University of Houston - Houstonian Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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 s ijmissni k®' «s«fiarjL •ii During the 1986-87 school year, UH students had to contend with the following annoyances: UH Chancellor Richard Van Horn changed his name to President Van Horn. Apartheid still remained the cornerstone of South African domestic policy. Both the Super Bowl and the World Series were won by awesome teams from New York. Texas unemployment soared. The drinking age was raised to 21. Gasoline prices dropped to 59 a gallon. Oral Roberts claimed that the good Lord would take his life he failed to raise $4.5 million. 12

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The Issues

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The new moderation reigned supreme: people were drinking less, smoking not at all, and only having sex with permanent partners. Bill Clements handily defeated incumbant Mark White in a nasty governor's race that touched on everything except the issues. After the death of college basketball star Len Bias, cocaine abuse — specifically crack abuse — became the biggest media scare since herpes. The Texas Department of Corrections was at one time releasing as many as 500 prisoners a week early due to overcrowding. The White House almost fell apart as Iran-scam rocked the National Security Council nearly to its foundation. Ronald Reagan, the country's first Teflon president, escaped remarkably unscathed. UH Budget Advisory Council proposed to eliminate the College of Technology and the Department of Human Resources and Consumer Sciences. Students were only mildly outraged. Essentially the feeling on campus was that the whole world was going to hell in a handbag. 13