Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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Bret Pritchard Men ' s Basketball Mike Simon Financial aid available from many sources Financial help to attend school is relatively easy to obtain at BCCC as exhibited by the fact that 483 or approximately 20 per cent of the students received financial aid through the college the first semester. For the fall semester a total of $158,832 was distributed among 365 recipients, not including athletic scholar- ships. The bulk of the monies available are federally funded through the programs of BEOG (Basic Education Op- portunity Grants), SEOG (Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants), NDSL (National Direct Student Loan), and College Work Study. Academic scholarships for the fall semester totalled $19,530 distributed among 171 students. In addition to these scholarships, seven nursing loans were made and four nursing scholarships were granted. The total number of athletic scholarships granted during the first semester 118. Of this number, nine of the scholarships went to drill team members and cheer leaders. Both men and women received athletic schol- arships. Some athletic scholarship recipients were also eligible to receive other financial aid through the feder- ally funded programs. Eighty-one students received federal aid through the College Work Study program and performed tasks ranging from janitorial to secretarial to earn their mon- ey. The federal financial aids are primarily granted on the basis of need. Most of the academic scholarships are granted on the basis of merit. Some of the academic scholarships are restricted to residents of Butler coun- ty, but many are not. Within the academic scholarship category are 15 music scholarships and 10 scholarships for drama and theater. Four journalism scholarships were given out first semester. A number of students attended BCCC on the GI bill but the number is declining each year. Getty Oil Co., a local refinery, gave financial aid to some of its employees this year by paying their employ- ees their hourly way while they attended BCCC several hours per week. For the past several years students from middle in- come families have found it increasingly difficult to afford the rising cost of a college education. Many of these families although financially strapped ' by rising inflation could still not qualify for any federal aid under the regid stipulations of federal guidelines. The office of HEW (Health, Education and Wel- fare) relaxed its standards just before spring semester began. This move is expected to aid students who had previously been ineligible for BEOG grants by the ex- isting HEW guidelines. William Cummins, dean of Student Services, is in charge of all financial aids and scholarships on the campus. Dean Cummins, following HEW recommendations, and his staff prepared a brochure for student distribu- tion the second semester explaining what federal mon- ies are available and how the students goes about apply- ing for them.

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Decade of 70 ' s brings change As the decade of the seventies draws to a close college students may have forgotten completely or may re- member vividly some of the events that seemed monumental at the time. For instance: The Kansas City Chiefs actually won a Super Bowl in 1970 when they walloped the Minnesota Vikings. Miniskirts were still around in the early seventies but they were in a death battle with midis. Hiphugger blue jeans were the uniform on col- lege campuses. Coeds continued to wear long, straight, stringy hair into the early decade. Students will remember Nixon elected and Nixon rejected after a scandal called Watergate; then Ford was selected and then rejected for a good ole southern boy called Carter who had a brother named Bil- ly- L fe died in 1972 only to be resur- rected in 1978. Howard Hughes died in 1976, and his wills are still being resurrected. Elvis Presley died in 1977 and his act is being resurrected nightly in clubs all over the country. Agatha Christie died in 1977, but her mystery novels seemingly will never die. Blue jeans were still popular in the mid seventies, but the waist line was at the waist and bell bottoms were gone. Hair on both sexes started get- ting shorter, and the Farrah Fawcett look for women was in. Heavy eye makeup was out, and earth tones were in. A new mania called running took over in the seventies. And whether a student ran or not, every student on the campus had to own the uniform of a pair of running shoes to comple- ment the jeans. THE GAME in the seventies was tennis. Names like Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Jimmy Connors, Hie Nastase made headlines. BCCC got its first tennis courts i n 1978. Creeping inflation became a fa- miliar menace in the decade with the dollar shrinking to 21 cents in early ' 79. Another threat was gasoline ra- tioning in 1974, which did not mate- rialize. Americans found themselves driving 55 mph instead of 75. In 1979, drivers are once again threat- ened with a fuel shorage. A college student with a custom- ized van was assured of his popular- ity, but a pickup truck also became a macho status symbol by the late sev- enties. The VW bug which had reigned so long was all but dead. College humor took on new status when the film Animal House star- ring John Belushi from TV ' s Satur- day Night Live become a smash hit. Steve Martin also from Satur- day Night became the top comedi- an on the campus circuit. The C.B. radio craze came on in the middle seventies and created a whole new culture. Burt Reynolds even made a film with the C.B. as the gimmick. John Travolta started a whole new craze of disco with his appearance in Saturday Night Fever and the al- bum of the same name by the Bee Gees became the highest grossing al- bum ever produced. Rod Carew hit as the best hitter of all times in major league baseball, and Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth ' s home run record, and a handsome brute named Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals for swimming. Monday night pro football on television set a new life style in the seventies. The decade of the seventies saw a feat which is rarely accomplished three times as Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and Affirmed each won the Triple Crown in horse racing. Also in the seventies, in the world of baseball, the New York Yankees, with the acquisition of such stars as Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, and others became a major league dyn- asty, winning two consecutive World Series. W niii ii w i m. ■ mm m ?a»

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Sky daredevils invade campus The human bird and his fearless pilot once again tilted many heads to the sky as the team of Dave Hrdlicka and Tim Wegenast teamed together with two of Hrdlicka ' s companions, David Hindman, alias Doc , and Paul Hentzen to entertain the cam- pus from the sky. September 15, 1978 was the date SAC declared as Kickoff Week- end which was being held in honor of the first home football game. The evening started when the four entered the airplane at the El Dor- ado Airport. Wegenast, the pilot, headed toward the campus. Wegen- ast circled the south end of the cam- pus until he reached the height they desired. Then the three divers emerged, free falling for seconds, and then the sky was filled with the colors of the rainbow as their cano- pies exploded. Hrdlicka was the first on the ground, then Hindman, then Hent- zen. All three belong to Sky Sports in Hutchinson. Pilot Wegenast re- turned the aircraft to the airport. The divers were greeted first by Dr. Carl Heinrich and each received a kiss from Jo Rogers, instructor of English and journalism. The evening ended with a bonfire and dance in the student union. The Grizzlies went on to win the football game over the Haskell Indi- ans by a score of 40-0. A party at Fiesta Park ended the weekend after the game. •;■ ' ..ari ■ :. ' wi,« ' i ' ■,■ ' . ' , ■ ------- I -