Westlake High School - El Paisano Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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SOCIALITIES. Eating beef, beans, and polatoe SOAKING UP. Susan Jordan escapes the salad, seniors Terry White and Missy Hudgins pressures of school as she relaxes by the pool and junior Lenore Perry gossip with friends at Lost Creek Country Club. The pool became a about the things they did over the summer. popular place among students trying to escape The Back-to-SchooI Bar-B-Quc made it the summer heat, relax, or students who just possible to catch up on the latest news. wanted to socialize. ytfSr ulture Shock brings ' em back to reality c oming back to school means racks at the bookstore are stacked high with the back- to-school issues of Seventeen, and it is impossible to get past the store displays of folders, glue and pounds of notebooks. With mom and dad ' s credit card, the fantasy of shopping for school clothes becomes real, but the reality of losing the precious tan drives many to the purple UVA lights. Partying only on weekends and meeting a midnight curfew just didn ' t sound as fun as nightly 2 a.m. ren- dezvous. But all good things came to an abrupt end September 2 with the first 8;25 a.m. bell. I wasn ' t ready to come back to school. I didn ' t want to give up all the things 1 was used to: like sleeping late and playing basketball whenever I wanted to, sophomore Steve Schultz said. Giving up freedoms and pleasures constituted for students cringing at the thought of returning to school. However, the the overwhelming fear of freshmen was their new role as low men on the totem pole. I was scared over the summer about starting high school but the closer school came, the less scared I got, freshman Jill Matson said. It wasn ' t the teachers, cafeteria food, or messy lockers that students missed during summer break— it defi- nitely had to been friends. I couldn ' t wait till school started to see all my friends and talk about the summer. I wanted to make each year better than the last, sophomore Shay I ' urccll said. Shocks of 6 a.m. alarms and 1 a.m. algebra vigils brought most back to re- ality as daily water ski ventures and the mid-afterncx)n snoozes drew to a close. el Take it Easy ■ student life

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hoices iS brine; out the closet critics for season ' s best worst ■ i:- ' c ritical consumers had a field day as Platoon drew moviegoers to the theater in record crowds, stunning them with the brutal but all too real portrayal of Vietnam and walking away with the Best Picture Award from the Academy. Prince formed record label Paisley Park to release his Sign o ' the Times, a commentary on 1987 social ills. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty sat on the New York Bestsellers list for months. One oohs. Another ahs. Yet one doesn ' t give a flip. Each person bran- dishes their own opinions about such events as the Bon Jovi concert, the movie Top Gun or the latest bestseller. Ratt was the best concerts I ' ve ever been to. The people 1 was with and the things we did made it memorable! so- phomore Mary Helen Norman said. While some preferred the sounds of a heavy metal band such as AC DC, others chose a quieter, more relaxed concert atmosphere. My favorite concert was Billy Joel. He is a really good entertainer with mu- sic that everyone enjoys, senior Missy Hudgins said. So-called serious students had in- tentions of doing homework, although at times they found themselves taking the easy way out and not doing it at all. The Great Gatsby would have been a great book if I had read it. Instead I just bought the Cliff Notes, junior Justin Waight said. As the week drew to an end, movie goers fleed to the Arbor Theatre to see the latest films. ' Platoon ' was a real eye-opener for me. I didn ' t know anything about Viet- nam. It was really sad, freshman Da- vid Ford said. What one liked, another loathed. CHALUPA CHOICE. After deciding on a restaurant, juniors John Meadows and Allison Patton await their lunch at Westlake ' s Las Palomos. When it came to choosing restaurants to fufill their hunger needs, students had a wide variety of all types of foods nearby. E ' lited by Ashley Gotten I ' CRITICS CHOICE ■ '

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DARE DEVIL. Sophomore Trisha Bctts descends down the cliff while repelling with a group of Westlake students. The area cliffs, mainly those alongside Loop 360, provided perfect places for students to practice their repelling skills. SURF MIRTH. For some last minute fun, junior Reagan Williamson windsurfs out on Lake Travis. As the first day of school drew closer, Ian experts flocked to Westlake Beach, Windy Point, Paleface Park, and Barton Springs. EARLY MORNING RUSH. Senior Stacy Gregg rushes around her room to get ready for school. As school came around, many students had old habits to break like sleeping in late, lying around all day, and the freedom that summers offers. Edited by Dena Go ' hard I ' CULTURE shock! '