Kennedy High School - Profiles Yearbook (Bloomington, MN)

Page 30 text:

ix a.m.? Never. Well. 6:30 then. Not even close. Ask most any student and he'd tell you: the day really began at 2:05. That’s because when the final bell of the school day rang at 2:05, students then had the freedom to do whatever they wanted. Of course, there was always homework to consider, but chances were that wasn’t the first thing to come to mind, not when there were so many other tempting options out there in the real world. So each day the exodus began, as students poured out of classrooms and then asked: Huh. What do you think we should do? Final bell saves the day; students thrive after 2:05 Below: It's 2:05 and Jell ZeHmer. Evan Church. Mark Throndsen. Leslie Beck. Tim Clifford. Jodi Larson and Shirley Haggerty are The 2:05 pigout Above: Sure, he ate lunch today. Missing a meal just isn't the game plan. Even so. by 2:05 Jell ZeHmer was in trouble. His stomach was noisily reminding him that It not in his body just to take up space So it was that by the time ho got to his bus for home, the word food kept flashing through his mind. Finally, by the time he reached home, he was desperate Raiding the cupboards the 'fridge, he settles down to a 2:05 least, secure in the knowledge that a lull tummy is a happy tummy. The 2:05 crash Right: All work — and all play — have made Evan Church a tired little boy. It's not easy being the He of the class for six long hours. It takes intense concentration. His is not a wasted He. however, for all Ns efforts in school tired him out sulficienity so as to lull him into a better world, a 2:05 dreamland 26 Life at 2:05

Page 29 text:

cJrolo, ' rvN GGCxc x oct tO l$Cwj Qra rrvcfe O-SLftX t: ' nn QUX .- poo? JSre irN ( rr Sn so osg Coot IfO lAfOCt1 po of o QQQO-} -hcr Q, TCxkrs bCIwl VOi WWWOIb Compromises needed to help overcoming social differences mam so scared. I know that when the Lincoln and Jefferson kids walk in. the dress code is going to be unbelievable. 1 11 have to buy clothing with name tags on them. Bye bye Plain Pockets, hello Calvin Klein. Why do I want some guy’s name, whom I’ve never even met. on my butt. That’s awfully intimate for a complete stranger, don’t you think? I can’t afford nice Clothes. I CAN BARELY AFFORD NICE FOOD! What about the new curve? Now I know I’ll never get to Normandale. How do they do it? Do so well in school. I mean. They must ... No. they couldn’t. But then again, maybe they ... could it be that they actually ... STUDY? Nahhh ... No high school student in his right mind would actually ... study. It’s practically a four-letter word, give or take a couple. (I got a C in Algebra.) I can’t disgrace my family. I’ll have to study. Then again. I can’t disgrace my reputation. My name will have to be erased from thousands of bathroom walls around the country. That’s a risk I’ll simply have to take. I’ll study. It’s not such a sacrifice to make, when you consider my reward: the chance to further my education at Normandale. Did I say Normandale? I meant the U. The University? Why stop there? I’m not stopping until I get to HARVARD! With the arrival of prestigious Westerners. Jim Hartmann w t have to clean up his act loomington. It’s not a city, but two cities within a city. If one were to believe the stereotypes thrown at us. one would think that only rich, prestigious, highly intelligent children are reared in West Bloomington, and only juvenile delinquents inhabit East Bloomington. Of course, stereotyping and overgeneralizing has taken its toll; however, the belief that ’’West is best and East is least has been played by both sides. For many, it has been accepted as truth. So. as long as the Westernites attended Jefferson and Lincoln, and the Easternites were kept at Kennedy, there have been no major problems. Until now. Until now things have run smoothly in Bloomington schools. Money problems changed all that this year, however, for the School Board was forced to make major cuts. One cut would save $1 million; it involved closing down a high school. On Feb. 16. 1982. the Board voted to make Lincoln the school to be closed. The dreaded nightmare was to become reality. East and West were to be integrated. How to make it work? Compromise. Both sides would have to play down social differences, forget the stereotypes, and learn to give a little. Compromise would surely help the situation. Compromise alone would make the integration of the schools work. Compromise would enable Bloomington to become a whole once again. Feature 25

Page 31 text:

The 2:05 affair The 2:05 effort Below: It begins at 2:05 — if 3t all possible — and it ends much much later — if at all possible. II it hadn't been lor little interruptions like school, work, hockey practice, soccer practice, and parents. Leslie Beck and Mark Throndsen might have made their 2:05 Affair a 24-Hour Affair. Right: He was more than fust another all-round guy. Tim Clifford was an AM-State soccerman He did it all. When 2:05 came, he turned into an all-over athlete. controN nq the ball m the final minute o? the State Soccer Tourney to break a tie and win the championship. That's all. The 2:05 splurge Below: Cheryl Tiegs. Brooke Shields. Carol PUgram. Jodi Larson Being fashion plates takes timo. Ask any one of these girls So when 2:05 rolls around. Carol and Jodi lug their bulging purses from store to store, looking for that perfect outfit. Hi, Cheryl. Hi Brooke. Oh — it's Carol and Jodi. The 2:05 dilemma Above: Who are Luke and Laura? And what's an Ice Princess? Ask Shirley Haggerty and Debbie Michel these questions and they'd think you should be in a General Hospital yourself — and for treatment. These General Hospital” junkies just wrshed school would have ended five minutes earlier. Life at 2:05 27