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

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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

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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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Research papers send students flocking to libraries g M f 5 Q , She is a pleasureto dded. - rase eiri t 5'?3F325ff:i it I want to learn to do mathiandfytoftr ead, Olachi said,She has alreadyfgotfa ead start, has the enthusiasmand is one te closer to seein her dream come r S ,t rug. The most painful art about leaving igeria for Olachi was leaving her f other behind. Olachi will live with t t in Austin. Computers became a special education in y students with ' lessons using interactive computer programs. IBRARY New computers update, quicken book keeping Apples are the traditional gift to teachers, but this year the library got an apple it can really use. This year, the newest addition to the librar aside from books was an Apple 2Ey computer. The computer was ordered late last s ring and scheduled to arrive during tlie fall. The computer itself arrived in Oc- toberp the software to run the com- puter, however, didn't arrive until Christmas. The Apple 2E was to replace pink overdue slips with com uter- generated slips. Teachers could also use the computer when it was not be- ing used for ibrary purposes. 'We ho e that the computer will save the librarians a lot of time, librarian Barbara Ribble said. The librarians had plenty of time to get the computer going, since the spent less time worrying about book losses. The library operated with new turnstiles and theft detection equip- ment in place. I think that the turnstiles are a good idea, but sometimes they get in the way, freshman Wendi Frazier said. In addition to the changes, the library continued to increase the number of books available. LIBRARYAID. Mrs. Cruz offers some assistance to Gilbertt Salazar and Salvador Hernandez as they compile information from library resources. V I special ed. f library