Sahuaro High School - Viva Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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STUDENT COUNCIL: Top Row: David Mc Tarnahan. Filip Sustronck, Scott Meyer. Leo Smith, Scott Rumel. Bottom Row: Donna Horner, Laura Santi, Carol Wood. Robyn Hansen. Bonnie Fee. Edie Kroha. Not Pictured: Homer Pettey and Debra Jones. 20 STUDENT LIFE

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STUDENTS' VIEWS 'Jauses of pollutio Environment. You couldn't open a newspaper, watch the news or read a nagazine without encountering this erm. lt was one of the most contro- 'ersial topics in America yet it was 'irtually impossible to find any pro- bollutionists. The controversy was over he causes and solutions to the problem. 'Vhen asked about the causes of pol- ution, Margaret Knight, president of Bahuaro's environmental action group, Laid, One major cause is apathy: when he apathy is gone, we can do anything. Bhe added, People have to be willing o make sacrifices or nothing will work. freshman Sioux Hallier stated, The :ause of pollution, basically is laziness. Deople just do not want to take time out ind clean up the mess they create. : laziness, apathy Many people felt the solution to the problem is population control. Population causes pollution. If we do not control population, we're just bur- dening ourselves with a larger job of pollution, stated Lewis Feldman. l think that population control is neces- sary to avoid widespread famine and pollution, said Doug Barnett. Sophomore Homer Pettey brought the situation closer to Sahuaro when he said, People are such slobs. They'll be ten feet from a trash can and drop something on the ground. I wish the students would care more. As to the actual cause of pollution, most of the students were divided into two major groups. The largest polluters in Arizona are automobiles, commented Gary Freed. Auto emmissions cause 9O'Zi of pol- lution, added Scott Mayfield. Others thought differently. Dusty Post stated, I think the worst polluters are the copper smelters. The factories contribute most to the pollution in the United States, observed Pam Williams. Through the efforts of environmental action and homeroom federation, trash clean-up days were organized both on campus and surrounding areas such as Sabino Canyon and along Camino Seco. Several junior high and elementary schools also had clean-up campaigns this year. STU DE NT LIFE 19

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f'Y7ff 57. u Q44 T if all lg, STUDENT COU NCI L Council combines homecoming Encouraging communication between the administration, faculty and stu- dents, demonstrating for the students a more democratic system of govern- ment, and sponsoring of activating bene- ficial activities, organizations and ideas, were the goals and the purposes of the Student Council. To accomplish those goals, the Student Council, consist- ing of the five student body officers, twelve class officers, and the I MIDDLE: Mr. Johnson discusses the events cal- ender with President Greg Tella and Vice Pres- ident Jim Zimmerman just before the Student Council meets. l MIDDLE LEFT: Jim Zimmerman glances over the previous Student Council notes with the recording secretary Nancy Day. l BOT- TOM LEFT: Treasure- Parliamentarian Carol Eus- tice, Corresponding Secretary Ann Broyles and Recording Secretary Nancy Day. I BELOW: Good clean fun is demonstrated at the Spirit Games as Gary Nash attempts to catch a raw egg dur- ing the egg toss. All events in the games were class activities with seniors coming in first, jun- iors in second, sophomores in third and fresh- men in last place. foreign exchange student, organized and participated in numerous projects and activities. Besides aiding in Sa- huaro's first homecoming and spirit week combined, the Council partici- pated in Send a Kid to Camp Week . the faculty show, freshmen orienta- tion, Red Cross, and a host of other activities. ln general, the Student Coun- cil's goal was to give assistance to the students in any way they could. ,spirit week STUDENT LIFE 21