Irvine High School - Citadel Yearbook (Irvine, CA)

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HEAR YE, HEAR YE: Senior, Shannon Casey grabs the a ttention of her fourth period Forensics class audience as she presents her views on the topic for the day. MATERIAL GIRL: As the audience shouts, Senior Lisa Gasho lip-syncs to her favorite Madonna song in the lip-sync contest held by the fourth period Foren- sics class in the speech room. Joiin Demas ON CAPITOL HILL: This wing of Congress, the House of Representatives was one of the many buildings students learned about on their workday studying Capitol Hill. A MONUMENTAL BUILDING: The Capitol Building was one of the focal points discussed by students in Washington D.C., housing the Senate and the House of Representatives. Activities Close Up Forensics 25

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c ommunicating ideas: the future depends on it Focusing and directing talents to get what life has to offer you were two of the more basic principles of Close-Up and Forensics. Headed by club advisor Rick Lara, Forensics helped those with a fear of speaking in front of others become more comfortable in that position by building confidence in themselves as well as better speaking and presentation skills. Students were called upon to make presentations on ideas they would like to discuss; either days in ad- vance so they were able to prepare evidence, or in an im- promptu fashion. The fast pace in the Forensics classroom made it impossible to come unprepared. Forensics opens up the student ' s imagination and character, and gives them the CLOSE UP IN D.C: Seniors John Demas, Helena Sopwith, Pam Krebbs, Stacey Sadler and Advisor Gregory Gray. FORENSICS: Bottom row: Sherri Fanning, Khoi Cao, Veronica Zasueta, Jodi Lawson, Shannon Casey, Jennifer Huss; Second Row: Liz Bjerum, Matt Mirmack, Shawn McLaughlin, Danielle Bayless, Roger Sewell, Steve Cassidy, Mike Chang, Dominique Becker; top Row: Brad Youngs, Marty Mance, Stephon Tyson, Lynn Shakelford, Tony Bolanos, Mike Sanches, Brett Garrett, Tim Lane. opportunity to deal with com- munication situations they may find in real life, said Lara. Thriving on class competi- tion was a factor students who continued onto Forensics from Discussion and Debate all possessed. Contests were always a major part of the class agenda that were hardly ever taken lightly. Another of the clubs on campus whose major goal was to help direct a student ' s in- terest in politics and or the government was Close-Up in DC. With a passion for learning about governmental in- tricacies, four students and Advisor Gregory Gray took a week off from schoolwork and study to to fly to the capitol of the United States, Washington D.C. Close-Up is a valuable ex- perience for students as well as for their advisors, said Gray, who is also a social studies teacher. CU-in-DC, as Close-up was more familiarly called, was held over one week in the ear- ly part of December. Gray and the four participating students had the opportunity to attend some 12 to 15 seminars, all related to the United States in the Global Community with students from all over the U.S. Students were also able to meet with Congressional Representative Pat Schroeder. Said Senior Pam Krebs of this exciting oppor- tunity, I was really surprised that she actually took the time out to visit the students who went to D.C. this year. -by Tami Lockley IA k. f 24 ClosB-Up Forensicsl Activities

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HIGH FIVE: Juniors Mike Angus and Shane Brosnan find something to cheer about as they take rtme out from their agonizing advertising campaigns for newspaper ads. UNDIVIDED ATTENTION: After a deadline, Managing Editor and Senior Dan Smetanka discusses ideas for the upcoming paper with the editor-in-chief. r rganization and experience comprises press The motivated and diligent El Vaquero newspaper staff worked together in Advanced Journalism to produce a mon- thly newspaper geared toward informing students about the issues that took place on campus. According to Senior Manag- ing Editor Dan Smetanka, the class helped students learn about layout design and the framework of a professional publication. Newspaper Advisor Tam- mie Montgomery said about the atmosphere ' of the class, This class is highly motivated. Producing news is a highly complicated and stressful task, so we have our moments of tension, but we always work through them. The bottom line is that we all work together, and we ' re hav- ing fun. One of the staff ' s goals was to produce articles that would get more students interested in reading the work that so much effort was put into. Editorial Writer Mary Wang noted, I think the whole stu- dent body has been ap- preciating the newspaper more because the stories are. better and more relevant to not only the school, but the outside world. The newspaper is much more interesting in terms of layouts, graphics and stories. The staff had to deal with controversy on news articles. With the new Supreme Court ruling that publications could be censored, the newspaper was slightly limited in what it could and could not print. However, controversial articles such as Abortion and Student Rights did appear in early publications. Montgomery stated. Sometimes people don ' t like it when certain stories appear. The trick is to have stories that meet the journalistic stan- dards and ethics. Montgomery mentioned that Editor-in-Chief Joe Bel Bruno, in his fourth year on staff, was an asset to the paper ' s suc- cess in remodeling. He said, We ' ve revamped the paper. The difference in us is that we try not to shy away from controversy. We try to make people think. Bel Bruno expressed that the stories were of higher quality due to strengths in wnting, and that they were more in-depth oriented. He positively remarked about newspaper competition, I wouldn ' t be surprised if we won some awards this year -by Victor Lee LAUGHING IT UP: Viewpoint Editor Loc Phan enjoys a laugh as he discusses the new Supreme Court decision on censorship in class. 26 El Vaquero Activities