Shawnee Mission Northwest High School - Lair Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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Politics fmt hand Two activities at Northwest allowed interested students to explore the machinery of state and national governments. On November 16 and 17, Youth in Government partici- pants visited the Kansas capitol for a two day model legislature. The students, after attending some informative meetings, had prepared bills of current issues that were to be discussed and debated at the mock session in Topeka. Iosh Taylor submitted a bill on handicapped parking which unanimously passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate and was signed into law by the student governor. The government consisted of students from surrounding areas, of which students elected by their peers held certain positions. junior jill Preston was elected governor. Close-Up, a national program designed to acquaint students with the fundamentals of the nation's government, helped a few Northwest students to better understand politics through first hand experience. During the third week in January, a handful of seniors visited Washington D.C. and were exposed to several aspects of the District's political commu- nity. Students raised money through the sale of conces- sions in order to meet the nearly S1000 dollars of ex- penses per student. Club President Kim Bui expressed her concern that several peo- ple were not able to make the trip. I'm disappointed that we were not able to raise enough money since several students were really interest- ed in the program but cou1dn't go because of the cost, said Bui. -bv Marr Cooley EXPLAINING THE IM- PORTANT apsects of a film, Mr. Wendell Da- vidson emphasizes Kohlberg's stages of moral development. photo by lun jackson

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iii Wil lECQf Dl73SQlfTllf. Cllllltllllhi from puter' IS... teacher really tried to make the class interesting, said Elaine Rowe. American Government was another requirement that made students apprehensive. Seniors, somewhat affected by senioritis, found it hard to concentrate on what they an- .-,-..,.,1 .. 1 1 1- . program. The course was lengthened from a semester to a year in order to better prepare students for college level entrance exams. In regard to electives, most students chose World History or Law and You during their sophomore year in order to meet that requirement early. ur,,,1.1 rr'.. . 1 the subtleties that Mr. David- son uses to illustrate psycho- logy really makes the class in- teresting, said senior Katie Lynch. Sociology looked at in- teractions of people within socioeconomic groups. Several speakers were invited to share views to which most students had never been exposed. 1 - A1- .. ..

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SPANISH II STUDENTS are required to translate dialogue from their text- books. Mrs. Esther Tuttle helps Tod Vedock in correcting verb tense. plmln by Ian Iarksuu L ' y 22 Diversifiefl cultures A y