Keller High School - Chief Yearbook (Keller, TX)

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New Releaxer - junior Danyak Arafat checks over some albums that are now released on compact digital discs. Looking Around -- Freshman Mike Loftus examines the selection of music offered at Camelot Music in the North Hills Mall. Arch-enemies C 9 Porn rock DIANA WILLIAMS graphics editor While the Road Runner is being chased by Wile E. Coyote during Satur- day morning cartoons, Twisted Sister's lead singer Dee Snider may be found dodging his father's attempts to catch him in the We're Not Gonna Take It video on another channel. Like the antics in the Road Runner animations, Snider picked each stunt for his video from his personal collection of cartoons. So, as the Coyote is the Road Runner's arch enemy, the Parents Music Resource Center may too be the arch enemy of not only Snider, but to all musicians who write, sing, or perform to, as Senator Fritz Hollings calls it, rock porn. In a Senate committee hearing held September 19, Snider negated claims by the PMRC that his video was violent, but that it was simply a cartoon with human actors playing variations on the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote theme. After a half-hour, Snider was dis- missed and thanked for his witness chair on Capitol Hill. 36 Renaissance '86 collide as All U . QR if an lt meets its match The PMRC, to say the least, was still not happy. Co-founders Mary Elizabeth Gore and Susan Baker say that they will not be happy until 'questionable lyrics are printed on albums and tapes, until rock concerts are rated for content, until albums with objectionable covers are racked separately or placed in plain brown wrappers, until MTV 'brackets' certain videos for late-night viewing only and until lyrics are included with albums and tapes sent to radio stations. Already, the PMRC has been responsi- ble for albums which are sexually explicit or promoting violence, suicide, rape, the occult or drugs to be marked Parental Guidance: Explicit Lyricr. Record com- panies agreed to put the PG label on albums and tapes, but now the PMRC wants the rating changed to R because it feels that the PG rating has been watered down by the movie industry. Stanley Gortikov, president of the Recording Industry Association- of America, believes that the PG rating was as far as the industry could go. The industry could not print the lyrics on the albums and tapes because music publishers, not rercord companies, own the rights to the lyrics. The industry could not send radio sta- tions the lyrics for the same reasons. It cannot put plain brown wrappers on the albums or rack them separately because that is the territory of the retailers. It cannot control the actions of per- formers because the best control . . . is parental supervision of the concert attendance of their children. Musicians have formed the Musical Majority to stop rating records, which to them is a form of artistic censorship. Members include Prince, members of Kiss, Duran Duran and Don Henley, among others. The PMRC says that they don't want to outlaw rock and roll or to change it, but to just strip it bare for parents to see and to rate objectionable things. They feel that what they are doing is no wa j censorship. So, just as the Road Runner hasn't seen the last of Wile E. Coyote, rock and roll hasn't seen the last of the PMRC.

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Inevitable move affects Keller High MELANYE CHITTUM staffwriter The move was inevitable. We all knew it had to happen, but it would have been nice if we had stayed down for two more years or so. Superintendent Ker- mit Heimann says. On january 30, the University In- terscholastic League's executive commit- tee announced that Keller High School, in addition to area schools, Grapevine, Weatherford and Mansfield, will be plac- ed in the 5-A classification starting with the 1986-87 school year due to the number of students currently enrolled in each school. Class 5-A, which is the largest class in the state, includes approx- imately 250 schools with over 1,500 students enrolled. The move to 5-A will play a vital role in the sports program currently offered. The move to 5-A will play a vital role in the sports program currently offered. From a competitive standpoint, the move is a big step. We'll be playing in a district that sent three reams, Denton, Lewisville and Wichita Falls, to the playoffs, Athletic Director Bill Bryant said. How we do next year will depend on attitude. If we take the field with the at- titude that we can win, then we'll do well, Varsity football player Ed Fishman said. Girls Head Coach Laura Bynum stress- ed that the move will be a challenge. We will be able to compete better than we can now in this district. The change, at the same time, has its bad points. Although the athletic department is af- fected by the switch, other organizations Chief staff gives its thanks CINDY MAYS staff writer The Chief staff would like to thank Wayne Meuir, our school photographer, Mrs. Judy Starkey, Mrs. Kelly Bradley, Mrs. Mazy McNamar, Mrs. Gail Adams and Stewart Applin from the Keller Citizen for their help in finding pictures for the different clubs, teams and organizations found throughout the book. F Others we would like to thank are Col- eco, for letting us use Cabbage Patch Kids, our Taylor representative, David Dixon, for helping us to make the best yearbook possible, Mrs. jane Curts, for helping with the cover, the word process- ing class for compiling senior achieve- ments and the index, all students, faculty, administrators, and also the Wigwam staff for indexing and working on stories.. will also feel the pressure of moving to a level of higher competition. The increase in student enrollment that caused the switch to the 5-A classification caused mixed feelings among students and faculty. ' I wish the growth rate would slow down. Fast growth isn't easy to keep up with, Coach Danny Quick said. I think the move is great, but it will rake a while to adjust to the larger com- petition, senior Barry Yandell said. We don't have the same numbers as the established 5-A schools and that in itself is going to be a big factor until we get enrollment higher, said Assistant Principal Tom Ladusau. The recognition will be good for Keller, teacher David Ballauer said. Ready or not, 5-A here we come. toall... Also, we would like to thank Mrs. Lisa Baker and the STudent Council for con- tributing their help in things such as counting the different ballots for contests conducted by the staff A special thanks goes to the United States Shoe Corporation in Enfield, Conn. CWornen's Specialty Retailing Corpora- tionl who gave us permission to use it's logo, which is found in Ups -N- Downs clothing store, as part of our theme. E 38 Renaissance '86