University of Texas El Paso - Flowsheet Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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! Crr yyy yyy. THE KING AND QUEEN OF MINERLAND. Clockwise, from above, Queen Adriana Sierra shows her Miner pride. Sierra, a senior business major, represented the school during the week. A Chili Cook-off was one activity during Homecom- ing. Sophomore Pete Martin was the king with a twist. Martin ran, and won, with a nuclear opposition platform. Student Life Dzong La 23

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22 Martiu Sterna Reigu During Homecoming Dzong La Homecoming is party time on campus, and this year the zany antics of sophomore Pete Martin brought a fun twist to the event. Sporting an oversized bow tie, Martin was elected Homecoming King based on his successful campaign platform oppos- ing nuclear war. How does nuclear war tie into repre- senting El Paso during Homecoming? “Tet’s face it, if they dropped a bomb, the (football) game would be over,”’ Mar- tin explained. Martin shared the royal platform with Queen Adriana Sierra. Parades and parties marked the excitement as the Miners returned to campus. And although the home team was defeated, 20-24, the game against Hawaii was tight right up to the end. There were only three minutes left in the game when the Miners scored the go-ahead touchdown. Unfortunately Ha- waii managed to pull out a victory in the last 17 seconds of play. Student Life

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24 Highte Student Life Dzong La Douald, Kouald aud Seuss Among the political highlights for the 1984-85 school year was the re-election of President Ronald Reagan as well as the startling turnovers in Soviet leader- ship. Konstantin Chernenko succeeded Yuri Andropov as the political head of the USSR and then died a few months later, leaving the position to Mikail Gorbochov. Meanwhile, back in the USA, Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart’s campaign committee targeted its appeal toward young’ urban professionals and coined the term “yuppie” as a label for the post-preppie population. On the music scene, Michael Jackson had fans scrambling for tickets to his Victory Tour in anticipation of seeing their androgynous idol moondance to his chartbreaking hits like ‘‘Bille Jean,” “Beat It,’ and “Thriller.” Musicians around the world joined to- gether to raise money for famine-ridden Ethiopia where hundreds of people died of starvation daily. U.S.A. (United Singers and Artists) for Africa recorded the “We Are The World” album and performed on an internationally broad- 1984-85 Freadlines cast “Live Aid” concert to help raise milions of dollars for large-scale famine relief. Milestones were celebrated when Don- ald Duck turned 50-years-old. Doctor Seuss marked his 80th birthday by ac- cepting a Pulitzer prize for nearly a century of educational and reading en- joyment of countless children of all ages. Sally Fields claimed an Academy A- ward for Best Actress. Her award- winning performance was “‘Places in the Heart.”’ El Pasoan F. Murray Abraham made his hometown proud when he ac- cepted the award for best actor for his outstanding work in ““Amadeus.”’ Another El Pasoan, Laura Martinez Herring, also brought fame to the Sun City when she captured the Miss USA crown. New television network shows to receive a high Neilson rating this year in- cluded ‘‘The Cosby Show,’ ‘‘Murder She Wrote”’ and ‘“‘Highway to Heaven.”’ “Hill Street Blues” copped an Emmy for outstanding dramatic series and “Cheers” won the honors for outstand- ing comedy series.