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

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RIPPUTES HAVE a knack for finding jobs in odd places. Stacking notebooks in an office supplies store, Hew Simons, sophomores, puts together a display. JOBS AREhard to come by when you are younger than 16. Christy DeFauw, freshman, babysits Ni- cole Freiji in her after-school time. RESTAURANTS AND food shops often hire teen- agers. Michelle Sanner, senior, polishes the food display case in her work to save for her college education. Jobs 21

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S. Brooke ON THE)ob at Swenson ' s, Lena Lindsay, senior, rings up a customer ' s check. Food services were popular work places for high school students in 1984-85. WORKING AS a clerk at Ups-n-Downs, Jennifer McCawley, senior, checks the price of a winter jacket. Ripplites find jobs valuable Work was becoming an essential part of many Broad Ripple students ' life- styles. Due to the rising cost of colleges and the fact that just getting by was be- coming more expensive, Ripplites had to search for jobs. I got a job because I ' m going to college next year, said Bobbie Eldridge, senior, and it ' s so expensive. It ' s my responsibility to help out with the cost. Money wasn ' t the only reason that students held jobs. Experience was also important. I love it! said Jennifer McCawley, senior, I like the people I work with and it ' s good experience for future jobs. The money that students earned went to college funds, clothes, food, and enter- tainment. I use my money to party and for clothes, remarked James Briscoe, senior, I also have a savings account for college and for my car that I ' m going to get before the end of November. The jobs varied greatly. Cooking and serving fast food, working in clothing and department stores, bagging grocer- ies, and waitressing were only a few of the employment opportunities taken by Ripple students. For those under 16 wh could not legally be employed and those who needed an occasional money pick me-up, babysitting and paper routes of fered sufficient income. Finding a job wasn ' t always easy. Of ten there weren ' t any available, or the jot wasn ' t what the student wanted. Jobs were overall helpful to Broad Rip pie students. Whether for fun, exper ience, or just for extra funds, jobs playec an important part in the lives of man} Ripplites. (Jennifer Buddenbaum) 20 jobs

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UP BROAD Ripple Avenue the ROTC Corps is led by Cadet First Lieut. Kevin Majors (left) and Cadet Sgt. First Class James Hurt during the Homecoming Parade. FOR NATIONALITY Day, Tim Coleman, junior, mo- dels his Jamaican wardrobe to his 19th century Amer- ica classmates during Spirit Week. S. Brooke 22 Homecoming