University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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As the school year begins, so also does the construction of the bell tower. Kearney State College 1986 Blue Gold CALVIN T. RYAN LIBRARY KEARNEY STATE COLLEGE KEARNEY. NEBRASKA Kearney, Nebraska 68849 Volume 63

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Yearbooks tend to be the same. A recap of the basketball season, a list of the characters in a play, and some group pictures of organizations are commonplace and too often make up the majority of the book. Change the pictures of the people, and you have a book that could work for any school, any year. But each school year is different, and the Blue Gold staff wanted this yearbook to reflect that difference. So, along with the new faces, new issues, and even the new campus look, the Blue Gold has a new look. Instead of trying to recap all the happenings of the year, from the first football game to the final baseball and softball tournaments, from the first fall play to the last spring musical, and from that first day of classes in August to the last social event in May, we chose to select a few individuals, issues, and events that best represent the 1985-86 school year at KSC. Stories with topics such as All-American shotputter Beth Stuart playing on the Loper volleyball team, and covering the uncovering that went on during the fall bikini contests. This approach lets us showcase some of the journalism department’s top writers with in-depth and feature stories, as compared to simple recaps that read the same every year and require little creativity. We fee! this book reflects what Kearney State College is all about, people, ideas and even the campus in an everchanging process. Sincerely. Dan Fong Editor-in-Chief

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FASHION IN down turned collars bobbed hair swatchs bright colors fake fur big shoulders faded jeans OUT hair spray upturned collars farrah hair cuts colored shoe laces parachute pants Calvin Klein flower prints IN Huey Lewis Live Aid Don Henley Sting George Strait MUSIC OUT Julio Iglesias The Eagles Weird A1 The Sex Pistols Aldo Nova THIS AND THA T IN f - OUT Go-Bots A r Space Invaders AIDS jokes jpT « Herpes jokes alcohol awareness drinking driving AT T L Ma Bell convertibles De Lorean cars 9 by Krisanne Petersen Trends and fads come and go quickly at KSC. Some are expensive, some aren’t. Some just require that you know what is going on in your community and throughout the country. Comfort in clothing is still the most important thought in everyone’s mind. Large sweaters, stirrup pants, flat boots and wool coats are in style this year. Designer labels, cowboy boots, fluorescent colors, leg warmers and jogging suits have become out-dated and rarely seen. Other items of clothing that are fashionable are Levi jeans, costume jewelry, high-top tennis shoes, jean jackets, white cotton T-shirts and paisley faded jeans. Conversation has taken quite a change also. New words are: casual, paraphernalia, mellow, forbidden and taboo. Popular phrases are “I’m toast,” “chill out” and “no way.” Valley talk and words like neat, awesome, cool, and decent are out for the time-being. More and more people have risen and fallen in popularity. Mary Lou Retton is rarely talked about now, and the same goes for Farrah Fawcett, Clint Eastwood, Joan Rivers, Richard Simmons, Tom Selleck and Joan Collins. Meanwhile, people just can’t hear enough about Don Johnson, Meryl Streep, Rob Lowe, Michael J. Fox, Dr. Ruth Weistheimer, Richard Gere and Sly Stallone. People such as the ones listed above have had a great influence on television and movies. Everyone has been talking about the movies and TV series they have seen these actors and actresses in. “Miami Vice,” “Cheers,” “Days of Our Lives,” “The Cosby Show,” “Family Ties,” “Back to the Future,” “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Rambo,” and western movies are a few of the trendy shows in entertainment. We used 2