Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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Caring couple. As senior John Moss takes the first bite into his sweetroll, junior Kathy Przybyla helps wipe away the crumbs. Cozy corner. Instead of standing in the frigid January weather, senior Linda Backe patiently waits for her ride within the walls of the warm cafeteria. Social Hotspot 29

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very messy. I take pride in my appearance. Here come the A, B, and C, lunch crowds. Do I tire? No, once again I come through and provide a happy atmosphere where there are no test pressures or reprimanding teachers. Enjoy, students. Oh dear, this is the worst time of the day. All the excitement of lunch is over. No more staged fights, fires in the french fry machine or sale of the homemade baked goodies until tomorrow. I am afraid that I have been left in a terrible state. My once gleaming floors are complete with crumbled baggies, lettuce leaves, and old sandwich crusts. I just know that the students did not do it purposely. Ah, salvation. My janitor friends are here. Ooohh, that mop tickles. Ahh, the sponge’s water is so cold, but I love it. Once again I am the pride of the school. I certainly never get lonely. Now, I have two more study halls and then my day will be almost over. 2:40 p.m. is here and the students arej ready to embark on their journey home. Of course, those bus people could not resist sit- ting at my shiny tables once more before leaving. I am waiting patiently for my day to end as I listen to the pattering of dancing feet as the Drill Team dances up a storm. It is quiet at last. Although 1 do love provid- ing the students with so much, it does get a bit tiring. But by tomorrow, I will be as good as new and waiting in anticipation for those 7:45 students. Shining, dining It’s the start of a beautiful day. My tables are shining, my floors are gleaming, and I, the cafeteria, am prepared to meet my fans. I do not want to sound like I’m bragging, but I am the most popular spot in the school. If you don ' t want to take my word for it, cafeteria extends past let the students be the 281 Social Hotspot A,B,C lunch judge. It’s 7:45 a.m. and a mad rush is com- ing to occupy my seats. The students who arrived, whether by bus or car, might have just passed through now as they were going to their lockers, but I know that they will be back. Well, why not? I offer them the opportunity to buy a nutri- cious breakfast complete with sweetrolls, fruit and milk, plus a relaxing meeting place to catch up on the juicy gossip of last night ' s date. Oh, the things I hear . . . but that’s an- other story. The 8 a.m. bell blared but of course more students will rush for my tables to work in study hall. I overheard one student say that this was his favorite class. What do you ex- pect? Look where it is located! Third hour has arrived and I am being filled with a tantalizing aroma of sizzling french fries and hamburgers. This happens to be one of my favorite dishes because it is not Shuteye. While waiting for the morning bell to ring, sen- ior Rick Fehring catches up on his sleep. Hotspot. Early arrivers use the cafeteria for study pur- poses. As time goes on more students congregate either to have some doughnuts and milk or just chat with a friend.

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Students depend Starting it out. Beginning the hectic evening events with a phone call is a common escape for students. Sophomore Jenny Durham steals away into the living room for a friendly chat with sophomore Brad Yon- over. It came in varied colors and shapes with different sized chords and became a ne- cessity for most students and a way of life for others. Trying to find fast, accurate information many times during the day, students turned to man ' s best friend . . . the telephone. Few students realized how many times a day they spent on the telephone, wheth- er look- ing for a ride to school or making weekend plans. It be- came second nature to just pick up the phone when there was nothing else to do. At the tip of one’s fingers, a friend’s voice or funny tidbits could be found by just punching seven little buttons. Besides using the phone for rides to school, others felt the need to utilize it during school. “Every once in a while, I’ll call my boyfriend in between classes or during lunch to give me the incentive to go to my next class,” stated senior Beth Micenko. If it wasn’t at school, students used the phone at home more often than they real- ized. ’’You don ' t really know how much time you spend on the telephone until your family yells at you to hang up, joked senior Reggie Zurad. Phone calls ranged from three to seven calls per day and one spent an average of a half an hour to two hours a day on the phone. Reasons varied from day to day as stu- dents utilized the phone to attain the next unit’s vocabulary list, find out Saturday night’s plans or even to catch up on the latest gossip. Telephone overuse resulted in the abuse and misuse of man’s trusted friend as smeary finger prints covered its surface. Taken for granted, the telephone proved to be a necessity, for without it, a student’s communication line was disconnected. Sometimes when our phone was discon- nected or my brother was on the line, I start- ed to get nervous because I had no communi- cation with anyone in the outside world; it was like a phobia, described senior Lisa Hodges. As the telephone became a way of life, its chord stretched an extra inch each day. The lazy student would try to grab that last pud- ding pop in the too-far-to-reach freezer or try to answer the door while still talking on the phone. The race began again as chairs knocked over and moms became annoyed due to the mad dash to the phone. Abrupt silence lasted only a short while until all ears registered on the inevitable, the next ring. on man’s best friend