Radford University - Beehive Yearbook (Radford, VA)

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Moving in during the first days of school can be rather exhausting, so this student has decided to take a break from it all. Now that she’s finished with practice, this coed waits for a friend before walking to dinner. Going through registration is one of the more painful aspects of life at Radford. However, tne use of computers may change that in the future. Wade Wirt !pe hits, outdoor classes make college Opening 5

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Changing with the wind People, places, things — nothing ever really stays the same. As we said goodbye to another summer, we realized that each of our experiences had changed us in some indescribable way, maybe even matured us a little. And so we packed away the books, the flowers, the ragged but comfy couch and chair, and our favorite teddy bear and headed for Radford, knowing deep within our hearts that this wasn't going to be just another year of college. . . As 6,120 students swarmed the campus in early September, a small army of men and trucks were putting the finishing touches on the multimillion dollar recreation-convocation center. Soon the big question on everyone’s mind was “When is the Ded-mon Center finally going to be open?” Once classes began, students quickly learned that dormitories weren’t just for sleeping and relaxing anymore. With the closing of Whitt Hall for renovation, students went to business classes and labs in dormitory basements and lounges. Yet, for those who had classes in dorms where their rooms were located, the situation wasn’t all bad especially when old man winter came storming in with his bone-chilling winds. After the dust of moving in, registration, and the first day of classes had settled, the exciting college life had begun. As they rushed with their favorite fraternities and sororities, partied with old friends and joined every kind of organization imaginable, returning students soon realized just how many new faces popped up around campus both on and off tne playing fields. And, no wonder. The biggest freshmen class in Radford’s history had enrolled for the year. Because of the high cost of out-of-state tuition and transportation 1,385 new freshmen, mostly from Virginia, roamed the halls, filled the dorms, and played in the gyms and on the fields of Radford University. During the year many found that the winds of change ushered in an aura of childlike excitement and wonder as well as a sense of accomplishment. Like children with a new toy, journalism students tapped stories into the new video-display terminal while students working at WVRU used the station’s new equipment to bring far away basketball games closer to home. To some, change had the atmosphere of Christmas. Pi Kapp got its frat house while, just before Christmas break, Dr. Dedmon During the January snowstorm this student tries to find his way to class amidst the cold, tiny flakes. Mike Ycrrick discovers that one thins: about Radford will never change — dininj? hall food. Puzzled by the many combinations in the Rubik’s cube, Bill Tricoli uses his own solution. The cube was just one of many rapidly jrrowinjr fads in 1982. 4 Openinsr

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During the Convocation Center’s final stage of construction, a helicopter flies above the gigantic “bubble” of the new Dedmon Center. A glimmer of light shines through the first stages of the Dedmon Center, symbolizing the dawn of progress for Radford University. 6 Opening