University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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I.-IV ■ ■: Dorm Daze Referees re- ceive top secret instruc- tions from coordinator. Cliff Martin. Photo by BRICE SAMUEL Team two gathers in huddle to discuss their strategy for the scaven- ger hunt. Photo by BRICE SAMUEL Sr It Doesn ' t Take a Genius One of the biggest highlights of dorm life is Dorm Daze. Dorm Daze is a week long mini-olympics designed for hall residents. From the opening ceremonies to the closing victory party residents were engulfed in a frenzy of competition. Clad in the Official Dorm Daze Team T-Shirts, competetors bounded about the mall with exhuberance, participating in activities that left them feeling either like an accomplished athlete or an embarrassed clutz. My Dorm Daze experience was about 95% of the latter It ' s rather difficult to look dignified while rolling an egg down a hall with your nose. The theme of this calvalcade of hysteria was donned It doesn ' t take a Real Genius to survive in the Residence Halls. Maybe not, but I didn ' t feel like a any kind of a super intellect with egg shell stuck to my face either However incredibly stupid we looked or felt Dorm Daze accomplished what it set out to do. It gave residets a chance to break out of the everyday routine, build lasting friendships, and relieve bottled up stress. The week was filled with fun activities and entertainment. The events included volleyball with a twist, intertube water polo, broom hockey, relay races, a scavenger hunt, and a lip snyc contest. For the less adventurous there was a dance, a midnight showing of Real Genius , and a victory party. The competition was fierce but everyone gave their 100%. A lot of hard work and effort went into making another year of Dorm Daze a reality. Through the dedication of RHA, the referees, hall captains, and the residents themselves Dorm Daze continued to be an exciting, eventful tradition. • Kathie Anderson 230 DORM DAZE

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:«i3 Dead Man ' s Float . I had never had homocidal tendencies until I worked on a homecoming float. Gluing little pieces of paper to a cat ' s paper head and pulling apart two-ply napkins for 48 hours could bring out the worst in Punky Brewster Luckily we all made it through alive, a little jittery from mass amounts of Folgers, but alive. I loved it though and everyone seemed to grow a lot closer in those weeks through the tedious work, long hours, and cold October nights mornings. Melinda Lum, an active member of a 72 hour float support crew, recalls, Working on our float gave us the opportunity to meet people we may have never met. It also allowed us to see these people at their very best in the wee hours of the morning. To no surprise we spent a substantial amount of our budget bribing people with pizza to work but there were always those willing to work for the sheer joy of it. In the end our float stood there in all its glory, our faces beaming with pride. No blood shed, and perhaps there was a part of us all that was sad that it was all over Homecoming definately left us with bitter-sweet memories but not one regret. • Kathie Anderson Courtyards full of wood, tools, and busy workers were a common set- ting all over campus the weeks preceding Homecoming. Photo by GREG BERG

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