LaSalle High School - Lantern Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Bic way not have designed their pens to be eaten, but many a soft plastic lid has been chewed to uselessness. Although Tina Hugins is not ex- hibiting this habit, her pen has entered the dan- ger zone. . . the uncontrollable urges, easy to make, hard to break. Pumping iron was once a sport limited to the male population. Kim Hardy takes advantage of weight lifting in the fitness for life movement. f M ou ' ve become addicted! MM You ' re body can ' t stop doing 1 them; once learned never forgotten. Habits, either good or bad, exist. Throughout our lives we ' re constant- ly trying to improve or break our per- sonal habits. Good habits don ' t just happen, they have to be worked at just as hard as breaking bad habits. We all have these tormenting addictions which take their daily routine in our life. Denying this, Tammy Zmyslo per- sists, I really don ' t have any habits. In opposition Tim Buchanon ' s list ex- tends from talking on the phone to mainly, I love to sing. Habits come and go. As we finally break one habit another forms and the process continues. The habitual nail biter is always trying to stop chewing away and the forever annoying knuckle cracker is always popping away. The iron pumper competes with the jogger. The guy having a nicotine fit usually dashes for the door at lunch while pen- cil gnawer is still swallowing splinters from his fourth hour test. The day- dreamers, class sleepers and hall roam- ers perform their wonts hourly. Habits can be very difficult to end. Mind-over-matter often helps. Marie Bubeleni comments, I play with my earrings a lot when I ' m bored, yet when I think about it I tell myself to stop. Jackie Way who has a very short temper says, sometimes I even count to ten. Improving habits or breaking habits, LaSalle has cornered the art. — Robyn Holy 12 Student Life Habits

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Waiting for departure for Florida, Jennifer Suiter, Tract Taglion and Ryan Beall grab a few last details to check on the current events that might appear in a question at the National Quiz Bowl Competition. Huck Finn and Jim never bad it so good on their raft escapades down the Mississipi. Amy Laureys, Keith Szymanski and Robert Drake float down the St. Joe on their man-made island in the annual river run. Life ' s a Beach won third place for most original. Student Life -« - Summer J. J.

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Chewing your nails is a common outlet in stressful situations. Anthony Berdie may be releasing tension or just pondering a thought. The wall bid them from the eyes of the teachers, but not from the looks of anxious friends. If Justine Baker and Karen Daugherty continue this, it could be habitual. Sleeping isn ' t necessarily a bad habit to break, but practicing it in Mr. Price ' s study hall could be treacher- ous to studies. Student Life -j q Habits lO