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Page 12 The University’s Year In Review
2000 |
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| Audiences repossessed by “The Exorcist.” Apartment-style campus housing breaks new ground. Anonymous matching music pledge to the tune of $3 million. | Juilliard accepts just one new trombonist, and we get the low brass bragging rights—because he’s Eric Banks from A&M-Commerce. | “Tomatoes aren’t scared to be tomatoes,” says diversity expert Cherry Ross Goodin at the 2000 Sam Rayburn Symposium. |
| Barry Thompson named Distinguished Alumus. Barney creator Sheryl Leach gets honorary P(urple)h.D(inosaur). | KETR marks 25 years of Keeping East Texas Rocking. King of horror takes a stab at e-publishing. Kraaaaazi Lions! |
University Foundation’s first “phon-a-thon” generates a whopping $239,000 in alumni pledges. |
| Children’s library, what do you see? Author Martin’s collection he gives to you free! “Cats” is a memory. Chads. | Latino
sound wave shakes Ricky’s bon-bon. Lion Pride Band, named one
of nation’s top 10, shakes Memorial Stadium. Marion Jones’ shiny medals & shinier smile. Memorial Stadium’s golden anniversary. |
Visitors to the Heritage House are greeted with a gloriously groomed garden. |
| Downtown Dallas program holding classes in old Joske’s building graduates its first three students here. Dave “Troy Looks All Right To Me” Campo. Dixie “Those Black-Eyed Peas Tasted All Right To Me” Chicks. |
Nuptials starring Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston. New students find resourcefulness, reassurance, rapport, in innovative Mayo College. |
Wal-Mart supercenter opens, to the giddy relief of students seeking late-night study supplies. |
| Eeee!” trading. Environmental scientists get the dirt on planet earth with new major. | On-line becomes another option for obtaining your Pride. The Olympics, remember? |
Excellence in Education Initiative brings a $300,000 annual grant for University to participate in improving public schools. |
| Faux fur/reality shows. Fine arts degree in new media is first of its kind in Texas. Firestone & Ford. |
PT Cruisers. Parking isn’t so sticky with permits that hang from rear-view mirrors. |
Y2K a bust. YMCA motions performed, to the delight of a Dinner Dance crowd, by President McFarland. |
| Gee Lake just manages to keep ducks afloat during drought. Gold Blazers go to Chris Adams, Bobbie Purdy. Grasshopper invasion. Green ketchup. | Questions of the year: Is that your final answer? Who doesn’t want to be a millionnaire? | Zeppa Center to be replaced by new rec facility after students approve fees for the project. |
| High school opens with a low note on the land, which University leases for 99 years, 99 dollars. Hillary trades back seat for senate seat. Harry Potter. | Renovations to Whitley. Recruiters battle teacher shortage, showing up in record numbers for Teacher Career Day. Roar rags. | |
| In the summer, millions are mesmerized by the weekly vote on a tropical island. In November they’re struck dumb by the daily vote from a subtropical peninsula. Instructional Printing Facility named in honor of web press celeb Staley McBrayer. | Scooters. Subway Series. Synergy Lab, where brainstorms are brewed, opens. Second Mayo Professor is alumus Ann Moseley. | |