Adorned in an array of tie-dyed tee shirts and black leather vests, hundreds of individuals gathered at the Abraham Plaza Theatre on Saturday, June 5 to commemo rate the colorful life of former theatre teacher, Thomas Franklin Enger. “If there’s any defining characteristic that can define him it is energy,” son Paul Enger said. “Energy cannot be destroyed.”

Using his skills as a cartoonist, senior Gustavo Esquinca has captured a few of his classmates in cartoon format.

It’s 3 o’clock in the morning and senior Gustavo Esquinca is working on his art piece at the absolute last minute. He holds the paintbrush at a perpendicular angle from the canvas, and adds the final touches to his painting.

Esquinca, since age nine, knew that art was his passion—when he’s not pulling pranks in the Journalism room.

As rain pours, senior Collin Hunt observes the students of Texas A&M cheer on their fellow Aggie football players with hoarse, but prideful, voices. He is fascinated by the unity of his future peers as he comes to the conclusion that this is indeed the right college choice.

It is fourth period and somewhere between the understanding of vectors and the index of refraction, a 214-area code flashes on Moriah Momsen’s phone. Confusion settles on her face as she strays from the lesson, only to remember that call is coming from Dallas, where the prospect of a $250,000 scholarship to Southern Methodist University has finally been decided.

Nearly every Monday morning, the entire student body listens as senior Hayden Pendergrass’ name reverberates throughout the hallways and classrooms.

Every morning senior Nate Rudnick-Aldridge has to make a serious decision. Floydada, Bastrop, Andress, Key West: all choices that will determine the world’s perception of him. Rudnick-Aldridge’s humorous high school t-shirt collection has been a major part of his high school experience.

When the plane lands in the Windy City in the early fall, senior Nicholas Zebrowski will have only one goal in mind: college. After an exhaustive, year-long search encompassing seven prestigious universities and almost a half million dollars worth of offered financial aid, Zebrowski knows, upon stepping on to the campus of the University of Chicago, that he has found an institution of higher learning that is worth a four year investment of his life.

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Finances are important to first-born American Deca President and Bank of America employee Lily Michalova, so it wasn’t unlike her to choose an inexpensive college.

Michalova, who will attend George Washington University in the nation’s capitol this the fall, applied to several colleges including New York University, but financially, GWU was the better fit.