Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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Down To Dirty Business MUD VOLLEYBALL II After packing that last suitcase into the car be¬ fore coming to O.N.U., quite a few students prob¬ ably ran back into the house to grab their crum¬ miest tennis shoes and oldest, holey shorts. The reason? — For the annual mud volleyball tourna¬ ments. What else! For the second year in a row, O.N.U. students had the chance to give a new definition to the meaning of playing in the mud. This year ' s event was sponsored by Brookhart and Park Halls. Consider¬ ing that there were 96 teams that participated, the resident assistants of these halls had quite a job in organizing and running the competition. The matches lasted from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday. There were competitions in women ' s division, men ' s division, and co-ed division. The 1987-88 winning teams were the Mud Doopers, the Trojans, and the Mud Maniacs respectively. Following all the match¬ es, there was another tra¬ ditional activity — mud swimming! The students found Lake Neiheiser to be a great place for a group bath to get rid of some of the mud. It wasn ' t too effective though as most students probably noticed as they tried to take a shower the next day while their feet stuck to the floor and the drains were clogged with clumps of mud. Rows of brown tennis shoes and wet dirty clothes were also found lining the halls for days. It sounds gross, but anyone who participated knew that the dirtier you got the more fun you had! After a hard mud volleyball match, Andy Chafin chooses to spray off with a hose instead of jumping into Lake Neiheiser. Stuck in the mud, Dirk Adams and Tonya Stockdale can only dream of bumping or setting the ball as it flies by. 10 STUDENT LIFE

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“That’s What Friends Are FoF HOMECOMING WEEKEND A week full of festivities and celebration spread over the campus the week before, a week that was full of rain and clouds, which dampened the spirits of some. Yet, when the sun tried to rise that Saturday morning, the students put on jeans and O.N.U. colored sweat¬ shirts for a traditional cel¬ ebration — Homecoming. The 1987-88 theme, “That’s what friends are for”, definitely came into play as friends built floats, made banners, voted for Homecoming attendants, competed in the pushmo- bile races, and cheered on the band and football team. The Homecoming day’s celebration began with a colorful parade that marched down Main Street past many eager onlookers. Then, in the 1:30 p.m. game, the Polar Bears stormed past Hei¬ delberg’s Student Princes with a 20-7 victory. The victory brought O.N.U. ' s streak of home wins to three. Also during the game, the 1987-88 Home¬ coming King, Jim George of Phi Kappa Theta, and the Homecoming Queen, Becky Krietemeyer of Al¬ pha Omicron Pi, were announced. On Sunday, October 25, the celebration came to a close. Students woke up late that day, pulling themselves out of bed and back to reality. The past week had been fun, espe¬ cially the day before. Yet, just as before the celebra- tion began, there was work to be done. By that afternoon, the libraries began to fill upas students tried to catch up on the work they had put aside for Homecoming. The beat of the O.N.U. marching band during the Homecoming Day parade vveis kept by bass drummer, Mark Bushong. 1986-87 Homecoming Queen Shelly Evans crowns the new Homecoming Queen, Becky Krei- temeyer, as Homecoming King, Jim George, looks on. STUDENT IJFE 9

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Zeta Tau Alpha pledge, Krista Lit¬ ton, concentrates on the unidenti¬ fied flying mud ball as she gets ready to bump it. kb ... htk 8 ' 1 H IB p V ' , j ajk | V ♦ ' n Jan Brautigam watches intensely as she keeps track of the teams as they are knocked out of the competition. Trying to help their team to a vic¬ tory, Todd Crisez and Michelle Anderson give it all they ' ve got. Posing for the camera, Steve Heit- camp, Bonnie Homan, Maria Truji¬ llo, Kevin Amoline, and Scott Miller show their moms the dirty clothes they will be bringing home next break. While the match is refereed by John Busby, the teammates Karen Creazzi and Ha Nguyen anxiously wait for the ball. STUDENT LIFE 11