1987-88 MOR Issue 3

Food Services Responds to lll.O.R. 2nd Lunch Survey

b y Char l ie Hogarty

' second lunch were limited. Number two on the District foods list of ques tio ns asked service director, Su•? th e student,a; s-p1e,: l :'i Lukas took exception 1 0 ~al ly to o mmen~ o n the 2nd lunch fooa s hat items e re sh or t survey in the Mouth o f n supply r, the River December inc luding s a lad bar issue. In a recent items, the special of letter to the editor the day, Ring Dings and Lukas commented on the Yodels etc., chips, hot survey taken, saying ,sandwiches, and cold that "if surveys are to ' s~ndwiches. Next the be made, I suggest a students were asked if survey of all students, during second lunch, or at the very least, a ithey felt hurried to truly random survey.' get t · lunch in order She also expressed to s e, .re their choice concern over the fair- of f.,od. Finally, nes~ of the article. question number four "Let the students speak asked the students to out, but please, let's add any comments or be honest in publishing suggestions. any comments made."

On the survey, twenIn December, M.0 ty-one students agreed T.R. took a survey of or strongly agreed twenty-five students of there was a shortage of both males and females, the daily special. including members of 'I lfl"- of the students the freshmen sophomore, ,~,, , stated that they junior and senior • las r',< t "rushed" to get to ses. The survey was l~he cafeteria during handed to twenty-five second lunch. students as they stood Mrs. Loretta Langley, in line during second O.R. snack bar manager, lunch. commented recently

The survey asked that as sales over the the students to reply past two years(on the to four questions by daily specials) have marking off that they increased over 100%. strongly disagreed, The cafeteria staff at disagreed, were un- Oyster River High Schdecided, agreed or ool has had to as much strongly agreed. Ques- as · double the quantion number 0ne asked t1ties of such items a s the students generally if the choices dur i ng I..UNCH cont. p.8 School Board prruw.~~ ej~ r.wmlar.Y-~l

Revised School Construction Plans Ravaalad ·for madburg Sita

liy Kris Dugas

On Wednesday January 13th, the Oyster River School Board voted to postpone any further considerations of adding on to the current high school, ~heir new aim is to present a bond issue in support of the proposed construction of a new elementary school, to be loeated in Madbury.

Last Wednesday's school board meetlng,

began with school board member Mr Robert Russell with his review of the background leading -... to the evening's recommendation, The Long Range Planning Committee denoted two major..:._ areas: the program needs at the high school, and the population growth showing a need for space in the elementary level. Last December, the board me~bers voted against the proposal of a new high school'.

R Drama with a In O.R.H.S. Mock Vote Registration message

by Lynn Schow

Out of 62 junior and senior students polled (30 ' female, 32 male), 42% of the students said they would regiR te r as Democrats. 27% preferred a Republican affiliation, 24% Independent, and 7% were undecided (see chRrt)

A major section of ti,,, ""rvP :v was made up

"l feel that it is a good idea t< : i ld A new elementary school in Madbury. The space is essentially needed to solve the overpopulation problems in the elementary level. I also feel it is important for Madbury to accept the responsibility of their own school," ¼ aid elementary school parent and high school t e acher Mrs. Tagliaferro "1 feel transportation Mn rll111rv wi 11 be 1<Jtic hardship pnrent.s," said 1, 111,.,111 ary

that to R ( Oilto man\ rinot he,· S<)h, ,ol SCHOOL cont. p.8

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issues, to be rated 1- Y 2-3 most i~portant. A first place vote received 3 points, a second plabe vote 2 points, and a thirct place vote one point. The points each issue received were then added up. The highest point total an issue could receive was 186 points.

"I · try to estab1 ish an atmosphere of trust and support so that the kids will take risks to achieve sucoe ss," says music director Steve Denson. This is how he sums up his strategy in wo.rking with beginning performers.

"Under Milk Wood" Is a pluy where tryouts began Februafy 9 and is exclusively for beginning actors and actresses. According to Denson this style of ~lay is "a good style to begin newcomers with ' because the play focus' strongly on the acting skills not so much the technical skills."

Junior Dave Stowell feels that the play will be fun because "there are a lot of pa rts t~~t are equivalent and ea<'h participant. will p 1ubably pl 11y six to ,igt,l \ r- t. "{ ,,

The most importarit issue to the students polled was nuclear disarmament and reduction of US-Soviet tensions, This issue received 117 points, with reducing th~ budget deficit coming in second w~th 83 points (see chart for points of all issues) •

The survey showed that many of the presidential candidates have recognition problems. A list of 13 candidates, along with 5 public figures not in the race, was presented, with the instruction to label the names Hepuhlican, Democrat, SURVEY cont.on pg.8

current John Freiermuth

• Democrat Ea R~publican

• Independent 0 Undecided

SLING ME

·soME

BLANGI

A TRADITION OF ·ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

by Eva n Chris t enson

man! S' u p, Will. e y b op, Wil le yb op , " ba n dan n a an d ripped .i ean c la d y o u th. J i mh op i n' i,; a fic tit i o us n e w s ec on d se me s te r juni o r at Oy ,;L er Ri v er, t oda y is his f ir s t day, "Wha t say y o u hit c h me up wit h t h e t hrash e rs in t his hole,_ 1 'm like shreadn ' hete fres h man t o ta.lly fr·e sh. '' "l dig you that's groovy, but I 'm not hip at Oyster River either." Also new at OR, and experiencing her first day is fictitious Shirley Straight. She is elegantly dres,;ed in a light pink and b.lu e laced summer dress, and is spo~ting two de lightful pigtai.ls, "l'm new in a big way t.oo, my name is Shirley Straight, nice to connect with yu, Are we like talking totally tubular or what? These two are cruising on different wavelengths. ShirJey and Jim are basically saying the same thing, b ut using · different wo r ds, The "type" -0f words they are using st r e ot.ypically tells everyone what "type" of person each is, , At Oyster River it seems the words considered ''in'' or ''out'' depend on the group or "cJ.ique" one asks, Each "clique" is individualized as much as the~ vocabulary they use, Each has its own version of the words considered "in", and the words 11 out 11 they consider

" Yo na me's Ji mb o pi n' say,; a

S ophom ore J a mie Mc Ki nn o n sai d " thrash , shread., "hep~~se s t o t hink of the p erf ec t word, word', 'word' is definit e ly in.

Conversely senior T odd Bragdon said, word, what is "word "? Who said " word " was in ? 11

T ha t da y a ft er school, Shirley and Jim look for people to "hang-out" with, "Man, I don't check no shredders bere, That dude was rapping about some "decent" Parcheesi club, he said it was a "b0nus 11 or wt::1.s it "how s"? Man, that dud e · ,,., definitely n ot

o nl o t h e back of t hei r Me mbers Onl y j ac k et s wi. t. h ra whid e. "Ii i f e lla s, he avy du ty day, i s n't it?"

"Y e a , i t' s pr e tt y c o ol, hey we' re gonna' split , d o you wa nt to g roov e wi t h us, we' r e h eade d f o r t h e Gr ange!" says To mm y ~h ir l ey an te l l hi s nam e is To mm y, b e ca us e i t is c ar efully e mbr o ider e d · righ t th e Members Only nameplate on his jac ke t.

"Excellent, let's hop on ov e r," exclaims, Shir le y.

"ln a c ountr y fed u p wit h 11 i ds ou t' o f control . ( s c h ool s ) a re ma kin g a n e f fort to r et u r n to the ls w-an d order of a more J nnn c~e nl. t. im P. P u h l i c ed u c a tion is un de r goi n g its most s evere c h al le ng e " -T I ME Ma gazi n e Ff'b 1, 1 98 8

Unlik e s o ma n y prob l e ms t ha t New Ham p shir e s ee ms to e s ca p e, dis c ipline is n o t. on e that we are i mmun e t o, Lo c al s c ho o ls on th e seac oast are experiencing probl e ms in dealing with t.hier studen t s.

;~ a ch ' c 1 i q u e.. i s ind iv id u a1 i z e d, as much as vocabulary uses.

It must have been the 'fellas' that did it, because slyer than a white tailed fox in a · vat of provelone, Shirley just slithered her way into a group faster than you could say "avid Mozart fans."

the it

senior cool, not even a coo as boo", most righteously not "in " , Jim mutters to himself as he searches for fellow thrashers.

"Well, grunt.wax chambe r is out , but lallygag and grovelsnatch are in," said senior Pieter Beckman.

" Hello? What's this?" inquires Shirley, her light pink dress shining beautifully in the warm sun. "Sweet cheese, it looks liken Parch~esi club!" S hirle, :,: can tell Par,"1 ee s.1 clubs anywhere; al 1 of the members ad •• >nally wear i. boards lashed·

-CHEER LEADING:

In that situation, Yo! S'up dude!" wouldn't have gotten Shirley an invitation to the Grange, it Jocks like she played it pretty cool. Then again mayL e she didn't, acc ording to senior Dan St. e wa r t 'hip' i s casua l , but 'groovy' is pushing it," Junior Mike Holmes might also agree with Dan , a s h e said "Oh Oh y e s, swe et c he e se, 1 is absolutely 'out'."

Al t h o ugh both Mike 1 a n d Da n wo uld p r obab ly c on sider Shirley "out", one can't argue with h e r suc c ess.

Meanwhile, Jin, mopes about, stogglefound e d Ly the la c k of 'thrashers' he has c um P across. Just then, from the top of the dumpster he hears, "Bomb d rO'o con~inue d on pg. 5

.STILL FIGHTING

One exan!ple of t his was in Somersworth, at a recent basketball game against Timberlane fights broke ou t in both junior varsity and freshman games, and then to c ap ~he evening off a fight broke out at the varsi t y game. Jn t.he varsity fight, no t only did the pla y ers battle, but a.lso t.he f an s Wh e n Lhe fight b ro k e ou t f ans from b at h sides of th e bl e a c hers qui c kly poured on to the floor only t.o glad to get in a fe w good pun c h e s at the en e my I'm not h e re to say who was at fault for this particular inci d e n t bu t wha t I a m responding to is the whole idea of what oc curre~. This type '!'J tion should not be lo l e ruted in an y sc h o ol.

At Oy ster Ri v er Hi gh Sc h ool , t his t yp e o f be h avio r would n ot b e to l e ra ted by th e te a c h e rs, parents, or

eve n ()_vg1,P r sc ho o l b e t h e

t.he " t u dci1i.>1, HivP r is H t h at s t.fives to b e s t t h at it ca n be. Oyster River is a s c h ool t h at cares about l ea rn ing

"Every day after sc h oo l you can walk dow11 t h e h aJ ls a n d see teac h ers he l p i ng s t ud e n ts., .t h e st u dents wa n lt o dow el J ,"sa.v« g u ide n ce cou n selor Ro ge r Ha ll.

T h e s t u de n ts at Oyster Ri ver wa n t to s u cc e e d, a n d th erefo r e put as mu c h a s t,111 .v <'fl ll into the sc h ool Studf'n ls a t. Uys t c> r Riv e r h a v e c ompetP d in n e arly every typ e of a c Ad e mi c and ha ve C Olll( H! itior, fared we ll a l local, state, r e gional, and even national le v els. For example at th e 1986 National Fren c h E x am, Oys t er Riv e r stud e nts in first y e ar place~ fifth and sixth in th e st.ate. Of t.he stud e nts taking l e vel two, Oyster River pl a cE"d a s luden t third. In French 3, Oyster River students c am e in first, se c ond, third, fourth, and fifth. The French 4- students from O. R were in 5th and 7th, One of thes e Hludcnts later went on to pl1i<'e 1st in the New En g l u nd ReA i onals, and /t h i n the whole Unite d .:, l ,.lle~ I l,e averag e S. A, T. s c ore 1or O .IL i s 5 41 math and 513 verbal as c ompared to 475 and 431, the nationaJ average. In a state t. e !ll for all high sc h o ol s o ph o mo res O.H. p l a ce d 2nd in reading, 3rd in language, 3t d in s oc ial studies, 2nd in s c i f, n ce , and 1st in nrH l h. 'l'h is te;, t WIH<

A SEXIST IMAGE

by Kristi Cowern

their traditionally, captain-led stretching "Hey babe, I see exercises, so do the Oyster River is sport- cheerleaders. Barbara ing some • nice legs for Nelson, a 3 year varus to watch during the · sity cheerleader , for game." a voice shouted the Oyster River Team, at Molly Malloney as s it s and counts th r she walks through the stretches for her squ ,,.1 gym to reac h the locker b ecause she was inj1 ;1 ed room. Molly is a , wi t h a pulled musc le in cheerleader, and ~t is l th e last game. the night of the big Afte r th e s t r etc he s rivalry game betw e en t h e Mul e s co me runn i n A t h e Oyste r River Bob- ou t on to t h e c our t an d c a ts and the Newmark et d iv i de i nto t wo groups Mu l es, The Bobcats ; t o b e gin t h eir pa s s i ng made t h~ir appear- warm-u p s. Th e Boba n ce and gone to the ca ts'c r o wd has c ramm ed l oc k er room to su it a lm o s t t h e e n t ir e up. I n Lhe n e xt ro o m• s ch ool' i n to t h e gy m for t h ere is another te a m th i s game . T h e pu mped s u i t i n g up b u t it is u p fan s b egi n yel l i n g not t h e Mu l es, it 's t h e when t h ey see t h e Bob c h eerle ad e rs. c at squad o f ten t h in r. h ee rlead i ng is a girl s in t h e ty pi cal wo rd t hat i sn' t even in min i -sk i r t ap parel ru n 1 h e d ict i onar y bu t ha s o u t. T h e Airl s h a v e bee n p ract ice d for every ha i r i n pla ce a nd th o u sa n d s of y e a rs. t h eii ti gh t fit t i n g Even in the primitive s wea ters wash e d so e ra wh e n cav e men wh ite t h at the y ar e fo ugh t beas ts, spe c -a l mos t g l owi ng t aters cheered on. It The squad jogs over was o nl y natura l as t o the Bo b c a t 's lo c k er tim e progressed that room d o or where th ey Lh e spectators would arrange a pass~geway of c oalesce to form an "bodies for the p l ayer s organized squad, creat- to enter thr ou gh. As ing a sport in itself. the over-sized hoopAs the Bobcats and sters c ome into view, the ( Mules go through the crowd ral l J:P- s 1-1 i th 7 .,;i v 111"~-:.,, •-A·,~,-.--.•~~""<.!.",:,,.• ~.~~ r"1::>, .' I' • s· ~-.. .,._

a ser i es of loud c he E" rs.

The Bobcats divide up, as we ll, and begin thiir la y -ups t o ge t ready for t he game. The ch e erleaders lin e up underneath t he basket making t h e mselves noticeable an d begin t o ant th e players' names one by

typical pre-game activity. When the two te ams come out, he c rowds cheer. But when th i cheerleaders come out, they have to fight the sexist comments f rom the fans that are du e to the short skirt, diz z y blonde image they have held, According t o the Bobcat's -

so well under all of the rude comments presented to them at the games. We don't see our cheerleaders as sex symbols, but when other squads co~e here that's all they see in them.

"

The starting lineups are called out and th e gam e is about to beg i n. The five from eac h te am c hoose their me n to gu a rd and s e t their positions around th e cir c le. The 6'4" c e nt er hears hi s name ch a n te d f r o m t he sideli n e s a n d l ung e ,; u p wit h a defy ing t ap t o s tart t h e Bobcats off with the bal l.

on e. The home cr o wd and the players become more e n t hused as t h e Newmarket players b e come more intimidate d To brake the tension building among the Mules, a Newmarket fan begins to yell obscenities at the cheer.leaders.

, This., · is: .t he • , , .!:· ·-· ~ :• .-, _\ ·_• ,

start i ng center, Jo h · Freiermuth , the whol • idea abou t cheerleadin 6 is s exist.

"

I t's always the girls c heering for the guys, there are hardly any male cheerleaders. As a player I've gained respect for our own cheerleaders because they handle themselves

Th e Bobc a t s ha v e be e 11 d o minati n g t h e g a m Ea c h ti me th e t eA m scor es a nothe r ! t , Lh e Mul es ' fnn s ~Ncu me mor e and mor e obno x ious to the c h eerleaders. The s tar o f th e game guard Pa t Casey g o es up for a hot and is bashed in • he arm, As he sets up or his foul sho t t h,• cheerleaders begtn t heir foul shooting c heers which include, "put it in, put it i.n."

Chad Bradbury

PBOGHHm OF STUDIES SET FOR 7-PEHIOD DRY IIl SEPT.

by Chris Webb

The P rogram of Studies for 1988-1 989 will see some changes, the biggest being the addition of a se v en period day and new classes. This wi,11 increase the graduation requirements to 19 3/4 credits for the class of 1992.

Next years freshmen will be the first required to take a 1/2 year computer education class. ln addition to computer ed, the students must take an economics or fine arts class to satisfy state requirements, such as YJdeo Tape Produ ct ion, 15rawing and Painting, Drama and Aeling, Fashion Design and

Jnlerior Design.

Math Team Takes Title in Lafest ·Meet

"The idea bel.;nd the change is that Lhe st ude nt s will be en,l!," u.l(, : t1 in the arts, " >ia id l'r· 1 ,1ci pal Geoffrey .Jor i""'• rt ! classes · are faculty designed thro11gh a committee rnnNing from Bill Childs ( arl) to Barry Fitzpatrick (P.E. and basketball coach), "We wanted to get snme cross faculty," Jones.

physical count as eredit

education a full will year

According to Jones, "At this point lhe freshmen are free, but we're trying to put freshmen and :sophomores in study halls to help them schedule some; time to study." The science labs will probably ~eet twice a week and this way they will use the seventh period rather than miss regular classes.

section in commented

The seven peri od day has fin a lly bnt:11 funded by the school boa-rd on a one y e ar trial lJttsis Bec'-1 u:, e ut · l Li---, requir ed to l ake L1Vt: c la:.R e'3 t;o Hdvnnt•· a gradt> j n , ,,a.i of f iOW f"\ -.: r,

The cost for seven period day is follows: $52,000 for two full Li me teachers, $1,100 fur teaching suppli e M, $400 f or texts and$ 8,0UO 'or h study hall monitor. he only unresolved cost •, nd ,,olution is the t ,.~ses been the for

11 l 've tl,ng for p e, iod day years," said

O.B.H.S. Places Highest in C.R.T. Tests

Some areas of WP.akness reported

by John freiermuth

The 1987-88 California Achievement Tests ( C .A.T.) have rated Oyster River High highest in the region for basic skills in 10th grade math, Eng lish and reasoning ,;ki l ls as wel l as some questions in sci er,r·e and ,;ocial studies.

In 1986-81 Oys River placed number ove ru i l &nd had a re ,.-ii ng tolsl of 81% on t he nationnJ level, a rr, 1. 11 to tel ot' 88. 3%, ar,,l a languag e tnta! or 70.1%. In Lhe 1985-

86 sc hool yef • blur River placed seco11d overall and placed numbe r one i n math, number two in reading, and number three i n Iang uag e "The the 1 ow reason langua~e for is that we co n r,! ntrRt-P. more on the w •kills and not as on the grammar," .J,.J ,, 8 slates. i:r "W, · have a great math dt:, rtment and conseq11, tly rank either one or two in the mathemHlics category," Jon es c ontin u es.

se fiv , Jones.

Most "I '" ' skills tested :3Uf:l voaabul ary, compuLat111n , etc .were at the 80th percentile based •.> II nalional results.

However, certain u:eus in English have h ,H,n a de c line r , 1,,. Jast t hr r, yea, me, ·.•1nic8: 6~.4% down from 70.2g 11 19 86; ls11iUn .!, :.! exp, l:ss1on : !l,•1"·. (io wn from 12%,)

Six months into the ieason, the Oyster River math team is in first place in both the "Tri-state" and "State F~stern Conference" : eague, with scores from Oyster River reaching the top points list.

After the third "Tri-state" meet, cummulative high scorers are senior Yesim Celikkol, with 69 points, junior Mike Vo ll, with 76 points, and freshman Helen Tang , with a perfect score of 90 points.

Trailing behi , 1n the "Tri-state" L ,gue ar·e Newmarket ( 2) •u1d Sanborn (3) and in tL "South Eastern Conference league, Amesbury (2) and Masconset High in Massachusetts is third. Mr, Stokovich, coach of the math team, is pleased and feels that the kids are having fun also.

" The team gets to see friends from differen t schools who play the same sports, or went lo St. Pauls with lhem. They (OR students are a spirited · group and app e ar to be ha vinM a good time." commenttd Slokovich.

"Overall

Something like 20 of the 57 s tudt,n Ls who received stale honors in the National Math Exam were from Oyster River."said long term O.R. math teacher Peter Stoykovich,

Besides the high marks the students have rereived academics, Lhey are also one of the most successful s c hools on the athletic fields. Oyster River teams are consistently competitive year in yeur out. Oyster River also has an extremely high level of students that participate in ~xlra-curricular activities. In the drama program nearly 25% of the student body at

Oy,;ter River participated, while less than 10% participated in an average school from the Seacoast.

Oyster River High Sa hool is not wlthout its own problems, however as a whole O.R. is a school that is effectively combating the problems that schools of the eighties are having; increased violence, high drop~ut rates(O.R. has among the lowest in the state), and a general trend toward a poorer education for Lhe students.

Oyster River High School has found an effective way to battle these problems, both the administration and teachers tak~ pride in what they are trying to accomplish. When the teachers are willing to "ork hard, the students will work hard too.

A senior class outing has been planned for the Works. The health c lub, located in Somersworth, has been reserved from 7:0010:00, on Murch 19th.

Activities being offered lo seniors will include the use of facilities; swimming, raquetball, and wallyball, Seniors mat also enjoy dancing to the sounds of their own Nevada. class group,

Aside planned snack bar available.

from the activities a will also be

By Pat Duffey

The Ping-Pong will be

second annual tournament held the week before Februiry vacation (February 15-19). There will be three divisions: mixed doubles, girls' singles, boys' singles. Matches w'i 11 be· play ed in 1.he gymnasium after school.

Uy Kris Dugas

L to R rear: Mr Stoyk.ovich, Bang Yen, Matt Provencher Pat Caser Yesim rPliHnl Amy Freiermuth, Mrs Tagliaferro front : Mike Voll D.in ll11 1111>Hk llrook Taube, Gina Christenson. Helen Tang Seth Taube

Uy Ma ,· Ueth Ober

by David Criswell

JJhy is the Suprem£ Court fio99iniJ StuMttt Nei-vspapers?

Recently, in a 5-l vote, the U.S. Supreme Court gave school administrators a very large amount of freedom to suppress controversial stories from dny school funded publication--maybe too much freedom. The reasoning behind the decision according to Justice Byron who spoke for the majority said, "School officials may impose reasonable restrictions on the speech of students, teachers and other members of the school community,"

For some school districts this could turn out to be catastrophi~. Tis power gives school administrators the right ultimately to control the paper. They can remove articles that they deem controversial and it is very possible that they will very soon be able to mandate articles that the school adminj st ra1.or consider important.

Oyster River High School gives our journalism students much freed~m. Students do everithing but give themselv e s grades. They create the stories to report on, they write the stories, they edit the stories, they handle layout as well as the finances, and the majority of the time will go to and from the printer to drop off and pick JP the newspaper. These tasks are all part of a learning experience that can be gotten in a school newspaper atmosphere, But by taking away the freedom of being able to write on controversial issues, the learning experi e nce is greatly hindered,

The Mouth of the River is not afraid of controversy, but willing to accept responsibility. The high school years are for testing just that-testing one's independence, and more importantly, being able to accept the consequences;

The ruling decrease the could also drastically number of students who become interested in journalism every year through their high school newspaper, If responsible forms of dialogue and exploration are terminated, frustrated students may conclude that adults have little respect for and ' concern for Lhe thoughts of the next generntlon.

The ruling could eventually hurt the overall quality of journalism if students cannot ]earn to explore real j sstws, to ask tough questions and to investigate matters that the public has a right to know about.

Jam thankful that Geoffrey Jones, Principal of Oyster River, feels that our p1·ogram will not be affected. At the same time I feel sorry for those school districts whose school newspaper will very soon be under the control uf the school adminislrators instead of where it should be--with the students.

SCHOOL BOARD FINALIZES '88-89 BUDGET

l:ly Lynn Schow

As t he Oyster River School District budget look final fo rm o n ¥ebruary 3rd, it was clear Lhat the School Board has a hard tim e sayin g no t o budget re<1 11ests. The budget for the 1988-89 school year has a net increase of 19%, Approximately $71,000 amounts to a 1% budget increase.

The Board is always under pressure to cul district costs, but they refuse to cut the quallty of education to do this. In some instances, the Industrial Arts departmen t at the middl e school, for example, the Board has granted more money than the Superintendent's re c ommendation. In the case of the lndust~ial Arls department at the middle school, · th~ grant was to insure the sRfety of the stud e nts.

During the budget mf1k.ing pr·v, ess, r e __ que ciL s in

submitted from each of the f our district schools to the Super1 n t. er,den t John Powers, Assistant SuperlnLend e nt Al Elwell, and their staff look over Lhe requests, and cut ou t wha t they deem unnecessary f or the upcoming school: year. Then this proposal is sent to the School Board.

The Board members are not support hes i tun t tr, student a , tivities, District support for the high school increased from $43,378 to $49,746 for the 1988-89 school year. The largesl part of this allocation, $40,357, is to be used for interscholastic athletics.

~welve interscholastic teams, girls varsity basketball, girl's varsity field hockey, golf, boy's v arsity soccer, softball, boy's spring track, girl's spring

1:.r a ck, boy's te n nis, girl ' s tennis, and varsity volleyball, are a ll receiving new un i forms for the 1988-89 s easo n are down athletic pared to budget.

Other

Uni form costs 46 68% of the budget com the 1987-88 high school activities receiving funds are Drama, $1,000; Clubs, $2650; Foreign Language clubs, $140; Intramural athletics, $645; Journalism, $1,000; Literary Magazine, $350; Math Team/Club, $1,440; and Music activities, $2,170.

Through its care for the school budget, the School Board has shown its sensitivity Lo academic and extra curricular needs of the student. Now what the Board needs to work on is sensitivity to the studenL's opinion, as wel L as the student's oeed lo work on delivering that opinion to the Board.

Respect, Power and. tfie Dtirftntn Jlo[icc

Blue lights flash outside the ORHS cafeteria step blue

as the patrolmen out of the sleek cruiser. Various onlookers curiosly move t o wards the scene.

The scared offender itt apprehended without r~sistance. The shiny cuffs glisten in the moonlight as the 18 year old ORHS senior was quickly frisked and cuffed while various students viewed the happenings.

The uniformed men cautiously stalk the vehicle in question. Flashlights on, they inspect the scene, searching for the object, the cause of this uproar. Maybe its a gun, maybe ~ts stolen stereo equipment.

Slowly, like an olympian raising his gold, an empty sun country wine cooler was raised into the moonlight.

The question of power and respect has crossed the minds of nearly everyone in the high school. Repeatedly, Dukrham police ask,

teenagers standing innocently downtown for I.D. 's. "For what reason?• "Loitering,• is the answer you get from the officer.

In Durham, especially during the summer months, youngst ers will meet in the Petta Brook parking lot to touch base. Every twenty minutes or so, a cruiser will pull in, approach them, sometimes requesting !D's.

On one occasion, an •out of town" youngster was frisked and moved against a car for not having an ID. Granted this youngster had hair longer than the norm , yet this doesn't call for unreasonable search and harassment.

Another incident occurred which involved a high school student and an ornery Durham poli~e officer. The 17 yeai:'lli old was walking with a paper bag, when the officer approached him. "Hey, Get over here,• yelled the officer. "Gimme an ID, your age, and put the

bag on the ground." Upon examination of the bag the officer located wine coolers. An interesting fact to add, the youngster received a dismissal of charges, the judge citing •unreasonable search and seizure.•

Many kids in Durham feel extreme resentment towards the men in blue because of the kind of incidents described earlier. Kids feel threatened by police not protected by them. Instead of seeing the cops help society, we see repeated busts, harassment and unreasonable actions.

Yet ano~her interest ing fact: the incident involving the young man ou tside of ORHS is now in court. It appeared to witnesses that the young man was approached unfairly. It has been said that the case will probably be dismissed because the police had no reason to approach the car. Again, unreasonable search and seizure.

Who's Gary's lJext Running Mate

THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY

letter to the Editor

To the Editor;

On behalf of the ORHS Cafeteria Staff, I would like to respond t o , the article in the Dec. 11 issue entitled "Second Lunch Blues•. In it, Pat Duffey states that a survey of • 25 students revealed

increase in students buying the daily special. While we are very pleased with this increase, it does make estimation difficu lt. Loretta has doubled, even tripled amountH of some items and still run out before second lunch is over Please be patient with us--we are trying.

11, 1988

SLANG .,

con tinued from page 2 dude! Don't half pip~ out on us, lets see you drag your rails across th e downside of that

on!" (Yes, I'd like thrashed _endle~s, bomb I that) comes back Jim. drups, tail skids, and I "Hot! Let's d o it! like everything. We Moon Unit hook us up shredded to DMC in I

I " with some DMC I" orders q,w.n ti Ly man! ( We I the dumpster rat. lislened to loud mus1c dum1 ,-,ter!" And so it seems Ji m and skateboarded unt.il I

Then, like a well ha-s found his way into .it was time to go home) I "' I, : set of Gul Wi , ,, hj,,. own liltle plate t·tnlred Jimbopin', "llut skateboard truck,; J i m ,, f zucchini at OR, dude, your gnarley, you I W~ll,eybop jamtoggl ,· :s whic:h doesn't really chilled (talked) with I his dec,1 o n v O the a ~ surprise anyone, as we the head man, Tommy, phalL and shreds ov~, all knew from the start Tommy is definitely to the dumpster. that zucchini was his in.

"What doth shah favorite vegetable, The warm air blew 'rats• ?" (How are :i,uu · Shirley got what she gently through Shirl's guys doing? What's up? wanted, so did Jim, ao hair, and a blinding note: people associated how can ane be called light shat out of Lhe with skateboarding "in", and the other clouds from above as often refer to each- "out"? Some people she turned to Jim and other as "rats" ) shouts speak o ut against the said, "Tommy isn't Jimbopin'. \./hole idea of in, or 'in', anyone who is ·

quite a few complaints about second lunch was being short changed with a limited selection of sandwiches and a s hortage of salad bar items and daily specials. Students felt "ru~hed" to get to lunch in order to have a good selection. est produce we can get. You c ool for DMC man ?" school being happy is defi( would you like to "lli Jim, did yoµ dig nitely positive."

To these complaints I would ~sk, who was surveyed? Who chose the students to survey, and was it a random sample? Was everyone given a chance to voice their opinions, or was the survey contrived in order to produce a more interesting article? And what about the pictures, set up to prove a point? I think some counter discussion is warranted.

It is true that foods are prepared ah ead of time based on previous sales and attendance estimates. But ample amounts of cold selections are prepared, and not ev~rything · goes out on first lunch. Jtems are restocked before s~cond lunch to insure adequate supply. ·~rrYfnly, times wtll occur when one or two sandwiches may be gone before second lunch is over. But· would you prefer large amounts of left over sandwiches to throw away? Prices woul~certainly need to increase to cover losses.

for the apein the last two ' we an have experover lOOS

Finally, the salad bar has proven to be a welcome addition to our lunch program, and overall we are pleased with the response. Please be assured that we use only the fresh-

"S'up dude, what's out.", Suc h a person is happy is 'in'. As long word? (not~: according senior llruce Hardy who as the person concerned to sophomore Brad said" 'in ' or 'out', I is happy, and as long Poulin "word is like, don't care , I' 11 always as being 'in' is posi'what' s up? 'wh at's speak my piece anyhow!" Live, anyone who is word ' .") The 11ex t day in h appy i s 'in', because

.l is ten to a little some thrashers yester- "I don 't think I'm music by the rock group day?" asks Shirley, c ru isi ng on a common Run DMC?) responds the \ reselling her collar in wave l en gth with you rat on the dumpster. Lhe upright position, Shirl'" (What?) said I o dude, ):>ring it ___ "Yea_ dude,_ we Ji111bopin', _____ _j

fD.0.R. BHTES THE ffiOVIES

Good '.1orning Vietr , L·y Kit Pierce

'MINDON ACTIVE DUTY.

Students are always welcome to comment on our lunch progr am, and we appreciate any suggestions you may have. In the future, if surveys are to be made, I suggest a survey of all students, or at the very least, a truly random survey. Let the students speak out, but please, 1 et • s be honest in publishing any comments made.

Sincerely, Sue Lukacs, Food Service Director

.Tust a littlr: h c1me work , befor e bddy by.'!

Theres high-technology training Mental ~>rkouts in elcerronics. communicanons. mcehanics:

You'll do some sentius mJturing. By meeting the challcc>nees oi livmg awav fn.,m h,,ine, learning fm~ new peoplcc> and dcc>manding more fmm \\,urself.

R.D.

riisc Robin Williams, a jockey from the Air Force, is sent into Saigon to broadcast a humor o us radio show to the troops fighting and dying in Vietnam. The movie begins with Williams getting off the ., plane in a "uniform" you might ex pect to see on Hawkeye, from the old hit T,V. show "M.A.S.H.".

Williams wastes no time in cracking a few jokes to the corporal who is sent to pick him up, and immediately makes friends with all of his co-workers at the radio station, As expected, hi.a carefree attilud~ g ; ts him in trouble with the two officers in charge of Lh~ slation, who spend the whole movie trying to get rid of him. Rubin's radio debut has \h" audience as well as the troops rolling in the aisles with laughter aud the fan mail begins to pour in, Soon after his arri va l he discovers a V i- tnnm lh : \l j •• hnsn't

bt::t O before. Aft ,: lo c al bar is bombed and he barely escapes seeing two GI's die iu the bla st , Williams soon learns that the Army has different views on what is fit to report and what is not, He is ordered to leave •out the bombing of the bar in a cast. censored This news hits Williams hard and he begins to _ see that war is no joking matter.

Good Morning Vietnam \ is the best movi e out in a long time, ingeniously mixing comedy with one of the most touching topics in theater today, the Vietnam conflict. If you only get to see one movie this year, J strongly urge this to be the one. Good Morning Vietnam is an e xtremely funn~, and Jet, at the same time, iously touching movi Raw

by Troy Barker

Commedian/actor Eddie Murphy h~s a

any other · His dress \. 1. '1 1 : f are and very these qualities in his are evident late st movie "Raw"• · "Raw" focuses on some touchy subj~cts including money and relationships. There are several scenes ~hen he talks about cheating on a girlfriend or wife and how married men are constantly cheating on their wives. This part of the mo~ie was taken lightly by the viewing audience but the message behind it was quite obnoxious.

·• ~yie un li ke ommedian. , nd st)'.!.e

Murphy did a job at conveying points, though be c ame drawn out boring. Watching

good his they and this movie is similiar to watching music videos, ~n~ertaining but not ior two hours. People l~ ~d enjoy ''Raw'' more if they ~aw the concert or rented the video.

YOU CAN BE.

· And while you lea~. \\'U 1l earn. Like $25,200 for wllege with a four-year enlistment Or $17,(X)() for Just rv.u years. Ask about the GI Bill Plus the Army College Fund. Your local Army Recruicer can tell you if you qualif): ARMY. BE ALL

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Ln the finals of th~ Tug of War the Juniors defeat ed the sophomores for first place. Jn the first round uf competition the Juniqrs pulled a minor upMet in defeuling the S eniors , while the Sophomore~ overwhelmed the F1·eshman on their road to Lh e f i IHl Is.

The first contesL of l.he t,vent placed 1.l1e St,ni ors a gainst. the ,Juniurs. The Seniors gained ground quickly, l. and seemed to have the early edges, until the rope broke~ A new rope was found, and the event was restarted. once again the Senibrs took the early Jead, this time how1,ver, the Juniors fought back.

The Juniors were not to be denined, using 19 men on a team of 21, they were able to overpower the Senior team which retained their equal ,ba 1nce between men and women.

"There are alot of overly competitive j11niur-M, I.hat only care about winning, l think we were in this more to have fun t.hen Lo w.ln," said Her, ior Brook Taube.

The next match placeJ the Freshman against the Sc,phomores. '!'he Sophomores easily deteated the undermanned Freshman, and ivent into the finals against lite Juniors.

The first time the contest. was run, the Sophomores seemed to t11, v,the advantage. it was discovered however that the anchor · of Sophomores had been h0ldin1! on to a tree. WhP n the match was rerun, The Juniors simply outpulled the Sophomores, breezing to a convincing win.

Frosh tug be/are

THBEE-1,.EGGED B8CE

by Kristi Cowern

Although the juniors maliciously tried to trip the senior team in the finals, Mark Gwinn and Chad Bradbury overcame their feeble attempts and won first place in Lhe threelegged race. The sophomore team consisting

01 Janet Moore a~d Amy Martin took second plact, The freshmen team came ln third. While the defending champions, Pat Casey and Jeff Moore, due to their non-sportsmanlike attempts, were not able to puJl it out, they finished in 4th place.

by Kristi Cowern

In the airba11d contest there were three bands competing. The senior band, Cadillac Arrest, took first place, while the juniors got second and the seniors took third as well.

Derek Marich was the lead singer for the Cadillac Arrest band with members Greg Blanchard and Budd J.apham. This band p~rfo1 med the songs Wang u Tango by Ted Neu~ t-' nt.

The junior band, Q11,i t'! n, was a group band ivilh members Greg Cowern, Jeff Barbour, Jeff " Moore, and ~ich Matusow. They performed Bicycle and Hock It.

The other senior band, the Jackson Five, had lead singer Crissy Curran as Michael Jackson. The other members were Kelli Bishop, Kris Dugas, Bethany Blessing, And Kristi Cowern. They performed the song AHC.

EGG TOSS

by Evan Christenson

EGG TOS:,

The 1988 Snowfest got off to a good star t Wednesday, January 13 after school with the first annual egg Loss. Hurling there way to victory were juniors Greg Cowern and Chri~ Dubois, with a winning throw of 130 feet. Second place went to sophomores Jeremy Nobrega and Matt

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l>ave Criswell disco, obstacles can be ov1

juniors final 130 feet came controversial moderator Paul On the

by Kristi Cowern

AL Lhe pep-n., I I y the seniors rank l,rst with the most number of poi nts. The Livo ~omputit.luns judged were the name that Lune obstacle course and the spii it d1i!ers.

Class presidents S et.It Taube, Rich Matusow, Jason Pollard, and Chris Taube went through the obstacle course first. This was set up to symbolize every winter sport. Senior class president Seth Taube won by nliming I.he s ong "Roclt Lol>ste r ".

The Vice Presidents then competed. The four · Vice Presidents wer-e Jen SI.evens, Mat L Prvvenuher, Rich hl ,i if, and C1·alg Gwinn. Of Lile l'ou-r Lhe freshmen Vice President won this time &y naming the Lune "C:ontrol".

egg as while caught broke

far as possible your partner it. If the egg or cracked, you lost that egg. Each team was allowed 2 eggs.

The e vent started slowly as freshmen Craig Gwinn and Blake Gar·rigan had an early toss of 60 feet. Soon, however, the teams were breaking the 100 foot

juniors' second toss, they threw ~he egg 110 feet, which was actually only marked at 105. They put up a protest, anci were compensated for the error. However, rath e r than award them l egg, they were given 2 extra eggs. They dropped the first egg, and then scored their winning toss on the second illegal egg. However, since the Snowfest was set up for fuw and enjoyment, the throw was allowed ta stand,

The egg toss started Snowfest off on the right foot, and it's momentum carried through the final events on Saturday.

The volunteers from the croivd that , ivent through the course ivere Todd Bragdon, Jeff Moo, .,, Senn /\mazeen, and Bobby <;ewa] d. The seniors won again when Todd Bragdon named the tun~ "l 0ream of Jeanie".

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PEP RALLY

IPIJllr1yl;11/I '

both t~ams had

b i Evan Christenson Obstacle Course

This years Obst ac le Course was run lo the amusement of both students and fa-

ning 2 groups ran a race to decide first place. 1verinc

courtesy Yearbook.

by Evan Christenson

Snow volleyball made its snowfest debut the morninp; of SatuPday, January 16, as the · seniors and sophomores shared first plane in the event. Each class was represented as there was · a tremendous turnout for one of the first events · of the morning. The snow volleyball tournament did what the student council intended to do: provide fun nnd enjoyment for both the players and the fans.

ln the first match of the morning, the sophomores defeated the freshmen in a close contest. The sophomores ended game by servin~ and into the sun.

the hi_gh The sun was unreasonably bright for an early morning in January and it played a major role in earh contest.

ln the second match of the day, the seniors won a grueli11g third match over the juniors. In the first match, with the seniors facing into the sun, the juniors overwhelmed them.

"We played pretty ~ell in the first one, I thought we were going to win it. During the first game I couldn't understand why the seniors were having all the problems returning the serves. I didn't think the sun woul 1 make that big of a difference," Gommented junior Pat Ca sey.

The second set snw n chanp;e of mcmentum from the juniors to the seniors. With the s e niors serving into the sun, the juniors were unable to cover the high archinp; serves of Todd Bragdon, Ra i n Willinms, and Adam Ginsburg.

The third p;nme of this match was close a,

champion~hip point. For the first. 6 points of , t.he mat c h, the seniors overcame the sun and jumped out to a qui c k 5-1 lead. Wh Pn the sides switched, the

culty. Student after student took their

tumbles, however when the snow had settled th ere was a tie for first place. Seniors Kurt Vorisek and Chris Anderson were tied with sophomores Jeremy Nobrega and Scott Goodman.

In their run off, both groups ran fast times, of 34.4 sebonds. They had tied again. Rather than run it again they decided to just split the first place points.

juniors make their comebac k on the emotional play of Stev e Leitz, PA.t Casey, nnd Erin Mar cotte Darrell Briggs nttempted game point /'or 1--· the juni or s at 9-8, but seniors Todd Bragdon and Brook Taube combined efforts to · return the serve. The seniors then won t h"t' r,ex t two po int s to Uive them game poin t at 10-9, Adam Ginsburg ~e serve high and to the ,jun lor juniors it.

har.k of the line. The did not return

The final game bet.ween the sophomores and the Repiors was cRncelled because of a Inc~ of ti me, For first place, the RP-nior,-; n11d sophnmores s p I i I. U, e po I n t. s s•~•·ond pJ ar.r. went to the juniors, nnd the freshmen took laRt.

The event began with a fast time by seniors Dave Criswell and Evan Christenson. This Llme of 37 seconds held up until the final two ran their races. Bet ween the beginning and the end of the ev e nt, many students tripped, fell, stumbled, and skidded into Limes ranging from 41 seconds up to over 2 mint1tes.

With only 2 groups remaining juniors Kurt Vorisek and Chris Anderson stepped up to the starting block. They breezed through every· obstacle without any major problems. When they finally "rowed" their sled into the finish line they had taken first with a t.ime of 35 seconds.

With third and fourth place settled, going to the teams of Dave Criswell Evan Christenson and Adam Ginsburg-Mark respectively, Gwinn, the win-

The actual course was to set up for a team of 2 people to run through it. The first obstacle for the participants was a set of 8 tires, that they must run through. The next was a set of wooden horses, that required the students to crawl under them. Next; the players ran to a wheelbarrow where l student had to push the othei r Following the wheelbarrow was a barrel that both students had to jump on, and have both their feet on it at once. The final obstacle was a sled that had to be pushed solely by the use of wooden boat oars. Each event caught a few of the students, while only a small number of students made i t through the race without any v iolation of the rules, Overall the par ticipants enjoyed the event, and didn't see m to mind the bumps they took

"Of course I am going to do it next year .•. ! had a lot of fun," stated sophomore Matt Hegarty. '

ICE CJASrLES

by Kristi Cowern

Jn the snow sculptor competition the juniors took first place ~Y making a large walk-in castle with the help of a big truck load of snow they had haul e,1 .in fort.his event. The ot her snowles s ulasse s made smaJl P. r sct1lpLt,r·s such as greyskt1l.l, 11

dia~on, and a mini vi] I age.

The seniors won sec ond place fairly with their castle greyskull. The sophomor~s took !hird plRce with a red p0ka-dotted dragon The freh~man come in four·•h ...,, th a minivjJJi..·~ Lof ca st.Jes.

History Study Group Raising R~areness of Issues

By Pat Duffey

For lhe first time at Oyster Hiver, students have the opportunity to meet ,and discuss current issues. The History Studies Group will be talking about topics ranging from voting in the elections to the history of OR. The group meets after school for about one half-hour every Monday.

Computter Science Credit ffiandatorg for Class of '92

by John Freie rmuth

A half credit of a comp 11 ter science will be mandatory for the cl asses · of 1992 and beyond. Principal Geoffrey Jones is implementing a New Hampshire State requirement and hopes that the students will benefit. "The computer requirement will involve eight different natPgories upon wt1 i nh t 1 ;; • udent;s must l , der to pass · t , co ut ;,,t:::, · Jones said. Ac~ord1ng to Jones a I L •students wi I I take the introductiuu to computers course unless they are extremely advanced in computer usage.

puter, 6) use of proper keyboard skills, 7) demonstrate the appropriate use of software, and 8) programming the computer to solve a given problem.

The average attendance for a meeting for a meeting is anywhere from five to ten students. The group has no requirements, or commitments. "People should give it a try. If they don't like it, they don't have to come back. lt's a great way to learn about our world," said senior Dave Elwell.

literate," Mrs. Hill explains. According to Mrs. Hill it is important for students to be familiar with computers so that businesses won't have to waste ti~e teaching new employees.

The ~ight categories that the administration will focus · on are as follows: 1) know the his101y of comput, ,·s, l\ identify major • es and careers, 3) uudei-,-, L1u1<.J the social and economic issues, 4) r-ecognize the ethical and moral issues, 5) recognize the makeup of ,,_

"My preference ' would be to implement computer usage into some english, math, and science courses so that the students are getting Lu know how to use a <'omputer in di ffe1·ent "Im , pheres and 1. hus maybe could use t.h a t. has a basis for a " ompul er credi.t," J r, nt • ~ <-":<p lains Math teacher Barbara Hill is a member of the committee that describes what the competencies of the computer requirement are and is also a member of the Professional Standards Board that certi fii;,s a11d determines the basis of certification for computer instructors.

According to Mr. Jon es it will be very hh :•d to meet the con I ,., ,;er requirement be c ause of the Schoc , .rds slashing of th, C•Jniputer budget eac• , Vt~h.r • " w,- ask for !•,20-25,00 a11d only get $10 : 2,000. With $10 12,000 we can only buy five or six computer units and thus it will be hard to accommodate a great number of students at a time," Jones states. Mrs. Hill tends to agree to a certain extent. "Tt i s true that with out proper facilities 11 would be hard to t' < ,~h the requirement, but l feel that we have ac:q1.1i,ed adequate faciJities and should have no problems in fulfilling the computer requirement." · -------------------------------

cont. from pg. ·~Pndent and Nu' t.h I?.,, P. ' l11ly 9.i% of th , polled knew the corre , t identity of a.I l of th• · people.

he percentages uf people recognizin~ tht candidates ranged rr u111 100% correctly identifying George Bush a s a Republican, to only 39% recognizing Bruce babbitt as a Democrat.

More people (74%) knew that New York Democratic govern o r Mario Cuomo was not in the race, than knew what political party Babbitt, a presidential candidate, was a member of.

84% of those polled kn~w that former Colorado senator Gary flart was a Democratic candidate. Other Democrats were correctly Identified as follows: Mi, •hael Dukakis, 81%; Jesse Jackson, 76%; Paul Simon, 66%; Hidtard Gephardt, 65%, and Albert Gore, 47%. Only 48% of thnRe polled correctly idvntified former Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as no longer in the race.

79% of those polled correctly identified Senate Minority leader Robert Dole as a

"If it is one thing that the committee a • the state stresses it is the need for all students to be computer

Hepublican candidate. Other Republicans were 0orrP.ctly identified as follows: Jack Kemp, til%; Pete DuPont, 47%; Pat Robertson, 47%; and Alexander Haig, 42%. Only 74% of those polled correctly identified television evangelist Oral Roberts as not in the race.

SCHOOL from p 1 pa rent. of schools "The e.tusLP.r now is not nnly more convenient., but also created a feeling of unity for the students. i feel that building a school would break up that spirited feeling."

"The elementary school definitely needs more space, and building a new elementary school in Madbury makes the most sense," says Principal Geoffrey Jones.

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As a · member of this group, a student can take part in many projects. ~We are going to try to promote voting with several public service messages on the radio," comment~d senior John Diller. Currently, the group has an open schedule, and wouJd he willing to dis c uss many topics. "It would be nice to have more people, so Chat there would be more opinions. Discussinns are great when we have a larger attendan.-·e," ._ continued r, l ! ,, r.

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LUNCH from p.l was a sho~tage of cold sandwiches. Seventeen students circled on the survey that they agreed or strongly agreed there was a shortage.

Jeff ~oore, junior, said in response to the fourth part of the survey, "There's never enough tuna."

· On a tally taken of sandwiches left at the middle of second lunch there was an average of ten, including peanut butter and jelly, ham and cheese, roast beef, and tuna.

Langley explained that "if we make too many sandwiches and put them out during second lunch, we get too many leftovers and in turn we would be forced to raise the prices on different items. If students can't find sandwiches on an~ of the trays then we'll be happy to make it for them if they ask us;

The History Studies Group was •tarted this September by Seniors Steve Futter~~~ John DiJler. Fuller got the idea from ano- ' ther student at the St. Paul's School Advanced Studies Program. With the approval of OR Principal, Geoffrey Jones, the group began to meet, "I began the group because I think it is very important for students to know what is going on in the world, As they are the ones who will be making the decisions in the future," stated Fuller.

Wk •k II we just want to try to be fair to the students." wotking with Langley are Mrs. Janet Moore, Mrs. Claire Buckless and Mrs. Marcia Gearwar. Langley, in response to the December survey said, "It made it sound as if we didn't care and that hurt. We really t~y."

In January some students had ~ositive comments on the adequate supply of the daily special. Few students were aware that they could have cold sandwiches made for them during either of the lunch periods. Senior Todd Bragdon commented on the daily speci~l saying, "Whenever I've seen a student going up to get something to eat at the end of a lunch period because they were late after taking a test or something it seems to me they get whatever they want to eat without any problems."

Choral ensemble led by Steve Denson

Proposed New Elementary School Plan

Bobcats Take Honors in Winter Track

b y Hru ce Hardy

On Janu a ry 30th, 'the Oyster Ri ver bo'fs and girls winter track t e ams t ra v elled to Ha~ o ver, where they parti c ipated i n the big gest meet of the s e as o n, the sta t e mee t. Me mb e r s o f bo t h t e ams h ad a ver y strong showing whi c h in c luded 4 t h p la ce f o r t h e g i rl's tea m wi t h 40 points, a nd th e s et ting o f t wo reco r ds S e nior Al i Po u li n s et a st ate r ecord b y wi nn ing t h e 600m 1 un j n a t ime of 1:37 6, whi l e L i sa Barney set a new s c h ool reco r d by racing to third in the 55m hur dles with a time of 8.6 se co nds.

ln this meet, whi c h only New HampHhire's best quali fied for, the 0,YHter River girl!< had Heveral outstanding performanc~s and times. Ali Poulin led the team with 20 points as she won th e high jump with a junq., of 5 feet 4 inches in addition to her 600 victory. Next in points wa s sophomore Li s a Barney with 12 points, who in addition to placing third in the hurdles, took a third place in the long j um p with n jump of 16 feet 3/4 inches , JunJor Amv Freiermuet h added 6 points to the Leam's score with a th J r d pl a ce finis h i n the 15 0 0 m r un wit h a ti me of 5: 0 6 , 3 Fi nish i n g o ut t h e te am s co r e was

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sop ho more Amy Martin who was fifth i n t he 3000m run wit h a t ime of 11 : 1 9 ,6 wh i c h was worth 4 po i n t s, Also qualifying f or t he team were freshm e n Huf fy Ge eslin ( 8 t h i n t he 3000m r un ), freshm e n J e n Thomp s on (10 t h in t h e 1500m run) and sophomor e S tephanie Ch a ste e n, who dropped ou t of the 3 0 00m run du e to a possible stress fracture.

qualif y e a c h o f its me mbers although no p o in t s wer e wo n, Sen i or John Dil l er l e d t~e team with a 39, 2 sec ond p e rformanc e in the 300m run an d an 8,45 se c ond performance in the 5 5m hurdl e s Sophomore Ma t t Fi tzgerald rac ed t o a 9: 3 5 time in the 3000 me t er run while senior Brian Grondin ran t o a time of 1 : 32,2 i n t he 600 mete r r un, a nd s e nior Nark Davis ran a t i me of 9:33.7

Hackey Team Bests r

Winnacunnet for 12th Win of Season

The Oyster River Varsity Hockey team upped its r ecord to 11 3, with its 4-3 win over Bishop Guertin Saturday, this victory moves the Bobcats, to fourth place in the state.

the ) r ed 2 Cardi nal s goals in less ouan a minute late in the period and came o u t of the period with a 32 lead

The two teams were scoreless in the second peri od and in most of t he third period. Then senior co-captain Rob Lee scored two goals in the final 2:22 to give the Boocats the ~-3 victory.

my Martin su mmed up the success of the team as h e ,i ng du e t o "G r f-a ! n o ac h ing an d s o me o t · fit.a 11d in g i ndividu,, p er f or ma nc es ." On t h e boy ' s si d~,

Nichols E..ves Tollrnament Spot

Th e bo ys ' var sit y ba ske tball te a m r ec en t1 y d efe at ed t he Eag le s o f Ke n ne t t 8 7-68. J o hn Jo'r<! i er mut h wa s the h i gh scorer wi t h 23 while Pat Cas ey and Dave Mnn, e n e n o t c h ed 20 and 18 res pecti v e ly, The win bo o s t s O.R : •s r eco r d t o 1 1 -3 wh i le Ke nnett fall s t o 7-7 , The Bo b c ats ar e curr e n tly rank e d th i rd ih U,e state.

Th is year s te am is a s tro ng o ne, wit h on l y two se n io rs gradua t ing la s t y ea r, Jim Gwinn an d Keit h Pea rsa l l. Ne w me mbe rs to th e tea m ar e s e n i o r Ma r k Gwi nn, j u11i or Jeff Ba r bou r , a n d sophomor e John Uruy. Te am e xpecta-

Po ur t , we sh o uld hav e a su <!ce ssful li e ason," Earl y in the seaso n, the Bobca ts lost Gof fs t own, d ef ending s t.a t e c hamps. Recen t l y the team got r e venge HS t h e y bea t Goffstown Ht ho me , 7 2 -5 7 Junio r

Pat Casey pl ayed an ex c eptional de fen st ve gam e , tossing in l:i poin t s. John Freie r muth, Dave Mangene and Dave Cr i swe l l also scored in double-f i gures, scor i ng 21, 1 7 , and 1 2 respe c tivel y, The bob c a t s also played im p r e ssiv el y ' aga i nst t h e S anbo r n In d ians, o uts c or i ng th e m 100-55 , Soph~mo r e Mike Ja c kson s c ored 3 t hree pointers en route to t h e victor y. The boy's other t wo losses came at the hands of Merrimack Valley, 70-69 away, an d 68-66 home, Both game s we re close, and according to senior John Freiermuth, "The games could have gone either WAY, in Me rrimack Val le y, we pla _v , d a poor first quarter and at home

, h e h i gh li gh t of the day was a n 8 th pl a ce finish in the 440 yard relay by Brian Grondin, J ohn Dill e r , Sean Perry , an d Mar k lla g!,!r.i rt y, U,ia n Grondin said " [ fe e l t h e tea m did qui t e

,, e I l in qtml if y i ng al l i t.' s me mb e r s. I f ;., e h ad h ad mo r e me mb e rs, per hap s t h e outcome .n 11 l d have be e n b e l te r ," abou t t he

The Bobcats jumped out to a 1-0 lead when junior Steve Leitz scored at the 10:33 mark in the firs t period, assisted by fres hman Craig Gwinn , Bishop Guertin scored, but the Bobcats came back witH a goal by j~n1or Matt Komonchak, as:isted by Gwinn a n d iu:,ior Fred Lucia n o, con t inued on page 10

This seas on has been a great tu~~ around from last yea r 's 3 15 season 'To turn a 3 -l:5 SP. _'.1son into a ! i-3 season has taken~ t,)t .:>f ~-:ork. For every , ~ame ~e' ve won tie've I

Lisa Barney makes a hurdle

as Bobcats CoJJtinue Strong Record

ny Nlincy Carlson an u C h t· t s We bb

~teve urnz turns up tee JNiatt r.omon1;mu. and Bruce Hardy watch the play against Exeter ,

oy Diana Hartley Lynn Schow

Mike Jackson sinks one in lbe Newmarket

8:ENWR SPORTS :PR.OrtL:ES

I by Chad Bradbury

John Freiermuth

This outstanding senior has shot for over 1260 points in his four years as O,R.'s varsity basketball forward. John is so studied state wide, that he's already been scooped up for a full sports scholarship at St. Anselm's college in Manchester. John wants to teach psychology and coach basketball," psychology helps me as a person; to rel~te to, and understand other people." One can't help but belie~e John hasn't shown all his stuff, and we'il soon see him standing on the threshold of his dream.

by Cr.ad Bradbury Alison Poulin

.. john Freiermuth ·

by !)avid Elwell

!rnl'JA DANKO

Rena has been competing in gymnastics for 7 years, and currently in the National Class 2 league of the USGA. She commits about 3 to 4 hours each day for ~raining, and competes in meets on the weekends. In college, she says,"I hope to continue my gymnastics and my interest in art as my major." At this time, Hena has narrowed her college choices to UNH and the University of Bridgeport, Through hard work and commitment, F Rena has excelled in heT senior and only year at · ORHS, while continuing with her interest in gymnastics.

Four years as girls trac k team captain, and three years varsity volleyball has given senior Alison Poulin a good shot at a UVM scholarshi~ Alison says "UVM will let me continue both sports , but the scholarship woul ; only be for track." Sh · also holds the stat- · record for the high jum an impressive height of 5'6 3/4". Alison said, ~o~ 1 d like to major pd y~ hology, and then onto graduate school

"ffl':on Poulin

tudy 3ports psychology, nd w0rk towards my career goal; to work with student &thletes ."

b~ Mary Beth Ober

Merrimack Valley kept the Lady Bo~cats on their toes with the help of Merrimack Valley hustle and a "hard to keep up with" scene from the very beginning, ending in a 57-48 upse.t in Merrimack Valley's favor with Julie Pelton leading Lh,;, Bobcats with 15 poi n L,;.

"We play good basketball against teams that are better than us, but we just ha ven't been able to get Lhe ball in the basket. The team is coming LogHther. We're seeing some new scorers al each game and it'i alway,; an advantage that the team works together," said Oyster River head coach, Barry FiLzpaLrick.

As of February 3rd Lhe Learn was looking ahead to one of the t.oughest Learns in Class 1.

continued from page 9 they pulled 1t out ~n the end."

The team hasn't been injury-free this season. "We've had a lot of injuries, (Dave Elwell, John Gray, and Jeff Barbour~, that cost us in the beginning, but we're getting them back and coming together more as a team. We'll be ready come playoff time," said senior Evan Christenson.

"Things are start ing to fall into place as the season continues, moving us toward our goal for the state championship!" said sophomore Jeremey Nobrega. Team and fan expectations are running high, and the team wants to be the second basketball team in Oyster River history to win a state championship. In 1975, the bobcats won a Class M Basketball State Champi onship.

Julie Pellon doing a tavu'p

The season closes for the Lady Bobcat's February 11th with and away game in Goffstown at 7:30 p .m

(Editor's Note: Score fur Oyster Niver Cli r-1 s Dasketbal l again,;t Goffstown were unavailable at press t i me.)

c.:. c tu d from page 9 na~ ~ark really hara ,rn it," c ommented 1 Jr q harlie Hogart y. Ju nior ~icn \:att1sow c ontinued, '' The co a che s are more deman

ding this year than last, tha t 's why we're more successful," Rob Lee summed it up by saying,"The main reason we've had such a turn around is the fact that we have a lot more spirit. We went right in there with a lot of confidence and started off on the right foot. Having the same coach for the second year helps, too."

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Pe.ttee Brook Lene Durham, N.H.

Rena Danko

In tams: 8re they_rol teachers?

by Ch r 1s Tttylor

The bell rings f ourth period and the students of personal reading take their s e ats whi l e continu o usl y talking among th e mselves, JoAnne Fu1lerSattler, an intern this year, kindly asks the kids to take their s e ats, look e d of the tries

but she is overby the majority class. She again with a harder voice, "Listen up, because you are going lo · have to know th i s for the mid-term," At this point, most of the c Jass has recogni:t.ed her as the teacher, but a few still ignore her, Are interns considered real teachers? This question · is oue that even the interns themselves have trouble answering. As interns, JoAnne Fuller-Satt}er, Rob ~cully, Richard · Crock ford, and Mi che ~ l e Kaflm~ski (who fu ,- t started second semeK

• t er), each work wit ,, other teachers and du almost everything they d o However, they only have · about two classes ea c h and are here m~inly fo r th e education requ f remen t to receive th e ir master's degree, JoAnne stated, "There is a fine line between being an intern and being a tea c her, I defin i tely feel mo r e co nfident now than when t started teaching," "We are all here for the experience," says .,,_·-...:..

THE MOUTH ()i THE RIVER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1988

kids and be able t. 11 make mistakes, Wh ~r something goes wron~. it seems the other teachers are right there to help us out and get us on our feet again," JoAnne agreed that the teachers really help with their suggest i ons ' and support. Both feel they are being "spoiled" here.

What made them decide to become teachers ? J o Anne and Rob laughed for a brief moment and then Rob r e pl i. ed, "Over Christma$ vacation my family and friends all asked me that same question and I gave a different answer every lime, I feel teaching is a rewarding career because of all the student interactions, and helping them discover new things' ," JoAnne added, "I waot to be an english teacher because I feel it is something I know a lot abou~, and also something I enjoy doing, Also, I think 1 have something to contribute to the students."

Mr, Crockford feels that "teaching is a way

of contr!buting ~o Roc-iety," He also f ee ls that kids have the wrong idea about education. "I would like to be able to inspire the kids so that they enjoy learning,

~ed out, · "There are some students in the c lass who don't think she has any authority and sometimes tbey give her a hard time," In general, the students of JoAnne's class all respect her authority and enjoy having her for a teacher.

Handicapped Access

by David Elwell

Crowded hallways, students rushing to get to c:lass on time, aud the stairs filled with scampering teenagers, 1n essence, chaos has been created, arrd the slow have lo struggle tu survive, All of a sudden, the bell rings and the halls become empty, except , for a distinct few who have ex l r·a legs, commonly

l eg s, wooden Those people known as "crips", "gi1ilpies and "cr11tchies" hobble slowly through the halls and end up late for class, The problem isn't that · the students don't want to get lo class on time, but Lhat the school system doesn't supply adequate access in the buildings for handicappt,d people, "I'm sick of going up and down the stairs on these stupid crutches," sophomore Gene Lyras gripes ,"my arms are about to fall off from going up and down the stairs so many times."

i This is the most com on complaint of tho e physically incapacitated in the high school, and the problem is mor~ widespread, Of

all of the Oyster River schools, only the Middle School has an elevator, while the other schools ~ack the necessary accomodations for ha11dicapped access,

"Hurry up, crip," yells and irate student, "You're holding up everyone!" Eveyone on the staircase looks to see where the angry statement originated, expecting a mammoth beast named Vino to take this helpless, injured freshman and hurl"him down the stairs, But most of the · time students are calm, except when they are risking a detention. At this moment, the people who feel the worst are the "crippled" who are holding everyone up. ~owever, students like junior Jeff Barbour relish the moment of attention and try to move as slowly as possible, because they know there is no risk of having to suffer through a detention, Yet most of the walking or wounded face hostility and feel very insecure, not about their injury, but from aggression of other students who are sick of being late.

It's unfair for students to expect

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The students ,; r JoAnne's clas s have various opinions of her as a teacher, Jenny Silverwood and Karen Comeau say, "Some of us like to tease her but we think of her as a friend," Anhther stu~ dent ih the class poin-

M WHERE'S THE ELEVATOR?r

w~ the walking wounded to Ev e n going to the bathbreak any land-speed room is a chore, trying records, This problem tn maneuver in and out

· By the end of the week, it is time for the teachers to collect their pay, As for the four interns, they d o n't get paid unless they have substituted for a teacher, The must they ever take h o me from subbing is about $45.00, and Lhat is · "before taxes!" Other than that, their only pay is experience and the rewards gj ven Lo them by the students of their classes, JoAnne is working wjth Mr, Simmons, Mr. Tappan, and Mrs, Rous, Rob is working with Mrs. Rous and Mrs, Dodge, Miehe! tn with Mr, Byrnes, and Richard with Mr. Herlihy.

Thie Rainmaker

Sunday. Feb. 1•

. 3:00 p.m. Portsmouth Academy

th~ construction of the almost impossible with ~uldn't have arisen if pf the bathroom is school completed, Bu-t crutches. To those who of Performing Arts

2 for 1 student the blame cannot fall aren't infljnted with only on the school, an i n'j urlf, the ordeal but also the archi- of the "uruluhed ones" · tect's brilli'ance who becomes a kind of dram~ tickets built~n ele~ator shaft before Lhe soaps air on to nowhere, T.V. in the afternoon.

:iand.:. apped access Wi.11 they s11rvive ? ••~ t.n l•'lthrooms, water Will someo11e. take their

O.R, Incapaci • ,._ 1, ,-,d Socj ety recovers, ll n :. an e leva tor woulc: he installed, Wou : that just be pefc , ,y ·! However, being ab] o sur ,ive the ordef of the injury and att~Hding school will ~~ke t ,·m a little more cRutious, not to get injured in the fut11re, And have a fate w r e

Handicapped access is a problem throughout the district, and improvements are slowly being made. · But until the schools are required to install such things as an elevator, the ordeal of the · "Walking Wounded" will i;ontinue. As ou.r fearless "gimpies" limp and hobble into the sunset fl)llowing another strenuous school day, one nears as they crutch out of sight, "we need an elevator or we're going to die!"

<3t) fo and other t:t'utches? Will someone •::. ne<.;es«i ties are lack- 1;ho has to serve a li---,.k l"k l"k .,_ in g " Something has to detention because uf a than being hurt itself'e done," said Mr, "crut c hy" delay i ng -STAIRS! Jc,n e s, "the facilities t.hem on the stairs take aren't accessible to one of their crutches everyone in the school, and shove it up their and that cannot con- @$#&*! ! No one knows, tinue." fie also com- an<l the wounded live in mented that changes in fear. the washrooms are By the time th, , underway today so that they will more accessible to everyone in the school," The Crutch Patrol staggers on, stopping often to catch their breath and rest their weary arms, The end of the day is in sight, but one more period still has a lot 01 · traveling requirPd,

MOMENTS AND MEMORIES

BY BOB. NILSON

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