Henderson State University - Star Yearbook (Arkadelphia, AR)

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Who's Got My PiCkle?-continued Funny Girl gave old-fashioned musical lovers a hope for the film industry. The brutally violent Walking Tall , after being cut and edited for T.V. was no different than watching an episode of Dragnet . Twenty years ago television couIdn't even have Lucy and Ricky Ricardo sleep in the same bed, but in February the showing of Sum- mer of 42 broke all censure bar- riers, as HSU students witnessed a young boy emerge into manhood. The dorm lounges were filled with couples sympathizing with Liza Minelli throughout The Sterile Cookoo, and television took a turn for the tasteless through the showing of That Certain Sum- mer , a film about a homosexual. Students took full advantage of the telecasting of these current motion pictures, and it saved the men hundreds of dollars in theatre tickets. A familiar question around the dorms and union at mid-day has been, Did they win the 310,000 Pyramid ? . Game shows have pro- it LDS li fi X X NN Qs T My ff Valerie Harper portrayed Rhoda in this season's smash TV hit. vided students with as varied an education as they can get in the classroom. Questions on these program dealt with everything from the date of the French Revolu- tion tothe number of quills on a porcupine. Students have been noted for dashing back to their room after a class to catch the final ten minutes of a show or the big deal . ' Another interesting observation was the addiction to popular soap operas. At registration many of the serial fans purposely arranged their classes to where they could either be in their dorm or the Union to watch the daily escapades of their favorite troublemakers. And with a few shows switching to sixty minutes, it brought more problems for the townspeople of the imagi- nary social circles. Everyday for two weeks in De- cember, students cut classes and skipped lunch to see if Erika was going to have a miscarriage. And after she did lose her baby, all had to worry whether Phil would find out he was the father of theilligiti- mate child of his highschool sweet- heart. . As Another World moved to one hour, it gave Rachel Matthews Clark Frame more time to catch yet a fourth husband, to the amaze- ment of her HSU viewers. And stu- dents skipped to 2:00 classes in bliss after the wedding between the ill-fated lovers on Days of our Lives , Bill and Laura Horton. Of course, the entire year was highlighted any time of day or night by Watergate and impeach- ment hearings, political cam- paigns, special news reports, and inaugurations. It was a good year for television - open, educational, and provoca- tive. It provided students with a lit- tle entertainment and escape from reality, and maybe answered that 310,000 question, t'Who's got my pickle? Who's Got My P kl 'P 29

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ONE WORE A G-STRING, Women have been on this earth since Adam awoke one rib short, but never before in Arkansas poli- tics have they played a bigger role -this was the year of women in Arkansas politics. One wore a G- string, another a cast on her foot, one had the frizzies, and they all, it seemed, clamoured for the ERA, but it still has not been passed by the Arkansas General Assembly. The lady that made the biggest hit of the political campaign of the year was Mrs. Judy Petty, a Little Rock divorcee, who ran against Representative Wilbur D. Mills of Kensett, Arkansas. Mills, one of the most powerful men in the Congress today de- feated Mrs. Petty in the November elections by a landslide. Mrs. Petty, failed to use one of Wilbur's weak- nesses during her campaign, as Mills ran aground of a little bad luck concerning one Annabel Bat- tistella and a Tidal Basin incident. Mills opposed Mrs. Petty and even failed to ask the lady to ride with him in a downtown parade in central Arkansas. The parade progressed well with Mrs. Petty walking among the public as Wilbur rode in his own automobile. Mrs. Petty expected the usual defeat from the Arkansas voters who haven't sent a woman to Washington, except to darn her husband's socks since the late Hattie Carraway fulfilled her hus- band's incomplete term in the mid- forties. I will run against Mills again, said Mrs. Petty. l will try to prove to Arkansas voters that the best candidate doesn't always win. ln Little Rock, Barbra fMrs. David Pryor,l the newest first lady of Arkansas developed a new hair- style - called the frizzies. This mass of curls was appealing to many, but distasteful to the scattered few who think that down south hoop skirts and long shawls should be worn by the Governor's wife. 30 Ak ssPOIt s Mrs. Pryor oversaw the entire furnishing of the mansion with overalls flike the movers worel to send the society wheels squeaking once more. But as far as Arkansas politics go, Mrs. Pryor's husband has yet to develop the biggest piece of legislation pie for the women in the state's history - the ERA. Several factions have met on the capital steps with babes in arms and contraceptives on charts. Then there are the blue-collar workers who are of the female sex thatjust want fairwages and some- thing called equality -but in Arkansas politics, NEVER.