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LABOR DAY FESTIVAL With everybody moved in, friendships reunited, and schedules fixed, everybody gathers in the Quad for the annual Labor Day Festival. This is when G.W.U. looks most like a college wdth a campus. Frisbees fly everywhere, stereos are blasting, beer is being imbibed, and people are just plain having a good time. H Street is closed off and the endless line of traffic that usually rolls through it is replaced by an outdoor mall with sidewalk vendors offering food, drink, T-shirts, plants, etc. . . . and a massive amount of students. This year the Program Board, which sponsors this event had numerous activities planned. For the adventurous students among us who wanted to demonstrate that there are other ways to move around than just walking, there was a roller-skate rental truck. The entertainment was enjoyable and varied. WRG W supplied music during the w ' hole day. Frisbee performers from the Good Time Frisbee Show supplied us with a memorable show of disc talents as they flipped Frisbees back and forth from many different positions. After the performance, G.W.U. studen ts were allowed to demonstrate their own disc throwing skills. A contest was won by senior Don Treeger, as he out distanced all his competition. Seniors Tom Kapp and Brad Heftier offered their juggling skills to the crowed. A new event was heralded in this year. The Yearbook staff sponsored the first annual Cherry Pie Eating Contest. The ob- ject of this contest was to consume a cherry pie in the least amount of time. The contestants were chosen from the various frats, sororities, and student groups on campus. Bob Fulkerson from SAE svon the title as the master muncher of GWU. Students also showed their own initiative in thinking of ways to keep busy, there were hundreds of people gathered there for the same reason as you: to reintroduce themselves to friends that they had not seen for while. All week long since you first arrived back at school, you have 20 QEORGE ‘WASHINGTON ‘ UNI VE c . PROGRAM ‘BOARD ‘DAW THE PROGRAM BOARD c EaboT c Day ' ‘Festival 1980 10 oo F lea Mar heir I OO Good Times f nsbee 5houj 0) OO - Tex ubinoujitz I The bad Bgljs - 5 “ S Cherrq Tree Tie ETatmq Contest 7 00 -Tfie Fdt ... 1
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Registration completed you rejoin your friends in the many celebrations that are taking place around campus. Everybody has realized that there is a whole weekend left with nothing to do but relax and enjoy the freedom. The options open for partying are countless. There are an infinite number of frat parties around campus. They are easily recognizable by the hords of people gathered out in front of a townhouse with beer in hand. A stranger may wonder what draws people to these parties. The music, if any, is easily supplied by a stereo, there is only beer to drink, and there are no activities planned. Maybe there is a common theme bringing these people together: to try and forget that summer is over and the school year is just around the corner. There are many hellos to be said, as there are many people there who you have not seen for ages. Every- body is asking the same questions. “What did you do all summer, did you have fun?” These questions might seem a bit trite and dull but they are only a lead into conversation; as the parties usually last well into the night. If one doesn’t enjoy this kind of activity there are numerous other activities taking place. There are various individual parties all over campus. Plus, the city of Washington has many hotspots that one can experience. The Kennedy Center, National Theatre, Warner Theatre and the Capital Centre offer many different avenues of entertainment not to mention the countless clubs, bars and restaurants around town. Nightime is only the half of it. Washington is full of things for daytime fun. Only four blocks from campus is the famous three mile long mall. This area includes the Washington Monument, the Lincoln and Jeffer- son Memorials, the Smithsonian Institution, and is capped off by the U.S. Capitol at the end. The time one can spend here is endless. The Smithsonian oilers something for everyone. The second floor of the History Technology building is packed with memoribilia that will make any Communications buff drool. For the person that wants to relive the late 1800’s the original Smithsonian building is for you. If you want to see the world from a unique angle the movie To Fly at the Air and Space Building will satisfy you. If it is Van Gogh, Picasso, and Renoir you want, the place to be is the National Gallery. But this is only the tip of the iceberg for the wealth of the Smithso- nian is endless. Then again though, if the wealth of the Smithsonian is endless then Washington’s is infi- nite. Away from the mall, there is the National Zoo, The White House, Arlington National Cemetery, The F.B.I. Building and the list can go on and on. It is amazing how ' some of us will spend up to four years of our lives as a student in Washington but almost no time as a tourist. There are students who if placed five blocks from campus would not know where they were but still feel secure in the fact that there is a city out there if they want it. The sightseeing finished, we head back to our liv- ing quarters to reaquaint ourselves with college liv- ing. After four months away from school it is surpris- ing how quickly we can readjust. 19
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