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School Spirit Overcomes

Junior Tysie Rogers gives Junior Liz Nielson a hand,
well. an airplane. to add to the theme of their
Pep Rally Disappointment
decorating. (Laminda Bush)

Sombreros, pajamas, and togas; anything goes for Spirit Week

• Debbi Eades •
School spirit oozed through ev- were the the lucky ones to get it.
ery hall and around every corner. The With so many of the traditions in
building grew louder as each of the five danger of ending, such as the long gone
spirit days brought the excitement and Mr. Mustang Contest. the school almost
the anticipation of the Homecoming faced a sit-in . "2100 students shouldn't
game. have been penalized because of the
Spirit week started off with Hat complaints of two parents who could
Day. Yes. the one and only day to don have easily sent an umbrella to school
those highly forbidden head pieces. with their child," sa id Junior Chad
Those who slept in Tuesday were Boomgaarden in reference to the con-
thankful for Come As You Are Day. troversial silly-string .
Everything from boxers to silk pajamas As for the hall decorating con-
was worn. "It was really fun because we test, almost everybody helped by chip-
got to be so comfortable all day," said ping in their extra lunchmoneyfordeco-
- Sophomore Alii Splittgerber. rations; however, the seniors and the
Greek Day fell on Wednesday. sophomores tied for the win. "I really
Indeed, there was the occasional toga think that the underclassmen and the
along with frat sweatshirts. juniors need to learn to keep their hall
Thursday not only brought Class decorations up at least an hour, be-
Color Day, but also the Homecoming cause it made it a little hard to judge the
pep rally. To the disappointment of contest when they were all torn down,"
many students. several traditions were said Junior Olivia Bennett.
altered, such as the obstacle course. Friday let everyone show their
Instead of the four classes competing, schoolspiritbywearingblue.green,and
there were three teams. Underclass- silver . AccordingtoJuniorTomDempsey,
men,upperclassmen,andfacultyfaced "The spirit at Millard North is so strong, it
each other in teams of two. In addition, could realign the planets." Friday night
it had been customary in the past to silly - made spirit week even better with a win
string the freshmen; however, the juniors over Ralston , 17-0.

Helping the sophomores in their pursuit of the hall
d ecoration vict ory w a s So phom ore Amy •
Hartman. (Melinda DeStafano) ..

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The Drill Team gets the crowd pumped as they
perform their dance from Metro. (Melanie
Goddard)
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Spirit Week