Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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OSU Flair Deviance from the tradition Tradition? Who needs it? Letls let out with a lit- tle flair! Just what makes all this flair possible? Itls our student life. Okay, so we all enjoy tradition, and perhaps maybe we shouldn,t do away with it altogether, but we should examine why we still have tradi- tions. Lets be real. Why do the same thing over and over again? Whether its taking a different way to class or just playing drop and add with classes, a student at this institution will find anyway possible, small or large, to add a little flair to the day. So what if socks donlt match. So what if temporary hair color, letls say fushia, wasnlt so temporary. And so what if a student showed up for a 7:30 in their pajamas. Flair is simply letting the tlyou show in everything one does. That extra spark that makes the tradition fun. But therels enough time for traditions later. For now letls work on the flair. Take for instance, the Nobel Research Center. Now therels a flair in the midst of the traditional red brick buildings on the OSU campus. 01' how about Chances? Thatls one nontraditional bar. Or maybe some might have noticed the shift in clothing style. Where are the Levils and Polols? ythyuju- story by Dana Pooters Where did those little round spectacles come from? The radical deviance, the unorganized, off the wall flair, the step away from the tradition; our student life has it! Oklahoma State University . . . we love it! STUDENT LIFE photos by Guy Strunk

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Homecoming is always 1:?the Ensiest week of the ' semester because it usual- ly falls on the week of mid-terms. Students are required to pomp, make signs, decorate Windows, and attend the weeks ac- tivities. These things and more like organization, pairing, and judging are all major parts of homecoming. Organization of homecoming preparation starts almost a year in advance with the selection of the homecoming execu- tives. The Alumni Council along with the chairman Jeff Moore, decided on the universityts theme. When the theme had been chosen, they submitted their decision at the end of last year. Once the theme was chosen, the acutual pair- ing of the individual living groups began. The menis living groups sent out three ranked bids to the womenis living groups. The womenis groups then rank the bids they receive from one to three and then the houses are mat- ched together. The third aspect of homecoming was pomp- ing. Pomping consisted of stuffing colored tissue paper in chicken wire. The wire was then wrapped STUDENT LIFE The Nightmare Continres Homecoming preparation devours students around wooden frames to form the house deck. Pomping hours are some- times required for the liv- ing groups and the hours range from 0-20. Next were the activities during the week. These activities included games night, the Beta skit, walk-around, and the parade. Attendance at these activities counted for participation points. Participation was a seg- ment in judging criteria for homecoming. Those activities showing spirit were also judged. Spirit was shown by painting on store windows and selling raffle tickets for prizes, getting the town of Still- water aware of homecom- ing week. Another way each living group tried to gain spirit points was through activities like sit- ting on a rocking horse or in a hot tub for twenty- four hours each day dur- ing the week. Lastly the judges were selected by the homecom- ing steering committee. The. selection of judges brought about many mix- ed emotions to many homecoming participants. One student. Chris 1ft, . ' - T ' .q stunr by Mandy Nzuman Schreiner, expressed his feeings by stating, ttIt has become entirely too com- petitive and its taking the fun out of it for the living groups. The major contribution of homecoming was very important since it got the whole campus involved. Junior Teresa Seres felt that, ttHomecoming pulls everyone together and makes it an alI-campus ac- tivity instead of a few liv- ing groups competing. Through pomping, activi- ties, and judging, homecoming remained a tradition at OSU. XI. n K. . :7;