Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

Text from Pages 1 - 188 of the 1984 volume:

Conning Tower Volume 59 Plymouth Stato College- sandwiched between the beautiful Lakes Region of Central New Hampshire and the splendor of the White Mountains in Northern New Hampshire- she is unique and she is home to a rare breed of individual. We are unique, the students, faculty and staff who make up the community that It Plymouth State College. Whether talking over a cup of coffee in the College Union or pouring over books in the Lamson Library, the unspoken, but ever present feeling of spirit is with us- we are proud to be part of such an institution. What Is an Institution? It Is a whole, and a whole Is equal to the sum of its parts. Noboby will deny that Panther Pride football is a major part of what makes us whole. Number one in our division, they display the staunch spirit that is part of all of us; the spirit that makes us all winners............. ... And th« It to much mort, Plymouth State College, she Is that accounting test that you aced, and that bird recognition course that you failed, she's that 8:00 class that you slept through (more than once) and that near all-nighter that lasted til five. Remember lines, well, that's P.S.C. too. Every semester it seems you stood In millions of them. If you weren't in line waiting to get into the PUB, you were waiting at the bookstore, or registration. or worse yet, the cafe. Ah yes, the cafeteria, how many times did you blow it off and go to Jamie's, or have the Dido's man deliver you a house special with no anchovies? How long did it take you to acquire the taste for popcorn, consumed in massive quantities? (no butter, of course.) It seems you couldn't do anything without going broke. How much did you spend on books and supplies this semester? It was improbable, if not im- possible without dropping nearly half a grand. And don't forget tuition prices. If Uncle Sam or Mom and Dad didn't pay, there wouldn't be much left from your summer grocery-bagging Job to pay for entertainment . Weekend entertainment eats up the ol' funds. You head for happy hour at Alpha Theta, or Delta Zeta with a pocketful of quarters and stumble out four hours later, pockets empty and bladder full. Most importantly, Plymouth State College is people. It's the roommate you spent every single hour of the day and night with, as well as the one you had for one week in September whom you finally moved out on. It's the ladies In the cafeteria and the professors in class. It's the girl In your dorm who is friendless and has chosen you as her one and only friend to visit every night. (She's the one who causes you to turn out the lights and pretend you're not in.) Also, it's the floor klepto who goes around stealing every-ones underwear, and your friends who steal your bathrobe and towel while you're in the shower. It's the parties as well as the studying, the weekend late nights as well as the early weekday mornings, the bad times as well as the good times. Plymouth State College, Its OUR college. 4 Top Of The Jocks Homecoming 1983 The Plymouth Players Present Trial By Jury Linda Walters Class of '85 9 HOMECOMING 1983 Floats By A NEW REIGN BEGINS PSC CROWNS WINNERS And That's The Way It Was . . . Homecoming 1983 17 Panther Pride Shines During Homecoming Weekend 18 HOMECOMING WINNERS King Queen: 1 Grafton - Kat© Milek Dean Cherwek 2. Smith - Kelley Gallagher Jeff Rock© 3. Mary Lyon - Jan Colvin Kevin Danie Float: 1 Hall 2. Smith 3. Grafton Honorable Mention Alpha Theta Mary Lyon Banner: 1. Smith 2. Mary Lyon 3. Medieval Round Table Honorable mention Hall Grafton 19 21 zz Other Than Class Outside of the classroom, students find a variety of ways to spend their time. While some choose to study in their rooms, where things seldom get done, others prefer the solitude of the library. However, many students simply like to be with their friends and relax. 23 UlLLLraVLliL; 1'LLLlLL! tit at l £L a iyiiUX ill7 UiaLLllLLL Tailgating at PSC has become synonomous with football. In fact, Saturday morning tailgates are almost as important as the game itself. Why? Because tailgating is a part of college tradition. One look around a typical tailgate shows almost the entire student body gathering in groups by open trunks fully equipped with kegs. The air is usually cold, but no one seems to mind or notice. Woolen mittens warm numb fingers, while an endless supply of beer chase away the rest of the chills. During the game, devoted fans root endlessly at every winning play, while in the parking lot the hearty spirits of loyal tailgaters rise at every distant cheer. Generations of Greeks, fans, athletes and alumni spend their time exchanging stories of hell raising and fun. At times the stories are the same. Some things never change because some things shouldn't change. They simply become a part of tradition. —Anno lacasse— 25 Panthers Division III Champs P.S.C. Captures First-Ever ECAC Title Early in September when the national polls came out. PSC was ranked as high as fourth in Division III. They also received national recognition Sports Illustrated. On October 8 Mass Maritime came back from a 19-0 deficit to defeat PSC 22-19. The Buccan-neers ended Plymouth's 24-game win streak. Plymouth ended the regular season with an 8-2 record. The ECAC then announced that PSC would play Mass. Maritime for the first-ever New England ECAC Division HI championship. The Panthers won the title game over MMA and a season that once seemed lost was found. -taken from The Clock 12 15 83 26 Gridder's Feature Explosive O And Tough D 29 31 Booters Win N.E. Division III Title PSC Soccer Team Ranked 2 In Country Strong offense is one aspect of a Division Champ. Afl eyes ore on the bail as PSC makes its move. Heads-up play like this makes Panthers a success. V' ■ 32 33 34 Clark And Wentworth Both Shine As PSC Soccer Stars . aflikllTD The honors keep piling up for forward Steve Clark of the men's soccer team. The 6-0.185lb.. Cambridge England, native has been named to the Coaches' Ai-American Division H squad for the fourth consesecutive season It is also h $ second straight Frst Team Ai-American selection. Clark is Plymouth State's oil time leading scorer with 96 goals and 31 assists He scored 24 goals this season including four in four playoff games His most productive year was 1982 when the PSC senior scored a record 28 goals ood nine assists m 16 games. Durng his brSant four-year career at the White Mountain College. Clark hos been named to the New Engsond intercollegiate Soccer league All-Star Team four times and was the Most Valuable Player in the 1982 N.E.l S.l. a� -star gome He was Plymouth's Mole Athlete of the Year in 1980. Clark has o«so been named to numerous ali-tournamentoi teams on the indoor soccer circuit, deluding MVP in the 1983 Nike Indoor Tournament and the 1983 Bridgeport Tournament of Champions. Clark is only the second PSC player to be chosen to play m coBege soccer's Senior Bowl, the only all-star bowl gome in college soccer. —taken from Tho Clock 12 15 1983 Freshman forward Missy Wentworth of the women's soccer team was named to the Ai-New England Division I squad The Suffield. Conn., native was the leading scorer for the PSC women booters. who captured the first New England ECAC Division 0 Women’s Soccer Championship with a 5-1 final over Westfield State. Wentworth finished with 13 goals and eight asssts-inciuding a goal and an assist m the ECAC championship game. Wentworth headed a cast of freshman who more than filled the need for points-scoring 28 of the Panthers' 39 goals this season Missy played high school soccer for Suffietd. Conn., where she led the Wildcats to a record of 11-4-1 and a trip to the semi-fmais m the Connecticut state soccer tournament Missy combined with Deb lownds. who now starts on the front me for PSC. for over 40 goals in their senior year. “I feel that it's marvelous that Missy received this award. says head coach Janet Ne . She's a very deserving player with a bright future We look forward to more success for Missy and the women's soccer team.'' Women Boosters Grab Title Lady Panthers Rated 1 In New England Despite the loss ot three top scorers from 1982. the addition of a new coaching staff and a rash of late season injuries, the P$C women s soccer team posted a brilliant 11-3-2 record and captured history's first ECAC Division III New Englond Championship with a convincng 5-1 victory over Westfield State PSC racked up a seven-game unbeaten streak midway through the season and was unbeaten m its final five gomes to finish as the number one Division ■ team in New England It was such a thril to wri thus championship. said ttfst-year head cooch Janet Nell The girls hod to face od-versity oi year long, but they adapted to every situation In the championship gome they rose to the occasion to beat a fme Westfield State team in gustmg winds and pour rig rain' The lody Panther's key to success was the combination of a veteran defense and a freshman scoring punch 36 In the heot of the action, Deena Martinelli picks her next play. Sharon Chapman executes fancy moves on opponent. Team picture displays winning smiles, or is that smiles of winners? Lady Panthers take control during rough action SOCCER University of Vermont Salve Regma University of Mass Costiefon State Keene State Bowdin Dartmouth UNH Lyndon State M ddlebury 8oston College New Hampshire College Curry Colby Boston University Westfield State Season Record 11-3-2 OPP 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 37 PSC Field Hockey Selected To N.E. ECAC Tourney Loses Tough Game To W.P.I. The PSC field hockey team bounced back from a dismal record last season to come within one game of winning record in 1983. Coach Dot Diehl's Lady Panthers finished 1983 with an 8-9 record but more importantly showed promise for years to come. We were a very young team. says Diehl. “But we improved with every game we played. The Panthers will be losing only three seniors in tri-captain midfielders Jenny Davis, Cheryl McDonald and Joan Smith. Freshman played a very important role for the young PSC squad. Along with Cindy In-gerson, Nancy Simonaitis was a standout performer in Panther goals. One of the highlights of the season was being selected to the New England ECAC Division III tournament. PSC lost a tough game to Worcester Polytechnical Institute 1-0 in the semifinals. J8 - Taken From The Clock Miss PSC of 1984 was Jaqualynn Clark, a sophomore elementary education major and a sister of Kappa Sigma Phi. The Miss Psc contest was sponsored by Delta Zeta and was held at Silver Hall on March 3, 1984. The contestants were judged in four categories: swimsuit, talent, evening gown and interviews by the judges. Jackie won the swimsuit contest, first runner-up. Marie Fag-nant, the talent contest receiving an award of $75. Crystal Longus, second runner-up was awarded $50. Kelly Jungk received the “Miss Congeniality award. 44 B Darien© Salter Wendy-Sue Waite 45 Photos by Mike Silverwood Snowed In At PSC 3-14-84 Twenty inches of snow dropped a few weeks before spring, giving PSC its first snow day in twenty years. Students took the free day to sleep late, watch game shows, shovel out their cars, throw snow balls or build snow sculptures that were left for the imagination from the brown winter carnival. Though ‘the college was blanketed with silence for March 14, by the 15th the roads were cleared and life resumed as normal. The only regret was that the “snow day occurred on a Wednesday. It could have helped a lot of us out after a typically late Thursday night. 46 Brian Mercer Plymouth State Men Hoopters Post 8-15 Record In 1983-84 50 Freshman Doug Peterson Division III Rookie Of The Year High-scoring freshman center Doug Peterson of the men's basketball team culminated an outstanding season by being selected ECAC New England Division III Rookie of the Year. The 6-6. 225-pound Madison. Conn., native finished among the NCAA Division III leaders in both scoring and rebounding. “This is a great honor.” says Peterson. “Winning ECAC Rookie of the Year was sort of an unspoken goal for me. I had a lot of fun this past season ans hopefully we'll be able to attain a winning record for next season. I'd like to improve on my rebounding and defense.” During his record breaking rookie season, the rugged Peterson scored over 30 points six times and failed to score 20 points only five times in 23 games. Women Cagers Finish 13-10 In '83-84 Team Looks To Next Year 52 It was a longshot at best, but the vision of an EC AC Div. Ill playoff berth vanished Thursday when the women's basketball team dropped a 74-46 season finale contest to talented Keene State at the John Foley Gym. A victory over the Owls would have given the PSC women's team a 14-9 record and an outside chance of being chosen to participate in the regional playoffs. We actually felt that we needed to win our final three games but that a win over Keene would have enhanced our chances somewhat.'' said PSC head coach Bonnie Foley. Overall it was a good season and we beat all the teamd we should have except for 'Colby-Sawyer.” The loss gave the Panthers a final record of 13-10 including a 13-5 mark against Div. LLL opponents. 53 Hockey Team Has Disappointing Se Hucksters Finish i It was a season of disappointment for the 1983-84 Plymouth State CoHege ice hockey team The Panther icemen were outscored by an 85-54 margin en route to a disappointing 5-12 record. We were very close to being a real good team. says PSC head coach Dave Webster. We lost eight one or two goal games. Despite the heroics of sophomore goaltender George Soares, defense was a major problem for the young Ponther team. Soares was often spectacular in net averaging over 41 saves per game and made 708 total saves on the season while playing every minute of all 17 games. Senior co-coptain Mike Moore led the team in scoring with 13 goals and 10 assists. Junior Duncan Walsh hod six goals ond 10 assists and freshman forword Bruce Andrews added four goals and eight assists Moore. Walsh and Andrews all played on the high-scoring PSC first line -Token from The Clock 55 Men's And Women's Ski Team Both Teams Have Great Season 56 57 Grapplers Turn Around Season Finish With 10-11 Record It was two seasons in one for head coach Jim Aguiar and the wrestling team. After finishing the first semester action with a 3-8 record the Panthers came on strong to win seven of their last ten meets and turn what could have been a disastrous season into a good one. One of the expected strengths at the beginning of the season was the talented corp of upperclassmen, but the Panthers ended the year with just two seniors and two juniors on the squad. :lt was a surprising season because we were looking for a strong showing from our veterans and for a variety of reasons our kids had to be ready,” said Aguiar, whose team finished at 10-11. This was our first losing season in quite awhile, but all things considered, it still has to be viewed as a good year. 58 59 Tfffff'lL K JE w h o s W h o sues NO DELIVERycma SlROmBOLI Who's Who In Plymouth The people of Plymouth. New Hampshire. We see them everyday as we walk to classes, or browse downtown. Their faces become familiar as we recognize them on sight and exchange friendly smiles. It is because of these very people that we feel comfortable, as if we belong. They are the main reason why we. as students, have grown to recognize Plymouth for four years as our second home. 63 V,. A Hot, Lazy, Spring Afternoon S.O., This Is Reality? Tubing Memories . . . BY SHEILA O'NEIL Clock Features Editor The Real People crew filmed my friends and I several times during the Tubing Regatta '82. Understandably so, we were a sight to see. The 20 tire tubes and thin wood slabs slapped on them did not possess the strength to sustain the weight of eight guys, three girls, and two coolers. The raft descended, as if something from the murky bottom of the Baker River was sucking it to a watery grave. We watched in dismay as the raft sunk several inches and freezing water seeped up to our calves. Spread out! someone on the 6 x 8 raft yelled. We separated and our “yacht ascended an inch. I teetered with one foot on a wooden plank, the other on a protruding tube. We were in the race again. Two guys stood on each side of our raft, jammed tall, thick branches into the floor of Baker, then leaned into it, advancing our ship forward. I vacated my vantage point, walked gingerly to one of the coolers and eased my bottom onto it. Now that I was not fearful for my life, I gazed down the river at our competition. There were hundreds and hundreds of them. Some sat in inner tubes roped together to keep their group from separating; others glided across the water in rafts decorated with banners, tubes, toilets, and countless coolers. The air buzzed with sounds of splashing water, shrill laughter, and outbursts of shouting. The guys on our raft began yelling. “Beer Stop! as we rounded a corner. I looked over at Beer Stop One on a sloping bank. Several rafts and dozens of abandoned tubes were docked on the sand. A multitude of tubers flocked around a keg. The “drivers on our raft trotted from one side of the ship to the other. “Help us steer! one of them cried. I kneeled onto the wet wood, leaned forward, plunged my hands into the icy water, nd pushed at the water from right to left. All occupants on the raft followed suit, and soon we were heading in the direction of Beer Stop One. Several guys abandoned our ship when we were 10 feet from the water's edge. They yelped from the shock of the cold water and waded to the shore. They were gulping cups of Genessee Cream Ale by the time we docked. My soaked sneakers squeaked and water squelched from them as I bounded on the sand to the keg. I drained a cup of warm beer then followed my friends to the raft. Together we pushed it “out to sea and set out once again. Approximately 21 2 hours later, we reached the finish line. We were wet, sunburned, tired and drunk — and I've never had as much fun as I did during Tubing Regatta '82. 66 PSC Baseball Team Ranked 9th 69 PSC Womens Softball Holds Winning Recorc PSC Ranked 11th Out Of 29 Teams PSC Net women Post 2-8 Record It was a season of frustration and inexperience for the young women's tennis team. Coach Louise McCormack's Lady Panthers started strong and won two of their first three meets. But PSC then PSC competed against the likes of Bates, Bowdoin, Middle-bury and other strong programs during the remainder of its schedule and dropped its last seven contests to finish 2-8. We were very young team and it showed,” said McCormack. Our top players were all underclassmen and they took some lumps. But they gained valuable experience ane should all improve for next season.” Sophomore Wendy Johnson was the season's number one seed and showed improvement against the best players in New England Division III ranks. Other top singles players included second-ranked freshman Kim Latshaw, third ranked freshman Ann Foster, fourth-ranked captain Ruth Calhoun, fifth-ranked senior Amy Burns and senior Amy Phillips. Probably the most positive factor for the PSC netwomen was the play of the top-ranked doubles team of sophomores Nancy Gehrung and Lydia White, who posted a 5-4 record including a 3-1 mark against Granite State opponents. The second ranked doubles team of junior Aimee Abbruzzese and freshman Joni Picher also performed well. Rounding out the team were sophomores Hiliary Collmer and Linda Squatrito and freshman Eileen Libbey. 74 75 PSC Men's Lacrosse 77 Lax Women Finish With 8-3 Record 79 PSC Rugby Team Wins Moisen Tourney 81 The Hearts Of A Panther BY THE HOUNS This week I will be focusing on the most beautiful team on the PSC campus. The Plymouth State Cheerleaders. We have all seen them whenever we attend a football game. Usually whenever we go to a game we at least offer a passing glance towards the graceful artistic team of delightful dolls passionately patroling the perimeter of the playing feild. Who are they? What are they doing? Why are they there? They are all students at PSC. Currently the squad consists of eleven girls. They are led by co-captains Lise Paul and Wendy Campbell. The remainder of the squad are Jill Berlin. Kathy Bourgeios. Kim Burbank. Renee Cashin. Lisa Cripps. Michele Desprez. Liz Mackey, Jane McCoy and Robin Pascal. The team would welcome male tryouts, but it appears that no male on camous is interested. What they do is build the spirit of not only the footbll team but also the faithful followers. They do this by performing a numger of cheers and dances (some brillianltly choreographed) that is enough to get the most unomveing player or spectator totally involved. According to the three year veteran of the team Jane McCoy. We try to psych the team up. Our primary purpose is to help the players optimize their performance. Do they succeed? Is what they do beneficial to the players? I spoke with a couple of football players and their reply was all the same. A resounding YES. Lineman Stu Holthouser, they definately help. Just their presence at games fires us up. Their cheering is great. I was surprised when I learned that the cheerleaders suffer from lack of funding. They are allocated some money from the Student Senate, but it is never enough to cover their expenses for the year. When I talked to them they were down to their last twinty bucks with three games to be played on the road still. Wake up Senate. Do you want the girls to faint from lack of food on some God forsaken place such as Castine. Maine, or drop dead (heaven forbid) at Buzzard's Bay? I was also surprised whin al discovered that there was no coach for the team. The team runs itself! When you consider how hard and how long they practice it becomes very inspiring. They practice every day at least as long, usually longer, than the football team. Talk about discipline. I wonder how many members of the football team would practice if Coach Cottone and his coaching staff was not there to push them. Consider this: every girl on the team loves cheering. The level of cheering is really high. This weekend they have prepared a delightful half-time routine, choreographed to the song You Dropped A Bomb on Me. Why don't we turn out en masse and give 3000 cheers to our cheerleaders; they deserve it. 82 Faces In The Crowd Lambda Chi 86 Omega Omicron Phi Beta Upsilon Kappa Delta Phi 66 lota Delta Chi 89 90 K S a i p g p m a a P h i Tau Omega The Clock 91 Student Senate 92 J.D. Board P.A.C.E. 93 S.A.M. Society For The Advancement Of Management The American Marketing Association 94 National Association Of Accounting N.A.B.E. National Association Of Business Economics Model United Nations Political Science Club Debate Team 97 s t u d e n t Orientation Leaders 98 Kappa Delta Pi 99 Foreign Language 100 International Students x Plymouth Players Student Art Association 101 102 The Pub Staff £01 qnio 6uito 6u|P!|0 6udh y Medieval Guild Psychology Association 104 Church Of Latter Day Saints 105 Tae Kwon Do Intramurals Men's Rugby PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CENTER FLOOR w c e I i u 9 b h t f t n g 107 Athletic Trainers Game Officials 108 Cheerleaders 109 r kh r no Ill NOBEL PRIZE — The 1983 Nobel Peace Prize was won by Polish labor leader Lech Walesa, who was prevented from leaving Poland to accept the award personally. His wife and son accepted it for him in Oslo. Nonway. MONEY MACHINES — Banking continued to change as more and more people began to use automatic tellers to handle their financial transactions. TOP ENTERTAINER — Videos Beat It and Say. Say. Say. along with the year's 1 LP and movie short Thriller, confirmed Michael Jackson as 83's top entertainer. BEIRUT BOMBING — On October 23. the U.S. Marine headquarters at Beirut International Airport was leveled by a truck bomb, killing 218 Marines. AP WIDE WORLD PHOTO SPACE FIRST -Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black in space with his flight aboard the Challenger in September. RIDE. SALLY. RIDE — The first five-member crew of the space shuttle Challenger included Sally Ride, first woman in space. John M. Fabian. Commander Robert Crippen. Norman Thagard. and Frederick Hauck. 111 MEN OF THE YEAR I ▼ 1 MEN OF THE YEAR — President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov were named Time’s Men of the Year. Andropov died in February, after being absent from the public eye for several months. SHAPING UP — Actress Jane Fonda promoted the videotaped version of her popular exercise program. Aerobics and working out became a part of even more Americans' lives. MOST VALUABLE — Baltimore Orioles catcher Rick Dempsey hugged pitcher Scott McGregor after the Orioles beat the Philadelphia Phillies to win the 1983 World Series. BREAK DANCING — The popularity of break dancing, and a related dance form called popping, grew among those interested in new ways to strut their stuff. BOWIE S BACK — After a v five-year layoff, rock star David Bowie resurfaced with tours in Europe and the U.S.. two films, an album, and video. KOREAN FLIGHT 007 — A Korean jumbo passenger jet was shot down by the Soviets after it strayed into Soviet airspace. All 269 people aboard were killed. NOBEL PRIZE — The 1983 Nobel Peace Prize was won by Polish labor leader Lech Walesa, who was prevented from leaving Poland to accept the award personally. His wife and son accepted it for him in Oslo. Norway. MONEY MACHINES — Banking continued to change as more and more people began to use automatic tellers to handle their financial transactions. TOP ENTERTAINER — Videos Beat It and Say. Say. Say, along with the year's 1 LP and movie short Thriller. confirmed Michael Jackson as '83's top entertainer. BEIRUT BOMBING — On October 23. the U.S. Marine headquarters at Beirut International Airport was leveled by a truck bomb, killing 218 Marines. AP WIDE WORLD PHOTO SPACE FIRST-Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black in space with his flight aboard the Challenger in September. RIDE. SALLY. RIDE — The first five-member crew of the space shuttle Challenger included Sally Ride, first woman in space, John M. Fabian. Commander Robert Crippen. Norman Thagard. and Frederick Hauck. zzzz KOREAN FLIGHT 007 — A Korean jumbo passenger jet was shot down by the Soviets after it strayed into Soviet airspace. All 269 people aboard were killed. MEN OF THE YEAR MEN OF THE YEAR — President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov were named Time's Men of the Year. Andropov died in February, after being absent from the public eye for several months. SHAPING UP — Actress Jane Fonda promoted the videotaped version of her popular exercise program. Aerobics and working out became a part of even more Americans' lives. MOST VALUABLE — Baltimore Orioles catcher Rick Dempsey hugged pitcher Scott McGregor after the Orioles beat the Philadelphia Phillies to win the 1983 World Series. BREAK DANCING — The popularity of break dancing, and a related dance form called popping, grew among those interested in new ways to strut their stuff. BOWIE'S BACK — After a five-year layoff, rock star David Bowie resurfaced with tours in Europe and the U.S.. two films, an album, and video. The Model United Nations Each year the Model United Nations invites students from a number of high schools to participate in a simulated United Nations conference. Members of the organization direct the visiting students in gorming committees to represent the various countries within the U.N. The committees then meet to devise their own solutions to current international problems. the Model U.N. not only organizes the events once the students arrive at PSC. they coordinate aspect of the program including inviting the high schools to participate and finding housing for the students. The organization also recruits individuals to act as U.N. police officers for the weekend. The Model U.N. is the oldest organization on campus and was the first of its kind in the U.S. It was formed shortly after the United Nations as a method of keeping students informed about world events. Medieval Roundtable Guild The Medieval Rountable Guild is embarking on its first full academic year. They are a student organization whose goals, objectives, and activities center around the life, culture, and times of the middle ages. This was clearly evident during the Homecoming ”83-84 as their royal king and queen candidates were driven by pony and cart followed by an 11th century style castle. The Guild is proud of its achievement of being the only student organization to win a trophy, and of placing third in the banner competition. This marks the first year that the Guild has participated in Homecoming. 118 120 1 LtLL.aS: liUrLLV - bllli ®B1E 121 bUliHLiVU 122 lUli liliLaiLLi.il VliUlilL 123 Plymouth Players Behind The Scenes 124 The Company On Tour 126 127 128 While stuffing egg salad Into rolls, my mother, who was preraring for a bridal shower party talked in slightly hushed tones to my father, who was mixing tuna salad for her. She was proud of her layout of goodies she was making. Everything was placed carefully on platters, as attractively as possible. Looking down upon the cookies and finger sandwiches, I was reminded of the June Taylor Dancers from The Jackie Gleason Show. We would always watch the show on Sunday nights while at my grandparent's in Maine. All of June's dancers would lay in a circle on the floor, heads touching, and kick their legs up and down, back and forth. My mother went to a lot of trouble making those little sandwiches with no crusts look like the June Taylor dancers. You know, I thought to myself, if this were a Plymouth party, she would never dare go to this much trouble. Nobody goes to any trouble for a Plymouth party. It's unwritten law. Should anyone actually go to any trouble for a party in Plymouth, and lay out snacks and ashtrays, vacuum the carpet and put out extra seating, they are sure to be rewarded with a Mary Tyler Moore (or is it Mary Richards?) party where everyone sits around contemplating their shoelaces . . . It's in the stars. Should you want to throw a successful Plymouth State College party, let me give you a few guidelines to follow. After five years at Plymouth, and as a veteran of countless parties, I feel that I am qualified to make suggestions to you on what works and what does not. Rule 1: Never make the apartment or dorm room look like you planned anything special. There are exceptions to this rule, such as the Theme party. You generally want the unsuspecting guest who happens upon your party by accident to believe that you are holding nothing special. These fifty other people here just stopped in, and your company is so riveting that they just couldn't leave. Do be sure, however, to turn bookcases toward the wall and nail down or hide anything you don't want guests to take with them. I once had a Sony Walkman at my apartment that was not hidden well. A box sealed with tape and hidden under the couch just isn't good enough I guess. One of my gracious guests thought I wanted him to take it with him, and proceded to do so. Luckily for me, two days later at his party, I found it under the cushion of the chair I was sitting in. Oh. he said nervously, eyes darting back and forth, your roommate told me I could borrow that. Thanks very much. Rule 2: Don't believe anything your guests tell you when they try to leave with your belongings. Rule 3: Make sure word gest around that you're having a party, but don't appear overanxious. Your guests won't appear until an hour after you would have liked them, but don't worry. To make up for this, they won't leave until two hours after you would have liked them to. Make sure there are a handful of good, popular people there early. These are people you're using to keep your other guests from leaving before the party gets started. There's nothing worse than going to a party fashionabally late, only to find a room with only two people present; the host and the girl who wants to consume the refrigerator and compare grade-point averages. Rule 4: Turn up the stereo real loud so that people are forced to try to talk over it. This is a Playmouth party must. I don't really agree with it. but this has it's funny moments. When a song ends and everyone stops talking except the one lone guy who looks up to see everyone laughing at him. talking loudly in the silence about some dumb subject. How about theme parties you may ask? Well, a good rule of thumb here is to pass out invitations and get the responses far in advance. I once went to a Halloween party where only six people showed up. It was held out-of-state, so everyone showed up fairly early and out of costume. We had a great time catching up on each others lives and talking untH our hostess suddenly demanded we get into costume. There we were, all six of us sitting around in costume and feeling like idiots, players in a sketch from Saturday Night Live. The party instantly died. To top it off. our host followed rule number 4, turned up the stereo, and there we sat, sitting around looking dumb, a cowgirl, a pair of Crayola crayons. Buckwheat, a hobo, and Miss Nebraska, not talking, and being sung at by Huey lewis. Needless to say, it wasn't a positive experience. Now remember, being a party host involves a bit of responsibility. You must perform your simple set-up. you must foot the initial beverage bill, you must chase after guests, both invited and uninvited to get their money, and you must be prepared to clean up, pro-babally alone. Undoubtedly, your roommate will sleep elsewhere, have to go home before you get up, or have to spend the hours he thinks it will take you to clean the entire place in the library. Okay all you hearty soles out there, I pass on the Plymouth legacy of holding parties to you. Go out and do it, but please, for your sake, make it look like you weren't planning anything special. by Kevin Danie 130 When you think of college” what do you think of? Parties? Classes? Grades? Papers? Diets? Yes. diets. I'll bet that everyone of you reading this article has been on one sort of diet or another over the course of your years in college. It might have been a diet to gain weight or to lose it; maybe you were just trying to eat the right sorts of food to increase muscle bulk. Regardless of the desired outcome, it was a diet. I have spent my entire life on a diet, and my years in college were no exception. Mine was always a lose weight” sort of diet. Strangely enough, though, up until the age of four or five, I was thin. In an Italian family, thin is a sin. (Did I just write something that stupid?) Being thin is a fate worse than death, a slap in the face, not to the thin person—but to the family. What kind of good Italian Mama would have a thin daughter? Didn't she feed her family well? Couldn't she afford to? Besides being an indication of prosperity, food to the Italian is a sign of friendship, of hospitality, of love. To not offer a guest some sort of food is poor manners enough; to decline an offer of food is downright rude. So anyway, here I was, the first born and thin. Dr. Gatapano came to my family's rescue, however, and prescribed some sort of tonic. So desperate was the situation that I think he even made a housecall. Don't ask me what the tonic was (especially those of you who have been on diets to gain weight), but its effect was nothing short of miraculous. As my father is so fond of saying, That tonic made her start to eat— and she hasn't stopped since!” Har, har. har. There is a direct correlation between overeating and dieting. Isn't it always the case, you binge one day and diet like crazy the next? The best thing about dieting in college is that you have all these fellow dieters to binge and diet like crazy with. Oh the comaraderie! We'd all sit together in the cafeteria, my fellow dieters and I, and moan about all the starch in the tuna noodle casserole or all the breading and oil on the chicken. We'll take small servings to cut down.” we'd decide. And, pleased with the way we'd dieted so well throughout dinner, we'd reward ourselves with an ice cream cone on the way out. Fortification for the long walk home, I guess. Back in the dorm it wasn't much better, I began each day with Tab” and Dexatrim” in an effort to avoid the Fatal Freshman Fifteen (and eventually the Sophomore. Junior, and Senior Fifteens). Of course, each day managed to end with pizza from Dido's or a sub from 174 or, horror of horrors, hot air popcorn without butter, if I was in a real diet mood or lacked the funds for anything better. So, the diets failed more often than not. What is the next logical step when the diet fails? EXERCISE, of course! Why is it that enthusiasm and dedication to an exercise program last about as long as it takes to read this paragraph? Real dieting, or should I say the real need to diet, always hit me when the Mary Lyon Beach opened for business. Summer is ever dieters inspiration, isn't it? You dream of bathing suits in March or April and decide, Oh God! I am so fat! Then, because tomorrow will be your D-day” (that is diet language for Diet day”), you make one last” trip to Jaime's,” a final fling before you get down to some heavy duty dieting. To me, summer meant more than just bathing suits, however. I always ended each year not much fatter, but certainly no thinner than the year before. Then, I packed my car and headed home to my Italian family. You're not a fat; you're just a chub,” ( chub” means chubby in accented English) they'd say when I moaned that I needed to lose weight. Have a some more spaghet,” ( Spaghet” equals spaghetti) they'd insist when I declined a second serving. Do you want a some pitz?” ( Pitz”=pizza) they'd offer while I tried to eat a salad. All this because they love me?!?! So, I succumb to temptation. I say I'm just a chub.” I eat spaghet” and pitz” and long for the day when I can return to Plymouth State and go on a real diet. Darn that tonic inventor and Dr. Catapano for giving it to me in the first place. Have I mentioned that all my problems are that dumb old tonic's fault? m Vuarnet, Ralph Lauren, Foster Grant . . . I hadn't planned on becoming involved in the latest sunglasses fad when I purchased my Bolles'. Sure I had noted on my daily jaunts around PSC that there was an abundance of expensive, colorful and unusual specs, but I didn't expect to buy my way in. I simply wanted a high-quality, durable pair of sunglasses. I found THE perfect pair downtown. They're the latest in negative-glare technology from France; leather flaps on each side of the black frame assure that no piercing sun rays would enter from the corners; black elastic attatched to the flaps allowed the wearer to hang the specs from his neck. Twenty dollars for a pair of sunglasses I'll probably sit on? I screamed at the salesman, while the price tag swayed from the nosepiece. The salesman countered enthusiastically. Well hey, all the college kids are wearing them. I resigned a twenty dollar bill to him and muttered, “I don't care about that. I don't get into the latest fads. As I left the store, a student wearing a pair of Vuar-nets passed by. I don't care if everyone is wearing them. I mumbled, then placed the attractive Bolles' onto my face. I don't care, really. I walked off into the sunlight smiling. Right kiddo. —Sheila O'Neil 132 134 135 MOCI Seniors Soaked Branch Brook usually conjures up images of blue skies, milling crowds, flowing kegs and lanky dogs wearing blue and white bandanas leaping at floating frisbees. This was not the case for the 1984 Senior Picnic held at Branch Brook. Hard driving rains compressed this year's crowd of 200 or better underneath a large tent that seemed postage stamp size in relation to the surrounding grounds. Spirits were high under the soggy canvas as seniors and underclassmen partied and danced in muddy, spongy sneakers to the pop sounds of Susan and the Touchtones. A slap on the back should go to all who organized the picnic and participated. It was a great success despite the soaking. —Brian Mercer 137 138 139 140 Elizabeth Abraham BA Undeclared James Adams BS Business Administration Edward Adamsky BS Business Administration Management Sara Aldrich BS Business Administration Management Douglas Anderson BS Business Administration Management Karen Anderson BS Office Administration Debra Applebee BS Office Administration Jane Austin BA Psychology 142 Kristen Bailey B$ Business Administration Marketing Cymantha Ballou BS Business Admininstratlon Management Kenneth Barlow BS Atmospheric Science Unda Barnett BS Business Administration Marketing Usa Barnett BS Office Administration Susan Barowskl BS Secretarial Business Administration Carol Bean BS Geography Vincent Bell BS Accounting 143 Polly Benelll Loallo Blrtell BA English Nichole Bltroa BS Math-Actuarial Jennifer Blakemen BS Comprehensive Business Education Rosemary Blattenberger BS Accounting Donna Bouln BS Business Administration Management Laurie Bonin BS Business Administration Management Loula Boa 144 Karen Bourque Timothy Bowen BS Business Administration Mark eting David Boyan BS Business Administration Management Jim Britton Deborah Brown BS Business Administration Management Jeffrey Brown BS Public Management Leesa Burke BS Accounting Amy Burnt BS 145 Catherine Bush BS Business Administration Marketing Michael Bychok Ufa Cagglano BS Business Admlnlstration Morketing Ruth Calhoun BA Psychology Michelle Canning BS Business Administration Management Karen Carey BS Psychology Mental Health Ellen Carlton BS Business Administration Marketing Karen Carter BS Office Administration 146 Undo Carter Thea Carter Renee Cashln Julie Anne Catland Robin Caton Albert Chabot BS Business Administration Monogement Leslie Chaloux BS Business Administration Management Janice Chapman 147 Elizabeth Chat BS Office Administration Tina Chlpman BS Elementary Education Ann Marie Claraldl BA Political Science Cathl Clottl BS Comprehensive Business Education Marilyn Cobb BA Psychology Gall Coderre David Cohen BS Business Administration Management Janet Colvin BS Business Administration Management 148 Linda Cooper Kimberly Coppo Patricia Corrigan B$ Business Administration Management Melanie Corriveau B$ Comprehensive 8usines$ Education John Costla BS Karen Cote BS Office Administration Thea Coutu Donna Cuevas Business Administration Marketing 149 Cynthia Cummings BS Art Education Winifred Cummins Deborah Currier 8S Elementary Education Lynn Currier Steve Cuthbertson BA Political Science Kevin Danle 8S Liberal Arts Art Stephen Darling BS Business Admoistration Management Timothy Dauphlnals 8$ Accounting 150 Jennifer Davit BS Physical Education Usa Depaulo BS Elementary Education James Deproflo BS Physical Education Donna Dlnola BS Steven Doran BS Business Admlnlstration Marketing Jennifer Doyle BS Elementary Education Christine Driscoll Business Morketing Thomas Dupree BS Physical Education 151 Tamarah Durett BS Business Administration Marketing Judith Dutton BA English Susan Edwards BS Comprehensive Business Education Anno Eovlne BS Business Administration Morketing James Enos BS Christopher Eskeland BS Social Science: Puttfc Management Cary Farley Deborah Fawcett BS Psychology Donna Fennell BS Business Administration Monogement Sonia Fogg-Harrls BS Health Education William Fortier BA Liberal Arts Engish Susan Fradette BS Elementary Education 152 - Andrea Fraser BS Business Administration Marketing Sheryl Oangloff BS Business Administration Management Vickv Qaudetf BS Business Administration Management Qregory Gay BS Accounting Donna Olio Joel Glnsburg BS Business Administration Management Mlchoel Golden berg BS Physical Education John Gordon BS Social Science Education 153 Dan Gorham BS Physical Education Margaret Gor� kl BS Business Administration Management Brenda Gosselln BS Physical Education Michael Oouldenberg Gregory Orant BS Interdisciplinary Ann Oulley Susan Gupttll BS Art Education Stacey Hallas 154 John Hanrlght Elizabeth Hansell 8$ Elementary Education Vicky Harding Brenda Harmon BS Business Administration Management Thomas Haydock BS Business Administration Marketing Kimberly Hewitt BS Physical Education Sheila Hlngst BS Business Administration Management Susan Hosmer BS Anthropology Sociology 155 Robocca Howard BS Elementary Education Julio Hucklns Tammy Hur$t Francis Jofforson Paula Jonson BS Business Administration Morketing Karon Jossoman BS Elementory Education David Johnson BS Business Administration Marketing Dlano Johnson BS Art Education 156 Gretchen Johnson B S Business Administrotion Management Jamieson Jones BS Business Administration Management Lisa Kattar BS Elementary Education Cynthia Kecy BA Liberal Arts Art Phyllis Keddy Patricia Kennedy BS Liberal Arts Music Lee Ann Kennlston BS Mathematics Educotion Paul Kllkin BS Business Administration Management 157 Jennlter Kllmurray BS Physical Education (Non-Credit) Edward Kinney BS Interdisciplinary Kristen Knotts Andrew Knight BA Psychology Mark Knowles BS Business Administration Management Richard Kopp BS Business Administration Management Deborah Lach BS Art Education John Lachapelle BS Business Administration Management 158 Steven Lalner BS Business Administration Mangement Jeffrey Lamb BS Business Administration Marketing Dwight Langendorfer BS Physical Education Denise Lavlgne Paul Lefebvre BS Natural Science: Atmospheric Science David Lenoue Glenn Levesque BA History Frances Lewis BS Interdisciplinary 159 Nancy Libby Laurie Lund BS Business Administration Management Debbie Lunt Richard Mac Donald 8A English Education David Magee Kelly Magoon BS Elementary Education Nancy Margeson BS Art Education Grace Marino BS Spanish Education 160 Donna Mayhow BS English Education Anno Mccluro Kathloon McDonald BA Liberal Arts Engish Uta Mckonna Patricia Mcklnnoll BA Psychology Larry Moado BA Liberal Arts Blology Brian Morcor BA English Wanda Morrill BS Elementary Education 161 Robert Meyer Cindy Mlgneault BS Elementary Education Susan Milne BS Business Adrrtnistration Marketing John Mlndnlch BS Business Administration Management Theodore Moccla BS Physical Education Donald Montana BA Psychology Robin Moore BA Liberal Arts English Debby Moores BS Accounting Kimberly Morrison BS Business Administration Management Susan Morrison BA Bachelor of Fine Arts Lianne Mulcahy BS Business Administration Management Corena Munroe BA Psychology 162 Lynn Murphy BS Accounting Wendy Nelson Money Neverett BS Elementray Education Susan Nlzlak BS Elementary Education Ida NoheJI Interdisc ipkvary Michael Nolln BS Business Administration Management Krishna Nordholm BS Business Adminlstrat ion Mark eting George Ortiz 163 Megan O’Sullivan BS Interdiscipinary Oary Oswald BS Peter Otis BS Natural Science: Environmental Biology Devon Parchment BS Business AdmWstration Marketlng Jess Pauley Steve Pelletier Robin Peringer BS Art Education Patti Perkins BS Business Admlnistration Marketing 164 Terri Perkins David Perrotfa BS Business Administration Management Suzett Pettenglll BS Anthropology Socioiogy Amy Phillips BS Colleen Picard Linda Plnkham BS Interdisciplinary Jane Poulin BS Accounting Thomas Provost BS Business Administration Management 165 Stephen Quigley BA Mec evol Studies Christine Qulmby BS Elementary Education Oary Rablnovttz BS Physical Education Lori Randall BS Master Education Chris Rasmussen BA Biology Judith Rehm BS Mathematics Education Susan Rlcd Dana Ricker BS Accounting 166 David Roberts III BS Business Admir tration Marketing Unda Roberts BS Elementary Education Sheila Roberts BS Business Administration Management Wesley Roblchaud BS Business Administration Management Jeffrey Rocke BS Physical Education Patricia Saltzer BS Environmental Biology Kathy Sampson BA Liberal Arts Art Lloyd Sanborn BS Interdisciplinary 167 Scott Sanborn BA Liberal Arts Sponish Thomas Sanborn BS Music Education Traci Saulnler BS Accounting Thomas Savage BS Music Education Brenda Schuster BA English David Segal 8S Business Administration Management Sally Sharpe BS Interdisciplinary James Sinclair BS Business Adminlstration Morketing if Janet Skinner BS Accounting Joan Smith BA Liberal Arts Art Michael Smith BS Business Administration Marketing Russell Smith Business Administration Management Richard Stanley BS Business Administration Management Michael Stazzone BS Business Administration Marketing Scott Stevens BS business Administration Marketing Patricia Styles BS Elementary Education 169 Scott Taylor BS Social Science: Geography Gwendolyn Titus BS Business Administration Management Kathleen Todd BS Elementary Education James Torres BS Business Administration Management Pamela Troy BA Liberal Arts English Michael Turcl Donna Turner BS Physical Education Terry Turner BS Business Administration Marketing 170 Dana Turskl Christine Tyler Anne Uhlman Lynne Uhlman Steven Underwood BS Business Administration Marketing Peter Vajda BS Physical Education William Van Antwerp BS Business Administration Management Christine Van Uden BS Physical Education 171 William Vein Laura Vincent WendySue Waite Karen Walsh Ann Marie Ward Kathleen Ward Catherine Watson Jonathan Wentworth 172 Shari White Kim Whitworth Denial Wlllatt Usa Williams Scott Williams Carol Wlsda John Worthan Mary YankaJtls Sansola Lilly Y Christopher Young 173 Graduation Day The Class Of '84 Graduation day is a time for remembering the time spent here. Leaving a place we've dared to call home for four years, we step out into the real world. Saying goodbye to people we've called our family, we approach a new place filled with strange and unfamiliar faces. Saying good-bye is sad; looking ahead is fearful' and graduating is fulfilling. We've finally achieved the point to sit back and give a sigh of relief and then shout, We've made it! 175 176 177 178 179 theT Kmi. PEMIGEWASSET NATIONAL BANK PLYMOUTH. WEST PLYMOUTH and CAMPTON. NH MEMBER FDIC Hardware Centers • Servistar Hardware, Main St. 536-2151 • Truevalue Hardware, Hatch Plaza 536-3838 Congratulations To The Class Of 1984 RICHELSON'S OF PLYMOUTH, N.H. One Of New Hampshire's Finer Specialty And Ski Shops Since 1922 Compliments of Plymouth Guaranty Savings Bank “The One Bank For All Your Financial Needs” Plymouth—536-1272 Lincoln—745-22! 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