Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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amacravu vOjS - ' 836 )lume 50, 1981 Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia 1 52 pages. 7 sections An Oglethorpe View Of 1981 The title is more or less self- explanatory. This is our effort to recall, tvith some semblance of organization, the Deople and events that surfaced memora- Dly during the past year. This is where we ;alk about all those good and bad times, :hose worldwide and miniscule happenings ;hat make up the great College Exper- ence. It ' s standard - after all, why else A ' ould this be called a yearbook? So, a :ouple of decades from now, when your cids (or your neighbor ' s kids, if you ' re not ;he marrying kind) ask what things were ike back in the 1980s, when you ' re so :hoked up over the remake of Star Wars 3r Dan Rather ' s retirement that you can ' t ■emember how it all got started, or when ou just want something better to do than A ' atch big screen cable T.V. after dinner, ou can pull out the 1981 annual, turn to sage 1, and go on a memory trip - that s, if we ' ve done our job correctly. Despite the isolation from the world Dutside college that students sometimes experience, news of certain events and the jrevailing attitudes that go with them A ' ork their way inside the stone walls and ron gates to be discussed, debated, and jventually committed to memory. The Tiajor happenings of the year and the joncurrent emotions are unfortunately, lowever, not always bright and cheery. As 1 matter of fact, one of the noticeable Tioods of the season has reflected uncertainty and fear. The world you groggily see out your A-indow every morning can often be a big ind frightening place, especially when you lappen to be a college student still struggling to pass too many exams scheduled too close together and are still not sure what you plan to do with your ife when the exams are over. Sometimes ;t seems as if the fight to do well or even iust to tread water and stay afloat is impossible to win, and other times it even feels like it has no purpose in the end. It ' s hard for anyone, especially the young, to remember that the present isn ' t the only rough time in history, and that, incredibly enough, it ' s not even the worst. But the world of 1981 does have its problems. Everything seems endangered, in trouble, or on its way to being on its way out. They just don ' t make things like they used to - or people either, according to some critics of society. It ' s a world of light bulbs that go pop after thirty seconds and cars that fall apart (especial- ly, it seems, the American ones) a week after the warranty expires, and where the Wonderful World of Disney can even be kicked off the air after two decades of Sunday nights. What can you say about a world that hates Donald Duck? A world where Democrats can lose a seemingly sound Senate majority in a short couple of hours and where you have to think twice about what ' s in the water you maybe shouldn ' t be drinking? And you notice we didn ' t even mention the fuel crisis (gasp, sigh). Also this year, stories of overseas Continued on Pg. G-I For a school its size, Oglethorpe offers a wide variety of sports programs, giving many students the opportunity to compete. For the stories on all the teams, see Section C. NEWS SECTION A Editorials A- 2 Greek Week A- 4 Drama A- 5 LIFESTYLE SECTION B Homecoming B- 4 Miss Yamacraw B-38 Graduation B-40 SPORTS SECTION C Basketball C- 1 Soccer C- 6 Intramurals C-16 PERSONALITIES SECTION D Administration D- 1 Faculty D-18 PEOPLE SECTION E Seniors E- 1 Underclassmen E- 9 Comics E-40 BUSINESS SECTION F Personal Ads F- 8 RETROSPECT SECTION G