University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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14 16 17 18 25 27 29 10 19 21 23 26 February Classical Music: Menahem Pressler appears at Jesse Auditorium. Winter Olympics begin at Innsbruck, Austria. Valentines Day. Broadway Play: ttAh! Wilderness? Gene Roddenberry, creator of ttStar Trek, speaks in Jesse Auditorium to a full house of Trekkies. Paul Spencer and Chuck Miller are elected President and Vice President of MSA. MSA holds public hearings on proposed changes in student fees. The Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Curators hears the request of student governments from the four campuses for a non-voting student participant on the Board of Curators. Willie Dixon and the Chicago Blues All Stars appear at Jesse Auditorium. ' March Paul Spencer and Chuck Miller take office in MSA and Darrell Dryer is elected Speaker of the Senate. Spring vacation begins. The presidential candidates begin their campaigns in earnest. SA Coffeehouse presents Peter Lang. 11Mom,s Weekend begins for IRHA residents. Germaine Greer speaks. Patty Hearst convicted on charges of armed bank robbery and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. Residence Halls Associations from across the State meet at UMC for a conference sponsored by IRHA. 23

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J anuary CDO'ICJQ-Ii 22 Marathon football viewing on the tube. Aspen Ski Trip begins. Bomb blast hits La Guardia International Airport killing 11 and injuring 51. Eleven oil ministers kidnapped in Vienna. Chief of the CIA office in Athens, Greece is slain by three gunmen as he returns home from a party. Fighting flares up in Angola. Winter semester classwork begins. MSA President Carrie Francke addresses the State Senate concerning the University budget. Senator Larry Marshall speaks on Higher Education in Missouri: Viewpoint of a Legislator. IRHA gains a rule change allowing freshmen to live off-campus. MSA conducts week-Iong blood drive. t Chancellor schooling addresses the 250-member MSA Senate for the first time ever, and speaks on the Univeristy Budget. SA Coffeehouse presents Dave Caro and Bill Ritchie.

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April 1 Mo-Maids show huSA the Mo-Maid Way . Independent Week and Greek Week are combined to form hMizzou Days . 3 DU Campustowne Races. Sigma Chi Derby Day Games. 6 The Doobie Brothers perform at Hearnes. 10 Show-Me Trip to Montauc State Park. 14 Tap Day for LSV, QEBH, Mystical 7 and Mortar Board. 18 Easter Sunday. ' 21 Representative James Symington speaks. 24 Show-Me Trip to Six Flags. 29 Sop Day. 30 Bold Forbes wins the Kentucky Derby. Finals begin. Graduation. ' 15 Missouri baseball team beats Oklahoma 5-3 for Big 8 baseball crown. Track team takes second in Big 8 championship. Missouri runner Dele Udo runs 45.2 in the 440 to lead nation,s quarter-milers. 20 President C. Brice Ratchford resigns. Ratchford had earlier received a vote of hno confidence, from UMC faculty members. 24 Concordia SST makes first commercial transatlantic crossing. Calendar compiled by Karen Miller