Purdue News
Purdue NewsMarch 6, 1998
The 22-minute program, which highlights Purdue events from 1997, was produced by the Office of University Relations.
The movie, "1997 Purdue Newsreel: Bowled Over," is sponsored by the Alumni Association, the Alumni Foundation and the Office of the President. It is shown to Purdue alumni clubs around the world.
The 1997 Newsreel is narrated by 1958 Purdue graduate John Hultman, who is a news anchor at WBBM Newsradio in Chicago. The program was produced and directed by Ray Cubberley, assistant director of university relations for broadcast services.
A copy of the newsreel on VHS videotape can be purchased for $19.95 plus $3 for shipping and handling from the Purdue Alumni Association, Room 161, Purdue Memorial Union, West Lafayette, Ind. 47906-6212, telephone (765) 494-5175.
Highlights in the 1997 newsreel include: increased enrollment; international student services; activities carnival; edible car contest; concrete canoe race; Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS); Grand Prix; Academy Park dedication; Food Science building construction; renaming of Whistler building; virtual tour of new Black Cultural Center; new golf course construction; retirement of Fred Ford, executive vice president and treasurer; memorial service for aviation technology students and instructor who died; AIDS memorial quilt; research to replace damaged tendons or ligaments with a material from pigs' intestines; Chemobile program; archaeology dig; animal behavior clinic; Salty Dogs jazz band reunion; WBAA 75th anniversary; Gala Week alumni activities; Glee Club; Alumni Association awards; Alumni Association tailgate recipe contest; Liberal Arts Dean Margaret Rowe talk at alumni speaker series; and commencement.
Other events in the video: introduction of Rowdy and the JumboTron at Ross-Ade Stadium; beginnings of women's soccer team; plans for a new Aquatics Center; men's swim team; baseball and softball teams; highlights from men's and women's basketball; naming of Keady Court; new women's basketball coach Carolyn Peck; highlights from football, including wins over Notre Dame, Michigan State, and a victory in the Alamo Bowl against Oklahoma State; football team singing Hail Purdue and fan highlights from the official Alamo Bowl trip; marching band performing in San Antonio; closing comments from Alumni Association Executive Director Larry Preo.
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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