Flying Saucers on OU Campus

From the May 23, 1958, Gateway

 

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a flying saucer that students have been seeing on the OU campus.

 

Actually, it’s the introduction of a revolutionary new sport that many students have recently begun to take up: Frisbee.

 

Student journalists took quickly to the fad, developing new approaches to the sport by wearing uniforms, bermuda shorts and inventing new throwing aids. The Gateway wrote that “one champion Frisbee-ite plays in her bare feet (for traction), wears as little as the law allows (for freedom of movement and to distract the other players), and keeps her leg stiff when throwing.

 

Those wacky journalists are always ahead of the times!

 

May 23, 1958, Gateway

If you think the brawl between the Colorado and Miami football teams earlier this fall was something to see, it was kids play compared to intramural football at UNO in 1973.

          Controversy struck the intramural program after several name-calling incidents and a brawl. The fight between the Pikes and the Wrecking Crew occurred late in their game. It began when a player was ejected from the game only to return with an axe handle. Criminal charges were filed.

Oct. 31, 1973

OK, you’re a student on the UNO campus in 1968. Part of the “new generation.”

          What do you do for entertainment? Try a concert. We’ve listed some of the prices for you from 25 years ago.

          Playing at the Omaha Civic Auditorium Arena were Simon and Garfunkel. Tickets ranged from $3.50 to $5.50. One month later you could see The Four Tops for the special UNO price of $2.25.

          You say comedy is your bit? Then head to the Civic for a show with Bill Cosby, also asking for exorbitant prices up to $5.50. Five years later, prices were the same for a tripleheader with Uriah Heep and special guests Earth, Wind & Fire and Tucky Buzzard.