Some people like to pretend the ‘80s never happened, but the University Programming Board was determined to pretend just the opposite.

Last Friday, St. Edward’s University brought prom night back from the ‘80s.

Tables dotted with portraits and paraphernalia of Mr. T, Michael Jackson and the Breakfast Club were set up throughout the Maloney Room. Piles of old-style candies and retro sodas filled the tables in the back.

The greatest decorations were attendees’ attire, which gave the room more color than an Andy Warhol-ized Disney princess Students kicked back to enjoy the decade that most of them spent as infants.

Senior Amanda Flournoy, who organized the event for UPB, said, “We basically wanted to have a fun time for no reason at all.”

Among the decade-themed activities was a working Atari with the original Donkey Kong game. Flournoy said that the celebration was meant to be as authentic as possible.

“We tried to educate people about the ‘80s,” she said.

The decade brought Star Wars, Slinkies, Smurfs, Ghostbusters Grease, and a thousand other cultural icons.

And who could forget its music? Hunters & Gatherers, the local rockers booked for the night, slipped on the glam-hair wigs and brought on the classics. Classics, like “Billie Jean,” and some more contemporary songs, like “Single Ladies,” blared from their amps.

Prom King and Queen were chosen, and several students won fabulous prizes at the end of the dance. Everything from the Atari to a Smurfette lunchbox went out to the few dozen lucky students in the crowd.

Despite being a little small with a tongue-in-cheek attitude towards the decade, the party was ultimately a great celebration of a hilarious decade.