No doubt, the Black Power shall soon fall to the might of our most valuable element, GOLD! Just wait, as Gold will soon surge ahead to a beautiful victory.

Anonymous

Related Article: News entry for April 23, 1997

I think what some idiot did to the satellite is disgusting. Unfortunately, it would seem to be a trend in our school towards disrespect for property and person. The new vending machine was attacked. A teacher had profanity inscribed on their car. Students are destroying their lockers. When will it end? It's time the administration at this school took some action, instead of letting what used to be one of the best schools in Durham fall into the abyss that so many others have. Please, DO SOMETHING!

Anonymous

I was just wondering why you can't access the left and top parts of the screen on some computers. Most of it shows up at school, but at my house you can only get to half of the options, and there doesn't seem to be a way to scroll down or across to see the rest of them. I think you should look into fixing this problem, as it means that I can't use the site unless I'm at school.

Anonymous

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How can anyone condone segregation? Whether it is based on race, culture, or social status, segregation is WRONG. I don't think that students should come to class drunk, but shooting them is a little extreme. If they killed someone or did something really bad, that's a different story. Money for education is not being spent on another person's drunkeness, so exactly how can it affect the number of drill presses floating around our fair halls?

Anonymous
First of all I would like to compliment the school for finally having a forum so that we can discuss topics without being face to face. I have been trying to get on to SC for a few weeks from the school and I don't know if it is the time that I try, or if it is just some kind of futile exercise designed to keep us frustrated and hating computers even more. One more thing. Please stop clogging the lines with useless babble about the ducks! This is Uxbridge, there are plenty of ponds to swim in. Elgin pond is just another mudhole. I have swam in better.

Anonymous

Webmaster's note:

Unfortunately, there are often upwards of 50 students ocnnected to the internet at a time. This, coupled with server problems, has made access to the website from USS a bit frustrating. Please, hang in there!
Here are Natalie's interesting facts: (forgive me, they're kind of pathetic)
  1. 1) Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
  2. 2) The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
  3. 3) There are no words in the alphabet that rhyme with silver, orange, purple or month.
  4. 4) The international dialing code for Antartica is 672.
  5. 5) Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
  6. 6) Dr. Zeuss is pronounced so that it rhymes with rejoice.
  7. 7) More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in plane crashes.
  8. 8) A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100 of a second.
  9. 9) Money is made of cotton, not paper.
  10. 10) You are consuming 1/10 of a calorie every time you lick a stamp.
  11. 11) An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
  12. 12) The saying "rule of thumb" comes from an old English law stating that you could not beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.(But women could beat their husbands with whatever the <censored> they wanted! Calm down Daniel, I'm just kidding.)
  13. 13) The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.
  14. 14) The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
  15. 15) There are 2 credit cards for every person in the U.S.
  16. 16) "I am" is the shortest possible sentence in the English language.
  17. 17) Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson".

I just wasted a precious 30 seconds of your life that you'll never, ever get back!

Natalie Melnyk

It seems to me that prom is coming up. Am I the only one here who finds that scary? I'll never understand the whole prom phenomenon. A whole bunch of high school students get dressed up in snazzy outfits, go out to a fancy spot, with people they don't really like. Very few people actually stay sober (Does anyone remember last year's prom?) and those who do end up having to drag the drunk ones home. When we get old we'll all look back and say Wow, that prom was the best ever! but really it sucked!

Anonymous
I was advised to visit your site by my nephew who is a student there. I must admit I was expecting something a little less intense than I found. I read over a few of the March entries and given a dose of reality that I'm seldom treated to... High School in the '90s...

There's stuff about being drunk in class and gun searches etc. I suppose my two cents is this. The people (students) that are creating such trouble are your neighbours and they are in other high schools as well. After high school they will still be your neighbours wherever you end up. Summary execution of them or hauling them away may provide a short term solution at USS but any way you cut it you'll end up having to deal with them again and again. Dealing with these people is a long term thing not a classroom thing nor even a highschool thing.

Anonymous