Hoover High School - Memoir Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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The Year in Fads and fashions come and go with each year. During the 80-81 school year one style worn by both sexes was Levis'501's worn with VANS' or Nike' tennis shoes. These styles were influenced by New Wave and the California look . Another look was sweats or warm-up suits. Those were very popular being sported in the supermarket to Cyou guessed itj sports. Some looks that were popular in big cities never really caught on in Fresno, such as camouflage. This is the wearing of khaki, camouflage prints and jungle prints. Another look was the preppy style. This did catch on a little here in town. Some ex- amples of this are kilts, oxford shirts and penny loafers. ads and ashions 263

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The Year ln This was the year that Fresno got their football stadium. The first game was played Nov. 15, 1980 and naturally the Bulldogs won. Locally the Fresno State Bulldogs had a great year. Nearly, in every sport they came out winners. For California sports, some shined and some died! In Football the Oakland Raid- ers crushed the Philadelphia Eagles in the Superbowl. The Raiders stirred up a lot of controversy with their planned move to Los Angeles. They didn't ask the NFL's pemiission and this brought forth a court battle. Only time will tell if the Raiders become the L.A. Raiders. The L.A. Rams for are they the Anaheim Rams?D struggled at first but made the playoffs with the help of Hoover graduate Rod Perry. 262 National Bank

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The Year in . . . Who shot IR? JR Ewin of the hit television show Dallas f ic - - g P ' tureci above? kept us all in suspense over the summer, through the actor's strike and into December wonder- ing who shot him. This year in T.V. brought with it many new shows to try and boost ratings. Aloha Paradise, Hill Street Blues, Ladie's Man, Magnum P.I. and Foul Play were just a few of them. Some old favorites like Dallas, MASH, Three's Company, WKRP in Cincinnati, Love Boat and many more returned this season, but there were some that didnit. After twenty years on televi- sion, Walt Disney finished its last season, and Charlie's Angels, unable to survive another angel change also folded at the end of the season. Besides watching television. video games such as Atari and Intelevision was popular. Less expensive than Videodiscs, they start at about 8150. The videodisc is the latest of the new uses for the home T.V. It is a record that plays pictures when attached to a televi- sion set. Videodiscs and players have been on sale in the United States since December of 1978, but only recently this year be- came popular for those who could afford such a luxury. The players range in price from S499 to S775 and the discs are priced from S6 to S30 each. . . and adio 264