Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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The Jesuit Gardens area provides, far left (opposite page), a sanctuary for studying, and an intramural player gets tagged at second during an early game in the intramural season in the fall, bottom. John Jarosz, Arts junior, makes an attempt to get the ball for his team, Taxi, left. Kevin McNulty, Terri Kobold and Chris Miller and two friends enjoy a typical TCIF, top. Arts senior Bob Hallinan is hard at work testing a new record for KOCU, above. the foreword — 7

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A .. tUlmm - f learns in the giving and the getting — the beginnings and the endings. Creighton introduces a new lifestyle to the freshman, and a new person emerges as the novice becomes a senior. Change is slow, but it is there — just as summer turns to Indian summer and winter thaws for spring. The student will keep this process alive into the sec- ond century. The beginnings and endings of 1978- 79 can only be told through the happen- ings, students ' life, the organizations and the learning. It was a unique year which began with the acquisition of Sheridan Hall, named after the late Rev. Michael Sheridan, administrative assistant to the president. Early semester activities included Welcome Week activities which intro- duced freshmen to Creighton lifestyle. Rush Week and Greek Week illustrated what Creighton ' s Greek system was all about and hoped to attract new members. More construction greeted students as the year began. Creighton ' s system of moats was caused by the construction of the piazza fountain. Omaha labor un- ions, construction trade associations and contractors donated the labor and the cost. The Student Board of Governors faced a $15,000 deficit as the year began. The deficit altered events planned for the year. At the annual budget meeting, new guidelines were set for member- ship fees for Creighton ' s organizations, and changes were begun to offer stu- dents more services. the foreword

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The Rev. Matthew E. Creighton, S.J., was inaugurated as the 21st president in the first formal inauguration in the school ' s history. Creighton had guest speakers who highlighted the events for the year. George Plimpton was the Welcome Week lecturer. Noted author and editor, William R Buckley, Hilton Kramer, a na- tionally known art critic, and Doris Hays, a pianist, were just a few of the guests. Friday and Saturday evening voids were filled with a kaleidoscope of films offered by the SBG like a Paul Newman series, a Hitchcock series and a foreign film series. -• SJ4UXJJ. •P ' ;pr ' 1- i d v - .,- p .r 1 » m ' 8 — the foreword