Hopkins High School - Warrior Yearbook (Minnetonka, MN)

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In Memorium over il A)CKy Nelson, stnger-45 Flo Hymon. CXymp-c vofleybofi chomptan-01 James Cogney. ocror 86 Denny Goodman, musoon-77 jomes Eosricnd, former U S Senoror-81 Ted Krtghr. ooor-62 Hank Greenberg. Home-run h »rer-75 Cory Grom, actor-89 Dey Axnez. producer and ocror-69 Day Dokjer. scarecrow on the Wizard of Oz-83 Danny Kaye, ear err oner-73 of coomry yor johnny Cdsh, wasiri Firy year Vising Heoc ddesi hedd cooch vj 9 7 record, rheir besr. Across rhe Srore JVy 8. Gosoine pipe ne exploded n mounds view. king o woman ond her doughrer Seprember 12, Umon officok onnouoced rhor meorpochers in Auym ronfied o comroa rhor serried o lobor depute or Hormei Ocrcber 14. Mory Lund, rhe fry womon to hove on artifodhearr imptonr. died or Abborr Norrhweyern Hospirol November 4, Rudy Perptch easily won redecrion over Col Ludemon December 2, RkJye Kiger wos arrested for the staying ond cfemembermenr of Morno Jeon Orennen. November 21. The Perpkh odmrwyroron reieosed c revenue forecoy showng rhe yore woUd be S813 mien in the red by rhe end of rhe next two years CURRENT EVENTS 23

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From rhe Triumph of rhe spindley Voyoger mok-ing rhe first non-srop, non-refueled flighr orouod rhe world ro rhe distress of terrorism and inrernorional conflicts, rhe evenrs of rhe posr year brought smiles ond rears, pride ond disroin, happiness and horror. The year seemed typical of rhe unpredictable oge in which we lived. Around rhe counrry Juno 19. Leo Dos died of o cocaine overdose juy days after being drafted by the Dovcn Celtics and signing a Si 6 mAon deal. yjy 3. keogon re rhe Srorue of liberty torch in New York Harbour for her lOOrh blrrhdoy August 6. longey kvog ortiftoaJrieart perient. WAam Schroeder. tied of a yroke Auguy 20. Poyol worker Patrick Henry Shernl forafy shot 14 felow OWohomo workers Ocrober 12. The Reogon and Gorbachev two-day “presummut m Iceland ended with the Reogon rejecroo of o Sover col for o 10 yea Star Wars maotonum December 23. Experimenral plane Voyager ond prfots Rut an ond Yeager returned to Edwards Air Face Dose encSng o recad rmeday. aound rhe-word ftghi Around rhe World My 26. Hoyoge Roman Carhok priey the Rev loaence Jenco was freed by Shite Mosim captors n Lebanon ofter 19 months of capttwy September 5. four Arob remasrs seized a Pan Am Doemg 747 with 389 people oboad in Karoch. Poksron. king 21 people October 22. Soviet Union expeled 5 U S dptomots ond withdrowed 260 Sovet employees from rhe U S Embassy November 1. Oerur kidnop victim David Jocobson was freed after o 17 monrh coprivry November 1. disclosures mpiy US. rroded arms ro Iron fa release of hoyoges December 25. hjockers set off grerodes in on Iraqi Airwoys jetVer ! eg bored Engbh commoner SaohTergyjgo np ood gtory on Onran's KKT7$or mionachy CUAAENT EVENTS

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Hundreds of reenogers d»e eoch yeor os o resulr of drugs or olcohol So why ore reens ... Nancy Reagan said, Jusr Say No . The dictions. Who was right? What were the Grateful Dead sang Driving that train, high answers? What was happening at Hopkins on cocaine . Drug and alcohol use become a jumble of mixed messages: in the past year we heard of talented athletes like Len Bias and countless rock stars using drugs, bur then other celebriries-Bill Cosby, U2, Mercury Morris- told us how destructive drugs were to our lives. Contra- ry When I do ir it's ro ger owoy from things rhor I con'r undersrond. -a junior High? Why did people make the choices they did? What could be done? A survey of Hopkins students provided some answers which indicated that, without a doubt, getting high was a fact of high school life in 1987. Friday nighr. Mom's ex-pensive gloss trinkets were % token from the monrte. Dogs of Donros ond Cheez Curls were waring The kegs appeared Alcohol use has become on influential port in the lives of o vast majority of srudents. 85.4% of Hopkins High's students hove used olcohol outside o family setting ond 72.5% of those who drink, drink or leosr once o month. A! quotes one) yoreno from HopMns Hgb vu dents were compied from o survey of 250 tenth Through twelfth graders In rher Engfeh dosses Some surveys were e mr«orcd be couse of certain inconssrenoes • Mnneopote Sr or ond Tribune Teens ond Drugs survey 1966 24 DRUGS Our beyond the focts lies the question: Why do students drink? The reasons vary. One student soid, It gives me o feeling of independence I hove o good rime ond I feel free.” Another responded, “It’s easier ro hove o beer in your hond or o porTy so you don't hove ro explain why you're nor drinking.'' It may be assuring ro parents ro know rhor the big beer bosh' wos nor os populor os rhey might hove thought. 35.8% of srudents reported having drunk mosr often with o few friends” rorher rhon the 15.4% who mosr often drank or lorge pomes. The seriousness of olcohol use ond abuse omong reenogers has been hotly debated. Ir is serious rhor hundreds of kids end up in detox or treatment eoch yeor. Out, on the other hond. most reens still orty drink socially. Of course, there is the other end of the spectrum: students who don't use. Although in the minority, rhey pur forth o strong voice in supporting their side of the issue. One student said. I've never felt o need ro fill my body with o bunch of junk ond to mess up my mind. I don't believe olcohol is o necessary port of o hoppy life.” Although legal, morjuono wos almost os populor os olcohol. 47.7% of Hopkins High's student body hove used the drug, which wos sti less rhon the Minnesota overage of 54%. Also, the majority of users only tried it o few rimes. One infrequent user soid, Sometimes I felt too our of control; bke I wouldn't be able to ger bock ro normal.”