University of Louisiana Monroe - Chacahoula Yearbook (Monroe, LA)

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Kappa Delta's original and eye-catch ing float won the coveted President's Award. - It was a proud moment for Ame Har The Homecoming dance s € Adding color n H obistale site S a ing dance wa Today was a major att veston and her father just after she was by many people like Thomas Pa crowned and hundreds of helium bal- Stephanie Cook after th parade, wned a d: reliu: al pha ka y loons were released. from the game. ig a break from cheerleading halftime show, Sonya Odorr flage raincoats over their Homecoming outfits due to the bad weather. ! i 2 Richard Lupo Meeks Mike Mike Meeks Jennifer Angelloz is thrilled to learn, Due to the rain and cold weather, stu ; ul P Sharing’an emotional 1 that after workinghfor several day . i dents not only covered thebleachers Be . : : Sue Scott and her father welt for, the = before sitting down, but they also re re etme aa sorted to bringing extra blankets to f ment, Mary With true Indian spirit, Karen Harris, Lynna Hall, Annette Stinson and David McCalfey cheer on the parade. of the court stay warm. . e - Running and picking up candy thrown Coming home to NLU to play old songs and visit old friends, these band alums kept a surrounding crowd in good spir its from participants of the parade was lots of fun for young children Mike Meeks Mike Meeks Mike Meeks Richard Lupo Mike Meeks Mike Meeks 16D Homecoming 16C domecoming Homecomi ng 16E Homecoming 16F

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Smiling for the camera, Melanie Byrd waits on the sidelines to be presented. tors waved @ Though Homecoming night was cold and rainy, members of the court and 2 Homecoming their fathers were all smiles. Mike Meeks Billy Heckfor HOMECOMING The Court In a repeat of history, the se- lection of the Homecoming Court turned out to be one of the most controversial issues facing NLU in 1985. When the final votes were counted in the free election vote, Ame Harveston, nominat- ed by Kappa Sigma was elect- ed queen with 665 votes. Kathy Thibodeaux, nominat- ed by Alpha Sigma Chi was elected Maid of Honor with 645 votes. Other nominees elected to the court were Mary Sue Scott, nominated by Kappa Chi local sorority; Melanie Byrd, nomin- ated by the SGA; Karen Davis, nominated by Kappa Delta; and Veronica Karam, nominated by the Student Chapter of the As- sociated General Contrators. Even though these were the top vote-getters, the court was changed when the SGA added a seventh court position and placed Karen Canady, nominat- ed by Alpha Epsilon Delta, on the court. The move was made by the SGA following the elec- tion of the all white court in an effort to satisfy minority stu- dents. According to SGA President David Carter, Canady had re- ceived the next highest number of votes in the election. Even though six white girls were elected to the court, in a six white, six black run off elec- tion, the creation of the sev- enth position brought cries of protest from the Black Caucus and some black students. Canady, a black who was ad- ded after an all white court was elected said, ‘‘I don’t feel it was fair to put me on the court when | didn’t make the court. If all whites made the court, then that’s the way it should be. They shouldn't just stick me on to satisfy the minorities.”’ After much debate and a threatened black boycott of

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oe SS ae ski boat. ning float in the parade. It’s a celebration of reunion and reminiscing in Northeast spirit. Homecoming offers a weekend of festivities for both students and alumni to enjoy. Building floats for the parade and buying mums from Phi AI- pha Theta both added to the week of anticipation for some, while others eagerly looked for- ward to revisiting the old col- lege days. Even though rain dowsed most of the events, the turn-out 16B Homecoming Mike Meeks Representing the ski team, students Fritz Harsh a d Todd Trichel enjoy the parade from their supra comp TS6M After hours of hard work, Zeta Tau Ar } pha proudly drove their first place win- still represented Indian loyalty. Unfortunately, the Thursday pep rally suffered more than some of the other events. It had to be completely cancelled due to the weather. The first major social event was the Cocktail Buffet pro- vided for returning alumni on Friday. Ouachita Alumni Chap- ter and Budweiser sponsored this informal get together. “Since it is their first chance back on campus, the out-of- town people really enjoy the Cocktail Buffet,’ said Don Weems, alumni director. Awards were presented for the Homecoming Tennis Tour- nament. In the women’s dou- bles, Dottie Brooks and Lucy Shackelford won. Bob Tucker and Dicki Raymond were the winners in the men’s doubles. The Homecoming Golf Tour- nament was also early Friday afternoon. It was expanded into a two day competition with Mike Meeks awards given for each day, so that more out-of-towners would be able to participate. John Van Veckhoven and Bob Coo- per were the winners. These two events are opened to anyone who wishes to com- pete and pre-registers for them. On Saturday, it continued to rain. Even so, the parade was held in full force. Approximate- ly 110 entries, including bands, floats and cars traveled the four miles between the meri-