Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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. . . Music, Drama, Dance . . . Concerts and Convocations Bring Art to Life Falling into the category of special and celebrity shows were Bob Newhart. who was here for Homecoming, Hank Williams, Jr. who was here the night of the Notre Dame game, and a special concert starring David Shifrin, an up and coming clarinet soloist. The Convocations Board has to book the big name celebrities such as Newhart and Williams, Jr. and the rock acts beginning in February of every year, so it gets kind of tough to book a celebrity that everyone will enjoy and who will make enough money to support all the other series offered by the Convocation Board. Student Concert Committee (SCC) worked with and always works with the Convocation Board through the process of arriving at a tentative line-up of concerts for the year, such as Tina Turner and Go West. Sting and REM. and booking the acts. The director of the Board, Lorna Myers, arranges the booking for all acts, groups and bands that came here. The SCC is a sub-group of the Convocations Board. The Convocations Board both as a service to students and is one of the many cultural opportunities this area has to offer. These cultural experiences are always welcomed, expecially if you are looking for entertainment that broadens the mind and the imagination. 17 Convocations

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Oox; Oo»s»-n At try; Purdue A-1port. President Reagan greeted a waving crowd a smile Presidential Visit Some Students Sneer . . . CtWTftlv t A. by Laura Stahly Thursday. April 9. 1987 marks a historical moment in the lives of many Purdue students. On this day. President Ronald Reagan paid a visit to campus, which included a tour of the technology laboratories in Knoy Hall and an assembly with Purdue students and faculty in Mackey Arena. To some, the visit represented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the President in person For others, it gave students an occasion to exercise the right of free speech by demonstrating on the Memorial Mall Crowds accumulated at the airport (totalling over 19.000). with a variety of reasons for attending the event. High school students, local residents. Purdue students and Purdue staff waited for the President to arrive and greet the crowd. Members of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity received a special invitation from President Reagan to greet a fellow fraternity brother (Reagan). President Reagan approached us first at the airport, singling us out, showing us that he was a fellow brother. explained Ron Reichert. President Reagan, a TKE from Eureka College, also used the secret handshake when greeting the fraternity members at the airport. Demonstrators also attended the public event, marching from the Memorial Mall to the airport carrying banners and signs expressing their opinions of the President's policies. Jim Hardy, a member of Peacemaking Action Network, demonstrated because he disagrees with President Reagan's policy of government He states. We weren't demonstrating against President Reagan as a person, but as a leader with particular policies that I happen to disagree with. From the airport. President Reagan toured Knoy Hall's technology laboratories and the Engineering Research Center, where he controlled robots and maneuvered some complex machines. After the tour President Reagan moved to Mackey Arena for a four o’clock assembly. continued President Reagan's visit to Purdue was not welcomed by all. Here we see Purdue students on the Memorial Mall protesting Reagan policies concerning the Iranian arms crisis and Aparthied 19 President Reagan