Union High School - Redskin Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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1. Billy Hickman convens his car imo a double decker bus to take Amy Rhodes. Kim Mays, Oav-id SanMiguel, Pat Senter. Mike X ' ' ise. Michelle Conway. Andrea Thacker, and Kristen E)urbin to lunch. 2. A group of sophomores load a familiar yellow bus. 3. Katina Foster takes a chilly walk to the bus stop- 4. Pat Rhees tries to get his jeep in reverse. The jeep itself is a legend in its own time. 5. Angle Pendergrass and Sidney Arrington pack up after school with tag-a-long brother Bobbv Pendergrass. Gettine round

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A Season of Getting Around we ' re on the move Need a way to get to school? No problem; students at Union use several different methods to get to and from campus. Most use one of the following types of transportation. The School Bus: Used mainly by those too young to drive, these giant yellow vehicles will stop at nothing to get to school before 8:00. Busses aren ' t as prestigious as driving one ' s own car. but they do pro- vide students with a chance to make new friends, travel through scenic Tulsa, and get nasty cuts and bruises from the bumpy ride. Driven by a highly specialized team of professionals, (students swear that the drivers can be found as drill sergeants at Fort Sill), a ride on a school bus is always memorable. Said one student, It was a living nightmare. Walking: Some students walk to school through rain, snow, sleet, or hail (and usually, they arrive smelling like rain, snow, sleet, or hail). Definitely the outdoor type, these brave individuals hike to school each morning and sadly, are victimized by the students in cars who race by and throw food at them. Those who walk must always remember to brmg a compass, because the school can be hard to find in the jungles and barren wastelands that surround it. The Automobile: Although drivers like to see how fast their car can go in the parking lot without hitting anyone, safety first is the mot- to of all students. Leaving the parking lot during lunch and after school can be dangerous because everyone wants to be the first out, but the speedbumps stop any car from moving over two miles an hour. Many of the cars here are three times as old as their owners; it ' s always fun to find out if twenty students can fit in Grandma ' s Chevy. All car owners are proud of their autos and spend hundreds of dollars on repair. After racing back and forth to lunch for a few weeks, the same owners end up paying thousands of dollars on car repair. No wonder driving to school is so popular! Whether one ' s favorite transportation is any of the above, or bicy- cle, horse, or camel, getting to school each day is a unique experience to be always remembered (but hopefully soon forgotten). 8 Getting Around

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A Season of Great Taste that touch of flavor goes everywhere Eat, drink and be merry, seemed to be the motto of many students this year. The fine art of gorging was practiced not only during iunchtime, but during classtime too; club sponsored parties were held constantly, and cook-days were a regularity in several classes. Organizational parties are educational get-togethers where every member brings a dish. Usually, everyone brings the same casserole, and the rest of the party is spent in the bathroom. One can always tell that it ' s cook-day when all the sophomores wear their oven mitts to school. The meals prepared are eaten, but the next day half of the students get some rare food poisoning disease. During the lunch hour (Why do they call it lunch hour when it ' s only 30 minutes. ), the cafeteria staff is faced with the task of feeding hundreds of starving students. Every day, hoards of rav- aged pupils storm the cafeteria looking for a scrap of food. Sadly, three cafeteria employees were recently trampled to death in the confusion. This year, riot patrols were sent to the cafeteria to pacify the crowd with gummy bears. Despite these little drawbacks, the commisary is world-famous for its cuisine, and a regular supplier of pizza burgers to Ethiopia. Many students leave campus at Iunchtime in search of food that is not 90% soybean. Fast food restaurants are usually packed with hunger stricken students, who always remember to eat a well balanced diet consisting of the four food groups. Nutrition is im- portant to the student body; favorites include bologna McNuggets and tuna fish pudding. Is it any wonder that food is the most important part of a stu- dent ' s life. ' ' 10 Gourmet Taste