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SO MUCH TO DO, SO LITTLE TIME 6 ALL IN A DAYS WORK 54 Aaxdervuo> BEAT THE CLOCK 78 AFTER HOURS CLU 130 AS DIFFERENT AS NIGHT AND DAY TeopL. 158 MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT 2,OG Fverv MINUTE f////// Paragon 19 9 3 Volume28 MunsterHighSchool 8808ColumbiaAve. Munster,IN46321 (219)836-3200 Enrollment:1,128 THECOUNTISON Halfalapaheadofhisrivalclasses.Brad Brauer,senior,receivesawatermelonfrom IanBaggett,senior,atthepeprally.AsBrad breaksaway,Iancelebratestheforthcoming victory.Whetherscramblingatthebellor runningwithagreasedwatermelon, studentsfoundthateveryminutecounts. __R\zf>rvMinuteCounts ROAD CLOSED ,R\GRT Breakonthrough Screeningtheproblem Marcningthroughsignsandahalf- Tooggeettaaggrrasponpolarequations,Amy pavedstreet,theBandbypasses Stover,junior,runsthroughatrigo- ColumbiaAvenueconstructionob- nometryprograminthecomputerlab. staclesduringtheHomecoming Forthefirsttime,teachersintroduced parade.Thesummerroadwork mathstudentstoelectronicequipment, lastedintomid-October,forcingstu- suchasMacintoshcomputersand dentstore-routetheirpathstoschool graphingcalculators,inorderto andallowforextradrivingtime. providehigh-techexperiences. EveryMinuteCounts I TS ABOUT wan// TIME / I “I can’t believe that I’m already back at schooland Ihavenoclueofwhattodoorwheretogo ^VHANDS because of this foreign schedule - oh no! I only have 30 iffirderto secondstogettoclass...” cmaipntuutreeoefvheirsylast On Aug. 24, four days earlier than Homecoming, SeanHayes, senior,video theyearbefore,1,128“freshmen”returnedtoschool.Puzzled rtaalpley.stWhheeptehper bythenewlyinitiatedAdvisoryperiodandquicklyaccumu- takingpicturesof friendsorsaving latingtardiesduetothemorningroadconstructiononCo- danceflowers, sshtourdte-nltisvetdurenveednts lumbiaAvenue,studentsfeltlikeguineapigsinanexperi- imnetmoolriifeesl.ong mentthatnoteventheadministratorsfullyunderstood. “...Why is the bell ringing? \ Whatdoyoumeanthattheyshortenedclassesb—y i /pipti m three minutes? What's this 'advisory' thing W m kr Y sometypeofromperroom?Andwait,whatever \ 1 happenedto*Clunch?...” MINUTE IIIIIII With the Design Team’s plan intact/ ren°vated schedules included a 26- minute Advisory period for announcements. StudentGovernmentvoting,andsurveysthat previouslytooktimefromtheday,whileitexcludedoneof *INSTTTIIMMEE thethreeformerlunches. Tclnaass,ruDsahntoCogveetrtto, ...Wow, waslunched packed! 1 BARELY sdeoniwonr,Csepnrtirnatls had time to eat after waiting in the Pasta Bar line for 17 apdtHaoeanlltrylied.cnyuytnwWissoioetnutarsthlvidfenaodgrntaehwat mmienaunt.esF.ooAdndCowuhrat—t wbaabsytbhaltuemaaknedopveearchi?n!tIhte'sc1a2f:e5t2erpia.m—., preesrucletnitngaraodnee thankgoodnessonlyonehourleft...what?Weonlygetoutan deduction, studentsoften hourearlyonWednesdays? And thatmeansnoAdvisory rantoclassin ourndwearnttoeadvoid either? WhatisthisResourceHour?..." penalties. EveryMinuteCounts3 OR ALL WOR/j^/ / IT’S As Wednesday confusion set in, “ingASPIN studentsrushedtoAdvisoryperiodonlytolearnthatthey AltP[^"esScetocunodniidohAorutr hadtorunbacktoNorthHallin30secondstoavoidbeing cHloasesk,eCmaar,ynjunior, throwsclayintoa late for third hour. Not only did Wednesday eliminate vaseatthepottery wheel.Ceramics threeadditionalminutesfromeachhourandtheAdvisory setrueddetnitmsindgi'sscov- period, but it also left a 51-minute Resource Hour for iifmtphoerytatnocoek,too socializing,eatingorgettinga head starton homework lwoonugl,dthbeeccloamye overworked. beforethe night'stelevisionline-up. “Time to go to Mr. What’s- — his-name'sclassin wait,wasthatthebell? WhatdoyoumeanyouneedtoseemyStu- dentID?But,I’mjustafewminuteslateand now I get a detention? You aren't actually serious thatonepercentwillbesubtracted frommygradeifIskipit...ugh...” Food Court renovations, graphing calculatorsand13newteachersmadeeventheoncefamil- iarschoollooklikeadifferentplanet. “Now IF ONLY I CAN GET OUT OF SOUTH parkinglotbeforethelineforms...Finally,thisnightmare isover.” TWO NEW SUBDIVISIONS INCREASED THE population but decreased the cafeteria attendants pa- tience.Fromstudentstostaff,thedozensofchangesmade itobviousthat...Every minute counts. 4 EveryMinuteCounts jjjaTcC.HINGTHECLOCK Inthedistancethedockrunsus CoachLeroyMarsh,Healthand Safetyteacher,instructswidereceiver JeffBendis,senior,togetintothe game.Down18pointswithone quarterremaining.CoachMarsh alternatedBendisandtheotherwide receiverFrikFleisrhman,senior,to runmultipleplaysforlastminute strategyagainsttheEastChicago CMardinals. ICKPRINT Minutesbeforeclassends,Katie Erikson,sophomore,andBob Schmiedl,junior,hurrytoprinttheir speechclassresumesinthewriting lab.Workingwithdefinitedeadlines requiredstudentstousetheirtime efficientlyinordertofulfillclasswork responsibilities. # KINTHENORM ngResourceHour,freshmenJeff Semko,MeisamMoghbelliandJohn Leslieenjoyafallafternoon.Theextra houronWednesdayallowedstudents topursueoutsideinterests. :wTWIST tyingcurlyfriesintheFtHidCourt, JenGillam,freshman,andJessica Adams,junior,takeadvantageofthea lacarteline.Menuadditionsoffered moreoptions,anda17minutewait withonelunchperiodelimination. EveryMinuteCounts0 GOOD MORNING During Advisory, JeremyKryt, senior,informs studentsofthe day'snews throughthe morning announcements. Theannounce- mentsallowed studentstohear aboutevents rangingfrom clubmeetingsto scholarship information. 0EveryMinuteCounts