"I have no spare time!" moans a brown‑haired, blueeyed senior girl named Debbie Hower. It's no surprise, considering that she's treasurer of Student Council, vice‑president of Tri‑M, president of Senior Leaders, a member of Choraliers and Pep Club, and a hail receptionist.

Debbie's only complaints are "Adults that walk across the seal in the main entrance," and "kids who act as if they couldn't care less about the school, especially the ones who only attend school because they have to." Otherwise, Maine West is "great, especially the teachers because they're really interested in the students."

She thinks that the students are the best thing about Maine, "because the kids make a school." The only thing that she would improve is ". . the spirit, through the kids."

Among her favorite things, Debbie lists strawberries, Rockford, Illinois, and Biology II. Besides biology, she is taking trigonometry and analytical geometry, government and modern history, senior leaders, and English IVAP. She likes her Biology II class best because ". . .the kids, the course, and the teacher are a lot of fun. It's really interesting."

"Kodie" explained that the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to her was "Last year on my birthday, a group of my friends pulled me out of bed at 6:30 in the morning. After driving to someone's house for breakfast, they drove to Maine, pulled me out of the car, and left me sitting in the middle of C‑wing parking lot in my pajamas and curlers."

In the future, she plans to attend the University of Illinois. "I might go into medicine. I'd like to work with young children."

When asked what her advice was to younger students, she replied that, "I'm no philosopher." Then she changed her mind and decided, "Stay out of Council because then you won't have people coming and trying to interview you. It's very hard to think of answers."

A Student Council vice‑president who feels sorry for apple machines might be one way to describe 6' tall, brown‑haired, brown‑eyed Bill Prentice, one of this week's personalities.

Last year when he walked past the apple machine and saw people kicking it because they had lost some money, it "broke my heart."

Bill's funniest and most embarrassing incident also involved food. Last year during his campaign for Student Council president, he bought a candy bar from a Pep Club member, who was selling them, and put it in the inner pocket of his suit coat. That morning he was giving his campaign speech at a homeroom assembly. When he came off the stage after the assembly, he found that the candy bar had become slightly liquid in form due to the heat from the lights and a slight case of nervousness.

Most of Bill's school life revolves around Student Council. His biggest pet peeve is "people who criticize Council unjustly and who never ask their representatives questions or come to Council to voice an opinion." Student Council meetings are open to anyone who has a first‑period study hall and is really interested in the workings of the student government system. Passes may be obtained from Mr. Eldon Burk, Student Council sponsor.

If he could change Maine West, the only things he would like to do are change part of the Homecoming proceedings. He thinks that "All ten finalists for Homecoming Queen should be the Court, and then a queen and two runners up should be elected from the finalists." The other change would be to "see all students vote in Student Council elections."

After graduation he would like to either join the Navy or go to one of the Illinois universities and major in computer management.