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Maly Returns to Lincoln High .pg 4 Letter From A Nut so Nutty Pg 5. In.and Out of Focus Schools Pg 6 Sammy Sosa Due His Credit Pg 7
·September 29~ 1998 Lincoln Hi• h School 2229 ''J'' Street Lincoln, Nebraska 68510 Vol11me104 Issue #1
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By MeghanConnett
mers . . ' ., . 'Women'sca:ucus .wa,sthere,. SADD ".' DECA decided that if 500 people was the.re.and so wae 25 other clubs showed up to the event. it would· be and 750 students from •Imcoln High .· measured as a success.. Over 700 School. The DECA club kicked off the ·..people checked in and received their · '98-99 school year and partied lire it was ·· tickets, and another 50 people were . 1999 at the first everBack to School Bash. believed to. have just bOught food or . ~·,. . . Toe Back to School Bash was held 11.sedother people's tickets to partici· on.August 28, the first Friday afterschool pate in the booths. "The Bash turned started. · Each student. at Lincoln High out to be a dynamic and multi.:dimen- . received ten free tickets, provided by Dissicnal event," said Hines. . "No other · tributive Education Clubs of America scfuol has the unique blend of students (DECA), to play games at the Bash .. A 3 ·and staff which made this thing work. on 3 .rrr t was held in Johnson We lire with the reality of diversity evGym, where each team showed off their ery day, and on Friday, August 28,.we skills, clubs lined the hallways with difall celebrated being back to school." .ferent games or foods for students to try, . Witi the Bash turning out to· be . and karaoke was provig.ed in the West such a success, will DECA sponsor Gym for lots of good· laughs. While the ·acey Studnicka (11), English teacher ..·. B Heineman, Debtiie Peters (11. such an event again? Hines believ.ed Bash was going on inside the school, stu- · nd others entertain the crowd :with their karaoke sin in thatit'\W\lldbealotoffuntohavethis kind of atltlvity for students of Lincoln dents could catch some fresh air by· th was to get people from all backgrounds · se~ up a boo $50, plus and additional · High agm;i,but she thought that it watching the football team scrimmage on th ey received. should be 1,1pto the students whether to come. back to schl()()l for a party.· $Q.l:,O for each ticket that Beechner field. For the Back to School Bash to hap:. Some clubs made up to $400. 1\venty- ·an event lice this happens next year. · The Back to School Bash was an set up b? 0th8 'We need to continue to let students . pen, DECA spent time in their classes · seven clubs and groups idea that originated last year in Trudy · last year planning for the huge party, • at th e Bash: Amnesty· International, plan the event -. adults have a way of . · ·Hines' Business Management class. Each year, DECA,. an association of and they met during the summer to · ACE, Animal Rights, Art Portfolio Club, taking the spontaneity out of things!" marketing students, has given money prepare. At locker check-out, each Boys Basketball, Chinese Club, Cheer-· . Hines said. Eveiyone at tl\e Back to School Bash . that they made from the Cookie Link, locker had a promoltional flyer placed lead~. Close-Up, Campus Life, Debate, DECA, ..ESL Frien.ds, FBLA, seemed· to have a good time. There ...back to the school. The.1996-97 DECA ·. in it, and the DECA, officers promoted group gave Lincoln High $4,000 to- the Back to School Bash by telling stu- FCCLA. Football Team, French Club, seemed to be som,thing for everyoneto do. As Hines's ptlt it '"Ibe.PQsitive enwards a new sound system. This year dents of the activitlies that would be · Girls Basketball, GLBSA, Mummers, I there. . . . . . . J>t»1P..-Ju>k.s,. Ji'aiP~ ag .that ntg11t~· eontagtoust The . DECA decided to use the $6,000 that . ~1 n Counc · To make the Ba1ck to School Bash · · Skaters, Spirtt Club, Stut2C , whole .event was~ synergtsttcr · • they had to throw a huge party for the \ \ entire school .. The challenge for DECA a success, DECA paid each club that Women's Caucus, Yearbook, and Swim-
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High, the famed and feared fourth floor. teer internships in Kerrey's Lincoln Last Monday, September21,,1998, · There, over 90students who have dif- office.· IJncoln High's unique educational pro- ficulty working in a regular classroom Kerrey then finished his classgrams were catapulted into the. ·• room tour with a trip up to the . · eyes of politics. Former Nebraska · mezzanine to view the ComGovernor and current United puter Assisted Drafting (CAD) States Senator, Bob Kerreyvisited program. Students in CAD Lincoln High to view how alterclasses work with computers to -native educational programs can· design everything from houses · benefit youth and their school., to machine parts. They use Starting off his afternoon tour, three-dim~nsional computer Kerrey ate lunch in l,incoln High's graphics programs to view own.school cafeteria, enjoying the what a construction site would · chicken nuggets immensely. Aflook like from all angles. ter lunch he visited with students · Kerrey has shOWI},interests in the Student-Parent Child De-· in such programs before, re. velopment center. marking that we should take ,.· The bulk of the visit was tII advantage of the computer age spent listening to ·the· hardships ,.,, and value those with the skills that many of the teen mothers and ·to harness computer technolfathers have to go through everyogy. day,. such as the early mornings · Kerrey's afternoon ended • and late nights, 40 hour-plus · , with a relaxing visit in the work weeks, and getting basic teachers lounge. · There he transportation. After a small disspoke with teachers about cussion, he visited the child learn"what works and what doesn't · mg center to learn more about · work in education." He lishow if is run, what kind of fundtened to the ups and downs of . 1ng it needs, and by contrast, what · being a professional educator kind of funding it receives. Kerrey • today. seemed surprised by the fact that Kerrey is heading up a coathe center is supposed to be self- · lition to shoot down proposed sufficient according to regulatiOns constitutional amendment 413 by the school district. Fortunately, that would limit tax expendiit receives grants for reimburse- Senator Bob Kerrey watches as s~nior Eric turesandmorethanlikelyhurt ments. for the cost of child care.· Schroeder works on a computer in CAD. the public school system. The School Within A SChool . _ Having Senator Bob Kerrey program, otherwise known as ACE;(Al- environment work at their own pace come to Lincoln High was an importernative Cooperative Education), was to achieve their go,als and eventually . tant event. "It's a great school,", he next on Kerrey's tour. There he met graduate. 1{errey was so intrigued by said. Lincoln High is an example of with students who have built a com- the determination of these youth that what happens when you "put a. little · munity in the "Penthouse" of Uncoln he and his aides offered them voluntime and money into the schools." 1
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