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Show MIF THUNDERBIRD MONDAY OCTOBER 6, 1986 PAGE 1 SUSC homecoming festivities begin Oct. 21 Hundreds of posters will soon appear around the campus and surrounding area to promote the college's Oct. 21 through 25 homecoming ASSUSC Administrative celebration. Vice President Mike Festivities start Oct. 21 with outdoor games and a Anderson oversees the talent show extravaganza and end Oct. 25 with a full plans for the college's slate of events. Events of Saturday, Oct. 25, start with homecoming extravaganza. the Southern Utah Cavalcade and end with a concert rock group Berlin. Sandwiched in by the number-on- e between are numerous other activities, including alumni events highlighted by the induction of the Club. class of 1936 into the prestigious and Marty Prettyman are coNatalie Frehner-Water- s chairs of the 1986 homecoming and are working closely with the ASSUSC Administrative Vice President Mike Anderson: Another 10 students make up the homecoming committee. is theme. the Silhouettes of Progress" homecoming 7 Posters feature a silhouette of the SUSC Founders' Monument and are printed in black, red, and white, the homecoming colors. 7 A great deal of thought went into the selection of the homecoming theme, Anderson said. "SUSC is a g progressive school, and we wanted to show that progress," he said. "Once we decided to use silhouettes, a silhouette of the Founders' Monument and the progressive pioneers who founded the college seemed most appropriate." Opening day activities start Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. on the upper campus quadrangle. The free event is tentatively planned to include everything from foot races to pyramid-buildin- g contests, Anderson said. Musiciancomedian Warren Burton will serve as master of ceremonies for the Homecoming Jubilee that evening at 8 p.m. in the SUSC Auditorium. Burton, chairman of the music department at Utah State University, has performed on The Tonight Show and delighted southern Utahns during the inauguration of SUSC President Gerald R. Sherratt. There will be no charge for the "fantastic talent show" which will include numbers by Opus V, the SUSC Symphony Orchestra, and the Sojourners, a for SUSC students at the Fiddlers Three Theaters. dance group directed by Burch Mann. Students will be admitted to the 9 p.m. movie of their The Mud Bowl is scheduled Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. choice by show of activity cards, Anderson said. teams Courts. Manzanita Women's behind compete Miss SUSC and her court will be selected Oct. 23 for football honors in what may be the "dirtiest" at 8 p.m. in the college auditorium. Miss Utah, football game of all time in this traditional Donna Clark, will serve as mistress of ceremonies for homecoming event. the pageant, and Stephanie Walker, the current Miss Activities continue at 7 p.m. in the Great Hall with SUSC, will crown the new Homecoming royalty. a fashion show featuring Miss SUSC hopefuls and Admission is $2 which is earmarked for the Miss other students who will model clothing from their SUSC Scholarship Fund. own closets and from the racks of several A luncheon to honor students who attended SUSC is for there While no merchants. charge participating 50 or more years ago heads off Oct. 24 activities. the tea, an R.S.V.P. is required by contacting Graduates of the classes of 1936 both high school the SUSC Student Center, 586-776by Oct. 17. and free with movies 22 Oct. continues college classes were held on campus until Homecoming SUSC 50-Ye- sit-do- 6, Layden to address Convocation Thursday Utah Jazz Coach Frank Layden will entertain the Convocation audience Oct. 9. The hour long program will start at 1 1 a.m. in the Auditorium and is free to the public, according to Lana Johnson, coordinator of the award-winnin- g lecture series. Layden will see further action the following night at SUSC when the Jazz meet the Seattle Supersonics in Centrum. Ticket information for the new 5,300-sea- t the National Basketball Association game is available by calling the Centrum, 586-787As head coach and vice president or basketball d operations for the Jazz, Layden is a speaker, roaster and emcee, in fact he is referred to as the NBA's "resident top humorist among coaches, if not all NBA personnel." Layden joined the Jazz as general manager in 1979-8- 0 when the franchise moved to Salt Lake City from New Orleans, then took over the coach's mantle 2. much-requeste- in 1981-8- 2. The Jazz coach has scored an unprecedented array of awards during his career, including a landslide of season when he was honors following the 1983-8- 4 named the NBA Coach of the Year, NBA West All- - ' Star Coach, Sporting News Coach of the Year, Lite Coach of the Year, NBA Executive of the Year, Sporting News Executive of the Year, and the CBS-Mill- er recipient of the J. Walter Kennedy Award for humanitarian work from the Professional Basketball Writers Association. Under Layden's guidance, the Jazz can boast of an impressive basketball record. They're one of only seven teams in the NBA to have averages of 500 or better for each of the last three years, and they have the ninth best record in the NBA over that three-seaso- n span. "And, we're one of only six teams to have won a division championship in the last three years," says Jazz Publicity Director Bill Kreifeldt. By profession, Layden is a history teacher, and he considers himself an educator as well as a coach, Kreifeldt says. Layden has spent 30 years as a coach primarily basketball with some baseball and football 10 years at the high school level, 10 years at the college level, and now 10 years at the professional level. Layden holds two honorary degrees, one from his alma mater, Niagara University, and another from Westminster College. will be inducted into the prestigious 1941 50-Ye- program aptly titled "Down Memory Lane." Jhe luncheon starts at p.m. in the Great Hall. A reunion for the high school grads will be held that morning at 11 a.m. in the Family Living Center. Luncheon tickets, $7 per couple, are available by Club officers through the SUSC contacting the Alumni Office, Reservations must be made by noon Oct. 22. The homecoming dance a white tie affair starts at 9 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Great Hall. Tickets, $7 per couple, will go on sale this week at the Student Service Center. Decorations will go along with the homecoming use of silhouettes, and the theme song the Berlin hit "You Take My Breath Away." A number of events will take place Oct. 25, starting with the Southern Utah Cavalcade, a parade scheduled to start down Cedar City's Main Street at 9:30 a.m. Parade entries will come from throughout southern Utah, and over a dozen marching bands are expected to perform. Student leaders, past and present, will meet at 1 a.m. in the Great Hall for a reunion sponsored by the SUSC Office of Student Activities. An open invitation has been extended to student body officers and all administrators, students, and staff who have worked in student services. Those planning to attend should contact the Student Center, by Oct. 10. The SUSC Thunderbirds will meet Cal State Sacramento at 1 p.m. at Thunderbird Stadium. The game will mark SUSC's first homecoming contest as members of the Western Football Conference. Tickets will be available at the gate. SUSC Alumni are invited to attend the annual alumni banquet and dance at 6:30 p.m. in the Great SUSC supporters Dr. Reed Hall. Portraits of long-tim- e Farnsworth and David L. Sargent will be unveiled for induction into the SUSC Hall of Honor and the alumni association will announce the winner of its annual Distinguished Service Award. Entertainment will be provided by a dance band made up of alumn and emeriti. Banquetdance tickets, $10, are available through noon Oct. 23 by contacting the alumni office, 586-777or members ot the SUSC Alumni Council. Homecoming ends with a concert featuring the hit rock group Berlin, the Los Angeles-base- d group whose star status was assured with "You Take My Breath Away," the theme song from the movie Top Cun. The concert will start at 8:30 p.m. in the SUSC Centrum. Ticket sales start this week at the theatre box office, and will be available weekdays from 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets will be sold by sections arena and floor with SUSC students admitted for $10 and $12, respectively, with all other tickets $12 and $14. Club in a 1 50-Ye- 586-777- 7. 1 586-776- 7, 586-787- 6, 2, |
