Dobson High School - Equus Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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L Ctte : ‘ZOaitca tyotct s4cwiy It’s happened again. The horror many students and staff hoped was for- ever eradicated from the campus when the freshmen moved began to rear its ugly head once more. After a year of tranquility, they were back; those long, frustrating, and disgustingly bor- ing lines. They were everywhere, an epidemic from which not a single person could escape. Some students spent three hours or more at registration, and oth- ers spent nearly as long at the book- store. The most grueling lines, howev- er, were at lunch where hungry stu- dents had to suffer through extremely long waits at on and off-campus cstab- At the homecoming game, senior Alex Bohler and alum Kim Robinson wonder if a Coke is really worth the wait. lishments. There were lines in the park- ing lot, at sporting events, for dances and even, shamefully for picking up this yearbook. But that’s not all. Away from school, students had to wait in even more sinis- ter lines. There were the dreaded “Fri- day-at-the-bank” lines, the infamous waits at the Dept, of Motor Vehicles and others to numerable or horrible to mention. However, by successfully coping with the line menace, the student body again proved it was just too good. Design by Craig Johnson. Photos by Meredith Hoefle. Sitting at a light on Guadalupe Road, students find that there is no respite from long lines even after lunch. hr

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Colonel John Berry inspects this AFROTC line to make sure it is the straightest and most disiplined line at school. Performing at Fiesta Mall, the Spirit Line lives up to its reputation of having the loudest and most energetic lines. Though initially stunned, students still manage to thread through this thor- oughly perplexing line at registration. Ten things students did in lines at school. 1.Sleep 2. Count freckles on the neck in front of them. 3. Complain loudly. 4. Write the rough draft for a 5- page essay. 5. Make shapes out of the stucco on the wall. 6. Collect dust. 7. Read a good book. 8. Reread it. 9. Grow older. 10.Breathe. One thing students did not do in lines at school: 1. Enjoy it. Before a stadium rally, students crowd together as the entire school tries to get on the bleachers at the same time. A common sight at lunch, students stand in a line that consumes a good protion of precious time. 22 - ines

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MOVIES “We’ve got the need • the need for speed!” And that’s what you got in the year’s top movie Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise. The film focused on a rebellious, hot shot navy flyer and his partner, as they trained with the elite in military tactics. A multitude of movies further ex- tended charac- ters. plots and storylines that be- gan in earlier films • in other words, sequels. Ten years later, Si- gourney Weaver finally defeated the ugly, wicked Aliens. While some sequels ac- tually improved on the originals (Aliens and Kara- te Kid II), most were just used to put the popular characters into Sequel Syndrome another money- making vehicle, like Psycho III; Friday the 13th, Part VI: The Tex- as Chainsaw Mas- sacre. Part II: Star Treck IV: and The Jewel of the Nile. Ruthless peo- ple. Back To Whoopi Goldberg can sit on water, but walking on it may prove harder. School. The Fly, and About Last Night were also well recieved. Tom Cruise gives a thumbs-up” to his hit movie Top Gun. Dressed as if he was going Back To The Future Mi- chael J. Fox pon- ders his next ca- reer move. ctt Entertainers make MUSIC Wham! Bam Thank One of the big- gest music hap- penings this year was the breakup of the popular duo Wham! Part- ners George Mi- chael and Andrew Ridgely an- nounced that this year’s Music from the Edge of Heav- en would be their final collabora- tion. Michael, the more talented of the two, contin- ued his singing ca- reer; Ridgely headed to Holly- wood. Also splitting up this year were David Lee Roth and Van Halen; Roth went solo while his replace- ment, Sammy Ha- gar. led VH to its first platinum re- cord. The Material Girl, Madonna, shed her trampy ‘‘Like A Virgin” look for a more modern Marilyn Monroe motif. Propelled by the success of her sec- ond LP, True Blue, and her much publicized marriage to actor Sean Penn, Ma- donna reigned as Queen of Pop. Rap music be- came the rage, due to the efforts of Run-D.M.C., Jr 24 S ntertainment