et’s see how much
you were a part of
the ‘80s by

reminiscing through your

memory closet and

rummaging through the

finer fashions you used to

own: i

Kangaroo shoes with those
really cool side pockets

that fit some coinage.

Slouch socks, leg warmers,

 

and parachute pants—
fashion ouch!

Then of course there is
the ever-present acid
wash jean with the pant
leg rolled up slightly so
it wraps around the
ankle tightly.

Boat shoes, jelly shoes,
hightops with really
tight jeans, ripped
up jeans, popeye
pants, zipper pants
and lots of jewellery. M

Then there were the

hairstyles:

Feather do, spiked do,

pace of how to have
fun. Try to imagine
1990 party films that
even compare to these
films:

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The
Breakfast Club, St. Elmo’s
Fire, Revenge of the Nerds,
Porkie’s Revenge and my
personal favourite, Risky
Business, which launched
Tom Cruise’s career.

Trends, Technology and

other cheesy tidbits:

Pac-mania, Space Invaders,
Atari, Commodore 64,
breakdancing and the
introduction to rap
(Beastie Boys ‘Fight for
your Right to Party’),
Boy George, Michael
Jackson, Tears for Fears,
Glam rockers, White
Snake, Def Leppard,
Poison; need I go on?

The non-existent GST

and PST, Orwell’s book
1984 analyzed and
panicked over, Expo 86

 

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12. I've got my back against
the record machine

13. You take me by the heart
when you take me by the
hand

14. A cloud appears above
your head, a beam of light
comes shining down on you

1S. We can dance, everybody
look at your hands

16. He's the one that makes ya
feel alright

17. Are you happy, are you
satisfied, how long can you
stand the heat

18. I stain my sheets, I dont
even know why

19. I tried my imagination but
I was disturbed

20. I tell you one and one
makes three

21. I'll be stretching my

mouth to let those big
words come right out

22. And though she will mess
up your life, you want her
just the same

23. You can listen as well as
you hear

24. Think of the tender
things that we were working.
on

25. They gave you life and in
return you gave them hell

26. Knew he must’ve been
about seventeen

27. Iam the maker of rules,
dealing with fools

28. No huggin’ no kissin’ ‘till I
get a wedding ring

29. Step ona crack, break
your momma's back

30. Her hair reminds me of a
warm safe place where as a

 

 

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hair tags (rat tails), ;
1983 Douglas college students...

spiked hair, crimped 3
how little we have changed

 

hair, teased (includ-
ing bangs) to illegal
heights do.

But all teasing aside, the
1980s were perhaps the
best time of life to be a
teenager with such fine
party films setting the

and the introduction to
such hit wonders as Bill
Vander Zalm. Hey,
vegetarians and tree
huggers were just a
glint in our teenie bop-
per eyes.

 

 

 

for all Students,
Faculty & Staff

of Douglas College

50-8th Street,
New Westminster
604.524.9788

1980s July 1998

 

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