Hicksville High School - Comet Yearbook (Hicksville, NY)

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At the dance honoring Mr. Pitrelli, juniors Danielle Campisi and Kristen Mund discuss the effect Mr. Pitrelli had on the high school, while Karen Kratochvil and Alex Pangas think about the issue themselves. id you ever do a job without getting paid for it? Did you ever help a special friend with a problem? In these days of what many call the The Volunteer Club: Advisor Mrs. Walling, Karen Apgar, Alex Athana- siou, Christina Moy, Shabnam Nezami, Katrini Zafiriadis, Kathleen Higgins, Michelle Diconza, Lorraine Fan, Christy Sell, and Samantha Smith. Missing: Rajesh Babani disprove this theory? It’s not surprising to see that there are. There are people in our school who contribute their time, effort and often their money to their community. In a way we all have contributed to our community, be it by giving blood or by donat- ing canned goods or clothes to the needy; however, time is the one thing many of us don’t seem to have enough to give. The few outstanding people who give that precious quantity to those who need attention are truly to be congratulated for their unself- ishness. Senior Min Park, for example, serves as a volunteer at Central General Hospital in Plainview. She expresses that the feelings she gets from helping the patients has affected her so much that she now wants to go into a science related field. She also claims that despite the large amount of volunteers working at the hospital, her “time is very well spent caring for the pa- | tients and seeing them get better.” Similarly, senior Kelly | O’Callaghan exclaimed, “Seeing people happy is enough pay- me. Money just can’t buy those smiles.” Once a month Kelly and her church youth group conduct a Bingo game for the senior citizens at a nursing home. Students like Min and Kelly show that it takes human caring and kindness to really help others. Hicksville students care about their community and it shows through their various services. — Bindu Belani The volunteer club performs many beneficial acts of community service. Here, sophomore Lorraine Fan meets a new friend at the United Presbyterian nursing home, where the club brought holiday cheer to many, c: -o CQ -S .0) Community Service 23

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Giokazta Molina Is money one of the most important things in your life? yes: 48% no: 52% Seniors Karilyn Ayres and Liz Caresse enter an Honor Society meet- ing after school, full of ideas to help the community as senior Stacie Berger thinks of ways to help the school. 22 Community Service Ms. J.Gelberg

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I --11 ; w • I i ecause of the various types of music today, it is sometimes difficult to follow one particular trend. New Wave music is a direct contrast to hard rock, top forty music is very different from heavy metal, and thrash is the opposite of disco. Even so, some students were able to listen to more than one type of music simultaneously. Some of the most popular top forty bands this past year were Def Leppard, Debbie Gibson, George Michael, Bon Jovi, and Chi- cago. These artists have had numerous hits, and were frequently played on radio stations Z-100 and WPLJ. Junior Gerald Lenzi says, “I like top forty. Z-100 is the best radio station on the dial.” Senior David Keller agrees, “I listen to top forty the most, but my favorite type of music is a mixture of types of music.” David is also a fan of hard rock, proving that it’s possible to like numer- ous types of music. Heavy metal bands like Guns N Rose, AC DC, and Aero- smith have a big fan in junior Geoff Martin. As Geoff exclaims, “I like metal. Metal rules! Anthrax Forever!” Just because some- one prefers a particular type of music, he shouldn’t be categorized into a particular group. Junior Steve Campanella said “My favor- ite kind of music is hard rock because the music is good to listen to and it isn’t wimpy for my taste. I also like some thrash metal.” Junior Paul Niccolls favorite type of music is “Hard rock but, also some new wave and thrash.” New music bands like Depeche Mode, Erasure, The Sugar- cubes, and INXS continue to rise in popularity. After WLIR went off the air, station WDRE took its place. Junior Augustine Hansen, who works at Record World, feels “WDRE plays the best new music and the most up and coming groups.” Because new music has been so popular on the charts, it has often crossed the path of top 40 fans. Junior Kristine Tisdale exclaims, “I like all music. I don’t really have a favorite radio station because I flip around until I find a favorite song.” Even though some people have specific musical tastes, even- tually they might find themselves having varied musical tastes! — Vicki Cullen At the Mr. P. dance, senior Harry Pangas “entertains” us all with anecdotes and amusing stories about the late, great Mr Pitrelli. 24 Musical Trends 'eMZTJk