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December Offensive guard Leotis Harris was named to three national All-American squads, with Steve Little named to the UPI squad as place-kicking specialist and Ben Cowins listed on the UPI second team as running back. The last-German-made Volkswagen Beetle rolled off assembly lines. Smiles vanished and the library became home as students dug in for semester finals. Ron Brewer recorded seven slam dunks and 27 points to lead Arkansas to a 78-72 victory over Kansas. Memphis State, the only team to beat the Hogs in the 1976-77 regular season, fell 95-70 after an incredible first half performance by Ron Brewer. Seven Hogs were named to the first team and four to the second team in AP All-Southwest Conference football selections. Coach Lou Holtz suspended three Razorbacks for involvement in a dormitory incident. With All-American Leotis Harris already out with injuries, the Arkansas showing at the Orange Bowl was predicted to be at best a fiasco. KUAF began its own live coverage of Razorback basketball games for the first time ever, becoming the only non-Network station to follow the team. The Year 25
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November RHA conducted its annual Casino Carnival at Pomfret with Voyager providing dance music. Celebrity Showcase presented Asleep at the Wheel in the Union; KUAF broadcast the concert live for those not attending. Pre-registration for the spring semester preoccupied minds and energies. An ASG decision made seating at basketball games “reserved ; i.e., according to one’s ticket instead of the “first come, best seat” of past years. The amazing Razorbacks continued to roll with a 35-9 throttling of Baylor, followed by a 26-20 defeat of Texas A M. Union Programs Performing Arts Committee sponsored a Fine Arts Theatre performance of the 5 by 2 Plus Dance Company in the UA ' s first dance residency. Idi Amin Dada was examined in a documentary film presented by the Eclectic Films Committee. “Opening Space, Opening Movement: Presentation in Environmental Theatre” was performed by the UA Dance Company. ASG sponsored a Board of Trustees luncheon on the Fayetteville campus, with ASG president David Smith and Doug Vail opening a question and answer session for all participants. Laura Squair of Kappa Kappa Gamma reigned as Homecoming Queen while Arkansas buried SMU 27-7 with an avalanche of 613 yards and scores of oranges. Football Razorbacks finished the regular season with a 17-14 squeaker over the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Union Programs Special Projects Committee offered popcorn and caramel apples for only a nickel on Nickel Day at the Union Mall, as students enjoyed the bargain. Fans got a first glimpse of the 1977-78 Razorback roundballers in action in an international exhibition game with the Soviet Union in Little Rock. The Hogs fell 71 -64 to the USSR’s superior height and experience. 24 The Year
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January KUAF marked its Pentennial (Fifth) Anniversary of broadcasting with a free party in the Union. Robert Guralnik, pianist, presented “Chopin Lives’’ under the auspices of the Union Programs Performing Arts Committee. Craig Tappersen qualified for NCAA one-meter diving competition and set pool and varsity records in both the one-meter and three-meter dive in a dual swim meet between the Hogs and Southwest Missouri State. It snowed, and it snowed and it snowed — from the 10th onward. ASG President David Smith and Barbara Womack, secretary, along with Senate members Mark Kinion and Mike Hawkins attended a statewide student lobby meeting at UALR. The U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare announced new guidelines under which the UA will have to increase its present on-campus Black population of about four percent to between nine and 13 percent by 1983. Celebrity Showcase brought the Harlem Globetrotters to Barnhill to amaze local fans. BAD. conducted a program commemorating the late Dr. Martin Luther King’s contributions to the civil rights movement. The spring semester began with increased enrollment from the fall. George Cole, former U of A athletic director and football coach, died in Fayetteville. Razorback swimmers walloped Drury, 84-29, for the first time in four years. ASG formed a Faculty Review Board to hear student complaints involving campus faculty. Donna Kirkpatrick of Chi Omega was chosen Miss U of A in the annual pageant, sponsored by Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu and Mcllroy Bank of Fayetteville. Students enjoyed two days without classes during the snowy month. Union Programs Travel Committee sponsored a skiing trip to Vail, Colorado. Roland Sales thrilled a national TV audience with a bowl-record 205 yards rushing as the Hogs stunned second-ranked Oklahoma in the UA’s first Orange Bowl appearance. The season ended, 11-1- 0, and =3. 26 The Year
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