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

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AIDS Gains Attention Not since the Black Death of the 1400 ' s has the world feared a disease as it has feared AIDS. Acquired Immune Defi- ciency Syndrome, AIDS, placed fear in the hearts of millions as cases were re- ported in epidemical proportions. After gaining national attention because of the death of Hollywood movie star. Rock Hudson, over 3,042 cases had been reported in California to date. No cure has been discovered as of yet, but re- search in France has opened up new hopes with special drugs to combat the syndrome. In late 1985, a test was created to find the disease in blood transfusions. This happened after scientists discov- ered it could be transmitted by sexual encounters with an infected person or by blood donations. The Chicago Bears destroyed the New Eng- . land Patriots in Super Bowl XX, with a score of 46-10. An incredible defense shut down all hopes of a New England victory. In baseball, the interstate 1-70 World Se- ries was played between the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals. With an j 11-0 victory in the 7th game, the Royals J gained property rights to the freeway » ■•• their first World Series victory. ' i Mexico City was rocked by an earthquake g on September 19th, measuring 7.8 on the .i Richter scale. Many buildings were leveled in the downtown area, killing over 20,000 people and leaving over 150,000 homeless in the devastation. The town of Armero, Columbia was buried when the dormant volcano, Nevado del Ruiz, exploded into life in November. A wall of mud ranging from 7 to 15 feet thick • swept over the town, killing over 1.09 vil- . ' lagers as they slept. j 1986 marked the return of Halley ' s Comet, after a 76 year absence. Scientists, with the use of satelites. were able to probe the inside of the comet for the first lime. Groups Exercise Terrorism Terrorism ran wild in 198b as the PLO added yet another crime to their annals. On October 3rd, members of the Pales- tinian Liberation Organization hijacked the Achille Lauro, a passenger cruise ship, in the Meditterranean. Leon Klinghoffer, a handicapped tourist aboard ship, was murdered in cold blood and thrown overboard as the terrorists waited for their demands to be met. After three days of bargaining, the tour- ists were set free off the coast of Egypt. The hijackers were then placed under the custody of Egyptian forces. Afterwards, however, when it was discovered that the terrorists were to be allowed to escape from Egypt, President Reagan ordered two F-14 fighter planes to force the 737 carrying the terrorists down to a military base in Sicily. ' They ' ve just killed a passenger. ' In early autumn, a group of Shiite Mus- the aircraft, and killed a U.S. Marine, lims hijacked TWA flight 847 after tak- The plane then flew to Algiers, Algeria, ing off from Athens Airport. After being where more captives were released at denied the right to land in Syria, the night. Flying back to Beirut Airport, the hijackers sent the plane to Beirut Air- plane was destroyed after a crack com- port, making a forced landing under the mando team rescued the remaining hos- threat of killing a passenger. In Beirut tages. Airport, the hijackers released seventeen women along with two children, refueled Marcos Falls To Aquino Under the threat of civil war, the dictato- rial regime of Phillipine leader Ferdi- nand Marcos came to an abrupt end as he was forced to flee his country. His opponent, Corazon Aquino, housewife- turned-politician, took office shortly afterwards. Elections were held in the Phillipines on February 7th, shortly after Aquino de- clared her candidacy. Corazon ' s hus- band, Benigno, who was originally sup- posed to be Marcos ' s opponent, was as- sassinated in 1983 after returning from exile. By the 15th, Marcos had been de- clared the winner, but the U.S. State De- partment felt that the elections had been fixed. The following day, followers of Aquino began a series of nonviolent demonstra- tions in the streets of Manila. These demonstrations intensified, however, and rather than risk a confrontation, Marcos left the country. The problem was not to stop there, though. After flee- ing the islands, it was discovered that Marcos had embezzled over twleve bil- lion dollars in his term of office. newspage 31

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THE NEWS PAGE Catastrophe Strikes NASA On January 28, 1986, the United States ' space program suffered its worst tragedy ever. At 11:38 a.m. EST, 73 seconds after liftoff, all our exhilaration turned to hor- ror, as the space shuttle Challeng- er exploded above the Atlantic, de- stroying the vehicle and killing all seven astronauts aboard. Among these seven heroes were Francis R. Scobee, Flight Com- mander; Michael J. Smith, Pilot; ' Oh, God-Don ' t let happen what I think just happened ' Ellison S. Onizuka, Aerospace En- gineer; Judith A. Resnick, Electrical Engineer; Gregory B. Jarvis, Elec- trical Engineer; Ronald E. McNair, Physicist; and Christa McAuliffe, the world ' s first schoolteacher in space. McAuliffe was chosen for the position in a national contest for teachers in space. The cause of the accident is still, at this time unknown. Speculation, however, gave us many theories as to how the shuttle destroyed itself. Most believed that one of the two main booster rockets, located on the sides of the shuttle, burned through the large fuel tank. This ruptured the tank and caused the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen to mix, thus causing the spacecraft to explode. 30 student life Destroying itself along with seven crew members, the space shuttle Challenger explodes off the coast of Florida. The two main booster rockets can be seen flying off in different directions, away from the main explosion.

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Students Go West Just as birds fly south for the win- ter. North ' s foreign exchange stu- dents flew west for the school year. Looking forward to a new lifestyle, they set out for America. Unlike the birds, these six students came for reasons other than the weather. Andrea lannuzzi, a senior from Italy explained, 1 came to the United States to learn English and the way of American living. Although the way of life here was different, the foreign exchange students soon learned to adjust. The biggest prob- lem they encountered was being away from their families. I write back home a lot, admitted Judith Vanos, a student from Holland. The exchange students found many similarities in the lifestyle; however, various differences in the school sys- tem were discovered. In Spain, we didn ' t get to choose subjects, except which language you wanted to take and your science class, said Maria Duran. We ' d stay in the same class all day, and the teachers would move aro und. Even though North was foreign to them, there was only one complaint. I don ' t like that there is such a short time to eat lunch, said Mauricio Va- leixo, a junior from Brazil. In forty minutes or less, these students found time to eat lunch on or off campus. I cannot believe how people go every day to McDonald ' s, exclaimed Duran. Although fast food restau- rants are internationallly located, the number of customers could not com- pare to the amount here. Vanos, a fre- quent customer, commented, All those cheeseburgers and chocolate cookies! Junk food here is too good! With all its differences and similari- ties, America proved to be an exciting country. I love California; I love America, stated Mitr Manchanda, a senior from Thailand. Reading the newspaper, Veronica De Oliviera learns about the current events of this country. De Oliviera came to the United States in order to practice her English and study our culture. FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS: Mauricio Valeixo, Maria Duran, Andrea lannuzzi, Judith Vanos, Mitr Manchanda; (not pictured: Veronica De Oliviera). After mastering the American slang, Mitr Man- chanda reads with ease. By attending a special Eng- sh school in Thailand, Manchanda prepared for the United States. 32 student life