John Wesley North High School - Aurora Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Alleged Ceramics Adventure Games Thrills Draw Students he Wheel. Who could achieve the skill necessary for it? Members of the ALLEGED CERAMICS CLUB were motivated to improve their ce- ramics skills by the challenge of the v heel, a potter ' s tool, and by the op- portunity for creativity. Although all members of the club had taken at least one year of ceramics be- fore joining, skill development was in- creased by encounters with the wheel. Explained Tina Jackson, I worked a long time before I could do anything with it. In addition to the wheel, creativity was a motivation for achievement in the club. We can make whatever we want, exclaimed Jackson. It ' s great! Most members enjoyed using their imagination to create different art ob- jects. Accomplishments in Alleged Ceramics by students may be attributed to the challenges to creat and achieve high levels of skill. Creative projects and tools like the wheel provided these challenges. Spike-filled pits and worm-infested zombies were all a part of Dungeons and Dragons. At each meeting of the ADVENTURE GAMES CLUB, its members braved danger in order to enact their fantasies. Participants met every Friday to exper- ience in exciting adventures created by the game master. We call Dun- geons and Dragons ' the Game ' , stat- ed Vice President Pam Watts. Howev- er, the club members did not allow the Game to completely take over their lives. Was it the adrenaline- building excite- ment that drew North students to each meeting? I can be immoral and run around waving my mace, commented Kurt Jensen on the roles he played. True to its name, the Adventure Games Club brought adventure to the lives of its members. -i-. Dungeons and Dragons was not always brim- minq wilh action. Club members lohn Schar- men, Steve Hanna, and Bill Nehrinq discuss the demise of a favorite cfiaracter. Taking on ' t he Wheel, Mike McFarlan com- pletes another successful creation for the Alleged Ceremics Club. Several v heels were available for club use. 1 98 oraanizations

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For lunchtime meetings, students found it more convenient to bypass the cafeteria. Danny Kronenfeld and Steve Negus enjoy tfieir brown- bag lunches while attending a College Bowl meeting. Getting a start on an article sometimes pre- sented North Star members with slight problems. Liz Scoville brainstorms with her writing tools, ready to go to action. North Star 9 i-ife 4 College Bowl NORTH STAR, FRONT ROW: Khalil Dhouti, Sung Robbins, Su- zanne Was, Harry Gill; ROW 2: David Smith, Wendy Roger, Laura Westafer, Chnsti Cornejo, Kathy Murphy, April Sandlin; TOP ROW: Mrs. Beatty, advisor, Mahsa Kamrava, Andy Peek, Karl Rim- bach. Rich Lawrton, Edie Chang, Ed Zix, Ion Hall, Rob McCarty, Ted Sanna, Richard Mar. (Not Pictured: Sean Clegg, Alana Cortes, Rick El- seewi, John Johnson, Sara Koehler, John Polite, Liz Scoville, Chris Sin- gleton, Mitchell Woofers) COLLEGE BOWL PARTICI- PANTS, FRONT ROW: Danny Kronenfeld, Jay Stanley, ' Helen Sanematsu, Sandeep Jauhar; ROW 2: Mr. Libolt, advisor, Noah Barkin, Bob Blackman, Steve Hanna, Sean Clegg, ' Steve Ne- gus. ( ' College Bowl Team Mem- bers) north star, college bowl 197

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Confused as to whether her char- acter, Eleanor the Benevolent, should club a harpie or heal Grunt Stirgecrusher, a fellow character, Pam Watts agitatedly examines the playing map. Players were allowed to bestow their own names to the roles they played. Alleged Ceramics Adv. Games Wu ' ALLEGED CERAMICS, FRONT ROW: Nick Regalado, Tim Bucholtz, Teddy Ayres, Paul Gonzales, Mark Dallmeir, Carl Weeks, Sean Smith; ROW 2: Dan Billy, Chip Nusser, Eric Brown, Anthony Gonzales, Damon Walk- er, Duncan Stewart, Jennifer Cote, Tina Jackson, Chris Meyers; ROW 3: Chris Miller, Chris Espinoza, Da- vid Hotchkiss, Mr. Rheinhold (Ad- visor). ADVENTURE GAMES CLUB - OFFICERS: John Scharmen (Se c- retary), Pam Watts (Vice Presi- dent), Steve Hanna (President). alleged ceramics, adventure games 199