Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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,1f'l. w , -.3 , D ' ffiili, ' ,W M ., fmtf, . , . X 'Yr .,, -2,,f-.-g4v,f-Assy r kk ,L W , , l O 'bf T' x fxgijif? as 'X .4 wwf, 'X V16 T if jr gy is , fir? 'ry T' V if if s f I fm I J am QW ' f T i.irr Z Q L --away? l?A'fJ'68JlA-Ellklff Lockers - a home away from home. Lockers were a place to store anything from illegal walkmans to books. But Those dingy lockers are so uglyi To solve this problem, many students Turned to decora- tions. The administrators said decorations were OK as long as they were remo- veable. Why was decorat- ing Their locker a must? Gina Shultz, sophmore, stated, l felt l needed to spice it up with some 'l-lot Bods'l Many students chose To put up pictures of their idea of The perfect man or woman, their fa- vorite group. or cute little furry Things, The most pop- ular choice of decoration was the mirror. Mark Kranzer, senior. finds his Cliffs Notes for Canterbury Tales easier reading than the actual book. A mirror was a necessity because ofthe five minute passing periods. One could put on make-up, splash on some cologne, comb Their hair, or just make sure everything was in place. Because a locker was The closest Thing to private space at school, it was af- ten shared with a sibling. Sharing a locker with my younger brother was just like being aT home -- he was even a slob aT home, stated Joe Mosele on his brother, Andy. T'Locker hopping was a problem administrators ex- perienced. Even Though students were assigned to specific lockers, The temp- tation To move-in with a friend was too great. With all of school's con- fusions, a locker was a place where one could wallow for tive minutes amist their own personal- ized space. s Us C5242 Nofdl ma: we ofa Au6Ai'Z117ZZ. Teacdwalecialemrwdellmbooll wmeffuzzudofofie Read The book by to- morrow'?l l haven'T even started iT yetl l-low am I sup- posed To read A Tale of Two Cities by Third period tomorrow? l guess l'll buy Cliffs Notes. Cliffs Notes are summaries and explanations of almost any book a high school stu- dent would have to read. Nearly five million copies of Cliffs Notes are sold a year. The Scarlet Letter, Mac- beth, and Huckleberry Finn each sold around 'l00,000 copies in 4984. Other best sellers include The Great Gatsby, 1984, Odyssey, and Julius Caesar. Teachers had different A2 Nlni lvlag ideas about Cliffs Notes. lvlr. Dave Konkol, English teach- er, explained, Cliffs Notes are a tool that all students ought to use. Since they are available to everyone, all students ought to use Them to get a better understand- ing of the books. As a stu- dent l used them, and they helped me get a clearer un- derstanding of some of the tougher books. Furthermore, Miss Jean Craig, English teacher, ex- plained, 'll don'T mind if a student uses Them to rein- force their knowledge, but if they use them as a substi- tute I find they are usually incomplete. The big problem with the Cliffs Notes was many stu- dents used them not as an aid but as an actual substi- tute for the book. The edi- tors at Cliffs Notes have been making it more difficult for students To use them as crutches, according to The May T985 issue of News- week on Campus. Now we assume that students have read the novel, said chief editor Gary Carey. lvlost students admit to us- ing Cliffs Notes as a substi- tute. Allison Goranson, soph- omore, stated, Sometimes it just takes too long To read those boring books, and Cliffs Notes have often been a great solution. On the other hand. Tammy Tyler, senior, used them as a help- er. Because l like English, l enjoyed reading the books so I didn'T use them as a sub- stitute but rather an aid. Such was the case when l had to read Grapes of Wrath, she said. Although there has been controversy on The issue of Cliffs Notes, they could be a helpful tool, as long as they were used correctly. After all, no matter how much they were forbidden they would always be used.

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Nea A 1ZaZ'!B0d? WiTh o quick flick of The wrisT ond o smooTh innocenf gefowoy, smuggling food ouT of The ccifeferio wos eosy buT sTill noT permiTTed. FirsT of oll, when you geT o lunch, don'T bring ony books. Go up ond innocenT- ly buy o few bogs of pop- corn. As you're siTTing bock down, shove iT in your folder ond smosh iT down. IT will be smoshed, buT iT sTill TosTes greoT, sold Jeff Novok, ju- nior. The mony reosons why food wos smuggled de- pended on ThoT person's bockground. lvlony sTudenTs goT up ldTe, doshed ouT of The house ond rushed To school wiThouT ony breok- fosT. By 40:30 Their sTomochs were growling. STudenTs who worked loTe usudlly ended up wiTh The some rouTine of no dinner ond were so hungry ThoT They would eoT onyfhing. Bfugdl' Mlm Mr bfagdim Mw dagi T'Oh, Tofdlly rcid folders! UG-ee, yo reolly Think They ore groovy? l goT Them of Arcodlo, Those new bronches of Corson Pirie ScoTT sTores. 'lArcodio folders ore wild ond crozy which represenT my friends ond me. Dis- ploying bizorre creoTlviTy in folders brings ouT The per- sondliTy in everyone, sToT- ed Kim C-Slosgow, senior. To everyone, folders were o necessiTy, so why noT moke fun ouT of iT? lT wos iusT ThoT The regulor boring blue, red, K-lvlorf folders were due To be re- vised. Sure, They were cheoper, buT wos one will- ing To socrifice his ollowonce for someThing ThoT mighT keep him owoke in sTudy holl? The nexT Time you're Thinking of buying onoTher folder, look ouT Tropper- here comes Arcodio . . . Dawn Murray, senior, sTudies wiTh her brighf orroy of Arcodio folders oT home. f-fi' Tw 75 break away Fame Miulafe lmlfffilfg l-lello Tim, do you wonT To come over ond Try To conquer our exhousTing Trig homework TogeTher'? T'Yeoh okoy Dove, ThoT's o greoT ideo. WhoT Time do you wonT me over'? Like Tim ond Dove, mony sTudenTs seemed To Think sTudying TogeTher benefiT- ed boTh of Them. They boTh leorned To help ond criTicize eoch oTher wiTh- ouT The help of The Teoch- er. Their undersTonding concepT wos exponded ond Their comprehension wos olTered. Some sTudenTs found They could noT sTudy non- sTop. To breok up The boredom of sTudying, I usu- dlly jusT bldsT The rddio on hour or Two so l con loosen up ond Then go bock ond sTudy, sold Lindo KeT- chom, junior. OThers relied on ouTside help To breok The mono- Tony. lT's much eosier for me To sTudy when I know The phone line isn'T being Tied up, so l know I con be relieved from homework by oi frlend, sold Kelly Mclfodden, senior. To breok The boredom of sTudying, sTudying To- geTher or jusT woifing for on inTurrupTion seemed To rnoke The job eosier. One's work olong wiTh The grode benefiTed. MM .n rm. my ., 1 I Ewakfmfuwruufbfohkk- uoZ'wdaZ'Z72Qq uAed156e lvlony professionols soy ThoT breokfosT is The mosT imporTonT meol of The doy, since iT gives sTudenTs ThoT exTro energy They need To foce o busy doy of school. STudenTs hod mony ideos obouT whoT on energy- pocked breokfosT wos To Them ond how iT mode Them feel. T l like ice creom ond cookies for breokfosT be- couse iT gives me The ener- gy l need To survive The bus ride To school, sold Koroll BocksTrom, senior. ln The hecTic morning rou- Tine, sTudenTs didn'T olwoys hove Time To sTop ond eoT, buT when lvlom hod some- Thing good in The house some kids found The Time. 'Cold pizzo wos cool in The morning becouse iT gove me The energy To sToy owoke in lvlr. Thomsen's firsT period English l.iT closs, so whenever There wos cold pizzo in The house, l mode sure l oTe breokfosT. Also, o Toll gloss of Pepsi wos good becouse iT goT my sfomoch reody for The cofeferio food, sToTed Sedn Berion, senior. Alfhough The sTudenTs' breokfosT of chompions ronged from eggs ond bd- con To ice creom ond pop, food helped sTudenTs geT ThoT heod sTorT on The doy To come. rviini Mug

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Swim! M fam ' iT seems for every Tosk There hos been o guide book. Wold-This is The Stu- dents' Survival Guide To Academics. The moTeriols ore Q15 Or- gonlzer -- To wriTe down The porTles. Q25 Tope - To Tope your cheoT sheef To The bock of The girl in fronT of you. Q35 Wolkie-Tolkle WoTch - To communlcoTe wiTh The closs broln. Q45 Book bog - smoll enough To flT in your bock pockeT so iT goes undeTecTed by The guords. Q55 FooT sTool - o subsTiTuTe for The desk in fronT of you. Q65 Beeper - To reploce The losT minuTe bell. Q75 Alorm clock - To woke you ofTer The movie. Anyone con overcome The confllcTs of school wiTh These helpers. EiTher, one con use This helpful guide or sTudy, poy oTTenTion in closs, ond follow oll The rules. NAWll Hurry up ond wriTe me book! T'Don'T poss iT now- she's lookingl l-lurry up! Sound Tomilior? IT should To Those who commiT The sin of NOTE PASSlNC-Bl STu- denTs poss noTes becouse They wonT To Tell o friend obouT on evenT of The weekend or To moke plons for The upcoming week- end. The besT Time To poss o noTe is when The Teocher is wriTing on The boordf' sold Mike Erwin. sophmore. The orT of posslng o noTe ond noT geTTing coughT is one ThoT hos been mos- Tered by mosT sTudenTs. So however one posses noTes, jusT be sure ThoT iT doesn'T inTerTere or disrupf The Teocherg only wriTe Them in cose of emergen- cy- like The porTy on Fridoyl Senior Sean Berfon keeps busy on The oudio counsel during his Rodio ond TV closs. 'NX fm. c41uea'1Z0k12m6'v sand oocliheed . l go To boring geome- Try, Where ore you go- ing? Rodio ond TV. l con'T wolTl We're doing This cool ossignmenT where we hove our own TwenTy-min- uTe rodio show. Rodio ond TV wos jusT one of The 'Tfun closses of- fered. Eoch person hod Their own deflnlTlon of fun clossesg someTimes The closs lTself wos Tun, buT of- Ten Times The Teochers mode The closs. Lindo En- gelsbel, senior, sToTed. Mrs Boker mokes my TrigonomeTry closs reolly fun. MoTh wos never my sTrong subjecT unTll l wos lucky enough To geT Mrs. 9 Boker os o Teocherf' Joson Boker, sophomore, ThoughT Rodlo ond TV wos exciTing in iTself. l reolly goT info working wiTh The mike ond leorning how To cue up records, he sold. April Jones, junior, Took on inTeresTing closs wiTh on oTTenTion geTTing Teocher. Mr. GorTlond mode chemisTry fun wiTh his sound effecTs. Also l enjoyed mix- ing chemicofs ond sTuff like ThoT, she exploined. T'Fun ciosses were o woy noT only To leorn buT To hove o good Time. WheTher iT wos The Teoch- er or The closs lTself, inTer- esTing closses mode The clock go fosTer. You're on o beouTlTul, whiTe-sono beoch, woding in crysTol-cleor blue woTer wiTh The guy or girl of your dreoms. He or she opens his mouTh To soy someThlng ond you heor, WhoT is The on- swer To number fifTeen? in- sTeod of The 'Tl'm modly in love wiTh you ThoT you hod expecTed. Suddenly you're noT on The gorgeous beoch onymore, buT you're in Eng- lish closs ond your Teocher is looking sTroighT oT you woiT- ing for your onswer, excepT you don'T know The onswer, leT olone The duesTion she's osking. This is o clossic ex- omple of doydreoming. MosT of The Time my doy- dreoms cenfer oround life ofTer high school, how iT will be To live owoy from home ond oil The freedom ond re- sponsibillTies of living olone ond The porTies, sToTed Moureen Keone, senior. Doydreomlng is fun be- couse you creoTe The dreom in your heod wiThouT ony flows or discrepencles. iT is The illusion of compleTe hoppiness: everyThlng goes your woy. For whoTever reoson one doydreoms, The good Thing obouT iT is iT Tokes one lnTo Their own world, owoy from The reol world. Mini Mog 43