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

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SHORT CIRCUIT Gaining first hand knowledge of a me- chanical circuit, freshmen Flobin Jacobs and Brittian Hlista prepare to connect the wires to witness the success or failure of their experiment. iPhoto by Missy Symmj FFBEAT V From IZZ :,: ., AIZHZ fashion design 15li2?5E5i5?5i5i5iiiii5f5:5i : H I ,':: 5:33555siiiiiiiiiiiiiieii to Wood- QOYOO working, innovative bucked the - whcrs norm and chose Going on? to take exotic courses while .53,.,,.1,,Zi.,..Z.,Z5,.Z.,.,,,,I...,..,..,,..,...,.f,,,.,..1. others elected to take more traditional schedules but under unusual circum- stances. Humanities class is unusual because we really don't do a lot of hard work-we watch old movies instead, senior Gus Lyons said. The movies are old classics, and studying them is incredibly interesting. Often students signed up for a class thinking that it was normal, only to find out later that in fell into the weird category. I tried to sign up for drama class, but they put me in a class with dance, too, junior Iay Stuesser said. So I had to buy little white dance I I 6 KNOW WHA rs WHAT YOU'RE DRAFTED! Pencll In hand, freshman Todd Heinze puts the final touches on the plans for hls dream house. For the architecturally- minded, class provlded needed practice for a future career. iPhoto by Derek Kipel GLAZING GRACE Working diligently under Coach Mark Hurst's watchful eye, the ceramics class paints Its projects with peach colors. The projects later went into the kiln for baking. iPhoto By Missy Symml Strange things done for strange reasons shoes and leap around the stage with all the girls. Eccentricity showed itself behind the scenes as students proved uncon- ventional by taking the same class twice. I didn't fail physics or anything, senior Chris Byrne said. I just wanted to take it again because I didn't learn it well enough the first time. Others took traditionally normal academic courses under abnormal circumstances, such as taking them for no credit. I'm taking calculus for no credit because I didn't want to worry about failing anything my senior year, senior Mike Grindle said. It's great because I don't have to do any work or take any tests -I just sit there. Breaking the monotony of academic courses like English and foreign languages, students took unusual courses, not always on purpose, for countless reasons, ranging from a desire for excitement, a need for relaxation, or just to raise their GPA. 25? if W I if A 3? W i' . ,,,. ,,,,,:as,.. .. ,I ,,

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G N G 7 Academics: all in the eyes o of the student beholders No Matter Who' Quietly contemplating the incredible dullness of the Role of the Chorus in Oedipus the King, the back row of the English class sat drifting, with their cheeks to their desks as the front row diligently filled their notebooks and the discussion with bold new insight into the human condition. Personal interests and talents determined for most students what courses they regarded as exciting and insightful and those they would write off as bo-o-orring. English has always been my favorite because I love the challenge of writing a good paper, senior Mary Drew said. Writing literary papers teaches you how to interpret others' ideas and formulate your own. Besides simply taking an interest H, in the subject matter of classes, 8092: of students surveyed said they had taken and enjoyed a class solely because of the particular style of the teacher. I've always hated any type of social studies, but Dr. Woods' govern- ment class has been really exciting because of the way he teaches, senior Chris Byrne said. The more tangibly-minded, who preferred the always correct facts of the science classrooom to the abstract thought of English and social studies classes, found the same clarity in their math courses. Math and science have always been easy for me because they deal with things you know are right, like formulas and diagrams, rather than things you only think are right, like ideas and social commentary, senior Mike O'Connor said. Despite occasional boredom and the ever-pressing urge to ask Why are we here?, students who showed an interest in the class at hand chose seats in the front instead of the back in their academic classes. RED EYED FLY Staring intently at his fruit flies, iunior Glenn Cox works on his Biology Il lab. Bl- ology students mated fruitflies, counted their offspring and mated the flies again, looking for specific traits such as eye color and wlng type. iPhoto By Jase Aubyl PLOP PLOP FIZZ FIZZ Protected against injury with his safety goggles, junior Les Brooks Intently puts drops of iodine into a test tube. Observ- ing what they comprehended in class, student chemists spent one to two hours a week in lab. iPhoto by Randy Belislel CORE COURSES Edited By: Jose Auby

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gi Q . , Qtffik ' fr.. - I, ,ef ' X. 'I Rick Bentley: Technical Theater IA. Pat Betzner: Interior Designing, Homemak- ing lA, Home Living Single, Child Development, Nutrition. Shelia Bingham Geometry, Informal Geometry, MOCE. 1 1? 'Gi i X s . g l Zula Blann: Sports Girls-9, Girls Varsity Volleyball, English 2, CLA 1. Robert Brashear: PE l- Recreational Sports, Varsity Football, PE 4B-Conditioning, Boys Varsity Basketball. Michael Brent: Health, Golf. 2 KNOW WHICH IS WHICH I. , , . Zula Blann, a movie fanatic, loved 5 A to go to the movies and would even re- ,g T' ,Q 4 ,, . arrange her week s schedule to make I ,,,- ft ,, 5 , l space for a trip to the theatre. ' Rick Bentley once spent a couple L of weeks hitchhiking around the United Kin dom. 'yo 9 2- . , . A Z l got so excited at the Westlake! If K' Georgetown basketball game A g f - x fl' hi' :Wi that I ripped the crotch of my slacks! At ' f, lr f halftime, I had to see Jerry Greeson for 5 , 1 , i ,Q ' ' I fr -if vf,mw.fwfz,fQe:f w W ' Q5 5, l athletic tape and safety pins. r Efff ' www .ww Kb- - ,:: 'L www : f -sr,.1-umm. ff ff ' '- rw '- NW-.ltlllliitzr'Milli-lx wi Y M , 9, rr in it rw-ffrmw at r it ill' Ai 'll' ll? rl ,t5'll :Will If 'l rl. 4 l, ,Y . CHECK IT OUT Learning the basic engine structure, freshman AJ Schill and sophomore Chad Beyer examine the transmission before they begin the driving portion of their drIver's ed class. iPhoto By Brian Pedderl Wi wx BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Shuffling through tons of notes, members ot the Academic Decathlon team prepare for their competition. Members worked many hours after school to study for the rigorous event. iPhoto By Tracy Colllnsj UNUSUAL CLASS Edited By: Steve Jormon