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

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Boys 80% Girls 0% Depends 20% What do you do on a date? Movies 38% Golf 7% Park 14% Dinner 17% Games 5% Other 20% Parties 9% 13 INTRODUCTION

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Is dating a big thing for you? Here is a sampling of West High opin- ion on the subject: Who pays for the date? “The guy, but the girls should help pay for the gas.” Deena Popp, freshman Is meeting your date’s parent a disas- ter? “No — it goes pretty good except when they have to meet my fa- ther!” Nicole Gollick, senior What do you think of long-term rela- tionships? “I think a long-term relation- ship is something that takes a lot of time and ties you down.” Debrah Zurbuchen, freshman Do you kiss on the first date? “Depends on what his breath is like.” Sheridan Gilreath, junior What do you think of staying friends after you break up? “I think it’s a good idea — high school relationships aren’t mar- riages and break-ups aren’t di- vorces.” Sheila Davis, senior Do you find it hard to go out with some- body if they are at a different school or out of town? “Yes, because you never get to see them or get to spend time with them.” Nicole Lindele, sophomore How do you like the hands-off policy? “I partly agree with it. I don’t think it’s necessary to get down and dirty, but : do ink there is anything - i h holding hands and r- . . e at.” fugue, senior THIS PAGE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: LET’S GO — Codele Smith, freshman, pull6 on junior Curtis Tierney's arm in front of the students’ parking lot. STUCK ON EACH OTHER — Dave Thornton, junior, and Ruann Schult, junior, find each other irresistable after school. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP LEFT: NOWHERE TO HIDE — Dana Overstreet, junior, and Chandra Murphy, sophomore, got spotted together in the back of school. MIDDLE: HANGOUT — In the teachers’ parking lot, Scott Dye is all smiles when with girl- friend Heather Gullick, freshman. 12 INTRODUCTION

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At West High the “jocks” sit on jock rock, the “wavers” stand near the of- fice, the “brains” hang out in the cafete- ria, the “freaks” stand out on the cor- ner. What is a freak? Ask people who consider themselves a part of this group and they’ll tell you it is someone who doesn’t mind not “fitting in” to the standard mold. “The poodles give us a bad time be- cause we have different fads,” said Mary Sue Lawrence, senior, when ex- plaining why she doesn’t attend school activities. Besides, according to Danelle Rovai, senior, “School activities should be free.” CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: THE GANG — Tina Bell, junior, Terri Fields, junior. Mar- ySue Lawrence, senior, Heather Larkin, sophomore, Marie Dedmore, sophomore, posed for a group shot in front of Career Center. THE ART OF BEING COOL: J.D. Godfrey, senior, does his “Fonzie” imitation for his friends MarySue Lawrence, senior, Niki Golic, senior, Terri Fields, junior. While hanging out in front of Career Center. OOPS!: Jacob Wallin, sophomore, attempts to play hacky sack while Dave Thornton, junior, looks on. KEEP IT UP: Jeff Berve, senior, gets in a little hacky sack practice between classes at the Career Center. WHAT A SMILE!: Troy Moore, sophomore, takes a break from classes at Career Cen- ter. LOOK MA NO HANDS: Dave Thorton, ju- nior, shows his skill at hacky sack in the faculty parking lot after school. “LIFE IS MY OWN TO LIVE AS MY OWN.” - METALLICA Some people expressed pride in their identitity with groups considered “freaks” by the other members of the student body. “We don’t care if people see us, we are not phony and we learn from our own mistakes, ” said Kari Lynn LaCasse, senior. Even within the rebel group there are divisions. One group stands in the rear of the building and one group stands in the front on the corner. Why? LaCasse, a member of the group in front of the school, said it is a matter if pride in her identity. “We don’t hide anything from anybody and we also don’t pretend.” “We party with the best, they party with the rest!” Rovai shouted. “The people out back are ’wanna be’s’,” Lawrence commented. I 14 INTRODUCTION