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HOBBLING across campus, Jay Farris nurses
an injury. Many students faced similar
predicaments as three-legged students were an
unwelcome “fad.”

Fad Fever Runs Rampant

From roller skating to punk rock, fads disco.
have come and gone quickly. There
is almost always a fad that has a Both boys and girls bought numerous
widespread following. Many fads hit posters picturing sexy personalities.
P.C. hard during the year. Bo Derek, Debbie Harry, and the
Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders were a
A popular way to spend late evenings few of the hot items. Scott Saunders
was the ROCKY HORROR PIC­ explained, “Bo Derek is captivating
TURE SHOW. “I believe that people because she is frighteningly propor­
are enthralled with the movie, tional and exudes an intriguing
because they are given a chance to sensuality.”
participate in the film by yelling out
lines, singing along with the songs, or Many other fads made the scene:
throwing rice,” said Robert Serrano. Z-28s, crutches, fancy cars, shaved
heads, earrings for boys, and roller
Many students developed new mu­ skating. Whatever the fad was, there
sical interests. Punk rock became was always someone daring enough
popular to some students, while other to try it.
students developed a distaste for

RACY CARS like this Z-28, Firebirds,
Mustangs, and Mazda RX-7s were common in
the school's parking lots.

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