37& '1>51 . }{-P 19~7 UP. .. Waking 8 to real life CampusB{e 44 to early classes :7fcarkm1cs 84 to victory cSporls 132 to others ~opfe 180 to groups OrganizahOns 224 to yourself ~rkx reality to UP. .. 'aking reality. to Picken Hall. Part ofo ur campus. Part ofo ur lives. This was the reality we experienced everyday as University students. 1997 Reveille Fort Hays State University 600 Park St. Hays, KS 67601 (913)628-5690 Volume 85 Enrollment: Fall5,540 Spring 5,111 It took awhile for us to understand. Sure, college was going to be this great place where you We come to the University party all the time and magically receive exacdy the job offer you wanted the second the diploma hit not only for the all important your hand. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work degree, but also for the out that smoothly. It only took a short time for us experience. Through our to realize how different dreams could be from reality. friends, classes and everyday Perhaps the most vivid example of reality came hves, we realized college is so to new and returning students who moved in with new roommates. For those not used to sharing much more than finals and their limited space, problems were encountered all-nighters. We were given and adjustments had to be made. the opporlunily fo become "It was hard to live with a roommate," Lindsey Fry, Abilene freshman, said. "I've always bad my ourselves. That was our own room (at home)." reality. How did Fry and her roommate deal with the privacy conflict? "I got my own room, that's how we adjusted," Fry said. Older students also had problems adjusting, although not with roommates. Seniors and graduate students were about to make the Continued on page 5 ~he --::r- 7 family of University President Edward Hammond gathers at halftime of the Jan. 18 basketball game. As a surprise to Dr. and Mrs. Hammond, a giant birthday cake was presented to Vivian. The appearance of son in-law Chris Williams, daughter Julie Hammond and daughter Kelli Williams also surprised the Hammonds and helped celebrate the occasion. A phone call over the public address system from son Lance, who could not attend the party, topped off the halftime event. l :l c _tacy Lunrsford, lGngman freshman, and laving their pompons high as they get into .,-~Angela Krier, Pratt freshman, show their 'VVrormation, members of the University Halloween spirit by dressing as mice. The rwo, Tiger Deb dance team perform for the crowd at along with Kim Waldschmidt, Ellis freshman, a home football game. The Tiger Debs danced to 'dressed as the three blind mice for the Volleyball music provided by the band before and after each team's smash night, which was held on Halloween game, as well as performing their halftime show. night in conjunction with a volleyball game. The squad was made up of members who tried There was also a haunted house at the Coliseum out the previous spring for a spot on the dance for fans to spook themselves at after the game. ream. 3 Openinq 1<; L n a blast of excitement, the University band 1 'blarcs forth a tunc during a football game. The band was present at almost every football and basketball game to delight the crowd with every kind of music, from the University ftght song on. For the last football game, the band traveled to Colorado to support the Tigers. 'TC,JL iversity greeks joined together to fill the 'sigma Phi Epsilon ftrc engine that whistled its way down the Homecoming parade route. All six greek houses had most of their members riding on the f~te engine or walking along with it throughout the parade. The Sig Ep fire engine had not been in working order for a few years, but house members were able to get it up and running to celebrate Homecoming in October. Cont. from page 2 transition from college to the real world. For these students, the job search was on. Eric Larson, Hays graduate student, had better luck than most students. Larson was employed by Hays Medical Center, a job which he did not get through the University. Larson seemed to be the exception in the downsizing job market many graduates found. Reality also sunk in for those of us who had everlasting money problems. Even with part-time, and sometimes full-time jobs, there never seemed to be enough money to go around to cover all the expenses of being a student. "I want to maintain a high GPA, so I need to study more," Cody Staab, Pratt sophomore, said. "This, in turn, takes away from the amount of time I have to work, to cover all of my necessary, and unnecessary, college expenses." We realized things weren't always what they seemed when we signed up for those early morning classes. We told ourselves it surely won't be that hard to get up so early. But the reality was that it was very tiring to wake up early and make our way to class. Especially when the campus was half-deserted except for the other students who were forced into a 7:30 a.m. class. In winter, the University campus was blanketed in CourtncyT•ylor T -he men's basketball players huddle white, filling us with the false hope that we would be excused from classes ~ ~~get themselves ready to defend their 1996 NCAA Division II National for a day. No such luck, though, as classes were held as planned. Championship. The Tigers held on to their number one ranking in division ll We got a jolt in mid-January when the men's basketball team lost its until an unforrunate loss to the University of Nebraska-Kearney in January, when the first game in the last 49 to the University of Nebraska-Kearney. The team was bumped to second place for a week, after whjch they regained their Lopers' victory was short-lived, however as the men revenged their loss number one ranking. The Kearney loss, however, did not affect the first place Continued on page 6 ranking the Tigers received in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. 5 peninq 1': Continuedf rom pageS weeks later by beating UN-K by 3() pomts in front of a full crowd at the Coliseum. 'We knew we could beat this team," Sherick Simpson, Elgin, IL junior, said. 'We didn't play our best (at Kearney) and we knew we could play better than that." Though we were proud of our basketball team, we realized there was more than school than just sports. There was more than academics too. When it was all over, we realized the University we experienced was infinitely better than the one we had envisioned. Throughout our time as students, we realized much not only about ourselves, but also what we wanted to be. Some of us wanted to stay at home, while others yearned to see the world. Whichever path we chose, it was ours. That was the reality. • TireshmanJana Ventress, Overland Park, ~ 1 gets help from her mother, Nancy Beaver, while moving into McMindcs Hall before the spring semester. Students began returning to campus a few days before classes began, making moving back after winter break not as hectic as moving into the residance halls in the fall, when everyone moved in within a day or two. 1:--'-hris Torres, Topeka senior, and Barb '\:!.tNeuhauser, Hays spccia.l student, help to enroll students for the start of spring semester classes. The University tried to help ease enrollment lines by offering a new Express Enrollment, in which students could enroll early, as long as they did not make any schedule changes. The new way of enrolling was much faster than the conventional way, and students who received fmancial aid simply enrolled, then waited for their aid to come in, at which time they received their money. llumping into each other, Lisa Purcell, '1)' Paxico senior, and Paoli Henry, take advantage of University Activities Board's sumo wrestling activity in McMindes Hall. As part ofTailgreat, before the first home football game, UAB sponsored a band and various games. Because of the rainy weather, however, all had to be moved into McMindes Hall. T iger tracksters T.J. Trout, f Minneapolis senior, and Jason Shanahan, McKinney, TX., junior, keep pace in from of an opponent during a cross country meet. For the year, the men finished fourth place in the NCAA South-Central regional finals. Trout was one of the top three finishers at the regional, which qualified him to run in the National meet in Arcata, CA. Openinq 1; 7