Troy High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, OH)

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News ui ...... Ui' -rr M E .. .Z .. .W --- ,gtg V. ji. By Diana Vaughan and Kim Thorpe, A major issue in the United States today, is whether or not we should participate in the 1983 Olympics in Moscow. Some of our options include: going as usuall: boycotting them, or moving them. I-Iere, various THS students ex- pressed their thoguhts on the issue and what they think should be done about it. DAN SZAFRANSKI- We shouldnt go. As a country we ought to stand behind our Presi- dent. The government comes before our athletes. TODD POWELL- The govern- ment shouldn't control our athletic programs such as the Olympics. All countries going to Moscow should have one thing in mind: and that is the sports themselves. MR. ALLEN RICHARDS- No matter what choice we make it will be wrong. I think the Olym- pics should be held at a permanent site in Greece. This year I don't feel, unless every country boycotts it, it would influence Russia at all. I really feel that the Olympics should be set apaprt from politics. There should be some arrangment in which indi- vidual athletes decide whether it is right for them to go. MARK SHUMP- It's a matter of priorities. World Peace is the most important thing. Russia is violating the world peace so we shouldn't contribute to the cause by going. I think we should or- ganiae a Free World Olympics this year for those athletes who have already trained for years. DIANE MILLER- I think that for now we should postpone the Olympics. Theres always a chance that everything will be worked out. Olympic games enter political field With the invasions of the Soviet Union into Afghanistan, an increasing amout of pressure fell on the shoulders of President Carter to take some kind of action in retaliation to the Soviet threat. Therfore, in mid-January, the President announced that if the Soviet troops were not pulled out of Afhanistan within a month, the United states would try to have the 1981 Stunmer Olympics moved from Mos- cow, where they were scheduled to take place. If this relocation was not possible, the President wanted the U.S. to boycott the Summer Games entire- ly, and encoiuaged other nations to join them in the boycott. An American boycott alone would not impose a significant threat to the Soviets, and it was necessary for the U.S. to gather the support of many other nations in order to make the boycott effective. To gain this support, the President set up a committee to investigate the options the U.S. had, i . ,A . other than a boycott. Finding a new host city for the Games was an alter- native but it was extremely difficult because of the limited time in which to do so. Other options included holding separate events in different countries, and postponing the Games for a year. President Carter's announcement produced a mixed national response, but overall , the American people were in favor of the Presidents actions. Many of the Olympic athletes also stood behind the president, feeling the country needed to take a stand against the Soviets. Others felt that politics and the olympics should not be mixed, and they deserved to compete after working so hard for the chance to go to the Games. American business would also be affected by the Presidents decision with many corporations having mil- lions of dollars invested in the promo tion and marketing for the situation. It was apparant the lim Olympic Games would not simply be thought of as a Spvrting event. v i xi I 15

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News ,wif J 'Bk money. By Ken Bartley Inflation. Recession. We have all heard of these words and are familar with their effect. They affect everyone in our society, including high school students. Many students at THS have suf- fered a loss of some form or another from the declining eco- nomic situatuion of our country. The problems that we have had to face range from our jobs to higher prices of all products. Teenagers make up a large part of the con- sumer body, spending millions of dollars every year. Vldth the con- start increase of prices, our na- tional economy may suffer a se- N vere blow from the loss of our Many students at Tl-IS hold down a part-time job after school and on 'J . 'Y ff, f .. ww 7 fgf' in .. Prices take a hike weekends. The money ac- cumulated from these various jobs are used to buy clothing, records, automobiles, or just to go out and have a good time. This money has recently diminished because of inflation. Most of these students that do work, work on an hourly basis. The average earnings for a part-time employee is minimum wage, or 53.10 an hour, although many workers earn considerably less than -that figure. The law states that the employer must pay eighty percent of minimum wage to those employees under the age of eighteen. Snce employers can not cut a worker's salary by wage decrease, many do shorten the number of hours that one works. This happened to a great deal of the students that are a member of the working force. One such exam- ple of this is told by Senior, Mike Howe. Mike states, A few months ago I was told that I would be working only three or four hours a week. The reason was, that the company had to cut back on ex- penses. Ten dollars is definitely not enough to meet the needs of a teenager in today's society. As one can now see, students' jobs are greatly affected bythe economy of our nation. Rising prices also contribute to many problems faced by the stu- dents. Inflation has made the cost of products skyrocket through the roof. If a guy wants to take a girl out on a Saturday night, it will cost him, at the very least, six dollars for tickets to a movie, two bucks for something to eat, and two more for gas. Most record albums cost almost eight dollars and eight track tapes are more expensive. The price on clothes is un- believeable. It is hard to find a pair of decent jeans for less than twenty bucks. Money is getting harder to come by and with prices increasing, students have restored to doing without some of lifes luxuries. , I Tragedy at Riverfront - 11 dead at WHO concert On December 3, 1979 one of the worst tragedies in Ohio's history occured. ll persons were trampled to death while attempting to enter the Riverfront Coliseum, to hear the rock group the Who The concert was sold out and officals blame general admission seating as the factor leading to the those 11 deaths. Personnel at the Coliseum say it started when the crowd began pushing through a small set' of doors which was not large enough for that size of crowd. Along with the 11 deaths there 'were many other people severly injured by the crowd of young people trying to get in to hear the rock group perform.

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