St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Alexis Mirando and Virg Cristobal start■ in awe at I idol Hasin from the linn Nantell looks with disgust at the food served to her in the cafeteria of Jefferson Memorial. the Federal Commerce Commission building. STUDENT LIFE 22 Close-Up

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Kaili-leen Dunn Jures nt if Mr. Sub tin-ski is Polish or Russian? A Day In The Life... 8:00 Arrive to school. Park five blocks away because sophomores have taken all the parking in front of school. 8:30 Get to your first class. Mr. Quattrin rambles on and you fall asleep during your test listening to whale music. 9:20 Announcements. Seven meetings in six different places at the same time. 9:25 Physics with Mr. Richter. Get completely confused. Fall asleep because you were up to 3:00am studying for Mr. Quattrin’s test. 10:20 Recess. You can’t get down the hall because some freshmen have decided to sit in the middle of the hall. Somehow, you make it through the next to periods. 12:20 Lunch. You get to eat in the loud Commons because there is no more off campus. 1:25 Off to sixth. 2:15 Dash off to your seven meetings, missing four of them. 2:30 run down to the lockeroom. Change faster than lightening. You were supposed to be on the field five minutes ago. Oh well. 6:00 Practice is over. Time to go home. 6:30 Arrive at your house and start your homework. 12:00 Bedtime. Six hours of sleep (if you're lucky) and get up to start it all again. -Natalie Callcja ’93 STUDENT LIFE 21 Seniors

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This past January. 65 SI Juniors and Seniors departed from SFO at 10:00 am for a non-stop flight to Washington, D.C.to participate in a national organiza- tion called Close-Up Washington. The program con- sisted of daily seminars and workshops with Senators. Represcntstivcs and political lobbiests who donated their time to talk with the 3200 Close-Up participants from around the country. To highlight an already intensive program Close Up students participated in the Inagural acitivities for President Clinton. S.I. students attended A Call for Reunion”, a celebration on the Mall marking the change in administration attended also by celebreties like Ted Dansen. Urethra Franklin. Bob Dylan, Oprah Winfrey, Jack Nicholson and Michael Jackson. The event ended with a fireworks display over the Memorial Bridge of the Potomac River. On Inaguration Day, students watched either the ceremony itself (on video screens placed on the Mall, of course), or they watched the Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the White House. The fianl evening of the trip was an Inagurational Gala at the Omni Shorem Hotel, the site of many political parties for people like President John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the House Tip O'Niel. One of the best parts of the trip was meeting students from other pails of the country. S.I. students stayed in a hotel with people from New Mexico, Geor- gia and Louisiana. A large part of the program was dedicated to the awareness of people in other parts of the country, the political issues facing them and the different lifestlyes they have. Everyone roomed with one SI student and two people from one of the other states. Close-Up was an experience that none of the participants will ever forget. It was a chance to become a part of the democratic process, to make friends and to make a difference. Sarah KoUman and her windblown friend Julie Hansen have a I hi 11 in PC. SI makes an impressive showing on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial. STUDENT LIFE - Closc-Up