Radford University - Beehive Yearbook (Radford, VA)

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Homecoming Reunion 5C years Returns tc RU Homecoming 1987 had no theme, no parade, no queen and no televised college football playoff igainst a rival team, but there was sup po't and participation in the annual alumni football game We couldn't come up with a theme we an agreed upon said Phil Cngger from the alumni office, so we just used the graphic fireworks design as a visual theme. Festivities began Friday afternoon. Oc-tcber 9th, with registration which included university tours and wound down on Sunday with a final brunch with President Dedmon Homecoming provided fun for Doth young and old. alumni and current RU students Pat Miller, former theater major from the class of 83. entertained to a full house in the Highland room. Students from the second floor of Madison Hall tried to steal the show by being comics themselves, but Miller was quick to point out who was the professional performer Unfortunately, the audience thought the students to be mote humorous than the corned an, so the evening ended early. The night was finished out at BT's and Macado's Saturday morning came all too soor hut that didn't dissuade the alumni from coming to the planned festivities The newly built Dedmon Center offered enough room for everything offered dur- ing the day A local popular band. O U.F , cranked out rock-n-roll tunes from above the crowd as contestants in the chili cookoff passed out free taste samplings A Radforo town resident. Charlie Wniles carver, won first place with his own rec ipe Delta Zetas Jennie Tinney and Donna Scruggs represented their sorority •while accepting second place and Suzanne Bellam and Tina Berte proxying ‘or Zeta Tau Alpha, received thirc place The real draw cl Ihe day was the odd vs even alumni football game Stucents. both past and present gathered around a keg and cheered on both teams It s so strange. said 86 graduate Sherri Maxey. I know I've only been gone a little over a year, but I feel so old The older alumni were in for a change of pace this year, as the annual faculty-alumni dance was replaced with a Student Life concert production of The Fixx Even though the concert was geared toward the newer generation of RU students. everyone seemed to enjoy it anyway. Since all guests arc visitors had the following Morcay off m remembrance of Columbus Day. Sunaay was devoted to relaxation After the tiring, yet exciting weekend, everyone looxed forward to slowing down their agendas and catching a little of a real football game. O by Nancy Mulvihill Making Waves Rowdy Red and Ihe D C. hteyuards pose tor a picture during ihe first annual fop I mean, pool party pmtctvSi- e.-A Homecoming '87 025

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) UNIVERSITY HOMECOMING i it, Chili Cook-off Winner The best homemade chili m Radford was cooked by a local merchant Charlie Wh'tescarver. of PfS. during RU's Homecoming p xo by s» Av» O.U.F. Rocks Above Crowd at D.C. To Inren up festivities, this favorite RU hand era out tunes to keep the ctO’Mi entertained j woe» et.'t Ball Games During Homecoming Most colleges nave toot bat: games during oncoming. HU has a baseball game instead pm Pit 024 Campus Life

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Cur He Ourselves? the Fix Clew Cur Minds The Boom Boom Bass The man in the hat is not Panama Jack Instead, he is the FlXX's own bass player. Dan K Brown ptcto c John Lyon Homecoming festivities last October rocked when “The Fixx played to an energetic crowd at the Dedmon Center on the 10th. The guest opening act. a progressive band from Athens. Georgia, sang with a style similar to New Wave. Dreams So Real. the three-member band, added a unique sound with such tunes as California. History Melanie, and more. The band consisted of Barry Marler on vocals and guitar. Trnt Allen on vocals and bass, and Drew Worsham on percussion. Using vocal harmony and intricate guitar jamming. Dreams So Real, proved to everyone they were on the rise toward success. After their final song. City of Love. which they dedicated to the rockin' RU audience. Dreams So Real' exited the stage and after a brief intermission, The Fixx entered to loud cheers and echoing applauses The Fixx debuted in 1983 with their release of Shuttered Rooms and later made the platinum hit chart with Reach the Beach. But with alumni visiting from as far back as 1937. much of the crowd could not identify with this progressive sound Jacqueline Schillereff of the Concert Committee said. The concert production went smooth, but the attendance could have been better Of the 800 in attendance only 300 were current RU students Everyone who was there really enjoyed the show arid those who didn't make it missed out on an electric performance Schillereff said The five-member band included Cy Curnm on vocals and guitar; Adam Woods on drums. Rupert Greenall. keyboards Jamie West-Oram jamming the lead go tar; and Dan K Brown backing on bass What is The Fixx ? In a press release Curnin answered. A confused mass — we reflect our si -roundings If life is a shoelace, we're the knot. I enjoy being an observer and reflector of the world I live in. And what • observe now is confusion. The Fixx dramatized every song wrn use of lights, circular fans and dancing on stage There was never a dull or quiet moment, as Curnin captivated the audr ence with a definite progressive style arv, performer would take note of. He sang with feeling and enthua-asm. said Anne Resweber, a sophomore from Northern Virginia The popular tunes. One Thing Leads to Another and “Red Skies at Night were the most acknowledged by the au dience as they chanted in (and out) o tune with the group. Returning five times for encores, in hopes that the concer would never end, The Fixx left RU wifi an evening well entertained, inexpensr.e and well worth skipping a Saturday night at the Busstop O by Stephanie Kreiser 026 Campus Life