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gather up fortheHootenanny Hoedown!"

Thiscountry-western-oriented activitytook place on October 1,1982,and washighlighted by theSounds of Liberty and the King's Players quartet The studentsenjoyed wearing country-western clothing and listening tosome good ole' foot-stomping music after an outdoor picnic Football season called for Homecoming and Homecoming has always been a busy time for all75Student Government members Theweek ofthe Homecoming game, traditionally called "Spirit Week," was planned andpromoted byStudent Government and itgave students a chance to show theirLBCspirit The festivitiesbegan on Tuesday with hatand sunglassesday. Wednesday proved humorous when studentswent toclassin clashing clothes, and on Thursday allthefun of 1950s dress was revived. Friday, LBC day, gave everyone an occasion toshow off his LBCshirt. (Continued

Even when there was no planned activity,minds were ticking in the SGA office

The Services Senate led by Bob Emerson, vice-president of services, was busy providing refrigerators and working on theravine As the nature trail became reality, plans for a complete park in the ravine were examined

The last event of the Fall semester was the second annual campus Christmas banquet As December 4 neared, SGA members scampered around like Santa's elves hanging lights and spreading festive Christmas trees over the campus. The evening started with dinner served by SAGA in a decorated, candlelit atmosphere. The program following featured Doug Oldham, along with skits,comedy, and music.

Spring semester was ushered in with a snow storm Student Government tookadvantage of the fact that on-campus students were snow-bound and quickly organized a "Student Concert." Marcia Andrews and Chuck Sullivan were just a small part of the warm entertainment on that cold Friday evening

When second semester began to bear down hard during February and March, Student Government offered a variety of relief.

Spring was unsurprisingly wet and cold; and,when SGA had a Hawaiian luau inthe courtyard on April 16,the weather was a little "Gn-Hawaiian." The food and entertainment lifted spiritshigh,though,asstudents enjoyed Dr Knutson's antics with a hula-hoop

"Memories" was the theme fortheJunior/Senior Banquet held on April 21 atthe Hilton The Sonlight Quartet and a multimedia presentation left studentswith more fond memories of their years at LBC

A "Spring Special,"April28, featured a variety of student talent. Open Air concertsproved a bigsuccessamong students who enjoyed the nice weather.

Story by Toby Kern

Mos t LBC traveling teams use weekly practice sessions to exercise their skills in preparation for the weekend competition. Yetone LBC team distinguishes itself by preparing forits competition by organizing thoughts andformulating arguments. Members study, then debate, then critiqueone another'sperformance.Voices are themost important body parts being developed

With thedistinction of having an academic focus, the Debate and Forensics team,which is devoted tothe development ofcommunications skills, is made upof 20 students

"Most of our team-members were students who were developing theircommunication skills forfuture professions in law and politics," said Coach Cecil Kramer, assistant professor ofspeech

The 1982-83 school year was Kramer's second year at the helm of the debate team. Gnder his eye,the debate teamenjoyed ayearofstabilization. Achieving several eagerly anticipated goals, the team was able tobuild a framework that would help motivate future LBCtraveling debate teams

One long-standing objective of the team was accomplished thisyear when it joined Phi Kappa Delta, a national forensicsfraternity That membership enabled Liberty to become a participant inthelargest national forensics fraternity inspeech communication skills.

In April,theteam actively participated in thefraternity by attending its national tournament andconvention inEstes Park, Colo.Other significant achievements were accomplished during the year when the team joined twoadditional national forensics organizations.

The Liberty team was honored with official membership in the National Debate Tournament and theAmerican Forensics Association Regional recognition was also given as the Liberty debate team joined District 7 Membership in District 7 will