Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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HOMECOMING Here's looking at '85 Homecoming comes but once a year, so students like to make the most of it. Working on floats, decorating houses, painting windows, making signs and cof- fee occupied many in the weeks before the game. This year's Homecoming theme was Here's Looking at You, OSU...A Cen- tennial Decade View. It was everywhere, on floats, windows and people's backs. Other phenomena occurred: elaborate structures for floats, house decorations appearing on campus literally overnight, people disappearing, only to reappear days later with a glazed look in their eyes, chanting 'pomp, pomp. Homecoming had officially begun. Hard work paid off for some. Sigma Nu and Chi Omega won first place in the Class AA House Decoration division. Second place went to Alpha Chi Omega and Delta Upsilon and third place win- ners were Zeta Tau Delta and Delta Tau Delta. Class A House Decoration win- ners were Kappa Alpha Theta and Sigma Chi, f irst place, and Stout Hall, second place. Other Homecoming traditions are the walkabout, parade, homecoming dance and the crowning of the homecoming queen. The walkabout, when people walk about looking at different house decora- tions, occurred the night before the game. Students crowded the streets, looking, walking and bringing traffic to a halt. Babes-in-arms, parents, townspeo- ple, alumni, pets and others joined the crowd. Judging of the house decorations took place during the walkabout. The giant Homecoming pep rally took place at Lewis Stadium after the walkabout. The Homecoming parade was Satur- day morning. Floats representing dif- ferent organizations, the OSU band and cars carrying the homecoming queen candidates comprised the parade. Peo- ple thronged the streets early to get a good view. After the parade. Poke fans worked themselves into a frenzy for the game. The Pokes played the Kansas State Wildcats. The game was a good'un. The Pokes won, 35-3. During halftime, winners in the house, float and overall competition were an- nounced and the homecoming queen crowned. She was Janet Leach, Still- water chemical engineering major. Other winners were, in Class AA float competition, Kappa Delta and Alpha Gamma Rho, first place. Second place went to Phi Mu and Alpha Tau Omega, an d third place winners were Delta Zeta and Lambda Chi Alpha. Class A float winners were Chi Omega and Sigma Nu, first place, Alpha Chi Omega and Delta Upsilon second. Third place winners were Kappa Alpha Theta and Sigma Chi. Sweepstakes winners, those with the highest overall points in Homecoming competition were Chi Omega and Sigma Nu. The President's Cup, awarded for the most outstanding single entry went to Alpha Gamma Rho and Kappa Delta. Winners in the sign competition were Phi Mu and Alpha Tau Omega, iirst place. Second place were Zeta Tau Alpha and Delta Tau Delta, third place were Delta Zeta and Lambda Chi Alpha. Homecoming provided a good time for all. With the hard work put into floats, decorations and other activities, some Pokes were pooped. After the game, the Homecoming spirit was still present. A dance to celebrating the slaughter of Kansas State and living through Homecoming let everyone let go. Some filled local eateries, such as Eskimo |oe's, The Fox and Fargo's. Any open doorway on the strip was filled with happy poke fans. Homecoming might be considered a state of mind. Diversions like classes try to keep one from fully participating, but usually don't. Homecoming is fun. Everybody gets a little bit caught up in it. Even before Homecoming '85 is over, before the chicken wire comes down and the pomps are thrown away, plans for next year are being made. campus life 1 7

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GOOD SEX Dr. Ruth's visit stirs up statewide controversy As students milled about in the Stu- dent Union ballroom, waiting for Dr. Ruth Westheimer to take the podium, the atmosphere was self-conscious and tense. State Rep. Bill Graves, R — Okla- homa City, had lashed out at Westheimer s appearance at OSU, say- ing, that gal advocates anal inter- course... that's what's causing AIDS. Eight-hundred applauding spectators leapt to their feet when the self-styled sex therapist appeared. Many had seen her frequent visits to the David Letter- man Show or listened to her radio pro- gram. Westheimer told OSU students it is important to be a sexually literate society, and that she intended to dispel certain myths. In her famous Euro- clinical accent, she said education was the first step toward curing sexual dysfunction. It is so important to talk about these things, she said. Sexual activity is and ought to remain a private thing; however, it helps to talk about it. ' ' Unwanted pregnancies, Westheimer said, are caused by myths. Girls come to me and say, I thought I couldn't get pregnant the first time,' We have got to dispel some of these things. Masturbation is a subject area sur- rounded with myths, Westheimer said. A security official escorts Rev. Billy Joe Clegg from tlie Student Union ballroom stage at Dr. Rutli Westheimer's lecture to OSU students (above.) Let us bury the myths that masturba- tion creates insanity, blindness or that it will grow hair on your palms. I see all of you looking at your palms now. The legality of abortion was another issue Westheimer said she endorsed. The abortion law must remain legal. Before 1970, women with money could obtain abortions in Mexico and Europe. I certainly don't advocate it as a con- traceptive, but if there is a contraceptive failure, it must remain legal. This statement met with audience applause. During Westheimer's question-and- answer session, trouble came in the form of Billy Joe Clegg, a 1986 guber- natorial candidate. Clegg asked Westheimer if she had accepted Jesus Christ as her personal lord and savior. Clegg was booed by the audience. Shouts of Sit down! and She's Jew- ish! filled the air. When Westheimer ended her pres- entation Clegg leapt onstage and ac- costed her, saying he was placing her under citizens arrest. Security police quickly apprehended Clegg and dragged him twisting and flailing from the stage. Students certainly had their fill of ex- citement at Westheimer's lecture. And hopefully many left the auditorium with a renewed sense of sexual literacy. campus life 19