Eagle Mountain High School - Talon Yearbook (Eagle Mountain, CA)

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Qing, one of four evildoers known as China's Gang of Four. Crimes by the gang were allegedly committed during the Great Proletarian Cul- tural Revolution, between 1967 and 1976, in which 100 million Chinese were persecuted. New leaders, purged by Qing's quartet, desired to reduce the Gang of Four to absolute powerlessness by presenting nightly, edited clips of trial footage to their nation. Recent surveys showed that Americans sgend more time viewing television t an participating in any other form of leisure recreation. Sus- pense and sex have made shows such as Dallas, television's soap- opera drama, a big success. With a 300 million hardcore, Friday night, frantic audience, early season view- ers queried . . . Who shot J. R.?,' Prior to late season debut, caused by an entertainer's strike, no one was tellingg certainly not Larry Hagman, who was living it up as J. R. the man ou love to hate. Tragedy and violence all too often rocked the American scene. I read the news today, oh boy . . ., John Lennon, 1966. Happiness is a warm gun . . ., John Lennon, 1968. The Beatles orchestrated a gener- ation's highest hopes, and with John Lennon's tragic December assassi- nation at the age of forty, the dream faded. Moreover, Ameri- cans confronted and pondered the latest killings and handgun laws in a wave of violent crime. Bruce Springstein on Lennon's death . . . It's a hard world that asks you to live with a lot of things that are unlivable . . . Even though there were draw- backs to venturing into the outside world, E.M. students still found time to involve themselves in other activi- ties. These few active students took the first step into becoming involved in their immediate world. 4 ECSTASY - An emotional Gary Lee arrived to a big welcome at his home in Falls Church, Va. Lee, one of the 52 freed hostages was greeted by neighbors and friends. IAP LASERPHOTOJ Y The Reagan inaugural motorcade crept down Pennsylvania Avenue CUPIJ. 143

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Hostility, Relief, Reality: '80 and '81 Develop Shared Memories OUTSIDE WORLD INVOL VES STUDENTS Being involved in our own E.M. world during strengthened Pfe3identCafte1',s plan class rings. Gas prices discour- to resume registration for the draft. ,aged many Who had cars ff9m tak' Fear of the draft, as well as the 1113 100 II1a11Y llllflecessafb' WPS find anticipation of first time voting in 111080 all 100 00111111011 late Ulgllt presidential elections, affected many dates- seniors, now old enough to qualify A for both. Inflation climbed to , the year often caused us to temporarily forget the outside world, but it played an important part in shaping our lives, too. The new year was also the dawn of a new erag almost at the very hour an old ordeal ended - Amid pomp and pageantry, Ronald Reagan became the nation's fortieth President, displacing incumbent Jimmy Carter . Upstaging his inaugu- an even higher peak, s 1 ration was the long awaited release of the fifty-two American hostages held by Iran's Ayatolla Kho- meni's regime. Within a mere forty-one minutes, a 1 Presidency began and the 444 day ordeal ended causing gold and gas- oline prices to sky- rocket. As a result, , , , many students were with a nation swept by a sense of shared emotion, p unable to buy their exuberance, and relief. By openly demonstrat- 2 ing their hos- f tility in taking hostages, Iran showed Americans they were not prepared to handle an emergency situation and International turmoil pulled our community closer to the reality of world affairs. Polish unions played Russian roulette as defiant Lenin ship ard employees, in the part city of Gdlansk, rose up . . . in a - - spectacle Marx might not have believed. Their protests, over issues we take foillliranted, included the right to st ' e, establishing trade unions, raising monthly salary to S67 a month, and ending food short- a es Demands for these issues' S - t shook the regime of Edward Gierek, who was eventually displaced, and caused concern among NATO Nations over an impending Soviet intervention. Iraq attacked Iran, and the night- mare of war in the Persian Gulf became a reality. As refineries burned, the world considered the affect on oil supplies and, once again, the strategic interest of the superpowers. We were all waiting to see if they will execute her, echoed the grow- ing curiosity of Chinals millions about the outcome of the show-trial of Mao Tse-tung's widow, Jiang

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L Friendships formed for lifeg Georgene Graham and Coni Mattice have plenty of time to reflect on the year's events. Both students bus 150 minutes daily from and to Iron Mountain. Y Junior Denny McKissic takes advan- tage of free working time to complete an in-English class assignment. Y Senior English students research life styles including their daily fair. Tom De Arman and Janice Kivisto partake of culi- nary delicacies prepared by fellow-stu- dents, at the annual Medieval dinner. Keeping it Going MEMORIES FCRA LIFETIME Eeshman enter EMHS unaware that high school will teach them more than higher math, typing, or how to overhaul an engine. Some seniors may not fully realize how much they learn about themselves and others or where they got the confidence and self-awareness that can only come by experiencing high school life. Timid freshmen, wanting desper- ately to fit in with everybody else, develop into self-confident seniors doing their own thing and dressing their own way. The lessons they leam about love and friendship will remain with them throughout life, helping them to grow and assume responsibilities not yet realized. Arriving at EMHS with conflict- ing loyalties, students develop a sense of Eagle patriotism as they continuously, yet unconsciously, mature. Under the guidance of teachers, they begin to discover and evaluate personal values while learn- ing the worth of being a part of EMHS. Leaving behind the security of adolescence for the uncertainty of adulthood in a world of changes, members of the Class of 8l proudly join in the tradition of EMHS.