Stephen F Austin State University - Stone Fort Yearbook (Nacogdoches, TX)

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Only ten years ago, Nacogdoches could claim only two fastfood restau- rants. With the influx of students each semester and the steady increases in enrollment, the town grew to meet the need. Today there are over 15 fast-food restaurants along North Street alone. Now it takes longer to cross North Street on foot, and many of the older homes that made Nacogdoches unique have been torn down. William R. Johnson, a historian and vice president for academic affairs at Texas Tech University, succeeded President Steen. Under Dr. Johnson ' s administration, the University ' s enrollment has reached a record total of over 12,000 students, and the school has moved into a new collegiate division. New facilities have been added, including structures for mathematics and nursing; new structures for the Early Childhood Laboratory and the School of Liberal Arts and renovation of structures for the Schools of Fine Arts and Forestry. Enrollment reached record numbers in both the fall and spring semester of the 1983-84 school year. Now stu- dents are charged activity fees as well as tuition. Now there are more than two types of organizations from which to choose. There are any num- ber of clubs ranging from music to education, math to foreign language, sports to English. No classes are held in the Austin Building, and the library has a building of its own. Most students now live ei- ther in the dorms or in off-campus apartments. Study hours are up to the individual, not to a supervisor or dorm mother. This page, above: Cayle Hazen, Houston commercial art major, demonstrates the techniques for perfect pumpkin carving. Below: The Cibbs dining hall in l%4, complete with linen tablecloths. Opposite page: Bob Leonard, Stone Fort photographer, captures the beauty of Nacogdoches in the fall.

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More students own their own cars than in days past, and parking prob- lems have increased with the enrollment. Although the college no longer trains the Women ' s Army Corps, it does support a military science program. Last year popular music ranged from v Oh, What A Feeling, to Michael Jackson ' s Thriller album or Yes ' s Owner of a Lonely Heart. Popular movies included Terms of Endearment, The Big Chill, Yentyl and Scarface. The football team re-won Chief Caddo when they defeated North- western University. The Chief stood in the Student Development Office in the UC for the first time since 1977. Nacogdoches is no longer a dry town and has many clubs on North Street. Button-down Oxford shirts cost approximately $25 and were a fashion must. Flashdance fashion was also popular, typified by off-the- shoulder sweat shirts. Other fashion trends included mini skirts and walking shorts. Gasoline prices dropped in Decem- ber to below a dollar a gallon. In October, a Korean airliner was shot down by Russians who claimed the airship had invaded Soviet air- space and had b een warned before shots were fired. Following the attack, a surge of American patriotism swept the country in reaction to the inci- dent. A bombing of the senate chamber in the U.S. Capitol led to the con- struction of permanent concrete barricades at the White House and the State Department. The Battleship New Jersey, veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, fired for the first time against positions in Lebanon on December 14. The Grenada invasion marked the first time since 1917 that an entrenched Communist country had been successfully overthrown. The year 1983 brought computers into American homes in record numbers and the worst recession in history came to an end. The political races began with former astronaut John Glenn, former vice president Walter Mondale and the Rev. Jesse Jackson seeking the Democratic nomination. President Ronald Reagan announced that he would run for re- election. President Reagan was named pholo by lim Stotts as Time ' s Man of the Year along with Soviet leader Yuri Andropov. Above: An unexpected snowfall on the last day of the Fall Semester transformed the campus and created a hazard for homewardbound stu- dents.