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

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EYE OF THE STORM Surrounded b piles of magazines and papers. Susan Appel finishes up her daily assignments while attending Journalism Institute at ICJ A HERE ' S MUD IN YOUR EYE Participating in the annual Golden Singers picnic. Rick Hassler gets tossed in the mud by fellow members The mud wrestling is a tradition carried out by Golden Singers every year RISE AND SHINE Starting out his daily routine. Steve Hill wakes up bright and early to make sure he ' s at school on time ' ys : m 6 Student Life

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BR + Shortridge = crowded halls 1600 + 300=1900. Chaotic halls demonstrated that in theory this equation seemed simple but when applied to people proved quite difficult. The goal of 1900 students: to cover the length of an entire building in five minutes, dodge hundreds of other hurrying bodies and make it to class on time. Even agile hall-wise seniors found their darting techniques useless against the multitudes of people. TESTING 12 3 ... Attempting to get the attention of the audience, Rachel Riegel prepares to speak during the Shortridge Tea. The Tea was planned to help parents and students become acquainted with Ripple. Stampedes of people and muddied schedules took back seat to the undercurrents of emotion that followed throughout the school. The 300 new pupils transformed from mere figures on paper to real-life people. Changing the newspaper to the Riparian-Echo, moving the S.P.A. and creating a new BRHS seemed minor concessions to those students who had lost a school. Freshman and Shortridge teas, club meetings and athletic events rotated around involving new students. A distinction remained, however, between Ripplites and Ridgers. Blue and white inevitably popped-up on Black and Orange days, and Ripplites begrudged Ridgers for hanging on to the past. Gradually a combination began to form, and instead of swallowing Shortridge alive, B.R.H.S. expanded and grew. The equation altered from one of digits to that of ideas and people. PIN-GP . . . Popping-up on sweatshirts, jackets and buttons, the slogan Shortridge Is Indianapolis represented the Pride of former Ridgers. When I first came here, it was too large, and I had trouble getting to classes. I am adjusting very slowly. — Candy Edmonson, sr. I feel I will never be able to love any school as much as I love Shortridge. — Anne Daniell. jr. People here seemed friendly: I seemed to be lost, and they (Ripple people) showed me the way. — Kelli Little, jr. People were more liberal at Ridge; there ' s more discipline here it seems. But I do like BR. — Chuck Rice, jr. I want everyone to know where I come from, and what 1 stand for. — Anna Harper, jr. I don ' t think I ' ll ever adjust completely. Deep inside I ' ll always be ' Blue and white ' . — Paul Galloway, jr. I like BR this year a lot because of the new activities such as performing arts, but I don ' t like the violence. — Patsy Briscoe, sr. I think the people that chose to come to BR this year from ' Ridge are really neat; they ' re very interesting. — Betsi Wiley, soph. I think that a lot of SHS people are making the transition to BR, but some are negative. — Jim Durrett, soph. It is a cattle farm of students. — Tracy Swatts, sr. Broad Ripple doesn ' t seem like a family anymore. Now there are too many people to know everybody. I would like everyone to be a family again. — Monica Bryant, soph. 1 BALLOO sketch in downtown, Liz White and Susan Appel participate with OBRC in the annual IPS May Day celebration. Opening 5

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STUDENT LIFE ' Junkie ' kicks habit He ' s not just another addict; he ' s a special case. He ' s been in group therapy for months, but nothing ' s cured him yet. it ' s taken him a long time to admit to his group, I ' m a school junkie . He looks like a normal high school student on the surface; yet when observed closely, signs of addiction are obvious. Just mention the word homework and his pulse becomes rapid, his eyes watery; after school rehearsal sends him into withdrawal throes. His life rotates around school, and sometimes 8-3 just doesn ' t satisfy him. Announcements are his fix for the day; while his fifth hour messanger duty keeps him going. It all began his sophomore year when he started staying after school for rehearsals, deadlines, and after school meetings. Before long, his locker became home, and cafeteria food began to seem enticing. His friends knew he was addicted, but he wouldn ' t admit it to himself. Although he ' s now on the road to recovery, snow days still fill him with fear, and the thought of summer vacation horrifies him. He ' ll never be totally cured . . . he ' s a school junkie. FLYING HIGH Playing around at Broad Ripple Park. Ed Carter shows off his great talent for jumping off ' JJIi BLAST OFF Reverting back to his childhood. Michael Garmany finds out what its really like to be an Student Life 7