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

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Th ut ide Angle just for the Taste of It The real thing, but with only one calorie. The emergence of yet another diet soft drink meant a flood of ads, billboards and catchy slogans. But this time it was different. The All-American soft drink, Coke, would now have a partner, Diet-Coke. Many stu- dents wondered why there was Diet Coke when Coca-Cola al- ready produced the popular diet cola, Tab. Coca-Cola manufac- turers felt that the diet soft drink market was large enough for one more and Diet-Coke was to ap- peal more to men than Tab. The fact that Tab had become a bev- erage that women enjoyed more than men was evident on cam- pus. A guy drinking Tab was a rare sight indeed. Coca-Cola pushed its product with plenty 'of ads featuring the debut of Diet-Coke with celebri- ties including Bob Hope, Susan Anton, Telly Sevalas, and a dancing Diet-Coke can. Whether this appealed to students was questionable. Other soft drink companies also pushed caffeine free drinks. These included Like Cola, Pepsi Free and Pepper Free. Of course, 7-Up and Can- ada Dry Ginger Ale claimed to be the original caffeine free soft drinks. .J fun. . .,.,. ai i. its ! McDonald's is the victim of a massive Burger War launched by Jack-in-the-Box and Burger King. This McDonald's on Mission Gorge tries to boost business by selling thirty-cent hamburgers. Hold th Burgers Extra ammunition was brought in to fight the war. A new enemy appeared. No nuclear weapons here, just pickles and buns. The burger war developed into quite a battle. The declara' tion of war was waged by Jack-in- the-Box, who had dumped the good ole Jack some years earlier, opting for a sidewalk cafe look. They introduced a series of Su- preme Sandwiches, including ba- con-and-cheese, chicken and more. Next came Salad Su- premes, not to mention Nachos and occasionally beer and wine. In order to publicize the new line of food, Jack-in-the-Box began a new advertising campaign that involved comparisons to McDon- ald's. A spokesman appeared frequently on commercials com- paring the Supreme food with McDonald's. Many students de- cided to boycott Jack-in-the-Box, either because the ads annoyed them or they felt sorry for McDonald's. Others admitted to liking the new products. For those who hadn't decided whether to boycott Jack-in-the- Box and stick with the traditional Big Mac, or try the new HSu- preme food, a new face in the burger war emerged. Burger King had been around a while witn its Hold the pickles . . . , but a new campaign appeared. Burger King attacked McDon- ald's and Wendys' methods oi cooking hamburgers and asked the question, Aren't you hungry? Well, weren't you? I1 became easy to see why many werenlt. The flood of ads and slo- gans drove many students to abandon the fast food burger al together. They often opted for bagels, frozen yogurt, or Mexi can food. For lunch durin school, the fast-food-type outsid cafeteria lines remained populai and many praised the frencl' fries. 112 One hundred and twelve. That's the number of pages youfve got left. This is not the end. True, an end is a final point, finish or conclusion. However, it is also an aim, object, or intention. lt is definitely not our intention that you stop reading here. The purpose of The Outside Angle was to show you the world outside of school. It was to add to the entire book, not to end it. It was never intended to be the be'all and end-all. lf you were to stop here, you would leave 112 pages unread. Now you wouldn't want to do that, would you? There is so much more to read, 988 sophomore faces, all the dedicated teachers, and what you have all been waiting for, senior write-ups. Consequently, this is 'ian end but not the endf' ls there no end to this? READ ON! 224 Outside Angle

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Th ut- ide A gle Reaching out and touching: Elliott, played by Henry Thomas, and his alien companion bid each other farewell in the forest. One of the actors who wore the E.T. costume died not long after the movie was out. Who's Callin Please? E.T. phone home was probably the most popular phrase of the year. The box of- fice smash of the year was a movie for all ages. Steven Spiel- berg, the mastermind behind the movie, had several other popular films to his credit but none so big as E.T. The three foot tall extraterrestrial that be- friended a young boy, Elliott, became the most talked about movie character in quite some time. He was even on the list of f'Time magazine's runner-ups for The Man of the Year . The character lived through such antics as being dressed up by Elliott's sister played by Drew Barrymore and getting drunk while being emotionally attached to Elliott. Ml liked the simplistic story behind the movie, said one student. lt was simple indeed. A being landed on the Earth and was befriended by a young boy who must hide him while he tried to contact his home. When numerous scientists found out it was the kids against adults. Besides having the entire world fall in love with E.T., in- cluding Prince Charles and Lady Di, the creature made quite a fortune for those in- volved. E.T. toys were plentiful and ranged from wind-up dolls that walked to E.T. fingers. There were also E.T. board games, a video game, posters, key chains, jewelry, pens, eras- ers, and, of course, clothing. And those were only a few. All together there were over 250 E.T. items on the market that would supposedly mean S10 million in royalties. The com- pany in charge of the products reported S51 million to S2 mil- lion a day in orders. The actual movie sold over 33.4 billion worth of tickets. The director under the gentle scrutiny of his extraterrestrial friend. Flipping Channels 'iThe most awesome achieve- ment in television history. At least that's what ABC said about its 18 hour S40 million epic, The Winds of War. Based of the book by Herman Wouk the week long series followed the lives of a family, the Henrys, during World War Il up to Pearl Harbor. The show was tops in the ratings with at least 50070 each night. Movie theaters lost a lot of business. Students enjoyed the show also. Although most weren't thrilled with Ali McGrawis acting as Nat- alie, the Jewish wife of Byron Appearing as Natalie Jastro Henry, Ali McGraw fails to captivate the audi- ence. Henry, girls fell in love with her husband played by Jan-Michael Vincent. As for the rest of television, the scene wasn't much different than in past years. 60 Minutes was usually in the top ten along with MASH and Three's Com- pany. Two prime-time soap op- eras, ABC's Dynasty and CBS's Dallas were also very popular. Dynasty was often discussed during classes on Thursday morning. There were of course, several new shows but they had a hard time hitting the charts. NBC held onto Cheers even though the ratings were low. The com- edy was centered around a Bos- ton bar with a set of mixed char- acters. Entertainment 223

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resh and Eager It's hard for sophomores to break into the swing of high school, but with help from the sophomore class President, Dan- iela Russo, Vice President, Melissa Ber- tong Secretary, Courtney Hayashi, Trea- surer, Lynn Allison, and the representatives Shawna Rich and Lisa Berman, sophomores were able to get in- volved. 'Al like to get involved, said Daniela Russo, when asked why she ran for office. She also likes to get things done and know what's going on.'l The goal for the class of 1985 was to uraise enough money to have good junior and senior proms, explained Melissa Berton. They attempted this with the car- nation sale and other seasonal fund rais- ers. Sophomores held their own against the more experienced senior and junior classes, and made their first year exciting, productive, and spirited. Sophomore class cabinet: Melissa Berton, VP., Shawna Rich, Rep, Courtney Hayashi, Sec, Dan- iela Russo, Pres.: Lynn Allison, Treasg and Lisa Berman. Rep, r, . 'fr i if rs.. i iil. , it 'H at W ei Sin Z .'.G3r5J5,g,grfr.:f.,.:.: r... as ri ,, ' ' ' V - ,. . ..., , 9 . E, M rfrr. 1+ . ,- K, NX? V if 5 , fr. V, ., . 1. WY Q 1, i, , W VK . . f 3' T3 Q, - Q . 1, , f . X H 2 rf' my f-,ui ie gg ,,.,,,, i af T It 'ifrfifbig 1.3113 L 'MV : ' f y, I T1 , N - url, ', , V N. .,',f T v Debbie Abel Angie Adams Allison Adler Shaar Afsharinioejad Juan Aguirre Russell Albro D'Andrea Alderson Bruce Allan Mimi Allen Lynn Allison Mike Allmann Theresa Almada Mark Alt Arul Ananthanarayanan Danny Anderson Frank Anderson Kristin Anderson Sean Anderson Ted Anderson Ron Andrade Derrick Andrews Julie Archambeault Nora Arenas Robert Arnold Belinda Arnold Elizabeth Arteaga Steve Asaro Jackie Ash Susie Ashborn Lynne Ashe Stephanie Ashe Julie Axelrod Sophomores 225