Parking lot mf.,:te wLh illegal in itants Annenese Bruegel The question is: how is this possible? As for sophomores, many an noticed. How many more students can S Writer Are there more parking passes than upperclassmen cry out against the relate to this luck? parking spots? Most likely not. Of the looming presence of sneaky spot- The possibility that the lot is not stealing sophomores. I can remember my reaction last passes sold, many have been voided.The checked closely enough to keep our "I'm feeling [that it's] definitely year when I found out that a parking real culprits are closer to us than costly spots free for us presents an wrong because when I come to school pass cost fifty dollars. To have seen my originally believed: teachers and maybe alarming threat to the availability of response, you may have thought that I even some bold sophomores—pass-less spaces. Hopefully, in the future, fewer had just been told the world was ending opportunists—who come to our plot of cars will be able to sneak into the lot. rather than being told I that had to pay concrete and park in the spot we paid For now, the solution is simple: fifty dollars for something as simple and fifty dollars for! sophomores, don't even think of it.Your insignificant as a par 1- 8. pass, which the Senior Jackie Hibbard said, "I can turn will come. In the meantime, if year before had been much less understand that teachers need to park you're so eager to drive to school, park expensive. in our lot; it's much, much closer to on Argyle and pay your dues, just as the However, it seems that parking in their dassrooms. The teacher lot is on rest of us have. that 6 by 10 square foot space that I have the far side of the school." Teachers, all I have to say is that it paid for is more problematical than There are in fact, according to Mrs. is much safer to park in the teacher lot. initially presumed. Why? Boyer, approximately 20 teachers who I can personally attest to the insanity Because if you arrive to school less park in the student lot. Mrs. Boyer told that occurs in the lot after school. In particular, please be aware of the than ten minutes before the bell rings, me she has been discussing this issue „. you'll find yourself driving in endless with Mr. Piper in order to rectify the . The parking lot isfisil, with or without teachers. frustration caused by the lack of spots. circles. Students desperate for a spot sparse availability of spaces. there are no spaces for me and parking Is 30 seconds extra driving to get have started parking out on the grass Her crusade, however, does not is a privilege that sophomores should to the teacher lot r y that big a deal? by the back of the football stands. solve our problem now. Teachers do not wait their turn for, just like I did," senior Is there is a double standard here Everybody has noticed the cars parked have to pay for parking. We pay fifty Jake Keller laments. that the school needs to re 11 at the end of the all the aisles, usually dollars. We cannot park in their lot, yet However, their presence in the lot Upon further consideration I believe that the administration supports blo or crowdin; the lot exits. The they can park in ours, filling up us ost can easily go unnoticed. A dose friend lack of available spaces seems strange the entire first row, and then some. The of mine once told me she forgot her pass our claim to the spots for which we have given that I have paid for a spot. injustice is almost more 1 I can stand. to school but the"shadow-master" never paid a good fifty dollars. Barb Angott: 1--,,irement of a e en She became a teacher at age Even students 7s o have never had Lisa 'd 1 demolishing any lingering self-worth S Writer they might possess. nineteen and has taught almost every the privilege to have been taught by the And finally, she is about the only grade including the first, during which legendary Ms. Angott are in awe of short, old, and possibly insane woman she allegedly read the helpless tots an her—Greg Parks assures us, "Though Some say she's a genius—others in the world that can effortlessly make abridged version of Moby Dick. I've never spoken to her and have only deem her The Great Headache. Either an eighteen-year-old boy tremble in Unfortunately for today's students, seen her from afar, I marvel at her way, she is arguably the most legendary fear with a simple glance over her not much has changed. And now, here intelligence and god-like nature." four feet and eleven inches ever to walk bifocals. she is, "retired" for three years but It's obvious that Mr. Parks hasn't the halls of Seaholm High School. Her And yet.. .she is beloved by incapable of tearing herself away from had the privilege of learning from our name is Barb Angott, and after almost practically all students and teachers the inspired minds of Birmingham's Hero—otherwise, he would have half a century, she is saying goodbye to alike. There's just something about youth (read: they keep forcing her back known that man will die a horrible death teaching. receiving a heartfelt scowl then being to whip our pathetic lives into shape). in the pursuit to be like the gods. I think. Since she only teaches two dasses declared a"mental midget" that is simply But through the abrasive comments, (That essay received the infamous "C of seniors, many of you don't even know impossible to resist. entire essays crossed out with the - - Gift," so I'm not too sure). who the notorious "Angott" figure is. So, Her sharp humor offers no mercy infamous exdamation "never!" scrawled But needless to say, even though her for the benefit of all you fortunate/ for the weaklings whom other teachers at the top, and/or perpetual comparisons stature is small, Barb ott has made unfortunate beings (I can't decide which may consider not suitable jo 111 • matter. to Angott's best and brightest students a huge impact on Seaholm and its it would be) who have never So check your confidence at the door, circa 1970, students today can't help students. experienced her special brand of love sit up straight, and enjoy the Angott cherishing Ms. Angott for her unique So, after forty-eight years of and affection, I'll provide a brief synopsis show (and for the love of God, don't teaching method. molding minds and polishing up the of Angott. look out the window). Senior Meredith Magulak praises tarnished souls of today's youth, Ms. She is a short, graying woman whose Though the exact date remains Angott, proclaiming, "I shall take every Angott will be leaving these halls for mind works with razor sharpness. Her unknown, Barb Angott was born piece of literature that Angott has shared the last time, not just as a favorite main goal in teaching is to enlighten sometime between the Gettysburg with me and staple it to my heart, then teacher or source of extreme students to the main ideas and themes address and the advent of the toaster glue it my soul!" ...That's pretty weird, frustration, but as a legend who has in literature while simultaneously oven. Meredith. touched us all. Phot(Dpirlio The Iraq war: hindsight's 20/20 What is your favorite sugary snack to eat Eric Lequesne It was dear, in 2003, that the Bush administration when celebrating the seasonal rabbit Feature Editor had declared Iraq part of the War on Terror when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared that Iraq estival? was now the front in the war on terror. "Yesterday, December the 13th, at around 8:30 p.m. However, instead of making Americans more secure Baghdad time, United States military forces captured from terror, the war in. Iraq invited terrorists into Iraq, Saddam Hussein alive." therefore making the threat from terror to the troops President Bush's announcement brought a dose to much greater. the outspoken opponents of the Iraq War, yet negative But aside from loose foundations, this war was far , rew sentiments still remained. But now, as with all events, too costly to be considered a war whose benefits Dube '07 we see where the flaws lie. outweighed its shortcomings. Economically we were in Yes, we should give president Bush credit that he a decline. When this war began, the United States was captured a criminal of that magnitude, a man guilty of experiencing a recession. This was a minor economic genocide. crisis, yes, but a crisis nonetheless. And we should give him credit that he was able to And furthermore no economic crisis can support rally a country of our size against Iraq. But these are the an expense of about $150B. And the notion that it can is only aspects in which he deserves credit. ridiculous. If it were to support the economy as some Despite the fact that our president was re-elected, proclaim, then the economy would not be struggling as Peanut butter eggs" his war in Iraq still showcased several flaws. it is now. The economy is just now beginning to show exa. To begin, President Bush's two main reasons for the improvement.