Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Mike McCandless, Arts senior, and Joe Kelly, an Omaha resi- dent, rehearse their roles as Henry II and Becket, top. Above, a student relaxes with a good book, and right, Dave Wesely readies a new Bluejay for the start of the 1978-79 season. International events included the death of Pope John Paul I and the elec- tion of a Polish Pope, John Paul 11. The Arabs and Israelis took a new step as new peace accords were signed before the watching world. The world, too, witnessed beginnings and endings. 1978-79 had its endings, too. Program 101 came to an end, and new plans for an alternate educational structure were begun. Graduation came for seniors as they ended one phase of the cycle to move onto new careers and professio nal and graduate schools. — the foreword

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A Middle Age drama unfolded in St. John ' s Church as Jean Anouilh ' s Beck- ef ' was performed. The Real Inspec- tor Hound and a spring musical added to the other theater fare. Other entertainments included noon concerts and Sunday evening music in the Knothole. There was Fall Frolics and the Blood Drive first semester. As the semester ended the Christmas spirit came alive on campus when the Omaha labor un- ions fastened a tree atop the fountain. A lighting ceremony and carols from the choir completed the festivities. Wmterfest and the carnival as well as the Panhellenic formal and Turn- about were major dance events for the second semester. National and world events on the doorstep of Creighton were not ignored by some students. The Young Demo- crats and the Young Republicans were on campus involved in area campaigns during the election year. The Creighton choir provides the music for the Fall Mass, top left (opposite page), while later Jim Kane, Arts junior, and Jeff ZindeJ, Arts senior, study, center. Arts senior David Hsu, left, talks to a friend, bottom left, but another Creighton student gets into some gymnastics in the Kiewit Center, bot- tom right. The yearbook staff, top, takes a break to beckon students to get between our covers! Business junior Mary Jo Geisel, a resident adviser, tells a story about a floor incident to a resi- dent, above. the foreword — 9

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This is 1978-79, and it was the year of the students. The students created a vivid reality full of change — cycles of beginnings and endings. Edward and John Creighton began it all and were responsible for the opening of Creighton ' s doors in 1878 with 120 boys. Since then the university has taken great strides to develop a campus, atmosphere and programs to provide its students with quality education and environment. As Creighton opens its doors to a new century, a new beginning, it is the students who will carry forth the Creighton brothers ' dream and write the next chapter in the school ' s history. The 1979 Bluejay is the record of how these students have evolved and where they are going in the future. The reader must get within these pages to discover Billie Bluejay tries to chat with these two students at Soc- toberfest, right, but they seem too amused to talk. Below, Creighton performers practice. the foreword — 1 1