Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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As the students ' voices fade away, one comment stands out: MSU has everything any student could ever want or need to help them reach per- sonal, educational or ca- reer goals ' — Bobby Wray The school offers many unique opportunities for students to expand their horizons, like the cam- pus radio station. Or events like the traditional Miss Memphis State pag- eant, the popular Inter- national Night or the fun- filled Mudball Tourna- ment. Although the average student is most likely a Historically correct. Chris Robinson and other members of the Society for Creative Anacron- ism put extensive research into their costumes. The group displays their costumes at gatherings like this one at the Brooks Memorial Art Gallery. Devin Greaney Memphian, people of all talents add their own touch to this campus, like singer Mike Mefford and Olympic hopeful Dean Pakis. Of course, academics is the core of a higher institu- tion of learning. Some take paa 6 normal to unique

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Memories of back home are re- flected in Monica Lin ' s face. Lin represented Tawain, but Interna- tional Night featured various countries including Korea and Mexico. Devin Greaney Student Life ' The best thing on the MSU campus is the janitor ' s room in the physics building. No. That ' s not true. The best thing is the healthy food from the Kiosk. No, that ' s not true. This is what I meant. The best thing about MSU is our campus radio sta- tion. It is truly committed to jazz music. -Jim Nettle ton Kathy Armstrong Greeks I have enjoyed all the people I ' ve met, especially my fraternity brothers. Memphis State has opened up major career opportu- nities for me. -Joseph Shelton John Vollmer People ' The most unattractive feature about MSU is that everyone car- ries a suitcase (goes home on the weekends). A highpoint is the friendly atmosphere around campus. -John Christopher Wheeler Sports The best thing about MSU is MSU basketball. It ' s the only thing that brings all Memphi- ans together. -Tracie Murrell Devin Greaney Organizations The Navy (at MSU) is a good opportunity for people; it teaches one a lot about leadership and getting along with people. - Leonard Jamerson Sean Smith Serge Samaha Academics College has been a sort of prac- tice for the real world— learning to roll with the changes in a controlled enviroment. -William Eledge opening

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it seriously, like those en- rolled in the Executive MBA program designed to shape professional execu- tive officers. Others are apt to catch the hooky bug and skip class. Where the norm in sports has always been basket- ball, football and baseball, now others are becoming more popular. Look at the new women ' s soccer team or the name the racquet- Regulation wrestling? Doubtful but pretty close. Rich McCoy and Mike Brocato battle it out in the mud. During Mudball, there was much playing around in the mud between matches. Devin Greaney ball and handball teams are making for this school. In the beginning there were only two clubs— one for women and one for men. Today that number is well over 100. There are those organizations dealing with subjects from religion to politics. Take the new Christian group BREAK or the SGA ' s controversial year. The organizations re- stricted to women or men have grown into the Greek fraternities and sororities. Today the norm with Greeks is an emphasis on the unique- ness of the individual member. Out of the days of the Normal School, created solely to nurture teach- ers and school adminis- trators, has grown a uni- versity unique as the in- dividuals who make it up. Once it became a fully accredited univer- sity, it was well on its way to becoming the place that went from normal to opening