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2 M february 2002 Matures ncssm I the stentorian Have a quadruple sleep-in myour schedule? One last dance for seniors? Jordan Lofton S econd semester, senior year: you’ve heard from your colleges or at least finished applying, and all that’s left is walking across the stage on graduation day. Now you can sit back and enjoy what some may call a “slack” sched ule. If you’re like me though, a slack schedule means having one extra free period and maybe an extra sleep-in. We’ve all heard the myths about the slackest senior or the dream schedule, but has there ever been a name or a face associated with the title? Whether you consider yourself slack or not your curiosity is probably piqued. Who should this year’s slackest senior be? To answer this question I first had to state the NCSSM definition of slack. For help I turned to Slackers Club President, Eric Knight. There were five general criteria that Eric listed for true slackness. Said person must: first, be in all general classes; second, take no more than the required number of Annafrancesca Fuchs Laura Douglas, deemed the slackest of all seniors, relaxes in the Third Bryan lounge after a not-so-grueling scholastic day. classes; third, do no more than the mini mal amount of work; fourth, take no semi nars; and final ly, join the Slackers Club “for the T-shirt.” That’s quite a long list of conditions to fulfill, so the job of being the slackest senior may be slightly more difficult than initially assessed. Going about searching for this person might have been difficult had it not been for fate. I’ll admit that my search started out rather roughly. Following intuition, I immediately began to question people about every male senior’s schedule. Somehow though, schedules just didn’t seem to be quite as To Kerry McClellan: Roses are red, Violets are blue, I float on cloud Nine, when I am with you. Love, TThat GuyT Sw«ef£ear/, Sf am so l£anJtfuI to £aoa you in my Istortfs can ’/ express w£atyour frienfs£ip an/fooe mean to me. St fooe you, IsOesIey. Sooe, C9s£fey Uo 9roun(/O^ynofefs, Jfappy Uafentine’s '2)ay to i£e yirfs on Srountffrom t£a yuys on 4&. "Stats is your best friend, as are A- Photo and Chorus, but only if you're going to Carolina. slack as one would hope. It was when I had almost given up on pinpointing the person that I heard a quiet voice brag ging about her quadruple sleep-in. Yes, that’s right boys, it’s a girl! Laura Douglas is her name and reclining is her game. With Chorus, Advanced Photography, General Statistics, General Physics, and WRRD, every day is filled with multiple free periods. Her most diffi cult day is when she has no sleep-in, 3 morning classes with lab, and chorus in the evening. “It’s painful,” she remarked. Laura would agree that WRRD is her hardest class but added, “.. .it’s also the eas iest to get an A in.” I know what you’re think ing. So far she’s only met the first two requirements. I assure you, however, that Laura does n’t waste those free periods by using them wisely. Sleeping, sitting around the lounge, and hanging out with fnends all keep her pretty busy. After school she is involved in no To Jenni: Salve, mea bella. May every day be filled with the warmth of knowing that you are loved. Happy Valentine’s Day. Chris J. To Whitney, Kelly, Anh, Leigha, You girls are the greatest! 1 cjonft know what ifej 4o without you! Youire all my banles! Luv ya! Ashley Alexander To Third East (Ghetto Haiku Remix), Third east is.dope, yo Yo, yo yo yo yo yo yo Word to your mother. Rock on London, Rock on Chicago, Wheaties-Breakfast of Champions. academic or extracurricular activity to clutter up her evenings. The only area where Laura is lacking is her involve ment in the Slackers Club, but is that so astonishing? When asked if there was anybody who deserved the slack senior award more, Eric had to admit, “Not even my schedule is that slack.” As a reward for all of her not-so hard work, Laura has been made an honorary mem ber of the Slackers Club. Laura’s response to this award was nothing more than hum ble. “Working more than I did last year (which was none) would have been impossible.” She would also like to leave some advice to all the little people out there (juniors, that’s you): “Stats is your best friend, as are A-Photo and Chorus, but only if you’re going to Carolina.” Love her or hate her, Laura Douglas is this year’s slackest senior. She’s willing to endure all the glares she gets and will even tolerate all the “I hate you” remarks she receives from jealous peers. She’ll do all that with grace and decorum because Laura Douglas is the epitome of the NCSSM “slack senior.” To Kate Morrison: Sorry this valentine message isnft from Tommy Haas or Dr. T Jr., but I wanted to tell you I luv you! -Katie (your roomie) To Zach Nienstedt: To my fav trekkie pirate of the pointy posse, you take my breatn away. LOL! Happy Anniversary, sweetie, have a gi-eat day- Love, Kate To-the^Sqvuxmoui-Poiie/. My iquxMni/idtxry! Hope' you/ ^uyy enfoy Vdle*\tCne/’y Vay, e^'es'vthou^fh/you/ hate/ rnuihbneiy. Love/, The/TraCn/ Michael Mueller Y bu’ve all heard about it at Monday meetings: the proposed Senior Trip. Coordinated by Matt Oettinger and Anna Bamett- Robisheaux, the purpose of the Senior Trip is to bring the sen iors together one last time before they go to college. Although the trip’s location is as yet undetermined. Matt and Anna are currently evaluating possible locations. These include Windy Gap, Camp Pinnacle, and Fort Caswell. (Camp Tekoa is already reserved.) The trip is current ly slated to take place dur ing the last extended weekend of the year in early May. Additionally, there will probably be a small fee involved. Students are welcome to make suggestions and plan activities for the trip; proposed ideas include a senior open mike night and a communal dinner for all the seniors. There seems to be support behind the idea; in a recent poll, about 60 students showed inter est in going on the Senior Trip. Many like the idea of being able to be together with the senior class one last time before they leave for college, or spending more time with their significant others. Yet there is some dissen sion within the senior class. About 56% of seniors polled said that they did not plan to go on the senior trip. Some were worried that it would cost too much money. “Money and I do not go together,” said one senior. Others were discouraged because the trip will be held in the mountains. “I’m not going to pay [money] to visit some "1 am very optimistic that no matter wfiat happens, some of us wiU have a retreat on which we can look bade and remember our last days here at Science and Math/' | place that’s 10 minutes away from where I live,” said Tim Reibold, who lives in the Asheville area. Other reasons seniors don’t want to go on the trip seem to be its proposed time and general ized disinterest. “It’s not worth my time,” said one senior. “I would go if it weren’t during an extended weekend,” said Chad Voss. Many seniors expressed similar concerns, cit ing other plans for the trip’s pro posed date in early May. “We’ve tried everything,” said Matt Oettinger in response to student con- c e r n s . “Teachers won’t let us miss class for the trip and [the administration] doesn’t want us going to the beach, so that limits our options.” Although there is less inter est in the trip than Anna and Matt had hoped for, they’ve decided to continue planning for it. “We have worked very hard to get to the point where we are now, and we will continue to work hard to make this retreat happen, whether 60 of us come or whether the whole class comes. I am very optimistic that no matter what happens, some of us will have a retreat on which we can look back and remember our last days here at Science and Math and the friends we have made here,” said Matt. Anna concurred, and brought up the point thaL “If everything goes well and people have fun this year, then maybe next year there will be more interest in going on a similar sort of retreat.” The senior trip, it seems, will likely take place as sched uled, promising a last opportuni ty for seniors to bond and say their tearful goodbyes. "Do you plan on attending the senior trip?” (Results of poll taken during Student-Director Ateeting, Monday, February 4, 2002. Courtesy of Matthew Oettinger and Anna Bamett-Robisheaux.) don't know 20% probably 17% ■ definitely yes 7%
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