Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Think aboutit. You are a watermelon. You have spent all summer on a vine. You've been through rain and cool nights. For what you ask? To be devoured by watermelon lovers and kicked around by enthusiastic college students? Well, that may not sound like much fun to a watermelon, but the over SCD participants in Watermelon Bust seemed to have a good time. The annual event was sponsored by Alpha Chi Omega and Delta Tau Delta. The Alpha Chi's donated their half of the proceeds to the cystic fibrosis fund and the Delt's used their money to finance rush functions. The day's events included a watermelon roll, seed spitting, greased watermelon toss, watermelon throw and the favorite of many-the eating contest. The games were participant oriented rather than viewer oriented, but there was plenty 2 going on to watch. . f 1 g During halftime of the games the queen contestants were 2 introduced and the winner was announced. Over the past several years, the Miss Bust title has been an extremely controversial one because the women's libber types see it as a meat market rather than as appreciation of women. However, in reality it is a typical queen contest. This year the g judging was changed to include voting by the people in 2 attendance, this accounting for one-third of the total votes. E The other two-thirds was done by private judging. 2 Helene Benkovich, sponsored by Delta Gamma, was E crowned queen of the festivities. Nancy Wells, sponsored by , Sigma Chi, was the runner up. The girls vying for the title E said that they did not feel that the contest was degrading to ' them as women and they enjoyed the opportunity to be a g part of the day's events as well as talk to the judges. 2 Residence halls competed against Greek teams for the : titles. Phi Delta Theta captured the men's division and Trane 2 Hall took top honors in the women's division. : The dance in the evening, which concluded the events, 2 had to be moved from the Delt front lawn to the Student I Center because of cold and windy weather. A large E enthusiastic crowd rocked to the music of Nigel and tried to I work off all the watermelon consumed earlier in the day. Judging for the contro versial Miss Watermelon Bust Title was changed this year to include voting by people in attendance. Winner Helene Benkovich. sponsored by Delta Gamma, is congratulated by Marcia Tague, sponsored by Sigma Chi. runner up. Susan Short is down for the count preceding the watermelon roll in Watermelon Bust. Teams of six split up and relayed the melon across the front yard of the Delta Tau Delta frater- nity house. Page 28 - Watermelon Bust Watermelon games keep participants spitting, tossing and rolling all day long

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0000000000000OOOOOOOCOOOIOOO O C Despite cold winds and rain about 1800 people attended S the tenth annual Circus Feed Extravaganza sponsored by 2 Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Chi Omega. S The attendance was smaller than expected, according to g Bill Brown of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and co-chairman of the 5 event. However, smiles could still be noticed on the faces of g people as they strolled through the midway. Many of those E who managed to face the bad weather spent much of the g evening huddled under tents set up for the camival booths E and bands. g C Fd p 'thth ' rcb F d The evening kicked off with the chariot race. Delta Tau 2 lihi Delta eamed the huge first place trophy, with Phi Sigma E kewl- in --...wr f A Epsilon and Sigma Nu coming in second and third 2 ,N K V, Q respectively. Five teams participated in the contest. E by g Q N33 ,E ' iii P1125 Free hot dogs, fish, potato chips and soda pop were 2 1 available at several booths set up around the midway. This E year's carnival was complete with four wildly-dressed clowns g i g:5g51gIifffgif1,5:Qg6Q2-gg totlng balloons. 5 gg., Games of chance, a kissing booth and even a girlie show g W P ofibigisigsfggg were among the 18 booths at the 'feed'. Cheering crowds Z ., ' 3 gathered around Phi Sigma Epsilon's car smash, where men E .-g and women both wielded a huge axe against a junk car. I qi NF ?,,4, An old-fashioned barker drew crowds to Beta Theta Pi's E X Q 'a Q girlie show. Other popular booths were Sigma Nu's 2 , - basketball tbfbw, Theta Xrs rib-Tab-Toe and Alpha Sigma 3 f A sQi5Qft,'t52i-3'iffEf3fat3'?azSQ35,4i2 Al h ' If : Xfiflr ' ' iis.'2T.'-I?-'fXi'5U3ig?gi3'57.fS'45'f3i P 2' S gO Course' - ,,e, if-A -. Wnaakeaeaaateaaszisa The crowd seemed to grow larger as the sky grew darker E . f and the ground became muddler. People were able,to dry off S under a huge tent when the battle of the bands began at : A ' I B LTV 7:3O'p.m. Night Owl and Good Days Catch provided non-stop E Qiggjefllehningzgff 'hx' ig0:fahrlJ 'Z'Zfi'j of muslc for the rest of the evening- 2 chicken wire fence and get bombarded by ooooeoooooooooooouooonooooooooi gzlltgicgsagiy Ihrowing water balloons in their Frustrations sometimes need letting out so Greg Moore gets his out by pounding on the junk car at the SAE-Chi Omega Circus Feed. The car smash was sponsored bv Phi Sigma Epsilon and pro ved to be one of the most highly-participated- in affairs. B.l..T. 4. As if the night wasn 't cold and rainy enough. Cathy Sullivan sits waiting to be dunked at the baseball toss dunker. All she could hope for was that there were no great pitchers in the crowd at Circus Feed. Although min prevailed, over 1800 still came to eat and dance their way through the evening. 'Qu'-rs 3 A abr, With the ring still floating towards her foot. Belinda Mikel smiles and sees that it is going to be another ringer. The n'ng toss booth was a popular one. mainly because the prize was a kiss from either Belinda or her partner Sharon Browning and other Pi Phis who participated. Sept. 19 - Page 27

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