Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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This typical Wall sim'r, Uighu. Tina. showed how no! to be so typical while sitting on the fam- ous scopcrs perch. Mun ;, Ch NH . A rislinu Gclfund Kathleen Prince Decked out in his Sund; ' bcsl. mbo; this Sig- ma Chi brolhcr displayed his true Derby Day spirit. Late Autumn sunshine found Truccy. Tracy .1 Jon lounging Wes! Hulls .9 c with the shades on looking for Mr. Right. , . ; ' . - 4,, .EOiht: kw. . I Duvc Shclikoff 24 PS U Pcoplc

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r. vr 'v almanac. Donna, Hem, enjoys a sticky, the culinary con- coction that has made the Diner famous. Preparing for the Sundn y morning business, wclowL Keith broke hundreds of eggs for those famous omlctls. Lyn Pinezich Lyn Pinezich Day or night. the ever present crowd, Hem, attests to the Diner's popularity among students and townspeople alike. Lyn Pinezich College Diner Feature 23

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Our Own Melting Pot The Unique Combination That Makes PSU Specia 1 a P enn State people did not fit stereo- typical roles. Of course there were the iljocks and the llforeigners. the usorority girlsll and the ufrat guys. However, the six foot five inch, 220 pound football play- er was also a stamp collector, and the uin- dustrious Japanese engineering student Smoked a pack of Marlboros a day, slept until noon, and studied with a glass of Passport Scotch at his side at all times. There were the sorority girls, who were born-again Christians, and the frat guys who would rather play a clarinet than a game of beer darts. The people of Penn State did not fulfill the stereotypes. Each person was an indi- Vidual. A pick was not only a senior go- rilla spotting oversized biceps and wearing an old Hula Bowl sweatshirt. A jock could be a six-foot-four-inch linebacker or a four-foot-eight-inch gymnast. Jocks did more than throw footballs. They bounced basketballs. peddled bicycles, threw fris- uq Rob Neal bees and rode horses. There were even uarmchair jocksf whose only red connec- tion to a football game was through a tele- vision screen. and yet they still wore their high school varsity letter, telling the cam- pus of what once was. Greeks were often stereotyped as beer drinking, sexually untamed, party ani- mals. However, many of them joined fra- ternities and sororities for the close friendships they offered or so they could get more involved with campus activities. Who could forget all the money greeks raised for charity? Or better yet, who could forget those annoying white cans on the corner of College and Allen. Penn State was people-thousands of them. Very few were recognizable in a crowd. Some students would recognize Olympic gymnast Terry Bartlett, others would not. Some people would recognize Bro Cope; others would know him only as hlanother one of those preachers? Was this a typical student or just one in a Halloween costume? Who knows. maybe it was that crazy chick- en from San Diego. Who is recognizable at Penn State? The immediate response might be President Bryce Jordan. But Dave Wallace, Uuniorl, knew who was truly recognizable on cam- pus. Does he think Bryce Jordan is a famil- iar face? uBryce who? he quipped. ltls that one ofJo Pals assistant coaches? Joe Paternoathe one PSU person no one could forget. If you did not see himayou were bound to see that lifesize cardboard cutout somewhere on campus. It would have been easy to lose identity among thousands of people but Penn State gave each student the opportunity to ex- press his individuality while getting ac- quainted with others around him. Penn State was a melting pot for just about every . . . no, make that every type of person that wanted to learn in a place nick- named uHappy Valleny Article by-Brenda Laukaitis Layout by-Janet Roman Kathleen Prince These special people were caught in the Cameras eye, while they were being typical members of the not so typical Monty Python Society. PSU People 25