Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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fuses: Here than just a ride tc si lie r I Picture yourself in a kiddie filled bus . . . screaming little sixth graders climb over the seats acting like crazed monkeys . . . flying rubber bands, wads of juicy bubble gum or slimy soggy spit wads surround your head as you dodge for protection . . . sitting squashed between the conversation of two middle school brats, you try to gather your sanity and ready yourself for another school day . . . Riding a bus to and from school seemed to be quite an embarassing ordeal for most seniors who had to do it. I got kidded a lot by my friends who got to drive, but there is no car for me to use and the bus is the only means of transportation and I ' m not walking two and a half miles to school, stated senior |ill Pasko. For the second year now, high school students were forced to ride on the bus with middle school students. One of the biggest complaints was listening to the screaming and yelling and not to mention the throwing of any object not nailed down. In my bus they shot rubber bands, threw hats and grabbed combs out of girls ' pockets, remarked senior Nancy Coltun. I don ' t ever remember acting like that when I was younger. At the beginning of the year the bus drivers tried to assign seats, but this idea never stuck. I had to sit between two sixth graders, explained Nancy. It seemed like every little kid had an instrument and banged it through the isles and into my seat, added Jill. So sitting in front seemed to be favored, for Nancy commented, I sit in front because in the winter they throw snow and ice toward the back. Jill added, I sit in front so I can get out of there as fast as I can. With the seniors sitting in front for one reason or another, most of them couldn ' t help notice the constant fights that went on in the back. I liked to watch the kids fight but I didn ' t like to be involved in it, stated Nancy. All of this went on, and more, and still no pleasant comment about bussing was heard all year long, just a sigh of relief as a senior took the very last trip home at the end of the year. 8 Busses

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In order to follow tradition, freshman Eva Zygmunt serves refreshments to the attending couples at the annual Homecoming dance. Engaged in the beat of the music, senior Kerri Dunn and her escort Mark Lenzo demonstrate some of the latest dance steps. Overwhelmed with surprise, senior Debbie Brandt shares her joy with a friend after being crowned Homecoming Queen. Caught in the spirit of Costume Day, senior Mary Kerr listens attentively to the lecture from her composition teacher. 10 Homecoming