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Never trust a Senior
t began with the yell of classes."
I Freshmen often tried to get
"Freshman!" and ended
as a teary-eyed freshman back at Seniors who mistreat-
groped his way through the ed them. In one instance,
maze of hallways on the first reported by Freshmen Lance
day of school to the tunes of Holter and Shawn Jig , when
the mocking seniors. seniors tried to retaliate, they
Part of being an upper- sometimes get themselves
classman was to make life into trouble. One day two
deplorable for the freshmen. freshmen kicked snow on a
It began when a freshman senior so he hurled a snowball
graduated from the ninth toward them. Instead of hitting
grade. Recalling how the the two, the snowball hit the
past year went, the student wall above a teacher and
decided that he shouldn't sprayed snow over him .
be the only one treated as Seniors also have another
an outcast and so the trick according to Freshman
tradition commenced. Sean Swanson. Certain seniors
"They (the seniors) act the who assisted with card-pulling
way they do because they harassed freshmen. When ask-
are the people who have ing for a card like Geometry or
gone through all of high an English class, they replied,
school, and since it is their "It's all full - you can't get in ."
last year, they have to get This resulted in mass confusion
rid of all their childish pranks," and heart failure until the
explained Freshman Barbara senior at last said, "Just
Bedenfeld. kidding."
Many fear they will con- Freshman Shane Swanson
tract the disease termed said, "One thing that seniors
"Froshie Fever" by Freshman do that really bugs me is when
Sandy Zeltins . This disease is they look at you with a
characterized by upper- superior sneer and say ''fresh-
classmen walking down the man" whenever you make a
hall while dodging ood hiding mistake. Here stands a warn-
from freshmen. It is further ing to those out -spoken sen-
irritated when administrators iors ; someday the freshmen will
isolate them in "freshmen stand up and yell, "SENIORS!"
Having a class in the 11-12 building Checking out Seniors Dan Rice and Rich
gives Freshmen Todd Shuman and King are Freshmen Tiffany Johnson . DeDe
Brian Smith a chance to go in it. Caniglia, and Stacey Clark.
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