Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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Am DAN AT THE RACES he bell rang, and in unison | heard my classmates push in their chairs and run out of the class- room in a violent rampage. What for, you ask? | didn’t know, but | was soon to find out. | walked out of my fourth period class and exited out of the main hall. There | saw it. Hoards of people sat on the gray cement school circle, waiting anxiously to experience the up and coming event. It was then that | saw the most terrifying, scarifying sight | have ever seen in my life: beefy football players strutted around the circle wearing the cheerleaders’ uniforms. Just when | thought it was all over, the studette cheerleaders ran out wearing the foot- ball players’ attire performing wild gyra- tions while flexing their throbbing mus- cles. “Didn’‘t you just love the part when the guys wore the skirts?’’ questioned Hope Heller as she turned back around to watch the remainder of the crazy antics. | sat there in total confusion when | saw other people coming out, starting to blow peanuts with a straw and shoving their faces into some unidentified white goop. What for, you ask? For class com- petition points, of course. What got into these people? Under usual conditions, these people were nor- mal, just like you and me; but this thing, which they call ‘rally’, moved them to do things not even Pee Wee Herman would be caught doing. | asked Janice Ma exactly what was going on. Instead of answering my ques- tion, she just exclaimed in total rejoice, “| just love it when people show a lot of spirit for our school!’ There was only one thing | didn’t un- derstand about this rally; it seemed like everyone was having a great time, ex- cept me, of course. As | continued watching this most out of the ordinary event and trying to enjoy my lunch, despite of the ear piercing tune of ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy”’, | finally realized that this rally was just not for me. Other people may like to wear strange clothes, or watch people do it, and some people might even like to do those crazy stunts. Now come fo think of it, it might be fun. “| just love it when people show a lot of spirit for our school.’ —Janice Ma EMP SEAS AV SESSA Bae ff Le Ff PRS

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-. ee a 2 FADS FASHIONS andering aimlessly around our campus after school we noticed a variety of different people. We were eager to find out the opinions of our classmates on fads and fashion. We first decided to ask a few people what their favorite music group was. “The Smiths,’’ Scott Dodds replied without hesitation. America Esparza expressed a totally different view and claimed that her fa- vorite group was Gucci Crew. Then we rushed over to get the opin- ion of “Scooter Boy,’ Greg Bruno, as he was putting on his helmet to get home. “| like U2, Buster’s Allstars, and Bad Manners.” We thought it would be important to find out where people liked to shop. We came up with several different answers. Macy’s was Daniela Micocci’s. Nick Hass‘s favorite place to shop was on Haight Street in San Francisco. Then we asked eccentric Amber De Celle where she liked to shop. “| guess at my friends’ houses, and | also make some of my clothes,”’ said De Celle. “| like to shop at some surf shop in San- ta Cruz,”” said Peter Mastora. Not only did people have different opinions on clothing and music but also on cosmetics and skin tones. We asked some students what their favorite lipstick color was and why. “Red, because it makes my face look more more pale and my teeth whiter,’ said Jeanie Mitchell. Karen Toste agreed with Mitchell. When | was a little girl | made pictures and | drew peoples’ lips red in the pic- tures,’’ she exclaimed. However, Elizabeth lsaeff had another opinion. “| like Pink because it’s not bright and it matches my face,”’ she said with a grin. When students were asked whether they prefer their face pale or tanned, we came up with two different answers. “Tanned definately, because it looks healthier,”’ said James Lee, while waiting for his turn to play tennis. On the other hand some people pre- ferred a pale face. “| think a pale face is more attractive, and when |’m thirty years old | won‘t have a raisin face,’’said Karena Acree. Finally, we asked people to define trendy. “Trendy is somethinng a lot of people wear.’ claimed Stacey Wong. “| believe that it is a person that tries to be like everyone else,’’ remarked Amie James. Our curiosity had been filled. After in- terviewing a variety of people on our campus, we found that there wasn’t just one type of fad and fashion for the whole school, but that there were differ- ent types of fads and fashion for differ- ent people. | 2 is “ “ ,, iS % fcos Pet OO REED US et: Disco dancers - Diana Johnston and Michelle Mares show off their snazzy dance clothes Black, white, and red are popu- lar colors, especially black and white horizontal stripes 22 Fads and Fashions