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BryanHighSchoo./
3401E.29
Bryan,
T
eJCtu
77802
Wh
f·
decisi"enacmg.eClslonsfriendsneedfriends.
By
JulieMowxe
Youthfuleyes'oHowthewhite·clothedfiguredartingabouttheroom.Thenurseadiu.t.
thi.
andthat,andinjectssomethingintotheintravenoustube
lead-
ingtotheyouth'sann.Buttheyoungmandoesn'tcare.Sinceyesterday,nothingmattered,Anyonepassingbymightlookinwonderwhatcouldmakethisyoungmanattempttotakehislife-whatcouldprovokesuchmisery?Theymightevenliftthe
medical
folderfromthedoor·•Iotandopenittoreadanthestandardinformationattachedtotheyouth'sname.And
per.
haps,mixedwithinthemedicaljargon,theywouldfalluponahand-scribblednote;
I
jlut
wontedtotalk...But
no
one
wouldlis·
ten...
"Thetoughesttimesoflifeareinhighschool-
kids
needmaximumsupport,"
said
M.B.
Flippen,ExecutiveDirectorofTheAnswer.TheAn.wer
i.
afamily.lifecounselingcenterinBryan.Flippenlpecializesinyouthcourueli.ng..Flippenbelievesthathighschool
is
themostbyingtimeofayoungperson'slifebecause.itisthenthaimanyofthemost
Iife-.af{ecting
decisionlwillneedto
be
made.Duringthenexlfiveyears,decisionssuchas:careerchoi-ces,morals,wheretolive.whomtomarry,abilities,andbasicquestionsof"whoam
I,"
will
facehighschoolandgraduateIludents.WhenIaeingthesedecisions.friendscanplayessentialroles."Beingafriendissomethingmostanyonecando,"Flippenlaid.Flippenfeelsthatsensitivefriendscanprovidenecessarysupportandcaringforstrug-glingindividuals,whoohenjustneedsomeone
to
listento
them.
Unfortunately,becausesoci-ety's
attitude-that
"havingprob-lems"isshowingweakness-
VoL17No.
3
November
9,1987
Thetoughesttimesoflifeareinhighschool-kidsneedmaximumsupport.
-M.B.Flippen,ExecutivedirectorofTheAnswer
--------------------------------"
anyfriendshipsremain"clos-schoolstudenu,"Smithsaid,ed."Thaiis,friendsnever
fully
LikeFJjppen,Smith
feels
thaiconfideineachotherbecauseofsuchfriendshipsarevitaltoeasefearoftheother'sreaction.thetensionthatofteneompli-"[People]tend
10
learthat
if
catesahighschoolstudent'stheyletfriendsget
too
closetolile.them,they
will
tum
onthem,"Sotheproblemisc1ear-Wayne
Smith,Area
Director
01
friendsneedfriends.ButforoneYoungLife(BrazosValJey),reasonoranother,thefriend·said.ships.arenot"openingup."YoungLile
is
aninternationalProblemskeptinsidearehavingChristianorganizationwithaasnowballeHedandarecrush-centralemphasisonthebuildingingthesecurityandhappinessofpositivefriendships.ofmanystudents."Ourgoalistobuilduncondi-Theanswer:''Theultimatetionalfriendshipsbetweenolderkey
is
forok:lerstudents(juniors(college-age)studentsandhighandseniora)to
become
involved,"SmithsaKI.Inactuallonn,theanlwercouldinvolve
a
peercounselingprogramofwillingstudentstrainedtobecome"friends"
within
theschool.
PhotobyS.
Farri.
"I'veseenthemwork,
n
Prin.
cipalJerryKirby
said
ofsimilarprogramsintheDallas/Ft.Wortharea.Kirbycommented
that,
ifcarefullysupervised,
IUch
program.can
be
"verygood."Flippen,whohalhelped
in
foundinglimilarprogram.
in
other
highKhools,.
feel.
thatapeercounselingprogramwould
be
greatlybeneficial
10
BHS.Volunteer.tudenlswouldbetrainedthroughabasicprogr.am
U1~.""';~."
nd··
_....I:.....
':'::II~"
00l1li_-'6....
a
'15
S.will.
Thegoaloftheprogramwould
be
10
enhance
thestudents'
nat-
ural
capacities
forbeing
caring
frienda.
BothSmithandFlippen
feel
thatapeer
counseling
program
al
BHS
is
"reaDyneeded."
Norseman·
Indepth:CoII.-pAIIes4-S
HowtoprepareChangesatTAMUCollege
6fe:
a
true
look
Sport.
page
7
Injuriesin
hip
tc:hool.ports
LadyVikeschargeintonewleaaon
Entertainment"....page8
BHS
roco
with
.ludell'
banda
Fea~
PIIge3
AlterCia..
'Creativeevac:ua.tion'Ahard
day'.
night:Studentsworkingafterschool
Newlpage6
1987BHSHomeGomingQueenThe
bond
iuue
and
BHS
 
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B'llGn
HirlhSchool----------
NotJerrtber6,1987
OpinionsNorseman
Counselors'timelimits
more
COUIlIdor•.
Eventhough
thia
aolution
aoundagood,
itwouldco.ttheschool
eIi.arid
alotofmoney.Inordel'tohire
four
newcoumelon,thedistrict
would
have
to.pend
in
exce..of
$80,000
onnewsalariesannu·ally.Additional
officespace
wouldalao
be
required,
COiting
the
district
from
$2400
to
$6000
for
.tarten.
Officefurniture,
electricity,
andsoonwouldalia
be
required.
Also,
morecounse-lorsmightnotsolvetheprob.
Iem.
Theonlywayfor
1900
students
to
ideally
receive
coun-
aelingatanygivenmomentwould
be
tohave
1900
counse-lora,Thel'efore,
thia
proposaJwouldnot
be
'euible.Even
though
BHS
CCJUIIRb.
line.ely
care
about
the.tu·
enb
with
which
they
work,the
JUDben
areagainll:
them..
T'here
arethree
grade-level
counaeIor.
foraome
1900
.ludenil.
A.
a
result,
the
counseloncannot
pouibly
fuIfiD
their
responaibili-.
tiel
adequately.
This
imbalance
between
counseIonand
ab.Idents
baacrealedaddiniteproblem-
•ludenllare
unabletoreceivethe
cOUJUe6ng
they
needwhen
they
need
it.
but
it
is
notthefault
01
thecoun.elon.How
can
thi.
problem
be
solved?
Theobvioulanswer
is
to
hire
o
theWall
aidformasses
Anothel'aoIutionwould
be
for
a
homeroom
daa.
peried
to
be
reinstituted.SeveI'aIyear.ago,BHShadhomeroom
ciUla
daily,
but
thesewere
canceled
dueto
a
lack
ofinformationto
fill
these
cla.seaonadailybuil.
Another
dil8dvantagetoaddingtbiIperiod
iI
hat
it
wouldinhibit•pedalactivities,
such
al
pep-
ralliesandschoolallemblies.S~c~day.coWdalao
beset
up
inwhich.tuden..withcommonquestion.couldreceivea..illance.For
exam·
pie,
all
college-bound
seniorlcouldligouptoseetheC1JUDM!-loraboutcoDegeapplicatioDl,financialaidandacholar.hip•.Then,one.by-one,
they
wouldBy
JUI
McKenzie
What
collegeare
you
plan-ning
to
attendandwhatdo
you
expectcollegetobe
like?
"I
plantogotoBlinn.
I
gues.itwill
be
moredemanding
than
I
expect
it
to
beandI
am
NOTreadylor
il"-
Heathel'Kumpe,Senior".hope
10
attend
a.malIer
religiou.lyaffiliatedcollegeinalargecity.
I
xpect
college
10
be
anew
beginning
for
friendahipa
and
opportunitiea."-KariPiper,Senior
"I
haven't
given
it
muchthought.,but
I'U
proba-
bly
go
to
A&M
and
it'.
going
10
be
WORKH"
-WiD
Greer,Junior
"I
willattendProvinceCoUegeand
I
think
it
will
be
hardworkbut
fun
andexciting."-ColleenWiggim,Junior
I'U
p
obably
end
upin
A&M
my
first
yearthengototheUriveraiyofHOUltonorsomeout-of-.talecollege.I
expect
it
to
be
morerelaxedthan
high
achoollife."-JenniferArnold,Senior
ofstudents
be
calledto
viIiI
thecowuelor.Thiaproces.would
take
placeduring
a
partiaalar
time,
.uch
81
thefir.tthree
period.
of
each
daythroughoutthefir.tliz-weekperiod.The
third
solution
i.
hebestIOlution
to
this
problem.
Thi.
aotulianwouldprovide
.Iudenb
qualitytime
with
theCQUJUelofi.
Thil
wouldallOallowcowue-
Ion
toprepareinfonnation
be-
forethecoun.eling.es.ion.Furthermore,
it
would
give
coun-selontheopportunity
to
counael
.ludent.
onaone-to-onebuilwhichwouldaDow
themto
ad~
cIres.
the
.tudenil'
individual
needs.
Theinabilityofcowuelor.
to
fulfill
their
responaibilities
iI
adefiniteproblematBHS
with
thecounaelor.caught
between
conflicting
duties.lnatitutinglpec::ialcounaelingligouptimes
it
the
best
way
to
aolve
this
prob-lem.
Seniorleadershipatradition
ByMillySmithBryanHighpridesilaelfonthequalityofitsstudentbody.Butwh.edidthistraditionofqualityoriginate?
It
startedwithseniorleaderlhip.BryanHighdepend.heavilyonitaaeniors.Sophomoresdon'treallyknowwhat'sgoingonorhowtoreacttoit.Afterall,it'stheirfirstyear
atthe
highIchool.GettingthrownintothepaceofBryanHighcanbeaprettybiginitiationintohigh
scboollife.
Thentherearethejuniors.Theyknowtheropelbuttheyfigurethey'regoingtobeheretwomoreyeananyway
.0
whygettooexcited.ThethoughtofoU-campu.lunch
and
Fridaynightvictorydancesaren't
all
bigofa
deal
a.
theywereayearago.But
to
the.enior.,
this
i.
heirla.tyearandtheywant
to
make
it
outstanding.TheywanttoleaveBryanHighwithmemo-riesofsceomplehment.TheireyesareaetonMayandwalk·ingthestagewithpride.SeniorJeadel'ahipianothingnew
10
Bryan
Hia:h.
It'anotsomethingtheClulof'SS
.tart-
ed.It'laIradition.Maybeit'sbecausethesernor.see
thi.
as
their
latt
chancetoprove
them-
.elves.Orthepasttwoyears
as
underclassmen
haveallowedthemtoseehowthingaaresup-
posed
tobedone.Take
'porta,
lorexample.Probablyeveryonehuheardat
leul
oncethaiaauccesaful
sea-
Ioncanbecredited
10
seniorleadership.
It
ha.
broughtBHS
twoltatechampioDihipl
in
baa-
ketball
and
playoUberthlinlootball.Senior.do
get
alolofatten-tion.Butthiais
their
yearandthey'veworkedforit.Theysetthe.tandardsthatthere.tofthe.tudent
body
follow.thisyearandinyear.tocome.Through
tJu.
aeniorlead
ershi
p.
BryanHightrulyhubecomethe
beat
of
the
beat.
TheNoraeman
is
noWaccept·
ing
contribution.
'0
Vikin,s
Limited.All
contributiolUmwr
be
.i,ned
and
printed
'erl'bl".
Entrieslor
tlti.
parle
and
letters
fo
fhe
editorcan
be
,,'acedin
the
designated
bo.z
indieIront
of·
fice.
The
Noneman
is
publishedbytireJournalism11
class
01
BryanHighSchool,3401
E..
29th,Bryan,T
aas.
The
oieUlse.zpressed
arethose
01
thewriteranddonot
neces-
sarily
'reflect
theviewsof
the
faculty,staff
or
administTa·
tion.
Letterstothe
editorare
encouraged.The
Norsemanreserves
the
right
to
edit
letters
for
length
and
clarity.
Libelousmalerial
containedin
letters
will
notbepub-lished.
Co-editor.Sharon
JtlRle.,
JeremyWebder
A..
i.tant&I'to,..
VCITOn;c.a
Alman.z.a,.
JulieMounce,
Miny
SmithReportf!!'l'.
David
BarrychuckLyciaChampagne.Molly
Gritter
Kym
Marconlell,
JemMcKenzie
Aduuor
S.antIy
Farri.
 
Bryan
Highchool-----3
November
9,1987
eatures
Studentsworkhardafterschool
ByVeronicaAlmanzagel
their
parent.tobuy.Butmostarestudent.whoneedthejobstomakepaymentsontheir
car
orearnmoneyforfuturepurchases,such
ua
car.".hadtogetajobbecauseI'mhavingto
pay
formycar,"saidjunior
Aloia
Newland,whe
is
ahostessforSteak'NAle.Othersarethosewhotakethe
job
jUlttohaveextramoney.forsomeoftheworkingtu-dents,theirjobscan
be
funandsometimesrewardingtothem."lenjoymyjob.Wearealllikeonebigfamily,"Newlandsaid.
"If
oneof
UI
halaprob-lem,wecantalk
it
overwithanotherco-worker."
J
urnorJoelStricklandsaidheenjoyshi.jobbecause
it
giveshimachancetomeetmanypeople.StricklandworkaasacounterclerkatBaskin·Robbill.8."MypaygebmebyforwhatIwant,"saidseniorDavidMar·tinez,aproduceclerkatSafe-way.Tootherstudenta,thepaymaynot
be
u
reatas
they
expected.
.strickland,
for
example,
saidhe
is
not
u.tisfiedwith
hispay.Howaboutaskingforaraise?Mostbusinesses
give
raisestotheiremployeesafteracertain
period
of
time.
"I'veneveraskedforaraisebecauseweget
an.
increaseinpayeverysixmontha...senior
Eli
Bryand
said."Theygiveraisesdependingon
how
tong
aperson
has
workedthere,"Martinezsaid."Hostessesdonotgetraises.Theygelpaidintips,"Newlandsaid.Thetreatmentofteenagersmaybeanotherquestionthatmayarise.Theymaysome-times
be
treateddiHerentIythantheadultabecauseoftheirage."Sometimes
they
think
juat
becauseyou'reyoungthatyoucan'tdoanything,
n
Bryand
said.
Butthesehardworkingstu-dentsarewilling
1.0
putup
with
thesesacrifices
in
order
to
earnthose
few
extrabucks.
It
happenstoeveryone.Youknowthefeeling.Youcometoschool
with
feet
dragging
andeyesstrugglingtoItayopen.Youwalkintofirstperiod.Theteacherbeginslecturing.Thereyouarewithyourheadflatonthedesk,andyeureyes
finaIJy
surrenderingtosleepiness.Theteacherwalksbyand
in
asweetvoiceshetellsyou
if
youdonotstayawakeinclassyouwiugetazerofertheday.AUthewhileyou'rethinkirigtoyour-self,"PLEASELETMESLEEP!"ManystudentswiththistiredfeelingmaybetheoneswhohaveafterschooljobsandwhosometimesworkuntillateatnighLThenthesestudentscomehometohomeworkthathasbeensittingandwaitingonthekitchentableto
be
done,Finally,it
is
doneandthe
clock
reads12:30a.m.Studentatakethesejobsandsacrificesleep
in
ordertoearnmoneyforthingstheycannot
CNI
Cilleland,
senior,
wol'k.
part·timeat
Robbhu.
Photo
by
MoO,
Gritter
A'how-to'guidetocreativebuttotallyunsafeevacuation
AfterClass
fromroom258!Quickly
donning
aninnocent,sheepish
grin,
youslowly
file
outthe
glas.
doors.26das~ateshavenot
been
idle.AfterlosingtheteacheramidJttheconfusion,
they
quick·Iyre-enteredtheclasll'oomandlockedthedoor.Then,
being
thecreativestudents
thaithey
are,they
all
squeezeinfrontofthespacious2x6
fool
window
and
beRin
bangingon
it
and
screaming,
"Help!Help!
We'retrapped!
HeJp!"
(cough,cough,
gup!)
Teachershurrytothe"unfor·tunate"students'
aid
by
unlock·
ing
the
door
and
are
welcomed
by
the
UDR1ppr'eIIed
cheers
of
the
.tudenta."1·2-3
psyche!"
By
lhi.I
time,
you
and
your
thnee
oth«
wearied
adventurers
have
returned
and
things
areback
to
"normal"untilyourteacher,
Mrs.Hewoman
berlelf,
threalminglystareseach
sIu-
dent
down.
"Whatdo
you
think
you've
been
doing?"abebellows.
"Eh,practicingcreativeevac-uation?"youmeeklyrespond.Thenext
thing
youknowyouhear,"Welcometothewonder-
ful
world
a.
IEC!"ByJeremyWehlterCaptivatedbyyourfourth
period
teacher'.lectureonhowDavidLiving.lon'strekthroughAfricaeHectedAmericanlitera·ture,yourglazed·overstareatthechalkboard•suddenlybrok-enbythehigh-pitched
rinp
ofthe6re
drill
alarm.
Themischievousexchangeofglancesbetweenyou
and
yourcJaumateaseem.tosay,
"Party
time!!!!"
Fourofyouquicldy
dart
outoftheroomintheoppoliledirectionoftheapprovedevae-uationroute,.trategicaDyavoid-
ing
theoncomingtraffic.Run-
ning
attop
spee.d.
aU
(ourof
you
scream,
"rU'el
Fire!"atthelopofyourlungs,until...
uh-oh!
Mr.
Kirby!!!
Duhing
in
theotherdirec-
tion,
youquicldyjumpintoa
nearby
cIauroom-
oopt!
-wrongroom!Backinthe
hall,
nowbeing'oHowedby
aU
liveprincipal.,youleapupthestairsandheadtowards
the
socialstudiesdepar.bIlent."Whatareyoudoing
in
thi,
hall?"afemininevoicecaUsoutbeforeyou.Snaggedbytheyoungwomanin
the
pinle
sweab
.I:'•,•
.
,
"
..
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