Southwest High School - Wagistanian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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r - We’ve got spirit yes we do, wc'vc got spirit how bout you???l The beginning of our victory gamel Do I remember where the Keys are? Baby you can drive my car. Jam! 5

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Diving into the new school year as the lakers September 9, 1987 was the first day of classes at Southwest High Qur nnc tand plays at our homecomin j School. Most of the students expected the same school routine for the next nine months. Yet. things have changed. Most importantly, our namesake is no longer the beloved 'Indians'’, rather, we have become the new and exciting ‘ Lakers I There were many mixed feelings about this change, nonetheless, a name is but only a name. It is the student's acceptance that concern us. Here at Southwest, students come from many different ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds. However, we all have one thing in common, we share the Southwest High School experience together. On the outside we seem to be preppy, punk, conservative, radical, mainstream, and some a little left of center. These differences are what make Southwest unique from other schools. It is our student body's ability to look beyond the basic stereotypes and intertwine with different kinds of individuals. Whether or not you wear the latest trends or drive the hottest cars, appears to be unimportant when it comes to making lasting friendships. Southwest is made of bricks and cement, but its strength lies in the hands of the students. It is their pride and respect towards their school that keeps it from tumbling down. In the following pages, our pride and our special memories are shown to you the Southwest Laker way! H1VVEAP0LIS. HJ 4 Everyone. Party

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We've made an ocean full of improvements! Welcome to the new Southwest. This year brought about many changes. For example (and the most obvious) we are no longer the indians, we are now the LAKERS!! This is super neat. With this new mascot, we have a lot more freedom to represent it. It will take some time for the Southwest students to get used to it, but that's ok. Another fantastic addition to Southwest's curriculum is the introduction of the I.B. (International Baccalaureate) program. This gives the over-achievers in our school a chance to challenge their minds. Classes under the program include: English. Mathematics, Science, and History. Also, a new program that Southwest tried this year was the M.I.C.E. (Mother infant child education) program. M.l.C.E. is headed by Ruth Wyden. The program is used to help teenagers (mostly girls) in making decisions concerning such information such as birth control. It is also used to guide pregnant teenagers into making the urgent decision for them and their baby. The last new fresh'' program to Southwest this year was the Mini Clinic. This is not used to take the place of your doctor, but along with your family doctor. There was a big controversy about the clinic because they can distribute prescriptions for birth control, nonetheless, this clinic was an excellent addition to the school and allowed the students help if they needed it. note: Also the newspaper changed its name from the Arrow to the Channel, (The newspaper was the Arrow since 1940, when the school First opened). The Yearbook found it only appropriate that we change our name also. We took a vote at the beginning of the year and the winning choice was the Aquarian. The reason behind this choice was that the sign of Aquarius on the zodiac is the sign of the water bearer. Since we are Lakers, the theme of water is carried out through our name. In addition to that, we also thought that Aquarius sounded super cool. By the way. for all the people who take time to read this and are interested, if you wondered and wondered what Wagistanian meant, since that name is now extinguished, I thought now it was time to tell what the name meant. Yes, it is an indian name, “wagi” means white and stan means purple. It's kind of a let down, it's not as imaginative as it could have been, but appropriate for the school. This year is very memorable. We've changed for the better! Shy Mary looks away from the camera, she thinks no one can sec her. Barry tells it how it is. objectively, of course. 6