West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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if 'Ns '-ev r ',- , k E if gf A M :gs - . ' asmvl ,iff NK' M ' ' W-M f ---.... ff X 5' L Top: The favorite way to school, driving, is often the ADOVGI A Warm day makes the walk home a little most frustrating. brighter for sophomore Jeff Kern. Left: Students living three miles or more from school are eligible for the school bus. Transportation 21

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The race before class Hey Mom! Where's my lunch? I Can't find my other shoe! Tell the bus to wait, l just have to finish this last problem. lt's early on a school day morning. Buses coming from all directions gradually meet at the same destinations, as they chal- lenge one another for the entrance into the school grounds. Fortunate students who live close by have the option of riding a bike or walk- ing. But as the snow begins to fall these students often find other means of trans- portation. For only a dime, the city buses will let a student off right in front of the school, and later transport them back home or to work. Another possibility is the formation of carpools which saves gas and parking spaces. As 8:00 draws near, the parking lot is full of shifting cars as they honk at one another in competion for a parking spaceg all joining in the race to get to school before classes begin. Above: A common means of transportation is the city lines bus, which will take you almost anywhere for a dime. ' 20 Transportation 'rivie- Top A lone student awaits his ride

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Flight: Books are brought into the zoo but a game of paper football proves to be more interesting. Below right: Even the room for brown baggers is crowded during lunch so this student finds a seat on the floor. elf I'S 011 be O -I-0 .Ecu Su 'ESRI Hari ull .2-.' i-ft 22 Cafeteria 1 ex '1 So it's your free period, and it's been a long day. You want to find a place to stretch out a little, relax, do a little bit of studying, or maybe even catch up on a few lost winks. If that's the way you feel, you're in the wrong place. However, if you feel like exercising your jaws a little, either chewing or gabbing, or listening to KWHS, or just looking around at other people and trying to figure out exactly what it is that they are doing, then you've found the place to be, the cafeteria, oth- erwise known as the zoo. You can't stretch out, or someone will trip over your legs. You can't relax be- cause you never know what's going to come flying through the air next. The noise prohibits sleeping or serious study- ing. But there are pop and candy ma- lots of other people, olc chines and friends and maybe future friends as well lt's the place to go when you want to ge away from the regular school routine fora while, when you're tired of behaving your self and raising your hand when you wan to speak. it's the high school version c recess. While the administration consid ers it study hall, only a behavioral scientis could do any studying here. Even if you only experience here is in the lunch lin- for twenty minutes every day, it's still thi place to go for a break. Technically, it' inside the school, but in reality, it's 1 world apart. By Joe Bornong