University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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The Year Steve Little kicked a 67-yard field goal to tie the NCAA record, but Texas prevailed, 13-9. Did Kreskin know this would happen? Maybe. Maybe not. But he proved why he’s called Amazing.” Kreskin kept two different audiences wondering what would happen next as he revealed his powers of concentration on members of the mesmerized crowd. Dr. Charles Bishop made the news, also. In remarks about the University system, he referred to what seemed to be inferior faculty standards on another campus. Much unfavorable publicity resulted, labeling the university president a racist. Rape became more than just a threat to UA women. Walking alone turned into a frightening experience and brought attention to poor lighting conditions on the spacious campus. The Traveler furnished front-page coverage. Several writers on special assignment presented FPD interviews and advice to campus women. Casino Carnival offered a chance to forget these and other problems. Sponsored by RHA in Pomfret, the annual event matched bogus dollars to blackjack games and crap tables. Meanwhile, the Greeks started a new Homecoming tradition. Post-game celebrations at the Sigma Chi house changed from Ski Lodge to Mardi Gras. Creole cuisine and crayfish added to the Bourbon Street atmosphere. The Razorbacks bounced back from the loss to Texas with a 34-6 trouncing of defending SWC champ Houston. The wins kept piling up as did hopes for a bowl bid. The football team could not keep the athletic spotlight all to itself, however. Even in a loss to the Soviet Union in an international exhibition game, the Arkansas basketball squad gave promise to a great season. The cross country team captured its fourth consecutive SWC title. The Year 19

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The Year coming back. Symposiums, colloquiums, and plays offered relief from studies. University Theatre presented “Equus” the week before the Union’s first symposium, “Cotton to Carter.” Speakers described a resurgence for both sexes. Mortar Board (with male members for a second year) sold its traditional calendars, helping students “On the Hill schedule meetings and banquets. Only twenty-four dedicated BMOC-types were tapped of Southern influence, as evidenced by a drawl in the White House. Campus clubs began organizing themselves and their goals for the year. New members were welcomed. Title IX continued to order changes. Popular sophomore honoraries, Chimes and Cardinal XX, disappeared to form Cardinal XXX for Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. Rewards for four years of mixing extra-curriculars with college meant a half-page in the 1978 Razorback. Student revelers enjoyed their early semester refuge, Dickson Street. Those who frequented the local restaurants and bars found new ones among the favorites. At the familiar old places the most significant change in lunch-hour atmosphere seemed to be the fall class of new profs and undergraduates. Sigma Nu fraternity provided a weekend in the country for the campus with Sadie Hawkins. The unshaven celebrants unleashed drunk chickens and goats upon Fayetteville — and Greeks enjoyed the traditional fall party. Texas Week came and the Hogs were unbeaten. Fayetteville had to withstand carousing unmatched since the 1969 season. Loud caravans of midnight cruisers kept the city awake, and other zealous fans visited Wilson Sharp for hog-calling serenades. Radio stations across Arkansas played football season tunes such as “Short, Squashed Texan” and “Hog Chant 101.” Tickets for the game that more than filled Razorback Stadium were precious. The team that could boast some of football’s most ardent fans inevitably had a capacity cheering section. The annual week of activities kept spirits high, but this enthusiasm could not stop the Longhorns from winning again. 18 The Year

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The Year Fall colors lit up the Ozarks before giving way to winter’s grayness. Skipped assignments began slipping up on students. Finals were not too far away. The Razorbacks accepted a bid to the Orange Bowl, the Three Basketeers — Ron Brewer, Marvin Delph and Sidney Moncrief — slam-dunked their way up in the national polls and students had to leave school spirit alone long enough to get through those dreaded examinations. If 1977 had been good to Razorback fans, 1978 started even better. The Razorbacks capped Holtz ' first year with an Orange Bowl upset of Oklahoma in Miami. Roland Sales showed the Sooner defense a few things about running (setting an Orange Bowl record with 205 yards) and Hog fans taught folks in Florida howto “Call the Hogs.’’ UPI and AP even called the hogs’ 11-1-0 season a third-place performance, and the Razorbacks topped all their competition save Notre Dame and Alabama. Some students celebrated with a ski trip to Colorado. Unfortunately for the rest, they brought the snow back with them. Snowball fights and sledding soon got old. So did spinning, sliding, falling, and visiting the infirmary. Snow stopped classes for a couple of days, bringing Cabin Fever to a boiling- over point. If the spring semester meant snow for most students, at least it also meant new scenery for the business academics. A five million dollar facility opened in January to house the Business College. The old, gray BA (renamed “Ozark Hall”) was abandoned by business majors, and upperclassmen rerouted their paths to classes. The university community bade goodbye to a friend when former athletic director George Cole died. The Razorback baseball facility which bore his name served as a way to remember the man who helped Arkansas’ athletic program become one of the best in the nation. Former head of the Electrical Engineering Department, William B. Stelzner, also died this year. Joining the faculty in 1909, he brought Theta Tau, Tau Beta Pi, the Arkansas Engineer, and Engine Week to the University. Although Associated Student Government races failed to generate any excitement, Eddie Sutton’s basketball Razorbacks had the entire nation looking in on Fayetteville. Sidney Moncrief made the cover of Sports Illustrated and the Hogs made it to a one-week stand as No. 1 in the nation in the Assoiated Press poll. 20 The Year