University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Wherels Tom? llShouldnlt you be practicing piano right now? liYes, Lisa? I answered, iibut I canlt, I have to sit here and sell tickets for Ronald Reagan. Illl be able to tomorrow. Lisa was on the cultural committee and helped me practice my piano. Here it was the ninth of April, Reagan was to arrive that afternoon and we had only sold 300 tickets. LiHave you seen Tom recently? Lisa asked. th0, has anyone? HI sure hope someone went to pick up Reagan at the airport. llYeah; Torn, Bob, and Brian did. Didnlt you know they had to practice taking the route with two D.P.D. squad cars a couple of days ago? There were so many things to think about when we planned for Reaganls speech. Like ticket sales, where was Tom, the security, where was Tom, the press, where was Tom, the fieldhouse, and where WAS Tom? It was hard to locate Tom because he was always busy with something important. Hopefully this time it was Reagan. It seems all the worry was for nothing when later that evening Tom got up on the stage and announced: llThe University of Denver Programs Board is proud to present Ronald Reagan? The crowd didnlt seem too small with about 600 people. I guess it wasnlt that bad of a turnout: While I was estimating the size of the crowd, I noticed that most of the people looked like the type that still had a IlNixon Now button on their bulletin board. You know the kind I mean, they would have voted Eisenhower in for 3 or 4 terms if they could have. Some of them probably did. On the other hand some of the crowd looked like they came to see Ronald Reagan the former star of llDeath Valley Days. The presidential aspirant gave many of the stances I had expected. He started out with the familiar liless government is the answer to all our problemsH speech. After several minutes of this I mentally tuned him out. I perked up again when he mentioned Carter and his administrationsls defecit spending. Here was something I could relate to. There just has to be something more than just faith backing the dollar. I was so interested in this problem that I tuned out the rest of his speech and meditated. Suddenly I was brought back to the world. iiWant to go to HemingwaysT, ltI-Iuh? I replied. I always sounded so intelligent when I pondered the problems of the world. Ronald Reagan, 47W79 HDo you want to go get a drink? iiSure, I said, III could use one after todayfl We ran out of the arena and quickly located Nancy,s car. Nancy was the Program Board's M