Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1999, Page 58

Description:	WHOWHATrningvs.NightWhere do you fall?seniorAbbey Martinlam anightperson.There isso muchmore todo and Im moreawake.juniorJake PfenningerWell, Iconsidermyselfto be anafternoonkid. Iam not tired, and itsthe best time of the dayto do stuff.freshmanHaley McAvayI likethenight,but Immore ofmorning person. I haveto walk my dog beforeschool, so I have to getup early.seniorDustin Garza1! I am anightperson.Thenight is* alotmore interestin g indI like staying up late..CLOSEDBusinesses adjust toAmong the several new changes at school, one of themost talked about ones among students was lunchtime.Closed campus was introduced, which forced all studentsto stay inside to eat their lunch. This meantno more rushing out of school duringlunch and hopping into a car to go to thefavorite local restaurant for that day. Itwas back to the days of eating in thecafeteria.With the students now inside,surrounding restaurants felt the effectsof the change, both good and bad.Rachel Shipley, assistant manager atNoble Romans, didnt like the change andthinks open campus should be reinstated.I miss the students. They brought a littleexcitement to each day. They were fun andhappy, and they brought in good business,she said. Noble Romans suffered some this year, andhopes businees will pick up in the future.A few reasons for the switch from open to closedcampus was student safety, student behavior and theoverall amount of smoking and loitering in parking lots.McDonalds owner Roland Long had his share ofproblems last year. He had to hire twosecurity guards for his parking lot dueto the amount of smoking andloitering. Long appreciates closedcampus and thinks it is verypositive.We have not had the problemof teenagers trying to hang out,Long said. Business didnt suffer toomuch for McDonalds in the first yearof closed campus, even though thenumber of sales were down, theamount of time people spent per visitgrew. Closed campus is an issue thatstudents, faculty and businesses will continueto discuss down the road. Some like the idea, and othersdo not. For those who are opposed, it is highly doubtfulthat campus will be opened any time soon.I miss thestudents. Theybrought a littleexcitement toeach day...AVERYTHATCHERAVERYTHATCHERThe massive crowds of students file into the lunch room, doing whatthey can to get ahead in the lines during D lunch. The lunchesincreased from three to four for the first semester to accomodate thestudents since the closed campus policy went into effect.During D lunch, seniors Coraline Haitjema and Amy Quillman eattheir home-packed lunch. Many students opted to bring their lunchinstead of waiting in line. The cafeteria staff and administration tookseveral steps throughout the year to decrease the wait for students.Bv Kate LonjStudents react tothe cafeteria environmentThe 11:00 bell sounds, beckoning students with Alunch to the newly renovated cafeteria. Classroom doorsrandomly fly open and senior JustinMendonca pushes into the swarming mass ofstudents forcing their way down the hall.Shuffling slowly down the stairs in themidst of the crowd, he dreads the prospectof having to spend his lunch period atschool due to the closed campus policy.Ive only eaten three times this year, ifthat. I dont like the food, and I dont like eating with all those people. Its like Im still ina classroom; Im still in a controlledenvironment. I dont look forward to lunch anymore,Mendonca said.Though not all students shared Mendoncasresentment for closed campus, most questioned themotives behind the new policy, which administrators likeAssistant Principal Mike Johnson spent years discussing.Open campus scared the heck out of me as an adult. Itwas a daily concern, Johnson said.on the cafeteria:...Its likePm still in aclassroom.Among the daily concerns related to open campuswere accidents with students and vehicles. According toJohnson, three students were injured in thelast two years. The other concerns includedquestionable off-campusactivities like fighting, smoking and druguse, as well as skipping.One of the benefits of closed campuswas a reduction in the incidents ofskipping. Our attendance rate in theafternoon for the past four weeks has beentriple compared to last year, Johnson said.Although administrators claimed thebenefits of closed campus outweighed thedisadvantages, a large portion of the student body wishedthat open campus remained. However, the issue ofreinstating open campus was out of the students hands.Its really not up to us to decide whether we can haveopen campus or not, Student Council member, seniorEsther Young said. We can protest all we want, but itsthe administrators and principals who will decide.0Spread Design bymini-magCaitlin Galligan and Kim Kouka
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