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

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Y yt f'Even though I knew I wanted to go to UT, visit- ing the dqfrtisghetped me to decidefto get an apartf ment. Not that the dorms are badg just so small. senior Kathryn McCann Never out to lunch or.. f Z It's SAC Z lunch' Z Forced by the freedom re- Z Z Z slricting policy of on-campus Z lunches, underclassmen re- ? sulted to desperate tactics in Q escaping cafeteria lunches. Z 'I sneak off every day, and Q I really don't care what hap- Z pens to me as long as I don't Q get caughtt' junior rebel- ? rouser Brian Steeg said. f Those who did get caught paid the price and suffered through a SAC lunch. I know thissguy and he's been caught Z Z Z Z Z f three or four times. if In fact, I got caught I with himethey last s f siime,ana hebecame . f the first person that got assigned a I V secondrpunishment, tall dayQSAC. lunior Mike Hubnik 459-2222? Pizza deliveries redeemed freshmen Diana Tetter and jennifer Waiseth's stomaches from cafeteria fare as local fast food joints delivered munchies from pizza to donuts. iPhoto by RacheaiMi1esD 26 THA rs so TYPICAL Insight College days educate seniors You have enough credits to be a senior. You are passing all six classes. Whether you plan on continuing your education or not, you win two college days! Anytime before the last six weeks, the privileged took advantage of two full days of excused absences to explore places of higher education. ulntenriews and campus tours are only given on weekdays so I don't see how they couldn't give us time to visit. I can't say all the days are seriously taken to actually visit for the campus, but I couldn't have seen SMU without the extra time,' senior Christine Loyd said. Although some question the validity of college days, they remained and swayed more than one decision and more than one attendance count as if by intuition the Fridays before the last six weeks and the eighty-eighth day before graduation marked a few colleges as senior tourist attractions. E wr l ff I I

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ALONE AT LAST. Traversing thejunior hall at the end ofthe last day ot' his last year, senior Scott Sand- ers revels in the fact that he graduates Iune 3 while freshman Alysia Kerr rel- ishes three more years to walk down this same spot. iPhoto by Ashley Iohnsonb TRUNKIN' ir. Leaving campus for lunch sometimes meant extreme measures as sophomore Cindy Wilson escapes the ID checkers posted at parking lot exits laying in wait for escaping underclassmen. iPhoto by Ginger Garner! rg.. . Pass system fails et a pass from the teacher. Within one minute,and no more, exchange foratraveling pass from the at- tendance office. Time another one minute trip to the actual destination before the process and the one minute deadlines, then repeat. New pass policies proved unrea- sonable and the problem of just how to keep track of travelers evolved into just one more added problem that the new pass procedure provoked. 'From the beginning, it was doomed. Getting passes for everything was a hassle and it took too much time. lt's easier to just go without a pass,' freshman Julie Murphy said. From the obsolete system of a pass to a pass to a destination, travelers simply signed arrival and departure sheets at each of the offices. Accounting for bodies sorted itself out under the twice- changed policy and the lines to see the assistant principals halved for those called in to account for themselves. Do not pass go. Do not collect 3200. Rework policy at semester be- cause il doesn'l work. And so it goes, or so itwent. l'm used to 1yourrrifnewf1 f r policy because lt's it i s ' exactly as it was at my old school. I can't imag- ine who thought up your e r other system, it doesn't . .1 . even sound as if it would Q work. sophomore Sarah . Richardson TO GO Edited By: Trocy ooperil