Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Locking arms cnd crossing Mars, this group owo'rrs their new friend to trust them, md fol. Left: Omdoor Ed leader John Gas? stands on top of The world during freshman oriemarion. Left: Togefhm Outdoor Ed leaders and participating esnrnan Ghee! 05 may successfully compiefe the circle lap sit,

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Hello mere freshmam Welcome to Augie! Movalhunwulresmmn this year were greeted during odemaiion week by AD enlhuslcmlc. ex- ciVed saving laces ll's lime Vor Omducr Edl Outdoor Ed. 0 physicoi pumon u! lleshmarl orientation, rs u Hgm-nsuned organizes game period, wekummg me new sludenls into them Tm hauls c! Augustano Ihe purpose at am- doared is totem me new students and minaret opponumy lo make new friends. Many gum ole gamed towuvds group enans and persona ameluchon. Ouldoor Ed 15 a time 10 cal oc- quumed wim iewow students arvd have same Above: Leaders Sum chem tun heme classes begin. C Neuenschwundsr, Todd Jan Nallessen.0ufdonr Ed huivmon. clung wm- usa ward . Jon Gust and M'boqm' and Susan Messer Miriam Fos1er. Trained foriy leaders hold Signs tot freshman to who umnneersu to pnmdpafa. Ra- find their osslgned groups. qwremenls Vor those who OppHed for me our- mov ed oasiiions 'nduded responsibiiivl salary skins, and Ina imparmnl ability In be ememaly any and fun. A Iwa duv pelwod ofimense game pluymg and slum! weam'ng took pbce belcre me ems umved. Iielow Keuy Wullxn dempnsfrofes w didn know what m expeu x heard we The w'm'd t0 onlooklng run his Oumoor Ed hing '0 go lo. and n was freshman. m ml aliemolion achewe I wasn'r expecting Iu be rtmnlng cmund pwoying in cowlega IT JUST wnsnli whuV Ipiciulad us my ml day cl schooi. But we has such a good rme. and I ma? 50 many people $ina WeXlo $23 Far many at the fleshman. ma day began wumng up lo: the Iilsl lime In a suonge bed h a foreign pweca which was 10 be home lor Ins neal mna momhs H was an odd feeling. There you are. looking a! vow blank dorm room wuus. and man you hear this mud yenng and shouting at 7 cm out in me cum What's a new kid suo- posed to ?hinld men Fuscu $2; Veil the cm- dw Ed bmch wusuloud claw. and Inn across campus chanting 'u'I rnHilcuy lushim, uuvdool ad is km 0! lm, we navel wdrk we ancvs run! For mass freshman who made it out of Don mm moming i: was a me to remember. Alter being 5pm mlo groups 0! seven or exgm, me maders rook Ihe'v groups In various son's on :m Ioezen lnemselves. Slum: such as me mm Fall and me Spider Web were mmmmed. Wm ms emia goup runmng games WW! 0 gaunhc eanh ban wela waved. armg wrm games wch as Dukiarmkie. a bagging word; hand momn lesIer. 0nd 'Honava-Lovervuw w-l-JuSV-Ccn'lrsmde'. en embuvrossing bu! harmless and humans game. IT was a few hours olphyycw fun, team work, and? was no way around meemg people and mung a good rme. Even the shyoSI and mosV haumnt :mderns 901 ocuunmed wnh others and an- joyed marnsewes. A 8 STudenT Life

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W WW, 5y ihe mighiy Mississippi. on a rocky shore, sicnds iha school we love so dearly now and ever mare. Oh Auguslcno whai has happened lo the beauiilul and peacelul campus you are famous for? The auiel green paths shaded by sirong lowering trees seemed deslroyed bv ihe loud obnoxious bulldozevs and machinery. Whal was once serene, our tranquil place for incughi, leisurely walks, and undislurbed conveisalion, became a warzone for supply lrucks. cranes and crews of conslruciion workers. Dus'r and din blew as siudenls watched grass iorn apart. our beautiful campus scarred wiih tire Tracks, blocked off walk ways. fenced off areas from the yeafs consiruciion: The building of me new Augusiona library The construction oi this twelve million dollar iacilily began in ihe Spring of 4985 and is scheduled To be completed in me fall oi 4990. While providing iha Auguslana siudenis and faculty with a larger. more complete area lor academia, me new insiiiuiian will also be a beautiful asset to the campus. Silualed nexl lo The slough and surrounded by trees, lhe new library WIII hove lhree levels with onk-oui balconies. which will enable the viewer to see me MiSSiSSIppi River lmm the top level. This attraction could be a hindrance lo someone who would ralher daydream Then study! The library will aim seive as an access beiween The upper and lower pans of campus so than a studenl will be able to take a shnn-cui through the library when going down 10 classes or up fo the dorms. roihel lnun walk a longer rouie. Many changes have laken place on The Auguslana campus as a iesull oi the new library. and Ollie! changes are forthcoming Sludenis expressed surprise and anlicipalion last spring as The bulldozers moved in and construction began. Fil'ST. Red Shoes. lhe preschool inai was located up campus 01 me top of lhe wooden STGifS. was tom down and trees were removed from lhe hillside. Sludems were walking by bulldozers on 1heir way to class. wiih continued noisy dislracrion and disiurbance h-ard easily in Old Main During rainy weather, planks of wood were iossed Over me mud puddles, an effort in keep shoes from sinking in me wel ground, lreshly opened from construction Much had been accomplished in lhe fall monlhs, and it was exciting for students to see The clear advancemenls of the building in progress. What had began as an ugly inconvenience slaried shaping inia a luiure esiabiishmenl of our higher education here at Augusiana. By mid- yeal siudenls were used to the big liucks entering by lhe science lab building. and walking Righi: New heighis are reached as The framework of Auguslano's new library begins lo lake shape Lell: Whal was once beaulilui and serene seemed deslroyed by loud bulldozers and noisy cranes,