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En ertainment ,8Mtrch 22,1999

Music to our ears:Band membersmake All-state

Two Viking band mem-bers, junior J.R. Doan and se-nior TremayneLathon, per-formed with theAll-State Bandearly in Februaryat the Texas Mu-sic Educators LathonConference inSan Antonio.

Lathon, atwo-time mem-ber of the en-semble, was firstchair tuba, while DoanDoanwas part ofthe French horn section.Fed Challenge takes4th regional title;Acadec winsregional meet,advances to state

Academic teams fromBryan continued their winningstreak in recent competitions.

The Federal ChallengeTeam won their fourth con-secutive regional title, advanc-ing them to the district CDm-petition in Dallas Mar. 24.They will once again aim forthe national title which they.have acquired three years ina row.

The Acadec Team re-ceived a first place win fortheir performance in the re-gional competition in earlyFebruary. They advanced tothe state competition and fin-ished 22nd out of40 other top5A schools in the Texas divi-sion.VICA students excel

Bryan High School waswell-represented at the Voca-tional Industrial Club ofAmerica competition that tookplace in Beaumont recently.Teams from Media Tech. AutoTech, Welding and Cosmetol-ogy carried home first placeawards in the various compe-tit ions among other honors.Detai ls on pg. 4.

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BHS security needs to prioritizeI t's funny how Bryan High w orks. W hile th e outside w orld

sees th e polic e and sec urity guards as proof th at B HS is as s tric t asa m inim um security pri on, m any students can testify th at th is ap-p ea ra nc e i s d ec ei vi ng .

T he m a in p ro ble m s te m s f ro m t he ir p ri orit ie s. T he re ce nt c ra ck -dow n on trash is w arranted. but th ere are oth er th ings th at are m o reim p orta nt. W hile it is good to h ave a c le an, aesth etic ally pleasingcam pus, s tudent safety in th e h alls and in th e parking lots sh ouldt ake p r io r it y .

For th~ost part . ecurity does a good job. There are a fewoccas ions. th ough , w hen th e job sh ould h ave been done better.O ne o cc urr ed r ec en tly , w h en t he re w a s a fi stf ig ht i n th e c ou rt ya rd .N o one arrived to break it up until s everal m i nutes later. after m o stof th e dam age h ad been done. M ost of th e staff w as b us y m o ni to r-in g t he h alls fo r pe ople d it ch in g c la ss o r li tte rin g.

A nd w h ere are th e sec urity guards after sc hool w hen innoc entpeople ar e try ing to get out of th e parking lot and a sm all group ofs tu de nt s a re e nd an ge rin g th ei r s afe ty w it h th ei r r ec kle ss d riv in g?W here is sec urity to stop th es e people going seventy m i les a n h ouraround th e lot 's perim e te r. narrow ingly avoiding c ollis ions w ithp ed es tri an s a nd o th er v eh ic le s, f is ht ailin g a ll th e w h ile ?

To be fair. w e h ave notic ed th at several new sec urity pers on-nel h ave been added and th ese people seem to be consc ientiousa bo ut t h ei r a ss ig nm e n t s.

P ar kin g lo t s ec urit y c on tin ue s to be a p rob l em area. however .W hat c an stop students from skipping during lunc h. prevent c arsfrom being vandalized or deter rec kless driving? A clearly visiblesec urity presenc e, th at's w h at. W e ar e no different th at th e rest oft he p op ula tio n. W h en y ou 're e xc ee di ng th e s pe ed lim i t o n th e h ig h-w ay and you see a trooper, you slow dow n. H is presence keepsyou safe. If our security guards w ould m ake an effort to be seenand h eard in th e parking lots during peak tim es-espec ially at th eentranc e and exit-m o st of th ese problem s w ould disappear. T hosestudents w ho ch oose to ignore th e rules anyw ay sh ould be dealtw it h i m m e dia te ly a nd c on vi nc in gly .

If th e staffkeeps th eir end of th e deal by ensuring th e safety ofth e s tudents and th eir possessions , th e students w ould be m orelikely to respec t th e sc hool grounds and keep th em c lean. T he s taffow es it to us, jus t like w e ow e it to th em to follow their rules .

=Norsemen editorial board

Life is full of lessonsIn all m y y ears , I

have been taugh t th a tth e road 1 m u st t ra ve lis not going to be asm o oth path but rath era rocky road. And Ihave been taugh t th ati ns te ad o f b ei ng a ble t otake m y tim e, Iave togo alm a t as fast as th espeed of ligh t to keepup w ith th is c onstant s truggle: ath ing w e c all life.

From the tim that [ w asy oung until now , Ic an rem e m -ber c learly th at every yearbrough t m e c loser to being th eE va th at Iam now . It w as noteasy. Ihad to accept far m oredefeats th an w ins . But loon re-alized th ai every tear I criedbrough t m e one step c loser tow om anh ood. A nd Iegan to ac -cept m y defeat w ith th e es senceof a w om an, not th e anguish of ach ild, w ith m y head up and m ye ye s o pe n.

B ecause of th ese lessonsthat Iearned early in life, Io-cu on th e gifts of today instea dof th e hardsh ips of tom orrow .Rather th en w orry ing aboutwhe ther Iw ill m ake it or break it

sheltered.But on M ay 28,

1999, life is onceagain going to for ei ts u nf air q ua li tie son m e. It w ill be atim e of indepen-d nee, a time whenIhave to dec ide onth e righ t path for m ea s a n i nd iv id ua l.

Let's not focus on gradua-tion as a lim e of good-byes andorrow bec ause y ou are leavingbehind y ou r f ri en ds a nd t he p la cey ou c all h om e . Instead, th ink ofi t a s a new beginning into a neww orld and a time o f con gr a tu la -tions.

Although on e cannot li ve i nanyone m om ent forever, th em e m o rie s w ill a lw ay s b e p re se ntand alive. These very sam em e m or ab le e xp eri en ce s a re w h atw ill m old th e person one is des-tined to be. T hese sam e im p rintsare w hat people w ill rem em bera person by . Like Janet Jac ksonsaid. "R em em bering a m em orydoes not m ean rem em bering th epain ."

L ife is full of lessons to bele ar ne d. W ith e ve ry g ood -b ye ,

Eva RayStaff writer

when I get out on m y ow n, T en- one grow s .joy th e tim e th at Iave left to be

Live happily despite life's changesTh is w orld IS

g et ti ng s o m i s e ra bl e. Ite em s li ke a s e ve ry d aypasses, people getm e a ne r, m o r e h ea rt le ssand lose touch w ithw h at 's t ru ly i m p or ta nti n l if e.For in lance,w hen I'm at th e m a ll orsom e oth er public plac e, I 'll fla ha quick sm ile at a passerby , andI II get th is look in return thats ug ge st s I 'm c ra zy .

Then, J w as w atc h ingtelevis ion th e other nigh t, andt he re w a s th i t it tle k id d yin g fro mc an ce r. T his la dy o n th e s ho w ju sts teps up during the m ourn fu lgath ering of loved ones, andblurts out "H e's dy ing. G et ove rit." I w a s so sh ocked w hen Iawth is display of heartle sness, Jw anted to jum p th rough the TVand w ring th e w om a n's nec k, justso sh e'd feel som e pain .

Theil I s topped, and hads om e kind of w eird out-of-bodyexperienc e. D on't ask me bow ,b ut i t w a s c oo l. Io ok ed a t m y se lfand w h at soc iety is s tarting to doto m e. Ief lec ted on th at day andre m em b ere d th in kin g "What isth is ch ick sm iling at?" w hen Irec eived a grin at th e m a ll. It w as

so freaky! I'mbec om i ng every th ing Idon 't w ant to be! Onanother day , I w asc hilling out w ith som efriends at m y c rib, andtbi guy cam e in and

Carol Andrew s w as sc ream ing. He hadStaff writer broken his f in ge r f ro ms l amm in g it in th e car

door. The poor guy w as reallyu ps et a nd g et ti ng all teary-eyed.A nd I w as laugh ing h yst ric ally!1 fe lt li ke s uc h a w ei ne r.

Anyway, T fe lt c rum m y andt ot all y c on fu se d. I t's li ke y ou tryo hard to be som eth ing and dosom eth ing good w itb your life,and th en, all of a s ud de n, y ou rea t ot al s el lo ut .

Ih ink th at it is inevitableth at you w ill pick up all of th ebad h abits of those around you.No m atter how hard you try tos ta y c oo l a nd o pe n-m i n de d, t he rew ill alw ay s be a point in y our lifew h ere y ou n oti ce that y ou 'r e n otw hat you used to be.

Everyone w ho know s m eknow s I'm not th e perfec texam p le of h um a n c om p ass iona nd g en tle ne ss , b ut th at 's ju st m ea nd m y w h a ck ed -o ut p er so na li ty .Th ose w ho know m e even better

know th at, deep dow n, I 'm prettyliberal and try to stay asb en ev ole nt t o p eo pl e a s p os si ble .

How ever, recently th ingsh av e c ha nge d, a nd I e begun toc ha ng e. H on es tly , I'm reallyd is tu rb ed b y it .

I th ink w e all need to s taytrue to ourselves and to ourvalues. W e all know w ho w e aredeep dow n inside. If societystarts to have an effec t on howw e ac t and treat one another,c hange it . D on'tj ust s it bac k andw a tc h e ve ry th in g y ou 'v e w o rk edfor fade into oblivion. Onceyou've lost your goodness, i t'sh ard to get it bac k.

So w e all need to do eachoth er a favor. B e nic e! T hat's th ek ey to it a ll. Ifw e c an a lI ju st chil lout and be cool to each other,th en w e w on't bave to w orryabout orne person on th e streetchanging our sense ofc om p assion for our fellow m a n.

It aLI m a y seem like babblenow , but w hat w ould being nicehurt? Ik no w i t's h ard , b ut a ny on ecan do it .

So in see you around, don 'tbe a punk. Ins tead, m ile at m e.W e all h ave one life to live; le t'sIi e i t h ap pi ly .

The golden rule needs to be re-IearnedE ve ry d ay p eo ples to p c ar in g w h a t o th er s

th ink a nd b ec om e s elf-in vo lv ed a nd e lf-c en -t er ed . R e sp ec t t ow a rd so th er s i la ck in g a lm o s tt o a p oi nt o f n on ex is t-enc e, and th e c urrents oc ia l d ec ay i s t o b la m efor so m a ny problem sin t h is w o r ld .

W h en I a m w ith fr ie nd s, Ieep eo ple p us hin g a nd s ho vi ng o th -e rs to g et to c la ss o r w h e re ve r th eyar e go i ng , a nd t he y c ou ld c ar e l es sa bo ut h ow t he y t re at o th er p eo plein th e process . S ince w hen didt rea ting peop le Like dirt b e come soc om m o n? W by c an 't people w aittheir tum? D on 't w e a ll k no w t ha tth er e is no th in g s o im p orta nt t ha tit i w ort h b ein g ru de a bo ut ? A J I Ican say is to take iteasy and take its lo w . Y ou w i ll g et t oth e sam e placew h et he r y ou w alk o rrun; r el ax a nd e nj oyit w h ile y ou c an .

Ano ther thingtbat Iee every dayis how quicklypeople will use any exc us e to getout of trouble. Inste ad of fess ingup and taking th e blam e for th eirm i s ta ke s p eo pl e w i ll s ay a ny th in gjus t to save th em s elves from get-t in g i nt o t ro ub le . Ih ea r p eo pl e

b la m in g t he ir fr ie nd sjust so th ey don't g tpunished for som e-t hin g t he y d id . Ian'tu nd er sta nd h ow a p er-s on c ou ld t el l a L iej us tb ec a us e t h ey a re s c ar edth at th ey w ill get in totrouble. Being bone tabout y our m i stakes

m a y g et y ou in to tr ou ble , b ut o nlym i n or t ro ub le . Thi i s b ec au sew hen you tell a lie and orneonefinds o ut t ha t y ou li ed , yo u g et i nt oa lot m ore trouble for ly ing th any ou w o ul d h av e f or t ell in g t he t ru thf ro m t h e b eg in ni ng .

n a r eg ul ar b as is Ie e th e b la -t an t d is re sp ec t o f a ut ho ri ty . 1 se ekid doing w hat th ey are t ol d n otto do just bec aus e th ey w ere toldnot to do it. orne exam ples are

te en ag er s m a ki ngin t he c ou rt ya rdduring lunch orno- w hen you arew alk in g d ow n rhh all a nd s om e on es tarts cus sing at at ea ch er o r a no th erstudent. K ids be-

I don't carewhothey are,body has theright to jud esomeone else.

ing defiant is socom m on in th is day rna t peopled on 't r ea L 1 yhink about it, b ut it ison e of t he m a jo r p ro ble m s a nd o neo f t he e as ie st to fix . A li tt le d is ci -p li ne i s a l l t ha t m o s t m i n or t ro ub lem akers need to keep them from

doing w rong again; I 'm not talk-i ng a bo ut b ea ti ng t he m ,j u t repri-m a n di ng t he m and g iv in g t he m a nopportunity to recognize that theya re n ot in control .

A noth er m a jor problem areai s p e op le b ei ng t oo critical o f o th -ers . It b ap pe n e ve ry d ay ; p eo pletook dow n on oth ers because ofh ow th ey lo ok o rw h o t he ir fri en dsare.

Ion't c are w h o th ey are, no-body ha s th e rig ht to ju dg e s om e -on e el e. 1 don't know a personw ho is better th an anybody elseth a t I know . No one has th e rightto j udge som e one by a set of stan-dards th at are not th eir ow n; youcan 't judge anyone because of ap er so n's fri en ds , c ho ic e o f m u sico r t he k in d o f c ar t he y d ri ve . Iftheydon 't both er you and you do notbother th em , everyone w ill beh ap py . A nd if y ou d o ju dg e s om e -o ne , k ee p i t t o y ou rs elf .

And som e people not onlyn ee d to b e ta ug ht h ow to s pe ll RE-SPECT but also how to show it.Th e attitude of no re spec t h as gott o g o. Y ou c an 't li ve y ou r l if e w i th -out res pec t and expec t people togive y ou respe ct in return . W henyou treat som eone badly , th at 'h ow y ou ar e g oin g to b e t re ate d inre tu rn , a nd a ll you can do is ac -c ep t it o r c ha ng e y ou r a tt it ud e a ndtreat ot h e r s how you w ant to btreated,

Co-editorsDebbie Perez, Sarah SnyderA ss is ta nt e di to rsAngela Morse, Wil l WiseStaff writersCaro l Andrews, Chr is Baker, Liz Carr, JaniceCoisonis, Sarah Davidson, Esther Kim, Eva RayAdViserSandy Farris

The Norseman is a publication of th e Bryan High SchoolJournalism Department, 3401 E. 29th. Bryan, TX 77802.(409) 731-7400. Member UIL-ILPC

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What do you want to be when you grow up?

"Pediatrician. Iwanl to workwith babies."Laura Hernandez, 11

"Mechanic. Everyonealways says mechanicsare dumb, but when theircar get messed up theyare the ones that can't fixit."Genaro Coronado, 10

Seniors will be leaving their homes soon withonly several things in mind: ambitions, goals,careers. However, a person's goals in l ife mightchange as one grows older. Most, once adultsf ind i t interesting to think back to what they orig;.nally wanted to do as a high school student.

"Doctor. I will be able tohelp people on a daily

basis. This is one way Ican show that I am a true

Christian."Senikka Johnson, 12

"Cosmetologist. Everyone in myfamily is one. Iu t like doingpeople's hair."Courtney Fry, 9

Make yourself a part of the lifeat Bryan High School

"You meanyou 're older than zip.lock bags, plasticwrap and the Hwy 6East By-Pass?" theyoung teacher askedthe "old-timers" atthe lunch table re-cently. ad but true.Things change!

As Bryan HighSchool tudents look about thei rschool today, they see change oc-curring daily with the additionsand renovations to their campus.A new and att ract ive l ibrary andcafeteria, two new wings, newathletic field , a new fine artbuilding and on and on.

LaudermilkCounselor

Curtis

"Probation officer. 1want todealwith the chalJenged individuals."LaCandy Tates, 12

Lower exp ectations make for low er ed ucationOne of my friends

decided to take regularlevel English IV thisyear instead of the APlevel a she couldgraduate early. She hadbeen takingAP Englishevery year in highschool and she's fairlysmart. Boy wa she infor a surprise.

They had her doing juvenileactivities such as dressing up incharacter to get an "A" and writ-ing poetry on a t-shirt, To me, itseems pure "bu y work."

My question is, how did thestandard for education get solow? English IV ismeant for stu-dents ready to graduate highschool. From the kind of stuffthey're doing in cla ,it soundslike they're ready to graduatefir t grade. By the way, I'm notsolely picking on English IVcla ses, it is j ust an example.

It seem that certain people,including parents and the admin-istration, have decided that num-ber are more important thanpeople. Kids are being passedju t so that the district can reacha certa in passing rate.

The teachers andadministration are ap-parently treating thesestudents like they'restupid. True, some ormost of the studentsaren't AP level, butthat doesn't makethem stupid. Most ofthem are just averagekids.

Apparently,the curriculumhas been loweredto meet the ex-pectations of thefew lazy kids inth course. Theteachers, not thestudents and par-ents, should setthe requirements for completion.But apparently they're just try-ing to give them an easy ride tomake sure they graduate, whichmay be what some people want.

If the school wants better-educated and better-prepared stu-dents, maybe they should lookinto what's being taught in theregular classes instead focusingall of their attention on tbe ad-vanced classes. Students in the

regular classe deserve a goodeducation too.

By the time you're 18, youshould be able to diagram a sen-tence, know the attributes of amammal and be able to figureout a simple algebra problem.Many seniors in this schoolaren't able to do these things,and that frightens me.

The blame does not restsolely with the ad-ministration and theteachers, however.Students also harepart of the blame.

As a studentyou have a responsi-bil ity to at least try tolearn something. Stu-dents being lazy and

failing has caused the adminis-tration to lower its expectations.

If high school i s supposedtoprepare you for the rea! worldthen it's not doing a very goodjob, Your bos is not going tolower his expectations of youjust because you don't feel likedoing omething. In the realworld, you'd be fi red.

Students in theregular classesdeserve a goodeducation, too.

"Marine Biologist. like scienceand water , p lus 1 love animals."Inca Marcel, 11

"Registered nurse. I likeeveything about it , and 1 likehelping people.Mary Gutierrez. 9

Tim e saved is quality lostPersonalize letters by hand-writing them

When I was little,there was nothingmore in life thatoverjoyed memorethan getting ahand-written,hand-addressed letter inthe mail.

Once upon a timethere wa a cuttingedge invent ion calledthe telephone. It wasinvented to make lifeea ier by allowingpeople to get in touchwith one another im-mediately rather thanwaiting weeks ormonths for the mail to come.

Now, al l of a sudden it isthe age of computers, and soci-ety is practically dependent on allkinds of technologically ad-vanced devices that allow one tokeep in touch with everybodyelse in the world. There are faxmachines, beepers, digitalphones and e-mail. AU de-signed to saveyou time. Butwhere does aLIthat saved timego? Probablyinto a computer.

Stop! Juststop and re-member. Re-member the lostart of writing aletter? Lettersused to mean somuch to people.When I waslit tle, there wasnothing in life that overjoyed memore than getting a handwritten,hand-addressed letter in the mail.You know, the kind written on thepretty stationery or the beavywriting paper.

There was also a time whenletters were the symbol of ro-mance. You understand what I 'mtalki ng about if you've everwatched an old movie or read anyL.M. Montgomery novel . Thehero is in some lonely city faraway from the girl h loves. Theywrite volumes to each other ev-ery week, and he always knowswhen her letter has come becausethe envelope smells just like her(big dreamy sigh).

Way back when,my great grandmotherwas a teenager and agirl' handwriting wasone of her greatestprides. In fact, Letter-writing was raised toan art form. J couldproduce thousands ofexamples of excellent

penmanship just in the commoneveryday letter my great grand-mother received from herfriends. She could tell who theletter was 1T0mby each person'sunique handwriting before shehad even begun to read the let-ter. Some may find all that cal-l igraphy tiresome, but the hand-

writing iswhatmade those let-ter so special ;it made thempersonal.

Nowadays,on the rare oc-casions, onedoe get amailed letter, itis usuallytyped.Granted, a let-ter can betyp d and saythe exact samething as an old-fashioned writ-

JaniceCotsonisStaff writer

How does tb is with making friends and dealingchange affect the stu- with a new building. Would youdent? Perhaps a few believe BHS was only grades 11words from a bona-fide and 12 for the first few years?old-timer may help you SFA was the campu for studentsdecide. in grade 9 and 10 . Our choo lMy memories of the colors of blue and silver plus our

early days of OUI school mascot were selected by Bryanare all fo ndon e s, students in grades 7-12 . Our tra-though students today ditions all came about slowly, a

would not believe some of the is their nature, often with muchobstacles we had to overcome. opposition. We had 110 almaIntegration brought together stu- mater for over a year as the Stu-dents from Neal High Scbool and dent Council looked for someoneStephen F. Austin High School to produce it for us. They even-as well as staff member from tuaJly hired a college mu ic pro-both when Bryan High opened i ts fessor to wri te both the words anddoors in the fall of 1 97 1 , Like all mu ic. That neat viking helmetnew schools, awkwardness was with tbe horns that guys and girl sthe rule as everyone struggled see CHALK TALK on pg . 4

ten one, but it in 't the same. Thewords writ ten with all the hand-writ ing qui rks that can capturethe personality of the writer tendto look bland or harsh whenplainly printed in black on whitecomputer paper.

The act of saving time bysending an e-mail or typing a Jet-ter is U1eact that takes away tbequali ty, meaning and essence ofa personal letter. So just top,take all that time you've beensaving up in your computer andwrite somebody special a goodold-fashioned Jetter. I t'll meanever so much more.

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~ II :1!leiHukt on Fonc.s wurked fur tho AggiesQuestions emerge over whether academic ability is affected by hometown diversityJanice CotsonisStaff writer

Texas A&M students are full of pride,have a" trong work ethic" and have beendescribed as "loyal." What they are aidto be lacking is writing skills and ophis-tication,

Recentllf, the results of a focus studyon A&M student were published.Thetudy found that, al though most employ-ers had a positi e opinion of Aggie gradu-ates on the whole, there was an absentee-ism of good writing ski lls, diversity andmulticultural educational experiences.

Some of the interviewed corporationsblame these shortcomings on the fact thatA&M isa technical school whereas otheruniversitie focus on being an overallbroadening experience. Other participantsfeel that i tibecause most of the studentsattending the university are "white andconservative and probably from fairlywell-to-do families."

One thing that nearly all participantsin the study agreed on was that the tradi-tional university programs were irrelevantfor working in many corporations andagencies.

Writ ing skil ls were the top weaknessof A&M graduates. They had poor spell-ing, composit ion, edit ing and grammati-cal skills.

Since about 20 percent of the BryanHigh graduating class is accepted yearlyto TAMU, the problems orne studentsare having as far as Literary sophisticationcould relate back to BHS. Should th e ac-cepted students complete their collegeeducat ion at A&M could they become thetype of graduates employers described inthe tudy?

n glish III teacher Carolyn Lampotrongly disagrees that student fromtown with limited diversity are "unso-phisticated. "

'I'm not saying that th e whole state-

Real-world experience fib Communication skillsTechnical skills fib Computer skillsGrade point average Jb Problem analysts andAcademic preparation analytical thinkingLeadership qualities (6 Flexible, honest, adaptablePersonal presentation (6 Ability to learn

Confident and positive attitude fh Passion for work

New satellite campus to open next yearTec hn olog y A cadem y w ill provide fam i liar c lasses w ith a busin ess tw is tWmWiseAssistant editor

A new Technology Academy willopen at the Hammond-Oliver annex nextyear.

The Technology Academy, which willbe similar in scope to the Hammond-Oliver campus, will start simple: onlyninth grade classes will be taught there ..

"W will add a grade each year untilit's a four-y ar school," said teacher JerryNorris.

Norris, who will teach the core com-puter cl a ses at the Tech Academy, saidthat the first two grades will take norma lcomputer classes, except with more ap-plication to the busin ss world. Juniorsand seniors will have tbe choice of'pursu-ing either the hardware or software tracks.

"Hardware will have to put networkstogether" Norris said. "[With software]they willieam how to trouble ho t prob-lems with operating ysterns, add compo-nents to systems, reconfigure systems.They'll go beyond everyday users."

Botb tracks provide more than j us t jobtraining; each one an lead to ent ry-leveljobs in network administration. What'smore at the end of the track students havethe opportunity to be tested on the knowl-edge and skills they have developed,which ca n lead to particular certifications.

"Both Microsoft and Cisco corpora-tions provide tests that give them c rti-t ied levels," Norris said.

Microsoft will test for the softwaretrack Cisco for hardware. Students whopass will earn tbe level of Microsoft er-t if ied Professional or Certified NetworkAssistant depending on the test taken.Both levels give students an edge if theyelect to pur ue computer-r leated careers.

"Both of thee are certifications for

knowing basically , what they can or can tdo." Norris said.

He added that with either level gradu-ates of the Tech Academy can show pro-pective employer exactly what theirskill are and where they need to improve.

"Someone ca o go in and say, 'Well, Iknow a lot about computers, '" Norris said ,"Or they can say, 'Here s my certification,this i wbat Ian do'."

Students do not have to go to workst raight out of the academy, though. Theinitial classes, Busines Computer Infor-mation ystems and Computer Scienceas well as the junior/senior programs, pro-vide an introduction into junior collegessuch as Blinn, where many cla ses can beconsidered continuations of the TechAcademy's curriculum, The academy'sclasses can also provide a background totechnology courses at a university,

Despite all the training the academyprovides Norri admits it is not all thattudents need.

"We can t teach tbem everything; it'snot possible," he said. "The classes arequite bands-on, but there 's nothing likesome day-to-day experience. A lot of itjut comes from practical experience -seeing the same things over and over."

Next year the academy will occupyonly one floor of the ACE building. Theyear afterward the entire A E programwill move into the Lamar campus and theTech Academy will take over the rest ofthe building.

More satellite campuses likeHammond-Oliver and the TechnologyAcademy may become available in the fu-ture. Earlier in the year SlSD Director ofFacil it ie Mike Kristynik said that an AutoTechnology campus may be considered,and that the district will add new satell itecampuses on an as-needed basis.

ment being made i untrue I j ust take is-sue with how blatant it i s. Limi ted is notthe same as unsophisticated," Lampo said.

Lampo says that the Bryan school dis-t rict compares well with other school onAP tests . She does, however, concede thatvocabulary is one oftbe tudents' weak-est objectives.

Bernadette Graff, who teaches En-glish IV , also acknowledges th e problemsstudents are having with vocabulary. Inaddition. she ba s noticed a decline ingoodbasic English skill .

"1 do feel that the vocabulary is lim-ited, and we've been working 01 1 that.Over the years more and more studentsjust feel that l iterary sophistication is not

important, so they don't try as hard, there-fore their work is only rough draft qual-ity," Graff said.

The English department is currentlyworking on all these problems with lin-guistics. Teachers are taking their vocabu-lary from the verbal section of the SAT.To further enforce working on writingskills, students are put to high standardsby the English department.

"J don't let any student turn in roughdraft work;ifit isn't good quali ty r givethe a s ignrnent back and make them do itover. Students are academicaIJy the sameno matter where they come from; they canall live up to your expectations," Graffsaid.

LIBRARYcont. from pg. 1the Lamar campus is closed, adding up a total of 42,000 books sitting on the newlibrary' s shelve .

All those book aren't just for BH students; Stephenson said the library iopento the public, although student get priority. In order to help the publi 's awarene s,the library plans to have several programs to bring in parents so they can see what isavailable to their kids. A computer network must be completed before this takes place.

Although almo t everything else bas changed, th e l ibrary sti ll has the same hoursa before: 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. onFridays.CHALK TALKcont. from pg. 3wear at footbaU games was introduced back in the '70's but no one would wear itbecause it looked strange. The spir ited fight song everyone ings with enthusiasm atgame might as well have been a Russian folk song back then ..It's hard to imagineaschool without traditions. but that' s where Bryan High School was. Students had notyet b come comfortable in their new school. As the years lowly passed, however,things attempted and repeated became accepted and expected. Things awkward andembarrassing became enthusiastic and confident. From the beginning, BHS has seenit s tudents actively involved in creating a tradit ion-rich school full of energetic, mo-tivated young people on the road to maturity. As you look about your school todayyou can ee the results of their efforts 0 er the past 2 year . ..a wonderful place witha spirited atmosphere you are proud of.

So what role do you play in the midst of this change? Why it means YOLI are tooinvolved in the aging process and the little things you do regularly without thinkingwill culminate in big things of importance someday. Years from now you will lookback on your high chool years with fondnes remembering all the people and thingsof yOU!high school years. Will you remember your contribution to your school, yourcommunity, your world with pride and fondness? It's not too late to start those memo-ries of today and traditions of tomorrow. Get involved in activities and lend yourupport , your time and your resource to make today' s events tomorrow's traditions!

BHS succeeds at district VICAThe team of Samuel Dyal

and Erika Colli s on took firs tplace at the district VICA tour-nament in Beaumont for televi-sion production skills. The teamof Jeff Cooper and Bo Reedwon second place. BHS haswon the district t it le for six con-secutive years.

In the technical info contestof auto tecb, Trey Davis tookfirst place, Ruben Sotelo ec-and and Matthew Schlabachthird. Texas style craftsmanship paid off fo r VICA weld ing

students as their bar-b-que pit won Best of Show in Dis-trict 7 VICA competi tion. Those working on the projectIncluded: Robert Bosquez, Brian Peters, David Warren,Brandon Moore , Joseph Hanks, Noriberto Santana,Tyler Hurst, Adam Jackson and Adam Rathbun. photocourtesy Butch Ireland, The Eagle

In the hand -o n ski lis sec-tion of auto tech, Jesus Romeroand Rafael Martines tookfourth and fifth place, respec-tively.

Tony Ruiz, Romero,Martinez, Sotelo, Davis,Schlabach and Will Maeger took firstplace in the job exhibits section of autotech. Ian Gibb won s cond place.

There were also several winner in thecosmetology contest. The team of JulieWoodard and Crystal Rodriquez won

first place in nai lwork. The teams ofSharouda Harris and Andrea . ustick,and Tammy Daloney and HopeMartinez took second and third place re-spectively. In addition, Kelsha Brown andMarshea Wilson won third place in hairstyling.

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BHS students save livesOn March 2 theannual NHS/RedCross blood drivetook place. BHSstudents and thecommunity

participated In thisworth~ cause.

"I gave blood tohelp. It's m y thirdtime."Bettina Flores, J 2

U I gave bloodbecause 1 feel likepeople need to helpothers."

S en io r A ng ela E llis on is o neo f m a ny s tud en ts w ho d ec ided tod on ate b lo od .

"I dec ided to donate bloodbecause pretty soon a lo t of theb loo d w ill be in fec ted and unu -able becau e of STD 's, and Iknow m ine is c lean ," E lli onsaid.

E ve ry u nit o f b lo od is tes tedf or e vi de nc e o f transmissible dis-e as es i nc lu di ng HTV and tw otrands of hepa t it i s . Ift es ti ng i n-d ic ates th at a un it of blood m aypo e a threat , it i s d e s tr oye d .

In th e United State, ap-p rox im a tely every tw o s ec on dss om eo ne n eed s blo od . P atien tsu n de rg o in g s u rg er y, a c ci de nt v ic -tim s , c an cer p atien ts , a nd h em o -phi liac ar e am ong m any w hos urv ive bec au se of blo od d ona-t ions.

E ve ry y ea r, m o re th an 4500units o f b lo od are d on ated in th eB ra zo s V a ll ey .

The Red Cross receivesnearly six m illion volun teerblood donations annually anderv es n early 3,000 hospi ta lsnat ionwide.

(above) Randy Meadors,Samantha Prestridge, and TriciaCcon have fun wait ing to donatewi th their blood bags.(rIght) Luis Padin looks awaywhile the needle is inserted Inhisarm.

The NHS/Red CroB lo od D riv e is a n an nu al ev en t.

"N HS sp ons ors th e b lo oddrive because w e feel it is aw orthw hile cause . W e have ar es po ns ib ili ty to s er ve th e c om -m unity and it save a lo t ofliv es ," D os s s aid .

Matt Wolfert, J I -Source: American Red Cross

An ge la M o rs eAssistant editor

"I 'm only 17, w hat can Ipo ibly do to help anyone?'K ari a ked. For one th ing , h ecould donate blood, jus t likeve r 244 s tu de nt s a nd te ac h erfrom BHS and m em bers fromth e local com munity did onM arc h 2 .

T wo -h un dred an d fourty-four p in ts of blood w ere do-nated at th is year's N ationalH on or o cie ty/R ed C ros b loo dd riv e at B HS , w h ic h s urp as se dth ir go al o f 215 pints.

"O ur goal w as to get f irs ttim e d on ors to b ec om e lif etim edonors," NBS m em ber ands pok es pers on A m y D os s s aid .

To give blood, one m us t beh e al th y , a t l ea t 17 y ea rs o ld andw eigh at leas t I] 0 pounds.P eo ple m e etin g th es e re qu ire -m en t can donate a un it (onepin t) ofblo d as often as everye ig ht w e ek .

One can also donatep las m a at lo ca Ip la sm a d o na ti onc enters . M os t c enters w ill p aym o ney fo r p la sm a .

Revenge of the N@r'DS What's your dream?Tech team takes on megabyte-size challenges Faculty gives advice on career choicesliz CarrStaff writer

Th e teach er le ts out a fru trated ighas sh e struggles w ith am alfunc tioning com -puter . It h as b een do ingth is a ll w ee k. T hen , s ud -d enly, h elp arrives, no tin th e form of college-ed uc ate d p ro fe sionalsin suits and ties, butrath er a s th re e s tu den tsi n l et te r j ac ke ts a nd j ea ns .

eniors Robin Ekeland and ClintJane and junior John M ah ler m ake upwha t iknow n as th e tec h team . Th ey areem ployed by B ryan ISD as part of th e C a-reer T ec h/C oo p prog ram an d sp end th irdth rough fifth period troublesh ooting inc om p uter lab s aJ J o ve r th e d is tric t.

B ryan H igh ' tech team is believedto be the only one like it in Texa . Theprogram only began a year ago w ith 1998g ra du at e W il li am S c ar m ard o.

.. c arm ardo w as an avail-ab le reso urc e, an d h e h ad s uc ha k no w led ge o f in stru ctio na ltec hn olo gy th at [C areer T ec hS up erv is or] L in da D illa rd ap -proached h im about doingC oo p," te ch no lo gy s pe cia lis tJan i re 00 aid.

Jon received m o t o f h i

Jones

train in g fro m c arm ard o."When J s tarted las t year, he

[Scarm ardo] knew th at I knew noth ing . Ilearn ed a lot from h im ," Jon es s aid .

Jon es is in turn te ac hin g E ke la nd an dgroom ing M ah ler to take h is place nextyear .

T hough he is gain ing experience onthe job , M ahler learned m o t of w hat h eknow s from tinkering w ith h is ow n c om -p ute r an d re ad in g b oo ks .

T h e t ea m s pe cia li ze in both PC an dM acintosh repair and can do any th ingfrom ins talling oftw ar and putting innew hard drive and D -rom s to dealingw ith m em ory card .

T o com puter applica tions teac herK atrina S m ith th e tec h team is a b ig h elp.

"I I ke h aving som eone to fix prob-l em s t ha t Ion t h av e tim e to fix. I t's n ic eto have th em around toh elp o ut w hen Ih ave toteach four c ia e. Idon 't h a e tim e form aintenanc e," Sm ithsaid.

G reeno feels th atth e teac hers are n ot th eonly ones w bo benefit Ekelandf ro m th e tec h tea m 's w o rk ; th ere a re th in gsto be gained by th e m em ber them selves .

'Through th eir w ork the team re-ceives a good foundation in tbe use ofc om puters as w ell a orne bas ic trouble-h oo tin g an d p ro gra m m in g s kill ," G ree no

said.A lt ho ug h, t he ir w o rk is p ri m ari ly

to h elp te ac hers , E kela nd b elie ve sth at th ey do not alw ays get the re-s pe ct t he y d es er ve ."O ur age is a m a jo r fac tor. So m e

teach er don't like tak ing advicefrom u becau e w e're younger.T hey re u nc om f ortab le w ith th e fa ct

th at som etim es w e know m ore th an theyd o," E ke lan d s aid .

G reeno h as an ins igh t in to w hy th ishappens.

"Th e s tuden ts often h ave valuablesk ills on com puters because th ey 'vegrow n up w ith them ," G reeno said.

T he team is c urrently ass is tin g w ithth e n etw o rk in g in th e n ew lib rary .

S ara h S ny de rCo-editor

T he d ays o f e lem e ntary s ch ool w henf utu re b allerin as an d N FL q ua rte rb ac ksro am e d th e p la yg ro un d at rec es s are lo ngg on e f or h ig h s ch oo l s tu den t.

Today's s tu den ts are n ow fac ed w ithrea list ic barriers concern ing c areerc ho ic e: go als are m o re realistic in th eiry ou ng -a du lt y ea rs a nd s tu de nt s f ou nd th atfam ous m antra "you c an do any th ing ,"bad trings attach ed suc h a h ard w o rkand lu ck. T hes e s trin gs b ec am e m o re andm ore vi ible a tim e elapsed .

D es pite th eir c ha ng e o ver th e y ear.g oal are still im p ortant, as p rin cip al JoeK o pe c n ot es .

"Even if you do not know jus t w hatyo u w an t to d o, and m o st h ig h s ch ool k idsdo n't, tu dent s ho uld h av e s om e gen erallife g oals in m in d," K opec said.

In the age of co-op and com puterassem blie such a th e Career Center inth e lib ra ry , s tu den ts are a ble to ex plo re am y r ia d o f p os si bi li ti es . P ro gr am s r an gi ngfrom co rneto logy , Future Farm er ofA m e ric a an d s cien ce lab s e xp os e s tu de ntt o p ot en ti al w o rk in g e nv ir on m e nt s."Th e next s tep . once goals arcdeterm ined, is to th ink about the th ingyou need to do to put your elf in thepos ition to accom plish th em ," K opecsaid.

Inevitably , there arc till tuden tw ho strug gle w ith c areer c ho ic e , p rh aps triv in g to trik e a b alanc e b etw een w hatis fun and w hat is probable . O thers areju st d ow n rig ht c lu ele ss . W h en f illin g th e" m a jo r" b la nk o n a pp li ca ti on s, t he c h oi ceof w hat career to pursue h its h om e form a n y c ol le ge -b ou nd s en io rs .

B iology teacher Lynn Blake leebelieves that happiness is th e m os t

i m p o rt an t t hi ng ."Stu dents s ho uld s triv e for a c areer

in w h ic h th ey en jo y. T his w ill a llo w th emto obtain th eir goal ucces fully and behappy in w h at th ey choose to do,"B la ke s le e s a id .

M ath teacher Lillian Dow ns alsoendorses th e belief that the job m arketm u st b e c on sid ered, alon g w ith naturalinterests.

"I recom mend that neither bed is co un te d," D ow n s s aid .

She also says noth ing is w rong w ithc hang ing on e's g oals . D ow ns m a jored inb oth e ng in ee ri ng a nd e du ca ti on .

"Y ou r g oals c an c han ge; ju st b e s ureto get so m e." D ow n s aid. "O ver a periodof years . 1 have ach ieved both types ofdegrees , and [ h ave w orked a num ber ofy ears in ea ch a re a."

K op ec als o m e ntio ns th e im p orta nc eof personality tra its and bow th eyc orrespond w ith career goal .

T here are life- tylc can ideration ."W hat kind of person do I w ant to be'?W hat are th e v alu es th at ['1 1 us e to m a ked ec is io ns an d g uid e m y lif e?" K op ec s aido f th e qu es tion s s tu den ts s ho uld as k.L ike paw ns on a ch essboard ,s tu den t's fu tu re s w ill s hif t f or w h ate verrea so n, ev en w ith g oals .

W hat is planned for is notn ec es sarily w h at w ill b e; E ng lis h tea ch erM ary B lack is a prim e exam ple . Sh etarted in nu rs ing , th en w ent to pre-law ,w ith m arriage and ch ildren in bern een,an d e nd ed u p w ith a d eg ree in e du ca tio n.

W ith th is e xp erien ce s he s tres ses th ei m p o rt an c e o f f le xi bi li ty ,

"Even their first c ar er w ill not beth eir's fo r a life tim e in all likelih ood ,"B la ck s ai d o f s tu de nt s.

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s Girls' soccer works to refine key skills;S Players uncertain about upcoming yearGymnasts excel atViking InvitationalBryan Highhosted a gym-nastics invitational March 5.The boys' team, once again,placed first out of 40 otherteams competing. ChrisMoncivais, placing 4th in all-around competition, took 5thon rings, 3rdon floor and 2ndon high bar. NicholasPalmos placed 1st on horseand high bar and 2nd on ringsand parallel bar. MichaelFarnsworth also placed 2ndon horse and 3rd on par bar.The girts team tiedfor sec-ond inthis same meet, but thetie breaker later gave them athird place finish. AmyWooderson received 6thplace in the all-around com-petition, placing 4th on beamand 7th on floor. Kristen.Greeno placed 9th on floor,and Jessica Salinas placed9th on bars.

Swimmers (f ront, l-r) Victor iaSzabuniewicz, Laura Starr, AmyBergbreiter and Amy Allen. photoby Specialties Photography.

Swimmers makefinals at regional

The 200 medley relay and400 freestyle relay teams ofAmy Bergbreiter, VictoriaSzabuniewicz, Laura Starrand Amy Allen made the fi-nals inthe regional swim meetheld at Texas A&M Feb. 12-13. Both teams placed in thetop eight In the preliminaries.Allen also qualified for finalsin the 200-yard freestyle.Diver Annie Haste alsofared well in the regional div-ing meet held at the Wood-lands Feb. 12.Two win tournamenthonors for baseball

Brian Mobley andMichael Sandoval each re-ceived All-Tournament honors.n the Abilene TournamentMar. 4-6. Both are pitchers forthe varsity baseball team.

Liz Carr, Janice CotsonisStaff writers

Determinat ion, devotion,speed and endurance: these arequalities t ha t a re known to makea good soccer player. Or at leastin the eyes of the girls' soccerteam they do.

Cultivating the e kills is theeveryday challenge for the team.They believe that tlli j what willhelp them reach other objectives,including succe s at districtand making it to theplayoffs.

" We' vereached our goalof playing bet-ter a a team,but now we'dlike to make itto the playoffs.That will betough," soccercoach RobinColicchio said.

Colicchio is aJso emphasiz-ing playing soccer in year-roundleagues. He feels that i twill helpinstill the necessary characteris-tics ill h is players.

The team members know

that the techni cal ities of thegame such a ball handling andspeed are not of sole importance.Ital a takes devotion and a goodattitude.

"Each person has to playhard and with intensity evenwhen the odd are not in our fa-vor. I t's very important to nevergive up, to desire to play well andto have a sportsmanlike attitude,"ophornore Tolu Babalola said.

Tn addition to occer_ _ J I I ! I ' I ! I ~ " " _ _ ski lis, there arealso life lessonsto be learnedon the field.

"BeingIn soccerhas taughtme just todeal withwhatever

comes. Nomatter how mis-

erable you are youhave to tougb it," freshman

Annie Snodgrass said.Junior Christine Vick feel

that being on the team has taughther about the real world.

"Soccer has taught m e that

said softball head coach JaniceWilliamson.

This year , the team will facesome of toughest teams whoclaim a good softball pla tform.They will a1 0 battle the pre-sea on favor ite Westwood, wholost to only the 1998 StateChamps, Klein Oak, last year.With these teams in mind,Williamson feels that this year'schedule i the mo t challengingsince the port began at BHS in1989.

"Every team we play in thepre eason were playoff teams la tyear. We are faced with highlycompetitive team in this newdistrict," Williamson said.

When it comes to th e girls,however , they have nothing tofear. Some even claim that thesenew t ough" foes wil l increase

With her eyes on the ball, Emily Nelson races a Round Rock playerdownfield. The remainder of Ihe soccer home games will be played atSFAstadiumdue 10 renovationsat Viking Stadium.photo by Bi ll Meeks

competition is always increasingand the only way to play thegame is to give 110 percent,"Vick said.

The biggest obstacle facingthe team for next year wi II be theloss of nine seniors.

"We are losing about haJfofvarsity and the people coming updon t have as strong a soccerbackground," Babalola said.

On the other hand, Vick isoptimistic.

"I see the team next seasonas having a good chance, becausethe N has great potential and afew incoming fr shmen, that Iknow of, can play," Vick said.

No matter what happens tothe team, freshman JenniroseGarcia is ready.

"What soccer has taught meis that you are not always goingto succeed, but you should justkeep trying your hardest," Garciasaid.

Softball team facing a tough season;girls encouraged by new district lineupDebbie PerezCo-editor

lt could have been a hockeypuck that landed on senior Mis tyMunoz's glove as they declaredvictory over her opposing teamduring a scrimmage. But itwasn't. It was definitely asoftball- a softball that ironicallyleft an imprint on Munoz's hand.

"It definitely is n ' t your usualgirly sport. It's hard ball," Munozsaid.

The Lady Vikings softballgirts are redefining the "soft" intheir sport as they bead off toanother eason. Although theexternal pressure from the teamsin their new district exi Is, onemight say the Lady Vikes areplaying it cooL.

"We are well ahead of wherewe were at this time la t year , .

Celebrating victory are Lady Vikings (from left) Luann Schlutt, MarieGorzycki, Misty Munoz, Katie Youngkln, Blair Maldonado and SarahWerner. The girls won their first dislriclgame over Round Rock McNeil5-1 on March 9. photo by Bil l Meeks

their abi lity to defeat them."We are not pres ured at all.In fact, we don't have any

preconceptions about what theyare like and bow they play.

"As far as we ar e concerned,they are nobody. This fact alJowstbe team to play even betterwithout the pressure that we felt--

from other teams last year," saidsenior varsity player SarahWerner.

The Lady Vikings openedtheir district season March 9 witha 5-1 victory over Round RockMcNeil.They will face theirbiggest opponent, Westwood,April 6 at Travis Field ..

Atruenc racumes urmerqo changesSoftball, baseball complex approved

fencing, concession stands andstorage facilities.

The softball coach, JaniceWilliamson thinks the best thingabout the new fields will betheir location.

Players have been drivingto Travis Field every day topractice and having the field oncampus will allow them to goto tutorials more. It will also besafer because players will nothave to drive.

She is also excited becausethe location will allow morefans and students to come andwatch the game .

"It time for us to experi-ence some ofthe Viking pride."said Williamson.iViking Stadium closed for renovations

Sarah DavidsonStaff writer

A contract for a new base-balVsoftball complex was ap-proved by the school boardMarch 2 . The facility is esti-mated to cost approximately$1.3 million

The complex wi II belocated behind the AquaticCenter. Four new fields will bebuilt, one competition and onepractice field each for bothsoftball and baseball.

Batting cages will also bebuilt and will be placed in acentral location so that all teamscould u e it. The complex willbe equipped with lights,

Repairs and improvementsto the drainage systems, thepLaying field and the track sur-face will keep Viking radiumclo ed until Augu t 1. The sta-dium was officially clo edMarch I .

Remaining soccer matchesfor boys and girls wil l be played

at the SFA stadium. The springfootball game will also be heldaISFA.

Track teams arc alternatingbetween workout on groundoutside the stadium and beingbused to Sam Rayburn Middlechool.

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Life after deathArtists become more popular post-mortemAngela MorseAssistant editor

M any painters m ade m orem o n ey a ft er t he y d ie d t ha n w ruleth ey w ere alive. Whi le Pica sow a alive, iew ou ld never h av edream ed that h is paintingsw ould sell for m illions of dol-lars.

Now , it i r ec o rd in g a rt is tsthat are making the m i l li ons af-ter th ey die. Sublim e 's self-titled CD is s tiU a best sellerth re e y ea rs a ft er i ts relea e , p os -sibly due to lead s inger Bradl yN ow e ll 's d ea th .

S om e o f S ub lim e 's o ld er al-b um s w en t g old b ec au se p eo plew anted m o re S ub lim e s on g, bu tth e only o ne available w ere onold album th at previou ly no-b od y h ad b ea rd .

T hro ug h th e p ow er 0f c om -pu ter an im ation and ol d videoofow el1 , ublim e's videos aretill ab le to how h im w ith theband as if h e w ere s till aliv e.

Th is has been done w itheveral o th er a rtis ts , m o st n ota-bly Tupac h akur, H i newvideo" hanges" use scenesf ro m h is n um e ro us o th er v id eo sand s om e o f th e m o vies s tarringShakur . He al 0 had s om e v id -eo s and unr leased m us ic al-ready record d before he died.

O ne rea on artists m ay sellm ore album s post-hum ously isthe public ity g iven to th e cir-c um stanc es of their death . ev-eral artis t h a e died either from

T he m edia tends to foc us on th isand broadcast s tories about th etragedies of the "rock and rolllifestyle."T here 's also the s tory ofSelena ' trag ic death . Sh er ea ch ed n at io na l f am e a f te r d e at hdu e to th e m e dia c overag e o f h erm urder. h e w as already fa-

m ou in th e w orld oftejano m u-s ic , b ut h er d ea th b ro ug ht her intot he m a i ns tr ea m .

Som e people say thatT upac 's death w as jus t a p ub lic -ity s tu nt. I f 0 it w o rk ed . D ea thha definitely b come p r of it ab l efo r m a ny artists,

Deadly Success

Sublime lead singerBradley Nowell did notlive to see his bandmake millions. He diedof a heroin overdoseweeks before his bandbecame famous. Thealbum Sublimeincludes top songs like~Wrong Way" and"Lovin (Is What I Got)."

Tupac Shakur'sbiggest recordsales came afterhis death. Thealbum All Eyes OnMe sold 5 millionalbums. His deathoccurred beforeseveral of hisvideos had beenreleased, and laterbecame highlysuccessful.

No Man'. LandTo find "No Man's Land,"check the local comic shopsfor these titles:BatmanDetective ComicsShadow of the BatLegends of the Dirk KnightIn addition, several one-shotstories have been plannedandothertitleswill crossover.

Julian Lennon'slatest a lbum is ac reative , vers atilecollect ion of wo r k t ha tm ay take som elisteners by surpr ise .

'JUDE' TAKES A SAD SONGAND MAKES IT BETTER

JulianLennonfinds hisplace in family businessSa.rahSnyderCo-editor

s e em s to b e th e c raze th es e days(don 't get m e w rong , I d ig th at

Julian Lennon ' m us ic s tuff , but th is is betted).rem in ds m e o fa walk in t he park My favorite wouLd have toon a cool, sm oggy day . And be' W ay to your Heart." Ienvysm og's not had w hen it 's done w hoever that w a w ritten for, butrigh t. \ the album isn 'Iu st s ap py

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"Day After Day" is really waving goodbye with that photographnice; it sh ow s a hopeful and smile ...).persistents ide of lo ve th at Iind Overall, th is CD is g ood. I t 'squite refresh ing-~ differen t in a pos itive w ay ,

"J'm making my way. each a lth ou gh th e s lo w er p ac e of it al lmorning J pray for you, day after doy . m igh t take som e lis teners , w hoJ./I turn every stone, until I gethome toyou. day after day" are u ed to h arsh er m usic , by

--none of th at pe sim is tic , surpri e.lo ver-b as hin g so rt o f th ing th at ****Carol Andrew s ther w ay, the acous tic sound di-Staff writer rec ts atten tio n to B rad ley 's

ince th e unex- voice, aw esom e ly ric s andpeered death fB rad- .... .~"... ove r- al l t al en t .le y ewell in 1996, _ ; . . - . , _ ; . . . . r I w ould even ay that "Sawublime fans have been lost, Red," "Poolshark" an d "Don'tclutch ing on to th e pas t album s Push" are better on th is albumthat th y loved a m uch . than they w ere th e firs t tim e . T heN ow ell' d ath , trag ic as it w as , feeling you get from th is albumh as left o rn e d istrau gh t, kn ow - like n o o th er. B ein g m e llo w ering th at there will and m ore laidnever b e a ny th i ng back, true Sub-quite th e arne as Being mellower lim e fans can itSublim e's sm ooth back a nd get alyric , c ra zy s ou nd and more laid g lim p se o f s om ean d o v er al l l ov ab le back. true Sub- of th e last feel-quality. lime fans can sit ings of BradleyTw o years aft r Now ell.Nowe ll 's d e at h , h i back and get a E ve n p eo pl efriend and f ami ly glimpse of some w ho haven 'tp ro du oed a c olle c- of the last feel- ever listened totion o f the band's Sublim e shouldings of Bradley give th is albu mNowell. a shot. Th eb es t w ork , fromth e album econdHand Smoke ,Sublime (self-titled), 40 oz to Freedom , Rob-biug th e Hood and Stand byYour Van.

Th e acoust ic collection,Bradley N ow ell and Friends ,display all of th e e ne rg y th atN ow ell w a know n for. here area few on gs th at are rec orded liv efro m perfo rm a nc es, w hile m o stof th em are s tud io rec ord ed . E i-

t ri p pe d- ou tpunk, reggae,

folk-like sound should be oneth at every on e w ould en jo y.

I e fin ite ly re co m m e nd th ateveryone get th i s album , espe-cially ifyou are a Sublim e fan tob eg in w ith . T his w iI J p ro bab ly b eth e las t a lbu m c eleb rating B radN ow ell's li fe , so get it w h ile y oucan.*****

8/6/2019 Volume 28 Number 5

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Wesley Snipes and castmake vampire movie abloody failure ~ ~/t$11""""'' ' '~-'' 'Chris Baker .~ ... ~ ~Staff writer - ~

N ew York City , b lood bath s and theres urre ctio n o f a nc ien t g od s is n't w h at o neex pec t from a v am p ire m o vie . T hat is w hatBlade ~es the view er.

B lade, starring W esley Snipes, isabout a half-mortal, half-vampire w ho istry ing to save th e w orld from an organi-za tio n o f v am p ire e ld ers that g ov er n o ve rth e vam p ires of th e w orld.

A young and am bitious vam pirenam e d D eac on F ro st, played b y Steph enD orff , ta ke s c on tro l o f th is o rg an iz atio nand s et s h is s ig ht s OJ] reviving an ancientgod to tum all h um a ns in to v am p ires .

D oin g h is du ty to s ave m a nk ind fro mth is f ate, B la de a nd h is s id ek ic k W h is tle r(Kris Krisrofferson) play by their ow nrules to s top th e evil vam pires from th eirplans.

Th is m ovie could have been m uchbetter. B lade is jus t like all th e oth er ac -tio n m o vies w here th e h ero h as to des tro ythe evil v illa in and save h is g irl from thec lutc hes of d eath an d all b efo re b edtim e .

S nip es' ro le in th is m ovie pales tosom e of h is better w orks ; a t leas t in Pas-senger 57 h is c h ar ac te r a nd a cti ng s ee m e dreal.

B lade 's p lot also could use a littlew ork. O ne w ould th ink w ith an originalc harac ter like th at, th ey c ould m ake th eplot fi t th e ch arac ter and not w ith w hatjus t s ells m o vie s eats an d p opc orn .

W h ile m ost of the m ovie w as justthere to take up tim e and w as try ing toenterta in people , there w ere som e goodmom e n t s in the m o vie th at m ade parts ofi t f a ir ly i n te r es t in g .

T h e o nly re as on I o uld e ven re co m -m e nd s eein g th is m o vie is fo r th e o pen ingb lo od b ath s cen e. T his is tru ly a c oo l sh otof h ow a good party c ou ld b e turn ed intoa scream ing m adhouse, but w hat couldth ey expec t? They w ere in th e back of am e at p ro ce ss in g p lan t.**

Snipes and Dorff f ight to the death in themovieBlade, which was released last sum-mer. Snipes Is attempting to defeat Dorff inorder to keephim from populating th e worldwith vampires.

Rating System***** This wasso shagarrific, itmade Austin Powers look bad.**** It was good, but not goodenough to ditch Mel Gibson for it.***This was okay, but the couplemaking out in front of mewas better.** What was the nameof itagain? Iforgot. I slept thorugh most of it.* The cockraoches on the f loor put ona better show.

JA:It's G O r n y .JM: Daria ain't got it all.SA: It's so stupid it's funny.S M : It's c ute in a c orny w ay.JM: Only MTV could make something like this.JA: They can't sing at all Everytime they do itsounds like they're wh.ining about something.Bo: This is kind of like an R-rated Disney movie.BA: It's so cheesy it hurts.JM: Daria needs a boyfriend. There's something:wrong with her.'Bo:1 don't think a boyfriend would help h e r ,Bill: This is only the third Daria I've seen. It was kindof weIrd, but pretty funny.

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VikingsJacob Arriaga12

Bill Ramirez12

Bryan Adams10

S E I a n d V IO lE C E a d d s u p l o P G - 1 3Hollywood lowers standards for movies, society ~ \ \ ~ 6 IW i I IW iS (Debbie PerezCo-editor

T hirty y ears ag o, th e c on cep tof having extrem e violenc e andexplic it scenes in m ovies thatillus tra te im m orality w as notc on tem p lated , T his ty pe of m o vie sim p lyw as not produced, and so ch ildren w eren ot e xp os ed t o s uc h c on tr ov ers ia l m a te ria l.T im e s h av e c erta inly c bang ed , and w ith itc am e th e ra tin g s ys te m .

Th e rating sys tem seem ed to w ork th ef L I S t couple of years . Once upon a t ime ,w hen a fiL m was rated P O-13, it m eant P O-13 m aterial. N ow adays , h ow ever,Hollyw ood has chosen to low er thes tan dards th at a m o vie h as to m e et in orderto get a rating th at w ill a ttrac t a w ideraudience.

Movies such as Titanic and evenA ustin Po wers fa ith fu lly illu stra teH all yw ood 's low er c riteria on a P G- 13ra t ing. Austin Powers is a ls o w alkin g o nthe edge w ith its rating . A lth ough therew as n't an y v isu aIon t en tto be condem ned, thelanguage w as vulgar,s tu p id a nd u n com f o rt ab leto listen to w ith a datepresent .

L et's n ot f org et K ateW in sle tt 's n ud ity as L eopain ted a pic ture of her,and th is is on ly th e s tartof th is m ovie . S incew hen is 30 us es o f h ard, vu lgar lan guage,elev en ins tanc es o f a nu de p ic tu re s how n,: an d n ud it y w i th im p l ie d s ex ua l i nt erc o ur ses uita ble f or a "1 3y ea r o ld ? I m m o ra lity a ndvulgar language do not s tand alone in th ec om p os ition of th is rating. Th ere is alsov io le nc e in T ita nic th at c orru pts th e m i nd sof individuals . T hrough out th is m ovie,there exis ts inc iden ts that sh ou ld havem a de th is m o vie a c red ib le , rate d- R m o vie :all the talk of suic ide, striking of w om en

a nd m o th er b atin g, g am b lin g, f ig htin g toc ontrol life, drinking to celebrate andfirearm s . O bv iou sly , tbes e th in gs w erenot im portan t enough to tbe MotionPic ture A ssoc iation of A m eric a. Th eyh av e d ef in it el y l ow e re d th eir s ta nd ar ds ,o therw ise, they w ould probably h avefew er view ers and a l es s s uc c es sf ulmOVIe.

But w hy did th e rating sys temfram e rs d ec id e to a lter th e c rite ria ?D irec tors m o stly aim to m a ke m o ney ; th em i ld er th eir ra tin g is fo r th e m o vies , th em o re p eo ple w ill w atc h it, th e b ig ge r th eirp ay ch ec k. S o w h at k in d o f ra tin gs d o th eyprefer? PG-13, o f c o ur se . Anyth ing elseis n ot g oo d e no ug h f or th em . It m u st h av ebeen a big bonus for th em to find out that

it is eas ier for th em toac co m plish th is - ev enif the m ovie has trashw r it te n a ll o ve r it

Som e peoplew onder w hy oursocie ty is so im m oraltoday ; adding to thep ol it ic al d ow n fa ll i s t h efall of m an itself .

Children are exposedto such corruption andglamour in sex andviolence, not justphysically but throughentertainment as well.

C hild ren are exp osedto s uc h c orru ptio n an d g lam o ur in s ex an dv io le nc e, n ot ju st p hy sic ally b ut th ro ug henter ta inment as w ell. I t 's enough thatth ey are having to be around th isen viron m en t ev ery day of th eir liv es ..

M ov ie s s ho uld c rea te a n es cap e f ro mth e real w orld. For a m om ent, d isbeliefk icks in and view ers are in anoth eru niv ers e. W hy s hou ld it b e c om p ris ed ofcons tan t curs ing , nudity , sex andviolence?

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