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organizations in this school are authorized. They receive permission
from the administrators to have meetings in classrooms, to plan their events,
and to talk about activities they would like to do to raise money.
The school grants them permission because either the student or the whole
school benefits from he work they do. But not all organizations are out
in the open, some are secretive.
Not Joe Mamma fits into this criteria of a secret society of students, not authorized by any faculty member. The members have rank, certain jobs, a budget, and a goal. This may sound similar to most of the organizations existing today, but that is far from the truth. The group has a web page that is on the schools server. It contains pictures of students and the faculty, usually edited to poke fun at a certain person or school function. Pictures containing teachers coming out of coffins and students in fake environments. Paul Stone, founder of N.J.M. said "We are a student union, trying to protect the students from the tyranny of the faculty". "The sarcasm is used for effect, when you can't use profanity to express your rage, sarcasm gets the anger out, with out getting in trouble with the authorities". Stone said "It's all in good fun, we're not out to ruin reputations, we just want to be honest with ourselves and our feelings to everyone. Chad Clark, the vice-president of N.J.M., said that "N.J.M. is intensely funny, and that we are basically good guys with a common interest, to have fun." Chad feels that not many people know about their exploits, and that he wants people to "stop and look what we have accomplished in such a short period." As I went out among the student body, almost no one knew of the deeds the N.J.M. has been present in over the past year. Todd Westerbeck, a senior, said he remembers "seeing shirts with teachers crossed out on them, and posters hung around the halls, tearing down conceited students". "It's almost like the Teamsters of Amelia, or the Mafia", said Westerbeck. Senior Chris Gantzer stated that he was probably " the first person on the NJ.M. Website", and that he feels " N.J.M. represents the class low school spirit, and our resentment of the classes following behind us, who seem to get more privileges than we got options. " Stone, who likes to by his initials P.M.S., feels his club is it revolutionary because of the lack of faculty assistance and permission." Stone, who is a very strange man to talk to, said " The democrats- have-, - the --donkey, the republicans have the elephant, N.J.M. has the raptor, cause we tear it UP. Stone founded the club because of his long time dream of student freedom. Now, as the club pushes forward into it's second year, Stone can be heard telling freshmen" If you don't know, it's Not Joe Mamma's business." |
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