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ValkyriesreturningtoBHS
KeithHudackaStuffwriter
Thealkyries,atudentpepsquadforthemo
'I
deotedoftheBryanHighfaithful.willberein-stitutedthiscomingfaILThismarksthereturnofaprogramthathasbeenabsentfromBryanHighforthepa
t
20
years.
Principallike
argill
made
thedecision
to
bnng
the
organi-zation
back
after
lookingatwaystoincreasestudentinvolvementinactivitic'."Theidsarcnotaintotheschoolasthcyhouldbe.otbecauseoflackofsupport,butfrompoororganizauon,Thatiswhat
wearehopmg
toaccomplish
with
Valkyrics,"Cargillsaid,Overthepastfewyearstherehasbeenaconstantdeclineinpeprallyattendanceandparticipation,fan-base,andgeneralenthusiamfromthstudnlbdy.Thealkyries
w
uldh
Jp
organizepep-rallies,go
on
roadtrips
to
mostsportingevents,andpromoteenergyamongthefans.Thequad"illbedirectedby
M.
BrandyHowardand
Mr.
_dl
a
Woodall.
Membershipwillbe
takenfromgrades9-12fortheall-girlsquad."Wewill
teach
thegirlslittlechantandcheers.chaperonethemattheavaygames,and
Of-
ganizeanyotherplanstheymaycomeupwith,"Howard,said.Recruitinghaalreadybegun
atlocal
middle
chools,
butanyeligiblestudentsmayjoin.pro-vid
d
theyhavepassinggrade,andnomajordiciplinnrymarksagainstthem.Thecosttojamwillbe$25.\hichwillfundthepurchaseofshirts,pom-poms,andothergear
forthesquad.
Applications
are
now
available
intheoffice.
"Tt
shouldbeagreatwayforstudentswhoaren
t
aathletic,ormaynotbethecheerleadingtyp,tobeapartofsupportingBryanHighSchool,"argillsaid
.
Repeat9thgradershavenewopportunityonLamarcampus
ConstanceJohnsonStaffwriter
Beginning
ncIschoolyear,re-turningfrcshman-ahoscwhohavenotmeltherequirements
forsopho-
morestatus-
WIll
beattendingtheLamarCampus.Thinewchangeistohelpstmgglingfreshmanmoveontothenextgradelevel.Principal
Mike
Cargillsaidthaithischangewillhelpthestudentswhoareinmostneedofcatching
up
since
it
isusuallyadiflicuHtask
ora
student
to
achieve.
"Student.51frustratedandhave
10\\
selfesteem[becaueoftheir.ituation],"aid
argill,
"It
i
ourrsponibilitytomakesurethaitheypatogoontothenextgradelevel."argillsaidthatstudents\illbecontactd
during
thesummerre-gardingtheirparticipationintheprogram.Enrollment
will
be
limited
10
approximately60students."TheschoolwiIIhavealow
SLU-
dent
10
t
acherratiosothatmore
individualattentionwill
begiventothe.tudent,"saidargill.
he
program\\illstanonthe
Iirs!
dayofchooland
WIll
be
all
day.
 
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lJ.J
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grouporpeopleyouinthosewhobelieveGothictocalledGothicdon'tconsiderbeeverythingIrefutedittobe.themselvesGothic,theyeon-inmypreviousarticle.siderthemelveindividual,"Myarticlemayhavebeenupcuing,butitwasinnovay"ridiculous,uncalledfor.noruntrue."Havingbeenwimesstomanypeoplewhosay"ThatgirlisGothi"whentheyarctalkingaboutsomeonewho
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felltheneedtocorrectpeopleontheirdefinition.IftherearetillquestionsandmisunderstandingsvithwhatIbelieve,readandhaelearnedGothictoethroughresearch,wordofmouthbythosewhoarcGothicandmywnpersonalexperience.thenIamony,there
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Whatbeing"GothicandPunk"reallyis
Amajority
of
mymendsandIarcverydis-pleasedatthatgrotesque
article.
[Norseman,
March
issue]
I
dressthatwayandwearsafetypins
in
myears,but
that
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considermyselfGothic.Gothicisnotastyleorlifestyle.Obviouslyby
yourreckless
writingandyourblatantdisrespecttothe
way
people
dress,
youdidn
'I
akethetimetofind
QUe
what"Goth"
or"punk"
.I
!.S,
Backin
the
Renais-ance,Gothicwasaformofartandarchitecture.Be-
ing
Gothic
is
somethingto-
tally
different
today.
It
isa
titlejustlikethug,prep,kicker.nerdandso
forth.
Thegroupofpeopleyoucalled
Gothic
don
't
con-SIderthemselves
Gothic,
they
considerthemselves
individuals.
There
wasno
need
for
yourdisrespectfulput
dow
nofwhatyouthinkwearc.(Alsoyouhavetobe-
lievcinGodto
believein
the
devil.)
Butjust
by
the
way
wedressamiactwegetenoughunwanted
and
UIl-
Firstcomefirstserveparking
calledtOt
disrespect.Youcouldsay
if
peoplearcrudeandhatefultoyou.
"Why
doyoudressthatway'!"Well.
why
mustwechangeourselves(andoursafety
pin
earrings
or
face
paint)forsomconc'smisun-derstandingandignorance?Isaytoyounow:yourarticlewasupsetting,ridicu-
lous.
uncalled
tor
andhorri-blyuntrue.Nexttime.whenyouplacepeople
in
groups,re-
alize
youare
placing
your-
selfinagroup,soconsider
yourself
classified,
BrulteThompsanFreshman
rindsandarrivingat
school
at
~15,
Whilewedoagree
'orne
things
should
be
leftfora"Senior
Illy"
treat,
aren'tblockedperiodsandseniorityenough'!
Ifwearriveatschoolat
,:30withman.parking
spaces
still
available.
we
shouldbeablctoparkthere.
Asimplesolution
tothe
problemwouldbe
first
comefirstserveparking.
JenaOverallJunior
Seniorparkingisnolongertheprivilegeitwasonceconsidered;andit
shouldno
longerbeidol-
ized.
Yes,wea
juniors
park
intheseniorparkinglot.
however,
wearcnottheonlyones
whoparkinthe
senior
lots.
Others,suel1
as
sophomoresparkinthe"SeniorOnly"designatedareas.
yet
we.
asjuniors.
an:
blastedforourparking.Toomuchofourdes-ignatcdareaupposedly
belongsto
seniors.
Why
shouldwebeexpectedtoparkumileawayfromtheschool?Theseniorshave
three
parkinglots,while
\\C
asjuniors
must'hare
halfa
parkinglot
with
two
other
classes.
II
is
ourrageou.
for
ustoparkfourrowsbackundwalkthroughsornuny
empty
space
togettoschoolat8:30.
Juniorsnolongershare
theprh
ilege
of
blocked
pe-
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Volume31,
Editor
Sheilah
Behrens
taffRebekkahHernandez,KeithHudacko,onsrancJohnson,DesireeKelso,hristineclson,Lorena.Rangel,RobertRatke,Elisaaladez,JonVick
Adviser
SandyFarris
The
Norsclt1i1n
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publicaiionproduced
by
theAdvanced
Journnlisrn
Newspa-per
Productionclass
II!
Bryan
High
School.Theopinions
expresedarethoseofthe
!lulhorlind
donotrepresenttheopnionofthe
faculty,
stafforadmin-
i
tr.llor
of
Bryan
IligbSchool.
Letter
10
the
editorarewelcome
lind
maybe
delivered
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Member-ILlnterscholaticLeaRDI'PressConferene
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of01UngulshedMerit1998-99,1999-
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SheilahBl'fdll!'ns
Editor
Thereis,omethingcalledfreedomor
pee
h
whichallowmeto
exprc
myopinionandanyonecanhateitorloveit
as
much
as
theylike.'"dresst.halwayandwearsafetypill,inmyears,butthatdoesnotmean
I
onsidermy-selfGothic.'Inmyarticle
I
saidthatpeoplewhodosuchthingshouldnotautomaticallybeconsideredthie.Wasitas-umedthatbecauseyoudothosethingwhichareOTGothicthai
r
waslabelingyouasGothic?Irs,y
u
aremistaken.NotonceinmyeditorialdidIeveraythatdoingiuchthingwas"beingGothic".Goth
ic
isastyleandlifestyle:however.itisnotonewhichshouldbeattempted
to
berecreatedbythosewhodonotunderisndwhatitactuallyis.HavingbeenfriendswithmanywhoarethicIhavecertainlydnemyresearcharo\halthelife
ty
Ieiallabout,Ihave
II
betterunderstandingofwhat"Goth"is.Gothicwasaformofartandarchitecture.Youarerightabouttbis.Manypeopleareunawareofthatand
J
amgladyouprecruditinyourletter.However,while
il
isstillthosethingLedayithastakenon
n
wholenewdefinition
as
well,IIisnot
to
be
includedin
u
hlabelsas'...thug,prep,kicker,nerd,and
0
forth.;",becausethatreducesitto
a
cliochelabelforagrouporhighschoolstudentswhich
it
isccr-
Tosaythatagroupcon-sidersthemselveindividualsibeinghypocritical.Also,Ineveronceinmyarticlesaid"yeah,thatgroupofpeopleoverIho·re.theyarethic."lfthatgroupofpcpicdon'tconsiderthemselvestobeGothicthenthearticlehasnothing
10
dowiththemunlestheyarcapanofthepopula-
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nthmhasthedefinitin
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rGothicbackwards.Therewasnodisrespect-fulput-downbecauseIneversaid"whatyouthinkwearc."YouarcalsincorrectinsayinglhatyouhavetobelieveintheGod
10
believeinthedevil.Mygreat-grandmotherwasade-
Re:Firstcomefirstserveparking
ChristineNelsonAssistanteditor
cniorparking
i
aprivilegandarightofpassage.
It
isarewardforwork-inghardfortllrecyears.
All
studentscanlookforwardtohavingcertainprivileges.seniorparkingamongthem,fortheirfinalyearinhighschool.It'sthesamefeelingthat
JURi
rsandcniorsbothsharewhenthey
fi-
nallybecomeupperclassmen.rmthemomenttheyenterhighschool.theylookforwardtohavingthepowerandprivilcgsaociaiedwithbeinganupperclassman.IwrotemyeditorialbasedonmywishforjuniorstorepeetthefactthatseniorsdeservealltheprivilegeLheycanget.justlikeyou,juniors,deservethoc
same
privilegesnextyear.IhopeI1mttheophomorethiyear(,howillbejuniorsnextyear)willrcpctyourseniorparkingprivileges.Forthejuniorsnow,Icanunder-standwhyyoumightdisagreewill]myopinion.andmaythinkthaiyouhouldnothaveto,
aIk
"amile"toschoolandharethewhleparking
J
Iwiththeothertwoclassc(whoIdoubthavethatmanydriversanyways,butwho'scounting).Icanunderstandwhyyouwouldliketohavechoolparkingina"firstcome,firstserve"fashion,butfornov,theparkingisseparatedbyclass.\'ealIsignedthesameparkingagreementatthebeginningof'rheyearandthere-rarethoserulesshouldbefollowed.hisincludestheseniorswhoparkinnon-seniorspace.
As
asenior.Ihavealreadybeenthroughwhatyouarcfeeling,butIdidnotcomplainabouthavingtoparksofarawaybccaueIknewit'asonlyamatteroftime
bef
reI
w
uld
be
abletoparkinseniorspaces.Duringmyfinalyearinhighschool,Itriedtoen-joytheprivilegesassociated
withbe-
ingasenior.IhopetheciawondrfulenioryearanddoesnothaveIfightfortheirwell-earnedseniorprivileges..Believeme,it'snfun
I
havethattakenawayfrmyoubytheclassesbelowyou.Myonlywishisthatthejuniorclassofthisyearwill
fi-
nollyunderstandwhyIwrotethiscduorlalwhentheyarcfightingfortheircniorparkingpacesnextyear.classof2004.of2004haa
Weallsignedthesameparkingagreement
atthe
beginningoftheyearandthereforethoserulesshouldbefollowed.
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