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

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Regina Farris reads the agenda for the group as Faith Duede, Giannus McCantz, and Chris DeFrancesco make creative suggestions Regina Farris, President, organized a Valentines’ Day Carnation sale to earn money for the club. The sale proved to be a success Leah Coleman, Brian Dabney. and Chrissy DeFrancesco get into char- acter and become the serious ac- tors Drama Club has made them Front Row Leach Coleman, Christy Reszetar Row 2 Giannus McCoaniz, Sarah Brigman, Kristen Kellogg, Chrissy DeFrancesco Row3 Faith Duede, Michael Mertke DRAMA CLUB The Fewer The Better Everyone has heard the saying “There’s no business like show business.” Well, the Drama Club is for people who believe in this saying. The club is not only for stu- dents interested in acting but the technical aspects of the theater as well. Drama Club members love the the- ater. This year’s Drama Club, of about 10 members, was al- most half the size as last year’s. Because the club was small, the students in the group became much closer than a larger group would have. “We're proud that the club is small,”” said Regina Farris, President of the club. “It’s not that we're snobs and don’t like people. It’s more fun with fewer peo- ple.” This year the Drama Club sponsored a drama letter. To earn a letter a student had to be active in high school performing arts. The letter showed that the per- son who earned it obtained 45 points. One point was worth ten hours of work. Many Drama Club mem- bers will Dursue drama in col- lege and maybe even as a career. For those members that believe the show doesn’t end after high school, Drama Club will have been a tremendous help to their life in theater CLUBS 29

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PALLADIAN Creative Collections Creativity is very valuable. Without it the world would be a boring, unchanging place. Life would lose imagi- nation. Above all, Ypsi would be without the Palla- dian. The Palladian is a book- magazine of creative writ- ing and artwork submitted by students. The Advisor, Mrs. Griffin, and Editor Kelly Davis worked with the Palla- dian staff to publish three is- sues this year, fall, winter, and spring. The staff ac- Tina Roe and Shannon Slider know that in order to compete with other publications you must first get a look at the competition Mrs. Griffin often provides other samples of student media so that staff members can pick up style techniques and new topics cepted all creative work from the student body and worked with it to produce a finished copy. After each is- sue is published, they are sold throughout the school. The original Palladian was introduced at the old high school, but was dropped for a few years. It was revised in the fall of 1983 and has flour- ished since. Not only did the number of entries grow, but subscriptions and sales prac- tically doubled. While the staff works on the next issue, Pat O'Neil, Kelly Davis, and Scott Owens discuss some graphi- cal ideas in a magazine Front Row Terry Slaughter, Becky McCarter, Tina Roe, Shannon Slider, Mrs. Carol Griffin. Row 2 Nicki Schoolmaster, Pat O'Neil, Kelly Da- vis. Row 3 Todd Keebler, Scott Ow- ens, Mike Griffin

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STUDENT SERVICES Leading Students to a Better Tomorrow We all know that being a teenager isn’t the easiest thing to do these days. The problems and pressures fac- ing us everyday make it hard to decide just where to draw the line between right and wrong. To make these decisions easier, Ypsi High offers a variety of programs designed to educate young adults by giving them meth- ods to use in solving prob- lems. Because of the ever-pre- sent problem with drinking and driving, we have Stu- dents Against Drunk Driving (S.A.D.D.). This year, $.A.D.D. helped sponsor a 410th grade showing of “Amber Lights,’ a film that dealt with decision making. In addition to many other achievments, a sign that read “Buckle Up For Safety’’ was posted in Adviser, Laura Sanders, helped the Theater Troupe develop their skills and become peer educators with first hand experience. the student parking lot so that everyone will remem- ber as they exit. The sign was donated by the Safety Council in hopes of bringing about positive results. So far, many students have taken notice and buckled up. The other three programs also deal with problems teenagers face. Pip-fest, or Partners in Prevention, deals with one’s Own personal feelings and teaching stu- dents how to maintain their values and carry out deci- sions. The Michigan Teen In- stitute (M.T.I.) deals with prevention of substance abuse, teen sex, and family problems. M.T.|. students learned how to deal with their problems by learning to be leaders and passing on their knowledge to others in need of advice. And finally there is the Corner Health Theater Troupe. The Theater Troupe deals with controversial is- sues by performing a skit that starts out with a prob- lem and ends up with a solu- tion or a possible solution. They performed these skits at various schools and after- wards held a discussion so that the audience could ask questions or give their opin- ion. Overall, the results of these programs were very successful, When. students can get together and help other people through self- experience, they are able to show others that they are not the only ones who have problems. By educating oth- ers they are also educating themselves. M.T.1. Front Row: Tony Hughbanks, Willie Washington, Larissa Sims, Brown, Melissa Johnson, Jana Holly, Lenae Mattingly, Paul Timm, Julie Shannon Warmanen. Row 2: Cara Kassarjian