Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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The price you pay Tech administrators tried to boost academic stan- dards during the school year. The requirements for Dean ' s List went from a 3.0 grade point average to a 3.5 GPA. Faculty Senate members pushed to get the pass fail option revoked, but the Student Association pushed to keep it and won. Students who worried about grades also had to worry about money in the wake of extensive financial aid and social security cuts in the Reagan budget. With tuition increases a possibility, the worries could become even greater. 6 — Openmq Pigeon purge One of the hundreds of dangerous pigeons on can: pus takes shelter. Tech administrators admitted to poisoning the pigeons with a while, pasty substance spread on Tech buildings. Slosh! A participant in the fall mud volleyball competition gets a mud bath as he loses the ball and his balance.

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Lubbock landmark Outlined against the Lubbock sunset, one of the windmills at the Ranching Heritage Center stands as a renninder of West Texas ' past. Marked man Pacing the sidelines during Tech ' s 30-23 loss to the Rice Owls, new coach Jerry Moore tries to think up a winning strategy. Such a strategy eluded Moore most of the year. Masked man One of the many Tech students who crowded University Avenue at the pep rally before the Tech-Texas A M football game, a masked Raider fan shows his feelings toward the Aggies. Opening — 5

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Lost cause Tech cheerleader Kim Vincent looks on hopefully during the final minutes of Tech ' s loss to Texas A M. f f ' Happiness is . . . This is the city that brought you Mac Davis, Buddy Holly, Prairie Dog Pete and Texas Tech — Lubbock for all reasons. Opening — 7