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

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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

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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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4{News f amses the Great Ramses, the name of eleven Egyptian Kings of the nineteenth and twentieth dynasties. The best Known of these pharoahs was Ram- ses II, one of the greatest Egyptian builders. Hardly a city In the land was left unadorned by his temples and monuments. Called Ramses the Qreat during his 67-year reign from 1304-1237 B.C., his magic, mystery and myth was shown throughout the cities of the United States, Including Dallas ' Talr Parh. The Ramses Tour, de- scribed as the largest and most Important collection of Egyptian artifacts to ever be viewed In the United States, had Jewels, statues and hundreds of other pieces dating back more than 3000 years. One of the statues of Ramses had to be transport- ed from Egypt to the United States vertically because of an old Egyptian law stating that a pharoah should not lie down in another country. The Dallas exhibit, which ran through the spring and summer, cost $8 for adults and )S for children. «abri«lta Haimon : A lot of people plcl presidents like they picK club presi- dents or student council members — It ' s Just who- ever is most popular. Christy B«ss: The news blames every- thing on teens — drink- ing, drugs and sex — It ' s not all our fault. Amy Palmer: The air- line crashes scare me and I choose not to fly anymore. They really need to crach down and fix these problems. Election ' 88 Republican Qeorge Bush became the first vice president in office to become president since 1836. This 64-year old Texan defeated his Dem- ocratic challenger Mi- chael DuKaKIs by a solid margin to win the elec- tion as the nation ' s forty- first president. Bush cap- tured 402 electoral votes to DuKaKIs ' 112. Of the United States popular vote, Bush came away with 54.1 percent (56.1 percent of the Texas vote). While Bush went across the nation selling his campaign of wanting a Kinder, gentler na- tion, with his running mate Dan Quayle, DuKaKIs and running mate Lloyd Bentsen maintained a pushing campaign pace aimed at the still undecided vot- ers. Following a controver- sial national televised de- bate. Bush came away with a definite advantage over DuKaKIs. Before the debate, most politicians in both parties had agreed that DuKaKIs needed a strong showing to overcome Bush ' s lead In the polls.