Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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2-hour time limit. Sgt. Bill Acker of Public Safety cruises the parking lot above the student center looking for parking violations. Easy does it. Mr. Rhelt Bryson and Robert Boney take a break from work and take a ride around the playhouse on their unicycles. Mike Tucker Mike Tucker Half the Fun is Transportation in the '50s was the slicked up. top-down, erotic lines of the convertible. In the ‘60s it was the voracious power of the V-8. In the 70s it was the pint-sized. Japanese efficiency of the economy car. Today, as we venture further up that tight inside curve of the '80s, it might be claimed to be the foam-cushioned soles of the jogging shoes. And as usual our university students, the Fur-men and women, have adapted in top form. Whether the student. with his Orion backpack and Sony Walk-Man. is atop a pedaled and spoked Schwinn Chariot, a sidewalk surfing skateboard, a handicapped golf cart or a makeshift motorcycle called a moped, they are the manifestation of increased campus mobility. Even the Paladin himself dashes into the end zone in a permanent holding pattern at football games atop a fourlegged vehicle. What makes this increased mobility so attractive to the student? Why don't they perceive themselves as slugs in Mikes of greased-lightning or a thousand colored, prepped-out beetles scurring in and out of these caverns of knowledge? Because it is a perennial fad. This qualifies it as an art. It is the art of transit, of propelling one's self from one point to another. Students have their own means, styles and reasons for the modes of transportation they use. Jim Pasquarette says he jogs in the morning not only to rid his body of the collected poisons of the night Getting before, but also to rid his mind of the tensions that have developed. Jim jokes that he can practically hear the subtle sounds of Vangelis's piano in his rhythmic footfalls and rasping breaths from the cold morning air. Drive-through ... Domino's Pizza delivers ... let's boogie ... Will travel! ... on the go ... We move from station to station and port to port; from hometown to school and from school to careers. Mobility, transit. . . . they are the benchmark of what has been, is and will be the chic involvement of every student. Fletcher Meshinsky One step at a time. Mac Oavjs returns from a tiring walk from class on crutches with a heavy bag of books. There Mike Tucket 18 Student Life

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Battle of the Sexes Chip Byfd Jtff DjrlirvQ A continuing topic of debate is the comparison of the physical attributes of women’s versus men's dorms. The women's dorms are generally considered the more elaborate of the two. The parlors are the epitome of lavish quarters — plush carpeting, upholstered sofas, grand pianos. and portraits. Kin to the parlors are Earle and Daniel Lounges on the men's side. Sparse furnishings and little or no atmosphere characterize these areas (video games cannot possibly compete with the Passion Pits”). Aside from lavishness is the idea of functionality. The women's halls are each equipped with kitchens, as compared to the men's individual sinks. Granted females tend to bake a few dozen more chocolate chip cookies than do males, but surely there is a frustrated culinary wizard hidden somewhere in E-dorm. For musically inclined residents, the women's dorms are again preferred in light of the abundance of practice rooms. Male music majors often must head to McAlister in lieu of convenient facilities downstairs. Air conditioning! This modern luxury is available to all women residents, but only to those men who happen to live in E-dorm. Plans are drawn up for the refurbishing of the men's dorms in the Campaign for Furman’s Future and all will be waiting with bated breath. Until then, it looks as if Ramsay Parlor will continue to draw the multitudes from the men’s side, (or at least those for whom Pac-Man has considerably less appeal). 1 Dorm Life 17

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Mike Tucker The race is on. Already winded and tired after a long trek around the lake. Brian May and Alex Rod ice still have a long way to go. Who's out ahead? This biker seems to be racing the truck behind him as he takes a bike-trip around campus. Biking it! One of the favorite forms of transportation on campus. biking takes Susan Bullock by an intramural football game. Mike Tucker Mike Tucker Transportation 19