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Bart Mania

Sunday night cartoon character gains radical popularity
By Angie Jespersen is haunted by the talking statue's head.
In January, a new T.V. show emerged on Simpson paraphernalia was sold in many
KPTM, Channel 42. Each Sunday night Bart popular shops like Small World and Coach
Simpson, the smart aleck, potato sack head House. The T-Shirt Shop at the Westroads
kid and his animated family entertained you mall said approximatelytwodozen Simpson
with a new episode.The Simpson family t-shirts were sold daily. According to the T-
included Homer and Marge, Bart's crazy­ Shirt Shop, the most popular design was a
looking parents, and his sisters Lisa and picture of Bart saying, I'm Bart Simpson
Maggie. who the hell are you? Simpson buttons and
The Simpsons came about from The Tracy posters were also hot-selling item.
Ullman Show as a small skit. They became When asked about the Simpsons, most
so popular that they got their own show. Ralston students gave a famous Bart quote.
The Simpsons caught on like wildfire. Sophomore Cathy Fuchs replied, "Radical,
Many Ralston students sat in front of the dude." Another reply was 'Take off, hoser,"
television every Sunday night. When asked, which is another of Bart's quotes. Bart was
students agreed that the most popular epi­ the all-around favorite character, because
sode was when Bart sneaks out and steals the according to one student, he has an atti­
town statue, but later confesses because he tude.

Freshman Pat Egger shows his Simpson's
t-shirt. This sort of shirt seemed to be the
new fad toward the end of the year.

Head Rags
By Angie Jespersen
Head rags were created by Senior Sean
Workman and Sophomore Kevin Cruise.
The two student said they got this idea from
professional skateboarder Jim Theibaud.
Some students think there is a symbolism
behind this fad like belongingto a gang or
a secret skateboarding club, but Workman
said he wears one simply to keep the hair
out of his face. "They are terribly comfort­
able and I think everyone will be wearing
one in the future."
Surprisingly enough, the two students
have never gotten any slack from their
teachers. "Some teachers think it's weird,
but no one has ever had us take them off,"
Workman said. The school dress code
does not exactly point out anything about
head rags, but it does say that purposely
torn clothing is not allowed.
Sophomore Kevin Heim wears a head Head rags can be created by taking a
rag. Formerly associated only with torn shirt sleeve or a bandana and tying it
"skaters", these rags were popular with
all types. around the back of the head. There are a
limited number of student who actually
wore the rags. "It's just something skate­
boarders do," Workman said.