Ypsilanti High School - Ypsi Dixit Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Break into Celebration Each year of your life has its special occa- sions: birthdays, weddings and holidays. However, two of the most memorable ex- periences happen your senior year when you have a chance to attend your prom and graduation Preparation for the prom begins back in September as the senior cabinet decides where and when the prom will be held. But, the biggest decision for prom night is of course what to wear. The styles for Prom ‘86 included a wide variety of lace, silk, pastels, strapless gowns, lacey hats, hoop skirts, white tuxedos, tails, tophats and canes. Following the prom for the first time, was the M A S H Bash. This was an all night par- ty arranged to keep teens from drinking and off the streets while they celebrated. The theme focused around the popular T.V comedy, M A S H, and students came Top right Steve Manchester and Libby Egnor pose for a portrait. Above students rest in the quiet of the cafeteria at the Bash. Center Michele Kassarjian and her date exchange corsages. Far right Marlo McCoy leads the tug-of-war, Above students party while, right a few days later, they spend their last moments as YHS students. Far right Star Lewis and Calvin Freeman also pose for the tradi- tional prom picture dressed in army gear to play games and be with their friends on a night of endless ex- citement and fun The event was very successful, and most of the credit went to parents and businesses who donated time and prizes to make the evening an enjoyable one for all the par- tiers. Many students won valuable prizes, in- cluding several cash prizes. Jeanie Chung even won a computer, and Debbie Lowrie was the lucky winner of a Spree The last official gatherings of graduation were the open houses that went on for sev- eral weeks before and after graduation. What began as joyous expressions of reach- ing one of life’s major goals, soon turned to nostalgic farewells as students realized that they were saying a final good-bye to friends that they might never again see

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MUSIC LOVERS’ TASTE CHANGING v ‘ i WY es Py ee = Burke Johnson tries to decide whether to get his favorite music on the more expensive Compact disk or less expensive album This year’s pop music has made quite a turn-around from last year. This year, the reign of Prince and Michael Jackson’s style of music has dwindled and music fans are finding their way down sep- arate roads Now, most people are going back to the style of music that preceded the “Jackson era.” The wide variety of music including rock, “rap’’, country, classi- cal, and anti-Jackson pop, has made more young peo- ple realize that there isn’t only one kind of music In the spring of eighty-six, the latest invasion of the music world was noticed by more than backstreet night- clubs and college radios. The summer brought great recognition for one of the wave’s more popular groups, The Cure. They were followed in the fall by less publicized groups like Love and Rockets, and New Order’s Brotherhood. Bruce Springsteen delight- ed fans with a five record oT i y Comedy and Adventure The movie scene of 1986-87 has had a lot of excellent movies like Crocodile Dundee, Top Gun, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Aliens, Back to School, Running Scared and a host of others. Star Trek IV, of course, will be remembered as one of the best. A fresh look at an old theme, carried off with style by Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the rest of the crew kept Trekies titillated from start to end. Eddie Murphy pleased the crowds again in The Golden Child. As usual, his charisma was enough to turn a rather typical adventure-comedy into a side-splitting classic. The sleeper of the season was Stand by Me. Based on Stephen King’s experiences as a young boy, this sensitive film evoked both tears and laughs. Comedy and adventure dominated the movie scene, replacing the horror and gore movies of the past few years. ' — live album that sold out as soon as it hit the stores. Peo- ple stood in lines for hours waiting for stores to open and then mobbed sales people who could not keep up with the demand. Duran Duran, shy two members, excited music lovers with Notorious. Roger Taylor's nervous breakdown caused him to leave the band tem- porarily, and fans eagerly await his return. Andy Taylor left the band to form his own group and is having his own share of success. Police’s Greatest Hits was another favorite, and sent record buyers scampering to the local record store. INXS scored another great suc- cess with Listen Like Thieves, while A-HA marketed two hits with Hunting High and Low and Scoundrel Days. One of the biggest con- certs this fall was David Lee Roth, featuring his Fat em’ and Smile aloum. Roth and his band stole the show, and gave many YHS students a thrill. Van Halen did just as well with the audience. Their al- bum 5150 captured the fans with electric energy, and even though Van Halen has long since broken-up, Sam- my Hagar tries to keep the old fire alive by singing old Van Halen Another style for music lovers was represented by Run D.M.C. Their concert sold out and was well en- joyed by many people, and their style of rap has influ- enced many All of the old styles of Rock-n-Roll are still very popular like Led Zepplin, The Rolling Stones, The Doors and many more famous old groups, but it looks like they are going to have to make way for the new bands. MAGAZINE 15

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BOARD OF hn Imagine yourself enter- ing the white house. You follow a hallway leading to a door at the end. A con- tinuous mumble of voices comes from behind the door. As you open it and step down into the room, you see several rows of folding chairs filled with people talking among themselves. As you take a seat, the talking stops. A group of about fourteen people enter. They take their seats at the front and the meeting begins. Although this scene could be describing a meeting at the White House, it is in actuality de- scribing a typical meeting of the Ypsilanti Board of Education located in its administration building. In the past several years, the school board too, has broken away from the nor- mal system in order to im- prove and benefit the school district. One new addition is the viewpoint of the student body through student representation. These representatives at- tend each board meeting and are given time to speak in the monthly study Breaking into the Future sessions. Along with the study ses- sions, the board also at- tended a retreat at East- ern Michigan University where they set goals for the district and created an agenda for upcoming meetings at their planning sessions. Over the years, their planning has resulted in programs that have be- come so successful that they have received na- tionwide recognition. The opening of Perry School is an example of one of the most successful programs established through the school board. A more re- cent program, aimed to- ward the younger students in the district, is the Youth Care Program created to promote after school safety. With their dedication to the maintenance of pro- gram quality and their con- cern for the welfare of each and every school child in the district, it is no wonder that Ypsilanti’s School Board has made breaking into the future one of their many goals. Stan Addison, Trustee; Eugene Beatty Trustee Jinnese Dabney, President; Stan Harbison, Vice-President: James Hawkins, Superintendent: Mary Jennings, Trustee John Rohde, Director of Business and Finance After attending school and fulfilling Trustee; James Pitcher, Director of Personnel extra-curricular activity commit- Lee Shelton, and Labor Relations Tony Duerr, ments, Student Representatives Trustee and Assistant Superintendent Ralph Rob Kraft and Kelly Stanford begin Grimes sometimes interject a little to fade when the board meeting humor into the meeting after anin- runs late, but they value this experi- tense discussion ence too much to leave before it’s over BOARD OF EDUCATION 17