Niles Township High School West - Spectrum Yearbook (Skokie, IL)

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Senior Donna Zadkovic talks with a college spokesperson. Over 240 colleges and universities were represented at college night. X, A few students discuss the benefits of Caltech with the school s representative. Students had a large selection of people from colleges and universities to speak with. College Might 23

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Where to go? H ow much is tuition? What do I need to get in? Is it nonsectar¬ ian? How many students are there? Where is it? Do they have my major? Can I get in? These questions and many more were answered this year at Directions, College Might 86. Approximately 240 colleges and uni¬ versities were represented by either alumni or admissions officers. Pro¬ spective freshmen were able to listen to seminars given by the larger, more popular institutions, or just window shop at the smaller ones. Branches of the armed services were also present to answer questions from future re¬ cruits. The opinions of the students who attended varied. By going to College Might I was exposed to many new schools ' stated senior Amy Cozza. It was a lot of fun and very informa¬ tive ' said senior Ellen Epstein. Ju¬ nior Jeanne DiModica commented, It was very overwhelming, especially for students who have no idea where they want to go. Over all, the evening was a smashing success. David Wallerstein Junior Brian Buehling takes a practice run in basic training for the Marines. Along with the colleges and universities, students were able to speak with representatives from the Armed Forces. Junior Julie Cho looks over the brochures she has picked up from the various colleges, universities, and Armed Forces represented. The bro¬ chures help the student know which college is right for them. Junior Julie Daehler and her mother sit and talk with a college represen¬ tative. Parents take an important and influential part in helping their children make choices for the future. 22 College Might

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Rah, rah! Go big red! T hird floor is dismissed. ' ' On October 20th the home¬ coming pep assembly was held. The gym was packed with adrenalin filled students. The freshmen and sophomores struggled up the stairs to the balcony of the gym while a certain amount of seniority ranked as the juniors and seniors sat on the main floor. The seniors were the first to begin chanting that they ranked supreme. That was followed by the juniors challenging them. The sophomores then came in and told the freshmen to go home, while the freshmen sat back and watched this ab¬ surdity. Chris Ross, the mascot, ran out to get the fresh¬ men to cheer. Reluctantly, they did so. however, once they got going there was no stopping them. Once in a while they ' d get so bold as to tell the seniors to go home. This created chaos in the gymnasium. Dr. Ring then chimed in with an introduction for the band. Mr. Koch and the band then struck up several tunes and the Senior Midnight Rid¬ ers did the bunny hop. While all of this was going on the homecoming court was introduced. The court nominees for queen were Elaine Barrington, Patricia Kerstein, Shar¬ on Lapp, Tami Moss, and Devra Resnick and nominees for king Erik Bataller, Gary Korrub, B.J. Miller, Fred Pyter, and Dale Sherman. Over all it was fun and good times for about an hour and a half. The rest of the day brought red and white, spirit and a shortened mod schedule. Standing before their peers are the nominees for homecoming King and Queen. The nominees for queen were seniors Tami Moss, Sharon Lapp, Patricia Kerstein, Elaine Barrington, and Devra Resnick. The nominees for king were seniors Gary Korrub, Dale Sherman, B.J. Miller, Eric Ba¬ taller, and Fred Pyter. Helaine Miller The Indians show their school spirit at the all school pep assembly, during homecoming week. On their minds is determination to grind the Bulldogs into Goofy chow. 24 homecoming Pep Assembly