Cowley College - Tiger Daze Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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READY, AIM - A steady hand and a good eye help Kevin Coon In a tough pool game In the Nelson Student Center. AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY-Students relax watching television in the lounge of the new dormitory. FUN 'N GAMES-Donald Morris shows Eric Thomas the technique needed lor winning against an electronic game machine. ' ni' Pi :i , 5 :-ii 3,63 - C, f s A 5 .. Q,V,,,g K1 was ' I ' ... f .mfg ai msn ,, f W1 M 1 Uv is 5 'F TL ' mm!!! ww!! f 1 2. 5 -I1 1 1 I E , , v.': x ra l: il ' W1 L r ffm 'F f anal' ff l :J ff TIGER TALK-John Hein, Michelle DiVall and Vicki Richardson engage in casual conversation during a visit in the new dorm. HOME AWAY FROM HOME-Posters bn the wall and a few stuffed animals make a stay in the dorm a little more like home. TIGER PRlDE!Dorm Life Page I3

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Dorm adds twist to campus by Pat Jordon For many of the lOl students who lived in college housing, living away from home was a new experience which the college tried to make a lit- tle easier. The drudgery ot regular laundry was lessened by the washers and dryers installed on the lower level of the new three-story dormitory, and walking to class was no problem at all since the bulk ofthe students were housed across the street from Galle- Johnson Hall, the main class building. The new building accomodated 80 students and served as a center for student life for the entire campus. A spacious lounge, complete with cushioned chairs, cocktail tables,and a television room with a large color TV available anytime,made it a com- fortable place for students to meet other students or to iust hang out. An added convenience was that the new dorm was smack up against the Nelson Student Center which allowed easy access to the game room, the cafeteria and the bookstore. Although most things ran smoothly, opening the new building did require some adjustments be made during the year. Drapes, which were not orignally provided, were added to the rooms when students needed more privacy, and at semester break the college op- ted to install their own washers and dryers rather than rented ones so that the cost of a load of laundry could be reduced to the students. Sometimes it gets a little hectic when there are four people wanting to use one restroom, but that's just part ot living here, said Robyn Dawson, sophomore. 'V' ,Q AM -mini-. I-I M- W, ,,,....r Page I2-TIGER PRlDE!Dorm Life f

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New decade by Pat Jordan College students will tell you they really don't find much spare time to spend listening to records or wat- ching movies or television. Un- doubtedly, however, some of them managed to scrape together enough time to enjoy some of the en- tertainment highlights of 1980. The year saw skyrocketing suc- cesses of certain groups and in- dividuals in the music world. One of the most dramatic examples was Kenny Rogers, whose long string of hit singles including Lady, Coward of the Country, and She Believes in Me boosted him to the position of best selling pop singer of the year. Blondie made it big with Call Me and The Tide is High. One of the top groups of the year was Queen and Cowley students listened to their smash singles Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Another One Bites the Dust. A number of the year's most popular albums at Cowley seemed to stray from traditional rock music. Steely Dan's disc Gaucho contained tunes with a definite folk rhythm. End of the Century by the Ramones gave a good hint of punk and Stevie Wonder's album Hotter than July brought back a bit of the old rhythm- and-blues style. The heavy use of the television ,Qt brings tops in tunes, TV lounge in the new dormitory showed that students, like the rest of the country, were trying to answer that searing question, Who shot J.R.? The dastardly demon of Dallas fame was shot twice by an unknown assailant on the last program of the spring season, and viewers were for- ced to speculate on the mystery until late October when Kristin Shepard, played by Mary Crosby, was revealed as the trigger-puller. J.R. pulled through the ordeal and was seen bilking and swindling folks the rest of the season. The sports fan found plenty of good viewing, too. Another smash series was Shogun, which became the second most popular mini-series in the history of television and pulled NBC out of a year-long ratings slump. Super Bowl XV saw Oakland win out over Philadelphia 27-TO. In the World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies took the pennant by defeating the Kansas City Royals, the local favorites, in six games. Although viewers missed out on the Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the USA boycott of the games, the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY, gave the country some new heroes, including Eric Heiden, winner of five gold medals for his dazzling speed- skating, and the U.S. Olympic hockey team came from behind in the final g . 54, it - if , tis' f.ff?'ilil ' ' t i if vet 5' 'ty f . ' g T l ' 17' 43' VV- l ' -, 'r fi f - 'N 1' Ui.. ' ll Page 14-TIGER PRIDE!Enitertainment game of the event to defeat the Finnteamand give a much-needed morale booster to millions of Americans. Film critics tended to agree that it was an off-year for the cinema, but some bright moments did shine through. The Star Wars saga went one chapter further with The Empire Strikes Back, which turned a flop- eared and warty, but nonetheless wise, little Muppet named Yoda into something of a cult hero. John Travolta and Urban Cowboy brought in a new fad: ten-gallon hats, tight Levi's, and a mechanical bucking bull in every bar, including the Desperadoes just north of Arkansas City. Comic strips were a popular topic for movie material. Robin Williams, best known as the spaced-out spaceman, Mork, donned over-sized rubber forearms and a sailor's cap to portray Popeye on the big screen. Dino De Laurentiis made a S20 million epic out of Flash Gordon, a campy film about an football player with no super natural powers, who does bat- tle with evil space beings and proves that right will prevail. While historical comic strips became movies, the local newspaper, the Traveler, added Garfield to its funnies page, and the cat who loves lasagna was added to Cowley students' catalog of humor. ii. XJ Q . 'P .Q -ef