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p,4-5Evaluating the drug dogs ... p. 3

Student's cars favoritepastime ... p. 6 Junior varsity vital part of highschool sports ... p. 8


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O p i n i o n sh . N o r . . .. ..- B ry l . H i S o h e . 1 _J ry 27, 1 981...-Off the wall2 IViewpoint ILocation, locationWho's got the location?"What was your New Year'sresolu tion?" \

photos by Stephanie MillsTrying to doth e right lhing,especially for theright reaso ns, isnot always easy.Remember whenyou were a kidand you would getin trouble for, CHRIST INE

say. lobbing ConEma sh ed p o ta to e a t your sist er at thedinner table? Your mother wouJdsa y something like, "Jobnny, stopthrowing things at your sister or youwon't ge l anything for dessert!"Then you would stop, not becauseyou were sorry, b ut b ec au se youwanted dessert. Right now everyonewants to choose the r ight site for thenew junior high school, but no onewants to choose the sit e for the rightreasons.This bring u back to why theschool sy tern is building the newjunior high chool. I s it building thenew school so that some o f th e peo-ple in Bry an will have a new gol fcourse to play with? No . .. Well, isthe new chool being built to bringnew life back to the west side oftown? No again. So why is theschool ~stem building a new jun iorhigh school? The new school is

Second, most s tudents wilJ makeseven stops on their travels upthrough the B lSO . Two of thesestops are already made in the westside of town. Both of these stopsusually involve at least Ihirty mi-nutes of bussing. as well as a t ra n s -ferring of busse s in both the morn-ings and in the afternoons. Perhapsthose on the west side should de-mand an elementary .chool in theirarea, instead of a junior high whereeveryone else in town will have tor ide the bus at least thirty minutes 1.0school in the mornings.The best site for the new schoolwould be one that is centrally-located, perhaps on the west side oftown, but not 100 far west, with easyaccess. The site needs to be in a"niceish" neigbborhood that has agood env iomment fOT the students tolearn in. It doesn 't have to have

trees. BHS only has a few trees andit has a b ea ut ifu l c am p us .In short, the sit e needs to be onethat will be good for the kids, asmany kids as poss ible , not just thefew thai will be able to walk to it.The school i s for the kids and shouldbe chosen with the kids in mind, notmoney.

being bui l t because the tudentsneed a new junior higb school.Through all of this, many peoplehave forgotten the purpose behindthis new school. Th e students, no tpersonal business g ai ns , s ho u ld befirst and foremost in everybody'sminds r ight now.

The people on the west side oftown have made a reasonable re-quest. Since the last school 10 bebui l l was put up nowhere near theiride of town, they would like thenew jun ior high school to b e b ui ltnear them. They do not want theirchildren to be bussed so far awayfrom home every day. These are therequests of tax -paying parents l ivingeverywhere in Bryan. There are,however, several things that thewest side suppor te rs need to keep inmind.First the last school to be built inBry an was an elementary school. Itwas built in the Copperfield ubdivi-sion because in that location, it willbe able to serve th e growing popula-tion of not only the Copperfieldarea, but the huge Wheeler Ridgearea as well. Those students, wbenthey become of age, will sti ll have tobus to wherever the new school isestabli hed.

Cedric Bailey. senior - 'To Leigh Fahlquist,get out of here. " 'To win district in occer."

Brent Cain, junior- "Try toremember what I did on NewYear's. "

Cheryl Weaver, teacher -"No more trips to Climax,Colorado to visit Jose."N o r s e m a nGeneral Sam Houston definitely 'big deal'

The Norseman is published by t he Journali~m II c lass of Bryan HighSchool, 340I E. 29th, Bryan, TeX3 ! >o , 77802. Editorials reflect the opinlon,I' the writer and do not in any wa y represent the views of the facul ty, s t; ;. jJr l 1d mh 'l is t~ tiO l1 o f B ry an In dep en de nt S ch oo l D is tr tc ].' J 1 1 e Norseman Isame 01 her of the University Intcrscbolastic League,rnerscholastic League PHloS Conference and Columbia Scholas tic PressA~ ociation.

---- by Blair FanninSam Houston came to Bryanyesterday and was disappointedat the resident Texans.Thi incident would probablyoccur if the founder of Texasheard the statement I beard theother day. "Aw, Sam Hou tonwa no big deal.'No big deal? Houston onlygathered a couple of hundred

Texans to battle a mere 5000Mexican soldiers. James Walker

Fannin, my ancestor, was shotbetween the eyes at Goliad alongwith his troops. The fact here isthat be died for the state ofTexas. Fannin, Houston. andTravis had what few men havetoday: guts integrity and pridefor their state.Texans, the issue here is thatwe should stop and make it apoint to honor our fellow soldiersthrough some sort of symbol in

the school or the City of Bryan.Though we do have our newestelementary chool named afterSam Houston along with otherschool bearing the heme'names. recognition should notstop here.All in all, the next time youcome across a picture of Hous-ton, Travis or Fannin, stop andsay, 'I am proud to be aTexan. "

Editors in ChiefBlair Fanninhris.tine Corte

Assistant EditorReggie Williams

News Editor S.,01't8 EditorKarla Hawkins Ja y Fisher

Staff ReportersLearning is a big student responsibilityby Jeremy Webster Veronica AlmanzaLori Bros smannAllen HousleySharon JamesNina Jcr7.ewskJ

Gabrielle LegeMissy SmithJeremy WebstcrBryan Witth;msHigh school students rnu ta ume responsibility for theirown education. Students mustdecide they want to learn.Several recent studies have re-vealed that the majority of highschool students do not take learn-ing seriously. These surveyshave established the fact that, asa result of this attitude towardslearning, a large percentage ofhigh school graduates are i lli ter-ate and incompetent for mostjobs.When one contemplates the

incentives for learning. one wilJsoon discover that there areseveral advantages to puttingforth the effort . One such incen-tive for learning is the benefi t theaccumuJation of both practicaland intellectual knowledgewouJd have once the tudent hasentered college or business.Another incentive for learningwould be to make good grades.Even though learning requiresa great deal of time and effort onthe part of the student, it is notbeyond the reach of any student

as long as the student is deter-mined. Achieving academic ex-cel lence can be compared to pre-paration for a sporting event, amusic competition or an auditionfor an organization such as theShy-Anne.A student's future can be de-pendent on whether or not heaccepts the e benefits and de-cides to learn. When one th inksabout it long enough, the respon-. sibility to learn is actually theresponsibility to prepare forone's future.

Editor'l' note: TheNorseman will acceptletters to theeditor. Let-ters may In edited asnecessary for length.clariJy and to disclaiman)' chance for libel.Letter must IN signedwi,h sluun,' s ~ andB r o d e c la s ~ if iC Q J J o n . .

Photographer.Blair FanninShawn PasswatersStcphanic MillsBryan Witthaus

AdviserSa~dy Farris '


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responsi bility of car ownership---by Sharon James -----Ab, yes. You've gottenyour l icense, and whi ledoing your piggy-face,you are waving good-riddance to the DPS off icer withhis g u es s -wh o - I' m - l o o k i ng - arsunglasse .So what's next? A car?Oh yes. Of course. That littJefour-wheeled convenience oftransi t which has been in the backof your mind for quite sometime,yet now has shot clo er intoview.Many students at Bryan Highwill agree that there is more toowning a car than merely strut-ting off to Crazy Bubba's Newand Used Cars where "you canget a car, ANY car, for a low,LOOOW price!'!"Maintaining the car's func-tions and a pp ea ra nc e r eq uir es agreat deal of time and money.Also, unle added to their pa-rent's auto insurance, severalstudents mu t work to make pay-ments on their own.

But for Larry Balko, senior,whose vehic le was purchased onthe spot, preserving his midnightblack, Silverado 's just-boughtappearance is worth the fu .Balko washes his "baby"twice a week, allowing its valu-able paint job to spark le beyondnatural. Each item is carefullycleaned. It has taken Balko up totwo hours to clean a single itemon hi truck.Among numerous spaces topark. Balko chooses Ihe far endof Ihe parking lot to avoid hit-and-run accidents.Upon entering the Silverado ,one might ask, "Where'd thelights go?' Its interior mastersthe color black, while dark-tintedwindows complete the look and a$3000 stereo system lends a newsound to car stereo.wo ymbols of unique-ness on the t ruck are eye-catchers. Balko's pr idewas nicknamed the"Christmas Tree" because of

Chicago records hit after hit

the row of blue lights runningacross the bottom on each side.The lights glow at night. Also,the letters LB ar e boldly, butclassically inscripted in thetailights.Junior Mary May's long, low,red 1929 Mercedes replicaobtains its own identity as it sitsroyally in its space.May received the '20's repli-ca, which took a year and a halfto build, for her birthday lastspring.A1thougb four spaces a re p ro -vided for pa sengers , a max-imum of si x have gone for adrive.The Mercedes contains aChevette engine which is lockedin by the long rectangular bood.Three s ilver pipes connect fromthe bood to th e fenders on eachside to offer some flash. Twowindows, or 'flap", snap to thedar on those cold and rainy days."You can go everywhere withit . But, s ince i t' s ligh t, i t' s betterto drive on g o o d days becausewhen wind is blowing, you canfeel it move," May said. "Igetalot of attention with it." shesaid.Chris Flanders' '73 Volk-swagen is yet another at ten tion-getter dwelling inthe parking lot.To pay for the yellow bug, flan-ders, a senior, saved money andwith the help of h is dad, bought i tfor $350.

,'LtsofpeoPlesee. . the Volkswagenas smal l time,but Il ike thembecause they're easy to drive, re -liable, and have been aroundsinee 1938," Flanders said.the car can be easily seen: a sortof confused party of pipes,valves, tubes and several otheritems.As Flanders gazes at his car,he grins. "She's my baby. Mypr ide and joy ."

Flanders comments thatAmerican-made can; do not lakea liking [0 him and thar the im -ported Volkswagens ar e mod-if ied to fil American standards,such a s installing steering on theleft and replacing windshieldswith safety glass.Flanders pract ically made hisVW. Its engine came in a sepa-rate box and was installed. Tobroaden the area in back.a pianohead wa used , which resul ted ina flat urfaee. The fendersattached to the Bug were shor-tened to make room for largetires not naturally found on thecar. The other containments of

For those who have yet to ex-perience owning a car, dreamsstill linger of the car that wouldmake their world a bet ter place tolive.Among 100 students at BryanHigh, the Mustang of the '60'swas chosen as the most popularand desired car. Rounding outthe top five, in order, were thePorsche, Lamborghini , BMW,and Jaguar. Mercede ,Corvette,Z28, Conquest, Ferrari andMonte Carlo finished out the topten, with the latter two tying fortenth place.

.'7hoIOS by Bryan Witthau.r

'Golden Child' disappoints Murphy fans--- by Missy Smith

I(dieMurpby is back as th e chosen one and isgoing to save the "gol-de n child" and th eworld from evi l. It sounds morelike a job for Superman, than arole for Murphy.After Murphy's million dollarblockbuster, Beverly Hi J ls Co p ,maybe the best thing would havebeen to make a sequel. Follow-ing such an excellent perform-anee, it was hard for Murphy tofol low in his own footsteps.InThe Golden Child, Mur-phy port rays a finder of lost chi l-dren, and is the only one who cansave the golden child from hiscaptors. The journey to save thechild spans two continents and

loses the viewer's interest in thep ro ce s.The second rate specia l effectsdo nol enhance the movie. Wing-ed. devils take away from themovie instead of adding sus-pense. The Golden ClHId iscomparable to DRlUlJSClJpe asfar as special ef fects go.The GoldenChild tr ies to be acomedy, drama, and an adven-ture all rolled into one, but failsat all three. Viewers feel asthough they are on an emot ionalroller coast.er--one minutelaughing, the next gri tt ing theirteeth, wondering what' s about tohappen.Maybe Murphy's acting isn'tthe reason the movie isn't a

smash. He is a comedian, not aserious actor an d when h e t ri es toput comedy into this role, hemakes the movie hard to believe.As Richard Pryor found out, thepublic prefers comedians incom-edies, not serious roles.Murphy seems to be funnyonly when he is using foul lan-guage. This movie has the pro-fanity, but af ter awhile it getsold.Granted, the movie bas i ts mo-ments, but these are few and farbetween.TIle Golden Cb.ild is notworth $4.50. Better wait until itbecomes a $1 movie atyour localvideo store.

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_____bylair FanninChicago h a s simply aa:epted th e filet c b a t l o ng- t ime lead singerPeter Ce te ra b a s gone B D d Iefi the band fo r a successful solo career.B ut don't coun t this baod o ut ofprocIuciq quality music. Just ad d

8 D O t h e r top album to their credentials with CbJatIo 18.The mixhU'e of the ttacb in this a lbum is what makes it good.Y ou are guaranteed those slow romant i c cracks along with po pcontemporary music. "25 o r 6 to 4" f il ls t he order for upbeithannony with lead vocalists Bill Champlin and Robert Lammblending together impressively. Trivia buffs will note that '25 or 6to 4" is actually a remake of thc.it own 70' S hit an d ison an earliera lbum.Grab your girlfriend o r boyfr iCDd fo r W ill Y au Stil l LoveMe?" as drums an d woodwinds bighlight this song along withf requent pilDO solos,The basis of this album is the presentation of Ibe tracks alongwith th e numerous instruments that many bands lack today for the"complete sound."Overal l , this album is ab it. Another s ide note from this album isBUI Champlin's father played b a s s for th e legendary Elvis Presleywh ich led to the younger OIamplin'. inten:st inmusic .

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5Ordering out for the orangeBenefits of enrolling at UT

by Christine Cotte -----paper, yearbook, radio, choralgroups, opera. dance. marchingband. jazz band. fraternities.ororities and a wide variety ofre l igious, political, ethnic and'ocial service organizations.In addition to intercollegiatesports . UT also has over 27 typesof intramural sports. Some ofthe e include archery, baseball.basketball, fencing. skin diving.soccer, volleyball and waterpolo.UT's admission requirementsar e much like those elsewhere.Unit requirements include: 4 En -glish. 2 foreign language, 3math, 3 social science, 2 naturalscience with V 2 fine arts stronglyrecommended. Basis for selec-tion is class rank, test score andrequired high school unit .There is no closing applicationdate, but priority wil l be given toapplications received beforeMarch 1 . The final date for oncampus housing reservationswas November 1. For more in-fo rmation contact: Office ofAdmissions, University of Texasat Austin, Austin. TX 78712.(512) 471-1711

the UT faculty. The Universi tyhas more endowed positions thanany other uni versi tyin the UnitedStates.The facilit ies at UT are exten-sive. It is equipped with an ex-perimental fusion reactor,TOKAMAK, part of the FusionResearch Center facility for plas-ma physics research. Other faci-lities include th e Performing ArtsCenter, the Texas MemorialMuseum and the Barker TexasHistory collection. UT also hason extensive library system withover five million tit les.Facilities not on campus in-clude the Dobie Baisano Ranchand the Bee Caves ResearchCenter in South Austin,theMcDonald D b ervatory in theDavis Mountains, the WinedaJeHistorical Center in Roundtop,the In titute for Geophysics atGalveston, the Marine ScienceInsti tute at Port Aransas and theBa l cones Research Center inNorth Austin.There are over 60 0 studentclubs and organizations on cam-pus. Some of these include stu-dent government, student news-

Under tbe shadow of the TexasState Capitol, a 330-acre campussprawls. This is a campus thatmany Aggies would prefer toignore. but nonetheless it is oneof the top institutions in thecountry.The campus bas a quiet layoutthat somehow sets itself apartfrom the bustling city of Austin.Even with the Capito l Bui ldinglooming over the University Ithere ar e trees. stone walkwaysand huge, ornate fountain thatomehow give a ense of seclu-sion to this beautiful university.Founded in 1881, The Uni-versity of Texas at Austin hascul tivated an insti tut ion abun-dant with opportunities foralmost everyone. U T has over 35major fields of study includingarchitecture, chemistry. educa-tion, engineering, fine arts, lan-guages, music, philosophy, spe-cial education, visual and per-forming arts and zoology.Approximately 6,300 coursesar e offered at UT. This extensiveprogram offers 54 departmentsand 277 degree options. Over2,200 men and women make up

A palette of options available for the college-bound student...,_--- by Christine Cotteoll

Rrvlln High partid-the class of '87The results are Louisiana State, OklahomaState, Alabama Stale and Arkan -sas Sta te are not only relat ivelyclose by, but ar e also excellentcolleges with many specialtyareas.Choosing a c ol le ge i s not easy.There ar e so many coUeges, amany programs, so manychoices that it is hard to decide onthe "perfect' college. The BHScounsel ing center .n01 only hascatalogs from the many colleges.but it al so has information on theavailable scholarships, grantsand loans for graduating seniors.

Out of state fees, added to theother costs, can double the costof a college education.Due to the rising cost of a col-lege education, most of the uni-versities have been forced tooffer not only an increasedamount of grants and loans, butan increased amount of scho-larships as well. Scholarshipsusually range anywhere from$100 to all-expenses-paid scho-larships for the more gifted stu-dents.Location is the second-biggestconcern for many college-goers.Many just are not ready to launchthemselves into the "realworld." Then again. many areprepared to sever all ties withhome, except at Christmas.Another group is ready to testtheir wings, but still be within afew hours drive f rom home.For those not quite ready toleave borne, once again TAMUand Blinn are good choices.Blinn is also a good choice fer

those who ar e not ready to delveinto total coUege immersion justyet.For those who want to leaveBryan, but not state, there aremany good universities fromwhich to choose. The Universityof Texas at Austin and SamHouston State University areusually favorites for college-bound graduate . Several othersthat ar e often chosen are South-west Texas and NorthwestTexas.For those who want to leavethe Lone Star state altogether,the choices are almost unlimited.

, ' W ~ ~ ~ d O l g Ohere?"

College-bound students oftenfind themselves plagued withthis question . CoUege, which sofew years ago seemed so faraway. suddenly looms over ev-erything.To stay at home. to leavehome. Scholarships. Grants.Majors. Money ... All of theseare now questions that becomemajor concerns for some of thesefuture collegiates. Fortunately,the United States has such a largevariety of institutions to offer,there is virtually something fornearly everyone.Money is the biggest concernfor most students . For those witha definite lack of funds, TexasA&M or Blinn Junior College isa good choice . Obviously, out oftown institutions will be moreexpensive because of the addedcost of travel, room and beard.

education.Df'these,UniversityCollegeState Universityof Texas at AustinState University..r'''",rnl Instituteof other schoolsnot sure wherehigher education. Of


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ses are trigonometry, taught byMary Seleer, U .S . History,taught by Mary Sue Ribardo, andWorld History, taught by CoachJim Petty.The teachers do not get extramoney for teaching zero hour,but they do get sixth period offand are a l l owed to leave schoolhalfway through sixth period.It is agreed by counselors andprincipal that there are muchless discipline problem in zerohour classe ."It's usually your more dedi-cated students in zero hour,"Assistant Principal Mary Thor-ton said.

Zero-hour classes: dedicated students getting the creditsby Gabrielle l.ege -----

It was 5:30 a.m,The alann clock sounded.Somewhere in Bryan a BryanHigh School zero hour student isckagging himself out of bed andpreparing to go to school. He

tells himself it is so he can havethe courses he needs to graduateand take llie courses he wants.What students wil l do for foot-bal l, basketball . choir and al l theother courses they are really in-terested in.

One of several elaborate performances exhibited by the Shy-Annes.

Back in the dark ages, beforezero hour was invented andenacted at Bryan High School,many students wbo wanted tocombine electives and requiredcourses for graduation had to goto summer school. An entireyear's worth of informationdigested in three months.Zero hour classes ar e new atBryan High. They were createdand enacted by Principal JerryKirby last year .'The zero hour courses haveworked out very well, " Counse-lor Curtis Laudennilk said.The courses were created sostudents who were required to

have 22 credits for graduationbecause of House BilI72 couldgraduate. This zero hour prog-ram enables students to obtaintheir credits without difficultyand sti ll take the courses that theywant.Zero hour classes are onlyopen to sophomores and juniorson p la ns I and II . Next year itwillbe open to seniors as well be-cause they, too, are affected by1h i bill.Students must sign up for zerohour classes ahead of time soteachers for the course can bechosen.This year, the zero hour c las - J J J JShy-Annes kick into spring semester

- by Veronica AlmanzaDuring the fall semester, theShy-Annes were busy practicingand trying out weekly to be able

(0perform at the Viking footballgames. They were a150the groupwbo sat next to the band yellingand screaming, trying to raisesome "pep" in the pe p rallies.The pring seme ter may bejust as bu y for the drill team, asthey have begun to practice forthe upcoming competition and

Drug dogs making progress---- by Lori BrossmannQuest ion: Who ca n come toschool at random three to four

times a month. spend the entiretime with the principal, and stillreceive a passing grade?The answer, of course, BryanHigh' answer to students wh obring weapons or drugs toschool.Drug dogs have been at BryanHigh as long as the students havethis year. After a semester, itseems logical that. the dogs, too,be evaluated.According to Assistant Pria-

cipaJ Jerry Ellis, the program isworking well, and the dogs ar edoing thejob for whicb they werehired. EJ lis admits that the prog-ram is not expected to be a per-fect solution to the problem ofdrug and alcohol abuse by stu-dents.

"We realize that it doesn'twork completely. but i t has beenII giant step in reduction," Ellissaid.So far, there have been nofinds in lockers, restrooms o rdressing rooms, but there havebeen several alerts on auto-mobiles. Many of the alerts, Ellissaid, were because students neg-lected to remove from their carsfirearms or ammunition whichwere probably used on weekendsfor hunting.Since there have been only asmall number of alerts, manystudents may be u nf am i li ar w it hthe procedure following an alert.This is what would happen if th edogs alerted on your locker orcar.First, the campus monitorwould confidentially notify a,

principal who would take you outof class and escort you to thelocation of the alert. Then youwould be asked by a member ofthe drug dog company to sign aconsent to search fonn. If yourefused to sign, your parentswould be called. If they refused,the police would be notified. Ifyou did sign and nothing wasfound, your parents would betold what had happened and youwould return to class .If a weapon or illegal subst-ance was found, discipl inary ac-tion would probably be taken bythe school and possibly by th epolice.Later this spring, the BryanSchool Board will decidewhether to continue the drug dogdetect ion program, which is alsobeing used on the SF A andAnson lanes cam~ses.

various performances.Tbe Sby-Annes have per-formed at a Bryan High basket-ball game and they will also per-form at one Texas A&M basket-ball game.The drill team is now prepar-in g for the National Drill TeamCompetition set for February &. 7in San Marcos. Shy-Annes spon-sor Gail Graff said drill teamsfrom all over Texas wiIJ come toparticipate in the competition.There are four different cate-gories in the competition, butonly three are required. The cate-

gories are jazz dancing, kickroutine, prop and novelty danc-ing. The Shy-Annes will be per-forming in the kick routine,prop, and novelty dancing.After the competition. thegirls wiIJ begin practicing for thea nnu al pr in g show."We will begin preparing forthe show immediately after thecompetition," Graff said.The Shy-Annes will performas one group in the show andsome will perform solo dances .Graff said a specific date for theshow has not yet been set.

Cheerleaders learn from competition---- by Jay Fisher

Wi th their combination sailordrop and aeria l swan thrust, th eBHS cheerleaders have openedth e door for future squads on thenational level. The cheerleadersare back from Orlando, Floridawhere they competed against thetop cheerleading groups in thenation.The cheerleaders representedTexas and Bryan Higb as usualwith another steUar perform-ance. Although they did notplace among the top ten, theyshould be recognized as in thetop 3% of all cheerleadingsquads in the nation."For future cheer leaders, Iwould recommend going to more

competi tions," Staci Haigood ,senior, said. The cheerleaderswere one of 1]0 teams in th elarge varsity category.Texans seemed to dominate allphases of the competition. O f thetop eleven individuals in the na -don, nine were from Texas."Now that we bave beenthere, 1 think this will help thecheerleaders of the future know alittle more about what to ex-pect," Traci Haigood, senior,said. .After a couple of hard dayswork:, the cheerleaders spent theday at Disney World. Theyseemed to have a good time. "Itwas a blast!" Tl'8.ci said.


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offers more relaxed atmosphereButterflies, sweaty palms,excitement. and anti-cipation are experiencesof a teenager's f irst date.What is it about an appoint-ment to go out socially with amember of the opposite sex thatcauses such a stir in one's emo-tions'?There are many reasons kidsare nervous when they're on adate with someone new. Tryingto say and do the right thing canput a person under pressure. Thiis only natural and should beignored so the date won't be atotal disa ter . 'When asking a girl out youhave to muster every bit of cour-age you have. The biggest shockin the world iswhen she says yes,you feel like you can conqueranything after that, ,. seniorMark Waters said.Going out with a group offriends, as opposed to going outwith one per on, runs a closerace beeau e each has its goodpoints."With my boyfriend, 1l ike tobe alone with him. But at partie ,

Ilike to be with my fr iends,"junior Kim Burditt said.Going out in groups gives theteenager a c h an c e to meet peoplein a comfortable invironment.There is less pressure to keep theconversation going and it iseasier to be natural."I like to group dale withfriends, but Ialso l ike to double

with another couple, ' juniorMike Wyatt said.Couple dating is fun ifallfour people know eachother well and feel com-fortable together.Going out in couple lets the cou-ple share more and get to knoweach other better. They can talkone on one about their interests,hobbies and feelings."Everybody likes to go outwith their friends once ina while,but people also like to be se-rious," junior Ji ll Gils trap said.The movies and dinner seemsto be the most popular places 10go on a date. Going to parties ordances is popular in a groupsituation, because kids like to

AcaDec team has high expectations for regional meetby Christine Cotte

The Academic Decathloncla is one unlike any other atBHS. In this class, each studentdetermines bow much be or shewill learn. It is a class taught by

the tudents, with Mary Selcerand Carolyn Lampo as coacheand advisers.In AcaDec, each studentlearns about seven subjects: Sci-

Luxuries make life bearable1--__ by Bryan Witthaus

Wouldn't it be nice to haveanything you wanted at the touchof a button? Or to have your ev-ery wish?Not everyone can have thelifestyles of the rich and famous,but all of us do have our little"luxuries" we practically livefor.Television i one of these lux-uries. It's a luxury people sit andwatch for hours in their sparetime. 'Television is my luxury be-cause I've gotten used to it. NowI can't live without it," senior

Stephanie Fazzino said.But there are some accessoriesthat go with the television thatare hard to live without. Some ofIthese are cable, satellite dishes,land the ever-popular VCR."If I d idn't have a VCR, then I

couldn' t record 'AU My Chil-dren' , " senior Debby Mannsaid.The one big luxury that BHSstudents seem to prefer [lotto livewithout is their cars."My car gives me the freedom

[0 go where I want. when Iwant, ,. senior Robert Mathisaid.Another luxury that would behard to live without for some stu-dents is the radio."You can listen to the radiowhile you're working or relax-ing." junior John Bland said.Food is definitely a necessity.But for some people, some foodsare luxuries..' [ cannot l ive without Snick-ers candy bars, .. declaredteacher Mary Selcer.Ah, life's little luxuries.

ence, Social SCience, Math, En-glish and Literature, Economics,Fine Arts. and this year . the Con-stitution. Each tudent also pre-pares a four-minute speech andparticipates in an interview andwrites an essay over one of thel iterary pieces thal was s tudied.AcaDec is remarkably like anathletic event. Before the region-al meet, the team must gothrough hours of preparation.This year's t ea m c on si ts of Ra -quel Christian, Erik Tielking andLori Brossman on the Honorsteam; Shane Arnold, ChesterChristian and Kevin Stibora onthe Scholastic t eam ' and TroyJohnson, Chris Smith and DavidSimmons on the Varsity team.On December 3, Bryan hosteda practice meet. Out of all theteams entered, Bryan scoredconsistently higher and bad thehighest scores in rna t of theareas. Raquel Christ ian also hada perfect score at the Super Quiz.This year's team started study-ing ear ly in September. Some in-dividuals even began during thesummer. Many of the otherteams did not start to study untilwell into October. With thisadvantage, the Bryan teamthinks that it will do well thisyear.The regional meet wil l be Jan.30-Feb. 1 at Bryan High.

Band moves onward towardsa UIL Sweepstakes honorby Christine Cotte

Foo tbaH season is o ver, Thefootball players have hung uptheir shoulder pads for off-season or baseball gloves; thecheerleaders ar e preparing forth e res t of basketball season; theShy-Annes are getting ready fortheir spring show. One quest ionremains: where does the bandg01Contrary t o popu la r belief, theband does not tum into a largegather ing of pumpkins and smallwhile mice. As Bill Sprott , banddirector, would say, "That'swhen all the work begins."Before th e end of the marchingeason, the band splits into twoups: the Symphon,c Band ande Concert Band, under tbeir'ection of Glenn Hohlt.Both bands begin the tediousrocess of choosing an d practic-g music for the Concert andightreading Contest to be heldApril.Marching. Contest and Sigbt-ing are all sections of th eIL Sweepstakes Award. [n~ for a o and to win SweeP:'s. it must earn first divisiooi!l- -

feel f ree at a party and not hangaround just one person.One anonymous senior said,"Iike going to the movies, butnot sappy ones. Funny ODes arebetter. Iprefer ODe on one whenit comes to dating. "Wo is supposed topay for th.e date'?That depends onwho does theasking. Most of the time, it is theboys. The cost of a decent datecan be expensive. Senior SidneyPeterson says he spends about$25-30 on an average date andthe rna t he has ever spent on onedate was $100.

I 'The most I've ever spent was$80," senior Harvey Williamssaid." I won't pay on the first date,but if we continue dating. 1wouldn't mind taking him outocassionally, " said senior KayeParkman.Mo t agree dating can be a funexperience, whether with a cou-ple or a group of friends.

in all three a re as . L as t N o vern -ber, the marching band earned afirst division at U IL MarchingContest, thus completing the firstrequirement in th e quest forSweepstakes."Last yea r , Sightread.ing kil-le d us," Sprott said. "This yearwe have been preparing anddoing more of what we shouldh av e b een doing last year."At UIL, the different bands dono l compete agains t each other.bu t rather on an individual basis.Although th e Concert Band waspart of the Marching Band. onlythe Symphonic Band's showingwil l be counted towards Sweep-stakes. The Concert Band Willst il l compete for a f irst dlvis ionshowing and trophy, and will re-ceive Sweepstakes patches fortheir showing at Marching Con-test.Neither of the bands ha schosen its concert music yet, ~1wil l in the near future. Untilthen, the bands will cont inue toliighttead differen; t y p e s ofmusic ~o prepare for the sigbt~readin port ion of the contest,


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8 Thl N o r .lm ll l_ _ B r y l l l H i g h S e h o o lJ II. .,Y 2 7, 1 98 7 Sports- iiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiil__ Viking Basketball Update- by Allen HousleyThe Bryan Viking cagersdidn't exactly start the 15~5Adi trict race with the bang every-one expected. In fact, it wasmore l ike a misfi re.The Vikings, pre-season favo-rite , were expected to waltz byand over the McCullough High-anders, but the Big Mac attackpresented them with a rudeawakening Jan . 6 in Viking gym.The Highlanders came to play,the Vikings didn't. End result,McCullough 58, Bryan, 55.

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'We didn't play ball until themiddle of the third quarter."Coach Bi l l Shaw said."We were flat and didn'tmove up and down the court. Itall adds up to lack of bustle, ,. heaid.Shaw said the squad hadn'tpracticed well all week followingthe Waco tournament..'I think it was over-confidence after the win overHunsrvi l le in Waco. 1 just hopethis will wake the boys up,"Shaw said.Charles Lockett led the Vik-ings wilh 17 points, fol lowed byIra McMill ian with 9 and BradKopetsky with 8. But their trug-

gles weren't enough to overcomesuperb play of Stanford recruitLang Meyer and company.Another dark spot on the dis-trict opening week was the sus-pension of three vars ity playersdue to disciplinary infractions.The three were suspended for theremainder of the year."Our underclassmen willhave to pull up the slack, and ifneed be, some of our IV boyswill have to be brought up,"Shaw said."Either we'll float or we'llsink. It depends 01 1 how bad wewant it," Shaw added.By Jan. 9, the Vikes hadevened their district mark at 1- 1as they took a 58-52 overtimewin from the Kingwood Mus-tangs.McMillian led the Vikingswith a season-high 20 pointswhile Kopetsky added 1 7 andthree blocked shots.Scot t McGee t o o k over onoffense with 8 points and 7assists to lead the Vikings to asix-way tie for second place withConsolidated, McCullough,Conroe, Huntsville and King-wood. Humble remained unmar-red at 2-0 atop the district withNew Caney in the cellar at 0-2.

JV challenges young athletes- by Reggie WilliamsAt BHS, varsity sports are abig part of everyday life. Maleand female athletes alike sweat i to ut to provide excitement for theupcoming Friday night. The eathletes endure tough, long prac-tices 0 the Viking fans won't bed isappointed.But before the varsity team

takes the field or court, there isanother squad me opposing teammust deal with first. These r eamsar e the junior varsity, betterknown as JV.With the varsity sports gettingmo t of the fan support, JV isometimes overlooked. TheseVikings work just as hard, yet govirtually unnoticed. Althoughthe IV teams haven't been get-t ing much fan support , i t doesn 'tseem to bother the coaches or theplayers that much."J don't think any of the kidsJ'think about it," Head TennisCoach Don Fuller said.Fuller also believes that is thereason an athlete wants to be onvarsity."Varsity gets all the fan sup-

port. JV athletes want to be onvarsity for the support of thefans." Fuller a id . .. It also addscompetition. ,.Head Soccer Coach TommieAllmon agrees..JV ha s always had a Jack ofsuppor t. But that is an incentiveto be on varsity," Allmon said.Can there ever be a s choo lwithout a junior varsity prog-ram? Head Volleyball CoacbRose Gregg believe ilwould betough,"I don 'Ieally think that athle-tics can survive witho ut IVsports," Gregg aid.Fuller agrees, 10 a certain ex-tent."They can survive, but with-out JV sports. athletes would notdevelop their skills as well,"

Fuller said.The junior varsity learns arestill an important part of BHS.They are brtnging in winning re-cords year after year. Last year,the IV soccer team kicked a dis-trict title under its belt of success.Under the leadership of Head

Scott McGeephoto by Shawn Passwours

"lV is there to... allowplayers to grow physi-cally and emo-tionally ... I)Coach Tommie "Allmon

Coach Harley Robinson IV bas-ketball ha managed to win anaverage of 21 games a year. Thisyear, the Viking tennis team hashad smoking tennis rackets, asthey have dominated almost ev-ery tournament they were in.Gregg and Allmon summed itall up. Gregg feels the purpose ofthe junior varsity team is to giveeveryone a chance to participate.Allmon, on the other hand, said,.. JV is there to build and allowplayers to grow physically andemo t i ona l ) y . ..

Last November the girlsopened up their season with quitea showing. They were successfuJear ly and have been on the down-fal l because of the injur ies. But ,Head Basketball Coach RuthWhiteley says, don't count thegir ls out yet."The competition is tough inthe district, but we can be com-petitive with several of theteams," Whiteley said. "We have not won a lot of games butwe ar e improving. "Viking Girls

"We have a pretty good youngteam, said senior wingman JenitaEllis. "I think if everyone pullstogether and plays as a team, wecan do real well."One of the single most askedquestions about the girls basket-bal l team is: Where is th e juniorvarsity team? With all the in-juries that have plagued th eteam, the IV players have justbeen moved around. Some ofthem ar e playing on the varsi tylevel to help the team through itstough times., 'All the experienced playersar e gone with injuries," Elliotsaid. "Ithink they can still dopretty good."

IV lellnis is a n example o f a s lI .c c e ss fu lj unio r vars i ty team ln acriDII.photo by Shawn Passwaurs

- by Reggie WilliamsWe are l ive at the Viking gym-nasium where the Lady Vikes arehosting the NaconowhereEagles. The Vikes ar e down byone with 20 seconds remaining inthe game. The Eagles inboundthe ball and drive up court. TheVikings get down in their defen-sive posi tion. 15 seconds, ... . 1 0seconds remaining. Suddenly,

Ta rn i Hayes steals the ball. Shedribbles her way to the lane. 5seconds. Hayes puts up a jumphot. Swoosh!!! Time expiresand the Vikes win the game.That's the kind of thrill and ex-citement the Lady Vikes ar e pTO-viding for the fans this year.At the beginning of the seasonthe girls weren't promised any-thing, They entered a tough newdistrict with powerhouses A&MConsolidated, Conroe and Hunt-sville. As the pre-season gotunderway the Lady Vikes wereready for a challenge. Early inthe season the Vikes were hitwith many disappointments.Starters Melisa El l l i o t and JodiePeterson went down with in-juries. Elliot is bothered by a badknee, while Peterson suffersf rom a broken ankle. With thetwo starters also went TanyaAmerson. She underwent knee""P'D"'"" recentlv,

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