University of Miami - The Ibis Yearbook

“mmi mM comed to the world of aca- demic administration a short time later when their fall registration began. Though used the previous spring semester, OSCAR, the new computer registra- tion system, was put to a more complete test with the incoming freshman class. What was intended to be a benefit to students resulted in eight hour long waits for some of approxi- mately 1800 freshmen needing to register. The lines, however, were not blamed on the computer, but on the organization of the process itself. Varsity cheerleaders Maggie Car- vajal, Dantee Navarro, and Kim Partner lead the cheerleaders and the Sunsations onto the Orange Bowl field before the defending national champion Hurricanes meet Wisconsin. Hours of preparation and practice are put into each carefully choreo- graphed march. Junior drum major Tim Gallagher leads the Band of the Hour, dressed in new uniforms, in a halftime performance at the Orange Bowl. For the more sports ori- ented, this was to be a prime year for Miami. Fresh off of a national championship, the Hurri- cane football team began the season with high goals. Ranked as highly as sec- ond, by Sports Illustrated, Miami opened its season ;k crushing the nation ' s con- sensus preseason number one team, Florida State, 31-0. Nevertheless, on Oc- Long hours of strenuous practice go into improving various routines each week in preparation for the upcoming football game. Varsity cheerleaders Jacqui Allegue and Dantee Navarro encourage the crowd ' s support of a Miami touch- down drive. 4 Opening ”