New Braunfels High School - Unicorn Yearbook (New Braunfels, TX)

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News Toda ew., ' , . a eff 4 fax .i if i Student body president, Chris Lacy, keeps the students informed of events taking place in the school and community by reading the daily announcements. 10-current events CC n the news this morningf' sounded the announcer's voice, there are some reports on both good and bad happenings. Overseas, the Russians did not approve of the U.S. Marines protecting non- communist countries from communist aggression. The natives of Lebanon did not appreciate the American involvement and displayed their disapproval through opening fire on our troops. In America, overseas involvement was a touchy subject with the young adults. They feared that their immediate tomorrows might be spent fighting for their freedom. On the homefront, news included higher local telephone rates, courtesy of the split in the Bell Telephone Company. Another topic of conversation was the massi' number of new companies offering low' long-distance rates. On the darker side - the news scene, an American athlete wa found to have been using steroids at tl Pan-American Games. After th: discovery, other team members hasti fled, without comment as to the reason 1 their departures. It was widely believe that they too were using steroids. On the local scene, the N.B.I.S.I remained in the headlines as Mr. Charln Bradberry replaced Mr. O. E. Hendricl as superintendent. The high school made the news as tl football team once again advanced to star play-offs and as the students receivni 'st 5 .s K Unicorn fans lined up at 7:30 a.m. to purchase tickets so they could watch the football team make headlines. Mr. Kenneth Ruhd came equipped for a long wait in line with his lawn chair and a coffee cup in hand. Rather than steroids, weights and athletic work-outs strengthen the muscles of athletes like Linda Schwanz. K if n ...Nw

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:cognition for their scholastic zhievements. Published reports showed lat students of our high school scored igher averages on the SAT than did the average Texas student or the average merican student. Despite our high :hool's records of excellence, Governor lark White felt that some Texas school istricts were graduating illiterate udents. He assembled a committee, the lue Ribbon Committee on Educationv, ith H. Ross Perot as the chairman to :ad the investigation of the schools. A .ain concern of the group was that ex- acurricular activities were taking too ,uch away from academic time. A bill as proposed that would require U.I.L. participants to be passing four academic courses, instead of three. Mr. Perot in- dividually proposed that LQ extracur- ricular activities take place before or after school hours. This would entail having -:Q athletic, band, drama, and similiar ac- tivities practice and compete outside of the normal school day. That,s the significant news of the day, summed up the announcer. Tune in later when we will update this information and bring you the new headlines concerning the world around you. Bandman makes headlines. The Texas Music Educators' Association selected Dennis Hartman for the All-State Orchestra because of his expertise in playing the French horn. : l ..,, ....,. . . sl-4' T ,ii, 0' fl -aim , T Daily news items have nnpact on the student body. current events-l l