Columbus North High School - Log Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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Dusty shoes reveal secret to counselor By Laura Noggle Every school building has a secret little room somewhere. It could be behind a bookcase in the library, behind a set of lockers, or even under one of the tiles in the hallway. Then again it could be under a staircase, say, behind a small green door that is sup- posed to be locked at all times. That is where some students at Columbus North High School discovered a Secret room a few years ago. This secret room wasn ' t exact- ly under the staircase. (That was just the door used to get to the secret room, which was down under the school building.) The students had found a key to the door, probably not intending to find a secret room, but to just go exploring. They had to crawl on their hands and knees in the dark to get to the room. They then fixed up electricity so they could have light. They brought in chairs, couches, tables, ashtrays and pillows, everything they would need to have some fun between classes (and instead of classes, too). While these students were having the best time they could have at school , teachers were hearing students talking. Think- ing it was coming from the hall- way the teachers would check, but when they would look there wouldn ' t be anyone out there. These teachers came to the con- clusion that the talking was com- ing from inside or behind the lockers. So, the teachers would stand in the hallways and watch everyone at their lockers during passing period to see who was crawling inside or behind the lockers and disappearing. After weeks of watching, teachers finally fig- ured out that the students were not crawling inside or behind the lockers, but they could still hear the talking. While puzzled teachers were wandering around in the halls, the students were still crawling on their hands and knees to their secret little place that they were sure the teachers would never find. The secret room probably never would have been found if a counselor hadn ' t used common sense. The counselor was stand- ing in the hall when he saw two students come from behind the staircase stamping dust off of their feet. That would not have been so bad if it weren ' t in the middle of the winter. The coun- selor saw this and realized there was snow on the ground and not dust. The counselor went to the staircase and saw that the the door was unlocked. Knowing the students had been downstairs, he decided to wait until the next school day and see how many students he could catch. The next day came and the counselor was on his hands and knees trying to find the students. It was pitch dark, so that did not help. All of a sudden the counse- lor heard someone say, Alright, you got me. (That scared the couns elor so much he almost jumped out of his clothes.) The students were caught and punished, and the counselor had the janitors close off the en- trance. Below: Senior Mike Halashak and junior Chris Feldman emerge from the secret room . Look Into It 29

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Aerobics prove healthier, but slower By Jo Sparks There are many ways of losing weight. That ' s why so many diet and aerobic plans succeed in making money. Tons of it! Just in the last few years, aerobics (losing weight by exer- cising to music) has made mil- lions. For instance, Milton Tea- gle Simmons, (Richard Sim- mons for short), the littly guy with curly hair who tries to help people become skinny, has made millions from his book Never- Say-Diet and from his televi- sion show, The Richard Sim- mons Show . He has possibly the most sensible way of losing weight. The process might be slower, but aerobics is much healthier than most of the fad diets. During the process of aero- bics, you lose weight as well as improve your heart rate. Guys and girls who have a fascination with losing weight should try the aerobic method. It could prove to work better. The other way of losing weight, the most common, is by dieting. Just look at the first three letters DIE. That is what happens the first day of a diet, you die of starvation. There aren ' t many diets that are easy to stick to, safe, and in- expensive, as pointed out by D. Mark Hegsted, PhD. From his studies of many popular diets, he found that the Never-Say-Diet diet. The Pritikin diet, and pos- sibly The Scarsdale diet would fall into the category of a good diet. Many diets never work be- cause of a variety of reasons . The most popular are I got too hungry. The food was too ex- pensive. It was too hard to stick to. Only one out of three dieters are successful in com- pleting their diet. At least one Columbus North student fits into the category of successful . His name is Mark Montogomery. When he first started his diet, he weighed 256 pounds. In three months he lost 80 pounds and was down to 176. After the start of school, he gradually worked down to 143 pounds. Mark accomplished this by using the Nutri-System plan. Some diets work for some peo- ple and some don ' t, just as the aerobic plans work for some and some don ' t. It basically depends on how much you eat. Above: Senior Mark Montgomery, a voca- tional printing student, has been a very suc- cessful example of weight loss. Mark has lost 113 pounds. 28 Look Into It

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I had always thought that speech contests were for other people to enter — not me. Neidinger wins district I had always thought that speech contests for other people to enter — not me. Whenever I would get up to speak, I would be shaking inside. This was senior Lisa Nei- dinger ' s first reaction to competing in speech contests. But being a member of North ' s speech team for the past two years and competing in such areas as debate, exteporane- ous, and radio, Lisa has gained the confidence which was vital for her to become a successful speaker. The proof is in the awards which she has received in the past year. Lisa captured $200 in U.S. savings bonds as well as a trophy in the Voice of Democracy Contest. This contest, which was sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, re- quired a three-to-five minute taped speech over Youth: America ' s Strength . After being submitted last November, this speech won the area as well as the district contests in .A-pril. In the American Legion High School Oratorical Contest, Lisa presented an eight-to-ten minute speech, The Press: First Amend- ment Freedom , as well as im- promptus over the constitution. This speech won the area, district, and zone contests and placed fourth in state competition. Lisa ' s official winnings consisted of $450 in scholarship money. $250 in U.S. savings bonds, two trophies, and one medal. A third significant competition that Lisa participated in was the State Garden Club High School Or- atorical Contest. Under the Topic of Conversation: My View , Lisa submitted a taped speech in De- cember entitled Shale Oil Mining: Imminent Threat or Disaster? This speech placed third in state competition, and Lisa received a Right: Senior Lisa Neidinger displays the trophy she received after winning the dis- trict American Legion High School Oratori- cal contest in April. certificate. Lisa stressed the importance of having successful speaking talents and noted that speech contests are a great way to gain experience. You don ' t have to be on the speech team to enter speech contests. I en- tered both the Voice of Democracy Contest and the Garden Club Con- test on my own, said Lisa. 30 Look Into It