Redmond High School - Juniper Yearbook (Redmond, OR)

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Hair raised by Toni Ulam Redmond High School received national coverage when Darrin Ishaugiwore a mini-skirt to school Tues- day, September 22. Two days g later approximately 150 students had a sit-down protest in the commons. Tuesday morning started out as a normal school day. People were doing lat min- ute homework for first peri- od or talking about what was happening that week- end. The first bell of the day rings. Everyone starts moseying to their lockers or to their first class. one class on this normal morning would get an unfamiliar sight, a guy wearing a mini- skirt with his tylish cowboy accessories. This guy was Ishaug. Ishaug was dared to wear a skirt to school all day long. He would receive S50 The Deschutes County sheriff come when Bobby Brown, Tyler Rosebrook, Dorrin lshoug, who is in ponts here, Jim Willioms ond Brion Hinton wore their mini-skirts to school. The students were osked to o home on bare legs from two girls. Before he could get comfortable in his firsticlassi however, he was asks-so to' golgto Principal Ken Noah's office. There he was asked to go home and change. .By lunch time over half the school had heard about Ishaug's dare. People were talking about why Ishaug had to go home to change. Classes asked questions about students rights. Something is definitely wrong when a large group of students gather around a Deschutes County Sheriffs car in the student parking lot the next morning. I thought it was a drug bust when first driving in this morning, ,stated one student. After getting close Noah and John Lehmann, vice principal, could be seen with a grinning Sher- iff, and six guys wearing skirts. The guys werefasked to go home, and change just as Ishaugthe day before. Thursday mdrningr .stu- dents were greeted by the sound of chanting protes- ters. The North edge of the locker area was filled with a large percentage of the stu- dent body. They were not doing the normal morning activities. They were pro- testing the dress code of not letting the guys wear skirts. Some students got up when the first bell rang. Noah came out, and told the re- maining student they should go through the right channels to change the dress code. Rod Hansen reinforced Noah's ideas of going through the right channels. Hansen told them if they went in front of a judge the judge would say it was dis- ruptive for a guy to wear a Q ond chonge. 14 Student Life skirt. Noah suggested a few students, who were in- volved, to talk with him to see what could be done. Ishaug was tasked to come out and help persuade the t students to go hack to class. The students who talked to Noah decided a forum at lunch would be a good idea. The forum would allow other student to voice their concerns about the school. Unlike the normal lunch time meeting turnout, the forum was a success. It was to express ideas that have been held inside of the stu- dents for a long time. The conclusions from the forum were: the school has too many student cliques, the dress code is vague, stu- dents are subjected to peer pressure, and the school needs to unite as one body. T

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0 o iii' Don Rich Athletic Director Illli?-RMTI0 mmf- 0 5 a X by Glen Kinney T Many people have no idea as to the many things of a charitable nature that Don Rich iid as a normal part of is life. They would never hear it from him! E-Ie was a doer, who nev- r sought personal cred- it. I shall personally cherish the memories of hay close friendship with Don. by Barry Branaugh Don was probably considered by most to be a gruff man. He took his job very seriously. He wanted school stu- dents and athletes to be the best possible people that they could be. Maybe we didn't always have the most success- ful teams, but our ath- letes almost always ex- hibited the most class. Once Redmond was playing another school, and I was mouthing off to one of the opposing players. The very next day, I was in his office at his request. He asked why I did what I did. After I told him my sto- ry he said, You flat out screwed up. I-le wasnit gentle in the way that he talked to me, because that wasn't his style. After he finished, I asked him why he sin- gled me out to talk to. He told me that I was a better person than the Way I had acted. Right then, I knew that he cared about me, and the type of person I grew up to be. by Ken Noah Don Rich was an ex- traordinary man. He was, in fact, one of the most self-less people I've known. The day be- fore his death he talked to me about several things he wanted to do before the end of the year. Things that would have greatly improved our school. I owe him a debt of gratitude, as does our school . . . and our community. I hope we can repay his gener- osity by living the ex- ample he set. Studs- K Lf 13

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Rod Honson Some girls did noT objecT To The guys wearing mini-skirTs. Arlene Cossell simply sdid guys should be dble To wedr whdT They wonTed. x ., A Principol Ken Nodh sTrongly sup- porTs sTudenTs righTs. Nooh cillowed The sTudenTs To hold ci forum during lunch To discuss problems ThoT needed To be solved. K T 45, believes sTudenTs l T .75 In order To be hedrd The supporTing should exercise Their consTiTuTiondl righTs even Though They ore only in high school. Hdnson, who Teoches governmenT righTs, Tdlked To The sTudenTs QT The siT-down proTesT on SepTember 24, 1987. sTudenTs orgdnized d rolly in The commons Two ddys dfTer Ddrrin lshdug wore ci mini-skirT To school. The sTudenTs hod To go To closs wiTh dn unexcused Tcirdy. MOST of The sTudenTs ouT There did noT know why They were ouT There. IT was jusT 0 good excuse noT To go To Their firsT period of clossf' sTdTed d sen- lor. Student Life 15