Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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Bob Lucero Korie Lundberg Chad Lundquist Shawn Lunt Daron Malpnbo Scott Marcelis Rick March SOPHOMORES '82 Jim Martin John Martin Mike Martin Liz Martinez Steve Mashhoon Belinda Mathie Annette Maurer Todd Mayhew Andy McAnaily Eddie McBride Jerri McBride Gib McDougal Kristen McLeish Jan McLeland Shelly McLinn Brent McMullin Jett Mecham John Mecham Lisa Medline Teresa Melendez Randy Mellenthin Paula Meyers Robert Meyers Kristie Meyrick Vicki Micklos Russ Middleton Tracie Middleton Chris Miler Brad Mils Todd Mine Jon Mineer Blake Mitchell Con Mitchel John Mitchell Layne Moffitt Bryant Moore Corey Moore Richard Moore James Morales Chris Morten sen Jeanne Mossman Doug Mounteer 194 Sophomores

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Beware! 1 l ang Knows All And Tells All. Two o'clock on a warm, hazy afternoon—a faint hum fills the still air of the math office on the sec- ond floor as the Wang 2200 pre- pares for another day's work. It sits ominously like a mystical diety, a watcher, a ruler, but yet some- times the nemisis of some students of Alta High. The Wang 2200. this mysterious figure, is the attendance comput- er for Alta High School. It monitors and prints out absences (excused and unexcused), check ins and outs, vacation releases, activities, and sluffs for every student, every period, every day of the school year. Each day 112 teachers feed the Wang 2200 about 1000 indi- vidually punched computer cards, containing the names, periods, classes, and teachers of each stu- dent reported absent from class. The Wang digests these cards in about two hours and burps out an absentee list containing about 250 names. Any absence from any class, or all classes, places a student's name on the daily ab- sentee list. This list is divided into four class columns and often runs 8-10 pages. The Wang 2200 does not exist to catch students with unexcused absences, it merely is the slave of the cards sent to it each day and must faithfully spew out the infor- mation fed it. But yet Wang, for students with too many absences may be friend and foe. He may expose those who play the system or may warn those who need a protector. Wang has a memory that lasts about nine weeks. He stores all in- formation on every student in the school and gives the attendance office a quarterly summary. This in- formation is sent to the district and state to secure allocation monies to support the school and thereby feeds Wang. So BEWARE WANG!! He knows all and tells all. Sophomores 193

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Kent Mounteer Lisa Mounteer Mike Moyes Jean Murray Chuck Myers Marcey Myrick Wendy Myrick Believe It! It's All There In Black And l ilhite. Sophomores 195 Did you notice something differ- ent about all those handouts you received this year? Got it? Well if you hadn't noticed, they were all printed in black and white rather than in the traditional purple, ditto ink. The story behind this earth-shak- ing difference was the installation of a new Xerox copier in the teachers' workroom. “Mr. Xerox , a nine-foot machine, complete with sorter sits waiting to turn out reams of work- sheets for work-hungry students. The new machine directly photo- graphs an original copy using regu- lar paper. The copies turned out were easily readable. Mr. Xerox could even reduce printing size so two pages of type could be put on one page, and could print on both sides of the paper Teachers found “Mr. Xerox slower than ditto printing, and with all teachers clammering to use one machine, long lines often formed. Some teachers even suggested a reservation system or a Baskin-Rob- bins number taking system be in- stalled. But all in all, the new copier provided teachers and students with better copies of their work. Kyong No Lane© Naylor Jay Neiheisei Barry Nelson Kenny Nelson Nancy Nemanic Lori Neve