Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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Far left: Rob Cfribelli of Sig- ma Chi enter- tains the audi- ence with a comedy act. Left: Unusu- al can ' t even describe these outfits. Mr. I LP

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.Vike O ' Connor from Phi Sig- ma Kappa croons to the audience. Jov Koob Mr. lUP VIII Is 99 Awarding the title of Mr. lUP VIII to sophomore Darrin Wheeler on Sat- urday. October 2i in Fisher Audi- torium made the months of plan- ning and preparation for the contest, by Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, a success. Wheeler, sponored by Zeta Tau Alpha, did not win it easily, how- ever. He competed against eight other good-looking and talented IL ' P students that kept the near capacity audience enthusiastic from beginning to end. To start the show, the contes- tants danced to Come Go with Me, and introduced t)iemselves. Each wore a T-shirt representing their sponsors. The next section of the contest, won by. Wheeler, was the swimwear competition, where the contestants did the limbo and danced to Wipe Out. This proved to be a real crowd pleaser. The talent competition was by far the best part of the contest. Each contestant had his own act that displayed his talents and originality, giving each guy an op- portunity to shine. Wheeler performed a dance number to Whitney Houston ' s Thinking .About Y ' ou, and soph- omore David Stauffer, sponsored by Delta Omicron, won the talent competition with his rendition of the piano piece Chachaturian Taccata. This was not the only area that Stauffer excelled in. He also won the formal wear and spirit competitions, being the competitor with the most dona- tions to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDF), AGD ' s philan- thropy. To top it off. Stauffer was named the first runner-up, tying with junior Joe Strauss, spon- sored by Lambda Chi Alpha. Strauss sang Sister Goldenhair by America. Second runner-up went to Larry Wood, sponsored by Phi Delta Theta. Wood sang and played the piano to Sometimes When We Touch, by Dan Hill. The other contestants ' perfor- mances included a comedy act by senior Rob Ceribelli, sponsored by Sigma Chi. Ceribelli won the con- geniality award given by the oth- er contestants. .Alpha Xi Delta ' s sponsor, freshman Eric Korpela, stripped to You ' ve Got the Look by Prince, and senior .Michael O ' Connor of Phi Sigma Kappa danced and sang Knock Three Times by Tony Orlando and Dawn. O ' Connor did his best to portray Orlando— platform shoes and all. Junior Todd Shasko, sponsored by Sigma Tau Gamma, had the crowd ' s attention during his dance performance to 1 Want Your Sex by George Michael and Delta Tau Delta ' s senior Steve Seifried ' s act to ' Jail House Rock showed a little of every- thing, from trumpet playing to song and dance. These contestants weren ' t the only ones performing. Miss ll P, Alyce Grimm, sang Superman and Chris Bertani, an IIP stu- dent, performed a comedy act that included impersonations of Robin Leach, Jimmy Stewart, Jerry Lewis and the Church Lady from Saturday Night Live. The most touching act of the night was performed by Walt McCready, last year ' s Mr. IIP. He sang Memories— The Way We Were, and dedicated it to his girlfriend, who died of leukemia. He received a standing ovation, and tears were evident on many of the crowd ' s faces. Jennifer Gleeson, chairperson of the contest, felt that the con- test was fair and went extremely well. We proved it ' s hard to tell who ' ll win, Gleeson said. The guy that excels deserves to win, though all nine of these guys co- operated and had fun. Everyone is always in for a surprise in the end. Besides being a fun and upbeat show, the contest managed to raise over S1800 for JDF, Alpha Gamma Delta ' s philanthropy since 1979. —Christine Stoback O ' Connor did his best to portray Orlando — platform shoes and aU. 26 l,ifpstvle.s

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