University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Aggie House Halftime Festivities Winning Float To a bonfire, a parade and a football game lost to Oregon, 65,000 Wildcats came marching home. Homecoming Marching Home Full of University spirit Alpha Phi Sorority and Delta Tau Delta Fra- ternity included Wilbur and the symbolic A in their float. Aggie House With this horse-drawn carriage replica, the Aggie House made an unforgettable march. The horses drew attention to themselves but so did those who cleaned after them. Halftime Festivities Th e Homecoming King and Queen were honored at halftime of the football game along with alumni and faculty. The band played and the crowd cheered. Winning Float Kappa Sigma and Alpha Chi Omega created this three car train float and went marching home with the Grand Marshall Award. -L-Juring the traditional parties, a bonfire, the last touches and made final repairs to a parade and this year a losing football their floats before the judges caught a look. game,students and alumni celebrated. The Hours of work paid off, and a three car train theme, Wildcats go marching home, was float and a 20 foot tall Wilbur float took the appropriate, remembering the 50th Anniversary of World War II Veterans. Kicking off the weekend was a bonfire at which the five Homecoming Queen candidates and the five candidates for King nervously awaited first and second place awards. A special award always goes to Bobcats choice for overall impressions. Gamma Phi Beta and Sigma Chi took this home because of their efforts to keep the parade moving by pushing Sling Shot With the sling shot the usually used to catapult me ir float after their truck died. T-shirts, Wilbur and his announcement. In front of about friends attemptto shoot The rivalry between the Chimes 1,000 people Chris Holden and atthe game which over an d Chain Gang Junior Honor- Day Daetwyler were crowned 53,70 ° fans attendecl aries added some excitement, with this honor. UA President Manuel Knowing that the Chain Gang always Pacheco remarked, I think they are a good charters the double decker bus, Chimes representation of the University. tricked the company into turning the bus Before the game on Saturday the mall area over to them. All was worked out once the was buzzing with activity. Students added company learned what had happened. UUt iMf.

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Colin Powell Hurricane Opal President Clinton Rolling through 1995, between storms and derailments, the Clintons held the reins To The News Colin Powell At 58, General Colin Powell of Persian Gulf fame was a possible presidential candidate as election year approached. Hurricane Opal Causing nearly $1.8 billion in property damage, the third most costly storm in U.S. history also cost 20 lives in four states. President Clinton With a Republican ruled congress to work with the President con- quered welfare and tax reform, then made formal his decision to run for re-electio n. Amtrak Not far from home was the derailment of an Amtrak train crossing Arizona from Los Angeles. A letter left at the scene by an anti- government group and suspicion of sabotage brought fear to Americans . %MuU{l. Y he talk of the town, or country in this Meanwhile, Americans tried to put fears case, remained in the White House. In generated from the Oklahoma City bomb- September alone,the First Lady attended ing to rest as yet another attack was made the Woman ' s Forum in Bejing and the on the government. An Amtrak train was President hosted a historical peace-making for the Middle East. As re-election time neared, the President worked with a Republican ruled congress and announced his plan to run again. Next in line, Bob Dole made his candidacy public. The Re- derailed near Phoenix and a let- ter signed by an anti-govern- ment group left many unan- swered questions. The letter in- cluded references to federal sieges at Waco, Texas, and Ruby Ridge, Idaho. In the midst of a war against First Lady After the Clinton administration ' s failed heath-care reform, First publican Kansas Senator will Lady Hillary Rodham the government natural disaster Clinton took on a more make his third attempt for a traditional role as the struck the nation. Hurricane new home in the White House. Opal claimed lives and prop- At 73, he would be the oldest newly elected erty in the south eastern portion of the President. Colin Powell looked like an- country. Effort went towards repairing the other prospect, but late in the year he for- damage and once again Americans proved mally announced that he was not entering that in extreme situations, it is possible to the Presidential race. work together as a united nation