Andrean High School - Decussata Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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i-un ana Games Are your Friday and Saturday nights getting humdrum and routine? Are friends leaving you out of their excursions? Is your dog your best friend? Do you know all of the “Love Boat” crew on a first name basis? If you answered yes to any of these questions you ought to attend sock hops or rec nights sponsored by the Andrean Student Council. At sockhops, headed by commit- tee chairmen Joe Gawor and Janet Biegel, students learn new dances, listen to new songs, and meet new people, even Mr. or Miss Right. Rec Nights, organized by Tony Amore and Lorenzo Imbesi, offer students of all abilities an oppor- tunity to play games such as basketball, wallball, volleyball, dodgeball, and ping pong. These Student Council activities offer something for everyone. John Augsburger and Sue Augsburger definitely have the beat. Freshmen and juniors race to gain possession of the dodge ba 26— Student Life

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Cold Facts When Shakespeare refer- red to “the winter of our discontent,” he might very well have been talk- ing about the winter of 1982. With Arctic cold spells and paralyzing blizzards, this winter was the harshest on record. The mercury plummeted to twenty-six degrees below zero in Indiana, but the thermometer didn’t tell the whole story. High winds created a chill factor of eighty- one below, the coldest ever. Snow storms dumped two-foot winter wonderlands on the ground; power outages were frequent, and sometimes traffic was stifled completely. The wind, snow, and cold also teamed up to make life miserable for An- drean students and facul- ty. Only two snow days were called on account of bad weather, because the snow and freezing cold invariably hit hardest on Friday nights, and cleared up just in time for school on Mon- day mornings. The icy grip of winter held fast until late April, when it finally subsided to make way for warmer summer weather. It isn ' t a bird or a plane — it’s A wind chill factor of sixty Mr. Morgan leaping a snow below sends Rose Sgambelluri pile in a single bound! scurrying to school. Student Life — 25

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Mary Ryan vociferously disputes a call made by referee Marielle Haller. Mary Beth Bonta and Pete Skirpan model Andrean’s own version of New Wave fashions. Marite Badar and Donna Madvek assume a spec- tator position to watch a game of volleyball. Student Life— 27