Catholic High School - Bruin Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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John Michael Doyle Timothy James Do icr John David Dugas James Michael Dulaney Gilbert John Dupre' III Unique And Proud of It By Amy Coco and Brynn Baiamonte It seems that loyal CHS fans have taken the initiative to loose all inhibitions and become a completely wacky crowd at Catholic High sporting events. Their frivolous outbursts range from illegal” face and hair paintings, through innovative cheers . all the way to dressing as the overexaggerated. stereotyped image of the opposing team. Most of the sights and sounds so familiar to the Bruin fields and gym arc considered quite unusual to anyone not well accquainted with the sometimes over-BHARing Bruin spirit. One of the more popular cheers originated during a lunch period. The A , a shortened form of Hey , is emitted in low, guttcral barks from others in the area. This antic somehow managed to get into athletic events and has succcd-ed in becoming what could possibly be the most intense and supportive cheer the fans have. This A cheer is also known in another form. It’s led by one person who spells it out. as if it were a real word - Give me an A! Give me an A! etc ... concluding with the infamous “What’s that spell?! -AAA A!!! ’ Another of the relatively primitive cheers is also a nonsensical chant. It is taken from the rcknown cheer “Here we go Bruins! Here we go! (clap, clap)’’ However, the cheer got jumbled and reworded, or should I say unworded, to its present state of innumerable, consecutive unh’s mumbled to the tunc Fans display one of their many ways of making the football season more interesting at the Central pep rally. of the famous cheer. The Unh Cheer gets faster and faster until and exciting play ends it. Bruin supporters also have compre-hcndablc cheers in their supply. The Defense Cheer is the most organized and typical chant the fans use. It is simply a repetitive and increasingly rapid support cheer that consists of a single word - defense. Another that is quite “normal , but humiliating, is the “Airball Scranade. This is directed towards an opponent who completely misses the goal during a basketball game. Although some additional cheers are a temporary bother to the opponents, we arc all aware that they fill the gap for healthy rivalry between te Waving and swaying accompan singing of Hey, Hey, Hey - Good . ... which is not original but has b. 1 brought to its prime by CHS fa However, the where or when of the vised version of That’s alright, th O.K ”, is not known. Fans hast also gotten into the annoying habit addressing the opponent’s coach Sit down. Coach!” With these diversified chants, efu and yells a new supporter can be sure expect a lively enthusiastic crowd. I clear to all. that Bruin spirit doming at athletic events, thanks to CHS f. who are decidedly unique and unbelic ably wacky! 26 Scniors

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Stress - A Way of Life for Seniors By Ed Walters Stress. Everyone has a certain degree of stress in his life, some people more than others. No matter how much that amount is, though, everyone complains about it. Guys with five girlfriends experience stress. Wimps with a term paper claim to have stress, but they don't really have enough to complain about. Wimps with three term papers and approaching exams have something to gripe about. Add a few sports, extracurricular, offices in clubs, jobs, and a social life, and you have a perfect recipe for stress. High school is a veritable breeding ground for stress. Wc. in contemporary American society. hear about stress every day. Stress seems to appear in every facet of our lives. Is this new emphasis on stress because life in the '80's is faster-paced? Is it because of a new American sense of materialism that causes pressure to succeed? No. The real reason stress is so prevalent today is that yuppies are wimps. Stress has been around for thousands of years, wc just complain more about it today. David faced stress with the challenge of Goliath. King Harold was under stress before and during the Nor- Tommy Smith exhibits one of the reasons for the great amount of stress as he finishes a Calculus test. man Conquest. Joan of Arc understood stress. Did they go running to their chiropractors asking for relief? No. They had guts,.so they stuck it out and dealt with it. Since then. American society has softened us to the point that wc can no longer cope with our problems. We have become soft. In the ‘60's, Hippies needed drugs to cope. In the ’80's, wc blame everything on stress, the ultimate cop out. Today, stress is big business. There are stress control cards, stress toys, books about dealing with stress, stress doctors, and many more obnoxious stress-related industries. Someone somewhere is making a lot of money on this garbage. He’s laughing right now. At all of us. He's laughing because he is rich, he knows that stress is only a state of mind, and he knows that Julius Caesar would never have needed acupuncture to deal with stress. Thomas Blake Cook John Michael Corcoran Patrick Shannon Cosper Glen Shannon Coughlin Anthony Crifasi Gregory Michael Curran Alexander George Dalmau Warren l.ouis Dazzio Scott Charles Delaney Richard Travis Dougcl Scmors 25

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CLASS OF 1988 Conrad Baker Ebner John Patrick Ecklcr Randall John F.llis, Jr. Andrew Wallace Eversberg David Arthur Faulk Brian Patrick Fin Corey Charles Fleming Gary George Fleming Peter Lawrence Fourricr Michael Sean Frenzel Patrick Joseph Frenzel Franklin Alan Garrison William Gassie ill Steven Randolph Gatz Gavin Paul Gautreau Marco Luis Gonzalez Jay Patrick Granier Jonathan Kramer Greer Charles Emmett Grey III Philip Thomas Hackney Steven Broyles Hart Eric Todd Hebert Stephen Marion Hebert David William Hennessey Robert Patrick Hotard James Jason Hoth Christopher Paul Hsu Brian Martin Hutchinson Robert Haskcl James Hans Florent Jacobs Seniors 27