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

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1. Members of the University Center Progranns Council are (front) Tim Walker, jon McPherson, Anna Morales. Tom Nye, Chris Roberts, (middle) Kristin Evers, Diana Hogan, Marianne Barr, Laura Guerra, Kyura Orrell, Marian Herbst, Chassan Ayoubi, (back) Pat Pacino, Mona Stock, Nancy Wilson, leff Burkman, and )oni Caroline 2. A glass blower in the UC Courtyard creates a glass figurine during the Fall Festival of the Arts 3. Bruce Kemp, Student Association infernal vice president, adds a pan full of cherries to the UC Late Nighter ' s ice cream sundae as Robert Ewalt, vice president for student affairs, waits to taste the results. .m

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Late nighter tops list Of councirs activities What weighed 3,000 pounds, had a temperature of not more than 32 degrees and occupied a 1,500-gallon hot tub? Give up? It was the Texas-size ice cream sun- dae constructed by members of the University Center ' s Program Council during the DC Late Nighter Sept. 19. The sundae was an attempt to set a world ' s record for the largest ice cream sundae, but fell short by some 9,000 pounds. Also featured at the Late Nighter were such events as Vend-O-Kill, during which students paid to destroy a vending machine with a sledgehammer, a trivia contest, a paper airplane flying contest and a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich eating contest. Musical enter- tainment was provided during the night by the junior Vasquez Band and Gary P. Nunn. The Late Nighter highlighted a week entitled the UC Perfect 10. Perfect 10 week, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 19, brought 10 exciting days of fun and entertaining events to Tech, according to Brenda Hearnsberger, chairman. Hopefully, the Perfect 10, especially the Late Nighter, will provide an oppor- tunity for students and organizations to work together constructively and to have a lot of fun, Hearnsberger com- mented. Besides the Late Nighter, other activities and events of the week includ- ed a sidewalk serenade, free watermelon, feature films and a pool demonstration by a trick shot artist. Perfect 10 week was a part of the ac- tivities sponsored by students on the UC Programs Council. Another popular program was the University Forums (au- dience participation debates). University Forums became the center of con- troversy more than once with such topics as secular humanism and the teaching of creationism in school. We would put on a forum and then the campus would react for a week or two afterwards with letters in the newspaper and the like, Marianne Barr, coordinator for the council, said Barr and Tom Nye, assistant coor- dinator, worked with some 100 other students on 10 committees to plan and implement the year ' s events. The committees were Fine Arts, Travel, Cultural Exchange, Ideas and Issues, Films, L.E.A.R N., Video Tape, Entertainment, Recreation and Special Programs The students on the council worked a total of about 400 hours per week. We have a council meeting every week on Wednesday, during which each committee chairman gives a report on what his committee is doing Anything that is going to be done that will cost over $10 must be brought to the council and approved, Barr said. As coordinator, my job is to make sure everything runs smoothly on the various committees, she added. 1. Children ot Tech students, taculty and statt learn how to make Christmas decorations dunng Children ' s Program session 2. Tom Nye takes i swing at a vending machine as part of Vend-O-Kill •• 28 - ta Ventana

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Record crowds enjoy Entertainment season It was billed as The 24-karat Season and it was designed to provide only the best in entertainment. If ticket sales and audience response were any indica- tion, the University Center ' s entertain- ment season was indeed of 24-karat quality. Record crowds attended perfor- mances by acclaimed artists as the Chicago Symphony String Quartet, the loffrey II Dancers and the touring com- pany of A Chorus Line. Special attrac- tions included the Ballet Folclorico Na- cional de Mexico and the Jack Daniels Original Silver Cornet Band. We sold so many season tickets that we finally had to stop at around 450. This was a tremendous increase, considering we sold approximately 80 last year, said Dennis Crook, assistant coordinator of student activities for the UC Audiences seemed to have nothing but praise for the season. Comment sheets were filled with such phrases as, You provide us with everything we want, I loved every second, Thank you for the touch of class you brought to our city, This has been an outstan- ding season, keep it up The season was a product of the combined efforts of fulltime proles- sionals on the staff of the UC Activities office and student volunteers working on various committees of the UC Pro- grams Council. We were very determined to pro- vicJe the best entertainment we could - it cost a little more and took a lot more time to put together, but it was worth it, commented Crook. Crook, a fulltime member of the UC Activities staff, was in charge of coordinating the Artists Series. The series offered pertor- mances by the Chicago Symphony String Quartet, the New England Ragtime Ensemble, the Long Wharf Theatre, the loffrey II Dancers, Marcel Marceau and A Chorus Line. Students working on the Entertain- ment, Fine Arts and Films committees ot the UC Programs Council also were in- volved. Among their duties were adver- tising and marketing, budget manage- ment, artist hospitality and concert operations. Students on the Entertainment Com- mittee planned a variety of events, in- cluding occasional major and mini- concerts, weekly entertainment at The Storm Cellar, courtyard concerts and special comedy shows. Our most popular attraction was the open jams where everyone just show- ed up and played music. Tech students just love to see each other perform, said Kyura Orrell, chairman of the Enter- tainment Committee. Another popular attraction was the studio concerts in the Center Theatre At studio concerts, the audience sat on stage with the per- formers, she added The Fine Arts Committee, chaired by Kristin Evers, was in charge of producing the Very Fine Arts Series The series featured Michael McCiveny: Quick Change Artist, Vincent Price, the Ballet Foldonco Nacionai de Mexico, the lack Daniels Original Silver Cornet Band and a Smithsonian exhibit of .America ' s ar- chitectural heritage Chairman Jeff Burkman and members of the Films Committee offered a wide variety of film programming, from box office features to classic and foreign films. 1. Two performers enterlain students during a courtyard concert in the University Center 2. The Broadway company ot Chorus Line pcrii. ' m a scene from the hit musical 3. Two memht -s . ' ■ the Tech lazz Ensemble entertain students ai the Storm Cellar 4. junior Vasquez performs lor students during the UC s Late Nighter 10 - id Vpntjnj