Dubuque High School - Echo Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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4-Dlll '- hu . Brian Mitchell introduces the group. Telling jokes Brian Mitchell trys to amuse the audience while the group gets ready to perform. as f.. ,gg Si lu The 4-PLUS-1 Breakdancers show their The MC of the 4-PLUS-1, Frank talent in the downtown mall at the Town Hansen steps out as he is being Clock. announced while Marcell Morris covers his face with embarassment. The group has performed at the Town Clock Plaza, gazebo and at Five Flags. They have also performed in parades such as in the Senior High and Loras College Homecoming parades and at the half time shows at Loras games. The group was also in the Dubuquefest parade and worked in it. The boys won 350.00 in their division. They received money for dancing and working in the Dubuquefest and also in the River Fest. They have performed in school func- tions like Seniors Swing Show Night. Many people ask them to show them some of the sets and of course they are more than happy to show off. A new up-beat dance group has captured the hearts of the students at Dubuque Senior High School with their creativity in breakdancing. The young men started capturing the hearts of people one year ago. It all started April 23, 1983, in the Hansen home on Loras Blvd. Frank Hansen, Norman Morris, Marcell Morris, Robert Gillenwater, and Brian Mitchell, shreiking and jivin' or dancing decided to form a dancing group. Norman Morris came up with the groups name 4-PLUS11 lfour blacks and one whitel. Today the clothes consists of rolled up blue jeans, high top tennis shoes and sweat shirts with their nick name on the back and the group name on the front. Frank Hansen fFranl Norman Morris iDr. Jl, Marcell Morris fMagicl, Robert Gillenwater fBobl and Brian Mitchell lBrianl. The music they dance to is a variation of rock and soul. As the 4-PLUS-1 clap to the beat Brian Mitchell does the wall, a form of Breakdancing.

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During the New Hampshire presidential debate held in St. Anselm s College in Manchester, Alan Cranston Jesse Jackson, George McGovern and Gary Hart Novembeff prepare to take their seats. Pictured together during a presidential debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Democratic candidates Walter Mondale, John Glenn, Ernest Hollings, and Reubin Askew stand. Race For Presidential Seal With the 1984 Presidential elec- tion creeping upon the nation, the candidates find campaigning to have both highs and lows. The democratic party started out with 8 candidates running for the democratic nomination. This list included Reubin Askew, Allan Cranston, John Glenn, Gary Hart, Ernest Holling, Jesse Jackson, George McGovern, and Walter Mondale. Each of these candidates ap- peared in the debate held in the state capitol on February 11th. The Democrates. Vermont. Glenn. debate sponsored by the Des Moines Register, touched on all subjects ranging from the military involvement in Lebanon to Regan's hiring of Interior Secretary James Watt. The debates main purpose was aimed at helping those Demo- crates make their decision for the February 20th caucus in Iowa. The Republicans, who feel Ronald Reagan can do it a second time, had no second chosen for the Republican ticket: Reagan felt sure of himself and the accomplish- ments and promises he had to offer in his campaign against the Although at first sight Mondale appeared to be front runner for the Democrats, Hart put a large bridge between the two by winning in New Hampshire, Wyoming, Maine and Those candidates who dropped out early included Hollings, Cran- ston, and Askew. Candidates which dropped out after Super Tuesday were McGovern and All of these primaries and caucuses are leading up to the Democratic Convention to be held in San Francisco in July. This will then decide the Democratic runner to compete against Reagan in Debates Bring them Together-23

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