LaSalle High School - Lantern Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Unlike the business world, high school provides students with the opportunity to be crazy and have fun doing it. Even silly antics like buzzing your hair and dyeing it to match your school colors seem a bit daring. During football season, Mike Stevens and Mark Johnson seized this chance to stand out in the crowd with stripes and jersey num- £ bers cut into their hair. g Seizing the opportunity to swim ■ competitively Dore Walkowski earned the most valuable player tard on the ' 86 Sea Lion team. F In high scbool, juniors and seniors begin to consider what they will do when they grow up. Each fall a Col- lege and Career Fair is held to sim- plify this decision. Chris and Beth „ Scott stop to listen to Cory Thomp- J son ' s explanation of MACIAF as t they wander from display to dis- a play. igh school is an opportunity to learn new abilities in the thinking forms. — Jim Albright Opening Opportunity Knocks 7

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i pportunity knocks Just around the comer Webster defines op- portunity as a situa- tion or condition favor- able for the attainment of a goal. For many, high school offers a multi- tude of opportunities al- lowing students to begin planning their futures. Amy Overpeck believes that completing high school will give gradu- ates the advantage in the working world. You get a better education so when you enter the real world you have a better chance than others who didn ' t go (to high school). Throughout one ' s high school career op- portunities avail them- selves either within or outside of the curricu- lum. Senior Kevin Zu- gulski points out that teenagers have the chance to hold a part time job. Are some people less likely to take advantage of life ' s offerings than others? Junior Kim Porter thinks, some guys are always ready for a challenge where girls take a lot of thought and precaution on the same opportuni- ty. No matter what, op- portunities are out there. They could be f right around the corner. % — Kari Cohee I ' ffsing ber ingenuity and creativ- ity Shelly Loutzenhiser worlcs on enclosing her imagination in the plexi-glass box, a unique opportuni- ty for self-expression. As teachers help students expand or create their futures, they teach the students from their accomplish- ments as well as their mistakes. Joe Horvath discusses one of his print- outs with Mrs. Britton. Opening Opportunity Knocks

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ions Live In The World 8 Student Life Divsion Moving faster and faster, a student ' s life is never ending. It continues through the hot summer, the interesting hob- bies, the whirling dances, up until the sparkling prom, and the ceremonial gradua- tion. Breaking the monoto- nous life in the fast lane are the weekends. Living in our corner of the world is fast living. On Fri- day nights, the students fly over to see the football and k ' ) h • .. » » ' . i. , v it -)•-■ h •• ' E » -». 2 - Awakening in a strange part of the world can prove disheartening to anyone. But, when Jenny Cole- man had a flash go off in her face as well, she wasn ' t sure what was going Lisa Gillean and Denise Binder prepared themselves for the real world during the College Fair at Centurv Center. basketball games. On Satur- day, you and your friends might skate over to U.S.A. or catch that movie that you have been dying to see. Renewal of fashions on our corner are a big comeback among young kids. Dressing like your parents did when they were growing up is a fashion everybody is doing, from flat-tops to floppy pink shirts. After a long school year, everybody looks for a hot and wild summer in different parts of the world. Many kids head to the luxury beaches and scorching sand. The rest stay at home to catch up on the soaps and find jobs. The life of a student ends soon after graduation. You ' ve been preparing for the world for four years, and suddenly you ' re there. — Gregg Coldiron