Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

Page 15 text:

ee movie slogan as many students found themselves assigned to temporary housing in dorm study lounges or standing in long lines to reschedule because of cancelled classes or to purchase the year's first books. Red Skelton proved to be a welcome visitor whose comedy offset the turmoil occurring in the administration over the Hayes Study and the beginning of the end for President Pruis. ALIEN lifestyles and ordinary Student Life everyday living became more diverse as graduates, gays, blacks and married students chose alternates to the Muncie tradition of “typicality.” SNOW ENCOUNTERS brought the university to a temporary standstill when coal supplies, effected by a miners’ strike, dwindled in the midst of a record- breaking blizzard, forcing an extended spring break. Spring brought fresh beginnings and controversial endings while Books and studies forgotten, complex cheerblocks “let loose” as the Cards score another touchdown in the Homecoming game against Illinois State. the campus cut loose in an effort to forget a long winter. Questions without answers flooded the university following the resignation of President Pruis, a rules violation in Bike-A-Thon, and the extension of classes through exam week. IT ENDED IN ONE | INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION: WE ARE NOT ALONE. —

Page 14 text:

Waiting out those final moments before exchanging “good-byes,” freshman Kelly Elkins supervises her brother and father in the movin-in process. The Gary resident moved into Wilson Hall. Just clowning around, Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s Circus Feed, one of the major Greek-sponsored events on campus, drew students in numbers for the best Circus Feed in recent years. (RAM) Often accused of being a “sexist” event because of its title and queen crowning, Delta Tau Delta's’ Watermelon Bust provided an afternoon of lawn games such as the seed-spitting contest. A dance was held that night. more a bitter attitude than a Whistling more than Dixie, junior Ron Brown “boogies down” in the Student Center Balroom. Intricate disco steps, line dances, and props such as. the whistle turned average sock hops into colorful dance exhibitions. IT BEGAN IN AN INDIANA TOWN...with moving on to a campus recovering from a summer ENCOUNTER OF THE RELIGIOUS KIND brought about by Jed Smock and the “Bless Patrols” of the religious sect “The Way.” “WE ARE NOT ALONE” became Bundled and brave, senior Pam Martin faces Mother Nature and starts the long trek home from West Quad to Studebaker Complex. Classes were cancelled for, four days because of the weather conditions.

Page 16 text:

BD = = e = ® J =