Our Time 1998

T l o C u r e f o r S c n i o r i t i s H W hen you know that your obliga– tions are almost :omplete, and you near the :nd of all high school lilemmas, it's hard to keep /our perspective. After urning in your last college application, life seems to :low down to an easy pace, ifou relax and breathe a :igh of relief. It's over. Or 10 you think. The effects of he widespread disease :ould be witnessed every- vhere on campus. Attempt- ng to overcome the urge to brget schoolwork proved o be one of the most lifficult challenges of all. CharCes Ricfcert [ must Create a System, or be enslav'd by another Man's. -William Blake It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer. -Sir William Blackstone On resiste a l'invasion des armees; on ne resiste pas a l'invasion des idees. -Victor Hugo Jason Rohwedder Be a good listener/Your ears never get you in trouble. -Frank Tyger Run to meet your future or it's going to run you down. -Anthony D'Angelo Drink your Fear All is Clear. -The Nixons I'll miss you all. Obstacles did occur along the path of this deadly virus. Namely: first semester. "I still have too much work to do to have senioritis," lamented Jeremy Best early in the year. His sentiments were widely shared. The on– slaught of college applica– tions, last minute SATs, and millions of other bits and pieces overwhelmed many a senior. "I think I had worse senioritis junior year," recalled Sarah Guthrie. During the first few hectic months, previ– ous years resembled para– dise. But even then, the early symptoms of senioritis were displayed among the membe rs in our class, generating procrasti– nation and lethargy even in the face of imminent deadlines. How has the unavoidable allure of senioritis during these periods when productivity was so precious been described? "It sucks," grumbled Tony Nuval, another hapless victim of the plague. Then, there arrived the glory of second semester, during which the virus was fed by Senior privileges and lax Senior schedules. "Senioritis is the excuse I ' ve been waiting for all three years," smiled Jon Greiman. With the comple– tion of dreaded college applications, all worries were thrown out the win– dow. Senioritis approached and was welcomed with open arms. Warning: This plague has brought down many a senior in their prime, reduc– ing the most ambitious overachiever to an apathetic slacker. You need only be a senior to be infected. Robert Romashkg Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. -Franklin Delano Roosevelt We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. -Edward R. Murrow Stacey Rose I don't know But I've been told If you keep on dancing You'll never grow old -Steve Miller Back to the earth I screamed and no one listened to me Back to the earth I lived and they all followed Come and See my world -Rusted Root s ematss 61