Rogers High School - RYB Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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Rock:0f, By, And For The Teenager Hop in the car. click. Enter tlEndiess Love'l, t'867-5309 . to be known as t'ciassic rock . Some your room, click, Friends come over At dances, restaurant hangouts. of these great original rockers to party. click. Everyone's parties students played: HEscapedl'. have since broken Up or disappeared Hclicking! Clicking on the radio HAbacab , HTattoo You , 4 such as The Doors, Led Zepplin, or the stereo. An essential source in order to attend a rock Jimi Hendrix but others stiii ot the students vitality is music, concert. it's no wonder sutdents remain enormously successful like whether it's in the form of the ventured as much as 80 miles. The the Who. Moody Blues, The Kinks, radio, the stereo, of the ultimate average rock concert was comparable The Grateful Dead, Yes, Pink Fioyd, musical experience the roCk to one massive party of about and the Stones concert. 15,000 people where the best groups Rock Music is youth's personal Students. while driving to provided the music, live in person! possession. lt expresses his fears, school. work, home or just cruising Students most often journeyed to hopes and dreams. In general, it is Franklin Street, while walking in the new Rosemont Horizon or the a form of his boundless energy. the halls or just studying in their Notre Dame ACC to see such soidout Perhaps a line from one of this rooms, tuned into WLUP, HThe Loop shows as: ACTDC, The Police, yearls top hits says it best: I'm WMET, llThe Mighty Met , WBMX' or Foreigner and Billy Squier, Genesis, young. llm wild and I'm free; llve WJPC, Most often they heard: Springsteen, Ozzy Ozbourne, REO got the magic power of the music in llStart Me Up , ttNo Reply At All , Speedwagon, The Go-Go's, and most me! Rock music is of the teenager. HEvery Little Thing She Does't, of all the Rolling Stones. For by the teenager, and for the a HOur Lips Are Sealed , Hi've Been many, 1981 was the year the Rolling teenager However many 'iclassm 0 Waiting For a Girl Like You , HThe Stones came to America. rock groups have members approaching Stroke'l, Hopen Arms'l, HCenterfold . Much of this years popular their late 30's and 40's. Their tlStop Dragginl My Heart Around'g music was dominated by what has come popularity Just proves that Hyou're never too old to rock-n-roll. Roiling Stones: Tattoo You, Foreigner: 4,Pat Benatar: Crimes OI Passion, Rick Springfield: Working Class Dog. Keith Harris listens to all of them.

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1- II .. ;' - X wx$ :' 5 m r r w... , ' u'a 3 1 . ' .u- IIIFI t H 5 In hopes of adding to his private collection, Mike Signorino chooses a few records, Pleasing a crowd m Philadelphia, Mick Jagger struts his stuff. 24 Student Lite

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Money, Money, Money. Money, money. money Where does it all come from? Where does it all go? Many students found that working a part-time job after school and on weekends provided satisfaction to their financial needs. Although these students enjoyed the extra cash, they sometimes had to pay, with less free time. As Phil White stated, Ul work all weekend so I don't have time to do the things I really want to do. Other students acquired their fortunes with a bit more ease, as mom and pop Hwillingly provided the necessary cash. HWhy should i have to work? My mom and dad give me money whenever I ask Exchanging money, Senior Cari Taylo gets the M 8t M's she badly needed from Junior Steve Steele, Senior Ronnie Henley buys a pair of socks from Athlete's Corner, 26 Student Lite for it, said Gerri Lucas. These lucky students took what they could, but those who worked for a living gave a little more consideration to the weekly paycheck. The average wages for a student employee was about $3.35. the minimum wage, After the grind of earning the necessary money. students were rewarded with the opportunity to spend it But with inflation increasing, Mr. Lincoln's face failed to get students very far. A night out on the town could get .ather costly with a movie costing 3.75. The next stop on the Friday night agenda was Godfather's Pizza, or maybe dependable McDonalds. It a movie didnit fit their tastes, many students decided to spend their Friday nights and their money a little differently, cruising. But the gas consumption could be quite costly just for the sake of cruising around town aimlessly for hours. I work all week long with the exception of one or two nights off, and I generally put my paycheck in the gas tank, exclaimed Trudy Hixon recalling her last time at the gas pumps. No matter where it comes from, or where it goes, it's something we always seem to be short on, and always want more of ...... money.