Del Valle High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Del Valle, TX)

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Exchange program aids in learning customs By Zina Bernard It took guts, real guts, for a student to pack up his belongings, leave his family and friends, and travel to a country over- seas. I really missed my family and my three cats Temmee, Sara, and Cindy, junior Marc Zajicek said. Zajicek was one of the two students involved in the foreign exchange pro- gram. Originally from Co- logne, West Germany, he became involved in the program through his par- ents. My pajents informed me of the program and encouraged my participa- tion in it, Zajicek said. Although Zajicek had visited relatives in Wash- ington three times before on vacation, he had never been to Texas. The first thing I no- ticed was how hot it was, but I really like the food and parties here, Zajicek said. Orlando Sanchez was the other student in- volved in the foreign ex- change program. Origi- nally from the Canary Islands in Spain, Sanchez became informed of the program through a teach- er. My English teacher, Mrs. Wood, told me about the exchange program and my parents felt that the program was a valu- able learning experi- ence, Sanchez said. Sanchez was a senior and was excited about graduating in the United States. Zajicek will grad- uate at home. After I graduate, I might stay here in the U.S. and go to college, Sanchez said. h Preparing herself for pic- tures, senior Isiara Rodriguez takes one last look. Photo by Sieve McCjn dicss Yearbook highlights seniors in color By Stefanie Merculief For the first time in Del Valle ' s history, senior portraits were in color in the yearbook. The idea orginated with the yearbook co- editors Zina Bernard and Fred Duck, they pro- posed their idea to the senior class. We had to get 75 percent of the seniors to vote ' yes ' for the class pictures before we could go any further, Duck said. We explained the color would cost each senior more money besides the cost of the yearbook. When the seniors had their portraits taken, Sept. 10, each paid $7 toward the expense of color senior pictures in the yearook. Seniors are the only ones paying for color pictures, instead of making the whole school pay by raising the price of the book, Bernard said. $ Mini-Ma| „

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t ew courses offer variety of classes By Krista Beavers Just when students thought life was going great, the counselors sprang some- thing new on them: New Courses. Four new courses were offered including Humani- ties, Algebra II Honors, Ad vanced Texas History and Pre-Calculus. Humanities was a combination of Eng- lish and History in a two- hour class. Gwen Bonner and Monica Shaw were the teachers. It was all right for the first week then having to sit in that classroom for two pe- riods a day finally got to me, juni or Marivel Her- nandez said. Hummanities students were still required to write a term paper which all students must write before gradua- tion. The students were al- lowed to take the normal break during the two hours. Algebra II Honors was added to the curriculum for excellant math students to get ahead of the rest of the class. I liked this class because it helped to broaden my knoweldge in math and hopefully will help me when I go to college, junior Marsha Snyder said. Trigonometry and Ele- mentary Analysis was of- fered to junior and senior students, but the name was changed to Pre-Calculus. Pre-Cal is an introductory course to Calculus. It is for students taking Physics or plan on entering some form of engineering in college. Teaching one of the many new courses offered, pre-cal teacher Bill Keithly talks to his class. Pholo by Sieve McCandless Parking space decreased By Debbie Kaiser It was a problem faced every morning by students who drove their own cars to school and got there past eight o ' clock . . . the over- crowded parking lot. I ' ve been driving for two years, senior Chad Berdoll said. If I ' m at school by eight, I can park at the cor- ner of the fence by the foot- ball field. One time I got here about 8:10 and I had to park by the fieldhouse. One empty lot in front of the school was used for parking by some students. but the property did not belong to the school and students were called to the office and asked to relocate their vehicles. While zero hour stu- dents, cafeteria workers, administrators, and teach- ers got the prime choice parking places each morn- ing, the 8 a.m. arrivers suf- fered by having to walk the extra length to the build- ing or chance having their car hit or towed when they parked in non-designated parking areas. By Carey Click

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• fe theaters provide %ji xpensive entertainment y Ben Vallejo Dollar movies are the new fashion in seeing a blockbuster movie really cheap. Austin has four one dollar movie theaters now, where as two years ago there was only one. I only go to dollar movies because they ' re cheap and usually really good movies are playing all the time, senior Johnnie Brockway said. Southwood Theater located on Ben White Boulevard was the first to start the trend. Soon after, the Aquarius Theater on Pleasant Valley, Mann West- gate on Westgate Lane, and Riverside Twin on Riverside Drive joined in. Dollar movies are good for one thing and that ' s to see great movies at a low cost. Eventually, almost all movies are shown at the dollar theaters. I just hate waiting for the movies to get there. Sometimes it takes forever. But, if the movie isn ' t that good, then it ' ll be there in a couple of weeks, senior Chad Berdoll said. Dollar movie theaters will probably be around for a long time. With the demand and popularity of them, perhaps even more theaters around Austin will follow the trend. Enormous crowds hit 6th street By Ben Vallejo Lights, loud music, and crowded streets are the first things noticed when crusing Sixth street. A closer look re- veals mobs of people from eve- ry part of Austin. The crowds gather to let off the steam from either a week of school or work; in some sit- uations both. Others go to meet new people. Sixth street gives students an opportunity to mix and mingle with the rest of Austin. Sixth Street is like the Hol- lywood Boulevard of Austin, Texas. It gives everyone a chance to get out and be part of the wild crowd. Sixth Street is a place to go and have lots of fun with your friends. , junior Elda Rodriguez said. Inter-cJub Council unites to determine activities By Fred Duck Increasing cooperation and communication among the clubs was the main goal in the Inter- Club Council (ICC). It also was intended to increase club in- volvement in school activities. The ICC was headed by the vi- ce president of Student Council, senior Fred Duck. A representa- tive from each club made up the body of the council. The council met about once every month. I felt the Inter-Club Council was a great help in planning ac- tivities for homecoming. It also gave the Student Council a chance to find out how other clubs were doing, get new ideas and hear concerns from other clubs, junior Danielle Cockrell said. The most important thing the Inter-Club Council did was to plan for the parade and halftime activities during Homecoming. I felt the ICC got more clubs involved and things were better organized, junior Jennifer John- son said. The Inter-Club Council was a great way for students to relay thier ideas and plans to other or- ganizations. The ICC gave me a new way to find new ideas to better improve the Drill Team. Plus I was able to let other clubs know what we were doing for homecoming and other times through out the year, senior Tina Adkins said. ' V x ' ayout By Ben Vallejo Planning for Homecoming, Inter-club Council members Gary Cheney and Tina Adkins consult each other. Photo By Mario Gonzales.