Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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continued from page 10 McCraw, Bonner Springs senior and Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority candidate being crowned Homecoming Queen. The spirit and festivities of Homecoming contrasted with the despair elsewhere in the world, as millions starved to death in Africa, The public became more aware of the famine arid raised money to help feed the starving. 40 American recording stars sung their hearts out in We Are The World for USA for Africa, which became a number one hit as people across America sponsored In Retrospect money-raising events for the cause. Pittsburg Sloven Haus for WARM WEATHER BRINGS out the picnicing spirit in PSU students, Audrey Lane, Osage City freshman, enjoys eating outdoors at the Apefest picnic. Steven Hausfer FOOD ALWAYS SEEMS to taste better when eaten outside. Cretchen Hogue, Topeka freshman, tests this theory by digging in to her dinner in the great outdoors. Opening Kanza 85

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continued from page 12 State University got involved, helping to sponsor a Feed the People Music Fest. Raising of the legal drinking age to 21 became an issue to PSU students. On July 1, 1985, the drinking age for 3.2 percent beer in Kansas was raised from 18 to 19, and it will continue to be raised each July 1 until it reachs 21. Personalization of the campus through University Ambassadors and the new telemarketing program were all ways in which the University made efforts to bring more In Retrospect students to psu. THE STAGE OF Memorial Auditorium was transformed by light and smoke into a rock concert extravaganza May 8. However, because the remodeled Auditorium was slightly damaged, some Pittsburg citizens feel rock concerts should not be held there in the future. THE FIRST ROCK concert in the newly remodeled Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium May 8 featured Shooting Star. Lead singer Steve Thomas leads the band in the song ''Summer Sun. David Barton Opening Kanza 85