Broad Ripple High School - Riparian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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' : : Students thrill ot winter chill As rhe sun rose, irs early morning lighi revealed a blanker of sparkling whire snow rransforming rhe everyday world inro somerhing a lirrle special Wirh rhe coming of winrer, shoveling our cars and freezing remperarures depended or fare, as did rhe bliss of waking up ar 7a.m. only ro hear school had been closed because of wearher Snow provided rhe opporruniry for winrer sporrs such as skiing, robagganing and ice skaring, while for rhe more WEATHER ' OR NOT . . . Despire rhe freezing wearher, Hunr Woycorr continues his doily jogging Throughout rhe winrer warm-blooded a visir ro Florida was in order. Winrer also meanr Chrisrmas break and New Years Eve, which srudenrs hearrily celebrared In wharever fashion, Ripplires rried ro ger rhe mosr our of rhe coldesr season of rhe year However, when spring rolled around, ir proved difficulr ro derermine wherher srudenrs looked forward ro spring for rhe greenery or rhe vacarion. RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR ... As rhe clock srrikes midnighr, Tiffany Loch and Tim Johnson celebrore 1981 wirh o kiss TWINKLING TREES . . . During rhe holidays, a spec- racular sighr involved driving along Fall Creek Pkwy ro view a house adorned wirh many lighrs. SHIVERING STUDENTS . . . Awainng a ride home from school, Donna Tompkins and Karen Franklin endure rhe birrer cold. d Winrer 25

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r 5R « a - n ' READY. AIM. FIRE . . . Wirh rhe arrival of snow, rhe rempronon of on afTerschool snowball fighr becomes irresisnble ro Paul Clark and Scorr Knorrs. QUACKING UP . . . When rhe canal freezes over, swimming space becomes limired for rhe ducl s Ofren large groups will congregare in one small oreo 24 Wmrer

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The phrase, My Morher mode me join, has ofren plagued many srudenrs, as ir did Andrea Johnson. Ar firsr I didn ' r wonr ro do ir, bur rhe more I rhoughr abour ir, I decided I did So here I am! As Junior Reserve Officer of rhe Training Corps in ROTC rhis year, she kept counr of all medals and uniforms, along wirh performing 165 push-ups a day, being class commander, Training and inspecring. Hoping ro arrend Grambling Srare Universiry, Louisiana, she plans ro parricipare in ROTC rhere and rhen join rhe army for two years. Being involved in ROTC gives you a sense of responsibility. she srared. LADY IN GREEN . . . Keeping rhe books for rhe JROTC is jusr one of rhe many jobs rhar Andrea Johnson faces each week Wirh a quick srroke of rhe hand, some people can accomplish whar orhers spend hours rrying ro do Arr classes ar Ripple, porrrair drawing ar Herron, dancing and phorography occupy mosr of Senior Delisa Frierson ' s rime Planning ro conrinue in rhe field of arr afrer graduarion, Deliso would like ro become o commercial arrisr. I like drawing because ir ' s something I can do rhar nor a lor of people can, she explained ARTISTICALLY INCLINED . . . During her advanced arr class, DeLisa Frierson finishes o drawing Being or rhe rop is nor as glamorous as ir seems, which Carlorra Arrhur found our. Everyone ' s our ro ger you, she explained This year Carlorra is carrying a heavy load, including Wesrern Civ , Calculus, Physics and Advanced French. In spire of her rough load she is making above average grades in each class As her schedule indicares Carlorra is inreresred in marh and science She plans ro srudy mareriol engineering ar Purdue and has been offered many scholarships including a Minoriry Engineering Scholarship, Women ' s Engineering Scholarship, o Nanonal Achievemenr Scholarship, a Narional Achievemenr Scholarship and a Norional Merir Scholarship. Carlorra is also very acrive in exrra curricular acriviries. She is involved in Orange Aid, French Club and Narional Honor Sociery. She also arrended Girls ' Srare over rhe summer. Being or rhe rop isn ' r rhe easiesr rhing in rhe world, bur Carlorra seems ro handle ir well. Because of her academic achievemenrs, Carlorra is recognized as one of rhe rop srudenrs ar Ripple. STUDIOUS SENIOR . . . Srudying her lesson during o break, Carlorra Arrhur prepares for a Calculus resr V 26 Senior Sporlighr