Irvine High School - Citadel Yearbook (Irvine, CA)

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ST ■ e«t Wide World photos »«WlWe SPABKS ¥EMSI«H dding to already strained rela- tions between the U.S. and Russia, the downing of Korean Airline (KAL) jetliner 007 provoked anger and a sense of disbelief throughout America and the world. The flight between Anchorage, Alaska and Seoul, Korea, according to the Soviets, had strayed into their airspace, and was flying with no navigation lights at night. Warning lights were supposedly flashed signaling the plane to land. Four bursts of tracer bullets were shot across its path. Missiles were then launched at the plane after a precise and definite order, and the target was destroyed. This act killed 269 men, women and children of varying backgrounds, including Americans such as Senator Laurence McDonald from Georgia. The majority of the deaths, though were to Koreans. Searches for debris were started immediately by Japan and Russia, but the Japanese search parties were stopped on the border of Sakhalin Island, a Russian territory. With an inability to recover the black box or flight recorder, the Key to answering questions as to why the plane was in Russian airspace and if the accounts of action were acurate, was also destroyed. — by Barb Czech MiCHAEL JACfiS M eldom seen in the music and entertainment world is the sud- den success of an entertainer at so fast a pace and at so high a caliber as that of Michael Jackson. Jackson wasn ' t exactly an over- night success, though. In the music business since he was five years old, Jackson was one of the members of the popular early 70 ' s group, the Jackson 5. His success has mainly attributed to his record-breaking album Thriller. He was the first in history to have sold 27 million copies of a solo album. This fact alone allowed him to be written up in the Guiness Book of World Records. The hit songs on the album Thriller includ- ed Billie Jean, Beat It, The Girl is Mine, PYT (Pretty Young Thing), Human Nature, and the title track, Thriller. Unusual techniques and effects such as using two street gangs from Los Angeles to dance in the Beat It video and an unprecedented 14- minute length coupled with outstan- ding special effects in Thriller, sparked incredible growth In the music video industry. His successes did not end there, though. Pepsi Cola Company offered Jackson five million dollars for two commercials which were released at the Grammy awards. He not only re- wrotle the lyrics of his hit Billie Jean to fit the Pepsi jingle, but he also performed in both of them. Even thought he advertisements were to be kept a secret, they receiv- ed lot of publicity the night of the tap- ing of the second commercial. As Jackson was running down a set of bleachers in a concert setting with fireworks exploding behind him, his hair caught on fire. Quick action by his brother put out the flames and within a week, the quiet-spoken entertainer continued with the taping. His success culminated £tt the Grammys when Jackson walked away with an unprecedented eight awards. — by Barb Czech. SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Protesting the down- Christians gathered at Seoul ' s Youngnal ing of the Korean Jetliner, some 5,000 Korean Church for an anti-Soviet rally. Year in Review 29

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MiSS AMEBiCA k he was an achiever for her race I — the human race. ' Vanessa Williams, Miss America 1984, brought a new perspective to the title as the first blacl woman to be named to one of the most prominent positions a woman can hold. Not only did she win the swimsuit competition, she also came in first in the talent contest when she sang Happy Days Are Here Again. In the end, only one point separated Miss New Jersey, Suzette Charles (who became first runner up), and Williams. Although only 11 out of 2,750 women who have competed for the title have been black, this was a record year as four blacks vied for the honor. Williams, considered a controversial figure, had her own opi- nions about her accomplishment. I have never been extremely discriminated against, but I ' ve always had to do 150 percent more than anyone else just to get noticed. I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that I am black, she said in an interview in the October 3, 1983 issues of People magazine. According to Williams ' parents, their children were raised to be independent. They had to become responsible for handling their own desires. That ' s what real life is about, her father Milton Williams said. We didn ' t set out to raise a Miss America, but if our children feel qualified to do something, they should not hesitate based on so- meone else ' s prejudices, said her mother Helen Williams. One of the reasons Williams decid- ed to compete in various pageants was to defray the $10,000 tuition while she majors in musical theater at Syracuse University in New York. — by Allison Joyce Wide World Photos CELEBRATION: Accepting her crown, 1984 Miss America Vanessa Williams, receives con- gratulations from the previous winner Debra Sue Maffett. •LYMPiCS Ithough they got off to a slow k start, the 1984 Winter Olym- pics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia brought medal winning athletes home to many countries. From the one-member Chilean team to the largest team, the United States, which carried about 150 athletes, the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius or Swifter, Higher, Stronger was in full swing. The com- petition ' s motto also reached close to home in many cases. Even though the games were sup- posed to be an unbiased competi- tion, each country enjoyed choosing their favorites. Along with the in- dividual countries ' hopefuls, each different event also had a world-wide known name who was favored to win. Great Britain boasted of Jayne Torvili and Christopher Dean who received twelve perfect scores jout of a possible eighteen in ice dancing and East Germany based hopes on its Katrina Witt. The Russians ruled the hockey rink, and East German Karin Enke ran away with two gold and two silver medals in women ' s speed skating. The women ' s downhill gold medal winner was 17-year-old MIchela Figini from Sweden. The best ranking in this event for the U.S. team was 16th. Nineteen-year-old Paoletta Magoni of Italy won the gold in women ' s slolam, while Max Julen of Switzerland won the men ' s giant slolam. Canadian skater Brian Orser gave international Olympic favorite Scott Hamilton a run for his money. Hamilton edged out Orser to win the gold in men ' s figure skating. A lot of the competition was quite close, as was shown in the women ' s figure skating event. After a perfor- mance which earned her a perfect 6.0 from one of the nine judges, Rosalynn Summers was closely beaten by Witt. Other U.S. com- petitors in skating showed some sur- prising results, especially 16-year-old Tiffany Chin. Going into the short program. Chin ranked 17th in school figures, but after the short and long programs, she was lifted to a very close fourth, just missing the bronze. In the pairs figure skating, Peter and Kitty Carruthers, a brother and sister team, went into the games hoping for a bronze medal, but sur- prised the spectators by winning a silver. . Along with skating, the winter Olympics also consisted of alpine skiing events as, bobsledding and The U.S. didn ' t find much success in bobsledding or luging, but skiing turned in some fine performances. Debbie Armstrong, 20, edged out her teammate, Christin Cooper, in the giant slolam to win the very first gold medal for the U.S. in 1984. And men ' s downhill winner Bill Johnson set an Olympic precedent by winning the first gold medal in downhill for the U.S. in Olympic history. The other U.S. alpine victory was in men ' s slolam as twin brothers, Phil and Steve Mahre, won a gold and silver, respectively. The day progressed with Steve and Phil exchanging the possibilities of winning the gold medal throughout the two slolam runs. After one would finish a run, he would grab a walkie- talkie to warn his brother about cer- tain rough spots on the mountain. After his final run, Phil edged out his twin for the gold. On his way to the awards stand, Phil Mahre ' s day was made perfect with the announcement of the birth of his son two hours earlier. — by Barb Czech 28 Year in Review

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BEiBVI BLASTS ¥•» HEWf Front-page coverage over the presence of almost 1,200 U.S. Marines in Beirut, Lebanon was a daily occurrence. A terrorist attack killed 63 Marines in a bombing of the U.S. Embassy in April of 1983. Another 229 soldiers were killed when a terrorist, as part of the Islamic guerrilla group suicide mission, drove a bomb-laden truck into Marine barracks in October. Ordered to keep a visible peacekeeping presence, the Marines were not prepared for the attack that horrified the nation. According to Tim magazine, one clf»ar qoal of tho attarVo vune in Hriuo off troops of the U.S., France, Italy and Britain. And when President Ronald Reagan ordered the withdrawal ofU.S. troops from Beirut in February after eight months of frustration and failure, British and Italian units had already departed, leaving only 1.200 French troops to remain on the peacekeeping force. STAR SPANGLED BANNER: A US Marine observes as rescue workers sort through the ruins of the American Embassy In Beirut, after being hit by a terrorist bomb which Killed 63 A9TB«iAVT9 or the first time in the history of America ' s 24-year-old space program, the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) sent a woman and a black man on shuttle missions. On June 19, 1983, Physicist Sally Krislan Rid became the first woman to fly In space on an American mission. Dr. Ride and Col. John M. Fabian, another member of the five aboard the space shuttle Challenger. were nonpilot astronauts responsible for deploying the two communications satellites and operating the mechanical arm as well as monitoring other payloads. The first black American to soar in- I ock video developed into a new I course of entertainment that combined radio, movies, music and video, with new technologies and new marketing. This great video blitzkrieg salvag- ed the music business and set up a new way of responding to music Now. one could hear as well as see. Music lovers switched on video albums and enjoyed the sights and sounds of such mega-hit performers as Ouran Duran and Michael Jackson. In addition to video albums, by