Northwest High School - Silvertip Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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ABOVE: Gasing up the car takes a big chunk out of a student's pocket asjunior Chris Clark experiences as a car owner, QFOP RIGHT: Known as the most common car at Northwest, the Chevrolet was plentiful in the student parking ot. vii' ABOVE: Taking a job in a fast food establishment becomes a way that junior Rick Hawk earns extra spending money. RIGHT: Shopping for the latest fashions, Senior jackie Schnurr browses at her own pace among the items at a local store, FAR RIGHT: Taking a date out for fast food is a common way for the Northwest student to spend extra money. 26 ' Student Life

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LEFT:' Sporting a tail of hair, Sophomore Chris Sparks becomes of the first to wear the unique style. BELOW: Coming in a rainbow of colors, plastic shoes are frequently worn with cropped pants. 1 W' AS' F New looks appear Remembrance of the school year was usually based upon the major fads and trends that occured at Northwest High School. A lot of the trends began at Northwest such as the suntana craze. Everyone who planned on attending the Prom became obsessed with changing their pale skin color to a shimmering bronze in a matter of days. The tanning process, however, took at least a month to acquire a faint shimmering glow. The cost of tanning ranged from S25 to S30 for a month's membership The rubber shoe demand began in mid- winter when it was too cold for sandals, but yet everyone roughed it and wore them with pastel stockings. Then, when the warm winds of spring began, the stockings were shed and the sandals blossomed on everyone's feet and in every color of the rainbow. The rubber sandals proved that along with being popular, they were inex- pensive, cool and comfortable. The price ranged from 34.99 to 151999. Cropped pants gained their momentum at the middle of the year, but made their debute as a springfsummer fashion. The pants sprouted up in jeans, different colors, stripes and dots. Hairstyles became a part of the fad, all of them usually based on the new wave or punk look. Guys and girls alike had their hair spiked on top so it would stand on end. The bi-level cutg an angled cut over the ear, was also very popular at Northwest. Occa- sionally hair was dyed or shaved in certain styles in order to be unique. The average cost of a bi-level cut was 312, as was the cost ofa punk hair cut. There were a number of fads that filtered through the halls of Northwest after the release of a movie. After the movieRz1rky Burzherr hit the box office. The black frame, tinted lense sunglasses worn during the movie became as big of a hit as the movie. Out in the parking lot before and after school a numerous amount of students could be seen sporting the Tom Cruise sun glasses complete with black ropes holding them on the owner's face. Another fad made popular by the movie industry was break dancing from the movie Flarbdance. Along with the dancing fad came a style of clothing which consisted of high top tennis shoes and baggy pants, top- ped with an oversizedfloose fitting shirt. Music that accompanied the dance was usually a song with a fast-moving beat with or without worcls. Break dancing at first was a form of settling disputes between gangs, instead of fighting. But eventually emerged at school dances as a form of entertainment and sport. -Staci Roberts Student Life 0 25

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Students spend money During the year at Northwest, students spent their money in many different ways. Having fun and looking their best seemed to be a major goal. Making an image, or just keeping one has been a going thing among teenagers and it was apparent that the tradi- tion had not changed among the students at Northwest. Of the money spent by Northwest students, the biggest amount was spent to buy clothes. According to a survey, females spent anywhere from S75 to 31,000 during the year on their clothes. They also spent a lot of money on make-up with the amount ranging from S10 to 3150. Going to Sun-tana, having their hair cut and buying shoes were also among the more popular things that females spent their money on. Sun-tana and other popular tan- ning salons cost from 550 to S200 for most people who went. Haircuts were, on the average, about S12 to S20 a cut. The money spent on shoes ranged from S10 to S200 during the year. For the males, the most important thing was buying a car or keeping the one they had in running condition. According to a survey, the males spent between 3200 and 33.000 on their cars. Why were cars, especially nice ones, so important? To pick up women and to show the person's per- sonality, said junior Eric Clark. Another thought on the importance of cars was from Sophomore Houston Perry. They have style and class, he said. They make the driver look good. Part-time jobs helped the students to pay for looking good and operating a car. Most students worked at fast-food jobs ranging from the local McDonald's to Pizza Hut. Week-ends and week-nights were spent working to make extra money. Cat payments were not the only things students paid for. Insurance and gasoline were things needed in operating a car. In- surance rates ranged from 1580 to S120 every three months. Gasoline and upkeep varied with individual needs of students. Bud Schreck, security specialist who spent a lot of time in the Northwest parking lot writing tickets, patrolling the lot and check- ing for vandalism, said that while he thought the Chevrolet Camaro was the most popular car among Northwes students, the Pontiac Trans AM and four-wheel drive trucks were next in popularity. The Ford models ranging from Mavericks to Mustangs were often seen occupying a great deal of Northwest parking lot space. Money was a vital part of the 1983-84 school year as students financed cars, clothing and miscellaneous items. -Missy Knolla, Staci Roberts Student Life 0 27