Sul Ross State University - Brand Yearbook (Alpine, TX)

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Looking Back On 1988-89 Sul Ross may not be located on the beaten path, but that doesn ' t seem to bother the more than 1,000 students who live here year after year. Aiming toward greater horizons, students set goals and worked to accomplish them. New clubs organized on cam¬ pus, and others became more active than they had in a long time. Participation increased as a result of the more than 20 different clubs joining in the first annual Club Fair which was organized for the benefit of beginning freshmen. Homecoming week also saw great enthusiasm from the clubs as they organized to march in the Homecoming parade and sponsor Homecom¬ ing Queen candidates. The Miss Courageous contest had club members pulling together to find size 12 high heel shoes and dresses for their can¬ didates. Participation and en¬ thusiasm got the year off to a good start. In the Alpine community, the closing of the Chute and the opening of the Stetson and McDonald ' s attracted much attention. Many of the students felt that the closing of the Chute was a major set back for reten¬ tion at Sul Ross, but the opening of the Stetson soon had the students back on track with a place to go and something to do on weekends. McDonald ' s also got much of the college student ' s attention. Not only did it provide new jobs, but it also provided fast food for which many students had already col¬ lected coupons before the restaurant was open. On the national scene, the election of a new President of the United States had the eyes of the nation trained on their television sets. At Sul Ross, the Presidential Election class was one faithful follower of the cam¬ paign as the students watched the debates and predicted which candidate, George Bush or Michael Dukakis, would come up on top when the votes were counted. And as predicted by over half the class, Bush became the new President of the United States on January 19, 1989 with a Texas-size inauguration ball. But Texas-size problems soon followed as Bush began having trouble with his appointment of John Tower as Defense Secretary. And even mpre con¬ troversial was the proposed salary raise of 51 percent for Congress. After much uproar from the public and a forced public vote by Congress in which the raise was voted down, Bush signed the bill turning down the raise increase. Happenings in the world also captured Sul Ross ' attention as the first three-dimensional (3- D) commercials were aired in January during the Superbowl which the San Francisco Forty- Niners won. The death of Japan ' s Emperor Hirohito also attracted much attention as he was the last of the leaders of the Second World War powers to die. And after nine years of continually fight¬ ing, the Russians finally left Af- ghanistan ip mid-February, leaving behind a war torn and devastated country prepared only for more fighting within its borders. Cold weather from Alaska devasted the United States and Alpine, leaving record breaking cold temperatures in many areas of the U.S. But NASA broke out of its two-year spell of bad weather which had followed the failure of the launching of the Challenger and successfully launched the Discovery space shuttle. Sul Ross, too, hoped for suc¬ cess as the work on campus renovation continued. The old Print Shop was torn down while the Old Gym was renovated to in¬ clude a computer facility and other classroom space. Hoping to attract and retain more students, Sul Ross was continually working toward improving its academic courses, its athletic departments, the selection of extracur¬ ricular activities, on and off campus housing units, and the over-all image of Sul Ross State University. -Alma Dominguez Fat Tuesday Antics — Cos¬ tumed SR cheerleaders celebrate Mardi Gras in February at SR. 1989 Recap

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Lights out Lana Grubb helps Robert Di Grappa, a Tucumcan contestant, during the moonlight madness class at the Sul Ross Farrier Schools Forging and Shoeing competition

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This Is It - Euneen Wendt helps a student with her fall schedule at the computer during registra¬ tion. PyWanna Be Just Like You -- RafHjel Collins entertains his nephew, also named RaSdel Col- lins v making faces as well as playing foSfoall. Go For t -- Ruben Leal and Fred Gage spenc time at th Baptist Student Union playing foos ball and relating. IJ Student life