Louisiana Polytechnic Institute - Lagniappe Yearbook (Ruston, LA)

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n The Move Head football coach A.L. Williams and trainer escort a player off the field during the Northeast game. ESfEy'iien2SQ if the Racquetball Club and the watenskiing team. Some older teams chose this year to come into their own. The Lady Techsters softball team found their place in the sun last summer with a fifth- place national ranking. Academically, Tech never stopped moving, but maybe now we've shifted directions a little. Although our College of Engineering is as strong as ever, no longer is that the only department deserving of national recognition. Now we can be as easily noticed for our College of Administration and Business, one of the few fully accredited in the nation. Or we can be cited for our aviation department which has the only university-owned planes in the state. Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have kept the labs in Carson-Taylor Hall scurrying with activity as Drs. Lenore Kelly and Leslie Holladay worked toward helping insulin-dependent diabetics become able to administer their medication more accurately. And our school kept its head up academically, proudly noting that we had the second- highest average American college Testing scores - 19.0-- among state schools for entering freshmen. At the end of the fall quarter, we were hit with the biggest change we would have to undergo: the budget cuts. Taking a quiet walk at Hideaway park is one of many ways students spend warm spring afternoons. The park is equipped with barbeque pits. picnic tables, and exercise bars. Financially, we became a runner trying to make our laps with a severe gash in our sides. At first the wound seemed fatal when the state promised a 51.5 million dollar cut. But it turned out to be only a flesh wound when the state reduced the cut to S500,000. Although it left a sharp pain in our side, it's nothing compared to the scream of agony that would have been heard if faculty or staff had had to be cut. The S500,000 nick is not necessarily a move backwardg it's more like we're an athlete who's been taken off sweets and put on a lean diet. We're fitter, trimmer, and still on the move. l Even in our most important' and fundamental element -

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