Multnomah University - Ambassador Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Nov. 25-26-Thanksgiving break i Dec. l-2-Swine flu vaccine clinic The swine flu vaccine fwas available on campus, free of charge, for those who desired inoculation. Controversy over the unknown affects of the vaccine continued at this time but the federal vaccine program remained in operation. Dec. 1-3-Smog alert in Portland suburbs J t Pollution levels rose, causing residents to remain in- doors as much as possible. Low pressure and no wind prevented the air from blowing clear of the area. Dec. 2-Grads celebrate Dr. Mitchell 's birthday Over half of the grad class met at Farrell's to surprise ,iDr. Mitchell with a birthday party. Mrs. Mitchell, and Dr. and Mrs. Aldrich also joined the party. After entertaining the grads with his candle joke, Dr. Mitchell .was hugged by some of the girls. One actually kissed him .and she was an RA, too! Sheltishould be due for a social campus! Y Dec. 3-Roland Salter visits Last year's student body president, Roland Salter, visited the campus on break from his duties with Overseas Crusades. After graduating last May, Roland joined OC in their work in his home country, England. He shared on the f'Hope in the Present at dinner devotions. Dec. 3-4-Disney comes to Bl As a fund-raising event, the seniors obtained a Walt Disney film, The Barefoot Executive, and cartoon, Clown of the Jungle. Clown featured Donald Duck as a fearlessiphoto- grapher mixed up with a dodo birdf Kurt Russell, Wally Cox, Joe Flynn and Raffles the Chimp starred in Executive.', Cox had the audience rolling with laughter in his scenes with Flynn as they perched precar- iously on the 20th floor ledge of an apartment building. Raffles stole many scenes catching both our sympathy and our cheers. A concession stand of popcorn and pop helped make the atmosphere into a movie house Coops! that's film room,'J. The venture by the seniors was a succgess as measured by the number of people who returned on Satur- day after watching the show on Friday! Forum Dec. 5-Handel's Messiah in the SYU1 ' The combined groups of choir, chorale and orchestra per- formed the Christmas portion of the Handelis Messiah before a standing-room only crowd in the gym. The orchestra was com- posed of the school's band and musicians from the Oregon Symphony. Soloists were Frank Eaton, Bill Hendricks, Patty Higer, Teresa Higer, Scott Manton and Dorothy Phelps. A polished, professional perform- ance, the concert received a well-deserved round of applause. Dec. 7-14-WF's tSecret Angel week Based. on a theme of CHERUBS, each woman on campus was encouraged to' be creative, helpful, encouraging, rejoicing, unique, be different and share Csecretlyj with one of the girls in her dorm section. f'Mortals received cards, cookies, candy, toys, you name it, from their Secret Angels. In turn at lnterdorm, f'Angels,' received a favorite recipe from their mortal in appreciation. Kandee McCracken and Don Potts shared John Fischer's Mary and Joseph,', the story of how God used the lives of Mary and Joseph to bring His son into the world. Grace Wong read the story of the outcasts and the well-supplied mansion, bringing tears and an ache to our throats, and also the realization of the need for sharing our abundance. On cue, Men's Fellowship trudged in singing Jingle Bell.',

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Exiting on their second song, the men were given a standing ova- tion. Dec. 9-Reciting a declaration of interclependencef, Mr. Garmo proclaimed the engagement of Kathy Long and Tim Laughlin. Trumpetors Scott Manton, Tim Killgore, and Tim Snyder an- nounced the banns. A little humor occured when,upon Mr. Garmo's mention of the name Tim, Tim Snyder patted Tim Killgore on the back as if in sympathy. Tim Killgore was confused until he realized what Mr. Garmo had said. The dinner crowd quickly picked up the inside jokew as Killgore vigorously shook his head in denial. Dec. l 1-Open House fDecorating Contest Dorms and houses were open to all eyes of the student body. Both the men and the women had spent the previous week working on decorations of their: houses or doors for the annual decorating contest. The students got to look at each other's creations. Winners in the dorms were as follows: Sutcliffe-Harriet Reed, Mary Colson, Memorial- tie between Kathi Emerson, Susie Estes and Joanna McLennan, Heather Elmore: Men's-Scott Beattie, Mike Schenatzki. lt was reported Scott and Mike worked 12 hours on their Porchf' It had a doorbell that triggered a taping of Christ- mas music. Apartment winners were: Women-Carol Wegner, Gail Hendrickson, Brenda Hess, Debbie Pricer, and Men-Tom Maki, Ken Bigelow, Lyle Hertzig. Houses: Woman- NOSTALGIA NOOK-Cindy Berg, Kathy Belton, Sharon Johnson, Christy Jones, Kandee McKracken, Kathy Baskin, Kathy Long, Susan Kilcollins: Men! SUBLIME LIME-Jan Harms, Cliff Horr, Dave Steward, Tim Pearson, Ray Lubeck, Mike Peterson, Tim Limpert, Darrell Wilson. Judging was on originality and creativity, imagination and time spent working on it. Com- merical stuff from the store was frowned upon. Dec. 11-Junior Talent Show Twenty-eight people demonstrated their skill, talent and creativity in skits, story- telling, songs, photography, and on musical instruments. Popular acts were: Tim Sauerwein's piano rendition of f'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Bonnie Reid's tale of her mothball, Sophie: and Steve Hawkins' Tale of the WC? Pete Miller and Tim Raven Dec. 14-Student Chapel Utilizing silhouettes, music and narration, students presented the Christmas story in the gym. Throughout the semester, Stu- dent Chapels had brought us better understanding of ourselves and of God. Today's dramatiza- tion showed us the broadness of Godts love. That love prompted God to send His Son to earth. His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, in turn sacrificed himself because of his love for us. What a precious gift is God's love. Jan 14-Service at the Hilton To add to their last night together, the girls of Hauny- aucker Hilton Cone of the dorm houses closed due to low enroll- mentj had a slumber party in the ,front room of their house. After lat dinner of wetback, fruit salad and banana splits, they pulled mattresses out on the living room floor. Saturday morning rolled around, and none of the six girls desired to get ready to go to breakfast. But they had a plan to get breakfast! Haunyaucker Hilton Con phone to Sublime Limelz We're acted out a hilarious version of ,,., Wady-7, U i 'KMSB News TV- A1 Dobraffl E Sublime Lime: 'tReadyv.i.for taughtl Sharon Yerger how to Whaww juggle and Santa Claus dropped in looking for Rudolph. is Dec. 12-After expounding on the concept of marriage, Mr. Day revealed the marriage plans of Janice Baskin and Ken Bigelow. HH: Ready for breakfast in bed. SL: 'Tm sorry but ldon't know anything about it. Click. Dead phone. The girls were not ones to give up so easily. HH: Cto Alan Young's housel This is the HH and we're ready for breakfast in bedf, Alan Young: Well, good for you. HH: UNO, I.m serious. We want breakfast in bed. AY: Wait a secondtwhisper