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| Title | Houstonian, 1995 |
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| Date | 1995 |
| Description | This edition of the Houstonian, published by the students of the university in 1995, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | LD2281.H745 H6 v. 61 1995 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Houstonian Yearbook Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | In Copyright |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | The Classrooms |
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| File Name | yearb1995141.jpg |
| Transcript | heros, homeless, voting, violence, triumphs, tragedy, winners, war, disasters, death, Nelson Mandela was elected to govern the violent country of South Africa. The 76-year- old leader won the country's first all-race election after more than a century of white rule. He was the first black South African leader. At the ceremonies, whites stumbled over Nancy, Tonya, Olympics.. One night in deal. It was a February in big ordeal frigid spread all over Lillehammer, the media Norway, at the about will Winter Games Tonya compete were Nancy or won't she. Kerrigan and They shared Tonya the ice during Harding. Six practice . weeks until Tonya corn- showtime and peted and her Nancy gets broker knocked in the bootlace plun- knee, and it mets her to turns out that eighth place. Tonya and her Nancy finishes gang was be- second, hind the or- Deadly Weapon... Ignacio Perea, Jr., knowing he was HIV-positive, raped an 1 1-year-old boy and was convicted of attempted mur- der-the AIDS virus was cited as his lethal weapon. the words of a new national anthem. A new flag flew. Mandela won the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize and has been applauded for leading his country through a peaceful revolution many had thought was impossible. Now there is hope of truly dismantling of apartheid. Andre Agassi was the people's choice at the U.S. Open Tennis Championship in New York. It was an easy win against Michael Stinch of Germany. The 24-year-old Agassi became the first unseeded player to win the crown since Fred Stolleinl966 and only the third in the 114-year history of the tournament. It was Agassi's first U.S. Open title. Tropical Storm Alberto hit the South, and the Georgia floods made history. The storm unloaded more than 20 inches of rain and caused flooding that killed 31 people. Forty- nine counties were declared federal disaster areas and about 46,000 people were driven from their homes. In Albany, 30,000 people were evacuated and 9,200 houses and apartments were damaged or destroyed. T Earthquake... Just before dawn on January 17, 1994 the city of Los Angeles and the lives of those who lived there were shaken by an earthquake with a magnitude 6.7. People who locked their doors every night slept outside next to strangers. Distressing sights like the fallen Santa Monica Freeway showed just how severe the disaster was. The death of 61 people weighed heavily upon the living. Raising Cane... In Singapore, American teenager Michael Fay was caned four times as punishment for vandalism, despite pleas from his family and President Clinton. the air... Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford ran an ad in The Times of London declaring themselves "heterosexual and monogamous," but by year's end the m a rr iage seemed to be over. Houstonian 1995 170 |