Moreno Valley High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Sunnymead, CA)

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We ' re All Touched Terrorism, earthquakes, floods, erupt- ng volcanos, violence surrounded elec- tions, starvation, and more. It sometimes eit like too much, but we are human. We ire touched, and we care. These things were what everyone in the world would like to prevent or help stop. The Mexico earthquake was terribly di- sastrous and so was the Colombian volca- no eruption. Thousands died or were nev- er found by rescue units. And while these people died close to home, across the world, Ethiopians continued to starve. It sometimes seemed that our efforts were too little too late, but Aid is being sent and will continue as the needs have touched the generous hearts of people throughout the world. The country of the Phillipine Islands, long friends with the U.S., had a hotly con- tested Presidential election with Presi- dent Ferdinand Marcos getting strong op- position from the wife of his former politi- cal rival, Corazon Aquino. Finally, after many charges and counter charges of fraud and the convenient death or disap- pearance of outspoken opponents, Cora- zon was declared the winner and Marcos and his family left the country. We do need to care about what is going on around us, both at home and around the world. If we harden our hearts to the loss of others, ultimately we will be the losers. But when we care, it makes the problem less and the future brighter. A series of devastating earthquakes rumbled through Mexico City. The first registered 8.1 on the Richter scale the second was 7.5. Mud slides caused by the eruption of the Colombian volcano took thousands of lives. Two of millions who can ' t get food in Ethiopia. Mrs. Leon Klinghoffer received a flag after the burial of her husband who was killed on the Achille Lauro. International

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Everyone ' s Loss: A Nation Mourns A Nation Mourns was the headline we saw in magazines, newspapers, and on T.V. for weeks. Months later there were still more questions than answers as to what caused the accident that took the lives of the seven astronauts on January 28, 1986. This Challenger mission was the twenty-fifth shuttle mission. The crew was comprised of Commander Francis Scobee. Judith Resnik. Ronald McNair, Mi- chael Smith, Ellison Onizuka. Gregory Jar- vis, and school teacher, from Concord, New Hampshire, Christa McAuliffe. Since maior portions of the rocket boosters and shuttle and even the remains of the astronauts were recovered, the an- swers to the questions will eventually be found. Whether it was the O-rings on the boosters or some other fault, there was definitely a leak coming from either the rocket boosters or the external fuel tanks. The leaking fuel ignited and gradually grew from a small flame into the final ex- plosion. The tragedy forced people to ask if the space shuttle program should be contin- ued. Most students and faculty felt the same way as the majority of the public. that the program should continue: ! be- lieve the shuttle program should be con- tinued because this country has too much invested in it to stop, commented Derek Schaper. And although there will no doubt be a long delay before the program starts up again, we must continue to expand our space program. The exploration of space is a challenge Americans need. We must continually look forward to what the fu- ture holds. ■ H T :|Br fci i HH j BI