Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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N OU; Ioofc what you ' ve done Brothers and sisters got a grasp on the campus experience when OU hosted Sib ' s Weekend February 19-21. The University Program Council offered many activities to please even the pickiest sib. As the sib ' s busses arrived at Baker Center Friday, an artist was on hand to draw their caricature, while refreshments where being served in the lobby. The OU Bobcat and Bobkitten were available for a photo session, and as a special souvenir, Sib ' s Weekend ' 88 shirts were sold. — D. Engle I bought my 15-year old sister a bottle of cheap wine and got her really drunk, says Marilee Morrow laughing. But seri- ously, it was a great chance for us to catch up with each other. Freshman Tom Hampton said his sister had a lot of fun . . . we went to a hockey game and I showed her around campus. She saw where everyone hangs out and got a feeling for what this place is like. The UPC sponsored Puttin ' on the Soaps at Memorial Audi- torium. Students and their sibs could meet two popular soap opera stars and learn about their careers. Saturday night the International Food and Fashion Show was held in the Baker Center Ballroom. The Black Student Cultural Programming Board sponsored a Variety Show in the ballroom, and several dorm councils held games and awarded prizes to the winners. Many of the uptown bars opened their doors to sibs my stamping them underage. For many sibs, it was their first real taste, (no pun intended), of OU ' s infamous bar scene. Freshman Michelle Liberatore was dismayed by the outrageous lines to get in — my favorite places were in- credibly overcrowded and there were little people everywhere drinking alcohol. Freshman Andrea Cuttara agreed that Sib ' s Weekend was a lot of fun. It was a great chance to spend time with my sister in a different environ- ment without worrying about mom and dad. The West Green Council sponsored West Vegas Night Saturday evening. It featured an auction, prizes and gambling so students and sibs could sample the wild life of Vegas. One dollar in real money could be exchanged for $400 in play money to gamble at the tables. Although the financial risks weren ' t nearly as great, the money that was raised will be used to support future West Green events. The council provided virgin drinks, so the underage members of the crowd had an alcohol-free alternative. The Frontier Room also dealt with the weekend ' s younger partiers by holding a non-alcoholic Happy Hour Saturday night. Overall, Sib ' s Weekend was a great success. Even though many brothers and sisters head off to college at one time or another, there ' s no reason why sibs can ' t maintain the closeness that they ' ve always shared. As Paul McCartney said, Let ' em In ... to your life. Qstendorf BUS STOP Waiting for his bus to take him home, D.J. and his older sib sit and talk on the wall. D.J. was not yet in high school. Student Life

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AT THE MOVIES While her younger sister chats with the ticket sellers, Adelle Ortego buys two tickets to the film Gremlins. The cost was $2 per person. on Sibs ' Weekend AHH. ' What was I gonna do with my little sib? Well, whatever it was had to watch what I said or did be- cause the informer sib still had to retu rn home. Oh well, it wasn ' t so bad; we didn ' t fight once all weekend. Gina MacFrederick THE LINEUP Sibs pile off buses on a rainy Friday night. The bus arrived at 8:30, an hour late. — D. Engle BLACKJACK David Ross, senior, and his sib Chris Cruze play a hand of Blackjack with Monica Franz at West Vegas. The West Green-sponsored event featured prizes such as autographed hockey sticks and T-shirts. 24 Sibs Weekend

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ow look what vou ' ve done Question: What has 25,000 sun-drenched partiers, long beer lines, a multitude of ' tie-dyed t-shirts and the Outlaws? Answer: a giant hash fondly referred to as Springfest ' 88. Even though clouds hovered over the area early Saturday, May 14, Mother Nature came through by the time Springfest had begun at 1 1 a. m. and filled the Mill Street intramural fields with bright sunshine and Florida-like temperatures. The day ' s entertainment proved to be quite a crowd-pleaser. Local bands warmed up the spectators and by 1 p.m., things really picked up with the start of beer sales. All in all, 285 kegs of beer were sold, somewhat less than the previous year. This was due to the raising of the drinking age to 2 1 , much to the disappointment of many younger party- goers. Sophomore Gina Tabacchi and fellow Atkinson Hall resident Julie Buscani created a huge tie-dyed sign that read, Springfest ' 88 . . . Welcome to the Jungle. The sign hung from their third floor South Green windows to welcome guests to the one of the biggest, wildest events of the year. Tabacchi commented, We felt ' Welcome to the Jungle ' would be an appropriate phrase for the occa- sion. Tammy O ' Brien, from the Uni- versity of Toledo, said, It was everything we hoped it would be — sun, fun, and lots of suds! Springfest grossed over $40,000, enough to pay the bands and bills, with enough left over to start next year ' s fund. The money situation was less than desirable; the Springfest committee had to deal with student apathy, and criticisms from students that were addressed in the Post about last year ' s band Little America. A large chunk of the money had to be taken out to repair equipment of the band that played at the Beach Part, after sand was thrown at the group in protest of their folk style. Springfest chairman Matt Wyler stated, Most of the money was raised from beer sales, but we made a lot from wrist tickets and the ' Fest Store selling buttons, cups, and t-shirts. Everything went off like clockwork. Sophomore Bill Kast said, I started drinking at 1 1 a.m. and didn ' t stop until 7 p.m. We partied like there was no tomorrow, and kept running into old friends. Fortunately, a better-organized Springfest resulted in only a few minor problems like sunburn and the confiscation ot fake IDs. Dean of Students Joel Rudy noted that Springfest was more pleasant to look back on thanks to the lack of on-field arrests and crippling back and neck injuries result- ing from dives into the Hocking, as in past years. After the beer lines were void, and the reggae band I-Tal finished off the evening, a tired, drunk but good-natured crowd scattered away. Soon, the darkness would come and Springfest ' 88 would become just an- other blurry memory in everyone ' s minds. By Michelle Mihalick THE LINE-UP The mob crowds up to the beer trucks for a cup of Old Mil. Before students could quench their thirst, they hod to purchase a wrist band and tickets. r ' 26 N Student Life