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

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omfortable cotton cropped ants became more visible ith hotter weather, ophomore Christie Rhodes iks Mrs. Newton a question afore leaving her Advanced ophomore English class, hoto by V. Pai Senior Mike Molloy takes advantage of the senior lunch privileges. Members Only jackets and polo shirts remained popular. Photo by K. Sides Junior Cheri Allen, president eloct of National Honor Society and Junior Class Favorite, wears a current hairstyle. Photo by B. Mitchell As always, concert t-shirts were abundant. Juniors Shar- on Brandle, Leslie Mockler, Richard Palacio and Tammy O’Leary display several new styles. Photo by V. Pai Sophomores Arista Blouin and Jennifer Phcagly enjoy ice cream for desert during second lunch. Many new wavers went to extremes to be different. Photo by V. Pai Fads and Fashions 55

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She-Bop, Bev Hills Cop, Material Girl Fans Follow Fads of Famous North House Attendance office aide. Senior Shelly Hopkins checks in with Office Clerk Mrs. Cochran wcari faded blues. Photo by Sides Gary are ready to bust the popular pep rally bears” wearing sun glasses. Photo by B. Mitchell blue jeans, and sweats • When I get up in the morning, I just put on whatever I feel like wearing. My clothes are not specifically punk, new wave or preppy. I just buy what is 'in',” said Senior Jill Edmunson. For new wavers, day glo, colors so bright that they glow by day, and black were the primary colors. Hair styles ranged from asymetrical and moussed to totally shaved. Large, wide belts that wrapped around once or twice emphasized waistlines. Popular clothing items included large, baggy sweaters, baggy and Guess jeans Toys R Us and Choose Life sweatshirts, colorful sunglasses and Swatch watches. Everywhere I turned, someone had a different Swatch. said Junior Shannon Pratt. Eddie Murphy hit it big and increased his popularity with Beverly Hills Cop. Breakfast Club managed to stereotype many teenagers though entertaining and popular with the young and old alike. Cyndi Lauper showed the world just how much fun she could have with her outrageous hairstyles and clothes. Madonna had many number one hits such as Like A Virgin and Material Girl. Prince and the Revolution had double hits with the album and the movie Purple Rain. Tina Turner made a comeback with her album Private Dancer which included hits What's Love Got To Do With It and Private Dancer. Also Christan Rock gained Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and sung by 43 recording artists, We Are the World was America's answer to Europe's Do They Know It's Christmas. Profits from both records were used to help relieve famine in Ethopla. Photo by L. Cates Sophomores Kristen Kline, Rayelynn Speer, Karen Speanburg and Cassondra popularity and acceptance with premier groups Petra. Resurrection Band and David Meece. Pappasitos. Chili’s. Chi Chi's and Fry's were among the most popular restaurants. Everyone wanted to go out to eat Fajitas. McDonalds. Del Taco. Burger King. Arby's and Pancho's were favorite lunch spots of seniors who continued to enjoy off-campus lunch privileges. I don't think I've ever been so tired of McDonalds in my life - we eat there several times a week. The food isn't great but I usually only spend about two dollars a day, said Senior Shelly Hopkins. By Rae Rabe. Editor-in-Chief. 54 Fads and Fashions

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'Elsik to the Dome, Hastings Stays at Home!’ Win, lose, or draw, the Rams were going to the play-offs at the Astrodome. And on Friday, November 16th. thousands of fans flocked to the Dome to see the Rams clash with the Madison Marlins. It’s more like community pride. I'm proud of our boys (Hastings' football players) for coming out to the dome tonight.” exclaimed Mr. Larry Gallagher, President of the Bearbackers. Though Elsik lost 35-0. the boys still had a lot to be proud of. We came out of what we call death row - Spring Woods. Stratford, Memorial, and Northbrook - with a 3-1 record in district; things kind of fell into place after that, remarked Coach Sciba. After a short string of wins, the players did not expect to lose the Homecoming game to Spring Woods. Senior Doug Schaumburg said. the score will probably be very close, but hopefully we can win as we did last year. As the game progressed, the teams kept the score tied until the final quarter. Just minutes into the fourth period. Spring Woods got its three points on a 34-yard field goal. The Rams didn’t capture their two points until there were merely seconds left to play. For the first time in Elsik's history. Elsik beat Stratford. In the first half, the Spartans held a lead of 3-0. but midway through the third quarter. Junior Curtis Larry, the district’s leading rusher, made a 5-yard scoring run. Then in the fourth, Larry capped the longest drive of the night with a one-yard dive over the center. But Stratford scored, and added the extra point with 1:14 left in the game. The Rams ran out the clock and won. 12-10. “We think you have a fine ball club and you proved it by beating Stratford rather impressively, said Memorial Mustangs’ Coach Wayne Hooks about Elsik's potential. We have to stop Curtis Larry. Larry scored three touchdowns to lead the Rams to a 27-7 - a first time victory over the Mustangs. Memorial' only score was on a 9-yard scramble during the fourth period. For Elsik's third wi of district competitic Carril Cooks intercepted a Northbrook pass anc returned it 40 yards for a touchdown witf 1:30 left in the first half. The Rams held the Raiders' scoring one early touchdowr It came during Northbrook’s first possession of the game. Juniors Curtis Larry and Daryl Orsc accounted for the Ram’s first score. Continued on Page i Varsity Co-District Champs Opp. Score Houston Lee 13-12 McCullough 15-23 Katy 28-23 Spring Woods 2- 3 Stratford 12-10 Momorlal 27- 7 Northbrook 14- 7 Westchester 14- 6 Spring Branch 41-14 Hastings 7- 9 Injured Senior Greg Carlcton, fullback. expresses the ovorall feeling of Ram fans and players. Bouncing back from a 7th place (out of 8) in district last year, the Mighty Rams, after a 14-6 victory ovor the Wildcats, landed a tie for the 1st place title. Photo by K. Groves mmm 56 Varsity Football