Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Athletic Conference championship to Union College. It was a successful year for the women's tennis team as they won the Independent Colleges Athletic Conference championship in September and placed fourth in the New York State Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women in late October. The men's soccer team fell one game short of a NCAA Division HI Championship as they were defeated by Brandeis University' in the title game. It was the team's first defeat of the season as they achieved their best record ever (19-1-1). It has been a year of excitement and sorrow'. Those who have tragically departed us will be greatly missed. Those who will be graduating and beginning a new period of life will be missed also. And for rbose w'ho will be returning in the fall, let’s look forward to another year of the RIT experience. By Scott Stockham and Tracie Johnson Reporter Magazine n

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Jenkins suffered a heart attack on April 21. He was always willing to help students and was honored as Outstanding Teacher of the Year in 1982. Hundreds of students and faculty gathered outside the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences on a hot day in April to sing “We are the World” to support USA for Africa. People felt good to be able to do something to help others. This was not a year for top entertainers to visit RIT as has been true of previous years. Psychedelic sights and sounds filled the College Union cafeteria in early October as Absolute Grey and Personal Effects, two of Rochester's most popular progressive bands, entertained the RIT community The only two big name artists to come to RIT this year were stand up comedians. Harry Anderson, star of NBC's Night Court, portrayed his cocky, street wise, stage character to two sold out audiences at the beginning of Greekend in mid-March. During Spring Weekend, Robert Klein demonstrated his intelligent humor to a large group of over-enthusiastic students in a circus-like tent behind Grace Watson Dining Hall. The men's hockey team wron their second National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division HI Championship in the past three years, as they defeated Bemidji State of Minnesota, 5-1 in the title game. They also won the New York College Hockey Association title for the third straight year. The only disappointment for the team this year was losing the Eastern Collegiate 10 3S'AVt|

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Rochester Hot Spots R t students suffered the traumatic closing of Gadgets and Ronni's Suburban Inn, two infamous hot spots. In order to cope with a dramatic withdrawal, students began to frequent places such as Red Creek and the Genesse Inn, where happy hours and Thursday nights turned them into some of the hottest spots in Rochester. Still, no matter how crowded those places got, the hottest spot in Rochester was still the sight of the R1T athletic storage barn on Bailey Road. 12 PAYNE