Slatington High School - Reflections Yearbook (Slatington, PA)

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THE IRAN CRISIS Late in 1979, an unknown number of Iranian students stormed the United States Embassy in Teheran. Be- cause these students were, at the tine, unarmed, the Marines guarding the Em- bassy did not repel the students. This seemingly peaceful protest turned into one of the major news events of 1979 and 1980. The students, receiving arms from their comrades, took every person in the building hostage. Although they released several hos- tages in the first two weeks of their captivity, the Iranians held some 50 other American Embassy and Marines hostage a good deal longer, so long, in fact, that we have to won- der whether to call this a crisis or a stalemate. At this writing, the hostages are still captive, and no apparent progress has been made. The students are followers of Iran's fanatical reli- gious leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Khomeini, maybe the most hated man in America since Adolf Hitler, has ordered that the de- posed Shah be returned to Iran for trial before the hostages are released. Although the Iranian Crisis has been a very terrible event, it has served to unite the people of America, including the students of SHS, with a new feeling of patriotism. Demonstrating their feelings about Iran are the following freshmen from the Bandroom homeroom: first row (left to right) 12 Mike Weber, Mike Strohl Jonathan Weaber, Mike Williams, Sharon Strohl, Angela Shiffert, Kevin Yenser, Laura Solderitz, Phyllis Sweetz, Jeryl Williams, Lori Wanamaker, second row, Jerry Snyder, Rich Smith, Kevin Yesik, David Tirpak, Simos Vavla- dellis, Larry Wetzel, Mark Yeanish, Robert Zancofsky, Tim Shelly, Duane Wetzel, Mike Skeath, Jody Ziegler, Robin Shafer, Marcy Stephen, and Shelby Snyder.

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LATE AGAIN? As with the smoking policy, the school's discipline poli- cy concerning tardiness became stricter this year. During the 1979-80 school year, any student coming in tardy twice during the same semester re- ceives an automatic thirty- minute detention upon the sec- ond offense, with or without an excuse. Of the 250 stud- ents participating in a recent survey taken by the REFLECTIONS staff, 97 percent state they ere against the late policy. The other three percent admit the late policy is strict; how- ever, they say it cuts down on the number of people coming in late. For most people the pol- icy is a nuisance, but for most people the policy also works. The following people from Home- room A1 are appearing in the Office to sign in and pick up their detention slips for late- ness: (left to right) Sandy Strohl, Sharon Strohl, Roger Spadt, Tim Weaber, Paul Swartz, Lori Weiss, Keith Williams, Linda Walbert, Liz Williams, Tina Wechsler, Anne Zeiser, Sandy Williams, Vicki Sweetz, and Tracy Wehr.

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MELLOW ROCK... Mellow Rock As we start the new decade of the '80's there are many rock groups that play what we might consi- der Mellow Rock. For Instance, Styx and their new album, Cornerstone, could be considered Mel- low Rock. The Long Run by the Eagles is also Mellow Rock. People have different ideas of what makes up Hard Rock and what makes up Mellow Rock. To some people, Styx's music might be Hard Rock, but to others it might be Mellow Rock, or even disco. In a re- cent poll of SHS studentsj Yearbook investigators asked, What is your fav- orite Rock Group? Runnersup included ELO, Foreigner, and Boston. When you pick up this story five years from now, how many of these groups will still be around? Was your favorite listed in the top five? Do you still own any of the re- cords, or did you give them all away to a little sister? Or to the junk man? Do people still talk about punk and disco? The freshmen in Homeroom 32 are Willis Hough, Tammy Jones Bryan Kadingo, Becky Kaul, Todd Keiser, Gregg Kemnerer, Dale Kern, Brian Kester, Randy Kibler, Robert Kibler, John Kirchner, Bruce Kistler, Craig Klevenhagen, Rodney Kline, Sharon Kline, Lisa Klingborg, Roxanne Knappenberger, Wayne Koch, John Konowall, Steve Ko- pecki, Justine Kraynik, Shelly Krotzer, Lisa Krysiuk, David Kunkle, Tanmy Kunkle, Michelle Kurtz, Edyth Lahanas, David Lear, Johnny Leibold, John Lichtenwalner, Donna Lobach, Troy Long, Jim Lorah, Jim Mac Crindle, Arnold Mack, Donna Mack, and Tracy Markell. The results: FIRST: Pink Floyd SECOND: Styx THIRD: The Cars FOURTH: Cheap Trick FIFTH: Supertramp 13