Niles Township High School West - Spectrum Yearbook (Skokie, IL)

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If one were to ask sen¬ iors, “What’s new at school?”, they would probably answer, “Not much!” In fact, some would consider the ab¬ sence of Nibs in the vend¬ ing machines or the dis¬ continuation of ‘‘the thought for the day” in the daily bulletin as the most significant turn of their high school careers; however, with time comes change, and dur¬ ing the past four years, the senior class has adapted to several trans¬ formations within the school. Some alterations were advantageous to students, while others forced students to adjust to different lifestyles at school. Each September, students returned finding at least one aspect of their school different. Some of these changes that the seniors saw dur¬ ing their four year terms were: A NEWLY REPAVED PARKING LOT lacking speed bumps and pot¬ holes and providing a smoother ride for CARS. A CAR and numerous watches painted on the uninteresting cafeteria wall by several talented STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS’dream of a pop machine was finally realized in 1985 when one was installed in the hall outside of the cafeteria. For many students, the soda replaced school lunches and, hence, cre¬ ated disapproval among the ADMINISTRATION. THE ADMINISTRATION decided to revoke stu¬ dents’ privileges of free access in the halls after a series of senior pranks. A new system of closed hall¬ ways was incorporated decrease disorder ar CLASSROOM DISRUP¬ TION. CLASSROOM DISRUP¬ TION due to hallway noise was a key reason for in¬ stalling beige carpeting outside classrooms. Be¬ sides absorbing sound, it gave a neater appearance to THE HALLWAYS. THE HALLWAYS were painted pink to compli¬ ment the tiny bits of pink in the tiles which were covered a year later with CARPETING. While each class might claim to have seen it all, every student will always see the new come in and the old go out. Each year, our school has continued to expand in hopes of cre¬ ating a perfect environ¬ ment in which students and faculty can learn and work. That Was Then, This Is Now A Craig Berent Sheri Berger Caryn Berk Debbie Berman s:..m J Steven Bezanis Ginny Blameuser Pablo Blanco Melanie Block SL- v u Kim Boulware Chris Bradbury Gina Bravos Frank Brodsky

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Chris Atkinson Dessie Atsaves David Aufrecht Hyung IL Bae Darrin Bairn Gurinder Bains Sari Baker John Barba Nate Bates Lainie Bauer Josephine Bayaua John Bencivenga Carefully demonstrating the tradi- One more role of toilet paper and they’re off! Senior midnight rider members Julie Wickell, Dawn Jacobs, and Gina tional Indian Warpath Dance is Niles Bravos decide which football players’ houses they will T.P. tonight. West’s mascot Julie Wozniak. Ju¬ lie’s contribution to school spirit is greatly appreciated. 12 Seniors

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0 Jinjer Brody Alison Brooks Angie Brown Mary Brown Brian Buehling Amy Burnham Bill Burns John Callas Stephanie Callas Joe Camilli Kim Cancelleri Tony Carollo College Pressures Push Seniors O.k., we’re seniors! We’ve struggled through the difficult years of high school. The so called “blow-off year” has finally arrived, right? Wrong! Plenty of hard work was still ahead for students in their senior year. College preparations made up the bulk of this hard work. Many students failed to realize the importance of meeting application dead¬ lines. “Colleges filled up so quickly, this year more than any. If you missed a deadline, they wouldn’t even give you the benefit of the doubt,” comment¬ ed college counselor Frank Mustari. Besides application deadlines, colleges pres¬ sured seniors to keep grades up and to choose challenging senior year courses. Colleges com¬ monly refused to admit students who met class rank and test score re¬ quirements, but took “push-over classes” and let their grades drop dur¬ ing senior year. Students who had been accepted to a college couldn’t afford to let their grades drop either. Even after admission, the col¬ leges kept a close watch¬ ful eye on the students’ performance in the class¬ room until graduation. College deadlines and requirements definitely put a strain on seniors. To cope with these pres¬ sures, seniors had to con¬ tinue working as hard as in their previous high school years. 14 Seniors