RAL Rocks Out: Booster Club Installs New Speakers

By Travis Bright

As most of RAL has noticed, the cafeteria has undergone some recent improvements with the installation of new speakers, which were installed and blasting music early in the second semester.

The Booster Club has been responsible for many past projects that have been beneficial to RAL in recent years, and they have done it again with the installation the new speakers.

“The Booster Club has done so much for RAL, it’s really impressive how much they are able to fundraise and give back to us,” said Alex Pickett 10.

The Booster Club’s objective is to impact as many students as possible.. On the outside looking in it may appear as the speakers only affect those who eat lunch at RAL, but taking a closer look, they can now be used for dances, sports awards banquets, and even community meetings.

“The speakers can be used for so many things. I think the entire community of Longview could be impacted if they are used effectively,” Ron Bursaw 11 said.

The speakers themselves have not been a catalyst for controversy, although there has been much debate over the choice of music.

Shawn Heitz 11 believes that the speakers could have a positive role on RAL lunches.

“The speakers would be great if students selected the music themselves and played a variety of different genres,” Heitz said.

Many students would agree with Heitz’s statement, as it seems no one is in agreement with the current music selection.

Although regardless as to what is being played, there is no genre that will always please all students. That is one of the best parts about RAL; its diversity is surpassed only by its ability to accept those diversities.

The speakers were intended to encourage students to stay in the cafeteria during lunches by offering a place to hang out and talk with friends.

Along with the speakers’ recent upgrades to the cafeteria include the installation of a foosball table and soon an air hockey table, all courtesy of the Booster Club.