Berkeley High School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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1. Serge Wilson gives Ted Lee a cram course in, How to de- bate, five minutes before the round is about to start. 2. The 1978-79 B.H.S. debate team (left to right); Robert Sa- saki, Craig Somervilie, David Braun, Ronnie Kon, Alan Weil, David Huffman, Andrew Quong, Serge Wilson and Bill Fein- gold. 3. Lin Goldstein is ecstatic upon hearing that all of his argu- ments are insignificant. 4. Craig Somervilie, who has had more split-ups than Mickey Rooney, draws up a list of possible new debate partners. 5. Robert Sasaki shares a joke with his absentee debate part- ner. 6. Speaking of absent. Bill Feingold, official team scapegoat, displays his patented simple minded look. 7. David (don ' t call me Brown) Braun and Joey (the Polyester Kid) Kaji prepare to smother yet another debate team. photos by: Phil Kaake and Steven Dorst

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The Berkeley High School Debate team was one of the few high school debate teams to survive Prop. 13 cutbacks, but due to the resignation of Coach Caro- line Smid, the team figured to be in deep trouble. When school began the debate team also had no sponsor, but soon found one in the person of Mr. Langille. Mr. Catlett issued a bulletin to the teachers, telling them of the plight of the debate team, and how badly a coach was needed. Like a savior from the heavens, foreign language department head Mr. Bob Whyte accepted the position as coach and sponsor and pointed the team in a winning direction. Highlight of the season was Alan Weil ' s qualifying for the National Forensic League Congress, where the best speakers from the nation convene (this year in Cincinnati, Ohio) to speak on a variety of current topics. The team of Serge Wilson and Craig Somer- ville fell just short in their bid for the Nationals, as they were tied with another team for the first runner-up position. Debate teams which finished in A division were Serge Wilson and Alan Weil, Joey Kaji and David Brown, Bill Feingold and Robert Sa- saki, and Craig Somerville and Alan Weil.

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The Student Senate is a council of eight students who work together to mal e Berkeley High a» stu- dents would like it to be. In collaboration with class officers, the Junior State, and the Student Council, the Senate works to make useful and needed changes. This fall, the group concentrated on two major projects. The public xerox machine in the library was saved from the threat of removal and the Senate ' s $1200 was given to Ciose-Up. In the spring, the Senate established the Student Council, a collection of people elected from second period classes. The Council acts as a voice for the entire student body. The Senate also worked on more than a dozen different issues, many focusing on the necessary adjustment to the changes brought about by Proposition 13.