Northern Illinois University - Norther Yearbook (DeKalb, IL)

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Getting together in May I I After last year's riot stricken lVlay Fete, the calm atmosphere of lVlay Times, lVly Time was welcomed by all. Drew lVlacAfee, chairman of the Fete committee, said that the event was one of the best, if not the best, we've ever had. lVlay Fete '71 broke from tradition and eliminated royalty selections and island acts. The pageantry was traditionally a popularity contest held at each lVlay Fete--except for last year, when it flopped. Dating back to post World War I years, island acts became more and more expensive and more and more Greek. Between 500 and 600 persons par-

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I had a field course--was in South Dakota this summer. But I've been in summer school before. Some- times it seems like there isn't enough to do around here, but of course, that could be because there's a different crowd of people here . . .teachers . . .they don't gear a summer session as much toward the younger kids. I always get a kick out of the crummy movies they always show in the DeKalb theaters during the summer. Mark Hein Geology--Graduate Student N'-mal i f 1,.i,,,Y..W R, . ,. . .X .3 .W wet ,fe Al ISudsI Turner Speech Communications--Senior By coming to post session, I tried to compensate for what I lost by not going to summer school. You don't know how much it means to me--summer school. I'd rather sit here talking about getting high rather than listening to what they Iconstruction workersl had to say, having to swear with them, talk- ing filthy all the time. I'd like to see post session last another three-four days longer . . . I had an interesting class . . . got to know my head, other heads. I wanted to come here in the first place, but then I found out I had to . . . had two decent classes-- didn't get very good grades, but I enjoyed them, when I went. Dennis Taggert Historv--Senior I... W. . W, Siigpa .,,. . t .lf 49' Chris Krzyzaniak Art--Junior What I thought was kind of strange Iabout the SA's summer activities schedulel was that they offered alot of things that they spent more money on during the summer than they do during the rest of the school year. Things like free candy, free watermelon and free ice cream.

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msec, L ticipated in a Fete-sponsored can- dlelight march in memory of the fatal shootings at Kent State. The marchers moved through campus, singing or chanting peace slogans. City and university police cleared traffic to allow the marchers to walk peaceably curb-to-curb. A new event, canoe jousting, flee. entered in the Fete activities. lt calls for a jouster, standing in the front of a canoe, trying to knock his opponent off of his canoe with a paddle. This event was opened to women's participation, along with tugs and softball, for the first time in lVlay Fete history. The all-school picnic was rein- It seemed as if almost all of IVlay Fete was put into one big event--the all-school picnic. lf you were there, you saw paiama races, the sky- divers, tugs. If not, you just about missed lVlay Fete. The only thing I saw was a preliminary softball game once in awhiIe. stated after a year's respite, and in- cluded an all-new skydiving exhibi- tion. NlU's Sport Parachute Club staged a 7,000 foot jump before 4,000 picnickers at the lagoon. Over 3,500 hand-clapping fans helped Smokey Robinson and the Miracles to close the 1971 lVlay Fete festivities on a good note.