Nebraska City High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Nebraska City, NE)

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Kris Kline Angie Knickman Celeste Kreifels Susie Kuhns Susan Larson Kent Lee Stephany Madsen Janelle Marcotte Michelle Ramold Trish Rippe Kristi Rodeman Bob Roumpf Ron Mead Lori Messing Deb Miller Barbara McCourtney Pat McDonald Colleen McElfresh Brenda Neemann Lori Nichols Seniors 11

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Seniors Gleason explores Japan BY BOB GOFF January is the start of the new year and for one Nebraska City High student it was quite more than that, it was the start of a whole new way of life. This past year NCHS senior Angela Gleason took part in a foreign exchange program to “The Land of the Rising Sun”, Japan. There she lived with different families in Tokyo during her stay on the island country. Miss Gleason knew right away things were going to be different in her desired country. When she first arrived she took part in a six-week language awareness camp to help her learn Japanese before heading off to Tokyo for the rest of her stay. School was also quite different as her new school had a uniform dress code. They also went to school for most of the year with slight breaks, and even had to go on Saturdays. Even though her classes were harder, that didn’t stop Miss Gleason from trying to succeed. Miss Gleason made up for these hardships by enjoying a regular teenage life in Japan. She especially liked to go out shopping in the many shopping centers and then going out with her newly found companions to dances and the various discos around town. Even though most of the exchange students prefer to go to Europe or Australia, Miss Gleason decided there was something special about the Far East. “I’ve always wanted to go to Japan, I really wanted to travel,” said Miss Gleason. She just seemed to like the Japanese way of life and their culture over many of the European countries. In the future Miss Gleason will finish out her schooling at Nebraska City and will hopefully be able to go back to her newly found haven and see all her friends. She would also like to travel to other parts of the world and see new places and sights. Senior Angela Gleason discusses her experiences in Japan after her return to NCHS in February. Andy Harger Mark Hobbie Julie Holman Brad Homeyer I Tony Hubbard Siobhan Hummel Bob Johns Tracy Kersten 10 Seniors

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Seniors Spuds is controversial BY STEVE STONER Who’s America’s favorite party animal? Well of course it has to be Spuds McKenzie! Then again, maybe not. The 1987-88 school year got off to an exciting start at Nebraska City High School. At the beginning of the year, NCHS principal Erwin Friesen announced the new school policy banning certain articles of clothing. The new dress code banned the wearing of any clothing pertaining to alcohol or alcohol-related items. This ban included all Spuds clothing as the school board felt it promoted drinking. The policy did not go over well with the student body, as many protested while the conflict gained statewide attention. “I think the school board made too much of a big deal about it,” said senior Brian Booth, ‘‘and they were blaming us for making too big a deal about it.” Many questions were raised concerning the school’s right to limit a person’s clothing. “Personally I thought the school board was being very childish for setting up the rule,” said senior Bill Aultz. “The school system should have notified the students well before school started because some of the students spent a lot of money towards Spuds clothes,” said Aultz. As many students were against the new dress code, some of the NCHS students saw no harm in applying a mild dress code. “I feel we are fortunate enough to wear what we can because I think our dress code is really pretty lenient,” said junior Kris Kleveland. “The dress code is set up to help the student body as a whole,” said Kleveland. All in all there were many mixed feelings with many opposing the new policy and some supporting it. There was also the feeling that the policy was unfair, but not worth the fuss. “Clothing doesn’t affect, it reflects,” said Booth. Senior Mike Thomas gives his opinions about the school dress code concerning Spuds McKenzie to a Channel 7 news reporter. Seniors Linnea Wademan (left) and Kris Wal- Seniors Paula Thorne (left) and Julie Secord attempt a difficult surgical procedure on their pinata ters discuss the contents of an informative in Spanish II class, note over lunch in the west commons. 12 Seniors