Augustana College South Dakota - Edda Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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Below: Too close for comfort! Actually it is the human chain that was only 22. people off the world record. Try, try again! Inset: jeff Hayzlett and Lynnae Sorensen co-chairpersons for the 1981 New Beginnings orientation. Middle: Freshmen and their group leaders indulge once again the Augus- tana's food at the freshmen picnic. Nothin' like Mom's is it? Far lower left: just a few of the 500 people who participated in the Boogie Down cheer at the freshmen picnic. Far upper left: I want my mommy! Scott Tonjes misses her already, Left: What's the matter, Uilani, doesn't ice cream sound delicious right now? Uilani Iackmon and others stuffing themselves for the ice cream eating contest. f..

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450 freshmen orientated to ugie life What! No beanies! The news of the beaniless freshmen spread among the upperclassmen-something about the Beanie workers being on strike. The tradition of beanies was one of the ways of distinguishing freshmen on Augie's campus. Orientation week proved to have a real sense of close- ness for the 450 freshmen, it was like no other orientation, commented jeff Hayzlett, co-chairperson of the 1981 New Student Orientation. Designed to be a fun-filled adven- ture, the 1981 New Student Orienta- tion was packed with a mixture of new and old activities. The 1981 Orienta- people to build a human chain was only 22 persons off the world record. Other fun games kept everyone enter- tained. Trips to favorite restaurants with group leaders, the dance, and the first adventure to the Huddle and Bookstore will all be remembered well. Transfer students were faced with part of their own orientation away from the freshmen. A special picnic at President Nelson's home with games and mixers helped make more aquain- tances. They were all brought together again at a luncheon held in their hon- or where Brad Coleman spoke of be- ing a transfer student at Augustana. Newcomers to Augie got an oppor- tunity to display their talent in the annual Frosh Varieties held Saturday, Sept. 19, in the gym. The end of orientation week did not stop the hustle and bustle of campus activity. The long days and short nights, getting to know your room- mate, wondering who's down the hall, homework piling up and going to classes in the wrong rooms-all marked the beginning of four years of calling Augie home. tion, New Beginnings, was the first to incorporate the idea of extended orientation. It consisted of more in- volvement, seminars, lecture sessions, and dinners throughout the year in order to extend the orientation process longer than the usual week. The idea was set up by the 1981 co-chairper- sons, Lynnae Sorensen and Jeff Hayz- lett. This program extends into second semester to include new transfers. Numerous events filled the da s Y I afternoons, and evenings of the new- comers to better acquaint them to Au- gie. One game in particular got people close together. The attempt of 486 Q if. . U, Q 5

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Dorsey Urchestra plays Spring Formal An Evening in Casablanca set the mood as the theme of the 17th Spring Formal on May 2. The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra was contracted in the summer of 1981 to play the Spring Formal for S4,500. The Orchestra is conducted by Buddy Morrow and is composed of five saxo- phones, three trombones, four trum- pets, one bass, piano and drums. The occasion is planned by the UBG Social Board. The Spring Formal committee consists of about twenty people. Tickets to the Formal were sold for 52.50 a piece for students. Jan- ine Rew, UBC head governor, estimat- ed S850 was brought in from ticket sales. The Social Board covered the re- maining S3,65O for the orchestra. Rew said the reason for the Spring Formal is the Augustana tradition. She said, . .it's good for alumni, as well as students. Although she did say she felt the students tend to place too much social stigma on the event. The stigma stems from the monetary worries of a dress or suit, flowers, tickets and the like. Until 1965, when Dr. Staivg, presi- dent of Augustana, and the Board of Regents passed a new policy which allowed dancing on the campus, there had never been a Spring Formal.