Kansas Technical Institute - Liasion Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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TOWN TALK, TABLE TALK, AND TITTLE TATTLE lN THE ITEUJSPPIPER I VEFIRBUUK MIME?EggEifflgglgggfmgififii223522251515121552225222EIZIEIISZIEZESEIEIEIE25I2221212222222221222If2S1fIS2fiE2f1E12f22E1ffififffiffiififi212if1Ei21fIE2EIIIE1IIEIEIE2EIEI22ffZ2E3EIfIEIEiEfE1f1Ei ave you ever tried sleeping on a bed of nails? How about eating raw escargo? Would you like to slide down a bannister knowing that the last three feet had been replaced by a giant razor blade? I suppose your answer would be a firm no. Well, all of these activities are fun compared to trying to define the term college. What is a college? Perhaps a more effective way of understanding colleges would be to look for signs that distinguish colleges from other places. the following list represents my humble attempt to identify the sure fire, can't miss signs of the presence of college. You might try them out and see if you've ever been to college. 1. ls the football stadium or gymnasium the most impressive struc- ture on campus? 2. Do most people on campus think that Cher and Sting are more interesting than Aristotle and Einstein? 3. ls the cookie section in most stores surrounding your school devastated during final exam week? 4. Do your peers think farting and belching in public are about the funniest things you can do at an exclusive restaurant? 5. ls the largest part of your bookstore occupied by school jackets, pens, shirts, pennents, and other paraphernalia? 6. Do any of your friends think that the Classics Illustrated version of MOBY DICK was too long and needed more pictures? 7. ls attending classes on a regular basis no higher than three or four on your list of things to do each day? 8. Would you cut class to get a haircut, change oil in yourcar, orwatch a soap opera? 9. Do most of the males on your campus have an abnormal fear of Pinto station wag- ons? 10. Are the majority of the people around you able to get rowdy, act wild and crazy, and iust generally have a great time without get- ting drunk, stoned, or wasted on some illegal substance? 11. Would you have difficulty identifying all the countries of South America? 12. Would you have difficulty finding South America? 13. Do large numbers of the male popula- tion of your school find growing facial hair a l,--f ff jf! If 1 16 rlnnsna TEEH at A

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--4,,M, 'x 0 'U ffs, 1 V. A, J, his lf. ,,.,,.s JI K 6' TOP LEFT: Student Body President, Christina Humphrey, Salina, DP, address a crowd during Open House ceremonies FAR- LEF 71' Joe Bryant, Herington, MT relaxing in the lounge area of the Tech Center. LEFT: Professor Bill Powell, a regular when it comes to giving blood Kansas Tech has consis- tentlv given near record amounts of blood. BOTTOM LEFT: Dr, Bev Kissick visits with Justin Burch, Roxbury, CL, and his parents. Justin was touring the Resource Center on campus with his parents during Open House. TOP RIGHT: Vance Ralstin, M71 kicks his feet up -...su .2 W during drafting class after he hears that his 'Business' team did not lose any money this quarter. 1 HFIFIEHE 'IEEH 15

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,.L.-.. Were you able to find the United States on a map? ls TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Did a sig nificant number ot people in your class flunk out of high school? yOUl' idea of an aft film? time? 16. Would you be unemployed or unemployable if you were not in school? 17. Do you find politics, religion, history, philosophy and higher math irrelevant? 18. Do you spend a significant amount of time tearing the ragged edge off the spiral notebook paper you use? 19. Do you have absolutely no attainable or remotely realistic plans for your future beyond building your own space station and repairing nuclear reactors in your spare 20. ls it pretty much a sure thing that after you pass Written Communications and Public Speaking, you'll never have to write an essay or give a speech again before you graduate? lf you answered yes to any ofthe above questions, you may be attending a no doubt about it, bona fide, real life college. will B , OPPOSITE PA GE TOP: Ray K ovar, 2nd semester Newspaper editor. BOTTOM: Todd Miller and Grant Olds laying out a page for the Yearbook. Grant also was a Yearbook photographer. TOP PAGE Lisa Merrill, First semester Newspaper editor and Photographer forthe Yearbook. BOTTOM LEFT: Most of the pages of the Yearbook were worked on, or proofed by Michelle Fiorini. BELOW: Syndi Martinez, Yearbook staff ln addition to these people, Joan Fairclough was a Newspaper reporter and photographer the first semester and Mr Barnes written communication class contributed stories for the yearbook. Also, Todd Reinert, and Dave Kamp pro vided photoghaphs. Da ve Kamp also provided expertise in using Pagemaker. Don Cassett helped with advice on using the Macintosh Computer. Sid Barnes helpedg and Greg Stephens was the yearbook advisor as well as helped on the Yearbook staff HFIFIEHE TEEH 17