University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Joseph Troncale ARTICLE BY: CARLA CARTER PHOTOS BY: LARRY LA USER The irony is that the Army chose my great love for me, muses Joseph Troncale, a Russian language teaching assistant. After the Army sent him to the Foreign Language Institute in Monterey for two years, he emerged with a new perspective and a con- suming interest in Russian culture and literature. Troncale studied it further in New Orleans after his dis- charge. People don ' t know what they want because they don ' t look around enough, says Troncale. An outgoing, active man of Italian descent, his interests range from sports to music and art. At one point he spent eight years in a seminary, several months as a teacher, coach and secretary at a Catholic mission in Missouri, and some time in in- cidental Shakespearean acting. In 1972, Troncale accepted an assistanceship to the U of A, where I can get experience teaching and learn Russian at the same time. Troncale now is working toward a Masters and wants to extend his studies to include Russian history. The Russian Department is a good one with cooperative, friendly peo- ple, he says. Everybody knows his responsibility and gets things done. Troncale and his wife expect to be at the University for at least five more years. He hopes to travel to the Soviet Union either as a State Department guide or as a student with a summer program. I want to go, he concludes, to meet more Russians. There ' s a quality a warmth a hospitality about the Russian people. Go asm; tone his n lifetime, In 1971 H Honduras ericas as Mark ' s tra, 8 the cun

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Chess Trethewy ARTICLE BY: GREG ZIEBEL PHOTOS BY: LARRY LAUSER Robert Chess Trethewy, the yell king for the Varsity Cheerleaders, is better known as his alias of the in- comparable A-Man, conqueror of all U of A athletic foes and champion of the rabid Wildcat fans. A former student of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Chess is currently concentrating his efforts toward the field of foreign service, as he anticipates a future as am- bassador to New Zealand! Looking back, Chess has no regrets concerning his decision to leave the Academy, and viewed his appointment by Congressman Sam Steiger as a great honor and a tremendous opportunity. It was Chess ' s feeling, though that Academy life was not suited to him. There is a tremendous loss of in- dividualism and although I admire the discipline and think it is essential for the military or any large unit or team, I didn ' t enjoy the limitations and so felt it best to leave instead of compromising my beliefs. Chess 1 involvement on campus goes beyond his role as A-Man and yell king. He also is a member of Traditions and Blue Key, and hashes at a sorority. Chess is a deeply religious in- dividual, and he feels that the organized church has no place in his life. Religion for him is a personal thing, and his relationship with God is something the church or no other man can share. As yell king he loves to perform in front of the fans, but he is sensitive to comments about his cheerleading and A-Man routines. Spending much of his time during games clowning around and having fun, Chess ad- mits he is a ham at heart. 25

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Mark Goss ARTICLE BY: JAN IS BALMER PHOTOS BY: DANNY PEPPER Go as many places and meet as many people as you can, says freshman Mark Goss. And he has done his fill of travelling in his lifetime. In 1971 Mark went to Guayape, Honduras with Amigos de las Americas as a paramedical aid giv- ing vaccinations to a community of 1000 people while living in an old, abandoned mud hut and eating beans, rice and potatoes. Mark ' s travels have included lear- ning the cultures of the people as well. While living in Quebec in 1973, Mark did everything from breaking rocks with sledge hammers to com- mercial painting touch-ups. There he learned the lifestyle of the French people. As a romance languages major with a minor in anthropology, Mark is hoping to be accepted into law school with international law as his final goal. Mark plans to finish his education in Guadalajara, Mexico. Mark ' s interest in anthropology started when he found his first arrowheads in Tastiota, Mexico. Since then Mark has gathered quite a collection. Mark ' s social life also is his educa- tion. In his spare time he travels to Mexico to practice his Spanish with the older Mexicans. Mark joined the Delta Tau Delta fraternity as a townsmember and lives in an apartment with two of his friends because he enjoys his privacy. Camping and hunting are two of Mark ' s hobbies but he has stopped the hunting as an act of animal preservation. However he feels that camping teaches a person to live without the comforts of home. In closing, Mark says he likes the West because it is not as over- crowded as the East. Unfortunately, he sees the population shifting Westward and says, The more peo- ple I see coming out West, the more I hate to see more people.