University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Randal Williamson Presidem Ronaio Reagan left the White House with both good and tad merrones of the previous eught years Dar Quayle was one of tre young- V 95: candvdates to ever run for an of- fice sum as Vice-President. MalI Vlna there end natior Office in V nine tion dent, succe Th1 doubl when tages Iran c

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Audio Diversity Michael Anthony and Alex took time to go on the road by themselves to support their new album. At Rupp Arena on the 30th, the guys performed many of their greatest hits, both pre-Dave and postsDave tLee Rotht The show, for the most part, contained tunes from the OU812 LP, and ended With a cover of Led Zeppelin's ttRock and Roll. During her two-year break from the road, Amy Grant had her first Child with hus- bandtguitarist Gary Chapman. Dunng that time, she record- ed Lead Me On, her first album 0t all-new material in three years. Grant was back at Ftupp Arena on Oct. 14 to support the LP. Since her last appearance at Rupp in 1985, her stage and light show along with the music had become even more elab- orate than before Grant per- formed old and new, from the title track of Lead Me On to old favorites such as HAnw gels, t'EIAShaddai, and HFind A Way. One of the highlights of the evening though, was the performance of t'Frtends by Grant, Chap- man, and Michael W. Smith, who wrote the song. After headlining shows of his own, Smith was back on the road with Grant to open for her and also play in her band during her set. Due to illness, veteran rocker Rod Stewart cancelled the show at Rupp Arena on Oct. 10, He then resched- uled for Oct. 20 and kicked off his show that night with Hot Legs Donned extravae gantly in a pink jacket and polka-dot tie, Stewart enter- tained the audience with many of his old and new songs including t'Love Touch and perhaps one of his biggest, the 70s disco- ish t'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? Stewart also covered ltThe First Cut is the Deepest, a song written by Cat Stevens. Two more concerts at Rupp in the fall of '88 includs ed a triple country bill with Alabama, the Judds. and Ricky Van Shelton, and a double dose of hard rock with Cinderella and AClDC. The fall concert string would have ended with pop's Hpurple king'l but Prince cancelled the Lexing- tontFtupp Arena stop of his Lovesexy tour due to low ticket sales, When Prince was last at Rupp four years earlier with his HPurple Rain show with Sheila EV, he had no trouble with ticket sales, The Lovesexy show was scheduled for Oct 26 and was cancelled about two weeks before that date. One of the local radio stations the new U102, formed a pee tition for Prince to change his mind It didn't work: At Rupp Arena on the 30th, the guys performed many of their greatest hits, both pre-Dave and post-Dave tLee Rotht. INXS opened the fall season of cow certs With their Kick tour Mall Vlne Concerts

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Curtain Call Some felt that the end of Ronald Reagants term as U.S. Presi- dent was the nend of an era? while others believed George Bush would bring Hfour more years. Story and Layout by Jeffrey R. Murphy 9 9 nce you begin a great movement, there's no telling where it will end We meant to change a nation, and instead we changedaworld. These were the words of Ronald Reagan. 40th Presie dent of the United States, only a few days before he stepped down from the office after having held it for two terms. Reagan gave this Htare- wellt' speech from the Oval Office on January 11, 1989 in Washington DC, only nine days before the inagura- tion of Reagents Vice-Presi- dent, George Bush, as his successor. The former movie star's double-term began in 1981 when the 52 American hos- tages were released from Iran on the day that Reagan was sworn into office. Two months later, John Hinckley attempted to murder the President in Washington, to continue the Htradition of all Presidents elected in a year ending in zero being shot andior killed, In 1982, Reagan was be- coming a hero in the eyes of many, for restoring the US. to its economical health. But the nations economy then underwent a recession to cause Reagan's popularity to fall to an all-time low in the polls. In 1984, Reagan won his second term as President after defeating Democrat Walter Mondale in 49 states, Mondale's running mate for Vice-President was the first ever to be a woman, Ger- aldine Ferraro. 1986 proved to be anoth- er controversial year for the President. In April, he or- dered the bombing of Libya. It was later discovered that Reagan secretly authorized arms to be sold to Iran in ex- change for the release Of hostages, which sparked the highly publicized Irah-Contras hearings and made Colonel Oliver North a hero to some Americans. In 1987, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the INF treaty with Reagan. This treaty eliminated all short- range and intermediate-range nuclear missiles to Europe Gorbachev had ignited a freer atmosphere to the Sovi- et Union and relations im- proved with the United States. Reagan had expressed in his farewell speech that he had called the Soviets an evil empire during the first few yearsof his administra- tion. He had changed by the end of his term to say that his views about Gorbachev were different from those of former Kremlin leaders, and that he hoped the ttolose- ness between the Soviets and Americans would contin- uet Toward the end of his Presidency, in 1988, Reagan proposed a $16 trillion bud- get, which was the largest in U.S. history to date. He expressed that his Presidency had been to him, going by too fast in a car someone else was driving and seeing the people through tinted glass. And so many times i wanted to stop and reach out from behind the glass, and connect Despite the fading support for Reagan and the many ups and downs of his eight years in office, the American public held enough faith in him to elect one of his proteges as the next President. A few days after Reagan's speech, Vice-President George Bush was inagurated as the 41st President of the United States, after having defeated Democratic nomi- nee Michael Dukakis. The country did have its doubts about Bushls choice for Vice-Presidentt Dan Quayle received an enor- mous amount of investigation and pressure from the na- tion's public and press. For some reason, Ameri- cans had trouble supporting a Vice-President who based his philosophy on what he quoted his grandmother as telling him tas he stated in a Vice-Presidential debatei,: 'tYou can do anything you want if you just set your mind to it. E ttWe meant to change a nation, and instead we changed a world? -Presi- dent Ronald Rea- gan Ronald Reagan 19