William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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EVALUATING f Visiting committee members review the self-evaluation study prepared by faculty and students. Photo by Kelly Kilgore by Natalie Rice hree uniformed men began firing from the back of a truck and a fourth emerged from the pas- senger seat to toss a grenade into the crowd. The four men next rushed forward, automatic- weapons spewing bullets as they advanced. Security men were so shocked that they failed to respond quickly and offered little resistance. It was October 6 in Cairo when the excitement broke loose. Just eight years ago from this day President Anwar Sadat had established himself as a world leader by striking out across the Suez Canal. A parade had been planned to commemo- rate the occasion. Tanks and trucks and troops had begun early to prepare for the event, yet by the end of the day the troops had proved useless. Sadat died two hours after the attack of bullet and shrapnel wounds. I think Sadat's death was a real loss to world leadership. The new leader will be more cautious and will make more comprom- ises, said senior Randy Pratt. he situation began with a relaxed Sadat sitting in the review stand between vice-presi- dent Hosni Mubarak and Gener- al Abu Ghazala. Ghazala explained the capabilities of the Voters approve tax transfer by Beverly Felter lthough Oct. 6, 1981, will not be recorded in the history books, it was an important day for the lndepend- ence School District. On that clay an overwhelming 91 percent of those voting approved the transfer of the debt service tax to the operating fund. As a result, some S,S882,000 was trans- ferred to the operating fund. ln addition, the district will receive another 3S150,000 from the state level because of the increased operating fund. What does this additional money mean to the district? According to Dr. Robert Henley, superintendent, 'LOur main con- cern is to keep the status quo. As to where this money goes, the transfer will bring 49 cents on the dollar to the operat- ing fund. Out of that, 36 cents goes to the teachers fund, 8 cents to the incidental fund and Assassination Conspirators slay Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Oct. 6, as he reviews his troops in Cario - New President Hosni Mubarak pledges to carry on Egypt-Israeli peace efforts equipment to the president as they flowed by. As the men fixed their eyes on jet fighters over- head, a truck braked to a halt in front of the reviewing stand. No one paid any attention to the truck, suspecting only mechani- cal difficulties rather than a murder plot. ncertainty surrounded the situation. At first students were not sure if Sadat was dead or alive. They excitedly stopped one another in the halls to ask one another if they had heard any news. The stability of the United States-Middle East relations has been affected by this tragic inci- dent, but only time will reveal to what extent, said senior Annette Carnahan. Once it was discovered that Sadat had died, students and teachers began discussing the future. Would Sadat's death trigger another war? Would the U.S. become more heavily involved in Middle East relations? Would the new president, Hosni Mubarak, be able to bring about peace? Everybody will say what a terrible thing Sadat's death was but you have to expect that. The Middle East is the most violent region in the world, said senior Victor Callahan. 5 cents to the building fund. ach of these funds has a specific purpose. The teachers fund is used to pay salaries for teachers. Although some of this will be used to pay for raises as inflation increases, the main objective is to have enough money to pay all the salaries of current teachers so none will have to be fired. As a result, class sizes will not increase. The incidental fund pays utilities and supplies. The building fund pays general main- tenance bills. According to social studies teacher Mr. Roy Keeland, who worked for the transfer, educa- tion oriented groups led the campaign to have the transfer passed. Among them were PTA, teachers and administrators. Their campaign consisted mainly of calling people and encouraging them to vote. r ll .,,- Y A - ft, .. 'XPP -Z' 'g'-f. if v' -IP -ware- V015 V TV V '. Y v I - V i+S:f ' f 2 f -1 A -f ff .,- 4 X1 egg 7 ..:. --,nfl -,fa - ii x ...fi ,,.Q,. X 'KA .5-ik4i ' - . 6, iy i , .4 V . as , Q . T . -.,. Q7 - ' I 'jf' 0 W lf, ,A 4 .. 1 sig. . ,inf - Tiff ff ! L1 . 4 '17' f 7 Bits and Pieces 21

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20: BT1'.iPZiIilTPiER'TT iiii T T C if orth Central Evaluation . Visiting committee suggests ways to improve school by Debbie Morman o assess the quality of education at Chrisman, a committee of Missouri educators visited here October 25-27 for the North Central Association of Schools. The real focus of this re-evaluation, which takes place every seven years, is upon improvement, not accredi- tation. Though the visiting commit- tee suggested improvements in every department, committee chairman Dr. Huss's major con- cern was the number of students who leave school after fourth i hour to go to a job, He felt that since education was free and public, fewer students should be dismissed early so more would receive more of an education. Another concern was the sixth hour physical education for athletes class. The committee felt that these students should be taking academic courses such as math or social studies. This recommendation was followed and sophomores and juniors were not offered the class to enroll in for next year. Coach Ed Russell commented that he felt the decision was unfair because taking the course away hurts the students. The 40-member visiting committee reviewed evaluations and reports made by the staff, observed classrooms, and met with school committees. Through the evaluation, the school tries to update its philo- sophy and objectives. Parents, students and graduates also par- ticipated in the self-evaluation. f the recommendations ' Principal Thomas Herrick's main concern was to improve departmental organization. To solve these problems, Herrick named department heads who would work on department needs and concerns. Steering committee chair- man for the evaluation, Vice Principal Pat Wilde, said that the enormous amount of coopera- tion among students, staff, Board of Education and Central Office personnel was noticed and com- plimented by the visiting commit- tee. She said that even though the evaluation is over, the on-go- ing process of carrying out the recommendations will be taking place during the next several months. by Anne Schwenk hree more states needed! June 30, 1982 marked the deadline for states' ratification of The Equal Rights Amendment. No state has ratified the amendment since 1977, when Indiana became the thirty-fifth state to do so. A Miss Dorothy Bales, counse- lor, and a member of the state board for The Equal Rights Amendment feels, lt will need to be reintroduced to Congress, but, it will eventually pass, However, little by little, the women's rights movement is achieving its aims from court- houses and legislative bodies to private businesses and homes across the United States. State legislatures and both state and federal courts are affirming the rights guaranteed in the constitution. This has affect- ed a wide array of subjects including domestic relations, employment, education and housing. ln three states - Washing- ton, Maryland and Pennsylvania - courts have ruled that any distinction in the law between :he rights of men and women is Three states too few ERA fails to meet June 30 deadline i I l l i i i 1 i i I l impermissible. ln contrast, courts l Bits and Pieces Design by Jeff Radel in Utah, Virginia and Louisiana have found that women can be treated differently under the law if state officials can prove a le- gitimate interest in doing so. hroughout the nation women are receiving certain rights they had previously been denied. In Hawaii, a woman is no longer required to take her hus- band's name at the time of mar- riage. ln Pennsylvania, women now share in ownership of household goods. In lllinois when a couple divorces, either parent is eligible for custody of the chil- dren and in Colorado, girls can play on public-school teams once the domain of male students. Senior Kathy Hustace said, lt is just not fair to deny some- one the right to participate in sports because of their sex. lf the guys can play, the girls can play too. ln some states revisions have been made in older state statutes. Employment laws in 38 states now contain minimum- wage standards that treat the sexes equally, 22 states prohibit discrimination against pregnant women in hiring, training and promotion, and 19 states have enacted gender neutral sta- tutes regulating meals and rest periods in the workplace. Senior Debbie Billingsley said, lf the girls can handle the same job as a man, they should be paid the same. Independence police officer Mike Cano said, lim all for it, I think if they are physically capa- ble they should be given the same duties and opportunities. But in the police force most of the women officers are not. There is no way a 90-pound woman can stop a 250-pound man in a bar fightf' n housing, 24 states now spe- cifically ban discrimination against women and 17 forbid discrimination in housing on the basis of marital status. Junior Shannon Humphrey said, I can- not believe it would be possible for someone to deny a woman a place to live just because she was not marriedf' Giving women special help is also a goal of many states. At least six states - including Texas, Ohio and California - have adopted affirmative action programs to widen opportunities for women in state-government jobs. Others, like Maryland and Illinois, give female state employees special breaks by providing flexible hours, part- time work and job sharing. Five states, including Pennsylvania and California, provide benefits to a female head of household who must temporarily leave the job market for domestic reasons. uring the term that ended July 2, 1979, the United States Supreme Court ruled that women can sue for damages, if they face employment discrimi- nation by universities or members of Congress. In pre- vious terms, the Court struck down a number of state laws that blocked wives and widows from collecting welfare and pen- sion benefits available to men and from claiming a share of a couple's property. lronically, this year marks the appointment of the first woman Justice of the Supreme Court. Throughout the week of January 20 dedicated ERA sup- porters promoted and publicized the amendment in hopes of rati- fication. lt may awaken a few people and increase chances to pass the amendment, said Bales, but she doubted it would change anything.

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ifsihd Piecefiiii' T Belushi overdoses Drugs kill star of 'Animal House' and 'SNL' fame by Beth Tignor demented killer bee, an immigrant Greek coun- terman whose accent could transform a simple cheeseburger into a dish as exot- ic sounding as it was appetizing, a transplanted Samurai whacking apart a roast beef sandwich like a lumberjack cutting down a tree or Jake Blues singing across America with his brother -these images could only describe one man. John Belushi. Belushi was found dead March 5, in a S200 a night cot- tage on the grounds of Holly- wood's Chateau Marmont. He was found by his exercise instructor about 9 a.m. Medical examiners pronounced his death l 1 i P 1 i 1 i i I to be of natural causes, however they found that Belushi also had several drugs in his bloodstream. He was 33 years old. He was wild and crazy, said senior Bonita Copridge. l couldn't believe it when I heard of his death, it came as a shock. elushi appeared in such movies as 1941, The Blues Brothers, Animal House,'l Continental Divide, Neighbors, and his most popu- lar presentation on Saturday Night Live. Belushi was the son of an Albanian immigrant who had become a Chicago restauran- teur. He went to school in a Chicago suburb of Wheaton, llli- Punk rock to by Anne Schwenk t was in Bromley, a north London suburb, that punk first surfaced. There local youths had taken to wearing, Franke of Franke 8: The Knockouts Photo courtesy of Milennium Records Bits and Pieces Design by Jeff Radel among other things, dustbin lin- ers fblack plastic garbage bagsl, heavy metal accessories and spiky hairdos - which together expressed a degree of social out- rage. As with all youth move- ments, entrepreneurs knew a gold mine when they saw it. First and foremost of the Punk entre- preneurs was Malcolm McLoren. His group, the Sex Pistols fwhich he formed around Sid Vicious and Johnny Rottenj, would become the preeminent Punk rockers, and his Kings Road shop, Sex, soon rechristened Seditionaries, would serve as Punk headquarters. There, Vivienne Westwood turned out bondage trousers ftheir two legs joined at the knee by a fabric strip approximately a stride longl, and T-shirts bearing mes- sages. unk style did not change much, even with its increase in followers. The look that had developed from dustbin liners could still be defined in terms of short spiky hair, often dyed a perverse color or colors, dark or, oddly, tartan trousers, a bit on the short side, usually stained or ripped, a leather jacket or the equivalent, not in the best of shape and festooned with any- i l nois. He was in football, a rock- band drummer, and a high school high jinks. He was mar- ried to his high school sweet- heart, Judith Jacklin. He spent a short time at the University of Michigan. lf people want to think that I'm a drug-crazed anarchist, and it brings them into the theatres, that's fine, he said in 1980. Belushi also has a brother, Jim, who is a television comedi- an. What inspired me most about him was his personality, said junior Cindy Williams. He was always funny and he brought out his personality to the audience. John Belushi TIQLU LUCIUQ thing from a doll's head to an Iron Cross, footwear that might be winkle-pickers, brothel 1 creepers, bover boots or sneakers, plus safety pins, razor blades, chains, as well as spiked leather cuffs, belts and dog col- lars. Through the 1977 Jubilee year in England, honoring Eliza- beth's twenty-fifth year as queen, and a great opportunity for dis- play, irony and subversion - the Punks remained an idealogically forceful bunch, committed to unremitting ugliness, and to a brutality equal to the ugliness and brutality they perceived in their society. They visited their clubs fthe Roxy in Covent Garden and the 100 Club on Oxford Streetl and followed their groups fThe Sex Pistols, the Damned, Siouxsie and the Ban- sheets, the Clashl. But Punk - true Punk, that is - like so many cults before it, could not last. lt was the media that, much as it has served to create it, finally did it in. By the end of 1977 the true Punk spirit had dissipated. They were generally perceived by the public as being a public enemy. Those among the original Punks who did not give way to indul- gence or violence wondered what, if any, relevance something called the New Wave held for them. ew Wave is a label resisted I by some, misinterpreted by others and misunderstood by those who have been bom- barded by its misuse. The term was coined by Francis Giroud in 1958. Originally referring to a fresh, youthful spirit, it spread to reflect any cultural happening viewed as new, rebellious or hip. One English band that cap- tured the New Wave sensibility and is currently experiencing popularity with Ant music is Adam and the Ants. According to the group's leader, Adam Ant, When I began, I was so disillu- sioned. There had been nothing fresh since groups like Roxy Music, Alice Cooper or the New York Dolls, and then there was a group called the Sex Pistols. From more or less the same background as l was, they turned the business upside down. Ant 'music started more as an idea than a reality. We wanted something that wasn't saying 'Everybody's worthless, so let's be violent,' which Adam and the Ants have never advocated, but purely from the way we looked, some people assumed we did. . A .fs .ri