Capistrano Valley High School - El Gato Yearbook (Mission Viejo, CA)

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ICC WMth c ih b(j iMjmaiiM Ccmmiiliuilb Ijm hat is ICC, you ask? Intensely l Creative Cougars? ¥ W Well, it ' s an organization consisting of all the team captains (studs and studettes) and club repre- sentatives (brains), who get together and talk about activities. The pur- pose is to create increased commu- nication between school organiza- tions, said ASB Vice President Geoff Mukae. Like the House of Reps, ICC is be- coming another controversial form of democracy. But not to everyone. I felt that ICC was very informative; I found out where all of the athletic money was going, said senior Holly Anders on. While Holly thought it was worth- while, senior Shelley Zierhut felt ICC was a joke, I only went to one meeting because I got out of class. It was not very effective, we really didn ' t get anything done. But still, some ICC meetings were beneficial. We knew when to plan our activities so they wouldn ' t over- lap and it helped with the turnout, said senior Lori Quinton. Not only did it help plan activities, it also helped with fundraising. We exchanged fundraising ideas because we can always use a new idea for earning money, said senior Kath- leen Sotter. House Of Reps ICC 95

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DoU owv vod emocracy? Does it really work? According to some House of Reps members, they see it ei- ther as a chance to get out of class or to get some school information. I go to the House of Reps meet- ing to miss my fourth period class and get donuts and milk, said senior John McCraw. However, others find they get more out of the meetings than just a glazed twist and some moo-juice. I think it ' s worthwhile, said junior Christina Grady, but she still added, just wish I knew if the efforts we put into voting really counted. Senior Craig Mashburn agreed with Christina: feel we need the House of Reps, but the students who benefit are the ones that listen, but the rude ones don ' t learn anything. Even though some reps don ' t feel like their time is worth spending at the meetings, ASB Vice President Geoff Mukae feels they ' re important because we ' re trying to involve more people in student government and have them help us make deci- sions on the allocation of money. The House of Reps voted on issues affecting Homecoming, Air Guitar, and Prom. Whether or not people go to the meetings expecting to get donuts, they play a very important part in the school-as a Senate who controls the ASB ' s power. 94 House Of Reps ICC A YOU! — ASB Vice President Geoff Mukae calls on someone for advice.

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rf a Akoiutl AckMBMSMt Mark Twain once said, Don ' t let school interfere with your education, but it seems as if Capo Valley is deliberately defying his immortal words. From calculator math to Algebra II, from advanced composition to remedial English, from Bible literature to speech and debate, from ROP construction to pho- tography, from accounting and personal financing to ceramics and jewelry — Capo provided classes for all ability levels and for all different needs and interests. Whether we were clicking away in Typing lA, build- ing gingerbread houses in German II, or tackling a del- ta-epsilon proof in calculus, we learned; sometimes eagerly, but most of the time only because we had to. And even though school is something we don ' t do by choice, it makes it a little bit more interesting when concocting moth balls in chemistry, re-enacting Shake- spearian drama in English, discussing the possibility of traveling through black holes in physics, or doing bun-squeezers in aerobics. And while some schools interfere with your educa- tion, Capo Valley gets out of your way, stands behind you, and shoves you along. 4