Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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4 Opening Bikers line up before the start of a F un-filled activities keep students on division race during the first Hillcroft their toes. Besides trying to get the Criterium. The race was sanctioned by best time in the Homecoming Bed the United States Cycling Federation Race, teams tried to outdue each other and was the first race of the 1986 In- by dressing up for the event as well. diana cycling season. Rocky Rothrock on, to Watermelon Bust and Homecoming activities. Meanwhile, President Worthen told students in October the semester debate was not “a sham” and that no decision on the change had been reached. In the wake of student protest, ad- ministrators claimed in the paper that “Agreement on new ceremony not yet reached,” even though the new graduation ceremony had been an- nounced in September. The result was students who felt the administration had a ‘shoot first, ask questions later,” style of manage- ment. Further upheaval came when students returned from winter break and Worthen announced that the university would adopt the semester system. Resignation set in. The winter passed as the men’s basketball team played poorly and the Daily News called for the resignation of Coach Al Brown. A month later the paper had egg on its editorial page when the team staged a

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6-0pening eJohn Huffer an ere” pace | dramatic comeback and won its Mid- American Conference Championship. Hopes for an NCAA title were quickly dashed, however, when Memphis State won in first-round action. Men’s tennis also won the MAC, joining women’s field hockey and basketball, along with the golf team which won its tournament title, to provide relief in a successful year of university sports. A flurry of sudden activity in May surrounded a potential visit by Presi- dent Ronald Reagan, but presidential spokesmen said there was no time on the president’s agenda for the unplanned visit. Meanwhile, graduation loomed and there was little time to find a sum- mer job. Yet students believed somehow it would work out, because as always, One Thing Leads to Another. Control and body position provide protection for Dan Palombizio as he maneuvers around a Memphis State player. The Cards participated in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa- tion basketball tournament only to be defeated by Memphis State, 95-63. In the midst of a beautiful Saturday morning, 2,877 students await to turn their tassels. A split ceremony took place for the first time as all graduates sat in the Quad for speeches and special degrees, then moved to other . sites around campus.