Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1997, Page 8

Description:	all around thestudents escape bloomington for the summerby Amanda RitchieIt is 2:29 p.m. onThursday, June 6 andexcited murmurs can beheard throughout theclassrooms. Finally, thebell rings. Cries of joyand the rumblingsounds of running feetfill the crowded halls. Atlast, it is summer.Summer meantThibos traveled with herfamily to Australia,South Africa andEngland. She said, Itwas an utterly amazingtrip. Thibos saw theanimals of the Savannahup close, went scubadiving, water skiing andparasailing.Other students spentpart of the summer in aPhoto courtesy of Melissa Korzecn> Melivvi Kor/ec and Laurie Hawkes walk along La Perspectivein Paris. Though their stay was in Cambridge, England, they took afew days to tour Paris.freedom from classes,teachers and endlesshomework. For threemonths, students couldsleep late, hang out withfriends, and travel in orout of the country.Although studentsthought that vacationingwith their families wasstupid, unique destinations and friends whocame along made it fun.Sophomore Megan8 student lifespread design bv John dvorakdifferent country forexchange programs.Sophomore ErinVanzant traveled toWales for three weeksthrough the exchangeprogram, OperationFriendship. They havetheir own way of doingthings and dont want tobe like Americans,Vanzant said.Numerous studentsattended camps or otherorganized activities overthe summer.Senior WendyWatkins participated inGirls State at IndianaState University in TerreHaute, where they setup a mock government.Watkins learned how tospeak in front of anaudience and met someof the other 800representatives from allover Indiana.Senior NathanPodsakoff participatedin Boys State, which issimilar to Girls State.Podsakoff met newpeople and heard guestspeakers, includingGovernor Evan Bayh.The worst part waswhen I got heatpoisoning, Podsakoffsaid.Junior Nick Voakeswent on a bike trip witha group at school calledDecycles. The coursewas 500 miles and tooka week to complete.Voakes said, I learnedhow much you canpush your body whenyou need to.Junior DeannaFierman spent onemonth studying Russianat Concordia LanguageVillages in Minnesota.Everyday Fiermanattended class, participated in activities andate Russian food.Fierman said, It wasone of the mostincredible experiencesof my life.Students summerexperiences varied butat the end of thesummer, all had toreturn again to classes,and endless homework.What incidentfrom thesummer standsout the most?UWe were atBryan Park havinga water balloonfight and the parksecurity came.They told us to stopand they made usclean everythingup. The securityinformed us thatthe park had closedat 11:30 p.m., andwe could be fined$75 for littering.•seniorKatie WiseMy friend and Iwere driving in anice neighborhood in Indyaround 11:30. Wesaw a huge flashingmarkee sign insomeones lawn,and my friendwanted to take apicture of me. Aperson came out ofthe house and toldus to get the hell offher property. Wegot in the car andlaughed all the wayhome.• seniorBreesa Culver»
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