Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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CARDINAL CROWDS hile the warm weather lingered, crowds seemed to be everywhere. People’ gathered for whatever excuse possible and weekends became almost endless. The schedule of campus events never let up. Stampedes hurried to football games, dances, plays and concerts, all fighting for the best seats. Fall droned on past Homecoming and Derby Days, and from weekend to weekend the crowds seemed to grow. Hun- dreds collected for Watermelon Bust, and one rainy sunny afte- noon 2544 gathered in the Quad to ‘Jump For It,” a place among the world’s records. For days afterwards the grass was trampled and worn down from the mass of cheering, jumping people. i ed Saree else + icra a a ee amd WHEN rain saturates the campus, everyone moves a little more quickly, trying to avoid puddles and pneumonia. --photo by Jill Dunne DURING the Homecoming Halftime show, President Jerry Anderson watched the crowning of the new queen. In February Ander- son was replaced by Robert P. Bell. --photo by Leslie Field ‘ . gn . f° | He Ng ; A mee RMR 4 ms bs ai 4 G ’ f 15 ey ‘. Y im tis’ ENED Soha eae The Big Squeeze | i OPENING

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| bao STICKING IT OUT But in the middle of a crowd wasn’t the only place the big squeeze was felt. Pressures closed in from all angles. GPA hassles plagued the academic-conscious. The Bracken refugees had the impossible task of finding a quiet corner to study in, and business majors fought it out among themselves for classes in the already over-crowded Whitinger College of Business. During the peak hours, it took a lot of pushing and pleading to squeeze into the book store--only to discover the needed book was already sold out. The financial aid office also seemed like the place to be as the lines of people hoping for jobs, grants, or loans snaked through the office and down the stairways. Freshmen had the headaches of Mom’s constant checking-up and Dad’s over-sized expectations. Seniors had the worries of job- hunting weighing down on them, and dorm residents fretted over the hazards of dining service’s mystery meat and surprise soup. Few escaped the touch of the big squeeze. v4 W ote A) fz ' EXPOSURE to the cold was eer one of the hazards of being a pom-pon § girl--except when there was a warm friend around. --photo by Tony DeCristofaro ALTHOUGH the campus around her continuously changes and grows, Beneficence, dedicated to the Ball brothers, remains the one constant, stable ele- ment of the University. -- photo by Steve Buchanan