William B Travis High School - Rebel Roundup Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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INE ARTS p Austin Symphony offers cultural entertainment For the first time, the Austin ln- dependent School District invited the Austin Sym hony to perform at three area schoolrs including Travis. For some students, listening to a profes- sional orchestra was a new ex- perience. The symphony performed pieces ranging from Beet oven's Fifth to Rob Wi liam's Closing Encounters of the Third Kind. Before each work was played, the conductor gave some background in- formation about the com oser and music techniques he tiieveloped. When the 45-minute show was over, some students larned the beginnin basics of music, Each peice had a dig ferent tempo givinlgl the listeners a varied view at symp ony orchestra. HIGH STRUN Members of the Austin Symphony entertain Travis students with a classical compositions. academics ssuming authoriti Behind the closed doors of the Texas Travis legislature, students raged over bills which involved, not only school matters, buy bills on state and national levels as well. For one week government students held a model legislature that was K if f , . V RN E .per g p Hlfolice Ride-Along t j closely related to that of the Texas Le islature. lt included the passing and kiling of bills as well as assassination attempts on one speaker of the I-louse. On Monday of that week students of the model House of representatives voted for a speaker. The most publicized M r A if 'WWF V ,:1f'i?f t - , :fm:fff'i':4'if:-ew:e,,:gffiff- .. Students who took Ms, advance social this year, were treated ride with an on duty police Eofficeri The program, initiated by the Austin Police . department, was designed to increase if pu lice support and awareness of polic .,.aut1feSg, -.,...i 1 , T Program encourages isfe.11-B'?EQ.rs.eef24iHgtcfhefsn hour Shift' the , studentsprhsad to complete a five day T in Craig's room A of teaching police and law. Aboi '25ipeopleTactua1ly got to ride Age and eliminated some p.otent1aliridersgp ,.iit f p p

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if as From Apple to IBM, computers take a byte out of routine math and science class assignments made strides with the introduction of the Macintosh computer. Commodore computers had become more popular because of their quality and afforablility. Students made up a large percentage of computer users, and ,- e..Qg7' 1-SZ' teachers were not to be left out. I got a computer because I told everyone for a long time that I was going to get one, joked social studies teacher Iay Pierson, who purchased an Apple IIE. Pierson said he used the computer ofter, claiming it was convenient for BY TOUCH. Freshman Shana Cassidy enters data into an IBM PC. Wordprocessing programs made Cassidy's job on the publications staff easier at times, while frustrating at others. DISKWORTHY. Math student Mark 0'Danie1 enters his computer programming assingment into an IBM ine by line. Once the program was entered. filing. It is the best t pewriter I have ever had. I wish I had, gotten it two years ago, Pierson said. Not everyone, however, bought a computer for school use. junior Scott Rogers bought a Commodore 64 for entertainment. I got it for the video lglames, Rogers said. If Rogers could ave purchased another computer, he says he would have chosen the Commodore 128. All of English teacher Zoanne Brokaw's famil uses their Macintosh. I was in love with the idea of buying a computer, Brokaw said. I wanted it for school. I couldn't see how I could lose something if I put it in a computer, She said. Brokaw owned what was called a Fat Mac, or a beefed-up version of the Macintosh giving the user greater memory reserves. It fits the way I like to work and saves an incredible amount While computers made work easier, at times it was even harder of time, she continued. Brokaw also said the Macintosh was so flexible that she could do a better job on an assignment because it allowed her more room for thought. junior Howard Angel had a Coleco Adam computer, then swapped it for a Commodore. I got into computers in the eighth grade when I took computer programming, Angel said. I plan to use it for machine language game program ming. -f f - - -f-f f ff-- rr.. if something like a .uageilthatiswoiulcifallarm Original idea and 0119 students when tge I'l0iS'9fl6V9la Was too . ' If really 3 high in class.Since no gaugeexisted, he I noise down, ser1i01' Willie invented his own. c I I I iici y It is an interesting tooljforr The system works quite dwell.. In six hiseclass, and it's.far mcore,origiona1.tl'ian yearsfthe can has onlly gone overfthe .,.y..,... .anYthingltha,t,thecotherrteachersghave,ff edge 30 times. It is real y insulting when 54 Omas Dodsonsaid. as it , ?1.have if0.uSeit, Slwwden Said- 4 .eir .4 I 'ffmrit than rests on a file Cabinet .rg smwaen the strin' is ulled brin in -lii the chatter ' A t 15 If f uf Hgthgf c.er has been ...lr.. 52 ge9?n.0ne 5 eP CUSS? 0 3 Ing' . . ev .can.fa1ls no one can utter a wor for the . .....t ..1.,. t r.e. . g,g...k.. ,M fy . Eremarnder ofthe six weeks. I .rsft A c c Studentsseern tothink the can ispyangw if math f science

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fili onto assist the officer as was the case Mock Legislature offers students leadership opportunities plus practice in persuasion race was between jason Spencer and Robert Falcon. When Spencer won in a voice vote among the members, Falcon sought to have him removed from his postition due to campaign promises that pencer made prior tot e elction in return for votes. Falcon used two specific at vu A number of interestingthinigsl triii , occured during the students rides, Senior Gary Gibson was involvediin several as Q - arrests rangindg from public intoxication to assauly an battery. When asked if 1 this changed his view about the Austin Police force Gibson said, Well it did - .make me realize that they don't just ride .aground giving tickets. These people are .risking t eir lives to keep the peace. l tsrr . Some of the riders were actuall called , ,p . y , . iwith rty senior Jason Spencer. Spencer iiexpiained, '7We were answering a call on as footing incident where there was ai t mangshooting his shotgun in the examples in presenting his case to the l-louse. According to Falcon, Spencer had promised a position to Marco Ortiz and that Dean Fitch's bill, legalzing prostitution, would be passed in return or their votes. When Spencer was sworn into office by government teacher jane FIELDIN G QUESTIONS. state Supreme Court justice Raul Gonzales addresses a group of Travis students during his bid for re-election. Gonzales was one of many politicians who visited the Travis campus during the election year. POINT BLANK. An Austin Police Officer and a social studies student act out a criminal situation during social studies class. courtyard of a housing When we arrived the officer nightstick and told me to stay down1fIt'3Iivif turned out that the man was protecting tt,--iirsi his son from some people who were A 'upset with theyoung man, , - if A less excitingaspect of the ride was afterethesyaprrest. Gibson said, 'tAfter we arreste1d:thrs,one guy, it took an hour and Q fePOft- An Austin A - Puliifg2lQi5ffif?3iTttanswers student f police ride-along O prograiniduririgr one of social studies A T1te3Che1fIBI'le Craigfs classes. Craig, he had sworn that he had not done so. Falcon's attempts failed when it was realized that Ortiz and Fitch did not vote, having no effect on the outcome of the election. Later in the week, rumors of an assassination attempt on S encer led him to get a number of bodyguards. When he entered the classroom he had guards, Eric Kosmala, Todd Phillips, and tephen Cox frisk members of the house that were suspects. Later in the period Curtis Walker removed a dart gun out from hiding and shot Spencer in the back of the head. According to Craig it was only a flesh wound. The assassination attempt on my life was a left wing, hippie, commie, attempt to inhibit democracy in this sovereign state, said Spencer. Walker fled into the woods behind the school and was unable to be apprehended by Spencer's guards until The assassination attempt on my life was a left wing, hippie, commie, attempt. ' later when he surrendered to the proper authorities. When Spencer tried to have Walker removed from his post by a majority vote of the House, he failed and the assassin stayed in his post. The model legislature took place in Craig's and Lyn Loeffler's government classes. Two classes were teamed up, one acting as the Senate and the other as the House of Representatives. Craig's first, second, and fourth eriods consisted of I-louse members, while her third and sixth periods were the Senate. fine arts f government