College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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and senior Richard Powell, raised $20,911 to aid the affected sports. Still, most of the sports — including men ' s lacrosse, men ' s swimming, and women ' s golf — relied on their team fund raisers. Senior Margie Johnson, a member of the women ' s track team, was appalled by the budget cuts: It ' s a pretty sad thing that an administration that is so big on the liberal arts education is so condemning of sports. The money could have been found. The cut sports were not the only sports stories this year. Jim Copeland announced his resigna- tion as the men ' s athletic director on April 10 in order to take the position of director of athletics at the University of Utah in July. Copeland ' s often stormy tenure included the now infamous stadium expansion controversy, the six cut sports, and two consecutive winning football seasons for the first time in years. The Tribe ' s new-found winning ways brought William and Mary ' s usually subdued football fans to Gary Stadium. The quest for the spirit keg, sponsored by the cheerleaders, encouraged fraternities, sororities, and entire dorm halls to outdo one another in supporting the Tribe. The homecoming parade, led by alumna Linda Lavin, was also well attended. Team spirit has never been a problem at Tribe basket- ball games. This season, basketball fans were a bit too zealous in the opinion of many. Prompted by ;he derogatory cheers directed towards Olden Poiynice at the UVA game, coach Barry Parkhill All photos, Mike Nikolich Graves appeared as Santa Claus for the last time Jennifer Quartana and Gin Parsons weren ' t at Yule Log first semester. Students and faculty stopped by the cold. The lingenng snow br ought out crammed into Wren courtyard to hear about the the children in all of us as snowball fights and grinch from Blacksburg. snowmen showed up around campus.

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sent letters through the campus mail encouraging student participation in the games, but con- demning the obscene cheers which had become popular. One of the year ' s most memorable events, the Tucker Death threat startled an exam-ridden campus in mid-December. A threatening mes- sage scrawled on a wall in Tucker prompted a wave of anxiety which was characterized by twenty-four hour card-key and extensive patrol- ling by the campus police. A sense of security was lost, at least temporarily, when quiet Williams- burg discovered that it was not necessarily safe to be out alone at night. In January, Williamsburg ' s usually temperate climate dumped around eight inches of snow on us. On the blustery day following the snow, the wind chill factor plunged well below zero. Icy roads and sharp winds made travelling and going to class miserable. Said senior Liz Besio, I was up early that morning. I listened to the radio. U of R was closed. Hampton Institute was closed. ODU— closed. And then the deejay said that he guessed William and Mary was still open. Then three of my professors didn ' t show up. I guess only the students have to show up on blizzard days. In many ways, 1984-85 was a memorable year filled with controversy, change , and growth. A major controversy surrounded the imminent All ptiotQS. Mike NIkolich 16