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

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10 kk The evil stairs of Rocky find another victim in George Guy. Brad Ashpole and Matt Katz are embarrassed to fi Super Saver Cinemas doesn’t think their friend Briai Blew looks old enough to see an “R rated film.

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Heather Powell. Amy Doran. Saleta Vesey. Allyson Waddell. Claudia Villereal. Chris Nielsen, Jenny Gan¬ non. Tammy Westerlund. Mitzila McCleary and Krista Troll flaunt the key fashions of fall ’88. It has not interested Josh Christiansen that this is one of those hairdo’s his kids are going to mock our generation for. i Unlimited Fashion: you can’t avoid it, even if you try. Fashion conscience or not, all of us had to wake up every morning and make that excruciating decision — what to wear. Whether it was Benetton or Trash Can Annies, students found their own forms of expression with what they had. At Rocky, wide variety (and often bizarre selections) could be spotted in the halls from t he shortest of shorts in early September to the biggest and baggiest of winter wear. Misfortune or Mademoiselle? Surely teachers and parents were confused by all the holes in the clothes of almost every student. Aside from these casual ensembles, preps, punks, and everything in between were fully decked out and setting trends while strutting down the hallways. The fashion “musts” for 1988-89 remained Style 101 acid washed jeans, cut-off jeans, colorful slacks, casual loafers, the color black, sweaters, (oversized or cut-off) moddish high necks and casually collegiate sweat¬ shirts. Of course, style did not stop with just clothes. Accessories had the power to make or break an ensemble. Male acces¬ sories were dominated by none-prescrip- tion John Lennon glasses, occasional ties, and various forms of jewelry includ¬ ing earrings. Female fashion showed a wide variety of scarves, skirts (femininely long or daringly short) and huge jewelry. Belts, shoes, and lots of color rounded out unisex ensembles. Hair, as always, made the final state¬ ment. Ponytails occasionally showed up on guys, and some girls had short spiky “do’s”. Except for bouffants and bell bot¬ toms, anything was in. Shoes are meant for dancing, dating, kicking, shop¬ ping. loafing, and just looking fashionable. Tracy Schneider, the earring queen, finds her sub¬ jects turning on her as she is attacked by her favor¬ ite earrings in a fashion accessory revolution.

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Although his heart is devoted to his mother. Steve Tanner is embarrassed to be caught with her on a family outing at the mall. Red faced students How many times did you find your brand new shoe slip out from under you creating a down pour of geometry pa¬ pers? Did you ever get caught spreading gossip about the person standing in back of you? Embarrassing moments were impossi¬ ble to avoid. At least once in four years each student became the victim of a hilar¬ ious mishap. Whether your mother brought your lunch to school personally in her hair rollers and said “Here Sweet¬ heart”, or you actually sat down in the wrong class; at Rocky, in front of your peers, these moments were even worse. A class with a large enrollment of Rocky students is the RYDER program. One could always count on running into someone they knew there. Students have also gotten in embarrassing trouble for decorating trees outside of friends’ homes. Remember the time your new boy girlfriend’s father caught you in his yard at midnight with two rolls of toilet paper yet to place in his trees? Our biggest critics were our peers, and the littlest mistake could make you the butt of a joke for an entire day. Someone who could care less about forgetting their locker combination would get laughed out of the hallway before he had a chance to remember. Heaven forbid the idea of going somewhere with the family! “Herd in the Halls” would snatch that up before you got home. So be warned: these sha¬ meful moments never fail to come when you least expect it! Face it, embarrassment is unavoidable and essential. All of us would agree these moments were what kept the day on an up beat, broke the monotony, and most important taught us to laugh at ourselves. Danny McCart and Jackie Ralston have been caught studying in an unusual, and potentially dangerous spot. Who’s more embarrassed? Jenny Melton and Mr. Tietjens share the trauma of flashing red lights pulling them over in front of the school during a driver ed session.