OC HIGH / Student News & Views : OC High asks: What are your predictions for 1994?

Responses gathered by Luke Fenchel, University; Michelle Pham, Trabuco Hills; Amanda Garcia, El Modena; Koreen Kalie, Westminster; Tricia Michaels, Fountain Valley; Lisa Okikawa, Cypress; Mona Hanouni, Loara; Christine Monette, Rosary; Leeza Duong, Santiago; Kelly Darling, Calvary Chapel; Hallie Kim, Brea Olinda; Persida Brasov, Garden Grove; Amber Pierce, Los Alamitos; Alison Koodrich, Ocean View; Kelly Maakestad, Bolsa Grande; Michael Moore, Saddleback; Judy Tsai, Huntington Beach; Tori Clive, Cypress; Robert Wenzel, Irvine; Tina Toochinda, Dana Hills; Jennifer Tobkin, Villa Park; Kiran Jain, El Dorado; Ming Hsu, Irvine.

“I predict that I am going to go bungee jumping.”

Stephani Clark, 15

sophomore, Calvary Chapel

“ ‘Baywatch’ and all the teen-age soap operas will be canceled.”

Terry Vallandigham, 17

junior, Trabuco Hills

“I don’t even know what’s going on in 1993.”

Summer Burke, 16

sophomore, Irvine

“Since this is California and since this is the ‘90s, everything will stay the same next year, pretty much mostly like it was last year--monotonously boring.”

Ron Katzir, 16

junior, University

“I think smoking will be banned in all public restaurants, and the big earthquake will probably hit, too.”

Diana Coleman, 17

senior, Ocean View

“My prediction for 1994 is that there will always be day and always be night, unless you live in Alaska, where sometimes it’s day and night a real long time.”

Thomas Lee, 17

sophomore, Brea Olinda

“I think that NAFTA is going to make the economies of all participating countries flourish. I also think that I’m going to get a full ride to University of Miami, work with Jacques Cousteau and marry Cindy Crawford.”

Scott Novak, 17

senior, El Modena

“The economy will turn around, but NAFTA will bring it back down.”

Adrian Filip, 17

senior, Garden Grove

“1994 will be the year of nudity.”

Sean Christensen, 17

senior, Los Alamitos

“Rush Limbaugh will begin construction on a hotel in Las Vegas called Right Paradise, and Ross Perot will make a movie entitled ‘How the Republicans Ruined My Life.’ It will be directed by Oliver Stone and would star Dana Carvey as Ross Perot.”

Erin Schlotterbeck, 16

junior, Villa Park

“There will be a resurgence of women’s rights, and they will dominate the world.”

Anna McHugh, 17

senior, El Dorado

“I predict that I’ll graduate from high school, hopefully, and that someone will die and someone will be born.”

Zach Schoening, 18

senior, Calvary Chapel

“I predict that there will be a natural disaster in California, and I will get a boyfriend. I also predict the job market will increase, and inflation will increase also. Republicans will also rule.”

Gina Venezia, 15

sophomore, Rosary

“The death rate will increase because of gang violence.”

Phuc Phan, 17

junior, Huntington Beach

“A huge earthquake will take place and send the west side of California drifting toward Hawaii, until it bumps into it, causing hundreds of volcanoes to erupt simultaneously. Then all that lava will form a new land stretching from Japan to California, connecting the two lands so the Pacific Ocean will disappear to nothing. While this is taking place, North Korea will develop an atom bomb and cause havoc in Asia. Germany will produce another Hitler and take over Europe. In Africa, Shaka Zulu will come back alive and rule Africa. And in South America, all of the mobsters will have one big shootout, resulting in complete disarray in all of the continent. Finally, Michael Jackson will come out of hiding and admit he and LaToya Jackson are the same person.”

Mike Kim, 16

junior, Loara

“People will realize that Rush Limbaugh is 100% correct, and they will realize that a liberal government is totally inefficient.”

Jeffrey McFerson, 17

senior, El Dorado

“I predict that Michael Jackson will go to jail. There will be an earthquake in L.A. on the San Andreas fault. And a cruise ship will sink. But when the year is over, it will have been a profitable year for the government.”

Amy Preimesberger, 16

junior, Rosary

“I think a lot of seniors will begin to realize that the real world isn’t going to be as kick-back and mellow as they once thought. I also see the arrival of the big-headed space people on earth.”

Josh Whelan, 18

senior, Cypress

“Most Saddleback teams will make CIF because we will be in a new league.”

Heriberto Hernandez, 17

senior, Saddleback

“Sen. Packwood will be removed from Congress, the majority of the American people will support Clinton’s health plan and ‘70s fashion will go out of style again.”

Elpidia Martinez, 18

senior, Santiago

“Disco is going to make a comeback. In fact, the whole ‘70s is going to come back--the styles, the movies and the music.”

Kristy Wood, 17

senior, El Modena

“1994 will be a better year for everyone, although I’m sure jobs will still be hard to come by.”

Debra Reed, 16

junior, Bolsa Grande

“There will be a war in 1994--with everything that is going on in the world, something has to erupt soon.”

Sara Schmidt, 15

sophomore, Irvine

“I think that the government will continue to try to bring about world peace but keep failing miserably. Peace doesn’t come through signing papers and shaking hands. We need to change, each and every one of us, but it’s not gonna happen as soon as everyone wants it to happen.”

Sarah Yi, 17

junior, Villa Park

“I think there will be an earthquake, size 6 or more, sometime after March. I also predict better grades for myself, starting in second semester.”

Bryce Krause, 14

freshman, Sonora

“The New York Knicks will win the finals. The Kings will come in last for the Stanley Cup. The Army will be abolished, and the Air Force will be elite.”

Paul Suh, 16

junior, Trabuco Hills

“There will be another war in 1994.”

Jamie Ross, 16

sophomore, Fountain Valley

“The U.S. economy will get a little bit better. Clinton’s health plans will pass the House and Senate by a narrow margin. Clinton will suffer a work burnout. The disease AIDS will claim more victims, and we’ll still be looking for the cure. The situation in Bosnia will remain the same.”

Tina Cheng, 16

junior, Loara

“The country will begin to recover from its economic slump; more jobs will be available, and people will be happier with the government.”

Colleen Clark, 17

senior, Brea Olinda

“It will be a year of change. Things are looking up for the world. This year’s seniors will enter the world full of inspiration and hope. A metabolism pill will be invented.”

John David Currey, 17

senior, Los Alamitos

“I think the cost of an education will keep rising and Mother Nature will surprise us.”

Mi Young Yoo, 17

junior, Santiago

“Pete Sampers is going to win the French Open, but he will not win at Wimbledon. There is going to be a war sometime, somewhere. Something terrible is going to happen to a group of people, which will affect the masses. It will take a long time for people to recover from that. And as far as peace is concerned, there will be no perpetual peace on Earth, ever.”

Dita Gharabaghi, 17

senior, Saddleback

“I think more teens will be doing drugs. There will also be more teens getting AIDS. 1994 is not going to be a good year.”

Stephanie Sallee, 15

sophomore, Cypress

“The San Francisco Giants will win the World Series, stuff in the Third World will get worse and worse, and this nation will fall into deeper economic trouble if Bill doesn’t get his act together.”

Jeff Belvel, 17

senior, Irvine

“The economy will get better.”

Aknahita Sahba, 17

senior, Dana Hills

“Somebody will shoot Barney.”

Anonymous

senior, Cypress