Hampden Sydney College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hampden Sydney, VA)

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Ql.7t3f.iEa '5i ' A ' '4 1: ' ...Into the New 1:11 IOUOOO 1 OO ' . .. A.- -- F 'l 611 it X - N V tl: ,X sa ' .,, -L ' . N. - 1- are for. Once inside the halls, however, there is lots of roorn and nice furniture. It's just too bad no one will answer the phones over there Kevin Allocca contemplates life in his new room I O

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OPENING Out of the Qld... 145 Men Move into New Halls 1.1.14 This is excellent! These are Hampden-Sydney's? Which is my building? Nice Landscaping!! ...'bout time! These were a few of the comments echoing on the grounds of the new residence hall complex on November 3 as over IOO students bade farewell to Venable Hall and made the thousand-yard trek to the New Dorms falthough officially called Residence Halls , the new buildings are still popularly known as dorms J. The five new halls are part of a 55.5-million project that includes a faculty residence and an auditorium-student center, the Forum. Designed by Philip M. Chu of Chappa- qua, New York, and built by Venable Hall, circa I824 Frazier Construction of Alta Vista, Virginia, the new complex was supposed to be finished in August in time for the opening of school. Bad weather, delayed materials, and other problems, how' ever, plagued the project. i 1 1 F' HALL Bl 41:1 1 if MITURH gli: lu -.H y ' 1:1 II if ,P-lg Unloading Venable Venable Hall, built in 1824 and the second oldest four- story dorm in continuous use in America, second only to Cushing Hall, is expected to be renovated, but as of pub- lication, work had not yet begun because of a lack of funding. Student reaction to the dorms was generally favor- able. There was a consensus among the new residents that BSLG was very helpful in assisting in the move. Chip Smith '87 found BGLG more than helpful, they would bend over backwards to give you a hand. Dean Schill noted that students seemed to be overjoyed at just being there. Overall, there seems to be much satisfaction with the

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OPENING The Care and Feeding of Hamsters For most of us, the most important aspect of our care is the feeding, so Kaleido- scope offers this summary of campus cooking-eating out and eating in. Remember Mom's last words before we left school: Eat well, after all, you are what you eat! That sounded like good advice at the time, but boy has she got me worried. If there is any truth in that adage, we students at Hampden-Sydney are in for some real trouble. Something tells me that most of us shudder at the thought of waking up to find ourselves transformed into veal patties faffectionately known as 'Ele- phant Scabs'J, ever-popular noodles with butter, or meat- loaf, yet we continue to eat in the Commons because, like all Hampden-Sydney men, we hold fast to tradition. At least We try to! On occasion fand sometimes more often than thatj We venture into the bust- ling metropolis of Farmville, to frequent our favorite chow lCFf0m iff!! A Com Diner, Rfs Deli Eating ln and Eating Out houses and soothe our savage appetites. As tradition would have it, Walker's Diner is our favor- ite spot for lunch, as rarely are we up in time for break- fast fexcept during exam weekj. Walker's and Hampden-Sydney men go back quite a ways. Friendly folks, fast service, and that fif- ties atrnosphere keep us com- ing back. Walker's has pretty much cornered the market on after- noon cuisine, but when dinner time rolls around, the options abound. lf home- cooking is your pleasure, we can head to any number of places: The Fox Hunt inn Call-you-can-eat spaghetti on Thursdaysll, Cedar Brook fif you like cocktails before dinnerj, or the Steer. If we crave Chinese-American fwith heavy emphasis on Americanj, we can dine at the Royal Garden. The Golden Corral serves a humdinger of a steak, and the Heritage House has almost everything. And lest we forget, when Mom and Dad are here for Parent's Weekend, the Weyanoke for dinner is a must. Finally, last but cer- tainly not least, those old stand-bys exist even in Farm- ville: Rj's Garden Deli, Ken- tucky Fried Chicken fto goj, Sunny's Cafe fawesome shakes and criss-cut friesj, muzfr, mons meal, W'allcer's