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THE FORCE WAS WITH US La Salle in 1977-78 Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away — or was it just yesterday in a movie theater down the street? — Darth Vader and the Imperial Storm Troopers had captured the beautiful and sassy Princess Leia while Star Wars had captivated audiences from coast to coast. This was the year that the Eye-talian Stallion made Philadelphians proud by choosing their very own Art Museum as his Mount Olympus in Rocky. Theme songs from both movies claimed the AM airwaves while disco versions set the beat at nightspots. Meanwhile, Boz Scaggs, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joel and Fleetwood Mac basked in the glory of their numerous fans, and a funny woman by the name of Diane Keaton left Woody Allen ' s set for a serious role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar. This was also the year that we faced the holiday season without Bing Crosby to croon White Christmas, and without Guy Lombardo to usher in the New Year at Times Square. It was a sad year for Phillies fans, too, as the home team AL- MOST did it, losing the National League Pennant to the LA. Dodgers after coming so close. The national sports scene was domi- nated by a couple of youngsters: fifteen- year-old jockey Steve Cauthen was named Athlete of the Year, and fourteen- year-old Tracy Austin became the youngest competitor at Wimbledon. In a courageous visit destined to earn him TIME Magazine ' s Man of the Year Award, Egypt ' s Anwar Sadat attempted to cool tensions in the Mideast by going to Israel in the fall. Meanwhile, a trip abroad by the Car- ters left not a few red faces as an inept 18 translator made several gaffes during the Chief Executive ' s stop in Poland. At home, brother Billy Carter was making more money than the President by en- dorsing everything from his own brand of beer to belly-flops. In Philadelphia, a young Democrat by the name of Ed Rendell beat the ma- chine to win the District Attorney ' s spot away from F. Emmet Fitzpatrick. Mayor Frank Rizzo, the Big Bambino, mulled changing the City Charter so he could run for a third term. And on a small college campus on the corner of 20th street and Olney Avenue, the year began with a burst of optimism: in a time of declining birthrates and rising tuitions (our own included), La Salle had still managed to draw more students than the year before. Brother Patrick Ellis, a new president as these things are calculated chronologically, was nevertheless already comfortable in his new office and his new role. Upperclassmen returned to find Leon- ard Hall gone, and in its place a new quadrangle, which was promptly and ir- reverently christened, the Miniature Golf Course. Over in Hayman Hall, Jack The Colo- nel Conboy was ending an era as Ath- letic Director and La Salle alumnus Bill Bradshaw was waiting in the wings for his own term to begin. The women ' s program under the direction of Field Hockey mentor Kathy Wear, began to grow in earnest, attracting top caliber women athletes with scholarships. Dorm students started off the year with a couple of innovations: some freshmen had two roommates instead of one, and Wister House was opened as an alternative to the dorms and the LSC apartments. And what of the students? Nationally, educators, psychologists, sociologists and statisticians endeavored in vain to dis- cover why, after the tumult of the Six- ties, campuses were so terribly quiet. But La Salle ' s campus, to those who knew its nooks and crannies and the organizations tucked into them, was any- thing but quiet. There were no riots, no black armbands, no hunger strikes (ex- cept to donate the price of a meal to the Famine Relief effort on campus), no sit-
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1 ' -■-• --■- • i.a-i . I Ira W ™ ins, no shouting, but there was a lot happening. The Students ' Government Association spearheaded the effort to get students to write their state legislators urging them to lower the drinking age and resolve the budget crisis that held money for higher education hostage. While Philadelphia saw the in- auguration of a new daily tabloid, the journal, the Collegian continued to reign supreme in the print media on campus. Sixty student reporters, editors and pho- tographers managed to write and edit enough copy each week to fill eight to twelve pages with campus news (and to attend classes at the same time). Upstairs, WEXP Radio in Philadelphia was branching out to WEXP television in the College Union with a closed cir- cuit TV added to the station ' s musical attributes. Following a national trend, La Salle also saw a revitalization of fraternities and sororities, and their rededication to service. Among the Greek-sponsored goodwill projects were an Alph Chi Rho pie-eating contest for leukemia, Tau Kap- pa Epsilon ' s annual blood drive and a benefit basketball game, and Sigma Beta Kappa ' s efforts to restore and maintain the Day Care Center. In addition, Sigma Phi Lambda boosted the Booster Club and collected barrels of Toys for Tots at Christmastime. Gamma Sigma Sigma sis- ters put in hours as hospital volunteers. Student entertainment was handled by the Student Programming Association (SPA): among the movies they brought to campus were Taxi Driver and All the President ' s Men. They kept the College Union Lobby blooming with plant and record sales as well. 19
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