Old Dominion University - Troubador Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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The pile driver, a familiar sight and sound at ODU, with its raucous and eternal pounding, is symbolic of the ruthless nature of change at Old Dominion University. Changes have come, in some cases, too fast for comprehension and sometimes too rudely for complaisant accep- tance. As new building complexes and constructions heralded external change, Old Dominion College changed its name and status as it assumed a new sphere of problems revolving around the grizzly task of living up to university accreditation on the meager budget of a two-year College. There remained the threat of a return back to college status and the death of graduate programs - not to mention the threatened psychological effect of such a re- gression. On the positive side of change the school's basketball team emerged as a rallying point, fol- lowing the Monarchs became quite the vogue. An appropriation was also passed for an underground spri nkling system on the mall, which led many to wonder how grave ODU's finances had become. The changes whether progressive or regressive, continued to pound out in time with the pile driver. 8 Pile Driver l X xx 'lx v - n g, . it J X --' i X -, ex Q ' if i 5 . , K , - if r . -x I- '-f': t. ' I . I , x 'f1- , xx A, x f XX J X' fx: gr