Spring Valley High School - Saga Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

"l think it's time for lunch, Claude. You've been watching too much MTV." After lunch we tried to find something else to do, but we ended up in front of the television again. "We shouldn't sit in front of the television all day," Amy argued. "Do you have a better sugges- tion'?" "Not really." Oingo Boingo stopped the argu- ment. They were saying something about "Weird Science." "Do you think the chemistry lab will be the same after us?" Amy snickered. "We certainly tested out the alarm system. Seri- ously, lite is full of acids and bases." "Get this girl on Saturday Night Live." l heard the strains of Queen's "We are the Champions." "Not yet," I corrected. Amy, the optimist, said, "Maybe this year." "What, they had to wait for Hal- ley's comet?" "Even if our football team doesn't win every game, we do have a lot of champions at Spring Valley. "Agreed, What might be even more important is how Spring Valley prepares us for the "world of pain" Billy Joel keeps singing about," "lt's getting late, Claude. Maybe we ought to turn off the TV and do our homework." l was about to do so when Amy said "Waitl" She had heard the rasping strains of Edge's guitar, the introduction to U2's "Pride tin the Name of Lovejf' We watched in si- lence. We remembered the night, April 29, of our junior year. We had waited months to see the band in concert in Atlanta. The temptations not to do our homework and not go to school that day because of our excitement had been terrible. But we had realized, our school had taught us, that having fun has to be balanced with hard work. We hadn't neglected our work. During the con- cert, Bono had sung "Give Peace a Chance." Amy and l had given our school a chance and that risk had paid off. We were the seniors. We were the next to go out on our own. The video ended and we turned oft the set. .EEUU Tashia Gore freshmen AnQe'a Stevens and Weir, junior I - ftheir colorguard ligllyifghqscinijggghmg senior LilY D'?GfaCI3 watch 3 playback O routine, so that thGY may perfect 't' Daphne Lltchford looks back Qvef into their last float. Claudia Lorka Amy Starr Practice makes perfect, as dem- onstrated by junior John Frick on his trumpet. . it suits of the Disappomted about t 6 re' ' senior Homecoming float compemlon' the time and effort that the seniors DUT