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The BUCCANEER T H I S T I M Volume 55 East Carolina University E Greenville NC 27834 The Buc Reappears It is no secret that this is the first volume of the Buccaneer to be published in three years That is not the only thmg that makes this volume of the Buc special and unique This volume contains more color pages and more special effects than any yearbook ever published at East Carolina It covers the year in a way new to this university a magazine style format By covering the events of the 1978 79 year chronologically this volume presents a clearer perspectnve of the times But first there is a need to discuss the events that caused the cancellation of the book for two consecutive years Each year needs to be examined separately as the factors involved in each case were not related to each other There will be no whitewash here The reasons he with such things as personal ity conflicts power struggles incompetence and politics things that should not get in the way of publishing a yearbook lt is not a story that anyone should be proud of The 1977 edition fell victim to controversy between the editor and the Student Government Association which at that time controlled the fundmg of the yearbook Upon the SGA s rejectlon of an unnecessarily large budget which had been submitted by the editor she and her staff resigned For rea sons only known to the legislators and staff members involved no compromise was reached Late in the year a second editor was named who agreed to a smaller budget and a smaller staff But the late start and the theft of equipment from the Photo Lab resulted in the cancellation of the book for the first time in over 70 years. The next year saw the same second editor attempting to pick up the pieces and get a yearbook out The facts behind this second failure are much harder to understand and accept than those of the first No one realized a problem existed until the beginning of Fall Semester 1978 Suddenly a Fountain head story claimed that the yearbook was in serious trouble for the second year m a row The story claimed that nothing had been done for a year no plans were made no pxctures were taken and the staff was never told what to do Amidst promises by the editor that the book would be finished the student body waited November 1978 came and with no progress made the Media Board cancelled the publication of the book No Judgments will be made here But there is one comment that must be stated it could have been avoided if more people had taken the time to care Apathy has plagued this campus for several years It is sad that no one was willing to put forth enough effort to insure a yearbook The 1979 Buc staff was hindered by all of thls Those who did not understand the situation were quick to place the blame for what had happened on the 79 staff Co operation was a thing that nobody was willing to give and the staff consisting mostly of freshmen and sophomores was put on the defensive This was to be the make or break year The future of the Buccaneer was at stake 4 Index Cover ECU s new Chancellor Thomas Brewer and newly expanded Ficklen Stadium Catholic Church suffers traumatic loss of two Popes as Paul VI and John Paul l die within 2 months 78 Pirates fall to Notre Dame 89 72 in last regular season game played at South Bend Indiana Cover Dr Thomas B Brewer mstalled as 7th Chancellor of East Carolina Um ceeds Dr Leo Jen kms who served as Chancellor for 18 years Long awaited Media Board begrns its year by cancelling 1978 Buc and caus mg controversy over its unspent funds Buccaneer staff suc ceeds in publishing yearbook for the first txme in three years Cover Ficklen Sta drum is expanded to seat 35 000 Pirates defeat Western dedication game Ficklen is now the 3rd largest stadium 1n NC .-,gg-wwf ECU 5 long fight winds down as Med School begxns opera tion New classroom first graduating class will be in 1980 Homecoming cele brated with parade dances and region ally televised 203 victory over William and Mary 90 Men s basketball team finishes season with an exhibrtlon game against Soviet National team Tragedy in Jones town sparks re newed controversy over relrg1ous cults as 900 die in bizarre murder suicide pact After two stormy years as head bas ketball coach Larry Gillman resigns much to the relief of his adversaries ECU makes its lst bowl appearance in 15 years and de feats Louisiana Tech 35 13 in 3rd lnde pendence Bowl SGA suffers another year of controversy with apathy fman cial problems and unfair election bring ing grief 2 Features Radio station WECU 104 D0fm Life tries for second year 132 The 50V2f1t12S to go FM FCC foot 152 SHOW dragging impedes 184 Great Escape success 198 Downtown 220 Apathy , ,,, 48 7 3 - 16 , A -A ,X 5 7 l n' - . -li ' - , .li f versity- BYQWGI' SUC- Carolina 14-6 in S X 5 ik W facility is planned, as 1 as , - . 1 . sarr r zo 64 72 so ' 86 . 17 1 180 1 196 08 I l
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