Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1997, Page 31

Description:	who and whatBA©Kdefined the yearPresidential candidateBob Dole and VicePresidential nomineeJack Kemp appear atthe 96 Republican National Convention.Dole vowed to restoreheartland values of faithand trust to a WhiteHouse he called captiveto elitists who neversacrificed or suffered.President Clinton andVice President Goremake a determinedcase for a second termat the Democratic National Convention, August 29,1996. The 1996election made Clintonthe first Democratic incumbent to win re-election since FranklinRoosevelt in 1944.BelaKarolyi carries Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug into the arenafor the medal presentation. Stugs vault that sealed Americasfirst Olympic team gold medal in womens gymnastics also lefther with two torn ligaments and a sprained left ankle.On July 27,1996, in Atlanta, a pipe bomb exploded at 1:20 a.m.,killing one person and injuring 111 others. Richard Jewell, asecurity guard, alerted police to a suspicious knapsack andhelped evacuate people just moments before it exploded.Several makeshift memorials scatter the coast of Fire Island(NY)-erected by those paying tribute to the 230 victims wholost their lives in the TWA flight 800 crash. On July 17,1996, theBoeing 747 jumbo jet took off from JFK International Arport inNew York, never to reach its destination in Paris.In his first year as a professional, Tiger Woods focuses attentionon golf in a way unseen since the days of Arnold Palmer. Withineight months of his professional career he played in seven PGATour events, winning two, finishing third twice, fifth once and11th once. If I keep progressing in golf, I could help bringmore minorities into the game and make it more diverse,Woods said.The Smashing Pumpkins (from left, BillyCorgan, DArcy, andJames Iha) pose backstage after receiving theaward for Best Video ofthe Year at the MTVVideo Music Awards inNew York on September 4, 1996. The bandwas also voted BestBand by the seniorclass.t>ART£BY ASHLEY HEYDTa BLAST when...• the cops just drove byand didnt stop• your parents are outtatown• there are no neighbors• people have beentalking about it sinceThursday• all of your friends arethere• everyone is single• it takes you 15 minutesto get from the front to theback of the house• you see 50 cars parkedoutside• you hear the music froma mile away• it lasts until 6 a.m.a BORE when ...• the first thing you see isKool-Aid• the cops arrest you• an administrator findsout and calls your parents• your parents walk inwith milk and cookies• your neighbors call thecops or your parents• your parents come backearly• you know all of the bigfive people there• everyone has asignificant other• you have an earlycurfew• there is no music• everyone clears out by9 p.m.mini-magazine 31
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