Shady Side Academy - Academian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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.--ff' 1 1 W P , in Memorial Hall, sis- ters and brothers meet for a group picture. Over eighty students had siblings who were also attending the Senior School. at school, George and Michael Bolanis exchange a few words as they enter the Science Hall. Traveling to school together ga ve siblings even more time to be together. 0l:f':':',f pw ff ' 4 ff 1 l A EHHEWE, 5:35 13:55.13 in the Pit, Laura and Wade Bowden engage in conversation. lt was not uncommon for upperformers to visit their younger siblings in the underform lounge. EM.LQ5i'NN''JGUFIWE PL FEW' LfX llGI'HS ill UIC SCi' ence Hall are Saadia and Haroon llyas. Most brothers and sisters felt that having siblings in school added something extra to their high school experience. Brothers and Sisters sf

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You 're walking do wn the hall, feeling that you can Hnally be yourself in this place away hom home. Suddenly, you see an all-too-familiar face . . vi L l AS A GEsTuRE OF coop wiu., Jon Kamp, I ' offers his brother Josh a bottle of Pepsi in the parking lot. A3 ll ll l T 9 . it lil 1 .I , . I 1 xl if Q! ' 1 Iyllll ' l 1 i fl fl 524471-' V , n- ' ' ' if V . . 1 -. L ffl! 4 I iff l 4 f' 'H' if ll in , . AM fl . 5 J ' ' -nfl' 'ff I f l, 1 . l V A ' '. ltti ,flfw fr , fgtgfg 'lille ll. 'vig K ' V f l I f V , .K p 'l - l rl. , y ,' I tl' i 3 ' -, 1' it RE YOU DOING HERE7 1 I ' 'ill ' ' -' hile in high school, stu- ers or sisters have no qualms about face that is recognizable as one's own. lt 5 3 dents maintain different openly expressing their anger at a sibling is good to have someone who knows al- g A I kinds of relationships in school. They tend to make quite a most everything about you and who will 5 f among themselves, teach- scene, often sharing secrets and embar- always come through if for no other rea- l 7 f, ers, administrators, and rassing stories with school friends. After son than family loyalty. Younger sisters . l coaches. all, no one at school knows a person often benefit by having older brothers to Friendships such as these have often better than his or her brother or sister. protect them, even if the brothers often , been explored in the past. However, one A lot of the time, the younger students pick on their sisters. The older student of the strongest bonds that students can cannot wait for the day their brother or may feel good when he brings his youn- have, family, is generally ignored. At sister graduates so they can feel free to ger sibling to school and can show them , SSA there are eighty-two students who do whatever they want. After graduation the ropes. The younger student also currently have a brother andfor sister the younger siblings no longer have to benefits from his elder's experience on . also attending the senior school. This is worry about their older brother or sister subjects such as teachers, classes, food, to say nothing of the hundreds of stu- blackmailing them over their actions and other classmates. He generally .nl dents who, in the past, have also held when such a bargaining tool is needed. knows more students than others who relationships with their sibling at school Also, siblings often forget that they actu- are new, when he first comes to SSA, , as well as at home. ally like each other, choosing to ignore making the transition much easier. Al- l l ln general, it is not an easy task to each other instead. At times, they can be though having a sibling at school may at 0 3 al separate school from home in this situa- tion. When there are conflicts between siblings at home, the problems often car- ry over into the school day. Most broth- 'vers and Sisters each other's worst enemies because they are so close. However, this closeness is not always a bad thing. Sometimes it is good to see a times seem to be more a nuisance than a blessing, no one can deny that a brother or a sister is the one person that can be counted on.

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The pressures of classes keep building during the day until . . . Hnally, a precious free period! You 've got to get away from work, go socialize with your friends, hang out for a while . .-If mill' ffl I if TUNING OUT THE WORLD, Joel Brennan stretches out by his locker in the Tuck Shop Area. When all else failed, a student could always relax by his locker instead of in designated lounge areas. Q Uyljgg- R , f 1 K I 'gg ' . y- Iiywg 3' g165l1f'ilf'fllXlff'rlri9,rt r 3 , A .I I p A X g gqpvflli. rf' , gg.. ,I . ' r, rr CA You Go? , j , ' hen I raentered the Acad. atrocities. when asked what is special 'Qi emy's infamous Pit I In was sickened by the I gi sights, noises and smells ', of this preferred under- class hang-out. The car- pet on the seats had grown more tat- tered, and the THINGS on the wall, which had been green and sticky during my own underclass days, had hardened. My first instinct was to turn and run. However, I was on assignment. Each of SSA's hang-outs, including the Pit, has its own character or flavor which I in- tended to discover. In order to capture the essence of each hang-out, I went directly to the stu- dents who inhabit each area. My chief questions were What makes this hang- out special? and What goes on daily in this hang-out? The responses ranged from serious to comic. To my surprise, the inhabitants of the Pit took pride in the same aspects of their lounge that I considered minor Q Hang-outs 0 about the Pit, they eagerly produced a variety of responses. lt's the dirtiest place around, stated Pitmonger Brook Swinston. The carpeting, definitely the painting on the walls, quipped another fourth former. The violent nature of the deviant children who lounge in the Pit, claimed another. Chris Martha agreed: lt's the people that make the Pit. Despite an abundance of character, the Pit suffers from a lack of activity. The Pit used to be home to games of 4- square, but that tradition has died out. Now, explained one sophomore, aside from an occasional brawl be- tween the freshmen and sophomores, the Pit is extremely low-key, Some Pit residents were less enthusi- astic about their hang-out. I think it's the worst texpletive deletedl room, said sophomore Steve Begg. This place is disgusting, said another sophomore. Having completed my investigation of the Pit, I knew that I personally would not be back . . . ever. Many students, upon becoming up- perclassmen, graduate from the Pit to Rowe Common. Entering Rowe was a relief after the chaos of the Pit. The up- perclassmen who reside in Rowe are tamer, more mature than the Pit people so they tended to respond with more re- fined, sophisticated comments. What's special?. . . the chicks, offered fifth for- mer Wade Bowden. Jose Juves in- formed me, lt's a very sensual atmo- sphere. Many upperformers expressed approval of the intimate nature of Rowe. Everybody knows your name, said Wendy Fruehauf. lt's like a family, ex- plained another junior. Although the pencils in the ceiling tiles attest that Rowe is not entirely civil- ized, most upperformers seemed happy to be above the fray of the Pit. You can get diseases in the Pit, confided one senior. When asked what is special about Rowe, one upperformer chimed Icontinued on page 142