Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Do you think that video games bring out violence in children? I think that it depends on the child and its background and past experiences that could trigger a certain reaction: maybe violence. -Heather Stogsdill, 9 Yes, it causes an obscessed feeling towards video games to the point of a one track mind about playing video games constantly. -Michael Zuniga, 12 No, video games are a release of tension instead of smoking pot or drinking. -Darron Harris, 12 No, it's a game for fun. It is no worse than television. -Frode Lund, 12 tProt Nuclear Freeze fCont I believe we already have enough bombs to blow up whoever we want. I think the government should spend its money on making peoples lives better instead of destroying them. -Pam Pniak, 12 We probably have enough arms to blow up the world 50 times, We don't need anymore! lt's against nature and we already ruined enough of it A nuclear arms freeze is the first step toward a total arms reduction. A freeze of nuclear arms will show which countries are really interested in nuclear reduction. -Kevin Leslie, 9 I think the nuclear bomb will just make matters worse, There's enough bombs and wars in other countries as it is. -Dora Martinez, 10 Kerwick, 1 1 sg? K o.ss .g ..-,gp is X , 5 Has the increase of punk rockers at Austin High changed your opinion of newave fashions and hairstyles? They d0n't bother me, though some look funny. -Eric Crawford, 10 The increase in the popularity of punk and new wave styles has not changed my attitude towards the styles as much as the people who have suddenly gone punk because it was what everyone else was doing. -John Mueller, 9 What is your opinion the administration lockers? .sv-xg i i 1 515 I've noticed more people are into newave because of punk. Not too many go as far as getting their hair cut. -Jeannie De Graffenried, 9 As a freshman I didn't quite understand the attitude of punk rockers, but after exposure I reconize the style as acceptable and often fashionable. -Mike Mayfield, 12 about the locks which has installed on all J i oo. gt. X 3113 I don't like the locks, but it's all right. I seewhythey have done it, with a school this big. -Peggy Franklin, 10 I think that students should have their own locks on their lockers to assure privacy of property. -Tito Diez, 12 f - A ,,: ., A student should have the right to buy his own lock. There should be no way for anybody else to enter someones private locker. -Jim Palmer, 11 Lockers are meant for school supplies, any personal or valuable property should be left at home. -Mike Murray, 9

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student viewpoints on policies, attitudes Tabulations of 1982-83 Maroon!Comet Poll 1. Do you have a part-time job? Yes 34M No 6490 No response 206 2. lf your answer to question one is yes , how many hours do you work? Less than 10 12'V. Less than 20 44'Vu More than 20 4s yes , how many hours a week do you work? Less than 10 1206 3. Who do you live with? One parent 3106 Both parents 6406 Relative 2'Vp Guardian 306 No response 606 4. Are you open with your parents about your social life? Yes 5606 No 35M No response 906 5. Can you talk to your parents about sex? Yes 5606 No 4806 No response 406 8. Do you feel it is important to be popular? Yes 3906 No 5506 No response 606 7. Do you plan to go to college? Yes 8206 No 13'-6 Undecided 206 No response 306 B. Do you believe in God? Yes 7806 No 14M No response BW 9. Do you attend church regularly? Yes 3806 No 5606 No response 606 19. Has unemployment affected your immediate family? Yes 15M No BOM No response 5M 11. Do you think pregnancy counseling agencies should be required to notify a teenagers parents when the teenager seeks birth control or pregnancy counseling tthe Squeal rute 1? Yes 1506 No 7906 No response GM, 12. Do you think high school textbooks should include information on venereal disease? Yes 9706 No 206 No response YM, 13. Do you think a specific time should be set aside during the day for school prayer? Yes 16W No 61Va No response 3306 14. What ehould the absence limit be under the attendance WWW , , No limit 27M 10 absences 5806 8 absences 906 5 absences SM No response 306 15. Has raising the drinking age hindered your ability to get alcohol? Yes 16M N0 78M No FBSDODSG 6061 16. Do you favor weighting grades for honors classes when computing grade point averages? Yes 6906 No 26W No response 6WD 17. Do you drink or smoke without your parents' knowledge? Yes 462. No 54'Vo 18. Do your friends pressure you into drinking alcohol? Yes 4'6 No 9106 No response 506 19. Do your friends pressure you into using drugs? Yes 4M No 91'6 No response 506 20. How frequently do you consume alcoholic beverages? Never 3206 Monthly 32'Vo weekly am Daily 2070 21. How frequently do you get drunk? Never 4606 Monthly 3006 weekly 1406 Daily 1 No response 9M 22. Do you favor greater restriction on the availability of hardship driving licenses? Yes 6406 No 35W No response 106 23. Do you favor the proposal to reduce the minimum wage for teenagers? Yes 906 No 91'V. 24. Do you favor capital punishment? Yes 53VQ No 457. No response 1M 25. Do you feel the Ku Klux Klan has a right to march in Austin? Yes 3806 N0 6090 No response 2'6 28. Do you approve of tho job that President Reagan is doing? Yes 42W N0 53W No response 506 27. Do you favor a mutual, verifiable freeze by the U.S. and the U.8.S.R. on nuclear weapons? Yes 7506 No 2506 28. How much do you fear nuclear war? Not at all 2206 Some 5206 A lot 1106 Very much 1406 No response 106 29. Do you favor draft registration? Yes 4706 No 53M 30. Do you favor the equal rights amendment? Yes 40M N0 1606 No response 4406 31. How much money do you spend per week on video games? None 5806 Less than S2 2506 Less than S5 1006 More than S5 706 32. Do you think video games are harmful to your mental health? Yes 16M No 84M 33. Does your home have cable TV? Yes 78M No 2006 No response 206 34. Do you watch MTV? Yes 7906 No 19M No response 206 35. If a presidential election were held today, would you vote for Ronald Reagan? Yes 2206 N0 55'6 No response 27M 38. What is your primary source for news? 1. Television 2. Newspapers 3. Radio 4. Magazines 37. What do you like most about SFA? 1. People . Environment . Lunch . The building . The faculty . Academics . Sports 38. What do you like least about SFA? 1. Absence policy 2 3 4 5 6 7 2. Strictness 3. Not enough school spirit 4. Short lunch 5. Frats 6. Homework Freeze Nuclear Weapons? How important is popularity? Vote for Reagan? 75170 55M 5506 39M 0 256 2206 2706 OM SM 1 For Against No Response Important Not important No response Yes No No reSP0flSe

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Do you think that Reaganomics is guiding us toward economic recovery or another Great Depression? It's not really working. The inflation is down a bit, I believe we are seeing a repeat of the same trends but in doing so unemployment is just too high. as in the early 1900's. Big business corporations ,Soon Conn, 12 are controlling government. We need a president like Teddy Roosevelt to reverse the trend. -Tulio Browning, 11 I think Reaganomics is leading the United States to another Great Depression because the philosophy behind Fteaganomics tends to support big businessthan the peoplethat make it possible for big businesses to run. -Sonya Alexander, 12 i inink that Reaganomics will guide us to another Great Depression because there is nothing going on much. Everything is going down, Businesses are bad nowada s. Y -Piyanuch Sivayu, 10 How has video music either increased or decreased your appreciation for music? You may appreciate the music better if you listen and watch at the same time. Your perception sense increases. -Cesar Contreras, 12 fa This is the first time I have seen a channel with 24 hours of music. Watching this program makes me appreciate a lot of music I have never heard before. -Gabriele Caruso, 11 44 1 1 . K 1 P .vo nf f, ' , ww A . Q..-N ' A . if N A z f Q' if ., 4 t V ab 7 Q if fl 5' , .3 5 4 I think that M-TV should change their videos each week. -Brandy Forrhstone, 11 .W 0 we ,f I .sw , , if. as . . . , ,,' 2..- 1' - 'fi' ef ff' , f W Q 3 ' wr A, X41 f-'G fp f i f f P' tt, 1 ff' Af ' ,V L4 vig. , 9 .1 , .. 1 4 ,ii 'J' 4 1 ' 1 1, i x . J. . . V I think M-TV makes people like music better and shows them different kinds of music and new music. Songs that I didn't like before I like more after I see the video. -Miranda Grieder, 9 How do you feel about the number of permitted absences decreasing from ten days to eight days? I think it's really bad, because if you're sick alot you lose all your credits for the semester. -Chris Cage, 9 lf you can make up all the work then you should pass whether you miss eight or ten days. -Christy Pillot, 9 I think they did a fine job on towering the days. -Lisa Marion, 11 I do not like the idea of only allowing eight days of absences. Last semester I almost had to go before the review board even though I made better than a B in my class. -Robert Richburg, 12 Do you think that Social Security will still be around when you retire? No, because there won't be any life past 1986. -Debbie Ayers, 12 I don't think that Social security will be around when I retire because the Social Security system is going broke and right now they are borrowing money. -Katy Morehead, 9 V l'm pretty sure it will. Many people need it and it won't get thrown away just like that! -Lety Johnson, 9 . ,M I doubt it. The system will change, -Vic Friend, 12 S :XS S X 7' 3 , Xe 45 1 3 sf it W. B . G 3 , eil' ff X ! I