Normal Community High School - Echoes Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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q1Getting to class on time has been a problem for many students walking to and from class. The five minutes between classes isn't always enough time for the 1,378 students in the halls. iLStudents riding the bus feel the squeeze the most after school. There are 63 buses that trans- port over 590 students to and from school. Calvin Hung 1102 and Leigh Schmidt 1102 are just two of the many. ijFifth hour lunch feels the crunch the worst. Kathy Leahy 1122, Jana Whitman 1122, Tanja Pow- ers 1122, Lynne Powell 1122 and Beth Nappi 1122 squeeze together. Growing Pains-7

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ft In .1 .. as -f fx . sw :-1-wg: 1:1 ..,, -'mf as ,. fm... ,g,t,,,,,.-111.5-.ff -is-'lf .1-rl, X 11,5 gs, .saw :gg by -g,1:,,,5m,,,g1 1- f,f, ..-- S wg..-,ff 5,3 , .,.. , tttp ,.,. ,.,, , , I ,,,, C ,,, ,...,1. f? l f lQ 1 f lll .,... 1 li ,,- I Y ou're on the third floor and have to go to the south end of the building with only five min- utes to make it. Faced with this dilemma, there are two choices you have: either be carried through the halls by the other 1,378 stu- dents or walk outside in sub-zero weather. Due to the increased number of so- phomores, the hallways, classrooms and parking lot were somewhat crowd- ed. In fact, it seems each new year brings a larger Sophomore class than the preceding one. There's so many of them 1sopho- mores3 hanging around everywhere, that it's hard not to step on 'em between class changes, explained Brian Boring 1113. Unfortunately, seniors felt the crunch worse than the multitudes of un- derclassmen since they were the small- est of three classes. I feel like an endangered species in proportion to their numbers, said Mike Highum 1123. Highum also felt the hall jams re- sulted in students being tardy. I get so mad when l'm late be- cause three gossips wall me off from my class. Highum added. No sooner do I get around a wall 1group of students3 then I find myself blocked into the same position. it's a no win scenario 'cause after I make it to class, I receive my third tardy detention in a week, Rick Painter 1123 said. Hallways weren't the only places af- fected by overcrowding. Student parking became a fiasco also. I have to come to school by 7:50 to get in the lot or 8:05 for Dale Street. Any later and I get the hiking gear, said Eric Brandenburg 1123. t'Frankly, it's not worth the wait just for the convenience of walking. it's just too crowded anymore! said James Dalflosa 1123. Some students thought they had the answer to this problem. The student parking lot should be increased in size, as well as adding more than one entrance and exit, ex- plained Aaron Voss 1123. Unfortunately, if anything the prob- lem should get worse. With the coming of the Mitsubishi plant, there will be literally hundreds of new students at NCHS. The fact is, they 1the administra- tion3 had better make some changes now, or they'll find themselves buried beneath the multiplying students' bod- ies, Painter said. Fortunately enough for seniors, they will not have to live through it again. So what, we're 1seniors3 leaving. We've paid our dues. l'm ready to stop livin' the life of a sardine, Dan Sullivan 1123 said. -Julie Scott 1123 6-Growing Pains -13Due to lack of parking Darren Sampson 11 U, Todd Askew 11 11, David Lakin 11 11, and Eric Beer 1112 find carpooling works best

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t was August 30, the weather was unseasonably warm at 78 degrees, and lSU's Hancock stadium was packed. People waited for the kickoff to begin the lntercity football game, hoping that their team would win. The rivalry between NCHS and BHS is one reason people look forward to the game. Terri Simmons 1103 explained, lt's the first football game. I get to see all my friends, and l'll be there when we beat Bloomington. The rivalry between Bloomington and Normal also gives football players a big boost. Everytime we beat them, it's beating somebody we don't like. Be- cause we like to beat them, it's the big- gest rivalry that we havef' Steve Star- key 1113 explained. Heather Beerup 1113 agreed, lt gets them 1football players3 all excited and pepped up for it. Catrina Parker 1103 thinks the rivalry between the two schools is good. lt puts tension on themg because of it, they think they have to do better to achieve the school's goals, she ex- plained. Both Margaret Shonat 1113 and Beerup agreed that intercity is different from other football games. According to Shonat, There's a lot more people, a lot more people, and people have never seen the football team before, and they want to see what happens. Beerup added, Everybody goes. Everybody has a good time even if the game is terrible. She continued, intercity was better this year because Bloomington didn't get any points. Despite the rivalry between NCHS and BHS, friendships do exist between the students from the two schools. As Johanna Barnes 1123 put it, Just because Normal hates Bloom- ington's football team doesn't mean that you can't have friends from over there. IbAndy Ommen 1111 and Chad Ftonnekamp 1123 are not only on the Varsity Football Team, they've both been active in the Boys' Track Team. 8-intercity Chris Wooten 1113 added, Most of the people at Normal have friends at Bloomington. The rivalry between the schools doesn't affect friendships that students from the two schools have. Shonat said, the rivalry doesn't af- fect her friendships at all. On intercity it does, but after that it's no big deal. Some people think the rivalry be- tween the schools goes on all year, while others think it's forgotten after ln- tercity. According to Debbie Hoye 1103, I think that friends forget how you feel about Bloomington after intercity. Parker disagreed, lt goes on through all of the school year. intercity isn't the only school activity that Normal is involved in. People like to think how great their school is all year long. - Jill Simmons 1123 -OAIthough this is Jim Spaniol's 1113 first year competing on the Varsity Football Team, he's not new to playing football. He has been on the foot- ball team his freshman and sophomore years.