd place in the 10 particip te become stronger as LincolnHighSpecialOlympicsSwimTeam(Leftto m~ter, Brian Boone- 2nd they lea nagreaterapprecia- right):BarbWeckm84,RemmingtonHobnes(ll),Brianplace in the 15 meter, and tion ·of heir athletes' talents, Boo (11) Davidl\if, • ..,.h (11) d Brad,.,. nz1(12) David Mu~hy- 1st place in and co munity .volunteers ne ' '''"::I:' Y ,an ,,e • the 15 meter, and 1st place and everyone involved learn more ties than ~any experts thought. in the 10 meter.· about the capabilities of these tal- Since 1968, millions of children and On Wednesday, March 8th, the ented competitors. Special Olympics adults with cJisabilities have partici- swim team had a meet and did very coordinators believe that competition pated in the~pecial Olympics. well. Josh Reinwald, Latisha among those of equal abilities is the What about our very own Lincoln Minchow, and Ethan Beek swam for best way to test its athletes' skills, High Special Qlympians. They are on LHS and Amanda Marshbanks, Baji mBasure their progres,s, and inspire a roll this y~ar. There are many Ganda, and Matt Oldfield swam for them to grow. events includjng, basketball, swim- the Sharks. As you can see, the Spe-
The Special Olympics began in ming, and track. Around LHS there cial Olyrt1picsteam for LHS has done 1968 when Eunice Kennedy Shriver are ten teams \hat compete. outst;:inding this year and there is a organized the first international Spe- On Saturd~y. February 26, the lot IJiore to come.
Lff.S Soccer going for the G-0.,0-0--0LD ! ! !
By Robin Washut
· · step 1n doing thJS was scheduling off ago down to Soµth St. and back after
Sports Editor season work outs that included run- school, said Colby Venema (11).
Foi: mo~t sports teams., it usually ning and lifting weights. "We starteti · .····.. So, with years pf playing with and ·.·takes a while to create a bond between running together Jlbout two man:t.:'tS""a:garnst ea.ch offier ·and recent work~~ ·
the players. To get everyone on the ·
',. · outs. the Lincoln High team on the same page. Fortunately ••spccer team is in sync for the Lincoln High soccer team, fa~ and ready to play. The miliarity among the players will be a Links first game will be major advantage. The Links· have · against Lincoln Northplayers that have played with and east on March 21 at · against each other for years. This as- · Seacrest field. Yinka · set, in addition to. having seven re-. Akinyemi encourages turning starters from last year will everybody to come make this year's squad a team to down and see the watch in 2000. games. "I think our soc·
Besides the teams ~nderstanding cer teams at all levels of each other, a strong offense will be · deserve some credit. an important tool for the Links sue- The basketball and cess. It will be led by a powerful group football teams always of scorers including seniors Jerry get the cheers and the Dillion and Kevin Myles. Dillion, in Lincoln High soccerplayers practicing at Woods pep rallies. 1 think the only his second year in America, will Park. The Links' fiist game is 3/26 against soccer deserves some give the Links the explosivness and · Lincoln Northeast. attention. We are good." power on offen,se that they need Myles crings speed and ball control · to balance out the offensive attack. Leading the charge on offense will be the mid fielders. Yinka Akinyemi · (12), Thomas Nettleton (10), and Colby Venema (l ll are the likely starters. Backing it all up are th.e defensemen, · filled by senior Clay Sheaff and juniors Kevin Nelson and Galen Lechner. Scott Rindone (12) is the probable starter at goalie.
·With an experienced and talented team the Links are setting the standards high for themselves. "My expectations are for us to go to state and win at least ·14 games. ff said Akenyemi. "That is our number one goal. ff The Lincoln High soccer team has a lot of pride coming into the season.which could be a bad thing. "Sometimes we underrate teams and we don't play as hard as we can." said Akinyemi. With a limited bench, the ·starters are going to have to play hard every single game if they w~t to accomplish the state tournament goals they have set for themselves. Head coach JackBrestel will have the job of trying to channel all the talent on the team into success. The first '.. - •. -
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Whetherit's 1 person getting 20 haircuts, or 20 people getting l haircut or perm it all adds up to $50.00 for your club.
Hairport's official Lincoln High School Club Book will keep .track of your credits. This offer is good for all of 2nd semester. Haircuts cost $10.00. Shampoo is $3.00 extra. Perms start at $35.00 and include the shampoo.
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Hairport Salon ·.47.11.Huntington.· (In the Plainsman Center,·acrossfrom Walgreens) --• ,· -
LHS Proves That ''Oklahoma!'' is S001ething to Sing About -
Through· Dancing ·Fti11 ..
By A.damWuerfele
Co,.Edi tor~in-Chief
"Oklahoma!" was performed on the Lincoln High stage ·. on March 16, 17, and 18: The Rogers and Hamm~rstein original is about a woman named Laurie, played by junior ·Anna Degraff, who denies that she is in love with Curly,· junior Andrew Young. The first act shows how the game of love is played. Curly pretends he. hates Laurie and Laurie pretends she hates Curly. Meanwhile, Ado Annie, junior Kaitlin Koenigsman, decides that she can't say no to Ali Hakim, played by senior Greg Lawson. Her "real" boyfriend, Will Parker played by senior Paul LeFeber, comes back from Kansas City to claim Ado with the help· of his prize money, $50. The problem is; he spent it all on presen ts and Ado's father won't let her marry him without $50. Ali Hakim is given permission to marry Ado, by the barrel of a shotgun. He decides that he should marry her, even if he doesn't want to.
(Above) The mens dance chorus shows how Will Parker believes Kansas City is with all the new dance steps that he learned while being at tbe fair.
Will Ado Annie get the man that truly loves her? Does Curly say that he loves Laurie? If you· saw the musical you know, if not, rent the video. There is no doubt that "Oklahoma!'' is a classic musical, it is also a known fact that Lincoln High can and did make it one of the best productions this year.
Lathen
· Photos by Chris
(Above) Curly, played by Andrew Young(ll)~peaks to Laurey, played by Anna DeGraph (11).
(Right & Above Right) Debbie Peters (12)watc~s on while Paul J. LeFeber (12) playing Will Parker shgs about Kansas City.
(Below) Ballet Laurie played by Mariah Meyer (12, cries for the love of her life, Curly, played by Andrev .·Young (11), as Jud played by Adam McCown rejoice. in the death of his rival.
(Below Right) Sarah Sterns (11), Chelsea Maitland (11), Kate Lacy (10), Becky Erickson (10), Mariah Meyer (12), and Eileen Farrell (10) dance during a dream sequence in Oklahoma.
Nationwide Palllphlet Finally iven _ to LPS -Schools
Lincoln High GLBTSApushes for gay, lesbian, bisexual andtransgender recognition_
By Adam Wuerfele
Co-Editor-in-Chief
to make this pam- phlet as informa-
Lincoln High's GLBTSA (Gay, Les- tive as possible. bian. Bisexual, Transgender, Straight The pamphlet Alliance) has been ve:ry active the past is designed and few months. They are_ aware of written to explain society's resistance to the idea that that sexual oriengay and lesbian people are normal - tation is not a and should be treated that way. The choice, and that publjcation of the pamphlet. "Just the "reparative The Facts About Sexual Orientation therapy" that has & Youth," in early December of 1999 been publicized in _• was supposed to help establish this order to create the _ within the national school system. idea that gay and -The American Academy of Pediatrics. lesbian people are American Counseling Association, the abnormal is American Association of School Ad- wrong. The Naministmtors, the American Federa- - tional Association , tion -uf Teachers, the American Psy- of Social Workerscbo,log,i.calAssociation, the American _ states sinits .P.o.licy School Health Association, the Inter- Statement on Les- • faith Alliance Foundation, the Na- bian, Gay and Bitional Association of School Psycholo- sexual Issues that gists, the National Association of So- "Social stigmati-
Just the FactsAbout _Sexu Orientation &You
A Primerfor Principals, ,Educators& SchoolPmo11ncl
people is wide_ backed up the NASW when it stated spread and is a in its position statement on Psycbiprimary moti- atric Treatment and Sexual Orientavating factor in tion that, "Many patients who have leading some undergone 'reparative therapy' relate people to seek that they were inaccurately told that - sexual orienta- homosexuals are lonely, unhappy intion changes. dividuals who never achieve accepSexual orienta- tance or satisfaction. The possibility I tion conversion that the person might achieve happitherapies as- ness and satisfying interpersonal resume that ho- lationships as a gay man or lesbian mosexual orien- is not presented, nor are alternative I tation is both approachestodealingwiththeeffects _ ,, p(at h odlbo g i de~1 •Whsociett~lbsti?m 1 a 1 tiza~di~ntdhistctuhssed 1 ." cause ya 1s~ a 1s as1ca y sa1 1s a e on y : ease) and freely problem with gay, lesbian, bisexual chosen."_ The and transgender people is the society l NASW _also, .around them and the way it treats '·-states that these these people.
" r e p a r a t i v e - 'Transformational ministry" has therapies" can been used in a similar manner. This be very harmful. term, "transformational minist:ry," is The American cial Workers, and the National Edu- zation of lesbian, Psychiatric As-,cation Association all worked together gay, and bisexual ,__________________ _...s o c i a t i o n -(Continued on page 3)
Don't
By Mariah Meyer
- & Meghan Connet
Copy Editor & Co-Editor-in-Chief
et Burned by Tanning Salons, et Steamed
The flowers are blooming, trees are budding and the grass is turning green. -Yet, these signs of nature awak- ening are but a slight hint that spring - is in. the air. Students are being attacked with severe cases of spring fever, and shorts and tank tops are seen
Before we get to, indoor tanning salons, let'$ review tlhe basics of tanning of any;kind. There are three categories of Jltraviolet light: UVA, UVB, and UVC rays. UVB and UVA light rays trigger skin's melanin production, and then the UVArays cause the melanin granllles to go through an oxidation process on the skin's surface. Hyperpigmentation, or tanning. is the body's response to this ultraviolet in-
concentrated ultraviolet rays. similar effect on your pocketbook. The tanto the rays you receive from the sun, ning industry as a whole is estimated but they are stronger. Artificial light to be a $400 million-a-year business emits more consistent UVArays than (not factoring in dermatology and onnatural sunlight as well as precise cology fees). According to price lists accuracy for exposure time.· Artificial from local tanning salons, 200 minlight also contains 1-2°/o UVB rays, utes in the "sun" cost about $35-45 while natural sunlight has about 3o/o on average.
UVB rays. Either natural or artificial So, one may ask, with all these _light rays can eventually lead to mela- -_factors against it, how is the artificial noma (skin cancer). However, the tanning indust:ry thriving and continuAmerican Medical Association warns , ing to ·grow? , According to a survey that those who tan are seven times published by the American Associamore likely to develop melanoma than tion of Dermatology, 63o/o of teens be-, ,_ -_ those who don't. lieye-they look better when they have : :_ The American Medical Association • a tan, and 59o/o believe that people in
also warns that as few as 12 episodes,_ general look more healthy when they of tanning (on alternative days) has have a tan. While many people agree shown to cause degenerative changes _ with this assessment. are the short(leading to cancer or a leathe:ry, term perks of tanning really worth its wrinkled appearance) in skin. How- detrimental affects for the future? ever; when asked about the effects of Natural sun exposure and tanningartificial sunlight on the -skin, a rep- • in moderation may be acceptable, acresentative from Alternative Tan de- cording to Dr. Rodney Basler, UNL proclared that"You could tan 20 minutes fessor and local dermatologist, but throughout the hallways more and · ju:ry., Tanning, in any form, causes - eve:ryday (in reference to artificial tan- only if a person tans a_few sessions more each day. The arrival of spring premature aging, produces wrinkles ning) forever, or, like 20 years. and - prior to the summer to prepare their iS also evident through a visit to a lo- - and/premalignant keratoses, and can_ never get cancer." skin for the summerweather and sun. cal tanning salon, where people flock stiipulate malignant (cancerous) Most tanning salons recommend and stops tanning with the arrival of in an attempt to get rid of their pasty transformation of normal skin tissue 4-6 tal).ning sessions in· order to autumn white skin and prepare for swimming into basal and -squamous cell carci- achieve a base tan. and then a ses- On, the other hand, Dr. Basler - suits, shorts. and of co.urse, the prom. nqmas and sometimes malignant sion once a week to keep the tan- says. "Weekly, year-round exposure One may ask what the purpose behind melanomas._ In other w9rds, tanning which counts up to 12 episodes vecy - as -has been advocated in some prothe ever-growing phenomenon of arti- is really bad for your skin. - -- quickiy! Each of these_ 15-30 minutes - motional literature, can be predicted ficial tanning is, and since we were ·- / UVArays cause skin, to tan. while -_sessiOns is equivalent to an entire day to significantly_potentiate the damage , wondering the same, we set out to dis- -m,re harmful UVB rays, cause 1 sun~ - spent at the beach. -----.-,,-,--, -.-, ,_, · •-rec:eived from s~sonal summer usage. ·•,·cover the secrets behind the wide- _-,-',b~ns. ,-Accord~ to locatt:anrii~g ,S!"-.; i.: ·'.>~esides its costl~-effec!s <:>n-r~ur WeInyst recanlJl)erid tqat this course
·LincolnHigh WantsTo Know,Who WantsTo Be A
By Meghan Connet Co-Editor-In-Chief
skits between each act, providing a subplot to the show.
Seven of the MC's were con-
Here's'lhe Itl1llfonairti'<fol- testants on the Millionaire ,·' ': .lar question folks." Thfs ye'a:f\'s. show, while Debbie Peters Joynite,11~fo~cl,.botb-,~ played Regis 'Peters'. Several 6 and 1-.ip"th~ .LH~ audiq>- · jokes in the MC's skits hit on rium, was issues that have occurred at
A) terrible I missed.ER Lincoln High this year, infor that? eluding the AlphaClarion,
B) worth watching cheerleading tryouts, and
C) funny Debbie Peters churning but-
D) filled with unbelievable ·ter for 15 minutes in front of talent and nonstop, fly by the the whole school during the sear of my pants action production of Oklahoma low) (The answer will fol- However, many times the jokes were directed towards the administration. One joke related the attendance office with fascism and another boldly called 'the administra-
As Lincoln High's longest running annual show, Joynite has been a longtanding tradition of allowing the talent at Lincoln High be known. This year's show was chosen slightly different from previous years. There were only three slots on each night that were audi,.. tioned for. The other 12 slots
were automatic places reserved for clubs or groups that have always been a part of the Joynite tradition. "I think that there is a lot of talent at Lincoln High, but a lot of times we don't get to see it," said sophomore Deva. Connett.
Following the theme of "Who Wants to Be a Joynite Millionaire", the Masters of Ceremonies performed small
.·tion a joke.' "We don't make the attendance rules," said DeAnna Jurgens, the Attendance Coordinator at LHS. "We just follow the administrators policy. We follow through with the rules of the · school." Many times.jokes making fun of other schools were told again and again.
A big surprise at this year's Joynite performance was a somewhat funny Student Council skit. StuCo has been associated with bad skits, but this year they ended that tradition. "Laughter was a good thing," said Student Council president Emily Chen. "People usually
Nebraska· Senators:·
By Meghan Connet Co-Edi tor-In-Chief
Wanted a US senator. Must be at least 35 years old and have lived in Nebraska for at least a year.
Must not mind the commute to Washington DC. Days consist of forming and debating laws. Many weeks off. Starting pay around $136,000 a year with benefits.
Senators today make an average $136,000 a year with great medical and retirement benefits.
at this year's
never laugh at our skits, so we felt we had accomplished something."
Singing was the main act at Joynite, ranging from full groups such as concert choir singing Tom Petty's Free Falling to a harmonious duet, "His Eyes Are on the Sparrow" by Seniors Melkadas King and Olamide Alabi.
Technical difficulties on Thursday night prevented the use of the 1V. shows music, but the millionaire theme was kept constant throughout the show.
For 84 years, Joynite has provided fun and entertainment. Times haye changed and acts have evolved. However, the talent represented at this year's Joynite was not as unique as it has been in the past. There were great skits, excellent singing, funny MC's, yet somehow a key link was missing, creativity. Due to. the fact that only a few acts were actually selected to perform, many of the acts were turned away. So, the answer
tor has been one of distinction and lasted 366 days, but during that time prestige. · It is a job in which one is · they received an <eleven day break.
During the 100th Congress, the session lasted 351 days with seven breaks, ranging from six days to over a month of time, totaling 84 days.
The average worker today, liv-
to that million dollar question is of course your own opinion. It was funny and worth watching, but it cold have been better. So much of the talent in Lincoln High was not represented. The· clttbs,. groups, and individu!ls did a fine job, but it was those who have always been recognized as talented. Somehow, I know that there are other hid,.. den talents within these halls of LHS that have never been given the opportunity to shine.
Senator makes four times what the average American is making. What is the justification of paying these government officials so much more money?
For .100 senators, the citizens of United States are paying a base price of $13,600,000 to keep their senators in office. One would as- choseri to fulfill Yet, a Senator whose sume that a senator must deserve duty is to make the laws of this counthat kind of money for the job that try, would be uselessifthose around they do. Yet, how much does a Sena- him were not contributing. A police tor do compared to the average officer enforces the law and a teacher American worker? Is a Senator more important in this world or have we teaches it, but still a Senator is rewarded the distinction and prestige. • just made them seem that impor- Each year, a Senator earns tant?
$136,000, butfordoingwhat? Atypi-
In reality, every job is important cal day in the Senate consists of work- · and holds it's own special place in ing in committees on new bills, dethe work world. However, some jobs · bating bills on the floor, and, passing are deemed more prestigious or dif- bills into laws. ficult and therefore receive more pay-
If it is due to importance and prestige, then we have it all wrong. The sooner we realize that we are all important no matter what we do or what we make, the better off we all shall be. For a person may try to do it all themselves, but eventually they will run into something that they'll ing in a .family of · need help with. Together we help four, makes a little · each other and that makes us all imover $36,000. A portant.
The Senate usually meets at noon ment. What people have failed to re- each day, depending on the workload. alize is that without a certain job in the large work force, we could all be lost.
The· occupation of being a Sena-
A session of Congress can last up to two years and depends upon when • ! · the Congress meets.
The· longest session of· Congress
II G perfonned last
Joynite with an impressiveviolin/saxophoneduet by Erin Wight and CatraylWhitcomband new step combinationsthat showed their innovativetalent.
_B_y_A___m_y_N___ic_h_o_Is _ --"------- - · _ the lower class supported this change linked, chanting "all together, _ all to~ Staff Writer because they feel they don't ' have a gether, strike, strike!" fair chance at getting into the good The protesters ·got their wish.
-Throughout the month of March, · schools. ·Other students were out- ·•Claude Allegre was taken out of ofstudents and teachers in France gath- · raged about this. T :hey felt that if it _ flee. On April 3 the new minister of erect by the thousands in protest of _ is based on anythiillg but the test it - education, Jack Lang, officially took the actions taken by the former Min- would make the test and all the his place.
_ _ __ ister of Education Claude Allegre. · _ preparation they go through worth · Striking isn't a new thing for · · Allegre wanted to make changes nothing. Allegre also blamed the French students. In October of 1998, to the baccalaureate a.long with tak- teachers forthefailingsofthe school -_ ·. students ·went on -strike over inading away sorrie students' and teach- · system. · · equate public school funding, overers' vacation tipie. Tlle baccalaure- · -•-_. -- ·The :protests started in the south cr-0wded classrooms , and an outdated -· · ate, commonly referred to as the "bac'' of France near Nimes, and Montpellier; education system that did not prepare in France, isatest >thatlastsabouta • - both areas with some of the worst _ them fora tough, highly competitiveweek ·that students -are required to -_ shortages of teachers. _-·job market. Some students also felt 1 pass in order to graduate from high - On March 16, s ,chools and col"' · that the bac was too difficult and too school and enter college. ··• leges were shut dowrn due to protests •·competitive.
If the students fail the bac, they_ Police reported over 100 demonstra- · The students were supposed to ! have to repeat a grade arid take the lions across the country involving at have won in that strike too. Allegre test again the next year; About 80 - least 200,000 people. In Paris, · promised to make changes in the : , · percent ·of the students ·pass each · • 25,000 protesters marched through school system and increase the budyear and continue their studies. For the center of the city asking for more get, but he failed to keep that promthe boys it's a little e~sier. If they don't motley to update the country's edu- ise.
· pass the bac they can always go into · cation system and an end to the freeze _ With schools that are old and be- · -the military, ori new teaching pos1ts. - · -ginning to look run down and class~ _Allegre wanted to make the bac On March 24, a large group of stu- rooms -that are ftlled to capacity, the based on the students ' grades for their - dents, armed with posters, marched teacllers and students are hopeful senioryearalongwiththe test rather their way through -th ,e metroin Paris that the new minister will be able to than how it is right now, being based on their way to "storm the Bastil le." · give the education system the reform solely on the test. Some students in They walked throught the halls, arms · it so desperately needs
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ByMariah Meyer · of their difficult music in place ofCopy Editor intricate choreogr:aphy and the lf you ever stroll past room 328 · "show choir" approa 1ch. during third period, · · · - you are sure to catch a -_ -sample of the LHS Var_ _sity Swing Choir's rehearsal. · Directed by Suzy Schulz, >Varsity Swt~Cb.oip -1,JV~C,io~ short) Is a select sing· ing ensemble cornposed of juniors and ·s eriiors. -The ensemble i;ehearses daily during _ third period in prepara- · tion for both school and _ .·community - performances. - ~:-vsc · performed -_ most recently at •·
26-28. The group will be traveling to Greeley, Colorado to take part in the annual Jazz Festival there. This is the third year that the LHS choir will be · traveling to the fes.·tivai, in hopes -that the trip will - be as successful, memoItftlh-l c a.1-:td fu1-:t tl-:ti-5 year as it has been in · the past.
Each day, the __ _ members of VSC rehearse both solo and ensembl~ music •_during their · class period
The group works on music as an ensemble and · also takes time to work in · Joynite on April 6 and7 .and at_the an~ual_All- ;t City Swing Choir night i ! sectionals, learn
on April 10. The Swing r Choir Night is an event '
at which the ·.swing 2Ji');;,
choirs - from Lincoln ;;$;1!j,:'lat, High · Northeast ; ;•'@11umi \ , ' ' ' ':' '.:_\/?{Ji Southeast and East all ";; " I''. come together and dis- liw < ·>}<
play their vario~s tal- Lincoln High Swing Choir enlightens and entertains through ents and styles 1n one
evening. _ _ - song and dance at a concert at LH:S. _ Senior Melissa
The choir's main focus is on jazz singing in 4 to 5 part
· ferent
joy e d the '70s medley that the group Swihart was excited for VSC to display their unique style at the event. She said that the Lincoln High choir stands out from the others because
In addition to preparing for All~ ··worked on earlier this year, be c ause, City Swing Choir Night and other he said, "The '70s medley was fun performances , VSC has been getting because we got to wear costumes ready to head to Colorado from April and the audience really e njoyed th e
music."
After many years as th e LHS Varsity Swing Choir, VSC will be un-
dergoing some changes for the coming year. ·The group is going to mak e the switch from a swing choir to a jazz choir, which means that th eir focus will shift from swing choir mµsic and choreography to the jazz style of m usic.
This means that th e group will no longer con c entrate on choreography , and th e size of the group will depend more on balan c e of parts 1l•
than equal numbers of males and
Confederate Flag: Southern Pride or Racist Symbol?
By Marcus Mason Staff Writer
"Slavery has been fruitful in giving itself names. It has been called "the peculiar institution," "the social system," and the "impediment"... It has been called by a great many names, and it will call itself by yet another name; and you and I and all of us had better wait · and see what new forn1 this old monster will assume, in what new skin this old snake will come forth next."
-Frederick ,°'>uglass
During this last year a very interest:tr,gtopic has sur-
faced and captured much of America's attention. The Confederate battle· flag that looms over the roof of the South Carolina state capital building has raised some important q,restions as to what it stands for, its pc1rpose for being there, and its.
'vrrong,' so to speak. My goal by writing this is not to point the fmger at anybody, but to he\p those who don't comprehend the magnitude of this situation, to understanding why this object offends, a:nd ·disrespects so many people of all ethnicities.
A. misconception that many people have is that the Confederate flag has always been ~yingon the capital build-
million survived the boat ride sixties. A senior female said, some books like it was noth- · across the Atlantic! From then, 'Th,e only history it represents ing.) till now, millions upon millions is that of hate, slavery, and This one male, who is also of people of color have fought, control." Several students felt a junior, commented on these with their blood, sweat, and that by us taking down the flag, kind of statements by saying, tears for equality, and complete we are violating South ''I hate this flag, because it elimination of"racism." Do you Carolina's rights to freedom of · seems to me that South Carosee where I'm going with this? · exp:ression. lina celebrates the fact that
We then fall upon the Some students ignored the they stole the freedom of my unfotgetable Civil War. Lead- fact:s all together saying, 'There forefathers and everyone else ing up to this time there had is ruo reason to take it down." of color. If South Carolina can been thousands of slave revolts Others kept referring to it as · celebrate slavery, then this and a growing number of white South Carolina's state flag, but justi.fles the mistreatment of people of color in our society today!"
By Jeremie Memming
It is imperative that people know their history and don't · expect their school to really teach them the absolute truth. There is too much false infor~ mation being passed down to our youths. There is nothing that can rationalize, nor jus-
tify slavery. Nothing. What's more important, southern pride or millions of stolen lives? That flag only serves as a huge slap in the face to all my ancestors and all the Union soldiers who fought for the cause we still fight for today. Believe it or not, this really effects everyone, not just citizens of South Carolina.
significmce in the lives of ev- ing since the Civil War. This is Americans becoming more it's not. They have their own ery United States citizen today. not true The state decided to conscious of the inhumanity of separate state flag. A senior.· Now, I must· admit, I un- raise the flag and fly it in 1962, slavery. By the mid-1800s, it male, even went to say that it derstood verylittle about this during the strongest point of became such an issue that "shows the progress we have flag a year ago 1 but after read- the Civil Rights Movement. · ·many northern states had gained, and it· shows an era: i,pgJ,1..l<1rgecUilount of material ·· I find that vety interesting completely outlawed It. South- thl:!.thas djed. It qQesp'.t only on.~tory and its effects on the and I thinkit's mote than just em states refused· to end sla- mean racism." Wflll:ldtoday, I drew an ultimate a mere coincidence. I think ·it ·. very, b,ecause it was their ,eco- .·· ·' One female.Junior, put her- • eonelus;ion that thE!C~nfeder ·u.,,;i.s, flo,vn in defi~n'de ot ;t;h,;,. ·' norme'.Ni.eltfuneLnot to men:: '. self fil otheFs shoe$ by'.saytng , ate flag• is a symbol'of every · 'changing,times., What do you tioh, that "the strong, majority ··that: the flagserved,as'a con- · thing opposite of that which • think? In order to fully con- , ·.belief was that blacks were less ·.stamt reminder to people of • ·.·this country has been desper- ceive the· impact that this , human than whites. Because colo1rof the bad times and that, ately striving for since the be- 'southern heritage' symbol has of this strong belief, they com- ···"We as white people wouldn't ginning of its existence. To on manypeople, is to look at pletely broke off from the wan1t a constant reminder of comprehencl how an individual how it came into existence. We northern states, wanting noth- bad times for us." can draw such a conclusion all refer to slavery as a 'terrible' ing to do with their ideals. This one junior male hit on about a simple flag flying on a time in our history. Yet, none They forrned their own coun- an interesting point by saying pole, is to first realize that there of us truely know what it felt try, the Confederacy. it, "represents a nation that. is absolutely nothing simple or like to be a person of color dur- Which brings us to the doesn't exist." And it "was treaplain about this flag. It deeply · ingthose undescribable times. · subject at hand. Several stu- son for the confederacy to even saddensmetoknowthatthou- We can only imagine. So, dents said the flag is for the breakoffoftheUnitedStates. sands pf Americans fought to imagine this, in the early southern soldiers who fought 'Phe penalty for treason is supdefeat its purpose only to have 1600s, Africans and Europe- in the war, but what were those posed to be death and since it flown on the most distin- ans were ·living together with soldiers fighting for? How is this is a white world, we know · guished buildings in southern ·equal rights in America. that flag going to stand for the what happened." states. In this last century, 'Blacks' were holding office, memory of the soldiers when There was one junior male countless Americans, (espe- marrying 'white' folks, owning it was created before the war? that was the most 'colorful' of cially people of color), have pe- land, and even had 'white' in- It was created. for the thos1e sUtveyed, saying, "H*** titioned, marched, preached. dentured servants. Confederacy's purposes. Not yes it should be [left up)! They even organized boycotts in or~< , All records of the time for fallen soldiers. They have a right to express the · der to open the eyes of the didn't even refer to people by wanted to show that they, south's' heritage. It's· more people ofthis .country·to the their color, but by their coun- weren't part of the United than just slavery that the flag true history they have been try of origin. States. They became their own represents. It represents a deprived of by school text- ·· · An idea began to circulate , sovereign country. time when the nation was split books, myths, and numerous among the colonies in the late One student, a junior because of many issues. forms of propaganda. · 1600s that human slavery male, even made a comical People should not forget about
Before I wrote this mticle, would be the ticket to gaining statement, 'There is nothing the civil war, because of some I surveyed ten classrooms on easy wealth. In his book, "Be- wrong with the confederate· stupid 'politically correct' whether they felt the flag fore the Mayflower," Lerone flag, except that racism and dumb***, whomightgoandcry should be taken down or left Bennett.Jr. wrote, "Inthefate- slavery have been associated tohis/hermommybecausehe up. 72°/osaid to take it down, Jul sixties of the seventeenth with it." What!? The majority say the 'stars and bars.'" 16°/o said to leave it up, and century, the men who ran the argued that it is part of South This student serves as a 12°/osaid they don't care what colonies, egged on by the slave- Carolina's history. great example to why racism happens. I was happy to see trading royalists of London, One junior female, com- still exists and how many of that at least 3 / 4 of the stu- · made a decision that would mented, saying that the flag is today's youth are continuously · dents felt it should be taken lead, step by step, to the fate- just that, history. And it needs being miseducated and lead down, but I was very disap- Jul sixties of the twentieth. to be displayed in a museum. down that false, eroding road pointed to see that 28°/odidn't Heedless of the consequences, "Society needs to be mature of white supremacy. He actueven care, or felt it should be these men decided to base the and take the flag down, be- ally tried to rationalize slavery left up. The reasoning behind American economic system on cause that time iil history will and clearly spoke form an the students that were for leav- human slavery organized never be forgotten!" oppressor's viewpoint. The flag ing the flag up, lacked many aroundthedistributionofmela-
· A senior male said, "It's a doesn't need to be flown in orforms of logic and to say the nin in human skin." Thus, the sign of ignorance; ignorance of der to remember the. Civil War least. displayed their ignorance birth of 'race!'· not knowing the truth." It's funny how's there's no flag completely Narrow-minded What followed was the Some students like this flying to symbolize the trail of · are those who fail to acknowl- most horrific slave trade ever ·one junior female, questioned tears so many Native Amertedge other peoples' perception , known ,to human .beings. 50 the significance of putting the cans had to endure yet we re~ ·· · ,.on issues and reject the posst- million Af,rtcans. were taken· flag up during the peek of the · member it, {even though it'f:l · , bility that their waycould be fromWest'..Afnea and only 15 '·civil rights movement in the ·.often briefly skipped over in
I, Common Sense and Dead Prez Send Powerful essages
By Marcus Mason· Staff Writer
I reviewed two of the newest CDs to strtke the Hip Hop scene last week in stores eveiywhere. They are Common Sense's "Like Water for Chocolate" and the new upcoming group, Dead Prez, with their debut release, "Lets Get Free." Both albums absolutely take
say 'never say never' you done today. The album, simply titled, call the economic systei11 we live positive way. because it could said never twice." He then goes "Lets get Free," is a powerful, under. "Cash ml.es· everything challenge our thoughts and help on to ask, 'Why does this indus- moving, :;ind conscious-rattling aroW1d me," "It's all about the us draw better conclusions. try build careers that don't last?" battle ciy that I guarantee will beryamins."We hear it in the mu- Dead Prez produced all the Common sprays out strong lift your head and make you sic. We feel it in our lives. Capi- songs along with the help of Lord messages in songs such as 'The take another look from a differ- talism meW1S black suffering. Jamar, Hedrush, and Kanye 6 th Sense," where he states, ent angle at the United States 1heg call this a :free' market for West. There is a total of 16 songs
"Some say I'm too deep/ I'm in system. Itwillbeateniblewaste 'enterprise.' 'Thegsayeverybody and 2 bonus songs on the altoo deep to sleep/ Through me, if this. album goes overlooked. can 'make' it, if you play by 'the bum. Important points by Mohammed will forever speak./ It brings to the surface many · ml.es.' Butwhatrulesdothetrig- Chairman, Omali Yeshitela apGreetbrotherswithhandshakes topics that so many people of ger happy police play by when pearthroughouttheCDthatgrtp ort ghetto colorthinkabout, butneverver- they murder us all over this so- you in-between songs. There is 1 a n · d - balize. calledfree country? What ml.es one point where the Dead Prez s c a p e s1/ Graphic artwork on the in- did they play by whentheyforced proclaim, "We are tired oflosing where a side cover shows visions that. black people into slavery to bitild our friends, our family, our man is d,e- display many of the sicknesses up the :front' moneyforthis white people, to death, jails, and prtstennined fuy that consume society today. On capitalist system? ·No, we ain't ons!" how much a the back cover of the album, it free in m a n shows an African slave with the this somakes." He honible scars of lashings on his c ie t y, then goes back by his slave master. This n o on· to say, album is actually ve:ry educa- more
" De a Ii rug tional, because you get to see t h a n with alcco- how another group of people food is holisrn amd view things that you often learn free at Afux:mtrtilyr,/in school to be 'positive' things. thegroa complex It shows there is a flip side to c e r y man clrawm eve:ry sto:ry and many times store or off of sirm- more than not, in histoiywe see n o plicity/ real- the same side being represented· m o re ity is frtslk- over and over.
h a n ingme/ am.ct Dead Prez shout their crtes health · in this in~ in songs such as, "Police State," care is uniqueness to another level, dust:ryit'seasytoloseintensityr." "Behind Enemy Lines," "We free
· along with. powerful lyrtcs and Then there are some songs want Freedom," and "They when hard--corebeats.
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• that completely capture his pa:s- Schools." They even have songs · we get
• 0n:"Like Water for Chaco- sion anc:lforce you to feel his slllf- on such rare positive subjects s i c k late," Common put together a fering, joy and sensitive sidle.. such as "Be Healthy,·· which We are rrn#ure of .$eJiotis.ipassionate Perfectexamples of this c:tresongs talks about what foods should living songs carefully woven in with like, "A Songfor A&sata," "Get 1to be eaten and the destruction in oppressioTL This is the root This album does a great job in~ightful; inspiring messages Heaven Part n," and my personal. done to the bodyby consunling causeto the violence in our com" of· showing the thoughts and tha'fwilfcapnireal'tlistenersand·favortte, 'The Light." Comm0>n fatty, sweet,greasyfoodsalong T11UTlitiesamongsteach other. We '. ideas that spring out of. the ·.
· ··~rt the:tnto J;lis"Wor}.ci;that covers aVc1Starra.y oftopi~ from with c~garettes artd ~cohol. are victims of a cmmi- minds of'the QPP~~ when ~ls~.,,:.;;,,,·Jt·lf~~!' flov~tJ~V,9~cxi~Q~,:tQ,PQlli-: ,.~Tuey_ha'!'e a.sp~ __",Min,1.S!,'lx." nnl.~dp,,lr" ···•····.·.• ; .· .· ' th03, ,.;,;,,1,:,]l ol'thoi.- ,,J<,,;_,.,-,,;;·~~ ·. th~t is. / • • p op music · tl~r;andeven.asougabouthis whichdepictstheimport:anceof
· As y'Ou ea.ti see;they;have 'have be•exhausted. It.raises··· frq'm the soul," ~,b~ pµt$ it} grandma getting robbed on a falling in love with the mind be-- strong views on what the world some important questions as to ·· ~~~'$1aed(ac.t tbat I'm a lover. · Chicago train! hind the person and not just is about. This is ve:ry evident in · what can we as a society do to .·of Hip Hop, any individual who Fourteen of the sixteen .·.their physical attrtbutes. all of their sougs Even if you · improve the conditions artd · · ·listens to this CD would have·to ·· tracks on the CD are produced Perhaps the best way I can ·disagree with this account, it at ·lifestyles so many people of color· at ,eastrecognizeand appteci- by Soulquartans,. which did an present the content of their al- · least causes controversy. And are forced into on a daily basis · ate the work put into this ~btUil exceptional job on the music. Il)J bum to you is by showing you a controversy can be used in a by birth anp tlle .art;i.sticview C6II1II1on···.Premier produced "The 6tth sample of what decided to.take. Sense," and "Get to Heaven Part · they have wrttten
This is Common's fourth al~ II" was co-produced by GOID. in the inside cover. bum.,,{which is an accomplish- ThealbumfeaturesmanyproIIlli- Dead Prez wrote: ment in itself) and it definitely nent artists such as Mos Def, 1of shows one of this culture's ulti- · Black Star, Cee-Lo, of Good:ie mate conscious lyrtcists. Eve:ry Mob, Rahzel, MC Lyte, and voalbum gets even better than the cal artist, D'angelo. one preceding it, and in any for111 This is absolutely an album of music, that becomes a veiy that deserves some attention, difficult task to accomplish. because it is MCs like Comm(])n He has hard-core songs Sense that make Hip Hop Culsuch as "Dooin It," "Heat," and turesuchadorr.inatinginfluencce "The Lanius" intertwined with in the ways of the world today. light-hearted; laid back songs. The next album I looked at such as, "Funky for You," ancl was Dead Prez. Words can't even 'The Questions," in which he ask begin to explain this expressive, a sertes of questions that make intelligent, explicit Hip Hop his audience want to laugh and group. The entire album consists also, want to think a little bit. In of songs about society and the his lyrtcs he said, 'Why they say consequences of the slave trade · 'never say never,· when they and the Europeans' role in what know that ain't right? Cuz to weknowasAmertcaanditsways
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"We are pris-. oners because without that 'wage' (the little bit of crumbs you get for working-while their privat@ companies grow richer · and richer) ·we can't even afford the overpriced, lowest qit0.lityfix,d they sell us in the stores,{and the stores are owned by everybody else but us). Capitalism is what they a simple idea with impressive,results.
Student journalists from Lincoln's 4 public high schools got together with artists and activists, actors and advocates to learn about their lives. Discover their stories in ''Person to Person,"a publication filled with passionate people, inserted in the May 25th Journal-Star.
·· ,,one major concept that I learned from this project was the idea of sharing all of your time with the community through volunteering." --Adam Wuerfele,.Lincoln High Majprfundingtor.thisprogramwasp11Jvidecl by theNebraska Hum~9.ltia..~ncil, SfJaffilf~teof the ~~ona/.Endowmer1t:"'::"a'!Z , for the Humar1it/t1$,and thll LincolnJouma/Star. ·· · · eav·m, · ,; • ,\
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Robin Washut League Baseball with their ·Back in the 1950's and
salary cap a meager 19 mil- 1960's, fans were able to be
In today's game of major lion dollars. The team ·has faithful to a team a whole lot league baseball, with all the been forced into the lowly po~ · easier than it is for fans totrades, 100 million-dollar con- · sition of worst in the majors · day. Wit,h players bouncing tracts and monopolies; it has by the monopoly that large from teani to team looking for become difficult for fans to be · market teams, ·like the New · the biggest contract they cl:lll faithful to one team, , It seems , York Yankees (who have the · get, it is hard enough Just to as if only a handful! of players ·largest payroll of 92 million), know , who is on ·the te8111.,let onateamremairionthatteam have established. · Unless · alone follow a team for more · for more than five years. while Minnesota Governor Jesse than two years. In the golden , the others are traded, or get •· Ventura partakes in a WWF years of baseball, when · a· bigger salary offers and leave; ·pay .:cper-view~wrestlirig match · player was signed to a team a ·
It is as if players have forgot- · and gives the ,Twins the profit fan could depend on that ten about what gave teams like or ·something to that extent, player remaining · on that the New York Yankees and the ··the Twins' future is looking , · team for at least 7, to 8 years.
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Whert you look ·.at it to play ·for L.A. As if the through a player's perspective, money was not enough; the though, it is hard to blame Dodgers gave Brown and his them for not turning down the family their own personal jet atrocious contracts that base- · so they could · fly back and ball 1owners are offering them. ··forth on game days. The bar ; It wiould be very hard for a · rage bf money and gifts erased play.er to turn down •.100 :rnil- ' anyloyalty thatKevin Brown · lion ,dollars and stay With the had for the Padres and he team that he has been with for , signed with the Dodgers a few
.·Los Angles Dodgers the fan about as bright as a broken Although there were trades support they have today-lay- · light bulb. O'Unless the com- back then, they consisted of alty. missioner regulates the ·pay- young players' just beginning · Money in baseball today · , rolls, the Twins will always be · · there career or older players has ·made it very hard on ·•a farm team to the Yankees whose careers were coming to · sincre the 1970's and was one is well over two million. Who of th te most beloved people in knows what the future has in
come successful. Take the coin High student and life Griffey Jr. (who had his pie- ·
Minnesota Twins, for example, long Minnesota Twins fan ture painted on the side of a
the poorest team in Major · Josh Mohr. building in downtown Se-
five years · monthslater. .· , ! ' A perfect example of a · It is almost , scary to think player fo,rced to make this de- of what money will do to Major .' cision is _ the current Los League Baseball as the years AngllesDodgers pitch Kevin •·goby. Onlyeightyearsagodid Brown. Brown had just •led · ·.·.·baseball see the average player the San Diego Padres to the salary eclipse the one million-:·World Series for the first time ·• doll,ar mark, now the average
smaller market teams to be- and the Dodgers," said Lin- a close, not players like Ken the city During the off sea- store for baseball, but if base~ son, the Dodgers (who were ball wants a league of more just purchased by FOX) of- · than five competitive teams, fered Brown a 105 million dol- · then the future is now. ·
''A.nd the <Lincoln Stars are the Anderson Cup Cham
Chris Lathen · · ·. 8th highestin the USHL ; Also the Sioux City Musketeers, Linccoln the win. ·· .· ·., 13:14 O · e overtime allow- ; News & Photo Editor Dore was named to the All- seeded eighth. The past two The second game of the ing Lincoln to steal a ga:rpe "And the Lincoln Stars are Rookie All-Star Team. For- seasons, Lincoln has drawn best of five series was also that they didn't deserve to the 1999-2000 Anderson Cup ward Chris Fournier als-0 and kno9ked Sioux City out played at the Ice Box in Lin- win. · Champions!" That was the crackedtheTop20inscoring ofthefirstroundoftheplay- · coln. All night, Lincoln and · Forgamethreeofthebest story on March 24th. 2000 this year. Fournier scored 19 offs. its fans saw an energetic of five series, Lincoln would when the Lincoln Stars ·. goals and ·40 assists for ·59 Lincoln opened fhe best Sioux City Musketeer team have to travel 170 miles north _ downed the Rochester Mus- ·points. 13th in USHL scoring. of five series ·at home. · on · play. · Sioux City would wind ·· to the Sioux City Auditorium. tangs to clinch the United "Hale shoots and Russell March 28th. · Lincoln came up scoring the first two goals ·.The Sioux City Auditorium, in States Hockey League (USHL) · stacked the pads and stoned out trying to set a hard-hit- of th , ce game, sending Lincoln · b~st terms, is a scaled down Anderson Cup, awarded to •· him." That was the result for ting physical game. The sec- · to a third period ·desperate -·.version of the old Chicago the team with the best record ·a lot of rushing opponents this ond period would see the first plea for the game. Finally, Stadium with a smaller ice in the regular season. ''The year as the Lincoln Stars scoring of the night. Scott after being completely out surface than other teams USHL congratulates the en- · · starting goaJie Wayne Russell Polaski Of the Sioux City played all night. Lincoln play hockey on. This smaller tire Stars organization. finished second in thelJSHL Musketeers made the first would scor e at the 16:20 icesurfacewouldb e ahandi-11,.,y vc 11a.u a. L1c111 c 11uuu.:> · ru1 1uwe1:,toua1;s filluweu Av- 15<::raccn0n tne score cards 1mar.k.: into the tflirtl period _ cap to the 'Star~ 'a.11"rti'gnt :'• '
year on and off the ice," said erage. >Russell played 48 ··when he fired a shot in close · with a shot from Chat · Scoring ,got underway in Gino Gasparini, USHL Com- games in the regular season, rc1nge and beat Lincoln,'s Hont\vet. Then, with a minute , a hurry. • Sioux City , scored ·.· ,,' missioner After a grueling winning 32 of ·them. Also; Wayne Russell. But Lincoln and tiwelve seconds left in the · an early goal ip the second season that started October 2, ·., Russell stood tall in seven wouldn't allow the Muske- game. head coach Steve period only to let Lincoln tie ·· · 1999 against the Twin City shoot-6uts · (overtime teers t<> steal the show. Johnison called a time-out. · the game backup 17' secqnds Vulcans, the Lincoln Stars tiebreaker) by winning six of Defensemen Andy Schnieder Whem Lincoln took the ice later. The night was a rather brought home their first them. Russell showed why scored from the right face off agaim, •.·they would pull • strange one. Although, what Anderson Cup, and first tro- the head coach ·· ·•. · g o a l t e n d e r can be expected while in an · h phy home since their inaugu- and general man- · Wayne Russell so · arena that is referred to as a ral season when the Stars agerofthe Lincoln that the , Stars ''pinball machine." The Stars won the Clark Cup, awarded Stars Steve Ross could have an not only would have to battle _ ' · to the USHL playoffs cham- brought him here. extra attacking the Musketeers, but also a pion. The final touch of skater. · This poor ice surface. · Midway Lincoln began the year on the Stars' great strategy wo1.1ld through the second period, the road in Fridley. Minnesota regular season work perfectly. the ice started to melt, and against the Twin City was their great With 51 seconds the lines under the ice began Vulcans. That night the Stars ·· coach. Steve · remaining in the to smear. Although a though
would be a long year. Octo- of the Year Award, Grant Potulny Sioux City scored their fourth her would prove · to be and helped the joined a mad goal of the game while on the Lincoln's worst month for · Lincoln Stars earn dash for the power play. Sioux City · wins and losses with Lincoln the · Organization Lincoln's Kurt Knott slugs it out with Sioux · puck in front of avoided elimination is a must going 5-6. After that slow of the Year Award. c· , J ff V: D k d • ti f the Sioux C it y win situation. · · 1ty s e an y e ur1ng game our o the start, Lincoln pushed their With the regu- · net and scored. · Game four continued the ·· · ·· Clark Cup Playoffs first round. game into overdrive. · From lar ·season over, The puck slid best of five series and again November 1999 to the end of the Clark Cup under the pads the Sioux City Auditorium the season on March 25, the Playoffs began on March 28th. circle beating Sioux City ofMus ,keteer goaltender Betz, was the site. Game four Lincoln stars went an impres- · Playoff hockey is entirely dif- goalie Michael Betz to score and tied the game at two. For would be a continuation of sive 36-10-1. This great win ferent from the style of hockey · on the powerplay tying the the second game in a row Lin- .•the Stars problems from the · to loss record included an played during the regular sea- game at 1-1. Schnieder · ·coln and Sioux City would see previous game. In games two eight game winning streak son. Teams that succeeded ·would score Lincoln's next overtime. · This time though, · and three Lincoln was out from November 26th to ·De- during the regular seasons goal at 2:53 of the third pe- it would take more than 58 played. But game four, Lincember 18th. Also, the Stars · can be easily knocked out of riod with a quick wrister from seconds to find a winner. Af- coln played with much more ended the season with great the playoffs. This year's Clark the left side to beat Betz for ter a near goal by the Muske- intensity and desire. Lincoln momentum, goirig 12-14 to Cup Playoffs have already a second time in the game. teers early in the overtime playednearthelevelthatthe end the season. seen the third seed in the S , ioux City would come back period, Lincoln would control Stars had played with in the
The season provided great tournament get knocked off. at 14:43 of the third to tie the the puck, and lock down deep regular season to win their highs and lows for the Stars. In a three game sweep, the · game , and send it off into into the Sioux City zone. Af~ · Anderson Cup Once again
Lincoln produced three play- Sioux Falls Stampede, seeded · overtime, and a quick over- ter several shots, Lincoln the poor facilities in Sioux , ers that finished in the Top third, lost to a very defensive- · time that would be. Lincoln · · scored on a drive from ·Kyle · City proved to be a factor in 20 in points, and the second minded team of the Twin City dominated the overtime, alT Anderson, barely beating the · the game. This time the Stars best goalie in the USHL. This Vulcans, seeded sixth. Even · 58 seconds of it. That is all · · net being knocked off the would play well ·on the ice, year rookie forward Keith though the Lincoln Stars fin- the time it would take for pegs ; and scoring the game but it would look horrible on Dore scored 24 goals and as- ished first in the USHL stand- Stars' forward Chris winner. , The goal, which was · the score sheet. sisted ·to 41 other goals, giv- ing ; ·the Stars ·still drew a · Fournier to lift a shot above · angrily argued as not a goal The opening o·fthe game ing him a total of 65 points, tough first round opponent, the shoulder of Betz, giving by Sioux City, was scored at ·was just about as clean as it
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No penalties were called on ei_ ther team. Then, with 2: 18 left in the period, Sioux City's Chris Olsgard scored on a scramble in front of the Lincoln net. The second period would show the frustration of the Stars. Throughout the first and second period the Lincpln Stars played a great game., The only difference was that they couldn't finish on good scoring chances.
Sioux City would score once again at the 13:28 mark of the period. Within less then a minute of that goal, Lincoln's Kurt Knott and Sioux City's Jeff Vandyke squared off at center ice to fight. Both players re' ceived five minute major fighting penalties, but this would not discourage players. After the Knott/ Vanc;lyk,efight_ was over, and the next face off was occurring, two more players wanted a piece of each other. - This time Lincoln's Josh Magnuson and Sioux City's Trent Mozak would face off. The first fight was tie, but the Musketeers felt that they came out on top. When
Magnuson and Mozak faced off, Magnuson showed Mozak and Sioux City that Lincoln would not be pushed around. - Magnuson showered Mozak with uppercuts and Jabs sending a message to both teams. After two fights, the second peri,od would finally come to a peaceful end.
The third period would be the downfall of the Stars. During the second intermis-
three goals to start the third and soon to be final period. Lincoln, frustrated and wanting to avoid a shutout decided to beat the Musketeers physically since a_win was almost_impossible. And beat the Musketeers Lincoln would do. With 10:23 left to play. Stars bad boy Ryan Ronkowski decided to let Brandon Smitt of Sioux City feel Lincoln's anger. Ronkowski kissed his fists
Anderson of the Lincoln Stars would score the final goal of the game, but it was too little, too late. Lincoln lost 6-3. A fifth and decid-ing game would be necessary, and the series came back to the site to the Ice Box in Lincoln.
- Game five took place on April 5th. The game opened with Lincoln controlling the puck in the Musketeer end much of the first period. Fi-
when he attacked the Lincoln net once again. Fiala's shot beat Russell, only to hit the crossbar. Referee Ryan Fraser stopped play, thinking that a goal was scored. Lines- ' men Aaron Lundbohmquickly corrected Fraser and the goal Judge only agreed with Lundbohm. This would be the turning point in the game.
Lincoln entered the third period down 2-1. This was sounding all too familiar to the Stars and their fans. Games one and two had started like this, and ended in overtime. Lincoln's Joe Markesan scored at 3:54 to tie the game with a blast that would bounce off the of Musketeer goaltender Michael Betz's glove, and into the net. Lincoln had tied up the game and now was looking to go ahead. The Stars would go ahead when Preston Callender slapped home and centering pass from Chris Fournier with 8: 13 left in the game.
The Musketeers would pull Betz for the extra attacker, but Wayne Russellwould stone Sioux City's last efforts. The horn blew, and the game was over. After a five game series filled with blood, sweat and pain, Lincoln had won.
sion, as always, the zamboni resurfaced the ice. The only problem, the new water put onto the ice would stay on the ice as water and n,ot freeze. Now the Stars would have to play hockey on a slurpy-like surface. Sioux City came out and scored
as he does before every fight, and went after Smitt, inflicting a moving beating. The beating that Ronkowski inflicted was so moving, that Lincoln would try to mount a late game charge. Andy Schnieder would score twopowerplay goals and Kyle
Amy Jewell (12) gets ready to hit the ball during one of her matches for the Lincoln High girls tennis team.
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nally. on Lincoln· s first powerplay of the night Kyle Anderson scored at 19:27 into the _ first period. The period would end with pushing and shoving, but the two teams would enter their locker rooms for the intermission.
The second period saw the Stars lose their one goal lead and become one goal down. Sioux City's Chris Olsgard would score at 2:02 of the second. Nearly seven minutes later, at 9:28 of the second, Stars' goalie Russell would allow a second.goal to slip past -him ,on a rebound from Lukas Fiala. Fiala thought that he would have his second goal of the night
Lincoln will facd the Twin City Vulcans in the second round of the USHL Clark Cup playoffs. Game 1 of the best of five series will took placewith Lincoln winning 4-1. Game one saw the series take a physical style and Chad Hontvet scoring _his first career hat trick.
Game two was a beating of the Vulcans with the Stars winning 8-1. · Lincoln's size and strength were once again major factors in the large win. Andy Lund,bohm and Ryan Young each scored two goals and Nick Fuhr, Colin Stuart, Preston Callander and Grand Potulny scored one goal each. The Stars lost games three and four, 5-3 and 5-2. Game five of the best of five series will take place on April 15. If Lincoln wins, they will advance to the Clark Cup Final.
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Students in Celine Robertson's Chinese classes performed martial ·arts demonstrations, and a variety of Chinese folk dances. and songs at mandatory school assemblies on April 13th and. 14th iri. the Lincoln High Auditorium. Students worked very hard and practiced long hours to prepare for the performance.··
(Above): Students perform traditional Chinese dances.
By Shaima Nassir
Staff Writer
, . . mance. and direct action training. Ed-
ward Abplannlp, a UNJLstudent, was
On Ftiday, Aptil 14th, the capitol one of the protesters im Lincoln. "This of the state. of Nebraska, and the capi- is a peaceful protest, and we are try-· tol of the United States of Arnetica ing to make people awai,reabout what's shared a common event. The Inter- going on inWashingtom D.C., and also national Monetary Fund (IMF), the to sup.port the protest:ers in D.C," he World Bank, and the World Trade Or- said. The IMF does no•t have an office · ganization (Wl'O) were the targets of · or a representative int. Lincoln, howprotests in the two .capitols. • ever,· the. federal government is inA crowd of about 25 people gath., volved in the Irvt:Fpolicies. Elizabeth ered outside of the Federal· Building Goodbrake, a UNL stmdent, ·was the · on 16th & 0 St while more than · main organizer of the protest here in .· 25,000 people took part in the rally, Lincoln. "We are in sollidatity." {With protest. and bloclcade in Washington,• the protesters in Washington D.C.} , · D.C.; protesting peacefully the World Lincoln High School was well repBank & IMF meetings there. Accord., • resented at the protesit Several stu·ing to the Mobilization for Qlo~ .Jµ~-.··de.nts .·at.tended the. r,·ally.. Richard tice, many of the labor, .environrnen- Hargeshiemer, an LHS, Social Studies · tal, human rj.gj;J.ts,.student, and.com.: ,teacher. was spreadling the WOrQ. muni1:y~§ that organized the pro" among his students t()) participate irJ. · test, which sh4t c:lown.tlle wro ln .this community event. Students had ·· · Seattle ·in.I>e<::ei:nber1999, ·w~re .~so .•·. , d!fferent,reasons for being part of tlj,e
prepanng a ten-da.y Actiw.st Conver~ protest. Sophom.ore A.lex S~a·
ips, giant puppet building, perfor" people of ,Lincoln so they 1010wwhat the IMF ts and what they re 7 Economists, environmen- .·· · ally stand for and they need to tal, and human tights advo.- .· ··.•be stopped," 1\vo other sopho- cates have found many reasons mores, Jennifer Knott, and to oppose the. IMF: the IMF is a Jared Larkin, joined the protest secretive institution with no actoo. ·· countability, which means that So what is the IMF? The it operates from behind a veil of International· Monetary Fund secrecy. The majotity of people and the World Bank were ere- don't know how the members · ated in 1944, shortly before the of IMF get elected or the source end of World War II. The statu~ of their money. The IMF's politory pwpose for the IMF was to cies hurt women the most be-· create international monetary cause it's Structural Adjustcooperation to support global· ment Policies "SAPs". make it economic development. With much more difficult for women loans from the IMF developing to meet their families· basic countties would be able to open needs. In some countties, when businesses and increase em- education •costs tise too fast, · ployment opportunities. Mem- girls are the first to be withbership in the IMF. requires drawn from schools, and IMF membership in the World Bank; policies hurt the environment both specialized agencies of the because they do not consider United Nations. During the the environmental· impacts of 1980s. the IMF took on an ex- lending policies Some counpanded role of lending money to · tties ended up growing coffee, countrtesduringfinancialctisis. and tobacco. instead of other
This gave. the IMF leverage to crops to feed themselves, to fobegin designing economic .poli- cus on export growth to earn cies. for over 60 countries. hard currency to pay back Countties have to follow these loans. Cutting down the rain policies to get the IMF's "seal of. forest is a good example of this. · approval" to get loans. intema- Washington, D,C.'s protest· tional assistance, and even.debt ·ers were not as lucky as the Linrelief. coln protesters. Over 600
Peoplewithavatietyofedu- people, including many stucational levels and economic dents and even a Washington beliefs have been debating the Post photographer, were arexistence of the IMF as an eco- rested Saturday night, Aptil 15, · · nomic business. Goodbrake for rallying without a permit." said, 'When the IMFwas ere-. · The protest in Lincoln went ated it was a good.idea, but it more smoothly, with no arrests. has become a tool for wealthy Yet. not many people particicountrtes." Wealthy countties pated in it or even knew about were able, through the IMF. tb it. Another important purpose establish businesses. and open of the protest was to encourage factories in the third world the people of Lincoln to become countties with very low wages, more aware and caring about and a lack of environmental global issues, and justice besafety. Child labor and mini- sides protesting the IMF. mum wages are not ptiotities Chtistin (Rain) Duty, an LHS in the policies of most of the graduate, believes that people third world countties. The IMF need these three elements to be realizes that and takes advan- active: hope, support. and the tage of it. following of humanity. ·
ildlife· Loses· Habitat to Humans
·•·Nebraska Game & Barks Commission loo.ks t<J·.·bringbaek native plants.·and animals·
By Nicole Linke ·.·
300 adults. · ·
Litters of Black-footed, Fer..: rets food source is <prairie dogs, ·
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.··. _ ·The Black--footed Ferret his- .·.rets contain usually three or- four many ferrets hav.e died from eat-Nebraska has a very diverse torically lived ln. 12<.States in.the babies. They are born blind and ingp-oisone~ pralrie clogs. Other culture, in people, animals, and · Grea.t Plains and 2 Canadian 'helpless and depend on their · major problems for ferrets are Ca.- · plants. Often forgotten is.nature, Provinees The range of the fer-.·· mother for food for more than a.·. nine distemper ancl the Sylvatic · as we seem to think the world is ·· ret coincid·es closely wit.h that of··_month. The Black-footecl Ferret plagt1e. Canine distemper is.very for us As we push aside. nature , the prairie dog The Bl8::ck--footed ·is playful and inquisitive much easily spre.ad an.d thought to aland use the land for our own use,· - Ferret was held·in high regard by like the domestic ferret, especially ··•·ways be fatal.to ferrets. ·The Syl- .· be it farms or cities, .the animals.· many Native Americans who used as juveniles. They like to wrestle vatic plagu-eis the wildlife version , and plants pay the price. the pelts on headdresses and in - and arch th_eir backs., hopping on • of the. bubonic. plague. ·Ferrets
Currently, The Nebraska religious ceremonies. In 1960 their toe_s like a dance. were thot1ght to be immune to the Game and Parks Commission, · the only known population of th.e Even if Black-footed Ferrets ·.disease until a captive ferret in. along with others, have many pro- _ 1994 died after eating an infected. • grams to restore species that are prairie dog One. other ·problem threatened or endangered. En- is a serious concern. The entire dangered plants and animals in population of known ferrets origiNebraska are protected federally nates frorn 18 •ferrets from one by the Endangered Species Act of relatively small area which might 1973 and by the state's Endan~ lead to future inbreeding. gered Species Conservation Act of
·.Right now. the· US. recovery 1984. The federal law prohibits plan calls for a population of the removal or destruction of. 1,500 ferrets in 10 or more ar.eas listed .endangered species. The by the year 2010 with no fewer exportin-g.and possession of en- than 30 breeding adults in any dangered species is prohibited by population. If this goal can be · the state. achieved the ferrets can be down
There are many endangered · listed to the threatened status. species in Nebraska. There are · Right now the primary breeding six birds listed; the Peregrine Fal- facility is in· Wyoming but since con, Whooping Crane, Eskimo · 1985 seven private zoos in the Curlew, Bald Eagle, Piping Plover,· United States and Canada have and the Interior Least Tern. established breeding populations. Three mammals are listed on the The Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha Endangered Species list for Ne- is one of them. This has minibraska as well: the Black-footed mized the potential for disease
Ferret, Swift Fox, and River Qt.; wiping out the whole population ter. The Hayden Penstemon is A reintroducedBlack-FootedFerret traipses around his native of ferrets· and has helped cut _ '. listed on the plants list, Ameri- stomping ground. down the cost to the Wyoming '1 can Burying Beetle on the insects, Game and Fish. De.partment. ·and the Pallid Sturgeon on the · ferret was .a small colony in South were common, :seeing one would Funding is a problem right now fish list. Most of the Nebraska list Dakota. In 1979 the last ferret · not be likely. T'hey are primarily for the recovery program. -. --·~r._,••. 1 •'- VE!_1.c1.1~~L_i;1._Lc_~E11dan': ___of~t]J_at _col_9ny _die_d and it was nocturnal and sipend most of their Wyoming 1 ~outh Dakot8-,:,;~P9.< gi ea :sp--e-cies List except tfie ffiough~ ffle :BlaCK-Iuoccu -1:crI-.;;;t--tciM-o in___u_nder_s.x:o1-1-n-d·burrows. · Montana currently have sites in Swift Fox and River Otter. How- was extinct. It was not until 1981 90o/o of the Bla<r!k-footed Ferret's the wild where ferrets have been ~ver, the importance o~ protect-. that _ their existence was known diet is prairie dogs but. They also · reintroduced. Several sites in Ne- 1ng those tw~ mammals 1s no les.s_ · w.hen a ranch do~ in Wyoming eat .mice, grournd squirrels, rab- braska have been found but some Many other species are on the killed a ferret ·This finding led bits, rates, birds, and some rep- ·.recent prairie dog control efforts threatened list. to the discovery of 130 Black- tiles and insects. They have a have reduced the colony popula·· · ·.Probably the most endangered footed.Ferrets.in 1984. After the high metabolic rate so they eat •tionofprairie·dogs. Fora.site to of these species are the Blowout Sylvatic plague and_ Ganine dis- large quantities of food co.mpared .·be considered the prairie dog (Hayden) Penstemon and Black- temper ravaged the colony only 18 to their_small sllze. · · co1ony must include at least footed Ferret. The Blowout Pen- ferrets remained. These 18 ferrets· ·.Loss of habiltat is the prirna- · 1,000 acres of land and the colostemon is the rarest plan~ species have formed today's population of rily reason for near extinction. nies can not be separated by more native to the Great Plains .and 300 ferrets The Black-footed Prairie dog towns have been his-·.·. than 4.3 miles, which is the maxigr.ows only in the Nebraska Ferret has been on the United torically destro:yed by ranchers, mum distanced traveled by BlackSandhills. Today there are 13 States Endangered list since.1967· farmers, and the government. · footed Ferrets; - · sites that contain. the Blowout and Nebraska's since 1975. ·. The prairie dog used. to occupy Saving the Black-footed Fer-· · Penstemon with about 3,000 to The Black-footed. Ferret is a·. about 700 million acres but. to- · ret will require cooperation from 5,000 plants total. • The 1:31ack- ·carnivor~-~.ri the Mtistelidae fam.:. · day occupy only about 1.5 million_ everyone. Cooperation from land footed Ferret has been considered ily that includes, mink, weasels, · acres. Black-footed Ferrets use owners is vital. With a bit of carthe most endangered mammal in badgers, ·skunks, and otters. The the prairie dog burrowing system ing and a lot of work Nebraska North America for years. Today closest relative of the Black- as their home for raising young and the world can save our enthere is a captive population of footed Ferret is the Siberian Pole- · Also, since the majority of the fer- dangered nature
ByMarcus'Mason
Staft::Writer
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. • .. . , , : 1 .•• also rarely get to l;l.eara Native :Ameri- Sey e ral st,u,dents compl~ined that. class, but Trovocte Jackson, a jun~
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:. · I know wha.t ybu1tethinldng ; cart ' per pective :on the whole coloni'- 'tliey ,were ' never told about it oy their · ·ior, commented ort the work by say'histofy is ·so,·boringt' •,I 'must say, · zation process that claimed ·millions counselors. But the counselors · ing, "It's a good class that has lots of your feelingS 'ar,en:t ,completely un- · of lives; •lives that had family, friends stated tha:tthe class is in the student information to offer, but with this in- · justified. Throughout your years of .·and a place in this world. ·course handbook, and that there are furrnation comes lots of duties and reschoolyouha:ve ·,.been '.fOtcedto take ··· · ·••: ·.··So many things are left out of classes being dropped ail ·the time. ·· sponsibility in the form of work." , numerous history classes which re- •·,history, that almost every stud~nt It's a likely possibility that the coun~ The class has made all the 1 · peat themselves •over and over .-tell- •••· leaves high school completely ignorant selors weren't aware of all the courses ·students aware of the problems faced ing the same stories about the same of the truth. They lac ,k any under- available. · by people of color in the United States people. The history books you usu" ·. · standing to how and why things hap- · ·· ·,·• • Meyer commented on the stg-, and the world. Meyer also stated tha:t ally read from carry the same lectur"' ·.pened the way they did, and offer no ·nificance of the class to students, by it provides students the opportunity ing tone, melodramatic at best, and real solutions on how to fix it, A lot of saying, "I believe that much of what to, "look at the history of African often leave no room for suspense or ·, people feel that the problems that ex- has been traditionally taught in Americans from a more Afrocentric conflict This creates a situation ist today With people of color Will sim- American history classes in school perspective a history of , a tireless · where the student already knows •· ply dissolve, and fade away. It doesn't has reinforced existing political, eco- struggle against oppression, · for what's going to happen, and there- work like that. Nothing is accom- nomtc, an d social inequalities. Afri~ jUstice; for all." ·· · fore itis no ·mystery why pupils lose · plished Without effort. America still can American History class provides The class sets ·up the perfect interest in this subject. · ·· has yet to prove that it lives ,by its con- · an important opportunity for students · envttonment in which students can · · · History is ·one subject that stitution and that this valuable docu- · of all ethnicities· to unlearn those communicate difficult issues con- .· has been, and continues to be, a · ment applies to everybody. · dominant culture perspectives that .· cernirig race, "the social construction topic that ls being mistaught .· In an attempt to inform stu- favor existing power relations; it pro.; of which is at the heart of the expertthroughout this country's education dents about much of the history left vides the opportunity for students to ·.ence of African Americans in this ,· system. James W. Loewen, author of out, the class, African American His- · revisit what they assume they know country," Meyer said. "Lies My Teacher Told Me," wrote, tory was created by the long-time abo ut the role of African Americans AsastudentinAfricartAmeri"Indeed, history is the only field in · school principle, Mr. Sanford Nelson · in shaping this nation, economically can History, I feel exceptionally priviwhich the more courses students .· in the late 1960s. The class went on as well as ideologically." .> ,.,· ·•·· leged to have the opportunrt,y :to ta:ke take, the stupider they become." ·· strong for about seven to eight years · Senior Sarah Werner, said · ·such a educational, and informative African American, Native American, into the mid 1970s. Toe class died that taking the class has been, "an course about a history and culture and Latino students especially have · out and 1ater returned iin the 1980s, experience to me unlike any that I've lost iil the history books of today. I a dislike for the subject. National but struggled to enroll students. Tho- had in previous history classes.'' would absolutely recommend that all surveys show that out of all the sub- · mas Christie, who was a teacher here Werner ·also felt that what the class students add this cla:ss to their schedjects taught, English and History are · at Lincoln High at the time, organized has ,learned, they ·have been "de- ule for next year. • They would be dothe ones students of color struggle · the course and got it going again prived" of by other classes. African ing a tremendous service for themwith the most. ··.strong in the late '80s and early '90s. American history has been very lim- selves. · ·. Most history class textbooks Since his departure from LHS, the · ited. I would also encourage them to tell the story from the same perspec- class struggles once again to get stu- Kala Carman, a senior in the get courses on Latino, Native Ameritive; a Eurocentric · perspective, dents to enroll. class, said, "I am a white American, can, and Asian American history Many of the stories told are com~ ·.. ·. The class tackles a vast range who at one time knew nothing about started and demand that ·.they be pletely false, or hav~ be en tWisted ··of subjects from Africa before the slave African American culture, and the taught. The staff should also do their · · around to the point that they aren't trade to the Civil Rights Movement of truth about what they have done for • research on these cultures and ·their even worth telling anymore, the '50s and '60s. The class discusses this country. Now l do know;" She history. · · Heroification is used with many ··.·interracial~ dating, slave revolts, the also went on to question why we are · It is time for us to begin a new · presidents ·and explorers in history, · · origins of stereotypes about people of ·• required to study one culture, and not generation of brilliant minds that will SY.ohas,,WoodroW~om rahd Chtis- coior;tfie black' reoonstructi6n •perldd, ··. a vartety of cul tur~s in other history · change the world (brever. 'There·s nc) top her Columbus. · You never hear ' , and the eh tire abolitionist movement ! classes '. 11·thri:1k she knows the an- · ·better time tnan tne present to riic1Ki:: about the strong, racist views that The class · is • taught by swer to that one. a difference, and histqzy is one powWoodrow Wilson displayed ,publicly, Shaunna Meyer and Kelli King in • · All the students in the class · erful tool that ca.n lure that hateful or about the millions of people rriur- ··.room 401. The class cu 1rrently has a agreed tha.t the class should be re- monster out of the shadows, destro)r dered by Columbus and the several total of 12 students, whlch may be a ···quired in order to graduate. · Some · its •presence, and .· influence on th<~ voyages ah'eadytnade by Africans to ·•.result of the fact that a large portion ·students complained ·about the ·minds of our youth.-
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Robin Washut
SportsEditor·'·
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· ··· ·.loons carry him higher into the air • I Will tell you that one character is a
· · Over the course of this year, the ·· than he expected ; In fa ,ct, they take dancing, barking pig. Mummers have put on several plays • ·•. ·
and musicals· that ·have·'entertained · people just like us ·for years ·and · , · years. · So it ls fitting that the final · play of the year would be something · completely different.
·· The ·season finally for the l 999~ · 2000 school year Will be an. enter- , · taining coilection of short stories entitled "All I really need to know I .,· learned in Kindergarten." · ·.··
Based on a book written by Robert Fulghum, "All I really need to knowl learned in Kindergarten"is a collection of true and fictional ·sto- ; · ries that have taken place over the : years Theater director John Heineman decided on the play because it would .·. give all of the seniors involved to have ·• · a chance to act and do some direct- ·· i ing.
Each story is directed by a se~ · ' The Mummers practice the wedding scene from the spring play ''All I .·· . nior and the play itself was super- ·· Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.'' ·. vised by Heineman. -
Although each story is good in its • him on a ride over the city of Los An- ''All I ever need to know I learned own way, some of the more popular : geles. in Kindergarten" deals with life expestories in the book are "Larry Walter · The story "Bench" is a more seri- ·· riences ranging from Kindergarten, Flies," "Bench," and "Cinderella." : ous scene. It deals with a woman who middle age, and on through ·death. ·"Larry Walter Flies" is about a man, ' is just coming to the realization that · There are twenty different mini-plays, Larry Walter, who decides to do an , she is going to die. This story gives each directed by a senior student. experiment. , ···· ' the play a good mix between humor Sonie of the directors include He attaches forcy five helium bal- and drama ·· Betsy Garbacz, Christine Davidson, loons to a lawn chair and tries to see ·•· "Cinderella" is one of the lighter •Matthew Roelfs, Debbie Peters, and ifhe can fly. When he takes off, he is , stories of the play. Describing the · Kira van Rossum "', I ,!
·' · The opening show was last Thurs " day, May 18 at 7:30 pm. Tickets cost five dollars each and everyone is en·couraged to come. · , If you were not able to make it t<> the first showing, there were ·encor<! presentations on May 19 and :?O, Friday and Saturday. · • · · , ; , t ·
Everyone who attended Was able to see a wonderful play and the Lincoln High drama department thanks you for your support of the cast and , crew through out the year.
Ferris ins Scottish Rite Teacher Award
By Amy Nichols Student Link Editor
Lincoln High has yet another teacher of the year. This time, it's science teacher Steve Ferris, the Scottish Rite Teacher of the Year.
Ferris started his teaching career at the University of. Nebraska in 1972, where he taught labs and was · also a tutor to gifted students. He has been teaching in public schools since 1973. He really enjoys teaching and the effect his has on the lives of students "I like to connect people with knowledge and understanding. I like the energy from students," said Ferris.
A lot of what Ferris teaches his · students are things that they will. probably never be tested over and can't be found in any text book. "What I'm trying to do is encourage enthusiasm. curiosity and self-effi,.. cacy." said Ferris, "That you have an effect ori.·people."
Fems said that his first reaction Science teacher and Science Deto hearing he won was "Yikes, I'll probably have to .make. a speech... partment Chair Steve Ferris and then he was happy because he · received the Scottish Rite Teacher will get to. have his ·picture up. at. ··of the YearAward on May 1, LPSDO with great teachers. "If I'm 2000. A special assembly was with them then people will think I'm called to honor him.
great," he said.
This wasn't the first award that Ferris has won. He won a Cooper • Foundation award, received a runner up award for· the Presidential Award in Math and Science for Nebraska and a cou.ple other awards that were for workshops he could attend. Students who have had Ferris say he's a really good teacher and his classes are really fun.
Rachel Warren, a junior in his applied chemistry class, said "He brings a lot of energy into the room. He has a very unique teaching style that makes science fun " Students ·feel that he teaches ·them a lot and really understands ·them. "He didn't limit himself to just teaching geology He taught us other · · sciences. and was: always open to questions. He really helped people learn," said Jordan Milliken, a former student of Ferris. Students like Ferris'· unconventional teaching style and the relaxed atmosphere of his classes. They feel very comfortable with him. ~Heunderstands kids.· because he's like a big kid himself," said Lee Pickrel. As much as stu- · dents like Ferris and enjoy their time · in his classes, it is easy to see why · he is the teacher of the year.
Asian Defense Classes Teach· ..Discipline
By Shaima Nassir. · · Staff Writer
The Asian Community & Cultural Center (ACCC), 140 S. 27th, is very quiet on weekends.
However,approximately six months ago you would have heard loud young voices ringing. fr.9:13t11ep~seb:1~nt: ,.---·-;·___
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learning the art ofTae Kwon Do. ·
If you entered the class you could see kids from ages 6 through 20 wear~ ing white uniforms, and standing in two rows, listening to their coach, Ali AlZubaidy.
American Tae Kwon Do Academy teaches the art of Tae Kwon Do specially for the Iraqi community in Lincoln.
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The federal government in Washington, D.C. offered funding to the ACCC as a part of its program to support the different cultural centers in the United Sates.
· · Mohammed Al-Zergi, the Arabic representative at the ACCC, suggested the idea to Executive Di.rector Dr. Norman Leach about establishing aTae Kwon Do class for the Iraqi commu~
however, most of them have the white belt. ' '
· Players who have the white belt should be able to do these three kicks: · front kick, round kick, and,sidekick;··
There are ten belts that you can get learning the art ofTae Kwon.Do; and each <Onerepresents a certain level, ·· starting with: white. orange, yellow, tournament, green. purple, .plue,. brown, r<:!adand finally frr~t degre.f black belt. Al-Zubadi has the first degree black belt nity.
· Dr. Leach turned the idea to Washington, D,.C, and got the money to be- · gin the first American Tae Kwon Do · Academy class for the Iraqi community ·
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.·Students participated in the art of Tae Kwon Do classes in the basement of the Asian Community & Cultural Center.. '
The American Tae Kwon Do Academy team was riot able to attend any competitions locally or at the state level. In order to participate in Tae Kwon Do competitions you must have earned the tournament belt, and the team went to ·. Seward ,on May 1st to get tested by the judges. Six player~ succeeded in · getting the tournament belt.
The Iraqi_ community is growing constarttly in Lincoln. As refugees most · of them had to stop many activities that they practiced when they were in Iraq, during their years in Saudia Arabian camps. Most of them were vecy successful in recovering. Most of the playin Lincoln.
· Coach Al-Zubaidy had practiced Tae Kwon Do when he was in Iraq, but
Al-Zergi said, "I saw a big need for this kind of activity among the Iraqi youth, so I just helped arrange the place, time, and simple financial funds and let the youth do the rest of the job."
he stopped during his years in the refugee camps in Saudi AI:a.bia. Now he coaches the team to regain his skills and help the Iraqi community in Lincoln. The class is for studertts age six and up, and players have to purcliase their own uniforms. The class' is on weekends. from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m., and the total number of players is 14. They start the class · with Swedish exercises to prepare for the actual movements. The players are in different levels,
ers work during the weekends,. however; they find a time to come to the Tae Kwon Do class. · On the other hand, some people have the weekend free, and try to find a way to use this extra time. Al-Zubaide said, "It is a good way to spend the weekends instead of going to other places." ·
LHS Seniors Honored· For Their Academic Achievements
Olaylnka Aktnyema Lincoln High Debate Award Chris Lathen
Lincoln High Sylvia To1,e&Award I:!sa Ferdinand Lincoln High Newspaper Award
Michael Alder · Southern Methodist University • University Amber Law
Lincoln High Food Setvice Award Scholar, Oklahoma City University - Univer- Lincoln Northeast Rotruy Club, Lincoln High
Ganison Avery sity Scholar.Nebraska Legal Professional As· Outstanding Business/Office Technology StuAppointment to the United States Militaty sociation Scholarship dent, Capitol City Footprtnt Assoc. Richard A Academy - West Point ! · Anna FtnkeJson Aksamit Memortal, Dianne Grteser Memorta.l
James Baldus, Truman State University Exchange Scholar- · Scholarship, McDonald's Scholarship Award
Nebraska Wesleyan President's Scholar- ship, Truman State University President's Tuan Le ship Combined Ability Lincoln Public School Association of OfficePro-
Jennifer Beckman Richard F-•sbia fessionals, Lincoln Independent Business AsDoane College Presidents Scholarship Cornhusker Bank Scholarship, Nebraska sociation Scholarship
John Beecham Wesleyan President's Scholarship, Hastings E&abeth Leber
Prudential Spirit of Community Award Hon- College Athletic Scholarship., Hastings College Lincoln High Germanlanguage Award, Doane oree, Lincoln High Speech Award Academic Scholarship College Acadelnic Excellence Scholarship Alleen masst Betsy Garbacz Paul LeFeber
Lawrence University Presidential Scholarship, University of Nebraska Theatre Department Stephens Theatre Institute ActingApprenticeTruman State University President's Combined Scholarship, Webster University Acadetnic ship, Lincoln High Drama Award, Lincoln High Ability, University of Denver Chancellor's Scholarship Music - Arton Foundation Award Scholarship, DePauw University Scholarship, Briana Gauger lhyo.11 Lefler Washington University Eliot Scholarship Nebraska Wesleyan Scholar Award Nebraska Wesleyan Recognition Scholarship Emilia Boeschen Molly Gelger Nan Li
Duncan Aviation Scholarship, KFOR Honor .Lincoln High Booster Club Scholarship, University of Minnesota·President's Distin-.
Roll, Nebraska Wesleyan Trustee's Scholar- Principal's Leadership Award, Nebraska guished Student, University of Minnesota Naship, Morningside College Celebration of Ex- Wesleyan Scholar Award tional Scholarship· cellence Scholarship, Morningside College. Biyan Gordon RussellSemmFamilyMath Nathan Liss Grant, Morningside College Connection,s Scholarship Nebraska Wesleyan President's Scholarship, Award, Hastings College Acadelnic Scholar- Bryan Gordon Doane College Presidents Scholarship, Doane
Lincoln High Drama Award
S11nni Peterson
Lincoln High Outstanding Marketing Student
Charissa Rader ·
Nebraska Wesleyan Trustee's Scholarship
RoneeRoach
KFOR Honor Roll
Justin Roberts
Tools for Tomorrow All-Amertcan Vocational
Student Awards
Matthew Roelfs
Nebraska Wesleyan President's Scholarship
SaIDuel Rosenau
Southeast Community College Foundation, Lincoln High Outstanding Vocational-Technical Student Award
Richard Ross
pfeiff Football Scholarship
Leslie Rouse
U.S. West Pioneers Mildred Lothrop Scholarship, Lincoln High Outstanding Business Student
Stacey P11sb
Lincoln High Music • Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, University of Nebraska Band Scholarship, University of Nebraska School of Music Scholarship
SarahScherer ship, Hastings College Athletic Scholarship, ,Lincoln High Outstanding Mathematics Stu- College Men's Soccer Scholarship Concordia University Board of Regents ScholHastings College Post-secondaiy Education dent Award, National Math Contest Award Chelsea Long arship, EducationAidGuaranteeforl,utheran Award, Brtar Cliff College Acadelnic Scholar- Joel Green Nebraska Wesleyan President's Scholarship, Students,• Concordia University Pi:;ofession ship NorthwestMlssouriStateRegentsScholarship, NorthwestMissouriStateMidwestStudentEx- Church Work Grant, Concordia University
Jill Braly Lincoln West Sertoma Scholarship, Northwest change, Northwest Missouri State Regents Presidential Award Eckei:;d College Honors Scholarship, EcKerd ·· Missouri State Bearcat Grant, Buena V1Sta Scholarship, Nebraska Wesleyan Grant Matthew Schmidt College Grant University President's Scholarship, Buena ~J11anaMartinez Thomas C. Woods, Jr. Memorta.l Scholarship
Brooke Brestel Coach Al Schnabel Memo- Vista Uruvei:;sityGrant, Buena V1StaUniver- KFOR Honor Roll Brandon Schroeder rial Scholarship, Lincoln High YearbookAward sity Dean's Fellow in Communication, Brtar Marcus Mason Grand Lodge Masonic Scholarship, Nebraska Terron Brooks CliffCollege Scholarship, Briar CliffCollege Ri- Lincoln High Newspaper Award Wesleyan Trustee's Scholarship Lincoln High World Language Award chardJ. Doyle Scholarship, Midland Lutheran Megan McKay SaID Sha,pe Erin Brozek Foundation Scholarship, Midland Lutheran Lincoln High Food Service Award Alden Johnson Family Scholarship, Elks J.B. Nebraska Wesleyan President's Scholarship President's Scholarship, Midland Lutheran Brandon Me111ming · Ferguson Golf Scholarship Tbnothy Brumm Grant, Midland LutheranJournalismAchieve- Lincoln High Computer Award, Southeast Clay Sh.-.aff Square D Scholarship ment Award, Northwest Missouri State Insti- Community College Folllldation Nebraska Wesleyan Trustee's Scholarship Matthew Buttermore tutional Scholarship .· Jere11rie Me111,oing
Rachel Shear College ofMount Saint VlncentFonthill Schol- Kara Grothen Southeast Community College Foundation• BNSF Foundation Scholarship, Beloit College arship Truman State University President's Honor- MariahMeyer · ·.Presidential Scholarship.Beloit College Sangex; MariahCam>ll aiyScholarship, TnunanStateUniversityMid- Glenn W. and Alice May Updegraft Scholar- Scholarship, Beloit College Scholarship Charles .E. Jones Memotial Scholarship west Student Exchange, University of Oregon · ship, KFRX/NBC "Scholar of the Week", Uni-• Matthew Sho1trldge Erin Cbampton Dean's Scholarship, Trumam State University vei sity of Minnesota National Scholarship, Lin- Nebraska Wesleyan President's Scholarship
Community Setvice Award, Lincoln High Stu- · Scholarship, Square D Scholarship, Lincoln arship
Lincoln High Music - National School Choral · · dent Council Senior Setvice Award, Lincoln Assoeiation ofUfe Underwriters, Lincoln West· Mira Myatt · ·Award · High Ned Prucha Award · Smoma Scholarship Carol Countiyrnan (Nunnally) Phoenix Scholc Elizabeth Sing1e Shelly Chiles Trevor Hill· arship, Lincoln HighFamily & Consumer Sci- NebraskaWesleyanBoardofGovemorsAward Nebraska Wesleyan Trustee's Scholarship· Melvin Stmpson Wrestling Scholarship, Unic ·· ence - Relationships Award · lhand on Sinetter ·. Jesse CoJfacJc versify of Nebraska Collegie of Engineering Kevhl Myles Square D Scholarship, Southeast Community SquareDScholarship,SoutheastCommunity ChamberlainTrust.ColoradoSchoolofMines Doane College Men's Soccer Scholarship, College Foundation, Nebraska Wesleyan College Foundation, Southeast Community President's Scholarship, Colorado School of Doane College Tiger Grant · President's Scholarship College Welding Scholarship Mines Grant · ·· Shalma Nasslr Anna Spilker Caitlin Correll Erin HIJsaMCk Lincoln High ESL Award Lincoln High Spanish Language Award, Lincoln High Spanish uinguagl'l Award Lincoln High Music John Phillip Sousa Amanda 1'feJson Truman State University President's Combined Nguyet Dang Award, Uruvei:;sityof Nebraska Luther Drake Lincoln High Chinese uinguage Award, Ohio Ability, Truman State University President's Prudential Spirit of Community Award· I;Ion- Memorta.l Scholarship, ML All-College Schol- State. University Athletic Scholarship Leadership oree, KFRX/NBC "Scholar of the Week" Schol- arship, University of Nebraska School of Mu- ·An Truong Nguyen Maegen Sha:lght arship, Lincoln Northeast Rotruy Club, Lin- sic Scholarship, National Merlt Novartis Schol- · Nebraska Wesleyan President's Scholarship Hugo A Aspegren Scholarship, Southwest Miscoin Action Program Scholarship, Target All· arship IJ1mg ~guyen sourt State Academic Scholarship, Southwest Around Scholarship, Asian Community and Sara RoUand National Council ofSupeIVisors ofMathAward, Missourt Midwest Student Exchange Cultural·. Center Scholarship, Mischke- University of Nebraska-Kearney Chancellor's Uruvei:;sityofNebraska College ofEngmeertng, ~ghan Stral ,,,ao Simpson Park Middle School Book Scholar- Scholarship, Northwest Missouri State Regents University of Nebraska Summer Institute of Lincoln High Art Award ship Scholarship, Northwest Missouri State Mid- Prolnising Scholars Curtis Toombs · ,·· Christine Dav11son. west Student Exchange My-J.tnh Nguyen Nebraska Wesleyan President's Scholarship. 2000 Burgex; King Founders Award, LEA Fu.: Sara H.olland Midland Lutheran College Nebraska Wesleyan Trustee's Scholarship, Ne- Kira Van Rosfa1un• ture Teacher Scholarship Anderson Leadership Scholarship, Doane Col- braska Wesleran Post-secondaiy Education Northwest Missouri State Merit Award Clarence Davis· ·lege President's Scholarshilp, Doane College Award, Nebraska Wesleyan Vaughan Scholar.- Erin Wight Lincoln High Outstanding Business Adtninis- Women's Soccer Scholarship, Doane College ship Lincoln High Music • Lincoln Symphony Or- · · tration Student, Truman State University Mid· Instrumental Music Scholarship, Doane Col- Van Nguyen chestra Award, Indiana University •Honors west Student Exchange, Truman State Uni- lege Athletic Club Lincoln High Student/CitiZen Participation Scholarship, University of Missouri a KC versity President's Combined Ability · un Huynh· Award, Nebraslsa Wesleyan Trustee's Schol- • Chancellor's Award, University of MissOurtStacey Deschan"" JoAnn Maxey Memorta.l Scholarship arship KC ConservatoiyScholarship, Shopko Scholar, Nebraska Wesleyan Trustee's Scholarship MeJtnda James Yen Nguyen University of Missouri - KC Midwest Student Elizabeth Dietric Nebraska Wesleyan President's Scholarship Cozy Reyman Junior AchievementAward, Ne~ Exchange, University of Nebraska School of National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Daughter's. Ben Johnson braska Wesleyan President's Scholarship, Ne~ Music Scholarship of the. American Revolution Good Citizen Lincoln High Booster Club Scholarship braska
Lincoln High Sylvia To11es Award, Nebraska Richald Koening · Concordia
Kids Should Do 40 Cl Hours CI Hours Just Another Hoax
breath and see that there are many around us that need a little extra
Seniors despise them, j~n- help. If time is the issue that keeps tors dread them, and sophomores us from volunteering, then perhaps fear them- twenty hours of com- · we should look at the time saved munity ·service. High school stu- by helping. If more people helped dents spend four years getting an each other, time could be coneducation and one of the final re-· ·served .• The more people working quirements is spending 20. hours· on a project more could be accornhelping in the community. For.· plished. Instead, the philosophy many,. this requirement is not a that I can do it myself, you should problem, but some see it as a bur- too, is adopted. Unfortunately, we d n all suffer through this idea, for it's e ·. In a world in which _getting ahead is the key, volunteering can the interaction and help of people that. can form· a worthwhile place
By Chris Lechner
ernment saves $4.24 per student.
Opinion Editor How stingy can you get?· C.I. hours are a topic that My other theory involves many Lincoln High seniors and the evil adult empire. These are underclassmen find upsetting the people who tell you that the· Why does one have to labor away· reason you do things like C.I at "non profit" organizations in hours and other wastes of times order to graduate from high.· is ~to build character" and "to school? Is there really a need for make oneself a valuable citizen." these "voluntary" workers to do All these tired, worn out, cliches manual labor for these institu- that their par.ents must have told tions? Who decided that the them and their parents and their magical number for C.I. hours parents and so on, lead to one would be 20? Why does forcing conclusion- that they had to do a student to work for free give C.I. hours when they were young
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be at the bottom of the list of things to live.
them a positive experience that and they are bent on seeing that to do. Volunteering, however, is As the class of 2001 ap- will last a lifetime? Who cares? you don't get it any easier than needed. Not only does volunteer- proaches their senior year, it is It's just 20 crummy hours that I they did. The truth, and they · ing provide for others, but it leaves time for them to consider what don't need anyway. After all, it know it as well as we do, is that the volunteer with a worthwhile · each one will do for their very own is much easier tto do what you are one person's misery or forced la- ~<iLf;J'Li';~fli ~hm~~~i1l?1~:-c.
son is satisfying even though there with the kids, others volunteer at tions, and to figl1t and reveal the nonprofit. organizations is 1Jeis no material gain. the local hospital,. and some help answers to your questions. Why cause that makes the work seem
The goal of the Citizenship out at athletic events. It does not do we have C.I hours? Why? more beneficial to society. After Issue class is to make students matter where the volunteering My first conspiracy theory all, supporting a good cause will aware that they have a place in so- takes place, for it all goes back to involves the m(])ney given to pub- make for a better tomorrow. This. ciety. Starting at an earlier age, same thing. Everyone benefits lie schools by the government. · hides the truth that we are being volunteering allows students to from the ripple effect that volun- Th.e ·government m:ust be irate used. Used for the good of socigrow into healthier adults. The teering can produce. One helps an- that children's meals at fast food ety sounds pretty nice, doesn't it? hope is that students will find vol- other, that person helps the next, and other restaurants cost up to I, for one, am not willing to be a unteering rewarding, and then. to the point where it effects a whole two dollars less than the average tool for people I don't honestly continue with it later in their life. group of people. adult meal. You may ask me, owe anything to in the first place. Twenty hours· is l / 438 of The senior class is roughly what does this have to do with Working for free is just plain silly one year of your life. Instead of 650 students. Picture those 650 anything? I will say that the gov- and forcing somebody to work for thinking of the time given up, one people working on their community ernment is sorely missing the free is slavery, even if it is just should think of the time gained by service. If each person came into thirteen cents in taxes the price for 20 measly hours. another Volunteering at a nurs- contact with five new people each decrease involves Let's conjec- So, in conclusion, we are ing hoIII.~. for instance, is a per- hour, a total of 65,000 people could ture that the average family has not working for free. We are truly feet exai;uple. Those 20 hours be- be touched over the 20 b,ours. 1 kid and eats out 2 times a week, working to pay off a debt we come more than that to a resident.·· High school provides many and the child receives kids meals started as mere babes. Who reIt becomes a feeling of being new experiences. Ideas are ex- for 12 years of their lives. 13 ally benefits from these hours? needed again, a feeling of friend- plored, harder books are read, and cents times 1 kid times 2 meals Not the people giving them away, ship, and a feeling of love In questions are asked. However, a week times 52 weeks in a year but the people for whom they · hours, those feelings exceed 20 back in kindergarten we learned times 12 years equals $175.76. work. The reason we have 20 hours. the basic rules, share and hold So what? Well, if the government hours of labor is. puzzling, but Time is an issue when it hands. Revisiting these.during the hires someone to do these "good your guess is as good mine. The comes to helping because everyone senior year may remind us that we works" that high school students reason we are selected to do these is running around trying to finish should share a little bit of our time do for $9 an hour with no medi- services is because we, as chilwhat they have to do for them- to help others and to. hold cal or dental benefits it would dren, are on the bottom of selves. It is hard to stop to take a someone's hand. cost $180, so basically the gov- society's pyramid s.cheme.
• By Adam Wuerfele ··. w_hat an asset is can be very · us_ed to. defend President say. for. instance, I thought C -Ed".· _. -Chi f different from person to per- Cl~nton this past year, dur- that I needed to lose w~ight,
0 ttor tn · e son What one can use and ing one of his altercations, which may be true, but say Perfection: the state of · cons.iders desirable may not "Well, we all lie about our sex that I think that. I don't behaving no fault. A perfect · be s.o desirable for ariother. life, why can't the President?" li~ve that I· am good enough -human. Could that be soIIle- For example, a construction Though this situation was of a person to deserve to be one without fault? · worker would not consider it different, we still had an ex- happy. · · As a general rule, no- beneficial to study law, while ample of somebody. with Therefore. to be a body is perfect. This truth a lawyer would. faults, to represent human- happy, and perfect person, is amazingly clear as soon as The best example of a ity. one mus.t know their faults one looks at the people human being is probably a· What does· this mean and accept them. Thus, to be around them. Devastatingly person who has faults. Who then? We all have faults, perfect is to be imperfect, and harsh as it may be, humans could represent society's pil- could we all be perfect? Oh, · like it As weird as that may are destined to be this way, lar of humanity better than no. ··Part of what makes a be. Yes we all have problems,· with fault. Even when a fault someone who is like every- person more perfect is when it's how we deal with them is "fixed," what a fault is and body else? This idea was they accept who they are. So, that makes us people.
By SarahBergman
Staff Writer
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that all students demon- haven't passed the math I don't want to be judged take the math exam, but
strate proficiency in math- part. It's all pretty much.al- · solely on one test. I'm one only .150 have taken it. Of
Yo.u used to think,· or ematics. Starting with the gebra. I'm not making ex- of those people who get that 150 only 8 passed. It's still do, that all you needed graduating class of 2002, cuses, but I haven't taken scared and forgets needed not an easy test. With such to graduate was 220 cred- · every student will have the ;1lgebra for a while now, and information as soon as the a high number of students its, right? Well, beginning opportunity to participate I'm a little rusty. Then they ·test is presented in front of who haven't passed. you'd with the students who will in this exam at least twice throw this algebra test in my face. think that maybe they graduate in 2002, a new a year." front of me and say if you If students are required would consider completely addition to graduating ha.s · · That kind of hits my pass, then you Will be quali- to pass these tests, mem- stopping the test or at least begun. · •. funny bone every time I fied to graduate.··. ·· · ·hers of the Board of Educa-. making it a little less of·a
The Graduation Demon~ · read· that. · First starting · · · The first set of questions. tion should have· to pass challenge. stration Exams< have come with the word "opportu- .·· are multiple choice with them too. These tests are a · They designed· these into full bloom. They are · nity." Let's see, .l should questions adding up to 15 · challenge and I don't think tests especially for students · math and now .writing ex- · feel privileged that I get to points. Then it moves on to some members of the Board who have at least taken alams that students have to take this test? · I. have to short response. Here you· of Education would be able · gebra, but if students aren't pass before they can gradu- · pass it to graduate, oh, and · have to have a correct an° to ··pass, therefore why passing very easily, did they ate. If you don't pass your.· also worry about. getting swer, accurate and ·effective should students have to ever consider there might first time, you have the· my credits, and. having to· use of mathematics, a well- ·pass them? , be something wrong with chance to. take it again · pass my classes, as well as organize.ct response, and · There are other ways you the tests? twice a year. You have to math on top of that. In- show. use of an appropriate can fulfill the requirement. The arguments about tak.e it over and over again stead of using the w.ord strategy; Each one of these Eventually you'.11be able to· the· tests are ongoing, but until you pass. "participate,"· l feel they problems is ·worth six take a.reading and writing ·the people on top say the
·.·Under the "Purpose· of should just be blunt and points. Then, finally, the course, and if you get a high · tests· are here to stay; at the High School Proficiency say, "Every student will be last .section· is long re- enough g.-ad~ you won't least for a couple more Examination" on .the Stu- · unwillingly forced to take sponse. To achieve the · hav~ to take the test. But years. Ernst said, "I see dent Information: Math- this test twice a year uritil highest grade of ten points for IJ.C>W.!j.~t is not an op- very, very .Posit!ye curricuematics Graduation. Dem- the.y pass." At least that's for each question y<>uneed: tion. · lum outcomes ·• a direct onstration Exam packet, it how I feel.·.· a correct answer, .accurate To pass the math test result of the tests, Instruc.-states: "This examination I happen to be one of · use of math, appropriate ·. without taking the test you tion in writing will improve, is part of the new LI'S the unlucky little students strategy, highly organized must earn a C+ or higher for and therefore writing graduation requirement who has to take these tests answers, and effective and two semesters in algebra. I · should improve." Others in order to graduate. appropriate responses to all earned a C, but since I didn't have a little different view. For me, the reading parts of the problem. get that little plus sign after Gretchen Demitroff, a test was easy, and I Showing your work is my C, I still have to pass the sophomore here at Lincoln passed that the first very important. You have to them the first time. The · High said, "I think the tests time, but the math prove you know what you're Board of Education doesn't are stupid. Test taking · exam is another doing, even if you know a even know what they're go- skills have nothing to do story. I'm good in short cut on your calcula~ ing to do if you don't ever with a person's intellimath, but it takes tor. To get the answer you pass. I find it a bit disturb-:. gence." There is not really time and explana- have to kn.ow the long way, ing that.all this plays a huge anything students can do tion for me to un- because all responses re- role in whether or not I about these tests but try to ' derstand and grasp quire shoWing of work, ex.: graduate from high school, pass them. They are here, new math rules and• ·cept on the multiple choice. when the process hasn't eve.r and required. I just hope concepts. These To me this test is hard been finalized. that soon they will end, or tests'doit't efv~i:if: ' atld'ddes'n't'fit withmv style I'm 'not alrihe With hav.:.· cha.n~e; e:1v1ng siuaelllS a
I'm going to be of learning or proof of my ing trouble passing. 300 more fair chance to gractuhonest here, I still knowledge in mathematics. student_s were supposed to ate.·
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Chris Lechner dog was old and smelly when come extremely enraged and tric appliance such as a teleOpinion Editor we first got him. We gave they might curse or swear at · vision or computer, what re- ··
During my life him a bath so he quickly be- the computer, condemning ally works is the thrashing · situations have oc- came less smelly and just its most heinous, sluggish of the appliance. curred that affected old. I learned that having a behavior. Of course, that What I am trying to say me so much I was dog was no fun unless you didn't make it work any here is that anything and evstruck With enlight- were able to play games With faster. erything is inspirational, no enment. Most people it, or were able to teach it So, on rare instances matter how trivial and small. think that wisdom tricks. So, everyday after when the user was extremely You need not look too. far comes with age, but school I worked with that exasperated they struck the when it comes ·to finding I dif:miss these as- dog until it learned the usual · computer in utter defeat. • meaning in life. It's right be-' sumptions. Others tricks, like playing dead. Once struck With the des- side you all the ti111e.Possithink that wisdom Then one day I came home ·perate fist the computer blythewrapperofyourgum, comes from divine to play With Scrapper and he seemed to get it's act together or in the pocket df your fablessings by God to wouldn't · fetch and he or at least make a noise. This vorite pair of jeans. It's evthose lu1.:ky enough · wouldn't sing or dance. That is when I learned that it · erywhere, so open your eyes to have it. This is ·day I learned you can teach doesn't matter how much you and many things· ~re bound also rubbish- to be- an old dog new tricks but yell and scream at an elec-. to happen. · lieve that it's your you can't teach a · fate to not achieve at dead dog any least one moment of tricks at all. enlightenment no Two years · matter how big or later my family small. Wisdom oc- got our first comcurs everyday in ev- puter. We spent eryway, even if these. hours putting ·fnstances are not al- the computer toways dramatically gether and getlife altering. In fact, ting all the softsome times the ware and prolittlest things bring ·grams just right you insight to the Every once in a world around you. · while the comThe folloWing are ex- puter would amples from my life freeze-up or slow to prove the anybody down enough to can be a wise guy. make a snail look When I was like a drag race young, about 9, I had car. When this a dog. He was a happened the mutt, and his name user of the comwas Scrapper. This puter would be-
By Dan Weins Staff Writer
Recently Pink Floyd released "The Wall" Live. This CD is the live · recording of the 23 time platinum CD "The Wall" ( 1979) from Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd consist of David Gilmore, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright. The recordings are from their 1980~1981 world tour.
Pink Floyd has been captivating audiences since they first formed in 1965. Back then Pink Floyd. had an-. other member ,Syd Barret. He was actually the main creative force behind Pink Floyd. Over a couple of
is about. The Story is about a rock star (Pink) who· is slowly going in- · sane from drugs and alcohol. The · way this CD is put together is noth~ ing short of a masterpiece. All the songs just seem to bridge together to tell this endless story. This CD will put you in another dimension. Some of the most memorable ·guitar solos in the CD are during "Mother," and "HeyYou," and "Comfortably Numb."
years Cyd e,vt cV rc:1.11f11.o-u1ug~ a11u he couldn't stop. The Band had to kick him out.
The band's first breakthrough album was "Dark Side of the Moon." This CD was released in 1973. After that was the CD "Wish You Were Here." That CD was about the band's loss of Syd Barret Then in· 1979 came the original release of the Wall. The Wall was a huge hit, and was even thought of as a masterpiece at the time. In 1981 pink Floyd released the movie to the record the wall. Both of the works of art have become cult classics today. The have one of the most hard core fans bases. Tl:le Joyo theater in Lincoln stills plays the movie "The Wall" once in a while. ·
The tour was one of the most extravagant tours to date. Pink Floyd had a huge Wall constructed in front of the stage that would be built up during the concert, then when the concert was coming to an end they would blow the wall up. After the first half of the show was over Roger Waters would be up on top of the stage and he would start singing the song "Comfortably Numb." Then a huge laser light show would come on and air born floats oftrippy characters from the movie "The Wall" (1981). The tour was a football arena tour, most of the shows had 70,000 people in the audience or more. So from the tour comes this soon to be classic CD the wall.
The best songs on this ·CD are "I.n the Flesh?," "Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2," "Mother , " "Young Lust," "Another Brick in the Wall Pt.3," "Hey you," "Comfortably Numb," and "Run Like Hell." 'the Wall" has 30 different tracks on it that all fit together to tell a story. This is the story that there hit movie
· Pink Floyd has got to be one of the most influential bands of all time. Almost every rock band today will say Pink.Floyd had an influence on there band. Probably the most influential song · on this CD· was "Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2," The lines "We don't need no educ.a:. tion, we don't· need no thought· control" have been repeated over the generations. When. this · song was first released it ·. created a sore oi uproar w1tn po11t1c1an.sIino · teachers. This song has been redone by a couple of bands the best cover of it was by the band class of 99. The song was featured on 'the Faculty" soundtrack.
Accordingto recentst,ttistic..-;,married peo1)leexperiencethe greatestqt1ftlityand qt1antity of sex ("Sex in.America,"1'IiVIE,Oct. 17, 1994).That should con1ea<;no surprise--· sex was createdt<)be most e11jo}·able,vitl1infl con1mitted,,narriage rel,ttionship. If yot1,va11ttl1ebest for )'Ourfutt1re,wl1ysettle for second best today?
Genetically Engineered Seeds Could Negatively Impact Nebraska, World .·
By TannerSchacher
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· · · company, and the U.S. (with our taxes) D&PL creating a monopoly over the According to the Nebraska Depart.:. · : agribusiness ofthese countries squeez- mentofEconomic Development,as of ·
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·develop such a technology? Every•.· _ ·.··.··The United -States Department •··•·one seems tO -hl;lve an agenda. ··The ·· ing every •last dime out of these poor 1997 Nebraska had 51,454 farms with of J\gticulture (USDA) in partnership \ aiibusiness has a multi_;billi.ondollar • people, but the seed treated with this · a total value of $29,198,498. The farm with Delta & Pine Land ;C~mpan y a y•ear •
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technol.; population of Nebraska as of 1990 was · (D&PL)have developecl a new tech- world mar·· : ogy can · 117,658 ·people ·which harvested 8.3 · nolegythatcouldpotentially -devastate ket
fied most broadly as ''The Terminator'' · to be made. crops , million acres of hay (all types), 1.8 technology 'the crop seed is taken and The sole · • and in million acres of wheat for grain, and · · manipulated so that after itis planted .•target ·•··of •.- theory · 700,000 acres of Sorghum for ·grain and grows, the seed stops shorto f re-
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of this manipulated seed over regular ond and Third World'' markets, the D&PL are currently only selling natorTechnology because we produce ·.seed? D&PL says the seed has been poorest and most n0n-i ndustrialized · treated tobacco seed and cotton seed, so much crop and create so much revspecially produced to resist insects and : countries'. Third world c,ountries food -· put the company plans to have other .·e nue. This is not just a problem abroad but a problem that will have a major · :. disease but if this was true, it still production could not be controlled un-- .· ·; · - _:.·seeds treated and ready to sell in spring doesn'texplain why there is a need for til now. -Half the world's farms are too 2001. impact on everyone eventually. ·-The : the seed to terminate itself after its Sea-·· poor to buy commercial seed every ·.·. · This terminator technology is ,/.key to solving this problem is resist- · · · son is ·over. Other seeds resist insects - ye at which feed 1.4 billion people di- .· and will remain a very big problem for • ing and boycotting such industries and · and disease ' also, : but they <;lortof.ter-r¢ dtfy ayear. It g;t~ worse. Not only our state and the world. Nebraska it- technologies and voicing our opposi'',, ',, -_-·_ - ' minate themselves; Sowhy wo~}d a ' is ;d ur · ()WIT u·~·s.·:~ov i mment and ·.sel.f is a huge agricultural producer. tion to such unnecessary technologies ; .:
ByStott Stovall- ·· Jollfl'lalism Student
,:.:: again when they are juniors, but if the :·. board has to find out what the teach- In the past, the MAT tests were ··
-•-• · -·· ·· juniors still do not receive a;70% or .·•·ers need to emphasize more in their •,. usedto assess our achievement~ to see ·
There were a lot of puzzled higher, then they mu1st receive a ''C'' teaching, and what the students already what we knew and didn't, and to also ·· faces thi~ year whertj~rti~i"$ ~ei"e ' told orhigher in that pa.Iticlllar class. Also, know. According to Deann Wehnes, see what the teachers need to focus on · that they would have to take the MAT the freshman of next year will have to who is the assessment technician at the more The results from those teststest (Metropolitan Achievement Test). pass · a It was the first MAT test that they had · reading taken since 9th grade, and the firsttime test, as that ·the district office decided to test m a n · juniors. dated by the dis-
This particular test was ·not trict, as a used to assess our achievement, but graduawas just a trial run to see how success- ti on reful testing juniors will be in the future. q u i r e There will not be any makeup testing, ment. · and in fact the administration was instructed not to by the district office. The main Also the juniors won ' t see any benefits reason from taking the MAT test , So why then for these did we have to take it? It turns out that · n e w the district has a couple of new rules reg u l a· and regulations that will take affect tions is •· next year in compliance with the MAT that the test. The juniors of 2001, will have to commureceive a 70% or higher on each sec- ni ty has tion of the test as a graduation require -" to Id the ment. The freshmen of 2001 will also s c h o o 1 be tested, and are required to receive a board that they don't think that stu70% or higher as a graduation require- dents are learning enough information ment. If they fail to do so, they can try to graduate high school. The school
were collected by the district, recorded, and then distributed back to the schools. Then those schools broke up the sections of the test into their respective areas (i.e. the results from the _ math portion of the test were given to th e math department, etc ' j ' Those .··teachers then collectively decided what needed to be taught more clearly, or what must be gone over again. Harvey Stoner, a coordinator at LHS and the person in charge of distributing the results back to the specific departments, said that the only difference in handling the results of the tests this coming year, was that now they •will be a graduation requirement.
The juniors who were lucky • enough to take the MAT test this year as a trial run will not be required to take it ever again, and don't have this particular graduation requirement But district office, the best way to do this watch out sophomores, next year this is by mandating the MAT tests, and will go into effect, so make sure you · making it a graduation requirement. pass it!
Peer Tutors Swim
By Kristen Killman
help a little. Theresa's frieI1ds treat and that's an important part. If you're ·•showered, into the pool, out of the Journalism Student her like anyone else, so why can't not friends then you're not going to wheel chairs, and lJP and down the
I was first introduced into the Peer other people? want to work with people, and that's ramp.· The people who are qualified, Tutoring class last year when my En- That's· where the Peer Tutorjng the whole purpose of the class, be- lifeg1Jard. glish teacher, Barb Weckman, asked class comes in. It provides students yond teaching the students how to What benefits would there be to my sister if she would be in the pro- with a chance to work with these won- ·swim; Uridil commented, "Evecybody these kinds of classes? Most LHS stugram, which helps students with spe'" has to be here and work together ev- dents don't usually have special needs· cial needs. This class is only a swim- stµdents in their.classes, so they don't ming class. where they work on learn-. get to.know them and migl;lt be afraid ing the basic strokes, kicking, float- of anyone who is different than theming on their back, blowing bubbles, selves. "Working with the students and anything else up to their ability is. the best part. If you get to know or that they want to tcy. When I told the kids they're really nice," Sorensen Barb that my sister was going to said. When you get to know them, graduate, she asked me to help, and you find out that they have so much · I said that I could I'm not sure what · · feeling, they Just kind of glow, said I was expecting, but it definitely Anderson. · · wasn't what it really was like to work
Are there any drawbacks to this with these wonderful people. · class? According to the student and
In some ways it Just kind of re- tutors, there are always one or two of peats itself evecyday, but there are all · them. The people who lifeguard kinds of twists to the day, too. The would rather be down in the water difference can be not so great, but it helping, and of course when the waalso can be absolutely wonderful The ter is cold no one wants to get in the student can all of a sudden get some- pool. · thing th~tNPU'veworked for weeks on,·
But ·there are some. things the or you can get a new reaction out of people involved in the program would them. It's vecy rewarding, and it's a like to see. Para, Tina McCray, would whole lot more than Just a grade.
· ·11kep.osee more kids interacting W_ith
One of the SttJdents who is in a Lincoln High special needs para, Judi Duerr, assists Lieu Vu each other. Dubas said, "My wishes wheelchair, senior There.sa Child, (10) into the pool during third period Peer Tutoring class for the kids with special needs are said, "Some of the [Lincoln High) kids pretty much the. same wishes that I don't understand. If they spend a day derful people and focus on what they exyday, so evecybody j1Jst tries to get have for all students: that is, no matin our shoes they would have a dif- can do, not what they can't. "It's lm- along." Barb Weckman, head instruc- ter what you're learning, no matter ferent outlook on life." Many people portant for the other kids to get a feel tor of the class, said, "It's fun to see what you're. interest level is, that we take for granted what they can do. for what we go through everyday," · how they get along after a while."· respect all people, whether you have
Something simple as walking, run- says Child. The helpers feel that Kathleen Dubas, para, stated that she special needs or not." Carter wa.nts · ning, talking, or Just being treated they're doing something special. ·" It· · feels there is a little ]hierarchy with some help with the pushing in the · nicely, people Just don't understand. gives me a good chance to get out and the student assistants giving direc- halls. Child Just wants more com.And there are some complaints from help kids," said Junior Charles tions to the other students .• The stu- mon courtesy. Some of the st1Jdents · the para professionals and the stu- Sorensen. "I feel it's rewarding, and dents work really well with the assis- and paras think that there are going dents. Sandy Anderson, who has something new I haven't done before," tants and think of them as their peers to be changes in the near future and · been a para at Lincoln High for 2 stated Junior Mike Uridil. Para Judi or friends, not as olde:r teachers. some don't. Hopefully the changes years, says that some kids will tcy to :,,-I;)uerr,. likes the challenges and re- · ·.. Evexyone has a jo\b they need to will come sooner rather than later. Jump over Theresa's chair in the hall- · wards of working with the students. do. The paras and p~e'rtutors have How did otliJrpeople get into this way. They Just want to push her out Sophomore Brian Carter, likes the to help certain studeruts with certain class? Some of the· tutors were ih of their way. But the majority of Lin- class because it's fun working with · strokes and techniqutes like kicking, Barb Weckman's English class, or in coln High students are vecy nice, she the paras and the other students. or floating on the frontt or back. The Bob Davis· lifeguarding class said. They will say hi, and tcy and · Evei:yone is friends in this class, paras help the studeruts get dressed, Weckman has been doing this class
Time To Eat: Do We Need a Longer
By Tabitha Staley Journalism Student
Lunch?
need more time for lunch. Sophomore schools start the same time we do, Justin Gallant wants more time to, they have 15 minutes longer lunch
You get out of your fifth period "do homework, socialize and eat and they have .to get through 3 class and you're incredibly hungi:y. more."· "The lunch is Just too short lunches. They also get out cif school
You and your friends want to goout · and goes by really fast," sophomore 10 minutes earlier than we do. to eat, so you meet at your designated · Keesha Mix agreed. By the time you _·. When asked if the administraspot and decide whose car to take, get down to the lunch line they're in- · tors were planning on changing the and the restaurant you want to go to. ·credibly long and you have to stand schedule so. that we have a longer · You speed out of the parking lot and· there for at least 15 minutes. You re- lunch, Wortman replied, "As of now to the restaurant to find that they're ally don't ~ve enough time to eat at we plan to keep .the same schedule packed. :50 you have to wait in line all!" she said. Sophomore Lori next year too." The reason for this and get your food. · Patterson said, "We need more time change was ·SO that students get out
It's now 12:05 and you at 3 p.m. "Wethought that keephave 10 minutes to get. back ing the stl,ldents past 3 p.m. to school, park and get to would be too long." your sixth period class, and _·· · How about we talk you still have to eat. safety now. Another reason why
If your a sophomore, we need more time .is that beyou get down to lunch and cause we have a shorter amount the pizza line is really long of time there are people peeling or the cafeteria line is clear out of the parking lot and drivto the end of the wall. You ing like maniacs to the resta1Jstand in line for 1O minutes rant and back. · and it takes you another 5 I know that when people minutes to get out of the pull of the Lewis Fields parking kitchen. That then gives you lot that they go out of there fast. · 15 minutes to eat. B1Jt you It ls so dangerous. Even though also have to find a place there hasn't been an increase in where you and your friends The crowdedfiinch room here at Lincoln lligh · accidents· since the lunch. was can sit all together, and (of. causes the students togo out to other places for · shortened; there is an even course) talk. lunch. ·
• higher risk that people will get
This year Juniors and into. one d1Je to the r1Jshing seniors have had to get used to hav- to chill out before class and relax. It around. · ing 10 minutes less lunch than last Just seems like we're .too rushed to ·· ·. Sowe don't only need a longer year, and sophomores have had to get eat, then socialize. We're teenagers; ·lunch because it would be nice. but used to 15 minutes less lunch than We've got to have enough time to ·•we also need it longer becal,lse it they had in middle school. Why? Be- talk!" · would make it safer. cause the schedule of the school day Exactly how much time do we Not evei:yone would be so rushed has changed. · need? Senior Wayne Harris and Jun- to get to places that they need to go. This year, the day starts at 8 a.m. iors Mark Going and Christopher Closing the open campus isn't the anand ends at 3 p.m., for most students. Sager said we need between 35-50 swer either. This actually shortened the day 5 minutes." ·Going and Sager's motto Students are in .school for up to minutes "In order to do this we had was, "Longer lunch, shorter class 8 hours a day and need a break, away to shorten the lunch by 5 minutes," time." Why can't that work? Middle from the school setting for lunch. said principal Mike Wortman.
for two years and would like more help with it, So if you have space in your schedule, and you really want a great experience to last you a lifetime, see Mrs. Weckman in room 135 at l 0:45-1 :00 or before and ·after school. The help is needed greatly.
Teaching English as a Second Language challenging, fun
By.Seiko Kitagawa Journalism Student
Have you ever been to a country where only a few people speak your
language? Imagine you are in such country. · How· do you. feel? What. would you do if you needed help? What about customs? How would you react to the customs which you had never seen before? H-0wwould you communicate with people?· Would you expect people to speak your Ian- · guage?
English as a Second Language (ESL) classes provide instruction for students whose first language is not English. There are 6 levels and students are put into level that fit them. "I decided to become an ESL teacher because I love different cultures. I also love to teach," Lin.coin High School ESL teacher Hfide Dale said She has been teaching ESL for 9 years and she enjoys seeing students • learn. She said one thing that she enjoys the most is seeing progress; seeing students start level 1 and then graduate from high school. "That's very rewarding," she said. One of the difficulties that ESL teachers .have is when they ·get students who have never been to school and cannot read and write in their home language. "It's very difficult to start teaching English to a person who has never had any schooling or does not know their own language. There is no comparison," she said.
ESL teachers use grammar books, stories, aI)d overhead projectors for
·ByBrooke Pauls~n
their teaching, Overhead projectors are an important part of their teaching. In lower levels, teachers use as many pictures as they can so that stu- · dents have better un?erstanding. Also, they teach English through sto-
about 15 years ago. The class helped students study or do assignments. One day she helped an ESL student from Vietnam to write his story. Since then she really wanted to become an ESL teacher and it interested her, but
ESL students at LincolnHigh School 1999-2000
ries. She is happy with their books and said the boo,ks get better every year. They have :a nice combination of books for students to read to learn. Some of the books that they use are "Fundamentals of English Grammar." "Facts and Figures," and "Voices of Literature."
High ESL teacher Constance Kingst1onfirst worked with an ESL student in her resource class
there weren't any new J!obs. Years later when ESL numbers became huge in Lincoln,' she got a chance. This is her 10th year of teaching ESL "It's a wonderful job," she said. "It's never boring. I think I le~rn as much as the students do and something new every day. I love being exposed to the different cultures1, the different languages, and the different foods. It's a very rich job." · On¢ thing that
she wishes she could do is to spend more time with students individually · in a typical school day, but unfortunately there is not enough time.
Currently, there are about. 120 ESL students in Lincoln High · School. Each ESL class has about
12 students. Teachers try to keep the class small so that students can get more help.
Every day in ESL, teachers want to use all of students' abilities to learn so they try to teach lessons involving listening to the language, speaking the language, writing the
language, and reading the language They are conscious of trying to get 4 ways of teaching so that students are getting the full experience of the language.
One challenge i.n ESL teaching is to think of very clear ways to teach and explain things. She is always trying to find the clearest and best way to teach something so that students can understand, For ex• ample, using pictures or drawings can · help students understand new vocabulary or an explanation. It also helps to not only tell students directions or instructions, but to also write them on the board or overhead projector. Drawing on the large amount of knowledge ESL students already ·have also helps to explain things in a new language.
"It's the best job I've ever had iri my life. I will be really happy to do the same job until I finish my teaching," she said.
Journalism Student 4) Sudden an,d intense exposure. ing burned by the sun. So you better tans at friends' pools or in her back-
Just about everyone wants to look great or have the perfect tan. But sometimes the risks of that perfect golden glow can be life-threatening. Sun exposure is one of the main causes of skin cancer. But still ·many people go to beaches, resorts, out door activities, or even tanning booths. But there are ways to protect yourself from harm.
According to the National· Cancer Institute ·there are about 700,000 new cases of skin cancer each year. This number is about the same as all other cancers combined, including breast, lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers. If you use your head you can avoid ending up with a skin cancer. · Why does a suntan lead to cancer? Tanning is the body's natu-. ral way of protecting itself from the harmful. ultraviolet (UV) rays of the sun. The sun and artificial sources can ·bring upon skin cancer. Radiation can be produced artificially like in a tanning booth or lamps, etc.
·· There are some characteristics of people who have greater risk of developing skin cancer.
1) Havin~ fair skin. descriptions. of people includes redheads or blondes with blue or light colored eyes. Light skin is most vulnerable because there is less melanin, the pigmen.t that helps prevent burn.mg •.
•2) Place of residence. People who live in areas. that receive high radiation levels are more likely to get skin cancer.
3) Long term exposure to UV radiation. People who work outdoors or go boating often, sunbathe, play outdoor sports are at a higher risk of getting skin cancer. Most cancers appear after age 50, the sun effects you all the way from childhood. So your at a risk for skin cancer.
People who are im the sun for hours watch out what you think is true or yard. Skin cancer kind of bothers her, on end over the weekend are at an false when it comes to tanning. but she doesn't use Spf. She said her inGreased risk odld developing mela- Joe Arehart works for a big com- advice to those who tan would be "use noma. pany in Bertrand. She is photosensi- sunscreen " When asked if one of her 5) Moles. ,certain moles make tive to the sunlight, which means she friends got skin cancer how would you it likely to develop, melanoma. You can is almost allergic to the sun's rays. She feel? She responded "I'd be really upset , and worried that I might too." Mandi Jensen tans by laying out just in the sun. What helps her get a tan is oil or water but she only tans when she has the time. Skin cancer does bother her but she uses some sunscreen to protect herself. Advice she would give to those who tart is "
Keep a bottle of.H2 0 so you don't detell if the borders are uneven or ir- goes to her local tanning booth to get regular, it varies in color brown, black, a small "bake" so when she is in the pink over mm in diameter. Birth· •5~.1n it doesn't bother her too badly. marks are also common for cancer She can then go · out in the sun, bealso. cause her tari protects her from the
6) Family Histo:ry. this means if already harmful sun.· She has to do skin cancer runs in your family then this because of her condition, but she your risks are increa.sed. says she gets use to it.
7) Diet,..A high fat diet person ex- · Two other people I interviewed. posed to radiation has more risk of were a mother and her daughter Debbi getting skin canc,er then those with a and Anna Nugara. Both of them tan low fat diet. So watch what kind of at the pool and around their home. foods your putting into your body. They use sunscreen with an SPF of
8) Exposure to X rays, People who · about 15. ()r higher. "Tanning makes have x- ray treatments or other con- a person look a little bit healthier," ditions are at a higher they said. They are not too concerned
9) Exposure to certain Industrial. with skin cancer even though everycompounds. this means long term · body should be. contact with coal, tar, pitch arseniG. • Jeremy Schwebke a sophoand other compounds risk the chance more at Lincoln High tans in a way of getting cancer. There are ways to you might think unusual. He tans protect yourself from getting any type by playing baseball and outdoors, out of skin cancer. in the sun with no sunscreen or any-
Check yourself to make sure thing. moles are regular, · look around your
· The risk of skin cancer neither face and inspect thoroughly, check bothers nor concerns him at all. He your arms, legs , low~r. and upper tans whenever he gets the opportubody. You could use sunscreen and nity. He said, "I don't think there is wear not-so-loose clothes. Don't stay· any healthy tan in general." out in the sun longer then you have Adam Herron tans once in a too. If you don't do some of these · while but other than that he looks things you're in for skin cancer. naturally tan. Tanning or skin can-
According to the National Can- cer doesn't worry him. He said, "It cer Institute there are no "safe" tans makes you look attractive." whether they are artificial tans or be- Sara Doble also a sophomore
hydrate and go inside every once in a while to cool off." ··· ·
A child born this year has a one in five chance of developing skin cancer later in life, mostly from sun exposure, according to the American Academy of Dermatology.. Children get 80 percent of their lifetime sun by · age 18, and even a few bad sunburns during childhood can increase their risk of melanoma,· the deadliest skin cancer.
An alternative to tanning is self ta.nners these are used instead of setting out in the sun. Most self tan~ ners contain dihydroxyacetone. "This is a sugar-type molecule that reacts with the proteins and amino acids in the outer layers of the skin," explains Dr. Patricia Agin, research director, ·photobiology, at Scgerubg-Plough's Memphis lab.
"You put it on, the chemical goes into the keratin of the skin and binds with it to produce a brownish colour," Dr. Nowell Salish explains. "It stays on the skin's upper layers, and since the skin is always replacing itself by sloughing off its cells, it eventually comes off. Theses self tanners are an option to the original way to get a tan. To end my story I would like to say That if you tan artificially or not use some sort of protection to lower your risks of getting skin can.cer.
By Jayme Kienholz
Journalism Student
ultrasound screen. The doctor deliv- be necessary to preserve ·a woman's was projected to be 17.8 million by
ered the baby's body and arms, ev- future fertility. Medical experts say the end of 1990. · ·
The issue of partial-birth abor- erything but his little head. The it does the opposite. Forcefully dilat- Few abortions are for the "hard tions has been a hot topic recently, baby's body was moving. The doctor ing a woman's cervix for three days cases" (I.E health problem, rape. or · with Congress debating whether or took a pair of scissors and inserted and turning a baby in ·uteri to a incest), a lot are for reasons ofwantnot it should be legal or illegal to per- them into the back of th e baby's head, breech position can make it more dif- ing to choose the babies sex, ··riot be'- · form these procedures. But many and the baby's arms jerked out in a ftcult to carry a sutisequent baby to ing able to support the baby, the baby people don't even realize what par~ flinch, a startled reaction, like a baby term. having a possible health problem, tial-birth abortions are. does when he thinks that he might • Still another argum ,ent is that the others were afraid to tell their part-
A partial'-birth abortion is where fall. Then th e doctor opened th e scis- procedure is not as bru tal as it looks, ners or parents. Although "hard case" the doctor turns the unborn child into sors up. Then he st uck th e high-pow- and the ··anesthesia given to the · abortions enjoy the approval of mo st the "breech" position (feet first) and · ered suction tube into th e hole au d mother kills the unborn child. Lead- ·Americans, while abortions, substipulls the child from the mother's body sucked th e baby's brains out. Now ing anesthesiologists in the United · tuting for birth control, have a high until all but the head is delivered. The th e baby was completely ·ttmp. ··She States testified before Congress that disapproval •rating doctor then forces scissors into the never went back to th e clinic. But this ,is simply not true. I found that a lot of people's reabase of the skull and inserts a cath- she ls st111haunted by th e face of th at Some believe that partial~birth sons for having an abortion could eter to suction out the child's brain. little boy. abortions are rarely done. It wastes. · have been avoided by giving the baby Cruel? I'd say so. Abortions are bad
Some people conte nd th at partial- tified before Congress by Pro-Choice up for adoption. Some people had an · gh b t aft 1 t d 1· ·ng · birthabortionsmay benecessaryto supporters, that ·_l,500ofthese par_ - abortion -because t hey d idn't want ·. enou · · u er a mos e Iven save a womah' s lifie. In a·Senate Hear ·the child, then killing it, it seems like tial-birth abOrtions were done in New ·other people to ,know that they ·had murder. It's murder of a child that ing Report, Pamela Smi th , MD, said, · Jersey alone, and 80o/oof them were had sex. A lot of these "excuses" could has done no harm. It is not only a "There are absolutely no obSt etrical done on healthy mothers and babies. have been avoiqed if people waited to painful procedure, but it is also a bru- Situations ··· which require a partially We do not know the total number of have sex until they were in a stable tal procedure that is , paving the way delivered human fetus to be deStrayed · these abortions because some were relationship -and were ready to have to open infanticide. to preserve th e life or heal th of th e not recorded or were "clandestine" sex. · In which case, condoms or birthHow' cart ' this be legal? That was ·mo th er." · •.-•• · · · abortions, but even if it was only 500 control could have been a useful facthe first ilifrig that came to my mind.
PreSiden.('iClinton argued th at it per state it would be at least 25,000 ·.tor in not b ecoming pregnant. · It's legal because President Clinton is ·necessary to prevent "serious ·ad- · babies per year. Some doctors 1·eport According to the Alan Gutb:nacher · · vetoed the bill that would · have ·verse heal th ·consequences" to ·th e that the vast majority of these abor- · Institute, approxtmately 22 million banned this procedure in 1996 and mo th er. ··Some medical experts dis- tions are elective and tha.t some are legal a.bortions were reported in 1987. i:n 1997. ·. The ·bill was passed by a agree: There is NO medical necessity done t,oprevent the live birth of a child It is estimated that between four and ·· bipartisan majority of the House and for such a procedure. Even th e ex:- with handicaps Some people believe nine million were not reported, for a Senate. · ·perts on lat~-term abortion in the that partial-birth •abortions should possible total of 26-31 million lega.l
Accorqing to the National Right to United st ates say th at th e procedure ·never even be performed, while oth- abortions. Add to those approxiLife website, in September of 1993, is never necessary to preserve a ers believe that it is the woman's · rrtately 10-22 million "clandestine"Brenda Pratt· Shafer, a registered woman's heal th · Fur th ermore, choice. · abortions, and the total worldWide fig·. nurse with thirteen years of experi- "heal th ," · a.s defined by law in th e AccordingtoTheFamilyPlanning ureisamong36and 53milli<>paborence, was assigned by her nursing abortion context includes 1111factors Perspectives, in 1994-95, nearly half tions; ·.. .·.
agency to an ·abortion clinic. Since · :-,-physical, emotional, psychological. (45 percent) of women obtaining abor- Some people think that abortions Nurse Shafer considered herself "very familiar, and social. This is a loop- tions in the United States had previ~ are unfair to the child; some people pro-choice," she didn't think this as- hole large enough to juS ti fy any abor..: ously aborted one or more times. The ··believe that since the baby has a min.d signment would be a problem. · She tion. So, adding heal th exception proportion of women who have had · of it's own and a working brain, that was wrong. She stood at the doctor's · wou_ld ef~ectively ne~ate ~he ?an; previous abortions re :aches 60 per- then it is morally wrong. · · _ ·
· MgWQD;R tQ, t~ m,odifi~ ~OMS t g 301 d ld B f th ·..~1!~~i~~:i!i~ii'-~~~~ !~J~''i~ ~ 1tJ;,fse~Wil,ri6t~;rng1t fi~'.Way·1:tr~V m'rlfi~~~orrn::!fud ~ir1ea%t _.·-the:are~::t:;~~n;~~~~t~~,7-was six months pregnant. The baby's the law defines health.. -one abortion since stattes began to le- · tions being legal, it could soon be ilheartbeat was clearly visible on the Anotber argument IS th at It may galize abortions in 1967. That figure · legal. • · •
By Marc Newman
Journal Star has -some sort of ve n- for the Lincoln Journal Star, wrote ·the Princetbn -women arid several
Journalism Student detta against Lincoln High When- that out of a hundred stories about other times askin.g ·people about ·
Following the printing of a story · ever something bad occurs near Lin- • Lincoln High that she looked at, only · gangs ·and violence. "I think l 0 11 iri ·the Lincoln Journal Star which ·.coln High it automatically gets con_ two of them were negative She said ·•needs to quit showing up and intertalked about students feelings of ·.nected with the school or its stu- theywriteaboutwhatisgoodorbad; rogatingLincoln Highstudents,"said safety in schools, a lot of people got dents. · · · in order to keep the ccommunity in~ Tyler Kriegler, a Lincoln High junior angry. · The Lincoln •Journal ·Star An example of this is the shoot- formed. Dr. Wortrrian said that he thought printed portions of essays that stu- ing that occurred across the street This may be true, but most of people overreact to the stories and · ·dents had written for a survey sent · from Senior Lot. · Because of the Lin- those stories would have been sports automatically get defensive. He said out in the fall. coin Journal Star headline everyone stories or ones llonoring teachers. · that he did not see the Journal Star
One of the essays that was · · n · o • t · · saying anything bad about Lincoln · printed was Written by a former Lin~ · ab o u t High but thought that sometimes the coln High School sophomore. It ba- t h e TV news sometimes did. He thought sically said that all students should s t u - · that the reason for the news crews take knife and gun safety classes, d en ts ·showing up at Lincoln High as op- · · that we should go around ·and ask o r posed to other schools was that they everyone what gang they are in, and sch oo 1 got a broader s ocial· cross-section in put the members of the different in gen- terms of diversity and Lincoln High gangs in different classes. ·. eral. A is :near their stations.
After reading this I (and appar- · lot of In general, many people see the ently a lot of other people) wondered s t u - media show Lincoln High in a bad about the person Who wrote it. What ·· de n ts light when compared to how they · · was she talking about? First of all, at LHS portray the other high schools. You do we really need -knife safety agree hardly ever see any bad news about classes? What would they consist of? , t ·h ·a t • East or Southeast, and Northeast is Don't stab yourself? Don't throw ·. · t h · e ·•basically nonexistent to the media. them at people? thought it was some Lincoln High · Lincoln Journal Star portrays Lin- Southeast and East are commonly · -
Secondly, how big does she think · student -trying to pop off opposing coin High in a bad ma.nner. "When ·· thought of as the good upper /middle the gang presence is? Personally I gang memb«:!rS or something like compared to how the Journal Star class schools where everyone plays have never seen "gang warfare" at that. portrays other schoo l s, Lincoln High sports and gets good ··grades while Lincoln High on any level. · I have The people that wer e involved looks like a cesspool," said Kim Lincoln High is sometimes believed ·· never seen any shootings or stab- had no association with Lincoln Clark, a Lincoln High sophomore. · to be the ghetto, decrepit, slacker bings take place, and even fist fights · High, they just lived in those apart.,. Other people say 10-11 News school. • are a rarity. The letter Just made rrients acros JPte street. In a reply does the same. After the Columbine People need to speak up and Lincoln High look bad, although this to several let t ers written by Lincoln shootings, l 0-11 reporters showed _ show that Lincoln High is not like was not the first time; · · High School students to the Lincoln up at south lot looking for "Goths." this and try to eric;lthis image people
Some people think the Lincoln Journal Star, JoAnne Your1g,a writer They also came after the shooting of have of our school. ·
Links Baseball Battles Through· Season Despite Errors
Jeremie Larkins Journalism Student
With high expectations for a young Lincoln High baseball team at the beginning of the year, people are starting to look back at last year and compare. Although they are coming to the end of a tough season, the players are still striving to win. They know that the state tournament is coming up and with a district like theirs, state is not an impossibility.
·With strong pitching from senior Josh Ziemba, the Links have been in " evecy game so far this year. Although his record may not show it, senior pitcher Josh Ziemba is among the top pitchers in the state.
After 20 games, Ziemba has put together a .59 earned run average, which.is tops in the state. "I don't go out there and think· about my ERA (earned run average), I go out there and throw strikes and let my team. help me," said Ziemba. After 20 games, the team has put together. a · 7-13 record, losing the majority of those games by beating themselves.
"In reality, we could be 12-5," said coach Stan Haas "Millard West beat us, ·.Papillion beat us, · and maybe
like this one, it is hard to keep los- their own Lincoln High Invitational. ing. Haas replied, "Hopefully we can ''Those are two key wins for our team. " string a few together here heading into It is helping to build momentum godistricts." · ing into districts," said senior
With the end of the season fast Brandon Schroeder.
Southeast beat us, but really the rest approaching, the Links started of the losses have been because we putting things together. They came · beat ourselves. I' With a talented team ·, out and won two in a row and won L. s inched out b
]Jy Briijn Hiitson · · · department. ·He enjoyed working with Journalism Student members of the varsity soccer team · '" "·''M-,··Pr,e,,~erP.,m~.r;ixr 1PYnPP·.t·."'+inn.:.for tl)y till1<:!~q.~h,~<;\:wft);l~splay~~ , = ,..,~l:'l"J .,.'la, t.,~ == :ru--IY-e<_,lttftj:j tt afre.r·wlnnirig,.,a-~gailie."'s'p·eciltcahy·.·h.e."
the Lincoln High varsity soccer team to win districts this year Thecoach, enjoyed theAprilfirstwinoverOmaha Jack Brestel, had hoped that the team Burke who was at: that time ranked would p,Iay compe1:itiyely and make it first. Brestel's hop1es were dashed by to state. ..· , · t.b,at heart-breaking loss to the
At the begirtning of the season se- ··Westiide soccer team. Brestel had felt nior captain Yinka Akinyemi had ex- that his team had c,ontrolled the game pected to only but the lQse one game. p I a y e r ,s ·· · But now the sea- were unable son is ·over and to make for the seniors· goals and · their high school · We st s id ,e soccer career is was to finished. eventually .·
The soccer team lost to · the · Westside · varsity soccer team during district play and failed to make the state championship tournament. The team went into the game struggling with four losses. One of · which was a pivotal double overtime loss to a (at the time) tenth ranked Lincoln ~ast team. Akinyemi had the opinion that the team
Omaha Roncalli. 'there are only two teams that are at our caliber: Pius, , which we have beat twice, and Millard · North, who is vecy beatable,"· said Haas. 'This team has the talent to. do great things, it just· comes down to the mistakes that we are making on the bases and in the field," said senior Nick Donahue.
With the Links earning a #3 seed in their district, they started play Sat- · urday May 6 th against Omaha Benson. "We came out dead from the · start, and that showed when we were at the plate," said junior Wally Ma- · son. Although they may not have · been ready to play, they came out of there with a 3-2 win.
This win put the Links in a second round match-up against in-town school Pius on Monday May 8t11.Once.· again, the Links did not show up to · play and this t.ime it ended up hurting them. Josh Ziemba ppce again threw excellent on the hill, but like " > the rest of the seasQn, eqors costs the Links the game., When all was s.aid and done, the Links had lost 5- · l and put an end to their season
The Links finished the season 8-'· 15 which in reality could have been better. Their team showed more abil-
Lincoln High is. in· a ,district with ity than their. record showed, but it the teams Pius X, Millard North, just came down to the costly errors Omaha Benson, Columbus and thatwere made
score ,a goal in the 63rd minute to win the game. He was disap-. pointed that his team had done so well and ·worked so hard and not be able to represent themselves in· the state tourna~
men t Kevin Nelson (11), Jerry Dillon (12) and Brestel felt Colby Venema work together to make a th at his ·players goal.· ' hdl d had no stars, a Paye but e~ecyone was overall good play- well all season and was evident by a 9 ers. They played competitively but and 4 winning record. were at times inconsistent. As the The coach was appreciative of captain Akinyemi put it, "We were all the support he got from the school. good." •Brestel said that he, "really appreciCoach Brestel has been ated the support, especially during coaching the Lincoln High varsity team districts, from the student body." The for two years. He also teaches AP U.S. team mostly consisted of returning Histocy, Vietnam Conflict, and is the varsity juniors and seniors. As the saydepartment chair of the social studies ·ing goes, there is always next year.
Links run off the field after·getting the last out of the inning at Den Hartong field. ·
Aniel Swarts (11) throws the shot put for Lincoln High.
Jessica Ross (12) returns a serve with her ''deadly forehand.''
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ByRobin Washut
Sports Editor
Robin Miller
started at I-back. The·.
black shirts held their own against
The cold and windy day of the White team, stoppilng Lindstrom
April 15th w,as the beginning of for a loss on a quarterback sneak • thefuture for the 2000 Nebraska on fourth-and:--short. The Red football team. Even the gloomy teamtook over at their own thirty gray sky and 40 degree tempera- eight yard line, but without Eric ture could not prevent the 50th Crouch leading the charge the ofannual Red-White game from put~· fense yet again went three and out. ting bright smiles on Husker fans
The game continued to be defenacros.s the state of Nebraska. As sive battle on into the second quarthe. score board clock tic.ked closer ter. It seemed as if no one could put and closer to game time, all of the a scoring drive together, and it was bottled up anticipation that has not until Joe Walke:r fumbled a · been kept inside fans for almost · Hadenfeldt punt and the Red team · four months was ready to be re- recovered at the White 29 yard line. leased. Even with a golden opportunity to
At 12:30 pm the team captains · score, it was not until fourth string
• ID eason
when the White team was saved by an unlikely hero in junior split end Scott Aguglia. Agugliacaught a 46 · yard · touchdown pass from · Lindstrom with 2:24 left. However, the White still needed to convert on ·, a two-point conversiqn to tie the game. A dive up the middle by freshman I-back Tim Reese tied the game at 21-21. When the final seconds ticked away something.• that had never happened in all the fifty years of the Red-White games history. happened as the final score ended in a tie.
After the game there were good feelings about the game and the upcoming season. Head coach Frank
Keyou Craver·reaches for ;thesky ,before.a•game last year.·The Huskers will be looking tQdo, the ,''·-· ,. • same next season and hopefully win the National title.
from both sides congregated at freshman quarterback Kelly Cook · Solich was pleased with the team$ mid-field for the opening coin toss. hit senior split end T6m Bevericlge .· performance ori both sides of the The Red captains, Russ Hochstien, for an 18 yard gain. The drive was ball. "I was happy with the way we· Bobby Newcombe, and Dan capped off with a 1 yard touchdown played today. Our defense played Hadenfeldt, met the White cap- run by Cook. That turned out to be well, but it was harcl to get a good tains, Carlos Polk and Loran Kai- the only points scored in the first· lookatouroffensebecauseofallthe ser, and called for heads. Red won half with the half-time score, Red- ·· injuries One thing that we need the toss and elected to receive. 7, White-0. to work on is our is that our lineSecond string kicker Chace Long It was not until the second half man on both sides of the ball are was set to kick with star that all the action began. On the way too overweight, but a little work Newcombe and safety Joe Walker Red's first possession of the second can take care of that," said Solich. back to return. The ,kick sailed half Joe Chrisman bro,ke loose for a · The biggest surprise was the· · deep into the end zone for a touch 30 yard run that led to a 1 yard play of then unheard of Chris Butback and fans got their first look · touchdown run by freshman full- · ler. Butler finished with a perforat the first string offense, min us a back Judd Davies. That gave the Red mance that got the attention from few playerS.Cirtfact, the entire bat- a comfortable 14 point lead. It, coaches and the media, running for tery of the offensive machine was seemed as if the Red team had all 108 yards on· six carries and two absent from the festivities. Eric but put the game away when White touchdowns.· "I was just trying to Crouch sat out, still recovering I-back Chris Butler ran for a 40 yard push myself as hard as I could on · from shoulder surgery he under- touchdown after the Red team failed every play," said Butler, "I was kind went during the offense, as did to convert on a fourth down. With of possessed, it was really a thrill." starting I-back Dan Alexander and an extra point by Long, the score Solich was pleased with Butler's split end Matt Davison. So Correll was 14-7. · performance arid was impressed Buckhalter and sophomore Joe It was not too long before the Red with his speed and decision making. Chrisman started the game in their answered the White with a 21 yard "I think that (Butler) is capable of place. and second tou,chdown run by being an excellent I-Back."
The opening series for the red Davies, making the score 21-7. So ·. So, even though the first string ended in a three-and-out, and with the third quarter coming to a- players saw little action, expectasixth year senior Dan Hadenfeldt close, it looked as if th.e White team tions for the 2000 Nebraska football set up to kick his first punt of the would need some luck to get back team are high as usual. Not only season. Hadenfeldt was ranked into the game. With the beginning from fans and the media, but they second in the Big Twelve in punt- fourth quarter came that luck that themselves have set lofty for the seaing behind Texas A&M's Shane the White team needed. Two plays son. "The sky is the limit for us," Lechler and was named first team into the quarter Butler scored his said junior center Dominic Raiola all-American by the Jewish Sports second touchdown of the day on a 1 "We don't want the Big 12 thampiReview. The punt was not a bomb yard run, but unfortunately Long onship, we want the National Chamby any means, but it got the job shanked the extra point and the pionship." This year we could see the done, sailing 41 yards to White White trailed by 21-13. return of the Big Red Machine we team returner DeJuan Groce for a · Time was continuing to run out· have grown to know and love. Eric seven yard return. It was the for the White team. The offense had Crouch's shoulder will heal, and the Blackshirts time to show what they lost the momentum that had defense will be back to it's old self are made of· after losing three brought them back into the game as the younger defensive backs mastarters to the NFL. The starting and the Red defense was continu- ture. There .is no doubt that the ·quarterback for the White was ally stuffing their offense every pos- Huskers have the right attitude gofreshman Brett Lindstrom from session. The clock was down to un- ing into tbe season. The question is, Millard West and fellow freshman der three minutes left in the game how far will it take them?
.Chris Le~bner,··· · ,,•.· , the ,bus·, rides;.·• A:nni.e.Fu11cke ,said, ,·.·1·vehad.,·.· l ;think our whole team.fs ·.()pinion Editor•.•· , what she enjoy:$ most is, "The· best· full· of injuries and that's definitely
The Lincoln High Varsity Girls, ··par.t of the season is, the bus trips .··slowed us down, but we are strong Soccer T~am's season could be and having funwiththe<gifls.;'' Malia athletes.~ Malia German said, , summed up inman.y different words.,,• Germ,an (9), said of th~ rides, "The.·. "We've had so many injuries this••· ·It is great in the way they have been bus. rides. are interesting, the. guys year I. think half the starting line~ fiercely competitive, striving to win smell really bad (Varsity Boys up is hurt." Annie Funcke can re.•. and dC>minate games.· It is heart 'feam)."
late to all these injuries, "Ijust have ·. breaking· in the way that games , my knee injury from my come down to shoot-outs (which surgery last June, it's a ·. have a very limited use of soccer reoccurring. problem of skills) to test a true winner. It is · wear and tear." disappointing when, injuries afflict
The girls team had more than half the team. It is in- positive thoughts about · spiring. that these walking wounded their chances going into p.ut in so much effort and hard work districts. All the grmes during games and practices to im- that they have gone. prove as a team. through only made them
The girls have proven themselves tougher. This.thinking is determined to play with a grittiness · prevalent throughout the and toughness in. the mental. and team and does not skip physical aspects of the game that Annie Funcke. "It all puts this writer in awe.
Louisa Oldi (l 2 ) kicks the ball down field as comes down to districts,
The varsity team has endured · · ·.we're going to play our and struggled tooth and nail Glynna Ridge (9) looks on during one 0 .f their hearts out and s.ee where through a. strenuous. schedule games this year. it takes usi~> Elisha against highly regarded foes. They Novak adds, ~lJnderdogs have played in 5 overtimes an:d 4 Elisha Novak ( 1 1), also had are always best, we're going to give shoot~outs, which proves that they something to say of trips, "I've had it all we got." Even Meghan Rindone can play with the best for a longer· a lot of fun 011 the bus with the girls (10), has·· high hopes.·."I .think we period of time than that required in ·and the relationships.we build.". The ·.·should· do pretty well,.· we are defiregulation games. distances ·they traverse together nitely better than our record."·
Even though they can play and brings this team together as team- Unfortunately, this year you dominate a team for more than 90 mates as well as :friends. won't have chance to see a Varsityminutes the team has yet to master Injuries seem to plague the team Girls game because they lost their · the shoot-out. Annie· Funcke (12), like a contagious disease. If you.· first game in districts 2-0. This loss. describes it best by saying "We've plan on meeting· at team member you does not take away from all that they been in 5 overtimes and 4 shoots might try the trainer's room after have accomplished this season, but outs, which is a really hard way to school, and you w:ill probably end up · rather it was good example of what · lose." ·meeting .half the 1team. they had done all season fight to the
Despite the heartache caused in Elisha Novak had plenty to say last minute. They were very excitthe shoot-outs, the girls enjoy many. about injuries. "I rolled my ankle ing.team to watch and worth every. aspects of play.iJ1g spccer,. such, as last game and that's the only injucy minute, especially in overtime.
en:1ors:•··· • Ill
·By Josh Harris on himself.One of fine up and coming golf G · w players on the team. and in the state is uest. nter · sophomore Travis Davis. ·He showed off and Travis Minzel.
··..As the Jhree seniors took center stage ·.his talent last seas<Dnas a freshmen by · this golf season, ·a •lot .of
pressurewas on them to win.· '<
The goals of the two players are dif · fererit, but the same in ways. · Sam told · me that he wanted to come in the ·.top three players in the state.··.· During the .season the golf
team won one tournament,
came in 2nd and 3rd place .··. twice The worst finish of the
season was a 7th place finish
·at Norfolk.
One thing is for sure--this
team is very talented and has \ some of the best golfers in the < state. The varsity team con-
sists ofTravis Minzel(12),Sam
· Sharpe(12l, Chad Brown(l2l,
Travis Davis(lO), and Brock,
Young(11). · Something. that
people don't realize about i · playing golf as a spring sport,.
is that this means playing in
the snow, rain, and the hot summer sun.· The team's strength this year is experi-
ence. ·All in all, the team has been playing since they were. little kids.
I snooped around and ask.ed some of the players some questions about themselves and about the team; I was told by most of the players that they put in about four hours a day in the summer
and after school golfing.
On· the other hand; Travis i i told me that he wants to win state as a team and as an individual
too, Travis played in the ~tate
meet three years and has played
well, but if he can shoot low
scores for the two days of .this
year's meet then you might just
see him holding the trophy.
When I sat down with the
•·three seniors and asked them
what they learned from lasted
i year's senior Kyle Dahl in the
game of high school golf, I got a
lot of the same answers; The
told me that th.ey have
a lot from him, and how to not get so mad after a bad shot, and to just enjoy the game.
· This team is one· of a kind. When I talked with students about the· golf team this year, I got all kinds of answers. Senior Joe Bowman said, 'i'he team is going places, and is on the rise."
Senior Nick Donahue told me, "A·· lot of people would attend a golf meet, but the students never · hear about the golf meets."
I hope to see all of you attending the state gplf meet. Stuside info about senior leader this year.
• •
I also found out some in- Sam Sharpe (12) tees-off during a tournament earlier
Travis Minzel. Travis told me that he is followingin the foot steps of the other playso competitive about wanting to win and ers, but he did just that and i:pore. Also do well, and that competitiveness also can · the two guys on the team with the most be a bad thing, because he is really hard·. · fire in there eyes are seniors Sam Sharpe
• , dents need to show up all of the other schools like Southeast and their cheerleaders and East's Spartan. So, as students, we need to send the three seniors off in style by attending the state meet
