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Summer Highlights

Ser:u~ Mark Sizemore spent four days in Washington.
D.C. e says that the Capitol Building is his favorite
Ia ark in the city "because it represents our coun-
tr . · (E. Sizemore)
Be fig with friends was one of the most enjoyable as-
peer, f summer for many students. Having a wild and
craz ime at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City are the mem-
be s of the volle yba ll team .

Vacation Days Offer

A CHANGE OF PACE

-Lisa Shulman-
l nts. and nights of homework, it was the one and talk to them."
mosphere of friendship and cooperation as
"an utopia. Everyone respected each other
ere was one thing that kept students go- and got along. You could just walk up to any-
through the days of tests. notes. assign-
Other students saw the empty days of
ultimate reward of summer. The warm sea-
summer as profitable and took advantage of
son was a chance to lie back and enjoy life the extra time to get more hours in at work.
without the burden of studying and early Senior Derrik Vorei-Sharp combined the
mornings. For some. such as Senior Jeff ideas of vacationing and earning money
Burger. the best part of summer was a fami- when he drove a Jaguar XJ 1 2 to San Francis-
ly vacation: ·'We went to New Hampshire co to deliver to someone who had purchased
and mostly just laid on the beach . We also the car in Omaha. He stopped in Reno. Ne-
went to a Boston Red Sox game. It was vada and stayed at Bally's Hotel, which he
great." described as " humongous". Said Vorei-
But others saw a change in routine as a Sharp, " I liked Reno better than San Francis-
Ha
ing it up at NSI are Seniors Liane Mercer. Jenelle
way of relaxing. Senior Steve Gries was one co because San Francisco was cold and in Cox L1 coin Southeast). Lisa Shulman. Amy Walsh. Erin
of fifteen students who attended the Ne- Reno I played the slots in the hotel. I won Jons<s and Paige Norton (Columbus High School) . (A.
braska Scholars' Institute. a two week pro- about $25 but then I lost it. plus S 10 of my Williams)
gram at UNL for selected juniors across the own." He admitted that being out on the
state. "It was kind of like college. in that you road alone did get lonely at times. but
went to classes that you wanted to instead thought it was worth it because he made
of classes that you had to. It showed me enough money so that he wouldn't have to
what it might be like to live on a university work during the school year
campus." he explained. "It also he lped me However a student chose to spend his
to broaden my views about things like music summer depended on his or her personal
and social issues . The best part. though. was choices. But everyone's summer ended the
making friends and spending time with them same way with the beginning of school. ~
the rest of the summer. even after NSI was
over.·· Senior Anne Etheredge. who also
participated in the institute. described the at-