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

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Ceremony Seals Deal } ♦ » O i n tlub ddy, Friday, March 29, 1985, John Wesley North High School and Bourns, Inc. entered into an ongoing partnership of mutual benefit based on the sharing of exper- tise and resources. So the partnership between North and Bourns, an interna- tionally-based electronics company with its main headquarters in Riverside, was sealed. A ceremony in the Little Theater, at- tended by Bourns executives, most of North ' s faculty. Mayor Ab Brown, the choir and the jazz band, as well as sev-. eral classes by invitation, finalized the .igreement between school and corpo- ration with the signing of an official document proclaiming the partnership. The North-Bourns partnership was based on the mutual sharing of exper- tise and resources. North ' s expertise included: the Saturday enrichment classes; parenting skills workshops; and the choir, jazz band and dance groups for various Bourns events. Bourns, m turn, provided expertise in the fields of economics, finance, accounting, and personnel. Resources provided by North included such facilities as the pool, classroom space, the Kimtah Room, and the Little Theater for meetings, as Bourns fiad no location for large gatherings. Bourns, in return, provided used equipment such as balances, oscilloscopes and computers, for use in the science and math departments and, as a show of good will. Bourns presented North ' s Math Department with a new Apple He computer for use in the AP calculus class. This is a turning point in the education of our students, said Mr. Wolf at the ceremony. We are formal- ly acknowledging that learning is a life- long experience. -x- , Bourns partnership ' jhairp I ' .e were instru The partnersi 44 student life i St ' d ' . ' ' P

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Baby Fae Gets Heart Medicine has made some of the most star- tling advancements in the eighties. Baby Fae, a month old infant at the Loma Linda Medical Center, became the recipient of a baboon heart transplant. Although she only lived for 21 days with her new heart it was a record for the longest time a patient has lived with a heart transplanted from an animal donor. Baby Fae, the pseudonym for the child, was born with a hypoplastic left heart, or a severely underdeveloped heart. Two weeks after the transplant, Baby Fae ' s body began to reject the or- gan transplant. She also began to exper- ience kidney failure. The combination of these effects led to her heart failure a week later. Although Baby Fae lost her battle, she had given the hope to the doc- tors and researchers that in the near future a transplant of this kind might be success- ful. Baby Fae ' s surgeon Dr. Leonard Bai- ley believes that Baby Fae will pave the way for future animal transplants, and is convinced that next time it will be a sue- The NEWS Page Towering over the downtowrt eirea is this tifteen story crane. The Sheraton Corporation was building a luxury hotel in the lot across from Raincross Square. Famine Shocks The World Many African countries suffered from a severe drought which caused starvation and famine in 1984 and 1985. Ethiopia, however, had particular problems. In- stead of putting money into famine relief, the country ' s government insisted on buying weaponry to continue fighting it ' s civil war, which had lasted 23 years. Dur- ing 1984, starvation had hit a peak, and crops would not grow in most of North Africa. Americans had donated nearly $70 million privately in food and medical 46 student life aid, and, as a country, the United States gave up to 55,000 metric tons of grain a month, in addition to some $590 million in medical aid and general relief. 150 million people in some thirty African nations were in danger of starving. The drought was not the only problem. In Mozambigue the drought was followed by hurricanes and widespread flooding, while guerrilla war- fare prevented supplies from reaching the needy. In Chad the drought was even worse than in Ethiopia. Koko ' s Kitten Killed Great advancements were made in the field of animal research. At the Gorilla Foundation of California a 13 year old female gorilla named Koko had been taught to speak American sign language, Koko, over the past 12 years, has been taught to sign over 1,000 words. In July 1984, Koko asked the researchers if they would give her a pet kitten. The research- ers gave her a stuffed one, but Koko had to have the real thing. Finally, the Gorilla Foundation gave Koko a choice of one out of three kittens. Later in the year Koko ' s kitten was killed by a car. Koko was heart broken, cried, and was promised another kitten as soon as possible. Researchers planned on using the death of Koko ' s kit ten to find out about a gorilla ' s views on death. Old Body- New Heart If I only had a heart sighed the tin man of Oz. He would have been amazed at current technology. On November 25, 1984, William Schroeder, a federal in- spector, became the recipient of an artifi- cial heart. Schroeder entered Louisville ' s Humana Hospital in critical condition, car- ried by his two sons. When Schroeder entered the hospital he had about 90 days left to live. He agreed to the heart trans- plant in order to prolong his otherwise shortened life. Although Schroeder will probably have to spend the rest of his life in the hospital attached to a 323 pound air system, the drive for his artificial heart, his life was undeniably lengthened. Schroeder is living proof of the medical advancements being made in the field of medical science. I feel like I ' ve got 10 years left right now, said Schroeder.