University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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A DC-10 crash caused a record number of deaths ever for an airplane disaster; Pope John Paul II made a landmark visit to the United States; anti-nuclear demon- strations became frequent and the deaths of John Wayne and Arthur Fiedler sad- dened the entertainment world. The Iranians ' seizure of 50 American hostages and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan sparked talk of another world war, reinstating the draft and boy- cotting the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Closer to home. Miss Mississippi Che- ryl Prewitt was crowned Miss America: the Ku Klux Klan Briefly terrorized northeast Mississippi and the Interna- tional Ballet Company appeared in Jack- son, just months after the capital city was immobilized by floods. Though these events and others like them actively involved some Ole Miss students and touched the lives of many others, the aura of campus life prevailed and continued to provide a refuge from the real world.

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Immersed in daily pursuits of friends, knowledge and fun, Ole Miss students often get so involved in the closely-knit campus lifestyles that they become una- ware of events taking place outside their immediate range of activities. As the secluded world that is Ole Miss rotates on its narrow axis, the big world continues to revolve about international, national and state affairs. The past year brimmed with important events which, directly or indirectly, had some impact on the lives of many at Ole Miss. Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty ending years of fighting; gasoline prices reached a dollar a gallon, Margaret Thatcher became England ' s first woman prime minister and Skylab finally fell harmlessly back to Earth. ,,, WUIR

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DAILY ROUTINE Classes, meetings and meals are a never- ending ritual for some Ole Miss students. Arranging food, appointments and in some cases, soap operas around an eighteen-hour class schedule with labs is no easy task. How- ever, many manage to slip past the omniscient computer and end up with classes beginning at 11:00 a.m. Many Ole Miss students find themselves with plenty of leisure hours to spend sunning at Sardis, watching television in the Union, or just riding around campus. Typically, the active student finds himself with too much to do in too little time. When failure is imminent, an adept classroom deceiver can maintain an attentive facade while cramming for a test in his next class. The daily routine of classwork and meetings demands ample time for gossip over coffee in the Union or a Baskin Robbin ' s study break. Often students find time to walk to the Grove to study and fl ing an occasional frisbee. While rushing around crossing items off an ever-growing, never-ending list of Things To Do Today it is inevitable that they are eager to sample the delights of an Ole Miss night. AUAA MATER Sj