Student items - general
Student Centennial Planning Committee
Three students headed a Student Centennial Planning Committee, and they wrote a letter to the future students of BV. Photographs were also taken when they placed items in the vault; some of them can be viewed on the Centennial and General Interest page. Many of the photographs sustained a great deal of water damage.
The Tack
These fall 1991 issues of The Tack are full of mold, but clean copies can be viewed in the BVU Archives.
This is a "paste-up" of two pages from one of the issues. Before desktop publishing and long before web publishing, stories were typset into "galleys," printed, trimmed, and run through a machine that placed liquid wax on the backs of articles. The wax allowed the galleys to be affixed to special camera-ready layout sheets. Once the sheets were finished, they were photographed and the negatives of those pages were "burned" onto metal plates. These plates were fastened onto a large printing press, where print copies were made.
The Tack editors of 1991-1992 anticipate many changes for the future of the campus newspaper.
Accounting Club
This book, the GAAP Guide, was donated by the Accounting Club. GAAP stands for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Limited Edition Singers
Little is known about the Limited Edition Singers, except that they were a swing choir on campus. The group performed Disney songs and assembled a program for the 1991-1992 academic year. They deposited a "Little Mermaid" songbook and a program (with a hand-designed cover) in the time capsule.
The cover is made of pink construction paper.
International Club
Water has damaged the photos of International Club members.
The club included a list of its members, as seen below.
Off-Campus Student Association (Commuters)
Commuters to BV classes organized themselves and put together a list of all students who did not live on campus. Personally identifiable information has been hidden.
The group also included an Iowa map which showed the towns where everyone lived.
Alpha Mu Gamma
This certificate verifies that Buena Vista College became part of Alpha Mu Gamma, the national collegiate foreign language honor society on November 7, 1991.
Wrestling Team items
The wrestling team deposited a poster, a team photograph, and a list of their members.
The poster sustained water damage and is warped.
Softball Team items
The 1991-1992 softball team deposited various items in the time capsule, including a softball from the 1984 championship season.
Chamber Choir performs at Carnegie Hall
The Chamber Choir enjoyed the honor of performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1991. They also deposited a cassette tape of their performance.
It is unknown if the tape can still be played or if it has degraded over the years.
Science Club
The Science Club provided a humorous poster, which club members autographed. The poster is water-damaged.
ACES items
ACES stands for Academic and Cultural Events Series and provides students with rich opportunities to hear speakers, see performances, and deepen their understanding of themselves and the world.
The poster sustained water damage.
Key ACES personnel autographed the back.
Students were expected to fill out a form to show attendance at an event; the form asked for Social Security numbers! It also sustained water damage.
The ACES letter listed the planned events for the year.
The ACES calendar sustained the greatest damage.
Overcoming Unequal Roles and Sexism (OURS)
A group called Overcoming Unequal Roles and Sexism (OURS) existed at the time of the Centennial. Its members deposited various items of interest into the time capsule.
People for People
People for People was a campus ministries organization that was responsible for starting the Christmas dinner tradition in 1987. The first dinner was a small affair, involving just a few dozen people, but they started something that has grown into a huge campus event.
Unidentified group of students
Nothing is known about this photograph. If you have any information to share about the identity or purpose of this group or if you can identify individuals in the photo, click on the image and scroll to the bottom of the page. You'll find a Comments section where you can help identify the group or the individuals pictured. If you prefer, you may contact the BVU Archives at 712-749-2086 or archives@bvu.edu.
Political Society
The Political Society took a stand on issues of concern.
Intervarsity
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship sponsored a group called Sojourn; it was also an ACES event.
KBVC radio station
KBVC was the radio station until Buena Vista College became Buena Vista University in 1995. After that point, it became known as KBVU.
Here is the list of department heads of KBVC in 1991-1992.
Here is the KBVC Top 30 Countdown for popular music for the week of November 4, 1991.
A cup promoting KBVC radio.
Jazz Ensemble
President Keith Briscoe actually donated this item, from the 1978-1979 academic year, a sound recording on vinyl of the BV Jazz Ensemble.
Homecoming button
This Homecoming button is barely recognizable; water damage and mold have obscured the artwork.
Computer!
A 12 1/2-inch computer monitor manufactured by Falco Data Products of Sunnyvale, California, and a keyboard with no manufacturer identified. The spacebar is missing, and corrosion is evident.
Yearbook
The BV yearbook, first known as The Rudder, began publishing in 1907 and was suspended after 1937. When the yearbook resumed publication in 1947, it was renamed The Beaver Log. Later known as the Log, the yearbook enjoyed steady publication until the mid-1970s, when interest began to falter, and it began a sporadic publishing pattern. After the 1985 yearbook, there was a gap until 1989, when a video yearbook was published. It was followed by a slim, paperback yearbook in 1990. The 1991 yearbook was a traditional yearbook, followed by another gap. The last yearbook was published in 1999. How is the collective BV student experience being captured these days?
Dambuster
The Dambuster featured student writing and art.
Student Activities Board (SAB) cup
The Student Activities Board partnered with Mountain Dew to sponsor "Entertainment Tour 91-92."