Illinois College - Rig Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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The Hilltop Campus of Illinois College was not the only community that had a new beginning. The community of Jack- sonville received a face lift and became the home of new beginnings. The face lift began when the Illinois Theatre and the Times both were ren- ovated to accomodate the community. The Illinois and Times, once only having one screen for a showing, divided them- selves so that they can now show two shows at the same time. Another face lift was the re-opening of the Regulator. After being closed for almost a year, the SERV X . - .W -tswvmmmwwwzowwmwwmwxm 2 -Na , in lsrr s Bi . . BAS:-:IN - noanmsi Er , t , at ff' WX, Q' L t, I ' 'N W 4 . 'ls' . ,.,.. ' 5 '.,, . lltl ..,. . :.- X I CE CREAM yalasas s t ss ' ii- . :tis I 0 Q . -I . s M 2 A S E , ! ! y! ! E Regulator is opposite of its munchies but Hardees. If counter part, Rascals, has you really got bored late at all male bartenders and night you could always M waiters instead of female. cruise the new Country Fair The Regulator also supplies Discount food store which bands almost every week- opened up in Lincoln Plaza end and Wednesday nights. and stayed open 24 hours a Entertainment was not day. the only area that received The biggest new change a face lift or new merchants. in Jacksonville was the com- This past summer saw the pletion ofthe Morgan Coun- building and opening of a ty Rehabilitation Center. M Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream After months of waiting and v:m,,,l-119555,-M Parlor. Many IC students dispute, Jacksonville found - 4 could be seen on a hot out it would be the home of f ' autumn night coming back a new state minimum secu- 'r 1't'f-433' - I with ice cream. The return rity prison, known as the 5' ' Qlil,-,. . it . , of students to Jacksonville Rehabilitation Center. gl.-,',,,.-f.iy1,,,, N ' also saw renovations to Jacksonville, like IC, had s tf 'f5 'f 'N't 'f'- r'M'i3?:f'i T'51'5 f irn's McDonald's, which added a new beginnings. The Com- An infamous pnson guard tower' side sun-roof area and have munity saw sadness with completed their play- the death of a fine mayor, ground. Hardees made the and happiness of the Routt biggest new move. They be- Rockets winning the Class gan staying open 24-hours a 1A state football champion- day. Many students took ad- ship, and the expansion of vantage of this convenience Lincoln Square. Jacksonville after a late night of studying is proud of its Hilltop cam- andjust for someplace to sit pus of IC and IC should be and talk. And after those proud of its community that SAB dances where else opens its arms to the stu- 5 could you go to satisfy your dents.

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NEW PDSITIONS Illinois College Associate Pro- fessor of French, Carole Ann Ryan, was named Associate Dean of Students in May of 1984 and officially began her duties as dean in August. Dean Ryan is still teaching part-time in the For- eign Language department. Ryan filled the position as dean when it became available after Doris I-Iopper, registrar and associate dean of students, an- nounced her plans of retirement at the end of the 1983-84 school year. The position of registrar was filled by Dr. John Avery, the as- sistant to the public service Ii- braran. His post includes not only the responsibility of over- seeing maintanence of students personal and academic records, but also the necessity of being qualified to assist students in checking for fulfillment of re- quired courses, Taking the place of Dr. Avery working in the library was Mrs. Gage. KEIM Joining the full-time business department staff this year was Ms. Jo Ellen Keim. For the past three years she had served as the part-time instructor in ac- counting. Ms. Keim received her BA. from the University of Illi- nois. She worked for an accoun- tant and the McDonaId's Corpo- ration before coming to Illinois caiieqfi in 1982. -ZELFW 111' 'I 'K 'T 'L '1' 1 nt- I 't , , f 'T 1 1' . 1 '11 it '1 T 1 Illinois College honored two former coaches by dedicating the new 1,800 seat bleachers to them. The new gold tinted aluminum stands were dedicated to Ray El- iot and LaRue Van Meter, who coached at Illinois College in the 1930's. Construction of the bleachers began in mid July and was com- pleted in time for the 1984 foot- ball home opener. The IC press box also was re- furbished during the summer, al- lowing a better view for radio, television and newspaper media covering the Blueboys. 'BUILDING FOR TOMDRROW AND BEYOND' Baxter Hall, a familiar sight to students since its construction in 1929, is soon to be replaced. The Baxter facilities are simply no longer adequate to support the rapidly growing number of hungry IC students. This year's record 570 dining students are putting an unequaled strain on the building, which was built for an enrollment only about half the size of today's student popu- lation. Baxter, as it now stands, cannot survive the nearing 1990's. The solution? A new building for tomorrow and beyond . The proposed 51,600,000 pro- ject will be added to the south- west corner of Caine Student Center, overlooking the athletic field. The building itself will be capa- ble of seating more than 400 people at any time or a meal. If all goes as planned, ground will be broken on the two-year project sometime next winter. Scheduled for completion for the 1986-87 school year, the new dining hall project has al- ready been Iargely financed. Gifts from individuals as well as group donors are expected to cover the cost of the building.

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ENTERTAINMENT The Ghostbusters team of Er- nie Hudson, Harold Ramis. Dan Aykroyd. and Bill Murray whipped mermaids, gremlins, and lndiana Jones to become the biggest-grossing movie of 1984. Made for S38 million, it pulled in more than S200 million in its first five months. The movies invented PG-13, a new rating to steer parents with kids under 13 away from films deemed excessively violent. PG- 13 was praised by Spielberg, whose Gremlins and Indiana Jones inspired the rating. lt was a year when Terms of Endearment won the Academy Award for best picture, for which Shirley MacLaine won the Oscar for best actress. Robert Duvall was voted best actor for Tender Merciesf' For better or worse, Dyn- asty took over from Dallas as the no. 1 primetime TV show of 1984. Clara Peller's Where's the Beef? commercials for Wendy's made fast food a three- way contest and gave Walter Mondale, in another competi- tion, his best line. X ? 1984 also took a toll of famil- iar names and faces, including James Mason, Ethel Merman, Count Basie, Truman Capote, Andy Kaufman, and Marvin Gaye. The world mourned the loss of Richard Burton at age 58, the colorful Shakespearean who be- came more famed for his private life and his on-again-off-again marriages to Elizabeth Taylor. The year did not provide a bumper crop of celebrity babies, but Meredith Baxter Birney and Debbie Boone both welcomed twins to the world. Also, Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal pro- duced a child and so did Mick Jaggar and Jerry Hall. lt was also a year when the Betty Ford Center for drug and alcohol abuse graduated such celebrities as Liza Minnelli, Eliza- beth Taylor, Peter Lawford, and Mary Tyler Moore.