Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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With all the glamour of intercollegiate sports it is easy to overlook an important faction of competitive sports — intramural. Intramural sports give the student body the opportunity to participate in highly competitive sports with the spirit of an impromptu backyard game. Florida States fall intramurals include: golf, flag football, tennis, swimming, volleyball, raquetball, bowling, field goal kicking, soccer, co-rec. basketball, table tennis, wrestling, triathalon, and the reservation run. The Florida State University intramural program has existed since the beginning of the university but never before has it enjoyed the popularity it does today. Bernie Waxsmen, the director of intramural sports, estimates that total student body participation ranges from 8,000 to 9,000 players annually. Flag football alone draws about 3,700 participants. What incites students to play intramurals? The intramural program is set up into Greek, residence, and independent leagues. One can imagine the competitive drive within these leagues when two fraternities or two residence halls face each other. The spirit can be seen if you Would happen to drop by Tully Gym on a Thursday evening to watch a fraternity match-up with a thousand loud, cheering fans. The independent league competition is just as fierce with participants joimno teams on an A. B, or C level according to their self-evaluated skill level Fach I then develops its own name and image One such successful team is a won flag football team called the Nailbenders, Intramural Sports are available to all Florida State students and are paid for through a fee collected in tuition payments. Whether you ' re looking for fun or high competition, the intramural program located at 136 Tully Gym has some thing to offer vou. e3 $jB Kf £ The fall 1 587 All -Campus Team Sports Winners are: Flag Football Nailbenders and Pi Kappa Alpha; Swimming -- Chi Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon; Golf — Theta Chi,- Volleyball — Misfits, Delta Tau Delta, the No Names, and the Crush Crew; Soccer — Tickled Pink. Catherine Moore HUHIH Campus Life 21

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Dr. Henry Kissinger November 20, 1987 The first of the guest lecturers of the 1987-1988 Distinguished Lec- ture Series was Dr. Henry Kis- singer, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977, and the Medal of Liberty in 1986. Dr. Kissinger, for- mer Secretary of State under two presidents, also served under the Reagan Administration as a mem- ber of the President ' s Foreign In- telligence Advisory Board in 1984, and as Chairman of the National Bipartisan Commission on Cen- tral America. Known for his top- ical lecture style, Dr. Kissinger spoke informally, addressing prepared questions concerning both current domestic and in- ternational affairs, directed to him by Mr. Jim Smith, Lieuten- ant Governor of the State of Florida. Ms. Alice Walker January 27, 1988 The second lecturer of this s eries to grace our campus was Ms. Alice Walker, perhaps best known as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novel, The Color Purple. The film based on this novel received several Academy Award nominations. Ms. Walker ' s career includes teaching writing and Black literature at Jackson State College and the University of Massachusetts. Ms. Walker ' s warmth and spirit which is reflected in her writing was revealed to the students who attended this informative lecture. Our deepest appreciation to the Center for Professional Development and Public Serv- ice for sponsoring the Distinguished Lecture Series and a special Thank You to Ms. Karen Moore for providing our information. Mr. Tom Wolfe March 30, 1988 The final lecturer of this series was Mr. Tom Wolfe, referred to as the Father of New Journalism. His title was derived from his prominence in the radicalism of the 1960 ' s and the Me decade of the 1970 ' s. Mr. Wolfe is best known for his work, The Right Stuff, winner of the American Book Award, which was the basis of the movie of the same title. Mr. Wolfe ' s lecture reflected his unique style of social criticism, and pro- vided insights into the life of an American novelist. SUM ! Y4.I IMIII LECTURE SERIES