Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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v LocUet- Guide o ' The ..p»- r ' he « „p.». r It ' s easy to make it big on campus and belong to the right group. All you have to do is play by the ... Unwritten Rules I spin the dial twice, stop at 14. Twice in the opposite direction, stop at 27. Then a quarter turn to 3. I pull on the handle, and my locker door pops open. I fish for my history book beneath a mangled mass of papers, books, and two uneaten bag lunches. I linger at my locker for a minute, thinking about other cliques I ' ll encounter during the day: the super- athletes, with their girlfriends attached; the burnouts, standing guard at the men ' s room; the journalism junkies, the rock ' n ' rollers and others. Each group sticks together like nuts in a Payday bar. Each has its own turf, its own entrance requirement, its own set of unwritten rules. Funny how easy it is to spot each group. I kick my locker door shut and shuffle down the hall toward homeroom. I mull over those unwritten rules. Rule 1: Hang around only with other members of your group. Ridicule everyone else. Organize parties and other special events designed to exclude outsiders. Rule 2: Adopt the same habits, styles, interests, and attitudes as the rest of the group. Strive for absolute conformity. Rule 3: Acceptance by the group depends on whether you impress the unofficial leader. Rule 4: Don ' t reveal your true feelings about someone or something until you know what the rest of the group thinks. Follow whatever they say, whether you agree or not. As I finish my musings and decide I ' m glad not to be part of a clique, I make it to homeroom just as the bell rings. Quickly scanning the faces, I spot several guys and girls who work with me on Student Council. I walk to the far side of the room and take a seat beside them. Reprinted by permission from CAMPUS LIFE Magazine copyright 1981. Youtti For Christ International. Wheaton, Illinois 20 Student Life

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READY TO HELP you tp«nd money at Shea ' s, Claire Stocks knows that her job is a good way to get her own spending money. AARGH! What a nightmarel That horrid, multiarmed creature reaching, reaching, going straight (or the dollar. That ' s the way it (eels when inflation not-so-gently taps on the shoulder or rather the pocketbook of Kathy Ledbetter and Kim Williams when they go shopping for their spring wardrobes. iMPLA¥i«M Inflation 19

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