Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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B-28 1981 THE YAMACRAW International Club Promotes Unity In its fourth year of existence, the International Club was one of the most active and productive organizations on campus. The International Club gives Oglethorpe ' s growing number of interna- tional students opportunities for friendship and involvement in campus life. One indication of their achievements came in November with the overwhelming success of the International Club Dinner. Approx- imately 160 guests were served 22 dishes from seven different countries around the world. In a brief speech, International Club president Irani de Araujo described the event as a lesson in which we request that you make sincere efforts to respect and understand our cultural differences. By sharing our food and our music with you, we want to show you that despite nationality, race, sex and religious differences, we can sit at a t able of brotherhood. Scenes from the International Club Dinner. Left: Guests at the dinner had a choice of 22 dishes from 11 countries. Center: Carolina Antonini and Jose Campos of Venezuela were one of many groups providing international musical entertainment. Right: Marshall Nason presented Irani de Araujo a plaque as a tribute to his dedication and service to the International Club. .iiit .f. ' i- The International Club: SEATED: Nilgun Yazici, Turkey; Maryam Givtash, Iran; Margarita Jaramil- lo, Colombia; Ana Maria Macrides, Colombia; Joanna Whalen, Nicaragua; Janice Kendrick, U.S.A. STANDING: Jamal Al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabia; Abdulla Mohanna, Saudi Arabia; Saleh Al- Mushary. Saudi Arabia; Juan Carlos Vilanova, Spain (vice-president); Assaf Al-Assaf, Saudi Arabia (program chairman); Jose del Pozo, Ecuador; Gilbert Lopez, Aruba; Ekachai Sitkrongwong, Thailand; Bolivar Miranda, Ecuador; Marshall R. Nason, U.S.A. (Foreign Student Advisor); Cedric Croes, Aruba; Irani de Araujo, Brazil (president, fall); Fahad Al-Assaf, Saudi Arabia; Ivan Acoca, Panama; Vichai Dolbanbarnchoke, Thailand; Andreas Kafa- tos Greece; Vehdat Gurtan, Turkey NOT PIC- TURED- Gonzalo Fernandez, Ecuador (president, spring); Carolina Antonini, Venezuela (secretary); Arman Davoudian, Iran (treasurer)

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THE YAMACRAW 1981 B-27 B.S.C. Promotes Brotherhood Black Student Caucus: BACK ROW: Marcia Carter, Eric Young, Donna Ward, Patricia McDonald, Donald King ROW 2: Susan Johnson (secretary), Randy Heath, Denise Boone, Rose Richardson (parliamentarian), Dylon Grant ROW 3: Donna Monroe, Janice Kendrick, Michele Cubit, Kelly Woodland, Melna Inge, Bryan Weaver FRONT ROW: Wanda Glover, Carol Banks (treasurer), Constance Gannaway (vice-president), Anthony Moody, Loyd Pinkston INSET: Karen Malachi (president) The Black .Student Caucus devotes itself to promoting academic, social, and cultural equity in the Oglethorpe community. Some of this year ' s activities have included a blood pressure clinic, a Halloween party for the children of the Linwood Park community, and represen- tation at the National Black College Student Conference. The B.S.C. also participated in Homecoming and held a spring dance, with proceeds going for library books by and about blacks. The B.S.C. enjoyed a successful Black History Week in February. Profes- sor Hine of Purdue University came to campus to give a talk on Blacks in the Professions. The club also put on a play, and sponsored an essay contest for Linwood Park children. In addition to bringing black artists and speakers to campus, the B.S.C. continued to pursue its goal of getting a full-time black professor hired by the university. Although the club has not yet reached this goal, it has succeeded in bringing this cause to the attention of the administration. Appreciating The Great Outdoors Jldoors Club: BACK ROW: Dan Walden, Terry lerst, Melissa Sunay, Mike Voeltz FRONT ROW: Ti Nutt, Debbie Morgan, Carol Lerman, Simon ash, Anna Jojose, P. C. Charnley, Gail Zeisal (treasurer). Bob Sellars (president), Karl Hall NOT PICTURED: Greg Garson (vice-president), Nancy Schwartz, Ricky Croes, Miguel Barranco The Outdoors Club had quite a busy year. Returning treasurer Gail Zeisal got things started with the season ' s first camping trip to Tray .Mountain. As the year went on, vice president Greg Garson was able to organize the group ' s very first weekend ski trip to the Chattaloochee Ski Resort in North Carolina ' s Maggie Valley. The hardest part was trying to get five cars, packed with people and equipment, to follow the leader. .After six hours of driving and only one lost car (it got there ahead of the rest, anyway), they arrived to find nine gorgeous inches of new fallen snow. Needless to sa . a good time was had by all, especially by those who had never seen the fiuffy white stuff before. During the year, there were also numerous camping and hiking excursions to the North Georgia mountains. .A.nd what about 1981-1982 ' ' The Outdoors Club has plans to hit the Smokies for some serious bear watching. Let ' s hope the bears don ' t watch them first.

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THE YAMACRAW 1981 B-29 The Oglethorpe Christian Fellowship: BACK ROW: Dr. Monte Wolf, Tom Crawford, Kevin Kincheloe, Eric Gilgenast. Jill Woodham, Scott Faith, Dan Burzinsky ROW 2: Joan Pritchard, Brant McKeown, Melanie Davison, Laura Wilson, Robin Johns, Princell Dunbar (president) FRONT ROW: Kimberley Emerson, Constance Gannaway, Seretha Masdon, Sheila Marx (president), Carol Banks Hillel: Carter Berkeley, Dave Gerhardt, Sandy Grossman (president). Rabbi Louis Reiser, Howard Barr, Lee Van Grack NOT PICTURED: Jeff Epstein, Bob Levine, Jim Burk, Rob Joseph, Chuck Littman Christian sorority Alpha Omega: Sandee Michael, Mollie Simmons, Jill Woodham, Arlene Jones, Janice Kendrick, Anne Sams Religious Groups More Spirited The Oglethorpe Christian Fellowship might be called a born-again club. Membership in the group has sky rocketed since last year, when it consisted of a handful of students meeting in a private room in Goodman Hall. During 1980-1981, the OCF has been involved in a whole host of new and exciting activities. The central goal of the fellowship is to provide a relaxed atmosphere in which believers can meet, worship, and just have fun. Meetings, which were held in Traer ' s second floor lounge every two weeks or so. regularly featured singing, joking. Bible study, group prayer and. of course, the all-important refreshments. The backbone of the OCF has probably been Joan Pritchard, a lively graduate student from Emory. Giving freely of her time and talents, Joan always livened up gatherings with her trust) guitar and fresh, off-beat devotionals. During the year. Hillel offered Oglethorpe ' s Jewish students the op- portunity to get together on a weekly basis to have discussions and meet prominent people in the .Atlanta Jewish community. Topics at the Wednesday meetings included such diverse things as Iranian Jewr and the lifestyle of the Jewish woman. In addition to the weekly get-togethers. Hillel sponsored a shabbat dinner. Guests from Georgia Tech and Emory attended the event, which ended with a service and singing after the meal. 1981 marked the third year of existence for Hillel. For its members, Hillel offers a chance to bring a sense of stability and well-being to college life, through the joining together of people with common religious beliefs. Early in the fall semester, a need was expressed for a sorority that was not only based on Christian principles, but also suited the Christian lifestyle. So. a group of girls began planning for a new campus organization, and called themselves . Ipha Omega. Their plans include organizing chapel services for students, holding Bible studies and discussions, and working closely with the other sororities and senice organizations. Much of their time this year was spent finalizing plans to be recognized as an official campus organiza- tion.