Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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SPACE shuttle Challenger was launched on January 28. 1986 with the first civilian to be in space aboard. Seventy-three seconds after lift off. hot ex haust gas burned through the seals on the right solid rocket booster and ignited the 154-foot external fuel tank. PHOTOS BY JOHN FLAVELL

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Yesterday's Memories, by Carl Cur- nutte, starred Greg Leslie, Julie Jones, Connie Roberts, and Kelvin Amburgey. Ed- die Figgins was the director. This story was about two old lovers who shared a bit- tersweet reunion only for tragedy to separate them again. Sister Mary, by Chris Marshall, starred Van Wilburn, Tavia Biggs, and Mike Breeze. Barry Amburgey was the director. In the production, a man, almost ready to marry, finds out that his roommate is homosexual. HNames and Faces, by Chris Marshall, starred Greg Leslie, Julie Jones, Van Wilburn, Tavia Biggs, and David Souder. Belinda Stambough was the director. The story was about a man down on his luck who was forced to become a mugger but lacked the spirit. Overall, the season was a success and will undoubtedly be equaled or exceeded next season with these talented actors. BY ADA MIRACLE uSAVE the Pigeons'iLL-H was the outcry on one actors hat in GREATER TUNA; GREATER TUNA is about a day in the lives ofkthe citizens of Tuna. Texas. THREE BY ALBEE featured three short plays; each was directed by a different student director. John Flevell

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1986: Year of PEACE? s if to signify how 1986, dubbed by the United Nations as the Year of Peace, was going, the U.N.'s symbol for the year, a Costa Rican cypress called the Tree of Peace, died. The sapling, which was transplanted from Costa Rica's Mountain of Death to a UN. garden, is said to have perished of botantical problems, not political. Even so, with fighting continuing in Afghanistan, Central America, lran and Iraq, and Southern Africa, some viewed the tree's August demise as a dark symbol of a year that got off to a bad start anyway. How will we remember 1986 ten years from now? Will we consider the space shuttle uChallenger exploding over the Atlantic, taking seven lives; or will we ponder the AIDS epidemic? Will we remember the day 0.8. military jets hit the Libyan terrorist machine, or will the hunger and political turmoil in Africa be on our minds? Perhaps we won't remember everything, good or bad, but it's safe to say that a few events of the year will stick in our memories. SPACE SHUTTLE uCHALLENGER : On January 28, 1986, HChallenger was launched after several days with the first civilian in space aboard, New Hampshire school teacher Christa McAuliffe, and six astronauts. Seventy-three seconds after Iift-off, hot exhaust gases burned through the seals on the right solid rocket booster and ignited the huge 154-foot external fuel tank.