Gallimaufry 1993

A t IMSA, it can be hard to see The Big Picture. With every– thing that goes on in this all- inclusive environment that we live in, we seem to lose touch with the outside world. While the rest of the world was filled with talk of bombs in the World Trade Center, conflicts in Somalia, Bosnia, and Russia, and of course, the Presidential Election, we here at IMSA found the hot topics to be the possible unionizing of the teachers and the grant that was made to the Center for Problem-Based Learning, to help bring a little IMSA to the rest of Illinois. We could not find the time in our hectic schedules to keep up with the goings- on of the rest of the world. It seemed that that was for those who were still living in it. Each year at IMSA provides us with new challenges concerning the Big Picture, from no longer being a part of it to trying to figure out how to get back in it. As Sophomores, The Big Picture is only beginning to blur. For a while, it was easy enough to keep in touch with the news from home, so the world beyond IMSA wasn't completely out of focus. As the year went on, though, the Class of '95 became well immersed in all their classes, and it was no wonder the only Right: Seniors Nikki Aranas, Liz Chung, Alaina Anderson, and Mary Lynne DePaz - friends forever reason they knew in January that Clinton won the election was because it was homework for American Stud– ies. Being part of IMSA was more important than anything else, so the dance in the Ac Pit always seemed to take precedence over the news. As the Class of '94 knows by now, Junior Year is the hardest to stay in touch with current events. College looms in the future, near enough to worry about your SAT scores, but not soon enough to think about leaving IMSA. The Big Picture is farthest away during what is often thought of as the hardest year, where you can't remember when you came, but you can't imagine yet the time when you will graduate. Between CC/CD meetings, University Biology exams, upwards of eight classes a day, sports and extra-curriculars, SAT and ACT planning, and the trials of Junior English, it's a wonder that they found a moment to breathe, let alone really read a newspaper. When there was a spare moment for the papers, though, many Juniors will pass up the head– lines in favor of the comics, to provide a little relief. After two years of focusing on life at IMSA, Senior Year appears out of nowhere, and suddenly, thoughts turn to returning to The Big Picture. In needing to apply to college, decij are made that could ultimately all course of a person's life. As i f t h were not enough, Financial Aid applications are a humble remind the economics of the rest of the v conveniently forgotten while at I] During those last final months, hi ever, the only Big Picture that vrn was one that would give you that deserved free time, one that madt smile and laugh, and be serious a silly, and remember, and even crj every now and then. It allowed to gather those final memories before heading off into the real world, diploma in hand After t years that we thought would ne end, the Class of '93 now looks forward to returning to The Bis Picture, to stake their claim in i Before we return to The Big P we take time out to remember the 1992-93 school year, and what Tl Big Picture looked like for us. Ye from now, when we have gone oi separate ways, we will look back see how IMSA changed us, and 1 we have altered our Big Picture t< the individuals that we have becc No Big Picture will ever be quite striking as the one we have made ourselves here. -Janet i Op e n i ng