Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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Oil Helps College With the energy crisis upon us, Kansas has been doing its part to cope by cutting its gasoline consump- tion six per cent over the usage of last year. Car- pooling is becoming ever so popular with students and faculty because gasoline prices are inching up to over $1.25 per gallon. Students are even trading in their Trans Ams for smaller, economy cars. Faculty mem- bers are hanging on to their pickup trucks but driving them less. Because of turned down thermostats in the class- rooms, people on the campus are dressing more warmly indoors. The combination of no ventilation in the classrooms and warm spring days causes everyone to complain about the heat before the administration allows the air conditioning to be turned on. But as individuals suffer from all-around higher en- ergy bills, the county of Butler generally prospers. New oil wells are being drilled every week. New em- phasis is being put on oil and gasoline, and the refiner- ies are prospering. As the oil industry prospers, so prospers Butler County and Butler County Community College. The school reflects the economy of the coun- ty.

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Home, Home On the Campus Yee Ha! Lets hear it for the cowboys. Get out your hat, boots, and belt buckles because the year of the cowboy is back. We have two kinds of cowboys in this world. First we have the real cowboy. His hat is a plain straw hat with no feathers. He does no wear spitshined boots. His faded jeans are set off by a T- shirt or a cotton flannel shirt. In his pant pockets you ' ll almost al- ways find a can of Skoal or a package of Red Man. Also a cow- boy is usually accompanied by a horse. The second kind of cowboy is the dressed up one. This cowboy wears a felt hat with feathers in it, polished boots and a belt buck- le that is twice the belt ' s size. This type of cowboy always has the dream of some day riding the prairie on horseback, but in the meantime, he will ride the me- chanical bull as seen in the night- clubs. Cowboys are joining the rodeo circuit and are making ro- deo the number one sport. Butler County has gained a rodeo club in the last two years and is doing fine. Years ago cowboy and Indian movies were popular and then they died out. Now in the last few years we have movies like Urban Cowboy and The Electric Horse- man. Country Western music is now hitting the top of the charts with stars like Kenny Rogers, Willy Nelson, Tanya Tucker, and Crystal Gale. BCCC has an enlarged ag de- partment, and more cowboys are making the campus scene. Per- haps cowboy boots will replace running shoes as the campus uni- form. 10