Fairmont State University - Mound Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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1 closer (cont.) Perhaps the biggest collegiate craze was the video game Pac Man. Dominating the lives of many col- lege students, this intriguing game was the subject of a top 40 rock song, and the cause of many sore shoulders and calloused hands of FSC ' s video wiz- ards. In early January, the state announced a cut in all state budgets which totaled approximately $360,000 for FSC. The reduction of the budget led to the cutback of first semester summer school. Whether it was money problems or the excite- ment of winning a football game, FSC was a little different then it had been before. BETWEEN CLASSES, English professor George Byers looks up lecture material for his classes. Growing closer to academic goals was important to many students. Others felt the need to get closer to friends and family members. Still others grew closer to complete strangers who became close friends as the year went by. For whatever reason, 1982 was a year for GET- TING CLOSER! BRIAN HAUGH WORKS as a one man band at a Wednesday Night at the Nickel. A MAINTENANCE MAN cleans the sidewalks after a heavy snow. 1 REMODELING WALLMAN HALL was major ROGER NEWSOM eats his ice cream before going to achievement at FSC in 1982. the next stop in the Klondike Derby. 6 Getting closer

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TAKING TIME OUT, Rob Mcle looks at the latest edition of the MOUND. STUDENTS CROSS campus on their way to class. m .+ }■ ■ CLASSES CAN BE TIRING for some students, so this student decides to take a nap. A, Getting closer

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THE EYES HAVE IT, as Jimmy Ellis plays the school fight song amidst flying confetti. A STUDENT GOES to the library for some peace and quiet to do his homework. DOUG PINN WORKS on a sculpture for art class. Getting closer 7