Charlestown High School - Pirates Yearbook (Charlestown, IN)

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Michael Who? That's one thing never heard about Michael Jackson. With his hit songs and hot videos, Jackson has become the most talked about personality in the entertainment busi- ness. In her portrayal of Karen Silkwood, Meryl Streep once again displays her dynamic acting abilities. When this sweet, hlittIe-old-granny-type person belts out, hWhere's the bzeef?! people listen . . . and look.

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l ,x With tThrilIerX CHS Cuts tFootloose' hroughout the year there was a variety of entertainment to keep the students at CHS busy. Weekends were spent either going to high school ball games, going to the movies, or attend- ing parties around town. Some students even made a night of cruising Pizza Hut and Convenient. For those who were more into dancing, llThe Hills in Louisville was the place to be. However, many people spent their evenings just staying at home, watching TV and taking it easy. At the movies, one could see an assortment of films. There were some shows that brought tears to the eyes, such as llSilkwood, and others that made you want to move your feet as in llFootloose. Jason's reign of terror came to an end in uFriday the 13th, The Final Chapter. At the academy awards, the biggest film of the year was xxTerms of Endearment, which won best movie, best director Games L. Brookl, and best screen play. Shirley Maclain also received the award for best actress. Robert Duvall from nTender Mercies was cho- sen as the best actor. In the TV scene night time soaps, such as llDallas and llDynasty, remained first place in ratings. The most popular new shows were llRiptide, llWebster, HTwo Marriages, and llBuffalo Bill. There were also a lot of shows about people doing funny things, such as llFoul Ups, Bleeps, and Blunders and llPeople are Funny. Daytime soaps, such as llGeneral Hospital and Days of Our Lives, kept viewers glued to the TV screens. 1983-84 was the year for Music Television, break dancing, and the ever popular Michael Jackson. In the music world there was a variety of Amidst all the punk-rockers and new-wavers, Cindi Lauper has managed to emerge as a singer of a different quality: unusual. entertainment. MTV, the all music station, was brought to the area. People also started break dancing, a new way of moving to music. The most popular singer of the year was Michael Jackson, with his largest selling album llThriller. Jackson won eight grammies and sold over thirty million copies of the album. He also held the title for having the longest running number one song ever. There was even a new fad to dress like him, wearing a red leather jacket, cropped pants, and one glove on the right hand. The Sports World also had its biggest moments, beginning with baseball, when the Baltimore Orioles won the 1983 World Series. The Los Angeles Raiders were the Superbowl XVIII winners. Finally, at the NCAA championships in Seattle, the Georgetown Hoya's took the title, and in May SWALE won the Kentucky Derby. 1984 was also the year for the Olympics. The Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, while Los Angeles, California, was the site of the Summer Olympics, where l.U.'s Bob- by Knight coaches the US. basketball team. ?:i 1' 3 ! am :74 Handsome star, Kevin Bacon, plays the lead role in the popular and controversial movie about dancing, llFootloose.

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World Headlines of 1983-84 PEACE KEEPING: Amidst mixed ublic opinion, U.S. peace keeping orces entered Lebanon in a police action ordered by President Reagan. BOMBING: In Lebanon, a terrorist truck bomb destroyed the Beirut International Airport, one of many similar instances in which fanatics drove vehicles with explosives into buildings where US. troops were sta- Honed. INVASION: After a massacre in Granada in which the leftist regime murdered Maurice Bishop, the island's leader, US. Marines stepped in on a rescue mission to save American civil- ians living on the island. f PULL OUT: After the truck bombing and other such actions in Lebanon, public pressure forced Reagan to withdraw the US. troops to nearby Navy Ships. SHOT DOWN: A Korean Airline pas- senger jet was shot from the skies by i Soviet aircraft, killing 269 people. The Russians claimed the jet was on a spy mission for US. Intelligence. 1 ' SHUT DOWN: Due to heated pro- . 1 tests and a lack of money, many nuclear plants world wide were closed. Included was Madison's Mar- . ble Hill, which had employed many '. local residents. MX MISSLE: The deployment of the MX missle in European countries caused much controversy and pro- tests in the forms of peace marches and riots. NUCLEAR DEPICTION: ABC aired uThe Day After, a made-for-TV movie showing the effects of a nuclear holocaust. DEATH: After six months of Soviet claims that Uri Andropov was merely ill, he died in February. He was re- placed by Constantine Chernenko. NOBEL PRIZE: Polish Solidarity union leader Lech Walsea won the Nobel Peace Prize, but sent his wife to ac- cept it, fearing exile if he went himself. : ATTEMPTED coup: Terrorist at- Seabees construct new barracks after the ones they occupied were i tempted to murder Libyan leader deStFOYed bY a L'bYa Ck bomb. i g . . . . - i lggdafy by bombmg hIS llvmg quar The Democratic Primaries for president were led by Walter Mondale. Following close behind was Gary Hart, and a distant third was Jesse Jackson. Marines were thrust into duty when an urgent call came throught to President Reagan from the leader of Grenada. The MX missile met resistance, but due to the Russian build-up of l missiles, the MX was given a limited go ahead. 20