Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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The Year in Review Dustin Hoffman starred in the zany hit Tootsie? smuggling drugs but spent very little time in the Los Angeles lock up after he scrapped together the $10-million for bail. D Bombs over Bread When it came down to making a choice between social programs and arms, the Reagan Administration came across loud and clear, choosing bombs over bread. The Reagan camp cut hundreds of millions of dollars from social pro- grams for the second straight year while adding nearly $500-bi11ion to de- fense programs. The Administrations projected $1.6 trillion military build up would amount to about $20,000 for each US. 16 J, household over the next five years. When questioned about where money would go several analysts noted that men in the service would receive pay hikes, and said that much of the money would be invested in develop- ment of new technology. The Equal Rights Amendment met a prolonged end on June 30. Despite polls showing that two-thirds of all men and women supported ERA the effort for passage fell short of the 38 states necessary for ratihcation. In the end, the pro-ERA movement employed theatrics such as chaining themselves together and fasting in the Illinois state house, and shrewd poli- ticking. Many anti-ERAiers were exuberant as the Witching hour on J une 30 came and went. ERA is dead for now and forever in this century? cried Phyllis Schlafly, president of Eagle Forum, a right-wing pressure group. But it was not really dead. Two weeks later the constitutional amend- ment was reintroduced by a joint resolution of 157 congressmen and 46 senators and the ratification process begins again. Despite the imprisonment of Soli- darity Trade Union leaders the strug- gle for economic and political freedom continued in 1982. On August 31, the second anniversary of the independent trade unions birth, millions of P0- landts oppressed appeared to be on the verge of confrontation with the Soviet-installed J aruzelski regime. Authorities resorted to water can- nons and tear gas to maintain the members of the outlawed union. Mem- bers were unified in their attempts to shut down the government, who, in- turn attempted the same. The result of the protest in 54 Polish cities was the arrest of more than 4,000 rioters, the deaths of five and the injury of 148 policemen. After squelching strike attempts in late October and early November the government released Solidarity leader Lech Walesa on November 15. He promptly renewed the unions pledge to protest. El Year in Review

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Wide World Photo LONDON-Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales are shown with their infant son, Prince William, who was born June 21. Announcing his retirement in the Washington Post, Howard Cosell said, tTtn not doing anymore boxing . . . I donlt want to be a part of the hypoc- risy, the sleaziness . . . Fm worn out by it. D Potpourri Two questions pondered in the minds of those who observe Great Britain,s Royal Family this past year. When would the Prince and Princess of Wales add a new generation to the Year in Review Royal lineage and what would they name the child. Both of those questions were an- swered on June 21 when Prince Charles and Princess Diana gave birth to Prince William. The appearance of Prince Charles, successor, however, was not Englandls most prominent story. Headlines tainted with phrases like ttTrouble in Paradisell and ttPlease, Di, donlt . . . Youlre Being Stupid crowded the front pages of many of Englandls tabloids. By the years end the Reagan .Ad- ministration had accepted resigna- tions from Security Advisor Richard Allen, Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis and Secretary of State Alexan- der Haig. John W. Hinckley, Jr. was found not guilty of shooting the President by reason of insanity. Benjamin Sas- way became the first youth to be sen- tenced for failing to comply with draft standards. . Strains of Mendelssohn filled the air as 2,075 couples, all dressed in identical black tuxs and virgin white gowns, exchanged J uly wedding vows in unison and unilaterly exchanged gold wedding bands. The event lasted for more than two hours and united couples from 75 nations. Many stars found themselves in legal trouble in 1982. Italian movie actress Sophia Loren spent 17 days of a 30-day sentence for tax evasion in jail. The Reverend Sun Myung Moon was sentenced to 18 months for tax evasion related to his nationally known Unification Church. Car-maker J ohn DeLorean was jailed and charged with allegedly 15

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Wide World Photo H OLL YWOOD-Actress Drew Barrymore kisses her f riend and the star Of box office smash E. T. Anything but a normal year. . . At the movies. . . It was anything but a normal year for the movies. Men playing women, women playing men and a face that only a mother could love. But the gold of the year bypassed any of these abnormalities. The Os- cars for best movie and best actor Year in Review went to the Britisthdian film Ghandi. With actor Ben Kingsley in the lead role the movie portraying the life of Indian Mohandas Ghandi won nine Oscars. They included best art direction, set decoration, cinematog- raphy, costume design, film editing, screenplay and best direction by Rich- ard Attenborough. The box office block buster was a tale of two worlds and the perils of an Extra Terrestrial stranded in the wrong one after his ship had to abruptly depart for home. The movie centers around the tiny E.T.,s efforts to phone home. Although E.T.,s con- nection was not good enough to get the Oscar for best picture the movie under the direction of Steven Spiel- berg, collected four awards; including best visual and sound effects. In music, ttBeauty and the Beattt by the Go Gots spent seven weeks at the top of the charts and the WHO toured the US. for what could be the last' time. The Doobie Brothers went their separate ways while bands like the Rolling Stones pulled together for another successful world tour.. El 17