1980s Image Gallery

The college adventure begins.		Before students had access to personal computers on campus, an "intellivision" game console could be had for less than $200.
While protests were rarer in the 1980s, a residue of concerns moved these students to speak out.	Steve Richardson, Mike Howard and Bob Barsic celebrate MSU's regional basketball championship, 1980.	MSU student takes part in annual phonation fundraiser.
Jessie McKellar (center) was the first woman inducted into the MSU Dragon Hall of Fame, 1982.	PC technology influenced the science classes first, but quickly spread to all subjects.	1983 campus scene.
Late '70s, early '80s reunion of the Old Order of Owls.	Earl R. Herring, Vice President of Administrative Affairs, was the man charged to manage the budget and keep MSU solvent in decade of rising expenses.	Lasers enhanced physics studies.
	MSU Planetarium program teaches local school students.	Summer Elderhostel students examine wild flowers in classes in history, plant biology and other subjects (Alumnews photo).
Using prairie grass land purchased in the late 70s, along the Buffalo River east of Moorhead, the University planned to build a "Regional Science Center" for education in "local ecology, natural history, topography and field studies." See the 1983 Executive summary of the Science Center Design plans.	F. C. Richardson, MSU's Vice President of Academic Affairs in the 1980s.	Dismay at decisions concerning Federal land uses led many students into environmental studies.
Constructed entirely with recycled materials, this canoe enabled alumni John Boulger (in front, class of 1971) and his partner Rolf Slatten to take 2nd place in the 1987 'GUMI' rowing competition in Australia.	1985 Women's Tennis team.	"Advo-toon" 1985
A political refugee from Poland, Ryszard Landowski found a home in America in 1984 and a job with MSU maintenance staff. Poland would break free of Soviet domination in 1989.	Ileana Lovo of Honduras was one of some 115 international students on campus in the mid-80s.	Karen Weisser, Tae Kwon Do instructor, 1986.
Colleges were caught unprepared for modern deniers of  evolution (cartoon from Advocate).	MSU merged the Children's House (day care program) with Early Childhood Center program in 1986, allowing education faculty to conduct research on pre-school learning and development.	Built by the Industrial Arts Department in the 1980s, the "Dragon Float" graced homecoming parades.
Be it ever so peaceful, the modern university needs Nightwatch	In a heavy winter, snow removal can run the university's budget into the red.	Livingston Lord Library, 1987, with newly added third and fourth floors, doubling the collection's capacity.
Construction nears completion in the Library, 1987.	MSU vs. Concordia at the Crystal Bowl, 1987.
Lynn Ebner dispenses aid and comfort to students at Hendrix Health.  By the late 1980s, studies showed that the average student was working 20-plus hours a week and losing 10-plus hours of sleep in order to pay for college.	Freshman orientation, latter 1980s.	"President for a day" Lilias Jones admits that running MSU is "challenging," 1987.
Click photo to see the 1987 play schedule for that summer's Straw Hat Players (pdf file).	High costs, desperate measures.	An entire music collection could now be kept in small set of tapes.
Mark Vinz began his 21st year at MSU in 1988.  By then, he had published his poetry in over 100 journals, anthologies and collections. He also edited the student publication, Red Weather. Click to read two Vinz poems.	MSU Campus News station -- the number of TV journalism majors increased rapidly during the decade.	By the mid-1980s textbooks cost more than double what they had a decade earlier.
Last minute adjustments for graduation, 1987.		A two-year celebration for the school's 100th anniversary began in 1987.
Roland Dille and Concordia President Paul Dovre plant the MSU Centennial tree, 1987.	More than 50 years after joining the Moorhead State faculty, Dr. Clarence (Soc) Glasrud writes a 2-volume history of the school for the Centennial.	Performance of Brigadoon.
David Ferreira, conducting the MSU orchestra. Click to see a 1989 performance program.	1989 MSU Cross Country Team. From 1981-90, MSU's team marked up nine NIC championships.	Students study for finals at the MSU Library.