Garrett High School - Aeolian Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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ee Year in Review As school year begins, Soviet It’s 1983 ... Ronald Reagan is the fearless leader of the Unit- ed States. On April 18, a bomb explosion in the U.S. Embassy in Beirut wounds more than 80 people and kills 63. When Hurri- cane Alicia hits Houston, Tex- as, in August six people die. United States and Soviet Union relations are more tense than usual, stemming from an inci- dent in which Soviets shoot down an wandering Korean jet on the first day of September; 30 Americans perish. News- Sentinel (of Fort Wayne, Indi- ana) editorial page editor Ralph Daniel Osborne, his wife, and his 11-year old son are blud- geoned to death in their home. Anorexia Nervosa is at all time high, and singer Karen Carpen- ter dies of the disease. Actors David Niven (73) and Buster Crabbe (75), movie star Gloria Swanson (84), newscaster Frank Reynolds (59), Jessica Savitch (36), and boxing great Jack Dempsey (87) leave fans, friends, and family in mourning. The nation watches The Day After, a nuclear war mes- sage warning. A Chorus Line becomes the longest running musical on Broadway, and Re- turn of the Jedi nets $235 mil- lion by the end of November. Some highly acclaimed movies are The Right Stuff, The Big Chill, Terms of Endearment, The Year of Living Danger- ously, Silkwood, and Risky Business. Gandhi wins the Oscars for Best Picture, Direc: tor, and Actor (Ben Kingsley). Meryl Streep wins Best Actress for Sophie’s Choice, and los ing to Streep, is Jessica Lange (Frances), who picks up an Academy Award anyway fol her supporting role in Tootsie. Louis Gossett, Jr., wins Best Supporting Actor for his por trayal of the drill sergeant in An Officer and a Gentleman. Girls swoon when someone mentions Duran Duran. Quiet! Riot, The Police, Prince, and Culture Club also top the charts, but way up on top is the new ‘Prince of Pop,’’ Michael Jackson, with a crowning al bum that breaks best-selling re cords, THRILLER. THE GEFFEN COMPANY Presents ‘A STEVE TISCH-JON AVNET Production “RISKY BUSINESS” TOM CRUISE REBECCA DE MORNAY Produced by JON AVNET and STEVE TISCH R= Written and Directed by PAUL BRICKMAN ee eo onsen mms

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LEFT—Hmm ... the look of the 80’s? Boy George, rock’s pretty boy girl it phenomena poutily asks, “Do you really want to hurt me?” BELOW — Collectible fads in 1984 were Garfield, rainbow, and unicorn momentos, Care Bears and Cabbage Patch dolls, worded pins (such as ‘‘Leave me alone—I’m having a crisis’), and bizarre earrings. Oh, yeah—and anything, anything to do with Michael Jackson. Fashion Pal

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downing of Korean jet kills 30 Americans Indiana University wins its | seventh Big Ten basketball title in 12 years and the Washington Redskins defeat the Miami Dol- phins to win Super Bowl XVII. Boys pierce left ears and girls rip up sweatshirts a la ‘‘The Flashdance Look’’. Children play with Cabbage Patch dolls if their parents can find one. Cas- sette tapes now comprise the best-selling form of music. Teens rush home from school to watch the super-popular MTV and their favorite “VJ” and make sure they tune in on Tuesday nights to see ‘‘The A- Team”. 1983 fades into 1984. Sud- denly GHS discovers wha t New York has been doing all along— breakdancing. Something hap- pens somewhere and a Doors (super-group of the late ’60’s) re- vival begins. Footloose gives inspiration to dancers every- where. Movies to see are Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Romancing the Stone, Sixteen Candles, Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Purple Rain, and The Karate Kid. Robert Duvall wins an Os- car for Best Actor (Tender Mer- cies), and Linda Hunt wins a Best Supporting Actress award for arole in which she portrayed a man (The Year of Living Dangerously), and Terms of Endearment sweeps the major awards—Best Picture, Best Di- rector, Best Supporting Actress (Shirley MacLaine). Garfield ET 3138 stays well-loved, and Strawber- ry Shortcake is bowing out. Several train wrecks encour: age investigation, and several international hi-jackings also take place. Los Angeles hosts the Summer Olympics, and United States competitors rack up the gold medals. Miss Amer- ica, Vanessa Williams, steps off her throne in response to public: ity of pornographic photo- graphs of her. “Late Night With David Let- terman” and ‘Thicke of the Night” (starring Alan Thicke) war it out for viewer suprem- acy. Three men struggle to claim the Democratic nomina- tion for Presidential candida- cy—Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, and Jesse Jackson. Mon- i Gen Adm - e TICK Ue dale wins the nomination and selects a woman, Geraldine Fer- raro, as his running mate. An oil spill ruins the tourist season in Galveston, Texas. The 30’s look is officially ‘in’. Girls continue to worship Michael Jackson, and Prince scores with a hit album and movie Purple Rain. The summer of ’84 will seep into autumn, and finally, with winter, into 1985. —Michelle Peters Year in Review 23