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

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lips, dry throats and sweaty bodies were a portion of the suffering during the red-hot summer of 1980. From mid-June to mid-August the heat wave set record high temperatures throughout the nation. In Dallas, Texas the temperature was over 100 degrees every day from June 23 to August 3. People tried to escape the heat by diving in swimming pools, or sitting under air conditioners. And those using air conditioners set a new record for electrical energy used. During the week ending July 19, 52,63 5 million kilowatt hours were used, six percent over the old record according to an article in Newsweek. People not fortunate enough to own an air conditioner were offered aid in heat relief centers which opened nationwide. These heat relief centers were typically church and school buildings open during the daylight hours, enabling people to seek shelter from the exhausting temperatures. Even with air conditioners, the heat wave caused 1,265 deaths and almost $20 billion in damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The highest death rate, 311, was in Missouri. The majority of those who died lived in non-air conditioned homes. The victims were usually elderly, afraid to open doors or windows because of theft; or persons of low-income. These deaths were caused by heat exhaustion and heat stroke. High temperatures and humidity during a heat wave reduce evaporation in humans resulting in dehydration. In turn, dehydration increases the chance of sunstroke. Nevertheless, a middle-aged Atlanta man, lived with a 116.7 degree body temperature, according to an article in Newsweek. Hospital officials said this was the highest body temperature ever recorded. People weren ' t the only element hurt by the diverse affects of the heat. K-State ' s agricultural department felt the impact of the drought. This year ' s soybean yield was expected to be about 40 to 50 percent lower than the normal yield, according to Carl Overley, associate professor of agronomy. Nevertheless, Overley believes the crop will yield enough seed for the 1981 crop. The department remained concerned about the soybean supply for Kansas farmers. The drought has caused our department to have increased costs of feed grains and roughages to feed our teaching and research herds and flocks, Don Good, Department of Animal Sciences and Industry head, said. Farmers in the states were devastated. Even with the prospect of higher prices; hard, shriveled corn and burnt wheat fields caused the farmers ' outlooks to be, at best, dismayed. The government ' s Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program was extended because of such losses. Special grant allotments were given to students whose parent ' s farms suffered. Ironically, the searing heat helped research on crops during extreme conditions. Tom Fritz, head of the Department of Horticulture, said the temperatures gave a good indication of the hardiness of plants in stress-related tests. Jill McAntee Waves a blaze- Wheat stubble, too thick to plow, burns as Clarence Minton plows in the background. Photos by Scott Liebler 20 heatwave

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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

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Warm Wind ' n Water- Maarten Van Swaay, associate professor of chemistry, finds the Kansas wind and warm water ideal for wind surfing at Tuttle. Take the Tuttle Creek plunge in string bikinis, with a 6-pak in hand, students flocked to Tuttle Creek Reservoir in order to escape the hot sun during the summer of tuttle offered a variety of choices to a body when no other means of were in sight. of the more popular locations the summer months was the rocks. of the surrounding flint hills forms a of rocks which students lay out on. water is just a few feet from the rocks, as inner tubes, rafts and styrofoam devices supporting K-Staters specked the area. A floating dock at Tuttle Cove provided a cool place for students to catch some rays. At the cove, frisbees fly as the sand beach joined by a grass field provided an excellent area for sports amateurs. One time last summer, we were out on the dock — it started raining, but it was so hot, we just stayed in the water, Ann Masoner, graduate in education, said. For the fortunate few having access to ski boats, meeting at the marina for a day of water skiing was preferred. One of the best ways I found to cool off during the summer was skiing. We ' d go out to the marina in the morning around 10 a.m., load up, and ski all day, Terri Garrett, summer resident, said. For those preferring a slower more relaxing pace, sailing across the cool blue water aided in the relief from the broiling sun. I didn ' t have to be at work until 5 p.m. everyday, so about 11 a.m. I ' d take my sailboat out to Tuttle. Even the wind was hot this summer. When it got unbearable, I ' d just tip over on purpose, Randy Dunn, senior in journalism and mass communications, said. With a bottle of wine in one hand, toting a canoe on their shoulders, students found still another water activity at Tuttle. And for those who put a little more effort forward, paddle boats were available. In the cover of darkness, students sneaked to the beach below the dam to take a dip — naked. Yes, students even skinny dipped at Tuttle. Just a few or in a group, skinny dipping not only eased the sweltering bodies, but also added zest to dodging the high humidity. Jill McAntee Weekend Water- Lesa Miller, senior in horticulture, creates a wake at Tuttle as she skis. tuttle fever 21