Coldwater High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Coldwater, MI)

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Entertainment ... Rootbeer Chugging? 1. Quick, quick — bring Jeff Kimble a napkin! 2. BobCesena, Diana Rodriguez and Charlie White compete in the fast paced and furious rootbeer chugging contest while Ginger Foley and Heath Carnahan look on. 3. Chantelle Snyder and Stacey Loose battle for a seat during musical chairs, while Diana Rodriguez, on the left, snagged one easily. 4. Shawn Scheidler, Jenny Fox, Kristy Bytwerk and Lisa Licht nervously grab chair backs while they wait for the music to stop. 5. A likely pair of comediennes. Marty Edwards and Tim McCauley whoop it up at the Friday night Spirit Week dance. 6. It takes spirit and courage to come to school togged In a toga, and Casey Tobias had lots of both. 7. Marty Edwards may look stylish, but he’s really just conforming to the “Wear Black on Friday the 13th requirement during Spirit Week. BRANCH DISTRICT LIBRARY 21 ✓

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Entertainment Although it was only four days long. Spirit Week 1987 had its share of excite- ment and great participation. Dress-up days and games let the CHS spirit shine through. Perhaps the highlight of the entire week was the rootbeer chugging contest. The top two qualifiers from each class competed in the first “Chug-Off’ during the pep assembly. Senior Charlie White was crowned “Chug Chap 1987,” and his performance was cheered on by scream- ing fans. Another popular event was musical chairs. Fierce competition, sometimes bordering on violent, resulted in the sophomore class winning the last chairs, and top honors. Although the basketball game’s final score was disappointing, the week closed with an awesome dance. Theme for the dance was Friday the 13th Phobia. — Spirit Week Favorite ... 20

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International American For A Year The first difference I noticed was the way you dress. In Germany ypu wear plain clothes, although it’s also fashion to wear jeans. We would never wear short skirts in winter, mostly because we either walk to school or ride our bikes. You wouldn’t wear make- up to school, and you can’t see many girls with a permanent. It’s also not common to shave armpits or legs. The second big difference is the American school system. In Germany the kids are divided according to their possibilities into three different kinds of schools, and they go for either 9, 10 or 13 years. If you want to go to col- lege, you have to go to a special kind of school for 13 years, the gym- nasium. Just a small percentage go to college, although it doesn’t cost you anything to go. At our schools we don’t stress discipline as much as here. It doesn’t matter if you are too late. Our school- day starts usually at 7:50 am and lasts until 12:30 or 1:10 pm. Since we have a shorter day we have to do more homework. We can’t choose our classes, because everybody takes about 12 required ones. — Franziska Fenner Going to CHS is for me very different than going to school in Germany. My day at home was much shorter. I used to leave school at 1:10 pm, so I was really tired in school here. 1 missed our long breaks in be- tween classes, and going out in the school yard. Everything runs in a fast pace, and I found hardly the time to talk to so- meone. That made it really difficult to find some friends. But after a while we became close to some people. What I really like is the school spirit and the spirit wars: it brought some fun to the school day. But there are still things I don't like; com- mercials in between movies, pep assemblies, and peanut butter. The greatest difference I found be- tween United States and France is the school. In effect, French school starts at 8:15 am, but it often finishes at 5:30 pm. It’s a long day spent at school, and students generally don’t have time for sports after school. We also have more homework. Time required for homework is often more than two hours a day. But French school also has some advantages. There are two breaks of 20 min. in the day, and an h6ur and a half for lunch. We have 128 days of school, and more holidays in the school year. I enjoy school here, and also Cold- water. which is not too big and not too small for me. I like to see so much gardens, trees and little animals everywhere; that is difficult to find in France. — Catherine Mayeur At the first month of my American life, I had felt like “I’m in the movie scene.” But now, I don’t feel like this! In Japan, our school year begins in April, and the graduation is held in February. I was very glad I didn’t have to wear the uniform and could choose the classes to take. We stay in the same classroom almost all day.Teachers move from classroom to classroom. So it was hard to get used to the switching classes. It’s very nice we have no school on Saturday in this country! I think each school system has ad- vantages. In this country we can’t go anywhere without cars. It’s very dif- ferent. We use subways, trains, bicycles, buses and taxis much in Japan. I miss them! I like to see the sun sinking below the horizon. We can’t see the horizon because of many high mountains and buildings in Japan. I always feel the views over here look flat! I like this school. Thanks for hav- ing me, CHS! Hiroko Tsutsumi “School” was the first thought that came into my head when somebody asked me about the main dif- ferences bet- ween “Uncle Sam” and Germany. The pass to that special, secret place called “bathroom,” the tardies for even one second late, discipline rules for almost everything, prohibition for kissing in the hallway, and that feel- ing of panic when you hurry from one end of the high school to the other to get to your classroom ... this is a part of CHS. Because you are always on the run, it is hard to get to know your classroom fellows better. What about our school? The teacher’s almost late, we did our “bathroom business” during breaks (5 min. 15 min., and 20 min.) without getting into competition against the time. Teachers used to chase us outside to breathe fresh air and to have a talk with your friends. What else is different? Kids who get into trouble, pregnant teenagers in high school, old fashion- ed cars which I like very much, the drinking limit, the age when you can get your driver’s license, which is 18 in Germany, and the driving lessons which are very expensive over there. Although there are a lot of things that I don’t like, I still like the school, the cheap prices of cigarettes, to go shopping late at night, my art and Health Oc- cupations classes (including the people who are in them), and all the people who I got the chance to know better, to come closer. — Ilka Wolkau+ 22 — Sabine Mathey