University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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74 Student Life The T-shirt is a fairly standard garment. The grandfather of unisex fashions, its been around for a long time. They fit one’s little brother as well as grandmother, and size is no problem; simply a matter of S-M-L-XL. For so simple a creation, the T-shirt enjoys an almost Next to billboards. T-shirts are one of the best means of advertising. unmatched diversity. It comes in a variety of colors, at one end, dad’s conservative white, progressing to all colors of the spectrum, tie dies, stripes, even checks. Perhaps the most distinctive characteristic of the T-shirt is not so much what color it is as what’s written on it. A few figures have achieved T-shirt fame, notably Richard Nixon, Evel Knievel, and other personalities. Obviously, the T-shirt can be used as an advertising tool as well as an indicator of one’s favorite sports figure or team, rock band or race car driver. One T- shirt has achieved a particularly memorable position, at least in my mind, the shirt that proclaims, ‘I’m with dummy,” with an arrow pointing off the shirt toward “dummy,” who is supposedly standing next to this T-shirt wearer. What if there’s nobody standing next to this T-shirt wearer? The shirt then implies something almost spiritual. “I’m with dummy,” as in ‘possession of, or inclusiveness.’ That just shows that T-shirt A T-shirt can advertise a group of which you’re a member, such as the Foresters.

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eiiiaidinaadeen ae The 1980 Miss BOSS pageant concluded the week’s activities Friday in the FAC. The pageant was emceed by Ms. Renetta Hunt of KATV, Channel 7. The reigning Miss BOSS, Jacque Davis crowned the new Miss BOSS, June Barefield of Eudora. Other contestants included Regina Jacobs, lst runner-up from Monticello; Debbie Watts, 2nd runner-up of Du- mas; Katherine King, of Monticello; Dorothy Stinson from Arkansas City; and Lisa Carter of Pine Bluff. % ok, Far left: Renetta Hunt of Channel 7 emcees the Miss BOSS Pageant. Left: Jacque Davis, the retiring Miss BOSS performs during the entertainment segment of the pageant. Below left: Pageant winners, Regina Jacobs, 1st runner-up; June Barefield, Miss BOSS; and Debbie Watts, 2nd runner-up. Student Life 73

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Above: A T-shirt can name one’s religious affiliations, or (top left) your favorite rock group. Top center: One’s favorite All-American hero can dance around on your chest, or (top right) a T-shirt can describe your attitude toward life. Right: Let us not forget the classic striped tee. messages can also be of ten thousand irate camels confusing. be upon you, Iran. A big Some messages, in seller depicts the turban- particular political ones, are covered head of the grim outrageously blunt. What Ayatollah set in the bulls- | American isn’t familiar with eye vicinity of a target. | the Iran T-shirts, in a Equally popular is the same | multitude of designs with face framed in a rifle scope essentially the same with the cross-hairs resting message; may the contempt in the vicinity of between the eyes. So the T-shirt is more than a piece of clothing. It is a form of expression, of concern or contempt- maybe we can someday incorporate the study of this peculiar art form into our curriculum. Student Life 75