Northrop High School - Bear Tracks Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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StLident Council: Row One — -lill Claze, Monte Moore, Derrick Greene. Lisa .Johnson, Tammy Neiibauer, Terrell Williams, Joe Hyndman; How Two — Rob Johnston, Caroline Moellerint;, Marty Powell, Elaine Patterson, Vicky Stoll, Hoi Belcher, Tonya Fields, Carmen Merica; Hosv Three Melissa Crush, I. aura Cei);er, Hart Tyner, Kevin Seiler, Boh Anderson, Kim Detrich, Danielle Dibert, Kim Barker; Row Four Pat Walker, Laura Boetjlln, Kristy .Sheehan, Dan Antjie Balser, Tony Natale, Travis Barkey, Mark Shcoeli; Row Five - Terri Johnson, Marcic Chapman, .Sherwin .Springer, Chris O ' Riley, Lori Miller. Miindi Lombardo, Amy Zemcn, Kim Gaines, Beth Bohn, Melissa Delrick. Meyer, Svdney Bloom, Kristina Cook, Tracy Hartman, Joe Jereb. Tammy Butt-s, Patty Faijan, Above — Senior Joe Hyndman, student counci president, proudly displays the food Northrop collected for the Daybreak Child Care Center. photo by Tim Shauver. Right — Sophomore Mike Wagstaff carries a box of food donated by Mr. Laslie ' s home room to the office, photo hy Doug Dye. Student Council — 17

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Council Projects New Image Top: Dan Hartman, junior, and Marcie Chapman, sophomore, helped raise money for Penny Pitch by working in the Christmas Post Office, photo by Steve Hug Above: Kim Barker, sophomore, received a letter to be sent through the Penny Pitch post office by Freshman Brant Gaumer. photo by Steve Hug Right: Senior Todd Ramsey tries his luck drop- ping some change into a sunken cup to win a prize and contribute to Penny Pitch, photo bv Steve Hug Sneaky politicians, wire taping, brib- ing, and boring speeches are common sterotypes linked with government. Somehow local, state, and federal gov- ernments have failed to escape their sterotypes, but the student government at Northrop has tried their best. One of the student council ' s main goals was to change the student body ' s opinion of them. Student council president senior Joe Hyndman felt, In the past, student council members were considered to be teacher ' s pets. But I think the council this year was able to change opinion! One of the ways the council tried to change the unfavorable ideas involved opening up the administration to the student ' s ideas. A suggestion box ap- peared outside the main office in Janu- ary. However, according to Joe, there weren ' t many constructive suggestions until later in the year. Another successful new legislation made by the student council was an opening announcement option. It gave the student body a chance to take Mr. Brown ' s place doing the morning an- nouncements. Though response came slowly, several students took the h by the end of the year. Besides a new few ideas, the trad tional council activities continued i excellent style. The services of seliin spirit items and planrting Homecomin week added to activities such as th Save a Turkey, Gobble a Baron Da and a spirit week during basketball se( tionals. A new tradition that began la: year, the Morp, also continued wit more success. Despite the other successful endea ors, the most successful proved to b Penny Pitch. Through the sale Arby ' s coupon books, class competitior and many club and group donations a all-time high total of $8515 became th 1983 contribution to WOWO Penn Pitch. With the fantastic events and hig Penny Pitch total, the opinion of th student council should have changec Junior Melinda VanGuilder thought, ' thought it was better than it has beer They really tried to come up with fu things to do and they seemed to want t listen. They really cared. written b Kim Simpson. 16 — Student Council

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Paradoxical Prom A 2nd Time Hit With toilet paper streaming down from above (and laying below), old newspapers strewn about the floor, and dead flowers placed on tables in the cafeteria, approximately 150 couples danced the night away on Friday, March 23, at Northrop ' s second annual MORP. The MORP, which was sponsored by the senior class, was everything the PROM wasn ' t. The idea was to do everything back- wards. First, the girl asked the guy to go. If he said yes, they figured out what they would be wearing. Then on the night of the MORP, she took him out to dinner to the cheapist, scummiest, most lowdown place she could find (if they could stand it), and then off to the dance they went. Once there, couples found the com- mons looking a mess, girls dressed like guys, guys dressed like girls, couples wearing identical outfits, and couples dressed in the shabbiest or most outra- geous clothes they could possibly find. WMEE disc jockey Tony Richards sup- plied the tunes and a photographer from Watter ' s Studio was there to take pictures of couples who wanted them. Free pop and chips were available in the cafeteria. One of the chaperones, Bob Walleen, commented, It looked like everyone was having a lot of fun. Sometimes that ' s not the case at school dances, but this one was different. Instead of having a queen like the PROM, the highlight of the evening was the crowning of the MORP King. Senior John Bohn snatched the crown, and had a court consisting of seniors George Dunn, Scott Hankey, Brad Reinking, and Andy Ribar. It was the best thing that could have happened to me, said Bohn. I can ' t understand the sudden popularity ... I feel like a Cab- bage Patch Doll. I just wonder, he ad- ded, is the MORP King a soveriegn monarch or just a meaningless figure head? written by Tiffaney Davidson. Senior Dan Lauer uses the appeal of his football players lefjs to melt the heart of classmate Senior Scott Hankey. photo by Doug Dye.