Clearwater High School - Aqua Clara Yearbook (Clearwater, FL)

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Student life on campus . . . The start of something new Rowdy rooters dressed up frat style to add to the Rollin’ into school was made much easier due to spirit of the game. the on campus life activities that broke up the day’s doldrums.y ByJANINE EADDY A kaleidoscope of people and teachers converged into one school. On-campus activities got rolling at 7 o’clock as 2,800 sleepy-eyed students arrived in cars, buses, on bicycles, or on foot. It was the start of something brand new. Class loads increased, and space decreased. To remedy this problem, a ghetto of nine portables was added. Each day E and F mall was gutted making passage impossible and everyone closer friends. Where did it all end? The question remained unanswered, but students continued to take the problems in stride as they supported various activities and clubs. Student Life on Campus 1 3 i E

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m Ajr A g A ' £i m m a % $ If you’ve seen one By DON NEUBAUM It has always been the same. On any Friday night during football season, at 8:00 PM, most CHS students with an ounce of school spirit could be found watching their Tornadoes take on another foe. That is, when they found time to watch the game. While talking to your neighboring fan, you may have been rudely interrupted by a spectacular play that had just occurred on the field. You see, touchdowns, penalties and interceptions have a way of distracting a fan’s attention. But when the game got back to its normal state, attention was reverted to the casual conversations at hand. While the talking continued, other fans passed time by bombarding fellow fans with confetti, coke cups, and any other object that can be crumpled up and hurled at an unsuspecting victim. This usually led to some measure of retaliation and finally erupted in a gang war until one of those fluke plays temporarily halted the mass shelling. Other groups didn’t partake in such childish activities. They went to the game as a group, all having the same theme in mind. There were several methods of accomplishing this feat, but most used their attire to do the job. Grass skirts, white sheets, and funny hats seemed to dominate the fashion scene. When one of these fans stood up to start a cheer, several of the militant fans unloaded a few rounds of artillery before returning M. Gerakios their attention to the immediate enemy. The away games had the same flavor. Most of the so-called stadiums consisted of a few planks of wood held together by a bolt or two. Fans who didn’t bring seat cushions to the game found these boards extremely uncomfortable. To make matters worse, the seat of your pants was littered with splinters from the rickety boards. The halftime show was yet another facet of the game which the fans tended to ignore. Only parents and friends seemed to show interest in the band and Tornadoettes. Not that the band was anything less than excellent, but even if the band were Led Zeppelin, no one would watch the halftime show. The circumstances really didn’t matter. Whatever happened the similarities between the games were amazing. You see — it was always the same. 14 Football