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.GOVERNMENT
Classes compete in Spirit Week
Senior Spirit Stjuad performed Italy routines.
The enthusiastic Juniors showed loU of tplrit.
ByGleaaAsacda
and Robert Kim
The week of October 15 n.ark~d
Lowell's «nnuil Spirit Week. •
tradition llnce the 195O'i.
Lowell rnthuilasm. ranging
(rum outright elation during th«
fini four day's to disappointment
on Friday, characterized this
year's Spirit Week.
Throughout the entire week, red
and white were everywhere on
campus.
The Cass of '88. being the
rookie class. Iwgan the wcek't
festtvltirs on October IS.
Althoach the freshmen had
oever organized a class rally
before, they gave a good flnl
showing, according to many.
The *HS song and yell girts per*
formed on the footbtll field before
a larjc audience. They, along with
Imhmin Bmanucl Blcvint, tried
to inspire fellow claismatcs.
**I wanted them to have enthuilatm,"
voiced Blcvins. "It was
ezdtlng, but it could have been
better."
Freshman Claire Dalint agreed.
"The wng girls were really good,
.but It (the rally) was plain com*
pared to the junior and tenter
rallies."
On October 16, the *57 rally was
held In the newly dedicated Carol
Channir... Theatre due to rain, instead
of on the football field as
scheduled.
The *S7 song girls performed on
stage, in front of a packed crowd:
they encountered some trouble.
I "The music was messed up for
I the song glris." stated sophomore
Christina WonK.
Christy King added. "The
lighting wasn't too good... the
stage «a* loo small for the song
girls."
The jfcnersl consensus amonp
the sophomotc was that the rally
»a*. "average" or "medium."
Nevertheless, the w>phumurc*
showed spirit.
Rally's final day is 'fiasco'
By Irene Kuo
Emotions ranged from mild
disappointment to outright anger,
but the student consensus was thai
the last day of Spirit Week was a
met*.
A faulty public address system
and the concurrence of the foothill
game against Lincoln intcrfeirrd
with the rally. As a result, much of
the rally hid to be cut. Including
the much'iwalted class skits.
The Juaiat Gau' skit was well
under way when the game began
with the singing of the National
Anthem and the accompaniment
of the band.
John Blst*tt. Student Activities
Board ipcaur. made the announcement
that the skits would
be held In tlie courtyara during
mods 14-15 the following week.
For many this announcement was
llttif solace for the damage already
done.
Students from Lincoln had torn
do«n the posters from the opposite
bleachers, and a few brave ones
had permeated Lowell's side to
cheer on their team, boo Lowell,
and tokf unused balloons.
Some seniors were particularly
disappointed, leaving the field
enraged and in tears.
"We didn't get to show
everything. I thought It was a
mess." fumed senior Pinky
Jaliwal.
"I think that they should have
had the skits. The actors were
upset because they spent a lot of
time: It was too bad." said senior
Margaret WOOR.
"1 didn't tlilnk it was nice of
(the Lincoln students) because we
put a lot of hard work into those
poiten. 1 was mad." said
sophomore Klrby Yee.
"It was unfair to cut out all cf
the skits. I was really looking for*
ward io them especially the Class
of *86's. I was disappointed that
they cut the rally short for the football
game. 1 was upset that Liacoin
tore down the posters." commented
Mimi Leong. junior.
Others were lest disappointed.
"You couldn't hear everything."
complained freshmen Carlos Poxa
and Tony lisdalc. "The Lincoln
kids were really destructive, hut it
wasn't worth crying over. Some
people were overly sentimental."
Counselor Joan Catclli said, "It
was