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

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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

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Hammond’s Inauguration— by Mildy Hall Five months after being named the eighth president of the university, Edward Hammond was officially inaugurated. Whether or not to have an inauguration was the purpose of the Presidential Transition Committee, Bill Jellison, vice presi- dent of student affairs and chairman of the committee, said. The committee decided to go ahead with an inauguration weekend. The weekend was planned to start Friday, Oct. 30. The actual inauguration was Sunday at the Gross Memorial Coliseum. Jellison provided the list of names from which the rest of the committee members were chosen. Gerald Tomanek, outgoing president, was master of ceremo- nies for the inauguration and Jellison was grand marshall of the ceremonies. Jellison was more than qualified to serve as grand marshall for the event, and was an obvious selection to do so. I knew the president before he came here, I have spent more than a quarter of a century on campus and I have seen four presidents inaugurated here, Jellison said. Publicty for the ceremonies started as soon as the decision was The new president. Paul Shephard, president of the Endow- ment Association; Donald C. Slawson, chairman of the Board of Regents; Hammond; and Warren Armstrong, president of the Wichita State University, sing the university Alma Mater. Inauguration 12 made to have the inauguration. Bob Lowen, director of univer- sity relations, was in charge of that area. We did the publicity before and after the inauguration, Lowen said. Lowen and Suzanne Klaus used the Macintosh computers in the university relations office to design the invitations and set type for the other publications. We also kept records of the invitations sent, returned and accepted, Lowen said. Other inauguration activities included a Sunday luncheon, which Lowen was the master of ceremonies for. It was after the luncheon that the actual inauguration began. The university presidential medallion was passed to Ham- mond by Donald Slawson, chairman of the Board of Regents, officially marking the beginning of his presidency. Hammond had announced at the beginning of the year that he wanted to electrify the campus, and that was the basis for his speech. The purpose of this inauguration weekend is to solicit your involvement in the Fort Hays State University dream, Ham- mond said. That dream, according to Hammond, is to electrify the campus in a way that every graduate is computer literate. PHOTO LAB