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

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Richard Lupo Richard Lupo As part of her ventriloquy perfor- mance, Patricia Brant performs the “Trolley Song” with the aid of ‘Cooper and Katie.” Strolling with smiles, contestants pa- rade one last time in front of the judges during the conclusion of the evening gown competition. After completing her piano solo, con- testant Lisa Lester smiles for the judges and audience. She was second runner-up in the pageant. Student Life 17 Richard Lupo

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hes Patricia Brant, pharmacy se- nior, was crowned queen at the 1986 Miss Northeast Pageant held on February 19 in Brown Auditorium. Brant is the 22-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Brant of Monroe. She had been a Warbonnet captain and co- captain, a Little Indian, a Base- ball Batgirl and the Phi Mu so- rority pledge director and corre- sponding secretary. The 12 contestants in the pag- eant were judged for swimsuits, evening gowns and talent as well as on interviews with the judges earlier in the day, according to Bobbie Candler, hostess of the pageant and Miss Louisiana 1982. When Brant realized she had won, she said, “I’m extremely Richard Lupo Besides having been crowned Miss NL, Patricia Brant also won the swim- suit competition. Years of dancing enabled first runner up Tedi McKeithen to perform with grace and experience. 16 Student Life happy and very excited about going to the Miss Louisiana Pageant and representing Northeast at the pageant this year.” First runner-up in the pageant was Tedi Marie McKeithen, health and physical education sophomore; second runner-up was Lisa Lester, fashion mer- chandising junior; and third run- ner-up was Karen Canady, pre- med senior. In individual competition, Brant won the swimsuit cate- gory while Lester captured the talent scholarship with a piano selection entitled “Rustle of Spring.” For the talent category, McKeithen performed a ballet- ponté dance; and Canady, dressed in a red flapper dress, sang a rendition of “Hit Me with a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce.” Brant’s talent offering was a ventriloquist act in which her “dummy partners”, Copper and Katie sang the “Trolley Song”. “I’ve been a ventriloquist for 14 years,” said Brant. “You want to keep it on an entertain- ing and humorous level, as well as gearing the routine to an adult audience,” she said. Other pageant contestants were Jennifer Dawn Hall; Maureene Estelle Mullins; Me- lissa Susan Parker; Sycrid Quintina Pate; Kimberly Marie Riggs; Stephanie Lee Standard; Jennifer DeAnne Swilley; and Mary Cynthia Weathersby. —Liz Hebert a 3 — ao) S 3 a i 4

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XJ L Who? 20-6 That’s Who © ortheast puts the bite on the dawgs The spark which ingnited the heated annual rivalry with the La. Tech Bulldogs was lit dur- ing the first week of November. A midnight pep rally was held in Malone Stadium. Stu- dents either stayed awake until 12:00 or dragged themselves out of bed to support the Indi- ans. To boost spirit even more, fund-raising activities were tied in with Wreck Tech Week by the Epsilon Mu chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon. The fraternity sold plastic cups with drink dis- counts offered by local bars. Proceeds from the sale went to St. Jude’s Children’s Re- search Hospital. “Wreck Tech Week is a great time to promote school spirit,” said TKE member, Bill Ander- son, pharmacy senior. dpa Fades Noo 7” 18 Student Life “Since the celebrity sponsor of St. Jude’s is Danny Thomas, who is a TKE, it is only natural that we raise money for it.” The Lambda Tau chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi held its an- nual Arthiritis Foundation rock-a-thon during Wreck Tech Week. With the theme, “Wreck Tech and Arthritis, too,” mem- bers of the sorority rocked in rocking chairs in front of the SUB for 24 hours to raise mon- ey. “T rocked at 5:00 a.m. It was cold and rainy, but knowing it could benefit those with arthri- tis made it bearable,” said Bar- bie Armstrong, home econom- ics sophomore. “Take a bit of a dawg” was the slogan used by the journal- ism fraternity, Sigma Delta Peter Bradley “Wreck Tech and Arthritis, Too” was the slogan used by sorority AOPi dur- ing the annual rock-a-thon to raise money for their philanthropy. Rockers Cheryl Parker, Karrie Barksdale, Mi- chell Houth and Jodie Cole bundle up in the chilly weather. Maroon and gold balloons were re- leased to add to the festivities during the halftime presentation of the Sound of Today. Peter Bradley Chi. : They sold hot dogs to help the Public relations group, PRSSA during their Bayou Blues pro- motion on the day of the game. Cynthia Malsch, news edito- rial senior and president of Sig- ma Delta Chi, said, “We didn’t set out to make a huge profit, but to promote our name on campus and help PRSSA.” During the afternoon before the final showdown on the foot- ball field, NLU and Tech Greeks got together at the Lou- isiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo for the first annual Zoo Games. Indian sororities and fraterni- ties competed against their Bulldog counter-parts in games like the bat race, egg toss and three-legged race. After recooperating from the zoo games, Greeks joined fans } from both Monroe and Ruston) for the football game which) highlighted all Wreck Tech fes- tivities. | | A victory of 20 to 6 over the Bulldogs added another year to}! the three year winning streak of LU. “Tech played horribly com-}| pared to what I’ve seen them do before,” said Chuck Winstead, pre-law freshman. “I think inex-| perienced quarterbacks may}, have been a key in their defeat.” }) The bitter taste of defeat was} rather sweet to Jeff Eppinette, |) Tech’s SGA president. ) Each year the winning school’s president gets the privi- lege of shoving a cream pie into}| their opponent’s face. —Stephanie Duke i |