Kansas Technical Institute - Liasion Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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would prove to be a tough competition.Three teams would start but only one team would leave victorious. At the final buzzer the score was inthe favor ofthe Civil team. The score read Civil:185, Computer:105, Industrial lChemi- cal:90. The Civil Engineering team would go on to face the defending champion Mechanical team. The Febuary 25th Quiz Bowl Finals was a day that brought both anxiety and nervousness to both the spectators and participants alike. By the end of the sesion Kansas Tech would have either a new Quiz Bowl champion or a continu- ing champion. The players in this struggle were the Mechani- cal and Civil Departments.Atterthe race began, time seemed to fly by quickly. When the buzzer sounded the end of the third round, the scores were: Civil 195 Mechanical 150. The Civil team had become the new 1988 Quiz Bowl Champi- ons. With the annual Quiz Bowl competition by students representing the various departments here at Kansas Tech completed, the Faculty and Administration teams were ready to do battle with the Civil team. This meeting tran- spired on March 3rd. g ZMFZ - m 'Mr , 4. le MIDDLE LEFT: Winning Civil team, Dave Lilak, Mark Groslanci Justin Burch, NOrman Peterson. ABOVE: Score keepers Lisa Hawk and Rosie Goll. BOTTOM: computer team, Debbie Finley, Dan Newton, Melvin Longmire, Tad Ashlock. Representing the Administration team were President Anthony Tilmans, Jay Trenhaile, Mike Renk and Dr. Richard Keist. Kent Kraft was the replacement member. Representing the Faculty team were Bob Holmolka, William Powell, Max Shepard and Mac Ashburn. The final score at the end of the third round was Administra- tion 160, Civil 65, and Faculty 260. It was a package of victory stamped and sealed bearing the name of the Faculty team. coNTlNuED ON PAGE za l1Fil'I5l'i5 TEEH 13

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UIZ OWL The 1988 Quiz Bowl competition was a tough and rugged battle to gain superiority and the right to be known as the 1988 Quiz Bowll Champions. The first day of competition was February 11th. On that day two teams battled it out forthe right to advance toward the semi-finals. The two competing teams represented the Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Departments. tMechanical was the returning champ from 1987. l Members ofthe Electronics team included Dan Morris, Dan Hocker, Paul VanOver- schelde and Scott Jensen. The replacement member was Leroy Davis. Members of the Mechanical team included Russ Carlson, Vance Ralstin, Craig Lange and Tracy Hynes. Dave Kamp was the official announcer for the event and Mike Renk was the official judge. Lisa Hawk and Rosie Goll were the official score keepers. The Quiz Bowl is divided into three rounds of questioning. Each round has a ten minute question round followed by a three minute speed round. Bonus questions are also awarded to the team that cor- rectly answers a toss-up question. Three bonus ques- tions are given and no points are subtracted for a wrong answer. ABOVE: Moderator Dave Kamp. TOP: Mechanical team, Craig Lange, Tracy Hynes, Vance Ralstin, Russ Carlson. MIDDLE: Faculty team, Bob Homolka, Bill Powell, Max Shepard, Mac Ashburn, win- ners in the student, faculty and administra- tion competition. BELOW: General Chemical team, Ray Kovar, Don Glick, Dave Baldwin, Tye Baker. There were nine catagories this year, they were:Entertainment, Sports and Recreation, English Grammer and Language, Current Events, Literature, Math and Science, History and Geography. During the Febuary 11th competition, the Electronics team fought a well, but losing battle as they were defeated by the Mechanical team, 180 to 155. This first day loss would knock them out of the entire competition. The next day of competition was February 18th. The winner of this meet would then go on to face the Mechanical team in the finals. Teams represented in this meet were: Civil Engineering, Industrial l Chemical Engineering, and Computer Engineering. Members of the Civil team included Dave Lilak, Justin Burch, Norman Peterson and Don Scheffield. Mark Grosland was the replacement member. Members ofthe Industrial f Chemical team included Don Glick, Tye Baker, Koal Tague and Ray Kovar, Members of the Computer team included Debbie Finley, Dan Newton, Tad Ashlock and Melvin Longmire. Once again this

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AFRIETY F EVENTS ENROLLMENT RISES Cn August 21 st the technology center at Kansas Tech was rapidlyfilling with students. Why? You may ask? Because it was enrollmentday. The daywhenall new and returning students do things like-pick up financial aid checks, paytuition and buytheir books, as well as Qetting their student l.D.tcards proclaiming them students at Kansas Tech. iThis year enrollment seemed to be from last by an estimated department noted ITIOFG 'The noted a students enrolled inthe A8tP program while the Professional Pilots carried 73. wnenflooking Electronics and Computer ments we find that' 39 enrolled in Electronics there wereil 7 in the CP program, and 19 in Data Processingfor of 113. On the wh number new and returning to be rise in -Thes ures' class in Vlhchita, S0 the total figures actuallymuch The new students' meant a of l technology be made while TGCTL by SyndrMartrnez 14 l lf'lH5fl5 TEEH