University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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The Ole Miss Blind Date I The generosity of big brothers and big sisters has led to yet another Ole Miss tradition, the blind date. Although everyone vows never to fall into the trap again, they always give in to the temptation, thinking maybe this one time it will work out. First comes the phone call. Roommates and a few beers work together to give him the courage to call. After all, what can one phone call hurt? Although mildly interested, she hesitates to answer yes right away when he asks her out. She doesn ' t want to ap- pear too eager, plus she remembers her blind date to the football game two weeks ago. She vowed then to never go along with another blind date regardless of how good her friends made him sound. Friends ' promises that this time she really will like him sound vaguely like what she heard before, but she weakens and agrees. After all, it ' s only one date. The big weekend comes. He has it all planned. Borrow- ing a friend ' s sports car to impress her, he spins into the dorm parking lot just a few minutes late, but he ' s planned ahead and has brought flowers to make up for his tardiness. For exercise, they head to the bowling alley. Not only is it a novel idea, she agrees, but she doesn ' t have to worry about running into any friends. Dinner follows at a quaint little place he discovered on campus. The cafeteria not only offers great atmosphere and unique meals at a low price, but there are no long, noisy lines to wait in and there never is a fight to find a clean table. Fortunately, all blind dates do end. After awkward goodbyes, (his trying to kiss her ... if ... she ' d . . . just . . . hold still) the couple go their separate ways; he heads back to the dorm to change clothes and return the borrow- ed car, and she upstairs to vow once again never to agree to another BLIND DATE! 22 Blind Date

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ISSUES THAT MADE HEADLINES BOTH LOCALLY and NATIONALLY A year has gone by but while the passing of a year is not newsworthy, this past year will be remembered by historians a long time from now. Perhaps the most significant thing is that despite the number of assassinations and assassination at- tempts, the United States remained at peace. The past year saw the assassination attempts directed at Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan. Anwar Sadat was assassinated as he watched a military review. Iranian president Bani Sadr was ousted, and Mohammed Ali Rajai, who had been president for 27 days was killed in a bomb explosion along with the new prime minister, Mohammad Jarad Bahonar. Celebrities who died during the year included ac- tress Natalie Wood, actor Jack Albertson and come- dian John Belushi. Former Beetle John Lennon was killed outside his apartment by a man who had got- ten his autograph just hours before. The news of the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Dianna Spencer captured the attention of millions of people world-wide. Ole Miss students celebrated another wedding as they cut afternoon classes to watch the wedding of their favorite soap opera characters, Luke and Laura on General Hospital. Television personality Walter Cronkite no longer anchored the evening news for CBS. An American scientific breakthrough was publicized when the first test-tube baby was born in America, and the spaceship Columbia made three flights. Americans and the world watched as our technology went into space again with the second launching of the space shuttle Columbia, and the first woman to be nominated as a Supreme Court Judge, Sandra Day O ' Connor was approved. Air traffic controllers remained on strike in the U.S., and Poland suffered its first strike as the Solidarity Labor Union gained support and key con- cessions from the communist government. Ole Miss boasted about former graduate Larry Speakes who became presidential press secretary after Jim Brady was shot during the attempt on Reagan ' s life. Ole Miss ' reputation for beauties gained national recognition as Ole Miss coed Karen Hopson com- peted as Miss Mississippi in the Miss America pageant, and the fall issue of PLAYBOY featured two Ole Miss coeds. One of the coeds was in fact a strip- per from Memphis who enrolled in the University but never attended classes. Many changes were implemented on the campus, beginning with Chancellor Porter Fortune ' s decision to create the positions of vice chancellors. Mean- while, the College Board of Trustees decided to cut out duplicate programs at state universities. Ole Miss will now concentrate on art, law, literature, foreign languages, mathematics, physical sciences, phar- macy, public affairs, community and regional plann- ing and social science programs. 1 I 24 Headlines