Eisenhower High School - Pantherama Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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Forever Your The gym was draped in or- ange. yellow. and brown streamers accentuated by clus- ters of the l0O0 multi-colored balloons that the student coun- cil purchased. The backdrop of the court was a large red rose surrounded by the word Faith- fully, 1983's Homecoming Theme. The band Spectrum played a variety of fast songs including Billy ldol's White Wedding. The dance was filled with many memorable things. For instance. Matt McBride was singing Breaking away and Greg Kelm, Eisenhower's own answer to John Travolta, jammed and took off his clothes. The queen's solo dance was magical with the mirrored balls sparkling of light while Faith- fully floated across the air waves. Close to the end of the dance the balloons that had been cap- tured in a net to come cascading down upon the crowd were re- leased. Somehow, the balloons had gotten stuck! Panic!! Salva- tion came by way of some in- dustrious fellows taking off their shoes and throwing them into the net. After several shots, they succeeded in freeing them. The balloons came down in a trickling colorful array. Min- utes were spent tromping and stomping through thc balloons. The band slowly wound down the evening as the students fil- tered through the gym doors. f by Susan Hanks CHEERLEADERS FACE THE Sen- iors as they enter the gym for the Home- coming assembly. QUEEN '83 ELLEN BLAKE is crowned by l982 Queen Connie Goetz. ll Homecoming N.

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f PM Magazine lzods. penny-loalersf' and the lack of belts: three of the many signs ol Preppy. Prep- pies were fairly common in our school environment this year, and PM Magazines Susanne Kay knew this. She wanted to l'ilm it on her popular TV Pro- gram. She and her camera crew came in early December and set up in the main hallway during lunches. The '-'preps' gathered around to display peglegs, their way ol' dress. a lad once quite popular here. The broadcast was December 14. 1983. The program expose was about common fads in gen- eral. not just EHS's preppies. We were just a portion ol the entire program. An embarrassment to some yet really a pride booster to oth- I8 P.lVl. Magzwine ,QQ ers. the controversy about PM's filming took place. Some stu- dents hated the idea that Eisen- hower would be noted for its preppies. and wore anti- preppy clothes such as sloppy, unmatched jackets and jeans. To them, it was humiliation. Others seemed quite happyg why should it be embarrassing il' the preppy look was in'? Nevertheless, the publicity was good. Students, whether or not they were Preppy, watched the program just to see who would appear and what would be said. Jokes circulated for a while. but soon everything was back to normal. The Exposure ol the Preps was closed once again. SUZANNE KAY IS searching the lunch crowd for a suitable prep to inter- View THE CAMERAMAN LOOKING at his equipment. wondering how he's go- ing to tackle his job oi' sorting it out.