harbinger SHAWNEE MISSION EAST
ISSUE 1, SEPTEMBER 8, 2003
What’s Inside
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Ty Vanvlimmeren suits up as the first female football player in SM East history.
Welcome back to Lunch schedule solves trash problem, but creates others The Otis Spunkmeyer cookies might have run out midway through third lunch, but at least smashed ones aren’t found all over the ramps afterwards. Keeping students in the lunchroom rather than waiting on the ramp and overwhelming the lunch monitor is one of many changes made this year. The changes are meant to reduce class disruptionnand the amount of trash left behind. Students used to wait at the top of the ramp until the bell rang. The problem was bottles, trash, and food were left behind. According to lunch monitor David Gray, the ramp was a “complete pit.” Students are no longer allowed to leave the cafeteria or courtyard until the bell rings, to minimize the trash on the ramps. The main problem now is the crowded cafeteria and long lines. “The new lunch system is terrible. First of all there is now a line to even get in to buy food. Yesterday, they ran out of pizza and cookies. Then, they ran out of 5 and 10 dollar bills,” juniorAdam Miller, who has third lunch, said. Despite the negative opinion of the majority of the students, the new system has been very uccessful and we have received many compliments from teachers on t,” assistant principal and designer of he new system Michael Wolgast said. According to athletic director and Courtney Condron News Editor
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The average East student has at least students in every class and shares a lunchroom with over And the population is growing. This year is starting to feel a little
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lunch monitor Lane Green, there used to be three lunches and students were upset when it switched to four. “It’s called change,” head custodian Charles Williams said, “kids don’t like change, no one does, but it has been better this way, and there’s a lot less trash.” Trash cans have been moved, because students kept throwing away their silverware last year. With the trashcans by the doors, students are able to dump their trash, trays and silverware all at the same time. “I don’t understand why there are less trash cans throughout the lunchroom when they are trying to promote picking up your trash. It makes me not want to throw it away, because I have to carry it to the door,” Junior Jordan Steadman said. As for the long lines, Wolgast says they are improving. “The first day lines were long, because there were glitches in the computers and the change hadn’t arrived yet,” Wolgast said, “however, we’ve been watching the lines ever since, and the last person has bought their food with at least 15 minutes to spare.” The administration is satisfied with the new system, and plans to keep it this way. So if students have a problem spending half of their lunch in line, they should probably think about bringing that peanut butter and jelly sandwich from home.
TIGHT SPOT: Junior Katherine Mingle tries to make her way through crouds in the lunchroom. Lunch is only one of the places East is more crowded this year. photo by Alex Helmuth
East population
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