Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Apprehension expected at first Vet, exchange students leave fulfilled Height 509 oouj ready for passenger LcxjriehjIler.alsoajunior.livedinStoney I boarding, the flight attendent an- nounces over the airport loudspeaker The thought could moke any exchange student tremble with anxiety end apprehension Leaving their home country is hard, but having to live with and get to know o strenge family is even harder. However, most ex change students really do enjoy making new friends, and learn a lot about the country in which they're staying. Shelly Loos, a junior, hod Patrick LeConte stay with her for one month lost summer. He originally came from France; however, he returned there as on avid Cornhusker fc i! LUhen asked how she liked having Patrick stay with her. Shelly replied. He drove me crazy at times, but it was fun! Stratford, England. for one year with her family. She attended school in England and said that the difference between the schools here and the schools there is the testing system. In England, they take tests only once at the end of the year, she said. Torston Slmke from Kassel. Germany, stayed in Lincoln for three months, and went to school here for five weeks. Torston was not impressed with the schools here, senior Nick LUilson confessed He thought there was too much homework, said Nick. Torston didn't stay with Nick, but they did get to be good friends. However, he did say the people were much friendlier here,” according to Nick. 22—Exchange Students Surrounded by bodyguords, tenny Thorton and Shelly loos. Phil Hindley from England, takes o quick glance around him for ony ottocking spies

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Lined up to visit the White House, peopie wort their Offering modern accomodations. Uncolmtes chance to view Resident Reagan's home Washington welcomed the opening of the new Cornhusker Plazo D C wos the focal point of political activity early m the in December 1984 election campaign illi Information from near and far €vents make school year memorable. During the post year, many events hove token place, helping to moke the Impressive 1985-84 school year stand out In everybody's mind. Some events moy not hove been os positive os others, homever. they still ployed o rather signifi- cant port in people's mementos. firound the morld, the most drastic occur- rences happened in Lebanon. Many people involved in the situation in Lebanon hove been killed, along uuith more than 200 Amencon Marines mho mere unnecessarily killed in a bombing in Beirut on October 25. Moryonn Helms—the mother of o 19- yeor-old casualty—Implied about the lock of protection the Marines hod In Beirut. Good God. they better give them more protection. I don't mont to see this happen ogam. she declared. In the United Stotes. Ronald Reagan con- sidered re-election (after one full term and on abundance of mrinkles) instead of returning to good ol' Bedtime for 60020 Attempting to lure redder interest notional news papers display the latest neurs on the Grenada invasion Homever. the notion's mflotion rote ment domn considerably, os mell os the un- employment rote since Reagan's election in 1980. Finally, there mas nerns taking place even closer to home. (Especially on tenth and O streets to be exact: The brand nem. block-long Cornhusker Hotel mas finished by December of 1985. Another mqor event happened on Novem- ber 22 as the Stuart Theatre held o benefit for Lincoln General Hospital, by shoming the movie Terms of Endearment.'' Filmed here in Lincoln last spring, oil the proceeds from the benefit ment to Lincoln General's cancer deportment. Through the yeors. one tends to forget some of the important events that occurred during a specific year. Someday, soy the year 2000, people mill rediscover this 1985-84 yearbook buried in on old trunk. As they open the dusty cover and glonce ot the poges from the post, the memories mill slomly begin to unfold. Current (Events—21

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