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november 2001
Getting Down to Business
Emily Currin
S chool is often thought
of as a place where
relationships aren’t
really welcomed or allowed.
At typical high schools, rela
tionships- dating, boyfriends,
girlfriends, and the occasional
hook-up - are aspects of the
weekend. But what do we do
when school is our home?
Can anything be kept a
secret? Are relationships here
worthwhile or just a random
connection between two peo
ple with very little in com
mon? At our old schools most
couples were seen doing the
bare minimum: hand holding
or little kisses. But where
does school start and home
begin, and how does the bare
minimum get stretched?
Living on a hall of thirty
guys sounds fun, right? What
if you were a guy with a new
girlfriend? How would an
average guy handle all those
typical questions that teenage
boys love asking? Does he
fib and say he got lots of play
this weekend, or tell the truth
about how he was excited to
just get that one special kiss?
Lisa Turner
Y ou’ve heard of the
three R’s - Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle. At
NCSSM, we’re supposed to
be all about environmental
responsibility as part of our
maturation into tomorrow’s
science and math leaders.
Well, what does this mean in
the context of our daily lives?
What can we as students do to
help out? And why are those
stupid recycling bins all over
campus when all we ever use
them for is convenient trash
Pretend that this boy does fib;
where is his girlfriend left
standing? Her reputation
could possibly be scarred.
Boys on his hall may think
she’s easy, and worst of all,
she is dating “an exaggera-
tor.” Many girls also face
similar problems from their
hallmates. Girls coming back
from dates get asked millions
of questions by their friends.
Of course girls feel like they
should be truthful, since they
are talking to their friends, but
what about the girts that judge
each other for their actions?
So someone kissed on the first
date (or did more...Heaven
forbid!) In the real world
things like this don’t matter,
but to that sweet innocent girl,
this hallmate of hers could be
a seductress of the devil!
So here is a question to
ponder: Are relationships at
Science and Math of any real
value? Take a peek at a typi
cal couple:
Steven Gentile
& Emily Chandler
This adorable couple has been
dating for eight months as of
Friday, October 26. They are
always seen together and
seem to be the best of friends.
They go to an occasional
movie, order take-out, and go
on walks to
the park.
They like to
joke, have
arguments,
and have
playful
fights.
What I
see in this
couple is an
air of affec
tion and
friendship.
Although
they may get
tired of see
ing each
other all the
time, and
having peo
ple ask them about one anoth
er, they don’t let it bother
them. They love spending
time together and getting to
know each other more and
more every day. It seems nice
to always have someone to
count on and be there for you,
but you don’t have to have a
Emily and Steven
company at Prom
girlfriend or boyfriend to find
these things; there are tons of
great people here just willing
to lend you a helping hand or
a warm hug and they (usually)
don’t
expect
kisses or
affection in
return.
And
then there
is that
hooking up
thing. It’s
just about
as random
and impul
sive as it
can get.
a t t s
^ Lawn, the
I I M
Field...it’s
all the
same
when you get down to it.
Strange combinations of peo
ple, who are friends in the
slightest sense, “getting down
to business.” Benji Smith
feels that, “Random hook-ups
should be non-emotionally
involved.” Like many people
here, he believes that people
enjoy each other's
2001.
Be Kind to Mother Earth
disposal?
Recycling means the
return of reusable materials to
the economy instead of their
permanent disposal. It is
important for several reasons.
For one thing, it prevents the
build-up of solid wastes and
the use of more land for trash
disposal. It keeps more trees
from being cut and more
mines from being dug. Also, it
keeps costs down on materials
like aluminum (which keeps
us from having to pay a lot
more for soft drinks). There
are two major things we stu
dents can do in our daily lives
to help out with the recycling
effort. We can use our recy
cling bins,
which are
located all
over cam
pus, and
we can
ensure
that the
bins don’t
g e t
clogged
up with trash and fruit flies by
not putting garbage in them.
Using the recycling facil
NCSSM’s omnipresent recycling bins.
bottle caps,
you put the
ities is very simple; there are
easy-to-follow guidelines in
the Student Handbook.
Basically,
all you
have to
remember
^is to rinse
J out the
p 1 a s 11 c
C *
~ bottles and
aluminum
cans,
remove
and make sure
right types of
paper in the paper bins. And
are “too nosy” and that
“everybody thinks that they
know everybody’s business or
that they should know every
body’s business.” Throwing
out all those preconceptions
about the “two-week rule”.
Watts Lawn, and the couches
in the Hurd Room, the idea of
boys and girls dating at
Science & Math seems to be a
good thing. Many relation
ships here (this goes for
fnendships ^d dating) start
with common interests and
mutual respect. Relationships
seem to thrive and last if
friendship is involved.
Random hook-ups seem to be
more for fun and enjoyment
then for any real emotional
growth. So here is my advice
to everyone out there:
• Engage in random
hook-ups if that is what you
are really looking for. (Steer
clear of these if you are look
ing for any emotional ties.)
■ Be nice to your girl
friend or boyfriend.
Buy those Data
Matches, but don’t always
trust them. There’s no sense
in basing your future on a per
centage!
not putting trash in the bins is
the easiest part of all. Just
don’t throw food products.
Styrofoam, or other non-recy-
clable materials in the bins.
Recycling has been
proven to be an environmen
tally sound and cost-effective
way to prevent lots of unnec
essary waste. We have an
important role to play in keep
ing our school and environ
ment clean. We owe it to our
selves and to each other to use
our recycling facilities in a
mature and responsible way.
He^/CeAV: A Third Eye Awakening at Walnut Creek
Henry HeBEKr
T he night of the Tool
concert was extremely
cold, with tempera
tures in the mid 30’s - but the
turnout was unaffected by
such trivial circumstances in
expectation of an awe-inspir
ing show. The crowd made it
clear that Tool personifies an
art form that is accepted by a
more mature audience - the
average ticket-holder
appeared to be in their early
30’s.
It all began with a
headlining act from
Fantomas, a combination of
members from Mr. Bungle
and Faith No More, whose
musical expression is a fright
ening example of the capabil
ities of the human mind. The
style can only be described as
speed metal orchestrated by a
three-year-old in a temper-
tanu-um. Their marriage with
Tool for this leg of the tour
was not, in the audience’s
opinion, an appropriate cou
pling, as expressed by con
stant shouts of “TOOL!” and
“GET OFF THE STAGE!”
When Fantomas had finished
their set and the techies com
pleted their setup, the lights
dimmed and the real perform
ance began.
Above the heads of
the expectant crowd; one
could see a circle of eyes on
two enormous screens at the
rear of the stage. When the
members of the band
appeared, the crowd went
berserk - this is what they had
come to see. With able
rhythm section Justin
Chancellor on bass and
Danny Carey on the drums
backing Adam Jones’ skillful
guitar, the band showed once
again that vocalist Maynard
James Keenan is not the star
of the show. Certainly, he had
a commanding stage presence
for one of such small stature,
writhing and tossing his head
like one possessed by a
demon, but Maynard’s specta
cle did not monopolize the
audience’s attention. Carey,
surrounded by glowing geo
metric figures, cascaded
down the drums. Chancellor
worked uncanny bass riffs,
and Jones, with his artwork
playing on the screens, pro
duced a profusion of distorted
tones.
Most of the set list
was fairly predictable; tracks
from Lateralus punctuated
witli favorites like “Pushit”
and “Stinkfist”. The band also
decided to bring along a new
tour accompaniment, the
acrobatic team Osseus
Labrint, which Tool had fea
tured in their popular video
for “Schism”. Midway
through the song, the acrobats
made an appearance with
their animalistic totter, the
acrobats’ subtle anatomical
differences accentuating the
notion of symmetry present
throughout tlie performance.
They appeared again for
“Triad”, suspended by their
legs 30 ft from the stage and
moving like animatronic cuts
of meat.
An accurate descrip
tion of the show cannot be put
into words. The result of a
gathering of musicians of
such magnitude? Pure unut
terable bliss. In closing I will
leave you with Maynard's
words:
“Remember the feeling
you’re having right now -
whether you’re having a good
time, a bad time, or an indif
ferent time... Take it home
with you and in the coming
weeks create something posi
tive.”