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

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standing in line at registration used to be a headache for most students, how- ever, computer registration solved much of the problem. Photo by Candy Mathers Tech was a complex place both in and out of the classroom. New students had to cope with both a new lifestyle and harder subjects. Photo by Candy Mather If one word could sum up complexity to many of Techs 23,000 students it might be computer. With terminals in many of the buildings on campus, technology had finally reached in to the everday lives of many students. Photo by Mark Mamawal Opening — 7

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No longer plain and simple, but . . . Complex ity, Tech also has managed to remain simple, elegant and vibrant. Over the years, Tech has become a place to live and learn, to have fun and make life-long friends. Over the years Tech has become special and through it all La Ventana has grown with it. Over 58 years ago, when the first volume was published, there wasn ' t a whole lot to cover. Lubbock was still a growing teenager and Texas Tech was simply TTC. Only a thousand or so students attend Tech in that first year and despite being new and original, the campus wasn ' t exactly a hotbed of activity. When looking at Tech now, there is no better way to ex- plain the university than to contrast it with the past. Boasting more than 23,000 active students, Tech has be- i, u 1 i 6 — Opening Expanding the size of one of the engi- neering buildings, workers put the final touches on the brick exterior. Photo by Candy Mathers

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m 1 I 8 — Opening This Champange Party, like many of the other functions sponsored by fraterni- ties and sororities at Tech, was a very elegant affair. Photo by Kevin Autrey One of the biggest personalities to make his way through Lubbock in ' 84 was Bob Hope. Hope entertained students and southplains residents with his wit and classic delivery. Photo by Kevin Brinkley ■J S ' - ' - . ' ' U m m ji ' pfld «.. iil IS rsii I Ifi- IB V: