Benilde St Margarets School - Sangraal / Benilden Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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Or Bazaar? Though preppy was noT as popular as before, some people sTiII clung faiThfuIIy To Their Izods and duck shoes. While a few oThers leaned To The new wave side of fashion, The resT of The school dressed in classic combinaTions of all of These exTremes. Sophomores RoberTa Buccina and KaTie Harris men- Tioned, Focusing Too much on any one sTer is noT good. You shouldn'T IimiT your choices. AIThough The way some sTudenTs dressed was a reflecTion of The IaTesT fashions, mosT sTudenTs had The basic high school wardrobe: jeans, T-shirTs, sweaTshirTs, Tennis shoes and The ever presenT ST. MargareT's plaid skirT. Above: Senior PeTe Scherer Teaches ThaT The alligaTor is slyer Than The fox. RighT: Junior Mike RobaTin merrily sTudies up on The IaTesT in prep fashion. Fashion 29

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Casual Living, Vogue The Izod oliigoTor did a slow disappearing c:cT among sTudenTs This year. AiThough noT compieTeiy dead, The prep look iT represenTed mode room for CT more Tivo- guish , new wave look. Sophomore Kris Blevens ex- claimed, Til Think punk is The predominonT fashion for 1982. Three of The big iTems To wear This year were knickers, leg warmers and mounToin climbing rwafflei booTs. Knickers were only worn by on odvenTurous few, and They provided The sTudenTs wiTh on aiTernoTive To The usual blue panTs. Leg warmers come in every imaginable color. Many girls boughT Them To chch Their sweoTers and socks. MounToin climbing booTs have been around for a few years, buT They gained much populoriTy This year and many sTudenTs wore Them. rEspeciolly ofTer Mr. Homburge puT Them on a Trial basis because of The scuff marks being found on The floors from ThemQ Some Senior girls were inTo The vogue look. Their apparel consisTed porle of piroTe shirTs, cardigan sweoTers worn backwards, high-heeied booTs, and big, gold leaf earrings. Maureen Kobbe, junior, commenTed, TiThere's so much vorieTy. I like ThGT because iT IeTs everyone be Them- selves. Freshman Jiii Lindbery models The uiTimoTe in prep oTTire e designed T-neck, mono- grammed sweoTer, knickers 0nd Docksiders. We love you, Izod! Oh, yes we do! song some Senior preppeTTes. 28 STudenT Life

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Interstate Hallway r175 4 TTThis is Dwane Garrison of MeTro Hallway ConTroi. There is heavy Traffic beTween 443 and 446, clearing afTer The Commons. Near The Library There is a major backup because of a sTaIied A.V. carT. A reporT from The scene says no injuries have been reporTed and The Hallway PaTroi has been called ouT. IT's a Three minuTe Trip from The library To 436 because of various groups of people sTopping To chaT in The halls. There is anoTher shorT delay passing by The aTTendance office buT iT should be Clear by The sTarT of second hour. Earlier a Two person fighT had backed up Traffic, buT H was quickly cleared by a quick Thinking faculTy member. This reporT is whaT a Typical day Through The halls was like aT BSM. The haiiway problem grew wiTh The increase in en- roilmenT buT There really wasniT much ThaT could be done. Here are some ideas, The admidisTraTion rejecT- ed as being ridiculous, buT some sTudenTs liked Them. 0 Make Frosh walk ouTside The building. 2 TNT The halls for fasT movemenT. 3y Make The Teachers change rooms and have sTu- denTs sTay in The some rooms. AD Hold classes in The downTown lane. The besT approach To geT from one class To an- oTher, was To risk your life and push and shove your way Through The crowds. Jammed hails were a usual occurrence beTween classes. Hey, ke WOW 4 d'dm make These halls. . 430 SiudenT Life