Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1995, World Beat 9

Description:	A hot new collectiblederives from an oldhousehold item.Milk caps, known in someregions as pogs, originallycapped the bottles left bythe milkman but have nowgone funky with colorfulprinted designs andvariations that are tradedand used in games.Although most areforced to settle forOakley wraparounds, stylin kids, likein-line skaters and urbanyouth, clamor for Arnets$80 Ravens with the silver-chrome frames.The first generation toignore colas in favorof fruit drinks, todaysyoung people give Snapplepopular cult status. Thetrend breeds juice wars asSnapple imitators likeFruitopia vie for youthmarket shares and inundatethe airwaves with GenerationX-type advertising.Pope John Paul IIauthors Crossing theThreshold of Hope, ablend of theology, evangelizingand personal remininiscene.It becomes a best-seller in 35countries.Remaining a virgin in the face of peer pressure finds newrespect among teens who defend their freedom to forgosex in a sex-crazy world. The movement is both ademand for real love and a reaction against unwantedpregnancy and health risks, since today one out of four kids areinfected with sexually transmitted diseases by the age of 21.Its called the yearof the cottageindustry as moreAmericans adoptdifferent workarrangements inresponse to corporatedownsizing, either bytelecommuting orstarting businessesout of their homes.Kool-Aid makes acheap hair-dye, analternative tobleached hair with, say,Prizm Blue added for sheen.The city fade shaves thesides of your head andleaves the top longer, andthe matted hair look isachieved by leaving the soapin and forgetting to comb.The designer pets of the year are African pigmyhedgehogs, and some 3,000 find homes with humans.They are gentle, like to be petted, and need a once-a-day feeding of pet food or mealworms. They dont smell andwill even eat your roaches.
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Collection:	Edgewood High School

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