Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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18 Student Life

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Our University is indeed a colorful place. A place where thousands of students with many varying ideas, thoughts, traditions, and backgrounds come together for a common goal. ..an education. Learning the material in class was only a part of the education a student received at Northwestern. Chances are he made good friends, laughed, cried, loved, and learned to think.. .to be a responsible adult and citizen. Things didn ' t always go our way. Students in 1986-87 paid higher tuition that any time in Northwestern State ' s 102-year history. It was painful when close faculty members were fired to help balance the school ' s budget. And it hurt when our athletic teams had losing seasons or lost key games. But every bad moment, there was at least one good. Like when the football team managed to go undefeated against other colleges in Louisiana. Or when students packed various nightclubs in search of a good time. And how about the close friendships we developed, simply by attending NSU. No, things weren ' t always in color. Sometimes they looked a bit more black and white. Likewise, the 1987 Potpourri can ' t be all color. Most of our book is black and white, so remember: even as you see the black and white photos in this book, the people at NSU in 1986-87 were showing their true colors. WELCOME Thousands of students pack Shreve Square as NSU takes on Tech in the annual State Fair. The two archrivals tied, 13-13, in the 1986 game.

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Student Life Steve Horton and Jim McKellar, editors A traditional spring at Northwestern... summer brings many changes... Sam Smith and Dean Bosarge leave NSU... Harold Boutte and Fred Fulton arrive.. .and the new life at NSU begins. A halloween tradition begins with the Rocky Horror Picture Show at midnight... dorms are scrubbed.. .the cafeterias are cleaned.. .Mike Knotts takes over the Intramural Program...Inside View scrapped with plans for a better program folio wing... a winning football season... the State Fair tradition changes with the last of the NSU-LA Tech classics... Varnado Hall becomes a relief center for fire victims before it is renovated for upperclassmen...over 600 seniors receive diplomas from NSU... and undergraduate enroUement finally increases as NSU undergoes a major overhaul. You wouldn ' t recognize the old place, but the traditions are still there! Student Life 19