Obviously the administration of our school doesn't read MacNews. Or perhaps they do, and just choose to ignore concerns of the student body. Now, I know this is not the case. Our administration is doing very good initial job of running our school. Nevertheless, there are serious problems which I don't feel are being addressed by the admin.
A couple of weeks ago, you may recall reading an article on the issue of smoking in front of our school. In this "plea", I spoke specifically of the problem with night school smokers.
Well, on Wednesday, the problem I've been dreading to happen to daytime students reared its ugly head. After visiting my locker after school, I then proceeded to the doors at the corner of the moderns and history hallways. Of course, this is MAC's notorious smoker's pad. As I approached, my "sensitive" nose detected a nasty scent. Understandable, you may say, considering where I was.
Ah, but there was an unusual peculiarity about this scent. "What was it?" you might ask, if you weren't one of the two-hundred or so massed right in front of the doors. Marijuana. Yes, pot, weed, grass, whatever you want to call it - it was there. It was being smoked there. It was being sold there. Here.
I know, very well, that this isn't the first time marijuana has been present on our school grounds. However, this time I feel that the issue has grown to such a magnitude, that something must be done.
This time the plea goes out, not only to the admin., but to the entire staff. Crack down on cigarette and drug use in front of our school. When you're out in the halls on tardiness patrol, check outside for smokers. Oh, and God forbid you would walk outside and actually confront them yourselves.
I think you may be sensing my anger and frustration as this article has progressed. I just can't seen how an issue such as tardiness or cafeteria cleanliness can be considered more important than illegal drug use on school property. Staff, I urge you to make it one of, if not the primary concern at MAC. It is far more important than the issues currently being addressed.
Bones
I too, know about sitting by a wall......for about the first 3 years I went to Mac, I sat at a special spot in the hall every lunch period. I've since stopped for the most part (although you can often find me there in the morning before people I know show up). I didn't eat lunch there, I simply sat. Why? Well, among other things, there was nothing else to do. The cafe was (and still is) evil. Yes, evil. The library was partly evil (but not as much, as most of it has been cleared up now) and rather dull anyway. So, I sat by the wall. Some of you might even remember me.
Anyway, I too, was called a fire hazard. I was "forbidden" to sit there (although, that didn't stop me, and when pressed, I simply stood in the spot). When they say "you're a fire hazard", don't believe it. What that really means is, "You're cluttering up the hallway and we don't like looking at you."
At any rate, you would have my full support to continue to sit in the halls, of course, it's not my decision. I'm just a student, for the moment. I just thought I'd offer you moral support. :)
From the Wall
Note: Thanks, Peter
-Kids (who used to sit) in the Hall
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We asked you, and you told us! The MacNews mailbox received an overwhelming amount of responses from the student body. Here are your picks, Mac:
Best movies: A Time to Kill, Fargo, Diabolique, One Fine Day, Space Jam, Star Trek: First Contact, Courage Under Fire, Birdcage, The Nutty Professor, Romeo and Juliet, ID4.
Worst movies: The Cable Guy, Beavis and Butt-Head, Tin Cup, any Jim Carrey movies, Space Jam, Independence Day, My Fellow Americans.
Best new T.V. show: The Outer Limits, Spin City, PSI Factor, Cosby, 3rd Rock From the Sun, King of the Hill, Early Edition, Homicide, Millenium, The Rosie O'Donnell Show.
Worst new T.V. show: Relativity, Clueless, Suddenly Susan, Boston Common, Millenium, Ink, Caroline in the City, Ned and Stacey.
Best band: Nirvana (ed's note:?), Bon Jovi (ed's note:???), Smashing Pumpkins, The Dogg Pound, Republica, No Doubt, Bush (X), Pluto, Az Yet (Green Eggs and Ham's Choice), Sloan (Ed's note: Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!)
Worst band: Oasis, Marilyn Manson, Backstreet Boys, Counting Corwes, OMC.
Most overrated band/artist: Alanis Morissette, Backstreet Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, Madonna, Moist, The Fugees, Bush X, Green Day, Donna Lewis.
Most underrated band/artist: Moist, The Beatles (ed's note: in '96???), Weezer, The Tragically Hip, Gob, Ash, I Mother Earth, New Edition, No Doubt, Hayden Desser.
Best album: "The Muddy Banks of the Wishkah" by Nirvana, "Hit Zone 2", "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" by Smashing Pumpkins, "All Eyez on Me" by 2Pac, "Razorblade Suitcase" by Bush X, "Creature" by Moist, "Pluto" by Pluto.
Worst album: "Bad Hair Day" by "Weird Al", "Jagged Little Pill" by Alanis, "How Bizarre" by OMC, "Now in a Minute" by Donna Lewis, "Dance Mix '96", any new country album, "Backstreet Boys"
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Green Eggs and Ham
Dear "phantom" guy,
You're a pickle puss. Stop writing obscenities. My job is done.
Sofi, ed.
Frances Nitsis
Valley Girl
Green Eggs and Ham
I bought a tube amplifier. It didn't work. My friend threw it down the stairs, and we never saw it after that dinosaur came by.
Space was the final frontier until we discovered what it actually was. We travelled through time and found out that space was made of cheese. Cheddar cheese. Mild Cheddar cheese.
I threw a letter Q into a privet bush and it was a deadly mistake. Later that day my pet granulated sugar molecule was digested by my other pet, Noelle, who is a cat.
Soon we found a person named Sofi ed. and decided to talk to the person with the weird last name. We shouted duck just in time for her to avoid a flying rubber duck. It apparently had been thrown by an elated Ernie.
We were drunk and soon found ourselves in the toilet of the person who drunk us. Soon we confronted a mutant ninja Monkey (tm) in the sewers. He took a liking to us and scrambled our brains with a blender.
When we went to school a chalk board was broke and asked for spare change. A mirror was broke, but it had two ugly faces, so we ignored it.
The auditorium was empty so we decided that it was the final frontier, because space was filled with cheese. We both inhaled some dust, and my friend sneezed. Soon, I sneezed. We were both intrigued and fascinated and went through a time loop again.
The One-Armed Men
His student lawyer,
Anonymous
(Thank-you for your time!)