Billings West High School - Westward Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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THIS PAGE:CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: SMILE PLEASE! — Senior Matt Jones is professional at sarcastic smiles. TOP LEFT: CATCH A WAVE! — Junior Tawnie Cartmill “hangs loose” on HA- WAIIAN DAY. BOTTOM RIGHT: LOVE THOSE BEANS. — Junior Erik Hansen, seniors Shane Sauers and Justin Skinn, and ju- niors Brandy Bengoechea and Derik Ol- son ask, “How have you ’bean’ today?” OPPOSITE PAGE: NO SAND? — Mr. Murphy’s Sociology class has every- thing for a beach party except for the beach. 7 SPIRIT WEEK

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“Have some spirit!” West high stu- dents overflowed with school pride dur- ing SPIRIT WEEK ’87. The week be- gan with the semi-unpopular GENER- IC DAY. Supporters wore black and white, while rebels went back in time with togas and hippie clothes. On HAWAIIAN DAY, beach met jungle as surfers and natives roamed the halls. Senior Steve Zuklic commented, “Hawaii isn’t one huge beach. It does have jungles.” In the hall decoration contest, the ju- nior class beat the senior class for the second year. The winning theme was “Bear Town.” The traditional Black and Gold Day was met with almost total participa- tion. Students got out at 1:30 to begin the Bear Feed. After porking out on chicken, everyone gathered in the gym for a pep assembly and activities. The senior football players defeated the var- sity cheerleaders in tug-of-war and the teachers surprised everyone by over- coming the seniors. A bat relay and skit finished out the festivities. “BEEP! HONK! VROOM! SCREECH! CRASH!” Homecoming al- most started with a bang for many stu- dents as a string of decorated cars pa- raded down to Daylis for the big game against Butte. Although the game was lost 21-41, the students could not have been rowdier. “Half the crowd had so much fun cheering, I don’t think they really cared if we lost the game,” said senior Julie Sorensen. The Homecoming Dance started at 9 p.m. and veryone danced to their fa- vorite tunes until 12. Tom Love and Andrea A t- ' were crowned king and queen non .he mu of the dance. All in all, .r.PiRJT WEEK ’87 was one of the row n weeks in a long time. So come n underclassmen, you’re going to have to go b out to pass SPIR- IT WEEK ’87!

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Tests. High school just wouldn’t be complete without them. Teachers give tests to see just how much our brains have absorbed from their skillful teach- ing. Ninety-nine percent of the stu- dents at West High that answered a Westward poll this fall admit to having cheated at least once in their lives on a test. Looking onto another’s test paper seemed to be the “preferred method” of cheating. Most students who answered our poll said they have a preferred method. Why not? Over 45 percent of those polled said they started cheating in elementary school and have had years of practice. Pressure for good grades by parents is something that almost everyone deals with. All of the teachers polled said that there is no justified reason for a student to cheat. One teacher said, “Cheating is really only hurting the student who cheats. Besides not learn- ing the material, they are ethically hurting themselves. I’m sure if the stu- dents who cheat would think about it, they would figure out that they have short-changed themselves. TOP: GROUP EFFORT — Sophomores Troy More, Brad Smith, Mike Sansteng and Craig Stensby make this test a com- bined project. LEFT: TOUGH QUESTION — Junior Cry- stal Price concentrates on a World History test given first semester. RIGHT, BACK TO FRONT: Juniors Brian Duke and Terry Martin study intesely while sophomore Brett McKinney poses for the camera. INTRODUCTION