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Leung wins trip | Drafting students honored
to England
By Jenifer Rogers
Senior Jessica Leung wm firu
prize in tV 19X5 Enjlish-Spealung
Union Esuy Contest.
"I wu very excited about winning
tint priic I had worked hard on the
c*say and I bciic«nl En what I wTotc,"
enthused Lcucc.
Leung receivfld a Khobnhip to attend
summer school at Jesus College,
Giford University, England, for one
week.
.TV! a very generous prize. The
urJvcniiy U one ot" the oldest in the
workl and attendieg whool there
would be like living » port of history.
Alto, going away 'Jut summer wi'l
be beneficial because this ii the sum
mrr of transition between IJ^h school
and college and I'll be out ot my
o*n. It'll be rny first iritiation into
the adult world. I'm really looking
forward to it," stated Leung.
Other prizes were aw anted for second,
third, and fourth pijeev Second
and third prizes are trips *o
Washington D.C. to visit the Library
of Congrcu, to meet member* of the
government, and to visit some points
of imprest in t. i nation's cap-u).
Fourth prize is a sctoUnhrp to attend
the Squaw Valley Writer* Conference
in August. 1983.
Lowell's sponsor to the English
Spewing UC'JM. Arthur Petcnon
stated, "It's the most ycncroui esuy
contest th=t I know of. Since ; t is
limited to San Francisco students.
Lowell has a good chance of winning
each year. This is the third year
that a student of mine has won ant"
I'm proud of that. 1 thought Jessica
had a good chance of winning
because ihe took i difficult topic
(Politicians and the Press — Who
controls vhom?) and used her own
cipcricnce. Sic also knew that it
would take a lot of work so kite made
man* rough dnftCTm proud thai she
won."
Thr cnghsh-Speaking Union was
rounlcu on July 4. 1918 in London.
England to promote unity around the
English-speaking Areas of the world.
In 1920. an Engl&i-Spcaking
Union was forn^ed in the United
States and scholarship* were provided
to give American students the opportunity
to cipcriencc the British
school svstcm.
This year, the Fourth Annual Esuy
Contest was held fur the San Francisco
Htjtii School branch of the
organization.
The organization is not politically
affiliated but mow ot the topics deal
with matters ct intcrrutional importance,
such m 0m year's topic
"Politicians and (he Pic** — Who
controls whom?"
Choir concert
entertaining
By May Wont
The Lowell choir entertained a
roulfJruuV of parents, uudcntt, and
tncnl* MI m Spring Concert on May
The program comiucd of greeting
by Principal Alan Fibish and performance
by koloUtt. eniembles, the
bcginnitj chorus and the advanced
choir.
At S p.m.. Creative Art* Dc.unment
Head Jack Anderson introduced
Fibiih who* ckr.med all to". ..a
program of joy and excellence."
commending the choir and director
"I thought they (the Lowell Choir)
Awe really wonderful." exclaimed
.\\^y Weir.strtn. a senior at Head
Ko-ce High Schml.
ISc vil»wi and enscmhlut* nlfcre
I a w-dc sartcty of nu\ic with
sonj. ranging fnwn &»ch's "FuW
Ich lit" to ii> ja/z master Thomas
"Fat:" Waller'* "Keeping Out of
Misci ief Now" to Madonna'*
"Cra:f For You."
Esc lement from the audience wa*
cspeci Hy evident when soloist Eun
Kini * tu} a special request, when
senior. oanna Jow whimpered. "I'm
Tbe LowttI choir performed a S?rins Coocert In the •udlloHuti on May
24.
Johnny Und for their many accomplishments
throughout the
1984-aS school year.
The heginnirtg chorus opened the
evening of sons under the direction
of student conductor Aaron Shapiro
•od filled the auditorium with songs
of •'Rhythm of life."
The advanced tboir. OUT- limes-U
large a» *^e beginning chorus, with
three times the volume, and three
Umei as bright in thetr brilliant icd
westers, harriraucd songs in Gcrnap
Lrt^.: and Elfch
crazy for you. Lntrmff" at the end
of her song, and *hen tap-dancing
duo Deaii Jones and L»sa Biclawi
•tug and danced to "OfT Time."
Corm^endat ere given to all.
Und. Shapiro, and student conductor
for the advanced choir. Picrrc-
Ouy Whfee. received .lowers for their
effom. and all the perfooncn; rcceiv.
ed loud applaud.
Junior Amy Maspuo/ reflected,
»It was exciting! We (the choir)
worked hard, and it paid off.
By Slctr Fong
Seven Lowell drafting and design
stut'ents won honors at the sixteenth
apmul American Insututc of \t~
cuitcrts (AIA) Competition.
The winncra * * junior Kevin
Wong, 2nd Overall; senior Francb
Mi'l. 1st Best Model; junior Aviv
Lautencc. 2nd Best Model; senior
May Yu. 3rd Best Model; junior
Phuonj N'gtiycn. 3rd Best Drawing;
Laurence. Honorable Mention •
Design Concept (representation in
design); and junicr John McNutty.
Honorable Mention • Graphic Energy
rfcoluneu oi design).
In addition, Hugh Aanonscn.
Lowell sponsor and drafting teach-r
receivrd an award for "outstanding
contribution to the AIA Competitions."
The San Francisco chapter of the
AIA sponsored the contcM, which it
open to drafting and architecture
students 11 various Greater Hay Area
high Kturtv
Two months prior to th* compcti-
\kr,, a pond of professional architects
'ormulated a problem which required
practical ffuolcm solving, functio-ul
design cnteria (such us rcttroom*).
and aeuhctics.
This year, the panel assigned the
participants to design a pavillkm tor
this .unimer's AIA convention at
Mascroc Center. The building had to
meet certain height and area requirements.
Furthermore the
• wilding had to be capable of King
'.onuructcd ?nd broken down within
a certain time period.
Two months after the panel introduced
the problem, .i full set of
(Top to bottom) Modeb of AIA drafting winner* Deferi* to Kerln Wv*
(2nd place mereO). M»jM. On) place best model), A«lv Laurrvce (2nd
place best model and honorable men!(on best concept), and France* Mill
(Isi place best model).
plan*, a modd and a statement
(o\ay) about the tfctiyn Has due.
On the due title, a second panel of
architects juried the competition. Its
evaluation determined the winner..
"l*'s (the competition) en educational
eipericncc. They (ihe pirtkipanu)
recet>Td comments on an
individual basis (from the jurats),"
asserted Aanortsen.
Thi* yea/. A3 students competed.
Of 51 Lowell entrants, six Luwcllitcs
wci seven uit of ckven pmiible
award t. including a clean sweep of
the model making competition.
Lowcllite* started competing in die
AIA competitions feu- >ears ago.
That tint year, a student acquired an
honorable mftfion. Accordirg to
Aanor&en, "\:nx then, we (Lowell)
have nc\cr received less thtn 60 percent
of the awards."
"It was a real challenge to come
up with a volution to the pruNcm.
The project was fun." renuikcd
McNulty.
"I didn't think I WM going to win
because I competed last year ail
!*Ht." Yu enthused. "I felt I itH bet*
• ter last time."
I nircncc rcvcalr*'. 'Isortof*cta
fLj\ to be an architect. Hopefully, it
(the i A ml) will he'p me in the field."
UC adopts new applications rule
By Amy L*c
ThcCla«sor 19X6 will be the first
jroup of student* in 25 >ear* to lute
the t>ption of applying to as many
Umvc.-tity of Californu (L'C) campuses
a* they wivh.
UC official* base decided to
change their policy of ha* ing students
.y 10 only one campus at a time.
because that rule ha* stopped man>
excellent students tiom gaining ad-
MO.I to their favorite L'C
campuses.
"The change will be advantageous
to the students." claimed counselor
Joan Catclti- "Thing* will be better
for them — and fairer, too."
Presently, if ttudcnr* are denied admission
in their fir*t-choke campus,
thci r application* arc redirected to
another UC campus on theit "lockup"
list (if 'rucc is still avabble) or
to a M!MX)I not on their tc I.
The time between being .Ejected
'rom thcir fir*t-choicc carnpit* aad
having their application* forwarded
to another campus often put* top
students at a handicap- In many caso.
these students arc denied admission
to thcir second-choice uunpu* simply
because all the spaces have been
filled by :he time their application*
arrive.
The appeals process, which takes
between three to lour weeks, alvo
puts jof\» student* at a disadvantage.
If these rtuoVnts are turned down on
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appeal at their first-choice schools,
dtcy may not rv jcrsMcd admiMion lu
their Ncomd choice campus cither,
since other students will already ru\c
filled all the available redirection
AIMI. the pnthabiiity of being a.ccptctl
to a first, scciwkl, or even
third-choice campus ha> decreased as
ncw-studcnt-cnrollmcnt has increased
a: L'C\ eight pcncral crjnpuso -itn
increase of }H percent in the pasi
fi*c year*.
Because of the increase in applications
during recent year*, most
*tidents who arc rejected fn:nt their
first-choice campuse* arc redirected
to Ir*ine. Rtvcnidc. or Santa Crw.
Redirecting applicant* lo :he traditiunal
second-choice camputc*
(Davis. Hann BuiKira. and San
Diego) i* n*> longer a conunou practice:
these schools, which formcriy
accepted the n*erflow from Berkeley
and UCLA, arc now. themselves,
red Meeting student*.
Catclli offeted another *l\wry:
to >hc new policy: "It will make the
In: * hotcc a truer first choice. LXc-
* it
* *
A- it
ly. many »tudsn- have been
(l»cmira£cO from apply mp to thetr
tiis'-choKe UC tJi'ipu* hecjuse ol
the small chance o xing accepted.
It's sad not to be able to even try for
your firM choice. Now cser\onrcan
at least try."
Senior Lc*l*c Lau:er-.x. whir will
be aiiending Ur ser\ir> ot S«»uthcm
California (USC) !iir. f.JI. comntcnied.
"I applied to L'ClJx. and I
f.H icdirectcd. If I were able to jpp-
K to more than otic campus. > uould
alMtKive jpplicdtn Ikikclcy. and I
prutuhly would ruvc been a»,tcr:t«J."
Students will be bitrskJered it two
L'C vampusc* of their choice fitr MI
application tee of 035. Appln'anA
will be charged an cttra 520 fi* cintskKrathm
at T.'1 campuv.
"r>J»cr ihm ihe moatN. thechinpe
is much rm-rc to ttu: ads^iuirc •»• tbo
student itun to the umvci u!\." UKI
Caiclli. "For ihe uni.-criiiie*.
especially ft>r Berkeley, thcu* wi I he
more application* tu »iit through.
Aim. it's ptnng ti* tK harder for the
campuses to get a i rue picture of just
who wril be accepting ihcir ofrr."
Worried ahou'. the
SAT?
I'm • patknl. exprricnerd lulur
Mho's helped olhcn Increase thrlr
le^l ou lo
prrparc for thh importuit ruunlnallon.
Bill Driscoll. MS 665-6717
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