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

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Rick Springfield performs for a near sellout crowd at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. Springfield ' s stage show was one of the biggest to hit the Hub City. Martha Davis of the Motels per- forms as the opening act for Rick Springfield. The Motels delighted the audience with past hits such as Only the Lonely and Shock. Jack Blades of Night Ranger gives an acoustically plagued performance for a disappointed audience that seemed to enjoy only the opening act. Alan Andrews Designed by Tony Renteria Concerts — 15

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Springfield highlights Lubbock concert bookings Hub City concerts Top performing artists to hit the Lubbock community this year included Rick Spr- ingfield, John Cafferty, Night Ranger and Adam Ant. At his Sept. 14 concert at Lubbock Municipal Auditorium, Rick Spring- field ' s new image attracted a mob of starstruck concert- goers of all ages. With two giant TV screens showing videos of Springfield, he emerged on stage and began singing Celebrate Youth. From Affair of the Heart to State of the Heart, Spring- field gave the audience what it came to see, ending his per- formance with You Better Love Somebody. Making their debut in Lub- bock on Oct. 3, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band performed before a crowd of 1,240. The audience rocked for almost two hours to hits from the movie Eddie and The Cruisers such as On the Dark Side and Runaround Sue. Cafferty also sang Special Girl and Dixieland. The Oct. 7 performance of Night Ranger entertained mainly the junior high and high school students of Lub- bock. Cheap Trick, a well- established band since 1978, opened for Night Ranger. Since its last concert in Lubbock a year and a half ago with ZZ Top, Night Ranger has developed new material for its fans. A canvas picture of the Statue of Liberty was used as the backdrop for Rock in America from its Midnight Madness album. To close the show, Night Ranger mellowed its sound for Sister Christian. The concert ended with Don ' t Tell Me You Love Me. Adam Ant was completely at home in the Hub City on Oct. 24, performing at the Lindsey Theater. His show was one of self-mockery. After every sensual move- ment and every smooth line, he would smirk to his fellow band members and roll his eyes. He performed Goody Two Shoes and Desperate But Not Serious and songs from his album Vive Le Rock. Ant ended the show by tak- ing off his Adam Ant T-shirt and throwing it into the crowd. — Rocio Briceno and Gail Glaser Robin Zander of Cheap Trick sings one of the group ' s past hits. Cheap Trick was the opening group for Night Ranger but received much bet- t er reviews from the fans and media than the main attraction did. Russ Taff performs contemporary Christian music at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Taff targets his music to young people by injec- ting a rhythm and blues sound. 14 — Concerts

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Tech campus blockaded by Construction Constuction of the Texas Tech multi-purpose athletic and physical education building was to be completed by July 1986 at an estimated cost of $5.8 million. According to Jack Fenwick, director of facility planning, the building itself costs $4.7 million. Bond sales against future income supplied more than $2 million of the funds, while about $1.5 million came out of departmental income and a $1.2 million donation from the Red Raider Club. The multi-million dollar project will have a 50-yard football field, a basketball court, four tennis courts, a Vs-mile track, a weight room and locker facilities. Accor- ding to Fenwick, the first priority for the building will be for athletes, then possibly for the physical education department. Located at the intersection of Sixth Street and Boston Avenue, just south of Jones Stadium, the building is in a lot once used for intramural sports. Con struction of the new facility meant the destruction of the old In- tramural Gym, a barnlike structure that once served as home for Tech ' s basketball team, seven tennis courts and two multi-purpose fields. Also torn down were the out- door basketball and handball courts. In addition, a new road had to be constructed into the University Loop Road system at a cost of $235,000. Accor- ding to Joe MacLean, direc- tor of recreational sports, it will take about $880,000 to rebuild elsewhere what was torn down. In the long run, we will be better off because we will have better facilities, but it will be hard for a while, he said. The biggest problem is not having enough tennis courts. MacLean said there also will be a hard time finding enough Softball fields because of the demand from fraterni- ty and dorm students. — Kim Massey SMSi, .. Darrel Thomas The new indoor athletic facility will provide workout space for men ' s and women ' s athletics at Tech. The theater arts building was another victim of construc- tion as a new passageway was built for it. lb — Campus Construction