Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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THE LATEST THING IN ATHLETIC SUPPORT Coach is gone, but not forgotten He wasn ' t really such a terri- 3le coach. After all, he did jeat Texas and then he beat southern Methodist Univer- ity, which also had beaten Fexas. He turned a tight end lames Hadnot) into a great ullback and he gave a reshman quarterback (Ron beeves) the chance to prove limself (and Ron became a aretty great quarterback) somehow he got named southwest Conference Zoach of the Year in 1979. Mso, he looked pretty good n shorts. He was a really ?ood old guy, good old .. . jmm . . . Rex something-or- Dther, wasn ' t it? Blast-off It was April 10, 1981, the day of the Space Shuttle liftoff. And the countdown began. 10 . . . 10 . . 30 .. , 30 ... 60 ... 60 .. . well, maybe some other day. New wave rolls over ' Hub City ' Don ' t get your surfboards out — there ' s still no ocean near Lubbock. The wave is new wave music. New wave groups caused students to revert to all sorts of strange behaviors, such as wearing army fatigues, buying Buddy Holly glasses, and slicking back their hair. Fans pogoed into Fat Dawgs and other such places to hear The Planets, The Explosives, The Refrigerators, and the like (no, we did not make up these ridiculous names). New wave brought back the music of the early ' bO ' s, but with updated instrumen- tation. The music was characterized by a quick beat, undistinguishable lyrics, and a lot of jumping around on stage. Gee — whatever happened to disco ' Salesmen have bad week Ever had one of those weeks? Lubbock truck salesmen did, after several innocent Lubbockites became target practice for a sniper. The sniper had the ci- ty in an uproar, as mild- mannered citizens donned bullet-proof vests and gave hostile stares to anyone in a brown pick-up truck. Truck dealers said sales dropped drastically until the sniper was caught. (Above) Eight new buses took students to class the modern way Those Zany Stick Figures By John Hardwick THIS ARE A BUMPER STICKER Red carpet gets wet The University ot Texas is known for many things. On the Tech campus, UT students are held in high regard for their spitting abili- ty Before the Tech-UT foot- ball game, the Longhorns demonstrated their southern hospitality by side-stepping and spitting on the Saddle Tramp red carpet. Really, UT. If you need a spittoon that bad, well be glad to give you Big Bertha

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AS WALTER CRONKITE WOULD SAY, And thafs the way it was A not-so-newsy review of the year ' s news A DAY AT THE RArpS Hide and seek September issues of Playboy were sure hard to find in Lubbock when four Tech coeds posed in the Girls of the Southwest Conference feature. Funny thing, those four girls were sure hard to find in Lubbock, too. Wonder what they were trying to hide(! ' ) Obituary New West, an up-and- coming young club, died in a tragic fire Dec 30, 148(1 New West had opened its doors in the summer, offer- ing lonely students a chance to make quick friends. Sur- vivors includeci Stardust, Cold Water Country and Ur- ban Cowboy See ya later. Alligator The year brought a plague of topsiders, button-eiowns, Izods, polo shirts and prep- py nicknames to the Tech campus. Amidst the influx ot prep wear, ardent GDIs were seen leading the anti- prep movement by wearing anti-alligator buttons (lell) Roses are red Violets are blue Don ' t give us a test Or we ' ll bomb you There is nothing more heavenly than sitting in a classroom, taking a test you haven ' t studied for, and hearing those wonderful words — evacuate the building; there ' s a bomb threat. This happened many times during the two weeks before fall semester finals. However, the threateners did not seem to have it together, because some buildings were called twice in the same day. Therefore, we suggest that someone start a new service (you could call it Bombs Away) that will coordinate bomb threats with test schedules Students could simply notity Bombs Away when a test is upcoming, pay a small fee, and have their bomb threat guaranteed Even a bomb threat didn ' t stop this Engliih teacher (below) from gi ing her ddss a test Mystery of the year: Who shot )R? it s as Kristen — )R s secretary, bed partner, and wife Sue Ellen s little sister The Nov 21 episode ot the nighttime soap Dallas told people throughout the na- tion what they had waited seven months to hear Then Kristen was sent to another soap, Knots Landing, to have IR ' s baby, and all the Who Shot )R ' buttons, shirts, pencils, etc., were sent to Goodwill. Since Dallas was such a suc- cess, a whole slew of night- time soaps came on the air with their own share of divorces, extra-marital af- fairs, shootings and other dastardly deeds Those who got bored with Dallas could watch such intellec- tually stimulating shows as Flamingo Road, ' Dynas- ty, and Secrets ot Midland Heights. KK receives prestigious award The award for most hard- working Kampus Kop goes to officer C Riggs, who put a real cramp in the style of Tech bicyclers On one Fri- day, Riggs gave out 10 mov- ing violation citations and more than 100 warnings tor reckless bicycling The Underground Organiza- tion for Bicyclers published an assortment ot escape routes to help the bicycler avoid otlicer Riggs and his tickets The booklet contains such chapters as the follow ing; 1 How to run stop signs legally. 2 What to do if you are stoppe(J innocently riciing the wrong way on a one-way street i How to ride with no hands and c reate the illu- sion that vi u JfP using l)t)th hands A How to (iisguise your bike as a person so you can r i (le on the sicJevvalks 20 - la Venlana

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