Patrick Henry High School - Encounter Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Th Out ide 'Angle Working on a transfer program, Bryan Peters looks on with George Marroquin. Marroquin thought, 'Computers are coming soon to the world. Time magazine was thinking the same thing when they made the personal computer The Man of the Year. ther and faster resulting in a istantial gap in educational oortunities available. The Vid One of the many current crazes that took over peoples minds were video games. Video games went from small arcades to the homes of thou- sands of Americans. Large com- panies such as Atari, Coleco, and Intellivision brought their most exciting games into the homes of kids who had shelled out over 6 billion dollars in arcades all over the country last year. Even the table top version of games such as Donkey Kong, Pac Man, and Frogger were mass produced. While the Pac Man craze was in fullest swing, it grossed over 2 million dollars in profit. To Sean Liberton, it was a challenge to try to beat the ma- chine. Other students thought they were cool or a trip Newest on the Vid Grid were video cartridges from well known rock group Journey. Players tried to escape autograph hounds and greedy agents to live to rock another day. The younger generation could play with Dr. Seuss. When people said we're turning into a comput- On the Tube Sick of watching The Love Boatn? Well there were several alternatives on the screen ready and waiting. San Diego was the city with the highest percentage of cable subscribers. Cable t.v. - enabled them to watch more channels including Ted Turner's WTBS out of Atlanta, C-Span with Congress's proceedings and several public access channels not to mention reading news, stock prices and food prices on the screen. Subscribers were unable to watch channels 7 and 9 from Los Angeles. For those who were disenchanted with Tip O'Neill debating the MX mis- sile there was Home Box Office li-IBO! and Showtime which aired popular movies soon after their theater stints. Also avai- labe was the Playboy'Channel which aired adult programming. One channel also available to San Diegans was MTV which showed videos of top music stars. 2.9 million people chose to buy video tape recorders and watch rented or taped shows. All of these offered alternatives to the three networks. G ' d erized society, a look at the ways we have to enjoy ourselves today proved it. Ready for action, this student enjoys a video game at a local video arcade. Several arcades have opened close to campus. Token wars enable students to play more for less. Odds 'n' Ends From Far 'n' The quest to be thin contin- ued. One popular method of weight loss was the Cambridge Diet. It consisted of drinking a special powder mixed with water three times a day which amount- ed to 330 calories. Health spas that offered Aerobics and other kinds of exercise classes grew to be very popular. High school seniors were reportedly straighten Daily marijuana use was down for the fourth straight year to 6.2070 of the students. Numbers, numbers, num- Near bers. 3.9 million people exper- ienced frequent constipation. 6.5 million suffered from acne. One out of every ten homeowners ad- mitted to sharing their homes with mice. Women outnumbered men by 6.5 million. California had some im- pressive numbers too. With the largest state population of 23.7 million it also had the most peo- ple with million dollar a year in- comes, 723. It also had the larg- est number of college students of any state. Feature 213

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Th- but ide A-rTgle Bleeping into th You would be required to own one if you wanted to go to Carnegie Mellon University. One small college had one in- stalled in each dorm room. Stu- dents at the University of Min- nesota spent their nights in a basement just to use them. The computer age definitely arrived by bleeping its way into offices, schools and homes. 80070 of Americans expected that in the future, home computers would be as common as t.v. sets. 68070 felt they would improve their child's education. And in 1982 alone 2.8 million personal com- puters were sold. These im- pressive figures were just the beginning. Computers became a more important part in many student's educations. Students were much more receptive to the machines than older geen- rations because they grew up on t.v. screens, and the comput- er was a screen that responded to them that could be pro- Future grammed to do what they want- ed. There were over 100,000 computers in U.S. schools, one for every 400 students. 57 070 of the parents polled felt that per- sonal computers would im- prove their child's math and reading. Students felt the same way. Darrell Jackson said that, Computers add to my educa- tion. The age of computers was evident to George Marro- quin. Computers are going to take over everything in the fu- turef' Several computer classes were offered on campus using eight different terminals. The importance of this form of technology to students would definitely grow. Superinten- dent Tom Payzant pushed for computer literacy require- ments. Payzant felt computers added to education by stressing analytical and problem think- ing, which was the, most excit- ing thing about the program. There were several foreseen problems built into the computer revolution though. There was a critical shortage of qualified edu- cators teaching math and sci- ence, and even a lesser number educated in computers. Payzant said, i'The student's are more of- ten teaching us in this areaf, Dr. SKY Zeddies, computer and matl' teacher, saw a problem arisin with access to computers. H foresaw a 'isocial class phene- menon where the upper anc middle classes would have com- puters and the lower classes wouldnlt. He also felt that pri vate schools would move mucl i Bebop'n Bab i'Ready, set, go kat go! The Rockabilly craze hit the campus with a rock and a roll. The most popular definition of Rockabilly was fifties music and dress. lt was actually a combination of west- ern and i'bop. Rockabilly all began on cam- pus with the group, The Stray Cats. This group brought Rocka- billy music on to the radio and hit the top of the pop charts. Such songs as Stray Cat Strut and Rock this Town reached the number one position on the Bill- board Magazine Pop Chart. Along with the new Rockabilly group came the revival of the ever-popular fifties music such as, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, The lmperials, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, and The Chesterfields. Other new bands included The Blast- ers, The Paladins, and Jonny Kat. Rockabilly dressing included poodle skirts and leather and denim jackets. Common hair- styles are ponytails and the swept up into curls on the top of the head. Senior Debi Pixley said, It's something fun and safe for high school students to get in- 212 The Outside Angle Dancing to fifties music is one of the most popular rockabilly pastimes. Thi Homecoming theme of Those were the days lends itself well to the popular era.On1 day during spirit week fifties music is played along with hula-hoop contests. volved in. In the year of 1983, tranced many students with the the fairly new Rockabilly craze new, but actually old, music. swept over the campus and en-

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Th Out ide Angle Rain, Wind, Surf Ult was exciting, since it didn't flood near my home. Nothing ever happens in San Diego, said Leslie Grimes. What was this exciting event? To many it was devastating. It was a series of rainstorms that hit in late winter. The storms were big enough to warrant na- tional t.v. coverage and a decla- ration that San Diego, along with 16 other California coun- ties, was a disaster area. There was an estimate of S14 million worth of damage to the beach areas. The most de- structive part was the surf. Waves reached 14 feet and pounded beachfront property. The Marine Room, a popular La Jolla restaurant, was hit hard twice and forced to close. Two other restaurants, The Chart House and Triton in Car- Lake Henry appears once again. This time the boys locker room attendant, George Lopez, drives his truck out to the middle to try to remove the leaves and debris from the small drain. diff were also flooded. Homes and small businesses along Pacific, Mission, La Jolla and Cardiff beaches were wrecked. The landmark Cry- stal Pier was 150 feet shorter after the storm hit. There was some help avail- able though. President Ronald Reagan declared San Diego County a national disaster area. This meant that those who suffered from the storm could receive low interest loans to help repair or replace their homes, businesses, cars, or oth- er possessions, and unemploy- ment compensation was avail- able for those temporarily out of work. Sheriann Simpson re- alized how devastating the storms were. They were a bit frightening, especially for those close to the coast. On campus the storms were not nearly as devastating, but they did cause damage to hair styles and papers of students walking from class to class. The usual large puddles appeared and so did Lake Henry, so named by several students.- The immense amount of water in the parking lot always seemed to accumulate into one large lake New Meaning to Tax Refunds i'Well, l'm just going to pay my state taxes that way, too.', Talk of the state sending out IOUs instead of tax returns was running rampant. The State of California had a large deficit problem. Somewhere in the state's constitiution that was de- clared unconstitutional. The gov- ernor-elect, George Deukmajian had quite a problem on his hands. State Controller Richard Cory suggested handing out IOUs instead of tax returns until the state was able to solve its fi- nancial problems. After several long hours of de- liberation in the state legislature, a settlement was reached be- tween the Democrats, who want- ed a sales tax increase, and Re- publicans, who were in favor of the novel idea of IOUs. It was too late to stop the IOUs from going out, but they wouldn't be in the public's hands for long. Loans from major banks would soon re- place Cory Cash. 214 The Outside Angle Fit For A Queen Guess who came to dinner? Why, none other than her Maj- esty, the Queen of England. Queen Elizabeth was in San Diego for the sum of two days. In an attempt to make her stay up to royalty standards, the Hotel del Coronado began planning months in advance. They actual- ly ordered a red carpet to greet her. One of the places Her Majesty visited was the aircraft carrier Ranger. She was given a tour of the facilities and later in the day treated to a sailor's dinner con- sisting of seafood chowder, Cali- fornia Longosta, creamed peas mushrooms, baked potatoes witt sour cream, a salad, rolls and pie People from all over Sar Diego queued up to see Her Majesty tour the harbor on hei way to the Ranger. She also at tended services at St. Paul': Episcopal Church with Prince Phillip. The Prince made a trip tc the San Diego Zoo. The roya couple traveled on up the coas despite the rain. A rumor tha Deputy Mayor Bill Cleatof touched the Queen was the topim of many conversations, news casts, and newspapers.