Abilene Christian College - Prickly Pear Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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Perspectives fcont.j 6 f Opening became a heated topic. Some men thought it was fashionable, while others thought it was kinky. Still, most didn't care and believed it was stupid to argue over - and they were probably right. Early in the fall, the Students' Association sought a new policy for deposits in the business office. Glenn Addison, SA treasurer, wanted organizations to earn interest on their accounts but the administration wasn't sold on the proposal. Compromise was the final word. The economy changed many of our perspectives about how we lived and how to manage our resources. Unemploy- ment rose to its highest level since the Great Depression, and Americans looked to Washington to blame and to ask for the solution, all in the same breath. With the nation's budget out of control the promises of the 1980 election became ammunition for the Democrats to try to shoot down Reaganomics. Cut was the word on Capitol Hill, and the cuts were felt in many areas, from col- Top Iett: President William J. Teegueg H. Ross Perot, chairmen of the board ol Electronic Data Systemsq SA President Rob Sellersg and Chancellor John C. Stevens c 2 5 Q. lege campuses to social programs to research. About the on- ly thing that didn't get part of the ax was defenseispending. The cost of living rose, and ACU had little choice but to increase tuition for the fall of 1982. Ninety-four dollars per hour was the bottom line. Moans were heard from all over campus as students had to tighten their belts - or call mom and dad - to keep up with the pace of funding their educations. The administration took a big step to improve ACU's future by raising funds for a 32.5 million expansion project for the Margaret and Herman Brown Library. The money was raised through gifts and pledges and two foundation grants for the 25,000-square-feet addition, which was scheduled to be completed by the 1984-85 school year, On the national scene, expansion into space took another step forward with the fifth voyage of space shuttle Colum- bia. The astronauts didn't get to make their space walk, but they did launch a satellite into orbit from the shuttle. pledge allegiance to the flag during opening Chapel 3? V j ,Q i ,, ceremonies. Top right: No f , V A 'W 3, one admitted knowing how, mg, -f W ,F gn but this toilet made its way ,w to the top ot the Don H. Morris Center. Bottom: Freshmen do belly-tlops in a mud pit during the Fish ' at Camp olympics at Brownwood. ' .uns i lied.. w 5 Ja .as A , 2 ,i ' - ' af t ,... a- weve' Ml' I gf J.- '

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