Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell
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Government<br />
notebook<br />
LLC<br />
By Irene Let<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> Executive Council<br />
(I.EC) is looking Tor committee<br />
ctalrs and workers. IntcrcMed<br />
students can contact Nick Fioren*<br />
i.vg.85l6)or«Leu Thomson<br />
(Kg. 8520) or drop Dy the LEC<br />
meeting*. whicS arc held Tuesdays<br />
and Thursday*, mods 14-15. in<br />
room 262. Everyone Is welcome.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Copper-SuW game is com*<br />
ing March 15-22. Four jugs will be<br />
provided, one for each clan. Copper<br />
(peonies) counts for your claw,<br />
and silver (nickels, dimes, and<br />
quarto?) counts against it. <strong>The</strong> tin*<br />
that receives the most copper pieces<br />
and the fewest »ilvcr pieces wins the<br />
proceed* from all four jugs.<br />
SAB<br />
ByDuk-HIYoo<br />
<strong>The</strong> Student Activities Board<br />
(SAB) is planning a Monte Carto<br />
Dance for April.<br />
According to Rally Commiuioncr<br />
Angie Artemoff. there will be a<br />
battle" of thieeDJ's.<br />
March 22 will be Mr. Irresistible<br />
Day. Each female at <strong>Lowell</strong> will be<br />
issued a ticket, and if any male can<br />
nuke a female amwer "ye*" VJ any<br />
question, thjt female mint give her<br />
tkket lo tint male.<br />
<strong>The</strong> male vilft the nxnt ikfctu *t<br />
[he end f Cw tl»y x» til tun mily w m<br />
a pruc, but will be lumcU "Mr.<br />
Irresistible."<br />
BSCS<br />
By KatheriiK !.ew<br />
<strong>The</strong> Board for School and Community<br />
Service* (BSCS) rccenil)<br />
bought new fotden for all club*<br />
which contain information on the<br />
ruici. regulation*, and requirements<br />
that each new cr proem club muvt<br />
observe. Thote interested in inning<br />
a new club should attend the weekly<br />
Monday meetings, mods 14,15 »n<br />
room 210 for details.<br />
BCO<br />
ByKathertneLoo<br />
<strong>The</strong> annual Powdcrpuff Football<br />
Game, which has been rescheduled<br />
many times, will finally be played<br />
today at 3:30 p.m. on Voync Field<br />
<strong>The</strong> BCO will continue to issue<br />
make-up ID cards lor thote who<br />
have lost their ID**. <strong>The</strong> cards will<br />
be sold every other Wednesday<br />
aftrnchool in room 256.<br />
"85"<br />
<strong>The</strong> Grand Ballroom of the Fairmont<br />
Hotel will be the >ite of this<br />
year's Senior Prom. <strong>The</strong> pro«n »ill<br />
be bcld on May 23 from V p.m. to<br />
a.m. (As of this printing, the title<br />
and DJ's had not been chotcn.)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Junior Prom Committee h*»<br />
chotcn the Bank of America Center<br />
Boll Room as the location for the<br />
prom. <strong>The</strong> Junior Prom, titled<br />
"Once in a Lifetime." will take<br />
place on April 20 from 9 p.m. to I<br />
a.m.<br />
• •y *••<br />
<strong>The</strong> Claw of H*. will he doming<br />
i!-*k.%. for ihcii %ct*i«.«' ifi'Kti T)*c<br />
ptjnncO JJIC l»i th*. *ct:vity n<br />
March 23.<br />
"HS"<br />
"When I Hear Music" i«. the tentative<br />
title fur thi* >car\ Freshman<br />
Exclusive. Th.* dance :* scheduled<br />
fur March 15 (turn 6:30 to 11 p .n<br />
<strong>The</strong> trcshnun cUu* hi. pljrncti<br />
an upcoming viltboil f*mc with the<br />
iophomorc clavs<br />
.GOVERNMENT<br />
Ihr Imrll. Hard. 8. IMS. hff 9<br />
Student government finds home<br />
By Amy Lee<br />
"After two yean of being 'out in<br />
the cold.* student |ov-.mment has<br />
finally found a hems." commented<br />
Dan Harrington, former <strong>Lowell</strong> Executive<br />
Council (LEQ Chairman.<br />
Room 262 is now the official<br />
meeting place for the LEC and for<br />
the Student Activities Bocrd (SAB).<br />
Became the new student government<br />
room i* too small to accommodate<br />
the tnany members of the<br />
Boanl of School and Community<br />
Services (BSCS) and the Boa >f<br />
Class Offcers (BCO). they met. in<br />
rooms 220 and 254. respectively.<br />
Executive meetings of these two<br />
boards. ho»c\:r. are held in room<br />
262.<br />
Besides providing meeting space.<br />
the student government room K. according<br />
to Nick Fioreotinos. LEC<br />
Chairman, "...» competent rein- was hard to get work done before. A<br />
forcement — i good center of com- meeting would be in one room one<br />
munication for all the boardi. day and in another room another<br />
Before we had the room, it was hard day. By the time all the numbers<br />
to communicate...and nobody really found out where the meeting was<br />
uicd to. But now we can leave being held, one mod would have<br />
movigct and be sure that they are gone by. Now, the students know<br />
received."<br />
exactly when and where to go."<br />
Harrington pointed out another BCO sponsor Marian Goanicz<br />
Student government officers get rrady for • meeting In room 242.<br />
advantage of having room 262. "It added. "It also gives the students a<br />
sense that this ix 'our' room. Territory<br />
is extremely importaw to<br />
teenager* ..and until recently, student<br />
gTtftmmrai didn't really bate<br />
a ler.itory."<br />
f*oora 262 was student government's<br />
"territory" until it m taken<br />
away in Maich of I9S3 to a*tow for<br />
additional <strong>class</strong>room ipace.<br />
Fiorentinos takes command of LEC<br />
By Debbie Hauser<br />
"Wiih every new leader, there<br />
will be a new approach." states fall<br />
semester <strong>Lowell</strong> Executive Council<br />
(LEC) Chairman Dan Hi<br />
Nick Kliirrnllnm K the new stu<br />
dent body president.<br />
abou: tcnior Nick Fiorentinos. who<br />
tock over the job for the spring<br />
semester.<br />
Rorcntinoi* tail student government<br />
position uas LEC treasurer<br />
during his junior year. He feels he<br />
cipcrtcncc on this board will be of<br />
great help to him for his new uslu<br />
Harrington states, "It's a hard<br />
job, and he will have to put a lot of<br />
effort into it. Nick has the ability tn<br />
get done whoever he decide* to<br />
do."<br />
<strong>The</strong> LLC chairman u the official<br />
title of student body president, a<br />
portion ilut 1-iKfcnlinm feels can<br />
put a great deal of pressure on someone.<br />
He states. "You are<br />
rrrrcscnun? a MUMI. au* it * hard f<br />
la be a*ate of all the wSool\<br />
ivvues."<br />
Fiorcnlmm has set nunv JTOJIS for<br />
the boaij Me hope* ID promote<br />
; more activities far student*, improve<br />
Radm <strong>Lowell</strong> by placing<br />
spe*Vcn in csery room, improve<br />
New LEC, '88 officers plan for future<br />
By Son Tom<br />
Aviv Laurence has beer elected<br />
the new <strong>Lowell</strong> Executive Council<br />
(LEQ chair-elect a^d in May will<br />
replace Nick Ftorcntinot. the current<br />
student body president.<br />
Issues which Laurence sees as requiring<br />
administrative attention arc<br />
the proposed rivalry between<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> and McAtccf. the selection<br />
of KbooU for pouiblc exchange<br />
visits, and projects to raiie funds for<br />
the starving in Ethiopia.<br />
On the local levd. Laurence seek*<br />
to provide for more executive<br />
mcetirtit in *.htch representatives of<br />
the four <strong>Lowell</strong> governing boards<br />
can meet *o review and discuss<br />
ichool problems.<br />
Commenting on <strong>Lowell</strong> Executive<br />
Council meeting*. Laurence said.<br />
"During the two weekly meetings<br />
currently held, some 20 minutes are<br />
spent on hearing reports. In reality,<br />
we need more time set aside for<br />
discussions...to listen to ichool<br />
issues and bear all sides. AccompUsning<br />
this will be my major<br />
E«pwt H»lreut «nd P«rm»n»nl<br />
rorH»ntndWom«i<br />
goal. Solving major problems iv a<br />
top priority."<br />
In addition to serving as LEC<br />
chair-elect. Laurence i* the Parent-<br />
Teacher-Student Association<br />
our<br />
training aver tv.T> sommcrs.<br />
Basic, the first summer,<br />
then your special skills<br />
the sennd.<br />
YouTlcamSl.100<br />
each summer, then $1,200<br />
a year for serving one weekend<br />
a month and tut) weeks<br />
annual training.<br />
For more information,<br />
stop bj* or call:<br />
U.S. Army Recruiting Sodoa<br />
4) W. PotulAvc<br />
Su Fnadsco, CA 94127-1303<br />
(415) 665-5631