Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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f , ' TJi.7pi ' OREl ' « ) X The opening of the Bluejay Bar this year created a new outlet for fun, top. Down Home performs its own brand of country rock at a noon concert in lower Brandeis Student Center, above. A little elbow work with a glass of beer is an en- tertainment for some, left. after the classes — 29

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CU entertainments vary, add spice to campus life Sculptor Edward Dwight, below, talks about his work at his show ' s opening in the University Gallery. Frisbee catch is just one form of campus entertainment students can enjoy, bottom. Creighton entertainment defies categorization. The types of ac- tivities found on campus are as numerous and varied as the stu- dents engaging in them. During the past year, old stand-by diversions were as popular as ever. The Kiewit Center intramural pro- gram shll provided jocks the oppor- tunity to perform and armchair athletes the chance to watch. TGIFs remained the perennially popular Friday afternoon let-off- steam activity, as did that time- honored ritual, hanging around the quad. Movies were shown twice weekly, ranging from Ingmar Bergman films to King Kong — something for everyone. And frisbee fans con- tinued to chase misdirected missies across Creighton ' s unique, campus- wide frisbee golf course. In addition to the usual, however, there was entertainment to be had in some rather unexpected places. Backgammon proved to be the latest craze, especially in the dorms where boards were usually to be found placed on top of open, soon- to-be-forgotten textbooks. (It was rumored that one student, back- gammoned three successive times, proceeded to fail a logic exam the next day.) Disco dancing also caught the imagination of Creighton students, providing new incentive for native New Yorkers to go home and learn the latest steps. Would-be John Travoltas were even known to pass up Friday night Saga sundaes so that their pants might fit Saturday night. Foosball tables, installed in the dorm lobbies, were also a popular form of entertainment — especially among the freshmen men. The ta- bles provided diversion not just to foosball devotees, but to lobby ob- servers studying the individuals patronizing the game. Some students hired themselves out as midnight-to-8 a.m. dorm lobby security guards in search of diversion. After all, what better way to keep up on campus gossip? (Im- agine working that shift the night of Fall Frolics!) The Alumni Library suggestion book proved an indispensible form of entertainment to numerous stu- dents who spent their evenings reading the entries and library staff replies. Some students suggested the supplying of blankets to cope with the infamous sub-zero library tem- peratures while others advocated the parading of bodies to brighten the dull scenery. Replies were equally bizarre. The new Bluejay bar opened close to campus, providing additional temptation to weak-willed students. Careful observation revealed a worn path leading from the library to the conveniently located establishment. And when all other forms of en- tertainment fail, Creighton students can always resort to poking fun at each other. Observers at pre-chemistry test Saga meals find tense students in- haling chicken bones. Students at Carter Lake keggers discover freshmen boys propositioning senior women. Basketball games give students the chance to again experience childhood games of hide-and-go- seek and Mannix during the walk to Civic Auditorium. Popcorn and textbook hangovers (not to mention real hangovers!) leave students bleary-eyed at break- fast. The activities (and conse- quences) are all ultimately justified by participants as being an essen- tial part of that mysterious Educa- tional Process.

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Below, the art of judo is practiced by three students. Bottom, fencing takes a stab at the athletic curriculum — en garde! Why can ' t Johnny read? He ' s in the Kiewit Center Creighton is an academic school, right? All those kids studying to be lawyers and doctors — they proba- bly don ' t have much time to piddle away on those lesser pursuits like athletics, right? Wrong. The most popular building on campus is not Rigge Science Build- ing and certainly not the Alumni Library. Students use the Kiewit Physical Fitness Center more than any other place. And they use it for any number of different things. They show off their tans in the swimming pool following a spring break trip to Padre Island, Texas. They pump weights for hours daily — visions of body building Schwartznagel dancing through their heads. Students compete in basketball and all sorts of intramural stuff, and play raquetball, and run and talk to members of the opposite sex. While Mom and Dad are at home thinking how hard son Johnny must be studying Tuesday night, Johnny is taking a sauna in the Kiewit Center to get rid of some of the weight he ' s been gaining at the nearest bar. The sauna does won- ders for a beer belly. The Kiewit Center is, however, the home of various academic pursuits. First aid, physical education, and other subjects are taught there, not to mention classes in theory of bas- ketball and theory of football, (which probably shouldn ' t be mentioned). And students can learn how to fence, so that should one happen to have one ' s foil with them when they ' re attacked in a dark alley, they would know what to do. Co-eds can also learn martial arts and not have to worry about their boyfriends putting the moves on them anymore. Why, it ' s truly amazing — the many uses of the most-used build- ing at an academic institution. 30 — after the classes