Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2000, Page 182

Description:	^■^SR/T^i/Blood DriveEach year juniors and seniors signup to donate blood for the blooddrive sponsored by National HonorSociety. Requirements for donatingblood included being at least 17 yearsof age, being healthy on the day ofdonation and weighing at least I 10pounds.Approximately 75 students signedup and about 50 students ended updonating. The turnout was prettygood, considering they (students) hadto take a form home and get it signedby parents before they couldparticipate, said NHS sponsor Mrs.Susan McGlasson, social studies. Inthe past years students signed up atlunch and permission slips were notrequired.Blood from the drive ended up atthe Red Cross where it was donatedto people in need. I gave bloodbecause theres a shortage and I liketo give to people in need.They shoulddo it more often instead of just oncea year, senior Adam Eades said. Withso many generous donors, manypeople in need benefited from thestudents generosity.by Abby HensonGossip PageIn early March, a form of gossipbecame available on the internet to allweb-sawy students. An anonymousJunior Matt Bradfordpretends to scream in painwhile having blood drawn.75 students volunteeredto give blood.person created a web page entitledBHSS Gossip Page. Through thisweb page students posted numeroustypes of gossip that included foullanguage, sexually explicit talk andmean-spirited comments aboutclassmates, according to Laura Lane,Herald- Times staff writer.BHSS officials learned of the site afew weeks into April. Lane wrote,BHSS technology coordinator (Mr.Keith Clark) made a formal request tothe Guestbook4free.com Webmasterto kill the site and they complied.Once we learned about the website we contacted the server and itwas immediately shut down, Mr. EricBrett WhiteBan, assistant principal, said.Many curious students visited thesite to view its contents. One suchstudent was junior John Laughlin. Hesaid, I thought a lot of the stuffposted was pretty intense eventhough it probably wasnt true. Therewere some things said that could ruinsomebody. by Jeff CarterOrchestra CompetitionThe Hoosier Youth Philharmonic(HYP), consisting of bothBloomington South and Northstudents, traveled to represent ourstate in the North American MusicFestival held in Toronto, Canada onApril 12-16. Members of HYP felt thatthis was an experience they wouldnever forget.When we went up to Toronto tocompete, it was a wonderfulexperience. This was the best year forme. We [HYP] put a lot of work intoorchestra, and its great to see it payoff, not only in the awards, but in theway we played, senior Leanne Dodgesaid.The HYP entered the competitionwith two very challenging piecesready to perform: BrandenburgsThird Movement andTschaikowskys Finale.The hardest piece that we playedwas Finale from Serenade. We werenervous about this piece because ofits difficulty, junior Katie Lessig said.Along with the time they spentinvolved in practicing, the orchestrastudents used much of their timeraising money to pay for the trip.The trip to Toronto was one ofour major goals for the year. We did alot of fundraising for the trip, such asValentines Day cookies and carwashes, Lessig said.The group took first place in boththe Orchestra Category as well as theOverall Category (band andorchestra).According to freshman ElisabethKravchuk,We had been working onLauren DemmingRumor of the Issueby Lacey EberleAfter taping Who Wants to be a Millionaire onApril I I, viewers had to wait an entire week untilthey could find out exactly how much money socialstudies teacher Mr. Kevin Gross had won. Rumorsbegan to fly soon after his arrival back inBloomington. Students and teachers both debatedover the exact dollar amount that they had heard he won. Radio station AM 1370 hinted thatGross had a six figure smile, which would indicate that he had either taken home $125,000,$250,000 or even $500,000. After day one of his return, it was common knowledge thatGross had made it to the hot seat, but rumors still conflicted on the amount of the checkwritten by the shows host, Regis Philbin.After arriving back home, questions from students, parents and faculty quickly came to theears of Gross. Finding humor in their persistence, his only response was to wait until thefollowing week when the show would air. Gross commented that he heard rumors, someright and some wrong. The most popular rumorroaming the school was that Gross went home with$32,000. Rumors continued to fly until the officialviewing of the show, where the facts proved thestudents right. Mr. Gross ended up with $32,000 aftermissing a question about Minoxidil. Gross called theexperience very memorable and planned on usingpart of his winnings for a family vacation.Lauren DemmingDiscovery of:: Platos Closet ::When the red sign advertising Brand-name Teen Wear popped up in the JacksonCreek Plaza, there was some skepticismregarding the unusually named store. Itsconcept, buying used clothes with labels likeAbercrombie & Finch and Gap and thenselling them for greatly reduced prices, was anew one for Bloomington, and took a fewweeks to catch on with the public. Before long,however, bags of clothing brought in byteenagers and college students flooded thefloor, and many customers could be seenbrowsing the aisles.Everything is really cheap, junior NatalieKatz said. Ive bought things and gotten cashfrom bringing things in ... its a cool place.by Claire Barwise182 GothicMARCH APRIL 2000
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