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By Megan Banghart  a  Michaela Brown

                                                                                      ~re~hrnen quickly

                                                                                      learned the  rope~  of

                                                                                      high ~chool.

                                                                                          Starting off a new school
                                                                                      year wasn't always easy, let

                                                                                      alone in a huge, foreign
                                                                                      building with masses of
                                                                                      hormone-driven teenagers with
                                                                                      deep voices and towering
                                                                                      presences.
                                                                                          "I expected there to  be a
                                                                                      large amount of people. It
                                                                                      wasn't too bad after a while,"
                                                                                      freshman Duke Trant said.
                                                                                           Some of the new students
                                                                                      claimed that the variety of

                                                                                      student organizations and sports
                                                                                      made it easier to adjust to  high
                                                                                      school.
                                                                                           "It's a great chance to  talk
                                                                                      to  people you might not see
                                                                                      during the day," freshman
                                                                                      Amanda Ludes said.
                                                                                           After the first quarter or so,
                                                                                      the freshmen felt more

                                                                                      comfortable in  the high school
                                                                                      environment, and for the most
                                                                                      part, adjusted to  the transition
                                                                                      with ease.



                                                        Gathering information for their hi story
                                                        class project are freshmen Ashl ey Morar
                                                        and  Kati e Moackler.  Their class spent
                                                        three days in  the li brary researching th e         14~~
                                                        1920s. photo by A l/ie Jones
                                                                                             Freshmen Divider~
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