Parkway North High School - Saga Yearbook (Creve Coeur, MO)

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Govemment Helps People gf This meeting has now been called to order, said Laura Ferguson, student body president. 'Roll call, states Secretary Mahyar Parvin. Every other Wednesday, y-.--- .anf Student Government. Front row: Rob- ert Rothman, Amy Stanec, Laura Fer- guson, Lester Turilli, Dag Seagran, Second row: Mrs. Mary Colaw, Sue Belluso, Stephanie Ratkin, Jackie Renken, Jenny Rice, Monica Frick, Mindy Stein, Amy Kirsch, Dawn Apple, Jenny Bridge, Kelly Glazier, Mr. Nick Katsaras. Third row: Kim Kalish, Shel- 44fs1:udent Student Government met to discuss events such as Prom, Homecoming, Mixers, food and clothing drives, and the Shine for Judevine. l'During the clothing drive, PHH donated one and a half trucks of clothing to the Post Dispatch's 100 neediest cases, a PNH record, said Laura. The student body worked together to reach this goal organized by student government. ' According to Jenny Rhiel, the goal for the Shine for Ju- devine was to raise 550,000 per school and S1 million to- tal. Each student obtained pledges for a car wash on May 7 from 8 to 4 and each pledge paid an average of three cents per car. Student government is an organization that blends lead- ership of all the classes. The younger leaders learn from the older leaders, beneficial- ly, said Mrs. Mary Colaw, sponsor. -Danielle Cohen Working together to get the job done, members line up to load clothes from the clothing drive on trucks. Signs go up all over school advertis- ing the winter mixer. Freshman Shan- non Dickson and Sophomore Rachel Lander work on one of them. Showing interest in the Judevine Center, Junior Christie Stell is hugged by an autistic child. ly Kruel, Katrina Rich, Wendy Kauf- man, Jenny Rheil, Rachel Rosenblum, Stacy Knirsch, Julie Keating. Fourth row: Randy Sklar, Lisa Fleck, Jennifer Barklow, Jeff Appel, Dave Becker, Jim Deutsch, Jennifer Endejan, Greg Rhoades, Vemetta Swanson, Christie Georges, Jason Sklar, Jason Price. if t-Mi' is' tv I 1 24 -sr.. .fh 'r .p ,, R- 4.3-1. '- .. fa.-,,, A 'Q-?lr -lf- Cav -sa-1,

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. K. we-F, Y 1 i Students were encouraged to not only to Say No to drugs, but also to driving drunk. Mr. Denny Staub teaches an inten- sive drunk driving unit in all of his driver's education classes. Seeing the fatal outcomes of accidents in movies prevents more people from drinking and driving than any class lecture, said Andrew Merchant, sopho- more. The promotion of safe sex . fear of AIDS, and teenage preg- nancy has made buying a con- dom at 7-11 almost as natural as buying a Slurpee. The youth of 1988 became more sexually responsible than their 1968 predecessors. Make Money Not War? April 4: Martin Luther King assasinated. April 215: Colum- bia students seize university buildings. June 6: Robert Ken- nedy assasinated. November 5: Nixon elected president. November 22: Beatles' White Album released. The year was 1968. Twenty years ago, 85 per- cent of first year college stu- dents said developing a meaningful philosophy in life was a very important life goal. 76 percent of the 210,000 col- lege frosh surveyed last fall said that their goal in life was to be rich. Senior Mark Gell- -man agreed. l want to be the next Donald Trump, a young entrepeneur having my worth be in excess of S1 billion, said Mark. The youth of 1968 enjoyed increasing sexual freedom. ,.. i ,- 1- kiss vi . Q -Quan . l by A . . . h . R S 'W 4. 1' L1 ',0 Q .,. , F' 5' .. W.. vffw 2 if X I W , ln--. ,ypifz fiat.,- s , . -.J 'L -.1 -wb , ' K' .33 . 5 5 'Q wtf? ,Ng 48: --s.i.4.' X i- g in H' . F 't fa. N an V W '- ..- W .i, 2 Now sex has its price in the form of the deadly disease AIDS. As a result, the word condom became a household word. The subject of drug abuse also came out of the closet. Nancy Reagan's Just Say No campaign rang in the ears of teenagers, while in '68 the musical Hair condoned drug experimentation. The involvement in Vietnam soon led to a full scale unde- clared war. Now Vietnam is said to have a Spanish coun- terpart - Nicaragua. Many believed that the U.S. involve- ment in Central America would escalate. As Bob Dylan sang, 'The answer my friend is blowing in the wind. -Sissy Block photos by Mant Lopez RQ! Q ' Q ff! , 1 , 4 , ' ' x 1 X X K f N ku I . , Pt f I rf gh, 1 1 .g 9 Q -Q 1 ' 1, .X , i .x Ni ,. - w '-i,'NewS Magazinef43

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G ' r s K. -1 'W' s, Q. 'fi-J rm is ' ,I 1- tem.. 'fr ,. Gm I Senior Jenny Rhiel eats lunch at the Judevine Cen- ter for autistic children. Jen- ny and the children dis- cussed the new house being built. Spilling out the doors of guidance, the clothes from the dnve wait to be taken to the 100 Pleediest Cases. The drive lasted for a week in De- cember. XJ Great Decisions. Front row: Alicia Barsihman, Kevin Levy, Stephanie Vines, Lisa Schecter. Back row: Todd Schneider, Aaron Cooper, Decision l'Great Decisions was a discussion group that talked about foreign poli- cy, said sponsor Mr. Bob Goode. Some ofthe current events discussed were the conflicts of lran and lraq, the Nicaragua situation, United States and Mexican relations, and the Soviet Union. They met every Monday, with eleven students in the group, for eight weeks. They received a published book from an organization David Miles, Mr. Rick Blaha, Brian Gold. Not pictured: Mr. Bob Goode, Toyia Battle, Lynne Nu- gent, Alex Libkim. Making called Foreign Policy Asso- ciation. The book con- tained the foreign policies in which they discussed. 'llt is a good chance to get together with peers and discuss current issues while also seeing view- points that you never saw before, said member Todd Schneider. -photos by Michelle Guy ln a heated discussion, Juniors Kevin Levy and Todd Schneider discuss the Nicaragua situation. Gneat Decisionsf45 ff