1991-92 MOR Issue 1

"THE BUTLER SAID IT0 KICKS OFF DRAMA SEASON

by Ginger Smith

"The Butler Said It", a comedy written by Senior Kyle Downey, commenced the ORHS theatrical season with performances on Oct: 17th and 18th.

Described as •a satire of British sa-

ty with everyone including the "Dead" Body present and a band named "Spinal Shock Damage• ~s the climax of the play. The cast is described as being "wonderful" by Kyle Downey.

Author Kyle tirical comedy, writ- Downey received a ten by an American•, large battle axe, and the play was well re- all cast members incieved by the audience. eluding lighting diThe script content and rector Joe Burke recharacter portrayals of ceived a red rose for both royalty and •com- their participation. mon peasants• combined, Cast members include lead to incidents that Jason Mosley, Sarah were hilarious. Gooze, Nichole BellaIt all starts when bona, James Walsh, Kate an island is bought by Smith, Larissa Croca man who wants to be kett, Todd Whitford, royalty. Through a ser- Robert Martin, Gabe ies of titles, snooty Brown, Megan Mieras, behavior, a near trip Peter Grant, Tom Lanto Cleveland, a Dead oie, Skat Long, Emily Body, and a chat with Franzosa, Bryan Killthe Stable Manager of ough, Jim · Spires, the non-existent sta- Glenn Watt, Chri• Wesbles, it turns out ton, Andy Dolph. that tire servants are Student director Amy actually in charge in- Holmes is described•• stead of the peerage. A " • arveloua• by cast di 1"!!"'1'1"-...,;~'"'---""111!1!1118'11!!r Franzoa

SLASHED BUDQET CAUSES LARGER CLASSES AND SOME 'PROGRAM CUTS FOR 1991-92

by

Matt s,-,anson Budget cuts, put in effect at the March 19th school district meeting this y ear, have resulted in much larger classes according to several faculty members. Five teachers have either left or been reduced from fulltime to part time teaching and the rest of the teachers are feeling the impact.

Mrs. Tagliaferro in the math department has one class of 30 people which would otherwi se be two classes. In astronomy, not as many students ~ere able to take the class this year due to a lack of books. There wasn ' t enough money to buy a complete set of new books which would be needed for additional students. Some English classes have b~en moved to being offered every other year because there aren ' t enough teachers to teach them and not enough s~udents to take them. One class where that has happened is Advanced Writing. That class is now offered every o~her year.

Having five fewer teachers has affected many of the school s other departments. For

the most part, the classes have become overcrowded. In the Math department, Mr. Nichols used to have 2 classes, stLtdents •~i th 11. students In F'. E.

one with 14 and another N• YJ he has 25 in one class. where there were three teachers and now there are onl y two, there is less variety for the students in F'.E. this year. Students can onl y choose from two selections which means more people doing the same thing.

The crowded classes also mean less time for students. Teachers are unable to spend as much time with individual students as they may have in the past. According to Mrs. Dodge, the larger classes mean, "less time for any one student to discuss his or her point of view."

The cuts have also affected the nurses office. There is less mone y for Mrs. Reeves, the school nurse, to buy first aid supplies and equipment. She now has to watch what she gi'ves to studen ts. There is still monej to pay for important supplies but not as much as there was. Mrs. Reeves also has to

share a hearing machine with the new elementary school, Moharimet. Her computer also needs to be updated but due to the lack of funds that most likely won't happ en this year.

For Ms. Kishbaugh in Home Ee., some students have found that they cant take certain classes because of limited periods for required classes. Fewer teachers mea ns fewer times for required courses to be off~red.

The only department not affecte d by cuts is the athlet ics department. No money was cut from that budget. In fact there was a 4.91/. increase in money. The increase in money is used to buy equipment which may end up costing more if bought at a later date. The other side to this is that even by cutting all sports, there still woul dn ' t be enough money to keep all 5 teachers that were cut.

Despite the cuts, some teachers feel ORHS is still an "excellent" school but cuts have wea k ened the school some. As Mr. Mayna rd said, he's "always thought of OR as one of the best schools in the state."

LET'S GO GRANirE ~TATE CHALLENGE TEAM OR teom eyes second round GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE TO BE AIRED OCT. 27 ON PBNH

On

9, tne Liyster School River rligh l:>ranite Sta-ce ~hailenge team finished their first taping OT comoe-cition against New Hamp-con.

"Ch • Ltght i "C -fun.,: wouid be

The last year that Oyster Ki ver pated in the State Challenge i 988. Pll thoL,gh

particiGranite was in it is open for Oyster River to participate every other y ear, we have not for the past two years, wnicn remains a mys-cery to ail.

and iuni or Pa-crick

lhis years Granite State Hs. team, coacned ov Kentner. is composed of five seniors an • one Junior. 1he are: Li= ~ucar, Granam uuncan. Russ DeForest. Eric Ri-cvo, and Jonan Sai lo~iay captain Russeli.

Ms. Kentner stated, " Th e team looks great this really year. We have achieved a balance in the team." When asKeo why she chose to coach the team this year" sne repiied, 11 I have alwa ys enJoyeo wa-cching the Granite State Challenge and 1

were on tne other two acting as ai~ernates. ~entner said

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·The cast of student directed play, "The Butler Said It". From left to right are: Skot Long, Emily Franzos.a, Gabe Rrown, Rob --li..:Ll~, Megan, Mieras, James Walsh, Peter Grant, Sarah Gooze, Nicole Bellabona, and Todd Whitford.

by Mereoith Sawyer

Oc-cooer

COUNCIL SEEKS STUDENT INPUT ON SCHOOL RULES

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The pri mary to pi c th a t the studen t counci 1 is addre ss inq rig h t now i s t he lac k o f communi c a t ion between th, facu l t y an d the stud9nts. The Student Counci l as well as man v o~hers. f eel that th~ student~ a re not being consulted about i s sue s concerning the s tudent bod y For instance, the dress code and other decisions of recent years were e x amoles cited bv Rit v o. rhe student council is considering wavs to e x ercise tneir power ana 11 act as a liaison oetween the admini s tra tion. facLtit v a nd t h e s tLtdent bod v " as st-a ted i n the S tudent Council Constitution.

Their latest oro oosal is one that would create better dialoou e oatterns wi t hin f ne scnoo1. Within this proposal, the students feelings and attitudes will be care~ully con sidered.

The mai n o oJ ecti v e of the Student Council is 11 to Llni -fv tne school" sa v s Vic~ President ~ev1n Ha1e v , ana P resident Eric Ritvo adds that thev want t o

"f ind out what t he s tudents wan t " To acnie v e this unit v S tu a ent Counci l o i anned th e Cla m Slam Vo l le v bal l l ourn a me nt which wi l l be a t t he c1o s e f all s ports Oth(~ r e v ents

beginning of t h e season. i nclude Winterfest, a ping-oong tournament, field day and the Sadie Hawkins Dance. It is hoped that these acti v ities

bring about -f 1 cation

Wl 11 t he he l p unio-t tne c l asses. meeting, Ht a r e cen-c

h it vo e :•: pressea his desire to Has a Student Councll~ become ef f ecti v e" in promoting unit v and school spirit.

The officers are President Eric Ritvo, Vice President Ke v in Halev, Secretar v Amanda Mc~ule y ~ l r·easurer Nicole Bellabona and Lorresponcn ng Susan Morris. resentatives

Economics classes

TWO APPROACHES TO LEARN$$

ov Denis LLtken

What is economics anyway? Is it the theories of capital, inflationary forces and gross national product, or is it how to make a buck when times are hard?

students the opportunity to choose which course would be best suited to their interest.

According to Ms. Linda Barnaby, business economics teacher, the state recognizes "no distinction between the two courses."

Should economics be a required course ? Phil Nazzaro said "It is important to gain a knowledge of what is ~appening economicallv in the world around us."

o e c ret ar :-.,f"he reof rom tne senior ciass are uen Olsen, Dean Kenneav and Brigid Hurray. From the junior c1ass are Beck y Buc a r, Chuc k Br y on a nd Ste-fan y S haheen. Keorese nt a t i v es f rom the sopnomore c.1ass l•lcGarrel 1 , are ::,cott Hunt Howell and Melis sa Waler y za k fhe newlv-elecceo freshman reoresentati v es are Bellabona, 0eFores-c and Lang.

Whether the science of economics is principles and theories or products and sales depends on which course vou take at O.R.H. S Since the course is required, which approach is e ssent i al.

The b L1si ness economics is a semester course which deals with hands-on experience.

Sean Wilson said "Knowing the economics of your country, that ' s pretty important." Some people1 did not think that I the economics class was important.

r-; y an , ell v ~leaaow

How can both the social studies and the business courses state ,;,hen · the the v are F'rinc1pa l commented

economics fulfill the reqLtirement students sa v so different?

An n that Bro wn the state does not require a speci f ic economics course because · th e state wants to gi v e

O.R. hosts students from nine nations

tlOJUSTmE.nTS TO U.S. E.tlSIE.R FOR some.

by Gray, Thib a ul t

Some teachers ha ve raised questions concerning th e educ a ti o n that f o reign exchange students are getting at Oyster River.

This year there h~s been a few pro b l e ms with certin foreign e xchange students not working to t h ei r ful l p o t e ntial because t h i s s c hool year won't count for them. A l ot of the students have already graduated from high school and have come to Oyster River to futher their education. Those of them who haven't graduated will return to their school at whatever grade they left off. However, there is the exception of Jordi Sanchez who will earn credits this year and continue school in Spain as usual.

, Foreign teacher Ms. •language Smith exPFessed her concern about another aspect of the exchange students educ~tion. "T~ach e r'3 wonder how much th e y need to modify their classes if at all." She felt that teachers should , know ahead -0f time if they need to

give some of the students extra help or alternate materia l s.

Students learn about the business world by selling their own products and learning to manage a busines The economics taught b y the social studies department is based on the theor y and history of the worlds economy.

Mrs El l e n P err y , social studies economics teacher said "A goal of the course is for the students to understand their part in [the econom y ]."

Jamie Bratt said about the business economics class, "They don t take it far enough. The class was too easy, the class wasn ' t realistic enough, didn ' t get a whole lot out of the coL1rse "

It s eems that the b usi n es s ec o nomics class is more popular t han the social studies economics. The busi-

New Course for exploring Performing Arts being designed

By Mr. Tappan & Mr. Ervin

by Annand Moen n s ad

Mr Tappan an d Mr Ervin have recently announced the cr ea tion of a n e w co u r s e that is being pl a nn e d for the new schoo l year. They also have a pplied for a large finan c ial grant from the Nat i onal Foun~at i on I mpro v ement of Education to provida for equipment,materals and plann i n g t ime.

one year This sometimes c auses a problem with students who are seniors and have eno~g h credits because they feel that they shoul d be able to receive a diploma. Mr s 9rown gives the example of the four years of English that are required, "the English that they have learned in their country is totally different then what is taught here.•

The proposed course will b e called Expleration i n Perf o rmance. In th e c o u r s e-s t udents will exp l ore and experience the cultures and mod e s of expression possible in theim world through a collaborative group process which involves research, designing, writing, playing, acting, and singing.

The program will serve 100 dtudents at two levels of participation: Full time in a school class; part time in an e xpanded day. ,

Th e pr im ary instr u ment wh i ch wi ll be used is t he electr o nic wind ins tr u me n t. This c ourse represents a new direction in music and drama. According to Tappan, this course will not require that students hav e lo t s of training or experience with instruments or theater. Nor is it expected th~t t~e perf o rmances be polished The major obstacle to the exper~mental study of global artistic expression has been instrumental music. Varied teohnologies and an assortment of instruments have made exploratory perfoming arts classes ' possible. The Musical Instrument Digital Interface technology has made this dream possible.

that it's for th~m to all of the in

Other teachers have seen no problem in the exchange students. Their belief being that students are the same everywhere, there are good stude°nts and not. so good students everywhere you go. It is a school board policy students th,'.lt exchange cannot participate in graduation ceremonies at Oyster ~iver. The reason they cannot is impossible complete required

Foreign exchange students attending Oyster River this year are Thibault Vales and Charlotte Hamel , from Foreign cont. pq. 6

In Explo, all students will play acouetic in~truments approprite to their style of music. If for any reason, these are unavailable, students will play digital1y controlled instr u ments.

The Financial Grant, which was mailed to Washington on October 8th, could bring $25-70 thousand into the district.

The class has asked for support from the NFIE and for developing and equipment.

The grant is to be awarded in February.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE:(L to R) Jordi, Alan, Doris, Tor Axel, Slava, Lydia, Natal_ie, Ben, and Charlotte

HOW FAR CAN YOU GO IN fflE

by Hallway Monitor

You walk down the hall, surrounded on all sides by couples hugging, kissing, touching. You arrive at your locker and find that in order to put your books away you must politely excuse yourself past the latest couple exploring new ground precisely where you must be. They grunt in disgust and move over, only to be directly in your line of vision with the friend you we~e just talking to. As you continue your conversation over their heads they become indignant and demand to know what you're staring at. "Nothing,• you reply, and head off to fight the same battle to get to your first period class. Is the whole world in love?

How far is too far in the hall? Should it be considered appropriate to hang all over your boyfriend/ girlfriend before the eyes of the school? I don't think so. Not only is it a display of affection I don't care for, it is plain embarrassing to have to be dodging couples as you walk down the hall, careful to steer your eyes away from those you would rather giv~ privacy even if they

MOMENTS SHOULD Bf.

don't feel a need for it.

Be ing with your mate in the hall is no longer the result of a feeling appears so strong impossible it to

keep for your bodies apart one second of the four minute passing period. It has become a contest: Who can go the furthest in the hall.

HALLS? (All the way?)

PRIVATE

Arms wrapped around his girlfriend, Joe looks up and smirks at his friend, aa if to say "Beat that.• How far a couple will go in front of others is of-

ten a personal measure of· how happy (or in love) a couple is. If a couple doesn't hang ~ll over each other to make their love known, it is then assumed that they dori't like each other very much. Maybe they just have a sense of appropriateness.

How far is too far?

Living in a collegetown where sexual assault is a topic brought up far too often, one would think at least the girls would have a sense of pride in abstinence in the halls. But just taking a tour through the hall anytime during the · school day will prove that theory wrong. And if a person expects a vigorous show of attention anytime and any place they want, I must question how much respect they have for the other.

I know I couldn't respect anyone who has no respect for themselves and their own privacy. There is a time and a place for almost anything, and the halls at Oyster River are not the place to show affection. Even if those couples do not feel they need the privacy many others want to give it to them. And the next time you feel the urge to love your partnerrent a room.

NEWSPAPER IN DIRE STRAITS, NO$$$$$$

by James Dolan

The

class has faced troubles this year in funding for the school newspaper, Mouth of the River. The newspaper is finding extreme difficulties in advertising · from l~cal •stores which pay for

most of the costs of printing and production.

Mr. Tappan, the newspapers head advisor, stated that "This is the worst year for advertising since I've been running the newspaper.• The main reason this is due to

the fact that business right now is in a slump from the recessicn. This causes problems because now the paper must find other alternatives for paying the costs of printing. Some propoced ideac were charging a price for the paper or going to the school board and asking for a larger budget for the paper. The budget for the.paper is now $500.00 but for one issue to be printed it costs about $300.00. According to Mr. Tappan, the cost of printing rose 20% in the last year alone. Also, according to Editor Tim Myers, the rise in film cost and has hurt the paper as well.

Presently the paper still remains to be free to the students and chances are it will stay that way but in order to make ends meet the jounalism class will have to "think creatively" as Mr. Tappan put it.

Myers cleary expressed • It's sad day when the local businesses can't help the youth of the community strive for a better learning experience.•

Corne w the Xnivironmentaf Jlaion~ ' \.

Cont:ngent meel.in9-

t hurs. :L :30pm room 102

OR CLASS ACTIVITIES OFF AND RUNNING

by Ginger Smith and Jason Mosley

A night at the Works? Barbecues or inter-class softball games? The possiblities for class activities are endless. In fact, many of these events have already been slated by your class officers and advisers.

Starting the year off was the traditional Senior Dance on September 20th, followed by a Junior barbecue and car wash. Seniors also participated in car wash on Oct. 5th. To the Seniors, fundraising is especially important. According to Senior President Anita Mather, the Senior class has "decided to spend a lot of money to get the Senior yearbook pictures in color" and subsequently has "taken a chunk out of the treasury• Anita Mather also hopes there will be many class activities that will ~ncrease the Senior spirit, involve new people, and be tun.

Although the sophomores haven't actually held a c l ass activity, they have a dance planned for November 15th. A night at the Works, ice skating, a Bruins game, and plenty of ski trips are also being planned.

The Juniors had a dance on Oct. 10th and other activities such as an ice cream lun-

cheon making ber.

are for also in the late Octo-

Apart for car washes, fundraisers included a Sophomore bake sale on Oct. 9th and Junior bake sale Oct. 2nd.

Inter-class events are scheduled as well. A Junior-Senior night at the Works is planned for Dec. 7th. Sophomore officers hope to challenge the Juniors to a softball re-match. They are also planning events with the freshmen. The freshmen have not had any class events yet because officer elections were only held Oct. 4th.

Fres h man Vice-President Pierce Woodward enthusiastically believes that "this treshman class has spirit, and we ' re going to have fun this year

However, the succesz of these events depends on the participation of each student. As Sophomore Class President Kim Golding says, "· Again this year we have a problem with our class participation, because it's always the four officers plus tr.e uzual people who he~p out and are left with the responsibility. If we, as a class, don't expect to participate in fundraisers, theh we cannot expect to do anything or go anywhere as a class•.

John Criswell and Quincy Souza

Oyster River journalism

~'4 Deitw ~I\ D~WM'U Do~ ~ f BODIES FOUND IN DEBRIS; ORHS

by James Dolan Seamus

Fleming was looking forward to his senior year at ORHS but after Carl Porter, Oyster River's infamous janitor, found Seamus's ha lf dissolved body, his year has not been what it was cracked up to be. When Seamus was running to class, he passed under a ceilini dripping rain water ~ut this

wasn't just rain wate~, such danger? I

it was acid rain. This A female I school is one of many acci- administrator with the dents that have h a p initials are N.W., who pened because a lack of would like to remain aresponsibility in main- nonymous, stated "The tenance school is cheap and the Few s t udents know o f last thing I need is a the conspiracy at Oys- salary cut to pay for ter River, and the ones school repairs.• that do have been In seeking further bribed by facul t y mem- information on i this, I bers to keep th e ir went to the building mouths shut. Students where the superintendon't know about the dent~ office is. On a accidents or even the cold September : day, many deat h s that ~a ve occurred be c ause it is well covered u p by th e administration. Th is has turn e d into a maj o r scam · Th e re a son f o r ' t h e budg et c uts la st ye a r we re bec a use the s chool ow e d s o much mone y i n legal law s u its.

Maintena n ce problems rang e f rom leak y faucet s to the lik e ly pos sibility of the school collapsing on 447 in nocent stud e nts State building inspector, Bob Bambini, str o ng~y ~arned ~r wouldn't use· these rusted building s upports for a tree house!" Knowing this, why would Oyster River continue to operate in

Seniors stake out ·halls as theirs

by : DA'v'E DELU DE A i'JD R E J LANOIE

lh y ar e ther:e th a n j ust seniors 11 s enior hctl l "?

more in This y ear ther e has been an in v asion of und e rclassmen into what has been traditionall y known as Senior Hall.

Seniors in the past ha v e alwa y s had senior h a ll to them s el v es , b u t this year i t ' s di ff erent. Juniors and sop h omores · ha ve been u si ng s eni o r h a l l l o c ke r s as their o wn.

Th e a dmin istra ti on c ontr ib ut ed t o t h e pr o b l em by hav ing s u ch late locker a s s i gnments a nd allowi n g t h e st u de n ts t h e fr eedo m to g o where th e y pleas e.

With th e un de r c la s smen t a k in g up on themselve s to mo v e wh ere th ey p leased, th e seniors became u p set

and decided t o d o something about it. Without the help of the administr a tion the senior s took ma tt e rs into their own h ands Ms. Winter-0ottom com mented "as long as ever y one ha s a locker and e v er y one is happ y there is no problem."

S he later commented that seni o rs we re also mo v ing into lockers downsta ir s so she did not s ee what the problem was.

When seniors were asked their opinion about the problem , the y had thi s to s ay Senior Abb y Burton said " We are no t as k ing t h at muc h We j ust wa n t t o have ou r own hall wa y "

Alys s a New t on s ai d, "Th e re a r e plenty of locker s d o wnstairs, so Ha ll ( 1)nt pq 6

COVE.RUP RE.VEALED!!

began the trek across the soccer field. When s tepping inside the office I was amazed at the plush wall to wall carpeting and the soft couches and when I t urned over my shoulde r , I was stunned to see the sight of a jacuzzi.

When Superintendent ,El v is Keroac was asked of wh y ORHS is in such bad shape he grunted "I Just don't care as long as I'm not in the buildi ng It's just a bunch of good for nothins anywa y .• So now you ,. know why work has not been done to remove the old WWII mines off the playing f i elds, the fire extingu i shers have not been fill e d, and the alar ms don ' t work. s t u dents are t o come to F r e shman Jo e y

So what it boil s down to is what ha s your Janitor done for you lately ? Not much. It seems people will do anything for money, ·even if it means sacrificing innocent school children. I hadn't realized that maintaining a school could turn into such a money making scam .••• but it has.

h i s skull ." di d n' t make i t wa s f o u nd b y a stude n t wh o stumbled across a janitor shoving the corpse into a closet in Ms. Browns

office. AFTER

Adam

Carlson

, STUDENTS STUNNED \ INTO REFLECTION

by 5teph~nie Gray

At our age we seldom think about how precious life is until we are confronted with tragedy. Someones death whether we know the person well or not causes us to think about how people would react if we were the ones that had the tragedy. When Adam Carlson died in a , car accident this summer, friends and acquaintances were stunned into that kind of reflection.

Adam had 1ust gotten his license onl y 11 davs ear~ier. He was driving on one of the back curvey roads of Nottingham, less than a mile from his house when the accident occurred. Adam had two olde~ sisters, Nancv and Heidi. Both were outstanding athletes and v ery outgoing. Adam kept to himself more. Though sometimes y ou could reallv get him

talking. ~is One of closest friends was 1'1oni G:a· Hudson. She recalls only days before his death,. one of her 11 serious talks 11 with Adam which she wrote about recentlv:

* ·· * * * * So what ' s up?" Adam asked, which was his way to signal the start if our 'So-called talks. "Not a lot," I said to sound con"Like I ·m to believe

of one seri OLlS v1hole trying vincing. supposed that?" he know that help. If anyone to knoL J ~,t-1ere I ' 11 be promise. 11

"I kno,~, and m glad. You know the same goes for voL1," I told him.

" Ye ah, I kno,-, , but that isn t the issue t odav Whate ver is

bugging get it matter

you is. I · 11 OLlt of vou no what. s~ YOLl might as well tell me now,'' he said, trying to sound lpgical.

"Well it ' s just that " : and once again I ~ound myself unloading my problems on his sholllders. * * * * *

Everyone needs that feeling of being cared for. Of being needed by people that you cared about. When you lose a person who is a cart of your life, you only then start to realize how much someones means to you. Adam was a good friend who cared about his friends and was a true listener. Adam will never be forgotten wearing his favorite y ellow and purple hat. He will live in the hearts of his friends forever. He will never be forgotten. · ,.

said. "You want to you ever need ta-J. k to, VOL\ to , find me. there

UNH INTERN ASSISTS IN

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MOUSE

by Denis Luken

running more of the re-

directing includes a One of this year's hearsals.• Tappan has directing class he took fall plays "The Mouse directed sixteen major at U.N.H in which he that Roared", is being plays and various one- directed several 10-15 directed by Richard acts at O.R.H.S. minute scenes, and a Tappan, a teacher in Some of the plays he 9rie-act play. the £nglish department has directed are He's also gained exat O. R ; H. S, and Scott •Harvey•, • Once Upon a perience from many dirParkirison, a student at Mattress•, ,;Godspell", U.N.H. This is the "You Can't Take it with first time since 1980 You•, "Cake", "J.B.•, that a U.N H student "Candide", and "Cheaper has helped in directing by the Dozen.• a play Parkinson will Parkinson said that be doing most of the the play is "A •rather directing while Mr. broad farce with a good Tappan will supervise deal of slapstick, and the production and ~ech a good element of sawork. tire.• Parkinson also Tappan has been tak- commented that there ing a course at U.N.H was a lot to its polithis semester. He said, tical outlook. Parkin"Mr. Parkinson will be son's experience in

CL .t..SS OF 1993 ,JUNIORS

Arrnihge, Megan Bruder, Owen Byron, Charles Bucar, Rebecca DeRod•J , Ben Fernald, Brian Halldorson, Jeffrey H.1mel, Charlotte Hard•J , Joshua tsdal, Tor Kasiewicz, Chris Loubier, Dana Moenns<1d, Annand Norton, Amy Robertson, ·Jennifer Simmons, Willard S1'arn~•ff, Sen Stev€'ns, Joshu 3 T;,ndy .Jamie \\' ~t-r.,.r, , Lindse,J Wflson, Sean

Class of 94 SOPHMORES

[)uJin ,Karen Eichorn P-3U1

Leathers, Aaron MillP.r ,Kent P.a•J son, Aaron Peek ,Derrick Peek ,Miehelle Lee Philbro~•k ,Jason Platenfk ,Matthew Poore,Christopher Priestly ,Edward ShtJte ,George Robert Taggart ,George Toleos ,Michael

Cl.iis:s: of 95 FRESHMAr-{ E:<1nks, Brendon Conrad, Benjamin Dolan, Timothy Ellis:, R~nee Hodson, Danielle Lanoie, Thc,mas MacKenzie, Sean Macle ,m, Tammy Mercier I J.3mie Newkirk, Sarah Stansfield, Eddie Tsang, Terrance \t/itham, James

ectors with. he's worked Parkinson commented that the play has not interfered with any of his courses yet. He usually schedules practice for when he has enough free time in his busy schedule. Parkinson heard about the play from Tappan and decided to give it a try. Both Tappan and Parkinson look forward to the plays opening night on November 21st.

Elect Officers

by Nina Pudil

The French and Spanish clubs have started meeting. When they selected their officers for 19911992, the French club e1 ected: President Peter Grant~ Co-Vice Presidents Charlotte Hamel (an student from and Tricia

exchange Francei ' Khleif, Secretary Sarah Gooze, and Treasurei;- D'ean Kennedy. 1

The Spanish club elected: President Ally Limber, Vice President Jill Shaoiro. Secretary Liz Bu~ger; and Treasurer Ambre Proul :-: •

Neither of the clubs has made definite plans for the future, but they will be making some plans sometime in October. The Spanish Club had a bake sale on Sept. 26, 1991, which was successful.

New members are welcome to both clubs. If you h~ve anv questions contact Mr. Lord, Mrs. Schaeffer, or Mrs. Smith (th~ directori.

LAFORCE VELCO/'\ED TO OR /'\U.SIC DEPT.

The music department is welcoming a new addition this yearteacher, Mark Laforce.

Mr. Laforce is a recent graduat~ fro~ U.N.H. When asked why he decided to teach music as a career, he replied, "I've always enjoyed music. Deciding to teach just happened!"

Being his first "real" career job, Mr. Laforce admits that h~ was nervous about coming to Oyster River. "I was most nervous about doinq a good job. Also th~ l;w enrollment in music clas3e£.~

Lact year the participaticn in the department severely, but Laforce is

music dropped Mr. optomistic. "The : enrollment this year went up. The only problem was scheduling conflicts.•

This year's music program is being run

HALL cont frorn 4 wh y aren't they being used. 11

Ms. Brown said that she understood why seniors want their own section of hal 1. She also commented that she tried to get the 1 ocker 5ituation squared away by moving people to their correct locker assignments but it just doesn't work.

When former senior Mark Allen was asked the situation he said "there were only a co~ple of underclassmen in the hall when I was a senior. 11

differently t~an it has been run in past years. Mr. LaForce teaches three peri ods here at the high school, and then goes up to the middle school for two periods.

When asked what he thought needs to be publicized more about the music program, Mr.LaForce replied, "I'd like to get more people to come to the concerts I've been working with the seventh and eighth grade· band, and hopeful ly they will be performing at the November 14 concert, along with the High School Chamber Singers and a small jazz band ensemble."

Overall, Mr. Laforce feels it was easy to adjust to Oyster River because he did not have anything to adjust to. "Since this is my first teaching job, I have nothing to compare Oyster River to. But so far I'm enjoying it.•

ECON. cont. f r·orn 2 ness economics has 81 students enrolled for the first semester. and the social studies economics o nl y has 14 students enrolled. Phil Nazzaro said he sioned uo for the social s;udies economics because 11 I heard about both of the economics classes and like decided I would a _s:hallenge, rather than taking the easier- cours,e. 11

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that picking the starting Tour was "very hard to do 11 because all OT the players "have different strengths and weaknesses." fhe foL1r starters: Bucar, DeForest, Ritvo, and Russel, were chosen by a process which had each of the six team members taking written and oral tests.

Bryan Rutland commented that it's "nothing but seniors in senior hall, that 's why it's called senior hall, doesn 't that make sense. 11

Traditionally, senior hall has been intended for seniors. So what ' s the deal, u~derclassmen?

together,• said ~appan. The gir~a first postseason match will be held Wednesday at home.

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from 8 health and able to function normally.

The cross-country team has an upcoming meet against Hanover in the Class I championships. Poteet say•, •It wilL be a very close race against Hanover at the Class I Meet, bu~ we should come out with a victory.• He continued to say,•The team is starting to come together at the right time.•

The team has been aided by the addition of first year members Axel Leyck, Garret Curry and James Dolan, who was also nominated for Athlete of the

Cleery, Jean Croker, MO.nica Hudson, Marni Thibault, Heather Carmicheal, Mary Beth Nazarro, Kelly Defore st and Tammy MacLean.

Mrs. Gephart com~ented,"We lost alot of our varsity team to last years graduation, we also picked up a lot of new runners, mostly freshmen, and I've seen a lot of improvement.•

In 1989 the ORHS girls f cross-country team was undefeated. 1n November of 1989 the girls won 7.he New Englands Race in Rhode lsland against teams from all over New England.

France, from Isdani

Alan Conlan I re land, Tor from Norw ,'ly, Slav a Zaytcev and Natalie Kostareva from the Soviet Union, Doris Wong from Hong Kong, Suwichaya Sinprasong from Thailand, Lydia Rubesame and Axel Leyck from Germany, sen DeRooy from Holland and Jordi Sanchez from Spain.

O.R. 's new Music teacher, Marc LaForce

Northrop.

by Meredith Sawyer

FIELD HOCKEY REBUILDING . WITH ADDITION OF JV TEAM

by Dawn Myrick

The ORHS Varsity field hockey team with a record 1-12 is working hard to rebuild the team with only four returning varsity firststring players.

1n a recent game Oy=ter River Varsity team was defeated by Kingswood with i ccore ~f J ~7. Sarla DBGeorge scored the on~ point fc,r OR.

~ast year, the field ',ockey team consisted mostly of seniors. With the seniors leaving there was talk about whether or not there would be a field hockey team this year. However interest has grown and now there is a JV team.

Coach Cathy Baker, s aid of this year's teams, "They're very young, they have a

great deal of importance, and hopefully t!1is season would be a good foundation for a couple years to come."

· Mr. Nichols and Ms. Baker were afraid that the freshmen coming in would feel too much pressure playing on the varsity team or that they wouldn't even try out. The result was the creation of a JV team. "I talked to a few schools and put the JV under class L so they would have seven games of equal competition, a chance to play, and for success," replied Mr. Nichols,

The Varsity team consists of captains Liz Burger, Chandoline Byrnes, and Sar la DeGeorge. Other members of the team are

Jamie Alford, Alford, Molly !..iz fj_rczuk, Givan, Kim Hall,

Jfannifer Capron, Rebecca Goodman, Srandy Michele Melissil

C:aM:,y Hoover, !s~ok·::.on, Walerysak, and Mali We.Leh.

This year there· is a JV team wor%1ng hard and working together to achieve their ~oals. The JV team holds a record o'f 1-2-2.

The JV team consists of Charlotte 3ernd~son, Melanie Chase, Kate Crawford, R~bin Desy, Meg Frazer, Sarah Johnson, Kathy Morang, Amanda Richmond, and Dana Smith.

In the years to Oyster River School will try to a full Varsity and nior Varsity teams.

Another Winning Season O.R. GIRLS SOCCER HEADED TO PLAYOFFS

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by Seamus Fleming Once again, the Oyster River girls' varsity soccer team is making their mark in the state as a strong team.

According to Shannon Veno, a player, with the team onJ,y J.osing two seniors, the experience of the many returning seniors could help lead them to becoming a potential competitor for the state title.

With a powerful offensive line and a new keeper, Lesley Anderson, the Bobcats have ' gained a respectable record of 9 and 4. Oyster their most 0 1 to players

River lost recent game Lebanon. The Lebanon from came out very hard and pumped, while OR seemed rather flat and intimidated. "They played very physical and with a high degree of intensity," player Jamie Smith.

This past weekend, the OR boys volleyball team co'mpeted in the state tournament. Unfortunately, Oyster River didn't finish up a strong season wi th a championship, O.R. had a disappointing start this year winning only one of their , first four games but has since been able to improve the record, bringing it up to 6-4, heading into the tournament.

Their first match was a double header a-

gainst Derryfield and Mascenic. The boys had a smashing start beating Derryfield, letting the opponents win only one of the four games. They then turned around and lost to Mascenic after holding out through five games.

Next, they travelled to Mascenic and lost in three quick games. Senior Dave Delude, commented "~e didn't play to win, we were very lacadasical."

Suddenly, .there was a turn for the better. The boys travelled to

Derryfield and crushed the opponents in three games. They continued their good fortune and beat Pinkerton in three fast paced games.

Senior player, Ryan Souza, commented "I think that part of the problem is that when there is no communication everyones frustration level gets in~ creasingly high."

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Senior Ben Adams said •we had a bad start this season but we've improved a lot.• George Carey again coaches this years team.

Oyster didn't show offense until

River any real the last ten minutes of the game. During these ten minutes the Lebanon goal keeper managed several excellent saves, holding OR at bay.

During the first half of the game, OR goal keeper Lesley

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senior captains R~ss DeForest and Eric Ritvo, bring stability in the back. Seniors Saravong, Tim Myers and Sabin bring a combination of intelligence and drive up front.

Senior Captain Jon Criswell, Fleming • ~nd Anderson have control at midfield.

· Seven different peo'p~e scored in the

t.-r,derson beating. making save, c~.:)rcl~•:-!.

took a On one play, the initial Andorson was :'"Jy a Lebano~ striker who jarred the ball loose. Anderson managed to get to the ball again just as another Lebanon player hit -her, keeping the ball still in play.

Diving on the ball trying to get possession, Anderson was kicked in tho he~d, causing her to see double.

OR hung in until a communication error between Anderson pnd a OR defender broke down resulting in the one Lebanon goal. It was a simple play back and Anderson Just m1Ds read where the ball was going to go. All OR could do w~s watch it roll slowly in the net.

Head coach Chris Morrill said, "I'm pleased with the way the team has played this year."

The members of the girls' varsity soccer team this year are: Lesley Anderson, Erica Beck, Abigail Burton, Tory Jennison, Shannon Veno, Julie Walsh, Nicole Bellabona, Liz Fernald, Jen Friel, Holly Macka y, TouTou Saravong, Kasey Evans, Kim Golding, Diane Jennison, Anita Pudil, Kim Eddy, Chantal Grady, and Jamie Smith.

fifteen players have helped scored points, Coach Brooks wanted to recognize the goalies 1 by saying "We also depend on a sophomore goalie combination of Hunt Howell and Tucker Katz; Seniot Seamus Fleming said that the team is "The same as last year in terms of attitude and skill.•, but Ritvo disagreed by saying "We are working much harder this year.•

Field Hockey Captain Sarla DeGeorge swats at the ball.

by Margot Anderson

Abby Burton slides into opposing goalie as Shannon Veno prepares to assist

Girts· Vo11eyba11 end with 14-2 record -QUARTER FINALS AT HOME WEDS NIGHT IN VB TOURNEY

by Dave Delude

The girls volleyball team is headed to the playoffs after finishing their season with a 14-2 record.

This years team consists of fi11"e seniors: Ally Limber, Mandy Tappan, Jen Olsen, Sarah Heath and Chrissy Jackson.

Starters for the Bobcats are: Ally Limber, Stefany Shaheen Sara Weidhaas, Jen Olsen and s~tters Mandy Tappan and Quincy Souza.

A recent game versus Exeter showed that the Bobcats are for real. When the Bobcats visited Exeter they faced a crucial situation.

The Bobcats were down 3-11 in the third game and they came back to win it.

"Exeter character back from

third Senior Limber.

to win it,•said captain Ally

When Exeter came to Durham to play the &obcats, the rowdies were out in full force as the Bobcats beat the team from Exeter in two straight games.

Next year's team looks like it will be a very strong team with Stefany Shaheen, Sara Weidhaas and Quincy Souza already starting.

Michele Monroe, Ambre Proulx, Jillian Downey and Meg Jentes oL thia year's bench aquad will be joining them.

The team's goal this year, other than having fun, is to become the state champions.

The team this year is •confident, but not cocky,• said senior Jen Olsen.

~he girls struggled in the first game, event ually losing. The girls rebounded quickly to win the second game, unfortunatly, it was not enough. The girls lost the second game, along with the match.

This year the girls coach, Ed ~haron, is in his fourth year as head coach of the varsity volleyball team. When asked about their relationship with the coach Mandy Tappan and Quincy Souza had this to say, •coach is awesome! He pushes us, but is always there to complement us,• ·

Stefany Shaheen said that "He acts as a motivator not , a cheerleader.•

proved our when we came 3-11 in the

The only flaw in the Bobcat's perfect record came against the toughest team they will face this year, Pinkerton.

OYSTER RIVER CROSS BOYS LEAD BY WARREN, POTEEt AND NORTHROP

by Caroline Tully and Eric Ritvo

This year's crosscountry team is off to a strong start result of the tional ability team members.

as a excepof the This past weekend, at the Class I meet held at O.R.H.S., the team was victorious. Russ Warren, Scott Poteet, and Mike Northrop, finished the race 4th, 5th, and 6th, respectively, to pace the Bobcat win. The race had to be rerouted around the ongoing

Hanover vs. Oyster River soccer match. No runners were struck by a soccer ball , but Northrop had to do his Carl Lewis impression and leap a missed Hanover shot.

A few isolated injuries hampered the in-dividual performance of the runners. 'For example, Captain Poteet suffered internal bleeding due to a blow to the leg which impaired him temporarily.

On the whole, though, the team is in good B.X-Country cont pg 6

This year's team, as a whole, seems to be very close. · •we are a tight, clos~ family,• Quincy Souza said.

•we have a lot of fun G. V.Ball cont. pg 6

COUNTRY WINS CLASS I LEVESQUE PACES 'CAT WIN

This past weekend, at the Class I meet held at O.R.H.S., the Bobcat girls cross country team finished first overall. Pacing the win was Amy Levesque, who finished a strong third.

race consistthree scoring from Oyster •we ood have a attitudes lot of this

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The Assistant Coach for the girls this year is Oyster River graduate Jen Jenkins. The team this year consists of Co-Captains · Amy Levesque,and Jessica Thibault, and team members Katrin Bergeron, Mara Kerns, Ruth Bristol, Mary Mc6 . x -country cont. 6

THE PRIDE IS BACK GOING INTO PLAYOFFS

The Bobcats boys' soccer team is off to a great start with ~ recorq of 8-4-2.

On October 10, boys soccer played Kingswood and won 4-1 with Kris Anderson, Chris Jerard, Ti Ti Saravong, and Donaldo LaFerriere scoring goals. On Thursday, October 15, they conquered Sanborn 3-2, in overtime. The three tallies came from Frank Sabin, Russel DeForest, and Ti Ti Saravong with the winning goal. "It was an exciting game!• commented senior Seamus Fleming.

left on the clock. The two teams play to a standstill for the last 41 seconds On the Timberlane game Tim Hyers commented,"The Timberlane game showed our unwillingless to surrender whether we are playing the best or the worst team in the state.

Oyster River boys' soccer gets a mid-game pep talk from coach, Al Brooks.

The Bobcats continued their strong play with a hard faught 1-1 tie with topped ranked Timberlane. Timberlane scored their lone gone on a fluke goal off a corner kick, With time running out Titi Saravong put in. a cross into the bottom oof the net. The goal ca:me wi 1;!1_ 41 sec<>_nds

After two tough overtime games and playing undermanned Hanover apparently wore down the Bobcat players throughout the game. After taking an early 1-0 lead off a Donal.do Laferriere goal • In the second half Hanover's continued pressure ~as too strong for OR as they kicked in 4 goals in that final half as they won going away 41. Co~ch Al Brooks said, I "All the seniors are good, but everyone brings something special to the team.•

According to Brooks, B.Soc. cont. pg 7

Stephany Shaheen readies a spike with backup from senior Ally Limber.

by Marni Thibault

by Nina Pudil