University of Alabama - Corolla Yearbook (Tuscaloosa, AL)

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Red, yellow, blue and orange balloons were scattered on the green grass of the Quad for Sit on It. the balloon popping event. Mary Burke resident assis- tant Deedie Dowdle prepares a red balloon for the event. Richard Washburn Musical chairs, a classic chil- dren ' s game, was adapted to make a more adult game — musical buckets. Residents from Paty. Saffold and Mary Burke fight for the coveted buckets. Making a quick switch. Todd Picariello. Paty resident, carefully passes the egg to fellow Bengal Mark Sullivan to continue the Egg and Spoon race. Richard Washburn Student Life: 1983 Spring Fling 19

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In a cold sweat Below normal temperatures greet Spring Flingers The calendar may have said spring, but the weather on March 27 said something else. Contes- tants In the annual RHA Spring Fling were forced to bundle up warmly to keep out the cold, biting wind as they competed for coveted first place trophies. More than 300 people gathered on the Quad that frigid Sunday as 23 teams, each with 10 enthusiastic members, jumped, ran and dodged their way to victory in the dormie Olympics. The games ranged from Sit on It, a balloon pop- ping game, to wheel barrow races, frisbee throws and a Penny Dive. I think I still have flour in my hair from the Penny Dive, said Janet Franklin, a sophomore from Birming- Richafd Washburn Racing against time, Mary Burke residents Helen Ard and Anastasia Karathanasis hurry to pull themselves together with a string attached to the end of a spoon during the Spoon and String contest. Diving and dodging. Spring Fling contestants scour every inch of a huge vat of flour in search of pennies. Dina Winston, a Tutwiler resident assistant, emerges from the chaos. ham. There was flour ev- erywhere! In my shoes, down my shirt, all over me! In the event, contestants were given a three-minute time limit to locate 50 pen- nies hidden in a massive vat of flour. Tutwiler gathered 23 coins to win the contest. Other events included an egg and spoon race, a three- legged race and a bat twirl. The bat twirl was by far the participants ' favorite event, said Larry New- some, residence hall admin- istrative assistant. The team members placed their heads on a bat and ran around it 10 times. When they were so dizzy they could barely stand, they went on to tag the next member. It was hilarious! An obstacle course, a two person egg toss and Musi- cal Water Buckets, a vari- ation on musical chairs, completed the crowded slate of events. In the bright afternoon sunshine, many contestants shed their sweats and coats as temperatures rose. Be- sides, we were doing too much running around to stay cold, said Tom Niko- dem, a Paty resident from Buffalo, N.Y. Newsome felt that the event went well. Everybody had a won- derful time. We did have problems with scheduling too many events. We didn ' t even get to the tug-ofwar. The Spring Fling started at 1 p.m. and ran until 5:30 p.m. The events were closely spaced, so I don ' t think we wasted any time having fun! When the final tallies were completed, Paty Hall placed first in the men ' s division, while Mary Burke won the first place trophy for the women. We were elated, said resident assistant Deedie Dowdle, a senior from Char- lotte, M.C. We worked hard and we deserved it! Mary Burke also won spe- cial awards for showing the most spirit and for being most cooperative with the judges. Even with the cold tem- peratures and lack of time to complete all of the sched- uled events, students still enjoyed the chance to relax, get a little dirty, meet fellow dorm residents and have an end-of-year fling in the chilly, hidden spring. D — Stephen Lomax 18 Student Life: 1983 Spring Fling

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To shouts of pull, pull from fellow Burke representatives. Deedie Dowdle. a senior resident assistant, pulls to win the tug of war. Richard Washburn It ' s no trouble for senior Kevin McCants and junior John Mer- rill to become a human wheelbar- row to represent the Burke Ban- dits, who placed third overall in the men ' s division. Pulling for the Sommerville Saints I team. Stevie Hoven, a junior from Jackson, strains to win the tug of war. The Saints I team placed third in the women ' s division. Richard Washbi Fewer games-more fun Less means more for Spring Fling participants f y.A Wd hburn Holes in tires look smaller when one foot has to land per- fectly in the middle. Junior April Martin from McCalla concentrates on completing the obstacle course for the Sommerville Saints II team. Fewer games didn ' t mean less fun for the participants of the an- nual Spring Fling event sponsored by the Residence Hall Association on March 31. Last year it was hard to get all the events finished in the time allotted because there were so many teams playing, Terri Farmer, chairman of the Spring Fling, said, so this year we had fewer games to make sure there was enough time for everything. It was a blast, Deedie Dowdle, a senior who played for the women ' s team of Mary Burke Hall, said. I really look forward to it ev- ery year. The bat twirl, sit on it and the tug of war were some of the games that weren ' t tak- en out and the students en- joyed the most. The best thing was the tug of war, Rachel Ward, a junior who lived in Fitts Hall, said. We had some injuries and at the end of the day there weren ' t many who could still play. So every- body had to pull together and work hard to win. Fitts Hall, the women ' s honors dorm, produced two teams that dominated the women ' s competition. Fitts I won first place and Fitts II placed second. The Saints 1 team of Sommerville came in third overall. This year ' s games were better, more organized which made more fun, Jen- nifer Grundy, a junior from Montgomery who played for Fitts I, said. The men ' s competition was spiced by a rivalry be- tween the Paty Knights, re- presentatives of the 2nd floor of Paty Hall, and the male representatives of Mary Burke Hall. Although the Spring Fling didn ' t give points toward the All Sports Trophy that was awarded to the team with the best results in in- tramural sports during the year, the Knights and the Burke team used this competition to prove who the best team was. We won the bat twirl, the wheel barrow race and the sack race and the egg toss, Paty Knight Mark McLellan, a sopho- more from Illinois, said, and we had a lot of sec- ond place wins. We won first place overall, O.K. Bryant, a Paty Knight from Las Ve- gas, Nev., said, and they placed third. The Paty Bengals won second place in the divi- sion. There was a lot of competition but every- body had a good time, Bryant said. It was all fun and games. fl — Tara Askew r V 20 Student Life: 1984 Spring Fling