Skyline High School - Origin Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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 My lunch is better than yours. After unpacking her lunch, senior Karen Litlrell starts to eat her sandwich and banana. Photo by Elizabeth Gomez ▼ Where are they? Awaiting her friends, senior Iaxpiita Brown looks around for her friends before starting her lunch, brought from home. Photo by Elizabeth Gomez Students go out of way for taste The same old com- plaining about the same old food gave some of the students, who con- sidered themselves daredevils, incentive to find a new source of midday munchies — so they turned to their own kitchens and brown paper bags, only to discover new complica- tions and complaints. One of the common complications was los- ing a lunch. There was nothing more embar- rassing than having to go to class and ask the teacher if he’s found a stray sack lunch. Another example of an uncomfortable situa- tion was bringing fried chicken. The chicken would often leave a grease stain on the sack, and students would try to hide it so others wouldn't poke fun at them. A few students wouldn't bring just a plain brown sack, the brought ''designer” bags. Some sacks had students' names on them, others had car- toons of Garfield, and some even had a print of chains and a padlock on them, a humorous way of warding off lunch stealers. There was just no way to beat the system. Complaints. Com- plaints. Complaints. And therefore, it seem- ed that students couldn’t win for losing or couldn’t eat for complaining. Student life 27

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Cafeteria food vs. brown bags; students choose sack lunches The food is awful, said junior Charlotte Williams, there's nothing down there but reprocessed, artificial and soybean food. Students' opinions about eating in the cafeteria and bringing a lunch from home varied, but most students ended up trying to eat school food. Students chose cafeteria food for various reasons, some were too lazy to get up in the morning to make a lunch. I don't have time to make a lunch in the morn- ings. It's hard enough just getting out of bed.” commented senior Sharon Wilson. Bringing the same lunch food, day in and day out made sack lunches sometimes boring to many. Students had the choice between school food or a peanut butter sandwich. In most cases, students chose mysten,' burge for convenience. On the other hand, some were ve: creative in preparing a gourmet lunc Students came to school with homemac tamales, stew and vegetables. The lunchroom became more popular aft the arrival of the new salad bar. The bar a rived the third week in January. For minimal 12 cents an ounce, students cou enjoy foods such as turkey slices, pota salads, corn relishes, along with the reguh salad fixings: lettuce, tomatoes, radishes ar dressings. Salads were weighed prior to ac ding dressing or croutons. Salad was great every now and then, b1 there was still the problem of stale lui chroom food. The only choice students had was to be sa: and bring a boring peanut butter sandwic from home or be adventurous and try sorr mystery food from the cafeteria. ► Oh. yuck! Senior Todd Bethke eats a hamburger and fries from one of the short lines. Photo by Elizabeth Gomez 26 Student life

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► Hoi gossip. Ruffles and ankle bools remained popular throughout the year as shown by Linca McPherson and |ana Hodges, talking during their lunch period. Photo by Kevin Cuff ▼ Like il? Senior Scott Ladymon shows junior Kristy Hundt his new Members Only jacket he got for Christmas. Photo by John Blackburn They came and went so quickly that students sometimes had to spend all their allowance plus their lunch money buying them. Clothes. The new styles changed seemingly everyday so much that students had to work pretty hard to keep up with the fashions of the day. The pink and green that started the school year changed to pink and grey by the end, as did most of the fashions. Lacoste’s Izod shirts See ya’ later ‘gator Lauren's Polos. Polos came in the form of sweaters, button downs, jackets, shorts and various other types of clothes. They were worn several ways such as around the shoulders; some students wore up to three shirts at a time. Styles that came in with the summer fashions were the Ocean Pacific (OP) line of clothes. These clothes continued through the beginning of the school year. OP was also seen during the winter as they made sweaters and sweatsuits. Fashion for males also changed. Knitted ties were worn with button down shirts and khaki pants. The new Members Only jackets seemed to crop up all over the school after the Christmas break as male students showed off their new jackets. Some might think that girls were buying their clothes too big, but oversized sweaters and sweat shirts were seen in many of the popular fashion magazines and soon after seen on many students. Leg warmers were almost out by December, but some students still wore them. Leg warmers were in the other day when I wore them, but they're out today, joked junior Lori Anderson. Jeans were popular and probably alv will be. Many styles and brands were s but one particular type was stone-was jeans. As soon as the stores were filled i these jeans, so was Skyline. In the way of hair, the punk style was most popular not to mention the r unusual. The rooster” was worn by a da few. This style was one's hair standing uj the top of the head like a rooster's co Types of burrs were also popular with sev male students. I have a burr to get me oi the crowd. I also wear it for the girls. ; junior Scott Brown. The different colors of hair died out be the school year was over, but when this s was in red, blue, purple and green ' spotted the school. Shoes also changed with the times. C shoes were quite popular with the prej crowd along with penny loafers and siders. Ankle boots were also seen with m of the new fashions. Of course, the all time favorite tennis si Nike, was still around as students decors them with their Skyline Raider shoe string The Urban Cowboy may have been g for quite a while but cowboy boots still li on. Cowboy boots were seen with jeans as v as prairie skirts and ruffled shirts. Prairie shirts were also seen with M Jane type shoes and colored hose as were new mini skirts, outlawed at Skyline at first of the year (but still occasionally seen) So it seemed that students were saying “ you later alligator” to Izod shirts along v all the other fashions that had come and gt so quickly. 28 Student life