Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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now been turned into packs of killers by the brutality of this in- vasion. Though one cause is con- sidered true and the other wanton, the dead are still dead. China, that giant among nations, is finally waking up after two decades of forced slumber. With the death of Mao Tse Tung, the Chinese are seeking to take their place in the world. They spent the last 20 years trying to ignore the rest of humanity, they can no longer lie to themselves. Having prosecuted the Gang of Four and, in essence, the teachings of Mao, the people now have to sort through the new things that are at their fingertips for the first time and find those that are worthwhile and those that are not. The task will be hard, but 1. Lech Walesa leads growing Polish op- position to Russian domination of his coun- try. 2. Chinese couple holds hands in public, a scene not common in years under Mao. 3. Afghanistan's freedom fighters pose with China is moving. Her people are attempting to breathe free and think free at last, not ignore their destiny. The people of Poland are also moving out from under an op- pressor in a positive manner. They have finally become fed up with living a Spartan life in the midst of potential plenty. They are rallying against a forced poverty, but they are not violent. Violence would be most impractical as well as im- moral. The Poles are using the peaceful tools at their disposal to tear down the Soviet wall of op- pression, or at least try to tear a hole in it. So far, without violence, they are winning. The Polish people may have si. + - .59 been influenced by the brave work of one of their countrymen, Pope john Paul II, one of the first Popes ever to visit the people of the world with a message of peace and love. No matter what your denomination, a sermon like that demands to be heard. If other leaders would take a similar outlook, there would be far less in- ter-class animosity and violence. captured Russian equipment. 4. Pope john Paul II travels world wide to spread his message of peace and love. 5. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer finally make their wedding plans official. While many parts of the world are torn by violent upheaval and others are bravely changing their lot in life, most of the world is caught up in any number of frivolous distractions. There are fairs and exhibitions: theater, music, and cinema, sports, and the great sedative, television. But the Number One escape from respon- sibility is the privileged world of royalty and its trappings. The royal families of Europe and the Islamic countries are wonder- ful to think about, in place of reality. The announced marriage plans of Prince Charles of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer have filled newspapers and minds and conversations when the whole topic means next to nothing. The world hardly needs to go away to this fairyland and think of royal love affairs that seem to have jumped right out of a Barbara Cartland novel. Oh, to be a member of a royal family and not have to bother about this nasty world of reality. by Gregg Campora World Essay 0 275

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Sheltered up to now by the walls of Tokay High School, graduating seniors are about to be flung into a world crumbling under the weight of its collective inhumanity. Most of the third world is distinguished by revolution and conflict. Southeast Asia has been in a constant state of war since the end of the Vietnam conflict. Viet- nam has tried to keep its puppet government in power in Cambodia while ousted Khmer Rouge soldiers have tried to make that as difficult as possible. The con- sequent aggressions have left an already devastated land near death. In an entirely different part of the world, Latin America, the people, while rising from under the thumb of their oppressors, have fallen into the same pit of inhumanity. They kill their coun- terparts and anyone else who seems to be against them. Mem- bers of the clergy, ambassadors, and businessmen are killed just for having been known to the old regimes. Sometimes those killed actually helped to oppress the un- derprivileged, but most often they are innocent of any inhumanity. A global intolerance has developed concerning these atrocities. People of the civilized world fail to see that human beings are dying: they just note that someone new has come to power in a far away land. An in- tellectual, worldly sophistication has become the mode of thought. Compassion is old fashioned. The military coup in Liberia was considered justifiable. Those coming into power shot the former leaders and hundreds of followers, execution style, on a beach. Because the old regime couldn't manage the government properly, murder was justified? Death like this rolls off the public like water off the duck's back. The world's emotional sen- sibilities soften only at the sound of the word terrorism, A victim of a terrorist's bullet is mourned by the entire world because terrorism can hit anywhere. The mourners actually mourn for themselves. They know they could be next. As hypocrites say, terrorism is a blight on the human landscape. But it remains no more savage than any other killing. When the Irish Revolutionary Army kills 14 people as they blow up a supermarket, it is no worse than a political execution. When a terrorist bomb destroys a train station in Italy, it is no worse than blowing up a bridge in South Africa or El Salvador. Terrorism is just another example of today's inhumanity. Does the end always justify the means? The sanctity of life has lost all meaning. Does raising the standard of living in a country mean that people have to die? The invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union was the biggest act of raw greed in recent history. Afghanistan has little oil, but that was not what the Soviets wanted. Their pretence of worry about security is almost believable, if you also believe that the ant is a threat to the stampeding elephant. The remaining Afghanistani have Greed till breed iolence 274

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Freshman Class rates enthusiastic Spirit was high for the Class of '84 this year. Displaying en- thusiasm at rallies and planning new activities were the main pur- suits of the Freshman Class of- ficers. During their first year at Tokay, the frosh often showed more spirt than other classes, which they outnumbered. Adviser Donna Remus helped to plan such fund raisers as the almond sale late in the fall and the Valentine's Day Dance in February. The class also par- ticipated in the Christmas bazaar in which all school classes and clubs took part. Kendra Ivers, Freshman Class president, commented that Mrs. Remus was always very objective and helpful. Also leading the fr- eshmen were john, Holmes, vice president, and Toni Tarvin, secretary. 1. Freshman Class president Kendra Ivers and john Holmes, vice president, consult Adviser Donna Remus. Not pictured is Toni Tarvin, secretary. 2. Homeroom representatives are front row Wendy Conner, Denise Brewer, Hadar Raz. Row two Terri Singleton, Gretchen Hicks, Tina Rossi, Deanne Braun, Stephanie Farris, Mitchi Rosales. Row three Chris Pagala, Gregg Rocha, Richard Mondragon, Ken Mitchell, john Holmes, and Scott Sawyer. 3. Showing their spirit, freshmen participate in the Victory Week competition rally, won jointly by juniors and seniors. 276 0 Freshman Class VS