Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Football standout Jay Penney rEStS on me Sideline after a rough play. and Irstens For Instructions for hlS next venture on the field. Glad that It's only a play and not tneschool cafeteria, Debbie Hedke clears a tame m a scene from the fan production of ' Red Ryder lntrolTheme S

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.wvg-uy- BIII DeAngelos and Joe Butter each take a leg to help Kav Pltstlck on the rope before she takes the swrng during Orientation weekend Smoking down the street on that float. Brad Peterson. Dave Olson and Yvette Erauchn enjov the hue through the homecoming parade Students CFOSS Bridges Of Life; Achieve Goals, Reach NEW Heights Bridges; The Campus-Cityr Connection. was a theme rhosen to EXEmDIIW thellnk between high school and a career and the lunk between the Quad CitlES. Bridges bung together Vital areas which are somehow separated In the case of Augustana. bridges Drowde students wnh a route to their future and a route over to Iowa Theqreat Mississippi flows very near the cotlegel making rt necessary for the use of Centennial, ArsenaL, I780 or I'M bridges to travel to Iowa On campus :3 the walkwav whtch toms Sorensen and the couegetenter Not a bridgeover water, but a means to avowd the traffic of 7th Avenue and 58th Street But there's more behtnd bridges than Just connecttons. They serve as landmarks, a remembrance of how one got where he was gorng, Augre offers students an abundance of opportunlttes to broaden their knowledge and further their educar hon Thereare many bridges linking things together at Augie ForEIgn quarter provides a bridge to other coun- tries. Internshlps open doorways to possible iobs after college Sororitiesand fraternities bring together people from different areas WhJCh creates new friendshtps and speoal bonds. The DDSSIbIlitleS for mining together at 2 IntrolTneme Augustaha are great. One cannot avoid bridges in the Quad Cities people must deal With them every day It they plan on crossing the lHinoisVlowa border. People usually take for granted how Important a bndge can be until they have to wait for a barge to pass through the locks at the Arsenal bridge And the Centenniat bridge eats a quarter from a personspocket every time he travels over it. Yet bridges hem people reach their destinations, just as Augustana helps students reach their um and career goals Bridges connect the 'ttlrhe of our WES Leaving home and crossmg the Drtdge from high schoot t0 cottage Is hard, but In the end the distance and time to mature benefits most evetvone. For manv, the new atmosphere ts a nice change of pace, a chance to meet new people and take on more chaLlengest But the two places le always remain connected LIfQStVIES, attttudes, Ldeals. and goals all mavchange, but inside students are Stlll the same Individuats as before. Leavmg home and coming to Augustaha meant crossmg a bridge; but a bridge not only transports, It also rises above obstacles, connects, and provides a means of returning

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POIitiCS Hits U.S. Scene; Tension In WOI'ICI Affairs It started on September 1 wlth the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Fllght 007. Whether the civilian craft strayed acchentiiy. or purposely cut across Soviet airspace leither to trim the distance or on an espionage missronl remalns unknown, but the horror of the 269 deaths hit the hearts of the world almost immediately. Tension between the 0.8. and U.S.S.R. continued beyond the US. proposed sanctions Following the KAL tragedy. The Soviet delegates walked out on the Gen- eva arm's talks to protest U.S. deployA ment of medium range missles in western Europe. This deployment, seen by U.S. supporters as necessary to the pattern of IJ.SJU.S.SVR, mutual deterrence was protested strongly by western European anti-nukeactivists. Over 200000 West German protesters formed a 65-mile human chain along the transport route to try to stop the stationing of the wea- pons in their country. But despite the publicity of their efforts. they had little real effect on the move - as illustrated by the present existence of Pershing ll's in Europe In a milder form of antl-nuke demonstration, on November 23 ABC aired the documentarv film, The Dav After , which was an attempt to realisti- cally portray the aftermath of a nuclear confrontation. American Marines continued their mis- sion in the worn-torh Middle East, through several peace settlements were proooaed and negotiations continued off and on. Beirut remalned Under the joint peacekeeping protection of British! French, Itatlan, and US. troops, but the allles have begun to question whether the us. is holding to lts strictly peace- keeping'l role. Italy made tentative plans to cut the slze of their forces there after the horror of Bloody Sunday . On October 23 a nameless suicidal volunteer drove a truck loaded with dynamite into the US. compound in Lebanon, and blasted U.S, Marlne Head- quarters. No one quite understands how the vehicle got past the guard post, but the deaths of the 238 oeace-keeplng troops immediately enraged U.S. furor and brought tears to the families of the lost marines. At the same time a second slmilar truck-bomb destroyed a French barracks just two miles away. The American military also saw action back m the western hemisphere when on November 4 the Army's 2nd Airborne Dlv- lsion invaded and secured the tiny Carine Dean island of Grenada. The move seemed little more than an egotistical American show of force to most Americans until the media made public the discovery of the recent Cuban occupation and the existence of several American students working at the Medical school there. Back on the American front there were battles of another klnd. We saw the first batch of Presidential hopefuls make their bids for the 1984 seat. Democrats Walter Mondale and John Glenn seemed to be the front runners with the best chance of defeating the favored incumbent, Republican Ronald Reagan. Not only the political arena, but the entertainment field also pitted man against many Roger Moore hustled yet another James Bond film, Octopussy, into the workings after his rlval 007, Sean Connery, announced his return to Her Majesty's Secret Service and the renewal of his license to kill in NeverSay NeverAgal'h. Though Moore beat Con- nery t0 the release, most Bond Fans prev terred Connery's portrayal of the Old 80nd from the EEFIIEF days over the glitter and outrageous action of the younger appearing Moore character. Both Bonds were followed by yet another of the public's favorite law en- forcersy Dirty Harry After focusing on a country-westerri theme the last few years lwith E very Which Way But Loose and Bronco Billyl Clint Eastwood chal- lenged the secret weapon wielding Ehg- lishmen with his tough American Smith and Wesson. But even the entertainment field was not all fun and games. Just as the deaths of the marlnes darkened US. news throughout the yeary the golden glitter of Hollywood too, was Clouded as 1983 saw the death of such Famous performers as Karen Carpenter, age 32, of anorexia ner- vosa,EubieBlakeage100, lraGershwin,age 86, Jessica Savitch. TV news anchorwo men, age 35, and Mike Wilson of the Beach Boys. Other favorite sons and daughters that departed were Lillian Carter. thespir- tely activist mother of former President Jlrhrny Carter, Ray Kroc who has supplied most of today's younger generatlon with their daily bread and butter through his ever-popular McDonalds tranchlse, Jack Dempsey age 87, who reigned as heavy weight boxing champion from 1919-1926, and Bear Bryant, age 69, the most victor- ious Football coach in hlstory. Politlcs and competltiori showed UD in the buslness and sports worlds too. The emergence of the USFL - Unlted States -L. r.- Football League made the NFL flght for the nations top college senlors for the l first time ln years lsince the iil-fatedi World Football Leaguel. The hewlvl formed league payed top dollar to attract blg-name players which no doubt: helped it get off the ground. ' But speaking of top dollar, the NFL was 1 not to be outdone by the new kid in town. Tickets for the January 22 Sueer- i bowl between the Washington Redskins. and the Los Angeles Raiders went forl phenomenal prices, The tickets were: priced at $60, but scalpers were able to get over $1000 for a single ticket. ThereF was even more money to be made by- gamblers who like to go for the long shot : as the underdog by 3 points, L.A., took the contest 39-7. Politics reared its head once agaln lh the business community On January 1, 1984 the government enforced break-up of AT8.T was complete. The world's larg- est malor communicatlons network broke Into seven reglonal telehhoneE companies ending the era of Me Bell. The breakup caused local phone service rates l to soar since they could no longer benefit from the cross-subsidles of Ma's long dis- tance service. Governmehtotflclals claimed that, although the hlgher prlces will hurt, the move was necessary to corncide wlth U.S. anti-trust regulation.