Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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%. Ann Butkus enjoys the fine spring weather as she pre- pares to join the action around the beer keg. The pleasant surroundings of the Hill Haven beer blasts provided a good chance to meet people. Beer drinking, girl watching and a nice day. What more could you want on a Saturday afternoon? 24

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1l8S! 3r Annette Gleason finds the benches in the quadrangle an opportune spot to talk and watch the action. The grass never grows tall on the east quadrangle—a seemingly endless ball game takes care of that. Cards, conversation dominate east quad For many the essence of college life is not cramming for an exam in English Lit, or the relentless tracking of a line of philosophical reasoning, or even the tense, frothy roar of applause at a basketball game. No — for some remember best the dropped pass in a game of catch on the trampled Quadrangle huddled between dormitories under the sullen moistness of a November sky. Or the marathon game of bridge, played out among coffee cups and empty Coke glasses in the Student Center, away from mental disciplines, away from the world. Are they lost, these irresponsibles? Do they falter on the fast track of the great game outside college walls? Or are they the realists who find that life, too, con- tains the miscue on a sodden field, the card dealt heed- lessly into a puddle of cold coffee?

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Beer draws students to weekend blast While students petitioned university officials for a rathskeller to provide legal alcoholic beverages on- campus, the Student Board found an interim solution in a new Creighton institution, the beer blast . Whether they were held in an antiquated dow n- town meeting hall, a university dining room, or in an open field on a nearby farm, the blasts provided a w elcome relief from the academic blues. Numerous kegs of beer lubricated the activities. Bands provided music for the light afoot and the con- genial settings induced cozy conversation. The imposing number of kegs never proved to be a match for the indomitable Creighton students who stayed well into the night to insure that no dregs remained. Kent Ban and Ellen Graham mirror the amicable spirit that permeated the all-university picnics at Hill Haven. Getting through the suds and into the beer presents a problem— but there are ways of dealino with it.