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OCTOBER 31 2002

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VOL. 31, No, 3Local girl ta k ing p ro tec tion co llec tionStudents to help fund canine cop vests

work. Several Atlanta-area schools were partofalive studio audience, while other schoolsparucipatedthrough e-mails and video phonehookups. CNN anchors producers, and othertechnical personnel answered a var iety ofquestions,

Bryan High was chosen as one of 31schools in the nat ion to par ticipate in thisevent, A high speed direct link provided byCOX cable allowed schools to view stream-i ng d ig it a l video of the event

The slew of questons were answered.by several reporters, directors, and evensound technicians. CNN morning anchor

proof vests for all the police dogs whose agencies contacther. She is t rying to raise money to buy vest ." for 15 dogsfrom agencies inBrazos. Burleson and Grimes counties, aswell as Texas Task Force One. Crockett Elementary andBowen's Brownie Troops have supported the fundraisingevents as well, Caldwell, Denton, Harlingen, Tyler and lolahave all requested canis ters to help raise money and sup-port f or t he organization.

"Sorncti mes wego out of lawn tosel l ori : i i I i i ~ "deliver the 'f-shirts." said Weaver's mother.Weaver. "We have also put canis-

ters inevery BISD school."Samantha Weaver has been actively col-

lecting donations and selling T-shirts for Pen-nies to Protect Police Dogs and has appeared

I on at! of the local radio and television sta -t ions . There are canisters for donat ions atthe First Bank of America, Wells Fargo, ra-

dio/television stations, libraries, drycleanersand veterinary clinics.

"Everybody in B ryan has poured their heart out tryingto help raise money for Pennies to Protect Police Dogs,"Markey Weaver said.

Canis ters may be picked up and/or donations may bemade by calling Samantha Weaver at 776-7718."1just want to make sure that the police dogs don'tget hurt" Samantha Weaver said.

Bryan Police dog "Dixie" will be on hand next weekwith her handler. Officer Jason James, to meetthe studentbody as the Norseman staff collects money.

Christine NelsonAssistant editor

The Norseman staff will help raise money for the loca Ichapter of Pennies toProtect Police Dogs next week. Do-nation tables will be ScI up dur ing all lunches in both caf-eterias.

Bowen second grader Samantha Weaver opened theTexas chapter for the Pennies to Protect Po-lice Dogs organization. As president ,Weaver has beencollecting money to buybulletproof vests for the local police dogssince Sept. 16.

"I gCI the vests from Point Blank," 7year old Weaver said. "That's the samecompany that makes buller-proof vests forthe police officers."

Eaeh vest costs $600 and takes eightweeks to arrive.

Weaver got the idea after learning of a Floridagirl who started the Pennies to Protect Police Dogs organi-zat ion and wanted to help raise money for it.

"It takes four months for the police officers to find andtrain their police dogs," said Weaver. "The dog is like a panof his family and ifsomething bad weec to happen to him,he would have to start . all over again. '

Weaver spends a couple of hours every day workingfor this organization and has placed canisters at local busi-nesses in Bryan to help collect money, She has raised over$3,000 and has DO intention of stopping there. Her goal isto raise as much money as she can to buy enough bullet-

Leon Harris moderated the discussion.Cox officia ls said the event demon-

strated the possibilities of integrating the lat-est in technology into schools."We wanted to go beyond simply put-ting acable modem in aclassroom. Wewantedtoshow the power and speed ofcable internetaccess in a ieamingenvironment," said COXCommunications Specialist Shawn Bruner.

Students recognized the unique aspectof the program.

'" thought that it was cool that we werelinked over such great distances by technol-ogy," saidjunior Brittney Cole.

Cox C able p artn ers w ith CNN to brin g behin d-the-s cen es bro ad cas tRobert RatkeStaffwrirer

A Bryan High student stares, wide-eyed,at thc projection screen. He Just can't be-lieve that his quest ion is being viewed by anarionwide audience, and answered by aCNN producer.

Last week, media tech, journalism andphotography students participated in a be -hind-the-scenes look:at CNN. The program.sponsored by Cox Cable,gave students aglimpse of what goes into th e productionand preparation of CNN's 24-hour news net-

S A Y " " " ' H SS R Y A N , 1 ' EX~

This question flashedonto thescreen duringtheCNN program attended by students last week.pholO by Jonathon Guilbeau ,


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2 NEWS~~~ ~AROUND THE CAMPUS

~ u.s. Hi tory cia e will host an as -semblyonVeteran' Day.Nov.ll,at2p.m.

P : : : ; in h nor oflocal veteran .Highlighting theI= Q ceremony will be the dedication ofthe Free-o dom Shrine.~ The F edom Shr ine. recently pur-Ouhascd by principal Mike Cargill, isa seriesof repr ductions of original documents thattoured the nation in 1947 on the Freedom Train.

~The documents which include the

De laration of Independence and theGettysburg Address, ar e photographicallyr . . L l~o JZ S ka te area to be bu ilt a t Hend ers on Park

Ng Veterans assemblyN"'o be Nov. 11

Jon ViekAssistant editor

Skateboarders, rollerbladers, and BMXbike riders who are t ired of not having anyplac topractice their kill ,will now have aplace to "lear i tup."

A public skate park will be started inJanuary. Itwill be part fthe renovation atHenderson Park in Bryan.

"Skate parks are one of the park ameni-Liesthat are in high demand I I C roS S th e n a -Lion," aid Bryan Parks and RecreationManager David Schmitz.

Thi will be the first park of this type inBryan. The skate park will be free for publicusc.

The park will consi t of ramp placedon top of a concrete slab. The slab willmeasure approximately 300' by 100'.

There will be an assortment of ramp

rcpr duced and di played on plaques. Theshrine wil l be on permanent display in theSilver cafeteria.

StuCo schedulesfall meetingsStudent Council would l ike to let s tu-

dents know that they are having meet ingsinRm.1200at4p.m. onNovember 4, IS,andDecember 2 and 16 . New officers includePaul K1ecldeyas president, Marvin Williamsas vice-president and Adriana Saldierna asecretary. They encourage anyone whowants to come tojoin the fun.

but the exact setup has not been an-nounced.

The liabi lity issues will be solved bymaking it a "skate at your own risk park ."Pads will not be requi red, but helmets andbody pad are highly recommended.

The kate park will be open for u ebetween 5a.m.-l1p.m.

Can tmction on the park will begin inJanuary and is expected to take 12 to 18months to complete, Schmitz ays .

The renovations atHenderson park willals include a swimming pool with bathhou e and bathroom .pienic facilit ies, foursoccer fields (one with lights), playgrounds,walking/jogging trail, batting cage, horse-shoe pits, an open space pre erve, sports!picnic pavilion, three LitLleLeague baseballfields, and one softball field. With all thesenew accommodations the park will expandfrom 21.76 acres to around 51 acre.

Feast of Carolsreservations on salebeginning Nov. 5

The choir will begin .e lling Feast ofCarols re ervations on Nov. 5. The reser-vati n are $15 and can be purchased bycal ling the choir room at73] -7497 or fromany choir student.

D ec . 5 - 7 are the perf rrnance dates for

the annual concert and dinner which fea-tures the Chorale dressed in medieval cos-tume as they serenade attendees. The BlueCommon is transformed into a medievalbanquet hall for the occasion.

The event has bee me a communityhighlight marking the beginning of the holi-day. ea on. Performances sell out quickly,so director Julie Birkner recommends mak-ing reservations early.

CHAMPIONS

SPECIAL OLYMPIC athle tes recently received lcuer jackets for their par ticipation inat leastfour area competitions. Showi ngoff their jackets arc (from left) Stephanie Batten, Victor Pease,Cry tal Ballew, Jeff Dooley, Juan Gonzalez, Curtis Pillman, and Christina Craft (not pic-tured) Deaven Cryer and Latreace McCoy. pho(_{) by S an dy F ar ris

S tu dent earns A ll Am erican s tatu s in speech, d ebateMarissa AutreySla//writer

The National Foren icLeague has rec-ognized senior Chris Kochevar as AllAmerican for peech and de-bate. He is the fir t studentfrom Bryan High to receivethis honor.

Kochevar is ranked 34thin the nation with 1273 pointshe has earned from various Kochevarcompetitions.

Points are earned by ranking inspeechtournaments. Last place receives one NFLpolnt while first place receives around 30

NFL points. The average competitor rnaxesout at 500 debate point and 500 speech/interp points.

"Imaxed our my freshman year wi th1000 points. b ut t he e xt ra points helped megel the ranking I now have," Kochevar said.

This is Kochevar' fourth year ofspeech and debate and second year as teampre idenl. During thi time he has com-peted in many tournaments.

"We go on about 18 tournaments peryear. and I have been doing it for aboutfour year ," Kochevar said .

Kochevar participate in a many aseight or as few as two events per tourna-mcnt . Hedoe .however, have preference .

"1 do almost every event offered ex-cepl cross examination debate. I really pre-fer to do in terpretation which Iwent to aummer in ti tnte for and pend the mo tlime with," Kochevar said.Lot of practice and preparation is re-quired to be able to per form to the best ofone's ability,

"I watch and read lots of news. Youalso have to tweak your cases betweenround and tournaments, adding new cardand n w points tokeep up with the compe-tition," Kochevar said.

Recognition by the NFL i notKochevar's only accomplishment. He quaLi-

fled for nationals hi s freshman year andquali fied for sta te in four events h i opho-more year. Last year he won four th in thetate for E temporaneous peaking inUIL .

Kochevar has appl ied to everaJ out oftate colleges, and i also con idering col-leges within the state.

"Within Texas I 'lJ be looking at Riceand UT if my out of sla te appl ications arenot accepted," Kochevar said.

Kochevar iseligible for the' All Ameri-can" cholarship. A tudenl mu t have 750NFL points. a GPA of over 3.7 anSKrscoreof over 140 and a coaches nomination tobe eligible.


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EATURES3nstant messaging becomes the new version of the telephone ~disturb" type f message. Whenever the user is busy doing other 8things , they cannot bothered by rnes ages when the feature is en-Nabled, This comes inhandy when typing papers, working on p rojects, "or looking up important information on the internet. ~

The many pt ions available with ome 1M programs ione ofthe main reasons that people uses certain messaging service over ~another. ~HAOL i my favori te because i thas a lot ofs tuff on i t, " Aubrey 0Kerr said. . t JAnother reason that IM p rogam s are used by some people is0that all of their friends u e it.

Kimberly Conaway uses Yahoo I Instant Messenger becau e everyone else that she knows uses it also.

OLhe have the option LOog On t o t he program and elect the ~option "invi ible" which allow fi r tb user to view tho e on their ~-contact list who are online without showing that they themselves 1-'-1are online.. . ~While 1M programs allow one to talk to others onl ine at en y 0time of th e day atno cost , other ways of communicat ion will still be Zwidely used.

Since the age of the internet, chatrooms have popped up allover. While chatrooms ar e a popular urce of communicat ion, manypeople do nol want to have to connect to log themselves into achatroom every t ime they decide that they want to talk to omeone,

Thu , in tant me aging program come into play. There aremore than 40 ins tant messaging program including AOL In rantMessenger (AlM), Microsoft Messenger (MSM), ICQ (Iseek you.),and Yahool Instant Messenger.

For the most part, these programs work the same way. Theprograms arc registered for free and downloaded. Then, a list ofcontacts may be set up.

Mo l IM pr gram al 0tell the u er when they have new e-mail and pop up a notice when omeone on their contact Iist comeonline. Others allow the user to end pictures to friends while talk-ing LO them and can allow for them to have a coover ar ion with th eper on they are ta1k:ingto via microphones and speakers.

Some programs have a "busy" feature that br ings up a "do not

Sheilah BehrensI ns t an t Messag ingRu les Editor

1) Do NOT set up ameeting with someoneyou meet onlinel2) Don't give out yourlast name, address,orphone nwnberl3) If something you readmakes you feel uncom-fortable, tell an adultl4) Not everything youread on the internet isalways true!5.) Be polite and kind!

Senior finds adventure of Outward Bound an incredible journeyElisa ValadezStaff writer

portance of adventure inone's Life.

Senior Bobby Twit tyexperienced the adventureof Outward Bound lhipast summer.

Outward Bound, anoutdoor program for teen-agers and adult , teachesskills such as leadership,sel f -mot ivat ion and team-work, allowing people todo

"Twenty years fromnow you will be more dis-appointed by the thingsYOIl didn ~do than by theones .1 '0 /1 did do.. . ., MarkTwain

Twain's quote is atheme of Outward Bound.aprogram stre ingthe irn-

Junior gallops miniChristine NelsonAssistant editor

Jade Hoefs gently lead' a young miniature hor eover a mall obstacle, training for a miniature ho e chow.She teaches him bow tojump over anobstacle, pivot onhis feet for a bowman hip cla and how t landquarely on his feet . Training the hor es from Decem-ber to March for horse shows, Hoefs starts the trainingeasy and works up slowly. She enjoys spending limewith her miniature horses.

'I like to spoil them and leach them how to calhuman food," said Hocf. a junior.

Hoef spend about two to four hours a day work-ing with and caring for her h r es which mu t be lethan 38 inches tall Laqualify as a miniature. She habeen nationally recognized for participating in her fa-vorite pastime and competes in national miniature horseshows. She first heard about these competitions from afamily friend and has now been raising miniature horsefor fi e years.

"I've won reserve champion inBhigh-point for twoyears now aswell as 13-17 high-point, high-poi ntyouthteam and high-pointyouth for the Shetland Pony Con-gre Nationals in Gifford, TlIinois," Hoefs said.

Hoefs competes in a variety of classes including

the thing they've onlydreamed of. These expedi-tions vary from mountainclimbing tohiking and raft-ing.

Twit ty' adventurewas in Manzama, Wash-ington, from July 17through August 8 .

Twitty described thetrip asoutgoing and adven-turous.

"It was an unforget-table learning experienceduring the 22 days I wasthere," Twitty said. Hiking,mountain limbing andbouldering werejust a fewof the outdoor activities inwhich TWitty participated.

Each day there weredifferent assignments foreach person. There was aper on in charge of First

Aid, Nature, and Hi tory.After being incharge ofonecategory, that same dayduring the "evening circle"the person incharge w uldhare what happened andwhat they learned.

Twitty was proud ofhis ability to attain all eightdifferent colors on hisbracelet that representedgood attributes such a

physical fitne and com-passion.

"I t fel l great to be thefir t on e to accompli hthi . 'Tw:itty said.

Twitty de cribcd thetrip as outgoing and fun.

"With trip like theones sponsor d by Out-ward Bound u is difficull toforget the thing you expe-rienced and learned,'Twitty aid.horses into showmanship

halter, showmanship, halter ob racle, road ter,pleasuredr iving, ver at il ity, and dr iving obstacle, where she isjudge-d ba ed on performance, how she handles thehorse. confirmation, and the hor e's altitude.

Hoefs ha plenty of work to do in order LO partici-pate in the competitions.

''1 am competing from March to October onjustabout every weekend," Hoef aid. "I alway have alot ofwork tomake upand have [0spend time beforeand after ch 01 . .

This year Hoef competed in the 2002 AmericanMiniature Horse Registry Nationals inColumbia, Mis-ouri , where she received eighth place in the youthhalter 12 and under. third in youth shos manship,ninth in the youth hunter/ jumper; fi fth inyouth co -tume, fourth in youth pleasure driving, and tenth inyouth versatility.

"My fav rile thing to do with the horses is to har-ness them La a car t and drive them," Hoefs said.

Hoefs owns 30 miniatnre horses. She keeps 15ofthe hor e at her hue. while the other 15 ar e boardedat a barn clo e to her bome. Competing in the showsadds up a hefty budget. Hoefs buys two year old horsesfor $500 - $1,000 and sells them atsix t en year oldfor about $6,000.

"I sell them when they have a good show record

and are fully trained," said Hoefs . "When they are tooold for hewing, they are put out to pasture or old a agood kids' pony so someone el e can learn how LO showminiature horses."

At an average horse show Hoefs will pend about$2.000 - $3,000 on how entries and other expenses. Theonly possibility for reward money is when he enters atake class. Hoefs enjoy competing in the horseh w and pending time with her miniature hor e .

"The miniature hor e are more like a part of myfamily,"


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NooNStudents need to clean up actEach day, students eat in the cafeteria, the courtyards and the

adjacent areas. When they are done, instead oftinding a nearby~'" trash can. they get up an d leave their tra h on th e f loor andc


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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PINIONIEDTORICruising the town for random sightings, ice cream cravings

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Sheilah BehrensEditorlook out the windows and I k for orne-one interest ing. For example, one day Tspotted an older ma n jogging.

Normal thing to do in the afternoon,r ight? I twould benormal, except hesud-denly turned him elf ideways onto astreet sign by using ju t hi arm and

began kicking hi s legs in a running mo-tion ou t to the side.

He took on the appearance of a car-toon character that isholding onto a tele-phone pol a everything else flies byduring a storm.

I rushed to get my digit al camera,turned it on and then tried to focus a pic-ture but it wa too late. He was alreadyback inan upright po ilionjogging again.

Then one day I went upsta ir to getthe newspaper and there was a fea turepic ture of thi man hanging al l the ideof the street sign. 1 read the capt ion andit turns out he is a 69-year old veteran,Thi s man is awesome. 1s eriously wanthis autograph on a p icture of him hang-ing a ll t ha t sign.

O n ano ther day while going to theMSC to play pool I aw an ice cream

What is the best solution forthe trash problem on campus?"Moretrashcans."Eric Flores,9th

"Puttrashcansevery fivefeet."JonBecerra,9th"Be like meand throwaway yourtrash."Justin Ellis,11th"Tell peopleto pick uptheir trash."ElizabethSanchez,12th

"Pick upafter them-selves."BriceTaplin,9th

"Off-campuslunch ..RobertAtkinson,12th

"Give peopleD-halls."BrltneyScott, 9th

''Throw yourtrash away. nJamesBessette,11th

t ruck. [do not mean omething along theLine of a delivery truck. Im. talking aboutone of the ice cream trucks that drivesdown re idential areas playing addictingtunes out of a speaker that can be heardover your mom telling you to clean yourr am. the radio in the next room and thehum of the vacuum cleaner. Fea tured nwe sides were colorful sticker on theide that showed rainbow-co Iredpop icles and dripping fudge s ticks.

A a little kid Iwould run throughthe hou e creaming 'The icec ream maniscoming! The icecream man iscorning!"And if my mother did not give me and mysi ter money, we would slam our doors,thr w s tuffed animals . and pout unlit itwa tim to go [0 bed.

Needles tosay we were spoiled chil-dren and tha t did not happen often. It

Nousual ly went along the lines of us run-0ning out of the hou e with our fingers Ncia ed over two shiny quarter and then ...hopping from one foot to the next a we ~waited for him to get to our driveway.

Other random things to do involve ~being in a car. Ifyou actually s it ata s top r;Qlight and read bumper stickers, you 1 1 fi n d 0ars behind you honking their hom be- bcau e you will get 0 caught up in the0text,

Also whi le in the car, only iJyou are a passenger though, watch other peoplein cars who are inging and can the ra- ? ; ;dio until you find the rat ion they are lis- ~tening to. It's quite amusing. ~

These are just four things that you ~can see around town and I promise you 0there are many more interesting things La Zee ifyou just open your eye fo r a minute.

The 10 strangest things in the universe10. P -3 . 14 1 5 92 6 53 5 89 7 93 2 38 4 62 6 43 3 3 2 79 5 0 22 8 41 9 71 6 9 39 9

Ihave heard people inthis Lawncom-pla in about how ther i noth ing to do

and n thing to see.Ipersonally beg todiffer.

While driv-ing around town

u can see manything of intere tthat wil l make youturn your head af u ll 3 6 0 degrees.

I 'm a peoplewatcher soIike to

Staff writer

9 . E l li p e - , , , ..8. Baking ada - From fires to m uthwa h, baking soda does it a ll.7. Sparks - They' re not cal led fa ns.6.The $2 Bill -How many times hav you wanted to pull out a $2 bi ll to pay $1.89?5. 12 molar hydrochloric acid - Anyone who knows, understand.4. Condiments - Couldn' t decide between soy auce and mustard.

3. Deathmodel 3000 stapler - E le ctric stap le r w ith lh force to go through human bon with ease.2 .Flapjacks that require a snow shovel (andlor) f ive men [0flip - A flapjack (00immense to fathomhuman consumption.1. Pirates

Senior year not what was expectedFinally I'm a enior. The

years of s taying in school havefinally paidoff. My lastyear inhighschool, It h o u ght ,was up-posed LObe t he b es tyear , but ithas turnedout to beLisa ValadezStaffwriter the worsLIdreamed of being on the

gym floor for pep rallies, havinga good time with aJl my fellowclassmates. We would all be

wear ing our senior overall en-joying our last year .

Now let's get real! Ofcourse I don 't expect my entiredream to be exact, but it wouldbe nice ifitwas simi lar.This yearthat would be imposs ible sincenot even a DJ will be there. Totop it all off there i only goingto be pep ral lies for every otherhome game.

This year, t ime seems toberunning out Running utof t imeto ge t ready for our real liveb ec au se it w ill b e here 0011. AndI have tos ay that is the scariestthought of this year.

The sad part of thi s year is

remembering all the peoplewho did not make it, from thepeople who dropped out ontheir owhn being ato t ep e 0 pie senior meanswho were being morefil ed tru- responsible.ant, andsent to GED cia se .

College is known as a fu -ture choice, but now it seemsnot so much as future, butju taround the comer.

Being a enior ha its ad-vantages, l ike parking clo erbut mostly being a seniormeans being more responsible.


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Bill Meeks

Go f takes aim at districtLorena RangelStaff writer

At the 2002 Bryan Invitational theboy golf team came in first place with achool record for the third traight t imewhile the girl team came in ninth.

In individual boys competition Bran-don Destefano came in first place for hiseighth high school win. Adam Anthonytied for second, and David ThompsonLiedfor fourth.

In the girl individual AshleyDeatherage came in fifth place.

The golf teams are composed of 22boys and 5 girls. There are a total of ninefre hman on the team.

The freshmen players do not come[0high chool withou t p r eviou experincebecau e the middJe chool also offergolf as an athletics option,

The 8 ryanHigh golf team issuccess-ful for many reasons, mainly becausethey are good athletes Coach RonNewhouse said.

This year the boys team isreturningeverone from a fourth place regional fin-ih .

Newhouse said that the team's goalwas to make it to the state tournamentthi year with the boys and rebuild in agrowing year with the girl team.

Newhouse said he expects the girlsteam to ee great improvement betweennow and the regional tournment.

The teams are both playing well andcontinuing togrow as a learn, Newhousesaid.

"Golf isone of those sports you canplay for many years and tiII not knoweverything," ewhou e aid.

Basketball pre-season forecast appears promisingKeith HudackoStaff writer

three starters removed from last year, andtwo month away from the tart of thenew season; the Bryan Viking are be-ginning to gel their groove back.

U the Viking are planning to makeanother run at the champion hip thisyear , point guard De'Kyron Nicks andsenior forward Tyrone Bazy will be the

Two years after losing tbe stalechampionship game to SugarJandWillowridge. one year after a disappoint-ing early second round playoff exit suf-fered at the hands of The WoodJands ,

one to lead them there.The heavily-recruited ick is

ranked a one of the be t point guard inthe state of Texas by the coaches poll .

The VIkings also have the task ofreplacing Texas all- tarforward Cad Scott.His succesor will be junior Gerard Carter .

Head coach John Reese is hyped

Tennis falls short of districtKeith HudackoStaffwriler

With the new lenni seasoncomplete, the Bryan Viking ten-nis team bas a well-balancedquad of young talent and sea-ned veterans.

Itwas with this,rare chem-istry that the Vikings hoped tonet a spot at regionals this sea-son by finishing either first orsecond in their di trier,

OnOcL 10 Bryan Highfaced A&M Consolidated in theCrosstown Showdown. Consoldefeated Bryan 16-3, in Utefinaldi trier match of the season.

The Vikings needed to winthe A&M Consol match to ad-ance to the regional tourna-ment Stewart aid that the teamcontrolled jtg own destiny. IftheLearn won they would have ad-vanced to regional .

enior Lauren Nieto i ex-cited abou t the team's opportu-nity to decided how far they goth i ea on, and their chance todowell.

"I think we are have atrong team. We have a trongboy learn, and a well-balancedgirls team. The whole team isconstantly striving to improvetheir games," Nieto aid.

Several players benefittedf rom summer play.

ophomore Kelly Pechalqualified for the Championshipl6-singles division of the UTSATexas ection by winning aZATtournament over the summer.

Junior Jill Clary qualified forthe Super Championship afterwinning the Champion hipround of her division over thesummer.

Tenni coach RandyStewart knows about the impor-

lance of working a team, andfeels that the Vildngs have ac -complished that.

'Team i very important,which shows in our double . Weare winning bet ter than 60% ofour doubles matche . that takesworking as a team,,.Stewart said.

It looks like the Vikings big-ge t t rength this year are theirabilites to work a a team andtheir unstoppable focus to strivetowards a a common goal -win-ning,

Overall thi year's tennisteam felt they had a squad thatwa good enough to makethings happen this ea on.

Coach Stewart is optimisticabout the rest of the casonbased on the fal l play.

"Doubles was a trong as-pect for us . We're looking for-ward toa srong spr ing based onour showing in the fall."

a b OUL Carter s off-sea on performance,and hi job on the court thi eason.

"Gerard will be our in ide force, andhe's going to hold his own-just wait"Ree e said.

This year' basketball team houldbegin the season ranked among the top10 high school basketball teams in theslate.

APPROACHING the ball, frc hman varsity tearn member Jo hAtkins gets ready to return the balJ. photo by Randy Stewart


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TAI~ENT ~ __No~ G row ing up means grow ing apart~"Elisa Valdez('('j Staff writer

p : : : :Ba ed on an unbreakable relation-tj hi p between two best friends 11,al Wasf-" Then This isNOII~ i n t nly suspense-U Iul b a tearjerk r.o Byron and Mark. who h av e b ee n

inseparable fr iends since childhood. are growing up and facing more prob-Z Iems. (Drugs. girls, fights and mostly:S just growing apart.)~ Since the ag e of nine MarkU) l ived with Byron after hi parentsP : : : : hot each other ina drunken fight.o Growing up they n ver had an ar-Z gument. They were like brothers. Al-

though Mark was al~ays into some kindof trouble stealing and dealing drugs. Al-though Mark is alway. cau iog troublehe alway seems to find a way out.Byron, on the other hand. dares O O L tos te a l b u t still likes LO fighl.

Byron ends up ina erious relation-ship. With this relati n hip he finally r -alizes the way he and Mark were li ingwas wrong.

While Byron was growing up withCathy, Mark wa making money by sell -

ing drugs. C a th y 's y o un ge r brother,Mark and Byron' good friend M&M

end up in the hospital of a drugoverdose.

This is whenByron real-izes that hi srelationshipwiLh Mark isno longer thesame. Growingup made themgrowapart.In tbe end

Byron has to makethe choice betweenhis best friend andhi moral .

A you tum the page of thi book.your relation hip W i U , the characters be-comes deeper. You feel their anger andpain. So, when the t ime comes ofByronmaking his big choice the reader feels aense of frustration.

S.B Hinton did a great job with theuspense in That Wax Then This i Now.What make lh j 1 ry 0 real i th etheme. Growing up sometime meang row in g a pa rt

Prozac Nation hypnotizes read ersConstance JohnsonStaff writer

When rna ie pounds of pain andfear run through ne' veins and thethought of nothingne corrodes thesoul, the anti-depre san! Prozac is themedicine to cure all emotional aches forthe young depr s ed America.

Award wi 1111ing journalist andHarvard grad, Elizabeth Wurtzel, has beenthrough the agonizing experience and ex-plains in her m rnoir Prozac Nation thebeer terror and demon that almost con-

umed her life.Suicide at-tempts, drugoverdose.and self

men-ta l in-stitu-

pitals, and eveo in several difficu lt situa-Lionswith friends, family, and boyfriends.

The root of the problem finally con-erge and rises as Wurtzel' ageprogresses making her life more terrify-ing and inescapable.

Many failed relationships, acciden-tal encounters, and the disappearance ofher dad continues to eat at Wurtzel l ikeacid and finally breaks her down untilhe wakes up to reality and experiencesthe new break through, the healing drugProzac,

Written in 1994, Prozac Nationtouches upand revi its painful yet mean-ingful happenings in the "grunge era".As heroin became in high demand thegrowing number of American saw thei nc re as e o f suicide, uc h as t ha t o f KurtCobain, and turned to Prozacas theiravior,Elizabeth Wurtzel's ProracNation pullsin the mind of readers by establishing ahypnotizing tory l ine that projects sor-row and feelings of guilt Prozac Nationcan how feeling of relief. hate. adnes ,and fear as the pages tum and whenWurtzel explains and wail about howdepre sion is very nightmarish and howdifficult it can be to accept life.

Mons ters Inc. rais ing the barfo r DVD techno lo gyM o ns te rs In c. brings new elements

(0the special features category, It carrieson the experience of the movie inamaz-ing detai l. A t rhetitl menu, iewers With the in-cun either enter themonster world orhuman wor ld andsee di l ferent f ea-tures i 11 each.

1 h er e a re e v entw o short in-cluded from Pixar.One isbased on (hecharnctcrs from thef ilm an d th e o the r,FortheBirds, isanu w ar d-w inningshort.

No matterwhat you fancy in a . movie, the MonstersInc.. DVD is s ure to w in o ve r audiencesof nil ages. Even ifyou don' lown aDvbplayer. this i. worth going un and buy-

Rohal RatkStaff writer

To) Story WCl." a hug nieces duet o i ls Jeep story line and out of {heordi-nary characters. Also. it broke newground iII the world of'computer anima-tion,

We 1L th e people < II Disney and PixarSCCI11 to have duplicated lhal successwith Monsters Inc. Not only has itbrought to l ife a whole new ca lof oddcharacters but. it has once again raisedth e b ar in computer-generated animation.However, the exc i temen t didn't en din t he t he at ers . W it h the innovation ofDVD video technology and the new pos-siblliiies of special features. MonstersInc. has re-entered th e limelight

The , 1 - 1 0 1 1 5 t e l ' l Inc. DVD comes witha second disc lor special features. Thisdisc includes everything that W e havecome 10 expect from DVD plus muchmore.

novation ofDVD videotechnologyand the newpossibil itiesof specialfeatures,MonstersInc. has re-entered thelimelight.

ing one.

Fas t food is choice for teens on the goJackie PerroneStaffwriter

How nutritious are yourfavorite fast food items?

McDonald'sFries ( large) 540 230 350SonicChickenBasket 749 284 1973Vanilla Shake 454 163 363Taco BellChickenBorder Bowl 460 170 1450

Fast food restaurant . are importantinteenager's lives,becau we are alwayon the go. I am alway bu y a whenam hungry and do n t have lime to sitd wn and eat a meal I u ually go toMcDonalds, Sonic, or Taco Bell . Theyare my three favorite fast food restau-rants.

I like McDonalds, because I thinkthey have the best fries. I don't like theidea that they are making their fries 50%le fa t ten ing, I l ike the fr ies just the waythey are, because of Lh way that theyar prepared.

Sonic has really g d chicken bas-kets and shakes. I al like Sonic, be-cause it is like I am in the 50s and 60 Thefeeling of'the past icreated by the drive-in and the carhops.Taco Bell is good cheap Mexican food,

that is why I l ike it I love Mexican food!Ihink their new Chicken Bor-~'\Ja~~Wbest. You can gettwo tacos and a "~IDII~drink for unoelr. . . . . . ,Ffi

Jack inthe 80BaconUltimateCheese-

Now that is acheap meal.

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