phomores storm the theater or the very first time, omores will be given a chance display their talents in the ter . Auditions have been held the company and crew picked the sophomore class play her 6路7. bout a hundred sophomores out, each group equipped with it or a pantomime. From this _p, 40 students were chosen for cting company and 15 for the stage crew. he theme of the show is "The s before students became omores." Groups will put on and pantomimes depicting eriences from their early years chool. ehearsals began September 22, will be held every Wednesday
t. sually we don't do anything I the One Acts in the winter they can get involved in. It's to keep enthusiasm going that
long," said Mrs . Anna Clark. "If it works out, we'll put it on the calendar for next year." The sophomores in the acting company are Julia Davis, Sue Horner, Cindy Dunbar, Delores Williams , Rosemary Frenks, Michelle Holmes, Karen Hinchik, Sue Pishllo and K. T. Solomonson. Also in the company are Bob Eisenberg, Lance Margolin, Tim Deklotz, Kevin C. Colton, Debby Pappinheimer, Roger Wigg, Nanny Kelly, Bob Hoard and Sherri Prideaux. Other members are Eadie Fishel, Betty Gardner, Dave Halstead, Dick Peitzineier, Janet Williams, Linda Somberg, Kathy Sistek, Sue Weldon, and Liz Dolantuono. Finishing off the company are Dorothy Davis, Dave Boush, Lynne Friedel, Pam Hochster, Elaine Wright, Dede Walker, Bill Diamond, Rosanne Fritz, Kathy Ruddick, Eileen Pazgderka, and Lisa Behrendsen.
ibis year's SHIELD is 9St ever,' says Raduziner 'lore color, less formal group s, and free transparent vinyl rs are only a few of the reasons mying a 1971-72 SHIELD. hese improvements, disclosed .enior Mark Raduziner, Editor che SHIELD, are part of a uit for better reader appeal. 're using the student body's 1ions through a survey [ucted toward the end of last r," he said, adding nistically, "This should be the yearbook in the history of side." farting October 4, the SHIELD be on sale before and during ol for one week.
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A major change in this year's book is the addition of club advertising. Interested clubs may receive ad rates and information in room 145 from any member of the SHIELD staff. SHIELD and LANCE staff members, and beginning journalism students selling the books will be wearing some kind of button for easy identification. The cost of the SHIELD will be: October 4-5 ......................... ... $7 .50 October 6-7 .... ........... ... ..... ... .. $8.00 October 8 .............................. . $8 .50 Seniors may have their names engraved on the cover for .50 extra.
Tti~ Vol. 16, No. 2
WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB.
68124
October 1, 1971
SAB plans for future
United Appeal drive is main project Members of the Student Advisory Board are planning to participate in the annual United Appeal drive this year, as a main project. The United Appeal is a drive in the metropolitan Omaha area that raises money for an estimated fifty agencies. S.A.B. members hope to make $500 from Westside donations in the campaign, as compared to the $200 collected the previous year. According to Mike Dorsey, press secretary, it will be the only campaign stressed at Westside this year. Sophomore class elections, held Tuesday, Sept. 28, had one major difference this year. At the S .A.B. meeting, members voted to hold no primaries. It was decided that each candidate would be given the chance to address their class, providing there were no more than sixteen candidates running.
The senior pictures of the Homecoming Queen candidates will be posted on the landing Monday morning for voting purposes.
It was primarily through the efforts of the S.A.B. that seniors are allowed the privilege of open campus. The board began discussions of the possibilities of open campus, which was their major summer project. They wrote to different schools in the country using open campus, inquiring the extent of open campus and how it was working. Simultaneously, the board sent questionnaires to parents and asked
faculty heads their opinion of having open campus at Westside. After many days of analyzing the parent's surveys, the S.A .B. proposed to the administration that seniors be allowed the privilege . According to board member Nina Williams, "Overall, I would say the really conclusive evidence from the questionnaires was that everyone thought seniors were mature enough to use open campus."
Homecoming: the only game in town? Comparable to the Miss American Pageant, only on a smaller scale, is the annual selection of Westside's Homecoming Queen candidates. Tonight at a Pep Club-sponsored soc hop, 10 Pep Club members will be announced as Homecoming candidates. The ten girls, who must be Pep Club seniors and have earned two letters, were selected by the Pep Club . The student body will vote on the King and Queen in homeroom a week from Monday . The Homecoming dance will be October 16 in the girls' gym. This will be the first time the candidates will be announced at a soc hop. The reason for this, according to Mrs. Jane Klingner, Pep Club sponsor, is to promote attendance to the soc hop in order to raise more money . Also to be announced tonight are the King candidates, who are chosen by the football team fr their own ranks. The soc hop will be held in the girls' gym after the Tech football game. Admission is .75 with an activity ticket. The committee chairmen are as follows: Jody Vestal, Overall Chairman; Linda Brown, Stage; Betsy Jackson, Commons; Terri Engels, Tables; Carol Graham, Cars; De De McFayden, Publicity; Kim Yelkin, Carnations; Jayne Tinley, Processions; Susan Darst, Programs; Mary Ennenga, Ceiling; Debbie Shidler, Baskets and Doors; Carol Zerbe, Crowns; and Kathy DeGoia, Halls.
smoking prohibited; administrators cite legal basis
by THE LANCE news research team 'I wish they had a place to smoke. But that would 13-inst the law. And it won't be possible (to have a place) until they change the law," observed of Women, Jana Farris. "It messes up the in g." Although the "problem" of on-campus ~tte smoking by students may seem relatively 1ificant, a Westside student caught smoking on >I grounds faces disciplinary action up to, and ding, suspension from school. \ccording to several administrators, students .e primarily in two places on the Westside us - in bathrooms and in the outside cement area een gyms. area closed for variety of reasons, then reopened reaction to smoking and other problems, action ;aken during the week of Sept. 13 to temporarily this "commons area" between the gyms. Building rvisor Pat Venditte noted that, "The gym tion is getting better." He explained that the ar.e a closed due to students smoking, loud noise, ng football , ice cream cones, cigarette butts, and ms being thrown on wasp nests. "It was mass tge, " Venditte said .
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Later that week a group of students volunteered to up the litter-strewn area themselves . As a result, steps were reopened on Sept. 13 to student ities. Venditte reported that smoking was not confined te steps, but was in fact a greater problem in the >I 's restrooms. Jana Farris concurred, "It messes 1e restrooms and there are complaints from many :moking students and teachers about it." ::omplaints come also from students who smoke ettes, concerning the discipline levied when a mt is caught smoking. "I mean, maybe kids ldn 't smoke in school. But they don't have to be u-d on you," said one junior girl who smokes. )king isn 't that bad of a thing, is it?" he Westside or District 66 administrations ' ntly do feel that cigarette smoking by students is
"that bad of a thing." Dean Farris explained the disciplinary procedure taken when a student is found smoking at school. "The first time, we call the parents. This isn't really good, though, because it upsets them and all, but they should know." The new dean continued, "The second time, the student is automatically susp ended." Implicit statute and explicit board policy prohibit Vice-principal Bill Hoyt argues that the problem is not so simple . "I think that it would not be right to sanction an 'activity' such as smoking when it is against the state law ... when it's against school board policy, or when we know that it is harmful to your health." There seems to be some uncertainty among students as to precisely why smokers are so diligently prosecuted at Westside. One senior boy, smoking a cigarette in the west parking lot as he was interviewed, had a somewhat unique appraisal of the situation. "Their main concern seems to be in overprotecting the building and people who don't smoke rather than the people who smoke themselves. Why not let students smoke outside or in their cars where it doesn't hurt anything?" the senior said.
Suspension for cigarette smoking causes "a real bind" In the book of School Board Policies, under the heading Use of Tobacco, it states: "one, use of tobacco is not permitted in school buildings or on school grounds by any pupil; two, the use of tobacco is not permitted by any other person during the time school is in session except in rooms so designated." Should we terminate a kid's education because he smokes? "Kids do smoke, will continue to try to smoke; we know it's a real problem, but it's (minors under 18 smoking) against state law, the fire marshall, and all evidence points against it health wise, we can't very well condone it -that only perpetuates the problem. It puts us in a real bind," explained Westside Principal Dr. Tangdall.
Mr . Hoyt's reference to legal basis for a smoking prohibition is evidently correct. Nebraska Statute 28-1020 states, in part, "Whoever, being a minor under the age of eighteen, shall smoke cigarettes ... in this state, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding ten dollars . .. " It is also illegal under state law to sell cigarettes to minors, and under Omaha municipal statues for minors to buy cigarettes. However, these three laws, almost without exception, are never enforced, according to the Omaha Police Department. Dean Farris said that "a sp ecial 'smoking room,' monitored and maintained by students, would be a good idea." Venditte suggested that if students want smoking rules changed, they should "go through state laws and the school board, who sets these policies." However, until policies toward smoking are changed, said Venditte, "students caught smoking will be 'punished accordingly.' "
In between gyms, student rebels against enforced no smoking rule.