St Marys College California - Gael Yearbook (Moraga, CA)

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ONE IN A MILLION ' ' . ' VH OF THINGS TO COME By Scott Kahl The year is 2012 and the undergrad- uate enrollment of St. Mary ' s College is 4,500 students. The development of the physical plant has finally been complet- ed, and the master plan has now be- come a reality. The College has man- aged somehow to keep its personality as a relatively small school and all the at- tributes that go along with it. The class of 1 987 has just turned 47 years old and things have definitely changed since their time. The associated students have an annual budget of half a million dol- lars and accordingly the activities they sponsor are indicative of that figure. A passing conversation of an alum- nus at the homecoming game includes memories of the smaller scale which they had been accustomed to dealing with. The football team of his time nev- er had the opportunity to play U.C.L.A. and the stadium didn ' t hold 35,000 peo- ple either. All the top entertainers and bands were something you saw in Berkeley, not in Moraga. The drawbacks of a small school are often just as apparent as the positive aspects. When EDDIE AND THE TIDE played that day at St. Mary ' s this fall, it was by no means HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS, but it was a start toward some of the seldom seen advantages that larger universities offer on a constant basis. The people who were there had a great time, but the people who weren ' t draw me tor- ward the question of why. Was it not a big enough name group, or have we be- come so accustomed to having no major recording artists on campus that no one actually believed it was true? In a way I ' m making more out of this than is actually necessary. On the whole it was really just another social event of questionable success. The Junior Class prepared to sell hundreds of hot dogs, and could have fed a substantial part of Ethiopia with the leftovers. If that ' s all that it was then this article would be rather straightforward and listless. Re- gardless of the turnout, the college fi- nally had an event of potential magni- tude. The growth of the college is a serious matter that needs a better fo- rum than this to be discussed. It does however have obvious relevance to stu- dent activities and student life. I com- pliment the student leaders who man- aged to make this first step torward better activities and entertainment. (SCOTT KAHL) t . Left Page: Middle: Melanie Azzopari and Jill Paddack k find themselves in the middle of the crowd, J k. and not a bit camera shy. ungjk j W Right Page: w¥ Above: Eddie shows a couple of different looks. Bottom Left: Erin Scharmon and Brendan Monahan find something amusing about the situation. Or is it just the way Brendan dress- d Ew Bottom Right: Lynn Cotter making sure 1 r somebody has a good time. 7

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Left Page Top Left; Megan Rackers, computer hacker! Bottom Left: See I told you I only need a small towel, Walter Fitzpatrick advertises. Center: The boys of De La Salle show their humility? Right Page: Rochelle and Chris in one of their studi- ous moments. (Jane Walker)