Benet Academy - Archives Yearbook (Lisle, IL)

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mer of ' 8 1 . While we relished our re- lease, manned summer jobs, and de- voted free hours to heavy tanning ac- tion, Sandra Day O ' Connor became the first woman Supreme Court Jus- tice. In Britain, Americans John McEnroe and Chris Evert-Lloyd triumphed at Wimbledon, as riots subsided in London, leaving the na- tion free to prepare for the wedding of the century. Here at home, groaning as the alarm went off at 3 a.m., we dragged ourselves out of bed to be video witnesses to the marriage of Charles and Lady Di. President Reagan ' s tax cuts were approved while striking Air Traffic Controllers were fired by the thousands. The end of the baseball strike carried with it the notion of split season and Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Tommy Hearns. As anti-nuclear protests in Western Europe and Soviet tanks in Eastern Europe rumbled louder, we made the summer profitable for Hol- lywood, flocking to see the likes of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, SUPERMAN II, and STRIPES. Chi- cagofest and scandal involving Car- dinal Cody ' s alleged diversion of church funds to a friend pre- ceeded our return to school, football games, and sockhops. October through December, as we turned to Homecoming, football playoffs, and Christmas Drive, the na- tion turned to AWACS sales and Mid East turmoils. For us, the Rolling Stones U.S. tour eclipsed reports of huge budget deficits facing Washing- ton. The Los Angeles Dodgers de- feated the New York Yankees in the World Series while the Federal Gov- ernment diverted our attention with rumors of elusive Libyan hit squads. Ronald Reagan talked of winning limited nuclear war and attended the International Summit at Cancun on Third World Poverty. Wayne Wil- liams went on trial for the Atlanta murders, and Richard Allen, Presi- dent Reagan ' s National Security Advisor resigned over scandals in- volving his acceptance of gifts . In contrast to ON GOLDEN POND we pictured the honors of General Jaruzelski ' s martial law in Poland. The governors race between incum- PERSPECTIVE: 1981 REMEMBER? bent Jim Thompson and Adlai back upon 1981, we wonder what Stevenson began in earnest, and 1982 has in store for us, but only time Natalie Wood drowned in a boating will tell, accident at the age of 43. Looking

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Last winter, January through March 1981, remember Midterm, turn- about, basketball playoffs? But also recall Ronald Reagan ' s inauguration and the nation decorated with yellow ribbons as we welcomed the Amer- ican hostages home from their Ira- nian ordeal. While the class of ' 82 sweated SAT ' s and ACT ' s, the world gave us a nightmare of killings in Atlanta, the trial of Mao Tse Tung ' s widow and the gang of four, and Ruth Love as Chicago ' s new school super- intendent. Superbowl XV pitted the Philadelphia Eagles against the Oak- land Raiders, Britain ' s Prince Charles announced his engagement to Lady Diana Spencer, and Walter Cronkite told us the way it was for the last time. A winter of budget cuts, Reagan Red, El Salvador and a new TV show Hill Street Blues was chased by loyal fans through prime-time-slotland. April through June baseball, boys ' tennis, and track seasons, the 50 ' s sockhop, graduation parties, final ex- ams filled our thoughts while Jane Byrne moved from the Gold Coast to Cabrini Green. A nation, horrified by a troubled young man ' s attempt on the President ' s life, increased pro- tests for and against handgun control. Finishing homework during commer- cials, we saw Oscars awarded to Sis- sy Spacek, Robert DeNiro, and the film ORDINARY PEOPLE, and got up early to see Space Shuttle Co- lumbia launched. Adding fuel to the handgun fire was the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. It ' s like shooting God was the stunned global reaction. As France ' s national elections brought Socialist Francois Mitterand to power, Bobby Sands and other hunger strikers made their supreme sacrifice for patriotism. A White Sox winning streak ended with a baseball strike and CTA RTA prob- lems kept us off the trains downtown as public transportation prices soared. Defense buildups and tax cuts captured the nation ' s attention when the President ' s bickering advi- sors didn ' t. Joe Louis ' death was mourned and Israel ' s increasing bel- ligerence caused anxiety. July through September, the sum :

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1978 to 1980