University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Campus Mosaic Student body president Bruce Thorpe at an exhibition 0f PhOIOQTGPhS by IT students lined up for job interviews 17 hours before the placement office Diane Skomars Magrath called Travels With the President opened. Costume design students fashion illustration

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Institute of Technology Crowded classrooms and labs housed some 6,300 undergraduates; 1,095 of them earned bachelor's degrees during the year. Job opportunities weren't as plentiful as they were in the peak years 1976-81, but some 200 companies sent recruiters to campus. and some students felt that the difference was one or two job offers instead of four or five. Science and Technology Day, spon- sored by ITalumni in November, focused on science and the law. Alumni aiso helped plan and implement volunteer ad- vising programs in which students met with working engineers and scientists at 3M and Honeywell. In January civil and mineral engineer- ing students and faculty moved into a futuristic energy-efficient underground building. Activities of the IT Student Board tScott Dacko, president; Professor Ger- ald Johnson, advised included: imple- menting study groups for physics courses; giving tours of the new civil and mineral engineering building; establish- ing a new study room; planning selection of teacher, adviser. and teaching assis- tant of the year; and surveying students to evaluate teaching. facilities, and aca- demic support services. The IT Board of Publications tKent Christensen, president; Professor John Clausen, advisert published the biweek- ly student newsletter IT Connection tMeribeth Hordloef, editort, the twice- quarterly Minnesota Technolog tTerry Hanson, editort, and the annual year- book IT Continuum tLee Atchison, edi- tor1. The Technolog won several awards in a national competition for engineering college magazines. Other active student groups were the Society of Women Engineers tJoell Morey, president; Ben Sharpe, advisert; Plumb Bob 1Mike Marti, president; Lee Ponto, advisert, which planned IT Week in May; and Tau Beta Pi tPaul Sprague, president; Professor John E. Anderson, adviseri, a Minnesota chapter of a na- tional honorary society. Physics professor Soumya Chakra- varti was named 1T Outstanding Teacher of the Year. and Professor John Clausen and Frank Kelso were named outstand- ing adviser and outstanding teaching as- sistant.

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When UN. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick spoke on campus March 2. she was inter rupted by protestors who objected to poli- cies supported by Kirkpatrick and the Rea- gan Administration, Minnesota Daily pho- tographer Joel Ems! took this picture during the tense event. The Minnesota Royal milkmaid contest