Dobson High School - Equus Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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On Saturday Night NO WAY! Because . . . OKAY! Let’s Go. . . Tm grounded 1 have to babysit Tm engaged to be married Tm going out of town Tm sick and dying ‘I have mono 1 can’t date until I’m 21 1 have to deliver a paper route at 5 a.m. 1 have to take out the garbage 1 have to do my homework ‘I can’t miss the Love Boat 1 have to write my congressman 1 need to wash my hair 1 have to walk my dog I LEAVE ME ALONE I’M HAVING A ‘see a movie ‘have a picnic ‘watch the sunset ‘bake cookies ‘cruise around ‘ice blocking ‘to Burger King ‘tubing ‘dancing ‘cuddle at a football game ‘hiking at South Mountain go-cart racing ‘trampolining ‘ice skating Sticky Signs • Don’t laugh, it runs! • Save a wave, kill a kook. • NO FAT CHICKS! • Just visiting this planet. • If you’re rich. I'm single. • Go ahead! Hit me! 1 need the money! • Life is too short to dance with ugly men. • 1 swerve for small animals- they’re harder to hit. • Why can’t I be rich instead of good looking? • Still crazy after all these beers! • Promote wildlife, have a party! IDEAS

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ISSUES Thin meant ATTRACTIVE. Thin meant SEXY. Thin meant SUCCESS. People in the '80s were seized with the idea of health and fitness, not necessarily for the beneficial ef- fects, but for .. . LOOKING GOOD Health became a BIG deal Psychologically, people equated a slender body with personal success and acceptance. To reach that goal, Americans tried countless diets and workouts. Diet- ing, though, was the most popular. Of the thousands of diet plans that crowded bookshelves, only a few really worked. There were fruit diets, fish diets, and the best-selling Rotation Diet on which certain foods could be eaten on certain weeks. Sometimes, dieting was taken too far especially by women. The refus- al to eat was anorexia. Often, anor- exics saw themselves as fat whether they were or not, and strove for dan- gerously low weights. On the other hand, bulemics ate, only to purge themselves of the food later. The other common way to lose weight was through workouts, and every celebrity had a workout to share with the world. Jane Fonda had several best-selling workouts. In addition, aerobics classes and jogging were big. Despite the emphasis on thinness, some “went public” and were open- ly proud of their weight. Come- dienne Rosanne Barr based her rou- tine on her weight and love of pizza and oreos. As their name attests, The Fat Boys, a rap group, made a “big” deal about their size. The majority of people, however wanted to be thin, and put them- selves through physical and emo- tional suffering just to hit the “right” numbers on the scale. FUTORE THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS: Shockingly, there were millions of undernourished people in the land of plenty. In addition, poverty forced more men, women and families into the streets. POLLUTION: Nationwide, contaminated water supplies and harm- ful health effects from carelessly dumped chemicals increased. A major problem was where to store the nation’s nuclear waste. EDUCATION AND ILLITERACY: The country’s educational sys- tem was deemed to be in dire need of reform. Schools lacked qualified teachers and teachers lacked competitive salaries. Perhaps connect- ed, millions of Americans couldn’t read or write. THE DEFICIT: As the president introduced the first one trillion dollar budget, the multi-billion dollar deficit mounted. AIDS: Doctors scrambled to discover a cure and check the tide of AIDS. The disease took heavy tolls world wide. EMPLOYMENT: As American products slipped, jobs in the de- pressed manufacturing sector were eliminated.

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20 Things To Do At A Stoplight • brush hair • put on lipstick and powder • watch the people in the car next to you • make a date with the person in the car next to you • sing to the radio • fiddle with the radio station • change tapes • adjust the rearview mirror • pick your teeth • Chinese fire drill • drum on the steering wheel • blow your nose • beep the horn at people in the crosswalk • clean your sunglasses • read a book • fight with others in the car • talk on your cellular telephone (you wish you could) • smile at yourself in the rearview mirror • eat a Whopper and french fries • paint your nails Flying High Tom Cruise, watch out. Everyone dreamed of life among the clouds. But senior Marla Kemp conquered the wild blue yonder in pursuit of her pilot’s li- cense. While other students waited for the bell to ring so they could go home or go to work, Marla nervously await- ed her chance to climb aboard. She logged hours practicing take offs and land- ings from small airstrips. With confidence, she advanced to solo flights. Without an in- structor by her side, she took to the controls and flew over- head. But the time she devot- ed to the activity was not with- out reward. Her unusual hob- by shorted her travel time between Phoenix and Tucson, since she could hop into her cockpit. She also the opportu- nity to fly simulators at Wil- liams Air Force Base. With her eyes set on outerspace, Marla flew into the future.