Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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..- -n .J 1 -- x The ever-popular Winter parties and the basketball games helped break up the grey days of Winter quarter, but the students also took time out for more serious things. Religious Emphasis Week found the stu- dents exploring theology through talks by leading ministers from throughout the na- tion. The Christmas Sing saw more than 1700 students participating, with every living group on campus represented with singing groups. Perhaps the biggest topic brought before the students Winter Quar- ter Was the budget cut controversy, as cof- fee break conversations turned into govern- mental debates. The Exponent became one of the statels most comprehensive news gathers concerning the University Systenfs plight, and President Renne made head- lines with his stand on the matter. n-11.-.....a win.,- lL1 Rl Thr: spotlight of tliff Spf li lt e Spotlight Dance. Their tln-iiiw Pr-'liibi The annual music assembly, recognition of MSCS musical groups. The cotton ciiiidy of .1 lm-kutlwall :ann if N Q, .3 1 Q f' 1' I 1 , 1 'I S 'fill' , N , ,-1 1 --. I ,. 1 1-llivw

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FZS if Q X ,B-X Dick Trainer winds up his tongue as The homecoming fans watch the 'Cats The weather grew colder as the sea- the Sagebrush Apes go into action. in action. son grew longer. The national election took on added color at RISC. with the holding of a mock election just G SI prior to the actual voting. The students accur- Krmdm ately predicted the outcome ofthe stateis guber- I natorial race, giving Donald Nutter a over- whelming majority over Paul Cannon, but they failed to recognize the trends of the nation in the presidential campaign, as they hypotheti- cally elected Dick Nixon. judging from the state budget cut to education, perhaps the students made a wrong choice in the gubernatorial con- , test also. The students also kept the polls busy i ' X on other issues, as they elected queens, voted on a new winter quarter holiday, and chose their student leaders for the coming year The Presidents brother stopped at MSC during i the campaign. , I , ,, , The dedication of the plaque honoring those MSC football players X ffm! during XISC s mock election. who died in WWII.

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is +1 1 Addressing the Exponent for distribution. Student activities, the lifeblood of a college or university. To some extracurricular participation means leadership, to others it is just helping on the Exponent or the F armer. Whatever the role played, committee member or presi- dent, the job done is an important one. Without these activities there would be no newspaper, no yearbook, or anything else that is associated with college life. Along with the parties and once-a-year events that come to a college, there are the jobs that are the same day in and day out, jobs that seem to be and are drudgery, but With- out them many of the things that are enjoyed by the stu- dents Would never come about. Dances would have no decorations, intramural sports would never be played, and student government would never function. One of the REW displays. i2bH1A.Z'7f'I 'Z -NJN: pdufllflh, fi 2 W-, ' '. .I ,4..rA.f '.-3' ,. 4 '.i 5 +'H'ZWId H