Marshall University - Chief Justice Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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letterfmm the Preyidem The Chief Justice theme this year, The Im- pact Never Fades, can be read in several ways. Obviously, Marshall University has had a lasting impact on many thousands of lives, perhaps millions, during its first 150 years. We hear daily from many of those people - alum- ni, retired faculty and staff members, residents of the community whom Marshall has touched in some way. The list could go on and on. Our Sesquicentennial observance throughout 1987 reflects Marshall's impact over many generations. At the same time, it highlights the future, lasting impact of some of today's developments. One example is the new Society of Yeager Scholars which is truly getting off the ground with the arrival of the first group of Yeager Scholars in fall, 1987. This program, named in honor of West Virginian Chuck Yeager, the daredevil test pilot who broke the sound barrier in an experimental aircraft, will have a tremendous impact. It will have an impact on the students themselves - 20 of the nation's most outstanding will enroll each year until we have a full complement of 80. The goal of the Society of Yeager Scholars is to prepare these very intelligent, motivated young men and women for leadership roles in our society. Many will remain residents or become permanent residents of out state and region. Others Will choose future careers elsewhere. But as leaders, they are going to have an impact wherever they go. There are, of course, several other programs designed to attract excellent students to Mar- shall. These include the John Marshall Scholars, the new program to provide full scholarship help to academically outstanding minority students, the Search Committee on Recruitment of Excellent Students tSCORESl and the Academic Festival which annually brings more Spouting 0,? on the Memorial Student Center Plaza, the Memorial Fountain remember: the 10:: of the fbothall team in the 1970 plane frdlh. than 3,000 of the region's best high school students to campus. All these have a very positive, long-term impact. There are, of course, many, many other ways Marshall University is having a lasting impact, ranging from the Sesquicentennial observance to the athletic fields, from those very special people presiding in our classrooms to the good things which happen as a result of our economic development programs. Most of all, we hope and believe that Mat- shall University will have a very favorable, lifelong impact on you e the student! Sincerely, Mam Dde F. Nitzschke President Cleaning the mirror in the dorm, a maid keep: home in Halderhy Hall. Opening 7

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tudents come to college for many different reasons: to get a hiigh-paying job, to be with friends, to gain knowledge or to please their parents who told them they had to go. Whatever the reason, students all share in Student Life. They can remember running in the rain to keep from being late for a class, spending hours talking with friends over a burrito at Hulio's, and staying up until 3 am. studying for the looming midterm. Ironically, although Student Life consists of all those activities parents send us to college to experience, they may be the one aspect of college parents hear about the least. A considerable amount of energy is expended partying at the local watering holes surrounding the campus and at other popular places where good food, drink e and possibly the start of a new romance - are available. Intramurals, fraternity and sorority life, varsity athletics, cultural arts events, and student organizations also provide entertainment, educational and professional opportunities. Graduates tend to reminisce more about the crazy things they did while in college than about what they learned in the classrooms. Such things as toilet papering the trees and shrubs in front of fraternity and sorority houses, sneaking beer into Fairfield Stadium, telling a professor whose mid- term test you skipped that your grandmother just died tfor the 10th time that semesterl, or informing your parents that a llWF means withdrawing from a class in fine shape. tThese, of course, are the things parents aren't told about until students have their degrees safely in handJ Stujying tbeir farer, participant; in tbe Ginol: Homecoming pizza con- tertfeart on tbe rallege rtudentlrfavoritefood. Student Life Divider 9