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

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f Pai jS ck down • punishments By Ruth Jehlen Since the beginning of time teenagers have been doing things that caused their parents anguish; take Cain and Able for example. Although they may not have been so drastic as to kill their own brother they none the less tend to land themselves in at least one mess and don ' t usually come out unscratched. I ' ve been grounded for doing something my parents thought was wrong even though it was really my own buisness, sophomore Jennifer Clark said. I ' ve been indefinitely grounded before because I went out with friends when I told my mom we were going to the movies. Needless to say I got caught! senior Ann Mikus said, laughing at the thought. Parents could be rough on their kids but they are usually justified in their actions. I ' ve never really received unjust punishment but sometimes they were a little harder than seemed fair, Mikus said. My parants can usually tell if I really did something but if they ' re not sure I just get lectured a little, fresh- man Angle Williams said. Although the punishments varied from being ground- ed up to three months, losing the car keys, or phone restriction the household rules were very similar. I have to let my parents know where I ' ll be and I ' m expected not to smoke or drink. , Clark said. Most kids felt their parents wre not too bad and agreed that on the whole the rules they had to follow were reasonable and breaking them usually earned the pun- ishment. Drinking in car banned by law By Ben Vallejo Can ' t drive with that beer in your hand. No, not because you might spill it, but the state of Texas introduced a new law on Sept. 1. The Open Container Law, prohibits motorists of Texas to drink al- cohol and operate a vehicle. A person doesn ' t get drunk while driving, they drink at home or at a bar, then get into the car and drive, senior Kerri Saunders said in response to the new law. Junior Scott Wilhite agreed that most people are already drunk when they get into the car. Most people aren ' t in the car long enough to get drunk, unless they are on a long trip, he said. Students in general believed the law would not solve the problem. Yes, I feel that there is a time and place to drink alcohol. Drinking and driving are too dangerous, one concerned student said. Most students agreed that drinking and driving are too dangerous. Although many students weren ' t in favor of the law, they realized the law was necessary. State vetos smoking on campus By Ben Vallejo The beginning of the year introduced two new laws, of which one was mandated by the state legislature. The first of the rules was a state law prohibiting the use of tobacco products on school campus or at any school activities. There were many mixed feelings over the new rule between the smokers and non- smokers. I think it (the smoking lawj is good because I don ' t like to breath in other peo- ple ' s mistakes, junior Jen- nifer Rowlan said. Threatened by the conse- quences of disciplinary ac- tion, the smoking student population would have to wait until after school to en- joy a cigarette. The second of the new rules was added to the current dress code. The rule prohibited the wearing of any shirt which promoted the use alcohol and or drugs. The students were no longer allowed to wear Co- rona Beach club shirts or ad- vertise the support of Spuds McKenzie the Budweiser dog on school campus. It ' s not the shirts; it ' s all peer pressure and family stress that promote these things (alcohol use), junior Polly Anna Whited said. The reasonning behind the passing of the new rules was the hope of a more pos- itive environment for stu- dents. vv:« A fJa out By Ruth Jehlen

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Team works hard By Stefanie Merculief The players tackled, passed and ran for hours on end. Twice a day football players spent three hours in shorts and t-shirts doing special drills such as punt and kick-off drills. It was a time to experiment with personnel and football strategies, head coach Ray Dowdy said. Freshmen went through their first two-a-day ses- sion. It was a painful shock for them, Dowdy said. Upperclassmen had experience and they gave a good response. We got a lot out of it, senior defensive tackle Randy Abercrombie said. Confidence is the key to a good team. We went into scrimmages more confident, sophomore right guard, Bubba Calhoun said. The teams played two scrimmages. The freshman tied one and won the other. The junior varsity won one and the varsity was defeated. Togetherness was one outcome of the time the teams spent together. Leaders update yells, bring stunts to rallies By Carey Click Both the Varsity and Junior Varsity cheer- leading squads went to camp at SouthWest Texas State University. The squads worked from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. learning new cheers and stunts. All of their work paid off though because they were awarded with spirit sticks every day and superior and excellent ribbons. The new members of the squad thought the camp helped them out a lot. It helped me get to know the other girls better and to improve my self confidence as a cheerlead- er, ' freshman Caryn Click said. Both squads worked hard at improving their abilities. The hardest part of the day was cheering out on an open lield from about 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the hot sun, captain Susan Guentzel said. There were good parts to the day also. After finishing all the work the best part of the day came. I looked forward to getting a shower, putting on the Ben Gay and getting to bed! Sophomore Patty Whit- ed said. Write Journalists learn skills at SMU camp By Krista Beavers Journalism students attended a workshop sponsored by Southern Methodist University Ju- ly 27-31. Among the many activities staff members par- ticipated in all-day classes designed to teach them better writing and designing. Yearbook and newspaper editors also worked on theme developement and staff manuals for the 1987-88 staffs. Students were required to write several stories ranging from news writing, feature writ- ing and editorial writing as well as designing a layout. Yearbook students designed the 1988 yearbook theme. All the work done by students were judged and the most outstanding ones were choosen as winners. The following students received outstanding awards. In the beginning class, senior Danny Bry- ant received Outstanding Layout and Most Prom- ising Journalist, senior Matt Dworaczyk received Outstanding Feature Story, senior Carissa Hen- sley received Outstanding Editorial. In the In- termediate class, junior Cristina Moreno re- ceived Outstanding Feature. In the advanced class, senior Debbie Kaiser received Outstanding News Story, senior Krista Beavers and Kaiser also received Outstanding staff manual for the RED WING newspaper. Seniors Zina Bernard and Fred Duck, junior Dude Henderson and soph- omore Ruth Jehlen received Outstanding Theme Development. Senior Maggie Ellis received Out- standing Photography Portfolio. I learned a lot at camp about designing a newspaper and I thought it was a lot of fun to see other papers from across Texas, Kaiser said. Staff members stayed at the dormitories on the campus and walked to their classes each morn- ing. It was great getting to see what college life was really about. Even though no students from SMU were there we got to see what walking to our classes and sharing bathrooms would be like, Ellis said. Journalism attends a camp each summer that is generally a week long. It gives them a chance to break away from the summer boredom and meet other journalism students. Mini-

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New program design aids in game plans By Debbie Kaiser Thanks to computer genius and a computer math project assign- ment, the athletic de- partment received a program that analyzed not only itself, but also opposing teams before a football game was played. It ' s a short way to make a game plan be- fore we play each op- ponent, Athletic Di- rector Ray Dowdy said. The program was de- signed by 1987 seniors Harley DeVilbiss and Chris Mellenbruch when a semester long project was assigned in Sam Creswell ' s com- puter math class. The program the ath- letic department ended up with was more complex than the orig- inal idea thought up by DeVilbiss and Mellen- bruch. After we looked at what Harley and Chris were doing, we figured we could get a lot more out of the program with a little more time and effort, Dowdy said. Coaches were able to enter every offensive play by the Cardinals and district teams and figure out what the team ' s tendancies were on the field. Before we had the program, we had to write out every play and figure out the tendancies, and that would take six to sev- en hours to do, Dow- dy said. Big class suffers By Michael Fettes The freshmen class outnumbered the senior class by nearly two to one. Yet, the freshmen were put through the usual routine of being called Fish and having to hide from ini- tiation-crazed upperclassmen. I don ' t think its fair, freshman Kyle How- ard said. Just because upper-classmen are older, they feel they can treat us anyway they want. Not only did they have to put up with pos- sible initation, but they had to get us ed to the high school campus, new teachers, and being split up from friends. It (high school) is not as fun. I don ' t get to see my friends as much, Tracy Smith said. One way to escape the regular routine of being initiated was not to tell anyone that you were a freshman. This didn ' t always work though. Sooner or later someone was bound to find out. For the plan to work, a freshman had to act more mature. This was often difficult for the average freshman, for he was still around his former mid-school friends; therefore, he still may act like a mid-schooler and or a freshman. There was one advantage of being inititated early on in the school year; if you ' ve been initated, the other upperclassmen will leave you alone. Fans cheer football team By Ruth Jehlen The attendance was up at foot- ball games. And the varsity team said they especially appreciated the effort people were making to come. When we saw all those people in the stands it gave us a lot of encouragement, junior Rick Ry- an said. To know that people were cheering for us made us all feel more like digging down inside ourselves and giving our best ef- fort, junior Kevin Dailey said. smiling. The teams felt like they were more supported now than they were before. Even when we lost a game, people still boosted us up and told us we did great and that made us feel like we really did our part so that we tried harder the next time, senior David Williams said. We ' re just glad you all were out there, senior quarterback Tim Walker said. Rising to their feet, the crowd encourages the players. Pholo By Slcfanie Merculief. ' Op.. Mini- ' ' r