Antelope Union High School - Desert Sands Yearbook (Wellton, AZ)

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Looks Can Fool The Closest Observer When the 1982 Desert Sands yearbook was distributed last May, the students at Antelope had mixed feelings about the cover, which was a map of the area done in watercolor paints. One student thought it looked like a comic book and wasn’t “classy” enough. Another thought it looked like it had been done in a hurry. However, others liked the cover very much. One student, a junior, thought it was “cute” and many others felt it was very interesting to follow the roads on the map. But whether each student liked the cover or not wasn’t a major concern, what really mattered was that they liked the inside, which happily most of them did. The point is, you can’t judge a book, or anything else, by its cover. People are often judged by their “covers” or looks. Some common examples are sex, race, color, age, weight, and height. Many people base their opinions of someone solely on that person’s appearance. For instance, if a student from the eastern United States came to our school, he might stand out like a sore thumb because of the way he dressed and spoke. He might have a difficult time making friends. Often when a student doesn’t wear certain brands of expensive clothes, like OP, Sasson, and Jordache, he might be ignored and not given a chance by others to be friends. They might really like him if they waited to get to know him before judging him by his appearance. Students aren’t the only people to be misjudged. Some teachers are unfairly labeled “strict,” “boring,” “mean,” and “Slavedriver.” For example, if a student who always disrupts class by making jokes, has a teacher who is very serious about teaching, they may not get along very well and the student may call the teacher a “strict ol’ grouch, or worse, even though the teacher really does care about the student. Through the years many people have realized that judging by appearances is wrong, so they thought up bright cliches to be reminders. Some are “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” “beauty is only skin deep,” and “all that glitters is not gold.” “Appearances can be deceiving” and many times they are. Though this yearbook looks like a magazine, it really isn’t. A magazine is a collection of stories about current news and fashions, but a yearbook is a book of past news and fashions. It’s a book of remembrances. So you see, you can’t judge a yearbook by its magazine cover! Cruz Carillo, Renae Robinson, Joel Conner, Joe Ray, and Kenneth Bump listen intently during a November VICA meeting. 2

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Periodicals Bring The World Home Tom Selleck, Brooke Shields, Princess Grace, Princess Diana, and Elizabeth Tay- lor stared at the girl. She reached out and plucked Tom Selleck from the rack. Many teenagers buy magazines every day. It seems there is a magazine to suit everyone’s tastes. There are magazines about fashions, foods, rock music, coun- try music, celebrity gossip, current events, cars, stereo equipment, the list goes on and on. Students at Antelope read many maga- zines, everything from Bride’s World to Science Digest. Mary Gutierrez even has subscriptions to two very different maga- zines, Bon Appetit and Car and Driver. Most popular magazines read at Ante- lope have a little bit of everything in them. For example, Seventeen, which is read by almost every girl, has fashion trends, makeup tips, advice columns, and stories about teenage life. “It has so many different articles and that makes it inter- esting,” said Annette Thompson about the magazine. Other magazines focus on one subject. Q-VO, which is about lowrider cars, is read by many students here at Antelope according to Lucy Icedo. “If you like low- riders, you’ll probably like a magazine about them,” she said. A magazine doesn’t have to be directly related to teen life to be read by teens though. Some students, like Sarah Babb, read Good Housekeeping and McCalls. Some students have just one favorite they read. Curt Callaway said, “I don’t read very many magazines, just Three Wheeling, and maybe TV Guide to see what’s on. Magazines give you information, ideas, entertainment, relaxation, and perhaps most important of all, a chance to dream. Oh, I do love Magnum! Annie Auza sets the volleyball up for Cindy Tryon during the San Pasqual game. Rachel Garrett, Tanya Rush, and Stephane New- man show school spirit by dressing up. Johny Rivas works out in the gym during weight training class. Elane Morris reads a popular magazine in the li- brary.