McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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Lisa Jury Jeff Justice Joe Kaczmark Kathryn Kaeppel David Kalkbrenner Craig Ralen Mary Kaminski Eve Kampmeinert Patricia Kane John Kavanaugh — Karen Kastrup Sue Ratraba Craig Kedl Becky Keen ‘Kim Keener Bridget K Dave Knickmeyer Lon Kinger Mary Koch Jenny Koester Kent Koester Mark Koester Laura Koetting Peggy Koetting 182 Undertas

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Victims, beware of pranks! It's Sunday morning. You've just awoken from a peaceful nights sleep. It feels like it’s going to be a beautiful day. You go to the window to look out on a glorious morning and — TER- ROR!!! Long white strands of toilet pa- per are hanging from the tops of the trees and spread throughout the whole yard. Your glorious day has just van- ished with the realization that you must spend the day cleaning up the mess that was made just hours before while you were sound asleep. Pranks like this were just normal, everyday occurances for most high school students. Some of the more common pranks included soaping cars, placing phone calls as mysterious strangers, and TPing houses. One of the more unusual pranks was picking up a parked car and moving it into the lawn, usually between two trees. So, why did people pull pranks and what made them choose you as the vic- tim? There was really no specific rea- son for participating in a prank. Usually it was just something to do when your “good friends’’ didn't have a lot of money and wanted a good laugh. “'It makes people look like a fool. You choose people who won't really care or won't get mad, ’ commented one junior who asked to remain anonymous for personal reasons. But people some- times had other ideas. Some pranks were pulled for revenge on someone who had pulled a prank on them, or on someone they disliked. Some pranks took weeks of prepara- tion to organize, but for the most part they were just spur-of-the-moment jokes. The next time you see one of your friends’ “squeezing the Charmin”, play it safe and question their motives. - Underclass 1S]

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IWAN sire ivaele o)ls tele) elssuelne) ie! “Why do you smoke? Because it's a habit or just because you like it? Or maybe you smoke because your crowd does?’ These were the questions that were asked to the smoking area crowd. Steve Reinkemeyer replied, “I like smoking!’’ On the other hand, Al Schnettgoecke said it was just a bad habit. Most of the people that smoke during school said they do it to relax and escape from school pressure or just to be sociable. The majority of the people that smoke now started when they were younger. Steve said he started because of peer-pressure and because all of his friends did. Al commented, “'! just de- cided to do it one day.” Also, people said they started because their parents smoked. “When it comes to buying cigarettes it gets expensive!”’ the people from the bleachers remarked. How do they pay ' for their smokes? Many of those who did not work bought cigarettes with idoCeybem hbbetel ols selevel=yacey um eeloyel=nmrne)eclce(ejere! old mom. On an average, people said they smoked about halt a pack on a week day and a pack to a pack and a half on a weekend day. Since smoking can become a bad habit the majority of the smokers have tried to quit but failed. One anonymous junior said she tried to quit but she started having fits so she started again. On the other hand, some people don’t want to quit. Our smoking area is great in the spring and summer when it’s nice, but in the fall and winter it gets too wet and cold! explained one of the crowd, when asked what he liked and disliked about the smoking area. Everyone who frequented the area agreed that there should be some kind of pavillion out- side or thought MN should have an inside area for smoking. Unfortunately for the smokers, the administration does not agree. Being stereotyped was one thing that plagued people who used the smoking area. Steve felt that it wasn’t right for jOX=10) ©) (Ms (OMI (=) 4-10) 014 0 HEMwLO) 86(= 1s o =10) 0) (=) come out here just to smoke cigarettes and they automatically get stereotyped as freaks, and | don't like it!” he said. Others said they really didn’t care what non-smokers say about them. Although the smoking area has its pros and cons, it will continue to be a popular place. Socializing during a commons, [oe Litteken tells a new joke. At lunch time people go outside for a little relaxation on the bleachers. Brian Koonce Kelly Kopp Sue Kopp Larry Kostecki Kent Koithoff Lisa Kratt Val Kramme Scott Kretzer Joel Krietzner Thomas Kriss Scott Krone Linda Kuechler Don Kuethe Brian Kuhimann Jacki Kurlowski Kevin Kurlowski fons 10 10 10 10 1] ny 3 | (7) pat eed oO om Underclass 153