Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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-w erther the Image nor uncertainty N- 91 1 i Administrators faculty members 4' A , and staff were a part of what Benny had i gg ' represented IH the past . p f if 'W L ' A L., .f ,,,--. X I .-R Q tn. . '5 '.'5 'K ' l ' ' is Ji '-'r x. L 1. if . . ay . Q ii it was limited only to students. 1 x i' 'i-Q X ' X lpfrriqlf 1' . , . . u- B- ,wi 4 1 , , J 1 1 A ll I l' ' f. : X ' -L. I f' rl :1l,.f:..' L--LILIJ' C 1 A-Ap El' LY 441 'CU LA-- L t .Benny IDENTITIES ARE LOST when a sprinkling of rain sprouts um- brellas. An everyday walk seems to lengthen with every step taken and each puddle jumped. 1 -, rf. l Q i. ' Mika Yoder Taking a. Q ti ,oiiii an But the Board of Trustees approved a tui- tion and room and board increase of 17 per- cent. At the same time, Reagan's administra- tion recommended cuts in financial aid, making underclassmen uncertain about the future. i Neither the image nor uncertainty was limited only to students. Ad- ministrators, faculty members and staff were a part of what Benny had represented in the past. It was a year of financial and legal red tape for university ad- ministrators. If she had been able to, Benny would have shuddered. Lawyers defended the university and its administrators against an un- precedented number of lawsuits. But the storms of legal actions and reactions seemed small to the winter storms that left the com- munity and campus buried under y nearly two feet of snow. Benny never shivered, but classes were called three times during quarter--theifirst cancellations since the blizzard of 1978. But the campus was only a part of the Muncie community that existed in the shadow of the winged lady perched just north of University Avenue. Robert and Helen Lynd called it Mid- dletownf' Some students called it the arm- pit of America. William E. Vance winter 6 Opening

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,,,,.,.,..,.-f..-f,..........e-- fram- ' if-rits T g W - William E. Vance guardian angel. But now Ball State was com- ing of age. At a time when most people had retired and been collecting social security for five years, Ball State's 70th year of existence was a changing, adapting and growing one. The image of a motionless sculpture, green with age, was being replaced. Benny, the bronze ambassador, was obsolete. And a different image was forming. While the floodlit figure of Benny still stood brightly in the evening sky, something else began to emerge from the shadows. lt was a new image, one not made of bronze. It was an image pounded, molded, sculpted from efforts, ac- complishments, failures and per- sonalities. It was an image that had been overlooked, somewhere in the background, too distant to see or somewhere in the foreground, too near to focus upon. The new image was somewhere beyond. Somewhere beyond Benny. They came in September, 18,000 strong. They weren't rigid, unchanging and inflexi- ble like Benny. They were just students. Parents, brothers and sisters helped carry stereos, lofts and suitcases to dorms, apart- ments and fraternity houses. Concerns over declining enrollment were unfounded, the number of students actually Mike Yoder INTENT ON THE GAME, Tracy Miller takes a break from cheer- ing to just watch the action during the homecoming football game. Opening 5

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