Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Rocky meets Rocky”. Students ottend the Rocky Horror Picture Show, o cult film thot ploys every Fridoy ond Saturday night ot Duck Creek Cinemas in Dettendorf. Mike Pearson, Tammy Sanders, Marcus Keller, Mike DeVriese, Stacy Millen and Terry Tingle dance to the Time Warp. The corn row, or Do Derek style remained a popular fad for the guys and girls at Rocky. Ploying Poc-man is Tom Rich. Fads, Fashions Laden with their toilet paper, rice, squirt guns and balloons, they paraded in. Find¬ ing a seat where it was possible to partici¬ pate as well as to be participated on, they started screaming. Ups, we want lips! As midnight struck, a giant pair of bright red lips spread over the screen: The Rocky Hor¬ ror Picrure Show has begun. Rocky Horror, a cult classic, was only one of the many fads experienced by Rocky students. The preppy look was back; with an animal flair: polo pony shirts, deer sweaters, alligator slacks and duck shoes. Rubik ' s cube astounded many as the cube craze spread throughout Rocky. Stu¬ dents everywhere were seen carrying a multi-colored block, unable to solve or to put down the mind-boggler. Space games like space invaders pro¬ vided many with hours of delight. Pac-man — a favorite of conversations - was a great way to spend an otherwise dull evening. Student Life 10

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Michoel Kelly ond Sho McCullough pose In the Participating In the latest game craze. Shawn Mlekush and Steve Doehm race to see who can solve classic style. Rubik ' s cube first. Student Life

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Night Life Whitey ' s Ice Cream Parlor Is a popular place ro relax or ro rake a dare after the game. Although it is located in Moline on twenty-third avenue, it is still a favorite of Rocky students. He spends forty-five minutes in the shower testing out every kind of deodor¬ ant soop, just to make sure. She eats a huge dinner so she won t have to eot in front of him, then worries that she looks fat. He nicks himself shaving and fears that he ' ll either hove to wear toilet paper on his face all evening or bleed to death. She pokes her eye with the mascara wand. By seven-thirty, they ' re both ready to forget the whole idea. What if he hates me?” She wonders. What if my Aquafresh fails?” He thinks. Promptly at eight p.m. the doorbell rings She freezes, unable to decide if she should make a stunning, late entrance or save him from having to talk to her mom. They escape before her parents pull out the baby pictures, and, suddenly, they ' re alone on a date and nothing else could go wrong, right? Wrong!” say the students of Rocky. I was allergic to the wrist corsage he bought me for swirl, not only did I sneeze all night, but my arm broke out in a rash.” The police picked us up for parking after Homecoming and called my mom, who said, Leave the kids alone, it ' s homecoming.” We were leaving for Prom when I heard the neighbor shout, Hey mom, come watch, she ' s leaving. We stopped at McDonald ' s and I spilled a half pint of orange juice on my painters pants. I spent the next twenty minutes in the men ' s room standing in front of the hand dryer. I was running to catch up with my boy ¬ friend. fell and broke my leg.” Every time we were alone, my best friend would call and interrupt. Denise Robinson, Derrick Pulliam, Dione Holland and Craig Patrick relax between dances at Home, coming. 14 Student Life