New coffee shops seem to be
opening all the time. Some people
say that they are the latest and
coolest teen hang-outs. What do
you think? Where do you go dur-

Solutions for choo stress

‘WELL, THREE weeks of

school are up, and I can _

.feel the pressure already.

This being an ‘important year in
‘tay educational ‘career, | decided
to find out and ‘evaluate different
people’s ways of. making the

’. -school year less stressful.

Followed by each is my percep-
tion ‘on why that hint is wrong, il-
-legal, or stupid, ‘or any combina-
tion thereof.

--’Myth 1, \Share notes with
someone. Wrong and. stupid.
/ What_if they copied the wrong
notes, or weren’t paying. atten-
tion? The. best thing to do is
- compare. your -notes to someone
else's to’ make sure you’ve got it

Myth 2, Study late at night and
et: up ‘early in the morning when
you’ ve got a deadiine: Stupid. If

you've. been working until very.
late, chances are there is no way |
possible you'll be able to get up at -’

S”a.m. to finish. writing a research

paper that’s due second period.
Thers. are two ‘ways to get

around this. The first is to_ work

all night; without sleeping in be-~
ween, I. have found this to be. ~

" most ef: fective.

The other is to do the intelligent
thing and space out the work: in
the time. frame that you have.
You'll have. more free. time this,
way, and you'll probably prepare
a better paper, because that comes
‘easier when you're awake. . .

Myth 3. Copy someone else’s
homework or cheat. on a test. Il-
legal, “wrong, and Stupid. ’ Three
for three. * -

aie studying anywhere you have

a bit of spare time — _ the
washroom, in the car (not when
driving), or ‘any other non-tense
time.

Work when you feel comforta-
ble. Don’t do anything under
stress, it never comes out well.

Take time to relax when you're

- working. | find playing hockey to

be an awesome way to reduce ten-
sion and agression. Any sport or
activity helps, and it looks good
on 2 university application form.
Those are just three little pieces

of advice, but I don’t want to end’

up sounding like a teacher or a
parent. Just be careful. Do what
you can to help yourself, keep life
in -perspective, but most impor-
tanily, work hard.

“HF you don’t learn how to now,
you never will, Use your time
productively. Work but remember
to take a break to eat, watch a bit
of T.V., whatever.

The key is to do your best.
Don’t ever end up feeling that you
tipped yourself off by not work-
ing to the best you could.
Remember how you do at
school means a lot when you enter
the real world. That’s all.

) \z The Begin nin g for contest winners

North Shore talent show.

‘singers: won a local. talent: contest
“thy aid it was only the begin-

but they had no idea -that
The Beginning would be headed

‘or Memphis next week to-com-
Pete internationally. -

enty-year-old. lan Lee, 19-

ear-old Trevor . Guthrie and 18- |

rear. olds.-Simon. Glen and
: Pendleton, all of North
‘ancouver, gave :.their career a
‘jump-start, when « their a capella
‘group won thé sixth annual: Youth
Talent Search finals at the Pacific
ational Exhibition (PNE). .
The: band, ‘who call themselves
The. “Beginning: have’ been - singing
together. for..about..a-year. By
placing first’ in the. PNE. contest,
‘they; won: $500 and an all-ex-
penses-paid trip’ to the -North
American | “Youth . ‘Talent Search

Finals in Tennessee next. weekend.

The Beginning advanced to the
PNE finals by first. winning the
North Shore Youth Talent Search,
one of several preliminary contests
held throughout the province
earlier this: spring and summer,
and then winning one of the four
semi-finals held at the PNE.

The song that won them the
North Shore. title turned out to be
tried and true. at the provincial
competition after PNE representa-
tives said the group ‘‘used out-
standing stage presence, excellent
harmonies and an unusual song,
Zombie Jamboree, to win the
contest.”*

The guys-did not expect to win

‘the local talent competition, much

less win a provincial competition
and go on to compete against per-
formers from other countries, said
Maria Kenney, organizer of the

Now, however, they are
scrambling to look polished for
the show, rehearsing whenever
possible, and looking for sponsors
to donate matching costumes for
them to wear next weekend.

“They know that they don’t
know everything, and it shows,’’
said Kenney of the youths, who
are are always quick to ask for
help when they need it.

She emphasized that one of. the
most valuable helping hands the
group has gotten is the opportuni-
ty to perform through their school
music programs.

It is terrible to see the music

programs suffering from, budget .

cuts, she said, adding that these
four youths may never have
started singing together if not for
the high schoo! program..

FEELS LIKE
FIFTY YEARS.

ing your free time?

Last week we asked if you
smoke and if you think other
people should.

Pm 21 and I’ve smoked since
Grade 8, and the reason that I
did start was peer pressure and
now I’m reaily upset that I did
because I can’t quit and I’ve
tried and tried. As they say,
smoking is so easy to quit, I've
done it 2 number of times.

I don’t smoke and I don’t
think that other people should
for heaith reasons, it’s very
bad for your body for one
point, and it’s atso bad for
other people who don't smoke
because they get second-hand
smoke. It ruins your teeth, it
ruins your lungs, and it ruins
your clothing smell because
even though when you smcke

you put it into your mouth, .

your clothing will still smell of
it and it’s just a disgusting
habit.

§ don’t smoke and I never

want to. I think it’s pretiy |

stupid when you think of it, to
just suck-on a piece of paper

with tobacco inside of it and:

just ruin your life. It’s Bretiy
dumb.

Hi. A lot of Beopie smoke -

and I’m not one . of. them.:F
think everyone’ should stop

smoking because ‘it’s causing a ~

lot of tung cancer and sickness
in the worlé and I don't think
Vil ever de it.

You say smoking is because .

of peer pressure. I think you’re

right but how. can it affect -

weight loss? If yeu're fat

you’re not going to go smok-" -
ing, you're going to grab a’

ding dong. ’m not for smok-

ing myself bat for. those that -.
do, what the hell, because you~
can inhale just as muck when-

you’re on the freeway because

. of the pollution.

I don’t smoke. 1 don't think

ulack, and you get certain
diseases and that’s why I don’t
smoke. And I don’t think other
peceple should smoke unless
they want to kill (hemsezlves. | —

Yes Edo smoke. P'm 14 and
Et smoke and I dont think
other people should smoke, but
if they want to smoke they can
smoke, it’s wp to them.

No I don’t smoke because .
Ym not old enough and it’s.
stupid to smoke.

I don’t think people should
smoke because I don’t smoke.
but my friends do and it stinks -
and it reminds me ef my dad
because he smokes, but he was —
kind of a drunk too and. it
makes me think of drunks, and —
it makes me kindof sad. And .
also I don’t smoke because I
think it’s bad.”

Hi. 1 smoke, but: 1 don’t
think anyone . clse ‘skould.
Thanks. Thanks: ‘for your’ sup-
port.

Yeah, I smoke cigars and.
think everyone should smoke: .
cigars if they-smoke. because
they -dow’t- smell like car: ex-

, haust like those other iitile cig: .

arettes do.

Smoking - is bad. All..these -
shows and~ commercials - say:
that smoking is bad. Take m
word for it, man, smoking is
bad. It causes cancer,’ it clogs:.
up your lungs, you can’t breath’ -
properly. It’s bad,:.I- don’
know why people. do it. Se.
don’t smoke, enough 'said

other. people should. smoke’

because it’s bad for their health
and because it’s just downright

bad. You can kill yourself'in a-
‘timespan of 30° years-or so,

something like that. You slowly.

kill yourself, your lungs - get

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