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

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Postal stamps were increased to 18 cents and then to 20 cents during the year, and for the first time in history, the U.S. government had to shut down and lay off non-essential employees because the govern- ment ran out of money. Ole Miss students enthusiastically welcomed Mr. Gattis and Dominoe ' s Pizza and looked forward to the completion of the athletic complex. The Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house was also completed this year. new leadership and with new goals. With the new image of Southern Sun Concerts, the committee of- fered numerous free concerts this fall, as well as Charlie Daniels. Ole Miss students and alumni alike expressed their opinions on the rule banning umbrellas from stadiums and the closing-off of the Circle to parking. But, one of the things students were most vocal about was the enforcement of parking regulations and early morning ticketing practices by the UPD. Coors came to the state, and the four-lane highway through Batesville was finally completed. The ASB offered Dial-a-vent services, proposed a merger with the Black Student Union, and a change in cheerleader election policy. The Union Program Council included in its fall movie schedule the first X-rated movie to be shown here, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, but after a preview, council members decided not to show it. Sportswise, Mohammed AH attempted another comeback, but was unanimously defeated. Despite all the changes around them, Ole Miss students maintained their traditional activities walks in the Grove, study break trips to Baskin- Robbins, waiting in line to zerox notes before exams, jogging, waiting to buy books in the bookstore, and complaining about the new policy of sending midterm grades to parents instead of students. AUENiOHARA., Headlines 25

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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

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THE NUMBERS GAME An Id number and the number of unpaid tickets issued by the friendly University Police Department are often the only two numbers an Ole Miss student remembers from semester to semester at Ole Miss, but believe it or not, there are other interesting numbers. For example, last year, the average ACT com- posite score for freshmen desiring four years of engineering school was 24.40. Incoming phar- macy majors had composite averages of 22.17, and accounting majors scores of 21.50. Liberal arts students averaged 19.85 while those enter- ing the B-School made 19.78 and education ma- jors 19.12. Ole Miss freshmen from North Mississippi numbered 531; the central counties of the state were represented by 323, and there were 137 freshmen from the Gulf Coast. However, freshman enrollment was on the decrease there were 1,077 in 1979 and 991 in 1980. Fifty-five percent of the incoming freshmen said they chose Ole Miss not for its country club of the south reputation, but rather because of the courses offered here. Fifteen percent said the location was the deciding fac- tor; ten percent said the tuition was most im- portant, nine percent because of the type of school the university is, while eight percent chose to come to Ole Miss because of its other activities. Four percent made their decision on the basis of the student body composition and one percent on the basis of the size of enrollment. 26 Numbers