Wilbur D Mills High School - Comet Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Coming To ether ,Lisa Berry - Editor I ' I'm selling Sweet tarts and Sprees for Art Club, Chocolate for journalism, and suckers for junior Cabinet! Take your pick! Organizations were vital to school. Without club members, how could students have gotten the all-important afternoon sugar fix?! Other than teaching students to be excellent sales persons, clubs provided a small group atmosphere where a student could meet other students with similar interests. This small group interaction was especially important this year with so many new faces at Mills. After people settled into the new atmosphere and got down to the real business of school, organizations became an important break in the everyday routine. Clubs give me something else to do besides just academic work, and clubs help out the school, Bridgit Thigpen said. So whether students belong to clubs for socializing or for service, they usually get their share of both. 84 Organizations saw .W gi K , ,Wa-5 ffiirffgtiiifitiilg? a,' L 1 IW 'Wits' A

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New Ruling ForPresidential Hopefuls L MII Sports Ed his year a new gav- el came down, along with a new ruling. The voting system went from Demo- cratic to randomly select- ed. Now Lady Luck will be picking and choosing your president and other offi- cals. It's a weird situation. I feel a vote would do jus- tice, Tim Wadly said. Starting this year, the presidential hopefuls and their parties put their name on a piece of paper and tossed it into the hat, literally. Then one person is randomly selected for each position. I don't think it's fair be- cause there are a lot of people that want to help and then don't get the chance and then the ones that don't really care get picked and do nothing for the school, Colette Miller said. This new system was put into action in order to try and get people other than the same ones over and over each year. The Student Council is a vital organization to the school. This year they lt's a Weird situation. I feel a vote would do jus- tice. sponsored both the bas- ketball and football home- comings, collected food for the homeless, orga- nized the blood drive and the Comet Fest, and spon- sored several dances. If there is something you want done or something you want passed,thisisthe place to go. I am glad I'm on Stu- dent Council, because I think we have accom- plished a lot this year, jill Gough said. The Principal's Student Advisory Committe was organizationed for im- proved communication. Their plan was to send out surveys to identify what the primary problems are and then set up a Task Force to attack each prob- lem. I think the students are the clients of the system and they should assume responsibility for their own education and take action, coordinater Ms. Ryder-EcKert said. You have to be willing to work hard. That's the most important thing, Leann Adams said. Ms. Ryder-Eckert passes out copies of the agenda for an after school Princi- pal's Advisory Committee meeting. 86 Organizations ff! B L ill sl. fy! . .Q .. .h..