University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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5 together, Wilson de- SANTA CLARA AND THE W O RLD Beach Bo drowns ln So. Cal surf Dennis Wilson, a founding member of the famed rock group The Beach Boys, died while diving in the harbor at Marina del Rey on December 28, 1983. Wilson, 39, had been div- ing for about two hours before he failed to come up. Bill Oster, owner of the 52-foot boat Wilson was staying on, called the harbor patrolmen to aid him in the search county lifeguard diving team was en divers searched in the 58 degree wa ter for almost an hour before finding Wilson s body Oster said Wilson had joined him the night before to re- lax. The following day, after the two had been drinking cided to go diving. me BEACH BOYS Wilson for his dive and became suspicious when Wilson failed to come up for air. Coroners recorded the death as an accidental drowning. Drumming the pulsating beats that gave The Beach Boys their steady rhythm, Wilson contri- buted years of effort to the band originally started by his broth- ers, Brian and Carl. Dennis helped create songs that sup- ported the group's namesake. As the only surfer of the group, Dennis conveyed the ideas about surfing to songwriter Brian. Ulti- mately, four singles hit national music charts. Surfin' first hit L.A. and was followed by Sur- fin' Safari, Surfin' U.S.A., and Surfer Girl. Despite the group's success, in 1969, Dennis decid- ed to release a sin- gle recorded in Eng- land. After this in- dividual excursion, Dennis rejoined the group to cut the al- bum Sunflower, He will always be remembered as the surfer-drummer of The Beach Boys. Julia Lavaroni Junior history major Denise E. Byrf in for his friend. A ENDLESS SUMMER also Failed, and sev- A i ' ' lui: I Q A Oster did not join The Beach Boys' EndIess Summer album is one of the most popular of their albums. It contains songs like Surfin' Safari. nternational monetary re- cords were broken, travelers applauded, and economists foresaw severely damaging re- sults as the U.S. dollar rose to a ten year high against the Ger- man Deutschemark. To most Americans, news of the dollar's increased value was welcomed. This situation pro- duced good results for individual consumers as well as the nation as a whole. With a decreased rate of inflation, domestic pro- ducers purchased imported goods at lower prices. Some experts, however, stressed damaging effects of the increased value of the dollar. They warned that foreign trade would decrease because of the expense of American goods. The U.S. had expected to sell S100 billion less than it bought from foreigners in 1984. Overall, the dramatic change in value of the dollar was met with mixed blessings. While economists warned against any permanent change, consumers enjoyed the benefits of good American money. Barbie Lycette Freshman business major ,Iunmr lnnglisli ma1or Dennis Wilson drowns while scuba diving alone on the Marina del Rey floor. Dollar Val ue soars in fore1gn m arke t News 23

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FRE ZY Just when you thought you had enough of Mr T dolls Care Bears and GI Joes the doll deluge continued As innocent as they were the Cabbage Patch Kids designed bv Xa vier Roberts took the nation by storm wreak ing havoc in department stores and specialty shops from Boston to Bakersfield Manx searches for this unique doll were ex treme Women choked one another with purse straps ln Baltimore over one hundred people stood in line for a store to open Other parents desperately paid up to one hundred fifty dollars to get one of the little critters for their wailing children Their names derived from an ancient fairy tale Cabbage Patch Kids retailed for twenty five dollars Each Kid was blessed with a one one adopted it Many agreed that these dolls were downright ugly Nevertheless the Cabbage Patch commo tion certainly tested the intelligence of word of mouth listeners Something was definitely wrong when twelve people arrived at Milwau kee s baseball stadium in freezing weather Pre pared with baseball mitts and credit cards they eagerly awaited the alleged B 29 bomber about to drop two thousand Cabbage Patch Kids from the sky Rob DeBarr is .Sophomore business major Jocelme Marianne was born from the Cabbage Patch on P October lst and was promptly adopted by a lucky East 5 ban lose familv as 79 ' 9 9 ' ' 9 ,1 1 ' 1 J ' , ' ' 7 9 ' r. , , . . - I x g of-a-kind feature. One didn't purchase a doll, ---,-X .-EQ Q . ,:..- iii, I ' , .f - i, H I xy A 1 . ' . ' . . - -- -v N 14, 'Q 4 0 - ' 'i V V V h Q Q r , . . . g Q Er -1 - ' ' 193 'ZX . XL ' N f 1 A ' l . Chrltt Hr! ALIFORNIANS OUTRAGED Both Southern and Northern Californians were forced to question the fairness of the judi- cial system when sentenced kill- er, Dan White, was paroled from a California prison after serving only five years. White, a former San Francisco city supervisor, murdered the city's mayor, George Moscone, and a homosexual supervisor, Harvey Milk. White said he shot the two men after Milk urged Moscone to refuse to reappoint . White to the Board of Supervi- sors seat that he had resigned from a few days earlier. During the controversial 1979 trial, White's attorney pursued a 41 2 Student Life defense of diminished capac- of both cities because they con- ity, arguing that White went on sidered White's early release frequent junk food binges that proof that society tolerates vio- induced depression. This plea lence against gays. became known as the Twinkie Cases where mental health de Defense. The jury convicted termined a killer's sentence White of voluntary manslaughter caused some Californians to rather than murder. White was doubt their judicial system. given time off for good behavior, White was convicted, and, they enabling him an early release. say, because of his convincing The sprawling anonymity of Los defense, he was placed back in Angeles County was the site society after five years. The sen- where officials placed White so timents of angry protestors they could monitor his progress about the rulings were exempli- for a one year span. fied with their chant, Eat a Upon the release of White, Twinkie: be-at the PHP-N residents of Los Angeles and San L K - ' ' 8UI'8 F8111 Francisco grew furious. The 0 i Freshman undeclared news upset the gay communities

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Yugoslavia hosts Winter Olympics Slrre gets rirst US. lsllit' avr :was ' 4 acl Ill Covered with fresh snow, the mountain peaks of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia were finally ready for the Winter Olympic Games Debbie Armstrong a member the U S Olympic team will nev er forget those mountains On February 13 she was the first Olympic team member to win a Gold medal Bill Johnson another ski team member boasted the best prac tice time of all competing racers in the downhill and was sure he would win The press and fellow competitors didn t see Johnson as a potential gold medalist but Johnson took the Gold and the honor of being the first Ameri- can man ever to win the event The Mahre brothers Phil and Steve ended their careers with Gold and Silver medals respec tively in the Giant Slalom Ice skating was the only other successful event for the Ameri can team Despite Scott Hamil ton s personal disappointment in his less than perfect perfor mance the Judges awarded him the Gold Rosalyn Sumners the favorite in the singles competition was outskated by East Germany s at Sarajevo Gola' Katrina Witt. Sumners placed a disappointing second. However, the Carruther twins Kitty and Peter were thrilled by their sll ver medal 1n Pairs Skating Overall the performance of the United States wasn t as good as the team had hoped But there were a few gold medals and performances to be proud Julia Lavaroni Junior history major bhari Gholson Junior psychology major Apple Computers wages WAR ON IBM '-3' 4 ' I'-f'-fgl'-Qfl ri 5 The IBM personal computer was in a position to take command of the p.c. industry. But Apple's introduction of Macintosh puts Apple back in the running and could cause the company to become the new leaders in the fluctuating 24 Student Life computer industry. On January 24th, Apple re- leased its newest computer, Macintosh, in the face of grow- ing competition from IBM. Ap- ple had been steadily losing ground to its competition. Bernice Kerner of New York Magazine reported on CBS Morning News that Apple is fighting virtually for its life against IBM. Time Magazine quoted Apple President John Sculley as saying, If we don't get it together in 1984, Apple is going to be just another personal computer company. Macintosh has now become the computer that Apple is pinning its hopes on. By April, the company spent S15 million promoting Macin- tosh. During the Superbowl, Ap- ple bought a one-time national spot costing 334,000,000 to intro- duce Macintosh. The commercial used 300 extras with their eyes glued to a giant screen in a scene simulating George Orwell's novel, 1984, a woman suddenly threw a torch into the screen and it went black, until a new voice was heard announcing, On January 24th, Apple will re- lease its newest computer, Ma- cintoshg and you'll see why 1984 won't be like 1984. Elise Banducci Freshman political science major