South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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-r Fads Probably the biggest fad for the 1987 year would have to be Lieutenant Colo- nel Oliver North and his testi- mony in the Iran-Contra hearings. It seemed every- where one looked Ollie North would be there. His testimonies interrupted the summer vacationing couch potatoes' regular television schedules while T-shirts bared his name. Pranksters in California covered up the H on the infamous Holly- wood sign which then made it the city of, none other than, Ollywood. Some may think all the Ol- lie North hype is for the dogs, which brings us to Spuds McKenzie. Spuds McKenzie was an English Terrior with a black eye. He was the Bud- weiser Lite Beer representi- tive. His amazing animalistic charm brought gorgeous women to his side. Ultimate- ly he was the party animal of the year. The 1987-88 year could be considered the year for remembering years. The '50's rebel James Dean was back in style and could be seen on everything from full size posters to pictures on T- shirts. The legend of Marilyn Monroe also lingered into this year with a video of her life released and an Elton John song, Candle in the Wind, praising her was re- released. According to the twenty year rock'n'roll cycle, the 1987 summer would have been the Summer of Love repeated. A new genera- tion of hippies came out of hiding for Grateful Dead concerts across the coun- try. True hippies sported their hand dyed tie-dyed shirts and homemade bead- ed jewelry. But hippie-want- to-be's didn't need to wor- ry, for the malls carried all that was needed to be a hippie. Television dance pro- grams became a craze. Of course, the classic American Bandstand was still around but others were added to the list. Dance Party U.S.A. was a favorite among some. Avid watchers be- came familiar with the regu- lars on the show. If one pre- ferred a big city atmosphere in a dance show then Club MTV was the one to watch. The pro- gram was taped at the Pa- ladium in New York City. The set included multiscreen television airing the video to which the dancers danced. As usual changing one's appearance was a fad. Many ignored all the nega- tive propaganda against ul- traviolet rays and still regu- larly visited the tanning booth. One didn't need to vacation in Florida to get a tan in the winter anymore; it was as easy as lying in bed to achieve that all around bronze. Skin color wasn't the only thing changing this year. Colored contacts could change a person's eye color in an instance. For the more spiritual per- son a passing fad was the new age healing crystal. It supposedly could cure fatal incurable illnesses if enough faith was put into it. It also could be used as an every- day good luck charm just as the rabbit's foot had been used in previous years. Another fad for the 1987- 88 year were friendship bracelets. These bracelets were made of embroidery yarn and consisted of rows and rows of knots. Each could be considered origi- nal. They were tied on to the wrist and wouldn't have to be taken off for months. Fashions The key to this year's fash- ions for the women was, the shorter the better. Al- though fashion experts said it was the women's choice of the length (or shortness) of the hemline, all one could basically find were miniskirts galore. As the hemline rose the tops length decreased. Midriff sweaters and shirts were the latest fashion. One has to wonder if the adminis- tration knew of the upcom- ing fashions when they de- cided to abolish the shorts miniskirt rule before the '87-88 school year. Although the box office hit Top Gun was released a year ago the look from the movie was more popular this year. The aviator look cap- tured the intense fashion buff. Leather bomber jack- ets, brown or black, were the items that heated up the market. Archers' Slang-tionary In the course of the year, Archers heard new additions to the usual vocabulary. Not just the new combinations of curse words, but slang terms that would stand the test of time and become a part of our vernacular. Bunk — not fair; raw deal; uncool. Dude — a hip male. Hard-core — intense. Hot — cute; sexy; irrestible. Squigly — nerdly; geeky. Word — I agree; you can say that again. 24 — Mini-mag

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Douglas Ginsburg's Supreme Court nomination went up in smoke af- ter he admitted to having smoked marijuana. sketch D. Manco standings. — The U.S. gets involved even deeper in the Persian Gulf conflict. American heli- copters raid an Iranian gunboat. — Walter Hudson, after breaking a thousand pound scale, goes on a diet. — Nancy Reagan under- goes surgery for breast cancer. November — Reagan's second Su- preme Court nominee, Douglas H. Ginsburg, fails af- ter he admits- to smoking marijuana. — Secretary of Defense Casper Wienberger retires from the position. — Mikhail Gorbachev con- tinues radically reshaping Soviet policies with his Glas- nost programs. — Reagan's third attempt at appointing a Supreme Court judge finally succeeds with Anthony Kennedy. — Nineteen-month-old Jes- sica McClure of Midland, Texas, is rescued after being trapped in a well for fifty- eight hours. — Wall Street closes down at a record 508 points. — The Iran-Contra report suggests a cover-up by Ed Meese. — Cher makes a comeback with two hit movies and a new album. December — A Gorbachev-Reagan summit in the U.S. becomes a reality. — Chicago Mayor Harold Washington dies at age six- ty-five. — Gorbachev and Reagan sign the historic INF treaty. — Gary Hart re-enters the presidential race. January — Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency is taken seri- ously — at least by the peo- ple who sign his petition. — The Dona Paz, a cruise ship, sinks near the Philipines; 1,503 are dead. — Moscow shows signs of wanting to pull out of Afganistan. — The Washington Reaskins win the Super Bowl 42-10 over Denver. February — Kim and Wayne Seybold, a brother-sister figure-skat- ing pair, head north from Marion to Calgary for the 1988 Winter Olympics. — The world is joined in peace and brotherhood at the winter games. — Reagan got a new hear- ing aid. — As a result of the Hazel- wood case, the Supreme Court rules that the princi- pals and administration have the right to say what can or can not be printed in high school publications. There you have it, the im- portant news, incidents, and developments of 1987-88. There's surely something we've forgotten from the list, and other things on it we'd like to forget. A new mayor of Fort Wayne was the major news of the city. The election was riddled with rumors of scan- dal. Republican Paul Helmke defeated Winfield Moses in November. Other big news of the city includes contro- versy over the jurisdiction of Baerfield airport. A snow emergency was in effect in Fort Wayne on February 18. Fort Wayne Community Schools made plans for the opening of several new magnet schools. Police offi- cer, Omega Graham, was killed accidentally by a fel- low officer. In February, three drug houses in Fort Wayne were raided and the drug dealers were arrested. Many events were news- worthy that hit close to home and affected Archers. New additions were added to the school year. — New attendance poli- cy was followed by stu- dents. It reauired the parent to call in to the school within a twenty-four hour period to explain the student's ab- sence, if the policy wasn't followed the student would be considered truant. — The argument of the stu- dent parking was still an im- portant issue. — The administration abol- ished the no shorts rule. — ISTEP tests were adminis- tered to the students for a measure of comparison be- tween schools. — Principal Jack E. Weick- er's celebrated his twenty- fifth year as principal. — Arsonist lit up the girl's bathroom and other places around school. — South Side has it's first swim team. Donny VanFos- sen was the sole member of the team; he advanced to state competition. — New speech team coach, Mrs. Donna Black- burn, came to South after Mr. Kelly moved to the ad- ministration of South. — The South Side Seven at- tended their last school function at the Blackford Sectional football game. — Student Council spon- sored an entire Homecom- ing Week. — Live bands perform at school aances. — Tickets to dances are not sold at the door of the dance anymore, nor can dances extend past 11 p.m. The Totem staff would like to thank the speech team's Republican Paul Helmke won Fort Wayne's mayoral race against Winfield Moses. sketch by N. Manco extempers — Jim Catlin, Lin- da Garrett, and Stan Hutson for gathering facts and thanks to Chris Murray for contributing to make the mini-mag possible. Mini-mag — 23

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Jeans will never go out of style but styles of jeans will. This years styles included an acid stone washed jean and the ripped jean look. Maybe for the first time worn-out clothes were the trend. If your mother made you throw your beat-up jeans away, you needn't worry because you could pur- chase a stone washed pair of jeans with holes all ready intact for an average price of $50.00. It used to be only when one had something(s) to hide would anyone wear turtlenecks. The fashions to- day include a variety of turt- lencks ranging from the standard full neck collar to the mock turtleneck to the dickie (not a full shirt, just a high collar worn under sweaters). Anything in brand names of Banana Republic (espe- cially T-shirts), Adidas, Troop, Liz Claiborne, Outback Red, or Forenza could be consid- ered fashionable. Fashion- able shops for the year ranged from the Limited to Bennetton to the Merry-Go- Round. If you were still wearing flourescent pink during 1987-88 you were commit- ing a serious fashion faux pas. Primarily the designers were using earth tones. A popular color for the year was peach. The must have purse for the year was a Liz Claiborne doctor's bag or drawstring. Other all time favorites in- cluded the Gucci bag, Esprit bag, or Coach bag. Everyone seemed to have the time this year be- cause the watch was a very fashionable accessory. Swatch was still a popular brand of watch. Guess, Gucci, and moon-faced watches were also popular. Long hair was fashionable not only with the girls but also with the guys. Flat tops, crew cuts, and buzzes were also very stylish for the guys. Basically there was no set style for either the girl or guy that was more fashionable than the others, it depend- ed on the individual person. Music For the year 1987-88, the world of popular music promised a lot but did not always deliver the goods. Several super-stars re- leased long awaited re- cordings, and there were a few new arrivals, but, once again, widely accepted projects that broke new ground were the exception. There were the ever-pre- sent one shot novelty acts and numerous Madonna im- personators, but 1987-88 will probably be most remem- bered for the onslaught of American influenced top- forty bands coming out of England and the resurgence of teenagers on the popular charts. Micheal Jackson, once the darling of the ever so fickle public, followed up his fantastically popular Thriller with a third solo effort enti- tled Bad. Despite crack comparisons between the album's quality and its title, the first two singles from it climbed to number one on the charts around the world, though they did not have the wide impact of his previ- ous work. Almost as an answer to Jackson's claim of badness came L.L Cool J's single I'm Bad from his album Bigger and Deffer. The rising popu- larity of rap music on the top forty charts continued. Run- DMC teamed up with two members of the heavy met- al band Aerosmith to do a hit cover of Walk This Way and had a hit with their al- bum, Raising Hell: white boy rappers, the Beastie Boys, opened up the white domi- nated top forty charts to the music form; and, the previously mentioned Cool J album followed to show how it's really done. Among other anticipated releases by big name artists were Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love, The Joshua Tree from U2, ... Nothing Like the Sun from ex-cop Sting, George Micheal's first solo album titled Faith. Gen- esis's Invisible Touch and Sign o' the Times from Prince. There were few sur- prises this year. Whitney Houston's second album re- peated the impressive suc- cess of her first, and Madon- na continued to be a presence, along with her string of impersonaters, who often times were more suc- cessful than she. Among the newer bands with growing popularity in the U.S. were those with a typically main-stream Amer- ican sound, many emerging from England to show up on the radio. Groups such as Mr. Mister, Cutting Crew, Crowded House, Glass Tiger, The Outfield, and The Hoot- ers became popular be- cause of their simple melo- dies, trivial lyrics, clean-cut images and complete unori- ginality, all fitting in com- pletely with what is consid- ered top pop in our country. On the other hand, hard rock made a comeback to the charts. Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, Europe, Cin- derella, Poison, and the win- ners of the American Music Award's band of the year, Bon Jovi, all had a good year. Towards the end of the year, there were two new artists who made a big im- pression, not so much for their material, but because of their ages. Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, each six- teen, began the re-intro- duction of teen-age artists into the charts. Their arrival on the scene brought about rememberences of the old days when little Stevie Wonder, Micheal Jackson, and the Osmonds reigned supreme. Looking to the alterna- tive. The Smiths released a double album, broke-up, then released another al- bum. The Cure, also, re- leased a double album; their first to be widely accepted by both critics and the pub- lic. On the other hand, David Bowie's long awaited follow up to Tonight, Never Let Me Down, was not received well by anyone. Punk's politi- cal preachers, the Dead Kennedy's, released Bed- time for Democracy, and they, too, broke-up. Not long after, a greatest hits completion appeared bear- ing the title Give Me Conve- nience or Give Me Death. New Order put together a greatest hits collection. Sub- stance, including the new single True Faith, which was their first to make it into the top forty. Depeche Mode came out with Music for the Masses, and held a concert in Chicago, which was well attended by repre- sentatives from South Side. The alternative band that touched Archers the most, probably, would have been INXS, which gave a concert at the Embassy in the fall of 1987. Overall, 1987-88 was a typical year for the world of commercial music. There were no new Beatles or Sex Pistols, but there rarely are. The year will be most re- membered for the twenti- eth anniversary of Rolling Stone magazine. Movies Memorable movies of the year include the following: Fatal Attraction. Good Morning Vietnam. Dirty Dancing. Broadcast News. and Princess Bride. The Totem staff would like to thank Chris Murray and others for contributing to the mini-mag. Mini-mag — 25