Our third issue of the school year and first of the spring semester explores the ongoing budged deficit crisis in the Austin Independent School District: what is causing it and what the latest plans are to balance the budget. Elsewhere in our news section, we say goodbye to omicron (for now) and explore mandatory state tutoring for students who did not pass the STAAR test, Internet addiction and our collective obsession about grade point average. The issue is also chock full of feature profiles, including but not limited to our centerspread feature about senior and CEO Holden Satterwhite, four-time Special Olympic gold medalist Sabine Collins, rock-climbing literature teacher Eric Wydeven, World Archery Championship qualifier and new head archery coach Nick Kalakanis, fearless equestrian Jewel New, senior and aspiring forestry teacher Veronica Britton, crusading Mac alum and Travis County Judge Andy Brown and everyone's favorite former faculty member, security guard Bob Bedard. All this