Douglas MacArthur High School - MacArtair Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Cafeteria build up! Students socialize as they enjoy a meal in the cafeteria. Name that tune, Lori Burr snickers as Janet Townsend tries to sing along with the radio while eating a hotdog - He-men, Danny Gast, James Garner, Mike Leroy, Dwight Cases, Darren Gib- son, Travis Self, James Turner and Ricky Gimmerson all unite at lunch time to do whatthe do best. . ,EAT! k vw

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24 cafeteria O DJ -h CD l-I' CD 2. DJ :E Bm For most MacArthur students, waking up early in the morning is the worst part of going to school. During the morning rush to get to school, many students skip break- fast. So by the time the first lunch period comes around, the lunch room is stormed by hungry students ready to pig-out. And thanks to the 27 cafeteria ladies, over 1,370 lunches are prepared and ready for consumption. Beginning at 7:00 a.m., each morning, the cafeteria women start preparing for the day ahead. As the govern- ment will reimburse any school which serves the type A lunch, this lunch is served to MacArthur students in the form of the plate lunch and the combo-line. The most popular lunch day is Thursday, hamburger day. Not only do we serve close to 2000 hamburgers this day, it is also the easiest lunch to prepare, commented worker Gladys Euton. SU ll 'Su O CD Along with 2000 hamburgers, 48 cans of fruit, 1500 cartons of milk and almost 100 lbs. of french fries are served this day. Another popular lunch day is taco day. The cafeteria workers form an assembly type working pace in order to have 2000 tacos ready to eat by 10:19. Between lunches, and during lapses of the crowd, the ladies are busy cleaning up the kitchen, replenshing food supplies and straightening up the cafeteria. Some students ask about the difference in the plate lunch prices, and those for the a-la-carte line. The differ- ence in price comes in because of the government sup- plement that is given to the plate lunch and combo lines. Since the a-Ia-carte line does not receive any government reimbursement, the higher prices must compensate these differences. The next time you find yourself going on an eating binge, head for the cafeteria, home of the true Mac attack!

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26 cafeteria SAI Hot lips, April Lott repaints her lips as Cheryl Wagner and Nora Lopez question , 0 her motives. i A l'll meet you on the right side of the munch room at the third table, seven chairs down on the left side, says one growling stomach to another. As you walk down the 300 wing, a large doorway jumps in front of you. Recovering, you push your way through the human road blocks, only to find yourself supposedly in the wrong place. Could this be a gigantic freshman studyhall? No it couldn't be. There are rows of tables all over the place. Believe it or not, there's someone actually eating. Quick, take a picture! Of course, the number of lunch eaters is not quite that drastic. But out of 3061 students, not all of them actually eat a well-balanced meal. Why don't the rest of them eat? Simple, We got better things to do, said David Mendoza. Apparently many feel the same, because as that lunch bell rings, each table suddenly becomes choked with the same bods that filled its chairs everyday since school began. Everyone sits in the same chairs at the same table everyday because it's a common meeting place for your friends. lt's just a natu- ral habit, explains Senior Vicki West. Football players, volleyball players, drill team, and everyone else is how the lunchroom is divided, says Jamie Harrell. They might just as well put their names on Z9 I Ull ., tum the end of each table saying who sits where, warning new students. Otherwise, they'll find out soon enough. Football players don't hesi- tate to move someone to another place. Remember when you came out of the lunch line and slipped on some slimy cranberry and fell? It was embarrassini enough to have fallen, but when everyone started clap ping - that put the dressing on the salad. Not on group, but the whole lunchroom clapped! And as if that wasn't enough to embarrass the pants o' you, the whole table gets up and gives you a birthday sei enade with 800 people looking on, making you cry just little. Of course it's flattering, but then everyone know that it's your birthday and you feel like hiding your fac for the rest of the day, says Tina Reyna.