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

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Cleaning up on a homework assignment, Cather- ine Acosta uses the space available to her. Students were often forced to study in surroundings which were less than ideal. Delivering his opening statement to the attorney coaches, Stephen Negus defends the innocence of the ficticious Karen Dennis. Many practices were held before North presented the Mock Trial case at Riverside Superior Court. 198 division

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I v while Mrs. Knott reports the progress of the ' cam- pus clean-up campaign, Tim Cassidy and Tony Rossi listen. A cleaner campus was just one of many USL goals. During a fifth period USL meeting, Georganne Knott, Dean of Students, waits for the reaction of Student Body Vice-President Monica Decker to a convention idea. The USL was responsible each year for the annual USL nominating convention at which students were nominated for the following year ' s offices.

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N ew Teams Evolve Academics has traditionally been an area of personal achievement. Words like competition, sports- manship, teamwork, and camra- derie were usually reservered for athletic organizations; but no more. Academic teams had begun to battle other schools in competi- tions of the mind which were just as fierce and emotional as any ath- letic contest. The Academic Decathalon team trained intensely on a diet of carrot sticks, chips and dip while study- ing for their grueling, ten event contest. Defending champions. North finished second to Poly, but won many individual awards. 9 North ' s College Bowl team was chosen from independent compe- titions held during lunch. The top scorers went on to various meets throughout Southern California. Champions of Riverside County, North ' s Mock Trial team went un- defeated throughout the prelimi- nary rounds and defeated Poly in the finals to advance to the state competition in Sacramento. Attor- ney coach, Virginia Blumenthal said The prosecution and de- fense have had to work together as one team in order to win the championship. Just as it was with athletics so it was also with the academic teams at North. No one person can do it alone, remarked Blumenthal. 14 ' Y ' -1 Fingering her toes while studying for Aca- demic Decathalon, Edie Chang makes herself comfortable at a decatahalete ' s home. The team gathered every Tuesday and Thursday night for Intensive practicing. Working on an in-class assignment, Mr White ' s art class students try to transfer their ideas onto paper. Academics