Ralph Poteet High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Mesquite, TX)

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Trends Laura Hull: Peace is important to many . . . Don ' t Worry Be Mappy ' made it big in style . . . Why Batman made a comeback is beyond me Andy Moore: © Chance Bell: I love bell bottoms I wish they would come back, and if they don ' t, I ' ll wear them anyway! Creat Ve expansions The art world has re- cently marked the era of new expectations. In November, Jasper John ' s work. False Start set the money making record for a living artist Those fans of pop art celebrated the after- death return of Andy Warhol with a full ret- rospective of his work And the most outland- ish artist since Warhol — namely Jeff Koon ' s — hit the scene In March the Whitney Mu- seum brought political art to the forefront Peo- ple such as Kit Fitzeral were using high tech- nology and expanding a new media-video art Qoing into the 90 ' s, the art viewer is abound to see art with 60 ' 5 ideas and a flash of iO ' s style. Batmania hits T-shirts, buttons, hats, and jewelry Batman fans of today brought everything from Batman comics to the high-top tennis shoes fea- turing Batman or the Joker Appearing in 1959 in De- tective 27, Batman was first exposed throughout comic books Then, in the early 1960 ' s came the Bat- man TV show (finished in the Top Ten in 1965) A new movie starring Michae Keaton premiered in June The original Batman mar ried a gun and killed people

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3 ' Theyearin...-»«» mini-mag staff: Janet 6i Jennifer Trends 150-151 The ART WORLD highlights Jas- per John, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koon and Kit ritzeral BATMAM novelties nnahe a big hit 5KATEB0ARDIMQ makes the scene The SIXTIES are making a comeback in style. tiews 152-155 The RAMSES TOUR hits Dallas ' fair Park BUSM is elected President of the U.S. 5PACE shuttle Discov- ery is launched EXXOM ' S oil spill is the worst in nation MEWS facts of the year. Entertainment 154-155 MOVIE REMTALS are top source of entertainment MOVIE review for the year ACADEMY AWARD win- ners QAMES, games and more games TALK SHOWS show contro- versy. Music 156 VIDEO MUSIC captures large au- dience Mew Bohemians, Ton Loc and Couns ' n Roses are some the hottest MEW QROUPS the MUSIC AWARDS highlight the top artists in the industry.

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5Hate or die Whether ' ' throwing a handplant or taking air skaters were a definite part of life. Styles of Vision 5treet products as well as the use of the skateboard- er ' s glossary were proof of that And it would take more than road rash to stop thenn 5ome of the jargon used by today ' s skaters were bio (the best), dud bogus (bad), killer (fantastic), poseur (phony), road rash (scrapes on the knees or elbows caused by falling), stoked (amazed), take air (leave the ground), throw a handplant (execute a handstand on a speeding skateboard) b Freshmen Qary Walker and Jason MIgbee wore the typical skater style clothes and haircuts This trend brought its own sense of style and fashion The sixties fiashbacli . . . Lovebeads draped over a guru jacket and bell- bottom pants This was an everyday sight in the 60 ' 5 Although styles have changed increasingly, the 60 ' s were bringing new light to 80 ' s ideas The peace symbol re- turned appearing on shirts, shoes and jewelry Migh fashion models were wearing the once everyday double-knit suits and flow- er printed miniskirts Once again the slender rectan- gular and John Lennon M §9. ' KlMl ' sunglasses hit the scene Earrings bearing anchs, fluorescent clothes bear- ing peace symbols and Flower Power t-shirts all were welcomed back from the 60 ' s Hairstyles and music also returned The famous Beatle bob was back with an 80 ' s twist And as al- ways, groups such as the Who, The Mamas and the Papas, and The Beatles were being enjoyed by flower children of the 80 ' s