Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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Frederick Montredl Sisk tion. R week of posters, dooms, speechs ond George L. Tirebiter brought many students to question the validity of student elections. To those ojho took them seriously, the week of compoigning proved voluoble. Only for the few that become RSU5U officers did the effort bear tongible fruit. Tirebiter, o protest candidate, wos olternotely praised ond ridiculed by various foctions of the student body. In o unique comooign ploy, hundreds of old tires were distributed oround compus, ond, depending on o person's pomt-of-view. graced or defaced the university landscape. Numerous students complained that the tires were a nuisance, and an order from the USU president’s office forced the Tirebiter troup to remove the campaign material before sundown. Not even classroom material was free from the moral judgments of students. Heterosexual love making positions depicted on a filmstrip proved to be offensive enough for five students to complain to local police. The filmstrip used in the class. Human Sexuality 404. brought out the contrast in moral views at Utah State. On Thursday. May 7. two of Logan's finest visited the class of Joe UUells ond asked to view the filmstrip which they said was subject to five complaints. UUells declined to show the filmstrip, explaining that they could not judge the moteriol out of context of the classroom content.

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 Less laid-bock ujos another country superstar, Johnny Poycheck. who ployed to o tmy. but vocal audience in the Spectrum. Poycheck song the proises of the honky-tonk life. Coming to Logon from down under. Australian rockers Air Supply proved its music wasn't the product of o recording studio. Their stoge show exhibited o level of professionalism that obviously delighted the fans. Firefall. from neighboring Colorodo, gove USU o dose of mellow rock, while local bonds Steelin' Bock and Czro Nature provided on afternoon of reloxotion for the dorm population. The other side of the musical coin was also represented on campus in the form of Vorujon Kojian and the Utoh Symphony Orchestra which mokes regular appearances ot USU. And each spring, the student body is treated to on entertoinment change-of-pace when the Royol Lichtenstein Circus sweeps into town. This small troupe, sons bigtop, combines escape thrills, sleight-of-hond ond animal acts with comedy comp for delightful results. Offering another perspective on culture wos o voriety of donee groups thot include the Montano State Repertory Theatre, the Concert Donee Company ond Rine-LUoodbury Donee Company. Another entertoinment event, ot least to many students, wos the ASUSU elec- 18

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' John Denver Hortmonn Some weeks later USU President Stan-ford Co2ier onnounced thot the university was initiating a curriculum review to make sure the materials used in the class were of a educational nature. Hence, it was determined that the filmstrip was a valid part of the class. R new part of the USU campus was the construction of the Kellogg Life Span Learning Center, which reflected on era of expansion of facilities, and added a modern look to the university. The Kellogg Center provides the univer-• sity with a fully-equipped conference facility including 75 hotel rooms and several large meeting rooms. The Placement Center and a gift shop will olso be located in the complex. Rrt and landscape architecture students received a new home in the early part of 1980. The Visual Rrts UJmg of the Chose Fine Rrts Center was built ot a cost of $4,130,012 and provides some of the most up-to-date facilities for humanities students in the United Stotes. The Fine Rrts Center is considered to be concrete evidence of Utah State's commitment to the arts. Rnother commitment by Logan’s city fathers was to ban dancing after midnight on Saturday. Irate students voiced their opposition to the dance ban in letters to the editor sections of all the local papers. Councilman Loye Martmdale. who proposed the amendment, said the entire issue was a misunderstanding, ond that he had believed beer couldn't be sold after midnight on Saturdays. The city council voted to recind the dance bon before it ever took effect. 1980-81 was most certainly the year of contrasts, unity and cultural mixing. Rt the some time it was a year of understanding between people. This may be the one osset thot will make its students a cut above the rest. Ill