Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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 Hamming it up at Horseplay, the sisters of Mu Phi Epsilon ask the musical question. “Would you love me better if I could drink like a I Carolina Sot? I Tailgaters gather in the shade near Paladin Stadium. J 1982 Homecoming Queen Sylvia Underwood is escorted by her I father Hulon V Underwood. Photo by Blake Praytor. 20 Student Life Jeff Oarlin

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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

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Highlights and Skylights The stage lights rose and the Furman University Band filled McAlister Auditorium with the theme from E.T. The Paladins were up to horseplay again. Horseplay 1982 was definitely one of the highlights of the '82 Homecoming weekend. and the program included a little of everything: the football team, the cheerleaders. a faculty football team, and plenty of (J.S.C. chicken jokes. For the finale of Horseplay thousands of helium balloons were released from the front steps of McAlister Auditorium. The skylights consisted of a fireworks display over the lake. The show was enjoyed by all with the possible exception of the swans and ducks, but between Horseplay and the fireworks, it was a night not fit for fowl. duck, or gamecock! Float building went on until late into the night. The newest highlight in floats was mobility. Several of them were built to move down the mall for the pre-game parade. The Furman Singers’ float took first place and the seniors had a live float with a senior dressed to represent each class celebrating reunions in 1982. The Homecoming court taxied down the mall in a convertible. After the court was escorted onto the field at halftime. amid roses and congratulations Ms. Sylvia Underwood was crowned Homecoming Queen. The Homecoming game was virtually perfect: Furman beat James Madison University and took another step toward the conference championship. Only a few hours thereafter. Furman students descended upon some of Greenville's best restaurants. It looked like we were having a hall reunion, commented Libby Smith, a sophomore from Atlanta, Ga.. about the crowd at the Inn at Washington. FUSAB's grand finale for the whole weekend, the Highlights and Skylights dance with Sandcastle, topped-off the festivities. At the dance, city skylines and an ice sculpture of the Bell Tower set the stage for an evening of fun. However, according to senior Jamie Saxon from William- ston, S.C., The band didn't play enough beach music, but you can't please everyone. Cindy Roberts The Death Dealers, firmly in control, tackle a fames Madison back. Jeff Darling This Dramatic Paladin won first place in the float competition. Bill Burkholder Homecoming 21