Mount Union College - Unonian Yearbook (Alliance, OH)

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ee : ‘2 upper left:Molly Maher and Jill Miller, “Try-Delt, but don’t try the others.”’ Bill Hood bound for San Francisco. middle: Baldwin-Wallace vs. Mount Union - - - our thrill of victory; their agony of defeat. Looks like | made it ols asking yourself “Would you do this all again?” doesn’t it make you wonder how you survived Mount in the first place? How did you burrow out of the emotional ditches you dug for yourself? How did you keep peace with your room- mates when your nerves had split? How did you man- age to swim in the sea of ro- mance and not drown? How did you pay tuition??? Lost in all the pains and pressures of college life and personal growth, did you ever stop and consider, who and what supported you through your years at ‘Dear Ole M. U. C.?’’ While you sat in the snackbar preying like a parasite on an tza pizza, Mom and Dad were home worrying whether you were eating right and sleeping enough because you were homesick, they were kidsick, or you were up at aft all hours studying. The first day of class the professors gave you their home phone num- bers to diminish the distance and provide a comfortable learning setting. The sports trainers subdued your phys- ical suffering and coaches triggered positive competi- tive attitudes when the go- ing was tough. Your stereo, perhaps the best therapeu- tic remedy, offered tempo- rary escape from torment- ing tensions. When all energy had been drained from your veins, your pillow was always there, not to mention the as- pirin within hand’s reach that prevented “Harry’’ hang- over from creeping into your body. During the first snow- fall, a glance out your win- dow offered exhilarating en- ergy as you pre-meditated the fate of your first snow- ball victim or predicted the day of Snow Carnival. Often a peck from your sweet- heart, a smile from your scope, or a midnight chat with your best buddy was alll it took to conquer the “big, bad blues.” So take a moment to say thanks to these people who have supported you. Buy them a beer. Drop in their of- fice and say “‘Hi.’’ Carve them a niche in your V. |. P. address book and drop them a line during the holi- days...any day is aholiday. Stop and smell the roses! Cause when the going got tough and the schedule got tight you maintained! SAE Brother Steve Wood publicizes his Phi Alpha spirit. 13

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errr Christa “Uncle Sam’’ Wilson — ‘| want you!” middle: Body-building spells Jerry the Phi Tau’s oe Sue Weaver, the next James Bond woman

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Experience .. . Beyond the Classroom | pee done the ness Trip f the past ele have be 25 when I've y seri- Ously juestion: Wi ig this?’’ The question seems to loom es- pecially large during some of the more trying moments of a trip — perhaps we’ve en- dured a lot of bad weather, or are having more than our usual share of difficulties, or Mr. Ragosin drying his pants, the hazards of rustic living. ye group isn’t functioning very well together or maybe I'm just feeling tired from all the responsibility that | feel. It seems that | feel these things at least a few times on each trip. And so each year, after the trip is over, | find myself considering the same ques- tion: Do | really want to do it again The answer is not always easy to come by. There are inevitably a lot of hassles in- volved in the planning and implementation phases of the trip. It also takes a lot of time and energy away from other pursuits that are also important to me — family, friends, other job-related re- sponsibilities, etc. And so | weigh these costs against the payoffs that the trip of- fers. For one thing, | find the op- portunity to live for a short period of time in the wilder- ness a personally enlivening experience. Not only does it force me to get back to ba- sics in my style of living and realize the simplicity of life, but it confronts us with such beauty and evidence of our interconnectedness with alll forms of life that it leaves me with a renewed sense of who | am and where | fit in. This is a hard thing to explain in words — it is something | feel. But | really enjoy this as- pect of the trip and | like to see students come to a simi- lar appreciation for the po- tential to be found in nature. A second thing that | greatly appreciate is that Quote of the Day: 8 12 86 Dr. Kramer: “Ya know, I’ve had more SAE’s on this trip than from any other fraternity. | don’t know why that IS Chris Underation: “That’s because SAE’s can’t find jobs in the summer.”’ Mike Maloney: “I’m glad you said it because | wasn’t going to.”