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

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INTERMISSION 10 Freshmen survive slave sale It was my turn. I stood in the middle of the stage and wondered what those seniors were going to do to me. I was shaking, but as I looked around, I noticed that there were 82 other freshmen just as scared as I was. Someone dressed in a Ku Klux Klan outfit ordered me to start doing pushups. I thought, “Am I the only one who is embarrassed, or has everyone experienced this? The students were cheering and hollering at the auctioneer, “Make him sing the fight song; make him wiggle for us!” Trembling with fear, ail I could hear was the auctioneer telling them to start their bidding. My knees began to wobble. It seemed like everyone’s eyes pinned me to the stage. I began to wonder, Did I wear the same color of socks? Oh my gosh, is my hair combed?” Okay, $10, do I hear $12? Going once, twice, sold! As my sellers led me to my owner, I realized that the slave sale was going to be only a beginning of my freshman memories. ... The Senior Class kicked off their moneymaking year by raising $850.00 at the slave sale. Randy Tryon sold for the most which was $70.00 at the auction block. The next day on campus there were slaves tied to the freshman lockers with toilet paper. Some had steer horns on while others wore pickles around their necks. There were show girls, housewives, and babies seen all over campus. .. . Well, I made it through Friday. As I looked in the mirror on Monday morning, there was no more pink hair, no baby bottles, everything was back to normal. But I’d better start saving my money because next year I’m going to be a sophomore. I can’t wait to get revenge and own a few slaves myself, no matter what the cost! Becky Hawthorne leads Robert Auza with a horse's lead rope on Slave Day Buying a slave, Mr. Ram negotiates with seniors Claudia Reyes. Sara Grande, and Cecilia Sandoval. Wendy Durning bravely sings the Fight Song during the slave sale

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9 INTERMISSION Groups give feeling of belonging The loud buzzer went off just as the basketball swished through the hoop breaking the tie and winning the game. The explosion of sound filled every crevice of the gymnasium. It was at such moments that Antelope students felt that they were a part of something big. They had something in common: Ram Pride. Afterwards, however, students would break up into many small groups and circles of friends. Students felt a sense of belonging to the school through the group they associated with. There was nothing wrong with being in a group as long as everyone knew when to come together as a whole. A person could easily distinguish the different groups of students. The compound was the place where the largest number of groups gathered. The benches which lined the side of the south building were always occupied by small gatherings. One might also see the guys who lined the wall outside the principal’s office. They were always outfitted in their white T-shirts and Khaki pants and were constantly on the lookout for girls strutting around campus. . The sounds that drifted from the lockers made curious passersby wonder on whose territory they were trespassing. A group of scholars who always seemed to carry a computer or math book could surely be seen in this area arguing in a friendly way over some difficult problem. On one bench the shy freshman girls would sit watching for that fantasy group of senior boys while another bench was occupied by the “partiers” planning their next home game victory celebration. Occasionally, the familiar circle of girl friends passed, parading through the middle of the locker area, to receive the expected hi’s,” compliments, whistles, and catcalls. Even the library was claimed by many groups as the “get together” place during lunch hour. Students used the library as the place to play chess with their friends or compare their homework to their best friend's. It was sights such as these that gave proof that even the library had “group-mania. The best thing about this group consciousness was that many students belonged to more than one group. All of the different cliques, groups, and close friends gave Antelope the sense of liveliness, busyness, and, of course, variety. These were the same groups that gave the students the feeling that they belonged in the school. The feeling of belonging was what seemed to unify the school. That feeling of being a part of the school certainly showed through; ask anyone who attended a basketball thriller and sat in the student section. Mr Joder, American History Government teacher, stars as Sly Scaven- ger in the Community Theatre's production, “A Golden Fleecing.

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11 INTERMISSION Kam Burks shakes her boodie for the student body during the slave sale. Kaulee Pierson shows off her fat tummy as she walks down the sidewalk on slave day. Angel Herrera and Maria Ortega dress their slave Lucia Fonseca as a little girl.