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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE FEBRUARY FOUNDERS DAY COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE 28, 2000 25 1980s continued from page 24 2 bied the Utah State Board of Regents and spoke critically of them when he felt the rights of students were being infringed upon. In November 1988, the Regents voted for a 9 percent tuition increase, something Sperry and Kaly both called "bullshit." a .', THE STRANGE ERA ENDS Hi 7 When not lobbying the Regents or protesting the Utah State Legislature, Kaly and Sperry were hard at work improving different aspects of college life unrelated to books and dollar figures. They implemented a student garden between the A. Ray Olpin University Union and Orson Spencer Hall to get students "back to nature," and they fought hard to - " inn .i 11 d mi 9 ft sP'f 1 .4. ? 1.1.33 . - - & ! . . 5ff 55 r Sis' I kmT t 11. ?V v h lSTi ' , As make condoms available. While both Kaly and Grant were unable to drastically change the system, they did manage to stir people into thinking more about student government. "Maybe someone saw what we did and said to themselves, 'Hey, we could do that," Kaly said at the end of his term. At any rate, both McOmber and Peterson remember 1988-8- 9 as being a "fun year" especially since the cold fusion fiasco was just around the bend. "The- f ... v r5TK. - V m BS3WEli.SZSSfa .... . i s kid - Tx 'M. m wtui mrm hi n mi rr student leadership of the '80s was terrific, including these gays," Peterson said of Kaly and Sperry. "They were iconoclasts but they were fyn to work with...They weren't out to destroy things, just out to poke fun at things and we all need that some times." "It was a fun deviation from the norm," McOmber said of the Hookies' tenure. "They tried to be intentionally irreverent. They succeeded and everyone had fun for a year. And man, Mayfest rocked that year." "I certainly thought the student body was apathetic " Peterson said, "but that was not reflected in the student leadership." Not even from two guys who some claimed were the most apathetic students ever to enroll at the University of Utah. . " n .. i , n wT itri ni . w.-tj- & I 1 w " lJx.': yi I 1 r5 dins V ! free & discount tickets available for U of U Students "Kpsencrantz Guildenstern Are Dead MARCH 15 TO APRIL 1, 2000 by Tom Stoppard 1 faip" Tir "wr IHOURSHiPS After paying on annua! $5 processing fee, U of U students can receive: FREE TICKETS to preview night performances FREE TICKETS to in the second balcony on opening night $4 TICKETS Opening night or on the 1st Thursday $4 TICKETS to any show one half hour before curtain HALF PRICE TICKETS Monday - Thursdays and Saturday Matinee in to oualifit?rl won ten for Hie 2000-200- 1 deademie year. STUDENT TICKETS GmOASUU PI! OFF5CE (BOUGHT TO YOU advance BY Ppioneer 931 COMPANY 50p6l AMi AcccPTto!' |
