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Discussing the fundamen- Checking a revision on his
tals of research papers latest paper, Junior Jeremy Mil-
is English teacher Eileen Johnson to her len asks Karen Dobash in his first hour "' I
third hour English 10 class. (M. Bruning) class . (C. Reade) .., 't

Opera Enhances

Regular Classes

-beth peterson-

Usually when a high school an opera could be exposed to
student thinks about opera, the experience once.
they think of a large woman Koerten found out about the
wearing tights and a helmet production from a friend at Op-
screeching at the top of her era Omaha. The ensemble was
voice. However, hopefully this funded mostly by the preview-
stereotype was abolished after ing company, which only
Opera Omaha presented Ro- charged a minimal fee from the
meo and Juliet in French. school for each performance.
On Feb. 28 and Mar. 1, a small Not only were the freshman
ensemble from the opera com- treated to an event, but so
pany presented a few select- were other English students.
ed scenes from William Shakes- They studied both American
peare's tragedy. All of the En- Literature and A. P. American
glish 9 classes came to view the History under two teachers.
productions, as well as a few William Shakespeare prob-
music and French classes . ably never planned for his play
English teacher Jean Koer· to be performed by opera sing-
ten, who organized the perfor- ers in French, but then again,
mances, said that she hoped who ever thought of combining
by arranging such a production history and English in the same
people who would never see room. e

152 Overcome by stress, Junior
Nikol Sanning resorts to biting her pencil
in her seventh hour American Literature
class . (R. Rasmussen)