Top of the Heap by Mike O'brian Many Salem Senior High School Improvement
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The Student Newspaper Vol. 82 Issue 7 Salem Senior High - Salem, Ohio Monday, March 20, 1995 Top of the heap by Mike O'Brian Many Salem Senior High School improvement. Newman feels that the course students have Jet the staff of The The senior student council is get electives and extra-curricular activi Quaker know that they want people ting ready for graduation by ordering ties offered at SHS are very good and other than "sports stars" profiled in a graduation announcements and help make school "bearable." He also column such as the sports page's deciding the c I ass gift. Also, Catlos thinks that more assemblies are need "Faces in the Crowd." Because of promised, "If students act appropri ed and the schedule needs shifted these suggestions, the Quaker staff ately, a senior class picnic will be sometime during the year just to has decided to start a column that arranged in the future." make school "a little different." profiles a person from each class, Ky! Dinsio, junior class president, This year's sophomore class is finding out his or her hobbies, activi is also involved in many things currently planning the Sophomore ties, and inspirations. besides student council. The 17-year Semi-formal for April 21 to make Most important of all is who is old Dinsio is also in French Club, money for next year's prom and for a profiled in the paper. I and the staff Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, and is on class party. are leaving this up to YOU, the stu the academic team. She also enjoys Fourteen-year-old Ben Thayer is dents. If there is anyone in the school reading writing, playing her trumpet, the freshman class president. He is that you feel deserves to be read listening to music, and traveling. involved in Key Club, football, and about, please give a short note saying Dinsio also feels that SHS has an choir. He looks forward to World who you want to nominate and why excellent staff and offers a wide vari History with Mr. Spack every day. they are being nominated to either ety of classes. "When you compare He feels that SHS is strong in Mr. Ladner or any staff member. Salem to smaller schools, it is pretty many departments, including the Because of this being the first impressive," she said. quality of teachers and athletic pro paper with this column in it, the first On the other hand she feels SHS grams. He feels that the paper short people to by profiled will be the peo can improve its services to students age and the higher lunch prices are Academic challenge team ple chosen by the student body to needing emotional guidance. Dinsio problems at the school that need to be lead their respective classes: the stu thinks that guidance counselors are dealt with. dent council presidents. too busy getting kids into college to The freshman class is busily earn proves scholarly Shawn Catlos, 18, as the senior do any counseling. She stressed that ing money for their junior prom by by Bill Gower class president. He is heavily it is not the counselors' fault, that it sponsoring dances, running conces involved in school activities, includ just ended up that way. SHS needs to sion stands, and sponsoring sales. This month the Salem Senior Wellsville, Crestview, Columbiana, ing National Honor Society, Physics have several psychologists that are They are also working hard to get High academic challenge team has Leetonia, Lisbon, United, and Beaver Club, Teens Against Chemical Taking there for students to go to when they motivational speakers to speak at competed in several different con Local. (TACT), Spanish Club, Football, as have problems at home, or a relative assemblies throughout the year. tests, and on WEWS-TV in well as moonlighting as Quaker Sam. dies, or they have a fight with their On March twelfth, they competed These people are people that you Cleveland. Shawn enjoys fishing, weightlifting, boy or girlfriend - just some people - the students of SHS - voted to be at Alliance in the seventeenth annual and collecting Cindy Crawford to talk to, she said. leader of your respective classes. The On March fifth they participated academic challenge competition. posters in his spare time. The junior class is presently plan purpose of this column is to let you in a contest in Cleveland against There were nine teams at that partici Catlos feels that SHS is superior ning for the prom. get to know them better. In future Loudonville and Olmstead Falls. pated in the competition. The contest to other surrounding schools because Matt Newman, 16, is the sopho columns you will be meeting other Salem placed· first in this contest. was sponsored by the Alliance he feels that the technology in our more class president. He is in the interesting people of our school. They were awarded a plaque for their Kiwanas and Mount Union College. school is better, and the teachers are sophomore and chamber choirs, and excellence in academics. The contest The prize for first place was a $1,000 concerned about their students' the band and jazz band. Newman futures. He does feel, though that the plays varsity golf and is in the Key will be aired April l. scholarship to Mount Union. The three competing students and alter students at SHS judge each other Club. He was in last year's musical The team competed in the county nates were; Ryan Smith, Kathlene inappropriately. ''They are more con Bye Bye Birdie, and this year's Guys bowl that same week. Salem placed cerned about the qualities that their and Dolls. In his "free" time, he Smith, Mark Minett, Treg · Steves, second in that contest, only losing to peers don't have, not what they do golfs, sings in groups, and practices Dan Moore, and Ky! Dinsio. East Palestine and East Liverpool. have," Catlos said. He also feels that his saxophone. Of course, he says, "I the overall school spirit needs also like to make easy money." Salem had victories over Southern, Could I please wash my hands? Life after high school by Mike O'Brian by Jennifer Simmons For all of you males that have not than five feet away from him and he then goes back to class. gone into a bathroom lately, you may is taking care of his business while he Minutes later, sitting in the cafete It's here! Graduation and every Week". Most freshman will have to be in for a shock. Besides the fact that is trying to breathe. He reaches for ria, he suddenly loses his appetite one thinks it is the end of all their be careful, because when they start to there are no mirrors and there are no some toilet paper so he can blow his because he thinks about what he just problems. But to most teenagers col find out just how much freedom they paper towels (sometimes), lately stuffy nose, only to find an empty touched while he was in the bathroom lege life has become a reality. really have they will probably start to there has been more bathroom roll. and he could not even clean himself When you think college, what is slack off. For instance, when they fig "musts" missing. Once he zips up, flushes, and off. the first thing that comes to mind? It ure out that the professor does not Ok, picture this: It's the period starts heading for the sink he says a Roy has tried to get the bathrooms is probably freedom. Every senior in care if your there or not they just right before lunch, "Roy" suddenly silent prayer asking a greater being up to a decent level: he has asked his high school just wants their parents to might stop coming to class. And has to go to the bathroom, he goes for soap and water pressure. But, the student council members to quest for go away for awhile, and LEAVE when their still out at 1:00 a.m. and into the bathroom hoping for a clean divine intervention that he is hoping the addition of stall doors, toilet THEM ALONE!! But when your figure out that they don't have to go and private visit, but, of course, he is for does not come through. He rinses paper, soap, warm water, water pres dreams become reality, sometimes it home. Many freshman will find out mistaken - this is Salem Senior High his hands with the cold and slow flow sure, and paper towels to no avail. is just not all it is cracked up to be. the first semester that they will have School - there are no sterile and pri of water and then goes to the paper Now all he can do is to hope against Many college students say that their to learn how to discipline themselves. vate bathrooms. towel machine and turns the crank hope that someday the students of first semester in college was the hard Even though college life seems to So, Roy proceeds to go into the foolishly expecting some paper to SHS will be able to pee without get est thing they ever had to go through, be great it is still a place where you. doorless stall. He is in the non-pri come out. Guess what? Yep, nothing. ting sick at lunch. and others say it was the best. have to be careful. As long as you vate cubicle with the smokers less He wipes his hands on his jeans and If you are ready to be totally free, take precautions, like not walking by meet new people, and try to be at yourself at night, you should be o.k.