Carroll High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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tCGJU It is strange to think that we spend six hours a day, seven days a week, thirty - seven weeks a year for four years in this school building, but few of us have seen EVERY part of it. Couples are always searching out bigger and better hidden spots to be alone in, not knowing of the many places in the school that are virtually unknown. Freshmen, often find themselves lost in these places, while most of us just never seem to notice, or care to notice, these places. Here is a photo essay of some of the places you may have never seen before because of chance or choice. If, in the future you find yourself in one of these places, take advantage of the seclusion. But if you are one of those people who don ' t get a thrill out of this type of adventure — don ' t fret it, you probably haven ' t seen every part of your house either. 21 The Mens Room KEEPING UP

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So you wanna go to coil at cha gonna study? Dunno- is getting prett ' close College looms high above our heads ■■ , day we first register as freshmen. That cloud of confusion keeps lowering itself over as until we make the final decision: to go or not to go. If we do choose to go we face more questions about location, re- quirements, majors and costs. I ' ll be going to a two year college jjecause I know if I didn ' t it would hurt my parents, com- mented Tammy Rauch. Most teens struggle with the financial aspect of higher education. I ' m going to lUPUFW because I just do not have the money it takes to go away, confided Amy Schortgen. Other students resist the pressure and go their own way. I don ' t feel like tour more years of school, stated Randy Pippert, at least not right now. During the first three years of high school, college appears to be far, far off into the future. When the last year, the senior vear, rolls around, students find themselves faced with an incredible amount of pressure. The pressure was ruining my vear. Everj ' one ' wanted to know why I kept putting off making the decision. I was just scared! It seemed ever ' one knew what they were going to do and I was going to be left behind, recalled Pam Wine, who is now commit- ted to Taylor University. Some ma ke the decision early. I ' m looking forward to the marines, grinn- ed Junior Jeff Bisher, it looks Tike a good start and the money isn ' t bad either. Money plays an important part. I,U., for example, costs about $5,000.00 per year and Klanchester College costs $6,000.00. Put it this wav, said one stu- dent, if I could affoTtl to go where I wanted to, it wouldn ' t be where I ' m going. Actually the thought of college is not all negative. Along with being scaiy and J nerveracking. it is fun planning out the future! TheTeac . ersGetav ' y KEEPING UP

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BE HA VI OR FACING REALITY Looking away from high school, the behavior around us has been chang- ing continuously. Everyone has their own opinion — their own way of facing reality. Married couples began to act like married couples. For the first time in years, the divorce rate has steadi- ly decreased. It seems the modern trend has gone from divorce after one or two years of marriage to ' till death do us part. ' Not a large number of students spoke out on the subject of today ' s marriages, but plenty felt free to issue opi- nions on other issues we ' ve had to deal with in our lives. Almost every time a newspaper is read there is a story of someone being attacked, raped, or robb- ed. Has crime in America become so common that it is more-or-less accepted by KEEPING UP ' ' Facing reality in to- day ' s society isn ' t the easiest thing to do. the public? Leanne Tester didn ' t think it should be so hushed when she com- mented on rape. You hear about it happening to your neighbor, but you never really think it could happen to you. There is more that can be done, but it ' s not important enough to the authorities. After the U.S. Govern- ment classes failed to receive responses from let- ters they had written, they were more than satisfied when Congressman Dan Coats came to Carroll to answer questions in per- son. Two of the main topics were abortion and the drinking age. Students argued both for and against abortion. The fact that abortion was beginn- ing to be used as a means of birth control shocked some students into reality. We Americans are such big hearted people that we have causes to save whales and baby seals, but when it comes to saving our own unborn babies, we won ' t do it, said Sherri Ferckel. Those agreeing with abortion stuck with the idea that a woman can do what she wants with her body. Abortion re- mains controversial as we await the legal outcome. When it came to alcohol, students felt the drinking age should be lowered to 19. Coats defended himself cleverly by saying, We care about our teenagers, and we don ' t want to see you get hurt. Why do we drink in the first place? ... because of peer pressure by friends . . . and sometimes stress, answered Staci Goebel. One drink can ' t hurt, but one leads to another and then another. So it ' s up to you whether you drink or not. It ' s your choice. Facing reality in today ' s society isn ' t the easiest thing to do. Sometimes merely reading headlines in the newspaper will tell us what we need to know to keep up, and sometimes they reveal a little more than we really want to know. —Deb Wilhelm 22