Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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o be The German and Chinese Clubs — much more than a cultural event. Organization — the act or process of orga- nizing or of being orga- nized. In the Chinese Club, this definition was true. But in the German Club, it was false. It was hard to get organized and to have meetings, said Ger- man Club president Maricar Estrella, be- cause our adviser. Mrs. Rovelle, only taught first and second period classes. In spite of this obstacle, the club was interested enough to try. Their efforts were awarded with a trip to Snow Valley. On January 19, the Walnut and Diamond Bar German Clubs set out early for a day on the slopes. In Febru- ary, the club also went out to a German res- taurant in Riverside to experience German cuisine. While the German Club had a little trouble coming together, the Chinese Club was more organized. I was pleased and surprised with the in- crease in member- ship, said club presi- dent Eric Peng. After Christmas, the club had a successful fun- draiser selling cho- clate. The money was saved for a rainy day, said William Hsu. Besides a fun- draiser, the club also had a pot-luck party. Chinese food, of course, was on the ta- ble. People don ' t real- ize that Chinese food is not the same as Ko- rean or Japanese food, said Soo Chun. Organized or not, both organizations lived up to the mean- ing of a club — an as- sociation of persons participating in a plan by which they agree on. Story by: Mary Ann Ca- barlo: layout by: Alicia Rodri- guez: pictures by: Paul Mal- donado and Jack Elliot i A CHINESE CLUB. Front row: Judy Lm, Sylvia Chao, Rachel Lin. Kathy Peng, Albert Lu, Brandon Garcia, Eric Peng; second row: Margaret Lm. Jenny Chow, William Hsu, Jerry Knox, Jeff Chen, George King: third row: Christine Pouv, Sherrie Liu, George Chao. Frank Chao, advisor Tom Stearn. German • Chinese Organizations 67

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▼ Chinese club members Karen Pimmentel looks through a Chinese food cook book. The Chinese club had their annual potluck dinner to introduce the Chinese cusine. It was hard to get orga- nized because our advisor only taught first and sec- ond period. ▲ GERMAN CLUB. Front row: Maricar Estrella. Michelle Fariardo. Diana Miller, Jessica Mer cado. Gina Kim. second row: Bijal Vakil. Margaret Pandis. Michelle Holtsinger. Susan Lee. Ron Stencel, Brent Barnes. Kee Jang, Jay Avecilla, Mark Estrella. 66 Organizations German • Chinese

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a scholarly n of mind GATErs excel in mind-racking questions, CSF plans ahead for a new year What book by Da- shiel Hammett starred two characters named Nick and Nora? This question was just one of many asked at the Knowledge Mas- ter Competition that GATE club participated in. The Knowledge Mas- ter was an interscholas- tic trivia contest that schools nationwide, in friendly competition, competed in. GATE participants answered questions in the areas of math, lit- erature, and science, and their answers were sent in to be judged along with schools across the country. The scholars also went to the Math Sci- ence Conference held annually at Mt. SAC People went to dif- ferent workshops ac- cording to their age lev- el. said GATE member Wendy Eatherly. After the workshops, there was an activity center that had a lot of sci- ence-related things such as a wave ma- chine and chemicals being mixed together. Other activities that GATE participated in were guest speakers and the Academic Olympiad. CSF also had many activities planned in- cluding a trip to a chil- dren ' s hospital, but most never came through. There was a major lack of interest among the members, said co- adviser Phyllis Gardner. It seemed they only wanted the glory and didn ' t want to work. The advisers and offi- cers used this year to plan activities for the future. We sent a survey among second-semes- ter applicants, said co-adviser Tammy Dus- sault. This way, we could get an idea of what exactly the stu- dents wanted to do in terms of service points and the group project. Getting back to the future seemed to be a similar goal for both clubs, as each pro- gressed through the year. story by Christina Mock: layout by Tess Hernandez; photos by Allen Odermatt. f LOOKING LIKE FOUR CROWS ON A TELEPHONE WIRE, Ben Chua. Wendy Loeffler, Maricar Estrella and Diana Miller wait for GATE ad viser Gloria Duncan to show up and start the meeting Both Chua and Loetfler were in the Academic Olympiad. ▲ GATE. Front row: Bi|3l Vakil, Jack Elliot, Nikhil Verma. Julia Cheung. Wendy Leffler, Amy Khan. Susan Lee, second row; Karen Hong. Diana Chen, Susan Wu. Kathleen Hill, Kevin Thomas, Kevin Haight, Lisa Kiuken, Michelle Faiardo, Quoc Nguyen; back row: Frank Chao, Mark Estrella, Randy Abulon. Do Kim. Albert Yuen. Jay Avecilla, Ben Chua, Susan Park. Sheryl Garcia, 68 Organizations GATE, CSF