Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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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

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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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Mike's pictures cover the year l'm a self taught, learn along the way type of guy. That's what Mike Gomez said about himself. Mike, a senior, is head photographer of the Comet. He says. 'Ilt's fun telling people what to do, but it's also got a lot of responsibilities. Mainly, his responsibilities are making sure everything is covered. l've got to make sure every function in this school is covered adequately in order for it to get decent coverage in the Yearbook, he said. lt was in his sophomore year at Taylor H.S. that Mike started taking pictures. He told of his best friend who helped him in the beginning. He'd sneak me in there lthe photographer rooml to learn howto do it , he stated. That is how he learned most of his photography techniques. The rest he learned along the way. Mike saidthathelikestotake pictures ofnunique and awkward situations. His favorite thing to photograph is frisbee competition. I love getting out in the sun in my shorts and tennis shoes and taking pictures of all the different kinds of people who go there, he said. Mike has other things to do, too. He loves to ride his bike and listen to music. I like a lot of music, he said. Myfavorite bands are the Police and the Rolling Stones. Mike said that one third of the money he earns working at Dan McKlusky's Butchery, goes for concerts and music. Mike also has hopes of leaving the country. After l've found myself, I plan to to to Europe, preferably Ireland or Poland, until my money runs out, he said. Mike's great-grandmother came from Ireland and his grandmother would tell him stories about her mother and that country. He also said that he would like to start a revolution in Poland. Everyone has their own American dream, and mine is to kick the Soviets out of Poland. Life should be lived to its fullest, he stated. And there's know doubt, his will be. ,David Sanders 352 . . j VaIerie's interests include politics, law l've always been interested in politics, and I want to become a lawyer, explained the fall semester Student Council President, Valerie Castanon. As an underclassman, Valerie really got involved with the Student Council and was ajunior class officer. As her senior year came around, her friends urgently encouraged her to run for President of the Student Council. Thefall of '82 began with Valerie as president and Sue Patrick, the new sponsor. I expected the year to be totally different than the years before, said Valerie. We had a new sponsor, and the teachers were more strict on the council. It was a chalIenge. Valerie was most proud of the addition of the Safety Commission Committee, the Homecoming activities and the positive turnout of the Spring Thing hearings. The fall semester council got alot done for the student body, she said. Valerie is also a member ofthe National Hispanic Institute tNHll. This organization motivates Hispanic people of Austin to accept leadership within themselves. In the summer of '82, Valerie and the NHI worked with the Texas Legislature. ln her senior year, she took Street Law and Government and claimed those classes to be her favorite. She also took her second year of French and advises other students to take the course. Valerie applied to Standford University and the University of Texas in hopes of carrying out her plans of being a lawyer. I think she is fantastic because she's efficient and so nice and considerate. She is always there when I need her, said the first floor secretary, Diana Gaslin. Maybe that is why Valerie was Student of the Month in December. I was so surprisedg it was a total shock! she said of the honor. -Melanie DuPuy Jason 's running helps Jason Burton, senior, started cross country, track, and soccer his freshman year at Austin High. Along with the team sports, he has kept busy with activities in and out of school. As a member of the cross country team, Jason helped the team win first place in the South Texas region. He came in 34th in a statewide run, and was the second incoming Maroon. Perhaps Jason's running skills help his soccer playing. He has received valuable recognition for the sport. Last year he was one of the selected halfbacks to play for Austin's All Star Team at the end of the season. The team played a tournament in San Antonio and won. This year he holds the position of All District soccer player. Not only does Jason run for the sporting aspect, but he also runs the Community Service Committee of the Student Council. This committee creates community awareness. Burton supervises occasional State School visits and the canned food drive during the holiday track, soccer teams season. Mud wrestling at the Spring Thing is Burton's favorite contribution, for he came up with the brilliant idea and built the durable mudpit. Jason seems to find pleasure outside of school as well. He loves to cliff dive at local lakes, go snorkling in Hawii, and visit other countries such as Mexico, Japan, and parts of Europe. But his most interesting activities are either experimenting with new cereals or being a full-fledged member of the IBCA llmported Beer Consumers of Austinl. IBCA is a group of Austinites that not only taste test imported beer, but collect rare imported bottles, have open public parties and publish newsletters concerning the best and latest imported beer. In the future, Burton hopes to be accepted in the Plan ll program at the University of Texas where he wants to continue to play soccer. After college he has no idea what he is going to do except possibly be an Asparagus Farmer in Bulgaria. -Melanie DuPuy eatures