University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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THE HEART OF UF (On the elevator) What floor are you going to? Third floor. I have to type up a paper for my english class. They have typewriters you can use up there? Sure, typewriters and a Xerox machine and a lot more. Student government and a lot of the organizations have offices there. Really! I didn ' t know there was so much action on the third floor. Yeah, check it out sometime. You might be surprised to find out the heart of University life is on the third floor. J. Costa J. Costa D. Wheeler Activities such as bowling and ping pong are available for all students. There is always some organization trying to sell something on the colonnade. The billiards room is available to students at special prices. The information board provides free advertising from boa constricters to water skis. M. Klarman Union 37

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LIFE AT THE UNION Hey! What are you doing tonight? I don ' t have much money right now so I ' ll probably go down to the Union for a while. There ' s a free movie playing at the union theater tonight. Why don ' t we check it out? Sure thing, and afterwards we can shoot a few games of pool. Great! Let ' s meet at the Orange and Brew. I want to grab a bite to eat first. You studied all week for that economics test. Now that it ' s over you ' re ready for a well deserved break. But where on campus can you go? Well, if you ' ve got the time, we ' ve got the place. J. Wayne Reitz is more than just a building. It ' s a concept. A concept that promotes an atmosphere of recreation over education. A place where you can relax between classes or socialize with friends in the evenings. Reitz Union was the product of almost twenty years of planning and three years of construction before it was completed in 1967. It features everything from a to a barbershop, places to eat, from the Arredondo Room to the Orange and Brew, and every imaginable recreation from bowling and billiard to arts and crafts. It ' s eight floors devoted to the student and his leasure time, and its more that just a building. It ' s the heart of the University community. Sometimes it ' s nice just to relax and look out over the Union pond. The J. Wayne Reitz Union has something for Ducks and other birds arc always willing to take any crumbs that students leave behind. A. Moraitis 36 Union

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THE PLAZA: SOAP BOX AND Students at the University of Florida are not the only ones who frequent the famed Plaza of the Americas. The large park-like area facing the libraries is also graced with a host of evangelists, religious groups, and wandering musicians. It is these types of people that give the Plaza its notoriety, which in turn causes many students to go out of their way to visit the Plaza. Perhaps the most notorious individuals who catch the eyes of the students are evangelist George Jed Smock, the members of the Hare Krishna Temple, and guitarist William Webb Sel ley. George Jed Smock, like other evangelists, speaks publicly about the Gospel and how it affected his life. What separates Jed from the others who profess their faith, however, is the unique, contemporary character of his story. Mr. Smock describes himself as an excessive hippie of the late 1960 ' s who later made the decision to become a Christian while inside a popular hamburger place. George Jed Smock has acquired a large following among the University of Florida students as a result of his visits to the Plaza every winter. Jed always draws a crowd of students who cheer during the key points of his story. Mr. Smock also draws his share of hecklers, but that doesn ' t seem to bother him. Once he was confronted with a heckler ' s paradox: Who created God? That, Jed merely replied, is a stupid question. .1. Raley Jed Smock: before Jed Smock: after Hare Krishna devotee greets students at the Plaza. Squirrels will always accept handouts from kind- hearted students. M. Klarman 38 Plaza