Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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SOPHOMORE PAUL VENTURA takes time to read signs and post- ers hanging in the locker of junior Melissa Hutton. Hutton installed an extra shelf in her locker by sus- pending a milk crate from string attached to hooks in the locker. BEFORE OR AFTER school practice it is not uncommon to see athletes doing homework in a quiet corner. Time must be budgeted. Students often had to take any spare time they could find to study. All That Snaz In the classic movie The Wizard of Oz,” Judy Gar- land repeatedly insists, There’s no place like home.” However, many VHS stu- dents disagree with her. My locker is kind of a mess and kind of plain, but 1 love it. It’s my home away from home,” said senior Rod Standiford. Your locker is an exten- sion of your home,” agreed junior Jason Freitag. If this is the case, then VHS has about 1,100 homes away from homes, all sold” on the first day of school. Each locker, once little more than a large metal box, changed to reflect the personality and interests of its owners as the year pro- gressed. I like our locker because of how we decorate it. We have lots of pictures up and a big basket filled with can- dy,” said junior Nancy Brooks. The most exciting thing in my locker is a Calvin Klein underwear ad,” said sophomore Kim Sovich. Others find that an over- active imagination can pre- sent problems between locker partners. I have mixed feelings about our locker — it’s in- teresting, though. I like it. but I think all the little notes taped up all over the place are a bit too much,” said sophomore Christa Eich- berger. I’ve got lots of books everywhere. There’s no room for anything else in my locker,” said sopho- more Marc Hamacher. Even though Judy Gar- land thinks that there’s no place like home, many of the more creative students of VHS strive to achieve that atmosphere in their lockers. — Karen Mutka On Being Vikings viking (vT ' king), n. I. any of the Scandinavian pi- rates who plundered the northern and western coasts of Europe from the 8th to 10th centuries. 2. a sea-roving bandit; pirate. What does it mean to be a Viking? The word Viking makes me think of being short and fat with a beard and little horns!” said junior Mary Bielich. A Viking is a warrior- like figure with a beard who will do everything in his power to get things done,” said senior Kevin McBride. Has VHS, in fact, made a foolish decision by choos- ing a sterotypically short, fat man as a symbolic re- presentative of the school in its athletic endeavors? No. While the Vikings terrorized the people of various European countries for more than 300 years, they weren’t such a bad bunch of guys. Some of the best ship builders of their time, the vikings spent a lot of time exploring the seas, particu- larly the North Atlantic Ocean. Moreover, many historians credit them with being the true discoverers of America. The word viking” also has an interesting history. To go a-viking,” meaning to go fighting as a pirate or warrior and was a common Scandinavian expression in the 800s. Hence, this misunder- stood group of savages” was actually as ferocious as the more flamboyant war- riors — the Pirates, Indians and Trojans, and who re- present our rival schools to- day. — Karen Mutka 14 Mini-mag

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Everyone You Meet Is Gabbing In His Seat Gossip columnist Rona Barrett could make a for- tune if she came to the VHS football stadium on Friday nights. But only if she brought her little notebook and pen and sat in the students’ section of the bleachers. In other words, if you want to know anything about anyone, Friday night football games are the place to be. Half the kids sit and talk about what they’re going to do after the game — the basic gabbing, but not many people actually watch the football team,” said junior Larry Wright. Junior Carolyn Miller agreed. People do what- ever they think is fun — which usually doesn’t in- clude watching the game!” Others have a different opinion. I do watch the game,” said senior Laura Geiss, but I also like to talk. Football games are great because they give us a chance to relax and enjoy the beginning of the week- end.” Remarkable as it may seem, throughout this great social event known as a football game” there is ac- tually a football game tak- ing place. Isn’t that what the fans are paying for? Yes and no. Most people talk, joke around, and flirt, unless they have a boyfriend in the game. Then they try to watch it!” said junior Me- lanie Kolczak. Occasionally you en- counter the rowdier bunches in the stands. Some people throw kids down the bleachers,” said sophomore Cathy Brown. Equally noticeable as the rowdies, but not quite so physical, a few students are always on hand to be gen- erally obnoxious,” as junior Mark Mather put it. While Rona Barrett may not make the kind of bucks she used to earn tattling on the big guns in Hollywood, VHS football games could provide a possible setting for her. — Karen Mutka Money For Nothing . . . Music On TV A highly contagious epi- demic has hit Valparaiso, as well as the rest of the Unit- ed States. Symptoms in- clude uncontrollable fits of humming and toe tapping and a tendency for the eyes to cross while listen- ing to the radio. Doctors are working furiously for a cure to this dreaded dis- ease — MTfeVer. While this situation may be fictional, the possibility of its occurance is not com- pletely out of the question. Since 1981, people in ap- proximately 26.6 billion American homes have been demanding, I want my MTV!” Undoubtedly almost all of them spend some part of each day camped out in front of the television to watch the latest rock vid- eos on this 24-hour cable channel. The success of MTV has proven that just as peanut butter and jelly go hand in hand, so do music and tele- vision. ”1 think MTV has been a hit because teenagers like music and television, and when you put the two to- gether, you’ve got some- thing they’re going to really love!” said sophomore Car- issa Casbon. — Karen Mutka 10 HOTTEST VACATION SPOTS Florida California Colorado Hawaii Texas Mexico Europe Arizona Michigan New York BIGGEST FADS OF 1986 Stirrup pants Short hair Baggy clothes Oversized sweaters Paisleys Swatch watches Lace Windsurfing Plastic Bracelets Jean Jackets DESPITE THE BAD weather, sen- iors Lindsey Powell and Leah Cam- plan watch the action at a football game between VHS and Gary Roo- sevelt. VHS won the game 36-12. MTV IS A cable network that pre- sents music news and rock videos 24 hours a day. Five part-time VJs serve as commentators for the channel — Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood and J.J. Jackson.

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Good Idea I have a picture pinned to my wall — an image of you and of me and we’re laughing.” Music lovers will recog- nize these words as the opening line of the Thomp- son Twins’ hit song, Hold Me Now.” In the tune, lead singer Tom Bailey ad- dresses a girlfriend about problems the two are en- countering in their faltering romance. In the same song, Bailey also says to her You know that there’s no where that I’d rather be than with you here today.” While students may en- joy the company of a boy- friend or girlfriend, even the closest couple can get bored in the same old Fri- day night routine. On a date you can go to County Seat, Wright’s Barnyard or Southlake mall. That’s about itl” said one senior. Others are more imagi- native about places to take a date. ”1 think the perfect date would be to go on a hide-a- way weekend on a desert- ed island and then parade around Paris,” said junior Vicki Chester. While this may be a little unrealistic, as well as incredibly expen- sive for the average Ameri- can teenager, it does sound like a good time. For students with Ifess spending money, there are other options. I think the perfect date would be to go to Chicago and spend the day down- town, and then go to the beach in the evening and watch the sun set,” said ju- nior Dan Newlin. In the same city, but with a different idea, sophomore Jeni Bonjean said, I ' d like to spend the evening walk- ing along Lakeshore Drive.” Expressing the most radically different idea of all, junior Burt Largura said, I’d take her (a girlfriend) dove or deer hunting.” Other favorite dates, a little closer to home, includ- ed picnicing in a park, watching the stars, spend- ing the evening at the beach and dancing to a good album. While Tom Bailey and the Thomson Twins may only mourn the sorrows of a love life that is tattered and torn,” VHS students are constantly searching for ways to break the mono- tony of Friday night rou- tines. — Karen Mutka JUNIORS TRISH SMITH and Todd Hancock enjoy a moment together at a Friday night sock hop. Foreign Exchange Club sponsored the dance. STUDENTS GATHER IN the halls to talk before their next class. Con- versations had to be brief since the passing periods only lasted five minutes. TOP 10 IN ROCK ’N’ ROLL 1. Led Zepplin 2. Bruce Springsteen and U2 3. Van Halen 4. Phil Collins 5. Tears for Fears 6. Huey Lewis and the News and Bryan Adams 7. The Cure and Prince 8. David Bowie and Chicago 9. Dire Straits 10. Howard Jones, Talking Heads and Eagles VHS Takes Five Almost every driver has been caught in a traffic jam at one time or another. Anyone can spot an exper- ienced driver in the midst of confusion by the way he reacts to given situations. In much the same way, students can be classified as upper or lower classmen during the first week of school by simple observa- tion on the part of an inno- cent bystander. However, in some ways even sopho- mores and seniors are uni- versal in behavior. The big five” (not to be confused with the high five) is a term referring to the five-minute passing pe- riod between each class. There is something special about these five minutes — this is when you find the few similarities among VHS students. It’s a free-for-all. Total chaos,” said junior Melissa Hutton. However chaotic it may be, there are six things you can always be sure of seeing. During the five min- ute rush, students: Borrow books, papers, pens, pencils, combs, make-up, clothes Imitate, teachers, parents. friends, enemies, animals Gossip about anything and everything Irritate teachers, custo- dians, any author- ity Vanish into lockers, hall- ways, bathrooms, classrooms Eat candy cookies, crack- ers, Twinkies, gum. Tootsie Rolls — Karen Mutka 15 Mini-mag