Hauser Junior Senior High School - Jetstream Yearbook (Hope, IN)

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tudents participated in polls three times during the school year to select their favorite songs. Each poll drew more response which was shown be a 48% increase from the first poll to the last. Michael Jackson, with his disco-styled songs, made Hauser's Top 10 in every poll, while “Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers received more votes than any song on all three polls put together. The students expressed that their taste fell more toward disco and a more mellow sound as evidenced by their high rat- ing of songs like “Born to Be Alive by Patrick Hernandez and “The Second Time Around by Shalamar. Ninth grader Lisa Bragg commented, “Taking part in the polls makes me feel like I am participating in the yearbook. “I like the polls and hope they will be run again, added Kenny Embry. The record above, “Rock and Roll Over by Kiss, along with the collages at the right, are examples of albums which were popular at Hauser during the 1979-80 year. 18 Top 10 Songs of 1979-80

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POLL SHOWS TOP 10 A Hauser student poll found the top ten news stories of the school year to show the holding of American hostages as the number one topic. Iranian students overtook the U.S. Embassy in Tehran during November, 1979 and held American hostages under guard in the embassy. Gasoline going over the one dollar mark was the second highest rated story in the news, with the price of gold running a close third. “We are more concerned about the price of gas because we need gas to heat our homes and run our cars, said Lauri Ray. Ranking fourth was the Shah of Iran being in the U.S. while fighting a bout with cancer, while the visit of Pope John Paul II to the states ranked fifth among Hauser students. The Pope's visit was meant to encourage world peace and harmony. Ranked sixth was the accident at the Three Mile Island Plant. The accident posed a threat to all nuclear plants, which were temporarily closed down while the Nuclear Regulatory Commission investigated the possibilities of leakage in other systems. Concern over the right of Iranian students to remain in the U.S. while students in Iran were holding the Americans prompted me to put this in the Top 10, said Matt Case. Enough others felt the same to place this at seventh. Number eight was the return of the gas line. Although we haven't had gas lines around here yet, I'm sure they're coming, predicted Griff Roth. Skylab, an orbiting space station, fell to the earth and landed near Australia. It made such a splash here at Hauser that it was ranked ninth. Ranked tenth in the poll was Rev. Jim Jones and the death of his followers. Jones led his agriculture cult to drink Kool-Aid laced with cyanide. Hauser students were in partial agreement with the rest of the country, according to results in a national magazine. It included the Hauser top stories plus the presidential campaign, Vietnamese refugees and the announcement of Sister Teresa as the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner. The 1979 Nobel Peace Prize went to Mother Teresa of Calcutta. At the age of 69, she had spent 30 of her years aiding the sick and poor in India. Gas prices soared during 1979-80 to well over a dollar a gallon. Americans were turning to subcompact cars and pumping their own gas to help save money. Adding to the rising prices was the situation in Iran—the U.S. refused to import oil from that country in protest to the holding of hostages. National News of 1979-80 17

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Top 10 Songs-April 10, 1980 Crazy Little Thing Called Love —Queen Another Brick in the Wall —Pink Floyd Working My Way Back to You —Spinners Too Hot —Kool the Gang Call Me -Blondie You May Be Right —Billy Joel The Second Time Around — Shalamar Refugee -Tom Petty the Heart-breakers Off the Wall -Michael Jackson ' How Do I Make You -Linda Ronstadt Top 10 Songs—October 11, 1979 Cruel to be Kind —Nick Lowe Sad Eyes —Robert John The Devil Went Down to Georgia — Charlie Daniels Band Pop Muzic —M My Sharona —The Knack Born to Be Alive -Patrick Hernandez Don't Bring Me Down Electric Light Orchestra Bad Case of Loving You -Robert Palmer Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough —Michael Jackson Lead Me On - Maxine Nightengale Top 10 Songs December 5, 1979 Coward of the County -Kenny Rogers Babe -Styx Please Don't Go —K.C. the Sunshine Band Take the Long Way Home -Supertramp Better Love Next Time -Dr. Hook The Long Run -Eagles You're Only Lonely -J.D. Souther We Don't Talk Anymore -Cliff Richard Do That to Me One More Time -Captain Tennille Rock With You -Michael Jackson Top 10 Songs of 1979-80 19