1986-87 MOR Issue 4

COACHNICHOLS AWAITS BOARD DECISION ON BAS.KETBALL POST

bystaffre')Qrters

Geoffrev Jones, Princioal ()f Oyster qiver !iirrh School, '1as decided whether '1e will recommend Mr. 1\Jichols for reaoQointment of the oosi.tion of boys'basketball coac'1 for the 1987-98 se;:ison. J.le will not clisclose the information because he is not .:ill.owed to disclose oersonrn�l matters. 1-Jis recomm9ndation is to qo before the School Board for vote ;i.t anundetermined date. Coacl-iinq TJO.Si.tions are all nn one year contr�cts.

'fhe Process of salBction of coact-ies acr.ordinq to ·,Jones st"3rts with the orincio"il's recommendations of all ·the coaching nositions t,..') the superintendent, ,John Powers, who then makes his own recommendation and oives them to the School Board. The Boardthen votes on whether to hire the individual or not for the comino year. Jones' decision comes in a bac1<ground of controversy over Mr. �ichols coachinq.

C3hortly before the season was aver, some �rents of t.eam members of the Oyster �iver boys' baskP-tball tertm voiced their opoosition of David Nichols, coach of the team,toJones.

"There has been a biq lack of communication," said �-aynard Jackson, head of ORY A bc'lsketball. Don Maynard, Junior Varsityboys' basketballcooch, s;:ud mostof the criticism he has heard from oarnntc:; ar� claims that Nicholsdoes not communicate well with team m!=!mbers.

"I don't think it's (t�e criticism) justified," said Mavnar�.

Some other ':>arents declined or were unavailable fnrcomment.

''I think if it's a ol-:iyer comolaininq about communir.ation I cou'ld understand, but if it's a nan:?nt aettinq information second hand,I·non't S2e how they cancomp.lain,"said Evan Christenson, member of the team.

,John Freiermuth, another memberof the team, felt the controversyhurt team olay. "The comalro.ninq hurt a lot bcause it caused an outside distract.ion. He's tryinq to coach and were tryin? to olay."

"The timing was the worst nos:.i.ble r3Sto whenthe situation WAS brou'lht up," said Roy Swanson, Oyster River �ftball and volleyball coach.

�hals thouqht the te<\m handledit well. "The nlayers nev� seemed to let it cause any rift between us. We didn't have a lot of ma:j)r problems.11

"AtthistimeIthink that Dave Nichols should evaluat.� the basketball program and makP. 'ldecision asto whatis t>B43t for the or09ram," said ,Jackson.

l\lir.hals comment.� on this. "Our program is very stronq and r3S qood as any in the S�acoast. •• I'd like to coacli next year."

.I\ oetitionwas signed by most of the olayers in the Oyster River oroqrarn and submitted to Jones according to Christenson.

* "lichols (Continued on Page 7)

N.E.A.S.C. VISITING COMMITTEE COMMENDS OYSTER RIVER FOR DETAILED SELF-STUDY REPORT

byKatiLynes Karen Roqers

Mr. Steven North, chairman of the ,Jisi.tinq cominittee, declaredthe self evaluation report oreoared by OHHS to be the mcEit, "com�lete, fri'lnk, and r,r�essional" report he has ever ancountered. The 700-0aqe report, writtenby O'RHS faculty committees over a period of 18 months, was submitted to the Vi.sitinq Committ:P-e orior to their arrival on March 23. The Visiting Committec of the NewEng]and A$0clation of Schools and Colleqes has the power to accredithigh schools. r.Jotification of accreditation results will be releasedin early Seot..�mber.

Faculty and staff were not willinq to discuss the outcome of this visit,

although some. .did di� the �rocess. According to Mr.,Jonesthe"realvalue(of the accreditation> is the process we went through (self evaluation)." Mr. Perry add..ad that, "it·prornoted a lot of.<ll!lCWBOn; �oough in factthatprobably would not ha� occurred. Everybody has a better idP..a of the concerns within the school. ''He also said, "the critical part willbe if we follow throughor out itto bed for anothertenyears!"

This pn:>ce,$ assinned teachers to evaluate· areas outside their own denartments. Accordinq to Mr. Shapiro,everyone looked at the,"totalschool orogram rather than specific entit:iP.s thnt makeitup."

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NEA'SC

Cast of 75 to Stage ·west Side Storv·

!)y Debby "'1�tusow ,J� W.i.llirlms

It took two days of tryout.s and two call bricks for directors Steve Denson andDave Ervin toselectthe oarts forthemusical II West Side Story'', Drobably the 1;\raest cast in Oyster�iver history.

,Junior J\dam Terrell /'ind S2nior ..,icheli? Niese will be playincr the lead roles as Tony and Maria. Other iinoort;,mt characters will be nlayed by Juniors Todd Braqdoo as Bernardo, ,Jeff. Carlson as Riffr and Stacey SamuE>Jsplaying Ani�

The playis about two

teenagers from different backqrounds: Puerto Rican and Polish. (l\lthouqh th� nlot canbe about anyqrouo of people with a p;:irticular controven,y such as f;:i mily differences.) Because of their differences, the two teens are forbidden to fall in love by their famili.'=s. Theywork to overcomethPir restrictionssothat they may livehaopil.ytooether.

Mr. Denson said thnt he likes the oli'iy because,"it could happen anywhere and because the theJT)e is so strona it unites the actors andtheaudience."

* Cast

Oyster River High School, Durham, N.H. 03824

Scott Hutchinson and Ray Goodman practice a fight scene for "West Side Story."

April20.1917

Members of the Visiting Committee of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges meet on the final day in room 103.

GUIDANCE NOW GIVING.. STUDENT SCHEDULING A PERSONALIZED TOUCH

by Karen Rogets

As some m.-w have noticed, course s:-.J.ection has ooer3.ted a li.ttlP- differently this vear. No longerdid the student<, -ust hand in their cl.ass schedules wit.I-) the notion that they could change it all around in the fall. 'l'his year every student, except the seniors, has had to meet with a quidance counselor for aroroximately fifteen minut:P..s.

The meetinqs were randomly arranqed by the <ltl.idance deoart�ent andt'1e times of each apoaintment was oosted the we�k before February vacation. The cou�lors each met with with fifteen students a dny forthefirst week anda half of. March.

Thi<i chanqe l1ad been proposed a few year5 ago but nothinq w-"\S ever done withit. 0nlyuntil last year did they realizethat it was time for a chanqe, so they beganthe newprocess.

The counSPJors wanted t.') mP.et0ne on one withthe students in oroer to get to knoweach other. Theirooal is to qet a more nersonalized relationshi"'> e:,tab1i<3hro withthe student. This would add and ctive oersonal attention to the needs of each and every

student. 'l'her�fore the counselDr woulrl know more about the student and the student would feel moce comfortable with the counselor.

The students were s.iooosed to come each conference with their �hedules filled out and readyto handin. Butitciid not always haooen thic, way; of. course there were some that were not rreoared and others that missed their aooointmentc,. 'l'he quirlance deoartment has soent a lot of.'ti.me trackinodown � who missed their aooointments.

Basicallytherewere tv10 objectives �..red in the conferences: wlietherornot the student<;.=,.re ontheriaht oafth for qraduation requirements and what kil"lds of. thm.}s the &"bldent<; are thinking about after hkth �hool(ie.continuin::J studies orqetting afulltime j:>b).

We really won't know how beneficW the new sy3:.em hasbeen because the real test will. be in the falL If the guidance deoartment is overwhelmed with oeoole the first few days of s::hool than we lcnow that the chanqe a.id not hP.ln but if there are not many neoole changing their schedules then we'll lcnow it was a ruccess.

PLAN TO CHANGE STUDENT REP SCHOOL TO BASIS BOARD NIXED ON OF STATE

by JoP. iHll·i.:=tms

T�e· Oyster River School Board ,=moroved th e st ud ent reoresent�tive oolicy excludina some rnaior r:evisions that were orooosed at the March 25 meetinq• 0n Mrtrch 25 the Pol icy Committee of the School Board, w�ir.h consists of ArlP.ne Matusow, Bob Russell, and Amos Towns�nd, Qro•)osed -"\ student reoresentative oolicy w'1ich would have made dr.:imatir. changes in

STATUTES

the nosition. 'l'hese chanoes, if enar.t�d, would have made th0. nosition one h8ld by a student council aooo inted nerson, subject to school board anoroval.

T�e nolicv chanoes were made so tl--t;:it the oolicy would arlhere to New liarnoshire? str1. t::i statutes. 'I'l-iese statutes stat!'?, "The student aovernment of the hit1h school shall �si�blish orocedur�s Eor the nomination and P-1 8c ti on of candidates" and that the st ud e nt

JONES

SEEKING EXPANDED NON-COLLEGE CURRICULUM

byTom McDonouqh

'"1r. Jones said that imorovements in the non-colleqe bou.nd program is his too oriority for the 1987-88 school ·t�ar. "Me-etinqstate standards has imoeded the (vccationaD orooram," commented. ORHS Princinal Geoffrey Jones whendi�ussi.nqthe orOCJnm. ,Jones continuf?d to say that meetinq the sblt:P. standards is very imoortant to the oroorams. School nroqr-'irns ,nust me�t the stct te standardsinordertoreceive state qr3.nts, qrantc, whi.ch have bouqht the school comouters, suchasthe shops CA.DC AM system•

.Jones said, "My main :mal is to tryto Jevcloo a or�qrarn of comoarable guality for non-c::>lleqe boundstudents. 'l'hatis the numberone aoal inthe short t�rm." Jones estimat.�d the numl·..>?..rofnon-cou��e ba.md students at twenty-five oer-cent nf the Oyst..�rRiver oooulrltion.

,Jonescomment..� thnt a l<ey ')artof his nlansforthe vocationaVnon-calleoe bound

nrexJram is the seven--oeriod day and the school space exoansion. ,Jones sa\(1, "We s.�ould be doing the Dover 2-3 hour block," schedulinq inwhichvocationaloroqrams are qiven 2 or3con�utive class oeriods. Jones commented. that this would .:;illow for a broadP..r and more inclusive oroqram. ,Jones also said, "the or�rain won't havP. much of an irnoact on the colffiqe boundstudent. If anythinqit will strenqthen those or�rams." Hedescribedthe offerings as also bein::i available to students in the colleqe lxx.mdprogramsso as tobroadentheircurriculum.

Jones <loes not beliP.ve that existent orograms will lo9:! fondinq in order· to develor> the non-colleae bound oroqram. .Jones said, "I dc:Yl't anticipate .a trade off in that crude a sense. You don't want to sed one nrooram hurt another."Jones said thatnewresourcessuch asqrants mi1ht be qh,en to the vocational nrograrn rather than to other progr"lms, if resources become �arce.

,,, The Mouth of the River ,p, Oyster River High School Coe Drive

Principal Geoffr�.Jones

Spring Track Coach "Doc" Burton helping out his team during a break in action at Laconia.

Oyster River Should R·et'hink Mandatory P ._E. Requirements

byKim oua-33

Stlldentswho!)arti.cioate oo school athletic t:P.-'\fflS should be exemotfrom the twoyearqym r��ment.

�t Ov&:.-0.r River Hinh School. nhysr.aleducationis mandatory {orthe freshman and sontx,more yeax. The rnQ.lirement includes qym �ss·fivetimes a week for three auarter� of the frestlman·yearandt�entire s:,phomore year. The other ::>neguart..�rofthefreshman �ar� the sb1dent, �tteoos t-iea1�cl;tSi.7• • _:

The� clas;es take un ;:i;:,oroxim�t�y 150 hours a year•.Someathlet�ssr->endan additional two hoursa day at :1ract:ices or qames. Shouldthefourhoorandten

minute weekly gym reouirement aooly to them? 9.1;�.ly an ath."lete �ho sacrifices after-school time to a soort could use these qym hours to accomolish academicwork.

Without these team m�mbers in P.E. clas:;, studentc; who are·usually intimidated by them would be more willinq to get involved in the acti.vit.iP.S. Theqymteachersmightthen focus 1110-ce on theoeople who normally don't Mrticioab>..

Jftheohysicaleducation i"l m..ide optional to the s,orts na"Ctir.iMnts, they would have more time for school work to im�rove them�.lves aci:ldemically. If this idea was carried out, . . te th� whorarely r.,�.'J. would beriom·e �ore .•-� �lf:.Confident., hqve more ,.fun, and qetinoreexercise. Thi-s. would ma�P. Oyster �iver students better rounded, and supply them with a more balanced �hedule.

WHO'S GOING TO THE PROM?

syHeatherGle::ison

"Promsaresoexoensive and so borinq, it's hardly wort.'1it." saidjunior Alison Wirlston. This was her farili.na about tioinq to the orom, but whenaskedif she wouldattend the nrom she renliAd that she mostlike.ly would. Why,if the nrom is label�d as borina, mcomfmtablc, ::md a w;:1st? of inoney, do students .:ittend?

''ft'sonly:isqoodasyou make it," says junior Jon lJry. Howconst.udr-mts in�e itqood? "Get smashed!"said onej.lnior. "Have .::i r,osi.t:i.ve -'ltitude," saidanother:µnior. l\nother hebful r.ornment was to t.::ike someone you reallylike,oranoodfriP-nd.

''I don't know w'1y you oo to the orom, it's cxoectecl of you," said on� i.lnior oirl. "Y.ou 110 tosee ·w11at it is lik:2," said .:mother. "'I'o c,et toaether .vith friends!". Perhaos the 1nost interestirn r�a&.')n w;.s 'li.v�n bv ;i senior-"MY :nother is·mP.tHno m8(i<),"

r,. situatlon associ;lted with thenromisdri.nkinq,as with other schoolfunctions. "Drinkinq makes the prom more enpyable, and peoo1:e more relnxed,butdrinking lS better for �ft.er, you want to remernb� the nrom,"said a j.minrqirL "YouCTOtothe orom toqet drunk F\ndhave fun,"saidanotherj.mior.

"P8onle sho.uld be rr--soonsi.blP. for their own ;i�tions.Tfvouco:nedrunkit r;flBctsoodlyonthenroin."

Weiahinq the nros and cons of the nrom and the list of rensonsfor ooinq or n0t qoina, (includin� the reason "there ar8 no q00d m�n at ().R."), the cons orob"lbly ')utweirJh the oros, butof ,ill.theneooleIasked only one was not qoina. "Y.ou h,w� to qo with a oositive n.ttitude," said -;unior .Jenn Stevens, •11re1n:�rnb�r ho\v much money you srx�nt, you ow� it to yours.."'Jf to have a tiocx1 ti.m1:>."

"Platoon": A Dose of:

Real:.ity

byR-:rin Williams

"It's important for sociP.�y to understand the r�ality of war, and Rambo doesn't cut it the way a movie like "Platoon" does, "saidj.minr �damGinsburq.

·His feelingsareshared by many af�r viewi.nq t'1e moVle"Platoon," written and oroouced byoliver Stone, A Vietnamve1:P..ran.

Platoon is ;'\ oar-tinl autobioqraohy ct. Scone's exoerience in the Vietnam w3I". Thefilmf�onan innocent young man brouqbt into the har:Sh realities rt warwithout .=t warning. chris 'l'aylor plays

Charlie Sheen, the ne'r' recruit tom between theloyaltyd histwoseIQeants. 't'om Barrinqer plays Sarqeant .B.arn�.5, w �o reore$entr the ev1l cut-throat. side · d war.

William D:wi.on· olays F.Jias. The t:1ood �tnec'lntr whoha$·.· morals,(unlike .Barnes>. TheY both fiqht for Chris' soul and in the end Barnes wins. tnthelasts::ene Christurns into a � im�ge of Barnes himself when he is out thmuqh life and death and realizes Barnes killed Ei...n.s. then in tum, chri.s·· shootsBarnes.

The entire inovie was eye-opening. At ti.mesthere w;is s:, much conflict. and confusionitwastoomuchto bear"1!1d understand. Besides the horror of the wr itself, there was also f.\ backstage T)roblem. 'l':1e incredible deoendency of the soldi�rs on druqs s.�owed throuqhout the movie. It was t�e only way they could C<:oe So theygothiqh torelievethe stress ofthisextremely real niqhtmare.

'-The menwhofouqhtfor theircountry wereletdown bythe Vietnam wr. They've become dependenton dru:qs foetheirsifferinq i\nd pain. what they need is a lot cl. Slor.>Ol't which hasn't been �b�ndantly qiven," said Anitn, H�ope, 44, an active person durinq the time d the Vietnam war. She also P...xoressed that the WU psychalo:iicallv messed uo the menforthe�dtheir lives.

� oec,rlle were more

caring and understanding, it woold help them cut it lot. Th·ey need more recognition.. • . . -......_ · Thete is little ·� fromthe commetm> milde by Oyster-River student� who have seen the ·moviP., and from adults who lives throuqh the era, that the ff • movie "P1ntoon is contri.butina to improvin::J that recoctnition. "Plat.con n helps usallto accept what Vietnam wasall about.

Rejection, rejection REJECTION!! It can be a little discouraging.

Roy, and Chri�

tanning up,

SPRING THIN6S ARE HAPPIENINa �t,�t

S.A.D.D. Party Cballenge Uning_ypforTictets Grateful Dead Fans not Still Seeking Entries

ByJoe c��.r

The Oyster River chapter of S.A.D.D., Students Aaainst Drunk Drivinq are chall.e�inq the students ofOyster �iver to come uo with ideas for a oarty withoutalcohol. The three winners will be i\Warded $50 each to out towarothe executionofthe oarty,butifthereare 25or more entries Mr.Jones will. add another $SO to ear:h prize,makingit.$100.

The challenge foe ideas has bet'.Jun and some ideas have beP..nhandedin. butit is strongly encouraged to handinyourentries '1.S soon asTXSAblP.. Mrs. McDonouqh sayssimlll.y,"Itwould j.J.stbf! theqreateetthinqif t1e qoc alot. m«egoodent:r.ies.•sne a1s:>says,•wethink we have done everyt.hinq we can in infocming the � now it.s their tum to do something aboutit.•

.-irhe ide¥ really don't have! tobeabiqp;trt.yidM, she �. "They can beanything,from afew freinds to many neoole.• The ideas would be nut into ll book form and if its good woold be hamed outtC" everyone, �dpeop.)e could refertoit. forideas.

The S.I\.D.D qroun is hooiM other schools will pi.ckuponther.hallenge and challenge thP.ir own !c.idc; or even have- a competition between5ehools.

This chall�nge is to start oeoole thinlcinq 009:ively, i.n9:e<'l.d of all

neqative oresentati.ons, and q'itement.c, before, "it time to start. thinkinq more oositive1y, says Mrs. McDonough.

This chall�nqe a is j,lst one of the programs bP.iOCf out onby S.A.D.D, another is a oetition kind of oaper tobe siqnedby c� or buisinesses are beinq olanned, alonq with continuinq Safe �ides throuohoutthP.soring.

SPORTS BANQUET

SET FOR· JUNE 2

byK.3rnn Rooers

The Oyster �ivf:!r Booster Club is announcinq olans to hoet. the Athletir. Ba�et on .June 2 �t the MuB. Joan 'Benoit hl\S &r?.adyaqreed to �l'.)P)f?aras the quest soeakar at the Banquet.

't'lle Banquet is beinq arranqed si.1nililr to last years', 1:?>eceot foe a few smallc��.s. There will l'l bP. a slide sho� like 1'st year �nd awards will be qiwn out in the same maMer .:ts they w�re last year. The lamer awi'\rds such as: Chamoi.onshio banners, Senior olaques and specialawartls will be<1iven out1;\st.

Althouqh nlans are underwav, the BOO:iter Club ic,stilll.ookinqforvdunteers tohP-1n withthisnro� If rlnyone ic; interest..� they s.'1ould conb\ct Mr. Nichols forfurtherinformation.

Your Average Crowd

By Dave Mangene &

This process is very

time consuming, and

tedious. The ticlcets sell extremely fast, As our van pulled but only to a lucky into the Newington few. The tickets for Mall parking lot, we all three Worce ster were warmed by the shows were gone in sigl\t." of numerous less 45 minutes. G r a t e f ul Dead Another reason for fanatics. Some were the ticket difficulty dancin', some were is the Mall security. hackin', some were Instead of handing out ju s t hangin' out. The numbers showing who night had just begun wa s where in line, however, the y opened the several Dead lovers sliding glass doors had the same idea as about l5 inche s , us. We were going to making it a physical wait all night, stand struggle. Suddenly we in line Around 8:00 became a human funnel. a.m., and get a 25 people across and handful of tickets. 30 people deep surged • Unfortunately·"'thi'ngs: ·forward, 9usningra fiew.·.,?t'.ir'( ·> did not happen the way through the small · we planned... opening, and into the Nowada y s the hallway near the Dream popularity of The Machine. •eey man Gratefu1 Dead is w a t c h t h a t increasing. It also elbow,•shouted a long seems, 60's music is haired blonde, in a on the rise. Last year bright tie-dye, and only a small group beads. Once you ttave listened to the 60's squeezed through the music, this year it's doors it was a race to different. Junior Ticketron. •slow down, Chri.s Webb said,• last no running iri here,• year I really had no yelled Mall Security. idea about The At Ticketron another Grateful Dead. This line formed, bringing year that's pretty qasps from early much all I listen to.• morning shoppers. Kids of the 80's are still different from "What's the line for,• the kids of the 60's some asked. "Grateful Dead Tickets," however. In the 60's kids wouldn,t conform somebody would answer. to society, and they The curious shopper walked· away with a began that radical look that said,"I era. Most kids today should have known." want their own way to WHY PUT UP WITH escape the conformity ALr., THA'r HASSLE? of society yet they

Joe Cormier

"Because there is don't take it too far. nothing li�e a DEAD Kids �oday are sti11 SHOW," said Jenny flocking to Dead Shows White. but come MondaY "The Grateful Dead morning most of them aren't the best at will be in scho·ol. what they do, they're This popularity is one the only ones who do reason tickets are it," said John Balser. hard to obtain, "They don't have another is the to worry about Ticketron system. adapting to t'he times T i cketron ' s bec�t.i-se they drag the purchase system is as time along with them," follows: an individual said Chrissy Balser. canbuy a maxim�m of 4 tickets for each show. In other words a oerson buys the four tickets, which all must be next to each other in the arena.

Mroz Announces

Essay Contest

bv M.O.R. statf "Ir. Mr:n has announced rln es.say cont�st on the subi"?ct, "Bucklinq Uo, W!Ht's in it fo r �·�?"The l'J.H. Driven; E:d. 't'eachers As=3-.')CL"1ti.0nis nr:-ovidin�$400 to bP. aw<trdecl to thP. ton four �'>Say winnP.rs. 'I'rie deadline for �ntr:ies is '1ay 8 .::ind �nv student is welcnmed t..'1 s.1bmit �n essay.

'I',econt:P.st i5 s10nsored tl-te I\ ;neric.:in Aut0mobili? Associ.::itir.n of !\ew Hc1.m0shir2. F;ntry b1rnks'ClOd es.says RrP. to be mili�d t') "Publir. l'I.fEurY-AJ\.n. of 11:.R., 166 South qiver R0t1.d, T3edforJ, 1\l.Fl. 03102.4'

'I'heess."ly must be Ur:> to 250 wordsin lencrt.11on white lined com�tion oaoer, or tyne<l. (:;.:rit2 or tyoeonone sir.11= nnly.) The �ntry bliinks ar� to be fiUPd out �nd staol1=ct to the lower 1aj:t-hand fr.ant comer. A te;:icl'ler .11us::: sum the form. The idens and cont.--:.nto( thP. P-ssay must be ori:1inaL nf course. The en tties .,rP. to be mail�d t1,"lt,not fokhd.

'I'he j..ldnes wil evalu.::it-"' tlie entriAs on the b-'\Sis of the contest them0, the �r'Cltnr.1c1r, c1,ri.ty nnd writina stylP.. No 'Xlems ·nay be submitt.0d.

r.,.; inn°rs will be c1nno1.rnceo on Jurn=> 11.

Students 17 Plus

Urged to Give Blood

Durham Cross is snonsorin:, a Bl0od Drive at the MUA fro1n 10:00 am t:, 3:00

om: Monday t�rouqh Frid�y (�oril 20-24).

In order to 11ive blood one ��s to be ·between the tla�s of l7 and 65, �nd in good heal�h at the ti<nP. of the don�tion. There �re a few restrictions that h"lve to be followed: if. vou are on medic�tion you cannot t�k� it (or at l��st 7.4 hrs. before you donat�� nor can ynu dnnate if you have h�d mononucleosis within the n�st year.

"There is no other �ay ·to qe t blood unless we qive it, nnd riaht now we ar� in need of it••• Blood is a livin� tissue �na w�en someo ne needs it there is no other reolacement," said "1rs . Reeves, the school nurse. "It does not hurt to '1ive ·blood•••" she said, "You cannot iet AIDS by qivinJ blood."

Givin� blood is simole �nd f�st: it doesn't take more th�n "in hour. 'So if you h�ve snare time and you would like to he lo someone, then thi:; is a nr.ime oooortunity to do so. You could save the 1 if� of a patient w�o needs blood and that in itself, is very rew-':lrdinq.

Chorus Invited To Sing In Philly June 13

by ,Toe Willin.ms

The Oyster �iverchorus has been invited to sing in Philadelnhia on June 13 at the oavili.on ho norinq the 200th nnniversary of the U.s. constitution. 'I'he chorus will sinq �t Independence 9all, Pen n's Landinq, an d the Borse, all within the Indeoendence National · P�k complex.

The Oy&ter Riverchorus is thequest of the City of Philadelnhi.a and "We ·the P8001e 200", the soonsorinq orqaniz"ltion of the anniversary celebration• 't'he ch o rus will be reores::ntinq �.�.

First the glacier receded. then came the floods. but one day of sun and the world is a different place. An early outdoor lunch at ORHS.

Seniors Kerry Casey, Simon Bell. Jon Shar and Michele Jacobsen discussing senior plans and looking forward to the Apri! break.

New England Sports Fans (O.R. Included)

by Morqan Brown

How many of us hav� attended any ty::>e of function at the Boston Garden? It is r.t olar.e that r.arries much hi.story, .::lnd is ."\ olace thrtt every sports fan in the North�ast will visit at least once, in their lif�ti.me. l'rooobly m.::J.ny of us hereatOyster qfoer Hiqh School will also visit this historic clace. It may notbParoundto muc'1 longer.

The time is 1965. The occasion is the Eastern Conference olayof-f:s. There are five S?Conds left in the decisiv� S=V8nth qame. 'l'he Boston Celtics areaheadby one r)().Ult but Philadelphi.3 has the ball. "The ooll is oos'3ed inboun<ls,11 rinas the irnmortal voice of ,Johnny Most, "and. • J.l1\VL!CF.:K

ST E A LS 1'H E 8A r,L!!

JOHNNY

HAVUCEK S'I'F.:ALS

THF.: BALTJ! rr•s ALL OVER!! IT'S ALL OVER!!

M ost's 0L3y-by-ol:'ty <lescrintion was to become fo�r;iine<l in the history of this ol,;c�.

ls this whf:".re K.C. ,Jones lofted that "iU�y-oon to Bill Russel when he slammed the b;ill over Wilt. Chamberlin? Isthis where Bobby Orr took that f.inr.t1 shot while face-down on the ice? !3 thi5 ,1here Larry Bird now tOS5eS 11pa1-"ist.�nd three oointer? Yes, t>us istthe B�on Garden.

You are wal.ki.nainto the Gah-den to r1tt�nd � Celtics aame. Tt doesn't haveto be /\ s."leCi;u name; r.tnyone will do. You oress throuqh the mass of humanity r1s you ent.er the front turnst:ilP.S. W'1r1t kind of neonle att.9nd this alac�? You se� a couole of businessmen in three-oiece suits. Over tJ1ere is :.\5 qrouo of teenaqers yelling and nushino. n.nd next to vou is one lone street· bum, finqerinq his gruby ticket � he 0r-:tffiP.S t'1e collP.ct.or. The GardP.n has no stereotyr:,es. -

tmmedint?.ly, you bo/.lan that lona ascent up tl:te rc1mns which will brinq you to the rtre� on the !:P.Cond fl oor. 't'!'iose twisting, windino, yallow ramos, which were constnJcted of t.hit:k <Y.ment in 1ens. ".Jesus, I hope we never have to qet ootof herein ahurry,... says one climber. "we'd die tryino to escape from·-these tunru:,..lc; for sure." ButS'X>n the so,:1ce widens, . there is more room tn breathe. l\n usher swinqs or>en a bitJ yellow door.

Bere is the heart of the GMden. Here i'3 the oarquet, thechampionship flaqs, the double balcony, the stacked seatiOQ. Wheredo you sit in the Garden? l>.re you one of

the orivilP-ged few with a S:!ason ticket between the baskets? Or are you placed b=hind a rupnorting nillar or under the overhanq of a balcony? "There's a lot of tradition, a 1otof nostalq.i;:i,11 says ce.ltic fiqure Red ?Iiuerbac'1. "You'd hate to qive that up, but •• when you aet down to it it's irnJ)C)S3i.ble tD make thfa building what it should be. You can air-condition ootin �alators, do ;ill. of that, but you can't chanqe the seating. The S=atinq's still cockeyed."

You look out on the floor. DJ has iust oaS5e<l behindthe back to Bird wl-io found Mchale under the

in renovation This buildinq hasS'.)me nroblems.••We've done a lotwork here. Thisis notthe qri.my buildingit W"'¼S ten or fift.een years ago. '!'here is more wecan do." You looR: uo the catwalks -"\nd the flaqs, symbolizing fiv e Stanley Cuns and 16 NBA world chamr.rionshins You look attheluxury boxe.5 on the second balcony. At (')f'1e time, th� were the cher:10 seats, occuniP.d bythe "Gallery Gods." These choice members would snend their time hurlinq ota:enitiP..s and sometimes ·nroiectilP..s unon the oroundlinas far below. Onee an oct.oousl-'inded on the ir.:e. You wonder what they woulrl chanae.

The, otmOS'.>here of the Garden has almost cau� you to lose tri'ick of the qame, butnotfor- lonq. You ac� shocked out of your musinqs by a qrowinq roar from the Gardencrowd. Bird has j.lst stolen the ba'.ll. and is charqinq down the ooen floor. You blink and 1')()k aqain. or i5 that�uffi.� on the wino, takinqt.11edish-out from Cousy? You squint to oet aclearer oicture. 'l'hat rou1dn't be Orr on the br:S!nk-away-or could it?

This is the Boston Garden History cannot be thrown away. �

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representative shall be elected by a simole majority vote of the school student body. The School Board•also eliminated a clause in the ooli cy th at limited the nosition to juniors clue to the state statutes.

A letter f!='om Michelle Jacobson stude nt C':o u ncil nres ident, to suoerintendant John Powe rs addressed student council wishes that i'i clause in the oolir.y requirinq the student be in "good standinq" be defined. In reoly to the letter and similinr requests from oresent student represent;itive Tom McDonouqh 3 fP.w board members exnres�ed that they deliberately left the t-2rm ambiquous. Bo�rd Member Jane Pokoski moved that the nolicy r'9ad 11in aood strtndina as defined by the sch ool boa rd administration an d student coun cil coooeratively�" This amendment died for lac� of a sP.cond.

b.:lsketforthe e;:isytwo. 'rhe oorQUetfloor. Created forty years aqo it has become .::umost as celebrated as the Garden it.5E>Jf. It's heavy o;1k, !r.rJ:1t.ched and �arred by tr�dition, is "l}st one • .;snect that c::iused mr1ny newcomers to e,cclnim incredulously, "This is the Boston ·Garden?!" t'\ha.t mn.kP.s this floor so soecirll? To it becilu� itc; <'lend SPOt.c; have �n maooed out? Isit becau� you_- c;in fit four qua�rs in son1e of itc; crncks? It i5 not what has hanoened in the oarguP.t which makes it ;i household name in New Enql;md, but what has honnened on it. 11we hrtv� "' unique situation with the floor 11 echoes the voice of ·t..he inv�t:P.r;.i.te AuP.rb::ich. ''It's the thinq oeople recocrni7.e most. Tf we • went to a new arena, we woulrl ::iack it nn rtnd brinq it -with us. We'dstill have our hi.:;tory.11

A new arena? You olnnce back 3t the oamP. Ai.naeis·slnwly drlbblinq as the cloci< runs <b\vn to the half. lie spots Paric;h on the rioht baseline and rifles a a;:\� to hlm for -'l·t:hund�rino dunk. · The oozz�r 90UndS. 't' h e Cr O Wd. eXOlodeS• T_,inqerinq shouts of "C�f" are raneated aqain and r:1q.:rin. i-Jhy would you Jeav.e this ,:"l1:tce?:''I've S:!en a lnt haooen-some qood, some C¥td, but mostly good� It would .be a real s.�ame to qet ridof this alace-�like throwin' aw�y fifty years·or. history." said r;unnar Olson.

''I tlri.nk a new arena wou·1d be a mistake " cornmP.ntc, Garden nr,�sident Pc'!Ul fv';()()n�y oettinq hie; two centc;in. "Tne answer is

Stilt love their Old Boswn Gab-den-

Nine Students to Represent 0.R. at Planetacium.Meeting ·Global Connections·

byDave Rice

by Heather Gleason

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23, 24, and , ei1Jht oeople frocn = astronomy class of ster River shall be tendinq the Middle lantic Planetarium ciety Conference ld on the Vanderbilt tate on Lonq Island.

'l'he conference is ld by orofessionals d Oyster River is 1e only school lowed to attend, 0� ?.l d the 1970 nference at the New qland Center as they an on doinq in 1988. ere will· be 200 her oarticioants at e conference, all ofessionals of the tronomy field. 'l'he st of the trip is timatP.d at $150.00 a rson. "It will be a eat opportunity to et the top people in e field," said Mrs. lliken.

Thursd�y there will

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Eutht..C!en months aqo 1e steerin� committee w� ,rmed, nei\ded by .Mrs. auten . 't'his wa'.I the :-ganhinqcommitteefocthe ritina and scheduling of. �'s SP..lf-ev;ili.Jat:ion. Mt'S. autP-n s;ud "the (visiting) ,mmittoo it:sP.lf had a re,nendoustrlSk. There was lotofwocktodoin three ws."

Tile visitinq committee =t.&'�d their �vwatinn on 9 c:iteria. Thefirstareadeals ith ohilosoohy .:ind bjectives of the school. oes the written philosoohy 1eet the need.5 of the :.udents? Curriculum olayed 1e mosti1noortant role. Is very subject area doinq rhat it �vs they ar� oinq? Thes::hoolstaff and dministration werg also v�uat.�. Anot.1lerarea was he community suooort arrl nvolvement. Does the ommmunity financially and piritually support the �hoal? 1-iow complete are he student �rvices (nurse, uidance, transoortation, afoteria)?

The sixth i'\rr.-_a wasthe chool atmosphere. Is andalism shapinq the wronq indof!\ttitude? Howic,the ducational m�? Doesthe ,ibr.ary !)rovide the ecessary L'1formation? Is

be what are called oaner wor�shoossessions done and suoervised by the or.ofessionals. 'l'hat ninht there wi11 be a synthesizer concert at the Vanderbilt Estate. Friday, Oyster River will be oresenting four nrogra�s they >lave developed.

·1he students going are John Balser, Morgan Brow9, Heather Cilley, Ed Downy, Owen Kremzier, Mindy McKay, Mike Mrak, and Dan Sinqer. Mrs. Carr will be driving and chaperoninq.

'l'he class will be staying at the Sheraton Hotel in Smith field. "The students have been working hard for their expences," says Mrs. Milliken. In May the class olans on having a dance to raise money to co ver their expenses spent.

enouqh au4io-visual equir,ment avolilable?

the P-ighth ar?.a dealt � pu!li]. 'lel'focmance -a� educational. r� Are· testin<l sblndard9 met? The final area included the �noolfilcili.ties(thebuil.dinq and qrouoos>. �re they _?.deguate to orovide the pcoqrams off':!C'ed? Are they well maintained?

1\fter st:udyinq these nine ana.as, the committee will list commendatinns and note areas needing imr::ccwement.

, Subcommittees were formed duriootheevalu�tion ocxess, each commitLoehad astuont on it. Seniot'Joy Coleman wa.sonacommittee studying the alant and facilities. She said that "there was· a need foc a student to be on ·each committee because they oresent:P.d views that the teachers mii;lhtnotberlWare of."

In addition to this tyoe of student rmrtidn�tion,. a cl=:155 ]ic;t was u� for random selection for intetviews with the visi.ti.nq committee. Every twentieth nam..� was chosen. These interviewslasted for aclas; oeriod withabouttwenty to twenty-fl� 0009le. Junior Dave Criswell said the questions they were asked were ;ill p�g to the

Mrs. Anna Na5h, horn!:! economics teacher at Oyster River is tryinq to build and awarenessof worldoroblems to students here in the ochool. Nash feels, "oeople from throuqhout the world have to work on the same levclin order toeven beain to deal with hunqer, overoooulation, ooverty and other nroblems facinq the countriesofthe world."

Oyster RiVP..r is one of 24 ochools in the country tiP.ldtestinqanational home economics curriculum called Global Connections." The intention of the orogram is to intP.qrate universal issues,(oart:i.cularly involving 3rdwocldcountries) intothe home economics curriculum here at our and other �hoals.

Monday March 16, members of Maryknoll FathE>..rs and Brothers came t.oOysterRiverto �nt .t Global Village Simulationto membo_rs of Foods 2 and othervarinusclas;es. Atthe

schoolatfflOSl)here (attitudes, �ects,etc.).

After talJ<ingwithafew students,the q�neral consens.is was that the student'> really did not feel. veryinvolvedin the process. Senioc Sean Salter said til.'lt "I thouqhtit irlasuseful but I wasn't really inv.ol.ved.• The sb.ldentc; realized that what w;w haooening was imoortant but they did not f,eetasif they were a part ofit.

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This"theme"issostrong thatf.)eO!',)le were told todo the finale (There's A Place for Us) with someone they did not know wellbecauseit may be tooemotional.to do with someone they know v� well.

�se willbenerforming her fifthleadrole atOyster RiverHigh School She said she hasaqood feelingabout this olaybutshe's,"a little worried about what neople are exoect.i.ng (from he-..r)." Terrell has ::t1so nlayed JP.ad rolP-sprior to this show. He sf::;\ted,"Iam not asnervous about this role as I have been in the r,ast." 'He w�nt on to say that he is confident about the sonqs because they :rre, "fairly basic."

ooerung ot the nroqram Berry Linehan who has worked and lived in Asia, oresent.ed the q�me and reviewed some oroblems of the world. "By the· year 2000, 83"% of all young neoole betweenages 15 and 24 will be livinq in Asia, Africa, Latin America," were discussed. Linehan asked tl1e st11dent5 to tf>..ll what their preceptions of the world were. It washard .formany students topicture other countries and their oroblems.

The actual simu]ati.on was then oresented byRev. Don AllP.n. Allen th.en aPoOinted each student to ret;>r�ntacountry. Somed. the];rrqercountries,s.1ch as China, were repce9?nted by as many as five studentc;. First Wocld members 9.lch Canada, the U.S., and the Soviet Union were SP.atedat a bible and headed the qrouo whil.P- less developed Third Wocld membP.rssat on thefloor andweret.o1d that they must � their hands to communicate ,Jfith the First ifo,:ld.members!

Rev• Allen then instructed the whole aroo!) t.o decide on three majx 91X)blems facing all the rountdes. The qroup w� given a half-hour to comolete the ta*, durinq which �npassed outchiPs ands:xla to theFirst Wodd countries� rottenfruitto the Third Wocld nations. This represented the economic differences between the nations d. the wocld. Whenthe·30 min. w� uo, and the smoke had cleared, tt\e qrouo had come up with these '.three oroblems: over population, r:,overty, and � of money throughoutthe world. 'l'he maj:)r diff.icu1ty in cominq u!? with three common oroblems was that theThird Wocld nationsfelt. very oowerless whi.12 the First Wocld nations found it hard not to misu� t'ieir abundanced.oow&. Foods2 member, MichellP. Twombly t?...flected thi,; feelirig of powerlessness and poverty by saying,"being tl1e !)00['& nationalities and sitting on the floor was rather cold and uncomfortable".

Mrs. Nash said the Global Awarness activities will be ongoinq in her classes for the rest of the year. She feels these exoeriences will beofqreat value to student-, and hooes they willqetas muchout·of theoroqcamaspossible.

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"We shou1d have ;"\ sayas to what goes on since we soend so much ti.me with him and know �m better thanthe parents," said David Elw� memberoftheteam.

''Ithink he'a like toshow ')9001e he can do a good j:>b,11 saidFrei.Armuth.

SPORTS Baseball Team Takes Pounding in Scrimmage

by 0,3ve Rice

TENNIS TRYOUTS·IJAVE HUGE·TURNOUT

by ChrisSchuylP..r

The Boys tennis team �eaked by in their first match aq&OSt winnacunnet lastFriday, 5-4. The t2, t4, and t5 singlesall won their matr.hes.1D drub'lestheyJost the 12 but won 11 and t).

Seniot' team ·member. John Shar, whoolayed #2, said ":I' feel positi� aboot the match,it wasagood start.• Playinq..11 for the boys on Friday,wa� "Rich Matusow,· then Shar, Ian Young, Jim Gwinn, Greq Cow;n and PatDuffy. Coach 'Peqqy Hilton said "We don't have definite seeds set yet because of the rain." Shar als:, said II Wehavenotbeen able to olay challent:te m;;itchesyetbecause of the rain, so we don't havethe team totally setyet.11 In doublesolay the41te am of Matusow and Shar won 9-7, the #2 team of Younq and Gwinn 1� 7-9. The #3 team of C�wen and Chris Webbwon8-3.

r., astyearthe boys lost in the olay-offs to Bishoo Guertin. Rich Matusowsaid "Lastyear wewere so low inthe Seacoastthatwe ha d to olny a. really good ten.m riahtoff. 'l'hfa year if we en'a up h.inh inthe seacoast then I think wehave a qood chancetogetto the finals." The boys ·host their next :natch on Fridny ,3qainst Exeter.

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't'he Gir\"s Ten·nis' team started off the season on a qood note last Friday beatinq winnacunnet· 7�2 in their fir�t match. The first five seeds won their .natches while their only losses were in the 16 sinqles and tl double�. Coach Carol Haaland said, •1ts a qood way to start the season, I feel· nostive about this years team."

Last years team lost in the qu arter finals which wa s the worstshowing they had in 6 ye ars. Coach Haaland said, 11 I think we will win ou r division and ho9efully make it to the finals". The teams top fo ur see ds are basically set said Haaland buttry in9 for the last two spots are "several we11 rounded tennis olayers." The Number 1 player is Daryl �rriqhi followed by Debby Matusow, Karen Roqers, and ,Jenn ifer Ju dae, consecutively

In last Fridays mat�h �rriahi won 8-4, Matu sow won 9-8 in a tie-breaker, Rogers *Girls (Co ntinued on Page 10)

The Oyster River Baseball Team had a tOU<Jh time of it in a oreseason ooseball jamboree recently. K ersarge, Newoort, r1nd Laconin keot the Bobcats from qen erating much. offense as O.R. m"lnaqed lessthantenhitsthrouqhout the;:ift:P.moon. 0n Aoril U, theBobcatc; also drooped an 8-5 decisionto Winnacunnet in scrimaqe action. St?.lrte-.rs forthete;:{m are Seni.orsJim Buckl� Ken Chu, Chuck Truelson, ;ind Tom Cronshaw i11 the infield. 'The Juniors are Greq w�ms in the ootfield withTodd Bragdon catching. Starting Soohmores include P.tikP. Faro:-..n r>la� ootfielder and Fred Luciano &ht,i.nq for th� first � . ocs.tion with Chu."'Freshman starting are 8rad Poulin. fi1llnqinfortheirrjlredJeff Barbour at �hortsto'>· and

Scott Goodmantakinq on out fipJ.der's duties.

Tn his first year at Oybter River Hii-1h School Don Maynard will r.oach Bobcat Baseball. Maynard was nosi.tive sayinq, "'rhe team hc}S ?ood balance." Team member Fred Luciano added, "Don Maynard i5 d�ated, lmowledqeble, and confident in the team's ability...

The Bobcat Ba�baU .Team hooesto reach the alayoffs as O.R. did last year. Last years' team was alittle better than.500 in the reaular �ason and entered the nlaydfs flying tuqh after a stroflCJ stretch run.

'l'he Bobcats will be -'It S.'lnbom on A�ril 17 and on the· 18 they will h()Et .a dooble-header with Kenet£ The first oitch of the double-header is scheduled_ for12.

Ian Young, Chris Webb, juaiors; and Jon Shar, senior working out on the tennis courts.

Softball

by Kati Lynes

Althouoh Oyster R.ivers Softball. team w:1s·recently defeated by Timberlane, Coach R.ov SwanC",on fP.cls that the orosoects for this season are lookinq very qood. "\'iiehav0 asolid qrouo of returninq pl.ayers,11 he S:Ud, "and we have a qood <1rouo of new and talented �li'ly�rs who hav� :Pined the team."

"Esme Hurleyis a very �nted short:stop,11 Co::i.ch Swanson s� and "Heidi Carlson brinqs qood exrx=-...rien.,e and stability to thecatchP..rs P()Si.tion." Esm·e Hurley and Rei.di Carlson ar� both positive team lead� encourrtqinq others on the team to play up to their :x>tenti;tl.

Kim Duqas has qcxxi soee<l .:ind exoerience i'lt second b-'\9?- Mindy Mackay l-\as quick r@.£'\P.xes and a stronq ar:n at third base. ,Jenn White is "workinq out very well atfirst base."

He add8d that, 11 Allfive of these starters are excellenthitt.P.rsas well."

One of his "nleasant rurori.c;.�s'' has been the ffol.dinq and hittinq of.Jenny Ruffner. She willbestartino in thP. left:field. Krfa Duoas, an emerienced ohwer, will be olayinq the riqhtfield positinn. Tara Truelson, o'3 very talented freshm,3n, will be nlayinq cent.�rfi.eld.

Coach Swanson feels that the oitchinq will develoo as the season orooresses. Be added, "'l'he t.alP.ntis thereto do a q<xXl i:)b but wq need to devajon the confinence that comes with e��eri.c�nce." Be noted that Nanr.y Carlsonand Tara

Truelson have looked very qood in oractice. Heather Shenefiel and Gina cJiristenson h"ivebeen showinq qoocJ orornise I as they aain experience. Maqaie Farrell, who nasj.lst recently joined the team, 1-\as qood rx,tenti'ii as_well.

SPRINGTRACK

by Gunnar Olson

"We hav� a lot of �round to make uo," said Bob Byrnes, co ach of the boys'sorin� track team. He says that the team h':lS a lot of t�lant but not deoth� �e also said that; "We h�va a lnt of distance runners but not many sorinters. Most of the s�rint�rs are now oiayinq baseball."

In the t-=c1.m's first m8et, they camB in fourth aqainst Nashu a, �anchester West,' �nd Londonderry. �11 of these teams are class L teams.

"Thi s year I exoec t th at Londonderry wi11 do well and ma ybe Winnacunnet," said Mr.· By rnes , "bu t potentially we can hold OU r own."

On the ·team's chances this year(Mr. 8yrnes said that there are to many variables, including adequate practice ·time and limited facilities and not much access at UNH• But he remains ootimistic about the u9coming season.

·Chocolate Sale May Net Over $1Gfor S�ph's

by Gunnar Olso�

Th-i s ye a r' s soohomore class has just comoleted one of the biqaest fundraisers in the Oyster River's history. As of March 19th, the sophomore class has raised about $1300 after selling about $3 300 worth of boxed' chocolates and Easter bunnies.

Nestle'- B2ich, a candy comoany, is the di stribu tor. Nestle'-Beich also soecializes in fund raising and sales that yield ;i 45% orofit on the product that they manufacture.

T h e r e w a s a contest to see who could sell the most chocolate. The winner was soohomore Douq Ellison with $546 worth of candy. He. recei ves the $75 dollar first orize. The second olace �innP-r, Troy Archie with $467, aot $50. Three other sophomores oot 25 doll�rs each, t h e y w e r e F re a Lusiano, Mike Mercier, and Jo Ann Simoson.

·s�nior Class :Ac:tivities·

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by Tom McDonouqh

There will not be a seni or cl ass breakfast this year. According to Mrs. Smith, senior class advisor, the officers were offered the breakfast, but because it would have had to ha ve been before school the officers decided aqainst having the breakast.

Senior class breakfast was an event last year in which the seniors had breakfast in the scho ol cafeteria during first , oeriod.

Mo.lly Hodqson, senior class oresident commented that another reason for nixing the idea was the very busy �c�ivities calendar. Hodgson commented further that there would be · no big fund-r;.tisers in the remainder of the year, besides Senior Follies. There might be a car wash.

Planninq is takina olace now for the· senior banquet and Proiect Graduation. The class officers are working on qetting a bandfor Project Gr�duation, which will be held ,3t 't'he Works in Somersworth aqain this year.

other senior class news is that the marshal.ls are being Picked soon. 'l'he officers would also welcome class qift ideas, according to Hodqson.

Nanc,ycarlsonhurlsapitch right intothestrike zone.

Taubes on Concert Tour to Israel with Youth Philharmonic Orchestra

Brook and Seth Taube left·forIsraelon l\oril 15on a twer-week concert tour with the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of the New Enql�nd Cons�rv-:ltory. Brook wasselecLod thisfall on hisfirst audition as a violist. Seth was sel�cted for one of eight�ate, from aonroxim�tely 200 r:tuditioners for second violin.

TheIsraeli concerttour will take theTaubes to Tel Aviv, JerusalP.m, Haif:;i. .:tnd t� three Kibbutzes (cooperative aqricultural co inmunities). The tour comes during p.:3�,er and Holy Week.

The YPo rehearses every Saturday ,:1t the New Enql.and Conservato(y in Boston under the direction of. Benjunin 7,ander.The tour was hiqhliqhted in recent Mtir.les in may.,r Boston newsr,aoers.

Brook and �th Taube will return on Aoril. 28 havinq olayed in seven locationsin1ctrael.

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Math Team Takes N.H. State Title

by Dave Manqene

T,e ORHS V.ath Team caotured first nl.ace in the larqe school division state chamoionshin,in Nashua.

1'he tenm collected 204 of a oossi.ble 330 ?oints to take chamoionshin honors. Tlie team comoeted in five different categories: n.rithmetic, Aloebra· 1, Geometry, Aloebr!3 2, �dv;mced Math, and a team or oblern. Advisor Petar Stokyvich said," Wefielded a very stronq team this year, r1nd I'm sure we'll do the same nextyear."

T:iree ORI-IS individuals I

received awards for their �fforts in the meet. Pat Casey finished fifth in the individual comoeti.tion, Jeff Crum seventh, r:tnd Yesim Ce.likkcltied for �jqhth.

The te;im will qoon to the New Enqland Matl1 Meet in Canton, Massnschusetts sometime in �ay.

The wirmi.nq Math 'I'eam this year included: Kerry Casey, Chris Cunniff, Greq Br:¼dshaw, and Matt Little. ,Juniors are Seth Taube, Broke Taube, and Steve Fuller. The Sonhomores include Pat Casey, Jeff Crum, and alternat.� Matt Prov�ncher.

Two Classes to ' Attend·Production of play ·Amadeus·

by R-3.in Williams

On May 12th twoclasses Yiil.lbe attendinq ".�madeus," the Play, ;it the North Shore Musi.c Theater in Beverly, Massechusetts.

Mr. Taoo'lll will be taJdnq his writnq workshoo ct'.lss, ry:o...riod six,. and his Enq]ish Literature cla$, r,eriod five. The ouroose of the two clruEes qoinq was exoressed by Mr.Taooan. "I think that kids today need to realize th;\t the tension between individualism, nonconformity, �nd oettina ahe�d in the world ic, nothinq new! Mozart'slife is an examp]e of that constant struqq]e btweBn authority and nonconformity."

The Writinq Workshoo 'class has to write an analysis on the chanqe in Mozart and how he qot out to the test. The Enqlish Lit. c}..ass is exnect?.d to env�oe and understand t�e stru<1f.llP. in society between the classic scientific, and the rocnantic menbtli.ty. This feelinq is well depicLocl in the olay.

Dave Nader stated his ooi.nion on the trin. 'i want tooo� the olayoo it will heln m� understand Mozart while we are studyinq hisoeriod in time. It exposes yootothereal thi.no."

Mark Gwinn, one of the "F.:nalish Lit. students, said, "I saw the moviP- and it was really c::iood. Now 1 wantto see how th e olay compares."

Steohanie Marshall, ;motherEnqlishLit. student, commented, "1\madeus Mozart ic; my favorite com�, and t 3tudy his music alot.Ican't wait!"

·rhe olay is the touri.na oroduction ·of the Broadway hit �madeus Cwhich was also the basis for the movie, Amadeus.) and is the life story of Wolf-:ianri �madeus Mozart.

The two c1:tffi-..oS are encour�aed to relate the er:i of Z\ madeusand theclash of of the c::hanqinq sociP-ty to the difference of the 60's and the 80's.

TomCronshawtagsoutChr1s Mautzin pre-gamepr�tice.

JimBucklesswindS