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

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The nine piece and twenty piece Chicken swap grease as the six piece looks on. Mt'Nuggets Making even Nel Carter look small, a Rogers student displays his Sony Watchman. mat mman life lines Lori Scott's big sister, Jeanette, reads about Big Brother. Big Brother watching IN 1984 Nineteen eighty four brought about many changes in lifestyles but it was the proposed changes for the school system that caught the Rogers students' attention. The D.P.l., or Department of Public Instruction of Indiana suggested the following changes. They proposed requiring four years of English and three years of a foreign language. Their program also included two years of math, two years of science, and computer literacy. They wanted to add five minutes to each class and two weeks to the school year. But the changes affected more than the curriculum. They decided to ban pep sessions and assemblies. They wanted to keep seniors in school all day. They wanted to keep everyone in class as much as possible by banning student government and decorating halls for spirit week as reasons to leave class. There was an adverse reaction to this, students petitioned and lobbied against the proposals, saying that they didn't need big brother to watch them. -Jeanette Scott

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In 1984, surprising inventions HIT THE MARKET Remember when the coca-cola company finally decided to produce diet coke? Or when you could run out and buy a twenty piece size of Chicken McNuggets at McDonaIdis? That, along with the discovery of NeutraSweet, the non-cancer-causing sweetner, Changed people's eating habits drastically. Many things aside from food helped Change the life of the Rogers teen in 1984. Inventions such as the new tiny sized Walkman enabled students to jam at pep sessions unnoticed and ignore others on their busses. The Sony Watchman did much the same thing, only visually. At home, the students also took advantage of other modern inventions. Many Rogers students programmed their home computers to help them with their homework. In their spare time, however, the kids played Dragon's Lair, an animated video game, took pictures with their disc cameras, and talked on their cordless phones. They could even change the color of their eyes with new colored contact lenses. Though these inventions were just dreams before 1984, students wondered how they ever lived without them. Q Chris-T phone homo. -Jennifer Franklin Even Coke decided to lose weight. Proving that even pre-schoolers can make a living in . . advertising, MTV displays its logo. Being very happy that Zippers donit come in velcro, a R ,t d t . . . r . . ogers S U ent refastens hls VEIUO shoes Listening to the Watergate tapes, Jodi Pelis pretends she IS Richard Nixon. 20 Student Life

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Bringing people together was the job of THE MATCHMAKER A Merchant of Yonkers, Horace Vangergelder iEric Browni becomes so rich he decides to find a wife. To do this, he hires Dolly Levi iGayle Rugglesi, a friend of his late wife. Dolly sets Horace up with Irene Molloy iLaurie Abbeyi, but problems arise when Vandergelder's Chief Clerk, Cornelious Hackl iMikek McKinnoni falls for Irene himself. To further complicate matters, Vangergelder is trying to prevent his neice Ermengarde iKim Kepchai, from marrying artist Ambrose Kemper iHubbardi. To ensure himself that the marriage won't take place, Vangergelder plans to send Ermengarde away to live with Miss Flora Van Huysen iKim Milcareki. After scenes in flower shops, restaurants, and on Ms. Van Huysen's patio, Irene and Cornelius, and Ambrose and Ermengarde get together. Ironically, Horace and Dolly find themselves engaged to each other, and everyone involved found happiness. One factor made HThe Matchmaker different than plays of previous years, the cast. Both leads, Eric Brown and Gayle Ruggles were in their first major production with 'The Matchmaker . Other actors and actresses making debuts in The Matchmaker , were Laurie Abbey, Mike McKinnon, Brett Dargis, Kim Milcarek, Fred Jackson, and Kim Kepcha. These new faces combined with stage veterans such as Tim Hubbard, Jennifer Welsh, Scott Barnes, and Bob Nauyokas, gave UThe Matchmaker a never before seen cast, which provided for a very entertaining show. -Scott Barnes Trying out a new dance step, Irene iLaurie Abbeyi gives Cornelius tMike McKinnoni the eye. Dolly tGayle Rugglesi asks Ambrose iTim Hubbardi if he has seen her peg leg. Student Life