E J Cooper High School - Talons Yearbook (New Hope, MN)

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6 ut clubs and organizations still exist in a different form, cliques. Once again stepping away from the school as the supreme organizer, students of common specific interests band together on their own. These groups may be made up of homeroom friends, the debate team, band members, classmates, Jesus People, jocks, freaks, anyone. Their reasons are as diverse as their composition. They get together to watch films, do volunteer work, campaign, watch TV, go to games or just knock around. Purposes as individual as they themselves. n

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Golubs and organizations have been caught in the priority hassle — and lost. Service and school spirit clubs have been hit hard while career oriented, academic and fun clubs struggle. A number of explanations can be made for this, the foremost of which is work. Most of the students uninvolved in either extracurricular events hold after school or evening jobs that conflict with these organizations. 10

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o ne student of 1973 is different. He’s an individual, basically non-conforming and generally indifferent to rules, customs, and traditions. He protests wars, national policies and women’s rights. He is a sucker for fads, fetishes, and fashions. And as much as he would like to ignore it, he is basically the same as every other student who has passed through our hallowed halls. We are individuals, but who doesn’t wear blue jeans and hair over their ears? Have we done anything about our defiance to some traditions other than ignore them? We are against wars and other injustices, but have we done any more than those before us? 12