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

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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

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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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ositivel Researched But I don't know how to . . . , American history teacher Laura Malon says is one of the most commonly used excuses for not comlpletinglassigned research papers. A thouggl stu ents face one requirement after anot er to raduate from high school, many dodge angflee the burden of research papers as long as they can. I hate to write them. I'm never uite sure where to start since every teaclher prefers for them to be done a different way, junior Missy Kidd said. ' M junior year was the hardest, senior Davicfli-Iaralson said. Not that the other Notecards, references, footnotes and all years weren't hard, my junior year everything I ever got away with has caught up to me,' he continued refering to buckling down to writing term papers. Some students get a jump start on writing term papers by starting in junior high. ' We had to have at least 100 note cards, and at least 20 hand-written pages on our final copy, freshman Adrian Trevino said. Although some students might get a dose of writin research apers in junior high advanced English ciiasses, few face the requirements that A.P. English classes demand. I took honors English in the eighth grade, and now I'm a senior, there is no way my research paper from junior high school could pass in this class, senior Sondra Porter said. ' ' f . . ' CAFETERIA DUTY. Alone, before school in the cafeteria, a junior student gets a head start on her research paper by using her history textboo as a resource. N OTEWORTHY. While sifting lunch out in the library, junior Fritz takes copious notes from the wealth of . resources he has found prior to j starting his first draft. I 4 'fi iits .ttatt s... ' t ' rsraea, attc Q crr. a as E a .s.,.,,,. ii... asaic I r.'s f Few Sfudehfs rttsh finally madeit- ' ffiiiii iii ffiiili I iifi A f - desire c IH0014 almvsfssveh IDECIAL ED Travis sfofhevnifed States. rj more ittook,Qlachiifneaiiyffthjeentire .s..1s i j at IcNigeriangovermentdid511otI2v6aiit5.1ii5i45tq at j. ,,...jt. 2 tjjjii ytac' s a Q7 rfi. Q 1 issljjj ff 5. tg c itij yearfto gGfffC5 AustifigjletffaloiiiejTraiviS.isY cjty aleaveftheccountryfbutlbecauseftheiaififffT151 c aagg ' fc rfis , , jgrss jr I s I ggj.ggQlachifizehaistalyoungitlady with the. ,agccarsg money that it tookitoljbring'herlherehad 1 js it A I fstr rafi c is siiiri irsces 421 lss fry- 9 ejfn0jQnjYf15gngifor.1Q1 sfcs 1E3irqagrpgteqogpmegfedetSeize,-31,times, g I ' c ucafion, Ura so ora Wing otof N lgel' 1311 anj1184- yeas-glad .,. anew wheiichaire ' iiss 1 sit 'ii sif ..,. ravis recent arrive f01I11+ g' I I A I Q fmds new SfaftfhisnewilhapfefMer fhethings f ' 'de artmenta ifjsiii if I I s f..t bssausefhsrsiswl I Ps . scir. 1 1 srcrs have adsovd education, jtia f rrce Mrs.,Shieve, t, escs j F I if iiii I I liiiii She ha .been Wanfingfvf stssrr. srrtstii -fsr q A - f. I I States Sinfethe . 15,3 the 1985 School year and, 1 11sves..tQ..1aam. I academics