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FEATURE,
A bus loaded with Lonll students zoomed fax the bus stop on
Eucalypuu Drive Ian week. NoC a sing!* peiion hid reached up to
pull Ihc stop buzzer, and as a result, many students enjoyed an
especially long «lk lo school. "Oh, is that whrre my slop is? How
long have you been at Lowell?"
TU Winter Boll was miwe Mke a Winter B-avl for junior Jrson
Bondoui and sophnmore Pat Cunningham, r.ho sparred all rise way
10 the dance. ObJrrven report thai senior formic Ng's date spent
more time in the reitroom than on the dante floor at Winter Ball.
She still doesn't know why...
AP math students had a very relaxing \«calion. In keeping with
the holiday spirit, their lecclH.rs handed-out "holiday worksheets"
ICT them to complete and mail in. posmurked no later than December
31 •.'. HUory teacher Richard Sour.nl w al*o into the ChriMnuj
spirit. He surpmed hi-, class' with a quiz two days befrue vacation.
His spirit or giving was not diininishrd over UK two-week period.
Cues: wh.-. Jrward merrily greeted ha Miaints with on the first day
of schooi when they returned?
One hall guard just may have a red face. It seems he was -xcrclly
searching a student's purse and wis caught in the act. He claimed
Ike tuii Lie llg^lt to March a minor** ^cnonal belonging* if he Mitpcctcd
something was wrong. Thai's fir*, expect for one problem: die itudent
he selected is 18 years old and not a minor.
Once *g*in OK Povlakidai family swept the Winter B-UI Court
Award*. Coiijjramlaiiopi to ?>eaa and GerrRliw for following in big
sister's. (Jennifer*** footstep;., )-ou social aninuls. you! One frc%hnun
was spurcci ihc "sardine c.n" of the Wintrr Boll. Princess Jetties
Hancock ncxi iikl show up to acknowledge her liUc.
Another of ibone ui.wair.ed Chriuntas presents. Junior Bob Travis
was back.ns hi« sir -Kit o." the garage whtn one of the doors suddenly
swun& open. CRUNCH! A date with his insurance agent follow
ed. It never fails! Sophnmorc Daniel Handler ^« his new driver's
permit, and white in h's father's vintage red Mustang, he ran into
A pole. Happy New YCJJ)! Good going guys, but let's try for the whole
car next time, OK?
Sopbcmore Erik Otscn and his sister, freshman Kristin Otsen had
ntlier sweet Christtrds whiles for each college
DJCit CiU.
At the end of the l.-cturc the direcr
jskr£ lot any ^ucilkms about life
no campus. "How n the social life
at :hc school?** one girl asked. "It
it tunl to find mm on cannxu?"
What iiupid firlt. though FelU. "a
it hard to find men on campus?"
Wut idinb! Don't they have eyn?!?.'
"You know." said the director.
"out girl* ne>er *eem toha.v schools
rvurby," They always seem u> find
boys Iron the vrhools nearby."
Wlut'i «*roop with the beys at the
school? Felis wondered. WTui a
Ntnchnfinotf. IvluikcnkJMavl.
thtt duTL-or • uorthvhilc question.
He raucd his hand. "Are the dorms
co-cd?" All die girls snickered. Gee,
thought Felix, thesr girls are very
old-fashioned. Haven't they heard of
co-ed dorms? The director looked
quizzically al Felix and then smiled.
"A-hem.. well, since this is only a
girl*' school.. ."
A GIRLS' SCHOOL!!!! Felix
turned bect-rcd. You mean I've been
sittinf ' rtc for a tuif-hu:^ for a
n'Mt * wrhtwi::! V-.-u .scan. 1
-MAMcd oil etxir: thirty minutes Uuenui|*
to ypui*ituml. lecture?? Fein collected
hi* tftu^i. mtunblcd i\n "excuse
rx" and sW^ik out of the ViC-
CI Center, still ml.
Felix had had quite a few problcim
of this sort ever since his senior year
started. Ht had applied lo Htrtsrd
University and then Uter decUed to
apply 10 Radcliffe alia as i ^ack-l•p
school in c%*c he wa» rejected a* Karvani
He had uken the Strong-
Campbell test ana the results had
come hack dramatically indicating his
aptitude for th* prvfeuxm of Holiday
Inn hoftcu. When his SAT
Korct came h*ck, his college major
chctcc was printed as
''cosmetology." FelU cvld not
uadeoiand frun whence comcth
y»e»e strange forebodings, ferhaps he
*as indeed destined for tae life of
glamour and mystique enshrined in
the do*-ntwd 1|JU>«/ Inn lobby. But
that b another icxy.
As TelU wai inn yc.tr a senior, he
w» tamrally the v.vy euence of
anturirjr. reliability, md. fa snort,
was perfect in every way. At least,
hit mother thought M> Thatcuung.
FeiU's mother helped him ,-rtpjrc
for hU college interview v.fch Harvard
the nest day.
"You should took conservative,
Fe'ix. I don't want you wearing tfcal
duck titof ycui."
"Yea!i, ^tay, mom."
"Docvrt your father have some
'Beat Harvard' underwear, FdU.
from his yean n Yale?"
"Mom... 1 don't think that wojld
te very appropriau. .**
The neu day FelU had lo leave
school early to csich the bus
downtows where he was to meet the
Harvard alumni interviewer. The
man had suggested that Fr!U meet
him at a nice restaurant downtown
where ihey could chat over lunch.
Felix's mother had thought this
delightful. "How nice rf ihc nan,
Felix. Now order Mxrche» here arc really oui
of this wot Id." Mr. Smith commented.
"No, thwli." uid Fclu. "I
don't want a h n cheex sanJwtch."
Felix was feeling more and more at
cav- with this nun. What J guy.
"Well then, Felix. )ou just order
whatever you want," said Mr. Smth.
"How nice of you to offer," said
Fclu. "I will." FelU noticed a
iotaier entree on the menu. "Lobuer
rppcalt to me Vrlay," he commented.
Mr. Sir *JI KiXal in his
breath sharply and thw smiled
uncajjy. "But'jotheotberlond.the
real tauter^ tn Madeira -Jtith shallots
-U capen looks good too. But I think
I'll get lobster." Felix handed his
mtou back lo the war.er. "I*U have
endive salad with Uut. too. and are
w« haWiri *"*• Mr. Smith?" Mr.
. Smith '£&a\ on the piece of bread
he wa chew iog.'' I gueu tiut means
y*j," Mid FdU to the waiter. "A
199? Cublis might be nice."
FelU turned back to Mr. Smith
whs vm