Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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1981 Editor Linda Kae Tracy Managing Editor Olive L. Sullivan Assistant Editor Anna Arellano Fall Photo Editor Alan Ford Spring Photo Editor Kyle Cleveland Design Editor Chris Knoedler Business Manager Jean Ross Adviser Glenn W. Robinson Designers Kym Moyer Leslie Powers Vicky Raine Photographers Bill Holtom Dot Koehler Scott Miller Writers Chris Bohling Brian Davis Sheri Johnson Stephen Jones Jacque Porter Burl Powell Janet Stites Contributing Staif Jim Abshire Elaine Arellano Penny Banks Tammy Bohn Kreg Cox Carol Dikeman Janet Dulohery Alan Ford Gary Griggs Rosemary Hessman Frank Scimeca Kathy Turner Debbie Uthoff Phyllis Webster Barbara Williamson A change of face The contents of this book reflect a story about the changing faces of the 1980-81 year, nationally, locally and campus wide. But one of the most important changes that this university—and every university— brings to a student is the one that can’t be seen. This is the slow, sometimes painful process of becoming an adult, of growing up physically and emotionally maturing. This change can be brought about by anything. Living away from home for the first time is a good start. Working as an editor on a publication is another. These four years are a continuous process of growth and learning, not just about the aspects of an individual’s major, but about life and living. It can be seen in professors, always striving for a better education for students and themselves. Faculty attend conferences in their fields and participate in exchanges, as do students. It’s all a way of broadening our perceptions of the world, ourselves and each other. It is evident in freshmen, fresh out of high school and thinking all college is is a chance to get away from home, stay up late and get drunk a lot. But these same students leave PSU older, wiser and more mature. They are adults, ready to get a job, get married or move on to graduate school. Four years of studying, being responsible for themsleves and their own grades with no one to push them out of bed in the morning or tell them to go to bed at night teaches them a lot about them- selves. They learn their limits, as well as how to stretch them farther all the time. And that’s really what a change of face is all about. It is a continuing process throughout life. Four years of university life is a start, but don’t let it stop here. Change is eternal. It doesn’t stop with that degree. But change requires an open mind to help it along. In Ireland, for example, closed minds have kept sectarian violence escalating since the Middle Ages. In Iran, in the Soviet Union and in El Salvador it is the same thing. Closed minds perpetuating a system that is good to only the few. That isn’t what it is about, to us. The ideal purpose of a university is to send out fresh- minded adults—with the emphasis on adult—to change the world for the better, to put their education and their ideals to good use. A change of face is everything and forever. But all we could do is capture one year at one rather small midwestern university. The rest is up to you. Olive L. Sullivan Managing Editor 2—Opening

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. r - i - . ' . fa Copyright 1981 by the Kanza Pittsburg State University, 1 Pittsburg. Kansas 66762 iu CUTS AND SCRAPES were evident with Ned Druart after a bicycle wreck during the April Ape-Fest bicycle competition. After the wreck Druart went on to finish the race.—photo by Glenn Robinson

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Table of contents Student life 12 Cutting class 14 1st week of school 16 Fastfood 18 Bookstore 20 Toxic Shock 22 Summertime 24 Shooting Star 26 Working through school 28 Student bars 32 Bus service 34 Parking situations 36 Getting up 40 Collegio All American 42 Activities fair 44 Homecoming 50 Flying school 52 Coffeehouse 54 Religion 56 Christmas 58 Theatre 62 Soap operas 64 Elections 68 News Briefs 80 Staff assistants 82 Seasons 86 April Ape-Fest 90 Summer employment 92 Fashions 96 Spring Break 98 Morning Sun See story on page 180.—photo by Bill Holtom Sports 162 Trainers 164 Football 170 Athletic support 176 Men’s basketball 180 Women's basketball 186 Volleyball 190 Jogging 192 Cross country 196 Title Nine 198 Raquetball 200 Track and field 206 Coaches faces 208 Softball 212 Motocross 214 Intramurals 220 Areobics Annual 224 Groups 256 Dorms 262 Greeks 284 Panels 326 Administration 330 Index 344 Collegio 346 Kanza 348 Closing See story on page 80,—photo by Bill Holtom Academics 102 Professors professions 104 Decrease in students 106 Student nurses 110 Dr. Cornish 112 KHEA deadlock 114 Day care 116 Student teaching 120 Support personnel 122 Photo services 124 New computers 128 Dance class 130 Carney Hail 134 Apple Day 136 Cosmetology 140 Parental class 142 Little Balkans Review 144 Library dedication 146 Financial aids 148 Dr. Proctor 152 Foundry 154 Women’s studies 156 Sexual harassment 158 Graduation See story on page 106.—photo by Kyle Cleveland Opening—3