Washington Lee High School - Blue and Gray Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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N, y' I if W w f ! Constant Companions t was late on Sunday night. Somehow you just hadn't had a chance to type the research paper due the next day. You also happened to have two hours of math homework due the next day. Both assign- ments would decide your quarter grade in that class. While ou were debating which to do first, your gest friend called to chat. When told of your plight, your friend im- mediatel offered to type your paper from the rough draft while you did your math homework. By an almost reasonable hour on Sunday night, both assignments were done. Does this scene sound familiar? It proba- bly does since almost everyone has special friends to share their problems and joys. Darnell Bentley feels that friends are im- Mutual su ort brings Stephanie Schollaert, Heather Million, .Ellison Erck, jennifer Carey, Amy ROSS, Helen Hegland, jennifer Scotti, Tanya Keens, and jessica Hunter together. Friendship is strong with Geovanni Ramos, Carlos Velasquez, and joe Torres. portant because you can o to them and tell them your problems. Tgeyll listen and care. Chris Given's definition of a friend is someone you can trust. He says friend- ship is havin faith in someone, Peter Stambaugh degnes friendship as sharing, helping, and trusting. To them and many others, friendship means being truthful, compassionate, and unselfish. emories of the friends who spent hours on the phone with you when your boy- friend or girlfriend broke up with you will not die quickly. Nor will you soon forget the boisterious roup that came knocking at your door at the exact time 13:15 a.m.j of your birth to sing their odd rendition of Happy Birthday. ' Perhaps those you'll re- member most will be the gang you got to- gether with eve1'y Sunday afternoon to watch the Redskins go hog-wild. Re- gardless, you will undoubtedly carry many similar memories from W-L. Mike Pugh, Mark Elmer, and David Oz- more relax during a moment of mischie- vousness. an ea S135 .. I I ' ' . e'-5 ' ' r . 'P A - H' J' ' it .' , ,is 'Q 9' ' f fp! 5' i e- N .. pf Q W ' . - r r . 5-Ll l Fl ' . ' 'Ir , ' v, -K E A. . 4 Q 'a U' Q 1' '.,,,p f 1 -' N' A 'gajl il k 'W ' v 5 .rn V ll .J fi.: I I HW' -' T1 ' ' U Who? Him7 Michelle Watson steals a mo- rt AIA' L If . 1 mentwith buddy Phillip Gordon. 1, , 7' ', rf A Shelly Guenther and Hope Pannier art L V . 1 buddies 'til the end. 4 4 K Xie ...Q f . I. 1 Q I if 'N 15 -- t s.. Student Life 20

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Senwrs Karl Oelber , Pam Suter, jimmy Earle, Iason Starr, Coqleen McGuire, Robin Blust, Ginger Miller, Tacy Sibson, and Vega Overby Ul1lfL'tUgLlJFd the pressbox. Leah Starr and Katya Nosko share a secret durlng French claw-., LN Htudvrut I ltr-

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Infected With usic Madness his fall was jammed packed with world tour concerts by some of the year's most popular artists, and MTV was overflowing with new videos by old, new, and soon to be famous op stars. After Prince's film Purple lgain came to town, local radio stations announced that Prince and the Revolution were coming to town for seven concerts. W-L students rushed out to buy tickets at the Hecht's Tick- etron, some students even stood in line for tickets durin r school hours. When Doves Cry and 'bPurple Rain videos were shown on MTV shortly after the nation- wide opening of the movie. Days after the concert series had be run, Prince t-shirts began showing up in large numbers. Another artist who put out a musical film was Paul McCartney who starred in Give my Regards To Broadstreet. Sting of the Police ap weared in Dune, a science fiction film whicli came out in the winter. U2 re- leased a new record this fall, An Unforgett- able Fire. They also toured in North Amer- ica and stopped in Washington for one night. U2 t-s irts appeared t e next day, proving the concert had been a successful reality. Michael jackson had the record for the lon rest video, Thriller 114 minutesl, on MTV until David Bowie's release of 'flazzin' For Blue lean 120 minutesl. A larre maioritv of W-L students have MTV orlhave seensimilar video shows, and when Madonna hit last s rin with Bor- derline and this fall with 'Eucky Star , fashion trends were definitely inspired. Girls started wearing black rubber bracelets and neon clothes. Prince inspired the Pur- ple Rain look: black lace and, of course, aurple. Fantastic face painting by Scandal the Warrior J infTuenced ot er artists to use it in their videos, like Billy Idol in Catch My Fall . Less exotic face painting started showinr up in W-L. The most pubglicized summer concert was Bruce Sprin steen's Born in the USA tour. Reyivals of grucffs old son rs, Rosilita to name one, appeared on lNEfTTV, as well as new releases such as the title track Born in the USA . Bruce seemed to be one of the most popular artists with the students, along with Prince, David Bowie, The Thompson Twins, The Eurythmics, and emerging new groups like Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Ann Swearingen holdsll1epopularTh0mp- son Twins' album Lay our Hands on Me l iii? hrtiiilviit liti'