Central Wesleyan College - Centralian Yearbook (Central, SC)

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A lost munchkm visited Octobcrfest, There’s no place like Oz. way. So you jumped right in and went totally off the wall with ev- eryone else. At Central Wesley- an, fitting in is easy. All rules of conformity and peer pressure are done away with. The rule that does apply is this: don't put up walls unless you plan to go off them. College involves maturing and it's been said that no one is truly mature until he’s had his first long laugh at himself. A melding of the minds Joni. Steve, Miranda and Cindi seen from a dog's eye view j

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FF THE WALL DonT gimme’ no bull.” A friendly face in (he CWC library. Roger, your slip is showing. Wilson be- came “sugar and spice and everything nice for Octobcrfest. Two renowned members of the nerd herd Tynette and Starr show off mamma's old clothes. 24 “Sanity: state of being sane soundness of mind. Lost upon en- trance into CWC” (Webster’s). Remember highschooi? Every- one dressed the same, talked the same, and acted the same. Then came college and conforming to the norm just didn’t get it. Old walls were torn down, and there you sat, inside out. The funniest thing happened, though; you found out it was better this

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88 THE YEAR IN REVIEW George Bush and running mate Dan Quale beat out Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States • A fire blazed through Yellowstone for three months destroying 1.38 million acres • Midwest farmers lost $15 billion in the hottest, driest summer since the dustbowl • Hurricane Gilbert, whose winds reached 175 mph, crashed through the Caribbean, northern Mexico, and Texas causing $10 billion in damage • Superman turned 50 years old • Sonny Bono was elected mayor of Palm Springs • Tom Hanks scored big in Big (the movie) • Orel Hershiser pitched a record 59 scoreless innings to lead the Dodgers to victory in the World Series. Thirty two months after the Challenger disaster the spaceshuttle Discovery successfully launched America back into space • Heavyweight champ Mike Tyson fought his biggest fight against actress Robin Givens. The two divorced only months after their marriage • Billy Graham and 500 other religious leaders travelled to the Soviet Union to commemorate the 1,000th anniversary of Christianity in Russia • Walt Disney’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a combination of animation and live action, was the year’s top grossing film • In merry ole’ England, the Queen had her royal pooch sent to a dog psychologist to stifle its temper • The USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian commerical airliner killing 290 passengers • Universal Pictures released the highly controversial film The Last Temptation of Christ • Geraldo Rivera raked in big ratings and a broken nose when his “Teen Hatemongers” show trigged a studio-wide brawl • All eyes turned northward as worldwide forces united to free three California gray whales trapped in the ice in Burrow • Two of the three whales made it to the open sea • Former chief of Staff Donald Regan published his memoirs and claimed that Nancy Reagan planned the President’s schedule with the help of an astrologer • 26