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

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8 j fusk Building is completed. Mike Martin is named head basketball coach after resignation of Harry Miller. Rainbows come to East Texas. Annie riorris negotiates contract to play basketball in Europe. Hew Ladyjack Portia Hill is named to U.S. Jones Cup Basketball Team. C pring senior Meg Keiser and Houston senior Chris Qoethers are named Homecoming Queen and King. U.C. Bookstore hands out AIDS booklet. Lum- berjack football team loses conference title to north- western, but posts a winning season. Fomer SFA students invade nacogdoches for Homecoming. chool enrollment for fall reaches 12,564, second highest in school ' s history. Alpha Chi Omega be- comes newest resident of Sorority Row. Sefitem e vacuation buildings are established in riacogdoches for victims of Hurricane Gilbert. Fourth annual H owdy Day is held. George W. Bush campaigns on campus for his dad, George Bush. JJHA sponsors annual Christmas Tree Lighting Cer- emony. Lumberjacks defeat Jackson State in first l-AA playoff game, but fall to Georgia Southern in the second round of the playoffs. Ladyjacks host and win Dial Classic. Head football coach Jim Hess steps down but continues as athletic director. Defensive coordinator Lynn Graves is named head football coach. Eric Lokey named Kodak All-American. umberjack football team breaks into NCAA I-AA Top 20 at 17. The team deafeats Ho. 1 north Texas and later becomes the no. 1 in the nation. Students register to vote in presidential elections. Midnight Madness kicks off the basketball season. Hall 16 presents its annual Fright night. Anastasia, an SFA student band, plays at Crossroads. Peggy Vigil, Ladyjack track and field coach, attends Summer Olympics.

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governor Michael Dukakis is nominated as the Democratic candidate for President. Attorney General Edwin Meese resigns. A department store collapses in Brownsville, Texas killing 14. former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan is found unconsci- ous in her Austin, Texas swimming pool, but she survives. Pakistan ' s President Zia ul-Haq, U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel and others die in the mysterious crash of a transport plane in Pakistan. Republican presidential nominee George Bush speaks to GOP party in new Orleans. The controversial film The Last Temptation of Christ ' ' opens in several cities. Moonlighting ' s Bruce Willis and actress Demi Moore have their first child, daughter Rumer Glenn. 1988 y t the Summer Olympics in Korea, Jackie Joyner- Kersee sets a record in the heptathlon. Other gold medalists include Florence Griffith-Joyner, Janet Ev- ans, Matt Biondi, Carl Lewis and Greg Louganis. Space shuttle Discovery successfully launches. Steffi Graf wins the U.S. Open and goes on to win the Grand Slam. JTmelda Marcos, wife of Philippine dictator Marcos is arraigned in Mew York City on charges of embez- zlement and bank fraud. Columbia University ' s foot- ball fans celebrate their first victory after setting a record losing streak of 44 games. E.T. becomes the all-time video cassette seller. yhe 600-ton national Radio Astronomy Observa- tory collapses from unknown causes in West Vir- ginia. The B-2 Stealth bomber is unveiled in Ca- lifornia. Robert Morris, a Cornell graduate, creates a virus that spreads through military and academic systems nationwide. George Bush wins the presi- dential election and becomes the nation ' s 40th pres- ident. I akistan People ' s Party Leader Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as prime minister, making her the only woman to « head an Islamic state. Oprah Winfrey los- | es 67 pounds in four months. The shut- | tie Atlantis is launched on a secret mis- sion. Oklahoma State running back 3 Barry Sanders grabs the Heisman Tro- phy. Tax it! is 1988 s business cry a s Americans make $3 billion worth of long-distance calls to send words on fac- simile machines.

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r.Clyde Iglinsky resigns as director of admissions after 26 years. Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity moves into the Market building after their house is destroyed by fire last year. Houston senior Bart Reese and Piano senior Casey Coffman are named Mr. and Miss SPA. Crossroads owner buys Studio 225. yhe theatre department presents a mainstage pro- duction, ' Hayfever ' . Qeri Jewell, a comedienne and actress who has cerebral palsy, performs in the U.C. Grand Ballroom. ,adyjacks climb to no. 11 in the women ' s bas- ketball Top 20 poll and are heavy favorites to capture the Southland Conference title again. The Arctic Express hits Nacogdoches causing icy roads and class cancellations for two days. A Doll House ' ' is performed in the Turner Auditorium by the theatre department. Expansion for the Steen Library is ap- proved and work is near complete for the addition to the field house. Jtjay marks another school year at SFA as some students enjoy graduation and others go home for the summer. Rummer camps for high schools begin at SFA. Sum- mer class sessions begin. SFA holds orientation for incoming freshman. pop group Chicago performs in the Coliseum. Former president Jimmy Carter speaks at SFA as part of the Wedgeworth-Wright Lecture Series. Students abandon SFA during Spring Break. The Ladyjacks win the Southland Conference basketball and are ranked 11th in the nation. at