Riverside College - Tequesquite Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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A KICK-OFF— a spectacular return for the winning touchdown— a 40 yard field goal . . . these may be the memorable events of a football season, but the highlight of RCC ' s 1965 season was the homecoming weekend. Friday saw the parade of floats and the pep rally at Riverside Plaza in the morning and the Tigers ' well-fought victory over the Indians of San Bernardino Valley College at night. It would be senseless not to mention the flurry of activity that went on Friday afternoon between the end of the rally and the start of the game . . . the run on the local beauty parlors by 12 lovely, and nervous queen hopefuls— the equally frantic assault on the local florists by several hundred young men who, as per usual, forgot to order corsages for the dance Saturday night— and, of course, Randy, Jenny, Jackie, and the others dangling from the goalposts putting up last minute decorations for the game. The weekend ' s climax was actually double. First, and loveliest, the coronation of Pat Hannon as Homecoming Queen of 1965— and, secondly, by the Homecoming Dance Saturday night.

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Christmas Was a Warm Event YULE SINGERS - Christmas with no music would be no Christmas at all and the Vocalaires guaranteed the presence of the Christmas Spirit with a medley of the traditional tunes of the season at the Christmas Assembly. Dr. Edwin Sayre directs the Vocalaires. The group has gained a high reputation for musical excellence. CHRISTMAS IN Riverside is disappointing for the bulk of its citizenry, most of whom come from the East. There is no snow here, for instance, and everyone knows that with no snow there can hardly be a White Christmas. And there ' s no cold weather either, to speak of, so the hot rum serves quite a different purpose than it does in the frozen East where it is necessary(?) for warmth and good health. The one-horse-open-sleigh which jingles and jangles has been replaced by the many-horsepowered-Honda. And, according to California ' s many critics, the only thing that jingles at Christmas time is the change in the busi- nessman ' s money belt. BUT REAL Californians — especially the new gen- eration of students such as those at RCC — know better. They know that the associations between cold, clamy weather and Christmas are largely re- lated to the comparative old age (chronological and otherwise) of the eastern region of the U.S. In the East its cold at Christmas, therefore eastern- ers expect snow, and if they don ' t get it, they fret and wonder why Christmas just seems to be different in California. Different than it was back East, yes. Different than it was when Christ was born in Bethlehem. At Riverside City College Christ ' s birth is celebrated with religious music and true charity. Too bad about the snow.