Savannah High School - Savannual Yearbook (Savannah, MO)

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ital d not have at because it wholesome nerica. 35 feels that mittee for the geant asked ip her crown trobably felt a role model 1d posing in a very good :he officiaie. i85 agreed i for Williams Ind not say ree or not, it ision to give to fight it in tile Blackwell w lection Student Body tOtticer eieetzione, hello Feb. 15, prediueed puzzluemeht aha discues-Ieh because a second eieetioh was omitted fer with 0th twe at the tour mate prestdentiai candidates on the haiiot. A note in the deity announcements the day hetero this election reminded the student body to vote, but gave no expianetton as to the. reasons it was taking piece. The morning before this eioction, it was learned that the Student Ceuncii Constitution, which specifies how these etections are to be done, was overiooked by the peopte who sponsored the evieea tion. We ove'riioolked the Constitu- tiuoh, stated Miss Linda W'hittolrd, weaponsor. Before tin past elec- tionst there were no primaries, and it was overlooked. We made a mistake. In previous elections, only two people or iess appeared in each category for office. This year, the pattern was the same except for the category of male student body president. In this category, there were four candidates running. According to the Constitution of the Savannah High School Student Colunczii, Articie VII Section One, A primary eiection fer student body officers wiIi he heid no later then the second Friday in February to Iimit candidates to two per office. In Section Two it further states, The student body officers of the Savannah High SehooI will be elected by secret beiiot at the General Election, which wiII he hetd: within one week toitowing the Primary eiection. This year's first etection was heid tn the third week of February, and this election decided the winner of the em president, secretary EIDdi treasurer and, oeh-x sequentiy. made peoipte unsure If it was a primary of a gene-rai election. I thought the first election decided the winner for everyone. Wee there a tte between the boy candidates? asked :Eiiien Bates '36. i thought they had a tie, or it was too close to get a winner? remarked Miss Dene Barnhart, American Government teacher. Apparently, the second election was held to get a majority of votes for one mate candidate. There was' no tie. Win Section Four It does state that if there Is no majority, then there is he winner, expiained Whittord, reading from the Consti- tutiun. Now that It has been narrowed to two, there can be a majority, even it It is by one vote. According to the dictionary, 8 maino-rity ie the greater number or the excess of the larger number of votes cast for one candidate. A majority could possibly be further defined as more than heif of the total. Section Four of the Student Counroii Constitution does NOT refer to a majority as more than halt. It specifiuceiiy says, HThe male or female receiving the mvajiolrity of votes In the general eviectieh wiii serve as president of the first semester. The student of the opposite sex with the matority wiii serve as vice president during the auses , iscord same period. The first day of the second semester, the vice pre- sident assumes the position of president and the former president becomes vice president. If someone had gotten a majority. then the previous election wouid have hetd, added Whitfo-rd. However, by definition, the winner of the first election had aireedy received a majority because the Constitution does not speciticeiiy state that a majority is one more than fifty percent. it there wasn't a meiotity or tie, then why weren't all four of them ptaced on the second ballot? asked Mike Welsh '85. We had to have a president by Feta. 25 because the names had be turned into the Missouri Associa- tion of Student Counciie at Coiuma bta, stated Mr. R. C. Ramsey, principal. The immediate solution tto complete the eiection by Tuesday, Feb. 19t was the only way this couid have been done. Ramsey further explained, There was no primary, and this was not announced. That is the mistake. You must have a primary, and you must have a maiovrity. However, the probtem is that a mixture of both a primary and general election format took piece. Not oniy was a week of campaign- ing Which was supposed to be the second week of Februaryt omitted, but the student body was not informed of the mixture before or after the elections. , Many rumors and much confUa etch was the re-suit of this over- sight. - Kevin Bruce Firtifitzii HE. Do you ever sit and wonder about the medical break- throughs that; are still to come? Things that our grandparents and greatagrandperents probes bly never would have ever dreamed possible are suddenly becoming a reality. Take, for instance, the are tificiel heart. Bemey Cletit, a retired dentist, received a meme made heart in Merck, 1983. Clark died 112 days after the implant. Later, e tremepleht wee per: formed on 52 year old William Schraeder, a retired munitions inspector from Jasper, IN. , However, Ricky Keck '86 doeehit think We the right thin to do because people ghoul accept their condition. He also rejected the idea of using a bebeenis heart in Baby Fae. Baby Fee, the first to receive a batman heart, lived for three weeks. She was born premature with a fetal congenital deformia ty known as hypopteettc left heart. The cause is unknown, rte leaving the entire left side of her heart underdeveloped t0 the point of ueeleeeneea. The issue is a controversial one, but Michelle Am BB commented, iiItis a good gesture to try to save Baby Fee? Whether youite for artificial heart transplants or against them, the medical fielcl will probably continue to work on more medical breakthroughs, ones that will hopefully be successful. Sheila Blackwell Off The Mark

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Williams Vanessa Williams became not only the first black Miss Amer- ice but also the first ever to ebdicete. She gave up her title when pornographic pictures of her were published in a weile known magazine. During the short ten months that Williams reigned, she met President Ronald Reagan, was honored by the NAACP, ape peered on the iiLove Boat? marked Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday with Coretta Scott King, and signed hundreds of autographs. it looked as if things were rolling along smoothly. Then one day. Vanessa learned of a rumor voted unanimeusiy to ask Williams, for the first time in the pageants 63eyeer history, to relinquish her crown. Williams asked them to let her think about it for ewhiie after a lawyer toi-d her that there was no part in the pageant rules that stated one ceuidnit pose nude. But, regardless, Wiiliems ebb dieeteci her title. According to Mr. Albert Marks. the Miss America Chairman, the tees of image is expected to cost her $100,000, in advertising work. According to one scientific telephone poll conducted by the Los Angeles Heretd Examiner, 65 percent of the Causes Scandal No, ishe shoutdi net have posed: in the nudist because it corrupted the wholesome image ot Miss Amerioa. Tracy :Kneeht '85 teeis that the executive committee ter the Miss America Pageant asked Williams to give up her crown iibeeause they pttebebiy felt that she sho-uid be a rate model for young girie and posing in Penthouse wasnit a very good role according to the officials. Traci Spittmen '85 agreed that it was wrong tor Wiiiiams to peeve nude and not say anything about it . Whether you agree or not, it was Wiiiiams decision to give about pornographic pictures. The executive committee for the Miss America pageant Tes ts .... Competency A Necessity? Dealing with a child's mind and the country's future. These are two of the responsibilities of en educa- tor which leads to the question: Are teachers cepabie'i of teach- ing what needs to be taught in classrooms? One method to assure capability Is the use of a competency test. A competency test challenges a person on the basic knowteoge of what the subject is that he or she is teaching. Mike Pray '87 stated, I think the tests should be a law because it'd bring more qualified people to the front. They should have humor, e- personality and still be able to get the point across to youli According to Education Digest, kids don't see the purpose of what they have to learn or the way it's presented. This leads to teachers facing pessive resistance. They say incapable teachers in the classroom are leading to the decline of the Scholastic Aptitude Test tSATt and also the 25 percent decrease in graduating students. iiTeeehers should take this test. We need better teachers. Having a degree doesnt mean you can teach, commented Cindy Schottei '86. An articie in the Education Digest stated that an effective teacher has to be shire to evoke the respect of an assorted group of students. Teachers who are ad- mired for their personality Make the student give an extra effort. Many teachers are kept on the staff because of different reasons, such as: seniority, scarce funds, forced reductions in staff and ooliective bargaining agreements. The article went on to say that any teachers who are over the age of 40 dont have the technotegicei knowledge. Also, teachers fsiiinlg in their responsibilities shouid be told so, worked with and given the opportunity for improvement. The question is whether teachers shoutd the required te take these tests, what should be contained in them and it it's reeiiy necessary. Miss Debbie Wenzel, Health teacher, stated, tilt you can make it through four years of coiliege education, that sheetd say semethu respondents said Wiiiiams should have kept her crown. Rhonda Gates i85 replied, Mg. seem , Mr. Ron Schmidt, Business teacher, equipped, This compee tency test shouidn't be a law. Doctors and iewyers don't take them so teacher's shouldn't either. SHS teachers are qualified because they take an interest in the students and siso have a variety of degrees in teaching background. According to the digest, the most effective teachers are those peoptie-oriented individuals who inspire their students to love learning and to reach for excei- Ience. Kim Deatherage '85 stated, Teachers should be required to take this test. it shows their intelligence and oouid possibly hetp In the hiring and firing of teachers. They might have s coiiege degree. but the key tto teaohlngt is knowing how to teach students. Miss Linda Whittord, Math teacher, commented, iiit the teeohers dont know their subjects. how did they pass their college exams? Tammy Paxton up her crown or to tight it in gage Do you ever about the a throughs that 3 Things that 0 end great-gran bly never wo dreamed possio becoming a re Take, for i , tificial heart. 3 retired dentist, made heart i Clark died 11 implant. Later, a tra

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As the three boys stand taiklhg in one of the boys houses, the phone rings, and one person goes to answer it, leaving the other We alone together. Why don't you show me these pictures? the tell one asks. The shorter one realizes he will have his victim all alone if he can get him upstairs, so he repiles, iiThey are in my room. and begins to climb the stairs. The tall boy, knowing ail along what is happening, pulls out his shiny P. 38 pistol and points it at the shorter oneis beck. Giving a confident grin, the shorter one thinks he is just a few seconds away from eeesssinating his VIC! tim. He looks over his shoutder only to see that his victim is how his assailant. His confidence shat- tered, he screams and tries to drew his gun. but he is too late as the tail boy shoots him in the book and kills him. Before anyone begins to panic, it must be explained that this is merely a gem celled TAG. The guns shoot plastic bullets, and no one is actually kilbd. The game challenges the brain, and it gives people somthihg to do socially besides partying, said David Widel, '85, the Gamemaster of TAG. Things were starting to get boring, so I thought i might try something new. Aooording to Widei, TAG stands for the Tactical Assassination Game. and that the Gememaster iG.M.t is like a referee who controls all. TAG is a popular game at many colleges. Widel is not the original creator of the gems; his rules vary from the original. ' 70 JMini mag The first game ibellng played was mainly done to see if the rules would work. examined Wittet. How is the game played? i'l tiret get all the names at the players and piece them in a hat and draw names to see who will assesihate who. i give each ptayer a oerd with the name of his target on it. A day is given the killing on this drayt to soout opponents. and then the game reele begins, he concluded. it's a challenging game in that you are trying to outsmart your opponent, said Rteherd Miller '85. You have to use some test to get them alone. its like the thrill ot the chase feeling in hunting. only it is even more exciting because your opponent is another humen. The wows double-crossed and trust are both very dsnger- outs in TAG because they can teed to one's early demise. Angie Harrison '65 was as- sassinated eerty in the geme by a 7 i x i one of her olose ttiende, Becky Leemon '65. ' i had heard she didn't have my name. end she pteyed this game of 'pretanding net to have me to the hilt. Then, she shot me. I tell for it so be Harrison added. Paranoia is anethet word that is understood by those who piay TAG. Po! a oouple of days, i teslt reel paranoid because i didnt want to get kitted: added Leasmlon. iii nottoeo who wee wetohing me. I developed a heightened .sware- noes as i looked for potentially dangerous places. It teeehes you to expect the i unexpected heceuee you oan't j trust everyone 10G percent, added Miller. The rules are simple, although the game is complex. Amording to Widel, one can only assassinate his target when there ere no witnesses. A witness is someone who has seen the crime take place. Hiesrlntg a kill does not constitute a wihtees, After one kills the person, he? tekee his or her card, and then must sssassinete the new person. Finally, when one person is left, he or she will be the winner. There are some dissenting points of view about TAG. Some feel that the game is too violent. i'There are two conflicting points of view, said Mrs. Key Cameron, psychology teacher. i'Some psychetogists say that people exposed to violence are more likely to the violent. The opposing point of view is that everyone has a certain amount of anxiety, and when it is released they will be less likely to be violent. t'l tend to support the first argument because i believe people learn by imitating, Cameron added. 'tl think that it is a sick game because you are pretending realis- tically to kill someone, explained Miss Bebe Bernhart, sociology tescher. 'The weapons ere so close to being real that the next step is a device that inflict pain. i think soetety is regressing in that technologically we are improving, but our mental and social abilities have not kept pace. This igamel encourages violence, she added. Of course, the paranoid in our society can always see detrimental aspects in a creative gems which is ptayed only for fun. said Mike Kiekhsefevr '85. The tsttldentsl are all bored to death and need something to come to school for, stated Mrs. Patricia Loeblein, science teacher. ult is a way to work off anxiety, and i think it is all in fun. The neat thing about the game is that it is an escape from reality. added Leameh. Its just a game. ! Kevin Brooe + De; Am Physic: ance and chan e s sion as otherwise life. I thin factors depressit of theme esteem. i by peer p accepted ed Mri guidance sion that on unh breaks; help or tr drastic Ii There one can mented, of things such as sudden c w wt 0 WM all h what the perfe who it will be Some of us to a far away us may prefe home. Ted Worley like to travel. go to a be California wi1 blue-eyed girl 5I9V.9, Sheid have