Park Center High School - Pirate Yearbook (Brooklyn Park, MN)

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1984: Fact or Fiction? The yeor is 1984. Children spy on rheir fomilies. Telescreens monitor every move. Oceoniono is or wor with Eurosio. ond o mon nomed Winston Smith desperotely tries to retoin his individuoli-ty. This is not the present yeor 1984. bur George Orwell's imoge of 1984 written in 1949. Thirty-five yeors ogo he hod o vision of o horrible new world, o world where life wos controlled by The Party.” ond Big Brother” ruled everyone by roking owoy their most precious belongings — their right to think ond live for themselves. Although this book hos nor become reality, the threat still remains. Think of your own life ... does it seem that every move you moke is being monitored? Are you owore of the two-way mirrors ond comeros watching you in public? Do you realize rhor you ore being watched by companies oil over The book wos bizarre — Joyce Zone the world? Your privacy is being threatened ond it's oil legal. It wos just this nightmare that George Orwell wrote about, ond Pork Center is trying to moke its students owore of it. Mr Wordell teaches the novel, ond mokes students owore of its message. NBC, o popular television network, through o lor of connections become owore of Mr. Wordell's efforts. Mr. Stephen Groce, field producer ond writer for the Today Show” colled Mr. Wordell ond arranged to film his dosses. Meanwhile. Channel 11 news did the some thing. The medio hod discovered Pork Center! The NBC selection viewed on January 3. As you con see. 1984 caused o lot of uproar os people become increasingly owore of the threot that the future posed. Whot ore the symptoms of 1984 in your life? This page 1964, could It reolly happen in our time? Fodng page Top Mr Worden ponders over questions obout 1964. Oorrom Producer (Steve Groce) oi NBC news prepores Mr Wordell for hb Interview 18—1984

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Cum On Feel the Noiz From Elron John ro Kiss ond onro Quiet Riot ond Michoel Jockson. These ore the ever populor names topping the rock charts ond moking heodlines nearly every day. All of these groups hove included themselves in world concert tours traveling from city ro city ond country ro country to ploy their beloved music for the thousands of fons who support them. Some people moy wonder why so much interest ond money is pur towards these musical trends; the answer lies solely in the music itself. The heovy rock ond corchy verses ore today's hottest sounds. Rock groups ore more populor now than ever due ro the greor competition between the bonds ro come up with new ond different sounds. Top: Quiet Riot. Middle Left: ACDC. Middle Right: Quiet Riot. Bottom Left: Quiet Riot. Bottom Right: ACDC Pro Bonds —17

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19 “There’s Always Been a Lot of Interest in Orwell’s Book, and We Wanted to Find Out If Students Found It a Valuable Book to Bead.’’ — NBC Producer