Page 24 - 1996

jAdios!

Open Campus

Having to stay for study hall, being forced to eat lunch

at school. Getting Jell-O stuffed down their pants.

These are only a few of Lhe traumas seniors suffer when they have their open
campus privileges revoked. For most seniors, compared to their early high school
days, their final year is one filled with considerable freedom. Sure, they have to
attend at least six classes a day, but being able to leave for lunch and study halls
somehow makes life more bearable. For the 95-96 year, all seniors were allowed to
leave for lunch and eighth hour, if they had no class. And many of the seniors had
no class. So, they were free to leave.
Yet, some seniors found themselves stripped of this open campus privilege.
Some students had their privileges taken away because their grades were below
the GPA required for open campus periods 1-7. Others were there because of
"differences of opinion” with various administration members. Angela Balsarini s
privileges went up ‘in a puff of smoke’ one day in the parking lot. Instead of siting
in study hall for second hour, Balsarini decided to volunteer as an office aide. Her
duties included picking up attendance slips and delivering office messages.
“1 was really mad at first. But, after working as an aide for a while, 1 realized that
Angie Balsarini prays to the god of open
losing my open campus was worth it just to see Mrs. Pehmeier’s smiling face every
campus to have mercy on her.
day.”

Rocky Hansen in the
Rocky Hansen. Joe Seykora, Jesse
Phillips, and Brenden Mullin in the library during second
cafeteria during second hour study hall hour study h a l l .

A disappointed An­
gela Balsarini collects
attendance slips as
she realizes two very
important things: the
Tanya McKain in the open campus god is a
cruel, vengeful god
library during lunch.
who shouldn t be
reckoned with.

( S e n io r s