Findlay High School - Trojan Yearbook (Findlay, OH)

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I L n the years to come, the time spent at Findlay High School will be just a memory. But, for the moment, that memory is a vibrant full-color reality. It's the clammer of the crowds racing in the hall, the blue and gold tide rushing through our veins. And, we're not classmates but friends. Friends who join together to make the school year something more than tests, sweat and homework. We've even graduated together from Val-mania to M- TV fanaticism. From the senior elite to the underclassmen, there have been plenty of radical times . . . bonfires . . . pep rallies . . . partying on the weekends. And, it's those bonds of friendship that will leave lasting effects on us.

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Tod'Toof' §»§ andWll1 andi dominated the 55th Academy Awards with eight Oscars, including best picture and the best actor award to newcomer Ben Kingsley. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the movie about a lovable creature from outer space that has become all-time box office champion, finished with four Oscars. The movie created a nationwide E.T. epidemic with everything from E.T. stuffed animals to E.T. shirts being sold. Meryl Streep was named best actress for her role as the tragic Polish survivor of a concentration camp in Sophie's Choice. Best supporting actress and actor went to Jessica Lange for her role as a vulnerable soap opera star in Tootsie and Louis Gossett Jr. for his role as a tough but fair drill sergeant in An Officer and a Gentlemen. R indlay students again were able to keep pace with the music trends of the nation thanks to the addition of MTV to local cable programming and to concerts in Toledo and Bowling Green. Groups as diverse as the Stray Cats to Judas Priest to Dianna Ross appeared in the Toledo area during the 1982-83 school year. Popularity of the concerts was always evidenced by the large number of students sporting official concert t- shirts at school the day following the shows. With MTV, Findlay students had the opportunity to keep pace with the latest trends in rock and roll. Video music brought attention to new groups like the Stray Cats and Men at Work while highlighting previous favorites like Def Leppard and Hall and Oates. Some of the top albums during the school year were Thriller, Michael Jackson; Business as Usual, Men at Work; Rio, Duran, Duran; Frontiers, Journey; Kilroy was Here, Styx; Built for Speed, Stray Cats; Signals, Rush; American Fool, John Cougar; Night and Day, Joe Jackson; Pyromania, Def Leppard; and H20, Hall and Oates.