Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

Advanced classes
gain enthusiasm
By C«rl« Newmejer
both a grjJiute-lcvtl math cias*
and a college chcmutry class are open
this yet; to Umcil student*.
Vaught again by Rudolfo Tomai.
a doctoral student at University of
California at Berkeley, the mrth clavi
takes place at Berkeley on Saturday
mornings ami includes student* from
other Di/ Area schools.
" [he clau b going great!" cntNiscdTomu.
"It w»a little slower gcttinj
going this year because of lotne
conflicts with SAT and PSAT. but
now it's grca:.. Students like it and
I like teaching it."
The 35 stutlcm* include 12
s, u well a* about twice JS
many students from Palo Alii> High
School, and several from other San
Francivo an* PenitirjU school*.
**losi walked through lh-ir
previous matfi clavsc*." uidToma;.
"Thu 11 the Tint challenging math
clan they've had." Some o» the
students hasc only had i* much malh
a* Euclklcari geometry.
Lowell students are doing "very
well."
The curriculum includes protective
geometry, topology, logic. aiO group
theory. "I think it will help tnc
students with college councs. indirectly,
by providing ihcm wiih
AP Chemistry 1 students enjoy carrying out exprHmctua.
Lowellites donate for
Mexican relief
By Raymond Louie
The Board for School and Community
Service* (BSCS) sponsored j
school-wide collection to aid the carihquakc
victims in Mexico in
OctPbe'.
On Ocu*er 31, the Ian of thr three
collection days, a grand total of
S1.O32.S7 was tabulated, which include*
$642.91 collected from all
four clas.-cs, and $389.66 from the
various club*. "I don't think we
achieved our ja*l of one dollar per
perron." confessed Aviv Laurence,
Lnucll Executive Council chairperson.
".. .but I ani quite pleated wuu
the response."
A*oncw^vmot explained it. "If
each pcrwii were r-> ucrifice and
cnntn'ruic hi» j nk imxl money for
>~i jnc day, we wnuld have had no
pro* ,1cm reaching r*i r ftosl."
The donations Mill be delivered to
the Red Cm** in Son FraiKuco.
Prom there funds w ill be immediately
transferml. along "iih other pcoplc'%
contributictts. to the Mexican
Relief Fund head quarters in
Washington. 1>.C. «nd finally the
money will be vrnt to uV Red Cross
ir« Mexico. A spoieiwonan at San
Francisco's Red Crow wid that she
docs i>c. know the actukl tire it takes
for the fund* to reach Mexico.
After toe Mexican Red Ctaa Z**
received the money, it will be used
ID rebuuVJ the communication system.
which Includes electing emergency
radio nations. The money will alto
be utrd a purchase food, medicine.
first aid. as well a*to build shclwn
for the earthquake victims.
A couteM *as held bcf*cen the
chuc* as to whidi one contributed
the mou moaey. Collection days
were on f>:tobc.- 16. 18. and 21.
Brown envciopc* witli each regrtry\
number on ii w-crc sent to eveiy
hcNTicroom. wlierc money wi* collected
from the students and delivered
to the main office. Huge plastic jug*
wen; aUo placed tn the main office
.n! in the dean's office for dotations.
Q-? the fust day of the Mexican
l^ieT fund.'JK juniors cjmc in f>rtt
place by tuihcrinc $45.41. the
wphomore* second, by giving S37.
while the senior* and freshmen collected
$14.20, and SI 1.67.
respectively.
And on UiC second day, the
iopliorws wjrpavwd the junior* by
accumulating a total of $144.28.
while the junior* rnugticd up
$126.33. The senior* collected
S 105.49. while the frcJurvn !t*4 UM
place again by giving ihcir ^hatc of
592.26.
The lopbomocc* hclu on to ihcir
lead by iioruting 4 grand toul of
S226.5I on ihc U*t day »'f coninbutkm*ihc»ccondpl*;cjunior\lumex*
i51W.2O. while the vnit'.-* and
?ic it is our turn to aid the
earthquake victims." stated senior
Charles Tsang.
HAPPY BELATED
ISth BIRTHDAY
to
MICHAEL H
MINTZ J
Love, '
Helen, Shan, Conn 1 '.
Mi
background information. There is an
ocean of mathematics beyond
calculus and thu ceunc inatxluc**
them to ii."
The clau wai mined to Berkeley,
hopefully in order that ionic UC pn>
t'^uorr will give gucM lectures, • Ait
nothing is tct >rt. Tnmwtioci ha»c
permission to UM. the Lowell
buildings on four Salurdays if he
Jciim.
"ChemiHry I AP." «id icachcr
John Btssctl. "is a )car of college
chemiury for the elite group of
Lowciltte* who arc capoSc o( doing
such work."
"There arc geniuses at thi* sc>i*ol
who can uke a )ar ofcollegc chem
at the hICh Khool Ie\cl." added
Btt. "tlufonurulcly. the students
were not cdcquaicly screened." vi
wtnc are hating problems. "Half the
dau is doing exceptionally well." he
offered.
The course u wing a new boot.
BniwTiS Chemistry: The Central
Scirme. and is a new department offering.
The chemisrry class, unlike
Torrax's math cUss. is a rtgu'aily
Khcdulcd class. The chcmi\tr> I AP
meets II. 12. 13 cscryday.
BisKli cnj»»>s icachinp the cla>s.
panly becJUM:. be said. "F.vcr>»nc
is trying, they're not di*coura^-«V
Who knows what will tuppra u».>c
May 16 and uV AP l:q!"
Sophomore Ian Loscjoy say* .w
enjoys the cli+\. "Hut," he addcJ.
"ihcre'i li«is of hmncwork!" The
24-mcm*>cf cUt» L\ nxntly made up
of sophomores, with J .ouplc of
junion.
"It's a strenuous vuut*c...not fur
evcrytHxly." surmised flivsctt. He
hope* the clasv will be offcrrd »fam
next >c-ir. and his only caveat wilt be
in screen all Ihc applicants ruefully.
"' The &mWJ. f/mmWr 1,'lw'. >ij
NEWS
Lowellites display
talent in pageant
winner* Sbitral FtinclBsa. Lba Tkbak, tod sponsor l
t
By Tammy Xarpcnko
This >car'* Junior Mat Competition
held on October 5 at Mercy High
School, Uicludaf f\o seniors from
Lowell. Miami Fcinglau and Lisa
Tabak wwkrd hard in order to take
both runncrs-up titles. Feinglass
receiving firvt jnj Tabak second.
"Every coninunt was a winner.
just for being in ihc competition,"
remarked Tabak w bo thought at first
that rehearsing frorn 6:30 p.m. until
8:30 p.m. for two weeks alter «cnool
would affect her academic woik.
With the Boat Dance around the corner,
she seriously thought she wouU
not have the time to participate.
Tobak's »i>})fx>ni*e mothr r was the
motivaiin£ force behind her decision
to porticip'r in the cJTRpcttiion
Tabak fell *v was just going alotig
wtth the pageant and never paid ck*c
ettcntkm. ur-tl Saturday, the day of
thr coniest. She s'atcd. * T went
through it in a da/c and even won in
a due."
Tab-* made clear that the contctf
w*t ii.- beaut/ pagCAiit. It was a
beneficial c*r.riicncc to make new
(trends and to cntptu>./c sell
Schools to test for AIDS:
B.s Kulandj Ctiu
Cdtlus Corncjo. San I : rjrK-two's
jciinj: puMiL* whtM^I's VSK-I. SJIJ r*c
wi vtd pti^pinc j comprcbcnvive AvqutrcJ
Inmiunc IK-fuicnc) SsmlnviK
licv lo the wln>.>1 rnutd
within a m>>nih.
During an interview with [tic Sim
t'runeitctt ChniU d h
Happy h
Sweet IB 11
Antoinette
Dempsey •
Nou 7
Love Mom
fi-pxncill) ui.1 fx- pljnm:.! in Mrck
nurkLitiir> AIDS Ic^tnij; fur II«HJ
rundlcTs. p.*»ihl; tcjctwr* andothJi
Oi^rict cniplovce*. "I wjnt Id tesi
cscr>ooc who needs to be levied."
sUtcd Comcjit.
His rcnuiU ^ruiial jn i.nmcdu(c
viinirmcrs) In a prcparol vuiemcnt
given .he folloutng day. Comejo
clJinjed he did n.M plan to seek nuniLttory
AIDS urstinj;. mr did he ever
nKan to imply that he did.
Fein IXug. the San Frarwiwi*
I'mlicd School District public informJtumolficcr.
opbincU. "There is
n>> legal r.r medical rcavm for AIDS
tevtmc. -ind no true icM tor AIDS exists
answay."
Rocinhcrs ruse said thai the virus
that C3UM_> AIDS can he tranvniittcd
thnxjf h the exehange of body fluiJs
thai iKoir during sexual intercourse
of in the exchange of blood. Expert*
\ay it cannot he transmitted through
casual ciMitact.
Duag luted that the school district
^ presently in the midu of researching
the AIDS issue and that an
AIDS policy on how to deal with
itudcnli and employee* w ill be submitted
in a month.
DEEM SUM
.iny timt^ of day
YANK 31NC:
Tabak's performance,
rrcvlctt) lUnce done to the music from
the luvc theme from St. Elmo's Fire.
i let dance, t^prthcr w eh ar« interview
the comesiant* had with juJ^r*. an
aerobic dance workout, and a rating
on poise and personality wen Jte
winning elements thai placed TabaVi
performance be>ood that of cf tSe
ofher cnntcsiants.
Tabaic also vt)n a Scholastic
Achievement Award lor receiving a
grade-point as-.-ragc of 3.6 and for
her od