Radford University - Beehive Yearbook (Radford, VA)

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Happy feet. Enthusiastic marathoners went down to the ground but continued moving to help raise S8.000 for Jerry's Kids. Hoofing It through the hoops. Richard Kahler displays h s expertise and balance during this Hu'a-Hoop contest A pause for the cause. During a brea from the danong. thoso determined participants ran through the campus cheer ng and getting psyched for the next 14 hours. MDA Supcrdance 19

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 Dancin’ for Jerry’s kids A new location was found for the Muscular Dystrophy Superdance, proving more com-patable with the turn out and the successfulness of the event. The dance marathon was held at the Dedmon Center for the first time March 25 and 26. and lasted 28 hours. Both veterans and beginners put on their tennis shoes and danced the day and night away. With the dancers' enthusiasm and help from people around them, the MDA Superdance was more than a success. Proceeds totaled S8.000. The money, said Janet Sutton. MDA official, will help give Jerry's Kids comfort in the present and hope for the future. Special thanks goes to all the people who helped put the Muscular Dystrophy Association Superdance on its feet. The Inter-Fraternity Council handled this event for the first time, beginning organization as early as December. Dave Wolf. Superdance chairman, said he was trying to make it a bigger event than in the past. and through long hours of hard work his goal was reached. Radford University was very cooperative in donating food for the dancers and maintenance help. Budweiser Light sponsored the Embers Band and donated an assort- ment of large colorful posters. K-92 FM promoted the event with commercials, playing Embers” music and giving out free shirts. The MDA Superdance was a fund raiser and an enormous social event. Since the dance was held in the Dedmon Center, there was a lot of stress to get more people involved.” said Wolf. We hoped that if we had it there, it would draw a bigger crowd. And in the end it proved to be successful. Almost everyone who was involved in the dance last year was back, bringing friends along with them. Dancer or spectator, there was plenty to do. Contests added to the event. Blindfolded girls tried to determine by sense of touch which male had the hairiest chest. A toilet paper wrap' was held and the dancers had to wrap their partners from head to toe in a matter of seconds. The trick to complete coverage was allowing no visibility of the dancer. Added to the fun was an egg throwing” contest and a toothpick lifesavers relay. Exhaustion could be seen on some of the dancers' faces, but as one commented, When you see the kids sitting here watching you work for them, it makes it worth all the effort. Let’s dance. Sue Nicholls and her dance partner twisted, turned and jumped for 28 hours during the MDA Superdance March 25 and 26. 18 MDA Superdance

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Preparing for life at Radford Goodbye to the old and familiar, hello to the new and sometimes bizarre. For incoming freshmen and transfer students the transition from the old can be filled with fear and anxiety. Quest '83 was designed to make the transition smoother. “It is the first introduction to R.U. life for freshmen and transfers, said Dave Robertson, coordinator of Quest '83 and associate dean of students I really did not know what to expect of college life before coming to Radford and Quest really helped me a lot, said freshman Gail Anderson of Roanoke. Quest is an orientation to life at Radford for freshmen and transfer students. This year's program had five two day sessions which ran from June 19 through June 29 and included 450 transfer students and 2,750 freshmen. The program is staffed by 23 outstanding upperclassmen representing different majors and interests and 20 faculty members who served as academic advisors, said Robertson. “While here they (the students) were treated to a humorous and informative speech by Dr. Dedmon, tours of the campus and a delightful series of skits depicting university life presented by the Quest assistants,” said Robertson. Also during their stay students received aca- demic advising and registered for fall quarter classes. They also got a chance to meet university officials. New to this year's Quest '83 program was the Questions series that continued into the fall. The university felt an on going orientation was needed to help students with a lot of things that occurred after they got here. A series of programs designed to familiarize new students was held the first four days prior to the beginning of classes. Attendance at the more than 60 sessions was 2,100 students. The sessions were on a wide variety of topics. The topics included: how to build a loft, getting involved in campus activities, opportunities in athletics, how to buy and sell books at the SGA book exchange and getting involved in a campus ministry. The students have really appreciated Questions, said Robertson. “Quest and Quesf'ions is a major effort of almost all offices of the university. It is an example of a big effort to make the students’ lives better, said Robertson. Quest '83 was very successful in getting students involved in campus activity. The program is worth all the effort when it is apparent the transition from the old and familiar does not always lead to the new and sometimes bizarre. Quest assistant Ellen Patton helped familiarise incoming freshmen and transfer students to the Radford campus. 20 Quest