Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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1i The football team debates whether they want to leave the field at halftime. 2i Christopher Collier turns in surprise as the football team executes a good play.. 3 The Phi Kappa Psi and Chi Sigma Xi Homecoming glow worm is bursting with color and energy along the parade route. 4i Julie Rahn, Kim Bentley, Carla Ebert, and Kristen Lien are exploding with personality at the coronation - or are they just trying to pick up men? 5i Do you ever feel like someone's watching you? All of Valparaiso was watching VU's Homecoming. 6 King Dave Boyle and Queen Tara Meyer are all smiles at the football game. 7i V.U.'s marching band thrills the crowd with their new style of per- forming a'la Paul Simon's llYou Can Call Me Al video. 8i The men of Sigma Phi Epsilon are enjoying themselves - as usual - on the parade route. 5 E a . ? moi Homecbmihg 15

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Mardi Gras: Class, Style, FUN! Mardi Gras, 1987! This year's New Or- leans theme brightened up the beginning days of fall with colorful floats and games. A larger-than-usual turnout showed up on Lincolnway and the rest of the parade route to view the results of weeks of float building displayed in the Homecoming Parade . Homecoming really began with the re- turn of Valparaiso alumni toward the end of the week. The University sponsored various activities for the returnees. Concerts, din- ners, and luncheon gatherings galore were offered in many academic and organiza- tional contexts. Fraternity and sorority alumni gravitated back to the old house or Chapter Room to talk over old times with other alumni, or to compare old and new times with current active members. The Homecoming games took place on Friday, and, as usual, the traditional bonfire was canceled due to the weather. Roam gaunt; ihethrti; Sororities and Fraternities prepared for the festivities by secretly building floats and not-so-secretly firing up. There was plenty for everyone to do - houses needed cleaning, kegs had to be bought, and activi- ties planned. The dorms decorated their outsides and insides with banners urging the Crusaders to victory, adding colorful touches to the University's usually mild brick exterior. Although it was cold and wet, a good crowd showed up to watch and participate in the Homecoming games. Sigma Chi Sig- ma won most of the competitions, such as the keg toss, tug-of-war, and slime-in. Prizes included pizza, refreshing DQ bliz- zards, and more. On Friday, the Homecoming King and Queen were selected. David Boyle and Tara Meyer won the contest. Dave was nominat- ed by Phi Beta Chi, and Tara by Brandt Hall. They cruised down Lincolnway in a con- vertible on Saturday, smiling and waving royally at the crowds. The actual Homecoming game on Satur- day was held in the bright sun that had finally poked through the thick clouds that had hovered over Valpo all week. The Cru- saders battled for victory against the Grizz- lies in a fierce match of tactics and strength. Unfortunately, the Crusaders were defeat- ed in the end, 56 to 35. Even though we did not win at football, we won by bringing many old friends back together and making new ones. Even the alumni got caught up in the Mardi Gras spirit. All in all, Homecoming in New Or- leans or Indiana, turned out to be an excit- ing time for all concerned. - -Lissa Bittner Mike Seefeldt

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A tour of campus will ultimately lead visi- tors past Mueller Hall, home of Christ Col- lege. Despite the name, this is not a pro- gram exclusively for pre-seminary students. Christ College is VU's Honors College. Twenty-five years ago a directive studies program, emphasizing more individualized studies, was initiated at VU as alternative education for honors students. By the mid- 1960's, President O.P. Kretzmann estab- lished a full-fledged honors college, later called Christ College, or llCC. CC was based in part on British models, with both Oxford and Cambridge having Christ Col- leges as well. The honors college was established to combat what President Kretzmann saw as an increased emphasis on professionaliza- tion - a threat, as he perceived it, to the central mission of the liberal arts ground- ings of the University. Kretzmann also was interested in the relationship of Christianity to intellectual studies, and he was interest- ed in having the best of students struggle with this. The Christ College curriculum was in- tended to include both integration and ex- ? perimentation from its origins. By including integration as a focus, the college wmuld be interdisciplinary and provide a liberal arts grounding for all colleges. ' The Freshman Program was integrated into the CC. curriculum in 1972, and has retained its basic purposes in its evolution since then. The Production became an es- tablished tradition with original music and w . drama trying to incorporate new ideas and : materials and new ways to present them. Christ College is looking forward to many more years of integration and experimenta- tion. Dean Meyer of Christ College feels that the college has matured in this time, but, he adds, the basic ideas and purposes are still the same. --- Debbie Petersen 1. Dancing their way to success: Freshmen prepare for the production. 2. Christ College students take time out of their studies to relax and socialize. 3. Producing The Dream Tree production took time, dedication, and patience. 4. These CCers talk under the tree where dreams come true in the freshman production. 5. One building with many rooms, many uses. The CC building embraces the future. 6. Hours were spent composing music for The Dream Tree. 7. CC? Avant garde? 8. Mike Caldwell, Julie Meyer, and Bill Rohde discuss Olmsted's latest suit and tie combo.