University of Dallas - Crusader Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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?Students Offer Behind The Scenes View In my high school we flipped on fluorescent lights for our stage lighting system; we drove to Richmond WM to buy costumes, the basic Iset' changed only once every five years. At UD there's real theater work! We build different sets and design new lighting plots for each show; every actor wears custom-made costumes designed for specific shows and built by fellow students. There's serious work here .. not just some kind of club activity. My advice to any freshman interested in studying Drama: gain as much experience in all aspects of the theater backstage as well as onstage .. as you can; otherwise, you're going to miss out on the real learning experience. John Wooding, freshman from Warsaw, Virginia. The sophomore year is about finding out that you are free to make mistakes. The atmosphere in the Drama Department is much more tolerant than I might have expected it to be last year when I was a freshman. Here you are encouraged to experiment a and fail, it need be - in order to learn. Lee Honeycut, sophomore from Cypress Spring, Texas. I came to UD thinking I had done a lot, theater-wise, in high school, especially in terms of process. I mean, somehow or another you just got a show done! But by my junior year I came to know how much more there is to the interpretative art a how much more literary research and textural analysis there is to the pre-show l preparation. lid say that the keys to success in this very demanding major are dedication and responsibility. Janet Sanders, junior from Holmdel, New Jersey. My senior year has made me realize how much I don't know a the amount of research needed to stay ahead. My advice to my successors is to read, read, read! It seems to me that the key to success for a Drama major is to remain open to new ideas and techniques. As a graduating senior I can say that I have finally learned how to learn. Mathew Rodriguez. senior from San Antonio, Texas. Law School was, of course, nothing like college: lots of reading, writing, worrying, and very few laughs. Looking back I'd say my drama experience was just as valuable, if not more so, than any other major. Everyone here can write well a that's absolutely necessary to being a good attorney. But for anyone planning to go into litigation work, as I am, the ability to communicate well and appear comfortable in front of an audience is a must. And that's something only a few students can do. Drew Greenspan. UD alumn tCIass of '83 Recent graduate of University of Maryland Law School. rama

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The Overall Goal To Provide A Unified Understanding Chemistry is an amazing subject. It attempts to understand the objects we see as being composed of very small objects which we cannot see. In studying these small objects, which we call atoms and molecules, we strive to provide a basis for understanding the physical world as a reasonable world. Within the field of chemistry there are many branches. In our depart- ment the chairman Dr. Towne is a biochemist, Dr. Eaker is a physical chemist, Dr. Hendrickson is an or- ganic chemist and Dr. Young is an inorganic chemist. Though each branch examines a different area of chemistry, there is an overall goal to provide a unified under- standing of chemistry. We are very excited about moving next year into the new Haggerty Science Building. This building of- fers us the opportunity to improve the science education of our stu- dents by providing new equipment, new laboratories, and new opportu- nities for research. This building is the result of hard work and dedica- tion by a large number of students, faculty, alumni, administrators, and trustees. We are honored to serve the Univer: ity with these new facilities.

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Economics For The Pursuit Of Variety Like the University in general, the Economics program in Constantin College has progressed from its infancy to its adolescent stage. The Economics major has evolved steadily from its beginnings as part of the Politics department to an independent and securely liberal arts oriented program. Faculty research specializations within intellectual history make possible a curriculum and pedagogy informed by the broadest understanding the history and role of the discipline Economics of Economics. The educational background and interests of the faculty also enable the presentation of the most significant theoretical developments and policy disputes of the subject in the wide contest of liberal learning and the Western intellectual tradition. Thus, the department contributes to the overall purpose of the University while fulfilling its own more specific goals of encouraging majors to prepare well for their future roles as intellectual leaders within their chosen careers. Students majoring in Economics have increased in capabilities, interests, diversity and accomplishments during the past decade. The UD chapter of the International Economics Honor Society, Omicron Delta Epsilon, was reactivated in I98! and has seen a steady increase in membership each year. In addition, student post-graduate choices have become increasingly heterogeneous. Economics graduates now pursue a wide variety of paths - from immediate employment in managerial positions with a diversity of business organizations, to public school teaching, careers in government, and graduate work in law, politics, business, and economics. Truly, the Economics program at the University of Dallas is following the l985 yearbook theme of crescendo poco a poco.