Page 42 - 1990

Sophomores

Class t-shirt design is a hot seller

By Suzanne Miller the locker area because it was a joke that
Papers, pop cans, report cards, toxic the whole sophomore class would enjoy.
waste, spit, graffit. No, you're not in the He also said that he decided to enter the
New York City dump you're in the Sopho­ contest because he heard that he could
more locker area! win money. Both Ochsner and Baratta
The sophomore class had many visits won $10 gift certificate for tapes.
from the admi nistration and teachers on the Anne Rohde, a sophomore class spon­
subject of their locker area. These lectures sor, said that there were 120 class t-shirts
were rather unpleasent and seldom taken ordered. Jodi Schirmer, sophomore, said
seriously. Jeff Heedum, sophomore, said she ordered hers because it was for her
the reason they didn't take them seriously class and she thought that the t-shirts
was because " We didn't see it as really were really cool. There were three dif-
being important." Many of the sophomores frent kinds of shirts that the sophomores
felt that the reason for their messy locker could order. The short-sleeve, long-
area was because of the other students sleeve, and the sweatshirt. According to
walking through their locker area and drop­ Rohde, the long-sleeved shirt was the
ping their trasn. Garry Jurgens, one of the most popular.
administrators who came and talked to the
class, told the sophomores that he would
like to see the day that one of the sopho­
mores would come into his office ana tell
him the name of a student that they saw
throw trash on the floor, if this was the prob­
lem. Brad Gel I, sophomore, said this was a
reason that he didn't really listen because "
I'm not going to turn anybody in for throw­
ing trasn on the floor."
Ken Ochsner and Keith Baratta made
this whole situation more of a joke to the
sophomores when they won the contest for
the sophomore class t-shirt design. Their
design was the sophomore locker area with
graffiti, trash, bent lockers and freshmen.
Ochsner said he and Baratta decided to do

Speaking on behalf of Rhode Island
during the sophomore class's annual
Constitutional Convention is Sopho­
more Jenny Dolphin.

38
Sophomores