Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2001, Page 39

Description:	In June 2000, former Southstudent Jill Behrman wasabducted while on a bikeride. Neighbors tiedyellow ribbons aroundI trees in Hyde Park (left)and other parts ofBloomington in support.The Student CouncilftMM hosted a school boardj candidate forumprior to the elections.When South students went to sleep onNovember 7, they expected to knowwho the next president of the UnitedStates would be. But they awoke to thenews that the votes had been too closeto determine who the president wouldbe. The democrats called for a recountin the state of Florida, and the nationheld its breath to find out who thepresident would be. Finally on December 312, when the US Supreme Courtreversed the Florida Supreme Courtsdecision to recount the ballots,effectively making George W. Bush thenext president.29-year IU basketball coach BobKnight was fired on September 10,2000 after a 19-year old student,Kent Harvey claimed that Knighthad violently grabbed him andlectured him about his manners.The university had a zero-tolerancepolicy regarding Knight, and thisincident resulted in his dismissal.ALookOn November 7th,2000, a bomb threatwas called in to theschool. Students weresent out to the soccerfields for an extendedstay while policesearched the building;the suspect was laterapprehended.S^Ssr2001The microwavessupplied by theStudentCouncilinthe cafeteria wereset on fire whenstudents placedncnmiGrcwaveableitems inside theminlate January.A snow storm onJanuary 26 (below)cancelled thewintercourt gameand dance, whichwas rescheduled onFebruary 9,combining with theAIDS benefit for thedanceextravaganza (left).Peoples Park reopenedon May 15, 2001 afterbeing closed forrenovation.Tracy Dolphin McNeely wasof the tree-sitters who took u\|residence in trees in spring 200:to protest area forest destructioiand over-development.In February 2001,the first ever North-South One-Actswere performed atthe Waldron.Convicted Oklahoma City bomber TimothyMcVeigh waited in Terre Haute before receivingthe death penalty, which was postponed untilJune 11, after new evidence surfaced.Giff Reed, National Weighttifti..;William Chang, Russell Duhon, and Emily Moran, National Merit FinalistsZach Patton, Wells ScholarBoys and Girls Solar Bike Teams, first place at Nationals, first place atthe first-ever solar road rayce1978LisaKillion1984Cindy Wellman1988\| Matt5 StrykerandTonyElison1992m Mary1 Seff rinm-vrvv-wva&139
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