Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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I WANT YOU...TO WANT MEI DISPLAY IT WITH PRIDE Em- ployees of the KTUF radio station get Baldwin Hall ready for Cheap Trick's performance. SAB and KTUF co-sponsored the event. Photo by Mike Odncal Drawing the crowd into his song. Robin Zander, lead singer of Cheap Trick continues a stream of old and new hits. Photo by Mike Odneal READY TOR IGNITION Mem- bers of The Machine, openers for Cheap Trick, show their excite- ment in the dressing room be- neath Baldwin flail. Photo by Mike Odneal Student Llfc f Cheap Trick

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BALDWIN HOCKS Cheap Trick lights up the stage and brings life to the erod'd. This concert marked Cheap Trick s third ap- pearance at riMSU. Photo by Mike Odneal Guitarist Kick Nielsen's energized antics marked the beginning of the Cheap Trick concert in Baldwin Hall last spring. A spokes- person from the Student BALDWIN BLAST A sell-out crowd pocks in for on evening of high- powered rock Activities Board, a sponsor of the concert, said the band was in the middle of cutting an album in Chica- go when asked to perform. Weeks before the con- cert, anticipation began to build. Local radio station KTUF, co-sponsor of the concert, gave away tickets prior to the concert. SAB also sold tickets and filled the 1500 seats of Baldwin Mall two days be- fore the actual concert. Bonnie Neuner, chair- woman of SAB s concert committee said, I don't think you could find a bet- ter show for the price that the students paid. I was re- ally pleased with the way things went with the SAB and the band. The best part of it was Kick Nielsen. He got the crowd involved, senior Bill Akers said. Lead singer Robin Zan- der belted out lyrics as Nielsen jammed and threw guitar picks into the excit- ed crowd. The crowd really be- came a part of the show, singing along with the band on their more popu- lar songs such as I Want You to Want Me. It didn't seem hard to coax the band back onto stage. More, more, more. the crowd chanted. Cheap Trick played Surrender as an encore. I think all along they planned to come back, and saved their best for last, junior Dan Sitzmore said. MAN'S BEST PKIEND Pulling yet another unique sound from his collection of different guitars. Kick liielson often stole the lime- light. Photo by Mike Odneal

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Part of Missouri Hall caught fire and exploded. Many students were trapped inside the build- ing, some with serious in- juries. Fortunately, this scenar- io was only a drill to train REAL-LIFE DRAMA Campus and community cooperate to produce on award- winning disaster people to act quickly and effectively in the event of a real disaster. March 19 was the date and Missouri Hall was the site for NMSU's first-ever mock disaster. The mock disaster was organized by the Residence Life staff but organizations outside NMSU also participated. When The Association of College and University Housing Officers met Nov. 6 and 7, the members of the Residence Life staff were presented with an award for their efforts in the mock disaster pro- gram. NM5U was selected for the award from among 215 schools in an eight-state region. When ACUHO met in LaCrosse, Wis., Ron Gaber, director of Resi- dence Life, said the award was given to the school that promoted the most in- novative and radical idea in safety. A variety of schools en- tered their ideas on safety awareness, but none of them were as original as ours,” Gaber said. The idea to have a mock disaster situation came from people within the Residence Life staff. The facility committee tried to brainstorm ways to improve safety awareness in the event that a real dis- aster occurred, Gaber said. Senior Penne Eiken played the role of a con- cerned parent when the mock disaster took place. Her duty was to call the NMSU Public Relations Of- fice to find out more as the mock disaster unfolded. ‘1 feel they deserved the award because the event did involve carrying out a lot of planning, Gaber said. I think the event made the community aware of what could hap- pen during a real disaster, especially in training peo- ple on how to effectively deal with such a problem. Lori Haxton, assistant di- rector of Residence Life, participated in the mock disaster. Her job, along with others, was to make the mock victims up to look as if they had really sustained injuries. It was a lot of fun, Hax- ton said. The doctors who checked the victims' injuries at the hospitals commented on the excel- lent make up. Many agencies outside the University were in- volved such as the Kirks- ville Police Dept, and Grim Smith Hospital. The KPD is showing tapes of their in- volvement to train people on disaster procedures. Gaber said all involved learned a great deal from their experiences, but said such an event won't take place every year. Right now we think we might have one every third or fourth year, Gaber said. ACUHO will hold their in- ternational convention in Los Angeles this summer. This meeting will provide schools from all over the world a view of what the Residence Life staff here at NMSU did in order to estab- lish a mock disaster. ----- Scott Hawkins ------ CLUSTER or PAIN Participants In this drill, put on by Residence Life, lie waiting for assistance from volunteers who helped In the reality of the event. Photo by Dixon Munday Student Life Disaster