Bellevue West High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, NE)

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Pausing to smile for the camera between classes is Yuri Miyata. Enjoying an American class, Katarina Rundstrom learns some- thing new each day. Giving us his best American-style pose is Holger Geiss. .rf Adventures in America Adjusting to a new country while trying to finish high school would be difficult for most of us, but West's foreign exchange students looked at this as an opportunity of a Iifetime as they approached the year with great enthusiasm. Eighteen- year-old Katarina Rundstrom, a senior from Sweden, said that in America there is much more school spirit. In Sweden, you have to join sports and activities outside of school and Katarina admitted that this was boring. A seventeen-year-old senior from West Germany, Holger Geiss felt that many Americans take life and their jobs less serious than in Germany. He thought that Americans are a little too superficial in the behavior to each other. Cristina Kaiser, a senior who is also from Germany, is seventeen. She couldn't wait to come to America because she felt it was an opportunity of a lifetime. In Germany, school for Cristina starts at 8:00 am and ends at 1:00 pm with no lunch hour. From Japan, senior Yuri Miyata, 18, says that her country is small but has many people who aren't very different from Americans. She really misses her beautiful country, especially the ocean, but she really likes it here. ln Japan everybody studies so hard especially seniors study hard to enter coIIege. Yuri takes ten different subjects in Japan, six one day and four the next. Her favorite subject is English, which she has studied for six years. But here, the English class is very difficult because I can't read the books, said Yuri. Both Katarina and Holger agree when it comes to dating in the United States. They both feel that it is too formal. When we go out on the weekend or during the week, we just go together in a large group of about ten or fifteen and everyone pays for themselves. If I go out with just my girlfriend, sometimes I pay or sometimes she does, said Holger. I haven't been here very long yet, but hopefully I will get a lot of good experience. I've learned how to live in another country, how to speak English a little better, and how to be a little more independent, commented Katarina of her benefits of life in America.

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West Students at Home XF? was ts.. 4 Top left, Billy Wade poses with his catch after a successful fishing trip. Top right, Steve Rikkers, the 9th ranked Nebraska skier, gets in some early action on the Fontenelle slopes on October 10. Bottom left, Kerry Stites at home with mom, aide Tami Stites. Bottom right, Tony Moore and Jennifer Brown celebrate at Tony's post-game birthday party. ' . ' ff ,Mmm We 7- i A ,QQWQ

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What Do Students Hope For The Above, Alex Fairlie and Charmaine Martinez pretend to be while they wonder who that other guy is. Don Craine and Kirk Present? So, what are the hopes, you ask? Most people are hoping for the usual. Y'know, good grades, new friends and lots of fun. But we want details! Really, we want to know. Well, let's start at the beginning, sophomores. Most of them don't know what they want. Some of them are wishing to be relieved of the confusion clouds they've been floating under since the end of the summer. Some of them are going for the sports side of school. Y'know, letters, tro- phies, awards. But most of them would be satisfied just making it through the year. Anyway, moving right along, we have the juniors. They're all hoping that the special someone they're thinking of is thinking the same of them. There were also a few original ideas, though: like, to find a prom date and a tuxedo that fits. That doesn't seem too unreasonable, but for those of you seniors who are trying to pass Mr. Kallemeyn's government class, that's another story. And, of course, the thing on all their minds-to graduate. Good luck, studying Albright show off yet another masterpiece. Below right, Tim guys! Beninato and Heather Wolfe find time for a quick conversation dur- ing a passing period. l pf 3 5-we N. . . .. ...Q W, t.. , ss. .,,,. . ts.- tu .at -. .25 t Q . X Q , xxx ,sl N . ti - . , - st xx. it X w,,,,,..,.,.. k .K F. Q .X li. 5 lu S