Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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They call him the man people love to hate. J.R. Ewing will go down in time with such villian greats as the Klingons, the Godfather and Raven in the Edge of Night. The only difference between these characters and the one and only J.R. is people love to hate him. Larry Hagman, who plays J.R., is quoted in People magazine as saying people come up to me and say ' I hate you so much ' , then they ask if they can kiss me. Now, it would seem that this should be all wrong. Fans should be throwing eggs and onions at the terrible villian who becomes nastier by each

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Students feel the bite Books only minor expense A check here, a check there does it ever stop? Students enrolled in architecture, interior design, apparel design and multi-equipment related majors often wonder. Every student pays for tuition, books and housing, but some curriculums involve additional expense. Consider the architects ' situation. Architecture students are generally required to produce three projects a semester. Projects generally run from $10 to $100 a piece. The average model runs about $30. Pre-design students also feel the bite of the added costs of materials and equipment. Pre-design classes require the student to experiment with water colors, markers, pencils, charcoal, rapidiograph pens, prisma colors and pastels. The initial cost of these supplies runs high. If the student finds that he only likes, or is good at only one or two different medias, he is stuck with supplies he has used only once or twice. Then he must invest to upgrade his final media choice. A special thanks to Alex Poorman, fifth-year student in interior architecture. Art students must also invest in a long list of supplies. The list might include: drawing boards, T-squares, triangles, pencils, leads, drawing paper, matte board, magic markers, tackle boxes, rapidiograph pen sets, colored pencils, drafting sets, portfolios, brushes, templates, tracing paper, acrylics, water colors and paints. The list, according to art students, is endless. The biggest investment is at the beginning of each semester when you have to buy all the basics, Valerie Mills, fifth-year student in interior design, said. But my parents have been real good about helping me pay for my stuff, she added. I bought an $11 adjustable triangle that I ' ve used twice, and some acrylic paints for my Design II class which I ' ve hardly used at all, Mills admitted. Students that have been in the program longer learn the ropes. When an instructor gives me a lot of supplies, I usually wait until they are needed. This way I know what I ' m going to need and how much I ' m going to use, Dan Engler, junior in interior architecture, said. Another field in the area of design which strains the pocketbook is apparel desig n. When I began here at K-State, they did not inform us as to the equipment and time involved, Nancy Shelley, senior in apparel design, said. It is unfortunate that students with limited finances don ' t have a chance to make it through the course, Shelly said. If money is a barrier, Shelley said, There ' s no way one can go on. In addition to the list of drawing and sketching supplies also required of architect and interior design students, apparel design majors must also supply themselves with the designers ' equipment (shoulder slope, hip curve, etc.), industrial scissors, dress forms, muslin, fabric, and an endless assortment of notions. Extra supplies required of architecture, art and design majors may help to further their education, nevertheless still drain the checkbook. Randy Dunn, Anne Schmitz

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Dallas episode. So, why this irony? One theory is that people love to take their frustrations out on something. What could be better than to watch the evening soap opera and take all those frustrations out on a man who deserves to be hated. The United States and Great Britian were hit with Dallas fever. K-State has been affected, too. ' Who Shot J.R. ' t-shirts, bumper stickers, Dallas books and anticipation filled the campus as some students waited for the actors ' strike to end, so they can find out who shot J.R. The Central Broadcasting System (CBS), being very careful to protect their new found rage, had even filmed several different episodes of different characters being arrested for the shooting. This was done so that even the actors in the show would not know who got the treat of gunning down J.R. Larry Hagman stated on the Today Show that he didn ' t even know who shot J.R. The cast filmed several versions of the show, but the last 15-20 pages from every script was missing, keeping the cast in suspense, Hagman said. The shooting of these episodes began before the actors strike put a halt to the continued filming of the show. Theories, of course, ran wild. There ' s pretty Pamela. If anyone had a reason, she did. J.R. caused her miscarriage, hounded her brother, Cliff, and forced her and her husb and to leave Southfork. Miss Ellie was a suspect. So far J.R. had lied to her, mortgaged her ranch without her permission and caused her family embarrassment. Kristin, J.R. ' s mistress, was a prime candidate. He gave her packing papers when she tried to blackmail him. He told her he would spread it all over Dallas. Some people even speculated that J.R. did it himself for sympathy. So K-State students are waiting patiently for the answer. Since there are such things as trials, police investigations and other delay tacts, during the whole season many viewers are asking Who shot J.R.? On Nov. 21, CBS fhlaDly revealed that Kristin pulled the trigger. Glenna Menard a soap opera warning: The Surgeon General should determine that watching soap operas is hazardous to your mental health. With all the cancer research studies being done on laboratory rats, I would think that the Surgeon General could take time to have the above warning emblazoned on every television that is sold. A few years ago, I was reasonably normal, but now I ' m a soap opera junkie. It ' s an obsession. I find myself arranging my schedule so that I can be home in time to watch my favorite soaps; passing up dates so I can watch Dallas ; and eating quickly so I won ' t-miss Guiding Light . Soap operas have a quality that is able to draw in even the most intelligent person. Similar to a mystery, a soap opera gives one just enough information about each tiny plot variation to gain interest, before going on to the next mini- plot. To add to this technique, a soap opera will invariably end at the most suspensful moment to insure that the viewer will tune in the next day. It doesn ' t take long for a person to be hooked. Who could pass up a program with such lifelike drama? Eve loves her ex- husband Ben. Ben loves Eve but is married to Amanda (having given up on Eve), Ross wants to marry Amanda (because of her mysterious inheritance) and is dating Eve to make Ben jealous so he will meet with Eve, be caught by Amanda, and Ben and Amanda will break up. Of course the plan is foiled by wellmeaning Jennifer who convinces Amanda that Ben is truly faithful to her, so Ross must devise another devious plan before he falls in love with Eve. It makes my head spin but I love it. I thrive on the fact that Draper Scott (Edge of Night), who is believed by his loved ones to be dead, has amnesia and is falling in love with a woman who believes him to be her long lost husband. This woman ' s father knew the truth but died on his way to tell Draper. The wonderful twist is that Draper and his woman have moved into what was Draper ' s town and into the same house that he lived in with his real wife, April. To make matters worse, or better for the writers, the woman who Draper believes to be his wife has become good friends with April. I ' ve often wanted to quit watching soaps but I always go back. A few minutes with Lance, Laurie, Luke and Cris (another amnesia victim) and the rest of the cast of the Young and the Restless , and I am convinced that my thoughts of ending the daily rendezvous are ridiculous. Sometimes I feel like I can ' t live if I don ' t find out what happens with the newly introduced cult on the Young and the Restless. I began as a social soap opera watcher. The girls and I would gather around the television after lunch to watch our soaps. It was just harmless fun-it couldn ' t hurt to watch once in a while. But soon a half hour a day wasn ' t enough. I had to see more, to go deeper into daytime drama. I began sneaking off to watch a soap opera, skipping class, hiding from my friends, from my parents, from reality. I tried to quit. I heard about a sort of shock treatment that had been successful in less serious cases. I tied myself to a chair and forced myself to watch reruns of 60 Minutes. It was a painful trip back to reality but I made it. I was a recovering soapaholic. I had been warned that watching even a few minutes of a soap opera would drive me back into hopeless addiction, but when I turned the television on that Friday night I thought I was safe. I watched Dallas and was lost in a sea of drama once again. There ought to be a law against soap operas. A warning to unsuspecting people to avoid programs disguised under the innocent name of daytime drama before they too are hooked. Thousands of housewives and students are hooked. Thousands just like me. Maybe not just like me. I can quit anytime I want to. I ' ve done it hundreds of times. Alice Sky dallas 19