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NEWS DIGEST

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~ltE N r s a , _ ~~2'4 1~ ----- Opinions

!COUNTERPOINT)

• Q hot issue

POINT

Juyenlle'criminal's deserveadult j!1sti~:ein punisllq1~i1;t.. . " ... :.' .~

Astbe ,...;Mefate inc re ase s" -'C o uegeS ~onwo m an:b y ~,~~_" • nofs'who WeJ;I- 16 ' a i id 11

y e a r sold. While1 7 - y W . :o t dC b r i st Q P h t; r -W ortbQl~ isbemg tri ed a n dpun i s1 t edasan-adul t, th~ l~year-Qld Unot,_. th e rresell1time.Whit-eve t t he ro lehe took in thec rim e, ~ will p.oQablynotbe adequatelypunisbN d U eto h inge. _ _. ,

Yo u n g c r i tn i M ! stend toplay t he gan te_o (p re~.no t to know th e dl ff ' e t encebe tween riglit-i'Uid~g.

~~ofre~i~athe ~e strict To da y's Y O u th l W:n D t~ ~ . : . tIJt h a t~ difference;hOwe~et,theystill f o O !

punisluncnt t lwanadultfelonwould ",some by making ~~Jbi~1t : Wa sre cC iv e, ~ jl,lv ep ileis , -- - , ' ----- ,y - .r b . eit

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Birth controlCondom distribution necessary tocombat teen pregnancy

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In an age where "locker-room" talk b a s a c c e le r -ated f ro m u se le sswords to factual accounts of who'spregnant and who's (to coin a phrase) easy, the distribu-tion and proper administration of safe birth cont ro land\or disease prevention is a m us tin ou r schools .BryanIS Ds ho ul d d is tr ib ut e c on do m s a mo ngeligible students.

Along with the p a c ka g e s, d ir e c ti o n sa n d medical adviceo n proper us e an d e ff ec ti ve s pe nn ic id es s ho ul d b e g iv en .

At o ne high school in Ry d e ll , P e n n s yl v an i a. ,c o n d o m d is t ri b u ti o nba s reduced the pregnancy rate bys ix t y- fi v e p e r ce n t .Teenagers, as a rule, fee l the immor-tality c usto m to th ehigh .s cb o ol - ri te o f p as sa ge ." T hisfoolishness,alongside of raging h orm on es, c an m ak e fo ra d ea dly m ix .In a recent famD.IImagaz ine study, anaverageoffifty-eightpercent of t e ensa res e x ua ll y a c ti v e ,and o fthose, oo e half are no tusing p r o pe r p r e ca u ti o n s.

Condoms a re n 't v e ry u se fu l i fn o tused properly.A t Rydell High School , e ve ry s tu de nt that wants acondom must sit d ow n with a medical. tecJmjcian and

learn th eproperwaytoput 00. a n duse acondom conectly.Our s ch o ol s ho ul d c o nf id en ti al ly h an dout condoms withd ire ct io ns. C on do ms a re n in et y-tw o p erc ~t e ffe ctiv e ifused right. If not. u se d c o rr ec t ly,the condom can .split,ru pt ure o rtear rendering it a lm o st u se le ss .

In his district, w e a retaught se x education OI1Cfl

in the fifth grade, and again inone chapter inHealth. Theo nly o th er p re ve nt at iv e t ea ch in g b ea rdofis L i fe S t u di e -safter one is already a parent Bryan High doesn't have analarming pregnancy rate comparedto othersin o ur nationor state. Y our guess is as go o d asmine on h ow m anyVikings have venereal diseases, or the deadly mv virus.

In he samebwlfiart icle it is reported thai on e

out of every 1,500 t eens have been in contactwith. theA ID S v ir us .How many w ere p ro te ct ed t hro ug h p ro pe rc on do m u se ,we will n ev er k no w. C o ns id er in gthai ittab s six m onth sto sixteen y e ar s f o rlDV to show upand\or progressinto the f ull b lo w n A ID S v ir us ,proper us eof condoms needs to be taught in our schools now morethan ever. T he ge ne ralpu bJ ic c ann otguarantee th eeducation of teens at h o m e , but our taxes can b e e f fe c t iv ein s av in g l iv e sa n d p re ve nt io n o funwanted pregnancies.

Schools should stay away fromcondom distribution

E llTan:ra Gabbard

Pencils, paper, te xtb oo ks, b irth c ontro l? S om epublic schools ar e providing more than just an academice d uc a ti on n o w ad ay s;they also d is tr ib u te c o nd o ms .

Condom distribution to teenage high school stu-dents lacks many things to b e d e si re d ,

Schools claim thai the reason they ar e providing

c on do ms isbecause th e t ee na ge rs d onot kno w h owto us et he m p ro pe rly. S o,in tum, t h ey b e li ev ethat distributingand promot ing condomsin schoolwill s ol ve t he p ro b le m .T he purposeo f teachingb ir th c o nt ro lca n be handled in ah e al th o r s ex e du ca tio nclass.

The public schools' responsibilities ar e expand-ing into an area in which they donot belong. T he distribu-tio n o f c -o ndo ms c au se s th e lo ssof cont ro l by the parentsover their child's decisions. The schools are takingoversom e o fthe ro le o fthe parents. I t is th eparent's re-sponsibil i ty to a id t he ir c hi ld d ur in g a s it ua tio n i nv olv in gth e us e of c o nt ra c ep t i. on . n o tth e p u bl ic s ch o o l s ys te m 's .

Condoms that a re fre e a ndaccessible promote

a nd s an c ti on s e xu alactivity. Distt ibuting free b i rt h c o n t ro ltells studentsthat it is okay to have s ex e ve nifit conflictswith moml a nd ethical views which they acquire at home.S e v e ra l r e li g io u s o rg an i :z a .t io n s an dchurches argue thatcondom d is trib ut io n p ro mo te s p re ma rit al s ex w he nthes ch oo ls sh ou ld b e p ro mo tin g a bst in en ce .

Values should be manifested in the h o m e byp are nts o r g uardian s. S om e p are nts are sc are dto talk totheir children about sexual activity and b ir th c on tr ol , b utitis vital that they t ake that responsibil i ty.

While promot ing "safe sex" b y passing outc on do ms, pu blic sc ho ols are adv isin g stude nts b yusingfaulty advertisement.T he failurerate o f condomsis 10%-

15%. S o m e a re d ef ec t j, vea n d e ve n ifn ot de fe ctiv e, se xu -ally transmitted diseases, such a s A I DS , c anstill be p a s s e dthrough certain types of c o nd om s. P u bl ic s ch o ol s v ow lh atthe condoms will Jnvent pregnancy a n d th e spread ofdiseaseswhen it cannotdo that with 100% certainty .

U nf or tu na te ly , t he p ub lic s ch o olsthat currentlydistribute condoms 8ftI taking r es po n si bl il it y f or s om e -thing t ha t s ho u ld not be dealt with in p ub lic l ea min gfacilities.

Judicial process itmess

Repeat offenders, state quota tax court system

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P r is o n o v e rc r o w di n gisoneof the largest p rob lems thai Texasmust face. Presently, eoo:victsserve

~only about one month for every yearin their sen tences . ABa result, th ecr imina l is back on the street andm o ee t im e sthan not, becomes are-p e a to t Te nd e r. C i ti ze n s ' l iv e sa n dprop-ertyare eodaogeMd with felOllllroam-

ing th e stmet after serving only a fe wmonths oftbeir seotences.

It's up to ou r elected Texaslegislaton to create a s o lu ti on . In~stead,they have assisted criminals inserving little 01' DO jail t im e . C o o se -q ue nd y. t he y h av e a id edcr imina l sinconun i t t i n&men crima apiDIt Ill-

gry a n d defenseless citizens.No w ou r moraland honest

l eg is la to r s a repaying c ou nt ie s D O ltosend prisoners to the Te.X8SDepart-ment of Corrections. They are givenfinaocialcompensalionwbenaaimi-na 1 is probated instead of sen t toprison. This meaDS that criminalswbo c om m it w h atthe courts v ie w a slesser crimes, such as Dwrs. ar eprob ated, even w hen so meo ne bas

been killed or injured as a resul t ofanother penon's dnmbnDqligencean d irrespoosibil i ty.

Equally di.sc:ouragingis th efact thai Texaslegil latonbave madeit 1epl fur th e Stateof Texas to tax

c o o n r i e wthat ICDdtoo many crimi-nalJto TDC. T he stateleta aquota far

the n um be r o fp ris on crs acounty ca nsendtoTDC.lfthenwnberofprison-e n e xc ee dsthe quota then th e countyis taxed. According to county O ff i Mcials, Brazos County was taxed$75,000 last year for doing their jobtooweR

Then, there ar e prob lemswith th e court system. W h e npr0pos-ing a sentence,juries ar e no t allowedto b e informed about how much of a

sentence a criminal will actuallyserve. Therefore, a jury will pa88

seute:nocunder tbemisccDcept ionlhatth ecr imina lwill ae . rvethe entirety ofhis senteace.

Reforms are Deeded in allareal, from the legi.slatioo. to thecourts.

BIjessica Pieters





---- Features/l'ews

Ja.nd W i se h o pe s10 have a COlmlry m u s ic c a re e r.photoby eNC Hrotographics

Dropouts, discouraged students finding alternative in ACE programto m in d a re w hy is it h ap pe nin gan dw ha t is b ein gdaBe about it?

A co nse nsus o f' 'why?'' ism uc h th e sam e fo r lo caladministra-tors. All agree that a d ro p o u tusual.Jyha s s om e s or to f p ro b le m o r c ris is 'i nt h ei r l if e.

"Tardinessa n d t ru an cy a red ir e c tl y l in k edto d ro pp in g o ut . • s aidAssistant Pr inc ipa J E i leenB ec k. T hedropout rate is o ne o ftb e reaso ns th es c ho o l s ys te m p la c essuch a h ig h v al ue011 good a tt en da nc e, B ec k s aid .

Rafael DeMoya did no t

Texasba s a 7 0 -7 5 '" g ra du -ation rate. Bryan High generally ba sa freshman c la ss o f o ve r80 0 studentsand graduates a class a little above500.

"The CWRot syst em is fineif w e 'r e c o nt en twith g ra du at in g o n ly75 % of our students," said SuzaDDePhelps , Directorof Community an dG ov er nm e nt R e la ti on s. " W ha t a bo utthe other 25'1.?"

Th etwo questionsthat come

GREASE IS THE WORD.. . O-r) S te ph an ie C un nin gh am , E m ily S mit h.B eve rly C oo pe r, K enya S te wart,Kelli H an se n, W ill B irdw ell, S ha nn onThomas , and D us tie H o use ho lde rp mc tic e a sc en e fo r "G re ase ." T he p Ja ywa sp erfo nn ed o nMay 7-9 in R o om 141 ,The p ro du ct io n w as th e firs td r a m a tose D o ut fo r tw o c on se cu tiv e n ig htsand th e first musicale v e r p e rf o rm e datB H S by theDramaD epartm ent. A lso , a live b and o fB BS stude nts, B rianG ut ow sk i (dru ms ), B re nt S prin ge r(guitar), a nd A ve ry B uffin gto n (b ass)provided t he m u si c.

Senior hopes for country music careerFr;nde Gabriel le tt er i nv it in g h erto a ud it io n f orth e i ns pir ed b y o th ergreat a r ti st s . I d o ls

show. o ften m otivate young idealistsa n d"The l et te r s aidthat I ba d encourage them to s uc ce ed . W i se ,

made the tape selectioo and th ey h owever saidsh e d oe sn 't id oliz e a nywanted m eto go to N as hv ille to particular singer.auditio n in f ro nt of a cam era," W ise "No onereally inspired m esaid. to sing.It is j us t m y J ov e f or m us ic ,"

M an y artists u se th eirC&- W i se s ai d.lebrity status to he lp o ut worth y W ise saidher parents nalu-

causes.W ise s aidthat is a posit ive rally worry abouther s in c e t he m u si ca sp ec t o fthe music industry. industry o ft en r ec ie ve s n eg eg at iv e

"I fIa mfam ou s,m are pe op le p ub lic it y.They e njo y h er sin gin g,will pa y attentionif} h av e a n id eato h ow ev er th ey h op esh e c ho ose adif-b ett er t he w orld," W isesaid. f er en t c a re e rplan.

B esides singing, W ise is "M y parents support m ycaptain o f the so ftb all te am , se cre - sing ing . b ut th ey do n't sup po rt it ast ar yo ft b c c h o ir ,a ndaNHS member. ca re e r becauseoftbe drugs, a lcohol

Youngartistsaresometimes a n d it's a hard life." W i se s aid .

As a ch ild, many h ave adream o f b ein g rich a nd f il mo us ..Inr ea li ty o n lya f ew r ea I1 y m ay fo llo wup on this dream. SeniorJanel Wisemay be o ne of the lucky o nes. W iseh as b ee n g iv en a c han ceto m ake h erd re am c om etrue.

"Being a country s ingerha sa l w a y sbetm a dream o fm in e s in ceIwa s akid ... I lo v e b e in g00 the stage,~Wise said.

Wise senta tape o fh e r s in g -in g to the TV show "You C a n .Be AS t a r. "The tape obviously impressedsome of t he p eo ple b eh in dth e TVs ho w b ec au selater they sent her a

graduate with his '8 9c la ss b ec au se o fe x c e ss iv e a b se n c e s.H e admitsto hav-ing skipped out numerous t imes ,butthen be became hospitalized whichfu rth er ke pt o ut o fschool A fte r b ewould DO longer be able to receivecredit he dropped out a n d got a job.

"I wa s making good moneyfo r n ot h av in g a dip lo ma , b ut I did n'tge t any re sp ec tfrom the people Iworkedf or . T h ey w o ul dtell I cou ldn' tdo an yth in g e lse o r I c o uld g etfired atany time because I didn't have a di-

p lo m a," D eM o ya s aid .

Slang C lsign of~ timescontfnvedfrom p. 1...

b otto ms , T-sh irt s, a nd th on gs .Be-tween themstands a g or ge ou s g ir l i nshort b luc j eanmOlts,a tank top, a n dclogs. Their conversation is domi-natedb y t he .l at es t a lb um re le as ed b yt h ei r f av o ri te group, The GratefulDead. T he bell rings a n d th e girlrushes to m a k e it to h e r c la ss011 t ime.

'The guys, bowever, remain behindtalking,

Gary: "W ow ! M an! S he 'sba d fo ryour karma! She'll play head gameswith yo u maD. until you 've badenough,"Tony: "I know! I should listen! Butthat c hic kju st b lo ws m y m in d! S he isso h ip! Ijust c an 't h elp it . "Gary: ~It'sa good thing she's gonenow! If yo u w ou ld h ave go ne o nyouw o ul d h av elook.¢ like a total geek!Le t 's b lowthis sceneb ef or e s he g iv es

you a se co nd c hanc eto dojust that! "S la ng c o nt in u esto change

daily. C om pare th e w ords yo u o nc eu se d i n t he m id · 8 0 's .T he vocabularywa s dominated by t h e c al if or ni aValley Girl th em e an d p erh ap s s tillis .

DeMoyareturned to schoolto ge t the 4 1/ 2 credits h e n ee de dto

receive h is d iplo ma. H e e nte re d th eA lt er na ti ve C o mp et en cy E du ca ti on(ACE) program provided b y BISO.

TbeACEprognun is offeredto Bryan residents who are fonnerhigh school studentsbetween th e ageso f 16 an d21 .Participantsfinish theirclassesin a r e la x ed. ,less restricti~atmosphere.

"You work at yOurOWDpacean d ge l a lo t m ore in dividual atten -

tio n than in [ re gu la r] s ch o ol, "

T he ta rdy b ell rin gsjust asyou si t down i n y ou r G eo m et ry c la ss .Two b ri gh dy -d re ss e d g ir lsIUD in,smackinggum and g i gg l in g l o ud ly.Bvezyone turns to stare at them butthat a tt en ti on g oe s u nn ot ic ed .T hegi r ls in tent ional lybegin a c o n ve r sa -t ion in a forced whisper so aD canhear,especiallytheirgorgeous.maies u b st it u te t e ac h e r.

Jam ie : "U ke ,that dude c an like,reaDy throw a ki ll er t es t!Lib, whatdoes he thinkthis i s? S c h o o l? "Tori: " S ch o o l? L i ke ,ga g m e with aspoon!OD et hin g ismega awesomea bo ut t ha tman. H e is totally hot!"

Thollgh the world is con-tinually changing, on e thing is sureto remain constantan d that is slang.O f c ou rs e. th e words differ fromdecade to decade.nave: " I'v e b ee n s tu dy in gfo r mytrig test SO bard! I 'm g o in g m e nt al !"

Jason: "Cat.y ou b ee n c razy!Can'tge t an y worse than what y ou a re .n

As time continues. w h a tdoes th e fu ture ho ld inthe wideocean o fs la D g? Wi llit still be influ-en ce d b y po pular m ov ie sand cul-

D eM oya sa id A CE b asa lo w le ath er-~student ralio.

Otherst ude nt s in A CEalsosa y the relaxed abnospereo f the cen-ter makes it easierto learn. Studentswork independently a n d h a ve t ea c h-e rs ava i lab lefoe guidance a n d assis-taace.

D e M o y & ,like many of th eo th er A CBstudents, works part-timein th e a ft er no o ns . H e p la nsto com-p le t e h is s tu di esin June .

tures? Or perhaps by the technologi-cal a dv an ce s w e se emto be makingevery d ay ? W h at words will futuregenemtions be using? Will we c0n-

sider some o f them offensive, as ou rparents think of some o f the slangweu se ? P erh ap s o nly tim ewill tellJethro: "lbat ship is s o a w es o me lys ph eric al! A nd lo okat that atomicbabe at th e helm!"

N at alh a: " Fo rg etth e girl! K e ep yo urmind on the job. We have somenuclear decisionsto make!"

A few minutes pass as th edetectives sit i n s il e nc e .N aiuh a: "Th erehe i s! L e t's g o! "

P ro pu ls io n u ni ts d ro wnoutth e sounds of the w a il in g s ir e ns .

As th e c ha s e g oe s in to fu llswing the b rig ht ne ss o fth e s ir en s ison ly match ed bythe n eo n lig hts ·o flaser guns firing from the two ships.

Suddenly, a flash of l ight

a nd J et hr o s cr ea msout in pain.Freezeth escene.T he futw'e

will resumein the c on tin uin g s ag a o f"The Yo un g a nd th e R adio ac tiv e ... •~ ... da,da,da,da. ..



Features ----Edtcr's rote: [vel" sirce tI E exist.etYeof tte too sctr:ds.I:xJth81ja1 and Cdle~ StatiOnsctr:dshave00en anp::red in rran; crea5. In t:IEpast, tre~e an d t . reffess have p.hIisted a1icles 'Nfld1 haveq.cted indivic14a/s ~ exp-essedt:re opirion t :hat8 1ja n S c h :;d s e reof lesser Q . J a i i ~ .In tn s iS5U3oft:IE N:rsena1, y,e o ffe r an c t: je ctj vea:rrp.:rifal of tI E tw osch:xJIsand a desaiption of t:IE rontrastingenviro nrer ts o ftfE two sch:xJIs.

B R Y A N V S . C O N S O L :Vo ca tio na l, t ec h nic al c o urs es o ff er v arie ty

Whols getting a better education?

Bryan High preparing students for careers Alter1i t i l iveprogramsuniquetoBHS

In the w ar of th e h ighs ch o ol s, t h er ea re m a n y b a tt le f ie l ds .A nyt hin g f ro m e xt ra cu rr ic ul ara c-t iv it ie s t o t e st a ve r ag e sto graduationp erc en ta ge s c an b ec om e fir ep ow erfor conllOversy.

According to se ni or c ou n-se lo r PeggyWhite, ODe of the stron-gest weaponsi n B r ya n H i gh 's a rs en alis it s strong v o c at io n al e d uc a t io nde-p ar tt ne n t. B r ya nstudents a re g iv e navariety of op t ionsin choos ingcareer-b as ed c ou rs es a nd a v oc at io oa l g ui d-a ne e c ou ns el or is a va il ab leto helpstudents chooseth e best pa1h to reacht h ei r g o al s.

The v oc a ti on al d e pa rt m e nto ff er s a t ot al o f6 4courses in subjec tsIliIllging from computer scieace toe le ct ro nic s t o t hepopula r Ag-related

f ie ld s su ch a s w ild lif e m an ag em e ntand h o r ti c ul t ur e s tu d ie s .

S usan S mit h, a v oc at io nalcounse lor for B HS , says anoth erstrength of the d ep ar tm en t is t he n ewc a re e r c e m er of fe r ed t o st w ie n ts .Thec ent er su pp lie s st ud en ts w ith in fo r-mation a bo u t v o ca ti on al s ch o ol sa n duniverit ies and available scholar-s h ip s f or s pe c if icfields o f s tu d y.

B y com parison, A & MC o ns ol ic a te d 's v o ca ti on alprogramo f fe r so n J y 3 1 p o ss ib l ecoerses -less

than half those of B H S. Also , CH Ss en ds s tu de nt s t oattend a ut ot ec h a ndc o sm e to lo g y c la ss esat B ryan on aspace a v ai la b le b a si s.

Consolidateddoes DD thavethe administrative faculties of Bryaneither. "Canso l doesnot have a c om -p ar ab le v oc at io na l c ou nse li ngstaffa va il ab le , n o rdoes it h ave a c are er

center,"s ai d S m i th .A s p ec i fi c al ly s t ro n gareaatB ryan isthe Iournalism an d Media-Tec h departm ent. W h ileC on so li da te d's M e di a- Te ch c la ss esproduce c lips tobe shown in theschool itself,Bryanp ro d uc e s o ncablechannel3!. alsoblown as the educa-tion.channel. In a dd it io n, s ev er al o fB H S 's c am e nu :e w ar e c w :r en tl yserv-ing in te rnsh ipsat KBTX in Bryan.

W it h t wi ce a sm an y c ou rs es ,be t te r counseling staff, increased

technologyandsuperiorproductioos,BryanBighisquicklyeaminganamefor itse lf asOD e of th e be st h ighs ch o ols t o g et a he adstart o n a c a re er .Most importantly, no w more thane ve r. Vik in gs a re le av in g h ig hschoolm ore pre pare d fo rtheir c ar ee rs a ndt he o ut sid e w o rl d.

ACE(QltematfvecompetencytCfucation) -- a ,om~b a s e dhighschDol diplomaprogr4ntwhichoffers1JlSD'rtsi~de r t fSan opportwtiiyto nl£ettlte stareYeqldrdnDits for

,w:ivadon. '. . ,- . 'r . ~ ,

1ic'(~ult 'J~· (DlUTl'_i. offers.·programst o guIde" • .W ts:Y.t i tJ l 'JoI .! ·seaTcIttS.~tamillg'thdt G E o a ~ , a l s o .~s ~aty. J a 1 : i s .~programs aTl!offirtdfrre O f~ J ie l O Ta a w i s17 and olda. . ,.... .

OptiOns . •offersalternafh,eeducationforPT~llf,stll-dptts to TtceW efuU c redit. '"

. . .;., .. .

A~edt & O ism d olo o -ctaed toConsolidated stu-d a u s by B ry d n ·H ig honaspqce avai1ablebasis&withaJu.

Consol transfer students offer opinions about differencesF o r m a nyyeusRcross-town

rivalry ba s been going o n b et we enB rya n an d C olle ge S tat io n stu d.e nt sto se e w ho is t h e b est.A I>t h is c o m pe -tition has e xp an de d f ro m a ca de m ic sto atb ele tic s m an y st ud en ts se em tothinkthatCoosolidatedstudentsgetabettereducation t h an B ry an s tu de n ts .

A lth ough B ryan stude nts

seem to think d if fe re nt ly , f ewstu-de nts w ho h ave transfe rre dfromConsol to B rya n h av eno t changedtheir schoolspirit

" T h e c l as s esat Consolidatedgomuch fasterand ge tmore in-depIh,"junior A n gie Yo un gs ai d . ~ C o n so l i-d at ed i s m u ch f ur th e rahead in a Dth eclasses,"

According to s tu de n ts f ro mC on so l, th e te ac he rs st ic k t o t h e su b-

Mmrities:

£roruricalilldisadvantag3d:

44.1%

12.1%

21.5%

23.9%

ject that t he y arepaid to t eac b an dt he y a ls o o ff er m an da to rytutorials.C on so lid at ed i s a ls o sa id t o p re pa ret he m m ore fo r c olle gethan Bryan.

As th i s r iva l rystartsto beatu p, fe rm er C om ol st ud en tsdo haveso me nic e t hin gs t o say a bo utBryan.

"Thepeople a re a lo tn i ce r, "sen ior Kather ineMemmottsaid II An dsince the c l as se s a r en 'tthat hard, yo uh ave m ore fre e tim e.II

Unlike Conso l , Bryanba s aclassificationof ce rt a in g roupssuchas k ic ke rs, p re ps, an d lo ng -h air edpeople, jus t to n am e a fe w.

" F re s h m an .a n d s o ph o m o r esa re d iv id e d i nt ogroups, "Yo un g s ai d,"but whenyo u start your upperclass-m en yeaB o ve r t he re , e ve ryo neisf ri en ds w it heveryODe and nobodyn o ti c e s s t uf f Uk ethat anymore.·

N ot on ly do Co ns ol st ud en tsc onside r B RS ablow-otIschool thathas nothing to offe r, but th eya lsob ra g a bo u tth e fac t t ha t t he ybeat theVikes in almost every th ing .

A t. t hi s r iv al ry i s n ow h er en ea r ah a lt , B r y an a p pa re n t lyhas lostthis years c r os s- to w n c o m pe t it io na ca de m ic all y a nd o f c ou rs e, a th le ti -cally.

Makeup of BHS, CHS student body different

T b e B H S s tu d e nt b o dy po p u -l at io n a nd m ak e- upis significantlydifferent than that o f C o n so l id a te dHighSchool. T he c u lt u ra l b r e ak d ow na nd s oc io ec on om ic le ve ls ( a p e rc en t-age o f th e e co nom ic ally disadvan-t ag e d) a re d iv e rs ea n d l e nd e t h ni c it y

t o e ac h group."W e have a m ore diversestude nt body he re because of th eethnicitythat is at :Bryan High," prin-c ip al J er ry E lli s s ai d.

A cc ord in g t osenior coun-selor Peggy W h it e, m an y st ud co tsa t te n d in g C o n so l id a te dHigh School

c o m e from families where th e par-e nt s a re e m plo ye d a s p r or ess on i, le c -t ur er s, e tc .at Te xas A &M U nive r-sity. T he s tu de nt b od y o f B r ya n H i gha l so c on tain s su ch stu de nt s b u.t ar ef ew e r i n n um b er .

• An av erag e stu de ntheregoes to c la ss , n o t ar di es , s tu di es , a nds om e ti me s m is se s a n a ssi gn me nt . I t'sthe sam e as C oo sal b ut th ey w ill no tadmit it," White said.

Th e scores on th e B H Sachievement tests a r e c o n si de r ab l ylow er th an th ose of CB S. M any say ~that the minority rate c o n st it u te s s uc hl o w a c h ie v e m e nt .

II O ur sc h oo ls a re b asi ca ll ythesame,exceptCOIlSOldoesnothaveas m any m inorit ies, we h ave m ore

low er incom e fam ilies because w ear e a b ig ge r t ow n ,"White said.

Th e perc entage ofminori-t ies at B ry an H ig his greater than thepercentage i n C ol le ge S ta ti on .T hep e rc e nt ag e o f m i no ri ti es a m on gC o n -solidate d stude nts is 2 I .5% , w hileB r ya n m i n or it i esmake u p 4 4 .1% ofthe s tu de n t b o dy.

A no th e r c om pa ris on be-t we e n A & M C on so .li da te da nd B ry anH igh isthe socioeconomicle ve l o fthe s tu de n ts . C o ll eg e S t at io nis usu-ally re co gnize d as b eing a c ity w ithm any o f its r esid en ts b ein g m id dle t ou pp er c la ss. B ryan r ec ord s 2 3.9 % o fits population who a r e e c o n om i c al lyd is ad va nt ag e d. C o ll eg e S t at io nhas alo w 1 2.1 % .

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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - s ~ s - - ~ - - - -Track team captures third in district

The Viking track team re -turned from Langham Creek withtheir third c o n se c u ti ve d is tr ic tc h a m -pionship.

"We're real e x c it M I a b ou tit.S om e d is tr ic t c h am pi on sh ip s c om ealitt le b it e asie rthan others,R beadc oac h D av id G re en o said .

This ye ar c ou ld be calledo ne o f th e o th ers.

"Th is partic ular ye ar w as

o ne o f th osekinds of years wh ere itw as areal dogfight all th e way downt o t he e nd, "G re e no s ai d.

Com m only, w heneverso me th in g is re pe ate d fo r t wo ye ars,it c o ul d b e c al le da t ra di ti on . W h e nitoccursfor a third t ime, it is official.

"Y ou w ant to buildtradi-t io n. g e tthe kids o ut. You go t t owiD,

yo u g otto g o c om pe te and yo ugot toh ave fun,II assistant coach HarleyRobinson said.

Acccrdingto Greeno!h eVi-kings have always been competit iveas a team . E venat tI W. im pro ve ..m ents h ave b ee n m adeto b et te r t heteam and offer an e ve n b ri gh t erfu-ture.

"I think nextye ar c ou ld b eastrongo r e v e n s tr o ng e rt eam , M Greenosaid.

T he g ro w th in t h etrack team

ha s also h e l pe d e s ta b li sha winningteam by giving it depth."Las t yearw e ha d about six

or seven distance kids. Th is yearw e've got 15 or 16/Robinson said.

According to Robinson dis-trict competit ion is tough in a highlyrated d ist ri.c t su ch a sJ 6-5A, bu t itturns out th at itis all in th e h ead for

some."A lo t of it [Il lDDing]is

psyc hologic al, for th e kids. S om esay that they can't run onreal hotdays, so m e sa y t he yc an 't r un o nreal .cold days. Y ou just have to convincethem they can, H Robinson said.

D is tr ic t i s t he m e etthat th etrac kste rs pre pare for during pre -season.

"Track isjust l ike anyth inge lse ; o nc e yo u ge t in t he playo ffs, o ra distric t m ee t, anyth ing c anhap-p en. You

c an ru nyour best o r yo u

ca n have a bad day. It c a n alsod ep en d o n t h etype o f c o nd it io ns y oubave that day," Robinson said.

N e xt y ea rth e Vikings wi llmove to a ne w distric t w hic hac-cording to t h e c o ac h es ,will be eventougher than th e last.

FfrJto Rrish ..Robert Simpson sprints to victory in the VikingRelays. The overal l victory at the relays was one of the many forthe boys that Je d to their third straight district championship.photo by Ben Young

Area Youth Soccer Association

Students enjoy club soccer

A side fro mschool soccert he re lie s arealm where good gradesd o n ot c. nt ir el y m at te r a nd t hr ee m ilepmdice runs with Coach Allmon areput aw ay for aseason.

T he majority of the BRSv ar si ty s oc c erteam is i nv ol ve d w it hthe Capital Area Youth So «e r A ss0 -c ia tio n ( CA Y S A) w h ic h a ll ow s p la y-

er s to p ar ti ci pa te i n c lu b s oc ce r.Amoog the teams included

i n c lu b s oc ce ris B ra zo s B li tz , w h os ememben include Brandon Pillans,10h n H ugh son, Craig Garc ia,1 0 1l al ha nG ar ci a, D a vi dTum e r, M i keH a ye ng a. M a rc o sA1vamdo, DamnC o ff ma n, 1 0 na th anGalindo, Mark

Cardwell, Trace S a e nz , J e ff A l va re z .,

Ryan PiUansas w ell as o th ers fromConsolidated and a few graduates.

The team's practices andgames are h eld after s ch oo l T ue s-days an d Thmsdays.

"Itts great, w e just get outthere. I t' s alo t more fun than schools oc c er ," B r an do nPi l l ans sa id . " Wejust ge t out th erea n d bave fun anddon't have to w o rr y a bo utgrades."

A c c o rd in g t o l o hn H u gh s o n

c l ub s o cc e ris m a n ; c b a ll e ng in gthenschool soccer.

" Th e c o m pe t it io n is at ah ig he r L eve lin c lub and it 's m oref u n , . .H u gh so n s ai d.

H ug so n's fat he r is th eheadc oac h f or B ra zo s B li tz .The team ha s

no se t c a pt ain a n dis self-sponsored.The t eam w on th eir firstg a m e o f t heseuonS-O.

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Bryan baseball team settles for thirda, Qirt W:Jtts

W ith th eir up se twin overs ix th -r an ke d J er se y Vil la ge n ea rthee nd of th e se ason, th eBryan varsityb oys base ball te am im pro ve d th eirrecord to 4 -5 a n d plac ed th em in a tief or s ec on d p la cein district

Coach Hany Francis attri.b-ut ed t hewin to ".. .go od d efe nse an dkeepiQgth e b all in play. We p laye d

like w e w ere c apab le of playing."T his b egan th e te am 's four gam ewinning streak to conclude the regu-l ar s ea so n p la y.

1be Vi.kes then moved to5-5 on April 19 with their 3 - 0 s h ut o utof Katy. placing than in a tie fo r

se co nd p lac e indistrict w it h M a yd eCreek. T he Vik in gs r em ai ne d inthatti e until th e c on cl us io n o f r eg ul arseason when they entered a suddendeath tiebreaker w h ic h , d e sp it etheteam'se ff or t, t h eyl o S t .

O ve ra ll , t he y f in ish e dthes ea so n t hi rd p la ce fo r d ist ric twith a8-6 record.

AccordiDg10Francis,Pitch-in g wa s o n e r ea s o n fo r the Viking's

successa n d a particularlystrong parto f tb i s s e as o n' s t e am .T he Vikes boas tase aso nE R A(E am ed R un A ve rag e)ofl.138 through the lint nine gamesof district a n d all f ou r o ft hc ir p it clrer s w e " "fton th e char ta :Francisdescribestheirpitcbingu"vc.ry cml-

petitive.·

While batting has no t beenone ofthe t ea m 's s tr on gpoints, theyhave bad their f lashes of br i ll i anceatth e plate w ith th eir leading hitter,Mark:Stratta, w h o a ve ra ge d311 fo rt h e s ea so n.

Another key ha s been thelarg e nw nb ers t his se aso n. A ve rag-i ng a bo ut 20 pe r team, F r.m c is s ay she has e n jo ye d a m az in gflexibilityw it h a llthe positions a n d th ecompe-

tition ha s i m pr ov e d e ve ry on e .F r an c is al so c r c di ts m uc h o f

th e winning ICaSOIl to positive atti-tude s o fteam m em be rs. "W ins w eg et a rereame ff or ts a ndthe losses wege t are team lo ss es . .. tb ey a ll h av egood.attitudeI a n d they pull fo r eachother.· FnDciJ, laid.



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DumasHigh graduate. S he had dragoos t o s la y, m o u nt a in sto scale, g oa ls t o

c on ce iv e an d c om ple te . L at er,th e d ra go ns t ra nsl at ed in to le sso n p la ns a nd

r ec al cit ra nt st ud en ts; t he m ou nt ain s b ec am e p ap er s t o g ra dea n d meetings to

attend; goals a im e d t ow ar d r ai si ng t hr ee so ns t o b ec om e lo vi ng , t esp on si ble

men. 1bat first g ra du at io n isa dim m em ory ofca p an d g ow n, Pomp an d

C ir cu mst an ce , t ea rf ul p ar ti ng s, p ro m ise s ( un fu lf il le d) , a nd h ap py p re di c-

tions. A scrapbook attests to the fact that she d id in de ed e njo y t heyears that

frient:llyCDfTJJ iFI I . ..Am:! UrI"E'.\Ir'h) will retire at th1 end of t}is le d to th emarchw h ic h e nd edw ith adiploma in t h e r ig h thand an d a r in g o n

sch::d l{eiI'. is 5t.IT'W'1ded b.j /'er first{BicxJ dass. {hXo tu Satrlj t he l ef t h an d.

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Dustie Housebolder- Rod-ert R edford, H e is an E ver-gre en t re e .

Kent Fiedler- Christina Ap-p le ga te b ec au se she looksgood.

Andria Juarez- PatrickS w ay ze , B e c au sehe is gor-geous

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'Wayne's World' an amusing hit To da y, f o rt y -t h re eyears l at er , m y C re at iv e W r it in gstudents char-

81}es5ica I'fetei's Carvey. is a sh y a nd r es er ve ddude a et en ze m e a s " wi se , w o nd e rf ul ,and youthful" (I a sk e d t h em !I ouldn't thinkwh o1,ISWIllyidosinWayrw.'sshadow. of anyth ing,a n d I w as a fr aid t oas k t he so ph om o re s! ) A no th e rgraduation, of

Party Oil, dudes! W 4 . ) 'I I C ! t . rOarthis takenb y the girlwboworks a so rt ,lo om s b ef or eme . I know I want to le arn t oquilt an d to grow roses. I' Wo n 'is on e of the most comical attb.c(lougbutsbop.bu tneverha s the-0 te .~ hi t the O.ad. . thi . to ' . . ' want to h ave m ore tim e tocare fo r th e m oth er w howatched o ve r m yyouth~.. V I S _ . . . . . . . . ._. . . . ,rs$ year. llelVe·. sa y SO .I t's e ve n m ore am .~ ingthan 8iU " 'I'boughr e. lu c ta nt to s pe ak , and to d ev ot .e m o re t im e t o t h e m an w h o f at he re d t he l ov in g, r esp on si bl eSODS.

Td'" Ex«lleIIl Athe1l"ITI. A t first , O arddsan inte llige nt guy and e ve :& 'And, in tum, I w ish to h ave m ore p1ay tim e w iththe SODS and daughters they

on e m ay ezpe ct W fII.)IIIt'"Worl4tobe tualtyrea1izest b a tCa r r e r eis ripping h ave fath ere d. H ow eve r,as I w atch th e current sophom ores work w ith• gill & .'J'ed'swanna be - No t ! . . of f be and his friends. A s Oartb. isstead, it Wa$ fined with sp oo fs o n d e ve lo pi ng c b ar ac t eraDd becoming r e se a rc b t o pi c s,I realize the dragons still exist ,mountainsremainto be scaled,otfuu movies and .is guaranteed to m ~outspo ke n. W ayne fe arsthathe and oth er goals w ait fo r c onc epti~ and c om ple tion. Th ey, th e stude nts,keep yo u in stitches. is 1 0 $i ng C "w lD dr a t o s mo o thtjlke r inte re st th em se lve s incwreot sociali ss ue s: t he w ar o n d ru gs , su ic id e, A ID S ,

Tbemovlc begins with Bco jamin .Even tuaUy . .th eyfigh taD d alc oh olism , A ID S in b ab ie s, divo rc e, ab ort io n, d epre ssio nin teens ...issnes.8enjarnbl, p bl.y ed b y R obL ow e, W aY IJ$ ftars 1hat hehas. loalw atch ing the W a~'s W otJd cable Cassandra. Can W ayne andGarth foreign to th e '4 9 grad uat e. C onse qu ent ly. w he n I"graduate" w ith t he c lasstelevision sbdwwith o ne o f. hi s g lr l~ devise a p la n.to save C assandra ~ of '92 Iw inD ee d to find a plac e in c om munity or sc ho ol life to w hic h I c anliiends, B$jamin, a crooked"and destroyt h ei r e ne m y? a dd w h at e ve r w is do m I b av e g le an e d. f ro m t h es e t w el lt y- tw oyearsofteacbingsm ooth 1alking te levision producer . . ' th rough out themovie. a nd from wh ich I cangain a s m uc h personalp le as ur e a s t ea ch in g t e en ag er sdecide!!to exploit Wayne an d Garth. Wayne an d GarIhhave many adven-thesws o fWayn c's Wo rld .W ayne emu. W ayne Jeatnli to s»eak: ha s afforded me . W h e n asked, ~What do you do?", I h ave been proudto

an d Garth~ b o th n ai ve a ll Qu tt bebusi- Cantonese. a nd G ar th f in al lyis able answ er,"1 am a t e ac h e r. "ness w orld and eager forstardom~ tQ s p e a k .for himself. ·:B oth ot thefl) This graduation there will beDO ca p and gown or P om p anda c c ep t B e n ja m in 'soffer. attend an A lic e C oo pe r C Ollc ertand C irc um stanc e. Th erewill be a few tearful partings and perhaps h appy

. 111the meantime, W a~e. findout ho w i nt el li ge nt C o o pe r a ndplayed by MikeMyers, falls in love bis band really are . .'. predic tions. This tim e, too,there is a s cr ap bo ok w h ic hattests to th e fact thatwith C~ a C antonese hea vy . . tEyou think i tsouods g o & J I h ave in de ed e njo ye d t he ye ars t hat le d to t his e nd in g. W ise '! Wond erful'!

meta l b a be . p la ye dby Tia Carrere . sofar, just wait until the endiIig, O r Youthful? If I am , it i s b e c au se IBE Y havem ade m e so .S h etoo ge tss uc ke d i nt o B e ll jo lU D m's t at be rendings.deceptioo. Garth~ played by D a n a

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