James Whitcomb Riley High School - Hoosier Poet Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Above: Junior Bill Skillern was awarded a 50 dollar cash prize for the most original Thriller costume. Left: A third place prize of 5 dollars was awarded to Sandy Lewis ' 84.

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Place To Get The dances were great places to get together with your friends, com Lisa Richardson ' I only were the sch dances at Riley a place i get together with you: friends, they also provided a place to celebrate a victor ry or ease the pain of a- defeat after a football or basketball game. Many of the dances had themes and were spor. sored by different clubs a Riley. The baseball tear, sponsored an Ugly Cot pies dance, a Soc, Hop was sponsored b C.O.E. (Cooperative Oi fice Education) student and the yearbook stai sponsored a Thriller dance. A new attraction to Ri ey ' s dances was the Vic eo Music Machine a 1C by 10 ' screen that shower the latest music videos The Video Music Mi. chine enables students b dance to their favorite ml sic and watch the artists a the same time. The dances were wort the effort put forth t, make them a succ cause they arousec spirit, stated La

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A Bitter Sweet Year 99 1983 was a bitter sweet year of many accom- plishments and many trag- edies, ' ' remarked Todd Sil- verman ' 84. Many signifi- cant events occurred in 1983. It was an important year for women. Sally Ride became the first American woman astronaut when she ventured up in the Space Shuttle Challenger . Vanessa Williams made history by becoming the first black woman to be- come Miss America. The music industry was astonished by the incredi- ble success of Michael Jackson ' s Thriller al- bum. It set a world ' s re- cord by selling over 23 mil- lion copies. 1 983 wasn ' t just a year of accomplishments, it was also a year of tragedies. The Korean Air Lines Jet 007 was shot down by a Soviet pilot, when it strayed into Soviet air- space. There were 269 vic- tims, some of whom were Americans. Bloody Sunday was a castastrophe that will not soon be forgotten. A truck, carrying 2 tons of TNT, was driven through a US army checkpoint in Leba- non, while the American peacekeepers were sleep- ing. Over 239 US marines and sailors were killed, and many more were wound- ed. President Reagan was one of the most controver- sal figures in 1983. Anti- abortion, anti-ERA, and the American peace- keepers in Lebanon were some of his most disputed policies. 1983 was a year to be remembered by all, stat- ed Tammy Williams ' 85. Right: Michael Jackson ' s Thrill- er was the No. 1 LP of 1983. It sold over 23 million copies. Below: Marines helped remove several wounded soldiers after a truck carrying over 2 tons of TNT, was driven into the US checkpoint in Lebanon. V