Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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Lambda Chi Alpha Pantry Raid In the fall, the Lambda Chi Alpha chapter took to the neighborhoods to ask people for food contributions to the Community Stew Pot. This organization feeds needy people of the community. The annual event is known as the Pantry Raid. The chapter received an award in April from Young Volunteers in Action for the work that they did. Members load up a truck to lake food to the Stew Pot. In assembly line fashion, Lambda Chi ' s pass bags of food to take to the Community Center. Counting and packaging canned and dry goods for the Stew Pot. 22 Pantry Raid

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(left) On November 19, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Geneva. They are shown here talking in front of a fireplace at the Fleur D ' Eau on Tuesday. —Ceremonies were held at various times during —In April, Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of the year at the Vietnam Memorial to commemo- Carmel, California, rate the 10th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. — Israeli agents were asked to leave this country on charges of espionage. — Former Mississippi Governors Ross Barnett and Cliff Finch died during the year. — High school teacher Christa McAuliffe was to be the first teacher to be a member of the Shuttle program. She was scheduled to teach class from the shuttle during its mission. Christa was killed in the explosion. (above) Seconds after liftoff, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in mid- air, killing all 7 astronauts. The cause was believed to be a leak in one of the booster rockets. The bodies of the crew were later found in the ocean. (above) Jim McMahon, QB of the world champion Chicago Bears, is shown here wearing his headband to support Children ' s Hospital. McMahon won the hearts of many as he advertised for many causes on his sweatbands. (above) A white man flees from a jeering group of stone-throwing blacks as protests against Apartheid continued in Johannesburg, South Africa. — In late April, there was a severe meltdown at a nuclear plant near Kiev in the Soviet Union. High radiation levels were detected by Swedish and Finn- ish authorities several days after the meltdown began. This caused a distur- bance worldwide that the Soviets were trying to hide the disaster instead of warning other nations. World News 21

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Pepsi-Pi Kappa Alpha I Run For Your Life! z In April, the Pi Kappa Alpha fraterni- ty, under the direction of Warren Burns, Jr., organized the first annual Pepsi-PiKA Run For Your Life . The 5K run was a community service project to benefit cerebral palsy. Approximately 100 runners participated, including sev- eral Millsaps students, and $850.00 was raised. Warren Burnscalls times as the first runner crosses the finish. (above) Carah Lynn Billups is the first female to finish. She is also a Millsaps student. (left) About 100 runners participated in the 5K run held at takeover. Run For Your Life 23