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

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Pool of changes The stream of long lines accompanied the first days of school as always before. Scheduling conflicts, 437 freshmen, and the loss of teachers created a pool of problems unique to each 1982-83 student, but similar to the problems encountered by all Ripplites during BR ' s 99 year history. The channel of nearly 100 students who waited in the main office corridors outside counselor Marilyn Dearing ' s door those first days . . . ; the freshmen who bought elevator passes from avenging sophomores and couldn ' t find the right second floor . . . ; and the faculty members like Christie Moulton who discovered that they had heavier class loads due to the decrease in the number of teachers . . . All these circumstances mattered but none seemed ultimately significant. Such routine matters made only a small splash. It was as if a pebble had been tossed in the pool of events at BR and sunk. At first, the beginning of the new school year had created a wave of problems. Then as the school year continued, the small splash from inconveniences disappeared and life at BR seemed suddenly different from any other year; something had happened. LEANING AGAINST the lecture room wall, Dan Gallagher, dean, supervises the Freshmen Tea. W-3 FORMS occupy freshman Tonya Stratton ' s thoughts, as memories of summer fade away. BR

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WE ' RE MAKING A BIG IN SEARCH OF guidance, Alissa James and Stacia Tolbert, freshmen, find their counselor codes. LONG LINES quickly remind pupils what a hassle scheduling and book rental can be. FIRING UP at an Orange Aid meeting, varsity cheerleaders try to pep Ripplites up. LOST IN THOUGHT, Michael Randal, freshman, tries to face another school year. 100 YEARS AGO, a commitment to build a school on this site was made; BR still stands.

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A splashy start With students and teachers alike engulfed in a whirlpool of assignments and classes, few had time to notice that a big change had rolled in with the new school year. The student body had once again become just that — a whole and singular student body. True, the factions remained on Spirit Day some ex- Shortridgers still wore blue and white as most of the student body donned BR ' s orange and black. But the school ' s true colors showed when the blue and white of one school button combined with the orange and black of another at the first pep session. Ripplites stood side by side in 1982- 83, not opposite one another as they had following the closing of SHS the year before. The wave of change did not all begin from within the school, however. The reawakening of the BR Strip brought a rush of bars, restaurants, and speciality shops into the area bordered by the White River. Suddenly the BR area had become the place to hang out. It was as if someone had tossed a brick into the pool of events at BR causing a foamy spray of water to splash about. Just like the person throwing that brick, Ripplites realized that they were indeed making a big splash in 1983. CELEBRATING its opening in the BR area, the Village Emporium has a variety of special shops. WERE MAKING A BIG 4 Opening THE HUSTLE and bustle of area fairs cater to the patrons of BR shops like Fox ' s Deli.