Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Seniors, juniors or sopho- mores, who had the most school spirit? During spirit week, the ju- niors seemed to prevail. Prizes were awarded to stu- pirit Week attracts classes to participate dents who participated in the fol- lowing dress up days: Chicago Bear Day, Dress Up Day, Clash Day, College Concert t-shirt Day and Purple and White Day. Reagan Plesha, junior, com- mented, “I participated the most on clash day, because it was the easiest!” Student Council — Front Row: Kris Zimnawoda, John Garcia. Carl Jimenez. Joe Nash. Pat Mulloy. sponsor. Second Row: Karen Dudak. Jean Tasicas, Candy Rathjen, Brenda Hippie. Melissa Stefanovich. Tammy Barkauskas. Sharon Daniel. Mike Dinatale, Debbie Galka. Michelle Schmidt Third Row: Katie Lear. Lisa Funder. Linda Walsh. Donna Zaikos. Janet Clarke. Jill Lamfalusi. Barb Hippie. Jodi Yagelski. Michelle Dudak. Lisa Bernstein. Gina Gros. Heather Kirk. Susan Galoozis. Back Row: l.aury Smith. Ana Dobrijevic, Bronko Jasnic, Sheri Sohacki. Chris Cochran. Tony Asnar, Dave Maddack. Joel Paska, Eric Ban. Brent Isenberg, Mike Mallory. David Yonker. Chris Taskoff. Tracy Wikse. Assisting the winning float at the half time activities of Spirit Week ' s Friday night basketball game are Frank Erfurth and Bill Lorentz, juniors. Inside the float is Carl Jiminez, junior. 26 Homecoming “It was neat to look around and see everyone in purple and white on Friday,” added Kelly Burke, junior. MHS students were tempted to participate in Spirit Week by re- ceiving gifts, such as a case of pepsi, gift certificates and movie tickets. However, some students felt that offering prizes wouldn’t make people show school spirit. “There are some students who will show school spirit, and there are other students who won’t. Nothing will change that,” said Ron Borden, junior. The Student Council tried to sponsor ‘‘Junior Olympics.” These Olympics were to be a se- ries of events for the student body to compete with each other and with other classes. Unfortu- nately, these games were can- celled due to lack of participa- tion. “We had hoped that the Olym- pics would start a sort of tradition at MHS,” commented Kris Zimnawoda, Student Council President, “but I guess the timing just wasn’t right. Hopefully, the Student Council will try it again next year.” “I think spirit week is important to the school. It shows the team that people are backing the Pi- rates all the way,” concluded Wendy Eaton, junior. Julie Metcalf

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Struggling for his life after battling AIDS, actor Rock Hudson died late in 1985. His memory will live on in the hearts of many. Hijacking a Trans World Airliner with 145 passengers and eight crew members aboard in Athens, Greece, a Sheite terrorist peeks out the window. All of the hostages were releases within days except the murdered American. Rocking his fans at a recent concert, Bruce Springsteen was the uncontestable “Boss” of rock n ' roll. He broke many hearts after his marriage last fall. i

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Showing their spirit. Bear fans Tony Velovski. and Melissa Hicks, juniors dressed up on Chicago Bear day. Hicks obviously favors Bear ' s quarterback, Jim McMahon! Spirit for the senior float was shown by Sheri Sohacki and Chris Cochran, seniors. Each entry for the float competition was paraded before a group of judges.