Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Everyone You Meet Is Gabbing In His Seat Gossip columnist Rona Barrett could make a for- tune if she came to the VHS football stadium on Friday nights. But only if she brought her little notebook and pen and sat in the students’ section of the bleachers. In other words, if you want to know anything about anyone, Friday night football games are the place to be. Half the kids sit and talk about what they’re going to do after the game — the basic gabbing, but not many people actually watch the football team,” said junior Larry Wright. Junior Carolyn Miller agreed. People do what- ever they think is fun — which usually doesn’t in- clude watching the game!” Others have a different opinion. I do watch the game,” said senior Laura Geiss, but I also like to talk. Football games are great because they give us a chance to relax and enjoy the beginning of the week- end.” Remarkable as it may seem, throughout this great social event known as a football game” there is ac- tually a football game tak- ing place. Isn’t that what the fans are paying for? Yes and no. Most people talk, joke around, and flirt, unless they have a boyfriend in the game. Then they try to watch it!” said junior Me- lanie Kolczak. Occasionally you en- counter the rowdier bunches in the stands. Some people throw kids down the bleachers,” said sophomore Cathy Brown. Equally noticeable as the rowdies, but not quite so physical, a few students are always on hand to be gen- erally obnoxious,” as junior Mark Mather put it. While Rona Barrett may not make the kind of bucks she used to earn tattling on the big guns in Hollywood, VHS football games could provide a possible setting for her. — Karen Mutka Money For Nothing . . . Music On TV A highly contagious epi- demic has hit Valparaiso, as well as the rest of the Unit- ed States. Symptoms in- clude uncontrollable fits of humming and toe tapping and a tendency for the eyes to cross while listen- ing to the radio. Doctors are working furiously for a cure to this dreaded dis- ease — MTfeVer. While this situation may be fictional, the possibility of its occurance is not com- pletely out of the question. Since 1981, people in ap- proximately 26.6 billion American homes have been demanding, I want my MTV!” Undoubtedly almost all of them spend some part of each day camped out in front of the television to watch the latest rock vid- eos on this 24-hour cable channel. The success of MTV has proven that just as peanut butter and jelly go hand in hand, so do music and tele- vision. ”1 think MTV has been a hit because teenagers like music and television, and when you put the two to- gether, you’ve got some- thing they’re going to really love!” said sophomore Car- issa Casbon. — Karen Mutka 10 HOTTEST VACATION SPOTS Florida California Colorado Hawaii Texas Mexico Europe Arizona Michigan New York BIGGEST FADS OF 1986 Stirrup pants Short hair Baggy clothes Oversized sweaters Paisleys Swatch watches Lace Windsurfing Plastic Bracelets Jean Jackets DESPITE THE BAD weather, sen- iors Lindsey Powell and Leah Cam- plan watch the action at a football game between VHS and Gary Roo- sevelt. VHS won the game 36-12. MTV IS A cable network that pre- sents music news and rock videos 24 hours a day. Five part-time VJs serve as commentators for the channel — Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood and J.J. Jackson.

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Wet your whistle, dance up a storm It’s Making Cents VHS has several hot spots, or places where stu- dents congregate at a given time. Among these hot spots are the commons area, the cafeteria, and the school library. However, on Friday nights, the biggest hot spots in the school are the two water fountains by the north balcony. Because on Friday nights, students push their school books aside to grab their dancing shoes and sweat up a storm at post game soc hops. Soc hops are a blast, but unless you have shorts on, you’re camped out at the water fountains every oth- er dance,” said senior Me- lissa Eddy. HOT AND SWEATY from several rounds on the dance floor, stu- dents take time out for a drink of water. Throughout each post- game sockhop, throngs of stu- dents typically visited this conve- niently located water fountain. JUNIORS NANCY BROOKS, Jin Jin Charon, and Karen Carichoff flag down motorists passing the junior class car wash. The trio split their time at the car wash between washing cars and attracting busi- ness to the fundraiser. Also, the main function of a water fountain, besides the obvious, is to provide a haven for students wishing to escape the dance floor during slow songs or other unpopular tunes. During a slow song or during an unfamiliar song, when I don’t want to be in an uncomfortable situation, I go out by the water foun- tains. That’s where every- one goes,” said Senior Deanne Spejewski. Even though rock and roll and water fountains may not seem to have a direct connection, one thing really does lead to the other. — Karen Mutka What can you do with a spare bull horn? Group together about 20 or 30 high school students (preferably juniors), buy some Turtle Wax Zip Wax, and have a car wash. It’s a fool-proof plan for a successful fund-raiser. About 30 junior class members put this plan into action during the early hours of September 14, 1985. Why would all these kids give up precious hours of sleep, as well as risk a possi- ble case of dishpan hands, just to wash a few cars? Well, first of all, it wasn’t just a few cars. It was more like about 75 cars,” ac- cording to junior class trea- surer Andy Griffin. Secondly, it was fun. We’re all having a good time,” said junior class president Larry Wright, 12 Mini-mag We’re lucky because the weather is nice; it’s a great day for this car wash.” Student enthusiasm also contributed to the success of the car wash. In high spirits, students like Jeff Osterhout, dressed as a Chinaman, back-flipped and break-danced up and down Campbell Street to at- tract attention. Needless to say, their efforts were suc- cessful. Osterhout and oth- ers performing equally at- tention-grabbing stunts managed to reel in car after car. Meanwhile, the junior class reeled in the bucks — a grant total of $250.00, all of which went toward pur- chasing prom decorations, according to junior class co-sponsors Rhonda Yelton and Mara Fiegle-Hicks. — Karen Mutka Cf j p iu —

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SOPHOMORE PAUL VENTURA takes time to read signs and post- ers hanging in the locker of junior Melissa Hutton. Hutton installed an extra shelf in her locker by sus- pending a milk crate from string attached to hooks in the locker. BEFORE OR AFTER school practice it is not uncommon to see athletes doing homework in a quiet corner. Time must be budgeted. Students often had to take any spare time they could find to study. All That Snaz In the classic movie The Wizard of Oz,” Judy Gar- land repeatedly insists, There’s no place like home.” However, many VHS stu- dents disagree with her. My locker is kind of a mess and kind of plain, but 1 love it. It’s my home away from home,” said senior Rod Standiford. Your locker is an exten- sion of your home,” agreed junior Jason Freitag. If this is the case, then VHS has about 1,100 homes away from homes, all sold” on the first day of school. Each locker, once little more than a large metal box, changed to reflect the personality and interests of its owners as the year pro- gressed. I like our locker because of how we decorate it. We have lots of pictures up and a big basket filled with can- dy,” said junior Nancy Brooks. The most exciting thing in my locker is a Calvin Klein underwear ad,” said sophomore Kim Sovich. Others find that an over- active imagination can pre- sent problems between locker partners. I have mixed feelings about our locker — it’s in- teresting, though. I like it. but I think all the little notes taped up all over the place are a bit too much,” said sophomore Christa Eich- berger. I’ve got lots of books everywhere. There’s no room for anything else in my locker,” said sopho- more Marc Hamacher. Even though Judy Gar- land thinks that there’s no place like home, many of the more creative students of VHS strive to achieve that atmosphere in their lockers. — Karen Mutka On Being Vikings viking (vT ' king), n. I. any of the Scandinavian pi- rates who plundered the northern and western coasts of Europe from the 8th to 10th centuries. 2. a sea-roving bandit; pirate. What does it mean to be a Viking? The word Viking makes me think of being short and fat with a beard and little horns!” said junior Mary Bielich. A Viking is a warrior- like figure with a beard who will do everything in his power to get things done,” said senior Kevin McBride. Has VHS, in fact, made a foolish decision by choos- ing a sterotypically short, fat man as a symbolic re- presentative of the school in its athletic endeavors? No. While the Vikings terrorized the people of various European countries for more than 300 years, they weren’t such a bad bunch of guys. Some of the best ship builders of their time, the vikings spent a lot of time exploring the seas, particu- larly the North Atlantic Ocean. Moreover, many historians credit them with being the true discoverers of America. The word viking” also has an interesting history. To go a-viking,” meaning to go fighting as a pirate or warrior and was a common Scandinavian expression in the 800s. Hence, this misunder- stood group of savages” was actually as ferocious as the more flamboyant war- riors — the Pirates, Indians and Trojans, and who re- present our rival schools to- day. — Karen Mutka 14 Mini-mag