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I Style and Individualism

Some students express their own style through their
rooms. Some were perfectly neat while others were just
plain messy. Senior Laura Penney decorates hers with
big city momentos. (T. Martin)

The Verdict Is In

CHOOSE TO BE YOURSELF

-Toni Resquer-
wear. it was shown through what they chose ,
to do. Sophomore Sarah McGee said she
£ o I. The pla ce where boys became could tell when people were beginni ng to
girls became women. The place break away from the norm. "People started
here ing an individual meant everything. to go to the bathroom by themselves.·· she
Then why did so many people te nd to look said. "They didn't need their fnends to hold
alike' their hands "
Junior Chad Britson seemed just as Th ere were other ways of showing your
confused. When asked to comment on the own sense of style. One of the more popul ar
individualism within his class. he simply ways wa s to decorate your locker Bumper
muttered "Individualism! What is that'" stickers. pictures of Mr or Mrs. Right.
Not everyone was as confused about advertisements for ca rs. bottles. magnets
the definition of individual as Britson. and much more were found in lockers. All
however. Senior Darin Blunck explained it those little pieces of paper and all of those
th is way ·'An individual was someone who trinkets had some sign ificance. Senior Amy
wasn't afraid to make a fool ou t of himself. Cohen kept a bottle in her locker which
didn't readily involve himself with cliques. reminded her of a time with someone
and had a conscious desire to be unique." special
Blunck pointed out that being an individual Lockers were not the on ly thing to be
was not to be confused with being influenced decorated. Bedrooms. those sacred pla ces
by your peers. "I influenced your actions. you of privacy. were also pla ces to demonstrate
inf!uen ced mine. But that didn't mean I was your individualism Penney chose to
trying to repli ca te you." he explained. "I am transform her room into downtown Omaha
my own se lf. I am me .. because she liked the big city feeling. Her
Senior Nansi Peterson said she brother. Freshman Mike Penney. chose to Friends influence you. but they do not necessarily
believed in being yourself. but she didn't decorate his room sparingly " It makes it change your style. Here Sen1or Karen McClelland shares
believe true individuals existed in high look bigger. more open .. he said. a bit of her American charm w1th her new found Span 1sh
school. Instead she sai d "there were McGee summed all the cha nge up by friends on an Easter ca mp1ng trip.
individual groups but no distict individual saying "in junior high we all had to be the Ca rs became an important symbol of independence and
persons . Not yet ... Senior laura Penney same. There were no individuals. on ly individualism to upper cla ss men. Jun1ors and Sen1or s
agreed " I think there was potential to be cliques. Sophomore year we still had our also had the privilege to park on ca mpus. Sen1or Theresa
Soukup tries out life behind a Cutlass. (A Davis)
individuali stic. but nobody had the guts to cliques. but we were reaching out to other
break away and become a nonconformist · · .people. I think we get more individualistic
Somehow individual personalities did every year As we get older. we go our own
develop If so meone·s personal style was not way·· ~
shown through the clothing they chose to