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

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Indiana U. is the obvious choice for Barb Regina Franke shows off her European attire as Ziesmer and Carol Patterson. Chris Lane, with his casual style looks on.

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Dina White shows off the brightest in fashion this year — fluorescent! The C.W. look and attitude are shown off by Leon Allbritton. What Is Fashion At Rogers? Fashion is a form of self-expression using shape, color, texture, and budget to say something about oneself. Here at Rogers there are increasing numbers of diverse fashions. Where it used to be fashionable to dress as closely alike as possible, the pendulum has now swung to the reverse: different is in . This year there are the usual sprinkling of clean-cut neat preppies. Football jerseys, cheerleading uniforms, letter sweaters, letter jackets, and various other blue and gold paraphernalia, showing where you belong, is an integral part of any high school experience, and Rogers is no exception. Sweatshirts, those classic unisex articles of clothing, are also still running strong. They announce favorite rock groups, proclaim the year of graduation, name drop prospective universities, sororities, and fraternities, or say any other message you feel the world needs to know. This year a few new trends have run rampant through our halls. On any given day, neon brights can be seen lighting up the halls within a radius of about 30 feet, which is useful when you want to be seen by someone . Another trend is the one involving denim. This durable form of cotton fabric has been striped, stonewashed, cropped, cuffed, patched, and wrinkled to get a variety of unique looks. The guys have strived to get that G look this year by wearing trenchcoats, wingtips, argyles, 501 jeans, leather jackets, and of course, polos and oxfords. Rogers is definitely a reflection of the larger fashion world which promotes the individual electric look of the eighties. -Lori Scott 14 Student Life

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Time Out - BLIZZARD On February 11, The Big Snow of '85 hit. Many of us weren't prepared for this onslaught of extreme weather. There were rumors going around to this effect, but then again it seems like these rumors come all the time. On that dark Monday morning, our sleepy eyes were greeted by billions of dots whirling and swirling around. Surely we won't have school, we all thought, yet, upon listening to the radio, everyone but Rogers didn't have school. It was a waste after all, to drag our poor, tired bodies out of bed, because we were sent home even before lunch. Through extremely Instead of going to basketball practice, Debby Cook builds biceps by digging out a car. high winds, we made the weary trek home where we were greeted by at least V z ft. of snow on our doorstep. By evening, it really was a blizzard, with no signs of stopping in the near future. Will we ever get out of our house? This was a question many of us contemplated in the long hours ahead. Granted, snow is pretty, picturesque, etc ..., and I do still like going sledding and having snowball fights-but, honestly! My idea of a fun break isn't staying couped up in my house with only family and dogs for a social life. The law seemed to be against us because, for a while, a ruling was in effect that said if we were caught driving (in our little automobiles) we would be arrested. The only way we could get around this ruling was by having what could be classified as a Dire Emergency . After a few days I really believed my mental balance would suffer if I didn't get out. I thought that was emergency enough! On the subsequent mornings, we all tuned into our local radio station to hear the closings . What a waste of sleep! I may refresh your memory that we didn't return to school until March 25, due not only to the snow, but also the strike. — Lori Scott