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In 94' Our Chaos Was. . . RensselaerCentralHighSchool 1204EastGraceStreet Rensselaer,Indiana Volume78 i Retro Cool. Man! is Q/U What’sthedeal?Wasthisflashbacka fadortheresultofagenerationthathad VI /V/otno’wtn.yoWuont’akteymoeu ttoak.e.m.feunktoy noowni?deWnatistythneornodwefgineinnegratfiorocnefoorfcetdheitor! ...funkytown. Well,ifyouliveinRens- holdontothepastbecausetheycouldn’t selaeryou’realreadythere,man.It’snot createtheirownfuture?Wasittheforce1 thatwe’re caught up in some kind ofa of the now middle aged baby-boomers mystical,retrowarp;thetownasawhole thatkeptthestylelingering? isjustfunky.It’snotastalefunkyeither, Whereas those boomershadVietnam it’sfreshandhappening. andthepoliticsofLBJ andTrickyDicky It is a fact, fashions and fads that Nixon, today’s activists had their owm werepopularduringthesixtiesandsev- causes; the environment, human rights enties are once again en vogue. Bell abuses in third world countries, abor-> bottoms, paisleys, clogs, straight hair, tion,andAIDS,justtonameafew. tye-dyes,JohnLennonglasses,Hendrix, Sothefactisthatretroiscool,what- The Doors, Janis Joplin, and the Steve everthereason.Asayoungperson,one Miller Band; all of these sounds and could either jump on the groovadelic thingsenjoyedarebirthinthecultureof bandwagonorrefutetheeraandfindhis; star date 1994. Some evidence was or her own scene. They also have two found in the MTV video-scape, such as ways to view this yearbook; one as an psychadelic swirly-doos, acid-washed irritatingreminder ofabygone era that colorschemes, andplatformshoesper- wouldsoonbeforgottenorasareturnto meate the network. Even the lyrics of grooveness (groove) n (state ofgroove popular music of the early 90’s con- see hip, funkful, lack ofgeekness.) adj tained a level of substance that was groovy. aproachedonlyduringthe60’sand70’s. TABLE OF CONTENTS PEOPLE 4 ACADEMICS 36 ORGANIZATIONS 50 ACTIVITIES 74 SPORTS 94 ADS 128 INDEX 150 THE G IN 5 ? Uki/a/Mf/e Hey Matt, We're Done/ Hey/5omaybetheseniorsarenotthemost spirited class to pass through these hallowed Clwid/htdewok hods. May6esomeofthemwouldjustassoon stay home as be num6er one in the cheering section;buthey,weknowwheretheirheartsare andthat the true colors running throughtheir veinsistie-dyedreefarafblack. Oneway theseniors showedtheirbevelof schoolpridewas constructing afloatforhome- coming three offouryears. During the 1993 Keoinftunotd homecomingparadethethemeoftheirfloatwas “HeyBomberslet’stakeafreakin’dumponthe Ingots anditwon secorafplace. That's not pride Seniorpridedayof1993willberemembered as notquitespirited, butrathera bitpathetic. Someofthelossofstudententhusiasmwasdue totheshorteneddayoffun(asadisappointment fle&tk/thkdt toall,the“day”wasonlythreeperiods.) Mr. Oates, senior English teacher, said, ‘'ThethingIwillremembermostabouttheclass of ’94 is their comradery in theface of ad- versity.” f?m1/ /Jake* 2>e**(cfetf&itok Heoik1je(t l\tifpfcfj/acfe