North Branch High School - Bronconian Yearbook (North Branch, MI)

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“Life In The Fast Lane . . Surely Makes You Lose Your Mind! Reflections on Seniorism . . . The classic 1960’s response: “Hey, man, it’s the Establishment. Yeah, we gonna raise some $ !% around here, and when we do it’s gonna change the world. Thumbs down, Vietnam! Thumbs up to legal pot! The classic 1970’s response: “Donny Osmond. Richard Nixon. Cheech and Chong. Watergate. High in- flation.” Gee, guys, look what we can look forward to. Gosh. Is it as real as Coke, after all?” The classic 1980’s response: “Judging from the current socio-eco- nomic climate, it is my determination that the prospects for career advancement are greater now than at any other time in our nation’s history.” It’s clear. Today’s senior has the edge. We’re innovative, intelligent, and, gener- ally, consider ourselves superior to com- paritive historical examples of the twelfth graders in excelsis. But does it end at bril- liance? $ ! % no! Seniors are witty, fun, individualistic, perfectionistic, creative, energetic, cul- tured, sophisticated, and at the end of a long academic adventure. To be a senior is to experience one of early life’s greatest thrills. It means, most of all, reaching the point of one’s life when the freedom and great opportunity are at hand. And per- haps, too, it means realizing too late how close-knit friends really are.

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I STAFFAN ADLER “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.” KATRINA ANDERSON “Trina” “You only get out of life what you put into it.” CHARLA BEADLE “Mickey” “Look me in the eyes and tell me I’m not cute.” Altar Twelve Years . . . KEVIN AKERS “Energy is too precious to be wasted on studying.” LEONARD ALEMAN “School breaks up my whole day.” STEFAN ALFREDSSON “Stef’ “It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.” EVON ANDERSON “Sweetums” “Lounge out!” KATHY ANKLEY “I’m willing to be con- vinced, but show me the man who can do it.” CAMILLA BAKER “Cambo” “She does what she will, when she will, and not un- less she will.” SHARON BALDWIN “Scurve” “Sing away sorrow, sing away care. I love a good time, come along if you dare.” RANDALL BARBER “Barfer” “W’hoever invented work should have finished it!” MARA BEATTY “Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.” KEVIN BENNETT “Queef” “Cherish the friends you make in H.S. they are the ones you’ll cherish most.” SUZANNE BERG “Suzi” “When God created man, She was just joking.” CHAD BEWLEY “Chad-mo” “It’s a good idea to take things as they come if you can handle them that fast.”