Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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w Making A Match w CNp B»td CNplKtiJ Sharing a scarf helps roommates Carla McKenzie and Mary Helen Hattaway keep warm during a stormy game. Having a similar talent for sports led to the placement of Kirk Burnett and James Brown as roommates. Photo by Chip Byrd. Exchanging clothes is just one of many advantages Jamie Stoker and Corynne Romine experience as roommates. Decorating their Christmas tree gives Megan Hower and Stacey Radican s room a festive touch. Roommatcs 27

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Freshman male seeks roommate who is charming, tolerant, intelligent, impeccably neat, who dates a gorgeous girl with many gorgeous friends, and who wears a size 14 shoe. The search for the perfect roommate — does it ever end? For many Furman students, it did. Freshman students got the luck of the draw, rather the luck of Residential Living’s careful planning. Many freshmen really liked their roommates, even when they were total opposites. Freshman Cindy Barrier said of her roommate. “We're opposites, but not to the point where we don’t get along” Freshmen roommates often stuck together in that cold new world of college where they knew no one. They went to meals, football games and movies together and often joined the same social clubs or fraternities. Even though they depended on each other, roommates realized that to stay sane they didn't need to be together all the time. Upperclassmen had the advantage of being able to choose their roommates. Senior Lynn Ney said of her roommate, “We’re very alike. We have the same values and backgrounds. We decided to stay together because we are best friends.” Lynn and her roommate, Karen Abbey, roomed together for four years. The secret to being good roommates seemed to lie in openness and compromise. Sophomore Anna Conner stated, “If one of us irritated the other, we talked about it. All in all, roommates were friends, buddies, shoulders to cry on, biggest fans and pretty neat people! Cindy Green

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Importing the punk tylc directly from Lotw accc3sorle to a miliUuy jacket and mini skirt Taking her mind off the pain Walkman while limbering up In t hin. Staying m top of the world of finance. Scott Schlenk clank look. Photo by Jeff Dm it Longing for the nearest wave, Scott Perry native Floridian Seen On The Scene Each September students, especially freshmen, open the new school year with a fresh wardrobe of the latest fashions. This fall at Furman was no exception. Flashdance fans geared themselves in Jennifer Beals’ physical fitness wear with legwarmers and cut, torn, baggy sweatshirts that draped sexily from the shoulders. Guys displayed their John Travolta physiques with “muscle shirts like those seen in Staying Alive. Punk-rockers displayed a heritage of neck grazing earrings and mini-skirts paired with colored hose and spiked pumps. Revolting against the preppy” tradition, modernists turned up the collars of their polo shirts and often covered them with T-shirts or denim jackets and vests. Ever-popular blue jeans were renovated as pinstriping sophisticated them, stone washing weathered them, and zippered legs snugly secured them. Girls wore Gloria Vanderbilt’s black denims (not to be called “jeans”) and “expected something to happen.” Dressing in the extremes of fashion was interesting and fun for students who wanted a change in appearance. But it was always nice to relax in an old pair of Levi’s or unwind in a loose pair of sweats. Leigh Holliday 28 Student Life