Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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AT THE NEW STUDENT WEEK picnic, Bruce Keller and Joan Schuberth team up their athletic abilities to compete in the three-legged race. XT • • • • • HELPING NEW STUDENTS BEAT the August heat, Teresa Hoefer and Sandra McClure serve free snow cones at the Sunday afternoon picnic. • • • • • • • • • • I • t • • A •. ' •• Student Life 13

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Not a stranger for long by Burl Stamp Leaving the familiar world of high school behind, students ventured into college life as total strangers to the campus and community. To make the move up to college student easier, the New Student Week Steering Commit- tee hosted its annual week of activities to welcome freshmen and transfer students to SEMO. The committee kicked off activities on Saturday night with a street dance on Parker Lawn. The following Sunday afternoon, they hosted a picnic com- plete with grilled hamburgers, snow cones and relay races. On Monday night, Splitwater Creek performed bluegrass music in a concert on Academic terraces. The warm, clear evening drew hundreds of students outside to hear the group. Two traditional activities on Tues- day and Wednesday nights rounded out the week ' s festivities. The Variety Show gave students a chance to show off their talents, and the Carnival of Clubs offered freshmen an opportunity to learn about different organizations on campus. Planning for the week of activities took months of work by the student steering committee. The 19-member group started working as early as January 1980 making preparations for the various events. To compensate for the months of hard work, the committee was rewarded with perfect weather and well-attended activities. It was really successful, related Anne Schuberth, committee chairper- son. We had a lot of cooperation from everyone. APPROPRIATELY DRESSED as arcus clowns, Tammy Eifert and Sharon Amelon advertise the Lutheran Campus Center at the Carnival of Clubs. NEW STl ' DENT WEEK STEERING COMMITTEE: Front Row, Sandra McClure. Laura Miles. Joan Schuberth. Lisa Crider and Kathie Cbamhlin. Row 2, Tracy Williams. Kim Jansen. .John Mullen. Katie .Mullen. Cathy Kraatz. Teresa Hoefer and Connie F. Shoup: Back Row, Rodney Bntt. Fran Williams, adviser. Bruce Keller. Anne Schuberth. chairperson and Anthony Martin. 12 Nrv. ' Student Week

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A hot time in the old town . . . PERCH m)N TOP OF a hippo water fountain in Arena Psirk, an enterprising toddler seeks relief from the imggy hot weather. Photo by Fred Lynch, Southeast Missourian. Visions of arctic temperatures passed through the heat-tortured minds of Cape Girardians. Air conditioning, swimming pools and iced tea gave only temporary relief from the heat wave that smothered the country during the summer of 1980. Living conditions in the Southeast Missouri area were far from pleasant as temperatures soared over 100 degrees. Cape rt - idents as well as many summer school ;tridents tuned in nightly to local radio ani television stations only to find nighr Uer night that the heatwave was predicts! to persist. Near-drought conditions damaged many of the area ' s crops and food prices skyrocketed as a result. Corn, soybeans, and the 1981 spring wheat crops were seriously affected. But Missouri lost more than just crops in the sizzling temperatures and high humidity as the state reported the highest number of heat-related deaths in the nation, 311. Explaining the cause of the sizzling summer heat. Dr. Alfred Robertson, associate professor of earth science, said, Weather runs in cycles. We are currently into a dry season which is partially the reason we had such extreme heat this past summer. 14 Summer Heat Wave