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page 8 thebackpaqe December 00 I’m still hungry Corey Hadley Everyday I go to the caf eteria and I leave hungry. Do you experience the same prob lem? Are you hungry at night too? The problem is the serv ers won’t give us enough food in one trip. Plus, the lines are so long that most people just go through once and only get one small serving. Since the serv ers don’t give us enough food in the first trip, many people have to come back for more food that creates longer lines and a longer wait for everyone. It would be much easier for the cafeteria just to give us a sufficient amount of food the first time through. Is there any reason why they don’t give us a lot of food? Maybe they should start looking at how many people return to the line to get seconds, thirds or even sixths. There are solutions to this prob lem, but the cafeteria workers just aren’t looking for them. One solution is they could cre ate a profile for each student. They could find the average amount of food that each stu dent eats, then serve the stu dents that amount of food the first time through the line. Af ter all, isn’t that the way our parents do it at home. Or they could be sensible and give us the amount of food that we specify at the time; again, this is the way our parents do it at home. It’s not like your mom and dad give you three potato chips at a time (after you’ve waited in line for all the other people to get food). The servers are also kind of mean toward me because I keep trying to get more food. It’s not like I’m a bum. I don’t like it that they treat me really bad. It makes me feel real bad about wanting more food, but sometimes it gets to the point Rotten TV Stephanie I’oole At least, that’s what your (PpiT) always told you as she di rected you to do your home work, right? Millions of teens flock to TVs every day to catch up on Joey’s new love with Pacey, see Buffy save the world again, and have few laughs at the Central Perk with their Friends. Here at S&M, students tend to be too rapped up in their own drama to pay attention to regular TV shows and provide enough comic relief by them selves. “I don’t watch TV I have better things to do,” says senior Alistair Anagnostou. “Maybe if I had nothing else to do I would. I usually just don’t ever watch anything.” However, when the time is available and the stress gets to be too tiring, we do regress back to what teenagers are best at. We become lounge couch potatoes. With networks des perately trying to recruit younger viewers in this new fall season, the variety of options is getting broader. So what shows do NCSSM students prefer? “I’m addicted to The Real World” says S&M’s very own SGA President, Kenny Gibbs. “I know it’s not real life; real people have jobs and re sponsibilities. I can’t help it, though. I love it.” Natasha Marcuard’s favorite show is Charmed. “It really has a good storyline. It’s suspenseful, even though you can pretty much count on it end ing happily.” “My current favorite would probably have to be Moesha, says senior Fatimah when I really don’t care about other people’s opinion of me. I just get driven by my hunger. With all the wasted time in long lines there’s also the short in terval of time when dinner is served. It’s a race against time. I feel pressured to make it through the lines in short amounts of time and I regret to say that I have actually skipped people before in an attempt to satisfy my hunger. There have been instances in which juniors have not been able to feed them selves in the lines and had to withdraw. I believe in evolution but this is ridiculous. Survival of the fittest should have no part in the modem cafeteria. I’m getting tired of eating two more dinners after leaving the cafeteria. Back home I was used to eating one dinner. But now I spend an enormous amount of money and time on dinner after so-called “dinner.” I am now in debt $37 (seriously) for food-based expenses. Not only am I in debt to other people but my grades have slightly de clined because of waiting to be serviced in the cafeteria. I’d hate to think that I might not get into the college I want just be cause the servers didn’t give me enough tacos. I once ate twelve tacos. That meant getting up from the table twelve times. This happens frequently and as a result my social life has suf fered. Not only do I have to ex cuse myself from conversations but I can’t go out to Happy Half (or “0-Vis”) because I’m wait ing for food or simply too “tuck ered out” from lack of proper nutrition. And girls don’t talk to me anymore because I’m so poor and weak. I can’t get to sleep at night without enough food either. Which means I’m too tired to wake up and go to breakfast. It’s a vicious cycle. And I want out. This may seem funny to you, but I’m not laugh ing. Shahid-El. “It relates to a lot of real-life issues, and Brandy is a great actress and singer.” Junior Spencer Moore likes Comedy Central’s The Man Show. “It’s dumb humor, but really funny to watch,” he says. “SNL is the best!” Stu Pratt, a senior, believes strongly. “It’s hilarious.” What about educational TV? Surprisingly, some stu dents still rely on an old, classic channel: PBS. “I love Wishbone,” says junior Sarah Lovejoy. “They take all the classic nov els and condense them into one adventurous, half-hour story. The new season is great, too; the guys are older. And the dog is so cute.” Students enjoy adult edu cational programs, also. Nick Jones is interested by The Op eration on the Learning Chan nel, a show that takes people into hospitals for up-close looks at operations. It also turns out that a few previous teen favorites are no longer cutting it. The long popular Dawson s Creek has students complaining from its repetitive, dull plot. “[Dawson’s Creek] is getting annoying. There’s noth ing new,” says Tasha Marcuard of her least-favorite show. “It’s always about the same messed- up love lives. It gets boring.” S&M students prove that we are still average, influ enced American teenagers, de spite our more commonly voiced cynicism. But, hey, what’s wrong with a little TV now and then? The author Ttop. third Jrom righ^^lis so l^ungi^that he was >0 STUDENTS AND FACULTY! TWISTERS HOT PRETZELS AND FROZEN SNACKS IS NOW OPEN AT 758 NINTH STREET (ACROSS FROM GEORGE’S GARAGE). COME IN NOW AND CHOOSE FROM OUR LIST OF OVER TWENTY DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRESH BAKED PRETZELS. WE ALSO HAVE ICE CREAM, FROZEN YOGURT, ICE CREAM SNACKS, AND OUR ALWAYS POPULAR SHAVED HAWAIIN ICE. PRESENT THIS AD AND GET A HOT PRETZEL FOR ONLY HALF PRICE! (EXCLUDING SPECIALITY PRETZELS). 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