Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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LEFT: Jeff Glass gets a pie in the face from Scott Handlon while Gary McPherson announces the next act at the student council Gong Show. BELOW: Patty Dugan boogies at the after-game homecoming sockhop. BOTTOM: Rock groups like Heart offer a wide variety of music, ranging from mellow to hard rock, for every taste. Entertainment— 29

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Disco fades, rock rolls on Being able to relax, have fun, and be with friends after hours plays a major role in the ability to cope with the pres- sures of high school. This year was no different than past years as Howe students entertained themselves with many extracur- ricular activities, including dances, shows and concerts. With disco ' s popularity fading rapidly, many discotheques found it necessary to hire live rock bands to perform in order to bring in the business. The at- tendance at after-game dances and other post-game activities was also down slightly. Music as a whole was just as popular as ever. Rock made a strong comeback after hiding in disco ' s shadow for a year or so. There was a change on the con- cert scene, though. Festival seat- ing was banned and reserved seating was made mandatory for all concerts. This move was made by city officials to prevent any problems caused by excited concert fans. Indianapolis hosted a fair number of good concerts, including headliners Styx, Billy Joel, Aerosmith, the Jacksons, and Parliament. Since the average teenager could become extremely bored sitting around waiting for one of these fantastic concerts to come to town, movies filled the gaps between live shows. Many good movies of a wide variety were re- leased during the year and most were well received. Steve Martin ' s The Jerk was a silly success story appropriate enough for the wild and crazy guy. The Mup- pet Movie followed suit with the nonsense of today ' s comedy. Many who saw it felt it was a waste of money, but this suc- cessful endeavor said much for the creator of the cloth darlings from Sesame Street. With all of this comedy and silliness going on, suspense movies offered a welcome change of pace. When A Stranger Calls made a lot of would-be babysitters think twice as they left the theater with wid- ened eyes and pounding hearts. The Amityville Horror had much the same effect on people, causing a bad case of knee- knocking and nail-biting. For those who read the book, the movie was a slight disappoint- ment, as a few too many changes were made during the course of the film. In keeping with the current science fiction fad, Alien was a huge success. The full-length movie version of Star Trek, one of the most antici- pated sci-fi events, materialized this year and was received with mixed feelings. Despite student apathy toward school, school-sponsored shows and dances fared rather well. However, students were in- formed that this year ' s Brown and Gold dance could have been the last one. Fortunately, enough students wanted this Howe tradition preserved and ticket sales went up at the last minute. For many students, arranging, participating in and attending school performances served as entertainment. They, as well as the professional forms of enter- tainment, provided a desirable outlet for our excess energy and saved us from boredom. (PATTI STANLEY) 141 -hh £ I Hi -rf ™ V Iff K m IB TW 1 ABOVE: Students find dances like the homecoming sockhop a good place to meet and socialize with friends. RIGHT: Sometimes theaters offer conflicting features such as the PG- rated Fish Who Saved Pittsburgh along with two R-rated movies, French Postcards and Starting Over with Burt Reynolds. CINEMA FRENCH POSTCARD S 130330 530 730 930 STARTING OVER E 2 .-— -j4-- j6 Z 10 FISH WHO SAVED PITTSBURG WM 345 545 745 945 28— Entertainment

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One taco to go ' | he food of the average ■ teenager comes in many different sizes, shapes, colors, tastes and containers but it all averages out to two groups: the junk food and the healthy good for you food. So why do we people prefer pizza and Pepsi over spinach and milk? First of all, the average teen- ager does not have a lot of time. We are too busy going to school or a friend ' s house or to a game to sit down and have a home- cooked meal. Most of the time we do eat at home but we ' re too busy to eat at home all the time. This is why there are the fast food restaurants. They provide the thing teenagers need. Fast food. On-the-move food for on-the-move people. The disad- vantage of the fast foods is that tacos and paperbag french fries are not healthy. They are junk food. But who cares? Money is another problem of the teenager. What do we do if we ' re hungry and we only have 50 cents? We buy coke and candy, and why not? It ' s sold in the school lobby after school. Here is another reason for our addiction to junk food. It ' s available. All we have to do is walk down to the corner. The gas station and the 7-11 provide all the inexpensive, fast junk food we can handle, from two-cent pieces of candy to mi- crowave pizza. No wonder we eat more junk food than healthy food. Junk food has seemingly adapted to the life-styles of the American teenager. It ' s easy to get at, get, and go with. Every- thing we could ever ask for, except healthy. The only time we eat well while eating out is when we ' re out on a date. The guy wants to make a good impression so he takes the girl to a fine restaur- ant. But after they ' re going steady it ' s back to McDonald Land. (JIM STEWART) RIGHT: A thirsty Kim Hooker takes advantage of some spare change and an available Pepsi machine at the cor- ner gas station. BELOW: Freddie Neat, Gregg Blin- kers and John Smartz pig out at Pizza Hut. 30- Foods