Minot State University - Beaver Yearbook (Minot, ND)

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Ji il E Yi sm- On Ted Uecker's shoulders, little Cody Kittelson is big on school spirit. SML it 53 ' . ' it 1 tx .- I Vs T C Y n .'H i 3,953 1 . Above: The 'Centi' takes a leak on Wade Herbel and Paul Keene dur- ing the Homecoming Pep Rally. Right: MSU Beavers cool off dur- ing the Homecoming game with the Valley City Vikings. Below: MSU students swayed to the music at the Johnny Holm concert. Vs 1 ' . N i ff. , U- fli I LESURE11 -B Q-9'

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MSU Celebrates True Colors . . . The 1987 Homecoming court couples were lfrom left to righti: Brenda Mihalicz and Bill lrmen, sponsored by the Dorm Association, Paula Sparks and Leon Perzinski, sponsored by Phi Beta Lambda and the Business Administration Clubg the 1986 Homecoming King and Queen Curt Marschner and Melanie Kirchmeierg Chris Wenberg and Dean Popinga, sponsored by the German Clubg and Pam Bergman and Todd Mathistad, sponsored by the Campus Players. Mihalicz and lrmen claimed this year's titles. Homecoming 1987 The fall of '87 will be remembered for the NFL players and their striking, But in Minot, October 3rd had in store Homecoming: the Beavers and the V.C. Vikings. KX brought the cameras and sportscasters there, for live on TV, the game would be aired. The day was lovely, the fall weather fine: the fans came together, filling the stands. As each team waited on its own sideline, there were pre-game tunes from the Minot High Band. An unlucky ref was caught in a play. and benched on the sidelines he would stay. Drawing first blood, the Vikings soon scoredg it was only a field goal, and V.C. kicked off. The Beavers came back and put six on the board on a quarterback sneak by Paul Rudolph. The Beavers picked off a pass poorly thrown, and again moved the ball to the Viking endzone. The Vikings passed for a touchdown at last: nearing the half, MSU scored again. The Beavers were winningg the time went fast. At half-time the score was 20 to 10. To open the Homecoming half-time highlights: Minot's Marching Magicians and girls in tights. 10 LEISURE Five were inducted to the Hall of Fame: all were alumni and all good sports. The Homecoming King and Queen were framed by the princes and princesses in their court. The German Club's float was the best by far in Saturday morning's parade, nicht wahr? When the game resumed, the Vikes came out strong, twice driving near to the distant goal-line, but they fumbled twice, wondered what went wrong. And the third quarter ended, no scoring this time. The Vikings scored: a field goal, a touchdown. The game tied at 20, the Beaver fans frowned. MSU fumbled at its own twenty-five, and the Vikes tried a field goal, but it went wide. The crowd went wild, the Vikes came alive, The Beavers went nowhere, but, oh, how they tried! The Vikings took the ball downfield and scored: With the Beavers behind, MSU's fans were floored. Determined, the Beavers tried to come back. but the crowd slipped away and the Vikes shut the door, V.C. scored again. set up by a sack. Final score: Beavers 20 and V.C. 34. The stands were soon empty. except for the trash, and the crowd hit the dance for a real Beaver bash. Ed Welsh

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Socializing is a part of MSU dances as shown by Kammey Kuehn and Bruce Barcomb. Majority Rules When You Can't Please Everyone hile many students complain about excessive activity fees, the money generated from that fund is used to cover a wide spectrum of functions. One of those spectrums is the campus dances. About once a month, the Student Association sponsors a band to perform , providing entertainment for the students at MSU. The SA dance governor, Char Sorum, is the school's agent for hiring the bands. Sorum books bands through agencies like Minot's Dakota Entertainment and National Talent, which are in located in Minnesota. Sorum is a senior social work major who is always negotiating the best deal. A budget of approximately S8,000 may sound like a lot, but bands are not all that cheap anymore, Sorum said. A technique in the business which helps her get the best deal, or at least a good one is called block booking. The agents she deals with will let her know about specific bands playing in the area, and then work them in at MSU for a reduced rate. 12LEISURE Nick Chase and Pam Bergman mingle at inter- mission. This is very helpful when more than one band is perfor- ming in one month. For exam- ple, the 1987 homecoming band, Johnny Holmes, cost the SA S2,500, but Sorum was able to get the other two bands for S500 and 8600. This is a pretty good deal when you consider that most bands, or at least the ones with a good reputation, can cost close to S1,000, said Sorum. Sorum pointed out that what would be ideal is having at least two bands each month. Again, the economics of her budget does not allow for that, so Sorum does her best by usually booking 10 or more bands in an entire academic year. Admission to all campus dances is free to MSU students with current I.D., or a minimal S1 admission for all non- students. Revenue averages between S90 and S100 a dance and goes back into the budget. While this is not a significant amount, it does add up by the end of the year and can almost pay for one more band. Since most of the bands are considered Top 40, Sorum would like to see about getting a few country bands and other varieties such as a band like '1964' which plays John Len- non and 1960s tunes. Sorum would also like to see the campus dances draw a larger number of students. Nevertheless, you can't please everyone, so the con- sensus seems to reflect Top 40 as most popular, Sorum said. While many students go home, others are just too busy with jobs, families and schoolwork on the week-end to attend a campus dance. Sorum tries to accomodate the general student population by scheduling the dances on Thursday nights, and the tur- nouts consistently average between 300 and 500 people. The campus dances have become a given to university social life. Robyn Patton