Archbishop Mitty High School - Excalibur Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Fads and ow to describe a year that contains Boy George and Fritz Mondale? The fashion- tuned don't try: the essence of fashion requires a certain distance from reality. That could explain both the fun and the freakiness of '83-'84, As new wave trends continue to exert their influence, movies, tv and music move culture from the top of society into the middle and lower. Flashdance, a movie that critics drubbed, sparked the public so stron- gly, it set trends in fashion and exercising: it was no accident that Jane Fonda had a best-selling exercise book and video. Flashd- ance set a third innovation by being released in video format while the film still played the theaters. Result: a top-selling video. And torn shirts that drooped over one shoulder moved onto campus. Other movies either made new heroes or pushed standards. Tom Cruise, Sean Penn and Jennifer Beals became sex symbols overnight. High melodrama found an audi- ence through Yentl, Terms of Endear- ment, and The Big Chill. Though teenage sex movies continued to proliferate, Risky Business surprised all by boasting an inter- esting script as well as a strong performance by Cruise, and more than one female is destined to remember his lip-synching of Bob Seger's Old Time Rock 'n Roll. Television was less innovated series-wise but produced some new products in tv movies. Cheers grabbed the emmy for Best Comedy its first year out, and Hill Street Blues continued its onslaught and even managed turning the November death of Michael Conrad into a poignant series of episodes as the sergeant's death was worked gracefully into the script. But the biggest sensation came from a show that generated nearly as much heat as its con- tent. The Day After received mountains of publicity, adverse and otherwise, weeks before its showing in November. ABC News followed the performance with a roundtable headed by Ted Koppel and includ- F 3 sh 'OH S ing Carl Sagan, Henry Kissinger and Dean -.Rusk among others. The film debuted in European theaters the next month to strong popular support as the U.S. and U.S.S.R played over deployed missiles. But when the words subsided, many suggested the film was more powerful in thought than execu- tion, feeling the melodrama outran the real- ism. Likewise, television treated the subjects of --incest and rape in Something About Amelia and When She Says No. The discussion of father-daughter incest resulted in a number of public responses that prompted local and federal aid for victimized children. Experimentally, music showed the strong- est innovations. The trimmed-down sound of U-2 inspired new groups like Big Country and R.E.M. who were named best new group by Rolling Stone. New wave saw the continua- tion of new groups like Berlin, Eurythmics, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins and Culture Club. Eurythmics and Culture Club notched .-.top-selling albums and Boy George's group received a grammy for best new group. Heavy metal left its mark as bludgeoning bands proliferated. Quiet Riot came from nowhere and ranked a strong nationwide hit in Cum on and Feel the Noize. Van Halen even won critical approval with their 1984, and Def Leppard added enough melody to their sound to increase sales significantly. - Meanwhile, mainstays of various ages came back stronger than ever. Sting lead The Police to their largest selling record yet in Synchronicity while David Bowie rivaled The Police's tour in size with the new sounds of his Modern Love. Billy Joel reached back to the 50's for his Innocent Man, while the Rolling Stones mixed new and old in Undercover of the Night. Oldsters Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan gave new releases as did Paul Simon, who scrubbed on-again- off-again partner Art Garfunkel 's harmonies from his new album Allergies and stayed successfully solo. And then there was Michael Jackson. But that's another story altogether... 41

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Peggy Miklos and Teresa Mitchell ski down Paradise at Bogus Basin Ski Resort in idaho. Most go skiing during Winter break, but Dave Rosendin and John Montgom- ery hit the beaches in Hawaii. Students hit all the major ski re- sorts, including Heavenly Val- ley, where junior Kirsten Kaercher enjoys a day of skiing. t sln To Be Uutgloor Nature and health make roughing it popular 'Vein hether they are cllmt the rocks, riding rapids or skiing the ridg students have a wide variety opportunities to become involved the out-of-doors. I think the new interest in t activities is caused by the incre interest in both Nature and keep fit, commented sophomore if Choice. The first outdoors activit skiing. First established to pro student trips to the slopes du Winter Break, it expanded to vide three to four skiing opport ties each year. Organized by science teac Dave Kassler, the ski trips are r a y l x I