Regis College - Mount Regis Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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Lisa Karlin of WBCN graces Louise Levesque’s Mass Commu- nications class in October, 1980. John Simon Ritchie, bet- ter known as Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols, dies of a heroin overdose in New ' York City, February 2, 1979. Police said they be- lieved it was an accidental overdose taken at a party celebrating his release on bail thirteen hours earlier. Vicious had been charged in the stabbing death of his American girlfriend. The wild antics and catchy hooks of Cheap Trick make them one of the top draws in the music busi- ness. ML St. Helens, a volcano locat- ed in Washington, errupts May 18, 1980, leaving 25 dead and 40 per- sons missing and feared dead. Eco- nomic damag e to the region from the erruptions is set at $2.7 billion. The United States, along with many other nations, decide to boy- cott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the Soviet inva- sion of Afghanistan. The 1980 Winter Olympics were held at Lake Placid, N.Y. before the trou- ble started. A perfect “ 10 ” dazzles America as Bo Derek appears on the scene in the movie “10” Multi-colored beads and headfulls of braids be- come the biggest rage since the Farrah Fawcett flip. In a historic decision, the Su- preme Court affirms an order on June 28, 1978 requiring the Uni- versity Medical School to admit Allan Bakke. Bakke claims that the school’s minority-admissions plan made him a victim of reverse dis- crimination. Chrysler Corp., one of the “Big Three” automakers, reports a loss of $460.6 mil- lion in the third quarter of 1979. A $1.5 billion bail-out loan is proposed by the Carter Administration, which would make it the lar- gest government assistance package ever offered to an American corporation. 18 and 19-year old youths’ social lives are thrown into turmoil when Governor Ed King raises the Massachusetts drinking age from eighteen to twenty on April 16, 1979. Many col- lege pubs are forced to close and a renewed interest in fake I.D.’s is brought about by this catastrophe. 8