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

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; ' I ' ! Ole Miss students abandon )ks for seven straight days for a chance to experience good ol ' Dixie culture The week of April 18th through the 24th served as ' ' Dixie Week 1988 for the Ole Miss campus. Students used the week as an opportunity to blow off some steam, relax, and have a good ol ' time for seven straight days after cramming for midterm exams. The Student Program- ming Board attempted to make Dixie Week a truly campus-wide affair while retaining the original concept of what a Dixie Week should be. The latter goal was achieved through having many southern-oriented activities and per- formers on hand. Music served as a major part of Dixie Week. The steps of the Union served as the stage for acoustical musicians such as Chet Lott and David Cook, Scott Strickland, and Steve Moore. On Tues- day evening, Dash Riprock was the opening band for Guadalcanal Diary, who performed in Fulton Chapel. The 2 Beans, members of the group Beanland, performed in the Grove on Wednesday night. The Grove also served as the backdrop for Reba and the Portables and King of the Blues B.B. King, who performed on Thursday. Atheletic events also played a great role in the week ' s festivities. The Dixie Week 88 Olympics included events such as volleyball, tug-of-war, and a bi- cycle race. A frisbee golf tournament was also included in the week ' s atheletic events. The Dixie Week golf tourna- ment at the Ole Miss Golf Club ended the atheletic events on Sunday. Dixie Week ' 88 was not without it purely social events which, as usual, eluded fun as well as food. The social] events ranged from a Dixie WeekJ Comedy Laugh-Off hosted by Gil Ea-j gles, world famous hypnotist, to a moonlight picnic in the Grove. Tuesday, April 19, Alexander ' s am Chantilly Lace hosted an ice cream sc cial fashion show with the theme Life ' s a Beach . On Wednesday evening, tf movie Roxanne was shown in cor junction with the moonlight picnic. On Thursday and Friday, barbeque was the food of the day, with the senior class and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, respect lively, hosting dinners. The proceeds of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon cookout went to Habitat for Humanity. The week ' s events were capped off by the tradi- tional Red Blue football game in] Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Although many students longed for the traditions Shrimp and Beer blow-out at Sardis outlawed since 1984, Dixie Week 198 proved to be an overwhelming success. by Missy Pace Student Life

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y Character for the rest of your life As we embark on life as stu- dents, we are affected by the people we meet and by the con- troversies and circumstances that surround each day. We are forced to weigh priorities and determine what will shape individual out- looks on life. From national events to daily occurences, we es- tablish a basis on which we form the perceptions of our future. Stu- dent life is a conglomeration of our experiences at Ole Miss. Student Life I 19 I

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