Alief Elsik High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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FCA Every two weeks on a weeknight. a group of girl athletes and cheerleaders gathered in a kitchen then migrated to a living room. They did not cook, but told stories, munched away and occasionally douced Junior Lisa Schultz's coke with Picante sauce. These bi-monthly occurrances marked the openings and closings of the Girl’s Fellowship of Christian 140 FCA The body language expressed by J. Johnson, C.A. Adams. W. Pena, L. Lawless, C. Brown, J. Miller, E. Epplcr, and L. Rodgers show how comfortable they are meet- ing at Junior Carroll Ann Adams’s house to hear Senior Wcndi Pena’s lesson. Photo by Mrs. Adams Officers: Front: Vice President C.A. Adams, President W. Pena; Back: Treasurer Public Relations Head J. Johnson, Secretary L. Lawless. Photo by L. Cates. FCA: Front: C. Shine. L. Schultz, K. Nippcrt; 2nd: L. Lawless, C.A. Adams, K. Adams, J. Miller; Back: D. Shrout, L. Sturn, W. Pena, J. Johnson. Photo by L. Cates Emphasizes God And Sharing Athletes meetings. Under direction of Mrs. Leribes, health teacher and soccer coach, FCA members took turns preparing lessons for meetings from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes study guide. These lessons were particularly helpful to the athletes because they taught the importance of keeping God before success. According to Treasurer Public Relations Head Julie Johnson fall membership was low because, “It's been a busy season.” Membership grew slightly later. Because membership was small and the meetings took place at member’s homes instead of at school, members relaxed and responded emotionally and often supported each other and gave each other advice. Mrs. Leribes, who had sponsored Girl's FCA for two years, offered support and helped with organizing lessons until late February, when she had her baby. Seeing the need for a new sponsor. Mrs. Pena, President Wendi Pena's mother, offered to be the new sponsor. Usually FCA sends its officers to FCA convention. However, because of the disappointing organization they encountered last year they decided not to g this December. They did have a small Christmas party at Vice President Carroll Ann Adam's house. In the spring they i planned to participate in a charity Jog-A-Thon. By M. Brown, Organizations Editor !

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mpage Reporter Dan Iman gets initiated by lot Segal during the ILPC nventlon. By the end of the tlatlon, Dan was covered with shaving cream, coke, and food scraps obtained from dinner. Photo by V. Pal » i I 1 |! • 5 nlor Rampage reporters I” Burt and Teen” msen make layout worknlght a fun balance of work and play. Photo by K. Groves Ramblings and Rampage Staff Enjoy Award-Winning Year Noelle, Rae, and Lisa, theflrst to lottor In yearbook, Rampage: Front: P. Regan, A. Sanchez; 2nd: J. Stacy, K. Dietrich, B. Neyens, S. Garvin, G. Simmons, E. Segal; participated on staff two years. 3rd: T. Stinson, C. Carpenter, D. Brantley; Back: D. Blllman, L.A. Rushing. It’s a great test to show how much responsibility you have,” commented Ramblings Staffer Eric Hudson. Many new staff members felt this way as deadlines intensified. “You must be prepared to be 100% loyal. You’ll sometimes have to put it first. There's a lot of work involved. said Rampage Reporter Tracy Stinson. By second semester, both staffs were caught in a whirlwind of excitement. The Texas High School Press Association ranked the Ramblings 6th, and Rampage 11th in state; and Texas Press Women awarded Rampage Editor-In- Chief Audra Sanchez 1st in state for an Editorial and 3rd in state for a News Story. Rampage Copy Editor Barbie Neyens placed 1st in state for a Feature. We really didn't expect to do that well, so it was a wonderful surprise.” said Ramblings Editor Rae Rabe. In March came the trip to Austin for the International League Press Conference and more awards. Both staffs enjoyed three busy days in Austin attending workshops and an awards ceremony. The Rampage achieved an Award of Distinguished Merit making them one of the top papers in Texas. Photographer Lee Cates placed 1st in state for his football photograph, and 2nd for his portrait of Shannon Collins. Rampage Editor Audra Sanchez said, We knew our paper had improved from the year before, but it was hard to predict what the judges were going to think. When they called out our name it seemed like all the hard work we had Dut in finally paid off.” Mrs. Ritter is an excellent teacher If it weren't for her there wouldn't be a staff. We’re like a big family.” said Rampage Ad Manager David Brantley. It’s the only class I can have fun in. You get to do your pages the way you want to do it.” commented Ramblings Ad Manager Noelle Miller. The memories these two staffs shared will last forever. Like Dan Billman’s initiation at ILPC, playing tag at 12 midnight at the Ramada Inn Capitol, where are my books?; worknights. journalism romances such as Lea Ann and Clayton, dancing. Edward, letterjackets, the candy jar, the May banquet, Vivek’s focusing. Billum's retainer, hallway conferences, and Mrs. Ritter’s shrill whistle followed by her sing-song voice yelling Clean Up at the end of each class. Both staffs worked equally hard so it wasn't a surprise when the UIL contest results came in. Audra Sanchez placed 2nd in News Writing and in Features, Barbie Neyens, 3rd for a Feature, Lea Ann Rushing - 4th in News Writing, and Elliot Segal 6th in Headline Writing, finally. By S. Reis, Reporter Ramblings-Rampage 139

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Students For Christ Elicits Large Response | Remember the ampus Youth Club? le CYC was an iiofficial club of hristian students that et for Bible study st year. Congress id prevented ligious organizations am meeting in public :hools. Last summer, is changed. When ligious clubs could Emerald Bowl, Senior A. milla confounds himself d fellow bowlers with his be legally school sponsored again. Senior Terry Cummings, Junior Chris Theofanidis, and Sophomore Steve Kachilla began making plans. These original CYC members and sponsor Mrs. Lewis organized non-denominational Bible studies to take two strikes. Photo by R. Chamblee place at 7 a.m. on Tuesday mornings. Attendance peaked at over 50 people. The membership size surprised many people. Senior Hollie Fowler commented, Without SFC I would have never known how many Christians I was surrounded by. Mrs. Lewis explained that. Coming from a year that’s been suppressed, students take charge. Attendance slumped from November to January. Original plans for picnics, church tours, and Christmas carolling were cancelled. To revive membership, efforts were concentrated on re-organization and advertising. Senior Terry Cummings was appointed social chairperson to publicize upcoming events and speakers. Sophomore Lee Koch was made librarian and compiled a list of Christian books and albums members agreed to lend out. Besides Bible study, the club ordered sweatshirts, entered a band in the talent show and helped Hastings start a SFC. Efforts to begin SFC at Stratford failed due to a lack of administration consent. Sophomore Wing Ng was the designer of the SFC emblem. The word Yaweh on their shirt means God.” The Jewish faith considers the word, god. so sacred that they spell it YWH so it would not be pronounced. Later vowels were added. In February Senior Jonathan May decided to organize The Light, a Christian band, for the talent show. Members included: Jonathan May, Chris Theofanidis, Junior David Svoren, Junior Mike Handel, Junior Erica Chang, and Senior Teri Perez. Also on February 16 SFC members went to Emerald Bowl. By M. Brown. Organizations Editor Rehearsals at the Church of the Southwest arc a mixture of hard work, praise, and fun. The band includes S. Ka- chilla, D. Svoren, C. Theofanidis, J. May, M. Handel. Photo by C. Long SFC: Front: S. Reis, M. Ma, A. Bonilla, Mrs. Lewis, T. Cummings, M. South, S. Aitchinson, S. Kachilla. F. Loc; 2nd: C. Doan, H. Fowler, R. Schmidt, L. Bowman, S. Pratt, C. Carpio, C. Grant, C. Theofanidis. N. Orsak; 3rd: C. Yang, J. Parker, S. Doria, L. Mather. C. Harris, B. Tenney, T. Burns, J. Ceasar, C. Long, S. Malaguilla; 4th: A. Mala- guilla. C. Rhodes, R. Bennett, L. Koch, W. Ng, C. Mackey. K. Brubaker, N. Kagan. R. Fullerton, T. Thomas: Back: G. Wu, J. May, M. Merideth, D. Svoren, E. Chang. R. Chamblee, W. Sabula, T. Klzzlar, M. Waite Students For Christ 141