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

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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

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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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