Mifflin High School - Lasso Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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WHETHER YOU ARE ON THE COURT, LEFT, WITH TROY HITCHCOCK, OR IN THE LUNCHROOM, IMMEDIATELY BELOW, WITH DELANE SMITH, JERRY WYNN, ERIC CORNLEY, AND MARK SMITH; YOU HAVE TO HAVE TEAMWORK TO GET ALONG. FAR BELOW, LARRY HUNTER, ERIC POINDEXTER, AND CARL SEVERSON ALSO FIND TEAMWORK TO BE BENEFICIAL IN ORDER TO COMPLETE AN ART PROJECT. STUDENT LIFE 9

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CUBE CRAZE IN THE MID 1980 ' S, A NEW CRAZE HIT THE NATION. IT WAS KNOWN AS THE RUBIK ' S CUBE. THE CUBE WAS INVENTED BY ENRO RUBIK, A JUNIOR PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE IN HUNGARY. THE OBJECT OF THE CUBE IS TO TRY TO GET EACH SIDE TO BE A SOLID COLOR. THE CUBE HAS SIX BASIC COLORS AND CONSISTS OF SIX SIDES. THERE IS SAID TO BE OVER 43 QUINTILLION DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS FOR THE CUBE. THE WORLD RECORD FOR SOLVING THE CUBE IS 26 SECONDS. THE CUBE HAS CAUSED MASS HYSTERIA ALL OVER THE WORLD. ALREADY, THE CUBE HAS CAUSED A WEST GERMAN WOMAN TO FILE FOR DIVORCE BECAUSE HER HUSBAND PAID TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO THE CUBE AND NOT ENOUGH TO HER. IN 1980 ALONE, 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE PURCHASED THE LITTLE CUBE FOR FROM $3.00 UP TO $15.00. RUBIK FIRST GOT THE IDEA FOR THE CUBE IN 1974. HE OBTAINED A PATENT IN 1975, AND THE CUBE CAME OUT IN 1977. CUBEMEISTER IS THE TERM APPLIED TO ANYONE WHO CAN RETURN ALL SIDES, ALL SIX OF THEM, TO A SOLID COLOR. RUBIK ' S LATEST INVENTION IS THE RUBIK SNAKE. THE SNAKE IS NOT A PUZZLE, BUT RATHER A PLASTIC CREATION THAT CAN BE MADE INTO NUMEROUS SHAPES. AT MIFFLIN, YOU CAN WALK INTO ANY CLASSROOM AT ANY TIME OFTHE DAY AND FIND SOMEONE BUSILY WORKING THE CUBE. IT LOOKS EASY, BUT, AS ALMOST ANYONE WILL TELL YOU, IT IS NOT, SO DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE LITTLE PLASTIC CUBE WITH THE BIG NAME. BIG MAC, FILET OF FISH, QUARTER POUNDER. FRENCH FRIES, ICY COKES, THICK SHAKES, SUNDAES AND APPLE PIES. IT ' S EASY TO SEE WHAT LINDA SAWYER, TIM HITCHCOCK, STEPHANIE BUTLER, TARITA CARRY, AND CASSANDRA ALDRIDGE HAVE ON THEIR MINDS. STUDENT LIFE

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WHAT MAKE HIM SHUTTER? IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN A CAVE, YOU HAVE SEEN HIM AROUND THE SCHOOL WITH HIS CAMERA TAKING PIC- TURES OF ALMOST EVERYTHING. MICHAEL STRAUGHTER HAS BECOME THE MOST VISI- BLE SHUTTER-BUT AT MIFFLIN. HE HAS ALWAYS ENJOYED PHOTOGRAPHY AND FINDS IT VERY REWARDING. HIS BASIC PHILOSOPHY FOR TAKING PICTURES IS: WILL THIS PHOTOGRAPH PROVIDE ENOUGH CONTENT TO HELP KEEP A MEMORY. MIKE ALSO FEELS THAT BEFORE HE SNAPS THE SHUTTER, HE MUST THINK FOR A SECOND HOW THE PHOTO WILL LOOK ONCE IT IS PROCESSED AND DEVELOPED. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, MIKE ' S PLANS INCLUDE ATTEN- DING THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE COLUMBUS SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN TO BECOME A PHOTO-JOURNALIST. MIKE HAS BEEN HIRED TO WORK PROFESSIONALLY AS A PHOTOGRAPHER. MANY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH APPEAR IN THE LASSO ARE MIKE ' S WORK. KATHY OLIVER MAKES MIKE STRAUGHTER THINK OF MORE THAN TAKING PICTURES, EVEN OF HIMSELF. DEENE UPCHURCH ANDTHE 81-82 PUNCHERETTES STRUT THEIR STUFF. 10 STUDENT LIFE