Budget creates havoc at Lowell - The Lowell

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By Ronald Cruz
E/VOIER'i! Quizzes! Lecturis!
CoIUgelHdnieV«rork!
Scorings! Applications'. Of-
fcnsive bathroom stcnchljfiinali!
Crowdoi hallways! Can't take it any
I ^ F i n k ' b b
Th£n tnjctliat visit ilie bungalows.
'", Junior AriiiaAkbar hongs out at
k l h W l l d j
tVyery pretty with il.c
trcerarbund a giatsyfi^ld," Akbar
said. "You cbn>lritye to. vu:w lx)wcll
while you'reia'i." '';,'
Ah yes, uV huijOing.
"It's sfuffyv^you; can't breathe,"
sophomort. Benjamin! Newman said.
Senior Anna Hwgm.irrs.iyj she
ts indtKirs when it is cold out •.
some, *ucii Ws.
Jonathan Yuung. prefer not to sit on
vegetation ouidccrs, rain or shine. '
"I don't like fitting in the grass,"
Young said, but he thinks that if the
school were surrounded by paved
concrete instead of the natural landh
would tetnon: depressing
fy
Thcnatureon «mpiis is diverse
for an urban hJjri ichool, biology
'jMchcr Ray Hil! said. Tix many shoic
birds that migrate along the California
coast also bring with them undigested
graw smi- from other area*.
"We have many species of birds
\ hcrcrCanepa sad. The easiest w spot
arc seagulls, BreWer't blackbirds.
; ivhich are About seven inches long
with iridcsccnlrMack, males a.id
brown females, ind Kun^ea
iinsv whjdt .\rc about the sam
blackiih-brni"T: Wiih their
we,
5pottrd ke&fi. All these birJi
die gmut:d (ur .weds and punue students"
leftcn'sr hincli •ycrapv
y
trees in AptiU when the Brewer*
blackbirds begin tQ-fhsyehr'protect
thfir nrw bom chickioVUtve-bombing
u?y large •in:ni3l ttnforiun.iir
enough to conic ucjr, (.'^uicpa saUi.
•; Some teachers rind thc"*thrml%
Jbr stiidfents to ditch class
tibiis^dni&mod rule'
never existed^; i
By Jimmy Cheng ,
VrrriYLK OFTHE "one-mod rule"
1 JL 'body, leading student. 1 , to bc-
: Iieve tlieyhaye the right lo leave claw
' Asked about the rule, assistant
eyebrow ond xiid,"W*nat is this o.ni--
;mod^ruler^' ,^..;,;".*'''" 0 .'"
'; VStiidcntsare not'firs to leave class
under aijycircunisl'iji«.'es,Bogdanoff
said., In th= : : ;
cidminwratioris
•ilocsn't exist.
• u l\rou1dsayiC-
• a teacher does'
not show up
for clasps, .i
s. t,u d c u t
should coint;
to the
and say.'W- tire waitini'. for
teacher. The class u unatu-ndcdV
DogdanofT said. H Th?n, wt; cm invts-
g , _.., ,.,.
". leacherscorainglociisslaterthan
one mod hiivc punisiifil (heir Muticnis'jfter'
fending tlwir ebssvebnts
deserted', according to sophomore
Lauren Choi-Dei ' .
classy English teacher
. wid. In some colleges and.univctsittes,
students are free tc Jeavt cwss it
(heir professors«rela)e. he said.
Unlike Uie administratort, sonic
cm ivme up, ami
teachers may not be ^blc to reach a
phon-: to \6lthe atlmini.«tr.ition they
can't make it uVctakv^. .
"If a tt-achcr should haw an tcridem.wc
|thcailmininratj."»n] would
go take attendanse," iJogdanoff saiJ.
if not able in gei-a substitute, "we
might determine that the students
tell them to just go study, in UV end." ;
"We trust tl)C5tudcms as well « j"
tea diets 10 do' the right thing .i:i»i Jf> .
bco'nlinwJtKltodo.wbat (hfjrha^ , j
tc- do." she sait!.-
natural setting invaluable to their
class instruction. Hill occtstonally
takes his biologv classes to examint:
the pine trees outside. "I also cut
branches and bring them in from
right around the campus," he:said.
Due to this year's Biblicai rainy
season, "plant: are growing better
than ever," botany teacher Dakotih
Sweu oid."*Morc weeds and hay fc-
\i3-."Yes being surrounded by nature
occasionally has its dark side.
SomcstuucnlsandfaoJtyarcnot
aiisfied with thenanirc mat already
surrounds the building. Retired bioJogyftacher
Nancy Brewer would like
to stc mor; native plants in the area
because they resist droughts and survive
Vfithoul a lot of human attenuAn.
Niitivc pUnu such as the pine trees
are 'naturally well-adapted to San
iVandscijs 6 y climate, for they•bsKc
thin needJes in plicc of Itaws'that
hold wjttcr more r."'it ii Jo-iinit our [Yjlidfjirr'aH^w «'ut!i t nt«
/to diiv-.off in .1 vehicle dwnn&irJiool br.urs, ! rOicnfi
for example.,
thi'y arc required
to obtain a "perini;
TO leave. 1 ' it students simply led the need to take a
break from school, alternatives to Stonwiown.exist.:
1 jK-.d)orf Pi.-ua, wltich is witliit i walkingdutahcc froni
Lowell, i> a pupulai pbec togv'i. • - - —
"1 ice a lot of people from Lcnvell at Likcf-hore." senior
JJaibara I'ahkim said."There's a lot of places (o get
food, Ifte Noah's Bagels." . . ,_ .
.. .Pespite theseitgal.opUomi.wh&h tntiude.staying
campus for lunch, ttig Macs often appeal to MudcnO
more than cafeteria food. Thus, many Lowellites ultirtiaiely
venture into Stoned trwn. Unless, of course, they
contiol ihcirrurgcs and choose to obey school rules.