The Classic newspaper Volume 12 Issue no. 3

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Vol. 12, No. 3. April 1 1996 ~

Townsend Harris High School at Queens College

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149-11 Melbourne Avenue. Flushing, NY 11367

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Editors: Veronica Lee, Tara Balabushka, Beth Citron, George Motakis, Michael Munoz, Natalka Palczynski

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Writers: Demetrios Bertzikis, Alex Blunt, Joe Gerbasi, Amy Kommatas, Natalka Palqynski, Hope Villella, Erika Zwetkow

Artists: George Motakis, Dawn Byrne, Amy Kommatas, Rachel Sperling

Photography and Lay-out: Erika Zwetkow, Veronica Lee, Beth Citron, Natalka · Palczynski, Hope Villella

Advisor: lisa Cowen Principal: Dr. Malcolm Largmann

AN EARLY START: Transporting their sleeping bags and other gear on a book cart , Natalka Pallcanski, Katie Ruby, Kristin Cantdance and Vicki Realcuteo head for their lockers at 7:41 A.M .

Seven sophomore girls Sl~ eep in principal•s o·ffice II

by Natalka Palczynski Seven sophomore girls · admitted to spending the night in the building last Wednesday, saying that since they are here more than eight hours per day, they might as well save travel time. When Principal Meekom Largeboy arrived early Thursday morning, he found sleeping ba~ on his plush carpet and immediately called for an investigation. Meanwhile, Miranda Kix, Dean, found the seven girls at their lockers at 7:43 and grew suspicious. "After issuing seven demerits, I sent the girls to see Dr. Largeboy. I felt he should take care of the situation from th-e re,'' she said. "One of the girls, Jeannemarie Tendtheshop, broke down in tears even . before she entered my office," Dr. Large boy said. "She blurted out:'We did it! We left the sleeping bags in your office! We couldn't handle the pressure! Going home was just too much!.'" The others, Vicki Realcuteo, Kristin · Cantdance, Katie Ruby, Erika Sweetycow, Natalka Pallcanski, and Kim Parrot followed Jeannemarie's hysteria with a full explanation. Vicki started by saying,"We stayed in the broadcasting/ recording studio in 511 when they were closing up so that they wouldn't hear us. Erika was smart

enough to realize that the room is soundproof so that I wouldn't give us away . We danced and sang and played around till about 6 P.M. When we knew for sure that everyone had left the building, we started our collaterals on the Macs."

somewhere. I made sure we were extra careful and left everything the way it was," Kim said. "My ·favorite part was the midnight bonfire in the chemistry lab," said Natalka. "Jeannemarie brought marshmallows and we roasted them on the Bunsen burner. When the fire alarm mm• . m "~ . mrm · . m . ... m] went off, we weren't that surprised, but it took us forever to figure out how to shut it off. Sorry about the disrupted bell schedule, Mr. Bossman." · "We finally went to sleep around 2 A.M. We figured we'd go to bed early so that we wouldn't be too tired the next mo.rning, " Vicki said. "We took a shower in the girls' +ocker rooms and that's the entirety of our story," Kate finished . Though he emphasized that he does not condone the girls' violation of "It was a blast," said Kristin . "Not only current school rules, Dr. Largeboy admitted he liked the idea of having the did we finish our homework early, but we had enough time to explore all those building utilized 24 hours a day . He is now considering installing folding cots unknown rooms. This was the first time in the Townsend Harris building. "I took we didn't have any limitations." "Yeah, we went onto the catwalk in back the girls' demerits. I just wish they had approved it with me first. They will the auditorium and put on the first school's production. We didn't draw · be cleaning the bathroom next week for being at their lockers without much of a crowd! Grease was acted in two parts with the intermission too," supervision, though," Dr. Largeboy said. He must get the approval of the Kate said. Board of Education before any sleeping "I was scared that there would be a arrangements are made. custodian lurking in the hallway

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