Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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MB 2: As students returned to fall semester classes, temperatures continued to soar past the one hundred degree mark and people searched for air- conditioners, swimming pools, and liquids to beat the heat. Nancy Massalt labovel finds a cool watermelon adequate at RHA's watermelon feast. When fall finally did arrive, it came quickly and didn't stay very long, but brought beautiful colors with it. Student Life 7

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Old Central iabovel keeps a watchful eye on the unpredictable skies of Oklahoma Oklahomans saw a typically wet spring that produced a rainbow of colors The flowers didn t last long as the summer of 80 was to be one of Oklahoma's most disastrous Farmers and ranchers saw their crops and animals suffer through a summer of record breaking temperatures The OSU Cowboy football team made its 1980 debut in the fashion of The Empire's archvillian Darth Vadar, wearing solid black headgear and black jerseys. The influence that Urban Cowboy had nation-wide was im- mense, but in Stillwater, well, our he- roes have always been cowboys, fwhich was also our Homecoming themel. They are all gathered here, cowboys, farm-kids, and city dwellers alike. They differ as much as night and day, but they all come to learn and to have fun. Their studies may take them to the Ser- atean Center or to the Meat Lab but they still cope with many of the same problems. They learn not only in the classrooms, but from each other when they all come together in Stillwater to experience student life at OSU. 6 Student Life

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After winning seven games in 1979, limmy johnson had high hopes for his 1980 Cowboy football team, but los- ing the opening five games of the sea- son, with a team ranked by some poll- sters as top twenty material probably left johnson wondering what had hap- pened tothe team he had talked about in August. There were few things for Cowboy fans to cheer about in 1980 but there were bright spots as Mel Cambell led the Big Eight conference in pass receiving and linebacker Ricky Young was named to the all-Big Eight first defensive team. Despite a losing season OSU students remained uncan- nily loyal as an average of 16,000 stu- dents attended Cowboy football games at Lewis Stadium. The Pokes only home victory came in a 48-7 rout of Colorado in the finale to a week of Homecoming activities on campus. 8 GSU Football Cowboy fans were awed by outstanding receptions made by the Big Eight's leading pass-catcher, Mel Cambell itopb. Chris Patton ibottomi celebrates OSU's Homecoming victory with a little Cotton- eyed-joe.