Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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WHAT COLLEGE IS ALL ABOUT! Vikki Braxton plays pinball as Mimsy Molter looks on. Debbie Dutton takes a quick nap in Blackwell Library the registers to the back of the store and around a corner. Students like Leslie Stufft waited in the sweltering heat for over half an hour just to purchase books. And, in the Ruth Powell Dining Hall, lines were a regular occurrence for the first two or three weeks. Upperclassmen, like Ruth Fish were astonished by the full Maryland Room at 7:30 a.m.. “I can’t believe it! Lines for breakfast, this has never happened DO WHAT? Eric Vandetta prepares for a soccer game. before!” whispered through the room. “It’s all of the freshmen who haven’t learned not to get up for breakfast yet,” came the reply. Yes, it was true. The freshman class was the largest ever. Actually, the total enrollment was the largest ever. In size, the school was definitely stepping ahead . . . A NEW PROFESSION? Mr. Gilbert moonlights as a blackjack dealer at Las Vegas Night. Opening 3

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HURRAY! I LOVE MONEY! Donna Neater expressea true joy aa ahe rakes in the winnings at Las Vegas SERIOUS AS EVER. Carmen DiSylvestro addresses the money hungry gamblers at Las Vegas Night. it didn’t seem possible. It was finally going to happen, that big step ahead. In January of 1988, the Maryland State Senate approved a bill granting Salisbury State College the right to become an university. February 11, 1988, the Maryland House approved the same bill. As of July 1, 1988, it would be law. With this change to an university, the college was stepping ahead. Although President, Dr. Thomas Bellavance said that university status was really just a reflection of what the college already was, many signs of stepping head could be seen all over campus. Evidence of an increase in student body size could be seen from the first day in February when the dorms opened for the fall semester. Lines in the book store stretched from 2 Opening

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A DEMONSTRATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM. Dr. Richard McKenzie accelerates a wheel to high speed in order to demonstrate changes in momentum to his Physics 221 class. SHOWING THEM HOW IT’S DONE, Lyle HAVING A FEW WORDS. Roomates Kathy Grandison dances at Cothman and Colleen Ritter have a the Black Student discussion outside the dining hall. Union dance. Changes also had to occur to meet this increase in size of the student body. So the school stepped ahead in faculty and administration in order to meet the demands of the increased student body. New people like Karen Kimpton, the assistant director of the college center programs, and Dr. William Lide, the professor and chairman of physical education and the director of athletics and campus recreation appeared. The campus itself stepped ahead with construction. Students had to be housed and well provided for. One new building, the new college center was receiving its last touches. Messages from the Book Rack appeared in the Newsletter reminding students of the impending move that always seemed to be just about to happen. The new center would provide a great many services. It would house all campus organizations as well as the snack bar. St. Martin’s, the newest dorm on campus, filled for its second and third full semesters. During the fall se mester though, students were tripled in rooms and some even lived in dorm lounges. Actually, at the beginning of the fall semester, 113 rooms on campus were triples, and 48 people resided in lounges. Some students, 4 Opening