Maur Hill High School - Maurite Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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Roost climaxes “hump day” The study bell rings as music blares from the roost. From 9:00 to 10:00 Wednesday nights the roost is open to both Maur Hill and Academy students. There are many activities to do in the hour of roost. People play the video games, and foosball. While all of this is going on, people are continuously putting money into the juke box so they can listen to their favorite tunes. Upstairs many people play volley- ball and lift weights. Throughout the different seasons of sports there are intramural teams. Roost gives students a chance to see their friends and meet new people. Christy Boughan, Oak Grove, MO, Junior said, “Roost is a chance to get away from the dorms. It is a chance to let loose of some of the tension in the middle of the week. I always have fun with all my friends listening to our favorite songs.” (Story by Dee Dee Havens) Sharing a candy cane, Rob Harrington and Betsy Smith enjoy time together at the roost. Roost gives people a chance to get away from the tensions of homework. As Marino Gonzales eyes Meagan Zimmerman’s nachos, she decides to make a run for it before he attacks them. Nachos have proven to be the roosts favorite this year. 24 Roost Preparing another student a drink, Donna Willming, works hard to make the students happy. Mrs. Willming has worked at the roost for two years. While playing his favorite game, Raul Ramos doesn’t let anything bother him. Many people play the various games at roost.

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World and National A No Surprise Landslide A little more than a month ago. millions of registered American voters decided who would be the President of the United States for the four years of 1985-1989. In a landslide victory, taking in a record 525 electoral votes and sweeping everything but the District of Columbia and Minnesota, his opponent’s home state, Ronald Wilson Reagan was reelected as President of the U.S. Mr. Reagan’s opponent, Walter Mondale tried to capture the women’s vote with the first woman candidate for the vice- presidency, Geraldine Ferraro. For the second time, George Bush was Mr. Reagan’s running mate. The candidates appeared in a televised debate, a committee gave Mondale the victory in the debate. The reactions to the possibility of a woman Vice-President were scat- tered. When asked one’s opinion of this, a student who requested to remain anonymous answeredj Tt would defini- tely be different.” Terror at At 11:45 a.m., on September 27, 1984, a van with diplomatic license plates pulled up at a checkpoint ouside the U.S. embassy annex, a building in East Beirut, Lebanon, that for the past few months had become the head- quarters of Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew and his staff. The van was ordered to halt by the Lebanese security guards on duty at the checkpoint. Then suddenly the driver of the van pulled out a gun and shot at one of the guards. As another guard shouted and ran after the van, the driver raced through the “dragon’s teeth”, which is a staggered row of cement walls that was set up to slow vehicles for security reasons. After the van had made it past the walls, it sped up and headed for the target: The embassy. One of the body guards accompanying British Ambas- sador David Miers, opened fire on the approaching van. The British security man fired about five rounds through the door of the van. The driver was hit and as he fell, he pulled on the wheel and th e van swerved into a parked car. The van was still approximately 30 feet from the building when it exploded, but In a mock election, held at Maur Hill, Reagan was the undisputed winner. Approximately 66 percent of the voting students selected Reagan, while 34 percent chose Mondale. About 68 percent of the student body was involved in the voting. On the other hand, the people of Kansas voted: 469,375 or 65 percent for Reagan, and 244,221 or 35 percent for Mondale. Mark Monroe, wrestling coach and Government teacher, said, “I have a hard time under standing the reason why the students support Reagan. I believe that many are ignorant of the issues and support Reagan because of parental influence.” Three major T.V. networks were predicting winners before the polls closed. This may have been the reason that only 53.5 percent, one of the largest turnouts in recent history, of the people in the U.S. voted. Once again, Ronald Reagan is President of the United States of America. the Annex somehow, that wasn’t far enough. The closest side of the building literally collapsed. The shots fired at the van apparently prevented it from reaching its suspected destiny, the parking garage underneath the embassy. If the car had reached the garage, it and its 350 pounds of explosives would have blown up there, possibly causing the whole structure to collapse. As it was, 12 people were killed, two of them Americans, and 35 were wounded. The two Americans killed were; Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth V. Welch of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Navy Petty Officer First Class Michael Ray Wagner of Zebulon, North Carolina. The other casualties were Lebanese civilians working for the embassy. Compared to the other bombings this particular one was mild. Ninety minutes after the blast, an anonymous caller, speaking in Arabic, telephoned the Beirut office of Agence France- presse, the French news agency, and claimed responsibility for the bomb in the name of the Islamic jihad (holy). (story by Mike Lasater). Review U.S. hosts the 23rd Olypiad From the onset, the summer games of the 23rd Olympiad were the most spectacular games ever held. From the glorious opening ceremonies, held at the new Los Angeles coliseum on July 28th. 1984, to breath-taking grand finale, held on August 16th, the United States dominated nearly every event. Beginning with Connie Carpenter-Phinney winning the gold while competing in the first women’s cycling event ever held in Olympic history. The United States won a total of 89 gold medals, 13 silvers, and five bronze, setting a new Olympic record for the number of medals received by a country. Although the United States was classified as the winner”, the real winners in the 2 1 2 weeks of competition were the athletes who had trained, some for up to 8 years (even to the extent of giving up careers), to support their country in this rcnowmed world competi- tion. Of these athletes, from almost every country in the world, many set new world records in their individual events. Athletes such as Carl Lewis, who, in winning 4 gold medals, tied the record set by the great Jessie Owens. Edwin Moses, setting records in the mens 800 and 1500 meter hurdles. And, who could forget that “spunky” little Mary Lou Retton, who with her two individual golds, led the United States womens’ gymnastics team to their best finish since 1964. One very important aspect of the United States team was their depth. Most all of the United States athletes that competed in the 1984 summer games will return to compete in the summer games of the 24th Olympiad to be held in Seoul, Korea in 1988. When looking at the 1984 Olympics, many felt that too much emphasis was placed on winning. The Olympics do not only consist of the thrill of victory, or even the fabulous ceremonies, but rather the self-sacrifice of the athletes and the suffering, both the physical as well as mental trauma, that the athletes had to face to become one of the few that could say with pride, I competed in the summer games of the 23rd Olympiad.” (Story by Shane Libel) World and National Review 23

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