Diamond Bar High School - Taurus Yearbook (Diamond Bar, CA)

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BEEP BEEP - Ioanne Alvarez, junior, poses in her jeep. She said she paid over S8,200 for her Samurai jeep. GOIN' BUGGY - are what Iesse Sandavol, junior, Cathy Messick, senior, and Eric Miller, junior do while driving their Volkswagons. Volkswagons were the most popular car at DBHS, according to john Paine, history teacher. D Cathy Messick ., .Al 3-ev-. , -gl Xe Start Your I K Q f QD X XJ GU 38 Student Life fCars Englne

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At 2:25 the bell rang and a horde of people poured out of their classes ready to go home or do something e se. That something might have been different things to different eople. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone went straight home after school and did their homework. A lot of peo le had many other ac- tivities to cljo. For example, many students had after school jobs. One of the biggest employers was On The Go Vi eo, almost entirely run by Diamond Bar High students according to Lesley Hagar, junior, employee at On The Go Video. Other big emplo ers were Little Caesar's Pizza, Wend7y's, and Chuck E. Cheese. It's great working experience and I meet a lot of interesting people at On The Go, said Lesley Hagar, junior. Movies were a popular form of entertainment after school. For the price of 35.00-5.505 anybody could enjoy the latest movie. Some of the more popular movies were Platton, Light of Day, From the Hip, Three Amigos, Crocadile Dundee, and Star Trek IV. The movie prices are outrageously high, but it's fun to s , f civil 4 TAKING A REST -after a shopping spree is Cara Abulencia, junior. Abu encia was a member of Chamber Singers for two years. TRYING ON PROM DRESSES - are juniors Anna Kim, Nita Patel, and Anita Paryani. Towards the end of the year juniors and seniors got anxious about the prom. ,i.....-E1 watch the newest movies on the big screen with my friends, said junior Anna Kim. Musical people could easily put their talents to work by starting a band. There were many bands who performed at outside jobs after endless practice sessions in so- meone's garage such as The Dash and Eve. Another band was First Generation Offspring with Ted Lut- ter, Devin Griffin, Iim DeCorpo, and Paolo Asuncion. At 10:00 p.m., sometimes later, students went to bed after a long day of studying and doing many other things. A I enjoy working at Little Caesar's Pizza because I get to meet a lot of new people. s i d I have good job experle nce, a n d I also get p a 1 d p r e t t y g o 0 d money, a s e n i 0 r T i m Kelly. PRACTICING AFTER SCHOOL - is First Generation Offspring with seniors Ted Lutter, Paolo Asuncion, Devin Griffin, and jim DeCorpo. They were inspired by Mohammed Rajnish, an African poet, according to DeCorpo. After-Hours X Student Life 37

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. ' f . 7 1. 'O I , X, 1 Cars. It didn't sound very fancy, but they were really im ortant to the students at DBHS. Students took pride in their automobiles. They spent lots of money on them. I spent about 32,500 on- my BMW after I bought it, said junior Sean Trejo. A lot of students took up jobs, so they could pay off their cars or trucks. It took me two summers, with the help from my parents, to get m truck, said junior Bascom Mellon. When a student tried to get through school and have a job at the same time, insurance and gas money didn't come cheap. - I I j sf plpe pel,,pt 5 A t,pl 1 T J j j ap W.. 1 A , .. HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? - Mike Rache junior, Torgiy Perry! senior, and Tony Skrah junior ask stu ents w ile hiding in their Mazda mini trucks. These trucks went for about S8,000. A BLAST FROM THE PAST - Ieff Bosse senior, and senior Greg Melendez lnot shownj show off their old 49 truck and 57 Chevy. Old classy cars of olden times were popular with students. A TOUCH OF CLASS - Eve Peskin senior, and junior Brian Hendrick show their BMW's. BMW's Srghgther classy cars kept up the reputation of CAN YOU TOP THESE? - ask Sandy Osford and Sean Wallen, both juniors, as they stand in front of their convertible rabbits. These cars were great for those hot California summer days. 4X4 s are more exciting, and you can do a lot f t r u c k with the - help from I I my par- ents And in 1985 on my birth- day, I got my 4X4 I c o u l d I have got- ten a bet- ter car, A but they were all dull to me, and with my 4X4 none of my friends are left out without rides, said junior Bascom Mellon. 65 1 ' ' 0 p things with them. I worked two summers for my 1 M The big thing that took the students time and effort was the trouble with the parking lot. j The parking lot should have been bigger this year, it was disastrous to try to get out of here after school. said senior Tamika Vaufghn. It was accident prone, Vaughn a ded. Many students didn't feel safe leaving their cars on the street either. My parents wouldn't let me take my BMW to school, to leave it on the street unwatchedf' said junior Sean Trejo. There were a total of four cars stolen this past year alone. Styles were shown through the students' cars. Lowering cars and tinting the windows were most popular according to man other students. Everybody liked to look at a car that was shaped up, painted dif- ferent, loweredto the ground, or raised to the sky. There were many things you could do to your car and students found these things out. ' Cars ave students responsibilites, and let Siem take charge of their own lives. They gave the students the chance they had been looking for as jcunior Elaine Rowe put it, I do .not . now what I would do without my truck. Cars X Student Life 39