University of North Carolina Asheville - Archive Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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Homecoming Poll Homecoming Dance Homecoming Dance, King and Queen 16 February

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January Upon returning to school after the Christmas holidays, students found several of their classmates missing: the largest number of students in UNC-A history flunked out, leaving the Housing Office with many vacancies in the dorms. An Oldies But Goodies dance in the cafeteria attracted students wearing letter and alpaca sweaters, bobbie socks, cowboy hats, and love beads. The country inaugurated Ronald Reagan as its fortieth president, and Houston fired Bum Phillips as its head coach. Many people honored civil rights activist Martin Luther King ' s birthday, rallying to make the occasion a national holiday. The nation, as well as the world, united to welcome home the fifty-two American hostages, who had been held captive for 444 days. Algeria worked as the mediating force in returning the embassy employees safely to the United States. The Bulldogs narrowly defeated Mars Hill in a tense and heated basketball game, proving once again our superiority over our cross- town rivals. Barry Drake entertained students with a quiet performance in the coffeehouse. Students who liked their music a bit louder and more dramatic flocked to the Civic Center to see Molly Hatchet in concert. The first notable (and noticeable) snow fell, exciting students who prayed that the next day ' s classes would be cancelled. Soon the days of laying on the track in the spring sun will vanish all thoughts of snow and cancelled classes. Oldies But Goodies Dance .

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February February brought very little snow to the mountains and surprised everyone with unsea- sonably warm temperatures. Campus was unusually quiet as basketball season wound down and the trek of fans to the gym decreased. The Homecoming Dance at the Great Smokies Hilton Inn was the social highlight of the dreary month. Student, staff, and alumni gathered to dance and celebrate our basketball team ' s fine season. While we were carefree, Pope John Paul II voyaged to the Far East, visiting India, Pakistan, and the Phillippines during his twelve day tour. The Communist Party Congress met in Moscow to discuss its international position; a meeting with US diplomats appeared to be in the the near future. A fire swept through a discotheque in Dublin killing 49 young people. Marine sergeant William Garfield was found guilty to treason during his captivity as a POW in Vietnam. He was reduced to a status of private and forfeited $127,000.00 in back pay. The last Iranian hostage, journalist Cynthia Dwyer, was finally released after over 450 days of captivity. Spring Break seemed within arm ' s length as intramural basketball rosters were prepared. The competition seemed stiff, but everyone looked forward to getting out of their dorm rooms and mingling. 6 HOMECOMING DANCE HILTON 9PM| 7 BASKETBALL 5 30 8 SG DANCE 10:00 Homecoming Dance, Band member LUf! 1 tutu in Post Homecoming beer bust February 17