Reno High School - Re Wa Ne Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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BOTH SCARY AND exciting, may be a description of a {reshmans first view of Reno High School. BEING ON THE football team seems a sure way to catch the attention of the up- perclassmen. 228 lenny Pearson Allison Peek Kevin Peek Matt Peek Drew Pelter Mario Peraza Eric Phillips Stephanie Phillips Jon Polaha Diane Polikales Cory Polizzi Shelli Potter Andrea Potts Christine Powning Matt Psarras Chris Puzey John Randall Wendi Rasmussen

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AS A LUNCHTIME diversion, many freshmen chose to play the various popular video v ' ames. TO GREG LIVINGSTON. Godfathers Pizza is iruly d pizza he cant refuse ' Diane Newman Rob Nichols Kris Nikolaisen Tony Nix Peter Noble Jeff North Carey O ' Connell John Obi Karen Olsen Dan O ' Neill Stacy Oppenheimer Simo Orlich Karen Osborn Eric Ottenheimer Joe Papez Julie Parber John Patterson Rod Patton FRESHMEN 227

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TTTTW ft David Reese Erica Reltx Adrienne Richards Krlsten Rlchter Amy Rlngbob Kevin Rodfiers Tricia Rodgers Stephen Romero Amy RonchettI Deana Rosaschi Tim Ross Jennifer Rothstein Marcella Rudd Kathleen Sabelarls Lisa Salerno Sydney Salter Lee Sanford Mike Brownell Scaletta Misery distinguished freshmen Becoming a high school student often presented challenging and new experiences to freshmen. Many had great difficulty adjusting and adap- ting to a new and more demanding atmosphere. Not only was it necessary to get used to hour-long classes, but homeworb in every class and six classes a day. Some freshmen decided that in (order to fit their new roles as high I school students, they had to act I grown-up— this meant attempting to ibehavc maturely with only tiphomores to serve as their exam- ;ik Libe their sophomoric counter- Diirts. clothes became a visible , niodns of becoming a part of the crowd. Clothes became an obses- sion, and these neophytes began to :are about their appearance. Since they wished not to be set apart from sophomores, they dreaded the possibility that their clothing might tnarb them as lowly freshmen. It seemed dressing older, even by one year, made them appear to be older and less conspicuous. At Reno High the preppie sophomore loob doubl- ed almost immediately. Behavior modification toob most of the year. Freshmen were often late to class, loud in the halls, and seen to be rough-housing with their friends. A marb of freshmen behavior was to greet a friend with a socb ' and a shove. Girls and boys carefully separated themselves in the halls, in the classrooms, and in the cafeteria. Social activities also were places for spotting freshmen behavior. At dances, they did not dance. At clubs they sat in their own little groups— there seemed to be com- pany in misery. ' Fortunately, a years exp)eriencc changes all this and most loobcd for- ward in great anticipation to becom- ing next year ' s sophisticated uj - pcr classmen. AS CMEERLLADtkS. FRESHMLN mu ly with uppcKldSsmen. more easi- FRESHMEN 229