Irvine High School - Citadel Yearbook (Irvine, CA)

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Future holds past reflections, present fantasies By Doug Luchansky Way back in 1970 .. . It doesn ' t seem that long ago when Nixon was president and the Orioles were winning over the Reds in the world series. But it was a Chinese Sage who said: Life is just a second long — and one-seventh of that sec- ond is past history. Ten years ago, when most of today ' s teenagers were just begin- ning to rebuild their second set of teeth, America was getting ready to face a tragic gas shortage, Watergate and the splashdown of Skylab 4. However, for the graduating class of 1970, it wasn ' t the top news event of that era which interested them, but it was the burdening of their own school lifestyles. The Dress Code still existed ten years ago, which meant that girls dresses could not be shorter than the top of the knees, that sundresses with low necks were exempt, that sideburns for guys could not grow below the ear lobe and that male hair wasn ' t permitted to extend below a dress shirt collar. Indeed, the styles were quite dif- ferent. There were special Rainy Day Apparel events that enabled girls to wear pants if, and only if: a) there was any predicted chance of rain as established in the Los Angeles Times or the Orange County Regis- ter; b) it was raining in the morning; c) a pants day had previously been approved by the Administration. On a warm, summer day, when the beaches were crowded with tourists and California ' s locals, the stores were stocked with new designs in bathing suits. But throughout the sixties and early seventies, girls ' bikinis were still very much conservative. It wasn ' t until the mid-seventies that infla- tion hit and everything from string bikinis and automobiles decreased in size. Fads, too, were always changing. Whatever happened to the Donny Osmond, Bobby Sherman and David Cassidy craze? And the Brady kids have since grown up too. A decade ago, teenagers also listened to Davey Jones and the Monkees, were paid a minimum wage of $1 .80 per hour for work- ing, were restricted in school by having no smoking areas and, for guys, facial hair was not allowed. Today ' s youth is unique by being gifted with freedom. Mus- taches and even beards can often be seen and smoking areas have recently been established. And, fortunately, girls fashions as well as hemlines have continued to fluctuateat a whim. Butwhatdothe1980 ' s,an entirely new decade filled with new ideas, hold in store for America ' s adolescents? Roller skating, skate- boards and electric-powered cars will increase in demand as far as transpor- tation is concerned. Computers will replace anything that can ease Amer- icans from straining their brains and computerized teaching, individually at home, is not out of the question either, and it ' s quite possible that soccer will reign as the number one high school sport instead of football. Ironically, though understandably, the future does not depict all glory. According to Buckminster Fuller, a noted independent scientist archi- tect, it shall not hold the rosiness that it might seem too. This generation may be the last graduating class; we are witnessing the final exam of mankind. If we pass, we could be incredibly bright. If we fail, there may be no future, he said last October at a UCLA meeting. )im Antenore, IHS social science teacher, gave his opinion. The future does not exist except in our fantasies. What we fantasize rarely comes to be. Don ' t brood over the future or myre your thoughts. Be here now. What you are now is your future. And if that proves correct, the future is merely a reflection of the past . . . and a fantasy of the present. 24 Past present future

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Books 1. Kramer vs. Kramer 2. Lord of the Rings 3. Thorn Birds 4. Evergreen 5. Chesapeake 6. Mommie Dearest 7. Through the Eye of the Needle 8. FarPavillion 9. The Promise 10. The Outsiders Popular Sayings 1. Later :2. Oh Nooo 3. Give Me a Break 4. Wench 5. Cell 6. Cosmic 7. Whoo-ah 8. Bail 9. Not Even 10. Whostle • ' : ' -i-¥i ' J: M Pastimes 1. Partying 2. Friends ' House 3. Skiing 4. Going to the Beach 5. Shopping 6. Jogging 7. Watching T.V. 8. Eating 9. Cruising 10. Roller Skating . , Movies 1. The Jerk 2. Apocalypse Now 3. 10 4. Amityville Horror 5. Muppet Movie 6. Halloween 7. When a Stranger Calls 8. Alien 9. 1941 10. Rocky Horror Picture Show 6 TV Shows 1. Saturday Night Live J CJ f ' ' 2. M A S H o 3. Cinamerica K 4. Soap 5. MorkandMindy Jx? 6. 60 Minutes ms -: 7. Taxi ' ' 8. Eight is Enough V = 5 9. Muppet Show MR. BILL SHOW 10. Three ' s Company J %» ,- ' 01 ' ' i - . Groups 1. 2. 3. Styx Led Zeppelin Donna Summer 4. 5. 6. Cheap Trick Rolling Stones The Cars 7. 8. Queen Blondie 9. The Knack 10. Devo 26 Top Ten