Mililani High School - Na Mana O Poina Ole Yearbook (Mililani, HI)

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Food Fight This proved to be an occasional solution to the overcrowding problem Too much people? Throw some gravy Imagination Graduation The prevailing word on every Senior s wish list For many a happy time for some an end to good ones HSTEC A small event in any students career rt was forgotten as easily as it 1S was passed The night before the paper was due we found ourselves relying more on this than our braxns License Junk Food When Mom didnt wake up and cook breakfast for us we went straight for the nutritious Cheetos Knowledge Something we all think we had but rt was never enough when the teacher asked us for an answer When we first got it we wanted to drive all the time after a while 1t wasnt such a brg dea 20 Muna Magazine . ' ....,....-L ' -. :L -.... ? . .Lf . . Q if? .lg . 4 A. - 'Ar:?':.- 5 1. E 1: :.1 '..... 2 1. :....., 5 g g, 3 . , . . 9 3 5 . ' n . 5 5 :.: E- '1 E E ' . . . ,E 8 4 vi... -fy: ...Ln 1 2:2 li , . . . --li---....,... ' ....,.-.. i , , l . fi, N . g:-ze-15-.,--1 ' 2 5, 723' , a ' Q. a 73 1---if A , ...Z , ,, . , . Development projects were a highlight in 1987, especially the conflict over the construction of a convention center. Even though the public was generally in favor of building the center, the debate over a location stalled legislative action and the reality of our very own con- vention center. With the return of students to the classroom in September, two important controversies were being played out. The Board of Educa- tion brought to light a concern over the prolific use of Pidgin English in our schools. Many people mista- kenly believed that the BOE at- tempted to ban the local variation of English totally and thus caused a lot of unnecessary commotion. The actual situation was that the BOE simply wanted the teachers to stress the speaking of proper English more. A more immediate concern for the returning students was the pos- siblity of a teachers' strike. The union of 9,200 educators fought with the state over pay raises and although they didn't achieve their goal of a 6 percent raise, an agree- ment was reached and students fdisappointedj went back to school. And to the end the year on an unfortunate bad note, Mother Na- ture had her celebration on New Yearis Eve by allowing wind and rain Clots of rainj to descend upon the Kailua area. More than 500 homes in the area were totally dev- astated by the floods which ran rampant through the community. The real culprit was being investi- gaged, but experts theorize that the blockage of drainage canals was the cause. Nevertheless the home- less Kailua residents tried to recov- er the' estimated total damage of 334.6 million through insurance and lawsuits against the city for poor maintenance of the drainage canals. The floods concluded 1987 with an unhappy disaster, but the de pendable Aloha spirit shonf through the rain clouds and gavr hope to the afflicted that 1982 could only get better. Copy by Lisa Elliot ana Keith Kamisug In The Afterlife Afterschool life, that is! Away from the problems of ou: nation and our state, the life of ths student posed some interesting as pects as well . . . Itls 2:10 and the bell had jus rung ending another school day Students eagerly poured out o. their classrooms and within the next fifteen minutes, the school wa: practically empty. Where had ev- eryone gone? Away from the classroom, manj students did various 8 activitie: which filled their lives. For Bennet Kinilau, a Senior, life after schoo was spent at home eating and sleep' ing. I just gotta crash after puttin up with my teachers all day, hi exclaimed. For Jason Yamauclzi and Ricky Tahara, also both Seniors, afte school hours were spent cleanin classrooms. Rick felt that it,s a easy way to earn extra spending money. For many athletes, time after school day meant going to practice Edward Santa Elena felt that it' sometimes a drag having to go t practice, but he had to go in orde to be the best he can possibly be. As one can see, there were many different lifestyles among the stu- dents of Mililani in 1987. Ther was always the morning after, whej we'd all wake up, get dressed and go back to school . . . again. Copy by Terry Leo

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Such ill happenings appeared to be an 'eryday occurance in 1987. Among the equent airplane crashes, two arose the ost horrible. A Northwest Airlines plane 'ashed near Detroit killing 156 out of 157 :ople on board: a four-year-old girl the ily survivor. ln November, 28 people ere killed when a Continental Airlines ane flipped over in Denver. Tragedy A more subtle killer lurked throughout le land. AIDS, which had become a ousehold word, affected 20,000 citizens uring the year. A rising battle to combat me spread of the disease intensified. Dur- ig the five years previous there were some 0,000 cases of AIDS, and in 1987 there 'ere recorded some 11,000 deaths. October 19, or what became known as Back Monday, was the infamous date of Ee S500 billion stock market crash. The ar of a reoccurance of 1929's similar 'ent rocked the nation. And for the re- Eainder of the year, the market continued J plunge with infrequent rises and our conomy strained to prosper. ETO end the year with a glimmer of hope r peace, the Christmas season was ssed with the historic nuclear arms aty between the United States and the .viet Union. A ban was proclaimed on medium-range missles, but only time may :veal the effects of this action for the forld and life as we know it. Mikhail Gor- achev was hailed as Time Magazine's flan of the Year, and understandably so. 'his avant-garde Soviet leader imposed adical new changes in the USSR and hed some new light on their goal of world ooperation. The Spotlight seemed to shift consider- bly among the various events of 1987, but many will agree that with the sun shining m our backs, the human race will endeav- 3 to challenge the serious problems which iill have to be faced in the generations to pllow. In our very own Aloha State, 1987 brought a changeover in Washington Place. After George Ariyoshi's sixteen year term, John Waihee was inaugurated as the Governor of Hawaii in Januay 1987. This was an especially important event be- cause it marked the first time that a Ha- waiian ever became governor. As if homesick for the spotlight, Ariyo- shi and his wife attempted to go through customs with nearly 540,000 worth of un- declared goods from Japan. After being investigated for possible crimminal viola- tion the case was closed when Ariyoshi paid a penalty of 511,389 On the county level, Mayor Frank Fasi announced the development of Waiola Es- tates, a low income housing project. This angered ,the City Council because they were not informed of this action. An envi- ronmental group, Hawaii's Thousand Hawaii ,8 Friends, brought a lawsuit toward Fasi, former Managing Director D.G. '6Andy Anderson, and former Housing Director Alvin Pang for fraudulently using the city's money. They were found guilty and at the beginning of 1988, an appeal to the verdict was in process. For Mililani citi- zens, this issue was very important. With the addition of this community to the nar- row Kamehameha Highway, traffic would be a disaster. Ocean traffic was another issue: Ha- waii wanted more. With all the attention given to America's recapturing of the America's Cup, Hawaii began lobbying for the privilege of hosting the race in 1989. Although the community and many public officials were very excited about the prospect, San Diego was eventually select- ed as the site. Maybe next time. 4.9 lvl.- Academic Assist and Thursdays when many of us could come to school at 8 30 unless we needed help Band The sounds of our Trojan musicians never failed to spark our spirits during the games and rallies Cliffs Notes The standard text for striving English students they were a common sight between literature book pages Detention The bane of most students it was a situation some found to be their homes during the year Exam. The bane of Procrastination, these often ruled our lives. Graduation never looked so good Mlm Magazine 19 1 . 1 if , 7 rl-1 ? fl E -if V' I .- -,qv ,-,,, . fl .1 tg 7,5-' if Q1 'LL-LLZLA7 If-.LfIf,?' .Q 'H' Those Tuesdays 7 . 7 5 ,

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Fa hion '8 Money: An important factor in our lives, it came and it went ibut mostly it wentj. vmviw The campus is often times a :cene of great social activity. Out mf class, students exhibit adole- :ence at its finest: boys asking girls Jut, girls saying no, going together, Jreaking up, etc. The parking lot Nas a showcase for those students 'ortunate enough to display their :reasured cars and trucks. Yet, of Lhe many facets of the teen life, few :hings have had a greater impact Lhan fashion. How others view you :ould very well depend on those Light jeans you wear. It is safe to say that 1987 was truly a fashion year. A rising style in the year was the acid-washed denim look. First in :vidence among the gals, the com- haon faded jeans were soon accom- panied by skirts, jackets, and dress- les of the acid-washed style. The price for these goods didn't appear to deter the fashion-minded girl. At the lowest retail of about 530, the X very basic styles were presented. Only at the three-digit mark did the denim become truly stylin'! Leather was the occasional accom- paniment to the denim and com- manded almost S200! Popular name brands were Code Bleu, Guess, Bongo, Espirit, and Us Boys. Overcast by the acid-wash tend, other styles managed to find some bodies to be worn on. Bubble skirts,', cropped skirts and jackets were more frequently seen towards the end of '87, To add some zest, hooped earrings or a tight-fitting belt adorned the usual outfit. Colors also influenced a girl's de- cision on what to buy. The safari, or natural colors, like peach, khaki, brown and green were favored as well as the simple black and white arrangement. Girls, however, were not the only victims of the fashion craze. Guys A I like good-lookin, clothes that I don't have to ironlv -Mike Farinaeu Nice: A word that always popped up in gossip: Mark is so cute, what's he like? Oh he's nice Overcrowded A good description for our school it also applied to our schedules our home work and our brains Procrastination Students argued with teachers to give them more time for papers and then did it the night before Questions These were good things to use when the time came for us to give a speech and we had to stall for time Reports Cards We explained that D on our report card by telling our didnt like me Stress Procrastination was like food to this animal Better tasting Tylenol was eaten a lot more though Mum Mogozune 21 9 3 , - , . . i 2 S 66 97 parents: The teacher ' 3 ' 95 , .