Rockhurst High School - Quarry Chancellor Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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S.A.D.D. 1 Students Against Driving Drunk saves lives BY CHRIS LECLUYSE STAFF WRITER Thanks to the efforts of Students Against Drunk Driving, under the sponsorship of Mr. Thomas Norman, every Rockhurst student became aware of the dangers of driving drunk. Formed in 1984, the Rockhurst S.A.D.D. chapter has seen a sharp increase in membership, from a few upperclassmen who met during their lunch period to a present membership of around forty sophomores, juniors and seniors. “Many freshmen feel that they shouldn’t join because they don’t drive,” said Norman, “but I feel that if we could get to them beforehand, we would be much more successful. In the future, S.A.D.D. information will be given at freshman orientation.” Norman felt that the main problem among teens is one of self-deception, a problem of not knowing how much is enough, by encouraging Rockhurst students to be “designated drivers,” those who do not drink alcohol at parties so that they may drive those who have had too much back home safely. This year has clearly been S.A.D.D.’s most visible year. Two major events was the highly successful ‘air band’ mixer, S.A.D.D.’s source of funds for the year, and a poster and flyer contest, the first of its kind at Rockhurst. S.A.D.D. also sponsored several assemblies featuring guest speakers who, through their stark tales of the dangers and personal losses associated with drunk driving, gave RHS students incentive to put SADD’s objectives into practice. “Be sensible, be careful, and don’t drive drunk,” said Norman. Hopefully all of Rockhurst will echo his sentiment one day soon and help keep our streets free of danger from drunk drivers. (right) Mr. James Mattes describes the horror of ‘that phone call in the middle of the night.’ 22 S.A.D.D. (top row) C. Angles, B. Dreiling, T. Thompson, J. Becker, S. Wissel, B. Armstrong, T. Henderson, P. Dierks, K. Sigg, R. Metz, L. Gallagher, D. LaCour, M. Mareski, C. Rifel; (bottom row) Mr. T. Norman, K. Shanahan, J. Stadler, D. Tamasi, P. Frerker, K. Jayaram, M. Ziemianski, K. Tate. T. LaSala, J. McCroy, G. Mouse, M. Becker, R. Ackerman. R. Johnson, P. Flynn ONE FOR THE ROAD.

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(above) “Stark Truth (right) Principle Celebrant Fr. Joseph Snyder, S.J., makes a visible point about priorities. (top) Jesuit Fathers Thomas Jost, Paul Stark, Mark McKenzie, Thomas Melancoln and Thomas Cummings break bread at Thanksgiving Mass. Pastoral 21

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Students for Students (Front Row) J. Taylor, T. Thompson, R. Metz, M. Thomas, C. Lott, S. Schmelzle; (Center Row) B. Kennaley, J. Lancaster. D. Rosner, J. Weidler, E. Marko, T. Mozee, J. Bird; (Last Row) B. Woods, D. McBratney, P. Murphy, J. McRoy, M. Gratton, T. Gitto, R. Wilbanks, Heringer, M.K. Johnson SFS shows care through individual group work BY PAT FLYNN ACADEMICS CO-EDITOR In recent years, Rockhurst and Center have had little in common, but this year Students for Students (formerly Natural Helpers) hosted a joint seminar designed to help the members from both schools to deal more effectively with the problems they both face every day. Throughout the year the volunteer group focused on several other projects as well. Included on the list was the Hi-Step Program. Hi-Step sent a team of three high school stu- dents into grade schools for one hour per week to lead discussions on peer pressure, alcohol and drugs and personal decision making. Officers of SFS for the 1987-88 school year were president Shawn Schmelzle, vice-president John Bird, and secretary Scott Wissel. Tommie Thompson was the senior representative to StuCo and Mr. Heringer moderated SFS. Though many hours of hard work were put into this program, Schmelzle commented, “It’s hard for us to monitor success, but we feel we do well.” The activities this year have shown that SFS is truly MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE. (above left) Senior Keith Sigg and other RHS students participate in an SFS sponsored workshop. S.F.S. 23