Northeast High School - Viking Log Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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Danger in a bottle - as a result of the seven persons dying in the Chicago area at the end of September because of Tylenol cap- sules laced with cyanide, Tylenol is now more stringently packaged. Just hanging loose! During a rainy day at the State Fair, Todd Adair checks out the Gravity ln- version Boots at a demonstration booth. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 337

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Unusual but fascinating. Bart Paul surveys one of the pictures at the Salvador Dali Museum in downtown St. Petersburg. The museum opened in the spring of 1982 and houses a S35-million collection of the artist's works. The museum's significance is becoming steadily apparent as more residents and visitors become aware of it. 336 HIGHLIGHTS or THE YEAR YEAR I REVIEW Looking back at the economy, endings and beginnings, and headline news. Events both close to home and far away af- fected the lives of Northeast students. Downtown St. Petersburg enjoyed a resurgence with the opening of Jannus Landing and the Dali Museum. These projects were two efforts to revitalize the downtown part of the city by the community. The Tam- pa Bay area landed one of the franchises in the new United States Football League, the Bandits played in a football season that was scheduled for spring and summer action. Races for runners became increasingly popular as the British-American Marathon was run between Tampa and St. Petersburg. Local residents closely followed the plans and speculations of the proposed accademic and performing arts high school programs. Bay area residents were stunned when three Hillsborough County Commissioners were ar- rested for bribery. In Orlando, the EPCOT center adjacent to Walt Disney World opened in October. Nationally, there were events of tragedy and triumph. The movie E.T. broke all box- office records and created a huge market for E.T. merchandise. Dr. William DeVries im- planted an artificial heart into Dr. Barney Clark on December second. People who once took for granted the safety of patent medicines discovered the terrorism that could exist on a drugstore shelf in a bottle of mouthwash or a Tylenol capsule. The space shuttle Columbia launched its first operational mission November eleventh at Cape Canaveral. Internationally, Great Britian and Argentina went to war over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. Leonid Brezhnev, the Com- munist Party chief and president who ruled the Soviet Union for eighteen years and helped Russia to become a global power, died in November and uncertainties about Russia's future direction arose. On the local, national, and international scene, concerns about economic conditions dominated. Twelve million Americans were unemployed, personal and corporate bankruptcies soared. Productivity and the gross national product declined. These economic conditions directly affected students in the area of family income, availability of part-time jobs, financing of post-high school training, and job and career choices.

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ME TAL CDTES Books, labs, lectures, computers, and homework translated into learning tools. Students' mental development processes grew through listening, reading, observing, thinking, and learning by doing. The state of the economy and the uncertain future affected student course and career choices. Opportunities for strengthening and expanding academic skills remained impor- tant. However, there was a heightened awareness of the value of hands-on learning and work experience activities. Common anx- ieties over tests and late-night study sessions brought students together. Teachers and students alike felt a real sense of satisfaction when goals were met. Booking it became a way of life for many students. 338 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR