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

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stocks off the New York Stock Exchange. Julie Olher distributed $5,000 in funds to her class. My partner, Anna Barnes, and I bought stocks in Pan-Am, Coke and Wal-Mart. We also bought preferred stocks in smaller companies. We realized too late that it was better to purchase stocks from one company rather than many small companies. Therefore, we lost 520,000, senior Nisheeth Parekh said. Instructors judged the individual per- formance of seniors awarding a prize of a few bonus points, or at least an improved possibility of obtaining some brownie points to those who earned the greatest percentage of profits. MONEYWISE As she takes time for a brief stock market review, sopho- more Andrea Shone reads her favorite financial magazine. While becoming more in- volved with money, students practiced economic skills by playing the stock market. Underalls Displaying her new fashion line of lin- gerie, senior Drina Boban discusses her strategy for selling brassieres in economics. Most seniors were required to invent a business and present it as part of a major grade in economics. TOUGH CHOICE Traversing the crowded depths of the old gym, junior Daniel Cohen searches for a solution to the frustrating problem of schedule conflict during spring registration. With several course closings, students searched for classes to fill in their schedules. Accounting classes prove beneficial Useful balancing act Leaning over the desks to avoid the crack- ing whip, fingers furiously punched in numbers as students desperately tried to finish their accounting homework— and not just for the sake of getting the assignment done. Accounting has re- ally helped me under- stand the process of orga- nizing money. It ' s really becoming a challenge because if you miss one day, it could doom you for the rest of the semester, senior Kristi Chapman said. Even though accoun- tants learned many use- ful lessons such as balanc- ing their checkbooks, which helped the 50% of the class who had check- books, they also had e- nough spare class time to do other things. Accounting helped sometimes, like when we learned to balance check- Fast cash Visiting the Texas Commerce Bank drive-thru on the route to Barton Creek Mall, sophomore Scott Heare obtains money for a spring shopping spree. Because of their convenience. Republic Bank and Texas Commerce Bank acquired business from student mall patrons. Learning bank procedure, both in class and out, gave business students an added edge in the real world. books. Then, at other times, it only confuses me . It did however, give me a good opportunity to finish my trigonometry home- work, senior Carlie Tilly said. The business-related classes did help the 10% to 15% that planned to major in business in college, while others gained more immediate skills. I learned how to type well and sneak food into class. The greatest chal- lenge was eating and opening coke cans with- out the teacher noticing anything, senior Rachel Silber said. Overdrawn Picking up some clothes from Kim ' s Cleaners, senior Ricky Jones digs deeper into his checking account to pay necessary expenses. Chauffeured While utilizing their mar- keting skills in economics class, seniors Willie Baker and Carl Amoscalo explain their solution to the closed campus problem, an escort service providing under- classmen with transportation off campus. ONE FOR Edited by Brian Steeg I THE MONEY!

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Things Your Parents Say to Save For a College O Holiday Gifts O Spring Break OGas O Weekend Q Ferarri Check it out TGIF, so sophomore Jimmy Saxton with- draws funds from his checking account for weekend cash. Friday afternoons presented banks with rush hour business as students hurried for pocket change. What ARE THE MOST VALUABLE SKILLS YOU HAVE LEARNED IN ECONOMICS? Checkbook Balancing Investing MONEY Completing Tax Forms Economic endeavors Student analysts monitor trading Monopoly money in hand, economics seniors engaged in an entre- preneurial endeavor that hopefully expanded their knowledge of the stressful world of business in- vestment. For three weeks, seniors watched and charted stocks, avoiding pitfalls and falling values. Fate will often spare an undoomed man in the stock market if his courage and ability to pick stocks are good, se- nior Ricky Jones said. Though many seniors made a marginal profit with a serious attitude, some followed the more humorous concept of the ...it was better to purchase stocks from one company rather than many small companies senior Nisheeth Parekh project and tried losing money. I didn ' t have too many people trying to lose money; most did very well. Some earned as much as $800, economics teacher Julie Oliver said. Rebecca Parks al- lotted her class $200,000 in fake funds for purchasing Oops Counselors ' offices beseiged by unhappy students as conflicts arise from walk-through process Every semester, hundreds of students became victims of the re- vised scheduling process. Closed courses and scheduling conflicts, otherwise known as aca- demic accidents, brought students crying to counselors ' and teachers for help. I got three classes that I had no earthly intention of taking, so I went to the counselor ' s office to get rid of them, senior Ricky Jones said. Although seniors faced some problems of scheduling due in part to required senior courses, under- classmen fell most often as the un- fortunate victims of schedule mis- haps. I went in during registration thinking that everything was fine, but when I got my schedule back I dis- covered that I had none of the class- es or teachers that I wanted, sophomore Olivier Lapuente said. As students collectively com- plained of bad schedules, adminis- trators viewed academic accidents as necessary evils. In order for the majority of the schedules to work out, a minority of students must make a sacrifice with their schedules, assistant principal Lynne Rocglin said. After a bothersome visit to the counselors ' office, previously unhap- py students found classes that met their needs, if not their wants, and made themselves happy with the fi- nal results. Our ' rush season ' starts at the beginning of each semester. Most of the time we are so behind that it takes us weeks to catch up with all of the schedule changes, senior coun- selor Jonathan Ratcliff said. Although placement in a class not signed up for usually constitut- ed a legitimate excuse for a schedule change, often enough there re- mained countless other legitimate reasons . I got all of the classes that I wanted except for the lunch period that I wanted, sophomore Brian Stecg said. Unfortunate victims of circum- stance, having negotiated with members of the administration to the point of humble begging, had now exhausted all possibilities of finding a way out of unwanted cours- es. Many accepted the challenge of survival of the fittest, but the others realized they didn ' t have a choice. Take a Number ACADEMICS

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Crammin In preparation for an upcoming computerized math lest, sophomore Kenneth McMullen looks over his notebook before school. Many stu- dents waited until the last minute of study time, causing more stress and anxiety. Sure Signs of s Sweat beads on the forehead • ' Irritating tapping on a table IS- Annoying chomping of gum Cold Sweat Actors fight stagefright; calm nerves Stage fright. Experienc- ed by not only actors, but anyone in front of large audiences. It ' s tense on stage be- cause when you mess up lines, you can ' t stop and start over. You ' ve got to recover and make it look like nothing went wrong, senior Tom ones actor Greg Lusk said. Sometimes the goofs, which went with perform- ing, proved embarrassing and nerve racking for everybody concerned. The first time 1 per- formed on Hyline this year, my contact lense fell out. I had to go through the whole routine half blind, senior Anna Barnes said. Cook books With no time to waste, senior Kevin Buttery studies his notes while making his din- ner. Being able to do two things at once remained an essential skill for many stu- dents. EASY GOING Before beginning his major paper over Romeo and Juli- et, freshman Dennis Webb reads and listens to his newest Van Halen tape. For some, walkmcn created a less stressful atmosphere for both reading and studying. PASSING NOTES During a half-time perfor- mance, junior Susie Hanle, sophomore Kim Curl, senior Shanon Mills and senior Courtney Cobb perform to Side By Side. RING MASTERS On stage in their fall performance , choir members do their telephone ringing number. The full spring per- formances of Bye Bye Birdie proved just as successfuL Take a Number ACADEMICS