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W wif rv ff ff ff f ,f 4 ., ,. , iQ7 . M X ff! x f ZQLW, WW fx! ' f Y LXA. V ww, Q , 02. , f ,' , ,lrfrrff 9 7 Yfffff Nw f f f ,, ,fvtflr f The candy machines were a popular stopping spot for those who had to stay after hours. Relaxing after a hard da y's worlg Mr. Black takes a break. 2:40 began another day for many Oakies back. The 2:40 lights are on. Students are out of the class- rooms like bulls out of the shoot. For most of these people it was time to go home, relax, and watch some television, but for others the day had just begun. The first thing I did was breath a sigh of relief when the lights came on, said Stephanie Nelson, senior, that meant the hardest part of my day was over. atch your front. Protect your After a long and usually tedious day at Oak Park some students found it difficult to even get out of the building. These people got crazy. it They ran around like they might l never get out - like someone was going to lock them in, said Collin Young, senior. Most of the time walking out of school was like lover's lane . Everyone's hugging and kissing and trying to decide where to go that night, said Rob Nessari, junior. Practices, homework, jobs, and appointments. All made up the afterschool life of Oakies. Almost everyone had things to do and were anxious to be able to get on with life after school hours. All I had time to do was run to my locker and to the bus after school. Those were the fastest five minutes of my whole day, said Carla Adams, freshman. Most of my afterschool time was spent doing homework and planning that evening's activities, said Lisa Law- rence, senior. After school jobs took up a lot of time for Oakies also. Most jobs ranged from the simple at Metro North or Antioch to modeling or even going clear out to the airport. Trying to make it to work by 3 p.m. was a task for most. You didn't even have time to go home and rest and then it was time to go to work, said Jennifer Cox, senior. lt made the day go by so much slower for you if you had to go to work after school. lt already seemed like you had finished a six hour job. It was really tough, said Steve Smith, sophomore. Practices were another obstacle for students. Twenty minutes seemed bare- ly enough time to make it to the locker room, much less to the field. Check in time for practice was usually 3 p.m. By the time you changed, got schedules, and conferred with other coaches, then it was time to go, said Steve McArthur. You got a better workout running to try and make it on time than you did during practice, said Mike O'Brian, junior. Although most of what Oakies did after school was school related some had their own business to attend to. When l walked in the door my mom has a million errands for me to run. Whether it was to the post office or the grocery store. lt's kind of bad because all I wanted to do was sit down and relax for awhile, said Lee Laverentz, senior. Kicking back and relaxing, for most, came at 2:40. For others it was only a dream that had to wait until everything else was finished. By Marci Soligo 2:40 p.m.
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+, i I I ,J-t NN N if wt as . wt, 0 1 52 ,. M- Students are faced with morning battles he roar of the alarm clock, T sunlight peeking through the window shade, the moaning of a sleepy Oakie not so ready for another day of school. Most Oak Park students would have liked to stay asleep on the weekday mornings. But everybody knew they had to be at Oak Park by 8 A.M. When my alarm went off, l felt like 'Oh great, another day of school,' said senior Kevin Campbell. I just wanted to go back to sleep. My alarm clock frustrated me, said Cindy Call, senior. lt reminded me of all of the things I had to do at school that day. I felt like rolling back in bed and not worrying if I was there before the 8:00 lights went off, said Andrea Ciccio, senior. Most Oakies did find the willpower to roll out of bed. But that did not necessarily mean they were quite awake by the time they left for school. I was always still half-asleep when I got into my car, said Kevin. So, I usually hit Quik Trip. I needed a coke in the morning to wake me up. Junior, Suzie Rastorfer sometimes went to McDonalds for a coke before school. I needed some caffeine to open my eyes a little, she said. When Cindy arrived at Oak Park around 7:30, the student parking lot was deserted When junior Dan Konecny arrived at 7:45, the lot usually had only a few cars. But, by five minutes til 8:00, the parking lot scene changed. It was a mad house, said Suzie. You ended up taking the last parking spaces at the end of the lot. Everybody in cars zoomed around looking for a space while people darted in front of them. They were all rushing to get in the building by 8:0O. By the time I got there, there were always about three parking spaces left, said Kevin. The halls were similar to the parking lot when the five-minute warning lights went off. Just like the parking lot, you had to dodge around so many people to get to your locker, get your books, and get to first hour on time, Suzie said. The halls before 8:00 were really loud, everybody running around and hurrying to get to their classes, said An- drea. After, the 8:00 lights went off, though, it was a different story. The only peo- ple in the halls were those who did not make it to class on time and had to sign in late down- stairs. Oakies tried to be wide awake by 8:00, but they did not always succeed. Since I was a T.A. first Ilya., hour, sometimes I ended up catching up on my sleep, said Andrea. First hour was tough for me. I had to be awake by then because it was a hard cIass, Dan said. Even though some Oakies moaned in the morning I don't want to go to school, most of them made it to Oak Park on time. And starting at 8 a.m., the school day was off and running. by Jennifer Sell . - . , , , J ., , 7 ,J 4 .h V5- .jfj A ff f I f A I i a I I 1- .Q 'f 1' ,- ' 2 4 , ' 1 5 L . '21 fi ', .giifv ww ,HV-V Ris Grabbing a quick breakfast Jeff Heimsoth, senion stops at Quick Trip. Unfortunate Oakies without parking stickers made a daiiy waik from the park. Z nd shine 8:00 a.m. 9
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