Kennedy High School - Profiles Yearbook (Bloomington, MN)

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B aster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. It leaves many victims, but few survivors. Like a bullet, gossip shoots down the school halls at amazing speeds. And when it hits, it hits hard. Witness: Mary comes to school, overflowing with affection for Mr. Right. She swears her closest friend, Cathy, to strictest secrecy as she says. He's the one I've always dreamed of going to Sadie with. Jim. meanwhile, “accidently overhears Mary. He then reports it to Sue. who tells Jane, who writes a note to Jack. By the end of the day. a concerned friend asks Mary if she really is pregnant and has to marry Mr. Right. Mary is a victim of gossip. Joe is having a party. Just a few' of the guys after the game, nothing special. But the guys tell their friends, and the party starts to grow ... and grow ... and grow. Eventually, the cheerleaders are making signs and posting maps in the foyer with an X on Below: It's true Karen Tolman swears to Darren Koike that she knows for sure that the English test is gotng to be postponed, but it's a secret, so don't tel anybody. Darren may keep his word, aI right, but the news w be out anyway. Kim Clark's weS-traned ears have overheard it at. Joe’s house. About 700 kids show up with party treats in hand. The neighbors call the police S.W.A.T. team; Joe's parents call home from church and ground him until he's 47. Joe is a victim of gossip. Understanding what Joe is going through. Mary stops him in the hall to offer her sympathy. And — you guessed it. Fred sees her with Joe. He tells Sheila, who calls Mike, who then tells Bob. Once again. Mighty Gossip cuts its ruthless path. Pregnant again. Mary?” Right: Lacking anything better to do. Juniors Jay Hansen. Scott Evenson. and Rick Lukasezck debate whether they should drop in on the party they heard would be gomg on at Parker s First, I heard that. . but then SHE said . . 26 Gossip

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D o you actually think that you are. well, cool? Take another look before -------- you call yourself he ultimate: cool. Being cool didn't mean hat you had to have a yeat personality, nice :lothes. a great car. and 3 lot of friends. Being cool was sometimes just being yourself. Cool. It isn't a word meaning stuck up or wild. It's a word that means you can be down-to-earth and open with the world around you. So. before you call yourself cool, take another good look. All students want to be cool; they’d do anything to succeed Cool: Letter jacket eight: Not only did letter Jackets show school sptrit. they atso showed the OccompSshments of the person wearing them Marty Nelson proudy shows off her locket. The dudes in these blue and gold coats deserved to be proud. They worked hard for the letter that they wore. Did athletes teaHy go out for the sport, or was It the letter? Probably the sport, but the letter was a good reminder of the achievements they made. Letter jackets were cool, and so were the people wearing them. Uncool: No letter jacket Left: is this the only coat you could find to wear. Mark Hoagkjnd? A long, smety. sticky, pea-green hunting poncho? A look at the reactions of most students in the hois before school wodd tel Mark that his choice was uncool. However. Mark feels that coot and uncooT rooty are a matter of personal choice and need Jocks seemed to think that they needed to wear letter jackets every day But Mark, coo! as any jock, was confident in his pea-green poncho when others around him wore blue and gold. And confidence, after al. a what cool is about Cool: Going out Right: Stay home on a Friday or Sotirday night? Never. To Junior Denise Faschmg. staying home on a weekend was a sin. With sports events, parties, and dates, there wasn't time to stay home. But there were always nagging parents tetng you to be home early or to be good What tun could you have being In early or being good? Ike Denise, most students tved for the weekend What would weekends be if you couldn't have some fun? Jjst two nights out of the week: is that too much to ask? Uncool: Staying home Lett Which would be a more enjoyable Saturday night? Snugging up with you favorite guy. or snugging up with your favorite book? It looks Ike Junior Jonefe Brechon chose the book this time. Was It reaty al that uncool to spend one quiet evening at home? It was sometimes nee to escape from the loud and fast-moving world It was also a good excuse if you didn't get asked out. But Janete didn't care if she was considered uncool. Just os long as she hod a good time by herself Maybe Janete w prove that staying home could be fun. Sorto. Cool: Maturity Right: Being frmatue is a thought that never crosses senior Tracey Thornton's ynhd. Acting mature was not an easy thing for most students but Tracey finds it to be no problem at al Being a senior. Tracey found she must be at the more mature when she 's surrounded by a ton of wkJ and crazy sophomores and juniors. Most people dreamed about what mataity would be Ike and wished they were mature. But. not Tracey. She always I wondered what immaturity wodd be Ike Uncool: Immaturity Lett: Who says only sophomores are immature? Making a total fool of himself, the wkJ and crazy Kurt Smith shows how much fun being yourself can be. Some say only fools are immature. This may be true, but immaturity was fun. The everyday pressures of dally He could realty get a person down if they didn't let go and be themselves. So. Kurt makes It a habit each day to let go and be a fool. He acts himself and doesn’t give a thought to what people might think. Even if immaturity is uncool, being yourself is. Just remember, you're only In high school once. Cool And Uncool 25

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Gossip speeds through halls, assaulting victims, sparing no one Loti: Surprise quizzes ore a shock only to first-hour dosses. Gossip has a way of informing students in later classes of an the questions. Lesly Tuttle and Kim Posch share English answers. Below: AH someone had to do was to wear something that nobody else has That's enough to get Jenny Reed. Jeanette Toustgnant. Usa Johnson, and Laura Johnson talking. When it come to spreading the news, nothing was more helpful than the telephone. Sophomores Karen Botchelder (above center) and JaneUe Huston (above) exchange stories. Lett: With the Marching Band halftime show over. Kari Folkestad and HoSy Duis con get back to more important business: assuring each other that the new boy in math Hkes them. Gossip n