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

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 To see what else Is going on. — Michelle Parry, senior To hang out with friends. — Mike Gambill. senior SILENT NIGHT Two rent-a-cops question where all the teens might be. HOW GENEROUS - Shane Weber, senior, reaches into his wallet to pay for Dan Houser's and Tom Otis's, both seniors, late night meal at Hardee's.

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Night time is our time PRO CON by Jennifer Ostrum by Tiffani Cochran Although most teenagers do cruise 24th street week- ends, not everyone likes it. There are obvious bad aspects to cruising 24th such as wasting gas — and the costs can add up. This may not bother those people with a little car that gets excellent gas mileage, but to those people who drive trucks and jeeps and get only eight miles to the gallon, the cost can really add up. Another con with cruising involves a person’s chances of getting a ticket Cops are everywhere on 24th just waiting to pick up teenagers who accidentally cross over the yellow line or forget to signal. Getting a ticket can sometimes lead to higher insurance rates and even a pos- sible license suspension. Cruising also creates a negative image of youth in the eyes of the public. There were quite a few write-ups in the paper and on the news about all the trouble caused by teenagers cruising. Some reasons why adults are so dis- turbed are that teens have been urinating in people’s yards and vandalizing private property. Finally, there was plenty of violence and accidents associated with 24th. How many times has a person reached down to change the radio station or turned to talk to the passenger when suddenly, there is a loud screech and the person has just rear-ended the car in front of him. Last year a teenage boy was knifed on the point. If this is what is on 24th, why be out there? OPENING What do teenagers do on a Friday night? Some do cruise 24th Street West. Are you turnir up your nose in disgust? Well, after reading this article, m be y will change your mind. Cruising 24th has many sf ; p ts. For example, Mike Gambill, senior, said he li 'n - ing new people and “hanging out with friends. In agreement with Gambill i moi ■ nessaVeltkamp. “You get to see all your frie bee; use that’s where everyone is,” Veltkamp said. Michele Parry, senior, with a big smile on her face, said she went cruising, “to find some hot babes.” Likewise, Kevin Gilligan, senior, said he goes cruising, “to pick up girls.” Parry also says a person is able to, “see what else is going on.” Another reason to cruise cited by students was helping the economy. How? Well, McDonald’s, is a good place to start, along with Taco Bell, Hardee’s, and sometimes even J.B.’s. Also, think of how much gas is sold for the sole purpose of driving up and down 24th Street? Cruising 24th can be beneficial. Cruising can be fun. It all depends on what you make of it. After all, you’re only young once and if you end up doing something wild and crazy, you can always blame it on your youth and inexpe- rience. BE HAPPY - Smiling is no problem for these students who are having fun hanging out on a Fri- day night. FUN TIMES - West students show their excite- ment in the Payless Drug parking lot on a Friday night in the fall.

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 s V' V A day in the life of. HE LIKES IT! HE LIKES IT! — Jason Krueger, senior, slurps up his Life cereal hurriedly to get to his bismarck donut. STUDENT LIFE BRUSH THOSE PEARLY WHITES - Kate Hogarty, sopho- more, concentrates hard on fighting plaque. by Kim Barone Many of the West High students made it routine to let the dog out first thing, go to bed at midnight, or brush their teeth during their shower. Some of the students who were polled in the fall agreed that getting up before the sun wasn’t always easy. The average West High student began his day around 6 a.m. and finally conked out around 10:30 p.m. Walking to the shower like a mummy with his her eyes closed was the student’s first activity after their body got out of bed. Most students — 49 percent — awoke to a music alarm. There was nothing more terrible than getting up to a parent’s scream or worse yet dog breath as Dan Houser, senior, did. It just didn’t cut it. Most kids brush their teeth after their shower and breakfast, when they have time to eat however, Skceter Morris brushed his teeth during his shower. The favorite and fastest breakfast meal was cold cereal. Crest with MFP was recommended most by West High students to get rid of the aftertaste of sugar-coated cereal. School! — the word dreaded in every household in the morning. But, we all had to get there some way or another. Eighty percent of the students drove and parked in the student lot A few who valued their car and feared ding marks from other careless students park on the street. Once we’re all at school, everyone knows the routine. First through six, always the same, nothing new. But wait, lunch came in between those long six hours of classes. Lunch was the best part of the school day, especially when Mom or Dad gave us money to eat with. (Twenty-two percent of the kids used their own money, too). Most students — 40 percent—ate on $2 at Rax or MacDonald’s. After we were all filled up everyone just wanted to go home. At the beginning of the year, before the popular soap opera was moved to 2 p.m., 31 percent of the students rushed home to watch Days of Our Lives. Most just kind of played it cool and went with the flow. Others worked or had sports practice. Most everyone ate a snack when they got home to tie them over until dinner. A glass of milk, cookies, or fruit usually satisfied most of us. After dinner and before bed was the prime time for doing home- work. Probably the best time was right when you got home while it was still fresh in your mind but 9 percent of the students who were polled agreed that the next morning before school was far better. Cosby and Growing Pains were rated 10 to 1 over doing home- work and were found to be far more interesting. Only about half said they watched television every night. After the long hard day it’s time to say “ Good night and see ya in the morning.”