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Members ofDorm Eight stack themselves in a pyramid for theBattle of the Dorms. The Battle ofthe Dorms was just one of the new activities introduced by SGA in 1980-81.

House ofDelegates: (front row)KellyCannon, IRB;Jean Helder, Music Society for Women. (second row)Carol Hardman, God's Gold;DebraMarkert,YAF; Tammy Davis,YAF. (back row) Mike Osborne, Wrestlingteam; Merlin Harder,YAF; Jim Madas, YAF; Steve Ditzer, Band; Gary Kyper, Band; Roger Murphy, Chamber Choir.

Joyce Davis plays her guitar while accompanying a group of singers at the WesternJamboree heldin earlySeptember. TheJamboree featured western-style student entertainment.

A tug-of-war in the mud was apart ofthe annual Spring Mass Mania. More than$400inprizes was giventothewinnersof the different events.

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In the area of student activities, late movies, the Western Jamboree and the Battle oftheDorms were allnew products of the 1980-81 Student Activities Council

"The number of activities performed in 1980-81 has more than doubled the number of anypast administration," said Mark Stewart, vicepresident ofstudent activities "There is always something todoonour campus and Ithink that's important."

Activity highlights included the Christmas and spring banquets,the Miss Liberty pageant and the magic show of Andre Kole Students also attended the concert series, the film festivals,late skates and Mass Mania

On the Spiritual Affairs Council, members of thecouncil aided theresi- dential assistant in discipleship programs, prayer leaders' meetings and in individual counseling sessions. This council also helped in Biblicalcentered activities like PLUS meetings, chapel services and His Place coffee house.

President Eddie Guy said theSpiritual Affairs Council was "successful at fulfilling thespiritual needs of the student."

The Student Services Council was the adminstrative branch of SGA, headed by Roy Jones, vice president of student services

"Our main objective is to present the needs of students before the school administration sothat together we can find a solution," Jones said. "In 1980-81 there were a number of new services thatwere provided to the LBC student body These services in- cluded the emergency relief fund, the refrigerator rental program, a typewriting service, adry cleaning service and the jobplacement program."

Student service representatives were also responsible forindividualized tutoring, academic advising and the addition of another telephone in each dorm.

SGA officers felt that,as a whole, their year had been successful

"I feel that SGA has effectively ministered to the needs of students campus-wide," Guy said. W e didn't have a lotof hype or promotion, we simply made it amatter ofprayerand directed allof our efforts toward serving other students."

-Roy Jones •

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