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They're Off

A nd they're off! Having AKSARBEN made
most Nebraskans aware of that statement,
though it usually pertained to a galloping
herd of horses. Appropriately enough, this phrase
was selected out of dozens to describe the
Freshmen. With class enrollment around five
hundred, it very much resembled a herd. A herd _
of what remains unknown.
Commonly referred to as "squirrel", "geek",
or just plain "freshman", the average freshman
could be found on the first day of school
nervously running around trying to find English
9, where to put the lunch trays, and how to get
his locker open. At the same time he was trying
to give off that aura of "coolness" so the
upperclassmen would have no legitimate reason
to pick on him.
With such an increase in freshmen enroll-
ment, a few of the classes were changed to Nuns at Millard North? Mary Anne Ahola and Alcohol and drugs were the main points of
accommodate and adapt to everyone. English Kristi Larson look at programs from the fall musical speaker David Toma. These freshman board
buses downtown to hear him.
The Sound of Music.
covered grammar and Composition but also rid
the hassle of an extra class by taking care of the
Novels/Non-fiction requirement.
Ready to move on to bigger and better things,
Freshmen ended the year on a good note and
began making plans for next year's fledglings.