Appalachian State University - Rhododendron Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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SGA Puts Their Heads Together Student Government at ASU has perhaps never been more visible than in the fall of 1977. A summertime full of planning by president Hugh McCuUen and his cabinet was manifest during the first weekend back in Boone. The Anti-suitcase weekend was designed to provide attractive entertainment on campus, at little or no cost. Bonnie Raitt opened the action on Thursday night, and she rocked the Farthing crowd with her typically passionate concert. Monty Python came to ■ 1 iV . Ml 16 First Weekend

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While many colleges are struggling to fill their classroom rolls, ASU is enjoying an avalanche of interest from high school seniors throughout the South. Certainly romantic tails of Apre-Ski weekends have had something to do with the trend. Now it appears that ASU ' s academic allure is contributing. The result has not only been overcrowding, but due to increased competition for vacancies in enrollment, perhaps the brightest freshman class in our history. .« ' c ' OPPOSITE PAGE: Varsity Gym is the scene for registration as students race with quickly closing sections. Inset: Wanda Self faces decisions. THIS PAGE: Above: Mike Kaiser finds the stuff headaches are made of. Below Left: Where can a fella get a cold beer in this town? Below Right: Mike GUbert edges in at Drop-Ad.

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the cinema Friday night, and Saturday was a day filled with relays, sack races, apple bobbing, seed spittin ' , and much more. The night brought The Blue Ridge Ramblers, pig calling, clogging, and a square dance. A Sunday afternoon concert on the mall with fiddler Buddy Ro brought the festivities to a close. The weekend was an ernest effort on part of our SGA to make student life at ASU more enjoyable. Over the remaining school year, they would offer even more of the same. OPPOSITE PAGE: Top: If you think this apple-bobbing gig is easy, try it sometime. Middle: Tug-of-war was hotly contested all day. Bottom Left: BUI Petree is into this melon. Bottom Right: Passing Lifesavers back and forth on toothpicks could be riskv but brought some counles closer together. THIS PAGE: Top: Sanford Hall was the back-drop for the egg-toss competition where gooey hands were the rule with but two exceptions. Bottom Left: Chris Stout shows astonished onlookers what it takes in watermelon eatin ' . Bottom Right: Bonnie Raitt is passion personified as she presents her own distinctive style of jazz-rock.