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Editorial Board: Jim Blount, Tracey Bostwick, Jared Dawson, Chris Kelly,
Stuart Mercer, DJ Patrick, Cliff Schroeder
Photography: Stuart Freeman, Winn Maddrey
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Here at VES we, the students, owe it to ourselves to take care of what the school has provided for us. Lately there has been a rise in the amount of wanton destruction of property on campus. This
kind of practice cannot and should not be tolerated by the faculty
and administration. The property that has been destroyed ranges
all the way from holes in walls to numerous mirrors and frames
smashed and bent. The question that runs through our mind is "whyr'
Granted, people do lose their temper but why take it out on something that everybody needs and will end up paying for in the end anyway. It's exactly the same as if one went out to his brand new car and ripped the $3,000 stereo out of the dashboard in anger
or just for laughs."
We're sure that some of the destruction done on campus is
completely accidential but the majority of it is clearly vandelism.
Vandelism is a misdameanor and is punishible by a fine and/or
imprionment. Maybe the school ought to take a stronger view on
the issue and instigate more severe punishment if it catches any offenders.
Invites the VES
Community to .
comment on
these and other important issues.
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The Core program is designed to combine English and history
elaS8 together in unison, In Core II the theme is US literature and hi~;.Core 12 studies Euro~an history and culture. The books 1
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lltuciying in history class, both with different themes. We believe that the IIUbject of western civilization is much too broad to be
inwrporated into a core program. If the core program is to be either the li.t of English books should be changed or the
ltudy ofhistory revised.
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To the Editon:
Many student. visited the
drug dude.....Also, they noticed
amone the best that could have possibly bun chosen. The only
occatrions a faculty hanging out near Mr.
alailillfll. Aa when my
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mem
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giving them the eye a1 they entered. The etudent1 were there to talk and aak queetlon•
let r, their TU~rtion, I'm 1u many
whati1 an
Th hHa but WM
office, wh re he w u
thin&• they were about. It wae
about
confueed
underltood that no faculty ar adrnini1tratlve penonn I were wppoeed to in thi1 areal
relation• with l(\rl1. I rrant th How ver• with the advent of echool th nl(ht to Ita ite
What happened oonftdentiality poli y?
to the
coeducation th ~ehool
cleu potlition on the rule• of
poaition1 on rela onahlpa, but think it attaek.ed the problem all wron1. the
admlnl.tration ehould ha ad dreH8d tM entl
on thl1 in
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ltudents read in English relate to the period of time they are the girls at this school are
The
Staff
By Stewart Bane
Ever since the beginning of
the school year, the ad- ministration at VES has been fascinated by the addition of girls to the school. We were
fortunate to find such a fine group of girls to start a new tradition but five months into the year, isn't it about time that the administration remem- bered that this was once a boys school? I'm not implying that having girls here was a mistake, because I think that
of
the special
apparent
resentment felt by some people
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By Reed Skarre
Over the Christmas holidaya,
a controversial letter came to our houses concerning the achool'epolritionon1tudentsex. Thi1 letter brought on Iota of
unnecea111ry lectures. A . a 1tudentatVESforthelaatthree yeara, thi1 particular eubject ha1 alway• been dealt with in a "do it at your own ri•k" fa1hion.
problem is the
hu apprently decided to e1tabli1h •
male and
lnt.1 pNtifll the
b e l i e v e t h e ~ehool'1 J I O I I I t l o n
courtlhlp bet'IJeen etudenta.
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letter, I
result
The girls, however, are not the main problem 118 far 118 funding expenditures are concerned. The school simply
needs to make a greater effort to obtain funding for large projects that benefit both sexes. VES has alot of potential and
could use a great deal of
arents
stands on two points. First, the
sporta.
as a
attention that is being paid to the girls. The school has spent a large amount of money on the new donn for girls. Conversely, the boys will be forced to live in inferior housing such as Pendleton and Jett. Almost every boy has, at one time or another, felt such feelings of resentment.
blatant public
affection are not appropriate for our campua and aecond, sexual intercoune will not be
tolerated and can be oonaidered a diamie111l offenM.
My pannta reared m to make my own decision•·about. what i1 Ml(ht or WTOI\I in my
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funding in areas such u
It would be nice to have an
indoor pool or a sports complex. These ideu sound far- fetched but it is very possible.
What I suggest to the ad- ministration is an annual VES Jubilee to be held on a certain weekend every year. The Jubilee would be an auction in formal attire at which alumnists and parenbl
be encouraged to con-tribute to the expansion of the echool through bids on mer-chancli• donated to the school by loc:al businesses. With thia
VES could become one the finest, mOI!Jt complete ec:hoole in
the Prep 1-gue.
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