Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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Food and fun. The picnic food incl uded watermelon and the fun included seeing President Hammond doing the chicken dance. Picnic 9 PHOTO LAB

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Record crowd enjoys picnic by Karla Wienck It was good food and good times for all at the third annual Welcome Back Picnic in the campus quad on Monday, Aug 31 The picnic, once again organized by the Memorial Union Activities Board and Block and Bridle, was held at the beginning of the second week of classes, due to rain during the first week The nice weather definitely had an influence on attendance. About 3,500 people attended the picnic, topping last years record number of 3,000, I.B. Dent, director of student activities, said. The $1 meal, served by Block and Bridle, consisted of barbeque beef sandwiches, baked beans, a variety of salads and watermelon to top it all off. Pepsi -Cola Bottling Company, Hays, helped sponsor the picnic with free Pepsi in complimentary Fort Hays State cups. Students gathered in clusters, visited and enjoyed the music provided by the band Stardust Music ranging from surfing music to the chicken dance was performed. Many football players, as well as President Edward Hammond, were per- suaded to participate in the chicken dance. In addition, many dubs and organizations set up information booths for students to learn more about available opportunities while attending college. A lot of people, especially freshmen, stopped and asked questions about the groups, Dent said. To celebrate the event, Rodeo Club handed outblack and gold helium balloons for MUAB, and the Tiger football team was on hand to sign autographs. Welcome bade President Hammond and Bill Jettison welcomed back the students at the picnic. Students gather. At the picnic the students had the chance to sit on the quad and listen to music. m 5 PHOTO LAB PiCrl,C—

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D0 r KING Booze and bucks - legally By David Burke One extreme to another. Changes were not only indicitive of the university, but of the entire state of Kansas as well. Kansans finally had the privilege other states ' residents had for years — sometimes even centuries. The state finally had a lottery. The lottery was introduced with gala celebrations in November, a little more than a year after it got the approval from Kansas voters. The first lottety games, Up and Away and Match Three, were instant scratch and win. Participation in the games far surpassed the expectations of state lottery officials. A one dollar investment in a lottery ticket brought $10,000 to Doug Eagleburger, a university freshman. The lottery commission also introduced weekly televised draw- ings, where five-time lottery losers would become eligible for $25,000 with a spin of a giant wheel. Kansas also became a part of a multi-state lottery, LottoAmer- ica. Millions of dollars could be won by picking seven numbers on a scale of one to 40. The extreme change from private clubs, to liquor by the drink, to open bars, was ushered into Kansas in July. Club membership cards were things of the past; anyone over 21 could walk into a bar (provided that establishment derived 30 percent of its profits from food) and order a drink. Despite the protests of opposition groups, state officials wel- comed the change as a way of bringing added revenue into the state. Pari-mutuel wagering — approved by voters in November 1986, along with liquor by the drink and a lottery — was not yet put into effect. Dog and horse track plans were created across the state for future racing sites. The lottery, liquor by the drink and pari-mutuel. Before the elections, they became known as the sin issues. Once imple- mented, they went from being sin issues to being in issues. From one extreme to another. Another loser. More often than not, purchasers of the scrape -off lottery tickets turned up losers. But one university freshman, Doug Eagle- burger, won $10,000 with a lucky ticket. Mo n ey fro m heaven. Clo se, but not quite. On the fi rst day o f the Ka nsa s Lottery, thousands gathered for activities at the Ellis County court- house. Tickets were dropped by firemen from a ladder truck. Lottery — ' aA Ij 10