University of Louisiana Monroe - Chacahoula Yearbook (Monroe, LA)

Text from Pages 1 - 408 of the 1988 volume:

eres a ee eae CEN aT 976.302 -M75LM, 1988 THE SPIRIT OF NORTHEAST can be felt as one views Bayou DeSiard at sunset. The bayou flows through campus, and helps break the monotony of everyday student life. Photo by Freddie Gipson. % wt ae re TP dae waa te ny 2 ny ¥; f. y ae 2 : i. ede ft ; i's PY SA fips, 2a t, oe ae . CHACAHOULA 1988 VOLUME 55 Northeast Louisiana University 700 University Avenue Monroe, LA 71209 | THE SPIRIT OF NORTHEAST W A is the Spirit of Northeast? it It is a love of life, a flair for the inventiveg } It is a team that can never be counted out 6 f the fight. It is the sum of all the individuals, and theij, various pursuits that come together to form our uni } versity. - The Spirit is what drives young faces fresh from high school, eager to learn facts and to expand hor zons, to enroll at Northeast. It motivates matur students to return to school in pursuit of a dream fo a college degree they had never let die. The Spirit welcomes all. Like Northeast itself, it open to all who are willing to work to become the bes they can be. It is eclectic, not exclusive; superior, b not selective. The only admission requirement is desire to learn, and for those who meet that require ment, the Spirit is always there. As a student, as a member of the Northeast com munity, you will live in the Spirit, and become a pat of the Spirit. You will soon come to see it in ever thing around you at Northeast. And, when it come your time to pass on from the Spirit into the world aig F large, it is the one thing that you will take with youl} from Northeast. 2 Opening ime out from class and work gives Terry Lambright the opportunity to play with a puppy on campus. Photo by Fred- die Gipson. aptivated by plays on the football field, Indian fans Curt Kolb and Brian Turner yell advice and encouragement to the team. Photo by Rick Kennea- Opening 3 ggravated by an Indian loss of yardage, Sound of Today saxaphone member Sue Lyn Johnson expresses her disbelief at the Georgia Southern game. Photo by Rick Kennedy. 4 Opening eresa Rhodd leads a choreo- graphed jazz dance performance by the Pom Pon girls that entertains the crowd at half-time. Rhodd, a senior Occupational Therapy major, is a co- captain for the group. Photo by Rick Kennedy. ractice and dedication achieved by cheerleader Cindy Ohmer enables her and the rest of the squad to promote Indi- an spirit on game nights. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Opening 5 4 Fans cheer on the Indians beneath um- A os es brellas during the homecoming game shaded bench by Bayou DeSiard Fame against USL. Spirit was not dampered provides Skip Descant a place to relax despite the 17-7 loss. Photo by Laura Zai- and enjoy a cool drink. Photo by Freddie dain. Gipson. 6 Student Life bait P| SIN _ STUDENT LIFE ife without occasional fun is not really ' life at all, and college students knew that as much as anyone. They showed their spirit in many different ways and forms in 1987. Spring Fever contained spirit in a big way. So did the tradition-laden events of homecoming, the Miss NLU Pageant, the Mahongany Miss Pageant and graduation. Concerts, plays and parties were yet other ways for the student to leave his troubles behind, if only for a little while. Even in their day-to-day lives, though, stu- dents made a “spiritual” commitment, from get- ting up in the morning for class to coming home in the evening to hit the books. From studying to entertainment to all the things in between, all the activities that students involved themselves informed the Spirit of Northeast. Division 7 Sprung Fever! High temp accompanied hot fun, food and games Students gathered at the Beach Party to watch the tug-of-war. The struggles of homework and semester projects were forgotten as both teams put all of their concentration into physically struggling against the rope. After the war was won and the party over, it would be another memory of the best week in the 1987 Spring semester: Spring Fever. “T thought it was the best Spring Fever since I’ve been here,” said Shelly Smith, public rela- tions junior. “I really enjoyed the Beach Party and the Crawfish Boil was great.” “She’s right,” said Jeanne Hicks, English soph- omore. “Those crawfish were fantastic!” Though not all students were as enthused about the week as these two — some said they felt there were not as many things happening as usual — the 1987 Spring Fever came off without any major problems. Even the weather, for once, co- operated. The front of the Student Union Building was the spot where all the festivities began. Here Spring Fever T-shirts went fast to students get- ting ready for the fun-filled week ahead. According to Union Board member Sandy Carter, who coordinated all of the week’s events, the UB tried to schedule several new activities for the students, along with the more traditional events. “We tried to offer the students a variety,” Carter, an interior design senior, said. 8 Student Life The crawfish eating contest on Go Wild Day encourages Rock Lebas to pucker up and gulp down one more “mud bug” as dozens more wait to be eaten also. Photo by Cathy Cordry Traditional activities held throughout the week included Almost Anything Goes, where stu- dents get together and compete in “unusual” games, and the Almost Newlywed Game and Dat- ing Game, where some couples drew closer to- gether, and some further apart. The annual Go Wild Day was also a complete success with booths ranging from frog jumping races to face painting. Newer events included a Chalk-Drawing Con- test and an Easter Egg Hunt, both sponsored by the UB. Another new addition to Spring Fever was a guest appearance from Simon Sez with Bobby Gold. The event, held in Ewing Coliseum, at- tracted a number of students who competed in the “childhood game.” The week was high-lighted with a sold-out con- cert by the Beach Boys. Young and old alike gath- ered to hear the many favorites such as “Good Vibrations” and “Surfin’ USA.” Although there was no surfing competition held on campus, there were several other con- tests, including lip syne and crawfish-eating competitions. Spring Fever officially ended at 2 a.m. Sunday morning as students paddled to the sides of the Natatorium pool and got off their rafts and out of their intertubes at the UB dive-in movie of “Jaws.” — Rebel Abney © z 4 ¥ ; % 5 Es To promote a little “fever’’, Union Board members Bill Hughes, Danny Ford, and Todd McKenzie place balloons around campus before Spring Fever week to prepare students for upcoming events. Photo by Cathy Cordry. Various organizations set up booths on Go Wild Day to raise money for themselves. The Occupational Ther- apy booth performed mock marriage ceremonies for interested couples. Photo by Peter Bradley. Spring Fever 9 On the wave of their 25th anniversary, thy }i! Beach Boys finally got around to Northeast Louf | isiana University. A record concert crowd of more than 5,500 stu dents and non-students gathered in Ewing Colj seum April 8, to hear the world’s oldest boys per form an hour-long set that included such classi¢ as “Barbara Ann,” “California Girls” and “Goo Vibrations.” Along the way, many audience members san; joined in on the tunes. Most did this from thy = crowd; a few found themselves sharing the stag: Ss with the band. The NLU Cheerleaders were among the latte} joining the group on stage for a rendition of “By Pil True to Your School.” Amy Davis, an elementary jit! education sophomore at the time, also ended wf ja in the spotlight. tel “Mike Love (Beach Boys’ lead singer) came bf } th and I told him I wanted to go up on the stage; hy ih’ told me to come on up,” Davis said. “It was Age was nota factor at the Beach Boys concert held ii Ewing Coliseum. Mike Love entertains both young ant young at heart with classic Beach Boy hits. Photo 6 Peter Bradley. A new addition to Spring Fever was the sidewalk It can be difficult to keep directions in perspective chalk drawing contest. Tom Picht, an art major, dis- after whirling around a baseball bat ten times, as An- plays his image of a Northeast spring break. Photo by — gela Booty discovers during the bat race. Photo by Peter Bradley. Cathy Cordry. 10 Student Life . Everybody else was packed like sardines I was jamming onstage.” ardines or not, most of the concert, goers ed to have a good time, despite a few set- -s — namely the absence of Beach Boys mas- sind Brian Wilson, the indoor setting for the pert and the shortness of the performance it- ‘+t was kind of short, but it was a great con- ” said Tomah Waller, CIS sophomore. “It sreally different from most rock concerts, be- se they were singing songs that didn’t come up ur generation, yet you could still relate to Mm.” - hil Dixon, criminal justice graduate student, wyed the concert as well, but said it would have 41 even better had it been outdoors. the Beach Boys performed one encore, a med- that appropriately ended with “Fun, Fun, ” Le — Liz Hebert e Cordry. Friendly encouragement and sup- port help Cindy Cavazos decide to try ° her luck on the rope ladder sponsored by Union Board. Photo by Cathy The higher one climbs, the shakier the rope ladder becomes, but balance and determination keeps Cavazos go- ing. Photo by Cathy Cordry. A firm grip insures Jaime Bass of a not-so-rough ride on the mechanical bull, a part of Go Wild Day. Photo by Cathy Cordry. A sigh of relief at having conquered the rope ladder ensures Cavazos of a free Spring Fever t-shirt but leaves her no hint of how to return to the ground. Photo by Cathy Cordry. Spring Fever 11 12 Student Life The days of picking up class cards in Ewing iseum are over, due to the arrival of phone sistration. Used for the first time for the 1986 summer ssions, this procedure has proven to be a great jccess, according to Robert Robinson, vice 2sident for business affairs. “Our students took to the new system like ducks water on a hot day,” Robinson said. The system — first of its kind in Louisiana — is aple to use. Students call the registration phone mber on a touch-tone telephone and provide uested information. 4 computer-generated voice then asks a se- s of questions and instructs the student to � ss the appropriate four-number codes to ike class selections. Robinson said phone registration will save the iversity approximately $40,000 a year on hiring extra personnel in the atroller’s office, Indian Bank, the registrar office and extra security, Robin- 1 said Barry Delcambre, registrar, said though there were a few problems with the stem, especially with billing and long lines at Indian Bank, telephone ‘istration is here to stay. | Most students seemed pleased with the ease of using the new system. ‘I thought it was a lot more convenient,” said Becky Bueto, journalism uior. “It was a lot nicer since you didn’t have to wait in line at the coliseum. ie only bad thing was getting the bill so early and having to pay it before I d all of my scholarships.” ‘ouch-tone telephone was a necessary element for the registration of fall classes. . Fontenot calls early to secure her schedule before any classes closed. Photo by � ddy Gipson. students adapt to phone Wendy Parker, pre-pharmacy sophomore, said, “Everything was fine because I registered so early. I got all the classes I needed, but I didn’t like the lines for car and mailbox registration, bank loans and cablevision.” Charles Brutus, history senior, however, feels the system is “too perfect to work.” “It doesn’t take into account the fact that students are unable to pay their fees under the set time restrictions,” Brutus said. “I personally like the system, but I think the school should look at other systems and im- prove ours.” . President Dwight D. Vines initiated such an effort in the fall by organizing a committee to look into the problems of the registration pro- cess. The chief problem cited as a result of the new registration procedure was the length of lines outside of Indian Bank. These were particularly large during the fall semester registration when students waited in line to register late or collect checks for loans and grants. Previously checks had been distributed in Ewing Coliseum by workers from the financial aid office. The lines were even slower because of slow computer processing between students, said David Correro, controller. Correro said the committee responsible for making most of the major telephone registration decisions did not anticipate these problems before the fall semester. — David Salinero Phone Registration 13 New Beginnings ‘87 Graduates look beyond Northeast One long chapter ended in the lives of the larg- est graduating class of Northeast. For 648 stu- dents, May 15, 1987 marked the end of years of classes, pop quizzes and all-night cramming. As the graduates filed into their seats, the pride and relief of students, parents and friends filled the coliseum. The speaker was Louisiana State University Chancellor James H. Wharton. A Northeast alumni, Wharton said in his address to graduates, “T feel good about coming back to NLU tonight.” His speech centered around budget cuts in higher education. He emphasized students must be active and insist on adequate funding for edu- cation. “If we do not educate our children, Louisi- ana will have no future,” he said. 14 Student Life Not even a broken leg would prevent Tyrone An- drews from receiving his criminal justice degree during graduation exercises in Ewing Coliseum. Photo by Rick Kennedy. According to Wharton, because the student}! received an education, they are more responsiblf}| than most, and it is up to them to support NLY and see that significant changes are made. Of the graduating class, 24% finished witl]| honors. Alicia Ellen Robbins finished with a 3.9 grade point average in elementary education. She said, “It took a lot of support and balancé} I couldn’t have made a 3.97 doing just academi@}} alone; the most exciting part of my college careé was becoming president of the Baptist Student} Union.” . After the last diploma was received, the cap flew up, and the graduates filed out of the colise}| um, ready to start the next chapter. ) — Julie Casolf} Before the dispensing of diplomas, guest speaker Larry Crain, president of the Board of Trustees, deli | ered the traditional speech to the 1987 summer gradu) ates. Photo by Rick Kennedy. | As if the years of study were not long enough to wait, Nancy L. Joyner must be patient for a few minutes more until actually receiving a piece of paper certifying her college education. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Graduation 15 oS i 16 Student L fe to this for so bson, accounting junior. Chicago 17 Clean Sweep Nolan Wins Talent, Swimsuit Competition On the dresser of Calette Nolan’s room, displayed among the stuffed animals, plants and clutter, is a crown, the crown she received last spring when she was selected to be the 1987 Miss Northeast Louisiana Universi- ty. Nolan, accounting junior and Louisiana Tech transfer student, was one of 14 NLU students who competed for the coveted title last March amid a near sell-out crowd. “Winning was wonderful,” Nolan said. “I was really excited because it was the first pageant I ever won the talent portion in.” Almost as excited with the win were Nolan’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Nolan. “Half of our family graduated from Northeast so that just made us more proud,” Mrs. Nolan said. Runners-ups in the annual pageant were Melinda “Missy” Murphy, elementary education freshman who represented Delta Sigma Phi; Chris- tie Sims, a special education graduate student who represented the Elec- tones and Ranita DeLise Peterson, a pharmacy freshman who represented Phi Mu. Winners in the Miss NLU pageant included, from left, Missy Murphy, first runner-up; Christie Simes, second runner-up; Calette Nolan, Miss NLU; and Delise Peterson, third runner-up. Photo by Laura Zaidain. 18 Student Life Nolan, representing Pi Kappa Alpha, sang the Patsy Cline ball “Crazy” for her winning talent presentation, and also won the swims| portion of the pageant. Still, the pageant veteran said she wasn’t sure ( had won the overall competition until after her name was called out “TI was more nervous this time than at any other pageant,” she said) was thinking about the Miss Louisiana Tech Pageant in 1986 where I yj runner-up. I didn’t want that to happen again.” Nolan’s Miss NLU win garnered her a talent scholarship and $i wardrobe from the Union Board, who sponsored the show. For the then 20-year old Nolan, the crowning also marked an opportu ty to compete in the Miss Louisiana pageant for the fourth time. In 1986, representing Ouachita Parish, Nolan was the first runner-up] the state pageant. As fate would have it, she placed in the same positior the 1987 Miss Louisiana Pageant, just behind NLU alumni Patri} Brant. — Liz Heh ) � tte Nolan is crowned by former Miss NLU, Patricia Brant, before she waves MD) mily and friends and begins her role as the 1987 Miss NLU. Photo by Peter } iley. Former Miss NLU Wins Louisiana. Crown Four of five Northeast stu- dents won honors, and the 1986 Miss Northeast Louisi- ana University, Patricia Brant, captured the title in the 1987 Miss Louisiana Pageant held June 18-20 in the Monroe Civic Center. “T guess the judges were looking for an all-around girl who was strong in each cate- gory,” Brant said. The Monroe native, who graduated from NLU last May with a degree in pharmacy, re- presented Louisiana in the Miss America Pageant in Sep- tember and placed first run- ner-up. Crowned by Miss Louisiana 1986 Amanda Maynard, Patricia Brant wears the crown for the 1987 year. Brant represented Lou- isiana in the Miss America pag- eant in Atlanta City. Photo by Bil- ly Heckford. Calette Nolan, the 1987 Miss NLU, was named first runner-up in the Louisiana pageant for the second con- secutive year, and Valerie Brossett, an accounting soph- omore, was selected third run- ner-up. Other NLU students com- peting in the state pageant were Jodie Cole, a pharmacy sophomore; Misty Melinda Ford, a finance sophomore and Melinda Frances Murphy, an elementary education fresh- man. — Rick Kennedy Miss NLU 19 An NLU Tradition! Dogs impounded in front of record crowd Since Northeast has beat Louisiana Tech on the football field for the past five consecutive years, it has now been established as an Indian tradition. However, some fans were skeptical prior to the 1987 match-up at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, due to a forward move in Tech’s conference sta- tus. Nevertheless, the Bulldogs were forced to take another Indian defeat as NLU pounded Tech 44- 7 in front of a record crowd of 24,925 people. “T actually thought Tech would have a better team since they wanted tougher competition, but I guess I was wrong,” said Pam Rose, marketing sophomore. The Northeast offense seemed unstoppable as they scored three times during the first quarter. 20 Student Life Condolences are offered by Chief Brave Spirit to Tech’s mascot after the Indian defeat over La. Tech, 44-7. Photo by Todd Tradwell. Claude Brumfield Jr., pre-law senior and mem- | ber of the NLU football team said, “I felt it would | be a tight, down-to-the-last-second situation and | expected a much better game from the Bulldogs.” |} With the victory over Tech as the highlight of | the evening, unexpected circumstances made the | game memorable to some students. i Since the NLU student section of the stands filled quickly, many were forced to find a grassy | seat on the south end of the stadium. | “We had to sit on the hill,” said Christy Bur- | gess, mathematics sophomore. “It was a blast, |? though, because people were sliding down and | just goofing around while everyone was doing | cheers.” — Stephanie Duke | Even though some students had reserved seats for | the game, the Indian pounding of the Dogs provokes | fans to stand in order to see over the hands and heads of | others cheering. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Three touchdowns in the first quarter gave Northeast cheerleaders, Carrie Long and Chris Benbenick something to jump and shout about during the Tech game. Photo by Todd Tradewell. A record crowd of more than 25,000 has fans from both sides showing school spirit in victory and de- feat. Photo by Todd Tradwell. Oe ieee ne Tech 21 Worth the Walt? Bank Bookstore Lines Try Patience Following phone registration, many students found themselves still waiting in lines — lines at the bookstore, lines in the cafeteria and lines in “Indian Bank.” Most of the problems were administrative re- lating to the billing process and the collecting of fees, said Barry Delcambre, registrar. Carla Augustine, nursing freshman, waited three hours in the rain to receive her student loan check. “Northeast administrators should have ad- vanced their technology more than they did in the registration procedures,” said Augustine. “But all they really advanced were the lines out- side the bank and the tempers cf the students.” David Correro, controller, said clerks at the Indian Bank had to distribute checks for Guar- anteed Student Loans, Pell grants and other fi- nancial aid during registration. In the past, stu- dents dealt directly with the financial aid office in the coliseum. He said the lines at the Indian Bank were long 22 Student Life For this student, heat and frustration leads to the use of an unusual hat. Bank lines were at their longest in history at the start of the fall semester. Photo by Rick Kennedy. not only because some students should not havi been in line, but because of the slow processin}} done by the computer. Slow computers also added to the length ¢ daily lines in the cafeterias and bookstore. “The computers are not entirely the problem, said Mattie Foster, cafeteria employee. “If thi students would keep the line moving instead 0} pausing to talk, it would help to speed things up. The meal lines increased in part because onl two cafeterias were open on campus instead the three of previous years. More students wellfi ' at the bookstore, too. Rathbun, bookstore manager, said he had ti), close the bookstore doors at regular intervals ‘il give the students inside some breathing room, aif) incident which had not occurred since 1981. “Tt was terrible,” Rathbun said. “We just we en’t prepared for such a massive amount of pet ple at one time.” i — Chesca Benten and Lisa McQuei Students are forced to wait in the bank refund line 4 long as four hours before they can receive checks dul them and purchase their books for the fall semester|) Photo by Rick Kennedy. q | ! | Bookstore Lines 23 The Rain Fell Gloomy weather failed to dampen spirit A rain drenched game and an Indian defeat were part of Homecoming 1987, but the spirit of about 18,000 fans in Malone Stadium showed that student and alumni spirit was not dam- pened. Jeff Steele scored the only touchdown against the Cajuns of the University of Southwestern University in an Indian defeat of 17-7. Indian Coach Pat Collins attributed the loss to sloppy play. “Sloppy isn’t the word for this game,” Collins said. “That’s too nice. We stunk it up.” Prior to the defeat and gloomy weather, spirits soared higher with the announcement of Home- coming Court and the decoration of campus with brightly colored displays. Crowned Homecoming Queen for 1987 during the game’s halftime was 20-year old Stephanie Standard, a pre-law sophomore. “It’s really the best thing that’s ever happened to me,” Standard said. “I wasn’t even expecting to be in the race, much less queen.” Standard, a former NLU cheerleader, was nominated by Sigma Kappa sorority. The 1987 Homecoming Court consisted of Missy Clark, Kim Walker, Suzanne Strong, Lea- zel Fields, Amy Baggett, DeLise Peterson, Amanda Broom, Katrise Lee and Valda Bush. The Homecoming exhibits on display through- out the campus were judged on the basis of idea originality, idea development and eye appeal in the categories of resident halls, sororities, frater- nities and independents. The winner of the President’s Trophy, the highest all-university award, was the Pink Castle by Phi Mu sorority. Phi Mu received $500 in award money after the judging which took place on Homecoming Satur- day. Following the game, students found their way to parties and dances. The Union Board-sponsored student Home- 24 Student Life Student and football fan Pam Reed cheers on the Indians along with 18,000 others who filled Malone Stadium for the Homecoming game against the University of Southwestern Louisi- ana. Photo by Laura Zaidain. coming Dance, however, experienced a lower turnout than usual, with only about 250 students attending. UB recreation chairman Ivan Landry, a pre- pharmacy sophomore, speculated that the unusu- ally low turnout was due to two things. “Fraternities are holding their own dances, and a higher percentage of the students are at- tending those parties,” Landry said. “Also, I think dances are popular in waves, and right now they are in a downslope; they aren’t as popular,” Landry said. “We’re hoping to bring the dance on campus next year because it may be difficult for some on- campus residents, especially the freshmen to get out to the Civic Center,” Landry said. “We just haven’t been able to locate a good on-campus location yet.” The Intramural Department’s annual Louis- ville Mile was a more successful Homecoming event. More than 300 participants ran the mile, with business senior Frank Lamberti winning the men’s division with a time of 4 minutes and 13 seconds, and Suzy Seever winning the women’s division with a 5.56 time. For those former NLU students who returned home, there were also a number of activities planned: the NLU Alumni Association saw to that. On Friday, the alumni were invited to a cock- tail buffet at the alumni center, and on Saturday afternoon, the alumni-faculty dinner took place. After the game, the alumni were also able to relax at the alumni dance held at the Ramada Inn. Other events of the week included a golf tour-— nament at Chennault Park, a tennis tournament at Heard Stadium, a basketball scrimmage on Indian Field and an exhibition baseball game, also on Indian Field. — David Salinero — Homecoming Queen Stephanie Standard waves to the crowd after having been crowned by Jeff Thompson the SGA president. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Ne N bo e g 9 o o = ° x Homecoming °3 Organizations’ Displays Brighten Campus Homecoming cont. from p. 24 men’s division with a time of 4 minutes and 13 seconds, and Suzy Seever winning the women’s division with a 5.56 time. For those former NLU students who returned home, there were also a number of activities planned: the NLU Alumni Association saw to that. On Friday, the alumni were invited to a cock- tail buffet at the alumni center, and on Saturday afternoon, the alumni-faculty dinner took place. After the game, the alumni were also able to relax at the alumni dance held at the Ramada Inn. Other events of the week included a golf tour- nament at Chennault Park, a tennis tournament at Heard Stadium, a basketball scrimmage on Indian Field and an exhibition baseball game, also on Indian Field. — David Salinero The Louisville Mile was run, jogged and walked by Greeks earning participation points from the Intramu- ral Department on Homecoming morning. Photo by Todd Tradewell. 26 Student Life BACK $67 $0 INSTALLED CE co i Tae een Phi Mu sorority captured first place and the Presi- dent’s Award for their Homecoming display and theme, “Wisdom Reigns True in the Kingdom of NLU.” Photo courtesy of Robin Irwin. The 1987 Homecoming Court included Amanda Broom, Missy Clark, Kim Walker, Valda Bush, Steph- anie Standard-queen, Katrise Lee, Delise Peterson, Su- zanne Strong and Leazel Fields. Not pictured, Amy Baggett. Homecoming 27 Night Life Weekend gives chance to catch-up, relax When asked to describe a college student’s life in less than three words, criminal justice freshman Todd Richard said, “That can be done in one word. ‘Poverty’.” Nevertheless, Northeast Louisiana University students didn’t let a shortage of cash hamper their nightlife during the past year. They found fun, no matter what the cost. In Monroe, where the sidewalks roll up at midnight, that was not always easy to do. “IT do what all good Monroyans do for fun at night,” said disgruntled English junior John Lorio. “I get in fights, pick up girls and shop for bows.” Sharon Salinas, Spanish senior, responded similarly to the nightlife question. “Nightlife in ‘Funro’?” she said. “What I do at night is plan out-of-town trips for the weekends.” Like Salinas, many NLU students said they went elsewhere nightlife opportunities. Trips to Shreveport, and even New Orleans and Baton Rouge, were fairly common. Most, however, found things to do in Monroe, whether simply watching the VCR at home, going out to eat, dancing at a nightclub or attending a Nightly entertainment attracts NLU students Penny Whittington, Robert Kinnard, and Karen Wilson to enjoy the food and atmosphere of Chelsea’s Street Pub in the mall. Photo by Peter Bradley. 28 Student Life sporting event. 4 “I usually go to Private Eyes or Enoch’s if they have a good band lin up,” said Kevin O’ Rourke, criminal justice senior. Mary Cay Jermann, business pre-law junior, was even more speci about the club she frequented. j “As far as I’m concerned the only Dine to go is Enoch’s,” Jermann s “That’s where the real people are.’ When the regular clubs closed at midnight, many students got in th he cars and cruised to an after-hours club. These clubs were were able to sté open later, because they did not serve alcohol. f In addition to nightclubs, several restaurants, such as Cuco’s and Che sea’s, were frequently mentioned by students in their quest for nightlil “T like to meet my friends at Chelsea’s for happy hour, and then} somewhere like ’Scally’s,” Kelly Self, psychology junior, said. Cynthia Harper, pharmacy senior, and her boyfriend opted for the mo elegant surroundings of Austin’s or Chef Han’s. They, like many students, also often chose to combine dinner with movie. Con’t on page lop) N z o ; c= . “the. ee on . é: a ms � - a!) : - te � = = | ‘ “ik . a ; ey 4 ees i ” } S %.. | % : = 7 {en ed pone ty vss een” ei -restaurants from ch to choose on the weekday nights. Photo by Peter Bradley. ini a F 2 Pg Ms Al Ml A Ms Me A td . SS ae a, S He Siahperscuaea anland Mall offers students shopping, and a variety of m Cont. “Movies are really my thing, so that’s what I usually like to do,” said Claudia Grunnell, an office information systems junior. “I’ve been to the nightclubs here, but I really don’t like them.” For Charles Bagby, a senior music major, Monroe nightlife usually meant hitting the books, but occasionally, when the mood hit him, a pool game or $1 movie at Eastgate was relished. “That’s the only nightlife I can afford,” he said. Bagby also managed to catch all the home football games; he had to, he’s in the band. Many students, however, didn’t need that extra incentive to root on the home team. “T always go to see the football games and basketball games,” said Rajiv Perera, CIS junior. “I like to go out and support the school.” Those in the Greek system were also frequent members of the football and basketball crowds. Sorority and fraternity members had an active nightlife throughout the year, gathering for a number of events. Said Pam Rose, marketing sophomore, “We (AOPi’s) will all meet and go skating, bowling or maybe to Private Eyes. We also sponsor parties, have socials and go to the games and pep rallies.” For others, finding that elusive thing to do was not a simple matter of narrowing down several choices. Darla Weaver, management senior, and Paul Helms, criminal justice senior, said they usually didn’t do anything at all. “We don’t really go out,” Weaver said. “We take a lot of late night shopping trips to County Market, but that’s about all our going out activi- ties.” “We like to play with the fruits and vegetables,” added Helms. “Espe- cially the cantaloupes.” — Angie Arkin Research papers and Monday tests require weekend time spent in Sandel Li- brary, studying or preparing an upcoming assignment. Photo by Richard Lupo. 30 Student Life Fraternity houses host weekend parties for Greeks and other students. Melani) Witherington, Melissa Daig and Neil Tribble get acquainted at the Pike Housé Photo by Peter Bradley. ht life for football fans include a Saturday night spent cheering on the Indians tie Tech game in Ruston. Photo by Rick Kennedy. | | | | | Night Life 31 4 om S 6) ge) 2) a NM N an) 4 | his place is really only an interest to scientists. It’s not really a zoo,” tj) Tommy Wyatt, CIS sophomore and reptile feeder for “the zoo in Bett hall.” 4 jnyone can walk inside Garrett for class, or to visit the snakes, turtles, ids and a two-foot, 4-year-old alligator, but that is not all there is to see jhe zoo. ii Phind ‘the caged, live reptiles on the first floor, lies the fifth largest ferved fish collection in the world. Dr. Neil Douglas, director, is re- jsible for supplying specimens for scientific study throughout the majority of the fish families are represented here, behind rows of ' Ojlen cabinets. One family, the darters, has a whole room devoted to it. i 1 jie “zoo” does not end on the first floor. Upstairs in Garrett, live more i es, turtles, and “alligators.” a I ts lly in the world,” Douglas said. “They are colorful, but stay in deep jr, so they aren’t observed easily. Scientists are very interested in ” L ; w addition to the Garrett Hall collection are the two boa constrictors. Both “ )ppt safely behind a glass-sided aquarium. Photo by Laura Zaidain. In the Hal Turtles, lizards, snakes kept in Garrett In a solitary aquarium is “Red,” red rat snake who has been in Garrett for ten years. Before that, he was used in a snake charmer act. He appears to be dead, but can raise up when summoned. On the other side of the room lives an alligator snapping turtle, which resembles a small, algae-attacked rhinoceros. According to Douglas, these turtles can live for more than 100 years, and can weigh up to 250 pounds. It catches fish with its earthworm-like tongue. Garrett also houses two alligator lizards. These lizards are only found in Southwest Texas, and are very rare, Wyatt said. They look oriental, due to their delicate, graceful appearance. Shaded with light pink and lavender, they are arguably the most beauti- ful “alligator” reptiles in the zoo. There are also two boa constrictors. “The boas are new to Garrett,” Wyatt said. “The younger one is wilder, and may bite if you stick your hand in.” The only poisonous snakes in Garrett have been pickled. — Ann Hopkins Zoo 33 ee J RPE OO 34 Student Life € t Dage Crowned Queen naron Cage took her first official walk as the Mahogany Miss Feb. 15, after being ed at the annual pageant held by the Black icus Association. page received a trophy, a crown, a partial larship of $200 and a gift certificate,” said linette Hart, president of the Black Caucus. }ecording to Hart, the only thing lacking in pageant was the number of contestants. | he pageant was very competitive with var- i) types of talent, although we only had six Hestants,” said Hart. “In previous years we 4); normally had at least 10 girls to enter.” | lot of interest was shown in the pageant, |250 to 300 people attended,” said Hart. “We she opening of the pageant a little different; rirls entered from the back of the auditorium danced onto the stage.” member of the audience, Cindy Thomas said Son Cage performs a slow, bluesy tune during ent competition at the Mahogany Miss Pageant. number was one of the highlights of the talent etition. Photo by Cathy Cordry. she didn’t have a personal favorite in the pageant but Cage had the best talent and did the best in all categories. “I was impressed with the pageant; I thought it was great,” said Thomas. “The pageant was the blacks’ own version of the Miss NLU pageant.” “Sharone is so beautiful,” said Cage’s mother. “I thought she would win all along.” Although her mothe r had complete confidence in her daughter winning the pageant, Cage said she had mixed feelings at the moment she won. “Well I didn’t think I would win,” said Cage, music and business management freshman. “I was relieved, and I felt that winning was a great accomplishment.” Originally from Tokyo, Japan, Cage said the pageant was the first she had ever entered. Wear- ing a blue velvet and rhinestone evening gown, her favorite part of the pageant was the evening Finalists in the Mahogany Miss pageant 1987 were: (from left) Kimberly Robinson, Regina Doyle, Wanda Fleming, Ericka Strong and Sharon Cage, queen. Photo by Cathy Cordry. Mahogany Miss Receives Scholarship, Trophy gown competition. “T really had fun with that,” she said. Ericka Strong, first runner-up, also considered the evening gown competition the most enjoy- able. Strong, real estate major, was shocked and surprised when she was chosen first runner-up. “T’m outgoing, but in another aspect I’m some- what shy,” Strong said. “I don’t like to be in the spotlight, so I have no idea why they chose me as first runner-up.” For the talent competition, Cage performed a vocal selection by Bunny DeBarge entitled “Life Begins With You.” Strong performed a jazz dance routine to the tune “Losing You.” The Mahogany Miss pageant has been held for more than five years, and is directed by the Black Caucus executive board. —Tonya Courson and Lisa McQueen Mahogany Miss 35 Save the Trees Parking Spaces, Trees in Expansion Plan The fate of the university’s 50-year-old oak trees located along DeSiard Street was the basis of a campaign waged last year by Student Govern- ment Association President Jeff Thompson. Northeast Louisiana University’s trees — which Thompson called an essential part of the university’s heritage — became the center of contro- versy when state highway officials presented proposals to President Dwight Vines in July to five lane DeSiard Street. The proposal called for an estimated 30 feet to be taken from Northeast on the north side of DeSiard for the purpose of widening the road and establishing a turn lane. The expansion would begin at Highway 165 and end at Gilbert Street, and would involve the loss of more than 20 trees and an estimated 150 student parking spaces. Initially the proposal called for 15 feet to be taken from both sides of the highway. However, local businesses located on the south side of the high- way opposed the plan and voiced their opposition to State Sen. Lawson Swearingen and Rep. Evelyn Blackmon. “TI was asked by some constituents to look into it, but I did not have anything to do with the decision,” Blackmon said. Swearingen said, “I am familiar with the project, but any final decision on the matter belongs to the highway department, and not the legislators.” The local businessmen claimed the original plan would destroy parking and in some cases entire buildings, according to Van C. Westbrook, state highway administrator. Because of these objections, the proposal was altered so that the business side would remain untouched. “The state either buys my business or everything stays as normal,” said Doyle Parker, owner of Snow White Cleaners, located on DeSiard across from NLU. The most common suggestion for compensation to NLU if the trees are actually lost is to allocate extra funds to Northeast for campus beautifica- tion, Parker said. “That would certainly be another possibility to consider,” said Swearin- gen. “There has been some discussion about this, and I certainly would be willing to lend my support. I have always been a big supporter of North- east. I graduated from Northeast and I sincerely want what’s best for 36 Student Life Northeast. “On the other, I am a state official, and I have to consider what is for the state. I also have to consider the most cost-effective alternativ: this case, it would really be more economical to take land from Nort! since the state already owns the land.” To symbolically voice his opposition to cutting down the trees a: also gain support for the cause, Thompson tied yellow ribbons ar each tree in mid-July. “Those trees were dedicated to the University, and I was told James A. Noe dedicated them,” said Thompson. The situation is aj vating, to put it mildly. If they can guarantee they can move the tree! they will still live, then thats fine. “T think a majority of citizens enjoy the trees, and DeSiard is one o! two streets which is really attractive. But it is the idea of thesi businessmen trying to take away our trees and parking space.” Thompson said Vines had approached him when the highway situ first presented itself, and they have worked together to possibly f solution. “Unlike the private businesses, Northeast will not be compensate the loss of land because it is state property,” Vines said. “We lose the parking spaces and land. We just lose all around.” According to Thompson, Vines has watched the trees grow wit university. “All the revenue from NLU students, staff and faculty aes a. Monroe,” said Thompson. “We need Monroe to help us now.” “President Vines is handling the political end, and — et dant go out looking to lose.” le Said Helen Artman, accounting junior, “I think cutting down the! is a shame. There have to be ways around it.” IF A lack of state funds has held up further development of the proys@ Westbrook said. | | ‘ A President Jeff Thompson was part of the campaign to save the trees that )| been on campus since Northeast was built. Yellow ribbons were tied on the 1s to draw attention from the community to the possibility of their being uproot- for toad expansion. Photo by Rick Kennedy. | { { ES cA Trees 37 After Hours 4 What Happens When You Sleep? Most of the students attending Northeast are finished with daily classes _ So, too, is the telephone operator. Stationed in a side office of the unive | | at or before 2:00 p.m., excluding those with labs or ni ght classes. ty police station, the telephone lines are open 24 hours a day. Nevertheless, when the campus is filled with the light of streetlamps “Since I live off campus, I don’t have a Northeast (telephone) direct}, instead of students rushing to their next class, there still remain a few and the operators are the easiest way to get someone’s phone numb) involved with their campus jobs. said Angela Howard, radiological technology junior. . “I do lose some sleep working the late shift, but I take morning classes Said telephone operator Sundee DeFils, nursing senior, “The only ho§ | and catch up on my sleep in the afternoons and evenings,” said campus _ I am able to work are late night hours because I have clinical in | police dispatcher Karen Spaulding, aviation sophomore. afternoons.” Student officers combined with regular police officers patrol the campus On weekdays, Sandel Library stays open till midnight, giving stude¥ all night. Working in shifts, the university police are available for escorts ample time to use its resources, through the help of late night worki) to anywhere on campus at the expense of a phone call. “Sometimes I don’t get off work until 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. I can get a} Student officers also have regular routes they walk, checking buildings done in two hours at Sandel,” said Latrece Washington, elementary edu. and keeping an eye out for anyone suspicious. tion sophomore. a.m.,” said student officer Bubba Jones, criminal justice sophomore. “For often taken for granted by students and faculty. Yet when most of the 1 those who have early morning classes, the lateshift probably does hinder _ of the campus is ending their days, they — more often than not — are}! their performance, but I enjoy working the graveyard shift, because it is beginning theirs. i | | the most interesting.” —Stephanie D@ | Not only are the campus police awake for the convenience of students. | | } ! “Each student officer works one graveyard shift a week, 3 a.m. to 11 The library workers, like the police officers and telephone operators, @ No matter the time, day or night, telephone operator Karen Spaulding is avail- able to assist students with the phone numbers they need. Photo by Rick Kennedy. 38 Student Life Pice there are fewer officers on duty for the night shift, Todd Richardson a's up slack by answering calls as well as working his beat. Photo by Rick ) nedy. After Hours 39 40 Student Life Penn sO LBS. Late night cram sessions are commonplace in the lobby of Cosper Hall, as Andrea Daniel, Annisha Tan- zie and Sandra Prince can attest to. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Residents in Cosper Hall enjoy special advantages and privileges, including no RAs and no room checks. Photo by Todd Tradewell. osper Hall, reopened in the fall as a co-educa- al honors dorm, proved popular with the stu- cs and reached almost total occupancy during ' first semester of existence. he hall housed male and female students who ida grade point average of 3.2 or better, accord- ‘ajto Victor Hazard, director of housing. _ | think this is a great idea for the students,” 4, Kathy Anderson, assistant house director o ‘he dorm. “Most of the people are looking for tiet place to study and live.” i an extra incentive to honor students, the n’s room rates were significantly reduced. | double occupancy room in Cosper cost $300 a siester whereas in other dorms the rate was } | 4 ). A private room in the hall was $100 cheaper 1 ih the $700 other dorms charge for a private an. nderson, ch emistry graduate student, said there were few problems with the co-educational aspect of the dorm. In order to separate the women and men’s wings on the second floor, Anderson said a wall was built with a door in it; however, the door was locked at all times. Anderson and Mike Honeycutt, the only male resident assistant at Cosper, were the sole NLU staff in the dorm. “T cannot see putting any more staff in the hall even if the hall does fill to capacity,” Hazard said. The dorm was specifically designed for those students whom Hazard felt could discipline themselves in dealing with matters of visitation and noise level. “Because it is an honors dorm, we feel the stu- dents should have a little more freedom and be able to police themselves,” Hazard said. Visitation for the dorm, as voted on by the ew Co-Ed Dorm _ Cosper Hall Secluded As Honors Dorm residents, was from 12 a.m. to 12 p.m. every day. Alcohol policy was the same as that of Hudson, Sherrouse and Masur Halls. Alcohol was allowed in the individual rooms of the residents of the hall, but not in the halls and lobby, Hazard said. Additionally, a judiciary board consist ing of five members was begun in the dorm. The board, the first of its kind at the university, was respon- sible for handling the day-to-day problems of the resident hall and resolving minor disputes among residents. According to Anderson, there has been only positive feedback from the residents about the new honors dorm and its policies. “So far, I really like living in Cosper,” said Charles Bagby, music senior. “It is quieter than other dorms, and the rooms are real big.” —Sara E. Benecke Reopened in the fall, Cosper Hall houses honor stu- dents. All residents in the co-educational dormitory must maintain at least a 3.2 grade point average. Photo by Sheila King. Cosper Hall 41 L_et’s Do Lunch Microwaves, McDonald’s, and Meal Tickets Eating arrangements changed drastically from the previous semesters. Because on-campus stu- dents were no longer required to purchase a meal ticket, many opted for new lunch spots in the fall. Students declared the new policy great for those on a tight budget or for those who liked variety in their meals. Still some stayed with the cafeterias. “T usually eat in Coenen,” said Donna See- mann, accounting sophomore. “It’s not the wors t, but it’s not wonderful either.” Social work junior Angela Burroughs and nurs- ing sophomore Sandy Stoudt also ate in Coenen, although neither seemed enthusiastic about the subject. Long lines in the cafeterias or lack of interest in the food caused many other students and fac- ulty members, though, to eat out several times during the week. McDonald’s and Wendy’s, both located conve- Since meal tickets are no longer required of students living on campus, Sandy McBride takes advantage of a portable microwave kept in her room. Photo by Rick Kennedy. 42 Student Life niently near campus, were among the popular choices for both commuters and on-campus stu- dents, as well as faculty and staff. Leo Vining, marketing and management in- structor, said he usually went out to eat at places ranging from McDonald’s to Frank Janie’s. “T eat just whatever I have a craving for,” he said. General business junior Amy Cockroft usually went to Taco Bell for a taco salad once a day “because I don’t have an appetite for more than one meal in the cafeteria.” Few commuters purchased the meal plan, and as a result, most ate between classes at home, or they picked up fast food. Said Alan Stephenson, general studies sopho- more, “Since I commute, I either eat on my girl- friend’s meal ticket, or I go to Wendy’s.” P.J. Davis, social work freshman, was also a commuter. “I go home to eat and maybe study a little, go to sleep, and then come back for afternoon classes,” he said. Still other students, like Sue Lyn Johnson, f dio tv film sophomore, found another answel the eating question. “T have a wok that I cook on every day,” Jo of son said. “I buy food in stock. It’s better a cheaper than a meal ticket.” Some students simply didn’t eat lunch a Johnny Loomis, history and government search assistant, said, “I teach through lunch a then I take a class, so I don’t have a lunch brea And then there are those students, like J fer Pittman, general business junior, wha ju can’t seem to be able to drag themselves ou bed for class, much less lunch. ; “T usually sleep through lunch,” Pittman s RRR NAR, Students who chose to buy a meal ticket enjoyed the convenience of walking to eat, instead of driving. Poozer Bryant, Brian Vhayer, Pascal Molinard and Lisa Hobett eat lunch at Schulze cafeteria. Photo by Todd Tradwell. Coenen Coffee shoppe, which replaced Hardee’s in the student union building, provides students a conve- nient stop for snacks or a salad on their way to and from classes. Photo by Catherine Cordry. Lunch 43 Girls in Olin | Not Enough Room To House All Girls | As if Northeast Louisiana University did not have enough co-education dormitories on cam- pus, Olin Hall — the 13 story men’s dormitory — housed one floor full of girls during the first week of the fall semester. According to Victor Hazard, director of hous- ing, approximately 100 girls stayed on the 11th floor of Olin during the first few days of the fall semester because all of the women’s residence halls were already reserved. “Naturally many of the girls’ parents were con- cerned with the location of their daughters,” Hazard said. No major problems, however, were reported at the dorm during the girls’ unusual stay, and many found the experience somewhat enjoyable. Olin dormitory has the highest capacity for housing students, which proved helpful during the temporary overflow of girls unable to move into female dorms. Photo by Ted Smith. 44 Student Life Rynda Jennings, a fr eshman general studies major, and Dyanna Brian, a health and physical education freshman, lived together in Olin and later moved to Masur. “Olin was different and lots of fun,” said Jen- nings. Brian said she liked the view from the 11th floor. According to Hazard, female resident assis- tants took turns spending the night high up in Olin Hall during the week to assure the safety of the female guests. “We also had male resident assistants take turns patrolling the upper floor to make sure visi- tation hours were not violated,” Hazard said. Randy Brewer, Olin resident assistant and “The girls and guys both stuck to the visitation |) regulations and there were not any problems with the girls being up there,” Brewer said. The female students were moved out of the Olin by the end of the week, Hazard said. “We found space for these girls in Masur Hally | he said. “It was just a process of having the resi} dents there consolidating in the dorm. | “It was strictly a temporary situation that we | encountered and I feel we took care of it in an extremely efficient manner.” iva Moon temporarily moves her things into a i): on the eleventh floor of Olin Hall at the beginning a} e fall semester. Photo by Todd Tradwell. Girls in Olin 45 Since weekends are no exception as workdays to students who hold a job, Stacey Standifer and Ashlea Sollenburger take orders from customers at Pecanland Mall on a Saturday evening. Photo by Peter Bradley. Although waitressing involves late hours and a lot of time on her feet, Leazel Fields has the opportunity to meet people and work with friends. Photo by Peter Bradley. 46 Student Life orking For a Living eals of post-college life, for most students, are envisioned as working e career that one has studied for during school. the mean time, before graduation and between studies, part-time ' soften consume extra hours in students’ lives. Whether the extra cash to.scrape up tuition for each new semester, or to escape the books m going-out, part-time jobs are often a necessity for college students. { wouldn’t work unless I had to, I’d rather go to school more, but sidering my financial status, I have no choice,” said Suzanne Steakley, 3ing sophomore. he Monroe-West Monroe area offers a variety of temporary occupa- 's for students. am Rose, marketing sophomore, said, “I work in West Monroe, be- se when I got the job I lived there. Now that I am on campus it’s a little z a OU — Part-Time Jobs Provide Extra Cash further to drive but I like my job.” For students living on campus without transportation, jobs are avail- able through the university. Usually working as office or teacher workers, students are given the opportunity to earn extra cash without leaving campus. “T enjoy being a RA (residents’ assistant) because I don’t have to dress up and I can study while I work in the lobby,” said Karen Edmonson, nursing junior. Having the responsibility of a job and going to school may seem over- whelming at times, but it also creates a sense of commitment needed for one’s career after college. — Stephanie Duke re ee Bartender Thad Dickey carefully mixes a drink for customers that enjoy nightly entertainment seen in Chelseaa’s Street Pub in the mall. Photo by Peter Bradley. Working 47 Bayou Life students Enjoy Relaxing On The Bayou Northeast Louisiana University just may be the only school in the nation where students can enjoy the convenience of having a bayou running through the middle of campus. Bayou DeSiard is a source among students for recreation and relaxation, and it also adds to the scenic beauty of NLU. Scott Finlay, management junior, has spent many of his afternoons floating on a raft in the waterway. “You can’t swim or dive in the bayou, but you can float on rafts,” Finlay said. “It’s the best way to get a tan, and you can meet the most interest- ing people.” By showing her student identification card, The warm water proves somewhat of a comfort to Michelle Carbo during the hot and humid days of sum- mer school. Photo by Ted Smith. 48 Student Life Pam Ford checked out canoes from the Lake Ox- ford Natatorium and spent hours canoeing on the bayou. “Canoeing is a great way to relax,” said Ford, elementary education sophomore. “A lot of peo- ple go canoeing to check out guys (or girls), but I do it just to get out of the dorm and get my mind off school.” Ford added that she has never tipped over in her canoe. Garry Graves, business real estate senior, en- joyed fishing in the bayou, even though he has never caught a single fish there. “IT know some people who have caught fish from Bayou DeSiard,” he said. “Mostly they ne... ————— | Careful balance is the key when cruising on the bay- ou in canoes that are available for student use. Photo by Ted Smith. catch small brim.” “You can feed the fish off the foot bridge, ai usually the ducks and turtles come around wa ing to be fed,” Graves said. Skiing on the bayou is also popular with sfjj dents. Mike Tharpe was not a ski team memb but had been skiing on Bayou DeSiard sever times. “DeSiard’s a good location for skiing evé though it’s kind of narrow at spots,” Tharpe sail “There are days when skiing on the bayou is I skiing on glass; it’s so smooth.” “T like the exercise I get skiing, but I’m expert,” Tharpe said. —David Salin _ a | oO ia] — =) o es oO q x N — 8 o a) 23 —s n n ® ° uo) H 2} = g oO oS o = ae: el S S = a= = o o n o n a oO S n a =} S —s ao 2 1 DeSiar son. by Freddie Gip Bayou Life 49 Fashion students Express Their Personalities “What in the world am I going to wear today?” This was a question that many students asked themselves every day, and every day they came up with something new and different. Each student came up with something that made a statement — his or her statement, Fashion has always been used to express indi- vidual personalities, and the students at North- east were able to do this well. On the NLU campus, one could see a melting pot of fashion ideas for the late 1980’s. This year was a year of fashionable variety. This variety was visible in the classrooms, the cafeterias and at school functions. It was no surprise to find some students wear- ing sweatsuits, while others were wearing shorts 50 Student Life and T-shirts. Some students chose to promote the idea that designer clothes were the best; such as Guess and Levi's. Others promoted commercial advertisements on their clothes like Coca-Cola and Corona. Of course, this year was not completely free from other influential fads. Some were strong enough to make appearances on campus. “T tend to wear what’s in style, so whatever is in, I wear,” said Samantha Bartlett, dental hy- giene freshman. Peach-colored clothes were popular fads, as well as acid-washed jeans and jackets. “T like stone-washed clothes because they match just about anything, and you can dress up or go casual with them on,” Terri Louviere, mar- Ladies are not the only ones who are fashion con- scious. Sweater over his shoulder, Tommy Lipari mod- els a fall style for men. Photo by Rick Kennedy. keting freshman, said. ! Said Tere Nikoli, pharmacy junior, “I lik) wear peach-colored clothes to be in style andj cause they match other clothes so well.” Jodi Farmer, legal studies freshman, and Sul Johnson, physical therapy freshman, enjcii) wearing khaki. “T tend to wear a lot of khaki and tan cloi}f) mainly because they compliment my colorf Also, they are laid back colors, and I’m a laid) kind of person,” Johnson said. | Whatever the fad or lack of fad, however, 4 dents were always able to answer the quest!) “What in the world am I going to wear todél) and do it with style. — Brandi Broug | irves around the neck and wide belts, such as 3e worn by Jodi Manuel, Stephanie Neal and Angela npton, were popular fall fashions. Photo by Rick medy. Fashion 51 MY MONEY | = GO T0 NLU ie University v The bookstore offers bumper stickers for students to send home to mom and dad. Photo by Cathy Cordry. After the “Baby on Board” signs, yellow triangular- shaped messages became popular with students. Photo by Cathy Cordry. 52 Student Life S vl On, ze Je! sticky Sayings Bumper Stickers Used For Expression ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but ips and chains excite me.” So reads the sticker Karl Schoen’s car bumper, and, according to in, it’s more than just a witty phrase; it’s a Jilosophy of life. ‘It’s something I live by,” said the sophomore nance and psychology major. “It gets a lot of ention.” (nother phrase Schoen is liable to believe in is ) each his own,” and that, say the proud bearers dumper stickers, is exactly what it’s all about. ‘I think people use bumper stickers to express } )mselves,” said Michael Triche. | or Triche, the expression comes in the sup- Pt of his fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha. “PIKE” is the sticker says, and it matches the paint on 4) car almost perfectly. We plan on making a new bumper sticker that sis PIKE KAPPA ALPHA, READY TO RIOT, ause of the article that talked about the riots a;he Tech game,” Triche, a sophomore public M tions major, said. ja addition to the Pikes, many other fraternity 1! sorority members sported bumper stickers : ma automobiles. This form of “expression,” jst however, was not limited to the Greeks. Bumper stickers seen around campus ranged to school-related (“My money and my daughter go to NLU”) to the political (remember “Tauzin”?) to the just plain absurd (“Get Stoned, Drink Ce- ment.”) Still, others promoted particular events, such With a conference-winning football team, Indian Fever bumper stickers are found on many cars whose owners support NLU athletics. Photo by Cathy Cordry. as the one displayed by Christine Jasek. “CZHILISPIEL 15 October 23, 24, 25, 1987 Flatonia Texas” the sticker reads, for anyone ca- pable of pronouncing the first word which is Czech. “Tm a full blooded Czechoslovakian,” Jasek, a radio-TV-film senior, said. “The sticker stands for a parade, and chili cook-off that is held each year about 90 miles away from San Antonio, out in the country. My Grandmother is just so proud of it, she asked me to put one on my car.” Yet another sticker spotted amid the cramped parking spaces of NLU was “Space Station. Lou- isiana’s next logical step.” “T worked for a company in New Orleans this summer that was trying to get a space industry started in Louisiana,” said owner Kristine Be- lyus, public relations sophomore. — Ann Hopkins Greek bumper stickers found in the parking lots around Nicholson dorm display phrases of sorority in- volvement. Photo by Cathy Cordry. Bumper Stickers 53 UB Trios Students Enjoy Sandy Beaches, Snowy Mountains — More students than ever enjoyed Union Board trips this spring to Colorado and the Bahamas in 1987. In January, skiers (and some non-skiers) trav- eled to Copper Mountain, Colo., and 320 sun lovers went to Freeport in the Bahamas. “The trips are for the students to enjoy the sun or the skiing,” said Charles McDonald, director of student development and advisor of the UB. “It’s a great way for the students to have good times, meet new friends and unwind after a long semester.” The Colorado ski trip lasted eight days and seven nights with six full days of skiing. The trip was open to students, faculty and friends of the university. “All levels of skiers went on the trip, from be- ginners to experts,” McDonald said. McDonald said there were nightlife events the skiers could participate in including dance clubs and horse-drawn sleigh rides. “By the end of a day of skiing, most people just want a place to curl up in front of a fire or eat a 54 Student Life good meal,” he said. “Most of us didn’t partici- pate much in the nightlife.” McDonald said this was the 14th year the school has sponsored a ski trip, and he has gone each year. “T love to ski,” McDonald said. This year’s trip to the Bahamas drew so many participants that a second airplane had to be chartered, and there was still a waiting list for a seat on the second plane. “We initially planned for one plane-load of pas- sengers, but the cost for this year’s trip was so reasonable that we filled two planes and had more people left,” McDonald said. The groups were flown out of New Orleans in late May and stayed at the Bahama Princess Ca- sino and Resort in Freeport for a four-day, three- night stay. DeLise Peterson, a pre-pharmacy sophomore, said there was a great variety of activities to choose from. “There was so much to do; you could go snor- kling, scuba diving, swimming, golfing. And that was just daytime activities,” she said. One event Peterson particularly enjoyed wa luau held at the opposite end of the island. | “We took a bus to the luau and had a blag Peterson said. “There was all kinds of native fc) and tropical drinks, and we swam and play beach games. Shannon Murphy, public relations junior, | joyed the Bahamas nightlife and laying out at | beach. “We didn’t really make any plans,” Murp said. “We got off the plane and we were on ( own to have as much fun as we could find.” While Murphy enjoyed relaxing on the bet more than taking part in the activities, Peters | found time to snorkle, shop and go sightseei “Snorkling was really exciting, and the wa was so clear, we could see lots of tropical fis “We also rented a jeep and did some sights) ing and shopping. The natives were really ni¢ — David Salin Missy Clark and Shannon Murphy show off their hats and handbags in the New Orleans airport. Ph) courtesy of Tom Murphy. Returning from the Bahamas, Delise ra UB Trips 55 56 Student Life The culprit in question, Scott Bruster, is interr ed by investigator Martin Montgomery and of Rory Platt. Photo by Rick Kennedy. 4 4 i 3 The Department of Communication Arts ned the fall semester with a production of the iric British comedy “Loot.” Written by Joe Orton, “Loot” is set in a parlor t has been temporarily furnished with a cof- . The corpse in the coffin, who is the late ther of a bank robber, is dumped upside down a closet so the young thief and his accom- ice, an undertaker’s assistant, have a place to h their loot. “The wild adventures that occur among the Vieves, a nurse who was with the dead woman at death, the widowed husband and a corrupt id brutal police inspector make for a vitriolic, adly serious black comedy that makes most her drama in this genre seem gentle,” said the ow’s director, Dr. John Rude, director of the eater department. ‘Rude describes the comedy as having a satiric __ Tust toward several of society’s “sacred cows” _ the materialism, the police, the Catholic Church. The show opened Aug. 6 in the summer, but according to Rude, the play was completely re- done in the fall in respect to both acting and directing. “We did renovations on the set and made changes with blocking,” Rude said. “Also, we worked out the characterizations.” Shannon Thompson, an art senior, enjoyed both the plot and the talent in the production. “T enjoyed the humor in it,” Thompson said. “There was a lot of good acting ability displayed by the Northeast students. I was surprised at that.” Thompson was also surprised at the size of the crowd which attended the performance. “There was a large, receptive crowd,” Thomp- son said. “It was nice to see a live performance on campus.” The cast of “Loot” included Joel Willer as McLeavy (husband of the corpse), Linda Rambin Tneatre Mystery Intrigues Audience of ‘‘Loot’’ as Fay (the nurse), Teresa Picht as Mrs. McLeavy (the corpse), Scott Brewster as Hal (thief), Jay Little as Dennis (thief); Martin Montgomery as Truscott (the inspector); and James Jeneau as Meadows (policeman). Set design and technical work were under the supervision of Jake Boals, theater graduate assis- tant. The cast also performed the show in Ham- mond, La. as an entry in the American College Theatre Festival. “T’ve been in three other shows, two at North- east, but this was my most challenging role,” said Brewster who played Hal. “Dr. Rude is a real good director. “T didn’t like the sets, though. They didn’t pro- vide a atmosphere that an actor could work well in. They were too bland.” — David Salinero A dead victim causes suspicion and intrique for Mar- tin Montgomery, Jay Little, Scott Bruster, Joel Willer and Linda Rambin. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Theatre 57 Carnival Wanted: harem girls, strong men, aerialists, clowns, Gypsies, jugglers and countless others. That was the audition message Theater Direc- tor Dr. John Rude sent out in January 1987 for the musical “Carnival.” In the end, he got a little bit of everything. “The acting, the music, really everything was very good,” said Dr. Edward Deckard, music di- rector for the show. “Carnival” marked the first time in the history of Northeast Louisiana University, that the Communication Arts Department and the School of Music combined for a production with- out bringing in a featured star. The show proved with a star, but it’s also a good experience | students to be the ‘stars,’”. Deckard said. Among the “star” performers were Kristen 4 Y derson, liberal arts graduate assistant, as Li, Greg Oden, choral graduate assistant, as Pa; tf and Randall Boyd, vocal education graduate . bi sistant, as Jacquot. : The show, which centered on the character ! an orphan who works for a run-down carni | troupe, was held in Brown Auditorium and v5 free to NLU students. : “The attendance was very good compared ) other shows at the University,” Deckard saic 7 Featured songs in the musical included “Li= to many people that they didn’t need one. Makes the World Go ’Round,” “It Was Alwis “It’s a good experience for students to work You” and “Mira (Can You Imagine That?).” : te ew. An upright hand position resulted in a better puppet production as Farrel Marrer aids the puppeteers for “Carnival.” Photo by Laura Zaidain. The attention of Kristen Anderson and Greg Oden is captured by Randall Boyd and his puppet during a dress rehearsal of “Carnival.” Photo by Laura Zaidain. ; It was a classic tale of good versus evil two children tossed crumbs around the forest, le ®) .. gingerbread house, met a wicked old witcl] ant) by eventually — after a series of further plot 1 ist) — lived happily ever after. | So was the familiar story the Northeast Liisi _, ana University Opera Theatre tackled dring .. their Feb. 2-3, 1987 performances of “Hansand Gretel.” According to Toni Forest, director and fcme! NLU voice instructor, students did not sea be scared off by the term “opera.” “Opera is a very unique medium in that ital: ly brings together so many facets of the arts sht said. “It’s visual effects and musical effects 0m ing together to really feed the senses.” 58 Student Life ence | id, | sen | a li| a Pet att | ractet | car | od ey Alm = theatre rt Amphitryon 38 Entertains Mythology Fans The Department of Communication Arts pre- nted the play “Amphitryon 38” by Jean Girau- ux Oct. 28-31. The play, which dates back to 1929, gives a odern telling of the Greek myth Amphitryon, a neral of Thebes; his wife (Alkmena); and mas- of the gods, Jupiter. ““Amphitryon 38’ is one of the most cleverly itten scripts I think I’ve ever read as far as a lightful fantasy-comedy,” Dr. John Rude, di- ctor of the production and director of the the- te department, said. Cheryl Maum, a graduate in speech education, joyed several features of the show. “The plot was so clever, and some parts of the ; oe were very amusing,” Maum said. “I also ought the sets and lighting added to the overall s« As is traditionally done in the show, NLU’s ye’ (Oduction cast a female in the role of Hansel. it | “Hansel is supposed to be a voung boy at an age oii (?fore his voice changes,” Forest said. “General- , the music is much too difficult fora child to gs!) RE, 80 adults are cast in the roles.” od( | Cast members included Kristen Anderson, lib- yu |'al arts graduate student, as Gretel; Laurie Hen- rson as Hansel; Rebecca Rayborn, graduate as- yi! |Stant in music education, as the witch; Lisa o@ trick, graduate student, as the stepmother; ussell Givens, music education graduate assis- jg! |Nt, as the father; Denise Robinson, music edu- oath | ition senior, as the Dew Fairy; and Greg Oden, jo Oral graduate assistant, as the Sandman. ' — Liz Hebert | effect of the production. It was some of the better acting I’ve seen at an NLU production.” Cast members of the production include: Mi- chael Maness as Jupiter, Todd French as Amphi- tryon, Caroline Harkness as Alkmena, James Ju- neau as Mercury, Fred Schmidtke as Sosie, John Babineaux as Trumpeteer, Eric Folkens as War- rior, Tiny Hunt as Nevetza, Kathleen Madeo as Echo and Vicki Valentine as Leda. — David Salinero A conversation between Alkmena (Caroline Hark- ness) and Jupiter (Mike Maness) takes place under false pretenses in “Amphitryon 38.” Photo by Rick Kennedy. As part of the Hansel and Gretel production, Mary Chapman, Laurie Henderson and Kristen Anderson work with children who also had a part in the play. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Theatre 59 60 Student Life 7 Since roommates Kim Cardwell and Brandi Broughton are taking the same nth class, homework and studying is easier. Photo by Todd Tradewell. i Roomies ‘My roommate is a spoiled, inconsiderate, pompous, arrogant, obnox- brat,” Mike Mehling, radio TV film junior said of roomie Jeremy rfal, pre-law freshman. I try my best,” was Werfal’s smug reply. aiving in a dorm was a part of life endured by most college students, and s] ring belongings and the small space allotted to them with their room- tes often served as a potential headache for those involved. ‘ortunately for Mehling and Werfal, however, these circumstances did n get the best of them throughout the fall semester. Mehling said that he | Werfal had never met prior to the day they moved into their dorm rom. he fact that Werfal regards Mehling as a “neat freak” and a “fatherly” e of guy is a source of continuous playful bantering that inevitably _ blins when they are in their room together. irguments concerning Mehling’s preference of music — Tina Turner, Ua Johnson and the Pointer Sisters — as opposed to Werfal’s zeal for the pk and new wave sound kept the roommates occupied a fair amount of | time. _|We’ve almost come to blows about the music,” Werfal said. “Mike’s 1 3ic is so uncool.” t might have seemed that the two had their share of problems (includ- Mehling’s unfortunate capacity for snoring and Werfal’s endless dirty j Roommates Learn to Compromise dishes) but they managed to vent their frustrations through their delirious laughing and constant “ragging.” “We’re happiest when we’re griping at each other,” Mehling said. According to Karen Gilmore, coordinator of student life, most room- mates, like Mehling and Werfal, do try to solve their own problems. “If their attempts are not successful, our office tries to arbitrate and compromise,” Gilmore said. “The most common problems faced by room- mates seem to be basic personality conflicts and the need to coordinate varying lifestyles.” Tana Warren, pharmacy junior, and Christine Beverly, accounting ju- nior, however, seemed to have almost no trouble becoming acclimated to their surroundings, and to each other. Warren and Beverly planned to be college roomies while they were still in high school, and have done so since their first semester at NLU. Ac- cording to Warren, they have had no major problems in their three years together. Warren said she and Beverly spend much of their time together shop- ping, running errands, eating in the cafeteria and even studying. “When you live with someone as long as we have, you even begin to think alike,” Warren said. “We know when to stay out of each other’s hair — we have our own space.” — Chesca Benten Putting off homework for a while gives Teresa Dean and Sonya House time to decide what to do for supper. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Roommates 61 Campus Barber Convenience of Salon is an Asset A snip here, and only a little off the top. Jo Tiller, owner of the Campus Barber and Stylist, is accustomed to that phrase after more than two years of working in the salon. The shop is located on the bottom floor of the Student Union Building, right between Coenen Coffee Shop and the Union Board Office. It holds three barber chairs, and has the basic extras seen in most barber shops: old magazines to keep waiting customers occupied, plants and pictures of close relatives tucked in the edges of the mirror. Criminal Justice sophomore Bubba Jones is a regular customer. “I go to the shop because Jo has the best price in town and does a better job than anyone I’ve found,” he said. “It is also convenient for me because I work as a student police officer on cam- pus and I don’t have to go far to get a haircut. She’s also really friendly and makes a point of speaking to everyone.” Tiller, who leased the shop from the University 62 Student Life in December 1985, said she enjoys her work with the faculty, staff, students and even off-campus customers. She attended Northeast Louisiana University on and off for three years, until she decided to go to Doncer’s Beauty School and apprenticed un- der several different barbers, including Carl Du- laney, previous owner of the Campus Barber and Stylist. Working alone in the shop 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 8 to 12 a.m. Saturdays, Tiller said she couldn’t be more comfortable. “It’s just enough work for me because I average about 50 customers per week,” she said. Among those is Alumni Director Don Weems. “The prices for the cuts are great, and even better, her advice is free,” he said. Tiller stresses developing a personal associ- ation with all her customers, remembering their first names and chatting about family and friends. Among her other distinguished customers are Located between Coenen Coffee Shop and the Union Board office, Campus Barber and Stylist is convenient for students with limited transportation off campus. Photo by Todd Tradewell. President Dwight Vines and Charles McDona director of student development. Tiller says many of her other customers ; international students, and students who live campus and don’t have transportation. The mi problem she has faced is simply letting studei know she’s here. | “In my three years at NLU, I didn’t even kn the place existed,” Tiller said. “I must hi walked past it a million times. When Carl ask! | me to come work for him, I had to ask him || directions to the shop.” The first lease was signed with NLU in 1f with Dulaney as owner. It has over the years! veloped many regular customers, who still vi) | for an occasional cut. Tiller said, “I’m so glad to see some of the sa people from years before still coming by, evenj) for a visit. Not only do I feel like they are’ customers, but also my friends.” | — Julie Ca ivenience and experience are qualities offered hairstylist Jo Tiller to the customers of Campus r and Stylist. Photo by Todd Tradewell. i ai Beauty Shop 63 =? A portion of the student activity fee aids the Natatorium for people to use year Ff round. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Student publications receive $6.50 to produce a weekly paper and yearbook. Full- time students receive their yearbook in the spring with no charge. The Pow Wow is distributed free thoughout the campus. Photo by Peter Bradley. 64 Student Life Where The Money Goes student Activity Fee Split 16 Ways “}pixty-four dollars? For student activity fees? Why? Where does the “Hey go?” Maybe you were one of the students who asked these ques- s during fall and spring registration. il cording to Dave Correro, NLU controller, the $64 was a fee assessed oted on by the students themselves. he Louisiana Board of Trustees, many years ago before I became mroller, mandated a fee for the Infirmary,” Correro said. “Any other e have been voted on by the students, and some are for restricted yds, such as the band fee.” ae student activity fee was divided into 16 different areas, with the e th Physical Education Complex getting the most amount of mon- ccording to the controller’s office. Each full-time student pays $15 of : fee to this particular area. he fee (H PE Complex) began the fall of 1985,” Correro said. “The Diplex had to be approved by the legislative process, and in the begin- a was to include classrooms. The students would pay $2 million and the B: would pick up the balance.” iis fund has been accumulating money since 1985, according to Cor- and not one penny has yet been spent. is of Oct. 31, 1987 we had collected and earned $727,813, almost a _a)ter of a million dollars,” Correro said. “We invested the money long 4m. and we are getting better interest rates.” owever, Correro said that this amount of money was still not enough iild a less elaborate H PE Complex without classrooms. 1e natatorium receives $10 from each full-time student. This money to a debt service fund to retire the indebtness of the building, accord- | | fo information provided by the controller’s office. }iking a class in or using the natatorium facilities requires paying $15. time students are charged only $5, because they have already paid $10 ieir assessment fee. Charles H. McDonald, director for student development, handles three areas of the total student assessment fee: the Union Board, $4.67 from each full-time student, and the UB’s concert fee, $2 from each full-time student; the Intramural Department fee of $3 per full-time student and the Natatorium fee. Concerning the reason for the fees, McDonald said, “The student can provide for himself the activities and programs that the state can not and will not provide for the students educational experience.” The Student Union Building receives $4.50 from part-time and full- time students. “The Student Union Fee is for maintenance and operational costs of the student union building,” said Correro. “The operating fund is in auxiliary enterprises, and unlike the nat is carried forward.” Possibly a less known about area receiving money from the students is the student loan fund. The fund is given $1 from each full-time student, and was established several years ago. Correro said the fee goes towards giving students in financial need short-term loans for tuition. Dr. Charles R. McDonald, director of coun- seling, placement and financial aid, was in charge of distributing these loans. The Student Government Association was given $2.33 from each stu- dent’s student activity fee. According to Correro, this is used for oper- ational expenses and is carried forward from each semester. Part of this money is used to provide NLU students with small loan benefits. “The SGA set aside $1,500 and makes $50 loans to students,” Correro said. The remaining areas receiving money are: KNLU radio, $2; alumni dues, $1; theater productions, $1; student publication, $6.50 and water ski team, $1. —Tonya Courson Fee 65 Tests, Relationshios Burden Students Adjustments had to be made by students’ who chose to dive into the college sea while others tried to stay afloat long enough for a degree. Here could be the place where the phrase, “Life’s a Beach” began. Before reach- ing the sandy shore awaiting them after four years, however, college stu- dents often found themselves drowning in a whirlpool of stress. Most obvious on the top of any students’ stress list would be that part of college involving classes. Studying and good grades, a top priority to being a successful student, can be the most stressful feat to accomplish. Course loads are fortunately left to the student along with an adviser’s approval. Here is the relief some rely on to maintain a decent grade point average. “Tf I liked to study, I’d take over 18 hours. Those people who do take extra hours are really dedicated,” said Lisa Duffey, criminal justice junior. Accompanying classes, tests and studying, many Northeast students have independent jobs beyond the college scene. Full-time jobs leave time only for a part-time college career and vice versa. Those in the working world often rely on anti-sleep products to give them those extra hours needed to complete class assignments. Jeannie McCartney, psychology senior, said, “Since I work, I don’t have a lot of time to go to football games and concerts. I have to schedule everything just right.” Homesick stress is common among freshmen living on campus. Not only does one have to adjust from high school to college, but Mommy and ‘| live a stress-free life. | don’t let anything get to me, or worry me. Lifs goes much smoother that —Allen Dunn, psychology senior 66 Student Life What Gives You Stress? | } Daddy are also not there anymore to give money, force studying ando’ advice. | Although living practically ’on your own’ can be a godsend, most s dents find that dorm life is not always up to par. “T’ve been living on campus for two years and I still get homesick, | I’ve made a lot of friends in the dorm, ” said Melissa Mitchell, spee language, and hearing sophomore. Making friends and enjoying other relationships can ease str ess i. form good memories of one’s college days. However, boyfriend or girlfrii| problems also often have an effect on students’ performance in cli Concentration is difficult when break-ups or misunderstandings occ | Peggy Boyett, criminal justice senior, said, “My fiance does affect | grades because we have no time together. When I am at home, he’s work.” | In the end, when a degree is acquired and students make it to | “beach”, the battle still has yet to be won. The real world has its ¢)| variety of stress. Having been through four years or more of colli) | graduates, though, can feel better prep ared to handle problems and pri ties. “Stress shouldn’t get to you. If you keep things in line, it can b] | learning experience,” said Joe Pascale, finance senior. — Stephanie D) ‘Probably, as far as school g really get stress when | have or five tests in the same week have to study. | try not to let it to me.’ || —NMicheal McFad¢ accounting management ju! Sidying for finals can be stressful for students, but Melissa Mitchell has the aled aggravation of a broken wrist. Photo by Rick Kennedy. | “Trying to schedule my time be- tween classes, Phi Mu, NLU 31 and the SGA office has been hard. My grades have started to suffer a little and that gives me stress!”’ —Nona Mason, business administration junior “My job is 24 hours a day and probably crisis oriented but | enjoy my job and tend to have a stress- free nature.’ —Thomas Murphy, dean of student affairs Stress 67 A recorded message on Sarah Mason’s answering machine allows her to retul phone calls she misses while she is away from her dorm room. Photo by Ric Kennedy. 68 Student Life ; Many students gave up sitting by the phone to wait for those important ‘one calls and opted for a valuable alternative — the telephone answer- z machine. ‘Hi! This is Rover. Nobody’s home and I’m leaving too. They’re never Ire and they never feed me; so before I go, I’m going to leave them nething to remember me by. At the sound of the “ruff” give your name d number, ’cause I won’t be here to tell them.” This message could sometimes be heard when calling Carla Smith and ina Holmberg’s dorm room in Nicholson Hall. “My roommate, Anna, brought it to school,” said Smith, a pre-pharma- sophomore. “Most people hang up because they don’t want to talk to a nswerinag Machin No More Waiting By The Phone machine. Later, you remember that you have a message and then there’s just a dial tone.” “My boyfriend is a pilot. It (answering machine) is really helpful when he goes on a trip unexpectedly and he has to let me know before he leaves,” said Holmberg, an aviation sophomore. Suellen Cowan, a social studies education freshman said, “The thing I hate most about our machine is when people hang up and you are wonder- ing who called. What’s great is the times I don’t want to answer the phone or I’m studying. It’s a good way to censor calls from people you don’t exactly feel like talking to.” —Tonya Courson Answering Machines 69 70 Student Life The most reliable and common form of student tran’ portation is demonstrated by Paige Smith as she wall]) beneath the SUB stairs between classes. Photo by Ri), Kennedy. A number of people attending NLU chose Sodes of transportation other than the typical itomobile. Sonya House, a physical therapy freshman, did yt own a car and said she found this inconve- jent. “T have to get my roommate to drive me to aces I need to go; if she can’t take me, then I jyn’t go,” said House. “However, there are some yod points. If I had a car I wouldn’t study as uch because I would be going places.” Also, House said students without vehicles did )t have to fight people for parking spaces, park- ‘g tickets or gasoline. | “I don’t like bumming rides off people when I ant to go home,” said Terri Louviere, a market- g freshman. “But, you don’t have to worry iout driving if you’re drunk.” Louviere worked at Taco Bell and was escorted by a campus policeman when working late. Another form of transportation often seen on campus was the bicycle. Vince Epling, a pre-vet- erinary medicine sophomore, owned a car but often rode his bike to school and work. Epling said the bad weather at the beginning of the se- mester stopped his riding for awhile. “T’ve been riding my bike to school since last spring,” Epling said. “You don’t have to worry about traffic lines and parking. You just have to watch what you wear because you might get oil on your clothes.” “T worked at Club 1900 during the summer, and I would ride my bike there. The only problem was I didn’t get off until 3 a.m., and drunk drivers are all out at that time.” John Miller, a psychology senior, preferred to Getting Around Transportation Varies Among Students ride his motorcycle, although he owned a car as well. “I chose the motorcycle out of convenience,’ Miller said. “I ride it pretty much every day, ex- cept when it rains; only a madman would ride in the rain.” Miller said he appreciated the parking conve- nience. “Sometimes I park right in the front of the building, and I rarely get a ticket,” Miller said. “The main complication is the fact my helmet could get stolen.” “You have to leave your helmet right on the bike. Who wants to carry a helmet around all day?” b —Tonya Courson Recreation and exercise are two benefits of trans- portation that students gain when riding bicycles across campus. Photo by Rick Kenndey. Transportation 71 North Produces American Olliemania ' Oliver North was made a celebrity by television. Journalists wrote about him as a main character in the Iran-Contra scandal, but his “bra- vura performance as a witness— emotional, defiant, patriotic— led to a national outburst of Olliemania.” Ona Monday in 1987, according to Time magazine, a shipment made in 1985 violating U.S. laws and con- taining Hawk missiles was discov- ered. By Thursday, it was said that the Israelis shipped the missiles under the guise of oil-drilling equipment. North said that no U.S. officials knew of the shipments. Friday, North and his secretary, Fawn Hall, shredded and altered documents showing a national role in military aid t o the contras. Saturday, a memo was found by Edward Meese revealing the diver- sion of Iranian arms profits to the Contras. Sunday afternoon, North ad- Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North was a key official in the plan to finance anti-govern- ment rebels in Nicaragua with money from arms sales to Iran. Photo by AP. Hart Campaign Damaged During a speech at Yale Universi- ty, Gary Hart said, “How far are we prepared to go as a society to peek into areas hitherto precluded?”. This statement, according to Time magazine, followed a widely publi- cized scandal that involved Hart and Donna Rice, a 29-year-old model. The Miami Herald was responsible for a stakeout of Hart’s private resi- dence that proved she had been in the house all night. Hart’s alleged affair with Rice be- came public after the incident and a 72 Student Life photograph was published of the two aboard a boat. Rice was sitting on the presidential candidate’s lap. As a result of the scandel Hart withdrew from the presidential race. During an interview with Barbara Walters, Rice did not admit to hav- ing a sexual affair with Hart. Rice said she was “set up” by an old friend who asked to photograph the couple on the boat. Five months later, Hart re-entered the presidential race. Within two days, he became the democratic No. 1 candidate over Jackson, Dukakis, Simon, Gore, Gephardt and Babbit. Michelle Reynolds, a speech, lan- guage and hearing sophomore said, “It says a lot for Gary Hart’s judge- ment to let someone take a picture of his mistress sitting on his lap.” According to Michelle Mott, a news editorial major, “Gary Hart said that he wasn’t the only adulterer in the White House and that he’s the only one who got his hand slapped. Personally, I think the only reason he went back into the race is to cover iy mitted the only U.S officials tha knew of the diversion were Poin | dexter and former National Securit)� Advisor, Robert McFarlane. Tuesday, President Ronald Rea, gan fired North and accepted the res ignation of Poindexter, while Mees revealed his findings to the press The Attorney General claimed tha the U.S had no role in the 1985 Israe li missile sales to Iran. That day, Hai removed incriminating document iy from North’s office. iv North, according to Time mage) zine, may have been acting to furthe 'xi the “Reagan Doctrine.” The doctrin) 1wn 0 represented the belief stated by Ste! ‘wie phen Rosenfield of the Washingto)) � ) ui: Post. Mike May, management ju! nior, said, “What is American soci) ) ety coming to if it takes what Olive 1: ) North did to become a hero?” “ i agree with North,” Mike Bryar) � j j, computer science sophomore, sai) j; ;| “He was just doing his job. The) sj; needed someone to take the blame }) Ii; things messed up, and he did. It’s ba) jy}; that somebody had to become fan te tei ous for someone else’s mistakes, but) � ! | still admire him.” wn —Ann Hopkir) 4� ), By Scandal his campaign debts. He’s in debt.” According to Time magazine, $ million, left over from 1984 politic: debts, would go to Hart’s 1988 a paign, if approved by the Feder Trade Commission. Hart said, “I don’t have any mor ey. I don’t have pollsters or consu tants ... but I have something be’ ter. I have the power of ideas, ani can govern this country.” —Ann Hopki Avot — ‘ele vangelist Jim Bakker Loses PTL |Pentacostals: A group dating from je turn of the century, that holds | Vangelical views and is notable for i ich “miraculous” holy spirit “gifts” | ich as speaking in tongues, faith � � aling and uttering of prophecies. ( | Jim Bakker’s and Jimmy Swag- | )rt’s assemblies of God are two of |e nations fastest-growing denomi- tions, claiming up to 2.1 million embers. � | Bakker appeared on his television | _ptwork to explain why he had given |) the reins of his $129 million-a- yar PTL (Praise The Lord) empire. _ It was not because he confessed to ‘ie afternoon of sin in 1980 with Jessica Hahn. Bakker said he resigned to stop a “diabolical plot” for a rival evangel- ist’s takeover in his church. The rival was Jimmy Swaggart. Swaggart denied any interest in “stealing” PTL, and said the Bakker scandal was a “cancer that needed to be excised from the body of Christ.” PTL cable network reached 13.5 million households over 171 stations and until March 1987, featured the “Jim and Tammy show.” According to Time magazine, Bakker “continually pleaded, and Tammy wept through enormous fly- whisk eyelashes,” for funds to sup- Television evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker said farewell to the PTL ministry in March after Mr. Bakker confessed to a sexual ecounter with a young woman. Photo by AP. port new projects such as a home for unwed mothers and Heritage USA’s $100 million re-creation of England’s 1851 Crystal Palace. Loyal fans, such as Ron Olguin, contributed up to $10,000 each year to televangelists. “These people have done a lot of good in their lives,” Olguin said. Over the past few years, the couple collected $700,000 in real estate and luxury cars. During the scandal, Bakker’s wife underwent treatment at the Betty Ford Center for addic- tion to prescription drugs. “Jim and I are both very sad,” she said, “We’re hurting.” Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart was forced to drop his bid for the presidency after his reported roman- tic involvement with model Donna Rice. Photo by AP. Of his alliance with Hahn, Bakker said, “I was wickedly manipulated by treacherous former friends and col- leagues who victimized me with the aid of a female confederate.” Hahn later posed nude in Playboy magazine, where a caption above her photo read, “I am not a bimbo.” Nick Deriso, journalism sopho- more, said, “I think it’s about time there were some serious questions about the credibility of televange- lists. It’s interesting that she claimed to have been violated. That perhaps gives poor credibility to that state- ment.” —Ann Hopkins Mini Mag 73 Stock Market Crash The day will go down in history as “Black Monday,” the day the New York Stock Exchange plummeted to the lowest point in its existence. October 29 started as just another day in the stock market, but rising interest rates and disappointing trade statistics sent the Dow Jones industrial average into a downward dive. After the initial 95-point drop (the largest one-day drop on record), it seemed that the market would bounce back, but the next day it dropped another 57 points. The situation did not get any bet- ter, and at the close of trading on the third day of the crisis, the Dow fell a new record one-day drop of 108 74 Student Life points. The market continued its plum- met for two weeks, and at the second week’s end, the Dow closed 475 points lower than its August high 2722.42. This relates to a loss of $490 in the shares of 5000 companies which traded on the U.S. exchanges. The economic expansion, the longest the country has experienced in peace-time, was showing signs of age. —David Salinero The stock market dropped a historical 508 points on Monday, October 19. “Black Monday” stripped $500 billion from the market value of U.S. securities. Photo by AP. USS Stark Attacked In Gulf In June, Americans mourned the deaths of 37 American sailors killed in the accidental attack of the USS Stark in the Persian Gulf. The attack was undertaken by Iraq, a non-enemy nation which apologized and agreed to pay com- pensation for losses. The Marines aboard the Stark were performing routine tasks on an undefined mission and were unable to protect themselves or fight back against an Iraqi fighter. The U.S. navy had been showing its flag in the Persian Gulf for nearly 40 years, reportedly to preserve the oil flow and to help keep the peace in the gulf, but this was the first such incident to occur. Reasons for the unprovoked at- tack were unclear. “T don’t know whether any of it was my fault,” Stark skipper Capt. Glenn Brindel said. “I don’t know if it was the fault of the equipment. I don’t know if it was an act of God. I don’t know what in particular caused the missile to come in and hit the ship without warning.” Also unknown is why the Iraqi fighter was operating so far south and why it failed to recognize the Stark as a friendly vessel. The craft also ignored two warnings radioed by f| F t 4 | , the warship. The Stark, on the other han failed to detect the launch of the twe missiles fired at its port side, raisin; questions about the ability of th U.S. Navy ships to protect them selves. The Iraqi fighter plunged a hole || feet wide in the port side of the Starl The attack occured shortly befor midnight, and many of the sailor were already asleep when the shij was fired upon. Most of those kille¢ were in their bunks on the port sid of the Stark. Ue —David sine In November, Pope John Paul II _ hade what was likely to be his last Sa of the United States. | The cross-country tour consisted f visits to most major cities and atholic communities in the nation, d included a stop in New Orleans, ouisiana. The central event of the Pope’s jisit was his meeting with 320 erican Roman Catholic bishops. he conference took place in the San ernando Mission complex in Los geles. At the meeting John Paul urged e bishops of the United States to cept all of the church’s teachings if ey wished to be considered “good vatholics.” Another stop on the Pope’s tour acluded San Francisco where 2000 ctivists shouted: “Go home, Pope!” _ However, inside the city’s Mission _ )olores basilica, the Pope offered | | } | | o keep the Persian Gulf open to navi- ition, the U.S. escorted vessels to pro- ‘ct them from Iran. Photo by AP. Papal Visit consolation to those afflicted with AIDS. John Paul moved through a crowd which included 62 AIDS vic- tims (two of them priests) and met a 4-year-old boy who contracted the virus through a blood transfusion. In Los Angeles, the Pope was moved by Tony Melendes, a 25-year old musician born without arms who played the 12-string guitar with his toes. With tears in his eyes, the Pope cried out “Tony, Tony” and hugged and kissed the young man. John Paul met with Nancy Rea- gan to discuss parochial schools and appeared before 1,500 executives and entertainers including Charlto n Heston and Bob Hope, challenging them to remember their responsibil- ity to the world. The Pope, 67, last toured the U.S. in 1979. President and Mrs. Reagan greeted Pope Paul II when he arrived in Miami to begin a nine-city tour of the United States. Photo by AP. —David Salinero Mini Mag 75 76 Student Life Roemer Revolution Buddy Roemer was the man who went down in history for defeating the Cajun prince, former governor Edwin Edwards. Roemer, a conservative Democrat from the Baptist north of the state, offered a change the voters of Louisi- ana could not refuse. Edwards’ defeat may, however, merely have been the result of his reputation at last catching up with him. Twice indicted on charges of corruption, the first trial ended in a hung jury, the second in aquittal. Louisiana’s governor-elect split from the pack of five candidates when he claimed the endorsement of eight major newspapers, including one that had already given its sup- port to the “ABE” (Anyone But Ed- wards) cause. Roemer’s television message was simply, “Join the Revolution.” Acting on the idea that the state’s economy would never fully recover unless schools improve, Roemer said he will find money in Louisiana’s thin budget by closing the top three floors of the State Department of Education and throwing out the ad- ministrators. The state’s budget crisis emerging 7 [ } | i Invades Lh from the Edwards administratio. was a predicament yet to be faced Roemer. The budget projectior forecast a $170 million gap betwee revenue and expenditure. . Edward Renwick, director of tk Institute of Politics at Loyola Un versity in New Orleans said Roeme was taking a big risk in tackling tH }) state’s budget crisis. “I think if the Edwards peon| have gotten over crying about the) loss, then they just might be laughin | at Roemer’s predicament,” Renwic said. —Chesca Bente | | Baby Jessica Saved Determination and perseverance ere seen in full force by a nation of iewers as Jessica McClure was oisted, inch by inch, to safety. For about 58 hours, drilling ex- erts and rescuers worked to free 18- 10nth-old Jessica from an aban- oned well in her aunt’s backyard. It vas never clear how Jessica came to down the 8-inch pipe. Her fall shioned by debris, Jessica came to st in a cavity 22 feet below the ound surface. The process of releasing Jessica | fom the narrow passageway proved overnor-elect Buddy Roemer (cen- | |r) defeated contending Louisiana gu- ernatorial candidates, including former bvernor Edwin Edwards, with his Roemer Revolution” campaign in the 987 elections. Photo by AP. 4 a (Cy) Dr os To Hotike 24-day strike by the NFL players ided in mid-October when the union ca- tulated and went to court instead of try- g to fight the club owners at the bar- ‘ining table. Photo by AP. slow, as rescuers worked around the clock to reach her. Although a paramedic reported that Jessica had escaped major in- jury, doctors became increasingly concerned about hunger and dehy- dration. Physicians decided not to attempt to feed her, as a full stomach might have complicated emergency surgery. After two and one-half days in the Texas well, Jessica was freed, wrapped in padding, and secured to a board that was pulled up to safety. —Chesca Benten Jessica McClure captured the atten- tion of millions of Americans after having been trapped beneath the ground in a well behind her home in Midland, Tex as. Photo by AP. NFL Goes On Strike SOPPoR National Football League fans had plenty of room to spread out and get comfortable in near empty stadiums throughout the month of October. Pro football was not at its best as nine-tenths of the regular players went on strike for the principle of free agency while few remained to preserve their annuities. At the New York Giants football stadium, three-quarters of the fans and nine-tenths of the team players decided not to show up on the first Sunday game of the strike. They were playing rough this time, according to Time magazine, as the owners filled out their rosters with the names of pro football hope- fuls, including a prisoner or two, along with two prison guards for “competetive balance.” Only one participant, however, had been under indictment for mur- der. About 28 percent of the NFL’s reg- ular customers made an appearance at the first scab games — as many as 38,494 in Denver, and as few as 4,074 in Philadelphia. The television audience for the games started out only three or four rating points (off the normal 14), but the novelty quickly dwindled for the football fans. For the strikers, free agency soon lost its urgency. —Chesca Benten Mini Mag 77 as eee | eee from coaches upstairs aid Chris Jones during a time-out at the Louisiana Tech game in Ruston. Photo by Billy Heckford. 4 by. Intramural golf competition proves hazardous for photographers. Lea Albritton reacted after hitting a photographer with a golf ball. Photo by Rick Kennedy. castes a Pie stent SPORTS ever was school pride and spirit more Neve than on the playing field. Whether varsity or intramural, sports laid emotions bare and brought all who partici- pated or watched from one end of the emotional spectrum to another. Whatever the score was when the final second of the game clock clicked off, though, the Indi- ans always came out winners. Not that victories didn’t help Indian pride; they did. Claiming the Southland Conference Championship in foot- ball did as much as anything to boost the Uni- versity’s growing spirit. The continued success of the school’s other varsity programs played a part as well, as did intramurals and the growing prestige of the karate team. Those diehard Indian fans who stayed the en- tire game in Natchitoches this fall saw perhaps the most unbelievable ending in the history of NLU football, an ending that gave the Indians a two-point victory. The win proved that NLU had the ability to never give up, and to always be a winner. That, if anything, defined the Spirit of Northeast. AND THEY’RE OFF... There have been many great teams in Northeast Louisiana University’s rich track and field history, but the 1987 Indians just may have been the best. During the 1987 season, which ended with the NCAA meet in Baton Rouge, NLU’s men’s team compiled a list of achieve- ments that would make even the university’s sto- ried unbeaten teams of the early 1960s envious. During the year, five ath- letes set individual event school records. The new records were the 14 minutes, 30.44 seconds time in the 5,000-meter run by Jeff Moss; 9:07.84 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase by Frank Lamberti; 63 feet, 4 and three-fourths inches in the shot put by James Parman; 251-4 in the jave- lin by Ken Petersen; 27-7 and one-fourth (wind aid- ed) and 26-9 and one- fourth in the long jump by Andre Ester. The other records were a pair of relay marks, 3:18.12 in the sprint medley by Eric Martin, Michael Taylor, Greg Grace, and Russell Mangum and 9:39.70 in the distance medley by Pat Griffin, Grace, Mangum and Moss. Northeast athletes also posted the school’s second best marks in four other events. Parman with a 197- 7 in the discus, Peter Schreiber with a 248-1 in the javelin, Moss with a 3:44.27 in the 1,500 and Mangum with 1:48.05 in the 800. Ester won the NCAA in- door long jump, and was sixth outdoors. His wind- aided 27-7 and one-fourth jump in the Texas Relays was the longest by a colle- gian during the 1987 sea- son. Petersen ranked second nationally with his 251-4 javelin throw and was also second in the NCAA. Par- 1987 Men’s Track Team. First Row: John Sauerhage-assistant, Lewis Graham-trainer, Frank Lamberti, James Cage, Dewane Antoine, Jeff Moss, Stacy Sutter, James Densman, William Young, Eric Martin, Marcus Henderson, Marshall Malone. Second Row: John Russell, Michael Taylor, Greg Grace, Bennie Brown, Jay Wallace, Michael Skinner, Mike Sherman, Eugene Knight, Benny Mitchell, Manuel Lawrence, Michael Alex-assistant, Ricky Toepfer-manager. Third Row: Dennis Groll-assistant coach, Ralf Uebel-assistant coach, James Parman, Russell Mangum, Ken Petersen, Ronny Kvist, Greg Soulis, Byron Wright, Roger Johnston, Steve Spencer, Pat Griffin, Per Lundquist, Peter Schreiber, Bob Groseclose-head coach. 80 Sports man was fourth in the NCAA shot put and his dis- cus best of 197-7 was the fourth longest among colle- gians last spring. All three were All-Americans. NLU’s veteran coach, Bob Groseclose, won’t say that this was his best team but does rank it among the four best of his 27 Indian squads. “The boys had a fantas- tic season,” he said. “They overcame injuries to some of our leading athletes, which is one sign of a cham- pion, and they worked hard all year. We were unbeaten 5 in scored meets during thi) regular season and we hac) some big winning margins | like in the conference mee | (NLU’s 63-point margit was the third highest ir Southland Conference his_ tory). And we finishec ahead of some great tracl! schools in the NCAA meet teams like Florida, Oregon Washington State, Ala bama, Washington, Ten nessee, Villanova, ant Southern Cal. I’m certainh} proud of these athletes an¢ our assistant coaches, Den| n) f nis Groll and Ralf Uebel. a NLU’s Southland Conie.” | track cont. to p. 82) bs ‘ Speedster Pat Griffin run in the anchor leg of the 1,60! meter for another Indian rela victory during the NLU Invi tational. Photo by Cath Cordry. rs ‘ f = ffs Marshall Malone burns up Mike Skinner appears wor- the ground in the 200-meter ried as he competes in the run at the Indian Invitational. 3,000-meter steeplechase dur- Photo by Laura Zaidain. ing the NLU Invitational. Photo by Cathy Cordry. .. MEN SHINE IN COMPETITION Men’s Track 81 Men’s Track Cont. track cont. from p. 80 ference indoor and outdoor team championships were Groseclose’s seventh and eighth and the school’s ninth and 10th in track. Leading the Indians in total points for 1987 was Pat Griffin, who amassed 51 and one-half points, while James Parman fol- lowed closely with 51 points. Russell Mangum ended with 48 points for the third highest total. Ronny Kvist scored 36, and James Cage had 33 points. Andre Ester and Michael Taylor finished with 31 and one-half points each. Jeff Moss scored 29 points, and Ken Petersen had 23. — Bob Anderson “Track Highlights ‘Sone ot the most noteworthy sccomplishmen the 1987 team included: — — tied for 13th i in the NCAA Indoor Cc E ships; : : — tied for 15th i in n the NCAA Outdoc: hampion ships, NLU’s highest finish in the nat _ — won the Southland Conference indoor and out- door championships, winning the outdoor crown by the third highest margin in conference - sto — won one NCAA individual title, and second in another event; — — qualified five athletes in “tive events for the NCAA Championships, three of whom ade AIL : American; — set seven 1 school records. NCAA indoor champion Andre Ester literally flies in the long jump competition dur- ing the NLU Invitational. Es- ter’s best in the event was 27 feet, 7 inches. Photo by Cathy Cordry. 82 Sports James Parman follows through on his shot put toss during a practice session. Par- man qualified for the NCAA meet in both the discus and shot put events. Photo by Cathy Cordry. Bob Groseclose Bre a : yy mK . ‘ Wa he 2 Winningest Co ach Tall Texan Bob Grose- close began his 27th year as Northeast Louisiana Uni- versity’s track coach in 1987 and assembled one of his best teams ever. Championships are nothing new to Groseclose. He has won eight in track — six outdoors and two in- doors — during the 16 years Northeast has been a mem- ber of a track conference. During his career, Grose- close has coached 20 all- Americans, eight national champions, three national record holders and one Olympian. He has been named conference “Coach of the Year” four times. The colorful Northeast coach is a graduate of Texas Christian, where he ran the hurdles in track and played football and basketball. He later earned a master’s de- gree at the University of Texas. He was named head track coach at Abiline High in 1950, where his teams won 51 of 65 meets and three state championships in seven years. He came to NLU in the fall of 1960. The Northeast coach, born March 26, 1920, raises cattle on his farm in the Swartz area near Monroe when he isn’t at work. — Bob Anderson ) Distance specialist Russell Mangum easily finishes first in ) the 800-meter run during the Indian Invitational. Mangum’s } best time of 1 minute, 48.05 seconds qualified him for the NCAA meet. Photo by Laura Zaidain. : ] ) Men’s Track 83 s. ON THE RIGHT TRACK ... Every championship team in sports experiences the anxiety and pressure of repeating as winners. Con- tinuing to be the best is no easy task for any team. But the Lady Indians track team continued its role as a winner in 1987, as they swept the Southland Conference Indoor and Outdoor Championships. The victories highlighted a season filled with broken meet and school records. Coach Dennis Groll at- tributed his squad’s success to the combined efforts of the team as a whole. “The key to winning was how our freshmen girls competed,” Groll said. “They came through for us with several personal re- cords to go with our exper- ienced athletes. All of our girls are tough competi- tiors, and they had a great year.” Pam Smith and Zoretta Edwards led the way for the ladies in the indoor meet held on Feb. 13-14 at the Monroe Civic Center. Ed- wards, a senior, won the shot put title by more than three feet. Smith, a fresh- man, took the long jump event with 19-9. She also placed second in the triple jump and third in the hur- dles. The NLU team won the meet championship by a margin of 24 points. Heading into the outdoor season, the Lady Indians were favorites to repeat as SLC champs, but perfor- mances of a strong Texas- Arlington team left a cloud of concern in the air for the NLU Ladies. 84 Sports “We were a little worried about Texas-Arlington and North Texas going into the outdoor championships,” said Groll. “We would have to have the best perfor- mance possible.” “We knew we had the depth and talent to win the outdoor meet,” said sopho- more discus champion Sherry Deckard, “but our main goal was to just go in and do our best.” And the Ladies’ best was more than enough on April 25, in Denton, Texas. The team racked up 148 points, blowing away second place finishers North Texas State and Texas-Arlington by a margin of 53 points. One of those freshmen who came thorugh for the team was once again Smith, who won the long jump and placed in five other events. Smith’s 30-point total earned her the conference high-point honor. Deckard placed first in the discus and Lisa Farria, another freshman, won the 800. Smith was the team’s leading scorer with 62 and three-fourths points. Pat Windfield followed with 55 and one-half points, and Chris Jasek was third with 38. Lisa McRae totaled 37, while Deckard ended with 35 points. Michelle Janu- ary scored 31 and one-half points, Edwards had 28 and Nicola Roff ended with 26 points. Lisa Farria scored 22 and one-half points and Nina Sylvester rounded out the top ten scorers with 21 on the year. — Sam Lanier more track on p. 86 Chris Jasek reaches the point of exhaustion, as she nears the finish line in the 8,000-meter run at the NLU Invitational. Jasek set the school record for the event in 1987. Photo by Laura Zaidain. 1987 Women’s Track Team. First Row: Michelle January, Lisa McRae, Pam Smith, Nicola Roff, Ci be Jasek, Christa Lobue, Amy King. Second Row: Dennis Groll-coach, Lisa Farria, Nelda Freeman, Susan Chavt Lisa Cooper, Pat Windfield, Sherry Deckard, Nina Sylvester, Zoretta Edwards, John Sauerhage- assist | | Sand flies as Nina Sylvester comes down during the triple jump event in the Indian Invi- tational. Sylvester placed third in the event at the meet. Photo by Laura Zaidain. ead Coach Dennis Groll displays the trophy won by his Lady Indians for the 1987 Southland mference Championship. The team rolled up 148 total points to easily decide the victory. Second- ace teams Texas-Arlington and North Texas State tied with 95 points. Arkansas State followed ith 80 to place third. Photo by Laura Zaidain. .. LADIES SHATTER SCHOOL RECORDS Women’s Track 85 86 Sports Women’s Records +. Besides winning their second straight conference title, the Northeast women also set eight school rec- ords. The records included two each by Chris Jasek — 4 minutes, 39.96 seconds in the 1,500 and 10:15.44 in the 3,000 — and Nicola Roff, 18.10.07 in the 5,000 and 38:06.05 in the 10, 000. Others were a 168 feet, 10 inches discus throw by Sherry Deckard, who quali- fied for the NCAA meet; 20-4 and three-fourths in the long jump by Pam Smith, and a pair of relay marks: 1:47.03 in the sprint medley by Pat Windfield, Nelda Freeman, Lisa McRae, and Lisa Farria and 12:11.23 in the distance medley by Farria, McRae, Lisa Cooper, and Jasek. — Bob Anderson Pat Windfield grits her teeth as she hurls the javelin in the Indian Invitational. Wind- field’s best in the event was 138-9. Photo by Laura Zai- dain. Nelda Freeman brings in the last leg of the 400-meter re- lay during the NLU Invita- tional. Photo by Cathy Cordry. a d we ee il oretta Edwards heaves e shot put during the NLU vitational. Edwards holds e event school record with -8. Photo by Cathy Cordry. 2 Michelle January clears a hurdle on her w ay to a close finish in the Indian Invita- tional. January’s best time in the 400-meter hurdles was 1:06.35. Photo by Laura Zai- dain. m plat Pith) Bo ba BAS Raanes Women’s Track 87 RAINOUTS FILL SEASON... The Northeast Louisi- ana University 1987 base- ball season ended as it started with rain and disap- pointment as the Indians ended a four-year string of winning seasons by posting a 22-29-1 record. The Tribe opened the year with 10 rainouts in the first 13 dates and an 0-3 re- cord. The schedule ended w ith only one of the last four games being played, and NLU one batter away from a 23rd win in that one. Northeast lost nine of 12 one-run contests, and dur- ing the first weeks of train- ing lost projected starter Denny Braud to a season- ending injury. But not unlike every rain cloud, there is a silver lining for Coach Lou St. Amant’s Indians in 1988. “We were disappointed in the fact we didn’t score more runs than we did,” St. Amant said. “But look at our pitching. That was so much better than last year’s. Our top hitters were almost all freshmen or sophomores. Not having Denny Braud hurt us, but he’ll be back as well.” Of the top 11 hitters, only two were seniors, with 88 Sports co-batting champion fresh- man infielder Todd Arce- ment leading this year’s re- turning pack for 1988. The ace of the surprising Indian pitching staff was Kevin Cavalier, who led the team with a 2.35 ERA, and a 6-6 record with 88 stri- keouts in 99 innings. However, Northeast fans bid farewell to a significant portion of the baseball team with the graduation of Alexandria senior Terry Mathews. The versatile 6-2 left-hander played four po- sitions with equal skill for Northeast in 1987 — pitch- er, right field, first base and designated hitter — and was the only Indian in 1987 to start all 51 contests. The senior broke 10 NLU records this season: at-bats (571), hits (175), runs scored (131), doubles (36), triples (12), home runs (41), RBI (168), total bases (366), slugging per- centage (.641) and walks (114). Mathews also estab- lished the career grand slam mark (3) and took the season walk (57) and sea- son RBI record (51). Mathews and Arcement finished 1987 in a dead heat for the batting title at .317 each as rain halted what proved to be the final game of the year for NLU against Arkansas State after six in- nings. It didn’t appear that ei- ther would be there at the end, as both started as slowly as the Indians, but the Tribe began to jell and made a run on the .500 mark. With back-to-back wins over Tulane, including a 14-3 drubbing of the Green Wave, and a four-game win streak, Northeast reached 11-13-1 heading into the Southland Conference East Zone opener with national- ly ranked Louisiana Tech. The Tribe split with LTU, then slipped into a three- game slide to fall to 13-17- ile Over the next nine games, the Indians went on another win streak, taking six wins and moving their baseball cont. to p. 90 Co-batting champions Ter- ry Mathews and Todd Arce- ment get a few warmup swings in before the Northwestern game at Embanato Field. Photo by Richard Lupo. tt Rak {third H sttton log 1987 Baseball Team. First Row: Lou St. Amant-head coach, Daniel Louque, Paul Webb, Darren Wheele} Gary Johnson, Denny Braud, Kenne Brown, Mickey Parenton, Jerold Schmeer, Stan Cole, Billy Rumsey. Secon} Row: Chris Soileau-coach, Rodney Helton, Danny Jones, Brad Jolley, Mark Dugas, Brent Roussel, Allen Randi Randel Cassels, Joe Horton, Bo Gregory, Jason Lunetta. Third Row: Wayne Rathbun-coach, Darren Rak, Ro Dush, Greg McGough, Terry Mathews, Jay Ellerman, Jeff Winnon, Kevin Cavalier, Mike Sawyer, John Stite Floyd Stark, Todd Arcement, Tag Holley-coach. iwren Rak winds up the Ich as third baseman Mickey |renton looks on during a me with Northwestern. }.U won, 8-3. Photo by Laura didain. Darren Rak eyes the ball as he follows through his pitch. The senior from Keithville started in 10 games for the In- dians. Photo by Laura Zai- dain. Mickey Parenton barely misses a tag at third base. Par- enton hada fielding percentage of .895. Photo by Billy Heck- ford. .. INDIANS UP CONFERENCE MARK Baseball 89 NOIANS- % oe Baseball Cont. baseball from p. 88 record to 19-20-1. But an- other slide followed, with NLU 22-27-1 heading into the final four games with Arkansas State. The final series typified the season of the bad-luck Indians. While Kevin Cavalier allowed only three hits and one earned run, Northeast racked up 10 hits but could only score once heading into the seventh. Trailing 2-1, Cavalier dis- patched two of three ASU batters with strikeouts and induced the third into grounding out. But the rains came, anda torrential downpour even- tually ended the game with the bases loaded for NLU and two out. The second game of the double-header was called, and the rain- soaked field prevented play of the next two games on Sunday, prompting ASU to head home. “The last game was a lot like the whole season,” St. 90 Sports Amant said. “We had men in scoring position and couldn’t get them in, and not just in the seventh. Nine games we lost by one run. Our pitching was solid all year just like against ASU, but we couldn’t get the runs across.” One highlight of the sea- son was the increased at- tendance at baseball games over 1986. The Indians set a new all-time mark with 3,134 for the annual Dia- mond Classic at Monroe’s Embanato Field, and saw over 6,600 turn the styles at Indian Field for a 337 per game average at home. The last time NLU hada losing season was 1982 when the Tribe was a near- identical 22-29-1 to 1987’s 22- 28-1. If the past has any reflection on the future, it’s bright for NLU. The 1983 team was a 30-game winner (32-21). — Bill Smith Darren Rak throws a break- ing ball against a Louisiana Tech batter. The Indians lost to the Bulldogs by a 4-0 score. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Infielder Stan Cole gets a solid hit against Northwestern. The Indians were victorious in the first of a double header with an 8-3 win over the De- mons. Photo by Richard Lupo. —- Brent Roussel takes a hea swing. Roussel was one of tl}, top Indian batters with a .2¢ average in 1987. Photo | Richard Lupo. moeocieehraneeetinecetreNnSeNNO renvecevenosanossuneentcsaisesoacra enacted nana UR RRS: 2345678910 RUNS Terry Mathews watches his pitch as second baseman Mark Dugas gets ready for the play. Mathews allowed only four home runs by opponents in 1987. Photo by Richard Lupo. ‘Sjiior Terry Mathews lets w pitch go by. The four- yi ‘letterman ayeraged .317 at | plate. Freshman Todd Ar- ent also had the same aver- “aj to tie Mathews as the bat- leader. Photo by Laura £) lain. bennso:souoenuaranercveni ERRORS mw Baseball 91 ? f YOUTH SUPPLIES RELIEF. . The Northeast Louisi- ana University softball team didn’t win its third consecutive Southland Conference championship, but the young 1987 squad gained valuable experience. “We didn’t do as well I thought we could have done,” said coach Rose- mary Holloway. “But over- all the girls did a good job despite all the transitions they had to face during the year.” The Lady Indians posted a 19-26 record and finished in a tie for third place in the Southland Conference. Northeast started off slowly, going 2-4 in the Road Runner Invitational at New Mexico State. One of the two victories, howev- er, was a 2-0 decision over No. 2 Fresno State, NLU’s first ever win over a Top 10 team. NLU’s 4-0 first-place SLC start was another first heading into the inaugural Pelican Cup Series with Louisiana Tech. Northeast had several opportunities to get above the break-eveiu point. A split of a double-header weekend series with Texas- Arlington and McNeese dropped NLU to 17-18. The losses dropped Northeast to 8-4 in the SLC and in a third place tie with McNeese. The Lady Indians fell upon hard times and dropped their next six contests, all to ranked teams. No. 18 Nicholls State swept a double-header in Monroe, and No. 2 Texas A M took two more at Lady Indian Softball Field. The Lady Techsters fol- lowed with two more wins over NLU at Ruston to claim the first Pelican Cup title, and end the Lady In- 92 Sports dian’s regular season at 17- 24. “We didn’t capitalize on our hits,” said Holloway. “We had a better batting average than our oppo- nents, but we didn’t turn those hits into scoring runs.” The Lady Indians en- tered the SLC Tournament at Denton, Texas, as the fourth-seeded team. McNeese won the third seed by virtue of a confer- ence tiebreaker. USL won the regular season title and received a first-round bye in the tournament, Texas- Arlington finished second, Lamar fifth, North Texas sixth and Arkansas State seventh to round out the field. With hopes of a third tournament title and the official SLC Champion- ship, NLU opened the com- petition with a 9-1 victory over Lamar. This put the Lady Indians in a matchup with USL, the team they had beaten in the champi- onship games the past two years. USL, driven by two years of frustation, pound- ed Northeast for a 12-0 win and put the Lady Indians in the losers bracket. Holloway’s club had come from the losers brack- et before and they respond- ed with a 5-0 win over North Texas. The Lady In- dians advanced and faced UTA, a team they had split with during the regular sea- son. The Lady Mavs ended NLU’s season with a 1-0 win. With 10 players coming back this year, the Lady In- dians should be strong con- tenders for another tourna- ment title. Northeast re- turns experience at every position on a team that had a 1987 school record .951 softball cont. to p. 94 sett Shortstop Kelly Melro decides not to swing at th particular pitch. Photo by La | ra Zaidain. meee me Rapes nennr arto Nene Re rE ES Senior Renee Surch pre- pares to snag a ground ball. Surch had two game-winning hits and led the team with runs scored. Photo by Laura Zai- dain. Third baseman April Thompson smiles as she warms up before a game. Thompson has started since her freshman year for the Lady Indians. Photo by Laura Zai- dain. 87 Softball Team. First Row: Cathy Dryer, April Thompson, Laureen Soder, Dana Benson, Sandra Sibley, fly Melrose, Esther Avila, Lynn Palmer. Second Row. Rosemary Holloway-head coach, Kristi Wright-assistant, )wn Pederson, Clara Arnold, Lorry Olson, Shannon Flannigan, Renee Surch, Steve Sherland-assistant. |. . FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT Softball 93 Softball Cont. softball from p. 92 fielding percentage. In the hitting and pitch- ing departments, NLU out- hit their opponents, .216 to .209, and had a better earned run average, 2.10 to Deis Northeast lost only two players from the 1987 ros- ter. Second baseman Renee Surch left a big hole at the top of NLU’s lineup. The leadoff batter had two game-winning hits and led the team in runs scored with 24. She also five doubles, 18 walks and 12 stolen bases in When Esther Avila and Cathy Dryer transferred here from Arizona Western — Community College, the two knew nothing about Louisiana, especially Northeast Louisiana. But as time went on, the two westerners adapted well to life — and softball — in Monroe. “Tt was hard for me at first, but I quickly learned “Monroe is so different from Pheonix, my home- town, but I’ve grown to like this area and its people.” Avila was NLU’s most productive pitcher with a 11-12 record, and an ERA of 1.75 in 171 innings of play. She struck out 54 and had one no-hitter, as well as four shutouts. “Thad one of my best sea- sons in 1987,” said Avila. “My main responsibility was just to pitch, whereas at Arizona Western I had to play several positions.” 94 Sports Transfers Help Team marks, Dryer allowed only | to adjust,” said Avila. 17 attempts. The co-cap- tain finished the year play- ing third and was also sec- ond on the team with a .250 average, 14 RBI anda .318 slugging percentage. NLU’s other senior was four-year catcher Dawn Pe- derson. The co-captain did a solid job behind the plate quarterbacking the Lady Indian defense. She con- tributed 6 RBI while pick- ing up two game-winning basehits, and four stolen bases. — Robby Edwards Diver sisted the hee record on offense for the Lady Indians. The junior — first baseman ended with a .276 average, six triples, 53 total bases and a .431 slug- - ging percentage. Dryer also raked in 19 RBI, nine of which decided victories for. the Ladies. _ In addition to her batting two errors in 382 chances for a .995 Pee in the 3 field. : = “] didn’t play as : well as i wanted to,” said Dryer. “Softball here is much dif- ferent from the softball I played at Arizona Western. | The rules are mo: strict, Outfielders Sandra Sibley and Laureen Soder take a break and watch a teammate at the plate. The Lady Indians didn’t repeat as SLC champs, but gained experience in 1987. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Dana Benson is safe at home much to the delight of Coach Rosemary Holloway. The Lady Indians posted a 19-26 record in 1987 but lost only two play- ers from the squad. Photo by Laura Zaidain. a mM an Laureen Soder slides in third base and is safe on thi play during game action at th Lady Indians Softball Fiele Photo by Laura Zaidain. Esther Avila does a windup as she prepares to release a pitch. The junior college trans- fer had an ERA of 1.75 and struck out 54 batters in 1987. Avila also had four shutouts and one no-hitter. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Softball 95 DEPARTMENT PROMOTES ATHLETICS... Imagine the jolting ring of a nearby telephone, the rhythmic tapping of keys on a video display terminal, the rustle of papers being scanned and stacked on cluttered desks These are the continuous sounds that Northeast Sports Information work- ers hear daily. The seven- member department dili- gently toils to keep up to date with 17 university- supported sports. “Sports Information is a lot of hard work, both in and out of the office,” said Assistant Director Bill Smith. “But for me it pro- vides a good, creative out- let. I enjoy writing, taking pictures and laying out ma- terial for the different sports.” 96 Sports ‘ e by 7. ae es ee . § 4 ‘ s Sports Information Di- rector Bob Anderson start- ed the progam over a quar- ter of a century ago, and he has headed the department ever since. “T’ve been in journalism for a long time, but I chose working in the sport field particularly because I enjoy it the most,” said Anderson. “My father was a coach, and that had a big influence on me.” Anderson and his staff are responsible for all pub- lic relations dealing with NLU’s athletic depart- ment. This includes sup- plying press releases, infor- mation on the games, inter- views, statistics of sport events and recruiting. Northeast’s Sports Infor- mation Department has re- : ek. PL) SA ceived many honors for its game programs and press guides. The school’s foot- ball program, “Indian Illus- trated,” was selected by the Louisiana Sportswriters Association as the best pro- gram state-wide in NCAA Division I-AA competition. The program also placed fourth in the nation in Di- vision I-AA. NLU’s “Hoops” maga- zine took first place for NCAA Division I entrants, and the Lady Indians bas- ketball press guide, “It’s a Whole New Ball Game,” placed second behind LSU in the District 6 region. The department’s lone graduate assistant is Robby Edwards, who also was the recipient of the Ace Hig- gin’s Memorial Scholar- ship, an award presented to the state’s outstanding stu- dent assistant. “The work we do here is very rewarding in itself,” said Edwards. “Sports In- formation is a very impor- tant part of this universi- yan Anderson shuns the title “Dean of Louisiana SIDs,” a name given him by fellow co-workers. And when asked what is the most re- warding aspect of his work, Anderson replied: “To see this university and its ath- letics grow successfully is the most rewarding part for me.” — Sam Lanier Assistant Director Bil) Smith and graduate assistani Robby Edwards work on at) “ NLU football press release|) 7, Photo by Freddie Gipson. | | | ‘| , oe Sports Information Direc- tor Bob Anderson puts togeth- er a release with the aid of stat- istics and other facts. Ander- son is the only SID Northeast has ever had. Photo by Freddie Gipson. {7 Sports Information Department: Bob Anderson-director, Bill Smith-assistant director, Robby ards, Jo Fleming, Toni Sanford and Joel Tillis. , .. PLAYS VITAL ROLE FOR NL Sports Information i TAKING CHARGE... When Northeast Louisi- ana University began the 1987 spring men’s tennis season ranked 17th nation- ally, the primary reason was junior All-American Ville Jansson. Aside from the slender Swede and his doubles partner, Sean Cole, the In- dians lacked any exper- ienced players in the lineup entering the season. NLU completed the reg- ular season at No. 22. There’s no doubt that Jans- son and Cole deserve plenty of the credit. But strength throughout the lineup is why the 22-8 Indians re- mained part of the national rankings — living up to their pre-season billing — while winning 16 of the last 17 matches. In the latest of a string of outstanding seasons at NLU, the Indians’ best play came at the bottom of the lineup. In singles, North- east had a composite 23-7 record at the No. 6 posi- tion, and in doubles, the best mark was an aggregate 20-2 at No. 3. Instead of recoiling at the pressure of being national- ly-ranked, the NLU new- comers, headed by first- year coach Mark Tichenor, approached the season with confidence. That attitude carried the Indians through some tough times in mid-season and made Northeast a via- ble candidate for one of 20 berths in the NCAA Team Championships. “There was a lot of un- certainty entering this sea- son,” admitted Tichenor. “What kind of job would I do? How would the new guys react in different pres- sure situations? We didn’t dwell on doubts. We had an aggressive, confident atti- tude.” That was never more true than in early March at the H.E.B. Team Cham- pionships, when injuries and illnesses sidelined three of NLU’s top six play- ers — Jansson, No. 3 Piero La Gioia and No. 6 Stefan Zander — for consecutive matches against No. 11 ranked Miami, No. 10 Cali- fornia and No. 2 Clemson. “The biggest match probably was the first one against Miami, when we were down 5-1 going into doubles and managed to win two of three. It seemed to give us a little boost of confidence at a crucial time,” said Tichenor. “We played Cal and Clemson tough without Ville, Piero and Stefan because the rest of the guys had guts.” After those matches, Northeast began the first of a pair of eight-match win- ning streaks. Wins over No. 15 Arizona State, No. 14 Kentucky, No. 19 South- western Louisiana and No. 19 Alabama were indicative of the Indians’ improve- ment. The Indians finished the season by tying McNeese for the Southland Confer- ence championship. The Men’s Tennis cont to p. 100 1987 Men’s Tennis. First Row: Ville Jansson, Mike May, Bryan Miltz, Mike Bryan, Jean Luc Dumont. Second Row: Sean Cole, Coach Mark Tichenor, Piero La Gioia, Joe Pascale, Stefan Zander. 98 Sports or f | i Sean Cole unleashes a hart) backhand shot during practice Cole teamed with Ville Jans) |— son to qualify for the NCAA| tournament. Photo by La Zaidain. . .MENOVE Tennis continues despite cold weather. Coach Mark Ti- chenor and Piero La Gioia are shown at practice on a chilly, February day. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Stefan Zander plays the net as partner Mike May guards the back court. The duo com- bined for an 18-1 record. Photo by Laura Zaidain. S VERSITY Men’s Tennis cont. Men’s Tennis cont. from p. 98 season marked the fifth consecutive year the Indi- ans have won 20 or more matches. Mike May, 21-13 mostly at No. 4, had the most sin- gles wins. Zander had the top winning percentage (.833) with a 19-5 singles mark, mostly in the No. 6 position. The duo combined in doubles for an outstanding 18-1 record, only slightly Stefan Zander concen- trates as his opponent serves. Zander had the top record for the Indians with a 20-4 singles mark. Photo by Laura Zaidain. 100 Sports better than the 18-4 mark posted by Jansson-Cole in the No. 1 slot. Jansson and Cole qualified for the NCAA Tournament in Ath- ens, Georgia, where they advanced to the second round before being elimi- nated. Jansson qualified for the tournament in singles com- petition. The senior lost in the first round of action. —Doug Ireland Sean Cole returns a volleya partner Ville Jansson looks on. The two combined for an 18-4 mark. Photo by Laura Zaidain. ’ ; Ville Jansson slams a back pas hand during action at Heart!) i Stadium. Jansson qualified fo) the NCAA tournament, bu: lost out in,the first round Photo by Laura Zaidain. i) Murray State Tennessee Centenary California-Irvine Long Beach State Fullerton State Chapman College Kansas Arkansas-Little Rock Trinity Miami California Clemson Wake Forest Murray State Arizona State Kentucky SW Louisiana North Texas State McLennan CC Alabama Auburn Southern Arkansas Oklahoma City Tyler Junior College Tulane McNeese Lamar Fro La Gioia appears sat- s) d with his backhand stroke djing a practice session. La ia went 13-10 on the year. Fito by Laura Zaidain. a Men’s Tennis NLU OPP DHAUBDHAOODANADRDOMDUINIAIMNAMHAUAAhATNNHWHOOKH SCROWTDOYFNWOWRNHWAOWWAONANHARDOHO Men’s Tennis 101 MATCH POINT. . The women’s tennis team struggled most of the season, but managed to play well at the right times as the Lady Indians ended the year with a third place finish in the Southland Conference Tournament. First-year head coach Jim Watkins opened the season with only five play- ers on his roster. This meant the Lady Indians automatically forfeited one doubles and singles match each contest. It didn’t take long for this to reflect on his team’s rec- ord. After opening with a 9- 0 loss to Ole Miss, the Lady Indians played well and came home with a 3-4 rec- ord after victories over Sam Houston State, 6-3, and Baylor, 7-2. Watkins’ youthful squad dropped two more before another victory over McNeese, 5-2, improved their record to 4-6. Despite the improving perfor- mances of the women, Northeast wouldn’t win an- other match. The Lady Indians fol- lowed the McNeese win by hosting the NLU Invita- tional in March. Northeast dropped all four of their matches with losses to tournament champion Tu- lane, 5-1; runner-up Arkan- sas, 5-1; Southwestern Louisiana, 6-3; and Kan- sas, 5-1. NLU next traveled to Memphis State for a quad tournament and lost a pair of 5-1 decisions to Murray State and Southern Illi- nois. Host Memphis State handed Northeast a 4-2 set- back. Northeast closed its reg- ular season on the road with losses to Mississippi State, 6-0; Arkansas State, 5-4; and defending NAIA national champion Arkan- sas-Little Rock, 5-1. Once the SLC tourna- ment got under way at Women’s Tennis cont to p. 104 Kim Knight warms up be- fore a practice at Heard Stadi- um. Knight combined with Carmen Alvarez to lead the La- dies with a 6-3 doubles record. Photo by Laura Zaidain. ‘ - “ 7 | i; W | — Maria Cash followsthro' 4 with her serve during a pra( tice session. Cash teamed w with Charlotta Belfrage ’ reach the final round of dot bles competition in the SL tournament. Photo by Ric Kennedy. 1987 Women’s Tennis. First Row: Kim Knight, Alice Sherman, Maria Cash. Second Row: Assistant Coach oo... Bill Schwick, Courtney Campbell, Charlotta Belfrage, Head Coach Jim Watkins. ; | , g = 102 Sports Charlotta Belfrage eyes her opponent before she prepares to serve. The Swedish stand- out played at the No. 1 spot for the Lady Indians. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Courtney Campbellconcen- trates on a forehand shot dur- ing practice. Campbell ended the season with a 7-17 record. Photo by Rick Kennedy. .. LADIES BATTLE INEXPERIENCE Women’s Tennis 103 Women’s Tennis cont. Women’s Tennis cont from p. 102 Denton, Texas, the Lady In- dians took the court with the same determination that led them to a second place finish a year before. With a full six-member squad, NLU surprised the field with a third place fin- ish behind USL and Lamar. “Everyone expected us te finish last,” said Watkins. “We had a young team with small numbers. But our 104 Sports girls came on strong at the end and shocked some peo- ple.” NLU’s doubles combina- tion of Kim Knight and Carmen Alvarez led the way by teaming to take the No. 8 tit le. The Ladies’ No. 1 doubles team of Maria Cash and Charlotta Bel- frage reached the finals be- fore being eliminated by USL. Northeast got one singles win a piece from Belfrage at Alice Sherman smashes the ball with a good forehand shot. Sherman led the team with a 13-11 record. Photo by Laura Zaidain. the No. 1 spot, Cash in the No. 2 position and Alvarez at No. 6. NLU’s No. 4 player, Alice Sherman, was the SLC’s No. 6 defending champion, but was eliminated in the first round at the fourth spot. Despite the loss, Sher- man led the team with a 13- 11 record, including a five- match winning streak. Al- varez was next at 6-6, followed by Knight in the No. 5 spot with a 9-15 mark. Cash and Courtney Campbell, playing No. 3, ended the season with 7-17 records. Belfrage ended with a 3-22 mark. Knight and Alvarez led the team in doubles victo- ries with a 6-3 mark. Both women were All-Confer- ence selections. Campbell and Sherman were 4-8 in the second spot, and Bel- frage and Cash were 4-12. A bright spot for Wat- kins’ 1988 squad is the re- turn of Lillemore Hedberg, who decided to complete | her tennis eligibility with NLU. | New recruits are fresh- men Marie Alehammar, Ul- rika Bertman and Karen Koen. Two transfers, Jen- } ny Rogers and Tracy| Rodger, make up the list of | new faces that were seen in action for the Lady Indians in 1988. | —Robby Edwards | nme eel Courtney Campbell strikes a base-line shot during prac- tice. Campbell played at the No. 3 spot for the Lady Indij) ans. Photo by Laura Zaidai Women’s Tennis NLU © ANMBWDOALAUMNRUARDNIMNANAROMONYWIAWMNOF ne, Ole Miss Northwestern McNeese Southwest Texas Sam Houston State Baylor Tyler Junior College Northwestern Arkansas-Little Rock McNeese Alabama-Birmingham Tulane Arkansas SW Louisiana Kansas North Texas State Murray State Southern Illinois Memphis State Alabama-Birmingham Mississippi State Arkansas State Arkansas-Little Rock NOR WRK HON WHAODNA BRO eh OOCNr ie. “men Alvarez strikes a was an All-Conference selec- line shot during a Lady In- _ tion for NLU. Photo by Rich- 5 Ty ‘3 105 | practice session. Alvarez ard Lupo. Women’s Tennis SWINGING FOR SUCCESS... 106 Sports Northeast golf coach Wallace Jones had a disap- pointed tone of voice when recapping a final view of 1987’s Southland Confer- ence Championships. His Indians had a two- stroke edge over host North Texas State and a 10-shot advantage on defending champion Lamar going into the final 18 holes of the 54-hole SLC tournament. Bad fortune on NLU’s behalf, however, combined with a Lamar birdie binge down the stretch to leave Jones’ charges four shots shy of their first Southland championship. “We hit the wrong ball and that cost us a two-shot penalty. We had a shot catch a tree limb and rico- chet all the way across a fairway, out-of-bounds, and that hurt,” he recalled. Fi- nally, a smile worked across the face of Jones, who fin- ished his eleventh year as the Indians’ golf coach. “You know, though,” he said, with a gleam in his eye, “it was a heck of an im- provement over last year.” The 1987 Indians im- proved from sixth to second place in the conference. The Tribe’s Southland showing was indicative of the improvement Jones’ team made in just one sea- son. Counting the fall and spring seasons, the 1987 team won two tournament titles, finished second twice and had two thirds. NLU finished in the top five in nine of its last 11 tourna- ments. Leading the charge was newcomer Kenny Walker, who was the reigning Scot- tish amateur champion. Walker was a medalist in three tournaments during his first year at NLU, in- cluding two first-place fin- ishes during the six-tourna- ment spring season. Walker won medalist honors at the Stephen F. Austin-Rayburn Country Intercollegiate, helping the Indians win the team title, and he also took the SLC medalist honors by two shots with a 3-under-par 210 score. He paced the 1987 spring season with a medal play stroke average of 73.5, and was Northeast’s low scorer at five of the six tourna- ments. Second on the team’s scoring chart was senior Gary Jeffrey, whose 75.0 average included his career low round of 1-under-70 at the SLC competition. Sophomore Alan Mur- doch carried a 75.1 average, helping the Indian team to post a composite 76.1 scor- ing norm over the spring season. Jeffrey, team captain Joe Gates and Chris Berry fin- ished their eligibility in 1987. “The future looks bright,” said Jones. Along with Walker and Murdoch, Northeast should return standout freshman Lee Messler (76.4 average), sophomore Phil- lip Lester (77.7) and sopho- more Kenny Buchan (81.2) for the 1988 season. —Doug Ireland Scott Carpenter practices ; his putting during an Indian golf practice. Carpenter is oné of five newcomers to the team Photo by Laura Zaidain. ly Murd My Dtactj 1 han) GOLF 1987 Tournaments NLU Invitational Riverside C.C. Inv. Sam Houston State Inv. Hal Sutton Inv. Louisiana Collegiate Murdoch, Gary Jeffery, Head Coach Wallace Jones. jan Murdoch chips a shot ‘ring practice at the new golf |� en beside the baseball stadi- 1. Murdoch led the Indians th a 75.1 average. Photo by ura Zaidain. 1987 Golf Team. First Row: Richard Palmisano, Chris Berry, Wade Brint, Phillip Lester, Kenny Buchan. Second Row: Assistant Coach Michael Stephens, Kenny Walker, Chuck Winstead, Lee Messler, Joe Gates, Alan THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. . There is a group of stu- dents on campus that make up the NLU flight team, better known as the Flying Tomahawks. The team is directly af- filiated with Northeast’s Department of Aviation. Its main purpose is to teach students as much as possi- ble about flight processes and air safety. The team meets against other flight groups in the fall during SAFECON (Safety and Flight Evalua- tion Conference) Regional 108 Sports competition. The top four in regionals qualify for na- tional competition. There are two basic types of events — ground events and flight events. The ground events in- clude tests on subjects such as pre-flight preparation, computer accuracy, aircraft recognition and scan tests. The flight events include navigation, power-on land- ings, power-off landings and bomb drops. The Flying Tomahawks placed fourth in regional A Flying Tomahawk brings this Cessna-150 down during a flight practice at a local air- port. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Flight team members mark an area on a runway at a local airport for touch-and-go prac- tice. Photo by Todd Tradewell. competition in fall 1986. Tom Collins, last year’s captain, received the Men’s Achievement Award, which is given to one flight team member in national compe- tition. The award is based on academic excellence, as well as a personal interview with a panel of judges. The Tomahawks meet twice a week and fly on weekends. The team rents planes from Fix-Base Oper- ators at the Monroe Re- gional Airport for practice sessions. The team also has three flight simulators which trains students to fly with instruments under various situations. The 1988 National Com- petition was held in Mon- roe. The event, sponsored by the NLU flight team, in- cluded a cookout and ban- quet. Aviation senior Laura Zaidain was selected by the department to organize the event. “Although many don’t know it, Northeast has the best aviation department in the state,” said Zaidain. “Having the national com- | petition in Monroe is great for the university.” “The team is open to anyone interested in avi- ation,” said captain Jason Devillier. “Only six mem-) bers of the group have an | actual license to fly. The) ground events provide good | competition for those team | members without a li-. cense.” —Sam Lanier don Devillier. Second Row: Dana Criswell, Rick Rodine, Brad Walsh, Mike Hill,Steve Hornsby, Anna Homeburg, }ce Welch, Allyson Ogles. Third Row: Robert Grant, Adrian Getzlaff, Jo Wafer, Devon Buffington, Karen Im Flying Tomahawks: First Row: Rodney Cummings, Brian Mascari, Hitoya Momoji, Brian Pryor, S)ulding. Flying Tomahawk Jason Devillier pilots this Skipper while practicing for the touch- and-go competition. Photo by Todd Tradewell. asscceeeen sei eOoOE TALLIN THESADDLE... It was a long, hard ride, but the 1987 edition of the Rodeo Club successfully managed to promote the university, as well as the sport itself. ““‘We have two major goals we’re striving to achieve,” said President Chad Higginbotham. “Our short-term goal is to com- pete in rodeos around the country representing NLU as a team. Also we hope to add facilities at Layton Farm that will enable us to hold actual rodeos.” In the past years, the club was not able to enter rodeos because of various reasons, mainly lack of money. But the group earned some money through various fund-rais- ing events, and that — along with an endowment supplied by the university — provided for expenses of entering rodeo competi- tion. 110 Rodeo “We were rezoned to the Ozark Region of NIRA (National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association) this fall,” said Higginbotham. This region includes ro- deo teams from Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Ar- kansas, Kentucky, Tennes- see, Alabama and North- east Louisiana. The top two teams in regional com- petition qualify for Nation- als. The NLU Rodeo Club was founded 15 years ago. It provides students the chance to gain practical ex- perience, and share an in- terest in the sport with oth- ers. “We want to make our- selves known,” said Higgin- botham. “We hope to leave a lasting impression on oth- er folks to help attract them to the sport and also to Northeast.” — Sam Lanier It would appear that rodeo club member Mitch Fontenot is having a conversation with this quarter horse. Actually, Fontenot is about to set up a barrel for practice. Photo by Rick Kennedy. 1987 Rodeo Club First Row: Chad Higginbotham, Robert Carpenter, Jennifer Rabun, Tracy Peargen, Kim | yi, Pepper, David Snyder, David Snyder. Second Row: Rhonda Higginbotham, Alana Carpenter, Kathy Fortenberty, |. ; Shawn Wilson, Mitch Fontenot, Doug Carter, Billy Frey, Laura McGraw. wy As a “nanifer Rabun tightens � t reins while practicing for trel racing competition at t NLU rodeo arena. Photo by PR Kennedy. ... CLUB PROMOTES UNIVERSITY SURGERY IN A NEW LIGHT... It is commonly known in the sports world as the old “bad knee.” All it takes is a sudden blow, fall or twist, and an athlete’s career can be washed right down the drain. But with recent develop- ments in fiberoptic tech- nology, there is a better method for treating the devastating knee injury with an instrument called the arthroscope. The arthroscope allows 112 Sports the doctor to look directly into the knee and diagnose the problem without resort- ing to conventional open surgery, which requires large incisions, a long hos- pital stay and prolonged re- covery, said local orthope- dic surgeon Dr. Sidney Bai- ley. Bailey said an arthrosco- pic shaft contains coated glass fibers and a set of magnifying lenses that beam an intense, cool light into the joint and send a magnified image on a TV monitor. The arthroscope is in- serted through tiny inci- sions called portals. Spe- cial, very small instruments are inserted into separate portals to perform the oper- ation. Most problems can be di- agnosed accurately and sur- gically treated at the same time. The most common of arthroscopic surgeries is the shaving of torn carti- lage on the kneecap. “The surgery itself lasts only about an hour, on the average,” Bailey said. “It is very convenient for the athlete because the surgery can be performed in an out- patient clinic, and recovery usually takes only three to four weeks. “The surgery is not limit- ed to the knee. You can also use the arthroscope for shoulder, ankle and elbow surgeries. Arthroscopic surgery can’t be used in some cases, however. Open surgery is required if there is major damage, such as a bad ligament tear.” Many NLU athletes have undergone the surgery which most refer to as “the scope.” Arthroscopic sur- — gery allows athletes to heal faster and quickly return to their normal physical ac- tivities. ! . —Sam Lanier | Incisions made into the kne after arthroscopic surgery al usually stapled. Jerry Melton knee is shown three days afte his surgery, was performe( Photo by Laura Zaidain. � arthroscope is inserted ugh two incisions in the 2, while a sterile saline solu- is injected through the Vor incision; to distend the 2 joint. Following the surgery the small incisions will be stitched, stapled or taped to heal quick- ly. The knee is bandaged after surgery. The healing process normally takes four to five weeks. Northeast football player Jerry Melton gets his leg wrapped at the Indian training room. Melton was recovering from arthroscopic surgery per- formed on his knee. Photo by Laura Zaidain. . ARTHROSCOPE SPEEDS RECOVERY | INTRAMURALS LET STUDENTS ... The Intramural Depart- ment took extensive steps during the semester to build new campus facilities. The City of Monroe and the University joined ef- forts to begin construction of four new softball fields. The Department of Tour- ism and Recreati on agreed to supply the funds, and Northeast Louisiana Uni- versity provided the land. The fields will be used for public city recreation, as 114 Sports well as university intramu- ral events. “This semester we’ve be- gun phase one of a four-part plan, which will include four fields and a parking area,” said Camille Currier, director of NLU intramur- als. In late November, stu- dents voted on and passed a proposed plan to build a $5.5 million complex for Northeast intramurals. Funds for the building will Trees are cleared at the be- ginning of the construction of new intramural softball fields behind Malone Stadium. Photo by Freddie Gipson. come from a $15 increase in the students’ activity fees. “The students had to have the right to vote on something like this,” said Currier. “If you want a nice facility which is non-aca- demic, then you have to build it yourself. We want our students to have the best.” The complex will consist of seven racquetball courts, two aerobic dance areas, a large weight room, eight a multi-purpose courts, a jog- ging track and indoor arch- ery and golf areas, as well as a student lounge and video room. “The intramural facili- ties are so crowded now that students become dis- couraged from using them,” said Currier. “Anywhere from 150 to 200 students pass through our little weight room daily. Stu- dents have to wait before they can play basketball or Rit sts hee ae TES i agit ea Si isasencmommanioare badminton because of the small playing areas.” | Construction on the fa: cility will begin tentatively next fall. The building) should be completed by the! fall of 1989. | “The complex will be ¢ great addition to the uni: versity,” Currier said. — Sam Laniej, hte pce Danny Jennings scramble}, into open field during intramu ral flag football action. Phot by Rick Kennedy. Tracy Futch watches her shot fly in the golf pitch-and- run competition. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Vera Franklin tries a “gran- ny” shot in the intramural free throw competition at Brown Gym. Photo by Peter Bradley. |. . KEEP THE SPIRIT ....... ‘ 1987 SPRING RESULTS MEN TABLE TENNIS . Sherman Desouza . Desmond . Frankie Lim . Christopher Alvarez BROOD eR SKISH . Noah Reeves . Kerry Griggs . Chuck Beck . Mike Nicklaus hon GOLF PITCH-N-RUN 1. Matt Puser 2. Charles John 3. Tim Wilheit 4. John Forrest PUNT, PASS AND KICK 1. Gerald Gardinia 2. Steven White 3. Greg Pace 4. Mike Bass FREE THROWS . Keith Jones . Rob Stevens . Brad Gore . Steven White BRON FIELD GOAL KICKING 1. Steven White 2. Gerald Gardinia 3. Mark Shaw 4. J.J. Higgins BOWLERMANIA 1. David Coleman 2. Chad Palma 3. Lonnie Menzina 4, Jim Livigni FLAG FOOTBALL 1. Get Full 2. Nothin’ Fancy 3. PDC 4, O-Men SWIMMING 1. Delta Sigma Phi 2. Pike “A” 3. MSA 4. Kappa Alpha LOUISVILLE MILE 1. Frank Lamberti 2. Ed Bruni 3. Mark Temple 4. George Bolton 116 Sports WOMEN TABLE TENNIS . Latrella Wall . Keri Glasgow . Juanita Bourgeois . Brenda Jarvis me OD SKISH . Holly Chambers . Becky Curry . Candi St. Andre . Cyndi Cayer ODN GOLF PITCH-N-RUN 1. Keri Glasgow 2. Ashlea Sullenberger 3. Becky Curry 4. Tracy Futch PUNT, PASS AND KICK 1. Hope LeBlanc . Tracy Futch 3. Marsha Hossley 4. Tracy Frazier iw) FREE THROWS . Cheryl Babin . Jo Ellen Antley . Keri Glasgow . Dana Benson BRON FIELD GOAL KICKING 1. Tracy Futch 2. Hope LeBlanc 3. Vicki Mahfouz 4, Tracy Frazier BOWLERMANIA . Tracy Futch . Christy Burgess . Deidra Farr . Kim Stapp me CD FLAG FOOTBALL . Kappa Delta “A” . Phi Mu . U-Tappa-Keg . On the Virge So SWIMMING 1. Kappa Delta 2. Phi Mu 3. Sigma Kappa LOUISVILLE MILE 1. Suzy Seeber 2. Charlotta Belfrage 3. Beth Wolff 4. Kim Knight ST et ee 1 OTe. sie� sine Poe Quite a rush is put on Bush Hog quarterback Tom Hol- brook by Kappa Sigma’s Gil- bert Quintana. Get Full won SE nests hee ot me a names ae OF f the flag football championshiy by a 12-0 score over Nuthin Fancy. Photo by Freddie Gip son. Sinking free throws can b � j,;, a tedious task. Sharon Chris), . tian does her best to win th� ; event. Photo by Peter Bradle} � ,. i Ie ben Hh ang {fob p y }vaining with all his might ( 7 the: powerlifting competi- @ nm is Garry-Graves. The in- ) mural weight lifting events live become popular for both ile and female students. oto by Richard Lupo. 1987 FALL RESULTS MEN SOFTBALL 1. Murderers’ Row 2. Ballbusters 3. BWI’s 4. BSU Sheep HORSESHOES 1. Derrel Graham 2. Mitch Gilfoil 3. Chuck Walpole 4. John Lichtner = TRACK 1. Fearless Foursome (tie) World Class 3. Pike 4. Team Alex TRIATHLON 1. Mark Temple 2. Billy Anderson 3. Jeff Hartledge 4. Richard Cottrell FRISBEE GOLF 1. Craig Nugent 2. Roger Mitchell 3. Steven White 4. Edwin Zaffran BASKETBALL 1. Dunkin’ Dogs 2. L.A. Hoopers 3. Kappa Alpha “A” 4. Hands Off TEAM BOWLING 1. Kappa Alpha 2. Delta Sigma Phi 3. MSA 4. Kappa Sigma POOL (8-BALL) 1. Kevin Brown 2. Mathew Stevens 3. Dave McDermott 4. Tom Mann BIKE RACE 1. Tim Howard 2. Marcus Eichorn 3. David Harper 4. Keith Pittman VOLLEYBALL (2-MAN) 1. Terry Sims Gary Fordham 2. Ben Owens Steven White WOMEN SOFTBALL 1. U-Tappa-Keg 2. Monroe Monkeys 3. Sigma Kappa 4. Infinity HORSESHOES 1. Melissa Williamson 2. Cherie Williams 3. Allyson McKinney 4. Cindy Cloud TRACK 1. Sigma Kappa 2. Speed Queens 3. Kappa Delta TRIATHLON 1. Erika Meyer 2. Beth Wolfe 3. Carol Czerwinski 4. Mary C. Jerman FRISBEE GOLF 1. Terri Holder 2. Traci James 3. Jamie Bocox 4. Darla Williams BASKETBALL 1. PYT’s 2. Slater Ladies 3. Ladies of the ’80s 4. Phi Mu TEAM BOWLING 1. Sigma Kappa “A” 2. Sigma Kappa “B” 3. Kappa Delta 4. Sigma Kappa “C” POOL (8-BALL) 1. Lucia Davis 2. Elizabeth Gumpert 3. Joan McDermott 4. Melissa Moreau BIKE RACE 1. Beverly Gillespie 2. Lisa Oxford 3. Diedre Farr 4. Christine Anderson TRIVIAL PURSUIT 1. Genny Lensing Lee Anne Gay 2. Stacey Tucker Janet Griese Intramurals 117 FULL STEAM AHEAD. .. The top two runners from the Indian cross coun- try teams turned in strong performances, but their support was weak as both squads finished third in the Southland Conference Championships at North Texas State. Stacey Sutter covered the men’s five-mile course in 25 minutes and one sec- ond to finish second behind Texas-Arlington’s Ben Melly at 24:39. The Indians recorded 61 points behind North Texas’ 52 and the UTA’s 56. Mike Skinner came in sixth at 25:38 for NLU’s only other top 10 finish. Nicola Roff won the women’s 5,000-meter race in 17:02 to finish ahead of Stephen F. Austin’s Kim Hogg at 17:34. Chris Jasek was third at 17:44. SFA won the title with 55 points, fol- lowed by Texas-Arlington at 68 and Northeast at 78. Despite the pair of third place finishes, Head Coach Dennis Groll was more than satisfied with his team’s performance. “We knew we would have to run very well to finish in the top three,” Groll says. “We were very aggressive and we made it very com- petitive for the top two teams. I’m pleased with our runners, both of our teams ran well.” Other Indians that placed include Tim O’Con- nor in 11th at 25:59; Chris Groves, 18th, 26:27; and Jeff Moss, 24th, 27:01. Leah Anna Davis fin- ished 21st for the Lady In- dians at 19:11, followed by Stacey McKinney, 22nd, 19:15; and Lisa Farria, 31st, 19:57. In the men’s race, Sutter jumped out to an early lead. Melly, however, caught him at the two-mile mark where they were neck-and-neck before Melly pulled away at the four-mile point for the win. Even though he did not win, Sutter was pleased with the outcome after fin- ishing seventh last season. “T ran the race of my life,” Sutter said. “He was favored to win and when he caught me at the two-mile mark he passed me, then I 1987 Men’s Cross Country Team. First Row: Dennis Groll—Head Coach, Mike Sherman , Stacy Sutter, Tim O’Connor, Kenny Scroggins, Jeff Moss, Todd Bologana, Chris Groves, Marcus Henderson. Second Row: John passed him, then he finally passed me for good.” Unlike the men’s race, the women’s race was never in doubt. Roff pulled away from the pack after a mile and a half and never looked back to win her fourth race of the year. “Tm glad I won,” said Roff. “This was my goal at the beginning of the season; this is what I wanted.” She also won the South- ern Mississippi, Alabama- Birmingham and North- east Invitationals earlier this year. Roff came in third at last year’s confer- ence meet. Stephen F. Austin fin- ished fourth in the men’s race with 102 points, fol- lowed by Southwest Texas, “ | | | | | 132; McNeese, 140; North western State, 164; an Sam Houston State, 181. Southwest Texas fir’ ished fourth in the women race with 80 points, fo lowed by North Texas, 11’ McNeese, 125; Sam Hou; ton State, 168; and Nortl — western State, 232. The men closed the: season with a 34-18 recor while the women finish 3{ 11. Groll was happy for h teams and his top two rur ners. “Stacey had a tremer dous race and it’s great fc Nicola,” he said. “Nicola wins caps off a great cros country season for her.” — Robby Edwar Sauerhage—Assistant Coach, Mike Skinner, Greg Grace, Troy Roberts. [memento ASE St sce es | Se Dror entilisiiiiasess! sodimmataiie.8 ! : Stacy Sutter passes a opponent in the Indian Invité | tional Cross Country meet § the Pine Hills Country Clul Sutter finished second in th jy competition. Photo by Cari %,, ™ Skinner. Dip 118 Sports Chris Jasek breaks away during cross country action at the Indian Invitational. Jasek placed third in the Southland Conference with a 17:44 time. Photo by Carol Skinner. 987 Women’s Cross Country Team. First Row: Dennis Groll—Head Coach, Lisa Farria, Christa Lobue, ‘ah Anna Davis, Chris Jasek, Stacey McKinney, John Sauerhage—Assistant Coach. Second Row: Lisa Cooper, [| cola Roff. |: � .RUNNERS LEAD THE PACK ‘ BREAKING AWAY... Northeast head swim coach John Pittington was optimistic heading into the 1987-88 season. With three seniors and three sophomores return- ing to the men’s team, in- cluding veteran swimmers Shawn Bauer, Poozer Bry- ant and John Ocken, the Indians were all set to bet- ter their 10-7 mark of last year. The Lady Indians were in a different boat, howev- er, with only one senior back. “The women didn’t have a strong front line,” said Pittington. “But they had a well-rounded team. It just depended on how hard they wanted to work. We had some tough competition.” At the time of publica- tion, the Lady Indians had a 5-5 mark with four regu- lar season meets to go, and the men stood with a 7-4 mark. “T think the men have performed much better than last year,” said Pit- tington. “Our ladies have worked very hard and have performed great, despite the lack of depth on the team. This is the most pleasant year I’ve had as head coach.” Bauer recorded the best times in 200, 500, 100 and 1650 freestyles. Bryant had the best in the 200 breast stroke (2:07) and the 200 back stroke (2:00.85). Ocken ranked near the top in the 100 and the 200 fly. Lisa Hokett led the wom- en in the 100, 200 back stroke, the 100 back stroke and the 200 fly (2:13.67). Mary Jermann led in the 100 breast stroke (1:12.57). Erica Meyer recorded the best time in the 500 free- style (5:19.90). Katherine 120 Sports ay re , The lone diver for the NLU Indians is freshman Kent Hughes. Hughes concentrates as he begins a dive from the one-meter board. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Washington had best times in the 200 breast stroke and the 200 individual medley. Southern Mississippi discontinued its program at the end of last season, and five swimmers joined the Indians. Bernie Gieson, John Sayles, Scott Tom- binson, Sean Burke and Ashley Boothe helped round out and strengthen the NLU squad. “Our teams swam faster than ever,” said Pittington. “Both our teams are stron- Five-year veteran coach John Pittington appears pleased with a swimmer’s per- formance at the Henderson State meet held in the Lake C. Oxford Natatorium. Photo by Rick Kennedy. ger than last year’s. I have also been proud of the stu- dent and faculty support we’ve had so far this year.” The final four events on the Indian schedule were meets with LSU, UALR, Delta State and TCU. The NIC and NCAA Cham- pionships follow the regular season meets. Last year the NLU men’s team finished at third place, and the women stood at fifth place. —Sam Lanier and Sports Information. Sophomore David Claxton gasps for air while swimming the 100-meter breaststroke during a tough workout at the Lake C. Oxford Natatorium. Photo by Richard Lupo. shington, Lisa Hokett, Lori Graves, Ashley Deville, Cara Smith, Ashley Boothe, Karen Stegall—manager. ‘ond Row: Kathy Zubatuk—coach, “Poozer” Bryant, Mike Richardson, David Read, Shawn Bauer, Bernie (son, Scott J ames, John Ocken. Third Row: Ken O’Berg—coach, Robert Krueger, Scott Tomlinson, Neal Smith, tin Burke, John Sayles, Bryan Thayer, David Claxton, Craig Coleman. | '87 Swim Team First Row: Gwen Zwyoke—manager, Erica Meyer, Mary Cay Jerman, Catherine .. LEAMS REMAIN AFLOAT LEAPING TO VICTORY... The womens’ volleyball team had a successful sea- son, although the Ladies finished fourth in South- land Conference play. “T was extremely proud of the way our ladies played this season,” said coach Rosemary Holloway. “The conference action was tougher, but we’ve proven ourselves. We have built a reputation in this state as one of the top three teams. We’ve beaten many quality people, and that’s some- thing we couldn’t say four years ago.” The Lady Indians, 18-16 on the year, remained un- defeated at home in non- conference games. Holloway’s crew caught fire early with a home- Opening victory over Southern Arkansas, and excellent tournament per- formances at LSU and Oral Roberts University. “Our women played their best in the first match at home against Ole Miss,” said Holloway. “They really showed their maturity and character by pulling out the last game in a pressure situ- ation. In the past we’ve folded under pressure, but I was so proud of them when they pulled off the victory.” After another victory 122 Sports over the Mississippi squad, the Ladies streaked to three consecutive wins over USL, Louisiana Tech and North- western. The Ladies went on to win three of their last seven matches before heading into the SLC Tournament. In the tourney the Lady In- dians won a first round match over North Texas State, but lost to Texas-Ar- lington in the winners’ bracket. Southwest Texas went on to defeat NLU in the semi-finals. “T am happy for this pro- gram. We are going to keep building with the firm foundation we have started these past two years,” said Holloway. “We have quality over quantity. With a few veterans, junior college transfers and freshmen, we have improved greatly from last year.” Lynn Edwards led the team with 377 kills and 161 total blocks. Lisa King fol- lowed with 328 kills and 270 digs. Julie Moffitt had 48 service aces and 79 blocks. Dawn Cummings led in digs with 273, and Charmane Johnson had 229: — Sam Lanier Freshman Charmane John- son bites her tongue, and be- gins a serve against Ole Miss. Johnson had 23 serve aces on the year. Photo by Laura Zai- dain. Junior middle hitter Lynn Edwards really gets up for a spike in volleyball action at Brown Gym. Photo by Laura Zaidain. g p Coach Rosemary Holloway has a content look on her face as the Lady Indians take a wir from Louisiana Tech. Photo 6), Freddie Gipson. | Ney nm “o hy ‘87 Volleyball Team. First Row: Charmane Johnson, Misty Brown, Michelle Griffin. Second Row: Robert lliamson — trainer, Renee Surch — student coach, Jane Holcomb, Dawn Cummings, Lynn Edwards, Rosemary lloway — head coach and Brian Lee — graduate assistant. Third Row: Julie Moffitt, Lisa King. .. LADIES SPIKE COMPETITION Volleyball 123 a ee MiddlehitterLynnEdwards prepares to serve against Lou- isiana Tech during the NLU Classic. The Lady Indians swept all three games, 15-6, 15- 5 and 15-0. Photo by Laura Zaidain. a Stretching for a dig is set- ter-hitter Michelle Griffin. The Chalmette senior lettered four years for the Lady Indi- ans. Photo by Laura Zaidain. There are many support- ers of NLU and Indian ath- letics across the state, but there probably are none more caring and supportive than Mariana Burroughs. Burroughs owns and op- erates a local restaurant, Mariana’s, which was opened in 1975. That’s the year she and her husband Bill Burroughs started fol- lowing the growing athletic program at Northeast. “T really got involved when a few football players came in one day and ate,” said Mrs. Burroughs. “I started talking with them about the athletic program in general, and I became a big Indian fan.” The Burroughs met at Northeast in the mid- 1950s. Bill Burroughs quit college and went to work as a bookkeeper and contrac- tor. After almost thirty years, he enrolled at NLU once again and received his diploma in December 1985. His goal was to be an ath- letic counselor at North- east. However, tragedy struck in fall, 1986. He died from cancer. “My husband and I have always had a deep love for NLU athletics,” said Bur- roughs. “But he and I both wanted to support all the young people that make up A PROUD SUPPORTER. .. be themselves. It’s a real home-like atmosphere.” A scholarship was set up in memory of Bill Bur- roughs last fall. It’s awarded to an outstanding student- athlete whose athletic eligi- bility has ended, but who has another year to gradu- ate. “Many people donated funds, and Mariana Bur- roughs had tailgate parties before games. That money was set aside for the first Bill Burroughs scholar- ship,” said athletic director Benny Hollis. “The award is presented to a young per- son with a good moral char- acter. The student must also maintain a minimum 2.0 grade point average.” Mrs. Burroughs runs a catering service in addition to her restaurant. She sponsors tailgate parties before football games and fixes lunches for visiting schools’ teams. Mrs. Burroughs has missed only one football game, home or away, since 1978. Her restaurant walls are filled with NLU nostal- gia, ranging from pictures of Eun Jung Lee to Chief Brave Spirit. “TI have become attached to NLU students over the years,” said Burroughs. “And the athletes know : : : : One of NLU’s leading sup-) the university, not just the that in my restaurant porters, Mariana Burouguale” athletes. The kids know _ they’re always winners.” has missed only one football)... they can come in my res- — Sam Lanier game, home or away, SINCE... taurant anytime, and just 1978. Burroughs is popular.) ' with many students on cam-) ),, pus. Photo by Freddie Gipson.,y {hn 7 124 Sports te ; jhe atmosphere that sur- � punds Mariana Burrough’s ystaurant gives students a aance to talk with friends, ad feel at home. Mike Traxler lad Al Hamby enjoy a meal ad conversation with Bur- vughs. Photo by Freddie Gip- m. |: : KEEPS SPIRIT ALIVE 126 Sports The trick competition in water skiing is a combination of talent and creativity. Vicki Sarig maintains balance hold- ing on with just one foot. Photo ; by Rick Kennedy. 4 | }) ' ax | The NLU ski team won s eighth consecutive na- ional championship in 87. The team did it in and style, taking the ampionship on the en- y’s home turf, or in this ase, lake. | “We have as much talent Ow as we've ever had,” said Jean Tom Murphy, ski am adviser. “The compe- “ition is getting much � ugher, and it took a great fort to win the champion- up.” The Indians tallied a iree-day total of 9,435 pints on host Rollins Col- ge’s Lake David. Rollins nished second at 9,020 Northeast won the men’s ad women’s division to jaim the team title it has ‘pld since 1981. The men nished with 5,080 points, llowed by Central Florida 4,975. The ladies record- 14,355 total points to out- stance second place Rol- “as with 4,085. Head Coach Paul Puc- cioni was quick to give™ credit for the title to his team’s depth. “We don’t have the indi- vidual world class skiers that Rollins and Central Florida have, but from bot- tom to top, we have the best team, and that’s what it’s all about,” he said. The Indians recorded 1,720 points to win the jump competition. Morgan paced NLU with a second place jump of 147 feet. Dan Sheedy came in sixth with a jump of 134 feet. NLU’s Roger Kirtley and Fristz Harsch tied for seventh with leaps of 133 feet. The men accumulated 1,755 points in the slalom to finish second behind Cen- tral Florida. Morgan again led the team by making 65 buoys to finish second. Langley tied for fifth with 62; followed by Harsch, sev- enth with 61.5; and Kirtley, 10th with 56 buoys. Morgan also led the team to a third place finish in the trick competition with Ski Team cont. to p. 128 fo HL KON ade A yi yO Patio.% i : “Ny ; )87 Ski Team. First Row: Vicki Sarig, Sandy Wayman, Lisa Fitzgerald, Lori Krueger, Jill Norman, Debi Bride. Second Row: Danny Sheedy, Roger Kirtley, Shay Langley, Tony Norman. Third Row: Paul Puccioni— itch, Zack Morgan, Nick Lassiter—Adviser, Fritz Harsch, Tom Murphy—Adviser. .. TEAM BEGS TO DIFFER Lady Indian Sandy Way- man kicks up quite a wave dur- ing a slalom exhibition. Way- man passed 49 buoys to place eighth in national competi- tion. Photo by Rick Kennedy. 128 Sports 1,605 points. He finished fifth overall with 3,430 points. Kirtley was seventh with 2,320; followed by Harsch, eighth with 2,170; and Langley and Tony Nor- man who tied for 11th with 1,960 points apiece. Murphy credited the women’s first place finish in the slalom with boosting his team’s confidence and enabling NLU to win the ti- tle. “The women’s slalom event set the tone for the entire tournament,” he said. “Winning an event with that type of competi- tion really gave our team Poa the confidence it needed. We took the lead after that and never looked back.” The Lady Indians fin- ished second in the overall competition with 1,420 points, 220 points behind Rollins. Lori Krueger paced the women’s team to a first place finish in the slalom with 1,575 team points. Jill Norman finished in a tie for fourth with 62 buoys; fol- lowed by Lisa Fitzgerald, sixth with 55.5; and Sandy Wayman and Vicki Sarig who tied for eighth with 49.5. Fitzgerald led the Lady Ski Team Cont. Indians to another first in the jump events . She fin- ished third with a jump of 105 feet to pace Northeast with 1,360 points. Norman came in fifth with a leap of 100 feet; followed by Krueger, seventh with a 95- foot jump; and Wayman in ninth with a jump of 85 feet. Norman led the team to a second place finish in the trick competition with 2,750 points, good for sixth place. Sarig was next for NLU with an eighth place finish and 2,200 points; fol- lowed by Wayman in ninth with 2,110 and Fitzgerald in 11th with 2,030. —— “I think our team skied very consistently and showed class in doing so,”| Murphy said. “We went| into the tournament as un-| derdogs, but we pulled to- gether with team unity and| won the thing with consis- tent performances.” LSU finished the tourna-| ment in fourth place, fol-| lowed by Michigan State, California State, Chico State, Auburn, Alabama, § Cal-State Sacramento and Kansas. The Indian ski team poses for a fun shot, sporting NL sunglasses. The team won its} eighth national championship in the fall with 9,435 points, Photo by Billy Heckford. — Robby Edwards iy Indian skier Shay Langley makes tricks look easy. Lang- ley ran up a 365-point total in national trick competition for an 11th-place finish. Photo by Richard Lupo. Lori Krueger displays her talent in slalom skiing. Krueger was the top Lady Indian skiier in that competition with a third-place finish at nationals. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Ski Team 129 INDIANS ARE SECOND TO NONE... Northeast Louisiana University football had its greatest year ever in 1987. With a practically new coaching staff, and a new one-back offense, the Indi- ans proved to be a major force in Division 1-AA. Head Coach Pat Collins was optimistic heading into the season. “TI personally felt like we'd be stronger from last year. We lost some great de- fensive players, and we lacked depth in the secon- dary. But we had players Louisiana Tech Southwest Texas Nicholls State Northwestern Lamar Ga Southern who are as talented at their positions as we have ever had.” The Indians battled their way through a tough sched- ule, and stood tall as the Southland Conference king at the end of the regular season with a 9-2 record. “T think we got ripped off on the designated confer- ence games with Louisiana Tech and Arkansas State,” said Collins. “I didn’t mind playing those teams, but when you compare those games with some of the FOOTBALL NLU OPP 44 44 Southwestern McNeese Southern Miss North Texas State Arkansas State 130 Sports other teams’ designated games, anyone can see that we played the toughest SLC schedule by far.” NLU’s tough defense and wide-open offense left them undefeated in conference action ahead of North Tex- as State, Sam Houston State, Northwestern, Southwest Texas, Stephen F. Austin and McNeese State. Northeast finished first in the SLC in passing of- fense and total defense. Tommy Minvielle to- Defensive captain Terry Jones watches for a play signal as the rest of the “Crunch Bunch” huddles during action at Northwestern State. Photo by Billy Heckford. Punt returner Jeff Steele slides by a Lamar Cardinal. Lamar defeated NLU 48-28, one of only two Indian losses in regular season play. Photo by Billy Heckford. taled 669 yards rushing on 143 attempts and five touchdowns. Stan Humphries com- pleted 176 passes of 338 at- tempts for 2,622 yards with 18 tds and 15 interceptions. Teddy Garcia hit 20 of 28 field goals and 34 of 36 ex- tra points. Kevin Duhe ended the regular season with a 39.5 yard average on punts. Jackie Harris and Jeff Steele led all receivers with 37 catches apiece. Harris had 709 yards and three tds, while Steele made 397. yards and three tds. Mike Manzullo gained 527 yards) on 29 catches and four tds while Chris Jones pickec¢ up 484 yards on 26 grabs and two tds. Terry Jones raked in 134 total tackles and one sack. Cyril Crutchfield piled up 89 tackles, and Hiram Por. - ter totaled 75 and three sacks. Claude Brumfield and Kevin Joseph each had five sacks. he: — Sam Laniea il SP ER ik ON EATEN TO f _ 987 Football Team. First Row: T. Garcia, R. Gipson, K. Duhe S. Humphries, K. Johnson, M. Manzullo, B. _jichel, L. Randolph, M. Bourgeois, J. Clement, C. Jones. Second Row: S. Avery, P. Harper, A. Winn, R. Upshaw, t Joseph, C. Crutchfield, T. Malbrotgh, T. Jones, C. Brumfield, T. Brown, T. Dupin. Third Row: C. Washington, { Richardson, O. Jacquet, T. Minvielle, W. Phythian, J. Tillery, A. Hargroder, C. Andrews, T. Jackson, V. Johnson, Muse, K. Manasco. Fourth Row: A. Babino, J: Steele, F. Shelvin, E. Fuller, D. Oatley, D. Foret, M. Smith, R. ung, K. Aloisio, S. Tubbs, S. Ferguson. Fifth Row: D. Wilburn, W. Allen, K. Heaslip, J. Harris, L. Langley, M. alone, R. Green, R. Haile, B. Bell, G. Wainwright, A. Hamby. Sixth Row: D. Pederson, L. McDonald, B. tatelain, B. Langbartels, H. Powell, S. Stickell, R. LaBorde, K. Crutchfield, H. Porter, B. Owen, D. Marcus, R. 2H yl ckson, J. Duplessis. Seventh Row: R. Anderson, M. Martin, K. Burnett, K. Bilbo, N. Amos, C. Jetzel, P. Gilder, A | . Guerriero, J. P. Smith, C. Haye, R. Lawson, R. Moon, T. Anthony. Eighth Row: C. Viscardis, A. Burns, C. Lowe, _ | Kilpatrick, G. Lewis, C. Richard, J. Melton, B. Castle, D. Childs, S. Ellison, G. Murphy, C. Monier. Ninth Row: ; |. Turner, C. Copeland, R. Broda, C. Guillot, K. Burnett, A. Williams, B. Hawthorne, R. Harrison, A. Green, B. | ntenot, R. Pittman, C. Battleford, S. Gasaway. Tenth Row: T. Quarlles, M. Trahan, J. Savant, K. Burton, K. “ -ight, B. Causey, T. Brooks, P. Hill, M. Traxler, E. Smith, K. Farrar, A. Gajan, J. Cowgill. Eleventh Row: J. votee, T. Accardo, B. Van Buren, L. Moody, M. Brotherton, R. Lava, A. Paydas, T. Pettingell, B. Bishop, B. R. � | 1L Twelfth Row: C. Bruchaus, D. Hebert, C. Martin, J. Ratcliff, C. Henderson, R. Gregoire, G. White, M. Gough, Gough, P. Bates, R. Tullos, G. Waters. = x ee Looking for running room Richard Green re- turns an interception during the first round playoff game with North Texas State. NLU won, 30-9. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Headed for paydirt, fullback Tommy Minvielle rams ahead for a big gain. He led the Indians in rushing on the year with 669 yards on 143 attempts. His 168-yard performance in the Nicholls game was the individual season high for NLU. Photo by Billy Heckford. .. FINISH WITH BEST RECORD EVER Football 131 GONE WITH THE WIN Even Jimmy the Greek couldn’t have predicted the outcome of the Tech- Northeast affair at Joe Ail- let Stadium on Sept. 12. Head coach Pat Collins’ crew amassed 519 yards on 94 offensive plays, and limited the Bulldog offense to 122 yards. The Indians, resembling a well-oiled ma- chine in their season open- er, took their fifth consecu- tive win over Tech. The summer sky was filled with blazing bombs of NLU quarterbacks, mainly Stan Humphries, who threw for 394 yards on 25 completions. Claude Brumfield led an outstanding defensive ef- fort with six tackles and two sacks to earn the Southland Conference de- fensive ‘“‘Player of the Week” award. Humphries took the honor on offense. Teddy Garcia kicked three field goals and five ex- tra points to become NLU’s all-time leading scorer with 166 points. Garcia was named ‘‘Player of the Week” in the SLC for spe- cialty teams. Andrew Hargroder and Tommy Minvielle scored two touchdowns each, and Jeff Steele scored once. The Indian interior line blasted Tech’s defense all night long. The entire Indian de- fense kept Tech’s offense in check; the Bulldogs totaled minus 14 yards rushing on the night. Stephone Avery had one interception for NLU. The Indians jumped to No. 8 in the NCAA Divi- sion 1-AA poll after the sea- son-opening rout. — Sam Lanier Kicker Teddy Garcia adds another field goal to his total. Photo by Rick Kennedy. SAME TUNE, 2ND VERSE Northeast broke its habit of losing the next game im- mediately after defeating Tech, by thrashing the Bobcats of Southwest Tex- as, 44-7. It was the first time in over thirty years that the Indians have won consecu- tive games by identical scores. It was also the first time the Indians have ever won two road games to open the season. Stan Humphries was hot once again, completing 15 passes for 320 yards and three touchdowns. The of- fensive line did not allow a single sack. Tackle Blair Michel stood out among the giants on the line. 132 Sports Jackie Harris led an out- standing effort with 101 yards receiving on three catches, including a 65- yard touchdown grab. Chris Jones snagged three for 85 yards and pulled in a 25-yard scoring reception from Humphries. Tommy Minvielle caught five for 82 yards. His score came on a 15-yard pass from Humphries. Cisco Richard scored a touchdown with a one-yard run, and Andrew Hargroder leaped to paydirt from the one also to score. Backup QB Walter Phythian found Eric Smith in the end zone for a one-yard touchdown. Teddy Garcia hit a 42- yard field goal, setting an SLC record of 12 in a row. He was five for six on extra point tries. Defensively, Scott Tubbs led a stellar performance by raking in 11 tackles, one sack and a fumble cause. Tubbs earned SLC “Player of the Week” on defense for his effort. Claude Brumfield, Kevin Joseph, Terry Jones and Cyril Crutchfield all turned in good defensive efforts. Stephone Avery snagged an interception. NLU moved up to the No. 3 spot in Division 1- AA. — Sam Lanier Quarterback Stan Humph- ries calls the signals at the line. The Shreveport native threw for 377 yards in the sea- son opener against Louisiana Tech. Photo by Rick Kennedy. For a team to be success- Jul, it takes more than just vhe capabilities of its ath- letes. _ A winning team needs eadership from exper- enced coaches who have nlayed the sport, and are ible to come up with care- ully-planned strategies. | The NLU basketball jeam has that experienced eadership in the coaching )f Mike Vining, Jesse Bur- ,ette and Tom Schuberth. | Vining has been the head - }oach of the Indians for eae Pie SB in etree jeven years. He played bas- cetball at Northeast for jour years. He was an all- jonference pitcher on the aseball team as well. He received his bache- pr’s degree in Health and hysical Ed ucation in 1967 )nd received his master’s in | 969. | Vining -returned to Northeast in 1978 as an as- et ; ‘jistant, after having seven WE Ine years as Bastrop ligh’s head coach. He be- ame the head coach when Jenny Hollis assumed the '|thletic director’s position pin 1987. | WHO’S ‘HAIL MARY?’ Assistant Coach Jesse Burnette joined the coach- ing staff full time in 1981. He had a successful reign at Delta High with a 192-87 record in seven years. He was voted “Coach of the Year” six times in high school District 2-AA. Burnette played four years at Northeast, where he led in rebounding and field goal percentage his ju- nior year. He received his Health and Physical Education de- gree in 1974. Tom Schuberth started his fifth year with NLU in 1987 as a full-time assis- tant. He joined the staff asa graduate assistant in 1983. He was an assistant coach at the University of North Alabama before coming to Northeast. Schuberth played for Ne- vada-Las Vegas where he was selected as an Aca- demic All-American. He™ won a Golden Gloves box- ing title, and he played with the California Chiefs, a team that toured with the Harlem Globetrotters. Schuberth received his Chris Jones’ knee gets at- tention as he takes a break from game action. Photo by Rick Kennedy bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State in 1980 and a master’s in physical education in 1981. All three coaches have strived to keep up the win- ning tradition of NLU bas- ketball. — Sam Lanier Defensive linemen Brian Castle and Rodney Young get set to fire off the ball against their foes from Nicholls State. Photo by Rick Kennedy. LIVING DANGEROUSLY In their season home- opener on Sept. 26, the Northeast Indians looked rather sluggish, but pulled off a 26-14 victory over the Nicholls State Colonels. NLU handed the Colo- nels their first loss of the season, as the Indians upped their record to 3-0. The key to victory was four interceptions pulled off by the Indian defense. Cyril Crutchfield stole two passes, one a heads-up play in NLU’s end zone which halted a Nicholls’ scoring drive. Richard Green took one interception, while Ste- phone Avery snatched his third interception of the year. The Indians’ potent passing game was effective, but didn’t exactly catch fire; however, Indian block- ing and Tommy Minvielle running took up the slack. The 210-pound fullback from Lutcher exploded for 137 yards rushing, includ- ing a 55-yard jaunt on a fake punt early in the last period. Stan Humphries was good for 20 of 43 passes for 253 yards and one touch- down. Mike Manzullo caught the lone passing score from 33 yards out. Chris Jones turned in an- other fine performance on offense. Terry Jones led defen- sively with 16 total tackles, and Hiram Porter racked up 15. Crutchfield had a great game, making 13 tackles in addition to his two pick-offs. He was hon- ored as SLC “Player of the Week” on defense. Northeast climbed one more notch to No. 2 in the NCAA 1-AA poll after the contest. — Sam Lanier Football 1338 Following the blocking of Tommy Minvielle and David Muse, Walter Phythian sprints to the outside on an option play against Lamar. Photo by Billy Heckford. INDIANS’ STREAK STOPPED You could’ve called it the “Teddy Garcia Show,” or “The Giant Killers.” Either name would have fit NLU’s 26-17 victory over two-time national champion Georgia Southern. Garcia kicked four field goals and two extra points in the Indians’ win over the Division 1-AA powerhouse. “T had a lot more confi- dence in this game,” said Garcia. “Before, I hadn’t been completely following through, but I planted well and kicked really good.” The Indians’ defense played a major role in the win. Perry Harper, Cyril Crutchfield and Hiram Porter each had an inter- ception, stifling Eagle drives throughout the con- test. Terry Jones and Rich- ard Green led with 10 tack- les apiece. Walter Phythian got the starting call at quarterback from Coach Pat Collins, and he lived up to his men- tor’s expectations. The ju- nior from Opelousas com- pleted 16 of 32 passes for 186 yards and two intercep- tions, and gained 31 yards on 16 rushes and one touch- down. “We had trouble punch- ing the ball in during the first half,” said Phythian. “But luckily our defense kept giving us the ball in situations where we couldn’t help but score.” Tommy Minvielle raked in 68 yards on 20 carries and scored once also. Min- vielle led in receiving with five catches for 48 yards. Mike Manzullo and Jackie Harris had four re- ceptions each, combining for a 99-yard total. Jeff Steele ran 13 times for 33 yards. Northeast shot back up to No. 3 in the NCAA 1-AA poll. — Sam Lanier Line BOUNCING BACK All good things must come to an end. That old cliche was never more true than on one breezy after- noon in Beaumont, Texas, when the Indians saw their perfect record destroyed by the Lamar Cardinals, 48- 28. “We didn’t play that well,” said coach Pat Col- lins. “But you’ve got to give Lamar some credit for that. They had a great scheme and executed well.” The Cardinals amassed a 34-7 lead by the third quar- ter. Lamar offensive stan- douts Burton Murchison and Shad Smith blasted NLU’s “Crunch Bunch” with a balanced run-and- pass attack. Murchison had 154 yards rushing and Smith threw for 412 yards and four touchdowns. “Smith did a great job,” said defensive end Kevin Joseph. “He was complet- ing passes throwing the ball off one foot. He was big and strong. Hitting him was like hitting a lineman.” Indian quarterback Wal- ter Phythian came off the bench to lead a gallant | comeback effort in the sec- | ond half. Phythian directed | the NLU offense to three | scoring drives, putting the |) team back into the game | with no time to spare. Down 41-28 at the 16- yard line with 2:23 left, the | Indians came up empty-_ handed when Phythian’s quick pass to Jeff Steele was stopped short. Lamar drove on for a final score to _ end the game. In just one half of play, Phythian completed 19 of 34 passes for 218 yards, one | interception and three | : touchdowns. He also ran. for 102 yards on 18 carries. | The Indians dropped to’ No. 6 in the NCAA Divi- | sion 1-AA poll. — Sam Lanier) Linebacker Rodney Moon _ stacks up the line and eyes a _ Georgia Southern ball carrier. The Indians defeated the two- | time national champions at Malone Stadium, 26-17. Photo by Rick Kennedy. | | | Rain and defeat high- lighted the Indians’ home- jcoming game against the University of Southwest- ern Louisiana Ragin’ Ca- jjuns. Northeast turnovers opened the door for a 17-7 Cajun victory; the Indians gave up two interceptions ‘and three fumbles. “We didn’t do what we usually do best — pitch and catch,” said Coach Pat Col- ‘ins. “It was disappointing. They hung in there, took jadvantage of our mistakes The Indians did not take advantage of their opportu- jaities. In the first half, the lefense recovered a Cajun umble at the 45-yard-line, jind the offense blew the irive with another fumble. A second scoring opportu- jnity was killed late in the CAJUNS’ COOK first half when a pass was intercepted in the end zone. However, the Indian de- fense limited their oppo- nent’s scoring to two field goals in the first half. Northeast took the lead in the t hird quarter. Tom- my Minvielle put NLU in scoring position with a 33- yard gallop. Jeff Steele scored from the 1-yard- line. Teddy Garcia’s extra point gave his team the lead, 7-6. USL broke the Indian defense with another field goal and touchdown. Northeast couldn’t gener- ate any more threats on of- fense. “Neither of our quarter- backs played well,” said Collins. Stan Humphries com- pleted eight of 20 throws for 73 yards, and Walter Phythian hit on two of sev- en for 42 yards. Tommy Minvielle was still productive with 65 yards on nine carries. Ken- neth “Bump” Johnson ran for 27 on seven. Tackles John Clement and Claude Brumfield re- ceived praises for their per- formances. Clement graded 83 percent for the night on the offensive line. Brum- field made nine total tack- les, one for aloss. Both were pre-season All-Conference selections. Northeast managed to stay in the NCAA top 10 poll for the seventh straight week at the No. 9 spot. The loss dropped their overall record to 5-2, although the conference mark remained umblemished at 3-0. — Sam Lanier Indian back Jeff Steele leaps over USL defenders on a scor- ing attempt. The Rajin’ Cajuns defeated NLU in a wet defen- sive struggle. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Football 135 INDIANS WHIP COWBOYS Malone Stadium was the McNeese Cowboys’ own Little Big Horn as the Monroe tribe slaughtered the visiting Lake Charles team by a 37-10 score. Stan Humphries played superbly with 19 comple- tions for 382 yards and three touchdowns. The per- formance earned Humph- ries the offensive “Player of the Week” honor in the Southland Conference. “The win was a real con- fidence builder for us,” said Head Coach Pat Collins. “We hadn’t had m uch con- sistency in the last few games, so it was good to see us play well.” On defense, Hiram Por- ter stood out with five tack- les and a sack from his safe- ty position. Rodney Moon, Duke Marcus and Richard 136 Sports Green also had excellent performances in shutting down the Cowboys’ offense. The big play of the night was a 72-yard pass-run score via Humphries to Mike Manzullo. Manzullo raked in 122 yards on four receptions in all. Jackie Harris also had a big game with 108 yards on five grabs. Teddy Garcia kicked three field goals and four extra points, bringing his career point total to 222. McNeese was able to score only when quarter- back Doug Pederson’s pass was stolen and taken in for a quick six late in the fourth period. The massacre pushed the Indians up to No. 8 in the NCAA poll. — Sam Lanier WIN NUMBER SEVEN On Nov. 7, the Indians traveled to Hattiesburg, Miss. to do battle with the tough Southern Mississip- pi Eagles. And when the dust settled, NLU was left standing with a 34-24 vic- tory tucked in its belt. “This was one of the big- gest victories ever for our team,” said Coach Pat Col- lins. “It was a great win for both our players and coaches. Not many people go down there and come away with a win.” And for a second straight week, Stan Humphries proved to be the main man with 233 yards passing and a surprising 72 yards rush- ing. He was selected the of- fensive MVP for SLC play once again. The “Crunch Bunch” de- fense had its own hero as well. Freshman linebacker Rodney Moon raked in 12 tackles and broke up two passes in the game. Cyril Crutchfield made nine tackles also. Moon’s crunching tackles made Ka- gle ball carriers aware of his presence. The 225-pounder earned the. “‘Defensive Player of the Week” in con- ference action. “T had a pretty good game,” Moon said. “Our de- fense just filled all the holes and strung out the sweeps.” USM managed only 120 yards on the ground and 142 in the air. NLU amassed 412 yards of total offense. “Our defensive linemen played super up front,” said Collins. “Our pass coverage was extremely good. We beat an outstanding foot- Tight end Jackie Harris blocks a North Texas oppo- nent, as fullback Tommy Min- vielle bulls through several would-be tacklers during the 37-10 slaughter of the McNeese Cowboys. NLU won the game to claim the confer- ence championship. Photo by Rick Kennedy. ball team.” The scores came on two runs by Humphries, two five-yard catches by Jeff Steele and Tommy Jackson and two field goals by Ted- dy Garcia, one a 51-yarder. Kevin Duhe averaged 38 yards punting. Mike Man- zullo led all receivers with four catches for 48 yards. The win gave NLU a big boost in the division 1-AA poll. The Indians took the No. 3 spot behind undefeat- ed Holy Cross and Appala- chian State. | — Sam Lanier ———— | Itresembled a scene right if at of a Hollywood script. ith a little over a minute ft in the ball game, North vexas State was behind _ LU by one point. | _ Eagle quarterback Scott _ vavis had just scored on a _ ne-yard run, and kicker _ eith Chapman only had | add the extra point to ven the score. | But some way ... some- bw ... the ball darted to je right and bounced off de upright. The crowd’s | jar at Malone Stadium jas music to the ears of ‘sach Pat Collins and his jonroe tribe. The Indians’ |.-23 victory meant at least ioiece of the SLC champi- ship, and a spot in the di- | jsion 1-AA playoffs. “T believe our players j2re more emotional for jis game than any other ‘ace I’ve been here,” said (yllins. “The emotion built ‘ach Pat Collins displays a I k of satisfaction as he tches his tribe perform. 4 oto by Rick Kennedy. | up all week, and I think that had a direct effect on the game’s result.” NLU accumulated a commanding 21-0 lead ear- ly with Teddy Garcia’s two field goals and Stan Humphries’ two td strikes. Mike Manzullo grabbed one 13-yarder and Jeff Steele snagged a 22-yarder. Tommy Minvielle added the two point conversion. NTSU’s Davis blasted for a 62-yard scamper on the Eagles’ next possession. But the NLU team came right back as Garcia added another chip shot. As for the rest of the game, it was all North Tex- as, as Chapman booted a field goal, and Davis found Carl Brewer for a scoring strike. That led to the dra- matic ending which de- flated the visitors’ hopes and handed the home team its eighth win. SOUTHLAND SHOWDOWN Humphries was good for 18 of 36 passes with 320 yards. He was picked the conference’s offensive MVP for the fourth time. Defensively, Terry Jones recorded 19 tackles and won the conference honor. Duke Marcus stood out with 10 tackles. Claude Brumfield and Norman Amos had outstanding per- formances on the line. The blocking of John Clement, David Muse, Duane Foret, Reggie Law- son and Vaurice Johnson enabled the Indians to have a big night on offense with 417 total yards and 21 first downs. Cisco Richard had 46 yards on 10 rushes. Mike Manzullo had four catches for 91 yards. The victory kept Collins’ crew at the No. 3 spot in the nation. — Sam Lanier TRIBAL WARFARE The excitement just kept on coming in Malone Sta- dium during the month of November. a The Indians of Arkansas State came to town to play in NLU’s final regular sea- son game. It was for all the Southland Conference marbles. By the end of the first half, NLU faced a 21-8 defi- cit, and they had barely had time to score their first touchdown. On a fourth- and-one play, quarterback Stan Humphries leaped into the end zone from the one. Humphries also ran in the two-point conversion with 12 seconds left. “I felt confident all the way,” said mentor Pat Col- lins. “I knew we were still in good shape, especially after we scored just before the end of the half.” On the first play from scrimmage in the third quarter, Humphries scram- bled and sailed a 50-yard scoring strike. The kick failed, but the lead was cut to seven points. The defense began to keep ASU’s big fullback Richard Kimble in check. Duke Marcus made his first start at linebacker and re- sponded with 18 tackles, four for losses. NLU retaliated with an- other score. Freshman Cis- co Richard had an excellent night. The Jennings native busted loose for a 15-yard run. Teddy Garcia tacked on the extra point. Things were evened up, but NLU was not through. Thanks to tough defen- sive play, the Monroe Indi- ans were able to take the lead with a 46-yard Garcia kick. Late in the fourth period, Humphries added another $1x points with a one-yard run. Garcia’s kick was true and the play cinched the win for NLU. Humphries led in rush- ing with 40 yards on 15 at- tempts. He completed 23 of 43 passes for 351 yards, one td and four interceptions. Jackie Harris had four catches for 156 yards. NLU picked up 30 first downs. The win claimed the un- disputed SLC champion- ship for Northeast. The team finished with the best regular season record ever, 9-2. — Sam Lanier Football 137 Senior Stan Humphries be- came the leader of the Indians during the playoffs. Humph- ries awaits his turn to take the field during the Eastern Ken- tucky game. Humphries com- pleted 94 of 160 passes for 1590 yards and 11 touchdowns throughout the four post-sea- son games. Humphries was se- lected to the All-American, all- conference and all-Louisiana teams. Photo by Richard Lupo. 138 Sports The regular season was just a morsel of thrilling football excitement for NLU fans when compared to the wild and wooly NCAA division 1-AA play- offs. _ After wrapping up the SLC Championship with the comback victory over : “Mean n,” 30- ‘Marcus ids an vadarant de- fense with 16 tackles, one ‘Mike Manzullo grabbec eight passes for 128 yards Next on the menu was Freshman Cisco Richard plows through Northern Iowa defenders for a huge gain. Richard came on strong for NLU in the playoffs. He to- taled 207 yards rushing on 46 carries and scored five touch- downs. for the national champs. Photo by Richard Lupo. The men who guided the players to a perfect season. From left, receiver coach Roger Carr, defensive line coach Kirby Bruchhaus, defensive coordinator Bobby Keasler, Head Coach Pat Collins, offensive coordinator Wil- lie Ragan, offensive line coach J.B. Grimes and quarterback coach Bob Lane. Not shown but also deserving special recognition are strength coach Barry Rubin, graduate assis- tants Pat Murphy, Tag Rome, Bruce Daigle, Chris Scelfo, Hal Steelman, Mike Suggs, trainers Charlie Martin and Ricky Mes- tayer and academic counselor Ron Leleux. . Duke er i ) It took tough defensive plays to stop some of the best offen- sive players in the nation faced by the Indian ‘Crunch Bunch”. The Northeast de-: fense held strong and came out on top to silently carry the In- dians all the way. Photos by Rick Kennedy and Richard Lupo. The icing on the cake— NLU President Dwight Vin es presents the division 1-AA na- tional championship trophy to Head Coach Pat Collins, with players and coaches looking on. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Football 139 MEN UNITE... Some called it luck, some called it fate. Head coach Pat Collins called the 33-31 victory over the North- western Demons a combi- nation of great execution, concentration and determi- nation. The highly-touted Indi- ans traveled to Natchi- toches to play in one of the most exciting college foot- ball games of the year. Collins’ crew was behind 31-27 with 16 seconds left in the game and at their own 13-yard line. First, quarterback Stan Humph- ries found Jeff Steele for a 39-yard completion and then threw the next pass away to stop the clock. With one tick left and nearly 50 yards to go, Humphries bombed a “Hail Mary” pass. Tight end Jackie Harris grabbed the 140 Sports the ball after it was de- flected several times by Northwestern players, and held on for the winning points. Fullback Tommy Min- vielle continued his string of outstanding games be- hind good blocking with 168 yards on 20 carries and a touchdown. Minvielle was selected as the SLC “Player of the Week” on of- fense. Humphries hit on 14 of 35 passes for 187 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. Steele caught five passes for 53 yards and ran for 24 on four attempts. Mike Manzullo, Ken- neth Johnson and Harris each made touchdown re- ceptions. Teddy Garcia was good for two field goals — one for 55 yards — and three extra points. Kevin Freshman Steve Seeley tries to manuever his way around teammate Alvin Jeffer- son in a preseason Maroon- _ Gold scrimmage. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Duhe averaged 43 yards on four punts. The Indian defense slammed the door on De- mon running back John Stephens, SLC’s leading rusher going into the game. Stephens left the game with a knee injury, totaling only 14 yards on 11 attempts. a ames oo Kevin Joseph was a de- fensive stalwart with six tackles and one sack. Terry Jones and Cyril Crutchfield each had good games defen- sively. NLU remained stagnant in the NCAA poll at the No. 2 spot, despite winning their fourth game in as «a 4. many outings. — Sam Lanier } Different looks of emotion | reflect from the faces of Head | Coach Mike Vining, assistant | coaches Jesse Burnette and | Tom Schuberth and graduate | assistant Keith Richard. Photo by Richard Lupo. oe Veer oe Figen Ai IE Looking their finest in for- mal wear, the Northeast mens’ basketball team pose for a pic- ture. The shot was used on the opening cover of the 1987-88 media guide. Photo by Billy Heckford. The Northeast mens’ basketball team had its first losing record last year in 26 years but was picked as the number-two contender for the conference title at the start of the 1988 season. “At the beginning of the year, we really shot the ball well in practices.” said Head Coach Mike Vining. “The players really worked hard together in getting ready for the season.’ The excitement carried over into the early regular season games. Vining saw his crew win three straight before falling to Alabama, 86-66. The Indians’ wins posted were over Nicholls, Southeastern and Louisi- ana Tech. Derrick Pollard rose among the tribe with excel- lent outside shooting. Mi- chael Saulsberry and Alvin Jefferson led outstanding rebounding performances. The transition of Myron Lilley from forward to point guard sparked the men’s play. The Indians caught fire with five wins in seven games before meeting Northwestern in the Southland opener. The vic- tories over Florida A M, Washington, Utah, Chicago State and Southeastern boosted NLU’s overall 142 Sports record to 8-3. Saulsberry, Pollard and Anthony Jones continued their hot shooting duties. In the second win over Southeastern, Pollard sunk seven three-point shots, a conference record. The Indians lost the SLC clash with Northwestern by a last-second Demon bucket. NLU bounced back and took four conference wins over Texas-Arlington, North Texas, Stephen F. Austin and McNeese. Ke- vin Toms had a season high 20 points in the Stephen F. Austin game. At the time of publica- tion, the Indians were sit- ting on top of the confer- ence ladder, with an overall 13-4 mark. Saulsberry was averaging 16 points per game, and Pollard was averaging 14. Alvin Jeffer- son and Saulsberry were grabbing 10 rebounds per game. “We've still got things to work on,” said Vining. “I’m happiest about the team unity we have shown. At both ends of the court our players worked hard. This team needs improvement, but overall we’re further down the road than last year’s team” — Sam Lanier Anthony ‘‘Greyhound” Jones humiliates a North Tex- as State opponent with this slam dunk. Jones led the Indi- ans in free throw percentage with an .889 mar. Photo by | Laura Zaidain. a —==== Mtioy Hie Heh i Center Michael Saulsberry drives to the goal with power against Louisiana Tech de- fenders. Northeast won the first matchup with the Bull- dogs at home, 84-76. Photo by Laura Zaidain. — 2 ee stg ne a ction on the low post gets Hustling to cover his man is aysical. Myron Lilley takes senior guard Derrick Pollard. elbow to the ear beforemak- _ Pollard was a key player for the g an offensive move to the Indians on both defense and sket. Photo by Laura Zai- offense. Photo by Laura Zai- un. j dain. sic anisabtcdiic ial Men’s Basketball 143 144 Sports Alvin Jefferson, a 6-6, 185- pound forward takes a deep breath and keeps his eye on the goal before shooting a free throw. Photo by Laura Zai- dain. Center Michael Saulsberry bites his tongue and releases a turn-around jump shot. Mid- way through the year Sauls- berry averaged 16 points and six rebounds per game. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Men’s Basketball NLU OPP Nicholls 84 78 Southeastern 93 68 LA Tech 76 Alabama 86 Florida A M 86 Wright State 74 Washington 64 Utah 65 LA Tech 68 Chicago State f 45 Southeastern Northwestern St. f 60 Texas-Arlington 69 North Texas St. 69 Nicholls 65 Stephen F. Austin 5 52 McNeese 57 Sam Houston h 56 Southwest Texas Sam Houston Southwest Texas McNeese Stephen F. Austin Southern Miss. North Texas St. Texas-Arlington Northwestern St. _ ‘A Tech opponent seeks help as Myron _ Juilley, Michael Saulsberry and Alvin Jef- verson play tight defense for NLU. Photo } y Laura Zaidain. Leading Indian scorer Mi- chael Saulsberry caps off a fast break to perfection with a leap- ing layup. Photo by Laura Zat- dain. 88 NLU Men’s Basketball. First Row: Coach Jesse Burnette, Mack Guillory, Lance Vaccarelli, Anthony es, Myron Lilley, Derrick Pollard, Head Coach Mike Vining. Second Row: Coach Tom Schuberth, Casey Jones, ve Seely, Alvin Jefferson, Michael Saulsberry, Wayne Brent, Coach Randy Shipley. Third Row: Kelvin Collins, llip Craig, Victor Lee, Vincent Lee, Brian Spencer. Fourth Row: Robert Williamson, Jeff Merritt, Jeff Byrd, vin Toms. Men’s Basketball 145 ADY INDIANS ST: The 1987-88 NLU Lady Indians’ basketball team began the season with a sense of uncertainty. With a young, inexperi- enced team, Head Coach Linda Harper wasn’t sure about her team’s chances of repeating as Southland Conference champions. “When you try to build with a young group like we had, the schedule played is extremely important,” 146 Sports Harper said. “You need to have a mix of good teams and great teams. You play teams on your level to im- prove yourself, and play the top teams because that’s where you are aiming for.” a young group like we had, Basketball con’t. to p. 148 ee Junior guard Veronica Rid- gell flies past an Australian op- ponent in a season-opening scrimmage at Ewing Coliseum. Photo by Billy Heckford. Freshman guard Felisha Ed- wards guards teammate Deb- bie Budde in a Lady Indian in- tra-squad scrimmage. Photo by Laura Zaidain. 1987 Lady Indians Basketball Team. First Row: Joy Lynn Smith, Felisha Edwards, Stacey Pellegrit | Veronica Ridgell, Kea Jefferson. Second Row: Debbie Budde, Loflin, Renee Woodfin, Ranita Bolton. Katrise Lee, Angela Gaddy, Derunzia Johnson, Lis ) | a Ris MEE mearsee «1 iid i siete Pe ee it or tb £ fs An Australian opponent guards Veronica Ridgell as she takes a jump shot during a¢- tion against the team. Photo by Billy Heckford. While Linda Harper looks on, Derunzia “Jab” Johnson practices her free throws in a Lady Indian practice. Photo by Laura Zaidain. | Play instructions are given to Ranita Bolton and Renee Woodfin during a break in game action by Coach Linda Harper. Photo by Billy Heck- ford. .. AS TEAM REBUILDS Women’s Basketball 147 Basketball cont'd. from p. 146 The young and inexperi- enced Lady Indians broke into the regular season in high gear. “We had many new faces in the program, so we had to start with the basic fun- damentals of passing, ball- handling and rebounding,” said head coach Linda Harper. “From day one I talked to the girls about team spirit and loyalty. I told them this team is their team, and they had to make the most of it.” The Ladies broke even after the first six outings, including three losses at the hands of tough Georgia, Ole Miss and Louisiana Tech teams. NLU found a new star in 6-2 Derunzia “Jab” John- son, who totaled 48 points and 22 rebounds in the first two games. Juniors Veroni- ca Ridgell and Renee Woodfin stood with strong performances in early games. “Veronica carried a big load in directing the of- fense,” said Harper. “Renee leads the team well also. 148 Sports She talks to the post play- ers and helps them out the same way Chrissa Hailey used to help her.” The Northeast women kept a constant .500 mark throughout the next four games. Woodfin led in scor- ing averaging 25 points per game against tough Brigham Young, Alcorn State and Boise State teams. In the Southland Confer- ence opener, Northwestern defeated the Ladies, 81-64. Undaunted, Harper’s squad bounced back to win the next three in a row, in- cluding two decisions over conference foes Texas-Ar- lington and North Texas State. “Those were big wins for us,” said Harper. “Emo- tionally it’s difficult to con- sistently play well on a long road trip. We did some things wrong, but the girls showed courage.” At the time of publica- tion, the Lady Indians stood with a 9-6 record, 2-1 in conference play. Al- though too early to tell, the Ladies seemed to be at the top of the conference pic- ture. —Sam Lanier Aggressive Lady Indian Stacey Pellegrin sticks to her Texas-Arlington opponent. The senior doubled as a guard and forward for NLU. Photo by Tanya Phillips. Freshman guard Debbi) Budde watches her opponer) closely. The 5-10 Kentucky ne prep star. Photo by Rick Ker) t nedy. i Defensive standout Keay Jefferson looks for an open teammate after stealing a pass. Photo by Richard Lupo. Man-to-man defense is worked by Lady Indians Der- unzia “Jab” Johnson (42), Re- nee Woodfin (50) and Veronica Ridgell (12). Photo by Tanya Phillips. Women’s Basketball 149 On March 12, 1987, the Sugar Bowl committee pre- sented Eun Jung Lee, for- mer Lady Indian basketball star, the most prestigious honor awarded to a Louisi - ana athlete, the James J. Corbett Memorial Award. Lee was only the fourth woman to win the award. Former NLU track stand- out Lauri Young and famed Lady Techsters Kim Mul- key and Pam Kelley make up the elite group that re- ceived the honor. Lee, an all-American point guard for two years, became a legend during her term with NLU. The Seoul, South Korea, native was the Southland Conference’s “Player of the Year” for four straight years. A holder of 18 all-time § NLU individual records, Lee started in 117 straight games. Master of the two7 handed, no-spin running jump shot, Lee accumulat4 ed a total of 2,208 points and 978 assists. q | Lee served as a graduate assistant for Northeast during the 1987-88 season. —Sam Laniefl | Crashing the boards are guard Debbie Budde and cen- ter “Jab” Johnson. Johnson Junior guard Veronica Rid- averaged nearly 10 rebounds gell pulls up at the free throw per game midway through the line to hit a quick jump shot. season. Photo by Rick Kenne- Photo by Richard Lupo. dy. | je ee eterna. pera Women’s Basketball NLU OPP Miss. College 87 64 Ole Miss. 67 68 Georgia 59 78 East Central 72 LA Tech f 81 Southeastern 81 Boise State 67 Brigham Young : Alcorn State B 79 Brigham Young 69 Southeastern 2 48 Northwestern 81 Miss.College 95 Texas-Arlington 65 North Texas f 76 Stephen F. Austin i 86 McNeese é 94 Sam Houston 63 Southwest Texas Sam Houston Southwest Texas McNeese Stephen F. Austin North Texas State Texas-Arlington LA Tech Northwestern Women’s Basketball 151 Among the many athletic teams on campus, there is one group of men who are as excited about their sport as any other athlete, de- spite their low profile. The cycling team has ex- isted for three years. The group’s main goal is to build its membership and make more people aware of cy- cling as a sport. Coach John Pittington is the club’s adviser. “We do have a U.S. Cy- cling Federation License which enables us to com- pete against different teams in various regions,” he said. Five team members have entered several NCAA- sponsored races throughout the country. The group hopes to one day have enough members to win a race as a team, but for now, the main concern is getting people interested. ‘“‘When we get more cyclers to join who love it as much as we do, then we'll be more competitive,” said President Marcus Hich- horn. “You have to work hard to be competitve,” added Team Captain David Nix. “Swimming and weight training help out to in- crease stamina and develop speed.” The cycling team has in- creased its membership ev- ery year since it began. With 15 members now, one day the group hopes to re- present the University in a race, and come away with victory honors. — Sam Lanier 152 Sports Cycling team members Jeff Montgomery, David Nix, Gene Crowley and Marcus Eichhorn take a ride down Stadium Drive. Photo by Laura Zai- dain. Indien Rock 1987 Cycling Team. First Row: Jeff Montgomery, Gene Crowley, David Nix—captain. Second Row: Rol Tucker, Mike Wiggins, Marcus Eichhorn—president, John Pittington-adviser. Not Shown: Carol Czerwinski— vice president, Scott Berry, Keith Pittman. t mug Dominic receives a k to the stomach from Mike }ce during a practice at the })b Allen Karate Club in mroe. Photo by Laura Zai- “tin. For several years in many sports, Northeast Louisi- ana University teams have tried hard to do well in na- _ tional competition, but probably none have been as successful as the karate team. Team coach Bob Allen and his wife Nikki Allen have dedicated their life to karate, and have an excep- tional knowledge of the sport. Allen’s philosophy to compete among the best competitors in meets spur each individual to do their best. Practicing with high- er belts helps athletes ad- vance to higher levels. “There are other forms of karate that add fancy Getting into her stance is karate team member Lori Duf- fey. Duffey won two national championships in kata and ku- mite. Photo by Laura Zaidain. things to the pure style, but by doing so they slide away from the traditional karate that evolved in Japan,” said Allen. ““‘We compete in the Amateur Athletic Union and in Shotokan, both of which have been un- changed since their origin,” said Missy Mayeux, the 1987 national champion in womens’ kata and kumite in the white belt division. Kata is similar to gym- nastics where the competi- tors are judged upon how well they execute their pro- gram. Kumite is fighting. “We are divided into brackets according to age, sex, color of belt and weight (except in Shotokan),” said Elizabeth Gustwick, who has been active in the sport for three years. “When you are a begin- ner, you compete with oth- er beginners = the white belt division which means we basically have the same skills,” said Lori Duffey, who won first place in kata and kumite at nationals. “Competition on the col- legiate level is getting hard- er as schools start offering more and more karate classes,” said Allen. NLU will have a good chance to keep up with the competition, as many com- petitors from the Bob Allen Karate Club automatically enter the team if they choose to go to Northeast. However, success of the team and its members in competition is not the main emphasis of NLU’s team. Instead, Allen stresses the development of the person as a whole, in unification with the sport. — Claes Ramel 1987 Karate Team. First Row: Missy Mayeux, Ricky Chan, Bob Allen, Margaret Loomis-adviser, Robin Cook. Second Row: Marcie Stassi, Lori Duffey, Elizabeth Gustwick, Doug Dominic, Mike Pace. .. KARATE TEAM BOASTS WINS Karate 153 154 Organizations Ps activities include a pre- sentation of the flags by the Army ROTC of Northeast and the Star- Stangled Banner performed by the Sound of Today. Photo by Laura Zat- dain. Sound of Today trumpet player Mike Fortenberry entertains the crowd at half-time with a solo during the Tech game. Photo by Todd Tradewell. mel IN SINS ORGANIZATI ogetherness and unity. Organizations [ brought the collective spirit of individ- uals together. The spirit groups, by defi- nition, were there to encourage the players as well as fans with cheers and kicks packaged by the harmony of the Sound of Today. Feelings of inspiration warmed students’ hearts, and made each endeavor worthwhile whether the team won or lost. Those feelings were also shared in other groups to add spice to university life. Professional associations existed to support nearly every academic area on campus from ac- counting to zoology. Through the culmination of diverse individuals, academic groups encour- aged interaction, friendships, participation and support needed to succeed in fields of study. Students helping each other, and cheering for each other showed the true Spirit of Northeast. = Division 155 KNLU staff. First row: George Detor, Bobby Lennox, Carolyn Newsom, John Babineaux. Second row: Donna Simms, Thomas Lowe, Kevin Mayo, Rob Tucker. Third row: Darren Chisnell, Maggie Martinez, Mike Bloney, Gwen Zywicke, Chris Soileau, Steve Sislock, Michael Donaldson, Micki Saunders, Mark Wendt, Lisa McQueen. The 4 o’clock news is reported by Mark Wendt, “Cor- nerstone” disk jockey. Inset: Lisa McQueen reports the news twice a day Tuesday and Thursday mornings plus a Friday newscast. Photo by Rick Kennedy. or KNLU DJ’s experience is on the TORREY Ses : “serps é ' ee ene er 9 SCR cav es pr ee ae ae : Pee EX N LNGeS Pia Pes 2 oN é xe F. Fy ate | uring Christmas break, not a creature pD was seen stirring on campus. But in Stubbs Hall, home of KNLU, things were dusiness as usual. _ The campus radio station, 88.7 FM on the ra- lio dial, operates 17 hours a day, 365 days a year — that includes weekends, summer and all holi- Jays. | “On certain occasions, the KNLU staff and the ‘a Helice are the only people on campus,” said Joel Willer, faculty adviser. _ Willer said the station provides students and he community an opportunity to hear a wide variety of music not available on other stations in he area. _ Disc Jockey Carolyn Newsom, management enior, said, “KNLU provides the listeners with in alternative source of radio. It’s hits before the ‘iits. It’s a broader spectrum of music.” Among the special programs featured on the station were Ruby 2, a science fiction drama; Mu- sic from Oberlin, a classical program; Fresh Air, a new age music program; and Southern Connec- tion, a program catch-all of blues, country and cajun music. Other programs featured jazz and oldies and a countdown show was also broadcast each Friday night. Signing on at 7 a.m. each day, the station goes off the air again at midnight, amounting to 119 diverse hours of broadcast each week. The great majority of those hours are run by volunteers, Willer said. Of KNLU’s 25 staff members, only two were paid: Todd Chambless, music director, and Mag- gie Martinez, operations manager. The rest of the staff, all volunteers, occupied the disc jockey spot with their motivation pri- One of three “Cornerstone” DJ’s, a Christian radio magazine, Bobby Lennox pre-records and produces each segment in advance. Photo by Rick Kennedy. marily being to gain experience, Willer said. When applying for a job at any radio station, hands-on experience on the college level looks very impressive on a resume, he said. “T do it for the experience where I can start off higher in the real job market,” said Darren Chis- nell, broadcast sophomore. KNLU, a non-commercial station, offers the students who work there a flexibility which is not available at most commercial stations, and as a result allows them to learn more, said Willer. “Working for KNLU gives students a better advantage in the job market because they learn all types of programming, not just one set way,” Willer said. “Tt is all diversified. The students give to get.” — Rebel Abney “T work one regular shift during the week, besides the classical show on weekends, to keep up with the music or I'll lose touch with what we’re playing,” said Maggie Martinez, operations manager and R T F manage- ment senior. Photo by Rick Kennedy. KNLU 157 RD sa ACS ies Reis ING BP) gress 5.23 Ses oF ut on location or in the studio, Campus @) Close Up has been there to provide infor- mation for the benefit of students. “We highlight one part of the campus on each segment and tell the students what is happening along with a few facts about NLU,” said Missy Freebeck, graduate assistant and director of Campus Close Up. “Campus Close Up has been run by Informa- tion Services for the past seven years. We actually produce two shows, a three-minute radio show which is broadcast over 20 state radio stations and a TV segment broadcast at KNOE,” Free- beck said. The TV segment is the main draw for those students majoring in Radio TV Film courses. Freebeck has been with Campus Close Up fora year and a half. A graduate in communications, her duties include writing scripts, news packages and setting up interviews. “Some students get credit, but most do it for the sheer experience to further their careers,” she 158 Organizations Anchorperson Gilda Fisher goes through her notes prior to the filming of an upcoming Campus Close Up segment. The television segment will be broadcast by KNOE. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Campus Close Up puts R T F majors in the | in oe Gi Hes Bee bin re sé iy Sn hs AOA RAS Es aoe oe Co ee said. “Other schools don’t have the opportunity to go out with equipment, film a segment and have it run on local TV.” For Gilda Fisher, Campus Close Up has been a learning experience. Fisher, R T F junior, was urged by her teacher to audition for the anchor position at the station. “T took Beginning Announcing under Dr. (Ed) Ryland, and he asked me to try out for Campus Close Up,” she said. “Over the summer I worked at KNLU as a disc jockey. That was my first on- air experience.” Fisher said she started preparing on Monday for the Thursday tapings of Campus Close Up. “T pick up my stories from Missy at that time and practice reading them for broadcast,” Fisher said. “Hopefully, when I go home I can get a job at one of the local stations.” Immediately following the studio taping, the crew edits the package for an early Friday deliv- ery to KNOKE. “Last semester our TV packages were four and a half to five minutes long,” said Rex Fortenberry, TV production senior. “This semester they cut us back to three and a half minutes. We have to condense more.” Fortenberry, location videographer, had at his fingertips the technology for producing Campus Close Up. Fortenberry said, “I use a Sony video computer for graphics and titles. In the future we’ll be able to digitalize images with it. I also use a Digital Time Base Corrector for enhancing the video sig- nal. And, the Chroma Key Generator is responsi- ble for laying the background image you see dur- ing the studio segment.” All those involved in Campus Close Up agree it has been an invaluable experience in TV produe- tion and news reporting. “IT think we turned out some nice packages,” Fortenberry said. — Tanya Phillips “Part of my job as location videographer is selecting the best possible shots.” — Rex Fortenberry, TV pro duction senior. Photo by Peter Bradley. | | | | { “ SS i SS STI SU SE Campus Close Up. Rex Fortenberry-videographer, Su-lin Gan -reporter, Lisa Higginbotham-lighting engineer, Missy Freebeck -producer, Toni Byrd-reporter, Gilda Fisher-anchor. Natatorium Director John Pittington is amused by Su-lin Gan’s questions about the natatorium’s sinking canoes. Photo by Peter Bradley. tr Campus Close Up 159 he “real world” is a prospect not eagerly i anticipated by most college students. Yet, members of the campus newspaper staff come as close as any to surviving the working pressures faced by those already cast into the open job market. The 1987-88 Pow Wow staff was comprised of full-time students, most were journalism majors who said they plan to pursue a permanent career in the field. Their studies, coupled with the many hours devoted to the newspaper, kept staff mem- bers constantly on the go. “Tt’s been more than hectic,” said senior J. Eric McNeil, Pow Wow reporter. “I bet I interviewed about 1,000 people in my first two weeks on the job. It seems like that, at least.” Although all of the staff editors were new to their positions, Managing Editor Lisa McQueen, junior, said it did not create any real problems. “T liked it that way because we were learning to handle our new positions together,” McQueen said. Becky Bueto, previously the news editor, made the biggest jump of all — to the editor’s chair. “There are so many little things to take care of that I never thought I’d have to worry about,” Bueto, junior, said. “People think the Pow Wow 160 Organizations SETI weet |S ee Hoe. “The main challenge or key is to organize and plan ahead. That’s the whole thing,” said Dean Roper, senior journalism major and sports editor for the Pow Wow. Photo by Laura Zaidain. is just a student paper, but it’s more than that. W have a reputation to uphold, and it’s hard to ap| preciate the challenge if you’re not a member a} the staff.” Because the Pow Wow has been around sinc | 1931, the paper is a respected and influential or} ganization on campus, according to Adviser Joh: Jones. It is no coincidence that almost every edi: tor to work for the Pow Wow was hired immedi ately upon graduation from college, Jones said} “It’s the next best thing to real life experience, | said Jones. Preparation is the key word when i | comes to taking on an entirely new staff, he saic|) Reporters must learn the correct procedures fo| } writing captions and headlines and news termin} ology. Some take it a step further by participating i conventions of such organizations as Sigma De), ta Chi, the society of professional journalists, an the National American Collegiate Press. With all of the time Pow Wow staffers devo to their journalistic responsibilities, they had ty take a crash course in time management. “It’s worth it,” Bueto said. “All of those hour of lost sleep and headaches finally pay off whe our paper comes out.” — Chesca Bente | _ any hours are spent not just on the interview trail |t in the office, too. Nicole St. John works on a rough ‘(uft of a story before typing it into the computer. | oto by Laura Zaidain. A SE SS SSE EO Pow Wow Editorial Staff. Kelly Griffith — assistant managing editor, Becky Bueto — editor, Lisa McQueen — managing editor. SS EEE Pow Wow Editors. Dean Roper — sports editor, Sara Benecke — news editor, Mindy Wilson — entertainment edi- tor, Rick Kennedy — news editor. Pow Wow Staff Reporters. Cheryl Snyder, Rod Har- mon, J. Eric McNeil, Brian Jackson. SS RAE TS SS EE) Pow Wow Staff Reporters. Nicole St. John, Johnny Brooks, Charlotte Rambin, Burton Levine. Pow Wow 161 Out of chaos comes a YEARBOOK This expressed the frustration felt by Chacahoula Sports Editor Sam Lanier, journalism sophomore, and his fellow staff mem- bers as they doggedly worked each day to meet their deadlines. According to John Jones, Chacahoula adviser, the task is not as easy as it looks. “There is a tremendous amount of pressure involved,” Jones said. “I’ve never seen an easy deadline.” Editor Michelle Carbo, a four-year veteran of the book, said at deadline time, staff members survive on little or no sleep and “This year’s staff was really hardworking and enthusiastic, which is what we needed because I don’t deal with prob- lems!” said Carbo, accounting senior. The yearbook staff underwent a major renova- tion effort this year, an effort staff members hoped would organize the yearbook department into a more structured atmosphere, as well as help ease deadline pressure. Divided into two sections, the staff was com- prised of a group of students who handled layouts and design, and another group who was responsi- ble for writing all feature and news stories. “We’re much more professionally organized,” said Elizabeth Gustwick, copy editor and jour- nalism senior. “Our jobs have been made a little easier, and everything is running smoothly.” Added Wende Smith, people section editor and special education sophomore, “Layouts and pic- tures take up so much time, so having someone else write our stories has really taken a load off of the rest of us.” One disadvantage faced by the staff each year is that members must wait a full calendar year before the product of their work, the yearbook, is distributed to the student body. “It’s frustrating at times,” Jones said. “We’re as surprised as the rest of the students when the yearbook comes out.” As far as qualifications for staff members are concerned, talent is not the only element that makes a good Chacahoula staff member, Jones said. “It takes dedication, responsibility, and self- discipline,” Jones said. “It’s the hard-workers that get the yearbook out.” r4 6 I miss the sunshine.” — Chesca Benten 162 Organizations % PI, ct MY Aig . = Orie yy ry Lu apes ea iaremaam axe aun GRETA PRY ey BENS es pee er Hed RLS St TGR aids as SN ESE sie ee Late nights and a few sacrificed activities help new Many times yearbook interviews are handled ov’ Sports Editor Sam Lanier meet the first deadline of the | the phone. Staff Writer David Salinero talks to a facull school year. Photo by Laura Zaidain. member about an academic feature story. Photo lt Laura Zaidain. . With the addition of a writing staff, editors had a little less to worry about when deadlines approached. Stephanie Duke, student life editor, designs a four-color page for her section. Photo by Laura Zaidain. SS a Ep ESTE SES Chacahoula, yearbook staff. Sam Lanier-sports editor. First row: Michelle Carbo-editor, Wende Smith-people editor, Ann Hopkins-writer, Liz Hebert-managing editor, Sonya House-assistant editor, Theresa Dean-assistant editor, Elizabeth Gustwick-copy editor. Second row: Stephanie Duke- student life editor, Chesca Benten-writer, Su-lin Gan- academics editor, Tanya Phillips-organizations editor, Paula Bourgeois-Greek editor, Delane Marler-assistant editor, Amanda Richey-assistant editor. SS a a ES SY SCS ESET SE Yearbook 163 Photographers find a hobby in SNAP’N PIX ublic relations, art, sociology, computer Pirrcemation systems and aviation seem to be fields with little in common. But these were the majors of the five photographers at the Pow Wow and Chacahoula. Rick Kennedy, PR senior; Todd Tradewell, art sophomore; Peter Bradley, sociology senior; Freddie Gipson, CIS senior and Laura Zaidain, aviation senior, share the common hobby of “snapping.” Kennedy started his love affair with photogra- phy in 1984. “I just got interested in it, and it developed into a hobby,” he said. On one occasion, Kennedy had two football players hold his legs while he hung upside-down off the footbridge to snap a picture of the ski team. “T try to look for a different shot,” he said. “I’m sure that some people think I’ve lost my mind; but that’s part of the fun.” Never without his camera, Kennedy tied his camera under his bike seat. Like Kennedy, Tradewell carried his camera around almost everywhere. He often had it in the side pocket of his camouflage pants to not draw any attention. Though he enjoyed his work as a staff photog- rapher, Tradewell said sometimes his assign- ments seemed a bit weird. “T’ve had to take pictures of people doing laun- dry, personalized license plates on cars and of books in the bookstore,” he said. “Sometimes people look at you a little strangely.” In addition to being a staff photographer, Tradewell was a member of the flight team and 164 Organizations National Guard. Bradley has enjoyed photography ever since he received his first camera as a little boy, and has not stopped taking pictures since. Originally majoring in photography, he later changed to sociology, maintaining that photogra- phy should be a pastime. “I enjoy it as a hobby and not as a career,” Bradley said. When the staff members did not have him busy “snapping,” his time was devoted to his other activities: Alpha Omega and the Union Board. Gipson also started in photography when he was young. He took several photography classes in high school and has taken black and white as well as color photography classes at NLU. “You can take each class up to four times a receive credit,” Gipson said. “It’s good expe: ence.” In his spare time, Gipson was actively involv in Delta Sigma Pi and Data Processing Manag ment Association. Zaidain has been taking pictures for yearbook since being on her high school annual staff. She enjoys photography work, except when got as risky as her snake assignment did. “It wasn’t so bad until the guy started to that thing out of its box,” she said. “That’s whe said ‘No Way!’.” Photography was not the only thing that toc up Zaidain’s time. She was very involved in t various aviation groups, served as president ( American Association of Airport Executives SAFECON 88 and was a member of the Air N tional Guard. | Bradley, Gipson, Kennedy, Tradewell and dain. All five photographers know that photog | phy is not always fun and games. To them, phi tography is a hobby that takes time and patien¢ but it also worth it. — Amanda Richi I i) Finding enough time for photo assignments as wé as class assignments is sometimes a difficult task ft Todd Tradewell. An art major, Tradewell works on plaster sculpture. Photo by Rick Kennedy. : Imagination is the photographer’s key to good pho- tos. Laura Zaidain, aviation major, searches for an ideal shot on her turf, an airstrip. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Photographers have a reputation around campus for doing bizarre things. Rick Kennedy stops traffic on DeSiard Street for a photograph. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Freddie Gipson believes photographers should be prepared for any occasion. Balancing an umbrella, a camera bag, and focusing for a shot can be tricky. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Photographers 165 They’re not trapped behind a ation provided computer information sys- tems majors not only an outlet for campus involvement, but also an opportunity to gain what adviser Dr. Debbie Tesch said is “... an understanding of the vital role of data processing in society, and the relationship of data processing to management.” Annual on-campus activities for the group in- cluded showing high school students around campus on Honors Day, and participating in the Business School’s fund raiser, Phone-A-Thon. New developments in 1987 included a scholar- ship fund that was sponsored by the Ouachita Parent Chapter, a computer programming con- test on Jan. 1 which drew in members from all surrounding universities, a trip to the KNOE TV station and a trip to Dallas. The Dallas trip allowed students to see differ- ent computers in companies such as J.C Penney, Info Mart and Loemis and Nettleton, all of which are huge centers for data processing equipment, Tesch said. Students also received two magazines with T= Data Processing Management Associ- 166 Organizations COMPUTE! their membership that keep them informed on their area of study: “Data Management,” a na- tional professional magazine and “Your Comput- er Career,” which centers on what is happening in the field at the student level. All of the association’s activities enabled mem- bers to better their understanding of the entire data processing process, said the group’s presi- dent and senior CIS major, Jeff Bailey. “Tt lets us interact with other professionals,” Bailey said. “It gives us an outlook on what we’re going to do. Not, what a debit is, here’s your job, bang. “The organization itself is good because through it, you get a lot of practical experience. It is all too often that you go to class, hear this and that, then sit there and do it, but never have the opportunity to go out in the real world.” Past members of the organization and CIS graduates currently work in a wide variety of areas, he said. “There is a graduate who does the accounting and accounting programs for those motel T.V boxes. You know, the ones that show you a short preview of the movie, and tell you to push a but ton if you want to see the rest,” Bailey said. “And there is another guy who got a job in Dallas work: ing for State Farm Insurance. One recent gradu: k ate is working for Monroe City Hall, and anothel ) is interested in working for the university itself. |.- The student chapter of the Data Processing f Management Association is sponsored by Oua: chita Valley Parent Chapter. Local companies | such as State Farm, Manville and Century Tela phone, have employee members. — Ann Hopkin In early November the College of Business spon- sored its annual Phon-a-Thon raising approximately) $15,000 in alumni pledges in four days. Michella Cade of DPMA persuades an alumnae to donate. Photo by, Freddie Gipson. | i a) nee PACS Ree ANS Accounting Club. First row: Christy Street, Julie Vo, Cuc- Mai Phan, Sharron Willett, Denise Benoit—Treasurer. Second row: Barbie McFarland, Laurie S. Choate—President, Cheryl L. Castilaw—Secretary, Katherine Sinclair, Debra D. Lewis. Third row: Dena A. Holloway, Deborah Stone, Robin Nelson, Chris Piper, Melissa R. Lynn. Fourth row: Lisa Yost, Lisa Fields, John A. Parker, Calvin R. Whitaker—Vice President, John D. Storment, Terri Cull. 0 EE Data Processing Management Association. First row: Richard D. Rawles—Vice President, Myra Bailey— Secretary, Berry Haddox, Sharrette Flynn, Michilla Cade. Second row: Kelly Kaufman—Membership Director, Monty Campbell—Treasurer, Jeff Bailey—President, Vickie Collins. Third row: David Brown—Program Chairman, Freddie L. Gipson, Janella Williams, Debbie Tesch—Adviser. Pi Sigma Epsilon, national fraternity in marketing, sales and management. First row: Sharron Willett, Susanne Kuemmerer, Sharon Hughes. Second row: Lisa Yost, Debbie Doney, Tami Munson, Lynda K. Humble. Third row: Stefanie Morgan, Austin White, Mark Streva, Paula Zimmerman. Business 167 CE SS SR FE A A a EE ES SEE, Delta Sigma Pi actives. First Row: Loraine Paquette, Paige Smith, Angela Newman, Sherrie L. Levo, Sharon Cannon, An- gela Thomas, Lynnetta Whitehurst. Second Row: Laurie S. Choate, Jody Spence, Nancy Latham, Laura L. Abbey, Helen Artman, Beatrice Stafford, Windy Atkins, Rhonda Bell. Third Row: Dirk Anderson, Stephen Crain, Freddie L. Gipson, Julie Banister, Eric Black, Ronald Whitehurst, Sharon Smith, Regi- na Byrdsong. orp SB tah, 2 Wa Lee td Delta Sigma Pi pledges. First Row: Nonica Peckmore, Sarah Roach, Nina Tvojilla, Favia Berry, Karen Wallace, Mary Clark, Cynthia Phills. Second Row: Mark Cooper, Fredrick Atkins, Tom Brabston, Gary Fields, Rodney Maiden, Rusty Potter, André Esters. Pledge Annette Spencer decorates cups while tending a Delta Sigma Pi retreat held at the Wes Foundation in October. The retreat was an opportun for fraternity members to get together socially. Phd by Freddie Gipson. 168 Organizations THE BUSINESS , END elta Sigma Pi, a professional business fra- k) ternity, sent two delegates to the Grand Chapter Congress for a five day national mference in New Orleans in August. The group’s president Sonja Brown and Amy andry, vice president of pledge education, at- mnded the event which included seminars, con- Tences and social events. “The Grand Chapter Congress meeting allows 1e de legates to meet fraternity brothers from all })7er the country to meet each other and exchange eas,” said Dr. William Weirick, faculty adviser. They learn how good chapters run, so it’s critical }T our top officers to attend.” | Brown said the objective of the meeting was to jing together chapters from around the country ) discuss fraternity policy and policy revisions well as chapter improvement and recruitment. Getting down to serious business is what Delta Sigma Pi President Sonja Brown and pledge education Vice President Amy Landry did this summer. Both repre- sented the fraternity at the Grand Chapter Congress in New Orleans — where they found their boxers. Photo by Freddie Gipson. “The format of the conference was very busi- ness oriented,” said Brown, and accounting se- nior. “Each morning we went to business meet- ings, and after lunch we attended recruitment seminars.” The conference was not strictly business, how- ever. Social events included several banquets, a reception and dance, a formal ball, a party at Jack’s Brewery and an antebellum riverboat ride on the Mississippi. “We had a parade down Canal Street to the riverboat launch,” said Brown. “It was a blast.” All of the Delta Sigma Pi national officers at- tended the meeting, and one New Orleans busi- ness firm held job interviews for conference dele- gates. Landry, accounting junior, said the conference was ideal for making business contacts as well as RSS ABTS EIT EERE L ET BEI INE SA SEIS EE RET Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity. Officers, First Row: Sonja L. Brown — President, Vince Anderson — Senior Vice President. Second Row: Michelle Carbo — Trea- surer, Amy Landry — Vice President of Pledge Education, Vera Ward — Vice President of Chapter Operations, Michilla Cade — Social Chairperson. Third Row: James Ashley — Secretary, Tom Blue — Co-adviser, Joseph Pascale — Chancellor, Mary Caston — Newsletter editor, Angela Alford — Historian, Wil- liam Weirick — Adviser. SE a SE new friends. “It was possible to meet fraternity alumni and gain business contacts through them.” “The conference was an invaluable opportuni- ty for chapters to learn from one another,” said Landry. “We discussed our strong points and were able to pick up tips for our chapters.” Weirick has been involved with the fraternity for two years. He is pleased with the professional attitude of the fraternity’s members. “There is a special emphasis on professional- ism within the group which distinguishes them from other organizations,” said Weirick. “On a national level, such as at the national meetings, this attitude is very important.” — David Salinero Business 169 SCEC lementary school children can often be in- timidated by classmates with special needs. This is where the Student Council for Exceptional Children comes into the picture. “We work on changing the perceptions and at- titudes about children with special needs. We want to emphasize the positive in children,” said Dr. Skeet Creekmore, SCEC adviser. SCEC accomplishes its goals by visiting third and fourth grade classes in the area. This year their visits were supplemented by several special volunteers. Those special volunteers are the “Kids on the Block” puppets, teaching aids that represent nor- mal and special needs children. According to Dr. Creekmore, NLU’s SCEC is the first in the nation to have the “Kids.” The puppets were made available by a $13,000 grant from the Louisiana Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities. SCEC competed with 1,200 other chapters for the grant. Volunteers trained for two and a half weeks to use the puppets. Students using the puppets were divided into three troops with five puppeteers in each. Senior special education major Angela Wheel- er said, “Usually when we perform, we wear black from head-to-toe so no one will notice us. This is the Japanese style of puppetry.” The puppets “have” special needs such as Downs Syndrome, physical disabilities and hear- ing and vision impairments. SCEC was awarded a new puppet in October representing autism. SCEC is made up of students in human ser- vices including special education, occupational therapy, psychology and social work. —Tanya Phillips “Valerie” represents one of the “Kids on the Block” with cerebral palsy. Photo by Peter Bradley. Student Council for Exceptional Children (with “Kids on the Block” puppets). First row: Wende Smith Brian, Becky Brantley—Historian Ellen, Angela Wheeler— State S.C.E.C. President Valerie, Tessy Braud—Treasurer Mark. Second row: Raissa Kowalski Jo Ann, Missy Luther Melanie, Steve Miller— President Rinaldo, Sandra Bariola— Publicity Chairman Brenda. Third row: Bob Wilson, Angie Rodrigue, Dr. Skeet Creekmore—Adviser, Alecha Avance, Wendy Bedell—Secretary, D . Lemoine Miller— Adviser. 170 Organizations SS Alpha Lambda Delta, national freshmen honor society. First row: Tara Gilmore, Laura Lambousy, Donna Davis, Tina McLain. Second row: Michele Owens— Historian, Sally Emanuel, Kim Point, Joycelynn Carter, Atoy Strawder, Angela Trahan, Erika Wiltenmuth—Treasurer. Third row: Nancy Eady, Stacie Huff, Jody Spence, Marilyn May, Miriam Barber. Fourth row: Amy May—Vice President, Kathy Seales— Chaplain, Julie Banister—President, Dr. Lynn Eubanks— Secretary, Caroline DiVittorio, Donna Naron, Karen Pigott, Kimberley Abrams, Tomi Tharp, Leigh Ann Burleigh. Louisiana Association of Educators. First row: Dr. Peggie Jelks—Adviser, Lori Tolson—Reporter, Jennifer Worley. Second row: Dr. Ava Pugh—Adviser, Ursla Smith, Debbie Hatchett, Ellen Higginbotham, Lori McGough, Debbie Stroderd. Third row: Donna Morris—Vice President, Angie Rodrigue—President, Brenda Coates—Treasurer, Margaret Bonner—Secretary, Gloria Anna Kalil, Jansen Teaster. SS Se SS PS IS Mortar Board, national senior honor society. Dr. Ava Pugh—Adviser, Susan Picou, Greg Weesner, Mike McGowen, Cherie Williams, Amanda Phillips, Jennifer Angelloz, Anne Leach—President. Second row: Staci B. Jowers, Julie Toler, Patti Drewett, Lisa Bennett Ringo, Jeff Weesner, Melanie Shockey, Bruce Stewart. Third row: John Barber, Becky Bueto—Media Correspondent,- Ann Steadman—Historian, Wendy McCartney—Treasurer, Angela Wheeler—Vice President, Angie Rodrigue—Director of Elections, Susan Cothren, Anna Pusateri, Allison Haynes—Secretary. SSS a EE LSS SSS SS) National Student Speech, Language and Hearing Association. First row: Keri L. Mitchell— Secretary, Glynda Trisler, Tina Hatfield, Yolanada Y. Coleman—Treasurer, Karen Bradford—Adviser, Tammy Doherty—Vice President. Second row: Carolyn Smith, Amanda Phillips—Historian, Teresa White, Wendy McCartney—President, Becky Vogt. Third row: Margaret Hootsell, Nancy J. Winnon, Denise Lambert, Dr. David Irwin—Adviser. Education 171 ortheast Louisiana University boasts the only chapter of Chi Beta Gamma, a pro- fessional fraternity of radiological tech- nology majors, in the state. Dr. Nadia Bugg, faculty adviser, oversees the group’s members as they work in various Monroe hospitals, as well as in class, to further their ca- reer in radiological technology. “Everything that Chi Beta Gamma does, she (Bugg) is there and her knowledge really helps us,” said Deirdre Dickinson, president and gradu- ating senior. In past years, Bugg has been chairman of the board, as well as president of the Louisiana Soci- ety of Radiologic Technology. She was also one of the main people involved in getting licensure passed through the legislature, said Dickinson. The law now requires all radiological techni- cians in Louisiana to be licensed. Bugg also helps the group with fund-raiser events so members can attend conventions of the Louisiana Society of Radiological Technology. The conventions allow members to attend spe- cialized meetings which help clarify what area of radiological technology they wish to enter. “Being in Chi Beta Gamma definitely helps students in their careers, because it gives them the opportunity to be able to attend the profes- sional meetings, and interact with other students as well,” Bugg said. Membership into the fraternity entails several requirements, but Dickerson said most radiologi- cal technology majors join the prestigious organi- zation. “Just about everyone joins that is eligi- ble,” she said. , Pledges must be radiological technology ju- MARY Osteen: secede Dia laie z hae a ec S: as nye. ae 3 ‘ niors in good academic standing. Active me bers are juniors or seniors in good financi standing with the organizations, participating the professional program and maintaining a 2. grade point average. Membership dues provide each student with subscription to a radiological technology m zine which is published quarterly and a membe ship card. Though the chapter is the first of its kind the state, several other Louisiana schools are ¢ rently seeking to initiate chapters, according t Bugg. — Ann Hopkir Chi Beta Gamma, professional fraternity of radiologic technologists. First Row: Kayla Strange, Jeannean Hall — Vice President, Bridget Cernigliaro, Denise Maillet, Jodie David, Linda Davis — Adviser. Second Row: Andrea Triplett, Lisa Braach, Shirley Wilkerson — Treasurer, Lynda Street, Trey White. Third Row: Deidre Dickinson — President, Barbara Harris, Ahmad Razavi, Marty J. Baham, Lucretia D. Thomas, Sheri Burns, Tonya Krone — Adviser. Third Row: Sonya Ra- chal, Kenneth James — Jr. Advisory Committee, Brian Hale, Carno Johnson, Jr., Dr. Nadia Bugg — Program Director. La SS SSS SE 2 EE SSS a a Occupational Therapy Club. First Row: Melissa No- lan, Cheryl F. Lewis, Rhea McCann, Julie Tsui, Leah Simmons, Carmen E. Alvarez, Tonya M. Anders. Second Row: Grace Nelson, Darla Gathright, Hope LeBlance, Shannon Buller, Ma- lette Sparks, Dana DeGeneris. Third Row: Suzanne Chandler, Pamela Cole, Lela Lockett, Vicki Mahfouz, Cathy Knight. Fourth Row: Monica Duggan, Leslie Moore, Evangeline R. Da- vis, Beth Patron. Alpha Epsilon Delta, national honor society for pre-den- tal and pre-med students. First Row: Bruce Stewart, Anne Marie Johnson — Reporter, Deborah Johnson, Amy Fitzger- ald, Jennifer Francis — Historian. Second Row: Jack McCants, William Beebe, Barry Ricks — Treasurer, Alison Haynes — Vice President, A.C. Liles, III, Trey Zizzi, Lisa Deslren — Secretary, Dr. William U. Norris, Jr. — Advisor. Third Row: Coley Duncan, Jimmy Ray Coughran, Greg Sam- pognaro, Jon Traxler — President, Mark L. Chapman, John D. Farrar, Kermit Soileau. “Pixie” is a full-body phantom (containing a skele- ton) weighing 110 pounds. Radiology students use her for X-ray simulations. Michael Palmer, Ed Bartow, Dede Dickinson, Susan Chauvin and Jeannean Hall practice lifting “Pixie” upon the X-ray table. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Senior radiology student Dede Dickinson points out specifics on a stomach radio-graph to juniors Lisa Braach, Trey White and Ahmad Razavi. Photo by Lau- ra Zaidain. Health Sciences 173 174 Organizations ee NLU Student Medical Technology Association. First row: Staci B. Jowers, Belinda W. Munholland, Jennifer F. Wilson, Kelly Wyatt, Dana N. Beard, Christy Childers—Fund Raising Chairman, Grayland Good—President. Second row: Debbie Roberts, Kim Ray, Lori Tidwell—Secretary Treasurer, Peter Nguyen, Amy K. O’Dell, Lisa Wilson, Michelle Reynolds, Sheila Rudesheim, Lisa Sistrunk. Third row: George Roberts— Adviser, Rayne Williamson, Paul Smith, Rodrick Carter, Buddy Bethard, Shonda T. Paul, David A. Thompson, Cassandara Arellano, Dennis D. McPhearson, Michael Ramsey— Adviser. a Lambda Tau, medical technology honor society. First row: Kelly Wyatt, Christy Childers, Amy O’Dell—President, Staci B. Jowers, Belinda W. Munholland. Second row: George Roberts—Adviser, Buddy Bethard, David Thompson, Michael Ramsey— Adviser. SSS Kappa Epsilon, actives. First row: Angela Richmond— Rush Chairperson, Gina Boudreaux—Secretary, Amanda Baker—President, Vickie Doufet—Social Chairman. Second row: Dana Benson, Deborah Miller, Monica G. Holiday—Co- Adviser, Laura E. Bulger, Denise Hale, Penny Sherman. Third row: Gerre Wycoff—Chaplain, Shelli Hatfield, Amy Allendorph, Carlissa Fontenot, Karen Palmer, Kathy Didceym, Claudia McClure, Janet Stock—Project Chairman, Lisa Sulzer. Fourth Row: Ronald Dick—Adviser, Melissa Pierce, Susan Sctlfo, Sandy Krassts—Historian, Alisa Keene, Maria M. Muller, Kim Riggs, Dian Devenport, Connie Watkins. Kappa Epsilon, pledges. First row: Mara Doucet, Stacey Bollich, Lois LeBlanc, Vicki Jolibois, Anessa Lambert, Julie Moosa, Jennifer Herbert, Lisa Chataignies, Chaudette Guillory. Second row: Michelle Poche’, Jill Bialas, Peggy Piazza, Rhonda Strickland, Theresa Rink, Jennifer Sloan, Patrica Simon, Elizabeth White. Third row: Cindi Reed, Cherie Williams, Andrea Deville, Rachel Pettier, Melanie Byrd, Debra McKee, Tammy Williams, Cathy Gutweiler. Fourth row: Susan Picou, Sonia L. Gaines, Suzette Bonvillar, Kristen Conerly, Ingrid Brinkhaus, Tracy Miles, Cindy Genkins, Sharon White, Julie Robinson. Knowledge, Service and Accuracy is the way of | MED TECHS had any kind of sample taken, has been in direct contact with a medical technician, “ned tech” for short. - nyone who has ever been in a hospital and A The Beta Delta chapter of Lamda Tau, an hon- «society for the med tech professions, has been | itive for several years. “We participate in everything from health fairs j diabetes screens to blood drives,” said adviser teorge Roberts. “We are glad to do it, and we feel fat it really helps the community.” “Medical Technicians are the only true scien- _}ts in a hospital. We are the doctor’s right hand ople,” said med tech senior and Lamda Tau esident Amy O’Dell. “Prospective members of the chapter must meet tveral requirements. They are required to have least a 3.0 grade point average and have been in e med tech program for at least two semesters. Additionally, the organization is open by invi- clon from present members only, who must : | | . then vote before allowing the applicant to join. In 1987, membership totaled 34, with an addi- tional number of honorary members selected from faculty and staff who contributed to the med tech program. Besides their participation in community events, the group met about once a month to listen to outside speakers on current issues. In the past year, the chapter also implemented a program called Big Tech - Little Tech in which the more advanced and experienced members help younger members with homework, intern- ships and other areas. “TI feel that this program is really good for the younger students. They get the help they need from others who understand the situations,” Roberts said. Lamda Tau also began a new project for area high school seniors. The idea was to explain what medical technology is all about, what career op- portunities are available and what to expect from Wie be f a 4 fis SAWN ih aN ANS (ras tlie WASy: bey Ly N an RIN ‘ne iin HA It Y ( id ay! the program from NLU. In additions, Lamda Tau gives its members an edge on other med tech student in their job and internship search. “With internships, it is the best students who get the jobs first,” O’Dell said. “Being in Lamda Tau looks good to the supervisors. This gets a spirit of competitiveness among the med techs.” The members take their profession and the honor society seriously. They are all familiar with the inscription on the crest which reads, “Epis- timi, dia konia, akrivia” — knowledge, service, accuracy. “Every member knows it is an honor to be a part of Lamda Tau,” O’Dell said. “It helps our knowledge of the profession, helps in obtaining internships and is basically a motivating force for the med techs.” —Julie Cason Health Sciences 175 he name may have changed but the mem- bers are still the same. ‘They’ are the A- cademy of Students of Pharmacy, boast- ing a membership over 100. “People were having trouble distinguishing the student organization from the parent. They (par- ent group) thought this would prevent a mix-up,” said Clyde Dearman, ASP president and phar- macy senior. Formerly, ASP was the Student American Pharmaceutical Association — namesake for the American Pharmaceutical Association. Dearman continued, “We’ve never had any problem here, but some schools have. “Tt cost us a lot of money to change everything — letterhead, envelopes,” he said. The benefits remained the same as well. “We have free use of a preferred Mastercard. To get one, you have to be a pharmacy student and ASP member. All you have to do is apply. The card has a low interest rate which is an en- ticement to keep our business,” Dearman said, ASP members also receive three magazines: American Pharmacist, Pharmacy Student and Louisiana Pharmacy Association magazine. Discounts are offered for required books and the top 200 drug cards. Drug cards come in a set complete with pictures and descriptions of the top 200 selling drugs. 176 Organizations Not only does ASP benefit members, it bene- fits the community. Dearman said, “We do all kinds of philan- thropic work like fraternities and sororities but our members don’t have to do it. They participate to help themselves grow.” “The big advantage of community work is it opens them — it gets them to talk to people. You can get introverted as a pharmacy student by staying in your room and studying.” “We have committees so everyone can partici- pate. Unlike fraternities, you’re not fined if you don’t go.” Photo by Todd Tradewell One big event for ASP is Poison Preventi Week. Dearman said, “We usually have a booth int mall with pamphlets for the public. We have checklist for poisons with a systematic way make a home poison-proof. | “We give them the Louisiana Poison Contr | Center number to keep by their phone. A pha | macist trained in poison control will help calle | in emergency situations or just answer qué | tions.” |} To keep them on their toes, ASP members pé ticipate in patient counseling week. Competiti among students in counseling patients sharpe their skills and promotes ethical pharmacy. | “We counsel patients on drug use or when n to take drugs. We have to know how to talk people so we can help them,” said Dearman. Taking part in these activities gives ASP mel bers an incentive to achieve goals not only themselves but for the group. “We receive recognition on the national lev for significant accomplishment,” he said. “ASP gives anybody who is willing to take pé in the group a chance to make them a leader — Tanya Pha | i] . d h a cs oes CEN EAN Junior American Dental Hygienist Association. First Row: Michelle M. Lejeune — Secretary, Michele Oliver, Lori Bradberry — Parliamentarian, Rebekah Duke, Tuyet Nguyen. Second Row: Helen Granger — Vice President, Su- sanne Strong, Bernadette Riché, Christi Byrnes, Rachael Brown. Third Row: Donna Blanchard, Katie Horne, Jamie Sansing — Historian, Dianna Agnew — Treasurer, Jenny Tra- han — President, Katherine Stevens. Sa EE a IS TST SEG PEST SE SESE ED SIL LOOP IEEE EEE TT IT TIE AA Academy of Students of Pharmacy. First Row: Denis Hale, Carlissa Fontenot, Amanda Baker, Angela Richmond, Penny R. Sherman. Second Row: Susan Picou, Gerre Wycoff, Theresa Rink, Stacey Bollich, Mara Doucet, Kathleen Mee- han, Karen Palmer, Amy Allendorph. Third Row: Peter John- son, Ingrid Brinkhaus, Cindi Reed, Melissa Pierce, Susan Scelfo, Sharon Wilson, Tammy Thompson, Veronica Franklin, Maria M. Muller, Alisa Keene, Anessa Lambert. Fourth Row: Aurdie Bellard, Bill Hughes, Charles Robin, John Grenfell, C. Kevin Burlison, Milon Ford, Shane Dessulle, Rusty Aderhold, Tom Moak, Dr. Sujit Das. SESE SSS SS LE NY ISS BISON ofS RTS POET STIS BET Academy of Students of Pharmacy. First Row: Can- dace B. Broussard, Janet Curry, Debra McKee, Cathy Gutweiler, Patrice Simon, Deborah Miller. Second Row: Shar- on White, Pam Gunter, Tammy Williams, Clyde Dearman — President, Julie Robinson, Andrea Deville, Elizabeth White. Third Row: Doug Netterville, Steven Radich, Bill Anderson, Steven Meche, Michael Hernandez, Tracy Mills, Cindy Jen- kins, Karl Dickson, Charles Miller, Larry Purser. STE hE LTO EI OSE Health Sciences 177 178 Organizations EEE Rhe Chi, national honorary professional pharmacy society. First Row: Candace Broussard, Janet Curry, Amanda Baker— Historian, Peter Johnson—Vice President. Second Row: Carlissa Fontenot, Monica Holiday, Deborah Miller, Janet Stock, Denise Hale. Third Row: Robert Peter Knott—Adviser, Charles Miller, Tom McKean, Pan Gunter, Vicki Sepulvado, Steve Bodick, V. C. Ravikumar—Faculty. —— a: SE SS Nr STE ISG DE EET LT ES Kappa Psi, national pharmaceutical fraternity. First Row: Stacy Mays, Cassandra Buckhanan, Houong Pham, Charlotte Langston. Second Row: Crystal James, Mona Carter, Darla Early, Valarie Wade—Pledge Trainer, An N. Tran. Third Row: Dr. Robert Mikeal—Adviser, April Fuller, Stacey Bernard, Delvin D. Kendrick, Gwendolyn Mitchell—Treasurer, Edward Wilson— President. Phi Delta Chi (actives), national professional pharmaceutical fraternity. First Row: Gene Dreher, Rhett King—Assistant Editor, John Bearden, Milam Ford, Mark Bohrer, Clyde Dearman—KEditor, Mathew Wilkinson, Ray Greer—Treasurer. Second Row: Rick Morrison, Duane Comeaux, Wayne Camp, Steven Rodick, Doug Netterville— Correspondent, Peter Johnson — President, Darren Miller, William Anderson—Pledge Captain. Third Row: Dr. Robert Knott—Adviser, Louis Winngerter—Prelate, Pete Guarisco, Chris Bonvillian, Troy Saporito—Athletic Director, David Baughman, C. Kevin Burlison, Barry Dupre, Aurdie Bellard, Tom McKean— Adviser. Phi Delta Chi (pledges). First Row: Eric D. Emerson, Joel Turbeville, E. Paul Chopin, Thomas J. Lemoine, Todd Bonaventure, Mark Farr. Second Row: Chris Fuselier, David Alexander, Shane Dusselle, Larry Burns, John Grenfell, Jody Landry, Mike Adkins. Third Row: Phil J. Daigle, Kevin Aguillard, Charles Robin, Steven Meche, Karl Dickson, John T. Emanual, Jerry Adkins, Nick Brabham. PI al pharmacy fraternity for men, had a to- tal membership of only 23. But in 1987, A a much work and publicity, the organization’s Dnbership has almost doubled. (hy the sudden growth spurt? President Peter i nson credited the growth of the organization the club’s members. ly |The group felt like we could do a lot more with vi fraternity. We wanted people to see that we )u'd be professionals while being involved in [ years ago, Phi Delta Chi, a profession- —- i | | ws: oe eee we: Tae Or, social activities at the same time,” said Johnson, pharmacy senior. “The objective of the organization,” said advis- er Dr. Robert Knott, “is to enhance the emotion- al stability of our young men. We try to build self- confidence. This is an opportunity to mature emotionally, and that’s a feeling you can’t get in the classroom.” Among the many activities that the organiza- tion is involved in each year are the blood drive on campus, hypertension screening in the area Phi Delta Chi (little sisters). Kathy Dickerson, Vickie Doucet, Malinda Tinnerello, Connie Watkins. Phi Delta Chi members frown at all work and DS A ’! @ STAG aN ae EUR VRS Seas and a poison prevention week. In addition to this, the members also visit the Cooley Home in West Monroe where they play with the mentally retarded children and bring them toys. When the group is not serving the community, they are most likely serving themselves at one of their parties or participating in campus intra- murals. —Amanda Richey Health Science 179 When you’re lost it’s nice to see a familiar _ FACE hen Vrinda Shanbag left her homeland W: India for the very different world of the United States two years ago, she couldn’t have been more shocked had she been struck by lightning. “When I came here, I was lost,” the pharmacy graduate student says. “I called the International Student office from Monroe and said ‘help!’ They were able to do that through the International Organizations Council. When I arrived, they sent two guys of Indian descent to the airport to assist me. They took me shopping; showed me around.” “It’s help such as this that makes the Interna- tional Organizations Council a valuable group on campus to all international students, both in- coming and ongoing”, says Shanbag, who now serves as president of the organization. 180 Organizations Nie f ce oes oe With an international student population of 5 percent and growing, it’s also a necessary organi- zation. “When I came here, I didn’t even know at first that there were other Indians on campus,” she said. “That’s a common reaction of many inter- national students. The council helps in this area, because it is an organization that can get you in touch with someone who you can relate to.” The council, which consists of five officers elected from the approximately nine university- recognized international organizations, provides students with a variety of information from how to apply for a social security card to how to buy a car. There are also those occasions when a local elementary or high school will call on the orgar zation to provide a guest speaker. “We get a lot of requests for speeches,” Sha bag said. “They want to know about our way life, and how things are different. We’re mo than glad to help them in this aspect.” Once or twice a semester, the group also hol workshops aimed specifically at keeping intern tional students up to date on immigrati changes. aces ses Den oN ra Se. ee a se ee ee ee . “The organization has a lot of informative pr — grams, but the real purpose of it is to give soc functions to students, and to act as a focus © cultural exchange,” said Telitha Doke, coun r adviser and coordinator of international studer — and veteran affairs. In the second annual International Week, Ameri- can students were given the chance to learn about the various countries represented on campus. Indi- an students Vinod Philip and Aparna Sirur perform a native dance at cultural show held in front of the SUB. Photo courtesy of the IOC. | On the social side of things, the council holds � 9, 2veral international dances each year in the Na- | torium. As many as 250 students attend each of 4 nese dances. | “When the dances first began, there were no - a students that came,” Doke said. “Now, ch time there’s a little more. At the October ns i “ance, as many as one-third of the students there : i | ere American. _ | “That shows that the dances are having a posi- we effect on relations between the internation- a ls and domestics. We are seeing many more do- a ‘estic students getting involved in the council’s Mtivities.” tl |The bulk of the council’s efforts, however, are pent not in holding workshops or dances, but on _ anning and preparing for International Week, ) annual event held in April to recognize these ecial students, and give American students a “ hance to learn a little bit more about the various j¢ puntries represented at NLU. fw |In 1987, the week was celebrated April 3-12, ‘id was officially kicked off in front of the Stu- ‘nt Union Building by President Dwight D. nes. The activities that followed included exhibits d displays by such countries as the People’s � public of China and France, a dance party in e Natatorium, a formal faculty dinner, a cultur- show featuring folk dances and a food festival front of the SUB. “The week really gives the international stu- nts a chance to shine,” Doke said. They shine throughout the year, however. As a up, international students not only have a sher average grade point average, but they also cel in other areas, such as intramurals. “We're trying to do our best,” said Shanbag. fost international students have a big course Jd, and participate in college activities. It is a uly good attitude.” ; — Dellane Trebeh : India Student Association. First row: Sanjay Mathur, Niranjan Kasturi, Milind Narawane, Jasvinder Singh, Puneet Mahajan, Ruma Prodhan—Public Relations Officer, Aparna Sirur. Second row: James Robertson Jr—Adviser, Ragupathy Kannan—Executive Committee Member, Vinod Philip, Neeraj Deshpande, Mahesh Kulkarni, Diane Gilbert— President, Shanthini Ravikumar. SS RS ES SS LI eI I ES ETE IS ATES VETTE International Organizations Council. First row: Te- litha Doke—Adviser, Vrinda Shanbhag—President, Julie Beh— Vice President. Second row: John Nomikos—Public Re- lations Officer, Zu Ying Yong—Secretary, Kok Leong Chong— Treasurer. SSS SS International 181 182 Organizations a Mee, Chinese Student Association. First row: Zhang PA ot ae S oe Xiaoli, Lisy Wang, Qi-Yao Wong, Xne Min Zhu, Lijing ‘ gy thes Li. Second row: Frank F. Ge, Da-Sheng Chu, Weihan Li, Ge Lan, Jian Wong, Anling Kuo, Xecheng Li. Third row: Hueng Lihong, David Tan, Jian Xu, Jing-Yi Ya, Lewen Liu, Da Sun, Mingliang Wu, Zu-Ying Gong, Tian-Hong Zhang. SE a RS a EE ET Hong Kong Student Association. First row: Chung-Ho Yip, Yat-Wah Wong, Kin Yi Belinda Nan, Sui Chi Bau, Julie Tsui, Chu Ngar Ting. Second row: Stanley Leung, Chan Siu Kong, Cheng Chi Tat, Billy Seto, Cho Pang Fu, Kevin Yan. EPR TE TE EP OE ee TEE SE Malaysian Student Association. First row: Dr. John H. Scogin—Adviser, Frankie Lim—second Vice President, Julie Beh—President, Chong Kok Leong— first Vice President, Choo Heng Lim. Second row: Soo -Aun Seah, Dennis Liew—auditor, Lau Pjk—Secretary, Bryan Lim, Marcus Woon, Kah Wor “Cliff” Wong. They made the decision to leave HOME aking the choice to leave home and at- Mie college in another part of the coun- | try is often difficult. So imagine decid- “ Ing to go to school in a foreign country. That is xactly what the 30 members of the Hong Kong itudent Association did. These students must constantly meet and jvercome the challenges faced by an internation- student in America. The Hong Kong Student “association has helped them do just that by giv- é ng them a common ground to air problems, and jy putting them in contact with students from _ jheir country who have already overcome these lifficulties. The major hurdle facing club members, as well s all international students, is the language bar- yi _ (ler. � | “I have no problem understanding English,” aid Kevin Yan, president of the organization’s } 1 ; Hake =3 Bi RSLS Fe Maen y SEL RAC executive council. “However, I do think Ameri- cans sometimes have problems understanding me if I don’t speak slowly.” The first visit to a new country is also sure to bring on cultural shock. “T felt a little strange when I first came to America,” said Cheng Chi Tat, treasurer. “The speed of life is much faster in Hong Kong. They work, and work, and work.” The computer science sophomore, however, said he often enjoys the slower pace. Although the association is only four years old, they are working to build a tradition here at NLU. “Our major activities are during International Week in the spring semester,” Yan said. During this week, student organizations from every nation represented at the University con- vene and exchange cultural information. A symbol of the Hong Kong students’ home is the state flag. A British colony, Hong Kong’s flag contains the stripes of England’s flag and the crest of the coun- try: a lion grasping a pear! supported by a dragon and a lion. The Hong Kong students also look forward to Spring Fever. “We usually set up a booth selling Chinese food, and teaching others to write in Chinese character,” Yan said. “We also enjoy sampling the Louisiana crawfish.” Both Yan and Tat said relationships between the Hong Kong students and their American counterparts were good. “The administration here is very fair,” Tat said. Added Yan, “The tuition is very reasonable. A lot of students come here because of that.” In spite of initial language barriers and cultural differences, the Hong Kong students have perse- vered and performed admirably. The average grade point average of those in the association is Brae — Pamela Denise Reed International 183 Phi Alpha Theta works to make its own ost students cringe at the thought of Mime to take history courses, but there is an organization on campus that is trying to change that attitude. Phi Alpha Theta, the international honor soci- ety in history, was chartered at NLU in 1956 and the Epsilon Tau chapter was formed in 1982. The academic advisor of the group is Dr. Thomas Stricklin, professor of history at NLU for 21 years. Sticklin has been involved with Phi Alpha Theta for 20 years. “Our purpose is to make people more aware of history and its impact in their personal daily lives,” Stricklin said. “We encourage those with a strong interest in history, as well as those who excell in it.” The chapter has been very successful national- ly, winning honors as best chapter every year since 1972. The group has won top honors 11 times, and has won honorable mention or a spe- cial commendation every other year. The award is based on submittal of a scrapbook of activities of the chapter, faculty members and student members. Winning chapters receive $250 worth of history books, which are presented to the university’s library. Last year, Phi Alpha Theta made a donation to the Confederate Memorial Museum in New Or- leans to help them to repair faulty heating and cooling systems. “This is typical of the things we try to do,” Stricklin said. “It was simply a token donation to try to help.” Another fund raising activity Phi Alpha Theta undertakes each year is the sale of homecoming mums to raise money for their scholarship fund. The group gives a $100 scholarship to a graduate and undergraduate in history each semester. Johnny Loomis, a history graduate teaching assistant, is presently the vice-president of the society, and has been involved with it since 1982. 184 Organizations ts Lar sek oe Se “T like history, and I was invited to join,” Loo- mis said. “We try to spark an interest in history among the students here.” A chief purpose of the society is to expand and update the members’ knowledge of history in as many fields as possible. “At our meetings we try to have guest speakers, book reviews and other programs,” Loomis said. “One of our recent speakers was Elizabeth Gasaway, a Phi Alpha Theta member who wrote a book about German U-boats from World War II. She talked about her trips to Germany, her interviews and her research. “We try to open ourselves to as many fields of history as possible and keep as updated as possi- ble. All of our meetings are open to the public.” Approximately 25 people are currently active in the organization. —David Saline Student Social Work Association. Glenda Fogger, Sherry Calhoun, Sherry Snow—Secretary, Tra- cy McMahon—Vice President, Missy Brooks. Second row: Rhonda Henninger, Lisa James, Yolanda Jones— President, Alan Roach, Naomi Landry—Treasurer, Susan Coleman, Zena Harris. Phi Alpha Theta, history honor society. Patricia McClure—Secretary, Johnny L. Loomis—Vice Presi- dent, Bettye Hutchins. Second row: Dooglas Bryan, William M. Smith Jr.—President, Jon Keith Guice. Third row: Dr. Thomas E. Stricklin—Adviser, Paul T. Young—Treasurer, Edward W. Rice, Dr. Ernest R. Wil- liams. The reading of the history of Phi Alpha Theta marks the beginning of initation into the honorary history fraternity. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Liberal Arts 185 186 Organizations —_______.___ Sigma Delta Chi, society of professional journal- ists. First row: Lisa McQueen, Missy Clark, Sheryl Snyder, Mary Katie Andrews, Michelean Saunders— President, Stephanie Duke, Thomas Lowe, Lisa Hale—Secretary. Second row: Valda Bush—Treasurer, Alana Carpenter, Julie Toler, Nicholas Deriso, J. Eric McNeil, Stacie Swaggart, Donna Simms, Chris Jasek, Brandi Broughton. Third row: Mike Albertson—Ad- viser, Becky Bueto, Karen Young, Shelly Smith, Steven Watkins, Taiwan Jones, Elizabeth Owens, Johnny Brooks—Vice President. PRSSA, Public Relations Student Society of Amer- ica. Sara Benecke, Missy Clark, Robbin Crooks, Court- ney Cole, Pamela D. Reed, Elizabeth Gill, Patricia Courville, Jennifer Angelloz—Treasurer. Second row: Lira Hoffman—PR Director, Stan Graham, Tanya Phillips, Dawn Hendrix, Kimberly Walker, Bill Ellis, Elizabeth Gustwick, Amy Hymel. Third row: Shane Stagg, David Salinero—Secretary, Kelli Farrar, Stuart Boone, Shelly Smith, Lisa Redding, Eric V. Monroe— Vice President, Keith A. Stark, Gratz Myers—Adviser. = ae ee ee SE ee i re wre 8 wi 7 Se SS SSS NLU Ad Club. First row: Robbin Crooks—Treasur- er, Courtney Cole, Pamela D. Reed. Second row: Kim Pettingell, Stan Graham, Lira Hoffman—Vice Presi- dent, Bill Ellis, Jennifer Angelloz—President. Third row: Shane Stagg—graduate adviser, Kelli Farrar, Da- vid Salinero, Eric V. Monroe—secretary, Keith A. Stark, Gratz Myers—Adviser. (eS Sn eS ee Bagousing brings a proud group of students “ERA , SET ri re Hx patie oe ae =) rash Sue Dg gregh sn: 3 TE Mn ay Feo Pte re R c . ee GP tor bre 3, ay s 2 � : eee UPR ' is : Se. vd “4 -“ % ie ice S358 A os a ‘y “ RO : i “ee : ee 2 meen Gs Saxe = - = = Rs 5 ¥ - of { the proud,” is one that also accurately de- scribes Northeast Louisiana University’s | capter of the American Advertising Federation. : T: U.S. Marine Corps phrase, “the few, The AAF Ad Club, one of the few academic cbs open to all students regardless of major, is pct of a national organization for students who ve an interest in advertising. The group presently consists of about 15 mem- +s from the departments of journalism, art and -siness. Members of the Ad Club attend monthly pro- sional meetings of the Northeast Louisiana vertising Club, their sponsor, as well as meet- is of the Shreveport AAF Ad Club. ‘Being members of the Ad Club provides stu- ‘cits with a vital link to advertising profession- i i ee ees ae Boa ipa on each als, and gives us an opportunity to begin networking early in our careers,” said President Jennifer Angelloz. During the fall semester, the club sponsored a trip for four students to the Southwest Associ- ation of Advertising Agencies (SAAA) Fall Stu- dent Conference at Southwest Texas State Uni- versity in San Marcos. As always, the group was also active during the spring 1987 semester. During the Mardi Gras holidays, club members attended the Dallas Ad- vertising AAF Ad Club student tour. Each year, the national organization of the AAF also sponsors a national student advertising competition. In the spring, Northeast became the first Louisiana school to compete in the Dis- trict 10 American Advertising Federation Stu- dent Competition, which was held in Little Rock, Ark. Representing North Louisiana, NLU compet- ed admirably against schools from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas in the contest. Each school in the competition presented a professional ad- vertising campaign for the Chevrolet Cavalier. The group is currently preparing a campaign for Nestles’ chocolate bars, the sponsor of the 1988 AAF student competition. Although members o f the club do not necessar- ily intend to enter the advertising field, they are gaining valuable knowledge and experience which can be transferred to other fields, said Gratz Meyers, faculty adviser for the group and head of the journalism program. — Eric Monroe Members of the Ad Club will be able to use new equip- ment in the journalism department to make a presenta- tion book for the Nestles’ chocolate campaign. Jennifer Angelloz, Robbin Crooks, and Jamie Stephens (sitting) use a headline machine to print headlines for a rough draft of the book. Photo by Janette Tingle. Liberal Arts 187 188 Organizations re ws eo 5 Ce nee one eure oo ae eae eas 3 ao eS Students passing by the band building on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday morning probably caught the faint sound of some old Duke Elling- ton or Charles Parker tunes. No, the music wasn’t coming from a hidden record player, but from NLU’s Jazz Ensemble during their early morning rehearsals. The group, composed of about ten members, not only revises old music to accomodate their special needs, but occasionally performs their own original pieces. According to Charles Bagby, a senior trumpet player and music performance major, the jazz en- semble’s two directors take care of the composi- tion and revision tasks for the group. “Some- times we just don’t have enough instruments to cover a part, and that’s when a piece is in need of revision,” Bagby said. Bagby said due to the recent budget cuts to the music department, the group was unable to con- tinue their usual travelling performances. Past performances in New Orleans, area malls and campus events were simply not in the workings for the 1987 fall semester. “The whole music department is feeling the effects of budget cuts,” Bagby said. “We just can’t afford to go to those places at this time.” The group also faced complications resulting from a major drop in its member participation from last semester. Extra practices, not enough instruments playing a particular part and late rehearsals were only a few of the hassles the mu- sicians had to deal with. According to Sue Lyn Johnson, radio-tv-film sophomore and alto saxophone player, each indi- vidual had a real responsibility to keep the group alive and well. “Fach of us is expected to know our parts when we go to rehearsal, and to keep up with everyone else throughout the practice,” Johnson said. “Our time together is limited, and the group will hurt if we don’t do our part.” Although the smaller group had a few obstacles and drawbacks, it also found a few advantages to appreciate. “We now have a completely democratic situa- tion,” Johnson said. “With fewer members, the communication is much improved. Jazz band is also a great outlet for problems. We look forward to just kicking our heels up and enjoying the mu- sic.” — Chesca Benten ' SS SED Jazz Ensemble. First row: John Smith, Jeff Matthews. Second row: Jay Fisher, Patrick Turner, Johnny Walker, Sue Lyn Johnson, Eric Peterson, Ken Craig, Chuck Bagby, Greg Oden. SS SS SS SS EE SSS SE SES Elec-Tones. First Row: Tony Cassels, Ashleigh Trevillion, Ron Cory, Melanie Ritter, Mike Blaney, Brent Stevens, Son- dra Cloud, Dr. Carol Christopher — Ad- visor. Second Row: Jeff Crawley, Christie Sims, Dave Gubois, Lisa Dickson, Brian Eason, Kim Hilburn, Chester McCurry, Christi Alford. SSS Interdenominational Ensemble. First row: Robinette Hart, Tresenia Tucker, Robert Williams, Terence Wash- ington—Vice President, Deirdre Ann Calhoun, Sharone Cage. Second row: Stephanie Moore, Yolanda McDowell, Louis Tremell Pierre, Aquela F. Riggins, Rodereick Williams, Tanya Cherise Dot- son, Veronica L. Henderson—Historian. Third row: Teleter Tucker, Nichelle Stewart, Kenneth Allen—Chaplain, Rodney Maiden, Stephanie George, Vanessa Randle. Performing Arts 189 ne of NLU’s newest organizations is Oa becoming one of the most active and most talked about groups on campus. It’s a drama club which recognizes not only pro- fessionalism in acting. but in all the behind the scene work in theater as well. The Masquers was organized in the fall of 1986 by Dr. George Brian, former head of drama at NLU, and Dr. John Rude, present head of drama. Also leading the perspective club was Kelly May- berry, a radio-TV-film and public relations se- nior. The club was officially chartered Nov. 3, 1987, about a year after the National Theater Society, Alpha Psi Omega, closed its NLU chapter. “Alpha Psi Omega was a selective group limit- ed to theater majors,” Mayberry said. “There are no theater majors at NLU. Membership in the Masquers is open to anyone with an interest in theater.” Mayberry acted as temporary president of the group and drew up the charter with the help of The big kiss shared by Jupiter and Alkmena was just one aspect of Amphitryon 88 for Mike Maness and Caroline Harkness. As members of the drama group Masquers the duo also designed and built sets. Photo by Rick Kennedy. 190 Organizations ok By Ree RUNS NEED ISY a SRA et 4 S aa - fy (a5 Charles McDonald, director of student develop- ment. Before even actually becoming a chartered or- ganization, the group got off to a good start by winning the annual Christmas card contest on campus. This was their first project. The group also worked on the NLU produc- tions of “Carnival” and “Loot,” selling refresh- ments, but many members of the group are ready to do their own Masquers production. “T would like to do our own show and take it on the road somewhere,” Rodney Wiley, a business management sophomore and charter Masquers member, said. “The bigger the group gets, the more diverse the talent will be in all aspects of the theater.” Lora Hooter, a speech communication junior and former Masquers vice-president, would also like the group to become more involved in the community. “T would like to see the Masquers do a show in conjunction with the Monroe Civic Center or the Little Theater,” she said. Mara Loeb, speech and theater instructo takes a very active role in the group, although sh” is neither the faculty adviser nor a member of th group. © “T’d like to see a larger population base in th ' group drawn from actors as well as the supportin people — the costumers, the technicians, the se designers,” Loeb said. “Acting is only the tip ¢ the iceburg. I don’t even know how many mer bers of Masquers are interested specifically i { acting.” ; Ray Emfinger, a marketing freshman, is a ne | member of Masquers who got involved with i ¥ Masquers out of a love of theater. “I’ve been involved in theater for about fiv’ years now, and Masquers is a great organizatio for someone like me who is not a theater majc — who wants to see more emphasis on theater in th area,” Emfinger said. ia The Masquers boasted 45 members in the fe it i RODE CARE EL LEY 1 ARO TE IR TEE ETI ISR aA ¢ Masquers, drama club. First row: Mara Loeb, Lor- allel : ' Z é ena Ancalmo, Teresa L. Picht, Melanie Ann Withering- ton, Lynnel Bates, Gloria Stuchlik, Laura Ruiz. Second row: Kelly Mayberry—President, Nicholas Deriso, Mary Trupiano, Tiny Hunt, Gayle Hoover, Deidre Housley, Dikina LaCotts, Allison Barham, Lynn Pow- ers, Charlotte Rambin. Third row: Frederick Schmidtke, Tom Heiman, Everett M. Dunkley, Agnes Prisock, Jack Auston, Calvin Williams, Michael Ma- ness, Kevin Moore, Rodney Wiley. Nee wt Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, honorary music frater- nity. First row: Harris Fisher—Treasurer Secretary, Kristen Anderson, Charles E. Bagby III. Second row: Michael E. Brady—President, Michael Terracina. Third row: Greg Oden, Keven M. Webb—Alumni Sec- retary. SE eR ER UIST EELS SOTERA GON TESTES PIES TEE REDS Tau Beta Sigma, honorary band sorority. Jean Steinquest—Adviser, Sharon Gunnels—Second vice president, Dawn Basco—Parliamentarian. Second row: Cindy Rasberry, Sherry Baugh, Debbie Roberts, Stacie Huff, Lori McLennan—Treasurer, Chris Min- niear—Secretary. Third row: Nancy Eady, Melanie Shockey—Historian, Lisa Redding, Amy Hymel— First vice president, Felicia Parish—President, Carlessa White. Kappa Kappa Psi, band fraternity. Rodney Wil- liams, Joe Lightfoot—Corresponding secretary, Jodie Moorehead, Daniel Shavers—Secretary. Second row— Harris Fisher—Historian, Charles E. Bagby IJI—Trea- surer, Kenneth James, David Cyrus—President, Carl Widdig. i Performing Arts 191 he Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and University Chorale harmonized three dif- ferent musical styles into a total contribu- tion to campus culture throughout the year. Dr. Edward Deckard, an associate professor of music at NLU, is the director of all three groups. According to Deckard, the University Chorale had 35 members and consisted of primarily fresh- men and those students with little previous cho- rale experience. However, all of these were music majors with the exception of one person. Concert Choir had 60 members with those be- ing sophomores through graduate students and both music and non-music majors. The Chamber Singers were an even smaller and more select group. “Concert Choir is a select performance group with membership by audition only,” said Deck- ard. “The standards are higher than in the Uni- versity Chorale, and more difficult music is per- formed.” 192 Organizations Ze SR SY HS ; Rape ROT SP i Michael Brady, a junior vocal-instrumental education major, has been a member of Concert Choir for three semesters, and receives a talent grant for performing in the choir. “To be a member of a major ensemble like Con- cert Choir is required for my major,” said Brady. “T also enjoy singing in a good, large choir. You can perform works like Verdi’s Requiem and oth- er major works as a professional ensemble.” The Concert Choir sang a full concert both in Monroe and Eldorado, Ark. during the fall semes- ter. The choir also sang at Ouachita Parish High School, NLU’s Music Career Day and at a Christ- mas concert. Deckard said he tries to include music each semester from all musical periods from the 16th century to the present day. “T feel that’s something I owe the students in their education, an appreciation of all musical styles and the discipline that is required to achieve through a group effort,” said Deckard. a Se Sm ser 3 Todd Tradewell HARMON Bae, “You have to be part of a team to make it work, not merely one musician.” In the prestigious Chamber Singers group, mu- sic performed was also varied. “The Chamber Singers perform a lot of 16th | century literature,” said Deckard. “The word chamber means singing in a small hall, salon or drawing room rather than a large auditorium.” The Chamber Singers major event for the year was the Madrigal Dinners held each year during the Christmas season. The dinner included or- nate costumes and ceremonial dances and songs | that “carried the audience back to medieval days.” According to Brady, who is also a member of the Chamber Singers, this group is even more dedicated than the Concert Choir. “Not everyone would put on a pair of tights and dance around the room,” he said. —Tonya Courson ’ ‘ +4 ' p Y FAB Nid La gicdit Chamber Singers. First row: Huee Sian Pang, Pa- mela Givens, Chantay Martin, Kristen Anderson, Pau- la Brown, Beth White. Second row: Rebecca Rayborn, Patti Drewett, Jodi Crawford, Teresa Endsley. Third row: Patrick Turner, Scott Finley, David Salinero, Mi- chael Tharpe, Kenneth Fryer, Michael Brady, Russell Givings, Greg Oden, Randall Boyd, Ka Kam Chui. Concert Choir. First row: Huee Sian Pang, Julie Han, Mona Turee, Beth White, Pam Givings, Tammy Tauzin, Kay Ponthieux, Kristen Anderson, Tonya Caldwell, Veronica Little, Amy Moreland, Venessa Hooper, Chantay Martin. Second row: Margaret Mar- tinez, Pam Fulford, Paula Rodgers, Wendy Parker, Mellony Bass, Patti Drewett, Rebecca Rayborn, Jewett Thomas, Lisa Curet, Youlanda Coleman, Nancy Files, Paula Brown, Libby Eldridge. Third row: Teresa Ends- ley, Pamala Ford, Dennis Renfrow, John Smith, Jeff Harris, Charles Brutus, Randall Boyd, Gregory Oden, Ka Kam Chui, Gary Graves, Fred Thompson, Tonya Dotson, Jennifer Fenton. Fourth row: Mack Crayton, Ray Cooper, Kenneth Fryer, Michael Tharpe, Jamie Bass, Scott Finley, David Salinero, Jeff Burgin, Russell Givings, Greg Ford, Michael Bradly, Bret Rollins, Jeff Counts. Delta Omicron, music fraternity for women. First row: Jewett Thomas—First vice president, Michael B. Brady—‘“Beau”, Laura Smith—President. Second row: Kristen Anderson—Warden, Yolanda Y. Coleman— Historian, Coralie White—Sponsor. Performing Arts 193 CONTROL There’s more to aviation than just flying. A new aviation organization, the American As- sociation of Airport Executives (AAAE), was formed in early 1987 to promote airport manage- ment. According to President Laura Zaidain, AAAE is a nation al organization of airport managers and executives. “There are only a couple (managers) from Lou- isiana. That’s how limited the organization is,” Zaidain said. From the national organization, student chap- ters can be formed. NLU has the only student Looking for a job does not begin after graduation, but before. Connie Paine uses the computer in the aviation department to print her resume. Photo by Laura Zai- dain. 194 Organizations chapter in the state. “We're just getting started,” Zaidain said. “We'll be taking field trips to other airports. Last spring we attended a national conference in Ba- ton Rouge.” AAAE prepares aviation students for life after graduation. “AAAE gets your foot in the door. Most air- ports have a tendency to hire AAAE members before they hire anyone else,” said Zaidain. Student members receive newsletters every two weeks from the national organization. These newsletters provide information that graduates can not readily find elsewhere, including airpc regulations and airport job openings. On campus, the organization works to provi! a communication link between the students a people in aviation. “We’re working on getting them speaking wi’) iy people in the industry. Currently, we’re trying |) }) set up an internship program again with Mont!’ Regional Airport. We’re also in the process establishing a ‘Big Brother’ program with Mi) sant International Airport in New Orleans,” Zi! |) dain said. — Tanya Phill} I ES AAAE, American Association of Airport Executives. First row: Keith Palmer—Treasurer, Laura Zaidain— President, Connie Pain—Vice President, Adrian Getz- laff—Secretary. Second row: Wesley Ramshier, Robert Sehon, Rick Rodine, Jo Waffer, Hitoya Momoji, Brian Mascari, Karen Spaulding, Allison Ogals, Sheila Ja- cobs, Jason Devillier, Dennis Nicholas. Alpha Eta Rho, professional aviation fraternity. First row: Dennis Nicholas, Michelle Mencer, Lynn Hollin, Brian Pryor, Sheila Jacobs, Allison Ogals, Anna Holmberg, Hitoya Momoji, Wesley Ramshier, Robert Sehon, Jason Devillier. Second row: Dana Criswell— Adviser, Oren Lee, Brian Mascari, Steven Hornsby, Brad Walsh, Richard Mayo, Adrian Getzlaff, Danny Holmes, Keith Palmer, Jo Waffer, Rick Rodine, Edwin Bruce, Karen Spaulding. Sa ET SS TT Alpha Sigma Chi, flight attendant sorority. First row: Tina Reynolds, Jana Johnson, Donna Wheaton— Secretary, Sheila Jacobs, Julie Nguyen—Treasurer, Tracy Coleman, Dee Guedon. Second row: Krystal Pe- terson—Vice President, Wendy Thomas—President, Stacy Morgan, Cindee Cloud, Jan Cheney. Pure and Applied 195 ema ee re ee ED American Home Economics Association. First Row: Marian LaFoe—Adviser, Rhonda Becken—Membership Chairman, Caullette Cooper, Catherine Estis, Pamela Chatelain, Ginny Floyd—Secretary, Kelly R. Johnson— Publicity Chairman, Kimberly Stuckey, Julie Grantham— Treasurer, Dr. Carole Culp—Co-adviser, Kathy McCarthy— President, Rhonda Hutto—Parliamentarian, Sandra Banks. SS EE SSS — Kappa Omicron Phi, Home Economics Honor Society. Pamela Chatelain, Catherine Estis, Holly Gorman— President, Rhonda Becken, Kelly R. Johnson, Caullette Cooper, June Conway—Adviser, Kathy McCarthy—Secretary, Sandra Banks. A ren ess American Chemical Society. First Row: Letrece V. Scott, Deidre D. Sanderford, Lucinda Betts—President, Tina Cho—Treasurer, Sharon Gunnels, Teresa Sain, Erika Wiltenmuth, Karen Pigott, Dianna D. Scott. Second Row: Michael Honeycutt, Christy Ferrell, Billy Vance Jordan, Don Braswell, Bill Hughes, Danny Choo, Randy Brewer—Vice President, John Davis, Charles Norman III. Third Row: Dr. Marilyn Cox—Adviser, Sonia L. Gaines—Secretary, Chris Gandy, Rock LeBas, Debbie Roberts, Nancy Eady, Thomas Carthron, Jr., Heidi Krisman, Joanne Papa. To get acquainted at the Home Economics “Back-to- School Roundup” party, club officer Ginny Floyd (right) has students participate in the pin-the-star-on- the-cowboy game to introduce themselves to other members. Photo by Todd Tradewell. i i x 196 Organizations | | Sathy McCarthy (left) and Ginny Floyd get a laugh it members’ western attire worn for the “Back-to- School Roundup” for AHEA and KoPhi. Photo by fo Tradewell. th | ) b : ation of NLU isa typical college organiza- tion with typical student members. The organizations members participate in ser- ‘ice projects and have annual “get acquainted” nd holiday parties in conjunction with their sister” home economics organization KoPhi. ’| But the one thing that makes AHEA different rom other student organizations is it’s president, athy McCarthy. McCarthy is a senior in home economics edu- ation. She expects to graduate in August after nly three years. This is truly an accomplishment or a wife and mother of three children who has een out of high school since 1970. McCarthy admits that she never really thought bout going to college while she was in high | J ; Vhe American Home Economics Associ- PPUPEUEUUELLLLLRAAAULAAARRAANARRAS AAA, AHEA members find role model in school. But a recent teachers aide job introduced her to the “school atmosphere,” and she soon decided to take a college course at NLU-Franklin to see if she could make the grade. After receiving an “A” in the class, McCarthy enrolled as a full-time student. McCarthy’s involvement in AHEA began with a membership drive held by the home economics faculty. “Tm not one to sit back and watch everyone else participate — I’m a joiner,” McCarthy said. Now after being an active member for two years, McCarthy serves as president of AHEA. When asked why she thought the members chose her as their student leader, McCarthy re- plied, “I’m well liked by the faculty and the stu- dents. Being older, I guess I have more leadership qualities than a younger student. And I guess I’m kind of a role model.” Although it hasn’t been easy for McCarthy to balance her career and family, she has had much support from her family. “T felt guilty about leaving my kids at home, at first. But I guess they have become more inde- pendent,” McCarthy said. “And my husband has been very supportive of me. They all have.” McCarthy feels that she has benefited greatly from her experience as an AHEA member. Mak- ing good contacts, having good role models and improving leadership skills are a few benefits. McCarthy said, “No matter what profession youre in it’s good to belong to the organization in your profession. It makes you more professional.” — Amanda Richey Pure and Applied 197 Rib bones were found along St. Katherine’s Creek in Natchez, Miss. This was a major find for petroleum geology students. At the time of the discovery, members of the expedition team could not determine if the skele- ton was that of a mastedon or mammoth elephant. But, they did find an atlas vertebrae measuring 13 inches which is large compared to that of an average African elephant at 11 inches. Photo courtesy of Dr. Hugh Doney. etroleum Geology involves how to find and where to drill for oil and gas. At Northeast Louisiana University, approximately 38 students meet as the Petroleum Geology Club to discuss this particular interest. Membership in the club includes the opportu- nity to hear lectures by top professionals in the petroleum field, as well as to gain a better under- standing of what’s going on in the industry, and what to expect in the future. Members also try to make at least one field trip a year. In the past, they have visited places like Big Bend National Park in West Texas and Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, as well as actu- al oil rigs to watch professional geologists work- ing and to local areas to collect rocks, fossils and minerals. “We do quite a bit,” said Carl Doney, president and geology graduate student. “We make most of the money for our guest speakers and field trips ourselves.” 198 Organizations The members held rummage sales, car washes and a gumbo sale to raise needed funds. They also participate in Spring Fever events such as Go Wild Day. “If we have any money left over, we usually do something with it for the betterment of the de- partment. We’ve also donated books to the li- brary,” Doney said. The American Association of Petroleum Ge- ologists, the group’s parent organization, helps the students in several ways. Students can submit their articles on findings or research for publication in the AAPG Bulletin, which gets coverage from all the professionals. Students also receive a student magazine, “The Explorer” from the AAPG. It includes new techniques and current events in the oil field in general. Also, the AAPG picks up the tab for week long field trips like the one to Big Bend. “Tf it weren’t for them, we wouldn’t be able to do as much as we do now,” Doney said. -old, was stumbled upon by Doney himself. One of the Petroleum Geology club’s great’ achievements so far has been the recent find ¢ of the remains of a Mastadon in a Natcl2 creekbed. The skeleton, estimated at one million yes) “Tf we are successful in finding all of the bor! we intend to restore the Mastadon in its entir) in the Natural Science Museum in Hanna Ha, he said. The Petroleum Geology Club had been 01! field trip when the Mastadon was discoveret “T, myself a geology instructor, am very plea @) | with the students we have,” said Dr. Hugh Dorit the club’s adviser. “They are a great group vé have dedicated themselves wholeheartedly. are doing a lot, and I’m just here to see that it is! done correctly and smoothly. Besides that, I 1 the field trips.” ‘ — Kimi SS ENE TE LI ES RE TE TI IE OI I ESL American Association of Petroleum Geologists. First Row: Marion J. Henry, Lori Ferguson, John B. Howard, Victor Perez-Mansilla—Vice President, Cid I. Dillard. Second Row: Will Pitts, George W. Grunau, Carl Doney—President, Lane Tolar. Third Row: Dr. Hugh Doney— Adviser, R. Dean McPhearson, Greg Cloutet, Chet Chiles. Fourth Row: Jim Mann, R. Scott Higginbotham, Andy Wheeler. SS EE RS aS American Meteorological Society. First Row: Troy Frame—Vice President, Elizabeth Pendzimaz— Program Director, Anthony Guillory, Stephen C. Trauth, John Springer, Thomas Salvucci—Secretary Treasurer. Second Row: David Faciane, Walter Otto—President, Greg Garrett, Mark Lenz, Joey Comeaux. Sigma Gamma Epsilon, earth sciences honor society. First Row: Shirley Bingham, Janet Griese, Alison Choate. Second Row: Dr. René DeHon—Adviser, Dave Hippensteel— Vice President, Colin Kimball—President, Carl Doney— Historian, Tom Wyche. Pure and Applied 199 | eS LT I Computer Science Club. First Row: Brian Roberts, Julia Temple, Renee McCauley, Carrie Williford, Christine Combel—Secretary, Tara Gilmore, Darren James, John G. Copes. Second Row: Rajesh Devkaran, Gerard J. Dahl, Michael McGowen, Donald J. Bagert, Jr. Keven M. Webb—Vice President, Shawn M. Bauer, Shailesh Devkaran. Third Row: Paul Ohme, David Robinson, Tim Martin, Dr. John Scogin— Adviser, Kai Fatt Wong, Lim Keat Tan, Robert D. Miller, Ronnie D. Guerrero. eg 200 Organizations NLU’s chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon is one of only 75 in the entire United States. Dr. K. N. Cooper of Missis- sippi State University, representative of the national UPE Executive Council, presents chapter president Michael McGowen with the group’s charter on Oct. 30. Photo by Dr. Larry Larason. pe ee Upsilon Pi Epsilon, computer science national honor society. First Row: Christine Combel, Renee A. McCauley, Tara Gilmore, Darren James—Secretary. Second Row: Gerard J. Dahl, Michael E. McGowen—President, Donald J. Bagert, Jr.—Adviser, Keven M. Webb, Shawn M. Bauer—Vice President. Third Row: Paul Ohme, Tim Martin—Treasurer, Dr. John Scogin, Kai Fatt Wong—Historian, Lim Keat Tan, Shailesh Devkaran. ee SS ee a Bas oy Sa De RRND ites Ze Ray Bree 23 v a eee AS iN Soe: es To ae - o pia sth Wd 7 3 Seen 2) ichael Beardon, computer science §) jill nior, had some very important goals {| ) the Association of Computer Machi ery, an organization of which he is president One, get more freshman involved; two, pi and three, get more women to join the club. |� “It’s important that students realize club’s ¢ «i not just partying and drinking,” Beardon sa i “They need to get involved in other things | ‘in well.” Bell Bobby Miller, computer science senior al ‘ii Christine Combel, computer science junior al ®q | secretary of the club, were three other people ii volved with the organization that put a lot Fi effort into it. Bt Co All agree that the effort and the club itself wih nis extremely worthwhile activities. hs “If you’re really interested in computer 8? ‘in ; ence, there’s really no other way to go,” Milf� : said. “It’s too good to pass up. It more or hiv; emphasizes what we learn in class, but it a) ' gives ue i chance to meet other computer scier? | d majors.” q The Association of Computer Machinery 11 jj); national society. It puts out several informat} magazines, and holds regional meetings wh! x are attended by all the “major schools.” The club has two programming teams whi ‘itt Ecasionally travel to other universities to meet “i thers with their interest. On Nov. 20, they went “) Lafayette. “All the computer science majors were invited � our weekly meetings, where we practice pro- ‘amming,” Combel said. “People dropped out so e have exactly two teams, but otherwise, we ui ould have some kind of contest between our- oi! ‘lves.” iy) The meetings also offered students a taste of val life, as well as help with their classes. ior) “It gets the freshman and sophomores over the i |e feeling of being around computers. We i a lot of lectures to get them started,” Combel id. For Combel and Miller, the opportunity to hear 70 NASA co-op students talk about the advan- ‘ges of co-opping, was a real life benefit. � |Combel’s dream is to work for NASA. Miller yels co-opping is a huge advantage when trying | find a job after, and before graduation. ti in gives the company a chance to shake you ),” Miller said. “They don’t have to waste their ne or money in training undesirable employees. i) pays for tuition for the next school semester _jtended, and if it doesn’t get you a job with the impany itself, it looks great on your resume.” — Ann Hopkins Sigma Lambda Chi, construction honor society. First Row: Kathryn Martin, Matt Maier, Reynolds Crawford, Patrick H. Coates, Jr.—Pledge Trainer. Second Row: Paul Morgan, Conrad Mingledorff, Terry D. Ardizzone, B.F. Bateman— Adviser. Third Row: David E. Kline, Mark Morgan, Todd Taylor, Francis Kosmach. Associated General Contractors. First Row: Joel Mills, Noah B. Reeves, Jerry Ramsey—Sargeant-At-Arms, Carlton Maxwell, Jr.—President, Reynolds Crawford. Second Row: Dennis Griffin, Jeffery R. Davis, Kathryn Martin, Steve Vercher, Edward A. Rogers, James L. Ulmer. Third Row: Paul C. Morgan—Vice President, Daniel M. Caulkins, Michael Powers, Terry Ardizzone, Todd Taylor, Francis Kosmach, Patrick H. Coates, Jr.—Treasurer. Pure and Applied 201 After a disaster, BSU members answer the —E—E ss Baptist Student Union, executive officers. First Row: Lira Hoffman, Kim Stuckey, Nancy Files, Darla Gathright, Angie Guillot, Michael McFadden. Second Row: Soundra Jones, Melanie Trahan, Gary Johnson, Bonnie Gay, Karen Griffin. Third Row: Brad Green, Robert Pace, Christopher Allums, Terry D. Bostick—President, Michell Tooley, Keith Wilbanks. —— ss. a eT Alpha Omega. First Row: John Walker, Tonya M. Anders, Audrey Bon, Diane Sayre, Angela Brown, Cherie Tharpe. Second Row: Leslie Humphrey, Karen Connell, Steve Hayman, Becky Biedenharn—Treasurer, Kelly McCormick, David Rose. Third Row: Peter Bradley, Jeff Dement—President, Craig Ritchie—Vice President, Michelle Alexander—Secretary, Vicky Jenkins, Karen Stokes, David Stewart. see Calls for help reached Monroe after a tornado rippe | . through Saragosa, Texas in August. BSU members rm . sponded by making a special trip over the Labor De weekend to help re-build. Judy Steinkamp works on th frame of a new home. Photo courtesy of Amy Shamblii f n May 22, 1987, a tornado struck a small town in Western Texas. Eight days later, Bonnie Gay, nursing senior, began work- ing there as a summer missionary of the Texas Baptist River Ministry. She was put in charge of disaster relief for the youth in the area for the entire summer. Upon returning to Northeast Louisiana University in the fall, Gay felt she — along with the help of other willing students — could do more for the tiny destroyed community. That was the inspiration for the Baptist Stu- dent Union’s trip to Saragosa, Texas in Septen.- ber. 202 Organizations Sixteen NLU students and four Bastrop High School students loaded up two vans with camp- ing equipment and bare essentials, and headed for the disaster area hoping to deliver comfort and aid to distraught families. Plans by the Texas Baptist River Ministry to rebuild 19 houses over the Labor Day weekend — a university holiday — did not discourage any of the members of the trip. The students, along with more than 700 other volunteers, worked around the clock from Sept. 5-7, sacrificing their Labor Day holiday. “To see all the houses flattened and a devastat- ed town, then to see houses being built and walls rising and the hope and excitement of the peop, . was really special,” said Gay, a member of Trini A Heights Bap tist Church in Shreveport. lk She said the work in Saragosa was uplifti “When I went on summer mission to Sar everyone said that even when you went to he you would receive a blessing but I couldn’t i ine what they meant till later,” she said. Brad Green, sociology senior, said the expel ence of just being there “for even a short amou of time helped me to question what is impo to me, and what I value in life.” — Lisa SS eS Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship. First Row: Susan Reynolds—Secretary Treasurer, Sherri Nowlin— Music Director, Alise Kennedy—Reporter, Stacy Midyett— President, Toni D. Henry—Vice President, Bobby White. Second Row: Wayne Adams—Director, Julie Toler, Katrina Danford, Sandy Kinard, Gay Lynn Traylor, Kim Danford, Paige Funderburk. Third Row: Derek Crockett, Ann Shotzbarger, Dwight Crockett, Paula Golden, Mark Lockard, Jan Evans, Stan Wyant. Chi Alpha. First Row: Danielle Brown, Pamela Calhoun, Ruth Ann Day, Glenda Fogger. Second Row: Alecha Avance, Shannon B. Knapp, Opal K. Moore, Cynthia Lemons, Dawn Brenner. Third Row: James Anders, Joel Wilhite, Sarah Roach, David Daniel—Director, Telitha Doke— Adviser. Christian United Fellowship: Sandra Briggs— President, Cynthia Beauregard—Secretary, Sharon Jones, Tiny Hunt. University Church of Christ Student Center. First Row: Tara Jolibois, Carrie Williford, Rhonda M. Overton, Erin Rockett, Laurie Brown. Second Row: Ursla Smith, Chris Gandy, Wesley Chin, Stephen Ross, Mark Wendt, Kristy Winn, Cindy Sharp. Third Row: Dennis Mitchell—Campus Minister, Melinda Winn, Mark Lenz, Dion Seall, Greg Garrett, Danny Sidders, Walt Kirchoff. Religion 203 (SESS SS eS Scabbard and Blade. First Row: Darla Weaver— Treasurer, Maureune E. Mullins—Secretary, Tom L. Clady— Vice President. Second Row: James E. Pugh—President, Mike A. Sinclair, Mark Morgan, Craig Whitehill—Adviser. | F 2 204 Organizations Each fall semester, the Bayou Raiders host an annu- al water lab. A military science and tactics training organization, they demonstrate the use of floatation devices, rope bridges and canoeing skills. A student from Grambling’s ROTC program puts his skills to practice. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Bayou Raiders. First Row: Grace Welch. Second Row: Chris Olivier, Glenn Kramel, Shawn Spencer. Third Row: George Pittman—Commander, Brad Bennett, Jayda Shapkoff, Veronica Lewis. Fourth Row: Capt. Jones—Adviser, Master Sgt. Lawrence Rivers—Adviser, Guy McDaniel, Don Boyte, Benjamin L. Bofkin, Justin J. Cox. i il he new department head of military sci- ence, Lt. Col. Jimmy Hardegree, main- tains a firm commitment of choosing ality over quantity when it comes to students Tp program. “Quality begets quality,” Hardegree said. “The tter your program, the better the students who ter that program. In our program, students get education and a commission; no other depart- mt on campus can guarantee a qualified person ull-time or part-time job.” Lt. Col. Paul E. Helms, battalion commander, io will graduate in August with a criminal jus- e degree, served in the army for three years fore enrolling at Northeast. “After I got out of high school, I wanted to } ike the military a career, but I wanted to lead { d not just follow,” said Helms. “The ROTC was itary Science looks for the best avenue.” According to Hardegree, many students are misinformed about the ROTC program. Harde- gree said just because someone is interested in military science and decides to take a class does not mean the student has given any form of set commitment to join the U.S. Army. “Not everyone understands; there are a lot of myths about ROTC,” Hardegree said. “A lot of students think in the basic courses the student must wear a uniform and get a haircut. Of course, this is not the case. I am trying to educate people. “Everyone that takes the basic course does not go into the military service. An individual can take these classes and at the end of the his or her sophomore year decides to enter or not enter the advanced course. At that point, if qualified, they make a com- mitment and sign a contract. Always at attention, NLU’s ROTC Color Guard car- ries the flag at football games, parades and military ceremonies. (From right) Samuel James, Brad Bennett, Mark Morgan, Joseph Dupuis and Glenn Kramel are on hand for the annual fall awards ceremony Sept. 30 where more than 20 US Army personnel and ROTC cadets were honored for their accomplishments. Photo by Freddie Gipson. “Of officers commissioned into the armed forces, 70 percent come from the ROTC program. ROTC provides for military, business and com- munity leadership which strengthens our na- tion.” Hardegree said ROTC benefits not only those students planning a military career, but also those in other fields of study. “An educated citizen should know about the military, other than just what they see on TV,” Hardegree said. “Businessmen have told me they look for the ROTC students; ROTC students can plan, organize, manage time, make decisions and discipline themselves.” Entire enrollment in the ROTC program at NLU is 180. The lower level classes are 40 per- cent female, with the upper level being 20 percent female. — Tonya Courson ROTC 205 Their business is o stimulate in young people an active in- terest in governmental affairs is but one purpose of the Northeast Louisiana Uni- versity Young Democrats — one which this orga- - nization has definitely aecomplishe : During: rhe fall bemontey, Two weeks before statewide elections, members of the Young Democrats set up displays to remind stu- dents to vote. Clark Croswell, Lisa Lanning, Lisa Mi- zell and Shane Rogers offer a student a variety of bump- er stickers supporting the major candidates. Photo by Todd Tradewell. 206 Organizations | | petite wonky Nite eo { H | earn pee Michael Lee; Miles Handy— oe Homtkos Moments Director. ee Young Democrats. First Row: Thad Foster, ies Pat Crook, Lisa Lanning—Fundraising, Pat Blunt—Secretary, Gwendolyn: Zywicke, Mary Catherine Jermann. Second Row: Vice President, Scott. Hines, Harold S. Hayes—Treasurer, Shane Rom e Ereedont, John Service 207 208 Organizations pene a Union Board, executive committee. First Row: Linda Kennedy—Treasurer, Johanna Fleming—Secretary. Second Row: Charles McDonald—Adviser, Kenneth James—Vice Chairman of Entertainment, Terry Ardizzone—Chairman, Todd McKenzie—Vice Chairman of Student Life. SE Union Board, concert committee. First Row: Matt Madary, Rob Nash. Second Row: Rock LeBas, Kenneth James, Teresa Pebicht: (qo nS ee ee SS SSS Union Board, film committee. First Row: Adria Beal, Ann Lemoine, Amy May, Janet Griese, Karen Dearman, Tonya M. Anders, Stephanie Gay, Deirdre Calhoun. Second Row: Wayne Boudreaux, Nick Deriso, James Smith, Peter Bradley, Jay Lemoine. Third Row: David L. Johnson, Rob Brouillette, Lex Webb, Kyle Smith. a SD Union Board, public relations committee. First Row: Sheri Weinar, Jacqueline Oliveras, Carmen E. Alvarez. Second Row: Donna Davis, Becca Mason, Susan Burnam, Anne-Marie Johnson, Kim Polk, Todd Peters, Jeff Cleveland, Bill Hughes, Kelvin Freeman, Nick Deriso, Rurie Ting. Union Board, recreation committee. First Row: Charlotte L. Rambin, Denise Benoit, Gina McLain, Sherry Christian. Second Row: Niranjan Kasturi, Tricia Burnes, Mary Trupiano, Carolyn Newsom, Stacy Graham. Third Row: Kelly Self, Ivan Landry, Lira Hoffman, Jennifer M. Jones, Wendy Chapman, Teresa Shoals. Student Government Association, executives. Jeff R. Thompson—President, Nona Mason—Secretary, Angela Booty—Treasurer, J. Gregory Matthews—Vice President. Student Government Association, Senate. First Row: Christopher Allums, Donna Stockton, Kim Cogburn, Becky Stokes, Tina Cho, Cathy Sewell, Donna Neck, Kim J. LaCombe, Jeff DeMent. Second Row: Bob Allen, Elizabeth Gustwick, Amy Boggs, Joseph Maniscalco, Kenneth Wagley, Trina Oliszewski, Becky Hargett, Cheryl Babin. Third Row: Shane P. LaCombe, Toni Hurst, Donna Brian, Cari Horton, Marshelle Alexander, Chris Parrino. Organization for Students with Special Needs. First Row: June Ward, Pam Calhoun, Deborah McFarland. Second Row: Carolyn Smith, Loretta Williams. Service 209 210 Organizations SA RE SET SL TET ES I TT FI, NLU 81. First Row: Sara Benecke, Christie Anderson, Missy S. Clark—Vice President of Public Relations, Tracy Hamel, Donna Davis, Melanie Byrd, Traci James, Leazel Fields, Nancy Files. Second Row: Shannon Murphy, Rock LeBas, Katherine Stevens, Angela Tuminello, Amy Whatley, Betsy Banta, Nona Mason, A.C. Liles II[—Vice President of projects, Kimberly Walker—Secretary, Robin Sullivan, Don Weems—Adviser. Third Row: Paul Voorhies, Shane Goulas, Glenn Hilburn, Dan Valha, John Barber, Kris Belyus, Harlin Dean—President, Kevin Joseph, Steve Austin, Jeffery R. Davis, Bryan Beasley, Mark Roberts. Omicron Delta Kappa, a national honor society. First Row: Julie Toler, Angela Booty—President, Alisa Duck. Second Row: Don Weems—Adviser, Jon Keith Guice, Kathy Zubatuk. a PREP. First Row: Rebel Abney, Tracy Hamel, Missy Clark, Leazel Fields, Delise Peterson. Second Row: Shannon Murphy, Kim Walker, Shelly LaPrairie, April Delaney, Amanda Broom. Third Row: A.C. Liles, Betsy Banta, Paul Voorhies, Glenn Hilburn, Melissa Kent. Residence Hall Association. First Row: Matt Madary—Vice President, Carolyn Newsom—Treasurer, Carla Corley—President, Jennifer M. Jones—Secretary. Second Row: Kathy Madeo, Katherine Sinclair, Deirdre Anne Calhoun, Felisa Lee. Third Row: Rhonda Wallace, Yolande A. Lewis, Jerry L. Humphries, Lin Jasper, Patrick Jackson, Mike Yost—Adviser. Fourth Row: Bill Hughes, Danny Ford, Ronald Louis, Anthony Jones, Teresa Shoals. ighting apathy” is a common strug- gle for students on campus who are bogged down with homework class eaments, extracurricular activities and the ' tischool blues, but for the NLU 31 organization “13 a message. ‘According to Don Weems, NLU 31 sponsor, Ge of the primary functions of the service orga- _Wation is to improve student involvement in (mpus activities and events. “The members of NLU 31 really work to en- fre that people enjoy their stay at Northeast,” ‘}2ems said. The organization’s name was derived from the .-� yar in which it was founded, 1931. Its 31 mem- ‘Irs fulfilled such duties as coordinating alumni ents, running the stadium sky box at all home stball games and promoting spirit on campus. The organization also hands out senior kits — each year, which contain valuable information for all graduation candidates. Although NLU 31 was primarily a service orga- nization, many members felt that they were benefitting themselves by getting involved with the group. Missy Clark, public relations junior, said she met many people who would be able to help her with career opportunities after graduation. “This is certainly one of the most worthwhile organizations that I have ever been involved with,” Clark said. “You can make so many con- tacts. One can always find people who are inter- ested in helping out in any way they can.” Kach year NLU 31 members attend an over- night retreat before classes begin in the fall se- mester. Because members were required to work closely and frequently together throughout the year, the retreat served as an opportunity for oe members to get to know each other. “The retreat was a lot of fun because there was no work involved,” said Christie Anderson, nurs- ing junior. “Our members come from sororities, fraternities, the football team and many other campus organizations. This gives each of us the chance to be associated with a variety of people.” Because NLU 31 kept busy with promoting school spirit among the student body and alumni, it was difficult for anyone to say just what new goals they could strive for in the future. “It’s hard to say,” Weems said. “I feel that we've been tremendously successful in achieving and going beyond our goals. All we can hope is that we continue to grow and develop as we tackle new projects.” — Chesca Benten An interesting hometown in the guest book catches the eyes of Sara Benecke and Glenn Hilburn. Parents visiting the campus on Parent’s Day were treated to red beans and rice after signing the book. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Service 211 212 Organizations “ By September 1988, the band will be marching Ww? amore upbeat rhythm in new uniforms. Being replad were uniforms well over fifteen years old with méy miles marched in them. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Bet ns ies S fter overcoming constant controversial 7 1A and financial obstacles, NLU’s Sound of A Today achieved a major goal and plans to ' wearing new uniforms for the 1988 football ason., . According to Band Director Jack White, the ind will continue to perform whether they have 'w uniforms or not. '|The controversy included such problems as no should actually be responsible for purchas- g the band uniforms; the band, the students at LU or NLU, according to Lisa Redding, a se- or band member majoring in technical commu- cation. Redding said she personally thought the school ould pay for the uniforms and not the students. “We don’t want the students to have to pay for e uniforms because we're also students,” said 2dding. “The band puts so much into the school | |id we didn’t think we were asking the school for 0 much in return.” '|The controversy reached a new height when }ck White, director for the band, announced at ) |veral football games that the band would possi- y wear blue jeans and tee shirts for the next ar’s marching season. However, according to White, this announce- ent was totally misunderstood. White said he ‘ver meant to sound bitter or for the message to ‘) interpreted as a threat. “T have more pride in the band and, even if the band members felt hurt, we have more pride in the school than to go out ratty-looking,” said White. “We wouldn’t literally wear blue jeans and tee shirts; that was a generic term. We would get matching shirts, like the pep band wears, and red, black or white trousers.” For instance, the band would not be wearing a standard uniform, but would be dressed uniform- ly in civilian clothing without the headgear. This same attire was worn by the band while performing at the NCAA Division 1-AA champi- onship Dec. 19 in Pocatello, Idaho. In spite of these complications, the uniforms were ordered in early February. White said the uniforms would arrive in August or September of 1988. The uniforms would be a West Point style and, of course, marroon and gold. “I feel sure when the band comes on the field in the new uniforms everyone will be very proud,” said White. “We have had the names of all contri- buters inscribed on a plaque which will be hung in the band hall for everyone to see. The band has sincerely appreciated the financial and moral support of the university, faculty and staff.” Money for the uniforms came from various sources, such as fund-raisers and contributions, according to White. “The letter campaign was a fund-raiser of sending out letters to influential people in Mon- Uniform or not, the Sound of Today will keep on MARCHING roe asking them to help the band,” White said. “Here was their chance to help the band, and the contributions were tax-deductible.” According to White a follow-up to the letter campaign was the “Rock and Roll Revival,” a fund-raiser concert held on Friday, March 25. Featuring four rock and roll bands from New York, the bands played old hits such as “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and “Hey Mr. Postman.” White said he was optimistic about raising the necessary money. However, an alternate plan was accessible if there were not enough funds. “The SGA has suggested a one-time referen- dum if we don’t get the money,” White said. Therefore, according to White, he was certain money for the uniforms was available. Lori McLennan, Sound Of Today drum major for 1987, said, “I think psychologically the band will perform better wearing the new uniforms. This is the best thing the band program or ad- ministration could do.” Although McLennan was to graduate and not actually wear a new uniform she was nonetheless excited. “Being able to see the new uniforms on the field will be wonderful,” said McLennan. “Once you’re a member of the Sound Of Today you nev- er really leave; you’re always a part.” —Tonya Courson Band 213 214 Organizations Drum Majors. Lori McLennan, Michael Lawrence. Directors. Don Patterson—graduate assistant, Jack White—Director of Bands, Mark Walker—Asst. Direc- tor of Bands, Johnny Walker—graduate assistant. Band Council. First row: Melanie Shockey— Sec Treasurer, Jodie Moorehead—Vice President, David Cyrus—President. Second row: Amanda Phillips—Jr. Repr., Rick Chapman—Fr. Repr., Kenneth James—Sr. Repr., Joe Lightfoot—Soph. Repr. Flags. First row: Rhonda M. Overton, Lora J. Williams, Terri L. Brown, Mysia R. Morgan, Jackie Boland—Captain, Megan Noteboom, Betsy Johannessen, Ruthie Grenchik. Second row: Carrie Heckard, Dewana Burns, Tanya Mann, Shannon Bailey, Ginger DeForest, Nancy Williams. Flutes. First row: Amanda Phillips, Beth Guidry, JoAnne Vis, Melanie Shockey. Second row: Krista Brothers, Kathy Mixon, Trish Cannon, Patrice Crain, Laura Martindale, Ruby Canady, Robin Parker, Lisa Mizell, Debbie Roberts. Third row: Rachel Johnson, Leigh Ann Burleigh, Anne Leach, Nancy Eady, Glen Noble, Naomi Landry, Jennifer McCool, Allison Flurry, Traci Anthony. Percussion. First row: Jeff Mathews, Kevin Colclasure, Gary Funderburk, Bruce Brakeman, Raquel Metoyer, Daniel Shavers, Patrice M. Fuller, Rod Williams. Second row: Keith Palmer, Kelly Kemp, Jay Shifflette, Kevin Rikard, Tracy Kirl, Danny Holmes, Rosa Tamburo, Robert Blackstock, Charles Bagby III. If funding for uniforms (like Heath Darden’s) had not become available, Director Jack White would have chosen matching pull-over shirts and trousers for the band to wear next season. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Band 215 TR PE A a SE EE Clarinets. First row: Ollaetta Hutchinson, Mistie Bezet, Beth Ann Orshal, Noelle Bock, Stacie Huff, Thomas Carthron, Cindy Rasberry, Tina Young, Susan Parker. Second row: Debbie Dunkerson, Rona Boudreaux, Felicia Parish, Joe Lightfoot, Lisa Redding, Kersandra Hampton, Mary Cutshall, Amy Cockroft. Sr eee Se a Saxophones. First row: Carlessa White, Jay Mulhern, Sue Lyn Johnson, Rodereick Williams. Second row: Earlene Waits, Mike Young, Carl Widdig, Joey Culpepper, Scott Brewster. Ls a French Horns. First row: Scott Roberts, Sherry Baugh, Amy Hymel, Jeanine Hirst, Jodie Moorehead, Rain Jaudon. Second row: Harris Fisher, Stacy Ivy, Heath Darden, Mike Sandidge, Bruce Wiley. Trumpets. First row: Jeffrey Modlin, Libby Blackman, John LaPonsie, Danielle Brown, David Green, Nancy Hughes, Michelle Higley, Kelley May. Second row: Hank Tharpe, Owen Canfield, Ron Haisty, Darrin McKissic, Mike Fortenberry, Brad Farmer, Keith Morris, Erik Petersen. Third row: Brad Webb, Kenneth James, Greg Anyan, John Corder, Robbie Clifton, Allen Thigpen, Leslie Middleton. 216 Organizations Earlene Waits models a sweatshirt like the band wore for the Indians’ championship game in Pocatello, Idaho. Band members noted that Marshall University’s band also did not wear dress uniforms for the game. Photo by Rick Kennedy. SS a eR ES SE ET Trombones. First row: Danny Richard, Michael Moore, Eldon Pipes, Anna Stephenson, Michelle Spears, Daniel Paul, Allen Terry, John Cabrera. Second row: Tim Martin, Williams Rainwater, Ray Cooper, David Cyrus, Hap McConnell, Scott Rambin. Baritones. Kyle Smith, Scott Millard, Dwaine Daigle, Rick Chapman, Brad Buckhalter, Shayne Sharkey. Tubas. First Row: Robert Thornhill, Bruce Garner, Tim Urena, Michael Lindsey. Second row: Todd Haywood, Billy Williams, Chris Johnson. Band 217 218 Organizations Alumni Director Don Weems, wearing one of first SLC championship shirts distributed, watches pe East Kentucky-NLU play-off from the end zone. Sr 4 dents, like Gloria Anna Kalil and Buddy Owens, felt? spirit of a winning season and showed this by weari school shirts. Photo by Rick Kennedy. What happens to school s pirit when you become a t looked as though NLU had finally devel- _ fj oped traditions to last for years to come, and _� alot of it may have been due to the college’s w winning tradition. With the football team winning both the uthland Conference and the division I-AA na- onal championship, students, faculty, alumni ' nd the community felt more pride and unity in he university than ever. “Winning the National Championship and josting three home layoff games raised _jwareness of how good [LU really is,” Charlie cDonald, director of udent development id. “It was good for the llege and the entire McDonald said the |tudent Development partment, as well as ) any other organizations, worked hard at devel- _ ping some lasting traditions and would continue � work to uphold these traditions. “With the playoffs came increased attendance such functions as the tailgate parties before the ames, the chili cook-off, the bonfire at home- pbming and mall pep-rallies,” McDonald said. We also had great support from KNOE AM and M who came out to all the functions and played iusic for the warm-up in the end zone.” “We are hoping these functions will start a tra- ¥ ition of community and student involvement a hich started this year,” McDonald said. _ | McDonald said some crowd members at the _)otball games had referred to themselves as the | wwelfth man,” the traditional name attributed to ) ie Texas A M crowds. Php like to see the crowd come up with a new ame of its own; maybe “Indian Spirit” or some- ling that shows they are behind the team,” Mc- onald said. ' Other school functions that were becoming or mt ‘ad formed traditions incl uded Homecoming, 11 oring Fever; the Miss NLU Pageant, the Greek i) ames and numerous other organization — | vonsored activities. “Each organization, whether it be the Greeks _) professional organizations, or Union Board or | 1y other NLU organization, has or is developing | 3 Own traditions. They are all an important fac- t for their members’ pride and unity,” Mc- ¢ onald said. _) Mike Wiggins, a finance sophomore, said he unt!” }as glad to finally see increased attendance at the - otball games, as well as in other NLU func- My, pons. McDonald on fe ? 8 “Attendance was higher when NLU was win- ning, and I think it will stay up for the games in the fall,” Wiggins said. “It should help the foot- ball team to keep up its momentum, and it’s really had an effect on campus unity. I feel a lot more pride in the university.” McDonald said the university witnessed in- creased tradition in two other important aspects: academic excellence and alumni support. “These aspects are growing stronger, and much of the growth took place this year,” McDonald said. Don Weems, director of alumni affairs, said he was pleased by the overwhelming alumni support during NLU’s championship season. “Any time a group of people pull together for a common goal, you’re going to have a feeling of esprit de corps,” Weems said. “There were 309 people who went to the game in Pocatello, and there was a waiting list for the two airplanes we chartered. Some students drove and one even took a train.” “Many alumni who never have responded to alumni activities before responded to the football team’s championship season,” Weems said. “We (the Alumni Association) are hoping this in- creased enthusiasm will help us in building other alumni activities and programs, such as the scholarship program and faculty awards.” Weems said the alumni association would fur- ther develop and expand its alumni recruiting program, using alumni to recruit prospective NLU students. NLU’s most recent home attendance record in the last few years was set at the Nicholls State game with 19,863. Home fans go wild at NLU’s play-off victory over Northern Towa, 44-41. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Spirit 219 “Alumni recruiting can be a tradition that will benefit students, alumni and the university,” Weems said. Weems said alumni turnout for such activities as Homecoming and the chili cook-off was very high due to the new winning tradition at NLU and the hard work of NLU 31, the student alumni support group. Cherie Randazzo, who became the coordinator of student activities in July, said that only time would tell if the traditions started with the cham- pionship season would last. “Whether or not the activities will become tra- ditions depends on a lot of things,” Randazzo said. “Many of the activities have been tried for years, but the students’ and the crowds’ enthusi- asm helped increase participation.” 220 Organizations “The bonfire before the Tech-NLU game was very successful this year, but next year that game will be the last game of the season,” Randazzo said. “We may have a bonfire to kick off the sea- son next year rather than wait until the season is almost over.” “Another thing that was very successful was the use of the flash cards by the cheerleaders at the games,” Randazzo said. “We’ve been trying to get the crowds to cheer along with the cards for years, but this is the first time it’s been success- ful. This could be a great new tradition.” Randazzo said there have also been efforts to start a tradition of increased attendance at the basketball games. “The Pom Pon girls have replaced the Little Indians at the basketball games because they know the cheers and are used to the crowds,” Randazzo said. “It’s very tiring to have to cheer at that many games in the season, so the Pom | Pon girls will be able to relieve the Little Indians of this pressure.” Randazzo also said she noticed when she came to NLU the lack of much tradition in the student . body as a whole. “There seems to be a lot of segregation by the organizations, such as each of the fraternities and sororities, the band, professional groups and oth- ers into cliques,” Randazzo said. “I think having a winning season was the first time everyone real- ly came together to support one common goal. I just hope this will be a lasting tradition at NLU.” —David Salinero s Something new for the spirit organizations was taking pep rallies to the public. The band, Warbonnets and cheer- leaders entertained crowds at Pecanland Mall, including Sigma Kappa sorority. Photo by Rick Kennedy. me ® 4 jad playoff games,” t Ber “We were really there. This was it.” hen we walked through the doors of the stadium, we all stopped,” said Cari Long, an NLU cheer- _ Pocatello, Idaho, was the end of a long, rough, nd sometimes unpredictable road. Months of y| ard work had finally paid off. The Indians were iy -AA National Football Champions. That night in Idaho was also a victory for a roup who did their work on the sidelines. Chief � rave Spirit and the NLU cheerleaders motivat- | dthe restless NLU football crowds to cheer their 2am to victory. Pep rallies, crazy antics and easy-to-learn “neers turned the fans into participators, not just _ ectators. { | School spirit did increase, but it took a few ing games to get the students motivated. “The crowds were slim, even for conference said Chief Brave Spirit. People didn’t believe the team could do it until ne last playoff game.” | Attendance at that game almost doubled. “T don’t think the crowd understands how im- ortant it is to support the team and urge them They do it all in the name of n,” said Cheerleader Jodi Cole. The students’ lack of spirit did not seem to affect the enthusiasm of the cheerleaders. “T still get nervous before a game, and I even cry when we win,” Long said. “I really cared about the football players because I knew how hard they worked. I even got excited watching them warm up before the game.” The cheerleaders’ job included more than cheering at the games. They practiced for two hours three days a week and held a pep rally every Thursday. “Attendance at the pep rallies was low at the beginning of the season,” said Chris Bembenick, cheerleader co-captain. “As the football team be- gan winning conference and playoff games, the size of the crowds grew.” Several pep rallies were held at Pecanland Mall and the public, as well as the students, was en- couraged to participate. The cheerleaders tried a few new things to in- crease school spirit. “Indian Alley,” a collection of maroon and gold decorations on Desiard St., marked the path to Malone Stadium. Que cards with “Go Indians” written on them motivated the crowds. The entire stadium be- came active as the student side yelled “Go”, and the general admission side responded with “Indi- ans.” “The crowd likes simple, traditional yells they can pick up on easily,” Bembenick said. The “Chief’s Chair” was another new addition to the football field. After every game Chief Brave Spirit was paraded around the field on a platform with the “victory chair” mounted to it. The cheerleaders also represented NLU off campus. They made personal appearances in pa- rades and participated in several promotional campaigns. Chief Brave Spirit stopped in at local stores to remind the public of upcoming games. The end of the football season did not mean the end to spirit. During basketball season, the cheerleaders went to three games each week. They also cheered at swim and cross country meets. “Being a cheerleader is not an easy job,” Long said. “The whole stadium is depending on you to get the team motivated. It does have its up and downs, but it is worth it.” —Becky Stokes Jodie Cole and Cari Long lead the tribe of Indians onto the field. Cheerleader support hit its peak this year with its goal being to improve crowd support and atten- dance. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Spirit 221 222 Organizations re Cheerleaders. Top: Pam Williams, Donna Kay Ramsey, Cindy Ohmer, Cari Long—Captain, Kim Leleux, Jodie Cole. Bottom: Greg Bowman, Tim Waldrop, Paul Newman, Chris Bembenick—Co-captain, Troy Siragusa, Tim Herrington, Chief Brave Spirit. ee SS LS TS ee. CAR ES SLE mmm = New to the Chief’s sideline antics is his being escort ed by the cheerleaders in the “Chief’s Chair.” Afte each game, he is paraded around the field on a platforr a a victory chair mounted to it. Photo by Billy Heck ord. which are often forgotten. According to Cherie Randazzo, coordi- = ator of student activities, the Bat Girls consist- ‘Hof 15 girls that functioned as a support group 7 he NLU Bat Girls are one spirit group Who are the Bat Girls? as the other spirit groups did, they were supplied with a uniform. However, each girl purchased her own sweats, which were worn in cold weather. Also, any money the girls spent on the baseball players was strictly out of their own pockets. |“The girls have to have a basic knowledge of special relationship, and they really get to know aseball, ” Randazzo said. “The guys want them and care for one another,” said Randazzo. ) know when something good or bad has hap- “Being a Bat Girl is a great way to meet new ned, when to step on the field to get abat and__ people,” said Kelley Lee, NLU Bat Girl. “The ¥ en not to step on the field.” guys are great to work with, and they really take | Selection of the Bat Girls entailed interviewing care of us. We’re like their little sisters.” 4) xe 100 applicants, Randazzo said —Tonya Courson a i Penough the girls did not receive a scholarship | 1) r the baseball team. “The baseball players and Bat Girls have a 1 F Bat Girls (1987). First row: Carrie Masters, Kelly Givens, Sycrid Pate, Marshalle Alexander, Tammy Werfel, Beth Jones. Second row: Becky Curry, Angie Pickett, Julie Daigle, Angie Ussery, Tyra Taylor. Third r ow: Kelly Lee, Gretchen Pridgen, Caroline DiVittorio, Rebel Abney. Pom Pon Girls. First row: Teresa Rhodd—Co-captain, Tricia Berry, Stephanie Neal, Mary Ellen Thurman, Stephanie LeBlanc—Co-captain. Second row: Amy Duke, Janet Allen, Libby Eldridge, Janis Horning, Denise Flickinger. Third row: Angie Keasler, Kim Bordelon, Sherri Stephens, Brittney Powell, Berrishea Carter. Fourth row: Diana Martin, Vonda Martin, Jamie Bocox, Sandy Barett, Christy Holbrook. Spirit 223 Pom Pom Girls provide extra support he Pom Pon Girls, a spirit group of 20 girls who cheered and danced on the sidelines during home football games, began a new tradition as 10 of those girls carried over into the basketball season to dance and cheer. “The Little Indians have usually cheered at basketball games,” said Cherie Randazzo, coordi- nator of student activities. “However, the Pom Pon Girls are familiar with the cheers and felt more comfortable cheering.” According to Randazzo, the Little Indians would continue to dance at the games. Also, the Pom Pon Girls would occasionally dance. Stephanie LeBlanc, Pom Pon Girl captain, said, “This year we’ve gotten more involved than in the past, especially with our team winning the national championship.” According to LeBlanc, the girls had an easier time getting the crowd involved during the bas- ketball games. “Tt’s nice to be close to the audience,” said Le- Blanc. LeBlanc said the 10 Pom Pon girls that danced during the basketball season were chosen from the original 20 volunteers. “From the interested girls we chose the ones that were really energetic,” said LeBlanc. —Tonya Courson Brittney Powell’s cheering does not end with foot- ball season. She and the Pom Pon girls appeared at all home basketball games. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Besides cheering on the sidelines, the Pom Pon girls also dance with the cheerleaders. Brittney Powell, Kim Bordelon and Sheri Stevens support Janis Horning’s flip during a performance. Photo by Todd Tradewell. 224 Organizations The go Baye can pnne moti in boy : We i Mh: pu He he ie Miss Me Lit ibest Hone hy Ihr troy ng Hbpey Dancers keep kicking through a long season % Pe ees PROG Ma AN, Bike eS eS eats ittle Allison watched with expectant eyes from the Malone Stadium bleachers. At her first glimpse of the maroon velvet aks stretched along the sidelines, she grabbed gair of binoculars from her father and uttered a gle word. “Awesome.” 7 llison Haynes grew up and attended NLU; also became a member, and then co-captain, the Warbonnets. The Warbonnets played an important role in § old tradition of Northeast’s spirit groups. Frformances at home football games by the lace team were an expected part of halftime “@-ertainment. ‘Tve gone to Northeast football games ever sce I can remember, and I always watched the Virbonnets,” Haynes, pre-med senior, said. uy . spirit groups, and NLU’s winning football son made the job a demanding one, according Debbie Maniscalco. The Warbonnets faced a real challenge in f� ping up with a season as long as this one has in,” Maniscalco, Warbonnet captain, said. “It @ hectic, but I’m glad we won the football cham- The Warbonnets continued to uphold the old ditions with their involvement in weekly pep fies, spirit lines and performances. A new tra- ‘pate in Mardi Gras festivities in Nice, France. The publicity we’ve received from this trip §| be helpful to the university,” Maniscalco ‘Bi1. “People will hear about it and want to see ‘Wat it’s all about.” (he Little Indians kept up with the spirit of rtheast through their halftime performances @j10me basketball games. ‘)'ormer member, Barbara Landers, said the Dileaving the cheering to the Pom Pom girls. In previous years, the Little Indians cheered Wh the cheerleaders during the games,” Unders, an English education sophomore, said. )ow, they can concentrate more on dancing. It’s —Chesca Benten if N i Jordan and the Warbonnets “pop up” from a i down position. The Warbonnets and the band y x together to put on half-time performances at all We football games. Photo by Todd Tradewell. — Spirit 225 Randazzo returns, but not as a student harles McDonald, director of student de- velopment, describes her as personable, very organized and student-oriented. She is Cherie Randazzo, NLU’s new coordina- tor of student activities. Randazzo Randazzo, however, is no stranger to NLU. In December of 1984 she received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in business management from NLU. Randazzo served on the Union Board as an 226 Organizations undergraduate, but was never a member ofa spir- it group. She said she feels far enough removed not to be partial toward any certain spirit group of which she is in charge. Randazzo coordinates all activities of the cheerleaders, Pom Pon girls, Indian Scouts, War- bonnets, Bat Girls, Little Indians and Chief Brave Spirit. She oversees all practices, makes travel ar- rangements, and handles all paperwork and disci- pline for each group. She also serves as adviser to each of these organizations, working directly with all but the Warbonnets. “T love it,” Randazzo said. “It is busy, hectic, and a real challenge.” McDonald said he is “tremendously” pleased with the job she is doing. One of Randazzo’s major goals this year was to get the crowd more involved in the games. “Crowds are responding better this year,” she said. ST ST LE SED Warbonnets. First row: Toni Presson—Co-captain, Karen Polinski—Co-captain, Allison Haynes—Co-captain, Debbie Maniscalco—Captain, Rayne Williamson—Co-captain, Amanda Broom—Co-captain. Second row: Beth Jones, Niki Jordan, Chesca Benten, Stacia Davis, Debra Descant, Candice McCallum, Stacey Standifer, Paige Albritton, Annmarie Crochet. Third row: Ashley Cameronn, Sherri Daniel, Sandra Street, Kim Cardwell, Patty Thurman, Jennifer Anderson, Lori Humphries, Shea Rhymes. Fourth row: DeLise Peterson, Melissa Archibald, Leslie Martyniuk, Christy Walker, Holly Chambers, Mary Ann Foster, Tracy Davis, Julie Gilbert, Stacey Smith. Fifth row: Kim Dillingham, Barbara Landers, Melanie Massey, DeAnn Soloman, Gini Coleman, Melodi Bennett, Lori Cernigliaro, Angie Pickett, Carla Augustine. Sixth row: Suzie George, Susannah Chambers, Gretchen Pridgen, Heather Willrodt, Melissa Robertson, Ingrid Knaps, Lisa Crumpton, Cynthia Spencer, Valarie Gurganus. Lil Indians. First row: Missy Clark—Co-captain, Debbie Maniscalco—Captain, Toni Presson—Co-captain. Second row: Stacia Davis, Amanda Broom, Mary Ann Foster, Niki Jordan, Chesca Benten, Debra Descant, Lori Cernigliaro. Third row: Melanie Massey, DeAnn Solomon, Valarie Gurganus, Missy Robertson, Heather Willrodt, Karen Polinski. [ee Randazzo said, however, her job does not e1 with football; it keeps going year round. She succeeded Christine Lofquist, who he) | the position for one year. Unlike Lofquist, Ra)� dazzo plans to be around for quite a while. “T just love Northeast so much,” she said. McDonald said he observed Randazzo as ast) __ dent on the Union Board, and has seen her grec i up and mature. i “I knew she possessed the qualities we we) looking for,” he said. “She is doing an even bett job than I hoped.” —Eric Monr f y | n often overlooked spirit group, the Indi- an Scouts worked behind the scenes to add to NLU’s spirit program. ‘Whe Indian Scouts served as official hostesses Hing football season, spirit decorators for the cf ipus, time keepers during swim and track @) ts, score keepers during tennis matches and hi dled various other duties. ), } They’re not in the public eye as much as other M1ps,” said Cherie Randazzo, coordinator of lent: activities. “They are more behind the tes doing public relations work, like decora- SS EA LSS EL SLE YS A ERT SE TET ISITE IER EI Indian Scouts. First row: Edi Strong— President, Jansen Teaster—Vice President, Jill Bialas—Secretary, Kelly Lee— Treasurer. Second row: Sondra Stephens, Felicia Gatson, Kim Jones, Keri Glasgow, Allison Rambin, Lisa McKellar, Patty Allen, Cindy Cavazos, Carrie Masters, Gloria Anna Kalil, Suzanne Strong, Cherie Tharpe, Angie Ussery, Deidre Calhoun, Sandy Carter. Third row: Rena Hill, Caroline DiVittorio, Valda Bush, Brandi Broughton, Paula Panquin, Mona Harbuck, Sundee Slusher, Karen Ohme, Melinda Tinnerello, Nicole Simoneaux. Fourth row: Cathy Martin, Fonda Cassiday, Elaine Williams, Kelly Sargent, Teresa Picht, Robin Coleman, Tiffany Morgan, Anessa Lambert, Leazel Fields. Fifth row: Christy Childers, Sherry Looney, Lea Albritton, Nicole St. John, Nichelle Stewart, Chantay Lewis, Becky Curry, Stacey Bollich, JoAnn Jackson, Sherrie Caldwell, Anna Guerra. tions in the locker rooms. Also, they work with recruits, and even the posters and signs around campus are done by the Indian Scouts.” According to Randazzo, the girls selected to be Indian Scouts were interviewed and graded. The categories they were judged on included commu- nication skills, knowledge of basic sports infor- mation, current involvement in activities and grade point average. Last year’s tryouts consisted of 200 girls going through the interview process with 50 being se- lected. Randazzo said interviewing the appli- With the extended football season and team promo- tions, the Indian Scouts services were used extensively. Sondra Stephens, Robin Coleman and Allison Rambin take a break before half-time of the Eastern Kentucky- NLU play-off. Photo by Rick Kennedy. ‘couts work behind the scenes to keep the action going cants took three to four days. Incoming freshmen are allowed to apply, and they were usually inter- viewed on a Saturday. Sundee Slusher had been an Indian Scout for two years and she loved it. “The best thing is when you know someone really appreciates what you’ve done,” said Slusher. “When we put signs on the guys’ lockers and they get so excited, it really makes you feel good. —Tonya Courson Spirit 227 S ound of Today Director Jack White watches intently as his band members perform at halftime. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Since Substance Abuse 205 is re- quired for criminal justice and educa- tion majors, Raymond Knutzen has full classes each semester. Photo by Freddie Gipson my REPO ot Nah 228 Academics ira PIR STN ACADEMICS cademics. The one aspect of college life Atte the Spirit of Northeast exists in more ways than one. On the one hand, there is the desire to learn, the spirit to achieve and excel that characterizes the scholar. Another aspect is the one that draws most students to university life — the combination of partying while learning. Students are propelled from the protective environment of high school into the dark un- known of college. The spirit of academics alter- nately charms us to and from “the real world” and the “abstract world” of books and class- rooms. The spirit is intangible but learning is not, and neither is academics. Administrators, facul- ty and staff helped instill the pursuit of knowl- edge into all who came their way both in and out of class. In the process, academics added much to the Spirit of Northeast. ann ca AS Division 229 For years, Louisiana’s system of education has been the target of much criticism and negative publicity. Census reports show 14 percent of Louisiana’s adult population has at least four years of educa- tion at the college level. That fig- ure is more than two percent be- low the national average. An equally dismal figure is the average salary of teachers in the state. Of all school systems in the United States, Louisiana’s is the second worst paymaster in the nation. Could there be a direct correla- tion between the financial situa- tion and the level of academic achievement? Many people believe, and often rightfully so, that Louisiana’s ail- ing economy is a root cause of the state’s crumbling academic stan- dards. “The lack of state funds, com- bined with the devaluation of fed- eral funds has led to the present situation,” said Director of Fi- nancial Aid Dr. Charles Mc- Donald. 230 Academics The Louisiana Scholar DYING BREED? In 1987, Governor Edwin Ed- wards said he planned to ask the state legislature to adopt a “dol- lars for scholars” program. The plan would reward high school students for academic achievement. It was Edwards’ hope that the monetary awards would be used to fund their col- lege educations. Before that effort can bear fruit though, Louisiana has first to sta- bilize its economy to ensure suffi- cient funding for the program. As 1987 gubernatorial candidate Jim Brown noted, “We don’t have the money.” Some of the Governor’s other plans to improve the state of edu- cation include a reduction in stu- dent-teacher ratios in elementary and secondary classrooms, and an expansion of special education programs to help identify stu- dents with learning problems. At the local level, the Monroe City School System received a $119,000 grant to continue its fight against illiteracy. At NLU, the Gannett Foundation helped fund a program designed to im- prove reading and study skills. Dr. Harry Miller, program di- rector and education professor, said, “If an effort were placed on the improvement of reading skills for young adults, it would be a matter of little time before we could eliminate adult illiteracy.” The problem of lowered aca- demic standards is not exclusive- ly Louisiana’s. On a national lev- el, U.S. 8th graders were scoring considerably lower on an interna- tional mathematics test than 7th graders in Japan and Hong Kong. Does this mean the U.S. is be- ginning to lag behind in the areas of science and technology? Will we be able to continue competing with the other powers of the world? In spite of the negative public- ity, the Louisiana scholar isn’t quite extinct. McDonald estimated that 1987’s incoming freshman class included more than one hundred students with composite ACT scores of 27 or higher. In addition, two recent gradu- ates in nursing and pharmacy academics recorded scores in their respé tive licensure examinations th ranked them among the best | the nation. . | As far as funding goes, thing! have improved with the state economy. President Dw Vines said this year may well b § the last financially hurting yea|y} ; : an for the university. Even teachers have somethin| to look forward to. State lawma ers are continuing their efforts raise and match Louisiana teachiy er salaries with the national le “Quality education needs ity teachers,” said Melissa beck, graduate student in col munications. “To keep got teachers here in the state, we né to pay them well.” At a state level, the five maj candidates in the 1987 governor} race used education as a platfor pieces, and something needs tob done to educate Louisiana. ‘ful or hopeless. Just as Bayou De- keeps flowing, will the state of edu- also continue declining? Photo by Tradewell. y State of Education 231 Ensuring Life Beyond a THE END ZONE : Academics: The central focus of each college student. Sports: A recreational outlet to release ev- eryday pressures and be physical- ly healthy. Many students faced the dilem- ma of balancing both of these ac- tivities. To help alleviate part of the problem, all athletes were pro- vided with two academic advis- ers, both of whom assisted in the planning of schedules, monitored class attendance and checked the academic progress of each athlete. “Students have two major re- sponsibilities,” said Benny Hollis, athletic director. “They must at- tend class, and they must make an honest effort toward their school work. If they don’t follow these guidelines, they can expect problems.” Student athletes could have faced serious penalties, and even losing their scholarships, for not meeting a minimum GPA of 1.6. But, most seemed to be able to handle the added pressure. Ac- cording to Hollis, NLU lost less than five percent of its athletes to academic ineligibility during the 1986-87 school year. Additionally, for three consecu- tive years the university has pro- duced athletes who have won post-graduate scholarships due to their academic performance. “NLU certainly has some out- standing student athletes,” Hollis said. “We’d like to keep it that way.” Courtney Campbell, a junior tennis player, said her school work took priority above all else. “Academics should come first,” Campbell said. Jeff Moss, long distance runner and business management senior, looked at the sports-academics question from a slightly different angle. “If I could just go to school to run, I’d love it,” Moss said. “Yet, I understand that academics are important for my future.” — Chesca Benten Schoo he fi IS Ol No guts, no glory. Members of tl | Indians football team have to end hours of practice and a restricted 232 Academics cial life. Photo by Rick Kennedy. — 1 t I 1 | SUCCESS 4 iy : ‘| Sa. ler — Se teen Sd «TE ae P-CAT, DAT, M-CAT, and ISN. This jumble of letters may rt mean much to some students, t to others the seemingly insig- i eae vficant abbreviations carry a orld of meaning. They are the ly to their future in pre-profes- onal and professional schools. Professional college entrance cams, such as the Pharmacy Ollege Admissions Test (P- T)-and the Entrance Exam for ie School of Nursing (EESN) 2 the first steps to the future reers of many students. Students taking the tests must set specific requirements in or- r to be considered for accep- ace into their respective profes- mal programs. Pharmacy students must main- tin a GPA of at least 2.3, and must also complete all required courses in the pre-pharmacy cur- riculum with a grade of “C” or better, said Robert Kee, associate dean of the school of pharmacy. These courses usually take four semesters to complete. Kee said the competition faced by professional school hopefuls is stiff. Of all applicants during the 1987 academic year, only 180 were accepted. “The selection is based on high grades,” Kee said. “Of course, Louisiana residents are given first consideration.” The nursing school, as well, has a reputation for setting demand- ing standards for its applicants, according to Phyllis Irvine, dean of nursing department. “Tn all fairness, we have to be Answering the call of tough,” Irvine said. “We have an obligation to prepare our gradu- ates in the best possible way.” “Getting into clinical” is a phrase often heard from nursing students. Irvine said this entails having a cumulative GPA of 2.3, achieving a 50 percent or higher composite score on the KESN, and maintaining a “C” or above in all required pre-nursing courses. According to Irvine, 94 percent of the May 1987 graduating nurs- ing students passed the nursing licensing exam, and one student attained the highest reported score in Louisiana. One might wonder how stu- dents in professional schools find time for extracurricular activi- ties. Amanda Baker, pharmacy se- nior, managed to keep her GPA above a 3.5 while at the same time holding the position of president of Kappa Epsilon and date on the weekends. “Everything depends on the in- dividual,” Baker said. “If I had to choose between studying and go- ing out, I’d choose studying every time. I’ve worked too long and hard to get where I am to blow it.” Judging by Northeast’s impres- sive record of professional stu- dent accomplishments, there is no doubt that the students will continue to strive for academic success. “When there is a consistent pattern of excellence, as North- east has, you know you have an outstanding situation,”said Ir- vine. — Chesca Benten Nitty Gritty. It will take hours of laboratory work and class time before junior Todd McKenzie may call him- self a professional medical technolo- gist. Photo by Cathy Cordry. Academics 233 Looking Ahead and MOVING ON “Picking up the pieces and con- tinuing forward” is President Dwight D. Vines’ attitude about the future of Northeast Louisiana University. “TI am confident this will be the university’s last financially trou- bled year,” Vines said. “Although the budget was trimmed, the year was not as financially taxing as previous years.” Vines said a number of plans to improve outside revenue sources for the university have been dis- cussed and were implemented during 1986-87. “William D. Sanders, a retired regional vice-president of State Farm Insurance, was hired during the fall to assist the university’s fund raising activities,” Vines said. “Sanders has had a career in marketing and sales promotion, and he has been working hard to increase donations made to NLU.” According to Vines, only a small number of large donations have been made to the school in the previous years. He would like to see this number increased. He said plans are also under- way to make the NLU Founda- tion and Layton Farm more prof- itable organizations. Emphasizing the continuing high quality of education at NLU, Vines stressed his belief and trust Board of Reqents Robert J. Bodet Richard E. D’Aquin J. K. Haynes Parletta F. Holmes Thomas D. James John F. Keller, S.J. Edith K. Kirkpatrick George L. Luffey 234 Academics in the school. He said budget cuts have, if anything, forced NLU to become an even more cohesive group. “The university has been able to maintain its accreditations,” Vines said. “We have not lost any, and we have been able to have two new programs accredited. I be- lieve this accomplishment is a great compliment to our staff and faculty.” The newly accredited programs were Computer Science and Mar- riage and Family Counseling. Both of these were the first of their kind in the state to become accredited. A greater awareness for the need of quality education in Lou- isiana has developed in the past few years, said Vines. Political leaders are realizing there is an inner relationship between good educational programs and eco- nomic growth and development in general. — Tonya Courson SS SSS ee Continued challenges. A new day brings with it a new pile of paperwork for President Dwight D. Vines. Inset: Executive Secretary Linda Ragan helps Vines keep track of his daily ac- tivities. Photo by: Freddie Gipson Gus S. Mijalis Frank O. Pruitt Robert G. Pugh Robert K. Rush Norbert Simmons John R. Thistlethwaite Joseph L. Waitz, Sr. Greg Warren Academics 235 Heard but not seen. Administrators Kenneth A. Beoubay James E. Davison F. L. Eagan, Jr. Rev. Herbert M. Gordon Eugene G. Gouaux 236 Academics dankin’ Delcambre. Barry Del- imbre shoots hoops with his sons wemy and Jott in the afternoons )er school. Delcambre is the regis- ir at NLU. Photo by Laura Zaidan. —— de ee, ; Bac aa 4 — —— ‘otos not available: Johnny Cox, | chael K. Dees, Helen R. Roberts, }gene Rogillio, Vincent Sotile, «nes E. White, Jr., Ray O. Wright. “When I was a student at NLU I looked at the administration as a monster. Now I’m a machine within the monster, but I’m stil l on the side of the students,” Barry Delcambre, registrar, said. Delcambre is one of many ad- ministrators at NLU, whose work and decisions affect every student on campus. Thomas Murphy and Dr. Robert Robinson are two oth- ers. In 1966 and 1967, Delcambre was NLU Student Government Association vice president. The SGA he was on created and insti- tuted the Union Board, the teach- er evaluation system and the stu- dent discount program. Attending NLU on a track scholarship, Delcambre was also a member of Who’s Who Among American College Students. He went on to teach freshman composition and married one of his own students. “That surprises most people,” Delcambre said. Murphy, dean for student af- fairs, once had aspirations of be- ing a New York Giant. An all-state athlete in football and track in high school, Murphy is an avid boatman and adviser of the NLU ski team. Murphy said he gets a great deal of pleasure from his work at the university. “Student affairs is dealing with students. I love to get up every day and get involved,” Murphy said. Murphy was the first in a fam- ily of six children to receive a masters degree. Among the jobs he has held are driving 18-wheel- ers, working on oil rigs and dig- ging ditches. “All the jobs were great learn- ing experiences,” Murphy said. “They gave me a feeling for who I was and who I wanted to be.” Robinson, vice president for business affairs, built his own house in West Monroe and is cur- rently building a barn on his property. “Working outside is my recrea- tion,” Robinson said. ‘It’s excel- lent therapy.” Robinson, who start ‘at NLU as an accounting teacher, said the administrators are at the univer- sity to serve the students as best as possible. “Students are the ad- ministrators’ clients,” Robinson said. Robinson played football and basketball in high school and played rugby and boxed in the military. Murphy, Robinson, and Del- cambre each utilize an open-door policy. “T love dealing with college-age students,” Murphy said. “I love helping them work out problems and creating a homier environ- ment for them. It’s very reward- ing.” — David Salinero WHO ARE WE? Enoch T. Nix Harvey A. Peltier, III June Phillips Calvin Wilkerson Bob F. Wright Administrators 237 238 Academics NATIONAL FIKST For the first time, students had the opportunity to graduate with a bachelor of science degree in ag- riculture-aviation, earn a com- mercial pilot’s license and receive a commercial application license. Four years ago, Col. William Hemphill, head of the depart- ment of aviation, and Dr. Thur- man Thomas, head of the depart- ment of agriculture, started re- searching to devise the program which is unlike any other in the world. “Our main concern is produc- ing agricultural-aviation profes- sionals who are able to bridge the gap between the two sciences,” Hemphill said. Hemphill said the main pur- pose of developing the new pro- gram was to prepare professionals who can apply knowledge of both sciences to the problem of provid- ing a safe and adequate supply of food to an increasing world popu- lation. From an economical stand- point, Louisiana was short about 145 pilots of having enough agri- culture pilots (crop dusters) to do the job. In the United States, the shortage reached to about 3,000 pilots. “The out-of-state pilots earn an average of about $35,000 dur- ing the summer period they work here in Louisiana,” Hemphill said. “We hope to fulfill this need by using home pilots for this job.” He also expected the program to grow quickly. “We've had people calling us from all over the country,” said Hemphill. The program curriculum con- sists of 35 hours of agriculture courses, 31 hours of aviation classes and courses in chemistry, botany and microbiology. “Tt’s not new courses or new faculty,” Thomas said. “It’s just a repackaging and essentially the equivalent of a double major. We are giving the students a major ir crop production and protectior and aviation.” The program approved May 1987, was offered to students for _ the first time in August 1987. Larry May was one of approxi- mately ten charter students in the program. He was a student returning from eight years in the Marine Corps where he served as an ail traffic controller. “T’ve always been interested in learning to fly, but I never saw the practical side of it until learning about the agriculture-aviation program,” May said. May also feels the agriculture portion of the program gives the aviation enthusiast career alter-| , natives in the case of a flying acei-| __ dent should occur. ai —Ginger Waldrup and J. Eric McNeil . Bug Wars. Using bi-planes remini cent of World War I aircraft, cropdus: Billy Heckford. “- Grids ayvd Gl naneiieneeisenemeen nema sed sete aoa locale. — eer EP es — “=| einen nollie ened malian Ag-Aviation 239 240 Academics Progressive Program PAPER SCIENCE Educational, professional and pa enrichment were positive nefits of a new paper science ogram started at Northeast uisiana University. ‘A student can take the paper sence courses and strengthen or pate an understanding of the der industry,” said Dr. Daniel _..— Dupree, dean of the college of ‘Bre and applied sciences. ‘An important aspect of this gram is that a student earning legree in an area such as busi- ss, management or finance can n some knowledge in paper- iking and further their career yabilities,” he said. Jr. Roger Somsen, manager of stomer service for the paper d division at Manville Forest ducts, teaches the paper sci- se courses. Somsen earned his ‘G@torate from the Institute of per Chemistry at the Universi- � make them. From grocery bags izza cartons and hardware boxes, nville produces them all. Photo by ''d Tradewell. ditions to existing facilities help Manville plant in West Monroe tinue to meet the demand for for- products. Photo by Todd dewell. ty of Wisconsin. “Dr. Somsen is a highly quali- fied individual and is the caliber of teacher we need teaching these courses,” Dupree said. Describing the course’s con- tent, Somsen said the first class, Introduction to Paper Making, is an over-all view of the paper mak- ing process. Courses that follow cover the different phases of the process, and become more specific and de- tailed. “The class members are a very diverse group,” Somsen said. “For instance during the fall semester, graduate chemical engineers from Louisiana Tech were in the same class with people who had not been to school in possibly thirty years. Also, several of our secre- taries have taken some of the courses.” One secretary at the plant who went through one of the courses was Bonnie Goodman. “The material was different since I haven’t been exposed to chemistry; however, the class was familiar because I am in contact with aspects of the paper industry every day,” Goodman said. Paul New, industrial manage- ment junior, also completed the course. New’s father, a lab techni- cian at Manville, had suggested the class to his son. “I enjoyed the class and Dr. Somsen’s teaching,” New said. “If someone is interested in working in the paper and timber industry, Ihighly recommend they take the courses.” Whatever the chosen major, ca- reer aspirations or paper industry knowledge, NLU’s paper science program provides an extra facet of education and enhancement. —Tonya Courson Paper Science 241 Working and Playing Together Make A JOYFUL UNION 242 Academics For many university employ- ees, NLU is quickly becoming a family tradition, as many are married to coworkers. Many of these couples, in fact, first met while attending school here. One such couple is the Le- Leuxs who did nearly the impos- sible by successfully mixing the press with politics. Adversity, real or unreal, be- tween the Student Government Association and the Pow Wow is nothing new. Yet, according to Renee LeLeux, news coordinator for the office of information ser- vices, the years of 1976-77 were a different story. Her husband Ron LeLeux, aca- demic counselor, served as SGA president while she edited the Pow Wow. “The press and government really had good relations that year,” she said. The couple met at NLU their senior year and married in Sept. 1977. After living in New Orleans for two years, they returned to Monroe where both got jobs at the university. Mrs. LeLeux has a bachelor’s degree in journalism. LeLeux has a bachelor’s in criminal justice, and was the first student to re- ceive a master’s degree in mar- riage and family counseling from the university. He also holds the honor of being the first NLU stu- dent to serve on the Louisiana Board of Trustees. “We both love NLU and enjoy attending athletic events togeth- er,” Mrs. LeLeux said. She said the only disadvantage in working together is trying to find someone to babysit their daughter, Abby, when they both want to attend the same universi- ty event. Dr. Beryl Franklin met his wife, Nancy, as an undergraduate at Kentucky Wesleyan College. He holds a bachelor’s in biology, master’s in physiology and a doc- torate in physiological zoology. Mrs. Franklin is an adminis- trative secretary for Dr. Frank Morgan in the College of Liberal Arts. “We’ve had a great time at NLU in the past 28 years, but I think this will be my last one,” Franklin said. “I am hoping to re- tire and do a little traveling.” For Mr. and Mrs. William Ben- son, coming to NLU was more than just a mere coincidence. Mary Benson, mathematics in- structor, isn’t sure whether to categorize it as an act of fate or just nature. “I was pregnant with our sec- ond child and Bill was suppose to leave for Delaware for a job inter- view,” she said. “Seven weeks ear- ly, I went into labor and his inter- view had to be canceled. That next Tuesday, Bill interviewed with NLU and we decided to come here. “We can’t help but wonder if we'd be in Delaware now, if Will had decided to meet the world a little later.” Dr. William Benson teaches environmental toxicology and has worked at NLU for the past three years. All of the Bensons are avid supporters of athletic events. “We go to football and basket- ball games and take the kids,” Mrs. Benson said. “They’re prac- tically walking advertisements. They have NLU sweatshirts, pants, t-shirts, everything.” — Julie Cason Togetherness. Little visits to each other make the school day a little brighter for Mary and William Ben- son. He is an instructor in the math- ematics department and he is director of the toxicology program. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Faculty 243 Business Administration hs The 1987-88 academic year brought an unexpected surprise to the College of Business Admin- istration. The school failed to ob- tain reaccreditation from the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. According to a Board of Re- gents policy, business schools not accredited by the 1990-91 aca- demic year will be closed. Howev- er, the accrediting agency de- ferred its decision for one year to Dr. Arthur Bethke, Memt Mrkt Dr. Thomas R. Blue, Mgmt Mrkt Dr. Thomas L. Cadwell, Econs Finance Dr. Carol Cheatham, Accounting Dr. Leo R. Cheatham, Economics Richard Coleman, Mgmt Mrkt Betty Cooper, COIS Dr. Gregg Davis, Econs Finance Carolyn Dolecheck, COIS Dr. Maynard Dolecheck, Mgmt Mrkt Dr. Paul Dunn, Mgmt Mrkt Jimmie Earle, Mgmt Mrkt James Greenlaw, Mgmt Mrkt Dr. Sanford B. Halperin, Econs Finance Dr. Jeff O. Harris, Mgmt Mrkt Dr. James T. Hood, Accounting Dr. Richard J. Irvine, Accounting Dr. Lawrence Jauch, Management Dr. Eugene Jones, COIS Anne Kenner, Accounting Dr. Kishore Kulkarni, Accounting Dr. Robert Martin, Mgmt Mrkt Cathy Martin, Mgmt Mrkt Dr. James M. McBeth, Mgmt Mrkt Steve McDuffie, Accounting Dr. Hani Mesak, Mgmt Mrkt Dr. Ruth Miller, COIS Dr. Jacqueline Morgan, Economics Dr. Earnest Moser, Economics Allayne Pizzolatto, Management Paul Robertson, Accounting Patricia Roshto, Accounting Carol Shaver, Accounting Dr. J. W. Smith, COIS Dr. Julian Smith, Accounting Dr. Robert Vining, Management 244 Academics College of enable the college to improve weak areas. “We would not take accredita- tion away unless the problems were very serious,” said Charles Hickman, director of projects and members services for the accred- iting agency. According to Dr. Van McGraw, dean of the business school, the deferment didn’t affect 1987 graduates, and he expects the col- lege to retain its accreditation. In a letter to McGraw, the reac- creditation committee stated more faculty with doctorates were to be hired, and the University was cautioned that too many members of the faculty were working outside their degree areas. Two other problem areas the committee pointed out were the slow rate of integrating comput- ers into upper level courses, and the handling of the research load by a minority of the business fe ulty. ppt In response to the forme McGraw noted that two years a only one fourth of the faculty us computers in their courses. No more than one half are using co! puters. At the time of publication, 1 “” ’ sults of the reaccreditation effor ’ were still unknown. ye — Su-lin G ! ra | ie door Rs | if Nore to Teaching Than Classes For ‘THE LOUNGE LIZARD” Although it took him a while to +t where he wanted to be, Tom- -y Chatham has made his mark , Northeast Louisiana Universi- ‘ig )Chatham, an accounting in- ‘ructor, started out in a totally fy fferent field than the one he , ided up in. After getting a mas- � t’s degree in wildlife manage- _ ent and a bachelor’s in botany om Louisiana Tech, he obtained is master of business adminis- utiy “ation and business doctorate one grees from the school. _ “The Lounge Lizard”, as Chat- i) am is popularly called, is a laid ‘ack instructor who covers his of- ‘ce door with Hagar and Shoop NW) mic stri ps, regularly smokes a ‘Wipe and “spends a bit too much ) Ime in the lounge shooting the ull,” thus the nickname. Vi + Most of the time, however, he’s | Juch busier. For starters, Chat- Yam teaches intermediate ac- }punting, tax accounting and has a ‘tax service on the side. | “He is a very helpful and fair instructor,” Cheryl Castilaw, ac- counting senior, said. “In our CPA problems class he goes over our cases and tries to relate them to the chapters. He is patient; a very intelligent person.” As a certified public accoun- tant, he prepares taxes and finan- cial statements for individuals and businesses, conducts tax planning, keeps up with records and does audits for Girl Scouts, Inc. “T don’t have a lot of spare time,” he said. “All my time is spent working here or as a CPA, and the rest is spent in church related activities.” When he has a little extra time, Chatham enjoys fishing and do- ing crossword puzzles. “T also have a pontoon house- boat,” he said. “Though it’s noth- ing fancy, I enjoy quiet time there.” — Kim Polk Compute this. In between classes, spending time with students and re- laxing in the faculty lounge, Dr. T om- my Chatham finds time to do some research work. Photo by Freddie Gip- son. e e Iwish... .. more recognition for the students to match their real level of accomplishment. I don’t think NLU graduates get enough recognition. — Dr. Thomas Blue, professor of management. ... we had a larger of number of interested and capable stu- dents. We already have good students but they are just a fraction of the students who, well ... — Dr. Thomas Chat- ham, assistant professor of ac- counting. ... 1 could help students devel- op an attitude of responsibility to themselves while they’re still in school. In school they can miss a class but in the the real world they can't do things like that. — Dr. Sanford B. Hal- perin, professor of insurance. Business Administration 245 College of EDUCATION e e I1wish... . .. people would have a love of learning while they’re here at school and even after they graduate. I wish they would be- come students for life. — Dr. Marjorie Snyder, Professor of Edu- cation. ... for a physical education teaching facility for centralized classes. We don't have a P.E. building, we use intramurals’ facilities. — Betty Faught, Assis- tant Professor of Health and Phys- ical Education. ... fora higher level of dedica- tion and an enhanced level of teaching from the faculty. I feel that’s very important. — Dr. E. H. Baker, Assistant Professor of Psy- chology and Director of the Psy- chology Department. 246 Academics What is the difference between effect and affect? Is your face pail or pale when you are ill? For a native American, these questions seem elementary; but not so for some students newly arrived from another country. The English as a Second Lan- guage program is designed to teach English to any student from any country from Arabia to Chi- na. “The classes center around grammar and vocabulary, but we also try to teach students how to understand the underlying mean- ing of words,” said Dr. James McKeithen, ESL director. The courses are divided into three areas: elementary, interme- diate and advanced. The Michi- gan Test is given to all new inter- national students, and the results determine their proficiency in English and placement. “Many of the students don’t re- alize just how limited their vo- cabulary is, but they are all basi- cally good students, extremely — Pott th (= Helping T« Overcome The LANGUAGE BARRIER) | t motivated,” McKeithen said. After taking the advanc course, the student may take t departmental test for English. | he receives a passing grade, he exempt from taking English 1€ | Nursing senior Lisa Padi] | spoke very little English whens _ Ps arrived from Puerto Rico. “ESL really helped my grat| — mar and reading skills,” Padi y said. “I liked the lectures bett) than the lab though. My first s mester, we were required to spel 60 hours in the language lab.” | According to McKeithen, it very important for students wl are striving to learn English toa sociate with Americans as mu as possible to improve their skil| “They have a tendency’ — group together and speak the native language and this doesr help them,” he said. “Most of t! students understand ee when they hear it, but speaking F another story.” — Julie Casi oft As Putty, Hard As Nails pe cISSY CLARK CARES The sun seemed hotter than ever as fifty pairs of nervous eyes focused on the solemn, silent woman before them. Sunglasses concealing her eyes, she never cracked a smile. Cissy Clark, Warbonnets spon- sor and health and physical edu- cation instructor, seemed to com- mand the attention of a lot of peo- ple. “We can never tell which one of us she is looking at when we prac- tice, so we all think we’re the ones being watched,” Karen Polinski, Warbonnet co-captain. “The ef- fect she has on us is uncanny.” Clark came to Northeast in 1981, after teaching health and physical education in Haughton for five years. According to Clark, the career advantages and the age MOTHERHEN. Cissy Clark’s of- fice is far from off limits to her brood of Warbonnets. Flanking Clark are Warbonnets Debbie Maniscalco, Rayne Williamson, Allison Haynes, Karen Polinkski and Amanda Broom. Photo by Freddie Gipson. difference of the students were important reasons for making the switch to college-level teaching. “I love working with students at the college age,” Clark said. “I believe that here in college, stu- dents really use their minds for the first time.” Clark said the fact that she may have been regarded as a “mother” to the fifty-member dance line was a position of her own choos- ing. “T involve myself in more ways than the job calls for, and counsel- ing the girls is something I do a lot of,” Clark said. “T’ve found that by leaving myself open and by being willing to work with it, the organization will be a lot stronger.” —Chesca Benten Dr. Richard Blackbourn, Admn Suprv Foundations Dr. Bob Cage, Dean, College of Education Cissy Clark, H PE Dr. Walter Creekmore, Teacher Education Dr. Virginia Eddleman, Asst Dean, College of Education Cynthia Hammond, Teacher Education Dr. Dwight Hare, Admn Suprv Foundations Dr. Ralph Karst, Centre for Educational Research Svs Dr. Harold Lewing, Teacher Education Dr. Don Locke, Teacher Education Dr. Carolyn Minder, Psychology Dr. Ava Pugh, Teacher Education Diane Smith, Teacher Education Dr. Luke Thomas, Health PE Dr. Oscar Walley, Psychology Jo Welch, Teacher Education Education 247 College of LIBERAL ARTS The College of Liberal Arts of- fered a broad range of study in the departments of art; communica- tion arts; criminal justice, social work, and sociology; English; for- eign languages; history and gov- ernment and military science. It aimed to promote democra- cy, citizenship, personal responsi- bility, superior intellectual achievement, professional exper- tise and the worth of the individ- ual. “T believe the arts are compo- nents of a university that distin- guish it from a trade school,” said Dean Frank Morgan, Jr. “Our emphasis has been and will con- tinue to be on keeping the arts a strong viable component of the university.” Morgan said the more popular majors in the college over the last few years have been in the area of Frederick Adams, Foreign Lang. Ronald Alexander, Art Dr. Douglas Baer, Music Theda Birdsong, English Joseph Bondurant, Military Sc. Karen Bradford, Communication Dr. Richmond Brown, Journalism Dr. John Burgin, Music Margie Cannon, Military Sc. Dr. Richard Chardkoff, History Dr. Carol Christopher, Music Cedric Cole, Military Sc. Maj. Charles Dimaria, Military Sc. Dr. Jean England, History Dr. Carlos Fandal, Language Lt. Col. Jimmy Hardegree, Military Sc. Louise Harris, English Dev Hathaway, English Dr. H. Perry Jones, History Cpt. Thad Jones, Military Sc. Sgt. Maj. Charles Marshall, Military Sc. Mona Oliver, English Dr. William Rambin, Communication Arts MSG. Lawrence Rivers, Military Sc. Dr. John Rude, Communication Arts Marie Watson, Language Coralie White, Music Jack White, Music Cpt. Craig Whitehill, Military Sc. communications — such as pub- lic relations, journalism and ra- dio tv film. He added, however, that there was a growing interest in the speech and hearing therapy pro- grams. Because the national job mar- ket frequently prevents good job opportunities in the art and mu- sic areas, there has been a decline of enrollment in these fields, he said. Though not many of the liberal arts program are nationally accre- dited, Morgan said he was pleased with the continued accreditation of the School of Music and the baccalaureate program of social work. Morgan said the college hopes to obtain accreditation for other programs as well in the near fu- ture. Among the developments the college in 1987 was the inst! lation of new computer termin: in the administrative offices. T) computers are linked with t main computer frame in the a’ ministration building which connected to the registrar file The linking of computers will low Morgan and others to direct call up student files when neede Plans also were made to brii in terminals for two writing la in the English department. “One value of a liberal arts ed cation, regardless of the prof sion, is that it helps the individ to be a more well-rounded persc and provides the individual tl flexibility to adapt to and leai how to participate in many high) specialized areas,” Morgan saic 248 Academics p The School of Music got a new wh eT this summer, when Dr. arry Edwards replaced Dr. Rich- Jent. .. According to Edwards, rather | an change any particular facet _) the music program, he will “nild on the solid foundation al- _ ady present. ' | “We will increase efforts in stu- | pnt recruitment, improve rela- ons with alumni and attempt to _ jake the community more aware _) contributions we make to the j hality of life in the community,” jdwards said. “Rather than hange I want to maintain yrength of the choirs and bands. é jowever, I want to increase the _jamber of string students. | '“The School of Music is a full ‘ember of the National Associ- ‘ion of Schools of Music. There )agood solid curriculum and fac- : 4 ty here.” school of Music Gets A New MUSIC MAN Dr. Larry W. Edwards , Direc- tor, School of Music However, according to Ed- wards, budget cuts resulted in a loss of some members of the facul- ty. He would, therefore, like to in- crease faculty in better times. “We have qualified part-time people but we want full-time,” Edwards said. “Enrollment has gone down over a period of years. I don’t know whether to attribute it to the faculty decrease.” Prior to coming to NLU, Ed- wards was associate dean of the College of Fine Arts at Wichita State University in Kansas. He received his doctorate in music education from the Univer- sity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and his bachelor of music educa- tion and master of music degrees from Northwestern University in Illinois. Edwards additionally holds mi- nors in organ, piano and harpsi- chord performance and music history and theory. —Tonya Courson and Su-lin Gan iwish... . we had a performing arts building worthy of the drama, art and music departments. — Dr. Carol Christopher, Associate Professor of Music. ... for a video laboratory where students can watch tapes and learn languages over television. — Dr. Carlos Fandal, Head, Department of Foreign Lan- guages. ... We had a larger faculty and more inquisitive students. — Dr. Richard Haynes, Head, Depart- ment of History and Government. ... better library holdings and periodical subscriptions, and more office space. And some Macintoshes and a laser printer and ....— Dr. James Whitfield, Associate Professor of Journalism. Liberal Arts 249 Found SUCCESS IN A FOREIGN LAND e e iwish... ... 1 could get the air condi- tioner going in the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance room. — Dr. Leander Valdes Ill, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy. .. . for newer and better equip- ment that’s up-to-date. We need a specialized piece of equipment called the iron trap detector for a gas chromato- graph. — Dr. Michael Crider, Asso- ciate Professor of Medicinal Chem- istry. ... for new equipment for con- tinued research efforts. If we could have the money to buy the new equipment, it would help improve our research ef- forts. — Dr. Louis Ace, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy. 250 Academics Coming to one country from another is difficult for anyone, but Dr. Sujit Das, a native of In- dia and member of the pharmacy faculty, has accomplished more than many native Americans. Das, who came to the United States from India in 1979, teaches graduate and post graduate courses, and is the faculty adviser of the Academy of Students of Pharmacy. According to Michael Cham- berlain, pharmacy senior, Das not only teaches his students about pharmacy, he also gives them in- sight about his home country. “Dr. Das teaches us about his country and their views,” Cham- berlain said. “He really makes the class interesting.” After receiving his doctorate at the University of Florida, Das de- cided to stay in America because he loved living in the South so much. NLU, he said, has been an enjoyable place to work. The education system here, however, and the one he left be- hind in India are very differen) “In India a student takes ] years of school up to high schoc and then enters directly into pr fessional schools,” Das said. “A¢ f | mission is difficult, and compet tion is very strong. You can’t ju) | get in because you have a lot (| money. “Students there also don’t hay a choice as to which class sectio. or teacher they select. The syste is very structured; there’s usual] one section and one teacher p class.” ; Das added that students in th states, while often less rounde and knowledgeable right out ¢ high school than their India) counterparts, are generally moi| enthusiastic. “In India there is a greater r¢ spect for elders, so students se dom take problems to their prc fessors,” he said. “Here, student are not afraid to approach the instructors. I like that.” — David Saliney Dr. Sujit Das, Asst. Professor of Pha macy. y, -ollege of PHARMACY AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES Dr. Louis Ace, Pharmacy Mary Barhan, Nursing Billie Barringer, Nursing Dr. William Benson, Toxicology Dr. Nadia Bugg, Rad. Tech. Jan Corder, Nursing Patricia Crane, Nursing Dr. August Danti, Pharmacy Kathryn Davis, Allied Health Linda Davis, Allied Health Dr. Ronald Dick, Pharmacy Gladys Edwards, Allied Health Margaret Edwards, Nursing Dr. Theodore Eickholt, Pharmacy Renee Fletcher, Nursing Fran Gaulden, Dental Hygiene Florencetta Gibson, Nursing Sylvia Lee Gunter, Nursing Virginia Hicks, Nursing Sara Hiern, Nursing Helen Hogan, Nursing Dr. Phyllis Irvine, Nursing Sue Janda, Pharmacy Beverly Jarrell, Dental Hygiene Anna Jones, Nursing Dr. Adel Karara, Pharmacy Dr. Robert D. Kee. Pharmacy Dr. William Keller, Pharmacy Tonya Krone, Allied Health Karen Laughlin, Allied Health Dr. June Lawrence, Nursing Michael Lohman, Occup. Therapy Philip Medon, Pharmacy - 3 Peggy Meredith, Allied Health =% . S Anita Michell, Nursing ee . ' Soon” 92? , + ek gy a Srgos Dr. James Padgett, Pharmacy a MH go Bt 0%, J PoY Sse cease Dr. Michael K. Ramsey, Med. Tech. Dr. Harvey Rappaport, Pharmacy Dr. V. C. Ravikumar, Pharmacy Dr. Brian L. Roberts, Pharmacy George H. Roberts, Allied Health Mary E. Rowden, Nursing Dr. Reynaldo Saenz, Pharmacy Mary L. Schnuth, Allied Health Jeanne Short, Nursing Norma Steffenson, Nursing Dr. Leander Valdes, Pharmacy Pharmacy Allied Health Sciences 251 College of | PURE and a APPLIED SCIENCES A Dr. Donald Bagert, Comp. Sci. Benjamin F Bateman, Construction Dr. Louis Bedell, Physics Mary Benson, Math Fred S. Bernard, Aviation Dr. Harold C. Bounds, Biology Earnest Bruce, Aviation Dr. Grace Cascio, Math Dr. James Cason, Agriculture June Conway, Home Ec. Gerard Dahl, Comp. Sci. Dr. Rene Dehon, Geo. Sci. PE | pe Anita Fleming, Math Dr. Beryl] Franklin, Biology Dr. Glen S. Green, Geo. Sci. Col. Dean S. Hartley, Aviation William T. Hemphill, Aviation Dr. Rene’ Jackson, Home Ec. Wiley Jones, Construction Dr. Ann Kapp, Home Ec. Dr. John Kneisel, Biology Dr. Addie Knickerbocker, Home Ec. Katherine Larason, Comp. Sci. Herbert McCaskill, Construction Renee McCauley, Comp. Sci. Dr. Paul Ohme, Comp. Sci. Ken Peaker, Construction Virgina Powell, Math Charles Rich, Construction Dr. Gloria J. Rogillio, Biology Dr. John Scogin, Comp. Sci. Dr. R. Dale Thomas, Biology Dr. Thurman Thomas, Agriculture Robert Weiland, Construction Sharon White, Comp. Sci. Jamison Wilson, Math Dr. Leonard Young, Geoscience 252 Academics | | Dr. Glen Greene, NLU’s only ‘rcheology professor, began his ascination with archeology at ne age of eight, when his dad ave him a book on ancient gypt. | That initial interest soared sev- ‘fal years later, in 1957, when ‘}reene was stationed in North lfrica with the U.S. Air Force. | “I was able to visit several Ro- han cities which were being exca- ated,” Greene said. “I spent a lot __ (time watching the workers and iw the whole drama of a Roman ity being uncovered. By the time got out of the Air Force, I knew kactly what I wanted to do with ly life.” | That was to go into archeology jill-time. | After receiving his bachelor’s gree in archeology from the _ niversity of Texas at Austin, Teene attended the University Arkansas at Fayetteville where began to work on obtaining his _yaster’s degree. | However, he soon bypassed his jaster’s degree altogether, and )stead worked on and received _ 8 doctorate in the field from Vashington State. “NLU hired me in August of '73 to teach archeology classes - id to work-on two mounds locat- (on the Pargould Landing Site, nich the University had leased,” ‘reene said. “The site is where “aking No Bones About ARCHEOLOGY Bayou DeSiard and the Ouachita River meet, and it was the burial ground for Indians which lived here 1,000 years ago.” Though vandalism eventually stopped excavation of this site, Greene has since spent much of his time working at Poverty Point, which he considers to be one of the 10 most important ar- cheological finds in North Amer- ica. “Poverty Point is significant because it is the first valid at- tempt north of Mexico to try the long road to civilization,” he said. Greene said up until 1979, Lou- isiana State University had maintained a 25-year-old monop- oly on studying and excavating the site. Since 1983, however, NLU has been actively involved in the excavation project. In October, Greene and NLU received permission from the Of- fice of State Parks in Baton Rouge to continue with five years of work at Poverty Point. John Calhoun, English gradu- ate assistant, worked with Greene at the site in 1985, and has also taken several classes from NLU ’s only archeology professor. “To be out there with profes- sionals put a different perspective into archeology,” said Calhoun. “Tt’s an amateur hobby, but a fas- cination that I still hold.” — Tonya Courson e t) iwish... ... we had a remote observa- tory site of our own. I’ve got a lot of places we borrow but I wish we had a little hilltop with good access someplace. — Robert Rickett, Associate Professor of Physics. . we had enough financial support to keep the Herbarium functioning properly. — Dr R. Dale Thomas, Professor of Biology and Director of the NLU Herbarium. ... that all of my students would want to learn as well as get a degree. They are interest- ed in earning a degree but not as interested in studying. — Dr. Donald Spencer, Associate Profes- sor of Mathematics. Mr Bones-Jangle. This skeleton is just one of many exhibits in the muse- um in Hanna Hall. Photo by Peter Bradley. Pure Applied Sciences 253 Building A Future On Experience MORTAR AND BRICKS Ground breakers. As head of the School of Construction, Herbert McKaskill will be responsible for turning out the groundbreakers that the nationally recognized program has become known for. Photo by Rick Kennedy. 254 Academics Herbert McCaskill is building something. It’s not a project, it’s a future. As the new head of the School of Construction, McCaskill began work this year to build an even better future for Northeast Lou- isiana University construction students and his department. McCaskill replaced Thurman Potts, who retired in January 1987. Potts came to the Universi- ty in fall 1966 to assume adminis- tration of the newly created de- partment. In his 20 years with NLU, Potts helped develop one of the nation’s top construction schools. McCaskill hopes to continue that development. When McCaskill went to col- lege at the University of Florida, it seemed only natural for him to study construction, since the past four generations of his family had AG ca ba TP S00L OF CONSTRUCY, | THE GROUNDBREAKERS been in the construction busi- ness. After receiving a bachelor’s de- gree in building construction, he went on to Texas A M, and re- ceived his master’s in the field. Before coming to NLU five years ago, McCaskill lived in San- dersville, Ga., where he was owner and president of McCaskill Con- struction Company for 20 years. His company specialized in in- dustrial and commercial con- struction which includes building banks and office buildings. After selling his company, McCaskill was invited to visit the NLU campus and shortly after, he joined the faculty to teach con- struction management and esti- mating techniques. “By staying active in national constructions organizations, I plan to improve the already es- NS SEUEEETERETTER tablished national reputation o the NLU Construction Depart ment,” McCaskill said. The department had a gooi| year, that included a campus visi by one large company in search 0} new construction employees. Despite the economic crunc) the area underwent, NLU con, struction graduates were able t find jobs. | “I am very pleased that thi summer NLU became a membe. of the Academic Common Mar ket, which means that construc tion students from Arkansas wi, not have to pay out-of-state tu ition,” McCaskill said earlier a year. That factor meant McCaski did a lot of recruiting for th School of Construction throw out the year. — Lynnel | } ‘ ! . This Dental Hygienist Is Sugar ‘n’ Spice And EVERYTHING NICE ation | Rita wy Mary Lee Schnuth works with teeth in more ways than one. The assistant professor of den- tal hygiene earned her bachelor’s from West Liberty State College in West Virginia and her master’s from Boston University. With all those credentials in dental hygiene, it’s often a shock to learn that Schnuth is also an expert cake decorator. “The two are diametrically op- posed,” Schnuth said. “The part that goes together is manual dex- terity. Both require work with your hands.” Even more surprising to some is the Honda Silverwing that she rides. The motorcycle even has a stereo and a citizen’s band radio. It was on this motorcycle that Schnuth drove home to Pennsy]l- vania for the summer, where she participated in cake decorating shows. To Schnuth, who only began decorating cakes five years ago, cake decorating is really an art form. Many of her creations are intricate and take much time to produce. “T’ve done decorations for shows that have taken a year to create,” Schnuth said. “One of my favorite styles of decorating is the Philippine style. It’s elaborate and big, everything is made of ic- ing and there’s even lighting with- in the icing.” To date the biggest cake Schnuth has decorated was a car- ousel that stood three and a half to four feet tall. The cake was ona rotating base, and included twelve carousel horses. Her other creations included a four and a half foot wedding cake, complete with lights and forty miniature orchids. “In many instances, icing is done in such a form that you wouldn’t want to eat it,” said Schnuth. “Just because I eat the cake doesn’t mean I eat the icing .” In spite of the obvious delight Schnuth took in her hobby, her training as a dental hygienist still came through. She had this ad- vice for people who enjoy the sweet confections she creates — “Brush your teeth.” —Su-lin Gan SS TE SS SED Every bride’s dream. This four foot tall creation included forty min- iature orchids and two doves, all made of icing. Photo courtesy of M. L. Schnuth. SU SS SEE Mary Lee Schnuth’s hands, at left, poke around in an alien mouth. Those clinical white gloved hands are also responsible for intricate cake decora- tions. Photo by Freddie Gipson. 256 Academics Activities Help Mark Hefte KEEP ON SPINNINC The sight of his small plastic helmet, tight cycling pants and flashy multi-colored jerseys may have earned him a laugh or two from passersby, but to Mark Hefter, the unusual outfit and what he did in it were all in a day’s work. Hefter, a business law assistant instructor and self-proclaimed “fitness nut,” has made cycling a permanent part of his ongoing pursuit of good health. “It took me about two years to even consider wearing the cyclin g clothes,” Hefter said. “People laugh about the get-up, but the clothes really are comfortable.” Hefter pedals up to 35 miles each day over area farmlands, on quiet back roads and through cot- SE Breaking Away. Cycling is one way Mark Hefter takes a break from the daily grind. His mechanical steed sometimes takes him through the uni- versity campus. Photo by Peter Brad- ley. SS I OTD ton fields. He also runs, although a past knee injury has kept him from participating in as many marathons and triathalons as he’d like to. It would seem that someone so dedicated to a sport would have little time for anything else. But Hefter had even more important activities to occupy his time, namely, his instructing job at NLU. After practicing law and teach- ing English in Baton Rouge for two years, Hefter was offered what he called “great opportuni- ties” at Northeast. “I was impressed with the at- mosphere at NLU,” Hefter said. “Here, instructors have the free- dom they need for effective teach- ing, especially for those who ¢} committed to their work.” Hefter’s time often is a tug-: war between his teaching, pa! time law practice, home life a athletic activities, but he a mitted that he wouldn’t have any other way. “I’m completely satisfied wi my life right now,” Hefter said. fF my work gets tedious or I stil} feeling stressed, exercising wl) clear my mind, and I can get rig}}” back to work.” i” “I’m doing just what I want) do. Things are going so well[? ” keep looking over my should|? waiting for something bad to he)’ pen.” | — Chesca Beni i” |A “herculean” task. That was sa ja Dr. Mervin Kontrovitz, head ing, 9 the geosciences department, eid his wife Eileen deemed their it he JM as co-editors of “Cypris,” an 't hy wernational newsletter used by searchers all over the world. fied) Ln. Spite of the demands and oc- 1 810nal headaches, however, the p had its rewards. “To me, it’s a method of com- Onicating very closely with my ‘ofessional colleagues around a2 world,” said Kontrovitz. “It’s “Smething, to me, that really yst be done. It’s a lot of work, kt it’s worth it.” Kontrovitz, who has conducted extensive research into ostra- codes, was selected editor of “Cy- pris” in 1985. It was only natural that his wife became co-editor since she could contribute her ex- perience as main branch librarian at the Ouachita Parish Library in Monroe. An ostracode is a microscopic bivalved crustacean. “As Carl Sagan would say, there are billions and billions of them in the world,” said EK. Kon- trovitz. “The (newsletter) name is from the very first species of ostracodes named in 1776 - Cy- Communication WORLDWIDE pris.” Material in Cypris is supplied by correspondents around the globe, who submit information from their nations to the Kontro- vitzes. Mrs. Kontrovitz compiles the Cypris bibliography, which is THE most current bibliography for ostracode workers. Being so thorough took time and, indeed, putting out an issue of “Cypris” was time consuming. The 1987 edition had 94 pages. The Kontrovitzes estimated it took six months working part time to produce an issue. Submit- [a eS Painstaking but rewarding. Dr. Mervin Kontrovitz and wife Hileen spend many hours in front of their computer compiling the Cypris news- letter. Photo by Peter Bradley. eux eS ted material had to be entered on computer disk, interpreted, sort- ed, edited and proofread. Since material was filed from literally all over the world, inter- pretation posed a major problem. Some 450 copies of the publica- tion was distributed around the world to ostracode researchers, museums, research institutions, universities and key libraries “Tt’s broadly used,” said Kon- trovitz. “Not just by ostracode workers but by any paleontolo- gist, geologist or zoologist who needs to use these kinds of data.” — Rich Plotkin Faculty 257 258 Academics English Department Shows IT'S NO JUST ACADEMI The image of an English teach- er is often someone who frowns on students who can’t recite Beo- wulf in perfect Old English. At Northeast Louisiana University, that image does not usually hold true. “We have such a diversity of people in the English Depart- ment,” said Louise Harris, direc- tor of freshman English. “Many of our instructors have published short stories and poems.” At times, it may appear that there are two sides to the English Department: the younger writers and the older literature profes- sors. According to Harris, however, there is not such a division. Most of the older faculty enjoys reading the younger faculty’s writing. Beer and Bards night, held once a month at Enochs a’ Cafe, was the place to see many of the faculty members, such as Fae Dremock, read their material. Dremock, who has studied at The Sorbonne in the Institute of Eastern Languages at Paris and John Hopkins University, said teaching allows her to continue to write. “I probably chose the most dif- ficult career,” Dremock said. “This is the only thing I’ve had to work at. Writing is so challenging. It has no finite awards. You can’t prove it. It’s a very different kind of career.” Dr. Martha Adams was one of the faculty members who wasn’t a “Beer and Bards night regular.” It’s Adams’ literature classes, and not writing classes, that have gained her the reputation as a top notch member of the English fac- ulty. April Hammons, English se- nior, said it was Adams that in- spired her to switch her major from pre-law to English. “She opened my eyes to litera- ture in a way that made me see the world differently,” Hammons said. Some of the graduates of the English Department have gone on to law school, and graduated at the top of their class. Others have ie gone into publishing, and som have returned as teachers. One of these students, Re Liuzza, graduated from NL. when he was 19. He then went{ Yale, and earned his masters’ j one year. After playing guitar fe several years, Liuzza returned Monroe. “T hated high school, but. loved teaching, so I went backt Yale for my Ph.D.,” Liuzza sai “I get the same thrill from teac ing, as I get from playing guitar — Other English faculty membe; write and study as a hobby. B Allen, who owns and teaches at Monroe karate club, is one these people. “English is my hobby,” Alle said. “Karate is my career. I’m | nerd that likes to understan why. Grammar is very difficult fi me. I like teaching, because if for the teacher as well as the s dent. If anyone wants to be at something, they teach it.” —Ann Hop c i | | Sa Pegs SP ee Some ow secon ‘€ rf ; eure? by� Me oF vg, Fe % é Z s Fe a ee Roy Liuzza enjoys playing the gui- tar as much as he does teaching. En- och’s is just one place he can express himself musically. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Hamming it up. Graduate student Tom Kenny gets the audience in- volved during an auction at Enoch’s. Photo by Laura Zaidain. English Department 259 HOMEWORK BLUES Just say “homework” and nine out of ten people will cringe. Not just students, but also the much maligned instructors who dole out academic “punishment.” “Grading homework is the least pleasant aspect of my career, but I just have to bite the bullet and do it,” said Grace Cascio, mathemat- ics instructor. “I don’t like paying my taxes but I do that, too.” Just what is homework? By any standard, homework would be any assignment done outside of class. In the broadcast curriculum, homework may be to watch a tele- vision program; in an astronomy class, it may be to stargaze on a cloudless night. Whatever types of homework students may be assigned, time is always a factor in getting any- thing accomplished. “Homework is very demand- ing, but it’s neccessary to make good grades,” said Sandra Martin, secondary education-biology, sophomore. The faculty makes the assign- ments, and the students have to get it done. Many said that does not always seem fair. “T think that for the most part, we're going to gripe about doing work if we are people, and home- work is work,” said Cascio. “And students are people, and so yes, 260 Academics they are going to gripe.” Griping or not, most students do get their homework done. It may take a little longer, but the job does get completed. “T hate math,” said Kathy Mixon, management and market- ing freshman. “The homework helps me, but I put it off until the very last minute then I get it done.” While students complain about the homework they have to com- plete, they seldom give a thought to their instructors who have to correct and grade all the assign- ments. Students often conveniently forget that for each assignment they are given, their instructor has to grade that assignment mul- tiplied by the number of people in the class. “I spend a minimum of four hours grading homework for each of my classes,” said Dr. James Whitfield, journalism professor. “If errors are not spotted out for you and critiqued, why make as- signments?” So while the givers and doers of homework both have the home- work blues, they know — or at least hope — that all those hours spent will make them better and more knowledgeable people. — Su-lin Gan Givers and Doer: Both have What is this? With furrowed brow and his omnipresent green felt tip pen, radio tv film instructor Joel Willer wades through story leads he had his radio news class write. Photo by Freddie Gipson. ! i « a ae THE mee Ne Practice makes perfect. I5 messy work, but Ellen Boykin «° |) joys the assignments given in ]F advanced wheel-throwing cla. Photo by Freddie Gipson. 4 5 ‘ Resta Homework 261 Nn a 8 o a) © =) = N fe) nN By the year 2000, one-third of he United State’s population will e over 50 years old. Because of his fact, Gerontology, the study of aging, is becoming increasingly revalent. Dr. Christopher Jay Johnson, director of gerontology at NLU and director of the gerontology clinic is studying ways to help the Iderly in Louisiana. Johnson, who received his de- ee at Iowa State University is the past director of the gerontol- ogy department at North Monroe Community Hospital and is a member of the American Associ- ation for Marriage and Family Therapy. “The institute is currently working via a state grant to con- duct a needs assessment of frail and non-frail elderly,” Johnson said. “It’s a state-wide survey we're working on with other uni- versities.” Although research is a primary objective of the clinic, it is only one facet of the overall program. Established in 1978, the Ger- ontology Clinic provides aca- demic courses to regular college _'students and all other interested persons. Nurse Elizabeth Warren, who earned a post-baccalaureate certi- ficate in the spring of 1987, want- ee Young at heart. A narrow ray of sunshine plays on the face of Dottie Kilpatrick as she rehearses her speech for the Toastmasters’ regular Friday morning meeting. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Studying the Causes and Consequences of KOWING OLD ed to learn about working with the elderly in nursing. “In nursing school, you are giv- en special training in pediatrics and adult medicine, but none in geriatrics. The program at NLU helped eliminate myths I had about the elderly. The elderly are unique and their needs are unique,” she said. The clinic also presents work- shops and seminars on topics in the field of gerontology through- out the academic year and in the summer. “The courses involve all as- pects of the elderly and their needs — psychological, physical and sociological,” said Warren. Through the gerontology pro- gram, students also can learn to serve the elderly directly. “We offer training to students interested in elderly housing, geriatric nursing and medicine, and social work for the elderly,” Johnson said. “The course range keeps expanding.” Warren said, “The program in- cludes field work in a nursing home or care facility with the aged. Students get actual practice in gerontology.” There are also five service pro- grams within the institute which serve the elderly. These include the Alzheimer’s Affiliate Group, a support group for the families of Alzheimer’s pa- tients; and Elderhostel, an educa- tional program which gives older citizens the opportunity to attend university classes while living on campus. Sponsored by the National Council on Aging, the Senior Community Service Project, an employment training program for persons over 55 is also provided by the institute. Dottie Kilpatrick, a senior citi- zen from Monroe, is involved with the clinic through the Re- tired Senior Volunteer Program. RSVP provides opportunities for persons over 60 to participate in volunteer services. “In RSVP we (senior citizens) do what we can for various com- munity projects,” Kilpatrick said. “Whether it’s stuffing envelopes for the clinic or some other pro- ject that needs to be done, we vol- unteer our time.” Part of the institute’s objective is to provide activities to promote involvement for the aged. “At the institute we promote health in later life, and we encour- age living at home in later years,” Johnson said. “Keeping active is primary to this concept.” —David Salinero Institute of Gerontology 263 . es Le BS eae ey. | ne es PBs. sien mics 264 Acade ay the real world Long days, brown paper-bag lunches and the latest office gos- sip — they're all a part of the stu- dent's life as a college intern. __ For many students, completing an internship was a requirement in their college curriculum. The first few semesters of school were _a time of classroom preparation for these intern hopefuls, as they mulled over their future career possibilities. _ According to. Joel Willer, Ta- dofeitn instructor, there are ‘some things that just can’t be learned i in the classroom. It’s one thing to be told how to handle a situation, but it’s totally different to take those same prin- _ ciples an put them to action in the real world,” Willer said. “Tt is | important to reinforce what is talked about in the classroom.” Some students found out just ___ how difficult going through an in- _ternship could be, “Nothing works as well in prac- tice as it does in theory,” said Lira . _ Hoffman, journalism junior. | Your employers expect you to _ know you _ what you learned or didn’t learn incolleee” stuff, regardless of Hoffman spent ee summer of [ 196e working i in the public rela- __ tions division of Dalton, Sneath and Company in Dallas. The - company provides advertising, public: relations and ae __ services to its clients. “The classes I'm oar now mean more because I realize how | they re applicable in the real world,” said Hoffman. _ Another problem encountered _ by the students was finding a way __ to support themselves for the du- _ ration of their summer intern- o ee Many businesses do not pay their interns for the numerous hours they devote to the job. Sandy Carter, interior design senior, held a part-time job in ad- dition to her nine-to-five intern work to help defray the cost of her _ living expenses in Houston. “Living away from home was difficult,” Carter said. “It was _worth it, though, if only for the experience.” __In spite of the many problems involved with internships, the ex- perience can often yield some very memorable moments, Graduate student in Communi- cations Melissa Freebeck remem- _bers her stint at a television sta- tion in Baton Rouge when she was an undergraduate at NLU. “As a reporter | chased bank _robbers, followed stories in a heli- copter and I saw my first dead body,” said Freebeck. “I even __ stood at a police line and watched _as they unearthed the remains of _aman murdered six months be- fore” Although ere: is often an ini- “tial dread felt by students in an- ticipation of taking an intern- _ship, most will agree that it is an invaluable source for learning _ what actually goes on in the real world, “J advise others to do it as early — as possible,” Hoffman said. “Be- sides the practical experience, _ you gain a greater understanding of why you go through these end- less semesters in college.” Chesca Benten “There are some things that just ‘ean't be learned in the classroom.” -—- Joel Willer, radio tv film instructor, Photo by Laura Zaidain. Internships 265 266 Academics Name: Becky Bueto Birthdate: July 22, 1967 Major: News—editorial Being editor of the Pow Wow was only one of the many achieve- ments of senior Becky Bueto. Bueto, who was named out- standing news—editorial student for 1987, has served as a past sec- retary of the campus chapter of the Society of Professional Jour- nalists and is the media corre- spondent for Mortar Board, as well as a member of Alpha Lamb- da Delta, Phi Kappa Phi and the SGA Judiciary Board. Academic awards seemed to come naturally for Beuto who was selected as an Academic All- American from 1985 to 1987, and as a 1986-87 National Collegiate Journalism Award winner. Even with her busy schedule, Bueto managed to find time to swim, cross stitch and work with kids. In the future, Bueto hopes to work on a newspaper in North Louisiana. Achievements In and Out Of Class Make Them Name: Jon Keith Guice Birthdate: May 2, 1966 Major: Le gal Studies (Pre-Law) A quick look through Jon Keith Guice’s biography will quickly show that he is a busy guy. The pre-law senior has a long list of activities. Apart from being vice-presi- dent of Fiat Justitia, Guice was also an SGA senator, vice-presi- dent of Phi Eta Sigma, director of communications for Mortar Board and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta and Phi Kappa Phi. He did all these in addition to maintaining a grade point aver- age of 3.97. He also found time to use his spare time to go deer hunting, a sport he enjoys for the challenges it offered. After graduating from North- east, Guice plans to attend Lou- isiana State University Law School, and eventually set up his own law practice here in Louisi- ana. Name: Allison L. Haynes Birthdate: February 23, 1966 | Major: Pre-medicine Undeniably, Allison Hayne |= has got what it takes to be th «| kind of doctor Hippocrates hadi) ™ mind. The pre-medicine senior ha her hands full with academic an extra-curricular activities, bu| still found time to spend with he � si family and friends. Haynes’ many academi «} achievements included bein) named to the President’s List ev 2 ! ery semester, and membership i :))): Alpha Lambda Delta, Morte «!y Board, Alpha Epsilon Delta an ‘, Phi Kappa Phi, where she re %); ceived the outstanding initial award. Academics aside, dance hd bls long been an important part ( Haynes’ life. She has been on va ®; ious dance teams for the past nir x years, and is a four-year membt | of the Warbonnets. | Ming On Warbonnets, she served é ®: co-captain for two years. She wé ty also a Northeast drill team it ), structor for two years. ae Haynes’ future plans includ going to medical school at Louis! � }j, ana State University in Shrev: port, and specializing in som branch of medicine. ame: Anne Leach jirthdate: April 24, 1966 fajor: Finance and Commercial Janking Anne Leach has a reason to be ‘oud. She has financed her own uni- rsity education, while at the ime time maintaining a high ade point average and keeping _ ‘sy with numerous extracurri- ilar activities. Leach was named to the Soci- y of Distinguished American igh School Students, Outstand- g College Students of America nd Who’s Who in Music. While at Northeast, Leach was ‘tively involved with the Sound ‘Today band, Alpha Omicron Pi cial sorority, and Rho Lambda anhellenic Honor Society. Additionally, Leach served as vesident of the Mortar Board id as a resident assistant. | For the future, Leach hopes to vork in financial management in ?=mnessee or Maine. | A future in the U.S. Air Force jn’t too far from Leach’s mind ther. A self-proclaimed Air ree brat,’Leach said, “it’s the ily life I know.” Name: Gennell DeAn Strobel Birthdate: January 17, 1968 Major: Mathematics and Spanish To DeAn Strobel, receiving the Outstanding Freshman Math- ematics Award made up for giving up being valedictorian in high school. Strobel completed her senior year at Northeast and could not be recognized with the other hon- or students at her high school. While at Northeast, Strobel has been actively involved in the Phi Mu sorority and Alpha Lambda Delta. A sophomore now, she has been cited by the Mortar Board as one of the top ten out- standing sophomores. Strobel said she chose to major in mathematics because it is the basis of so many other things and because its application required thought and offered her chal- lenges. Her need to be bilingual led Strobel to also major in Span- ish. Following her graduation, Stro- bel intends to pursue a master’s and then a doctorate in math- ematics. Name: Angela Wheeler Birthdate: November 24, 1966 Major: Non-categorical Pre- school Handicapped Special Edu- cation She’s a university senior, but Angela Wheeler still plays with dolls. Not just any doll — pup- pets. Wheeler was president of the Northeast Student Council for Exceptional Children before be- coming state president of the S.C.E.C. The council attempts to bridge the gap between mainstream so- ciety and children with special needs through the use of puppets in its Kids on the Block program. Wheeler — vice-president of Mortar Board and member of Al- pha Lambda Delta and Omicron Delta Kappa — maintained a per- fect 4.0 grade point average at Northeast. Wheeler is dedicated to her cause, and her love for special children is apparent in everything she does. Following her graduation from Northeast, Wheeler plans to pur- sue a master’s degree in special education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The students recognized on these pages were cited by Alpha Lambda Delta, Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa. Other students cited but not featured are listed below in alpha- betical order: Jennifer Angelloz, public rela- tions senior; Angela Dawn Booty, account- ing senior; Patti Sue Drewett, psychology senior Amy J. Fitzgerald, pre-medi- cine pre-dentistry senior; Lana Haddox, accounting ju- nior; Wendy McCartney, speech, language and hearing senior; Michael McGowen, computer science junior; Lori Anne McLennan, ac- counting senior; Heather McNair Nolen, ac- counting junior; Angie Rodrigue, elementary education senior; Julie Carol Toler, public rela- tions senior; Kimberly Annette Walker, mathematics education junior. Feature 267 =) | force of stormy weather and torrenti rains that ravaged the entire state Louisiana in early November. Pho Evening Glow. A sunset belies t! by Laura Zaidain. 268 Academics Successful or disastrous — hat has the 1987 academic year been? “During a bad financial year ‘such as the present one, it is empting to conclude that no real progress is possible, that the only mportant objective is survival,” | said President Dwight D. Vines. ‘We must not succumb to this emptation.” Vines was referring to the aca- demic year now past at Northeast was just as good for some as it was bad for others. These are some of the high- | lights (and lowlights!) of 1987: {i— Dr. Martha L. Adams was amed NLU’s Teacher of the ear. The English professor joined the Northeast faculty in | 11968 after obtaining her master’s and doctorate in English at the University of Mississippi. Ad- jams’ primary area of emphasis is Shakespeare. — the University was awarded a $15,000 planning grant for an on- ‘campus national public radio sta- ‘tion by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant was a boost to optimism after a year marred | by severe budget cutting. — the Louisiana Board of Re- ‘gents mandated that incoming students were to take six hours of mathematics at a level no lower than college algebra. This re- quirement, agreed upon by a mathematics committee, affected all Louisiana universities. — Dr. Walter N. Creekmore, pro- fessor of special education, was appointed to the Governor’s | Committee on Employment of 1 the Handicapped. Creekmore || | training institute for profession- Louisiana University. The year — ihe Year Is Ended. Do We SIGH OK CRY? cial needs’ on a secondary level. | pointed director of the School of _ Construction. McCaskill replaced — the Art Department was awarded $3,000 from the State Department of Education to con- duct an annual arts institute for _ exceptional children. — the U.S Department of Educa- cations’s Department of Admin- istration, Supervision and Foun- dations a $426,216 grant under its Leadership in Educational Ad- ministration Development (LEAD) program. The LEAD and technical assistance to prin- _ cipals from across North Louisi- ana. — AUS District Court judge dis- missed Assistant Professor of | Music Louis Nabors’ claim that racial discrimination was the cause of his being denied tenure at NLU in 1978. Nabors remains | a nontenured member of the mu- | sic faculty. — the journalism program under- went major changes in prepara- tion for national accreditation. New equipment, including a more modernized computer system and layout desks for design classes, was purchased, and new courses © _were also introduced. The pro- || also wrote a proposal that result- — j}ed in $30,000 being awarded to | the College of Education. The — ) grant will be used for a three-week _ gram additionally welcomed Dr. Jim Whitfield. Whitfield holds a — doctorate from Texas Tech Uni- versity. — the Department of Computer Science was accredited by the Computer Science Accreditation Commission of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board, Inc.. The NLU program is one of only 48 accredited nationally. The department was created three years ago and now covers such topics as database manage- ment, programming, software ap- plications and engineering graph- ics, artificial intelligence and data communications. | als working with people with ‘spe- | — Herbert L. McCaskill was ap- Thurman Potts who retired after 20 years at NLU. McCaskill pre- residence for five years at the _ school. _ tion awarded the College of Edu- — — Dr. John Rettenmayer was ap- pointed head of the Computer © and Office Information Systems Department. Rettenmayer re- _ placed Dr. Gloria C. Brantley who retired in June. Rettenmayer _ came to NLU from Eastern Mon- center was to provide training tana College where he served as chair of the Department of Infor- mation Resource Management since 1984 and as a professor ' since 1982. | ing Federation (AAF). The com- mittee consists of 26 professors of advertising and AAF college fac- _ulty advisers from the United viously served as constructor-in- | — Dr. Maynard M. Dolecheck | _ tional Polling Panel. The panel was named 1987 NLU Researcher of the Year. The quantitative methods professor was also a nominee for Teacher of the Year. Dolecheck has been at the Uni- | _— The Louisiana Board of Re- versity for the past 25 years. — Dr. Paul Dunn, professor of | management and marketing and director of the Small Business — _ graduating seniors beginning in Development Center, was pre- sented the ‘‘Involvement in Learning” award by President Vines. Dunn received the award — in honor of his outstanding per- formance as a classroom teacher over the years. — Dr. Sally E. Cauthen, professor of chemistry, was selected as a _ member of the Biochemistry Test Committee. The appointment was made by the Examinations Institute of the Division of Chemical Education, American © Chemical Society. The commit- tee will prepare the Biochemistry Form 1989, a new test which will be used by colleges and universi- ties throughout the country and world. — Gratz Myers, associate profes- } States and Canada. — Dr. Dale Thomas was appoint- ed to the technical advisory board of the Louisiana Nature Convers- vancy. The professor of biology and director of the Herbarium also reached a milestone this year when he collected his 100,000th plant specimen for the Herbar- ium, the third largest in the the South and one of the largest in the nation. — Dr. Bob N. Cage, dean of the College of Education, was named to the Association for Supervi- sion and Curriculum (ADCS) Na- _ will help identify, track and fore- | cast issues, events and trends in the field of education through an environmental scanning system. gents authorized state colleges and universities to award certifi- cates of excellence to qualified the Fall of 1987. Qualifications include a 3.0 grade point average or higher and 50 hours of coursework inclu ding computer literacy, six hours of foreign lan- guages above the introductory level and nine hours of human- ities. — campus radio station KNLU- FM spent the entire year working towards having its power in- creased from 10 watts to 3.25 kilo- watts. At publication time, no word had been heard from the Federal Communications Com- mission. Whatever the year was — good or bad with its trials and tribula- _ tions, victories and defeats — to- sor of journalism, was appointed | to serve on the Academic Com- mittee of the American Advertis- morrow is still another day. Who knows what the 1988 academic year will bring. Only time will tell. — Chesca Benten Su-lin Gan Review 269 Warm weather is a relief for Kappa Delta sorority member Cambra Dan- iel, while she and other KD’s teeter- totter to raise money for their philan- thropy. Photo by Todd Tradewell. 270 Greeks P,: Beta Sigma member Erroll Sims dresses as Freddy Kruger, from the horror movie Nightmare on Elm Street, for the Pan-Hellenic Greek show. Photo by Rick Kennedy. | PIR GREEKS Greeks had the spirit. They took it with them where ever they went. To the foot- ball games, to formals, to rush. If there was a charity drive on campus, the Greeks were often behind it. If there were spirit and congratulatory signs to be put up, the Greeks were often the ones who did it. They were in every part of cam- pus life from government to publications to spirit groups to intramurals. Always as proud of their school as they were of their Greek association, fraternity and soror- ity members gathered at pep rallies, and showed up at sporting events in full force. These ties of togetherness — of brotherhood and sisterhood — were essential to the building of Greek spirit. And this ingredient, the spirit of friendship, was also an important part of the Spirit of North- east. EF rom the AOPi’s to the Zeta Phi Betas, the 272 Greeks | Kappa Delta’s Big Sis Lil’ Sis Week kicked off with a fun-filled water ski- ing party where the girls signed their preference list for a big or little sister. Photo courtsey of Raquel Pike. Sand, surf and a game of volleyballin Celebrating their initiation and for- Destin, Florida brings out the brother- mal presentation to the chapter, a group hood in the members of Kappa Sigma. of Phi Mu initiates gather for a party Photo courtesy of Christy Anderson. pic. Photo courtesy of Sandy McBride. lo Be Or Not To Be ptudents weigh options of Greek system “Joining a fraternity can be one the most important aspects of ur college career,” said Jamie ‘ss, member of Sigma Nu. Bass is one of the hundreds of idents who chose to “go Greek” joining one of the 16 Greek so- tl fraternities and sororities on mpus. ‘IT didn’t plan to rush a fraterni- 7 in fact, it was the furthest ing from my mind,” Bass said. ‘Whe guys in the fraternity made feel like they really wanted to my friend, though.” Mack Crayton, member of Al- fa Phi Alpha, said he joined for 2 brotherhood as well as bene- 8s which come with the Greek stem. “Greek life opens you to vantages after college. You be- ime more active in civic organi- Z:ions and programs.” Crayton said he felt there were Iiny reasons people are appre- Tnsive about joining a fraternity sorority. )‘Some people don’t join be- i cause they don’t want to go through the pledgeship, but it’s for a pledge to show he has made a commitment to the fraternity.” Crayton said lack of money and lack of time were two other rea- sons some students do not join. Patty Drewett, member of Phi Mu, said some people feel that joining a fraternity or sorority is only a way of “buying a friend.” “It may appear that way, but there’s more to Greek life that they (non-joiners) don’t under- stand or realize,” Drewett said. “The Greek system gives you an opportunity to get involved, and you make friendships that last a lifetime.” Kugene Knight, marketing se- nior, said he chose not to join a fraternity primarily because run- ning on the NLU track team took up most of his spare time. “Tt’s hard to run track and do another activity as well,” Knight said. “I’m not running track right now, but I’m taking too many hours to get involved in too much.” Andy Maxwell, pharmacy ju- nior, also chose not to join a fra- ternity. “I would have loved to join one, but I can’t really afford it right now.” There are those, however, who could make the time and have the money yet choose not to go Greek. “I pledged but I dropped before I was initiated; it wasn’t really for me,” said Charlotte Rambin, pub- lic relations junior. — David Salinero AOPi’s welcome pledges with a Wet Wild Bid Day Party after the hard work of rush. Photo courtsey of Carla Smith. 274 Greeks Spirit of Competition Greeks participate in games Scavenger hunts, beer-chug- ging contests, pizza-eating races and other good, clean, wholesome events once again brought the Northeast Louisiana University Greeks together in a spirit of competition in the spring of 1987. The annual Interfraternity — Council sponsored IFC Panhel- lenic Games in which Greeks compete in a week of games and events, got under way just as the first warm oe of spring hit Monroe. “It’s really the only head to head competition Greeks face all year,” Tommy Walpole, Pi Kappa Alpha alumni chapter president said. “Winning Greek Week is a great source of pride.” Jennifer Angelloz, public rela- tions chairman of Kappa Delta, - said Greek Week is more than just © a time to have fun. “Greek Week provides a posi- tive opportunity for NLU Greeks to come together and participate as a whole,” Angelloz said. “We promote Greek life and spirit.” IFC Panhellenic Games (Greek Week) events included a variety of activities that included © a track and field competition, swim meet and Crazy Games Day, as well as the crowning of Mr. and Miss Greek. “We started organizing Grek Week at the end of the fall semes- ter, so we put some time into it,” Trevor Stoker, IFC president said. “The fraternities and sorori- _ ties were very supportive.” Stoker was honored as “Mr. Greek,” the fraternity member elected by the members of each fraternity and sorority to preside over Greek Week. “I was completely blown away by my being selected. I needed to put ‘Mr. Greek’s’ name on the Greek Week program, and they wouldn’t tell who was selected,” Stoker said. “I had no 0 idea it was me.” Donna Kay Ramsey, a pharma- cy junior in Sigma Kappa was elected “Miss Greek.” “It was such an honor, and I couldn’t believe I was chosen,” Ramsey said. “It surprised me be- cause I was new to the Greek sys- tem. I was only a pledge.” Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Omicron Pi won the overall Greek Week competition. Todd Ford, a Pike, participated in the track and field competi- tion. “The competition was pretty intense, but by Thursday evening we knew we had clenched it.” Ford said. “We could have lost all the Crazy Games events and still © have won.” . Ford said the Coinnection re- lieves some of the tension be- tween the fraternities and be- tween sororities. “Competing against each other in Greek Week events helps keep us on | good terms,” he said. Hope LaBlanc, Panhellenic: president, said she felt the most popular event during the week | was the street dance held by all | the fraternities and sororities the | last night of the week. Like Ford, os she emphasized the week’s em- | phasis on Greek unity. | _ “The purpose of the games is to f promote friendly competition within the fraternity and sorority system,” Hope LaBlanc, Panhel- lenic president said. “The week is geared at promoting the Greek _ system.” But are the competition ind: Greek unity the reason so many © Greeks get excited about Greek — Week? ee ; Beth White, a. Sime Kappa, admits she loves Greek Week sim- ply because it is so much fun. “Greek Week is a blast,” she said. — ed Salinero As President Paul Voorhies checks the scavenger hunt list, the members of Kappa Sigma look over the items they have collected. Photo by Laura Zaidan. Using all available hands, Phi Mu member Mary Wolgumuth carries the sought after items into Phi Mu’s box during the Scavenger Hunt. Photo by Laura Zaidan. It’s a question of balance as Kappa Sigma Clay Lassiter competes in the obstacle course. After he finishes the bat race, he must run 50 yards with an egg on aspoon in his mouth. Photo by Cathy Corday. Greek Week 275 With Arthritis Thousands of brightly colored balloons were released on Oct. 31 in Malone Stadium by Alpha Omicron Pi members as part of the Up, Up and Away program for the Arthritis Foundation. Up, Up and Away with Arthri- tis is a program of the Arthritis Foundation to raise money for re- search. Balloons were sold in the event for $1 a piece. This is the second year for the sorority to be involved with sell- ing tickets and releasing balloons for Up, Up and Away. The Arthri- tis Research Foundation is their philanthropy. 276 Greeks Up, Up And Away “We're happy that Up, Up and Away has been such a success,” said Jodie Cole, philanthropic chairman. “AOPi was in charge of releasing the balloons at the NLU-McNeese game.” Each balloon had the name of the person who purchased the balloon inside it. The balloon which travels the farthest will win a trip to Walt Disney World. According to Cole, all $12,000 raised will go toward self-help, ex- ercise and aquatic programs for the arthritic in Louisiana. — Jenny Weeks String, balloons and helium are the main ingredients as Kelly Schoonover prepares for the Up, UP and Away re- lease of balloons. Photo by Rick Ken- nedy. Alpha Omicr on Pi (ph Nanci Abel Michelle Aldridge-Rush Chairman Melanie Antley Barbie Armstrong Tracy Bankston Karrie Barksdale Amy Barnes Laura Barrett Dawn Basco Lynnel Bates Kris Belyus Christine Beverly Jean Bonebreak Angela Booty Cynthia Boughton Paula Bourgeois-President Amy Brakefield Stephanie Bullard Kayla Byargeon Kelly Byererly Jennifer Clark Kim Cogburn Mandy Cogburn Jodie Cole Bethany Culley-Treasurer Teresa Culpepper-Recording Secretary Cissy Davidson April Dulaney-Chapter Relations Karen Edmonson Emily Eaves Kristina Farmer Leazel Fields Ann Fike Tracy Frazier Chris Gandy Barbara Grammar Deborah Green Pam Goding Anna Guerra Tracey Hanks Michelle Hauth Anna Hoimberg Marsha Hossley Tina Howard M’Lee Hoyt Toni Hurst Nolia Jones Angie Keasler Sarah Kennedy Monica Kervin Shelley King Kay Kirby Paulen LaMarca Hope LeBlanc-Panhellenic Robin Logan Cari Long Cathy Martin Sandy Martin Rosa McFarland Melissa Mitchell Kelly Morrow Pam Mott Traci Mott Karen Ohme Trina Oliszewski Amy Paillette Lori Patrick Jamie Patterson Christy Pleasant Angie Pratt Anna Pusateri Rosemarie Prudhomme Melissa Ragana-Corresponding Secretary Joan Rankin Charissa Rice Caroline Robbinns Tamara Rolen Pam Rose Kelly Schoonover Leah Slay Chery! Solito Carla Smith Sandra Smith Melissa Stanford Bonnie Stell Donna Stockton Becky Stokes Gloria Stucklik Cheryl Thurman-Pledge Educator Mary Ellen Thurman Michell Valentine Mona Vicknair Susan Wade Westly Walker Tana Warren Jenny Weeks Tammy Werfel Angie Wright Jods Wright Emily Zuniga Jamie Bass Chuck Bell Jason Bennett Clay Carroll Jimbo Dantin Larry Peaker-Beau Stacy Sutter Alpha Omicron Pi 277 278 Greeks “Going once. Going Twice. Sold.”’ These words echoed through the Nursing Auditorium as the Junior Panhellenic Pledge Auction was held on October 27. Ten pledges from each sorority were auctioned to the highest bid- der to be a slave for a day. Duties i slaves could perform included cooking, cleaning, notetaking and general errand running. “I was nervous at first,” said Chris Gandy of Alpha Omicron Pi. “Once I saw my sisters in the audience I just started to have fun.” SGA President Jeff Thompson was auctioneer at the event which raised $300 for the Ronald Mc- Donald House. Going Once, Going Iwice, Sold . Auction held for Ronald McDonald House - Helping to raise money “The idea of the auction over real well,” said Paulen Marca, president of Junior P hellenic. “The bidding b $2 and went up to $25. Th were real good sports an dience participation was si This year’s auction set a rec for the most money raised for th Ronald McDonald House. _ _ — Paula Bo Ronald McDonald House, Ke Lee raises the bid on a Let Handy Dandy Gandy be your Strutting her stuff, AOPi pledge slave for a day. Chris Gandy is willing Nanci Abel agrees to be a slave for a to be a hard worker for her owner. day to the highest bidder. Photo by Photo by Freddie Gibson. Freddie Gibson. Pledge Auction 279 Angie Agnew Dianna Agnew Kim Albritton Dewanna Allen Patty Allen Joanna Allison Christie And erson Jennifer Angelloz Cheryl Babin Allison Barham Nancy Baughman Kelly Bearss Jill Bialas-Secretary Amy Boggs Juanita Bourgeois Cindy Boyette Susan Brewer Donna Brian Valerie Brosset Cyndi Burdine Christy Burgess Susan Burnum Melanie Byrd Ashley Cameron Sherry Christian Missy Clark-Treasurer Pam Clark Cindee Cloud Sondra Cloud Courtney Cole Gini Lu Coleman Cambra Daniel Sherri Daniel Julie DellaCroce Laura Dimos Gina Dison Kim Domminick Nancy Doyle Jody East Deidra Farr-Membership Nancy Files Ashley Ford Mary Anne Gilfoil Keri Glasgow Piper Graham Mona Harbuck Mary Hardee Lisa Hawsey Laura Hazard Kathy Hebler Lori Heflin Shannon Hindmon Leslie Hollinger Tracy James Ann Jarrell Kathryn Jarrell Beth Jones Melissa Kent Ashley King Kimi Knight Tara Lee-President Michelle Lewis Sherry Looney Jean Ann Lorio Angela Love Monica Mahaffey Lori Martin Melanie Massey Penny McDowell Karen Miletello Carrie Miller Karen Mitchell Melissa Morgan Tiffany Morgan Dee Murray Mary Nassif Lisa Nix Kelly Nugent Angie Pickett Raquel Pike Julie Rawls Sheri Rentfro Tina Reynolds Missy Robertson Sherrie Rowzee Vicki Roy Kelly Sargent Tracy Schexnayder Teri Scotto Anne Shaw Shea Shelby Paula Skains Leslie Smith Sheri Smith Tiffany Smith Lauren Soule’ Sherri Stephens Kathy Stephens Linda Stothart Lynda Street Susanne Strong Christina Taylor Tyra Taylor Jansen Teaster Christy Walker Kim Walker-Vice President Alexis Wall-Editor Latrelle Wall Tammy Welch Shelley Whitehead Cherie Williams Melanie Witherington Jennifer Worley Lisa Young Jack McCants-Dagger Man one wg 280 Greeks ‘lta Kappa Delta Kappa Delta Panhellenic Formal, sponsored by the Panhellenic Council, is a formal dance held every fall for each of the four sororities and their dates to encourage unity and provide everyone a chance to meet each other. This year’s formal, held Nov. 13, was closed to non-sorority quests due to the recent increase in the legal drinking age and other alcohol-related problems, but most in attendance said there wasn’t much of a difference. “The formal went over real good this year and everyone re- presented their sorority well,” said Kappa Delta Panhellenic Delegate Mona Harbuck. “It was a good opportunity for all four so- rorities to forget competition and have a good time.” The night began with a pre- party at a designated home where Panhellenic Party Formal held in November the individual sororities could spend an hour or two socializing among themselves. Afterwards, many couples chose to go out somewhere to eat or drink. Finally, everyone united at the Civic Center for formal pictures, party-pics and lots of dancing. Music for the latter was provided by The Issue. The sororities raised money for the dance by selling programs at the home football games. —-Raquel Pike An evening of fun and dancing awaits Steve Crawford, Stephanie Duke, Kae Sandord and Steve Smith at Panhellenic Formal. Photo by Ran- dy Burke. Kappa Delta 281 Phi Mu Phi Mu Phi Mu Phi Mu Phi Mu Phi Mu Phi Mu Phi Mu Phi Mu Phi Mu Christi Alford Jo Ellen Antley Betsy Banta Kim Barfield Kim Barker Sara Benecke Tanya Bitting Celeste Boudreaux Angela Brewer Vicky Bussey Richelle Campbell Michelle Carter Holly Chambers Cathy Chandler Wendy Chapman Jodie Cobb Candy Coney Kendell Coney Shauna Costello Melissa Daigre Dee Davidson Becky DeMoss Alana Donald Dana Downey Patti Drewett Alisa Duck Stephanie Duke Lisa Dunn Delia Durst Ashlea Fisher Joy Fletcher Beth Gosselin Sarah Graham Michelle Griff in Jennifer Haddad Lana Haddox Marci Hale Tracy Hamel Angela Hampton Lori Harrist Sammi Hatch Elizabeth Hurst Robin Irwin Michelle Jeane Kim Jones Suzanne Judice Adele La Biche Tammy Laseter Heidi LeBourgeois Lana Little Debbie Maniscalco Jodie Manual Nona Mason Sandy McBride Jolie McCaig Mary Linda McCann Jennifer McDonald Missy McCann Amanda McKenzie Sharon McKnight Amy Moreland Rose Morse Shannon Murphy Patsy Napier Stephanie Neal Karla Newsom Sharon Norsworthy Wendi Oswalt Delise Peterson Alicia Phillips Jeri Pinton Carol Presely Mimi Prince Tara Reed Suzanne Sauter Joy Lynn Savnier Cathy Sewell Stacy Standifer De An Strobel Ashlea Sullenberger Jeffe Swain Connie Synder Tina Tatum Kelli Thurman Angela Tuminello Kim Turner Deana Upton Amy Whatley Mary Wolgemuth Lori Woodring Patti Yocum Patrick Booker 282 Greeks | re This is the story of the Phi Mus and the Phoenicicopterus Rubers. Found in South and Central _ America — and in Monroe at the zoo — Phoenicicopterus Rubers (or pink flamingoes) have a few things in common with the Phi Mu sorority. For one thing, th ey’re both into the color pink. For another thing, the sorority has adopted two of the birds living at the Louisiana - Purchase Zoo as part of the zoo’s “Adopt-an-Animal” program. The program allows people to adopt for the care of an animal. “We picked the flamingoes for adoption because it’s one of our symbols,” said DeLise Peterson, pre-pharmacy sophomore and - Phi Mu member. “The flamingoes have worked out cute,” added Lori Harrist, ele- - mentary education senior. _Adopt-An-Animal Phi Mu’s adopt pink flamingos According to Lynne McDuffy, administrative supervisor of the zoo, “adopting” a flamingo costs $75, and the money is used for exhibit renovations. McDuffy said she hoped the adoption process would continue on into the future. “There are plans to renovate the flamingo section down the line, although they will remain the first exhibit that you see when you walk in,” she said. Harrist said, “We’re probably going to adopt two more next year, or get together with the Phi Mus at Tech, and adopt a lion. You can buy shares, so it won’t cost so much. Otherwise, we’d have to do a fund raiser to afford it. “One way or another though, we're trying to continue support- ing the zoo. We’d like to see more people on campus support the zoo. It is here, and it’s a worth- while place to spend some time.” McDuffy said the Phi Mus were the first, and so far only sorority or fraternity at NLU to adopt any animals. She said in appreciation, the zoo gave the sorority an adoption certificate and bumper stickers, and also acknowledged them as “Zoo Parents” at a sign in the zoo. — Ann Hopkins Adopted by Phi Mu, these two pink flamingoes live at Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo. Photo courtesy of Phi Mu. Getting together at the zoo, the Phi Mu’s visit one of their adopted pink flamingoes. Photo courtesy of Phi Mu. Phi Mu 283 Increased Spirit Greeks show NLU support Spirit signs. Increased atten- dance at pep rallies. Greek letters in the south end of Malone Stadi- um. All equaled one thing — in- creased Greek spirit. In the 1987-88 school year, an increase in Greek spirit became evident at Northeast Louisiana University. Fraternities and so- rorities put signs on campus each week. Shauna Costello, Phi Mu sign chairman, sa id her committee makes approximately three or four signs a week. “We hang them on the SUB, Coenen or Gunby because most people pass .by those buildings once or twice a day,” said Costello. A new tradition began last year when Greek letters were put in the south end of Malone Stadium. “Having the letters in the end- zone is great public relations for our groups,” said Tracie Mott, spirit chairman of Alpha Omi- cron Pi. “They also help the com- 4 Ly 5 a cn See, S 284 Greeks munity become more aware of Greeks at NLU.” A big part of NLU pep rallies is greek participation. The Greeks attend the pep rallies in groups. “The Greeks are always willing to participate in the games planned at pep rallies,” said Jodie Cole, a cheerleader and a member of Alpha Omicron Pi. “It really makes our job worthwhile to see them cheering along with us.” — Paula Bourgeois Celebrating an Indian touchdown, AC Liles and Trey Cooksey lead the members of Delta Sigma Phi in a cheer during the Indians victory over Georgia Southern. Photo by Freddie Gibson. Pumpkin heads are a tradition of Kappa Sigma pledges as they prepare to break into the Halloween Pep Ral- ly. Photo by Peter Bradley. Go Indians! Sigma Kappa members Donna Neck, Stephanie Standard and Cindy Cayer participate in the McNeese pep rally. Photo by Peter Bradley. From the 50-yard-line Pike mem- bers Jeff Thompson, Marty Qerhagen, Steve Smith, Billy Wayne Zeigler and Tracy Weems cheer the Indians on to victory. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Anxiously awaiting the arrival of Chief Brave Spirit, the AOPi’s pre- pare for the pep rally to begin. Photo by Peter Bradley. Greek Spirit 285 Lea Albritton Beth Barefoot Adria Beal Rhonda Becker— Panhellenic Jamie Bocox Michelle Boone Theresa Burns Jenni Carroll Cindy Cavazos Cynthia Cayer Tracey Cull Becky Curry Catherine Deen Jana Derrick—Membership Cyndy Duncan Jeanne Dunham Michelle Edwards Yvonne Edwards Corrinne Eshleman Vera Franklin Melissa Frasier Carla Floyd Pamela Fury Tracy Futch—Pledge Educator Lisa Grate Annie Green Stacy Greene— President Robin Haile Leigh Holdiness Brenda Jarvis Kathyrn Kamm Cyndy Larson Katherine Lee—Corresponding Sec. Vicki Mahfouz—Recording Sec. Vonda Martin Londa McClure Susan McNeely Ellen Morris Donna Neck Sharon Parker Lynn Patterson Marcy Paulk Eileen Rabalais Donna Kay Ramsey—Treasurer Allyson Ritter Karen Russell Donna Seemann Donna Shoupe Stephanie Standard Patti Sterritt—Vice President Sandy Stoudt Tammy Tauzin Johnette Tollett Dedi Weiner Sheri Weinner Beth White Robin Wilson 286 Greeks Sigma Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma Kappa Sik ia Kappa Sigma Kappa Sign RECOGNITION Scholarship Banquet Held The Scholarship Banquet, a formal banquet held once a se- mester by the Panhellenic Coun- cil, awards girls in all four sorori- ties with a 3.5 grade point average or better with a certificate and free meal. Other sorority members who wish to eat must pay for their in- dividual meals. During a fall banquet, the tap- ping of Rho Lambda, the Panhel- lenic Honor Society, was held. It was formed about three or four years ago to emphasize scholarship among the sororities without advocating competition among them. “We needed as a Panhellenic to unite and recognize the young la- dies who were exceeding academi- cally,” said Karen Gilmore, Pan- hellenic adviser. She also mentioned that in the years to come, Panhellenic may reinstate a program offering scholarships to members of the sororities, but that it was unde- cided whether to award them on an academic or needy basis. — Raquel Pike Offering her congratulations Ka- ren Glimore speaks at the Panhellenic Scholarship Banquet. Photo by Laura Zaidran. Sigma Kappa 287 AR Delta Sigma Phi Delta Sigma Phi Delta Sigma Phi Delta Sigma Phi Deltis1' John Barber F Eas Mike Bass David Biggar Brad Bishop Patrick Booker David Boudreaux Kirk Btadshaw Andre Brunet James Bruno Scott Carpenter Joey Cascio Earl Chauvin Trey Cooksey Derek Daniels Gregg Dausor Charles DeBoisblanac Carl DeMars Brad Denton Joey Dockins Joseph Drost Chris Duplantis Shane Everett John Forrest Troy Fruge Todd pangs Ray Gary Brennan Goodeau Shane Goulas Ron Guidry Wes Harbison Buck Hayes Doug Hebert Glenn Hilburn mBini, Tim Holyfield ae ap oe Todd Holyfield = : : a e = i : : Bs JJ Huggins : Todd Irwin Kenn Klick Brian Lacombe Kim Lacombe Shane Lacombe Edward Leierzapf AC Liles-President Tom Lipari Randy Long Bill Love Joel Lucky Layne Maloch Tom Mann Greg Matthews Michael McFadden Carl McKnight Bruce McKoin Clay Mercer Sam Moser Gene Neal Bogey Nelson en Owens Chad Palma Chris Parrino Jay Precht Philip Pohlman Carl Richard Chris Roberts Mark Roberts Mark Robertson Phillip Ryan David Self Jeff Shelton Robert Silvy Michael Soule Jim Stevens Rob Stevens David Taranto Jimmy Taylor Jon Traxler Mark Traxler Danny Valha Kenneth Wagley Bryan Ware Doug Wheeler Steven White John Whittington Allen Wise 288 Greeks kifigma Phi Delta Sigma 7 x? NS a - . Charity Bowl For Leukemia Fund The 1987 edition of the Kappa Sigma Charity Bowl, an annual charity football game, pitted the “Kappa Sigs” against Delta Sig- ma Phi. By the time the clock ticked off the last second of the game, the score was tied 0-0, but there was a _ winner — the Leukemia Fund, which netted about $2,000 from the game. Each spring, the “Kappa Sigs” play the campus fraternity that makes the highest bid to be in the game, and in return they match the amount of money bidded to donate to the charity that spon- sored them. In 1987, that was the Leukemia Fund. As sponsors of the game, the Leukemia Fund aided the frater- nity in printing news releases and posters to send to local TV and radio stations for public sevice announcements of the event. They were also responsible for in- surance coverage of 33 players on each team. “Even though it was cold and rainy, we played a regulated foot- ball game and raised approxi- mately $2000,” said Bo Wyatt, former Kappa Sigma athletic di- rector. “We hope the game con- tinues, because it is an event that everyone supports and enjoys watching while the fraternities have fun competing, but at the same time we are raising money for those less fortunate than us.” — Raquel Pike Delta Sigma Phi 289 290 Greeks RUSH GIRLS Helping Build Greek System We know about frats and we know about rush, but who are the people behind the scenes in fra- ternities? According to Harlin Dean of Kappa Alpha, the purpose of fra- ternity rush girls was to talk per- suasively to “rushees” during rush. These girls worked under each day’s theme and dressed ac- cordingly. From the Kappa Alpha rush girls, little sisters were cho- sen to participate in the group’s annual rose court activities. A. C. Liles, president of Delta Sigma Phi, described rush girls as “awesome.” Delta Sig Rush girls duties in- cluded everything from being in- Climb aboard the USS Delta Sig was the theme for one night at the Delta Sigma Phi house during fall rush. Photo by Peter B. Bradley. formative about the fraternity to cooking and creating a pleasant atmosphere in the Delta Sig House. Liles said girls selected to be Delta Sig Rush girls were not re- quired to be in a sorority. How are girls chosen to be rush girls? Missy Clark, a “Starduster” for Kappa Sigma, said those chosen to be Kappa Sig rush girls are so- rority girls affiliated with the fra- ternity. Guys of the fraternity choose girls whom they feel will best represent their fraternity. “Being a rush girl is lots of fun because you get to meet a lot of new people,” Clark said. “Our main goal is to act as a suppol group and make the guys goin through rush comfortable. W make signs, cook, and decorate, Clark said. Sandra Smith, a Sig ma Nurush girl, agreed that bein a rush girl is like serving as “hostess” for the fraternity dui ing rush. Kermit Soileau, secretary fc Pi Kappa Alpha, said that of th’ approximately forty-five Pik rush girls, the most impo qualification for being a fratern’ ty rush girl, was having a friendl and outgoing personality. —Delane Marl | 7 Welcoming rushees to the Pike Handing out bids is one duty of In- ay house is one duty of Pike rush girl _ terfraternity Council members during Ay Melanie Witherington. Photo by Pe- Fall rush. Photo by Rick Kennedy. yi) ter Bradley, i xi) b Cerong Rush Girls 291 | | j appa Alpha Kappa Alpha Kappé : x ri | re g ee) SPAS: = Taga es = = ecw aa Kappa Alpha Kappa Alpha Kappa Alpha K Neil Albritton Steve Anderson Greg Anyan Greg Bauer Beau Beard Jay Beard Chuck Bell Stuart Boone Daren Boudreaux Mike Brunk Matthew Cameron Sam Cararas Chris Counce Cedric Crain Charlie Crenshaw Harlan Crews Wall Dancer Stephanie Dardear Dan D’Amico Harlin Deana Lee Denny Russell Dowdy Danny Ducrow Chris Eddleman Ron Eddleman Van Elkins Tim Ellis John Graham Don Griffin Scott Hall Jeff Hillman Keith Hunter Shane Hutchinson Darrell Hutson Charles Johns David Johnson Ken Jones Ryan Jones Glenn Lipsey Jim Livigni Buddy McGough Mac McIntosh Marty Magee Todd Marcantel Donny Mock Michael Mohler Bobby Nichols Scott Nunnelee Scott Overby Tommy Parker Paul Pieroni James Plank Scotty Price Sprague Pugh Scott Rambin Todd Rocconi Keith Rodgers Rex Rugg Larry Scurria Shayne Smith Ray Shivers Randy Smith Rick Shrader Daryl Stapp Joe Thomas Richard Tindell Carey Underwood Brian Ward Frank Webb Jeff Wiggins Brian Wilson Jerry Wood Amy Baggett Jana Little Jennifer McDonald Marla Massingill Stacy Oden Donna Kay Ramsey Stephanie Standard Kim Stappcee 292 Greeks f } ) a) Squirting blood, a chainless chainsaw and gory makeup — they’re all a part of an effective haunted house. But what made Kappa Alpha’s haunted house special is the time and planning the fraternity puts into theirs to raise money for the Muscular _ Dystrophy Association. Every year at the end of Octo- _ ber, the Kappa Alpha house on _ fraternity row changes into a vi | place of spooks and goblins. According to KA vice president and general business senior Todd Rocconi, the money raised from this transformation in the past three years has varied from $700 to $1,200 with community par- ticipation growing every year. The approximate 50 actives and 40 pledges of the fraternity divided into committees in Octo- ber with their own separate rooms to decorate. “Everyone gets involved, espe- cially when it all starts coming to- gether,” KA member Shane _ Hutchinson said. “That last week is so busy, everyone is exhausted | by the time it’s over.” “Most people were impressed - Blood And Gore KAS hold haunted house for MDA ‘when they come out,” Rocconi said. “We’ve never had any major problems; but last year, one girl got so scared she passed out cold. Another guy ran out a side door and didn’t stop till he hit the road.” Work on the house, open from Oct. 29-31, began two weeks be- fore Halloween. Concluded Rocconi, “It kind of starts out as a chore; but by the time we're finished, everyone has had fun and enjoyed themselves. We feel good about doing it for MDA.” — Julie Cason The master of death, Donnie Grif- fin, awaits his next victim at Kappa Alpha’s Haunted House. Photo by Pe- ter Bradley. Mixing potions is the job of Rex Rugg and Jay Beard as they scare on- lookers at the haunted house. Photo by Peter Bradley. Kappa Alpha 293 LAWSUITS Is our luck running out? It’s the party of the year. Each of the members have been anx- iously awaiting the big blowout. The house is decorated and the refreshments are prepared. The party begins as the guests arrive and begin the celebration. To add entertainment to the par- ty, a member climbs on the roof and begins to dance. All of a sud- den he looses his balance and falls to the ground dead. The party of the year has now turned into a nightmare. Across the United States acci- dents like this occur daily. Many fraternities and sororities have faced lawsuits due to alcohol re- lated deaths. A big question is who is libel. According to federal laws if a person is injured at a Greek function chapter members, officers and alumni leaders can be held responisble. At NLU no Greek organization 294 Greeks has ever faced a lawsuit of this kind. National Greek organiza- tions have increased insurance on individual chapters and are pro- moting increased awareness among its members. Greeks have increased steps to prevent accidents. At Greek Week ID’s were checked so mi- nors could not drink. Designated Drivers were appointed for for- mals and parties to prevent drinking and driving. “At our chapter meetings we held an information session on responsible drinking and an ex- planation of Louisiana’s new drinking laws,” said Tammy Wer- fel, Alpha Omicron Pi Chapter Relations Chairperson. “We be- lieve knowledge and increased awareness can prevent accidents like this from happening at NLU.” —Raquel Pike “We believe knowl- edge and increased awareness can pre- vent accidents like this from happening at NLU.” Tammy Werfel Increased awareness of legal liabi- lities has increased fraternity respon- sibility about responsible drinking. Photo by Peter Bradley. Kappa Sigmag: slippa sigma Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma Kappa David Baughman Chuck Beck Bruce Beckham Monte Bertrand Darrin Bordelon Bill Boyd Alan Breithaupt Randy Burke Rodney Burrell Mark Caballero Randy Campbell Paul Cannon Brian Chambley Robbie Chambliss Mark Chapman Chet Chiles Chris Coon Cory Copeland Brad Crooks Mark Cumella Shane Davidson Jeff Davis Frank Dellecroce Greg Falls Fredrick Ferguson Derrick Gaspard Bill Geaslin Joe Gonzales Brad Gore Kevin Hanks John Hays Todd Hernandez Jay Hollenbeck Jay Hollis John Holtzclaw Jerry Hubbard Damian Jameau David Jerry Jeff Keller John Klock Jon Kukal Kevin LaGrange Walter Laing Mike Leeper Randall Lewis Timmy Mann Jack McCants Mickey McCarty Mark McDuffie Joel McTopy Lonnie Menzina Matthew Nolan Steve North John Peters Scott Phillips Matt Purser Dave Quinn Gilbert Quintana Mark Richter Barry Ricks Mark Robinson Todd Rogers John Rozyskie Greg Sampognaro David Sbravati Mark Sikes Jon Smart Robbie Smith Kevin Soileau Craig Spivey Trevor Stoker Rusty Sullivan Ray Syn Todd Tatum Rolan Tullos Paul Voorhies Jay Walker Richard Weinar Joseph Williams Richard Woods Bo Wyatt James Young Christie Anderson Nancy Baughman Cindy Boyette Valerie Brossett Cyndi Burdine Missy Clark Deidra Farr Tracy Futch Piper Graham Tracy Hamel Shannon Murphy Tiffany Murphy Vicki Roy Leslie Smith Kappa Sigma 295 A Friday night cocktail party before Gathering together for one last formal brings out laughter as Jan Bur- _ party pic, the 1984 AOPi pledge class goyne tells her.date a joke. Photo by celebrates at RoseBall. Photo by Ran- Peter Bradley. dy Burke. 296 Greeks t the start of the spring se- ster, Greeks began prepara- Deciding what to wear and who ask were two of the questions t plagued each person as “The Date” approached. ach sorority and fraternity id something different for their yrmal, an event that encom- ed the Greeks’ traditional na- he newly-initiated members nd their escorts were presented ore fellow sorority members at party, where they received the rority flower from their big sis- ter. Awards were also presented. Each sorority had an individual title for their formal which incor- porated the name of their flower. For instance, Alpha Omicron Pi’s formal title was the Rose Ball. Other names included the White Rose, the Pink Carnation, and the Violet balls. Paula Bourgeois, Alpha Omi- cron Pi President said, “This year will be special because it is our 30th anniversary and many alum- nae will be attending.” Although the fraternities and sororities shared the same aura of celebration in their efforts, some chose to turn those events into vacations. The Kappa Sigma members went to a resort in Destin, Flor- ida, where an awards banquet and dance were held to celebrate the spring semester’s end. However, the members of Delta Sigma Phi and Pi Kappa Alpha spent their formal in New Orleans. The Kappa Alpha’s celebrated “Old South” style with a week of par- ties preceding a formal party, where everyone dressed up in Confederate suits and antebellum dresses. : —Raquel Pike . A special event at a sorority formal is the presentation of new initiates. Christine Beverly presents her little sister Carla Smith with a red rose at AOPi’s Roseball. Photo by Randy Burke. - ey ay iBoo- ae. Nyy a aa ry Having a little fun in the sun, Ra- quel Pike and Gilbert Quintana join the Kappa Sigma’s in Destin for their Spring Formal. Photo courtesy of Ra- quel Pike. Formals 297 Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Abbe Alpha Pi Kapray Victor Abide Charles Archibald Peter Armato Steve Austin Robert Backstock Edward Beall Gregory Bell Danny Black Lee Blankers Kenny Bonds Joseph Bordelon Todd Briley Rodney Brister Dusty Broadway Michael Caldwell Brad Canter Clay Carroll Clay Clark Ron Clark Joey Deloach Sammy Derrick Philip Dixon Richard Dixon Brian Dull Bill Ellis Vince Epling Donnie Flint Willie Freeman Todd Ford Gerald Giardina Ray Glasgow Mike Gray Todd Gray Ladd Gunter Stacy Hair Eric Hall David Harrell Junior Hebron Ricky Hooter Jay Howell Chad Jeane Stephen Jeane Brad Johnston Rafe Jordan John Kaffenberger Lee King Keith Koonce John Kreyenbuhl John Lorder Troy Luttgeharm Kyle Lopez Timothy Lovick Glenn Masters Monty Mayo Frank McKinney David Montrose Tim Montrose Paul Newman Richard Oates Brad Pilgreen Bo Powers Pete Powers David Raiford Tom Reach Brian Reid Heath Remien Richard Roat Steve Robinson Todd Russo David Salinero Paul Scott Mark Shaw Jamie Shelton Michael Sinclair Bobby Snyder Kermit Souileau Louis Spitale Albia Steers Scott Stone Craig Taylor Jeff Thompson Michael Triche Mike Triche Stephen True Robert Tucker Scott Tupman Christopher Turner Chuck Walpole Warren Webster Michael Wiggins Tim Wilhite Eileen Borrero Sherri Daniel Kim Dominick Alana Donald Mary Laura Ferracci Ginger Francis Sarah Graham Lana Haddox 298 Greeks Melissa Kent Carole Kildren Kim Montrose Rose Morse Marcey Paulk Peggy Piazza | } | | ha Alpha Pi Kappa Alp leg. PEE oe “| Crazy Games Pikefest held for sororities A long standing spring tradi- tion among Greeks is Pike Fest, a day of competition and games sponsored by Pi Kappa Alpha fra- ternity. Held in April in Forsythe Park, the event is more than another excuse for an all-Greeks party, said Pike president Steve Austin. “Only sororities are invited to compete in the festival,” Austin, an accounting senior, said. “Even members of Pike are excluded from the competition. We invite all four Panhellenic sororities, but this year Sigma Kappa did not participate.” Events of Pike Fest included three-legged races, beer chugging, pie eating contests, bat races and other “crazy games.” Courtney Cole, a senior in busi- ness management and member of Kappa Delta sorority which won at the fest, said she had a great time at Pike Fest even though she did not participate in any of the events. “Tt’s so funny to see the sorori- ties acting so crazy,” Cole said. “I loved the bat races the most.” Patti Drewett, a senior in psy- chology and member of Phi Mu sorority, competed in the pie-eat- ing contest. “T knew that I could do well in that event because I have a big mouth,” Drewett said. “I look for- ward to Pike Fest all year. It’s the best event of the spring, and Pike is the best fraternity on campus.” John Corder, a finance sopho- more and member of Pike frater- nity, said he enjoyed the event as much as the sororities seemed to enjoy it. “The weather was beautiful, and watching the events was a blast,” Corder said. Corder said, however, that the mayor of Monroe obviously did not appreciate the music the Pikes were playing in the park. “I guess the music was kind of loud, and we disturbed Mayor Powell’s tennis game,” Corder said. “We were having such a great time, we didn’t notice we were getting a little too noisy.” —David Salinero Relaxation after competing in the games of Pikefest is welcomed by Clay Carroll and Teresa Culpepper. Photo courtesy of Alpha Omicron Pi. Pi Kappa Alpha 299 Jamie Bass Ray Cooper Lonnie Gill Derrel Graham Harold Hayes Donnie Magee Hap McConnell Roger Mitchell Joey Pleasant Ritchey Robin Anticipating the opponents ne move is the job of Kappa Sigma vc leyball team member Jon Smart Photo by Freddie Gipson. Darren Stewart Amanda Helms 300 Greeks Competition. Some NLU reeks thrived on the spirit of competition. Intramurals pro- vided a way for Greeks to compete ainst each other. Rivalries were ften battled out through the in- mural events. — “The rivalry between the fra- rnities is an intense one,” said Ron Guidry, a member of Delta igma Phi. “We want to battle it ut on the playing field.” Intramurals provided a great ay for Greeks to have fun as well fas a social outlet to meet other Greeks. — “It’s a great way to compete } against the other Greeks and have SS Competition {Intramurals bring out spirit bi fun,” said Mandy Cogburn, a member of Alpha Omicron Pi. “Intramurals promote unity when each team is working to- gether to achieve a victory.” The coveted all-university tro- phy was a motivator for Greeks to work harder to achieve excel- lence. Greeks competed in such games as flag football, basketball, volleyball and softball. “Competition builds charac- ter,” said Tana Warren, a member of Alpha Omicron Pi. “These ri- valries help you learn to accept defeat and rejoice in victory. —Paula Bourgeois During the intense Kappa Delta- Phi Mu basketball game, Mary Har- dee attempts to block the shot by Shannon Murphy. Photo by Richard Lupo. Sigma Nu 301 Walking On The Line Pledges work toward membership Walking on the line, communi- ty service projects and ceremonial oaths taken at initiation were alla part of the Pan-Hellenic pledge’s transition from being a single per- son to participating as a member of a unified group. Pan-Hellenic pledges seemed to spend most of their time away from class together. By walking on the line in step and by dressing alike, pledges were taught the im- portance of fraternity and unity. “You look at the guys on the line with you more than you look at yourself in the mirror,” said Ansel Sims, a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. While on the line, pledges learned to trust and to rely on one another. During the pledge term, people with varying backgrounds and personalities who had noth- 302 Greeks ing in common before pledging became the best of friends. “IT knew nothing about my pledge sisters when we started, but by the time we finished, I knew all about them,” said Aman- da Broom, a member of Delta Sig- ma Theta. “I realized that you don’t have to be blood relatives to be that close.” Pledges were required to par- ticipate in a community service or philanthropy project. “Tt can include going into low- income neighborhoods and pick- ing up trash, or helping the elder- ly do home repairs,” said Ronald Lewis, vice president of Omega Psi Phi. Pan-Hellenic also placed an emphasis on charity activities. Pledges had fundraisers and do- nated money to the Heart Foun- dation, UNICEF and institutions that research medical cures for sickle cell anemia and multiple sclerosis. At the conclusion of their pledge term, pledges completed the union that had taken place over the five to seven weeks they were on the line. However, as one thing ends an- other begins. At initiation, pledges took a solemn oath to up- hold the duties of their group. Pledges were challenged to up- hold the standards of excellence that were Pan-Hellenic tradi- tions. “You always want to be your best,” said Louis Pierre, a Kappa Alpha Psi member. “The things you have to do will later make you a better person.” According to Broom, the close- ness of pledge classes stretched beyond the semester of pledging and even four years of college. The bond formed by sharing, ex- periencing, and knowing the same things was one that could not be broken by time. “Most of my pledge sisters are gone, but we still keep in touch,” Broom said. “No matter what I go through, those sisters will always be there for me.” —Becky Stokes Brotherhood, a big part of fra- ternity life, is demonstrated by the members of Phi Beta Sigma at a fraternity gathering. Photo by Rick Kennedy. } | | | | Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha | : Edwin Anderson— Parliamentarian Kevin Babers Zachary T. Bayone—Pan-Hellenic Rep. Kelvin T. Bryant—Secretary Michael Conley—Treasurer Mack Crayton—Sphinx Editor Curtis Douglas— President Andre Esters Ecotry Fuller Brian Larry Carlos Maxie—Vice President Ryan McFarland Heath Minifield Darryl Quinn Darrel Rush William L. Secrease Frank Shelvin Steven A. Thibeaux—Chaplain Rikki Tosstonn Alpha Phi Alpha 303 Adriennne Abraham Phyllis D. Anderson Stacy Bradford LaJuan Cleveland Darla Early—Corresponding Secretary Zebie A. Grayson Jacqueline Harris Cindy Jenkins Ronita Johnsonn—Financial Secretary Stephanie Morrow Cynthia Page Tonnie Sims—Secretary Malette Sparks Annette Spencer— President Michelle Stewart 304 Greeks Georgia and have boron a na _ tion-wide tradition. The members of the Pan lenic Council from the NLU’s. Homecoming opponent also poe in the show to_ like to isd and then see koe many can,” said Angie Elmore. “To define ‘step’: it is a humorous, physical display of each group’s - ablitiy to present themselves.” Alumni judges award trophies and money awards ranging be- tween $100 to $150 to first, sec- ond and hird places. GY - —Pam Vallien Kentucky Fried Chicka was an important part of Phi Beta Sig- ma’s stomp in the annual Greek Show. Photo by Rick ae Alpha Kappa Alpha 305 ‘Transition Pan-Hellenic Council makes changes for advancemen Rush. Parties. Greek Show. Philanthropy Projects. It was business as usual for NLU’s Pan-Hellenic Greeks. Pan-Hellenic activities were held along with individual ac- tivities. The groups cleaned an area of the city as a part of the Clean Monroe campaign. Pan- 306 Greeks Hellenic Council sponsored the annual Greek show as well as de- livered food to needy families dur- ing the holidays. “It was a year of transition,” said Ronald Lewis, a member of Omega Psi Phi. “The year was very productive and we are better financially due to stronger leader- ship.” According to Lewis changes were made in the pledge program in the hopes of producing more unity among black and white Greeks as a whole. —Paula Bourgeois Stepping together is a part of Ome- ga Psi Phi’s dance in the annual Greek Show. Photo by Rick Kennedy. 4 ‘ | | j | | | | a Peewee « . enone tata ta tata t eh, . aa a's NIIP Amanda Broom—Chaplain Serena Ford—Financial Secretary Patrice Fullen—Reporter Yvette Goodly—Recording Secretary Diana Martin—Treasurer Sandra Mason—Sgt-at-arms Stephanie Moore—President Ursula Newman—lst Vice President Pamela Reed—On-Campus advisor Cheryl Shorter—Corresponding Secretary Yvette Stokes—2nd Vice President Helping out others is the idea be- hind Delta Sigma Theta’s bake sale. Sam Moser gives a donation and re- ceives a brownie. Photo by Freddie Gibson. Delta Sigma Theta 307 2 Working Togeth Pan-Hellenic Council. First Row: Wendy Hall, Valerie Davis, Evett Clark— Vice President, Wanda Fleming, Tonnie Sims—Secretary, Nichelle Stewart. Second Row: Stephanie Moore—Treasurer, Diana Martin, Oscar Graham, Mike Wilson— President, Erroll Sims, Ansell Sims, Louis Pierre, Zachary Bayone—Parlimentarian. Interfraternity Council. First Row: Steve Austin—Vice President, Trevor Stoker—President, Kenneth Wagley— Secretary. Second Row: Dean Lassiter— Adviser, Mike Trich, Kim LaCombe, Jamie Bass, Jay Walker, Glenn Masters, Paul Voorhies, Todd Rocconi, Donny Magee, Rusty Cryer, Dr. Paul Johnson—Adviser. 308 Greeks Panhellenic Council. First Row: Leslie Hollinger—Treasurer, Hope LeBlanc—President, Mary Wolgemuth— Secretary, Rhonda Beckham—Vice President. Second Row: Marcy Paulk, Wesly Walker, Valerie Brossett, Jennifer McDonald, Karen Gilmore— Adviser, Betsy Banta, Paula Bourgeois, Tara Lee, Stacy Greene. Junior Panhellenic Council. First Row: Gloria Stuchlik, Melissa Morgan, Julie Dellacroce, Cari Long, Susan Brewer. Second Row: Michelle Edwards, Tracey Cull—Treasurer, Vicky Bussey— Secretary, Heidi LeBourgeois. Third Row: Paulen LaMarca—President, Yvonne Edwards, Mona Harbuck—Vice President, Jolie McCaig, Adele Labiche, Tamara Rolen. Rho Lambda Panhellenic Honor Society. First Row: Denise Benoit— President, Stacy Greene, Bethany Culley— Secretary, Amy Whatley—Vice President, Alisa Duck. Second Row: Anne Leach, Betsy Banta, Patti Drewett, Jennifer Angelloz, Angela Tuminello. Councils 309 Due to financial difficulties, the Tau Kappa Epsilon house was sold to NLU. The fraternity, the oldest on Until the fall semester, Tekes could campus, is still active. Photo by Rick socialize in their house on Peyton thi mets Kennedy, Drive. Photo Courtesy of Matt Allen. COWS “Tas RET a QANRS, “om PY ns 7 4 $, } e) wh , eae fe ii ote ? SDB. GS Br EEF 310 Greeks campus, 30-year-old Tau I pa ae sold their frater- han “When we a ed it, we didn’t realize how one Blan for TKE’s clude relocating the fra- sider ourselves a new chapter now. We kept the old charter out of respect and because the charter _ is the oldest on campus.” TKE hopes to obtain a new house within the next two years, according to Russell. “Tam optimistic about TKE’s success,” said Trevor Stoker, In- terfraternity Council president. “Selling the house may have been to their advantage.” The IFC allowed the fraternity to hold open rush as long as neces- sary during the fall semester, ac- cording to Stoker. “The IFC is here to insure the success of all fraternities,” Stoker said. “We were more than willing to do our part to assist TKE.” Although TKE was without a- fraternity house, Russell said some positive happenings oc- curred because of it being sold. “We got back in touch with our alumni, and our nationals really © helped us,” said Russell. “Every- one got really involved.” —Tonya Courson and Rick Kennedy The TKE’s gather for their spring Red Carnation Ball. Awards were pre- sented to Matt Allen, Mike Smith, Eddie Russell, Jack Curtis, Scot Me- Donald and Paul Rushing. Photo Courtesy of Matt Allen. TKE House 311 Students support Northeast at its first home game against Nicholls State. The tribe pulled through the confrontation 26-14. Photo by Fred- die Gipson. 4 Be patio furniture outside Coenen Coffee Shop provides a place for Jeff Jordan to catch up on some class reading. Photo by Freddie Gipson. LL TAD dee ™ ed ee . dd i ne ne _ O° LOREM RE A ae a tential ad a da ee OOOO Oe me a POO O ae a Oe x ee ne a 312 People ae tie ee Piel T SIN FROPLE of people. At Northeast, these people numbered some 10,000 strong. It was these who fed the spirit, and in turn grew from it. Fach individual gave something unique to the school; each individual made Northeast Louisi- ana University what it is. Whether a big fish in a big pond, or a small fish in a small pond, each person counted. No one was insignificant, and no one was bypassed by the spirit. It affected each student in some way or another. Some- times, the effect was minute and unmeasurable. Often, it was much greater. School spirit and school pride belong, in the end, to the individ- ual. Throughout the year, there were many stu- dents who held tightly onto the Spirit of North- east. thing such as spirit did not, and could not exist on its own. It had to be made up Division 313 Pets make Strange, But great You might think you have the strangest room- mate on campus. If so, then reconsider as you meet these campus boarders; all made North- east Louisiana University their home during the past year: Gizmo, a rabbit; Sneaky, a tarantula and Monty, a python. “The state requires spe- cific health regulations for state buildings, and stu- dents are answerable to these regulations,” said Ka- ren Gilmore, coordinator of 314 People student life. All pets, ex- cluding fish, are illegal in dorm rooms. Rule or no rule, however, several students have pets of various species in their rooms. Gizmo is a gray and white litterbox-trained rabbit brought to NLU last Easter. She has her own special cage but gets put into the closet whenever the resident assistant comes by for room check. “T’d rather have a puppy, but the rabbit is quiet,” her owner said. A somewhat different and less cuddly NLU pet is Sneaky, a tarantula. The RA on Sneaky’s floor might know about the tarantula, but Sneaky’s owner has never been confronted about his pet. Occasionally Sneaky gets lost; he was once found in his owner’s shoe. Most of the time, however, he spends his time in an aquarium. “What interested me ina tarantula was that he doesn’t make noise and I don’t have to clean up after him.” Monty, a python, has grown from two to six feet during his one-year stay at NLU. Monty’s owner says he just carried him into the dorm. To feed the snake, the owner developed the hobby of breeding rats. At one time, he had eleven baby rats and two parent rats in the dorms. Each of the illegal pet owners said the love of their Monty, a Burmese Python, slithers across his cage while stalking an unsuspecting mouse. Photo by Rick Kenne- dy. pet makes the possible con- sequences worthwhile. Gilmore said, “If some- one is deliberately hiding a pet in a dorm room, there could be a financial penalty and possible probation.” — Tonya Courson ees Nosing around the room, Fievel, another dorm pet, in- vestigates a brush on top of the dresser. Photo by Peter Brad- ley. Pet Rabbit Gizmo enjoys a relaxing nap on a dorm room bed. Photo by Peter Bradley. t the age of 22, when most stu- dents are still working to obtain a bachelor’s degree, Vrinda Shanbhag is working on her doctor- ate in pharmacy. Shanbhag obtained her bachelor’s degree from Bombay Universi- ty in India, where she lived until 1986. When she began at Northeast Louisiana University, Shanbhag was able to skip the master’s degree program, and go straight into the doctoral pro- gram. To obtain her doctor- ate, she will complete 60 hours of courses while Vrinda Shanbhag, work- ing on her doctorate in pharmacy, lectures to a fac- ulty group. Photo by Todd Tradewell. working on her research. She is experimenting to find a way to produce the drug ibuprofin in an injectable form, present- ly not available. Re- search is necessary to fulfill her degree re- quirements. In addition to her re- search and academic work, Shanbhag also serves as president of the International Stu- dent Association and maintains a 3.95 grade point average. — Wende Smith “Animal experimen- tation makes me sad, but I try not to think about it as being cruel. People are alive be- cause of it.” Working on the lab takes up a major part of Vrinda Shanbhag’s day, as she con- tinues her research the drug ibuprofin. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Graduates 315 Adams, Bernadine — Monroe Arora, Sangeeta — Monroe Bass, Melody — Monroe Beasley, James — West Monroe Bedsole, Billie — Monroe Bounds, Karen — Monroe Brabston, Thomas — Monroe Charbonnet, Russell — Monroe Chui, Ka Kam — Monroe Chiu, Yu-Kwong — Monroe Chu, Da-Sheng — Monroe Collins, Thomas — Monroe Crooks, Robbin — Jena Culpepper, Lejean — Minden Cunningham, Jason — Lake Village, AR Dalu, Abraham — Monroe Devkaran, Rajesh — Monroe Devkaran, Shailesh — Monroe Dillard, Sid — Rayville Dixon, Philip — Greenwell Springs Duke, Lettie — Monroe Dumont, Jean-Luc — Monroe Freebeck, Melissa — Alexandria Frusha, Carl — West Monroe Ge, Fen — Monroe Gill, Ajit Singh — Monroe Gray, Abby — Baton Rouge Gullo, Safawo — Monroe Gliding down Bayou Drive, Andros Kattides, physical edu- cation junior, demonstrates his adept control of his body while performing a handstand on his skateboard. Photo by Rick Kennedy. 316 People Han, Juan — Monroe Hester, William — Monroe Holley, Charles — Pioneer Huang, Lihong — Monroe Johnston, Roger — Monroe Jones, Clarence — Delhi Judd, Robert — Monroe Kasturi, Niranjan — Monroe Kimball, Colin — Bossier City Kuo, Ann Anling — Monroe Li, Kecheng — Monroe Liu, Lewen — Monroe Lloyd, Quentin — Crossett, AR Loomis, Johnny — Monroe Love, Victor — Monroe Madan, Arun — Monroe Maness, Michael — West Monroe Maniscalco, Joseph — Shreveport Matera, Patricia — Dallas, TX McDonough, Barbi — Monroe McKean, Thomas — Monroe McPhearson, Ronald — Monroe McQueen, David — Santee, CA Misra, Anshuman — Monroe Mitchell, Zonia — West, Monroe Mount, Darrell — Sicily Island Owens, Andrew — West Monroe Patterson, Donald — Jackson, MS Perez, Rosella — Monroe Philip, Vinod — Monroe Prodhan, Ru ma — Monroe Puneet, Manajan — India Randol, Patti — Monroe Rayborn, Rebecca — Tyler, TX Reed, Pamela — Lake Providence Renfroe, Dennis — West Monroe Riser, Melvin — Monroe Schwich, William — Monroe Seah, Soo Aun — Monroe Shanbhag, Vrinda — Monroe Singh, Jasvinder — Monroe Sonnier, Cheryl — Ball Spaulding, Charles — Monroe Spaulding, Ingeborg — Monroe Stanford, Louise — Sullivan, Robin — Tolar, Lane — Monroe Turnbow, Cynthia — Monroe Vogt, Rebecca — Monroe Walker, Mark — West Monroe Walters, Jo Ann — Monroe Wang, Lisy (Li-Xi) — Monroe Waters, Paula — Vicksburg, MS Watkins, Sondre — Monroe Weinell, Donald — Wu, Ming Liang — Monroe Xu, Jian — Monroe Zhang, Saizheng — Monroe Zhen, Wei-Hua — Monroe “T enjoy NLU because the people in the biology depart- ment made me feel very wel- come here.” — Rosella Perez, biology senior GRADUATES Students Learn the . Art of Procrastination Studying is a necessary part of college life; but many students found that putting it off for a while was the only way to deal with it. Something could always be found to do in place of studying. “Instead of hitting the books, I usually end up hit- ting the pillow and flipping the television on to the soaps. I rarely seem to get around to studying,” said Susan Johnson, pre-phys- ical therapy freshman. Occupational therapy sophomore Angela Howard said, “Instead of studying I 318 People like to take a walk in Kiroli park, go shopping at the mall or talk on the phone.” Sleeping seemed to be the most popular excuse to procrastinate, while watch- ing television came in a close second. It really didn’t matter what students did as long as they could forget about homework for a little while. “Chatting on the phone, writing letters to mom and dad, watching the soaps or anything seems to be more fun than studying the good old books,” said Terri Lou- viere, marketing freshman. Procrastinating was a way of life for many stu- dents. After a day of classes students wanted to relax with friends instead of with textbooks. “Instead of trying to study notes, I am usually al- ways expanding my friend- liness toward others,” said Leisha Niolson, occupa- tional therapy freshman. During the day, cracking the books was rarely one of the top priorities on cam- pus. Some people took afternoon naps, and didn’t get around to studying until late at night. Most of the time studying was delayed until the very last minute. “I always find ways to put studying off. All I need is a friend to stop by for a visit, the phone to ring, or the T.V. to be on,” said Brandi Broughton, journal- ism freshman. “I also find myself writing letters to friends or going to feed the ducks rather than opening my books. “When I do get around to studying, I tend to nap be- tween paragraphs.” —Teresa Dean Good intentions ... That’ i what usually brings students t¢ — the library. Many students however, succumb to the coo and quiet atmosphere and enc up sleeping instead of study ing, just as Sharon Cannon has done. Photo by Freddie Gip son. Trl Many students opt for a more physical activity like aer- obics instead of hitting the books. Sophomore Missy Lu- ther enjoys participating in in- tramural aerobics. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Instead of studying... 10% Listening to the Radio 10% Other 50 % Sleeping puto ot only are twins Jeff and Greg Weisner very similar in appearance, but they also have very similar interests and goals in life. The Weisners are both senior aviation ma- jors enrolled in 15 hours. They are also both on Mortar Board and in Omicron Delta Kappa “Flying is not as dan- gerous as the media makes it sound. It’s ac- tually safer than driv- ing.” — Greg Weisner. While working on their degree, Jeff and Greg Weisner are required to complete a specific number of flying hours which is reg- ulated by the Federal Gov- ernment. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Learning to honor society. Both agreed that between classes, flying and other activities, their sched- ules were very hectic. The two said they chose to go into aviation because it is enjoyable and something different. Also, they both hope to work for an airline after graduation. —Wende Smith “I chose aviation be- cause it’s a challenge and I can see more than I can behind a desk” — Jeff Weisner. Seniors 319 Abbott, Kathy — West Monroe Adams, Hollis — Monroe Adkins, Michael — Monroe Aiken, Patricia — Crossett, AR Albritton, Rhonda — West Monroe Allbritton, Mary Jo — Gilbert Allen, Carol - Monroe Allen, Elise — New Orleans Allen, Niki — Lecompte Allendorph, Amy — Lafayette Anderson, Phyllis — Shreveport Anderson, Robert — Monroe Angelloz, Jennifer — Monroe Antoniades, Christos — Monroe Ardizzone, Terry — Monroe Armato, Peter — Independence Arpino, Anna — Monroe Arnold, Ludwig — Crowville Ashley, James — Tallulah Aswell, John — Downsville Austin, Sharon — Monroe Austin, Shirley — Monroe Averette, Patricia — Monroe Avila, Esther — Phoenix, AZ Babers, Kevin — Shreveport Baham, Marty — Amite Bailey, Jeffrey — Haynesville Baker, Amanda — Ferriday Baker, Rene — Monroe Banks, Sandra — Magham Bankston, David — West Monroe Banta, Elizabeth — Baton Rouge Barilola, Sandra — Lake Village, AR Barnes, Kenneth — Monroe Barrilleaux, Laura — Monroe Bartlett, Julie — Monroe Baudin, Julianne — Monroe Bayles, Deborah — West Monroe Beard, James — Monroe Beasley, Amy — West Monroe Beck, Linda — Monroe Beh, Julie — Monroe Bell, Dennis — Monroe Bell, James — Winnsboro Bell, Joy — Monroe Bellard, Aurdie — Monroe Benoit, Carla — Monroe Benson, Dana — El Dorado, TX Bernard, Stacey — Abbeville Berry, Rebecca — Chalmette Bertrand, Timothy — Monroe Betts, Mary — Natchez, MS Bierbaum, Anita — Hamburg, AR Billeaud, Marie — Monroe Bissic, Catonya — Logansport Bivings, Barbara — Monroe An uncooperative pig gives Chief Brave Spirit and senior Jennifer Angelos a rough time at the Homecoming pep rally. The pig, Billy Jeans, was used by the campus public relations organization to promote Levi’s blue jeans as part of a nation- wide contest. Photo by Rick Kennedy. 320 People AYN eg Blanchard, Donna — West Monroe Bloodworth, Michael — Monroe Blunt, Shelton — Winnsboro Bolden, Leslie — Forest Bonner, Gloria — Oak Grove Bonvillain, Suzette — Houma Bordelon, Jamie — Lake Charles Borden, Amanda — Monroe Bostick, Terry — West Monroe Boothe, Jacquelyn — Harrisonburg Bourgeois, Juanita — Lutcher Bowen, Kinberley — Marion Boyett, Richard — Monroe Braach, Lisa — Monroe Brabham, James — Monroe Bradberry, Lori — Mansfield Branch, Sharon — Haynesville Braswell, Don — Monroe Braswell, Jon — Monroe Breaux, Jerome — Monroe Britt, Patricia — Delhi Broadway, Pamela — Monroe Brock, Patricia — Epps Brooks, Jamie — West Monroe Broussard, Neal — Lake Charles Brown, Angela — Covington Brown, Franklin — Sicily Island Brown, Sonja — New Orleans Brown, Suthida — Monroe Browne, Maurice — Monroe Bryan, Douglas — West Monroe Bryant, Vaughn — Bryan, TX Buckner, Stephen — Monroe Bullock, Robert — Alexandria Bunn, Susan — West Monroe Burgin, Jeff — Monroe Burns, Sheri — Monroe Burson, Michael — Monroe Busby, Nancy — West Monroe Bush, Valda — Monroe Butler, Brian — Monroe Butler, Joseph — West Monroe Butler, Mike — Monroe Byrdsong, Regina — Shreveport Byrnes, Christina — Ferriday Callicott, Carroll — Monroe Camp, Wayne — Monroe Caprito, Virginia — Franklin Carbo, Michelle — Pineville Carlini, Brett — Monroe Carmouche, Shalane — Cottonport Carpenter, Tammie — Jonesville Castilaw, Chery! — Monroe Chai, Fui — Monroe Chaichitatorn, Chaloem — Monroe Chambers, Mistral — Chamberlain, Michael — Slidell Chapman, Mark — Farmerville Chandler, Toni — Monroe Chang, Ai Lee — Monroe “The educa- tion depart- ment is really good here and they seem to care. Dr. Pugh is my favorite professor.” — Rene Baker, education senior SENIORS 322 People Chauvin, Susan — Lafayette Chian, Tjun An — Monroe Chin, Wei Fong — Monroe Chong, Kok Leong — Monroe Chopin, Edwin — Denham Christodoulides, C — Monroe Claiborne, Caterina — Mansfield Clark, Barbara — Monroe Cloud, Rhonda — Monroe Cloutet, Gregory — Metairie Coates, Brenda — West Monroe Coates, Patrick — Metairie Cobb, Karen — Monroe Cockrell, Mary — Bastrop Cogburn, Kimberly — Monroe Cole, Courtney — Monroe Cole, Pamela — Lafayette Coleman, David — Alexandria Coleman, Susan — Monroe Coleman, Yolanda — Monroe Collins, Kelly — Atlanta Collins, Stonya — Monroe Collins, Vickie — Sterling Conkle, Michael — Monroe Conley, Michael — Bonita Cooper, Carllette — Rayville Cooper, Jacquelin — Linville Cooper, James — Collinston Cooper, Mark — Shreveport Cork, Alesia — Monroe Corley, Carla — Jonesville Cothren, Susan — Natchez, MS Cotton, Hollis — Monroe Counts, Jeffrey — West Monroe Crawford, Kenny — Winnfield Crayton, Mack — Shreveport Crossley, Janice — Bastrop Crump, Brian — West Monroe Cupit, Risha — Monroe Curry, Rebecca — West Monroe Daniel, Ina — Monroe Danzell, Charlotte — Shreveport Dartez, Duane — Abbeville Dauzat, Danny — Alexandria David, Jodie — Alexandria Davis, Carolyn — Oak Grove Davis, D ennis — West Monroe Davis, Katherine — Clinton Davis, Robert — Monroe Davis, Sandra — Monroe Davis, Valerie — Bastrop Davidson, Kevin — Alexandria Deanes, Priscilla — Bastrop Dearman, Clyde — Monroe Deblieux, Jennifer — Bastrop Defils, Patricia — Alexandria Defils, Sundee — Alexandria Deloach, Daphne — Lafayette Demosthenous, Monica — Monroe Densford, Bruce — Monroe Deshpande, Neeraj — Monroe Diaz, Wilfreddys — Monroe Dickson, Karl — Monroe Dison, Regina — West Monroe Dolan, Barry — Crossett, AR Doney, Deborah — Monroe Dotson, Joyce — Monroe Doucet, Victoria — Lake Charles Downs, Edith — Bastrop Dracos, John — Monroe a jesting between classes, tidents enjoy a few minutes of Jsure time on the benches outside of the Student Union Building. Photo by Rick Ken- nedy. Soe es Drewett, Patti — Pineville Dubriel, Audrey — Grambling Duck, N Alisa — Matchez, MS Duggan, Monica — Alexandria Duhe, Kevin — Laplace Duke, Rebekah — West Monroe Duncan, Coley — Monroe Dunnahoe, Robin — Tillar Dupre, Barry — Gonzales Eakin, Stacie — Monroe Earl, Angela — Monroe Early, Darla — Jonesville Edwards, Charles — Jonesville Edwards, Leia — West Monroe Edwards, Sherry — Monroe Ekara, Edet — Monroe Ellis, William — Monroe Elmer, Scott — Mansura Emanuel, Betsy — Bastrop Emfinger, Angela — Gilbert Emfinger, Holly — Monroe Erving, Daphne -— Mer Rouge Erwin, Dorothy — Monroe Evans, Danette — Delhi Faciane, David — Slidell Falvey, Traci — Monroe Farr, Mark — Roxie Farrar, John — Farmerville Farrar, Kelli — West Monroe Farzaneh, Abdullah — Monroe Ferrington, Linda — Wisner Fettet, Vickie — Monroe Fewell, Tracye — West Monroe Fields, Leazel — Monroe Fields, Lisa — Ferriday Fitzgerald, Amy — Homer Flowers, Kelly — Marion Fountain, Victoria — Delhi Fontana, Danny — Monroe Fontenot, Carlissa — Monroe Fontenot, Larette — Monroe Fontenot, Neil — Monroe Foo, Seang Loong — Monroe Foote, Rachelle — Monroe Foreman, Bruce — Iowa Fortenberry, Rex — Mt. Hermon Frazier, Robert — West Monroe Free, Charles — Archibald Freeman, Karl’— Monroe Francis, Reneé — Shreveport Francois, Betty — Deville Fuller, Ecotry — Shreveport Fusilier, Christopher — Monroe Fussell, Kenneth — Monroe Gaines, Johnny — Monroe Gandy, Jimmy — Mangham Gandy, Kaylon — Shreveport Garman, Holly — West Monroe Gay, Bonnie — Shreveport Genusa, Robert — Monroe Ghaffari, Jamaledin — Monroe Giardina, Gerald — Amite Gibb, Laura — Monroe Gibson, Charles — Monroe Giddens, R. Kirk — Center, TX Gilbert, Juanita — Start Gipson, Carlos — Shreveport Gipson, Debra — Benton Goode, Amy — Sicily Island Goodly, Yvette — Lake Charles Goyer, Lynette — Monroe Graham, Stan — Monroe Grammer, Barbara — Bossier Granger, Helen — Scott Grant, Kim — Leander Grant, Patricia — Winnsboro Graves, Garry — Hamburg, AR Graves, Paula — Monroe Gray, Ann — West Monroe Green, John — West Monroe Green, Vanessa — Monroe Griese, Janet — Shreveport Griffin, Karen — Monroe Grigg, Theresa — Hebert Grimes, Margaret — West Monroe Gros, Constance — Monroe Grunau, George — Shreveport Guarisco, Pete — Morgan City Guedon, Wanda — Church Hill Guerrero, Sara — Monroe Guice, Jon — Sicily Island Guidry, Joan — Monroe Guillory, Anthony — Monroe Guimbellot, Todd — Winnsboro Gust, Christine — Monroe Hale, Denise — Monroe Hale, Lisa — Bastrop Hall, Bernay — Monroe Halley, Guy — West Monroe Hamilton, Roy — Monroe Hammond, Mark — Monroe Hand, Michael — Denham Springs Hanley, Kelly — Alexandria Hargis, Mary — Clinton, MS Haro, Elizabeth — Metairie Harrell, Robert — Monroe Harris, Jacqueline — Natchez, MS Harris, Zona — Monroe Hart, Barbara — Columbia Harveston, Melody — Columbia Hay, Deidre — West Monroe 324 People Haynes, Allison — Monroe Haynes, Jennifer — Monroe Hays, Gary — Pineville Hebert, Jennifer — Welsh Helton, Jonna — Monroe Helms, Paul — Bossier Henry, Marion — Monroe Hernandez, Michael — Lafayette Hibbard, Tasse — Calhoun Higginbotham, Judith — Shreveport Hilbun, Curtis — Wisner Hill, Kevin — Monroe Hilton, Matthew — McGehee, AR Hing, Swee Jiuan — Monroe Hodge, Jessie — West Monroe Hollenbeck, Jay — Monroe Holden, Raymond — Monroe Holton, Rita — West Monroe Honeycutt, Michael — Grayson Hoover, Gayle — West Monroe Hopkins, Ann — Largo, FL Hopkins, Charlotte — Tallulah Horton, H Jesse — Ferriday Hossain, Sajjad — Monroe Howard, John — El Dorado, AR Howard, Teresa — West Monroe Howell, Thomas — Monroe Howington, Jeffery — Monroe Hua, Chai Sing — Monroe Huddleston, Anita — Jonesboro Hudson, Cheri — Bastrop Hymel, Amy — Houma Ijoma, Jeremiah — Monroe Ivory, Ella — Monroe Jackson, Joann — Natchez, MS Jackson, Karen — West Monroe Jackson, Kevin — Bastrop Jackson, Lynette — Marksville James, Lisa — Shreveport Jarrell, Thomasita — Jackson, MS Jasek, Christine — Houston, TX Jeffares, Dennis — Deridder Jirau, Sandra — Monroe Joe, Mae — Monroe Johnson, Angela — Bastrop Johnson, Carno — Winnsboro Jones, Marvelous — Shreveport Jordan, Billy — Monroe Joseph, Kevin — Monroe Johnson, Kelly — Monroe Johnson, Kitty — Jones Johnson, Peter — Monroe Johnson, Vaurice — Monroe Jones, Carla — Winnsboro Jones, Charles — Monroe Jones, Sharon — Glenmora Jones, Yolanda — Monroe Jordan, Rosalin — Monroe Judd, Holly — Monroe Justice, Lawrence — Grayson “The school of- fers a lot of op- portunity, espe- cially in public relations. You get practical experi- ence through in- ternships and student-run firms. Now I can apply what I learned.” — Stan Graham, public relations senior SENIORS Kalil, Gloria — Monroe Kattides, Georgios — Monroe Khaw, Mon Nee — Monroe Keyes, Tami — Tallulah Key, James — West Monroe Kennedy, Linda — Oak Grove Kenly, Dorothy — Rayville Kendrick, Delvin — Shreveport Keene, Alisa — Monroe Keirn, Jack — West Monroe Killingsworth, Diane — Winnsboro King, Rhett — Gonzales Kingston, Jennifer — Chalmette Kistler, Karen — Monroe Kliebert, Wayne — Vacherie Knight, Cathy — Natchez, MS Koh, Swee Cheng — Monroe Kolwe, Merry — Ponchatoula Kok, Chin Ngean — Monroe Kranos, Pantelis — Monroe Labarbera, Lisa — Monroe Lacombe, Kim — Echo Laforge, Terry — West Monroe Lagrange, Kevin — Arnaudville La Grone, Kelli — Monroe Lamberti, Frank — Mahwah, NJ Lamea, Farid — Monroe Langston, Charlotte — Lake Charles Laprarie, Shelly — Delhi Laquerre, Deeni — Monroe Larry, Brian — Bernice Lattier, Belvia — Shreveport Lawrence, Gregory — Monroe Lawrence, Manuel — Monroe Leach, Anne — Pineville Leblanc, Margaret — Monroe Leblanc, Mary — Baker Leblanc, Michael — Monroe Lebleu, Richard — Benton Leblanc, Troy — Monroe Ledoux, Sarah — Monroe Lee, Boon Keng — Monroe Jet skiing on Bayou DeSiard is senior Gregory Lawrence. Photo by Freddie Gipson. 326 People Lee, Jean Yu Lin — Monroe Lee, Oren — Marrero Leghesse, Hiwet — Monroe Lemoine, Thomas — Simmesport Lensing, Virginia — Lake Providence Lewis, Jay — Monroe Lim, Aik Guan — Monroe Linder, Margaret — Delhi Linzay, Wayne — Swartz Long, Mary — Tallulah Lowery, Rickey — West Monroe Ludwig, Dusty — Marion Machen, Susan — Monroe Madary, Matthew — Arabi Magee, Allison — Rayville Magee, Richard — Kentwood Maniscalco, Deborah — Monroe Marcus, Sarah — Monroe M Marsh, Debra — Maringouin Marshall, Mary — Lake Charles Martin, Vonda — Monroe Martinez, Margaret — Mcallen, TX Massey, Felix — Monroe May, Wendy — Monroe Mayo, Marvin — Jonesville Mazzanti, Gina — Monroe McCain, Vivian — Monroe McCarroll, Marla — Olla McCrory, Tracy — Monroe McDaniel, Daniel — Tioga McDaniel, Michael — Bastrop McEacharn, Elizabeth — West Monroe McFalls, Deborah — Deville McFarland, Barbie — Winnfield McGough, Lori — Monroe McGough, Samantha — West Monroe ee McIntyre, Lee — Bastrop McKee, Sender — Bastrop McKinley, DeWanna — Monroe McLennan, Lori — West Monroe McMullen, Michael — Monroe McPhearson, Dennis — Monroe Meeks, Clark — Monroe Mehmetoglu, Orkun — Monroe Melville, Larry — Monroe Michaelides, Christos — Monroe Middleton, Mary — Bastrop Miles, Joseph — Monroe Miller, Charles — West Monroe Miller, Darren — Iowa Miller, David — Jackson, MS Miller, Herbert — Monroe Miller, Robert — Pineville Miller, Stephen — Winnfield Mills, Stacy — Slidell Minniear, Christina — Monroe Mojtahedzadeh, Mojtba — Monroe Momoji, Hitoya — Monroe Monaghan, Lucy — Monroe Montgomery, Jeffrey — Monroe Clothes and — Hobbies Create Campus otereotypes From his perfectly rounded “Varnays” (other- wise known as John Len- non look-alike shades) to his spotless pennyloafers, Chad Daniel, pre-law ju- nior, was undeniably a “prep”. “Preps” were an abun- dant race on the Northeast campus. Polo shirts in ev- ery shade, khaki slacks, Ar- gyle socks and even ties with embroidered dogs and ducks were familiar symp- toms of the preppie condi- tion. “T believe the old saying, ‘clothes make the man’,” Daniel said, “and dressing 328 People well makes me feel good about myself.” The “preps” were only one of a number of stereo- typical groups spied on campus. As in most stereo- types, however, the image was usually based on just the surface characteristics of what someone wore or how they did their hair. Take, for example, the image of the NLU football team as “brainless brawn” and “dumb jocks.” Brian Bell, football player and marketing junior, said that those who stereotype the football players don’t real- ize just how hard they have to work to make ends meet. “Academics always come first,” said Bell, whose cu- mulative grade point aver- age is above a 3.0. “Of course we’re going to hear the ‘dumb jock’ bit, but it doesn’t bother me. I know myself and I know what I can do.” “Bowheads” were a com- mon sight on campus as well. The “bowheads” were generally thought of as so- rority girls, whose prim lace collars and strings of pearls completed the neat and proper image they project- ed. “Yep, I’m a bowhead,” ates said Gini Lou Coleman, ele- mentary education sopho- more, who admitted she had been wearing bows since high school. “All of my friends wear them, and I personally think they’re really cute.” Some of the “preps” were seen hanging out with the “bowheads,” and some of those “dumb jocks” were actually “preps” as well. It would seem rather difficult to keep all of the stereo- types straight, but at least their differences could be appreciated by all. “Oh, I love the bow- heads,” Daniel said. “I The propellar shape of the bows many girls on campus like Marie Hammond, Melissa Morgan, Cambra Daniel, and Susan Brewer wear in their hair has given rise to the nick- names of “bowheads”. and “copterheads”. Photo by Fred- die Gipson. love to see those preppy lit- - tle ding-dongs, bee-bop- ping around.” Now isn’t that special? —Chesca Benten The Khaki pants and sus- penders worn by Chad Daniel and the oxford shirt worn by Kenneth Wagley are indicative of what many students call “preps.” Many times associat- ed only with Greek life, “preps” actually come from a variety of i social environments. Photo by Peter Bradley. “Jocks” are often consid- ered below average academi- cally, but they actually spend aie . up to eight hours a week in study hall to maintain their grade point averages. Alvin Jefferson and Derrick Pollard study in the basketball player’s study hall. Photo by Rick Ken- nedy. They were country before country was cool. Some may consider boots and hats to be the garb of the “hick,” but to Marty Carroll and David Sis- trunk, it’s just country and western. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Seniors 329 330 People Moody, Kimberly — Olla Mooney, Cherry — Delhi Moore, Carol — Brandon, MS Moore, Lesli — Calhoun Moosa, Julie — Eunice Moreland, Kimberly — Monroe Moresi, Michael — Broussard Morgan, Stefanie — Monroe Morris, Donna — Jonesboro Morris, Greg — West Monroe Morris, Kevin — Monroe Moses, John — Newellton Muller, Maria — Monroe Murray, Deborah — Bastrop Neal, Susan — Delhi Nelson, Grace — Monroe Neo, Tan Fong — Monroe Newsom, Carolyn — West Monroe Ng, Bak Chai — Monroe Ngiam, Tong Juai — Monroe Nguyen, Thanh-Nhan — Monroe Nolan, Melissa — Monroe Oates, Richard — Deville Odell, Amy — Monroe Ogg, Sandra — Monroe Oglesby, Debra — Monroe Ojukwu, Ikemefuna — Monroe Oliver, Shonda — Westlake Oquinn, Timothy — Monroe Ow, Boon Swee — Monroe Owens, Annette — Ferriday Owens, Elizabeth — Monroe Pace, Kimberly — Ruston Pace, Norman — Marion Padilla, Lisa — Monroe Page, Michael — Monroe Palmer, Karen — Monroe Pang, Huee Sian — Monroe Pascale, Joseph — Monroe Patin, Michael — Shreveport Patron, Beth — Monroe Paquette, Lorraine — Bossier Paul, Edward — Monroe Pellegrin, Mary — Chauvin Peltier, Rachel — Monroe Pennington, Allie — Bastrop Perkins, Mitzi — Cotton Valley Peters, Kimberly — West Monroe Peterson, Krystal — Bogalusa Phythian, Walter — Opelousas Picht, Teresa — Monroe Pickett, Melissa — Dubach Pierce, Melissa — Monroe Pieroni, Nancy — Monroe Pierre, Trisha — Edgard Pittman, Jill — El Dorado, AR Plumer, Jimmie — Monroe Poche’, Todd — Gramercy Ponthieux, Kay — West Monroe Poole, Hazel — Harrisonburg Posey, Jo Alice — Monroe Potamitis, Andreas — Monroe Pouncey, Patricia — Downsville Powell, David — Monroe Prince, Laura — Vinton Purser, Larry — Monroe Putman, Randall — West Monroe Quinn, Darryl — Baskin Ragan, Brian — Monroe Randall, Karen — Harrisonburg Walking the straight and | narrow...Sophomore ROTC member Glenn Kromel prac- | tices building and crossing a rope bridge, one of many skills the members practice during a water lab. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Rawls, Traci — West Monroe | Razavi, Ahmad — Monroe Redding, Lisa — West Monroe Reeves, Noah — Monroe Reyes, Jane — Vidalia Reynolds, Susan — Crossett, AR Rhoades, Linda — Bossier City | Rice, Edward — Monroe | H Riggs, Kim — Alexandria | Ringo, Lisa — Monroe Rios, Robin — Oak Grove Roberts, Mark — Monroe Robichaux, Lisa — Monroe i Robichaux, Ronald — Monroe } Robin, Charles — Lafayette { Robinson, Kevin — Monroe i Robinson, Patricia — Monroe Rocconi, August — Monroe Rodger, Tracy — Walnut Creek, CA Rodgers, Paula — West Monroe } Rodgers, Susan — Monroe i eS RR Rodrigue, Angie — White Castle | | Rogers, Edward — Monroe | | Rogers, Shane — Monroe f i Romero, Mason — Abbeville Roy, Eric — West Monroe Roy, Vicki — Monroe Salazar, Alfredo — Monroe Salinas, Sharon — Collinston i Salinero, David — Monroe | Sampognaro, Dayna — Monroe | Sanders, Jan — Kilbourne Sansing, Jamie — Monroe | Sasser, Vickie — Shreveport { Saunders, Michelean — Shreveport Scelfo, Susan — Flower Mound, TX | Schiro, Nicholas — Monroe Scurria, Lawrence — Tallulah Seaton, Kelly — Monroe | Seay, Caroline — Columbia | i Secrease, William — West Monroe | Sepulvado, Vicki — Monroe Shannon, Randy — Monroe Sharbono, William — Alto Shawhan, Cynthia — Bastrop Shelton, Dana — Winnfield Shelton, James — Winnsboro Sherman, Penny — Monroe Shockey, Melanie — Bastrop Shorter, Cheryl — Pineville Shows, Alvin — Rayville Shrader, William — Monroe Simoneaux, Damian — Rayne Sims, David — Crossett, AR Sims, Joanna — Bastrop Sims, Kristy — Olla Siow, Nget-Lan — Monroe Sistrunk, Lisa — Mansfield Sloan, Jennifer — Monroe Smith, James — Meridian, MS Smith, James — Monroe Smith, John — West Monroe Smith, Sharon — Alexandria Smith, Sonia — Monroe Snow, Sherry — Alexandria Soileau, Christopher — Opelousas Spitale, Louis — Morgan City Spivey, Craig — West Monroe Stafford, Beatrice — Gurdon, AR Staggs, Lodie — Monroe Stanford, Reardon — Monroe Steadman, Russell — Monroe Stephenson, Charles — Shreveport Stewart, Roxie — Monroe Stokes, Velvet — Alexandria Streva, Marr — Monroe Stricklin, Mary — Monroe Strong, Kelly — Oak Grove Sumler, Shelia — Monroe Tan, Lim Keat — Monroe Tan, Peng-Lam — Monroe Tan, Yoke Koon — Monroe Tanner, Monica — Monroe Tauzin, Tammy — Monroe Teaster, Jansen — Monroe Terracina, Michael — Baton Rouge Tharpe, Michael — Crowville Thibodeaux, Troy — Monroe Thomas, Devonda — Winnsboro Thomas, Lucretia — Many Thompson, Angela — Monroe Thomas, Phillip — Heflin Thompson, Kaye — Homer Thompson, Tammy — Monroe Tidwell, Lori — West Monroe Tillery, Jerry — Mangham Toepfer, Ginger — Monroe Toepfer, Richard — Monroe Tolson, Lori — Shreveport Toups, Robert — Monroe Trahan, Melanie — Sulphur Travis, Frankie — Rayville Travis, Rhonda — Lake Providence Trevillion, Ashleigh — Monroe Triplett, Andrea — Winnfield Troha, Brenda — Winnsboro Tsiloglou, Anastasios — Monroe Turner, Pamela — Monroe Tyler, Timothy — Haughton Ulmer, James — Monroe Upshaw, Janice — Monroe Vanderhoeven, Nancy — Bastrop 332 People Young, Karen — West Monroe Young, Paul — Alexandria Zubatuk, Kathryn — Jackson, MS Vaughan, Billy — Monroe Vercher, Michael — Monroe Vidrine, Angela — Washington Wafer, Martha — Baton Rouge Waguespack, Deborah — Vacherie Waldrup, Ginger — Hamburg, AR Walker, Sonya — Monroe Wallace, Claude — Monroe Walsworth, Tracie — West Monroe Walters, Leslye — Monroe Ware, Helen — Emerson, AR Ware, James — Monroe Washington, Gustavus — Monroe Watkins, Tara — Monroe Weesner, Gregory — Monroe Weil, Charles — Monroe Wheat, Elizabeth — Monroe Wheeler, Andy — Sterling Wheeler, Angela — Monroe Wheeler, Darren — Marion Wheeler, Joseph — Sterling Wheeler, Sonya — Sterling Wheelus, Sherri — West Monroe Whitaker, Calvin — Shreveport White, Anita — Dubach White, Austin — Monroe White, Norris — Monroe Whitehead, John — Monroe Wilkinson, Matthew — Monroe Wilkerson, Shirley — Monroe Wilkes, Brenda — West Monroe Williams, Danny — Oak Grove Williams, Darla — Monroe Williams, James — Rayville Williams, Jenie — Epps Williamson, Terri — West Monroe Wilson, Brenda — Mangham Wilson, Cathy — Bastrop Wilson, Mandy — Delhi Wilson, Sharon — Morgan City Winn, Dujunce — Shreveport Wisenbaker, James — Ball Wolfe, Beth — Monroe Woo, Chen Loong — Monroe Woon, Yaw S — Monroe Wright, Jodi — Haughton Wright, Thomas — Jena Wyatt, Kelly — Monroe Wycoff, Gerre — Sicily Island Yandle, Stephanie — Monroe Yee, Then Chin — Monroe Yeoh Tan, Chong Lee — Monroe Yerger, Scarlett — Tallulah Young, Juanita — West Monroe “As captain of Warbonnets, being involved with the spirit groups is one of the things I en- joy most about INICUe —Debbie Maniscalco, marketing senior SENIORS The nat: Keeping Students In the Swim “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water ...,” thought Dianna Kennedy, dental hygiene sophomore. She, along with an esti- mated 300 other students, attended the Union Board sponsored movie “Jaws” at the Lake Oxford Natatori- um during the 1987 Spring Fever. “Right when Jaws was attacking the boat, a friend 334 People of mine decided to attack my raft. As if I wasn’t scared enough!” Kennedy said. Head Swim Coach John Pittington said there were some negative feelings about the idea, but he felt the event was a success. “T’d like to see the Union Board sponsor more water monster movies at the Nat.” The Natatorium pro- vides a recreational outlet not only at sponsored events like the “Jaws,” showing, but year-long through student, faculty and alumni memberships. “It’s really a good deal for students,” Pittington said. “They can swim all semes- ter for a $5 fee.” When registration was held in the coliseum, stu- dents could pay the fee on their way out. Many would pay for a membership and never use the facility. Now students must make a special effort to join the Nat., and Pittington said, as a result, memberships have decreased significant- ly with the advent of tele- phone registration. In addition to member- ships, the Nat. is the site of swimming lessons which are co-sponsored by three groups: Continuing Educa- Friendly water fights are |} commonplace in the natatori- um, as students like Cindi Bont and Candi St. Andre demonstrate during an after- noon swim. Photo by Rick Kennedy. tion, the Department of Health Physical Educa- tion and the Nat. — Julie Cason Keeping a watchful eye out over the activities at the Nat is Lifeguard Jennifer Kingston’s main duty. Photo by Todd Tradewell. The cool water of the natato- rium provides the perfect at- mosphere for the Union Board’s dive-in-movie, “Jaws”. Photo by Peter Bradley. Brian Jackson Looking for Ff Xposure hile many stu- dents were on the beach or in classes this summer, Brian Jackson, journal- ism junior, was in Atlan- ta, gaining exposure as a stand-up comedian. “Getting your foot in the door is the hardest part to the long process of show business,” Jack- son said. The Punch Line and The Comic Cafe were among the number of clubs Jackson per- formed at. He won his first contest at Jerry A new face in Atlanta, Brian Jackson is working his way up as a comedian. Photo by Laura Zaidain. Farber’s Place, a nation- ally-known club featur- ing comedians. Jackson is using com- edy as a road to acting, which is his real goal. But first, he plans to earn his degree. “Tt takes years of ex- posure to make it, so I want to have a degree to fall back on,” he said. — Wende Smith “There will always be people that criticize your efforts, but you’ve got to believe in yourself or you have nothing.” Even in the serious set- ting of work, making people laugh is a part of comedian Brian Jackson’s act. Photo by Rick Kenne- dy. Juniors 335 raeomere: Abraham, Adrienne — Shreveport Adcock, Amanda — Clinton, MS Adkins, Jerry — Monroe Albritton, Lea — Shreveport Albritton, Steven — Monroe Aldridge, Sharen — West Monroe Alexander, David — Baton Rouge Alford, Angela — Bastrop Aloisio, Karl — Morgan City Alvarez, Carmen — Monroe Anderson, Christie — Shreveport Anderson, Kimberly — Monroe Andries, Todd — Monroe Artman, Helen — Pineville Arcenfaux, Charise — Erath Arender, Shelia — Baskin Anthony, Sonya — Monroe Babb, Warren — Monroe Bailey, Garland — Jena Baker, Margaret — Monroe Bartley, Dana — Winnfield Barton, Laine — Winnfield Beal, Adria — Pineville Beard, Dana — Vidalia Beavers, Deana — Monroe Beebe, Selida — West Monroe Beebe, William — Downsville Bell, Brian — Shreveport Bembenick, Christopher — Lecompte Berry, Momi — Monroe Bialas, Jilleen — Shreveport Bice, Matthew — Ruston Bissinger, Ronnie — Oak Grove Black, Marcus — Monroe Blair, Albert — Monroe Blalock, Charles — Shreveport Bollich, Stacy — Eunice Bonner, Lanette — Eros Bonnette, Jennifer — Baton Rouge Booth, Janis — Alexandria Boyd, Elizabeth — Monroe Brabham, Nicky — Monroe From pep rallies to chili cook-offs, fans Support the Team 336 People The “Spirit of North- east” manifested itself not only in the players on the football field or on the bas- ketball court, but also in the many fans who avidly supported Northeast Lou- isiana University’s athletic programs. NLU fans seemed to es- pecially enjoy football, and all of the festivities held the week before a game. Indian fans participated in a vari- ety of activites in support of the team from pep rallies to chili cook-offs. The spirit and excite- ment generated by these functions climaxed on Sat- urday night as senior Teddy Garcia led the Indians with his opening kick-off. All of these pregame preparations usually began on Thursday night with a pep rally to fire up the play- ers and students both. The cheerleaders lead the pep rallies while the band and Pom Pon Girls also per- formed for the crowd. Though not always well at- tended, the students who went seemed to enjoy the pep rallies. “It’s fun if you go with a lot of friends,” said Malinda Tinnerello, nursing sopho- more. “But you only get out of it what you put into it.” But, the pep rally was only the beginning .. . f)ng high, cheerleader Kim Troy Siragusa, Greg Bowman, Cheering for the Indians at a ux performs a straddle and Donna Kay Ramsey. pep rally are members of the Phi ) at one of the pep rallies. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Mu sorority who went on to win S} ting her are cheerleaders the spirit stick for their efforts. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Brandon, Julie — West Monroe Brantley, Kendel — Farmerville Breaux, Deana — Monroe Brewer, Angela — Pine Bluff Brinkhaus, Ingrid — Opelousas Br inkley, John — Shreveport Brooks, Melissa — Portland, AR Broom, Amanda — Bossier Brunet, Andre — Houma Brunson, John — Monroe Bryan, George — Downsville Bueto, Becky — Shreveport Burns, Sharon — Homer Bush, Sharron — Delhi Byrd, Julianna — West Monroe Campbell, Courtney — Albertville Campbell, Jefferon — Jena Campbell, Monty — Monroe Carney, Deborah — Pioneer Carter, Sherry — Bossier Cash, Maria — Boca Raton, FL Caston, Shatonya — Shreveport Cathey, Carolyn — Crossett, AR Cavaretta, Keith — Amite Cavazos, Cindy — Bossier City Cazes, Debra — Monroe Cernigliaro, Lori — Shreveport Chapman, Michael — Lake Providence Chan, Chuan Kok — Monroe Chandler, Karen — Baton Rouge Chase, Don — Transylvania Chataignier, Lisa — Slidell Cheung, Chun Wai — Monroe Choo, Danny — Eudora Christian, Leann — Monroe Christian, Sharon — Simsboro 66 —— Living on campus helps you grow up be- cause you are on your own. Nobody makes you get up and go to class or study. It’s up to you.” — Lea Albritton, education junior JUNIORS Christopher, Claudine — New Orleans Clady, Tom — L eesville Clark, Eunice Bastrop Clark, Mary — Shreveport Clark, Missy Lake Village, AR Clark, Paula — West Monroe Clark, Susan — Winnsboro Clayton, Autry — Natchez, MS Cockroft, Amy — Jackson, MS Coco, Norman — Lafayette Collins, Verena — Alexandria Combel, Christine — Franklin Coon, Allen — Monroe Coon, Christina — Jena Corry, Sandra — Monroe Cotton, Tamara — West Monroe Cranford, Sara — Greenville, MS Crawford, Laura — West Monroe Cromwell, Kelley — Monroe Crouch, Stephanie — Pineville Crow, Michele — Monroe h Enjoying pregame festivities, fan‘) ™ Get ready). —. ont inte LENE TRAP TAY AOR RAEI 338 People Following the pep rallies, activities were held on game day which further en- couraged the “Spirit of Northeast.” While the Sound of Today and War- bonnets practiced behind Masur Hall, farther down the road the fraternities made ready their party sup- plies for both pre and post- game festivities. On various Saturdays, there were also functions planned behind the Alumni Center such as games and food for Parent’s Day, a chili cook-off and a pre- game party sponsored by Magic 106 FM radio sta- tion. Yet, what most students looked forward to most were the pre-game tailgate parties. Though most of the time not actually taking place on tailgates, these parties were everywhere. Fraternities partied in the houses, while behind Hudson Hall students played volleyball, ate and mostly drank. Behind the Alumni Center entangled in rows of cars, trucks and vans, fans partied, barbe- ready for the game. And yet the fans’ mo important activity of t day was yet to come... Donna Seemann, Green, and Londa McClur The Indians went on to bei) Georgia Southern 26-17. Pho! by Rick Kennedy. | Crow, Miriam — Vicksburg, MS Cull, Theresa — Pineville Cumella, Mark — Monroe Cyrus, Steven — Monroe Daigle, Julie — Monroe Davis, Dottie — Monroe Davis, Sue — Boyce Denmon, Jason — Forest Desselle, Shane — Moreauville Desselle, Valerie — Lafayette Deville, Andrea — Opelousas Devillier, Jason — Lafayette Dolecheck, Brett — Monroe Domingue, Shane — Monroe Dortch, Sonya — Columbia Down, Barry — Monroe Doyle, Katherine — Monroe Dozier, Gary — Monroe Dozier, Kimberly — Monroe Drew, Monica — Monroe Dufrene, Danielle — West Monroe Duncan, Marcia — Logansport Dupris, Joseph — Baton Rouge Economides, Haris — Monroe Eisenmenger, Lisa — Vicksburg, MS Elmore, Charlene — West Monroe Emanuel, John — Bastrop Evans, Lea — Rayville Evans, Mary — Jonesville Ezell, Taffie — Vicksburg, MS Fabbey, Laura — Downsville Ferguson, Laurie — Monroe Files, Nancy — Monroe Finlay, Brian — Jena Flint, Donnie — Winnsboro Flock, Hilary — West Monroe Florence, Amelia — Tallulah Florentine, Stehpen — West Monroe Floyd, Ginny — Monroe Flynn — Bastrop Fondren, Cynthia — Sterlington Fontenot, Ira — Vinton Fontenot, Odis — Monroe Ford, Tayran — Monroe Foster, Thad — Monroe Franklin, Dianne — Crossett, AR Frantom, Lisa — West Monroe Freeland, Tanya — Eros Fuller, Tracy — Winnsboro Futch, Tracy — West Monroe Gan, Su-Lin — Singapore Gathright, Darla — West Monroe Gatson, Felicia — Spearsville Geddie, Robert — Monroe George, Stephanie — Shreveport Gibson, Bridggie — Jonesville Gilchrist, Scott — Alexandria Gilliland, L Fay — Delhi Gilliland, Sandy — West Monroe Gilmore, Tara — Monroe “College can be more excit- ing if you get involved in the activities that NLU has to of- fer instead of only going to class day in and day out.” —Tracy Futch, marketing junior JUNIORS Gipson, Freddie — Shreveport Girlinghouse, James — Ball Givens, Susan — West Monroe Gosselin, Mary — Baton Rouge Goudeau, Ginger — Bastrop Gates, Tina — Pineville Grayson, Zebie — Monroe Green, Harry — Ferriday Green, Otisstein — Lake Providence Green, Richard — Tyler, TX Greer, Brent — Rayville Greer, Lisa — Monroe Grenfell, John — Sterlington Grey, Ladonna — Lake Providence Griggs, Lenaye — Bastrop Guidry, Michael — Monroe Guillory, Claudette — Lawtell Habet, Teresita — Monroe Haddox, Lana — West Monroe Halbrook, Penny — Monroe Hall, Elizabeth — Monroe Hanley, Karen — Thibodaux Hargett, Becky — Mansfield Hargroder, Andrew — Monroe Harris, Warren — Shreveport Harrison, Diana — Crossett, AR Hawsey, Connie — St Joseph Hawthorne, Lynell — Tallulah Hearn, John — Farmerville Hearn, Patricia — Farmerville Hebert, Anthony — Monroe Helams, Amanda — Delhi Hernandez, Todd — Slaughter Herrington, Timothy — Vidalia Higginbotham, Lisa — Timpson, TX Higgins, Zondie — Rayville Hooter, Ricky — Pineville Hooter, Lora — Olla Holloway, Dena — Tallulah Hollis, Kelley — Sterlington Hurst, Toni — Shreveport Humphries, Cynthia — Alexandria Hughes, Sharon — Amite Hughes, Kimberly — Farmerville Ireland, Garland — Bastrop Jackson, Melvin — Boyce Jacob, Quinn — Laplace James, Jina — Shreveport James, Kenneth — Monroe James, Tracie — Winnfield Jenkins, Sandra — Ponchatoula Jiles, Sonja — Monroe Johnson, Anne-Marie — Oberlin Johnson, Casey — Opelousas Johnson, Cassondra — Natchitoches Johnson, Gary — Minden Johnson, Ronita — Monroe Jones, Barbara — Bastrop Jones, Carolyn — Marion Jones, Griff — Monroe Jones, Jennifer — Natchitoches Jones, Melinda — Jena Jones, Melinda G. — Bastrop Jordan, Lisa — West Monroe Jordan, Robyn — West Monroe Kaufman, Kelly — Winnsboro Kelly, Richard — Winnsboro Kido, Kevin — West Monroe King, Amy — Monroe King, Veronica — Bastrop 340 People on a Te } TAT UMTS (heering for their team, fans Rock the stands The most important role the Indian fans played was demonstrating the “Spirit of Northeast” throughout the game. Adorned with maroon and gold pompons, fans lined the rows of seats at Malone Stadium as early as 5:30 p.m. Students, still enjoying pre-game festivities, usual- ly crowded into the stands just before kick-off. They displayed their spirit in many ways such as their ar- tistically drawn NLU post- ers. During Halloween, some also chose to come dressed as Indians. One fan even went so far as to arrive dressed in only moccasins Another Chief Brave Spir- it? No, just sophomore Willie Freeman who showed up as an Indian for the NLU vs. McNeese game on Halloween night. Photo by Rick Kennedy. and a loin cloth. Standard Indian dress, of course. However, many students and fans stuck to the con- ventional means of simply yelling and cheering. Yet, no matter what form it took, the “‘Spirit of Northeast” was always there. Building throughout the week from the pep rally to the final seconds of the game, it was always pre- sent. In the end, the many hours fans spent preparing for the games paid off, as the Indians ended their 1987 season — the best in three years — with a win- ning record. — Wende Smith Screaming for their team, students get fired up for the biggest rival- ry game of the year: NLU vs. Tech. The In- dians went on to beat the Bulldogs 44-7. Photo by Rick Kennedy, “T Tove my Mi- crolab because the graduate student I have makes it fun as well as interest- ing.” —Susan Givens, pharmacy junior JUNIORS Kliebert, Joy — Vacherie Knight, Billy — Monroe Kok, Foonng Ngean — Monroe Kulkarni, Sachin — Monroe Lacombe, Shane — Pineville Locotts, Dikina — Monroe Lambert, Anessa — Lake Charles | SAD, Aaa “| TE TONT TPN TPN TPN Lambert, Donna — Bastrop Landry, Amy — Metairie Landry, Dwight — Monroe Laseter, Tammy — Bastrop Latham, Nancy — Foreman, AR Layton, Karen — Oak Grove Lazenby, Kayla — Downsville Lee, Felisa — Clayton Leluex, Kimberly — Alexandria Lemoine, James — Montgomery Lemoine, Tracy — Monroe Lewis, Debra — Farmerville Lipsey, Shannon — Monroe Lipsey, Wilbur — Monroe Little, Jana — Crossett, AR Lobue, Christa — Hammond Mahaffey, Melissa — Muscle Shoal, AL Maiden, Rodney — Winnsboro Malone, Sherra — Monroe Marley, Kim — West Monroe Martin, Timothy — Vidalia Masters, Carrie — Shreveport Maxwell, Carlton — Bastrop May, Gaye — Monroe May, Marilyn — Monroe May, Mike — Woodland, TX Mayhall, Brenda — Rayville McClure, Charles — Jonesville When educational pursuits grow too tedious, some stu- dents enj oy just getting away from it all. Here, Cosper Hall residents play a quick pickup game of volleyball behind the dorm. Photo by Janette Tingle. Mito stich PUSAN ee ft seer 342 People | . | f i | | i —— ae — Sree, «: A McClure, Londa — West Monroe McClure, Patricia — Jonesville McCurry, Lonnie — West Monroe McDaniel, Paula — Newellton McDonald, Lisa — Cleveland, MS McFadden, Michael — Monroe McGaha, Rose — Monroe McGowen, M ichael — Monroe McKee, Candy — West Monroe McKeithen, Tedi — Monroe McKee, Debra — Hamburg, AR McKenzie, Amanda — Springhill McKenzie, Paul — Bossier McLeod, James — Crossett, AR McMahan, Tracy — Wisner McNeil, Tina — Oak Grove McQueen, Lisa — Bossier City Meehan, Kathleen — Monroe Mehling, Michael — Pineyille Meyers, John — Harrisonburg Miceli, Lenette — Monroe Miguez, Tara — Hahnville Milton, William — Baton Rouge Mitchell, Keri — West Monroe Mitchell, Wendy — Haynesville Moak, Tommy — Harrisonburg Mobley, Jenni — Calhoun Mobley, Kevin — Monroe Monroe, Eric — Homer Moorhead, Jodie — West Monroe Moreau, Stephanie — Monroe Moreau, Terrell — Monroe Moreland, Amy — West Monroe Morgan, Cedric — Ferriday Morgan, Mark — Bastrop Mourain, Melinda — Chalmette Mulhearn, Tammy — West Monroe Mullins, Maurenne — Monroe Murphy, Sherri — West Monroe Murry, Terri — Bastrop Myles, Kimberly — Monroe Naron, Theresa — Monroe Nash, Robert — Monroe Nauch, Misket — Hammond New, Paul — Sterlington Newman, Angela — Monroe Nguyen, Trinh K — Jackson, MS Nguyen, Tuyet Hong — Monroe Nikolic, Teresa — Jackson, MS Nolen, Heather — Sicily Island Norman, Randall — Rayville Obryan, Ruby — Tullos O’Dell, Bruce — Cheneyville Odom, Karen — Monroe O’Neal, Kenneth — Monroe Owens, Bridgett — Downsville Oxford, Sharon — West Monroe Pace, Gregory — Monroe Pace, Kristi — Ruston Page, Cynthia — Natchitoches “‘Remember, a college student’s day at NLU isn’t complete until he skips class and goes to the library to copy the notes he miss, 1.” — Terrell] Mo- reau, agricultural business junior. JUNIORS Feeding a group of friendly ducks while sitting beside Bay- ou DeSiard is Christinne Traiana, junior, and Steven Jordan, sophomore. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Palma, Chad — Fort Polk Palmer, Keith — Calhoun Palmer, Trislyn — Baton Rouge Pardue, Donna — Clarks Parker, Charlisa — Delhi Parker, Jane — Winnsboro Parker, John — West Monroe Parks, Amanda — Winnsboro Parks, Rae — Rayville Patrick, John — Downsville Patrick, Neverlyn — Lake Providence Patterson, Lynn — Monroe Patton, Susan — Crossett, AR Payne, Sandra — Lake Providence Peaker, Larry — West Monroe Peckmore, Nonica — Pollock Pelloquin, Mark — Basile Pettingell, Kimberly — West Monroe Phillips, Amanda — Bastrop Phillips, Connie — Monroe Phillips, Joseph — Monroe aaet Phillips, Tanya — Swartz Phills, Cynthia. — Shreveport Picht, Thomas — Bossier Picou, Susan — Schriever Pittman, Wesley — West Monroe Polk, Kimberly — Vicksburg, MS Potter, Russell — Gilbert Powell, Charles — Leesville Pugh, James — Monroe Pumphrey, Marcenia — Crossett, AR Quarles, Sue — Crossett, AR Quin, Belinda — Mount Hermon Rabalais, Anne — Arnaudville Rachal, Sonya — Monroe Ramel, Claes — Sweden Ramsey, Shelly — Monroe Ratcliff, Jay — Rayville Rawls, Julie — West Monroe Ray, Charles — Bastrop Ray, Kim — Kenner Raye, Rhonda — Shreveport Reagan, Michael — Monroe Rentz, David — Baton Rouge Reynolds, Jane — Monroe Richardson, Carol — Shreveport Roberson, Angela — Shreveport Roberson, Lisa — West Monroe Robert, Bobby — West Monroe 344 People Rodeo club member Jenni- fer Raybun hugs one of the horses she spends much of her time with at Layton Farm. Photo by Rick Kennedy. Roberts, Deborah — Pineville Robertson, Dan — Bastrop Robertson, Tina — Oak Grove Robinson, Julie — Warren Rodine, Charles — Bettendorf, IA Rolland, Philip — Monroe Rowland, Lisa — Marion Roy, Sara — Monroe Roy, Sheri — Mansura Rozyskie, John — Mobile, AL Rush, Darrell — Fort Polk Russo, Leonardo — Alexandria Ryan, Constance — Monroe Samarasinghe, Vinodh — Monroe Sanders, Sharron — Bossier City Sant, Kimberly — Monroe Saterfield, Alana — Monroe Schilling, Mistie — Texarkana, TX Schonfarber, Larry — Monroe Seamster, Tonia — Minden Shawgo, Katrina — Monroe Shipp, Paula — Sterlington Simms, Austin — Epps Simms, Cheryl — Tallulah Simon, Patrice — Duson Sims, Erroli — Shreveport Smith, Charlene — West Monroe Smith, Donald — West Monroe Smith, Jeffrey — Vidalia Smith, Lori — Monroe Smith, Michael — Smithfield, TX Smith, Paul — West Monroe Smith, Sandra — Monroe Smith, Sarah — Youngsville Smith, Theresa — Junction City Snyder, Constance — Monroe Soileau, Kermit — Opelousas Spangler, Ramona — Zachary Sparks, Yolanda — Deridder Speed, Lana — Collins Spencer, Steven — Bastrop Speyrer, Marcee — Swartz ‘What's so crazy about my college career is that I don’t have time for class. I’m so involved at school and at work that I don’t have time to study.” — Tanya Phil- lips, public rela- tions junior. JUNIORS During a Delta Sig after- noon game of basketball, Lane Maloch misses a shot from un- der the basket while Greg Daw- son, Shane Goulas and Jay Precht wait to rebound. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Staples, John — Jonesboro Steadman, Elizabeth — West Monroe Stephens, Matilda — Kilbourne Stephenson, Rachel — Rayville Stewart, Ellen — Monroe Stolpa, Sandra — Monroe Strobel, Dean — Tallulah Stuckey, Kimberly — Winnfield Sullivan, Audrea — Start Sutherlin, Francy — Coushatta Tadlock, David — Monroe Tart, Lyvonda — Bossier Taylor, Patricia — Shreveport Terral, Thomas — Farmerville Tharp, Tomi — Monroe Tharpe, Cherie — Crowville Thibodeaux, Roberta — Lydia Thigpen, Brian — Monroe Thomas, Cindy — Grand Cane Thomas, Dwynita — Monroe Thomas, Suzanne — Monroe Thomas, Wendy — Shreveport Thornhill, Tammy — Monroe Thurman, Cheryl — Monroe Tillman, Cindy — Monroe Ting, Kok Kheong — Monroe Tingle, Janette — Monroe Tostado, Deborah — Monroe 346 People Toler, Laura — Crossett, AR Trussell, Trudy — Jena Tung, Lai Ming — Monroe Turnbow, Tom — Monroe Turner, Angela — Rayville Tyler, Ramona — Chestnut Tyree, Mona — Leesville Ussery, Angela — Pineville Vereen, Marc — Bastrop Wade, Susan — Monroe Wafer, Verna — Homer Walker, Kim — Monroe Walker, Kimberly — Natchitoches Walker, Robin — Jonesville Wallace, Keith — Bastrop Walker, Lauri — Monroe Wallace, Rhonda — Meadville, MS Wallace, Rita — Bastrop Washam, Dianna — Newellton Washington, Toni — Shreveport Watkins, Paula — Rayville Watson, Debore — Monroe Watson, Jill — Monroe Wayne, Althea — Monroe Webber, Wendy — Ferriday Weeks, Jennifer — Vicksburg, MS Westney, Michelle — Lake Charles Wheeler, Kenneth — Monroe Wilhite, John — West Monroe White, Brian — Monroe White, Sharon — Winnfield White, Stacy — Bourg Wh ite, Steven — West Monroe Whitton, Kimberly — Sterlington Whorton, Amy — Bastrop Widdig, Carl — Clinton Wilbanks, Keith — West Monroe Wilkins, Steven — Benton Willett, Sharron — Doyline Williams, Lisa — Monroe Williams, Loretta — Oak Grove Williams, Rhonda — West Monroe Williams, Robert — Monroe Williams, Rodney — Shreveport Williamson, Ruby — West Monroe Williams, Tammy — Monroe Wilmore, Vanessa — Mangham Wilson, Karen — West Monroe Wiltz, Lucretia — Monroe Wong, Kah Wor — Monroe Woodyard, Charles — Dumas Worley, Brenda — Monroe Young, Mayleng — Monroe Zimmerman, Paula — Lafayette Zochert, Monika — Pineyille “Stay in college as long as you can. You have the rest of your life to work, and get oldies — Steven White, psychology ju- nior. JUNIORS NLU: | Educating Students of 2 The ‘college-age stu- dent” is usually thought to be between 18 and 22 years- old. However, students are far from limited to that range. Angela Hodge, criminal justice freshman, went to high school at East Park Christian Academy, and graduated a year early. At the age of 16, she became the youngest student en- rolled at NLU during the 1986-87 year. When asked if college courses seemed harder than 348 People — — high school, she said “I had to do two years of work in one, so this is easy in com- parison, at least for now.” Hodge intends to stay in Monroe until she graduates in criminal justice. “T think NLU’s program is good. I got accepted into LSU and Northwestern, and I chose to go here,” she said. Hodge’s other interests included: ice-skating, roll- er-skating and volleyball. She was also interested in yearbook work, but wanted to wait until she became more settled into college life. At the other end of the scale was Marion Bretz, 74 years old according to the registrar’s office. She has been enrolled in the Special Non-degree Academic Program (SNAP) and during the fall took one course: organ les- sons. Bretz has worked as an Episcopal church organist in Ruston for four years. She began taking organ les- sons from Charles Eve at NLU because, “I admire Episcopal organists; it was natural to seek one out.” “In music you don’t stand still. It really helps to study with someone who understan ds it well,” said Bretz. She has studied with Eve for two years and feels the lessons have helped in her career. Bretz is quite educated musically. She started play- ing piano at age 14, and has almost earned her master’s Water aerobics student Tubbi Clark and Shirley Mal let enjoy a cool work-out in th pool. This class health and P.E class is offered through Con tinuing Education. Photo b Laura Zaidain. degree in music. Students vary as much iJ age as much as in the rea son they attend NLU There is simply no limit t learning. | — Ann Hopkin WO Jackie Daniels, after teach- ing in a number of public schools is now returning to the classroom as a student in Edu- cational Foundation 201. Photo by Freddie Gipson. mbarrassment, sympathy, inade- quacy and a com- pelling urge to help ... these are common emo- tions people experience when they first meet Lou Jones. Jones, a 21-year-old psychology sophomore, has a birth defect which caused a malformation of the muscles in his legs. Because of this, people often either try to help him, or they stare, not knowing how to lems getting across cam- pus or upstairs to his classes. However, Jones has not always been this mo- bile. Before the age of five, when he started a two-year series oper- ations, walking was im- possible. Now, he takes advan- tage of his ability to walk where he wants to go. When Jones is not in the Student Union Building shooting pool, he can usually be found Angela Hodge, the youngest react. in Brown Gym working student on campus, takes a “At first it bothered out. study break outside the union me, but now I know S Wende Gmith with friend Annalisa Dupree. they’re just curious,” Photo by Rick Kenned : a F or Jones said. “‘I would probably do the same thing.’ ‘ for 21 years and come In spite of the fact tg college, then there that many people try to is nothing that I can’t help him, Jones said he_ do,” is actually very self-suf- ficient. He has no prob- “If I can be like this Lou Jones has overcome his birth defect to maintain his indepenndence. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Sophomores 349 Abrams, Kimberly — Luling Adams, Ann — Bastrop Adams, Gary — St Francisville Adams, Lisa — Monroe Ahrend, James — Vickburg, MS Ainsworth, Stacy — Eros Albritton, Kimberly — Monroe Alexander, Marshelle — Bossier Allen, Glenda — Downsville Allen, Marcy — Downsville Allred, Nan Cherie — Jena Allums, Christopher — Shreveport Alvarez, Christopher — Monroe Anderson, Pamela — Vicksburg, MS Andrews, Mary — Alexandria Andrews, Taniquel — Sterlington Angel, Sammy — Monroe Antley, Jo Ellen — Downsville Antwine, Jarvis — Monroe Arbogast, James — Tullos Arnold, Amy — Winnfield Atkins, Sarah — Monroe Austin, Johnny — Monroe Babers, Petrecia — Jonesboro Baham, Melvin — Hammund Bailey, Shannon — West Monroe Bailey, Tara — Monroe Bailey, Tiffany — Sterlington Baker, Ann — Senham Springs Baker, John — Jennings Baker, Tracy — Leesville Banister, Julie — Monroe Bartow, Edward — Alexandria Barber, Miriam — Vicksburg, MS Barfield, Jimmy — Morgan City Bass, Chester — Pineville Bass, James — West Monroe Bass, Toni — Jonesville Baughman, Nancy — Farmerville Bearden, John — Benton Bearden, Stuart — West Monroe Belcher, Sonja — Pollock If I had a dollar, I 9% Go Out | 17% Pay For School : —Y “ls Le a | 26% Buy Food 26% Buy Clothes 350 People Belfrage, Charlotta — Monroe Bencid, Rosario — Monroe Benjamin, Marcus — Natchitoches Bennett, Jason — Monroe Bennett, Penny — Oak Grove Benson, Shirlene — Sterlington Benton, Francesca — Haughton Berry, David — Oak Grove Bethke, Chris — Monroe Blackman, Libby — Columbia Blankers, Lee — Crossett, AR Blaylock, Barbara — Start Bloomer, Andrew — Monroe Bobo, Rebecca — West Monroe Bocox, Jamie — Camden Bont, Cyndia — West Monroe Bont, Dawn — West Monroe Book, Melvin — Monterey wal enjoy Mr. Boone, Michelle — West Monroe (Mike) Al bert- Bordes, Laura — New Orleans Braid, Stacy Valin son’s news report- ley, Reb — West M : Braud, Pesey os eee —e In {% cl ass beca use we're free to act independent and Breland, Todd — Zachary vO ] ce our Op 1 ine Briley, C Todd — Bastrop 0 Briley, David — Washington 10Ns. Plus he Owes Brooks, John — Portland Brothers, Krista — West Monroe mea pizza party. Hd Brouillette, Robert — Shreveport — Chesca Ben- ten, journalism sophomore. Brown, Emmett — Rayville Brown, Jacqueline — Mer Rouge Brown, Judith — Shreveport Bruscato, Jana — Monroe Bryan, Karmon — Marion Bryan, Michael — Lafayette Byrd, Robert — Monroe Byrd, Thomas — Sondheimer Byrd, Toni — Oakdale Burks, Mark — Alexandria Burleigh, Leigh — Luling Bussell, Shannon — Smackover, AR Butler, Joe — Tullos Butler, Marilyn — Monroe Caballero, Kevin — Monroe Caldwell, Sherrie — Wisner Caldwell, Tonya — Monroe Calhoun, Deirdre — Shreveport Calhoun, Pamela — Monroe Calhoun, Sherry — Wisner Callaway, Retha — Downsville Carpenter, Robert — Monroe Carpenter, Tammy — Olla Carr, Cindy — Monroe Carr, Taneshia — Alexandria Carroll, Jennifer — West Monroe Carter, Berrishea — Sterlington Carter, Kimberly — Baton Rouge Castle, Brian — Jonesboro Cerrato, Claudia — Monroe SOPHOMORES Chapman, Mary — West Monroe Chatten, Kimberly — West Monroe Chevalier, Catherine — Cheneyville Chin, Wesley — West Monroe Chisnell, Darren — Cumberland Cho, Austina — Monroe Chu, Ngar Ting — Monroe Close, Christy — Pineville Cloud, Cindee — Monroe Coleman, Dominica — Shreveport Coleman, Lemeko — Bossier Connell, Karen — Monroe Coon, Vera — Jena Copeland, Donna — West Monroe Corbett, Tamara — Rayville Cork, Brandon — Monroe Costello, Shauna — Bastrop Courtney, Stacie — Port Sulphur Covington, Kenneth — West Monroe Cox, Justin — Bastrop Cox, Lashunga — Sheveport Crain, David — West Monroe Crain, Monica — De Ridder Crawford, Kelly — Lake Providence Creel, Michell — Monroe Crook, Mary — Bastrop Crumpton, Lisa — Monroe Cummings, Rodney — Calhoun Daniel, Chad — Baton Rouge Davis, Clara — Bastrop Davis, Donna — Sulphur Davis, Kelli — Newellton Davis, Tracy — Bossier Dearman, Karen — Delhi Dearmon, Brent — Urania Dearvil, Jason — Oregon, IL Deckard, Sherry — Nacogdoches Decker, Stacy — Jena Dekeyzer, Stacie — Boyce Dematteis, Bruna — Monroe Dement, Jeff — West Monroe Dewitt, Gareld — Oregon, IL Dickson, Elizabeth — Vicksburg, MS Ditto, Scott — Vicksburg, MS Divittorio, Carokine — Baton Rouge Do, Dung Tien — New Orleans Donnell, Sheila — Crowville Dosher, Shea — Oak Grove Dotson, Tanya — Long Beach, CA Doughty, Tod — Jena Douglas, Dusti — Bastrop Douthit, Jeffrey — West Monroe Downey, Dana — West Monroe Doyle, Tracy — Tallulah Dreher, Katy — Bastrop Dual, Karen — Alexandria Dubriel, Kasey — Alexandria Duncan, William — Haughton Dunn, Megan — Bastro Duplantis, Chris — Berwick Dupree, Annalisa — Monroe Dupree, Rhonda — Columbia Eady, Nancy — Olla Edwards, Cynthia — Jonesville Edwards, Scott — West Monroe Eidt, Erin — Natchez, MS Eldridge, Libby — Oak Grove Emanuel, Sally — Bastrop English, Leigh — Monroe Enright, Julia — Sicily Island (ON 352 People Catching a quick snack be- tween classes, Rikki Tostonn chows down on a hot dog pro- vided by the SGA, RHA and UB. Junior Louis Piere also enjoyed some of the free food. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Enright, Melissa — Sicily Island Esswein, Scott — Monroe Evans, Kimberly — West Monroe Everett, Kimberly — Monroe Farmer, Gary — Monroe Feazel, Ann — Rayville Feazel, Betty — West Monroe Fisher, Katherine — Greenville Flock, Travis — West Monroe Folkens, Eric — Arlington, TX Fontana, Tammy — Monroe Fordham, Gary — West Monroe Foster, Beverly — St Joseph Foster, Hazel — Pioneer Frazier, Angela — Alexandria Frazier, Gladys — Monroe Frazier, Stephen — West Monroe Freeman, Carla — Calhoun French, William — Monroe Fuller, Karl — Monroe Fuller, Sherri — West Monroe Fusilier, Sonya — Monroe Gandy, Susan — Lake Charles Garamani, Sophia — Monroe Garner, Karen — Monroe Garrard, Jennifer — Shreveport Gaston, William — West Monroe Gates, Julie — Pineville Geddes, Kristen — Sulphur Gipson, Donna — Monroe “T like the curric- ulum, but I don’t like 8 o'clock classes.” — Monica Crain, nursing sopho- more. SOPHOMORES Gilbert, Donna — Monroe Gilley, Stacy — Mangham Gillikin, Christine — Monroe Gipson, Yolunda — Ringgold Goh, Kim Huat — Monroe Goulas, Shane — Franklin Gray, Andrea — Jonesboro Greene, Darlene — Monroe Gribskov, Melissa — Jackson, MS Grinnell, Claudia — Monroe Grubbs, George — Swartz Guerin, Suzanne — Ventress Guiden, Cheryl — Shreveport Guidry, Lara — Lafayette Guillory, Sharon — Monroe Guillot, Cherisse — Deville Gumpert, Elizabeth — Lafayette Gunnels, Sharon — N Little Rock, AR Haisty, Sherry — West Monroe Haley, Scott — Monroe Hall, Keith — Keatchie Hamel, Tracy — West Monroe Hansen, Michael — Clearwater, FL Harbuck, Ramona — Pineville Hare, Joanne — Monroe Harper, Kristi — West Monroe Harris, Cynthia — Oak Grove Harris, Jacqueline — Oak Grove Harris, Tara — Jigger Hart, Brenda — Shreveport Hattaway, Melissa — West Monroe Hatten, Donna — West Monroe Hedberg, Lillemor — Sweden Heflin, Lori — Monroe Henderson, Marcus — Monroe Henderson, Melissa — Monroe Henderson, Veronica — Delhi Henninger, Rhonda — Shreveport Hicks, Jeanne — Mangham Hilburn, William — Minden Hill, Carmon — Monroe Hill, Michael — Marion Hill, Renata — Shreveport Hill, Sandra — Natchez, MS Hill, Sharmon — Monroe Hillestad, Darla — Grayson Hilliard, Kimberly — New Orleans Hinson, Kimberly — Natchez, MS Hodges, Angela — Bastrop Holcek, David — Monroe Holland, Christine — Shreveport Holland, Evelyn — Monroe Hollis, Jay — Monroe Holloway, Christine — Elmer Holmes, Janis — Epps Hood, Darryl — Monroe Hood, Richard — Pineville Hooper, Vanesssa — Alexandria Horton, Wendy — Shreveport Hough, Sheila — Bastrop Houston, Sharetha — Jonesboro Howard, Angela — West Monroe Howell, Denise — Bossier Hoyt, M’Lee — Pineville Huff, Stacie — Pineville Hughes, Katherine — Oak Grove Hughes, Michael — Harrison Humphries, Jerry — Monroe Hunt, Tiny — Marion Hunter, Keith — Monroe 354 People t the annual chili cook—off eld by NLU 31, A.C. Liles ‘irs a contest entry. Liles, a ‘ember of NLU 31, is also tesident of Delta Sigma Phi. _ hoto by Rick Kennedy. Hutsell, Kandra — Dillingham Iverson, Susan — Monroe January, Michelle — Houston, TX Jenkins, Kevin — Deville Johnson, Belinda — Greenville, MS Johnson, David — Crossett Johnson, Paul — Monroe Johnson, Sherlyn — Monroe Johnson, Tylia — Swartz Johnston, John — Crossett, AR Jones, Chester — West Monroe Jones, Kimberly — Monroe Jones, M. Lee — West Monroe Jones, Taiwan — Keithville Jones, Tammy — West Monroe Jordan, Troy — Monroe Jordan, Valerie — Monroe Judice, Suzanne — Franklin Juneau, James — Bunkie Kelley, Evangeline — West Monroe Kemp, Kelly — Monroe Kendrick, Leigh — Beaumont, TX Kendrick, Tangela — Shreveport Kent, Steven — Pollock Kessler, Tonya — Bastrop Kinard, Sandra — Monroe Kindrix, Danny — Pioneer Kirkland, Scott — Minden Ketterlin, Katherin — West Monroe Knight, Kimberly — West Monroe Knight, Laura — Baton Rouge Knight, S. Lynette — Monroe Krisman, Bernadette — Vicksburg, MS Kuemmerer, Susanne — Highlando, CO Laborde, Robert — Bunkie Lacour, Jill — New Roads eit hope I pass this semester since I only have twelve hours.” — Kim Knight, public relations sophomore. SOPHOMORES 356 People The High Cost of Living Six pack Bud Lite... Mixed Drinks’. =] see Whoppert=... saa Dominos Doubles. . Movie Ticket..... Parking Ticket.... La Fleur, Melissa — Monroe Lain, Rodney — Minden Laing, Walter — Harrisonburg Lambousy, Laura — Monroe Landers, Barbara — Bossier Landry, Ivan — Lacassine Lanier, Samuel — Crowville Laningham, Carol — Fairbanks Larson, Cindy — Elm Grove Lawrence, Jayne — West Monroe Lean’, Augusto — Monroe Leath, Lori — Monroe Lebas, Robert — Ville Platte LeBlanc, Maria — Lake Charles LeBlanc, Robin — West Monroe Lee, Agnella — Westlake Lee, Siew Hua — Monroe Lemonine, Ann — Simmesport Lenard, Janet — Monroe Lewis, Yolande — Natchitoches Lightfoot, Joe — Pinebluff Lim, Bee Hiok — Monroe Little, Tammy — West Monroe Little, Veronica — Monroe Long, Cari — Monroe Long, David — Jackson, MS Long, Melanie — West Monroe Long, Robert — Columbia Love, Angela — Monroe Makelele, Nicole — Hollis, NY Malone, Thomas — Downsville Martin, Cathy — Columbia Martin, Lori — Monroe Martin, Sandra — Clayton Martin, Thomas — Hamburg, AR Mascari, Brian — Chalmette Mathis, Lynn — Lake Charles May, Amy — Winnfield May, Kelley — Columbia Mayeux, Milissa — Plaucheville McCain, Brian — Collinston McCallum, Candice — Swartz eo 8 ee NLU Band Uniform. . ee $3.50 $2.75 $1.49 $6.99 $4.00 $5.00 ...+ $300.00 eee” TUN ee eee Girl’s Guess Jeans ... 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Merce des Benz Convent $60, 000. u McCarty, Patsy — Wisner McConnell, Hap — Baton Rouge McCready, Janes — Bastrop McDonald, Jennifer — El Dorado, AR McDowell, Paula — Oak Grove McDowell, Yolanda — Delhi McFarland, Rosa — Winnfield McKay, Kimberly — West Monroe McKee, Jacqueline — Bastrop McLain, Gina — Montgomery McMillan, Danny — West Monroe Merritt, Gwyn — Tallulah Merritt, Pamela — Monroe Meynard, Sid — Alexandria Miller, Coyne — Natchez Miller, Shannon — Jennings Miltz, Bryan — Monroe Mitchill, Nancy — West Monroe Mizell, Kevin — Monroe Moon, Rodney — Shane Moore, Vanessa — West Monroe Moore, Vicki — Sterlington Moore, Wendi — Calhoun Moreau, Melissa — Cottonport Morris, Marcia — Georgetown Morrow, Ronda — West Monroe Morrow, Stephanie — Natchitoches Mott, Tracie — Columbia Mullhern, James — Monroe Mulhearn, Thomas — West Monroe Mulvihill, Andrew — Jonesville Murphy, Theresa — West Monroe Murray, Brigette — Tallulah Murry, Rhonda — Bastrop Musco, Mark — Shreveport Myers, Jimmy — Tallulah Napier, Patricia — Haughton Nash, Hester — Lake Charles Nash, Susan — Pineville Neal, Stephanie — Monroe Nelson, Carl — Crossett, AR Nelson, Robin — Clayton Newman, Paul — Pineville Nguyen, Julie — Cut Off Nielsen, Kevin — Monroe Norris, Connie — Baskin Odoms, Angela — Bossier Olavesen, Jennifer — Minden Osborne, Pinkie — Monroe Oswalt, Janna — Ida Owens, Amy — Monroe Owens, John — Bastrop Owen, Johnny — Pine Bluff Owens, L Michele — Pine Bluff Page, Carla — Columbia Palmer, Shavetta — Jonesboro Pancharatnam, N — Monroe Papa, Joanne — Vicksburg, MS Parker, Wendy — Greenwell Springs Paulk, Marcel — Deville “ T Believe the Pike’s, male cheerleaders, and Spuds MacKenzie have something in=eCOMMON 2... the y all know how to pick up the ladies.” — Paul Newman, liberal arts, ju- nior. SOPHOMORES Pazmino, Audrey — Oak Grove Peterson, Tracey — River Ridge Pettingell, Timothy — West Monroe Phillips, Cherie — New Iberia Pigott, Karen — Vicksburg, MS Pittman, Jennifer — Vicksburg, Ms Poindexter, Steven — Mangham Pridgen, Gretchen — West Monroe Privitor, Steven — West Monroe Rambo, Sherrye — Baton Rouge Richardson, Curtis — Mansfield Roberson, Frances — West Monroe Roberts, Christopher — Bastrop Roberts, Troy — West Monroe 358 People Reading the paper on his way to class, University Police Officer Dennis Nicholas crosses Northeast Drive. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Peeples, Chris — Slidell Pennington, Tracy — Monroe Penuell, Brian — Deville Perot, Phillip — Columbia Peterson, Ranita — Dequincy Phillips, Stephanie — Pioneer Pike, Raquel — Pineville Point, Kimberly — Pineville Powell, Cyndi — Bastrop Powell, Marvin — Monroe Pridgett, Danna — Mangham Pryor, Bryan — Monroe Puckett, Brian — Pine Bluff born, Bonnie — Monroe Randall, Mark — Vidalia Rasberry, Cindy — Clinton Ratcliff, Briana — Sicily Reed, Kay — Wisner Reeves, Stacey — Eudora, Ar Reynolds, David — Bastrop Rice, Penny — Monroe Richard, John — Arnaudville Richmond, Faith — Vidalia Riggins, Aquila — Vinton Roach, Sarah — Dewitt Roberson, Toni — Monroe Roberts, Brian — Fairbanks Robinson, David — Pineville _ }tting their fingers do the Jjuking ... Education majors ll alumni from the College of lucation and Psychology to k for donations for comput- 3 and media equipment the llege greatly needs. Supervis- z the phone-a-thon is special ucation professor, Dr. Walter eekmore. Photo by Janette ngle. : Robinson, Debra — Monroe Robinson, Sally — Oak Grove Rodgers, William — Monroe Ruffino, Marie — West Monroe Russ, Gary — West Monroe Ryals, Lori — West Monroe Sanders, Dana — West Monroe Sasser, James — Tallulah Sawyer, Shelley — Farmerville Scarborough, Patricia — Bastrop Schmeer, Jerold — West Monroe Scholl, Aaron — Slidell Scogin, Mary — Monroe Scott, Letrecee — De Ridder Scott, Rhonda — Winnsboro Scott, Tangela — Shreveport Seales, Kathy — Monroe Searcy, Celia — Alexandria Shelvin, Frank — Lafayette Sherman, Michael — Altus, OK Shoemaker, Tommy — Rayville Shows, Jan — Monroe Sinclair, Katherine — Shreveport Skinner, Michael — Hallsville a hate the cafe- teria food so I don’t eat it.” — Kathy Sinclair, accounting soph- omore. SOPHOMORES Take a Break and Enjoy th One might wonder what games like Fuzzy Duck, Trivial Pursuit, chess and Bunny Ears have in com- mon, but the answer is sim- ple. They are games people play — some with a ven- geance — on campus. Many students spent their spare time battling their way through masses of trivia. Questions conn- cerning historical events, famous film stars of the 60s and how to handle sticky situations are only a few ex- amples of what the players had to contend with. “It’s just nice to sit down 360 People S and play a game with my friends rather than just watching TV,” said Karen Penywell, a pre-pharmacy freshman. “Besides, you can learn a lot more by playing games.” Chess, Pictionary, Scru- ples and Trivial Pursuit were among the more popu- lar games among college students. A fair amount of strategy, common sense and brainwork were tech- niques each player utilized as he faced his opponent. “You must depend on your own ability in an intel- lectual game like chess,” said Dr. Glenn Powers, chess club adviser. “But if youre too daring, you pay.” Other games played fre- quently among students were those involving the consumption of alcohol as a deterrent for making a wrong move. With names like Thump- er, Fuzzy Duck, Quarters, and Bunny Ears, it would seem that a person’s imagi- nation, rather than his per- sonal knowledge or ability for strategy, was in de- mand. Although most students seemed to be either avid strategy game players or de- voted drinking buddies, some were found that actu- ally incorporated both qua- lities into the game. The activity in question, called “Drink Trivial Pur- suit”, involved consuming alcohol each time a ques- tion was missed. The strategy, as ex- plained by Mike Meighling, radio tv film sophomore, was fairly simple. “Whoever is left standing at the end wins,” Meighling said. —Chesca Benten =| Entertainment for man students like Henry Powel Kyle Heaslip, Wayne Alle and Billy Jung is a late nig game of cards. Photo by Pet Bradley. wi OSE a Ree ek eet eg OR ly See WE SRS Concentrating on his next shot is John Wiggins. Wiggins was in the SUB where many students spend a large amount of time playing pool, video games, or bowling. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Chess, a mental challenge of strategy, is a favorite game of Dr. Glenn Powers, academic vice-president, and student Ray Syn. Photo by Todd Tradewell. A friendly game of UNO can easily turn into a sweet game of revenge when the cards don’t fall right. Such is the case with students Lisa Woo, Kim Tug- gle, Tonia Frye and Kim Dodd. Photo by Freddie Gipson. Sophomores 361 Slade, Tammy — Baskin Slusher, Sundee — Monroe Smart, Glenn — Mangham Smart, Jon — Minden Smith, Angela — Jena Smith, Bradley — Monroe Smith, Carla — Jonesboro Smith, Dedra — Natchez, MS Smith, Gregory — Eros, MS Smith, Jacqulyn — Shreveport Smith, Joseph — Bastrop Smith, Michelle L. — Monroe Smith, Michelle R. — Baton Rouge Smith, Pamela — Start Smith, Shelly — Pineville Smith, Wende — Ponchatoula Snyder, Sheryl — Benton Spaulding, Karen — Monroe Spencer, Tiffany — Alexandria Spikes, Clifton — West Monroe Stanley, Tani — Oakdale Stapleton, Jimmie — Farmerville Steinkamp, Judity — Pitkin Stewart, Amanda — Rayville Stokes, Karen — Mooringsport Stokes, Rebecca — Forest Stawder, Atoy — Newellton Strodered, Allison — Baton Rouge Sutter, Stacy — Woodlands, TX Swenk, Janis — Farmerville Swihart, Suzonne — Monroe Talton, Adrain — Monroe Tanzie, Annisha — Bastrop Taylor, Leigh — Monroe Teeters, Leslie — Shreveport Thomas, Benessa — Eunice Thomas, Cassandra — Monroe Thompson, David — Homer Thompson, Kelli — Rayville Thurmon, Lora — Monroe Tinnerello, Malinda — Hammond Tolar, Larry — West Monroe Tomlin, Richard — Alexandria Tompkins, Lisa — Vicksburg, MS Trahan, Angela — Welsh Turner, Walecea — Monroe Upshaw, Debbie — Sterlington Vallien, Pamela — Natchitoches Vaughn, Latrenda — Mangham Viscardis, Chris — Vivian Waggoner, Christopher — Eros Walker, Alice — Newellton Walker, Chad — Monroe Walker, Deborah — Columbia Walker, Gregory — Joyce Walker, Kimberly — Monroe Walker, Letitia — Natchitotches Wall, Leslie — McGehee, AR Wallace, Gail — Monroe Waller, Tamah — West Monroe Walters, Pamela — Gilbert Watson, Christy — Monroe Watson, Kristy — Calhoun Weatherton, Riginald — Sibley Weaver, Becky — Olla Welch, Jeffrey — Delhi Wheaton, Donna — Homer White, Carlessa — Alexandria White, Jimmy — Bastrop White, Sherry — Monroe 362 People AA i va A wets ’s mine!” Sophomore _ the street dance held after Kle Heaslip argues with the Homecoming pep rally. Cief Brave Spirit over the Photo by Peter Bradley. onership of a paper cup at ae just changed my major for the fourth time but I'll stick to this one — Tani Stanley, speech langua- ge hearing soph- omore. White, Vonnie — Jonesville Whitley, Katherine — Rayville Wiggins, Michael — Natchez, MS Wiley, Rodney — Vidalia Wilhite, Joel — Downsville Wilkinson, Kathy — Monroe Williams, Bridgette — Pineville Williams, Opal — Shreveport Williams, Pamela — Smackover, AR Williams, Robert — Farmerville Williams, Rodereick — Pineville Wilmore, Susan — Bastrop Wilson, Paula — Baskin Wilson, Terri — Delhi Wiltenmuth, Erika — Baton Rouge Windham, Andrew — Jena Winters,Charmaine — Winnsboro Wise, Allen — Monroe Witt, Cheryl — Monroe Witty, Joseph — Downsville Witty, Sheri — Downsville Wolff, Toni — Franklin Wood, Catherine — Jonesboro Wyles, Kathy — Jonesville Yerger, Kelly — Tallulah Zagar, Amy — Bastrop Zimmerman, Rhonda — Monroe SOPHOMORES Making — Mountains Out of Cloth Laundry rooms and washaterias are great places to meet people, do home- work and people watch, ac- cording to many Northeast Louisiana University stu- dents. Laundry, seemingly a simple task, is actually a nightmare for most college students. No longer do they have the domestic conve- niences of mother’s who wash, dry, iron and fold their clothes with a smile. Pam Anderson, nursing junior, thinks washaterias are great places to watch 364 People A is people. “T’ve seen perfectionists fold their shirts into tiny six inch squares, slobs throw their dried clothes unfolded into a basket and people who sneak around picking up used fabric soft- ener sheets off the floor to use in their load,” she said. Brian Barnette, market- ing senior, used to have laundering traumas of his own at Hudson dorm, but has since vowed never to use campus washing facili- ties again because “those machines ate my clothes.” Instead, he goes to a washa- teria on Desiard. “But I have troubles there too,” Barnette said. “The lady attendant at- tacks me every time I go in there with a speech about how to load the super size washer. Also, it’s a little un- comfortable to sit there and watch people watch your underwear tumble around in a dryer.” Roommates Lisa Tomp- kins, occupational therapy junior, and Miriam Crow, marketing junior, said they found laundry day amus- es — hills ing. “T love to see guys with big confused looks on their faces over how much deter- ent to put in a wash, if that royal blue sock really will fade in a hot wash, and how to work the machines,” Tompkins said. Added Crow, “Can you imagine how funny it is to watch someone try to cram quarters into a machine that takes tickets?” Laundry day is an every day part of life for most, a headache for some and a nonexistent task for a few Regina Lawson and Kare Gray take advantage of the fre | time they have while thei clothes wash and dry to writ letters home. Photo by Freddi Gipson. lucky people like Camero1 who “lets” her roomma do it. idea, unless of course, you roommate is plagued by thi stray red sock one But then, some people d look fetching in pink! — Kim Po That might be a good King, a marketing onal [en ' i __ Passing the time while their clothes wash, Penelope Griffin and Wendy Thompson read the newspaper and relax. Photo by Todd Tradewell. Teamwork often becomes necessary in the laundryroom when piles of laundry created heavy loads as Toli Phan and Nga Le combine forces to carry a basket of clothes. Photo by Todd Tradewell. lass, practice, work ... where does it end? This is a question Freshman Kim Cardwell asks her- self quite frequently. Cardwell, a pharmacy student, is also a mem- ber of the Warbonnets and works as a part-time bank teller. In spite of her hectic schedule, she fully in- tends to maintain in col- lege the high grade point average she achieved in Pharmacy major Kim Cardwell works to fit all of her activities into a limited amount of time. Photo by Todd Tradewell. high school. “You just have to make time for the things that you really want to do,” she said. Cardwell chose phar- macy as a major because she likes science and people, and because of the many job opportuni- ties it offers graduates. In the little free time she has, Cardwell enjoys art and shopping. — Wende Smith “If you have a positive attitude and believe in yourself, you can ac- complish anything.” Kim Cardwell executes a split during Warbonnet practice. The Warbonnets diligently practice their routines each week in prep- aration for their halftime shows. Photo hy Todd Tradewell. Freshmen 365 Aasen, Michael — Belle Chase Aikens, Shannon — West Monroe Albritton, Corey — Delhi Albritton, Kathleen — Morgan City Albritton, Paige — Sterlington Alehammar, Marie — Sweden Alexander, Victor — Winnfield Allen, Ashley — Bastrop Allen, Daniel — Marion Allen, James — Shreveport Allen, Janet — Oak Grove Allred, Ann — Jena Alpuente, Judith — El Dorado, AR Amato, Chadwick — Independence Anders, James — Farmerville Anderson, Melissa — Natchez, MS Aniftos, Marinos — Monroe Antley, Melanie — Downsville Anyan, Gregory — Winnfield Arbogast, Joseph — Tullos Archibald, Melissa — Archibald Archield, Antony — Deridder Arender, Nattalie — Monroe Atkins, Johnny — Extension Aucoin, Shana — Ville Platte Avance, Alecha — Ferriday Babin, Cheryl — Robeline Bailey, William — Jonesboro Bain, Kenneth — Calhoun Baker, Jana — Monterey Barentine, Tammy — West Monroe Barfield, Kimberly — West Monroe Barham, Allison — Lake Providence Barker, Kimberly — Shreveport Barnes, Amy — Shreveport Bartlett, Samantha — Minden Bartmess” Sonya — Winnsboro Barton, Cephas — Bastrop Bass, Jennifer — Newellton Bass, Sebastian — Newellton Bates, Patrick — Jena Bauer, Gregory — Monroe Baxter, George — Mansfield Beall, Sandra — Lake Village, Ar Beard, Lisa — Jonesville Beck, Garrick — Richardson, TX Becton, John — West Monroe Bell, Tina — Ferriday Benitez, Daniel — Metairie Bennett, Cynthia — Lake Providence Benson, Rachel — Sterlington Bertman, Ulrika — Sweden Bezet, Mistie — Monroe Bickley, Amy — Monroe Black, Daniel — Shreveport Blackmon, Catherine — Delhi Blackstock, Robert — Atlanta, GA Blake, Rebecca — Alexandria Blaney, Mike — West Monroe Bock, Noelle — Crossett Bogan, Dorothy — Jackson, MS Boggs, Amy — Plain Dealing Boles, Anastasia — Franklin Bologna, Todd — LaPlace Bonnette, Travis — Vidalia Booker, Michael — Monroe Boone, Charles — Bossier City Boone, Suzette — West Monroe Booth, Margaret — Birmingham, AL Boothe, Anderson — Winnsboro 366 People 00S —— ADELS7. Bordelon, Joseph — Greenville, MS Boudreaux, Barbara — Franklin Boudreaux, Daren — Covington Doudreaux, Louis — Sulphur Boudreaux, Rona — Kaplan Boughton, Cynthia — Oakdale Boullt, Lisa — Monroe Bounds, Leisha — Monroe Bourque, Stokey — Erath Bowie, Christopher — Grand Cane Boyd, Alton — Mansfield Boyd, Robbie — Downsville Boyett, Lori — Trout Bradshaw, Kirk — Hamburg, AR Bradford, Melissa — Jena Brakeman, Bruce — Apo, NY Brand, Gwendolyn — Winnsboro Brandon, Baron — Mer Rouge Brantley, Darren — Monroe Brantley, Laurie — Crossett, AR Brasher, James — West Monroe Brewer, Jennifer — Columbia Brewer, Susan — Greenville, AR Brewer, Walter — Columbia Brewster, Caron — Farmerville Brewster, Michael — Bastrop Brian, Donna — West Monroe Bridges, Lori — West Monroe Briggs, Eva — Monroe Briley, Melissa — Washington Brinkley, Laura — Shreveport Broadway, Duston — Oak Grove Brocato, Joe — Monroe Broda, Robert — Lockport, NY Broughton, Brandi — Shreveport Broussard, Don — Jennings Broussard, Shana — Basile Brown, Angela — West Monroe Brown, Casandra — Trout Brown, Daphne — Winnsboro Brown, Darrel — Jena Brown, Donald — Bastrop Be brave. Sandy Martin don- ates blood to the Louisiana Blood Center during the cen- ter’s fall blood drive. The cen- ter’s visit to Northeast Louisi- ana University is always its largest drive each year. Photo by Janette Tingle. “Dare to be ordi- nary, and no one will know you. Dare to be differ- ent, and _ the world will know your name.” — Joseph (Joey) Arbogast, phar- macy freshman. FRESHMEN The Natatorium not only serves the swim team, but is also used recreationally by many students. Sophomore Cyndi Bonter, a frequent visi- tor to the facility, enjoys the cool water. Photo by Rick Ken- nedy. Brown, Kevin — Ville Platte Brown, Lisa — Shreveport Brown, Michael — Vernon Brown, Terri — Jonesboro Brunson, Amy — Jonesboro Bryan, Donna — Winnsboro Bryant, Carla — Shreveport Buck, Charles — Monroe Buckles, Tracy — Natchez, MS Buckner, Mia — Daly City, CA Buford, Paula — Monroe Bunch, Shalinda — Tallulah Buntyn, Jessica — Monroe Burden, Tricia — Vidalia Burgess, Christopher — Monroe Burke, Britt — Crossett, AR Burnes, Tricia — Haughton Burns, Theresa — Natchez, MS Burnum, Susan — Winnfield Burrell, Rodney — Franklinton Burton, Kenneth — New Orleans Butler, Belinda — Oakdale Butler, Denise — West Monroe Butler, Vicki — Delhi Byerley, Kelly — Vivian Byrd, Deborah — Pineville Cage, James — New Orleans Caine, Shaunaka — Pacifica Caldwell, Evelyn — Monroe Caldwell, Michael — Mansfield Caldwell, Sandra — Tallulah Calhoun, James — West Monroe Cameron, Mary — Minden Camp, Jacquelyn — Minden Campbell, Richelle — Pineville Cannatella, Marian — Lake Village, AR Carbo, Ramona — Pineville Cardwell, Kimberly — Shreveport Carmouche, Angela — Alexandria Carpenter, Kimberly — Minden Carroll, Karen — Shreveport Carter, Anne — Winnfield 3868 People Carter, Jennifer — Olla Carugno, Jose — Monroe Cascio, Charles — Monroe Cascia, Pamela — Monroe Cash, David — Warren, AR Casson, Cheryl — Shreveport Caulkins, Daniel — Shreveport Cefalu, Charles — Baton Rouge Cernigliaro, Peter — Shreveport Cezar, Stephen — Monroe Chambers, Susannah — Leesville Chambley, Brian — Oakdale Chambliss, Robert — Baton Rouge Champ, Wanda — Natchez, MS Chan, Siu Kong Joseph — Monroe Chandler, Catherine — Alexandria Chapman, Glenn — Oak Grove Chapman, Julia — Bastrop Chapman, Rhonda — Columbia Cheney, Jan — Bastrop Chin, Stanley — Monroe Chisholm, Karen — Monroe Chism, Donna — Mansfield 66 T enemas Im ready to head back to San Francisco. It’s a Clampit, Sheila — West Monroe lot different here — things are slower paced.” Shaunaka Caine, broadcast journalism fresh- man. Clanton, Omega — Monroe Clark, Anita — Bastrop Clark, Jennifer — Billings, MT —— Clark, Ronald — Vivian Cloessner, James — Monroe Cobb, Amy — Monroe Coffey, Monica — Mansfield Colclasure, Kevin — Jonesville Coleman, Gini — Bossier City Coleman, Tracy — Meadville, MS Coleman, Vickie — Calhoun Collier, John — Crowville Collins, Tracy — Tallulah Conville, Larry — West Monroe Cooksey, Albert — Shreveport Cooper, Betty — Rayville Corley, Craig — Delhi Corley, Deedra — Jena Corley, Paul — Plano, TX Correro, Darrell — Monroe Cowgill, Jeffrey — Vivian Crain, Lajuana — Franklinton Crane, Lee — Jonesville Crews, Pamela — Sibley Cripps, Russell — Pineville Crooks, Robyn — Winnfield Crothers, Kelly — Tallulah Cruse, Lisa — Olla Cruse, Lori — Jena Cummings, Dawn — Kenner Cummings, Irene — Monroe Cull, Tracey — Pineville Culpepper, Christopher — Monroe Dahlquist, Carrie — Sulphur Daigre, Melissa — Alexandria Dartlon, Kimberly — Oak Grove FRESHMEN Davidson, Cynthia — Shreveport Davidson, Dawn — Pollock Davidson, Deidra — Pollock Davidson, Michael — West Monroe Davis, Amy — West Monroe Davis, Dorothea — Ferriday Davis, Kelven — Monroe Davis, Leah Anna — Magnolia, TX Davis, Maureen — Monroe Dawson, David — Monroe Day, Ruth Ann — Marion Dean, Teresa — Shreveport Dearmon, Michael — Jena Deboisblanc, Charles — New Orleans Deen, Catherine — Vicksburg, MS DeForest, Virginia — Bastrop Denton, Lori — Monroe Deriso, Nicholas — Shreveport Descant, Debra — Bunkie Desouza, Sherman — Monroe Deville, Ashley — Alexandria Dillingham, Garion — Corinth, MS Dixon, Bruce — Rayville Dixon, Misti — Monroe Doby, Katrina — Monroe Dodd, Kimberly — Leland, MS Dolecheck, Mark — Monroe Donaldson, Michael —Pineville Dove, Donna — Olla Doyle, Nancy — Newellton Duchesne, Yolanda — Monroe Dugger, Randall — West Monroe Duke, Amy — Monroe Duke, Marilyn — Grayson Duke, Toni — Monroe Dunahoe, John — Tyler, TX Duncan, Cynthia — Pineville Dunkeson, Deborah — Alexandria Dunkley, Everett — Natchex, MS Durastanti, Lisa — Greenville, MS Durst, Delia — Vicksburg, MS Eaton, James — Winnsboro Ebarab, Valeria — Vinton Ebarb, Rhonda — Stonewall Edwards, Tarneshia — Monroe Eley, Mary — Gilbert Ellender, Adena — Sulphur Ellington, Candis — Mangham Elliott, Chris — Aimiwell Elliott, David — Monroe Elliott, William — New Iberia Ellis, Tim — McGehee Englade, Paige — St. Amant English, Anthony — Monroe Enterkin, Cheryl — Ferriday Eskew, Theresa — Monroe Etheridge, Jan — Grayson Evans, Jan — Monroe Eves, Melissa — Monroe Fannin, Hubert — Jonesville Farmer, Jodie — Marthaville Farmer, Kristie — Gilliam Farrar, Kendall — West Monroe Ferguson, Adron — Baton Rouge Fields, Sonjia — Shreveport Fife, Lori — Tullos Fike, Audrey — Oil City Files, William — Winnfield Finch, David — Portland Flickinger, Denise — Monroe 370 People y HOW DO I CRAM? ma ME COUNT THE WAYS... Floyes, James — Jena Flurry, Allison — Winnfield Fogger, Glenda — Winnfield Fong, Krista — Kinder Ford, Ashley — West Monroe Ford, Cassandra — Oak Grove Ford, Danny — El Dorado, AR Ford, Pamela — Alexandria Fortenberry, Lisa — Mount Hermon Foster, James — Tallulah Foster, Mary Ann — West Monroe Foster, Stephanie — Pollock Fowler, Kathy — Pineville Francis, Dena — Jena Francisco, Ivonne — Metairie Frazier, Derrick — Sicily Frazier, Veronica — Shreveport Freeman, Kelvin — Hammond French, Scott — Monroe Freshwater, William — Baton Rouge Frye, Tonia — Sibley Fury, Pamela — West Monroe Gallien, Timothy — West Monroe Gamble, Irby — St. Joseph Gan, Hock Huat Jimmy — Monroe Garner, Bruce — West Monroe Garrett, Laurie — Hessmer Garrett, Milissa — St. Joseph Garrett, Tammy — Bastrop Gaspard, Derrick — Kaplan Gauthier, Cheri — Baton Rouge Geaslin, Billy — Plain Dealing Gee, Michelle — Baton Rouge George, Carol — West Monroe Gholston, Angela — Monroe Gibson, David — Rayville Students enjoy participating in the crawfish eating contest, one of the tastier activities held during Spring (J Fever. Photo by Todd Tradewell. we a 7 Gilbert, Juliana — Sibley Gilbert, Lisa — Bastrop Giles, Stacey — Shreveport Gillikin, Jay — Bastrop Gills, Tammy — West Monroe Gilmore, Darryl — Natchez, MS Gilmore, Shelley — Hebert Gipson, Shelly — Shreveport Glascow, Keri — Amite Goding, Pamela — Bastrop Godwin, Joan — Calhoun Goode, Mary — Sicily Gorden, Becky — Bastrop Gordey, Rowlyn — West Monroe Gore, Bradford — Plain Dealing Gough, Wyndell — Garyson Graham, James — Amite Graves, Erin — Bogalusa Gray Yolanda — Monroe Green, Annie — Monroe Green, Caroline — West Monroe Green, Catherine — West Monroe Green, David — Sulphur Green, Steven — Simmesport Greene, Stephen — Vivian Greer, Susan — Rayville Griffin, Anita — Winnfield Griffin, Penelope — Lake Providence Griffin, Shelia — Natalbany Groves, Christopher — Russellville, AR Groves, Kristina — Rayville Guedon, Dee — Church Hill, MS Guerra, Anna — New Orleans Guess, Miranda — West Monroe Guice, Christopher — Sicily Island 372 People Guidry, Tanya — Lake Charles Gurganus, Valarie — Bossier Gwinn, Ladonna — Kingsland, AR Hable, E. Todd — Basksin Hadjitofi, lacovos — Monroe Hadley, Melissa — Ruston Haire, Aimee — Rayville Hale, Marci — New Orleans Hall, Jammy — Monroe Hall, Tina — Baton Rouge Hall, William — Mansfield Hammond, Angie — Milwaukee, WS Hammons, Wendy — West Monroe Hampton, Angela — Vicksburg, MS Hanks, Kevin — West Monroe Hanks, Tracey — Vicksburg, MS Hannon, Kelvin — Monroe Harbour, Debra — Crossett, AR Harper, Hope — West Monroe Harrel, John — Vivian Harrington, Jennifer — Oakdale Harris, Regina — Ferriday Harris, Stephanie — Monroe Harris, Yolanda — Rayville Hartley, Karen — Bastrop Hatton, Dena — Monroe Hay, John — Shreveport Hayes, Cherry — Monroe Haynie, Phillip — Ringgold Hebert, Amy — New Iberia Drenched during the water balloon throwing contest, held during Spring Fever, is senior Liz Hebert. Photo by Todd Tradewell. “At NLU you don’t need to waste your money buying an alarm clock. The 4 a.m. garbage truck will do the job.” — Anna Guerra, broad- cast journalism freshman FRESHMEN Hebert, Jill — New Iberia Hebert, Vanessa — Kaplan Heim, Lisa — Marrero Helams, Edward — Delhi Helms, Linda — Pineville Hendon, Kelly — Bossier Hendricks, Ronald — Monroe Hendrix, Dawn — Monroe Hendrix, Timothy — Mangham Hicks, Stephanie — Farmerville Higley, Elizabeth — Pineville Hilburn, Kimberly — West Monroe Hillman, Jeff — Kilbourne Hinton, Michelle — West Monroe Hipp, Patricia — Bastrop Hirst, Jeanine — Sulphur Hixon, Charles — Delhi Holcek, Robert — Monroe Holifield, Terri — Monroe Holley, Pamela — Oak Grove Hollins, Patrice — Baton Rouge Holmes, Kheysia — Natchitotches Holton, Ginger — West Monroe Hooker, Janice — Winnsboro Hooter, Martha — Olla Hornsby, Steven — Pine Grove Horton, Cari — Shreveport Horton, Tracey — Shreveport House, Sonya — Shreveport Howard, Sherry — Ringgold Howard, Tina — Columbia Howard, Tracy — Olla Huggins, James — Monroe Hughes, Jeffrey — Shreveport Hughes, Karen — Farmerville How many hic timeshha week Do you dwink? Greater than 3 times a week 16% 3 times a week Twice a week 374 People Hughes, Pansy — Oak Grove Hughes, William — Winnsboro Humphrey, Jamie — Monroe Humphrey, Leslie — Monroe Hurst, Margaret — Monroe Hurts, Katherine — Evergreen Hutsell, Vonda — Monroe Ingram, Reginald — Jena Irwin, Todd — Monroe Island, Girnita — Monroe Jackson, Glenda — Vidalia Jackson, Mary — Rayville Jackson, Patrick — Bossier Jackson, Renee — Monroe Jacobs, Shelia — Hinsdale, IL James, Clinton — Winnfield James, Kimberly — Vicksburg, MS Jeane, Michelle — New Llano Jeansonne, Todd — Bunkie Jenkins, Robbie — Monroe Jenkins, Vickie — West Monroe Johnson, Brian — Coushatta Johnson, Darius — Alexandria Johnson, Darrell — Monroe Johnson, David — Jena Johnson, Gwendolyn — Las Vegas, NV Johnson, Jana — Minden Johnson, Karla — Monroe Johnson, Sarah — Colfax Johnson, Susan — Sherwood Johnson, Tara — Monroe Johnston, Monica — Vidalia Joice, Susan — Monterey Jolibois, Tara — Palmetto Jones, Anthony — Lake Providence Jones, Dina — Jonesville Jones, Joseph — Olla Jones, Kelli — Mangham Jones, Susan — Shreveport Jordan, Niki — Shreveport Juneau, Belinda — Vidalia Keddy, Deirdre — Greenville, MS Keeth, Tanya — Jonesville Keller, Debbie — Bastrop Keller, Scott — Monroe Kelley, Gina — Lake Village, AR Kelly, Margaret — Ferriday Kemp, Tina — Mansfield Kennedy, Alise — Monroe Kennedy, Caroline — West Monroe Kennedy, Lori — Newellton Kennedy, Sarah — West Monroe Keown, Susan — Vicksburg, MS Kilpatrick, Kelly — Shreveport Kimbrough, Curtis — Newellton King, Lisa — Summit, MS Kirby, Margaret — Sicily Island Kirkes, Leacil — St. Amant Kline, Emma — Tallulah Knapp, Shannon — Harrisonburg REY. College | Turns Some of the on-campus students succeeded in find- ing their own special alter- natives to the cafeterias. Microwave ovens, buffet ranges, hot pots, dorm kitchens and pizza deliv- eries enhanced, and some- times replaced, cafeteria food. For instance, Diana Ken- nedy and Monique Stanley, best friends and roommates in Slater Hall, ordered piz- za every night during the fall semester. “From the first day we 376 People = s Be Students into Junkies came to NLU, as freshmen, we ordered pizza,” said Kennedy. “We always got a Domino’s Pizza double, that’s two 10 inch pizzas. One pizza was always pep- peroni and the other pizza was always canadian bacon. It’s $8.54 with tax.” Kennedy, dental hygiene sophomore, and Stanley, marketing sophomore, both had a meal ticket to Schulze or Coenen, but only ate the salad and junk food there. “Ordering pizza every — Le LARSEN night was expensive, but our parents knew we didn’t like the cafeteria food, so they gave us extra money,” said Stanley. The quality of food and also her hectic schedule caused Lisa McQueen, broadcast journalism ju- nior, to choose to cook in her room instead of eating in Schulze or Coenen. According to McQueen, even when she ate in the cafeteria she always ate twice, once in the cafeteria and once somewhere else. “When I ate in the cafe- teria, at the end of the se- mester I always had a lot of money left over on my meal ticket,” said McQueen. Cooking cookies and popping popcorn in the kitchen of their dorm, Tri- cia Burns, accounting freshman and Sheryl Sny- der, news-editorial junior, said they ate meals in the cafeteria, but used the dorm’s kitchen to make snacks. Using various ways, many of the campus resi- Though they may begi shopping for health foods lil vegetables and cottage chees) many students are overcon by the shelves of “junk food” ) the grocery store and opt fi more appealing foods lik brownies and Chee-tos for th next week’s meals. Terri Loi viere and Susan Johnson als chose the tastier junk foc, items. Photo by Peter Bradle ! dents demonstrated thi! alternatives can be found{ the cafeteria meals, an that even away from hom) home-cooked meals can found. —Tonya Coursq| Cafeteria food may not com- pare with mom’s home cook- ing, but it is convenient for stu- dents living on campus or those who commute, but are on campus for lunch. Photo by Rick Kennedy. When Paula Panquin, Angie Ussery, Carrie Masters, Kelly Lee and Malinda Tinnerello find cafeteria food no longer tolerable, they make a quick run to McDonald’s for a quick burger. Photo by Rick Kenne- dy. Most students living in the dorm choose to buy a meal plan, but many do not. Instead, they make use of the kitchens located in the dorm lobbies to prepare their meals. Tricia Barnes and Lois Leblanc make popcorn in the kitchen of Le- mert Hall. Photo by Rick Ken- nedy. Freshmen 377 Knaps, Ingrid — Swartz Knight, Dawn — Eudora, AR Knight, Penni — Hamburg, AR Knutzen, Traci — Monroe Kolb, Angelyn — West Monroe Krawezynski, Monica — Lufkin, TX Krisman, Heidi — Vicksburg, MS Krueger, Robert — Lakeside, CA Labiche, Adele — New Iberia Lacaze, Randy — Pioneer Lacour, Adrianna — Mansura Lain, Kyra — Minden Lambert, Shelby — Mangham Landry, Kim — Bayou Segnet Landry, Tresa — Luling Langston, James — Shaw, MS Lanning, Lisa — Avondale Laquerre, Danielle — Metairie Lassiter, Julie — West Monroe Lasuzzo, Michael — Shreveport Lavender, Theresa — Winnsboro Lavergne, Daren — Oakdale Lay, Sharolyn — Pioneer Lazenby, Kandi — Downsville Leach, Laurie — Monroe LeBlanc, David — Lafayette LeBlanc, Stephanie — Monroe LeBourgeois, Heide — Baldwin Ledger, Samuel — Monroe Lee, Kimberly — Baskin Leeper, Michael — Winnfield Leonards, Stephanie — Bunkie Leslie, David — Shreveport Levingston, Angela — Haynesville Lewellyan, Jennifer — Columbia Lewis, Catherine — Lake Providence Lewis, Kimberly — Bossier Lewis, Randall — Lacamp Lewis, Shonda — Benton Lewis, Veronica — Leesville Lindsey, Michael — Winnfield Lipari, Thomas — New Iberia Lirette, Jill — Bourg Little, Amy — Monroe Little, Eddie — Rhinehart Littleton, Brenda — Downsville Locke, Donna — Shreveport Logan, Cynthia — Dallas Long, Laura — Vivian Loo, Tze-Yuan — Monroe Looney, Sherry — Bastrop Lord, Claude — Baskin Lou, Lisa — Greenville Louviere, Terri — Sulphur Love, William — Monroe Lowery, Robyn — Vidalia Lowrey, Pam — Monroe Luther, Melissa — Empire Lutz, Lisa — West Monroe Macaluso, Karen — Violet Madeo, Kathleen — Alexandria Mahfouz, Gayle — Pineville Maine, Suszanne — Marion Manhart, Christine — Monroe Mann, Shenita — Oak Grove Manuel, Jodie — Monroe Marion, Timothy — Mangham Marler, Tammy — Alexandria Marsh, Paula — Sondheimer Marshall, Edna — Newellton 378 People 66 Successfully surviving the first semester of school away from home is a definite sign of maturity — or a good case of luck.” —Terri Lou- viere, market- ing freshman Swim team member Sean Bauer takes a breather during one of the team’s exhausting practices. Photo by Rick Ken- nedy Marshall, Kimble — Newellton Marter, Kathy — Mansfield Martin, James — Olla Martindale, Laura — Alexandria Martinez, Laurie — Monroe Martinez, Monica — Bossier Mason, Brenica — Alexandria Mason, Rebecca —— Monroe Massey, Melanie — West Monroe Matthews, Jeffrey — Monroe Maxey, Tracey — Monroe Mayberry, Rene — Natchez, MS Mayo, Amy — Jones Mayo, Kevin — Monroe Mayo, Lynn — Monroe McAlister, James — Alexandria McBride, Sandra — Jonesboro McBroom, Sherry — Urania McCaig, Jolie — DeQuincy McCann, Mary — Monroe McCarthy, Susan — West Monroe McCarty, Lori — Olla McClung, Chadwick — Pineville McCollough, Connie — Natchez, MS FRESHMEN McConnell, Hugh — Newellton McCool, Jennifer — Panama City, FL McCray, Rona — Bastrop McCray, Tracy — Minden McDaniel, Danielle — Baton Rouge McDonald, Michelle — Jena McEachern, Annette — Minden McGinnis, Deborah — Alexandria Mcilwain, Lorie — Grayson McIntire, Bryon — Leland, MS McIntosh, Caroline — Oak Grove McLain, Chyri — Indianapolis, IN McQueen, Darren — Leesville McWilliams, Cassondra — Ringgold Medaries, Philip — West Monroe Meeker, Candace — Colfax, TX Meher, James — Boyce Mehmetoglu, Dilara — Monroe Melton, Jerry — Ruston Menard, Angie — Sulphur Menard, Tyra — Erath Mercer, Michael — West Monroe Meredith, Mona — Monroe Merrell, Walter — Ferriday Merritt, Stephanie — Homer Messinger, Kara — Bastrop Michaelides, I John — Monroe Middleton, Leslie — Jonesville Millard, Scott — Monroe Miller, Robert — DeRidder Mills, Levester — Minden Milton, Kent — Bastrop Mitchell, Melissa — Shreveport Mixon, Kathy — Wi-nsboro Mize, Randal — Springhill Modlin, Jeffery — Monroe Moham, Felisa — Shreveport Monk, Melinda — Alexandria Monk, Melissa — Alexandria Montpelier, Rhonda — Harrisonburg Moore, Kevin — Monroe Moore, Michael — Monroe Moore, Monica — Minden Moore, Opal — Pineville Moore, Rona — Benton Moore, Taranita — Hodge Moore, Thomas — West Monroe Morgan, Etta — Greenville, MS Morgan, Mysia — Monroe Morrison, William — Natchez, MS Morrow, Kelli — Pineville Moss, Paula — Roanoke Mudge, Donna — Prairieville Murphree, Connie — Bastrop Murphy, Deanna — Bastrop Murray, John — Lake Providence Murray, Robin — Winnsboro Musemeche, Carl — Gray Myles, Lisa — Jonesville Naff, Brenda — Bastrop Narcisse, Wanda — Franklin Naron, Donna — Dermott, AR Naron, Jenny — West Monroe Navarro, Martin — Bossier City Neal, Jamee — Trout Nelson, Heather — Monroe Nelson, Sonya — Jena New, Clifford — Plain Dealing Newburg, Nori — Jena Nguyen, Minh Van — Houma 380 People Nguyen, Tuyen Thi Thanh — Marrero Nies, John — Monroe Nix, David — Winnfield Norman, Charles — Rayne Norman, Dana — Rayville Norsworthy, Sharon — Keithville Nowlin, Sherri — Crossett, AR Nugent, Kelly — Plain Dealing Ohme, Karen — Monroe Oliver, Kimberly — Fairbank Oliver, Shawn — Shreveport Oliveras, Jacqueline — Monroe Orshal, Bethann — Fort Polk Ortego, Lisa — Plaucheville Owens, Deidra — Bogalusa Owens, Joy — Monroe Overton, Rhonda — Tillar Pace, Francis — Marion =| a 5 Pailette, Amy — M angham don is have Pardue, Beverly — Kelly Parker, Brian — Monroe to take botany Parker, Robin — Jonesville Parker, Susan — West Monroe to see algae All Parrino, Chris — Bunkie 4 I have to do is SLE Dein lOmin shower in Ma- Passaro, Melissa — Monroe ” Patrick, Lori — Vicksburg, MS SUI. Patrick, Richard — Monroe . Patten, Wendy — Sicily Island AT (Z ne Me Nn- Patterson, Jamie — West Monroe 3 Paul, Daniel — Alexandria ar d : E n g ] 1S h OMG Wr ei freshman Pendzimaz, Elizabeth — Metairie Pennington, Delia — Crossett, AR Pennywell, Karen — Mansfield Peoples, Jerry — Calhoun Pepper, Christy — Delhi Perkins, Jerome — Milwaukee, WI Perkins, Linda — Monroe Perry, David — Winnfield Perry, Jeffry — Monroe Peters, Rebecca — Winnsboro Phillips, Alicia — Lake Village, AR Phillips, Janet — Farmerville Phillips, Philip — West Monroe Pieroni, Chris — Monroe Pierre, Lawrence — Shreveport Pipes, Micheal — Monroe Pitre, Pamela — Monroe Pittman, Paul — West Monroe Pittman, Wesley — West Monroe Plank, James — West Monroe Plunk, Sharon — West Monroe Poche’, Traci — Natchez, MS Ponthieux, John — Alexandria Porter, Kallie — Delhi Porter, Michelle — West Monroe Powell, Henry — Ponchatoula Powell, Linda — Monroe Pratt, Angela — Zachary Presley, Carol — Natchitoches Price, Karen — Alexandria FRESHMEN Prisock, Agnes — Monroe Pruitt, Darin — Jones Pylant, Jessie — West Monroe Qualls, Anthony — Shreveport Quinn, Kelly — Bossier City Rainwater, Tracy — Rayville Rainwater, William — Monroe Rambin, Scott — Monroe Ramsey, Sherri — Farmerville Randall, Tia — Bastrop Rappaport, Michelle — Monroe Ratcliff, David — Ferriday Reagan, Sonyia — Delhi Reed, Beverly — Monroe Reed, Cynthia — Monroe Reed, Donna — Kenner Reed, Lisa — Monroe Reed, Ricky — Monroe Reed, Stacy — Bunkie Reed, Tara — West Monroe Reep, Mary — Jackson, MS Remien, Dennis — Greenville, MS Remore, William — Bastrop Rentfro, Sheri — West Monroe Reynolds, Tina — Bastrop Reynolds, Tina — Leland, MS Rice, Carol — Crossett, AR Rice, Charissa — West Monroe Myron Lilly lays in a two foot jump shot over the top of a Tech defender. Photo by Laura Zaidain. 382 People Rice, Sharon — West Monroe Richard, Allyson — Charenton Richard, Henry — Jenings Richards, Troy — Delhi Richardson, Pamela — Pineville Richey, Amanda — Jonesville Rietti, Gina — Boca Raton, FL Rikard, Kevin — West Monroe Rink, Theresa — Marrero Roberson, Barbara — Delhi Roberson, Ronda — Mooringsport Roberts, Marcus — Lake Charles Robertson, Melissa — Leesville Robinson, Spencer — Calcasieu Robinson, Tangila — Newellton Roby, Tara — Benton Rockett, Erin — Crossett, AR Rodgers, Keith — Monroe Rodgers, Laura — Bastrop Rogers, Keith — Winnfield Roland, Duena — Marion Rolen, Tamara — West Monroe Rose, Helen — Metarie Rowland, Jada — Mangham Ruiz, Laura — Harvey Runions, Beth — Delhi Ryals, Shelia — Vicksburg, MS Salazar, John — Sulphur Samanie, Tyra — Houma Sanderford, Deidra — Baton Rouge Sanford, Gary — Rayville Saterfiel, Angela — West Monroe Satre, Carey — Bossier Saunier, Joy — Baton Rouge Saxon, Sandra — Columbia Sayer, Karla — Pineville Sayes, Deborah — Pineville Sayre, Diane — Monroe Scarborough, William — Bastrop Schexnayder, Sonia — Arnaudville Scott, Dianna — DeRidder Scott, Jeamese — Jonesboro Scott, Lisa — DeRidder Scott, Mary — Newellton Seal, Jennifer — Franklinton Seffens, Sharon — Rayville Sellers, Robert — Bastrop Sewell, Jeri — Gladewater, TX | | | | Sewell, Tonia — Alexandria Shapkoff, Jayda — Leesville Shaw, Kim — Jennings Shelton, Brian — Winnfield Shelton, Paige — Shreveport Shepherd, Tracey — Homer Sherwood, Keli — Pineville Shlosman, Elizabeth — Monroe Shoals, Teresa — Vivian Sibley, Sandra — Walker Silvy, Robert — Houston, TX Simmons, Benjamin — Swartz Simmons, John — Kentwood Simmons, Sharon — Mansfield Simmons, Stephanie — Pineville Simms, Kimberly — Monroe Simon, Phaedra — Baton Rouge Sims, James — Eros Sims-Teats, Arthurlene — Baton Rouge Singer, Tonya — Pineville Siragusa, Troy — Monroe Sistrunk, David — Oak Grove Skillern, Marshall — Oak Grove Smith, Cara — Danville Smith, Carolyn — Lake Providence Smith, Derel — Monroe Smith, Rosa — Lake Village, AR Smith, Roy — Vicksburg, MS Smith, Shannon — Coushatta Smith, Shannon — Monroe Smith, Sheri — Alexandria Smith, Stephanie — Shreveport Smoot, Maria — Bastrop Sneed, Kerry — Shreveport Souter, Melissa — Springhill Spears, Charlotte — Monroe Spears, Susan — West Monroe Spence, Jill — Monroe Spencer, Cynthia — Monroe Spencer, Shawn — Bastrop Spires, Hugh — Dumas, AR St Andre, Candice — Deville St John, Niccole — Winnfield Staggs, Barney — Monroe Standifer, Stacey — Monroe Stanley, Melvin — Monroe Stansbury, Stephen — West Monroe Stapleton, Sonja — Lake Providence Stark, Keith — Bossier Stephens, Detra — Bastrop Stephenson, Clyde — Rayville Stewart, Robert — Farmerville Stone, Jennifer — Baker Strang, Scott — West Monroe Strange, Dana — West Monroe Straughter, Audrey — Alexandria Straughter, Verna — Mangham Strickland, Christine — Shreveport Stroud, Skip — Pineville Sullenberger, Ashley — Monroe Supple, Alice — Oxford, MS Sweeney, Kerrell — Chalmette Swido, Tonya — Alexandria Tamburo, Rosa — Shreveport Tate, Joseph — Ville Platte Tate, Karen — Lake Charles Taylor, Kevin — Tallulah Taylor, Lashonda — Shreveport Taylor, Leigh — Cottonport Taylor, Rickie — Swartz Temes, Deborah — Metairie Temple, Deneen — West Monroe Teo, Tai Ling Vivian — Monroe Terrell, Artis — Shreveport Thomas, Kenneth — Shreveport Thomas, Robin — New Orleans Thompson, Michael — West Monroe Thompson, Patti — Newellton Thompson, Ronnie — Shreveport Thompson, Shannon — Columbia Thompson, Wendy — Metairie Thornberg, Kimberly — DeRidder 384 People ns, Patricia and Sun- ¢ Defils have more in com- in than just their looks. y also both graduated in ‘ember with degrees in ing. Photo by Rick Kenne- “ANNE Un ane great school; if studying was as easy as party- ing, I would stay here for- ever.” —Kim Tuggle, accounting freshman Thornton, Stacie — Greenville, MS Thurman, Mary — Monroe Thurman, Patricia — Monroe Tigue, D’Wana — Shreveport Titone, Beth — Lake Providence Tolbert, Monica — Monroe Tolson, Janet — Shreveport Toney, Louis — Sterlington Townsend, Stephen — West Monroe Tradewell, Todd — Jonesville Tradewell, Suzette — West Monroe Travis, Gregory — Lake Providence Tuggle, Kimberly — Minden Tupman, Stanley — Bogalusa Turner, Kimberly — Shreveport Tyler, Shana — Benton Tyree, William — Leesville Ulmer, Rachel — Monroe Upton, Deana — Little Rock, AR Urena, Timothy — Alexandria Vallery, David — Alexandria Vallotton, Lisa — Grayson Vanburen, Sandy — Jonesboro Vance, Kayla — Monroe Vanderhoeven, Jessica — Bastrop Vanderlick, Lynn — Lecompte Vaughn, Mitzi — Pineville Velez, Alicia — Vernon Vercher, Scott — Bossier City Vicknair, Mona — Thibodaux FRESHMEN 386 People Vincent, Freddie — Tullus Viscardis, Craig — Vivian Voelker, Sherry — Middleport, NY Vosburg, Melissa — Ventress Waas, Mario — Monroe Wainwright, Walter — Farmerville Waits, Earlene — Erath Walker, Christy — Monroe Walker, Kimberly — Winnsboro Wall, Jeanena — Welsh Wall, Virginia — Winnfield Wallace, Jamie — Bastrop Ware, Richard — Crossett, AR Ware, Susan — Greenville, MS Washington, Alonzo — Shreveport Watkins, Calvin — Tallulah Watkins, James — Monroe Weatherford, Charles — Winnfield Weber, Leslie — Destreahan Weinar, Richard — Pineville Welch, John — West Monroe Westerburg, Ben — Sicily Island Wheeler, Kathryn — Monroe White, Bradley — Crossett, AR White, Kelly — Vidalia White, Paula — Start Whitehead, Rhonda — Jena Whitehead, Susan — Jena Whiteside, Michelle — Oak Grove Whittington, Barbara — Fairbanks Whittington, Bonnie — Delhi Whittley, Bettie — Monroe Whitton, Stacy — Sterlington Whorton, Cynthia — Oak Grove Wiley, Bruce — Ferriday Wiley, Deanna — West Monroe Willhite, Richard — Newellton Williams, Annie — Vidalia Williams, Billy — Winnfield Williams, Calvin — DeRidder Williams, Celeste — Baton Rouge Williams, Deborah — Batchelor TaD} cad ABS Seventeen of NLU’s seniors take the home field for the last time against Northern Iowa in the semi-finals of the Divis io 1-AA playoffs. Photo by Ri Kennedy. i More lines? Even to pick up the 1987 | Yhacahoula, students were forced to wait ' n line while staff members Su-lin Gan and Tanya Phillips handed out books. Rick Kennedy. biel cj t Photo by Williams, Jeffery — Natchitoches Williams, Lora — West Monroe Williams, Mattie — Bastrop Williams, Shelanda — Alexandria Williams, Timothy — Arcadia Williams, Troy — Mangham Williford, Carrie — Leland, MS Willis, Nicole — Lake Charles Willrodt, Jacqueline — Leesville Wilson, Bobby — Calhoun Wilson, Felicia — West Monroe Wilson, Jennifer — Gilbert Wiman, Sheri — Brandon Wimberly, Melinda — Shreveport Winn, Kristy — Monroe Wise, Emily — Delhi Wise, Michael — Jennings Witherington, Melanie — Bastrop Woo, Eliza — Leland, MS Woods, Cheryl — Urania Worley, Jennifer — West Monroe Worthy, Jill — Alexandria Wrenn, Donna — West Monroe Wynder, Larry — Natchitoches Yarbrough, Jo — West Monroe Yee, Young — Monroe York, Laura — Fairbanks York, Michaela — Baton Rouge Young, Kristi — Winnsboro Young, Michael — Bossier Young, Robin — Vicksburg, MS Young, Tina — Bossier Zalenski, Tonya — Poway, CA Zinnerman, Kyra — Monroe “The most ef- ficient way to study for a test is to lie on your dorm bed with a bag of M M’s on one side, a diet coke on the other side and the Flintstones Olt. Ve —Cynthia Whorton, phys- ical therapy freshman FRESHMEN AAE 195 Abel, Nancy 279 Abide, Victor 298 Abney, Rebel 223 Abraham, Adrienne 304 Abrams, Kimberley 350 Acardo, T. 131 Accounting Club 167 Ace, Dr. Louis 251 Ad Club 186 Adams, Ann 350 Adams, Frederick 248 Adams, Gary 350 Adams, Lisa 350 Aderhold, Rusty 177 Adkins, Jerry 178 Adkins, Mike 178 Agnew, Dianna 177 Aguillard, Kevin 178 Ahrend, James 350 Ainsworth, Stacy 350 Albertson, Mike 186 Albritton, Kimberley 350 Albritton, Lea 227 Albritton, Neil 292 Albritton, Paige 226 Alex, Michael 80 Alexander, David 178 Alexander, Marshelle, 209, 223, 350 Alexander, Ronald 248 Alford, Christi 282 Allen, Bob 153, 209 Allen, Glenda 350 Allen, Janet 223 Allen, Kenneth 189 Allen, M. 131 Allen, Marcy 350 Allen, Matt, 311 Allen, Patty 227 Allen, Wayne 360 Allendorph, Amy 177 Allred, Nan Cherie 350 Allums, Christopher 209, 350 Aloisio, K. 131 Alpha Epsilon Delta 173 Alpha Eta Rho 195 Alpha Sigma Chi 195 Alvarez, Carmen 102, 105, 173, 208 Alvarez, Christopher 350 Amant, Lou St. 88 Ancalmo, Lorena 191 Anders, Tonya 173, 208 Anderson, Bill 177 Anderson, Bob 97 Anderson, Edwin 303 Anderson, Jennifer 226 Anderson, Kristen 191, 193 Anderson, Pamela 350 Anderson, Phyllis 304 Anderson, Steve 292 Anderson, William 178 Andrews, C. 131 Andrews, Mary Katie 186, 350 Andrews, Taniquel 350 Andrews Tyrone 14 Angel, Sammy 350 Angelloz, Jennifer 186, 187, 309 Anthony, T. 131 Anthony, Traci 215 Antley, Jo Ellen 282, 350 Antoine, Dewane 80 Antwine, Jarvis 350 Anyan, Greg 216, 292 388 Index AOPi 273 Arbogast, James 350 Arcement, Todd 88, 91 Archibald, Charles 298 Archibald, Melissa 226 Ardizzone, Terry 208 Armato, Peter 298 Arnold, Amy 350 Arnold, Clara 93 Atkins, Sarah 350 Augustine, Carla 226 Austin, Johnny 350 Austin, Steve 298, 308 Auston, Jack 191 Avery, S. 131 Avila, Esther 93, 95 Babers, Kevin 303 Babers, Petrecia 350 Babin, Cheryl 209 Babineaux, John 156 Backstock, Robert 298 Baer, Dr. Douglas 248 Bagby, Charles 189, 191, 215 Bagert, Dr. Donald 252 Baggett, Amy 24, 27, 292 Baham, Mary 173 Baham, Melvin 350 Bailey, Jeff 167 Bailey, Myra 167 Bailey, Shannon 350 Bailey, Tara 350 Bailey, Tiffany 350 Baker, Amanda 177, 178 Baker, Ann 350 Baker, John 350 Baker, Tracy 350 Band 220 Banister, Julie 350 Banks, Sandra 196 Banta, Betsy 282, 309 Barber, Miriam 350 Barett, Sandy 223 Barfield, Jimmy 350 Barfield, Kim 282 Barham, Allison 191 Barham, Mary 251 Barker, Kim 282 Barnes, Trici 377 Barringer, Billie 251 Bartow, Ed 172, 350 Basco, Dawn 191 Basketball, Lady Indians 146 Basketball Team 141 Bass, Chester 350 Bass, James 350 Bass, Jamie 11, 193, 300, 308 Bass, Mellony 193 Bass, Toni 350 Bat Girls 223 Bateman, Benjamin F. 252 Bates, Lynnel 191 Battleford, C. 131 Bau, Sui Chi 182 Bauer, Greg 292 Bauer, Sean 379 Baugh, Cindy 191 Baugh, Sherry 191, 216 Baughman, David 178 Baughman, Nancy 350 Bayone, Zachary 303, 308 Bayou Raiders 204 Beal, Adria 208 Beall, Edward 298 Beard, Beau 292 Beard, Jay 292, 293 Bearden, John 178, 350 Bearden, Stuart 350 Becken, Rhonda 196, 309 Bedell, Dr. Louis 252 Beebe, William 173 Beh, Julie 181, 182 Belcher, Sonja 350 Belfrage, Charlotta 102, 103, 351 Bell, B. 131 Bell, Chuck 292 Bell, Gregory, 298 Bellard, Aurdie 177, 178 Belton, Candy 207 Belyus, Kristine 52 Benbenick, Chris 21, 222 Bencid, Rosario 351 Benecke, Sara 161, 186, 282 Benjamin, Marcus 351 Bennett, Brad 205, 204 Bennett, Jason 351 Bennett, Melodi 226 Bennett, Penny 351 Benoit, Denise 167, 209, 309 Benson, Dana 93, 94 Benson, Dr. William 251 Benson, Mary 243, 252 Benson, Shirlene 351 Benson, William 243 Benten, Chesca 163, 226, 351 Beoubay, Kenneth 236 Bernard, Fred S. 252 Bernard, Stacey 178 Berry, Chris 107 Berry, David 351 Berry, Scott 152 Berry, Tricia 223 Bethke, Chris 351 Bethke, Dr. Arthur 244 Betts, Lucinda 196 Beverly, Christine 297 Bezet, Mistie 216 Bialas, Jill 227 Bilbo, K. 131 Birdsong, Theda 248 Bishop, B. 131 Bitting, Tanya 282 Black, Danny 298 Black Caucus 207 Blackbourn, Dr. Richard 247 Blackman, Libby 216, 351 Blackstock, Robert 215 Blanchard, Donna 177 Blaney, Mike 189 Blankers, Lee 298, 351 Blaylock, Andrew 351 Blaylock, Barbara 351 Bloney, Mike 156 Blue, Dr. Thomas 244 Blunt, Pat 207 Bobo, Rebecca 351 Bock, Noelle 216 Bocox, Jamie 223, 351 Bodet, Robert 234 Bodick, Steve 178 Bofkin, Benjamin 204 Boggs, Amy 209 Bohrer, Mark 178 Bollich, Stacey 177, 227 Bolton, Ranita 146, 147, 151 Bonaventure, Todd 178 Bondruant, Joseph 248 Bonds, Kenny 298 Bont, Cyndia 334, 351, 368 Bont, Dawn 351 Bonter, Cyndi 368 Bonvillian, Chris 178 Book, Melvin 351 Booker, Patrick 282 Boone, Michelle 351 Boone, Stuart 186, 292 Booty, Angela 10, 209 Bordelon, Joseph 298 Bordelon, Kim 223, 224 Bordes, Laura 351 Borrero Hileen 298 Boudreaux, Celeste 282 Boudreaux, Daren 292 Boudreaux, Rona 216 Boudreaux, Wayne 208 Bounds, Dr. Harold C. 252 Bourgeios, M. 131 Bourgeois, Paula 163, 309 Bowman, Greg 222 Boyd, Randall 193 Boyte, Don 204 Braach, Lisa 173 Brabham, Nick 178 Bracy, Curtis 351 Bradberry, Lori 177 Bradford, Karen 248 Bradford, Stacy 304, 351 Bradley, Peter 208 Brady, Michael 191, 193 Brakeman, Bruce 215 Brandon, Baron 207 Brant, Patricia 19 Brantley, Rebecca 351 Braswell, Don 196 Braud, Denny 88 Braud, Tessy 351 Breland, Todd 351 Brent, Wayne 145 Brewer, Angela 282 Brewer, Randy 196 Brewer, Susan 309, 328 Brewster, Scott 216 Brian, Donna 209 Briley, David 351 Briley, Todd 298, 351 Brinkhaus, Ingrid 177 Brint, Wade 107 Brister, Rodney 298 Broadway, Dusty 298 Broda, R. 131 Brooks, John 351 Brooks, Johnny 161, 186 Brooks, Missy 185 Broom, Amanda 26, 27, 226, 247, 307 Brossett, Valerie 309 Brothers, Krista 215, 351 Brotherton, M. 131 Broughton, Bran di 186, 227, 371 Brouillette, Rob 42, 208, 351 Broussard, Candace 177, 178 Brown, Bennie 80 Brown, Danielle 216 Brown, David 167 Brown, Donald 368 Brown, Dr. Richmond 248 Brown, Emmett 351 Brown, Jacqueline 351 Brown, Judith 351 Brown, Kenne 88 Brown, Kevin 368 Brown, Lisa 368 Brown, Michael 368 Brown, Paula 193 Brown, Rachel 177 Brown, Ruther 207 Brown, T. 131 Brown, Terri 368 Bruce, Earnest 252 Bruce, Edwin 195 Bruchhaus, Kirby 138 Brumfield, Claude 131 Brunk, Mike 292 Brunson, Amy 368 Bruscato, Jana 351 Brutus, Charles 193 Bryan, Donna 368 Bryan, Douglas 185 Bryan, Karmon 351 Bryan, Michael 98, 351 Bryant, Carla 368 Bryant Kalvin 303 Bryant, Poozer 43 Buchan, Kenny 107 Buck, Charles 368 Buckhalter, Brad 217 Buckhanan, Cassandra 178 Buckles, Tracy 368 Buckner, Mia 368 Budde, Debbie 146, 148, 151 | � ypn, Bueto, Becky 161, 186 Buford, Paula 368 Bugg, Dr. Nadia 173, 251 Buller, Shannon 173 Bunch, Shalinda 368 Buntyn Jessica 368 Burden, Tricia 368 Burgess, Christopher 368 Burgin, Dr. John 248 Burgin, Jeff 193 Burke, Britt 368 Burks, Mark 351 Burleigh, Leigh Ann 215, 351 � Burlinson, C. Kevin 177, 178 Burnam, Susan 208, 368 Burnes, Tricia 209, 368 Burnett, K. 131 Burnette, Jesse 140, 145 Burns, A. 131 Burns, Larry 178 Burns, Sheri 173 Burns, Theresa 368 Burns, Tricia 376 Burrell, Rodney 368 Burton, Kenneth 131, 368 Bush, Valda 24, 27, 186, 227 Bussell, Shannon 351 Bussey, Vicky 282, 309 Butler, Belinda 368 Butler, Denise 368 Butler, Joe 351 Butler Marilyn 351 Butler, Vicki 368 Byerley, Kelly 368 Byrd, Deborah 368 Byrd, Jeff 145 Byrd, Robert 351 Byrd, Thomas 351 Byrd, Toni 159, 351 Byrnes, Christi 177 Caballero, Kevin 351 Cabrera, John 217 Cade, Michilla 167 Caldwell, Dr. Thomas L. 244 Cage, Dr. Bob 247 Cage, James 80, 368 Cage, Sharone 35, 189 Caine, Shaunaka 368 Caldwell, Evelyn 368 Caldwell, Michael 298, 368 Caldwell, Sandra 368 Caldwell, Sherrie 227, 351 Caldwell, Tonya 193, 351 Calhoun, Deirdre Ann 189, 208, 227, 351 Calhoun, James 368 Calhoun, Pamela 209, 351 Calhoun, Sherry 185, 351 Callaway, Retha 351. Cameron, Mary 368 Cameron, Matthew 292 Cameronn, Ashley 226 Camp, Jacquelyn 368 Camp, Wayne 178 ; Campbell, Courtney 102,m 103, 104 Campbell, Monty 167 Campbell, Richelle 282, 368 Canady, Ruby 215 Canfield, Owen 216 Cannatella, Marian 368 Cannon, Margie 248 Cannon, Sharon 318 Cannon, Trish 215 Canter, Brad 298 | tuto, 9) � % tuto, Curdvel Card all Casson, Castilan Castle, | Caulkin Causey Cavalier Cavazos Cayer, ( Cefaly, ( -Cararas, Sam 292 Carbo, Michelle 48, 163, 169 321 | Carbo, Ramona 368 Cardwell, Kim 365 Cardwell, Kim 226, 365, 368 Carmouche, Angela 207, 368 Carol, Dr. Christopher 248 Carpenter, Alana 110, 186 Carpenter, Kimberley 368 | Carpenter, Robert 110, 351 | Carpenter, Scott 106 a | Carpenter, Tammy 351 }) Carr, Cindy 351 Carr, Taneshia 351 Carroll, Clay 298 Carroll, Jennifer 351 | Carroll, Karen 368 Carroll, Marty 329 Carter, Anne 369 Carter, Barrishea 207, 223, 351 Carter, Doug 110 | Carter, Jennifer 369 } Carter, Kimberly 351 } Carter, Michelle 282 ' |) Carter, Mona 178 } Carter, Sandy 227 Carthron, Thomas 196, 216 Carugno, Jose 369 Cascia, Pamela 369 Cascio, Charles 369 Cascio, Dr. Grace 252 ‘Cash, David 369 | Cash, Maria 102 | Cason, Dr. James 252 ‘Cassels, Randel 88 - Cassels, Tony 189 | Cassiday, Fonda 227 Casson, Cheryl 369 | Castilaw, Cheryl 167 } Castle, B. 131, 133, 351 -Caulkins, Daniel 369 Causey, B. 131 Cavalier, Kevin 88 Cavazos, Cindy 11, 227 Cayer, Cindy 285 � Cefalu, Charles 369 Cernigliaro, Bridget 173 | Cernigliaro, Lori 226 | Cernigliaro, Peter 369 ' Cerrato, Claudia 351 | Cezar, Stephen 369 | Chamber Singers 193 Chambers, Holly 226, 282 Chambers, Susannah 226, 369 'Chambley, Brian 369 ‘Chambliss, Robert 369 ‘Champ, Wanda 369 Chan, Ricky 153 } Chan, Siu Kong Joseph 369 ' Chandler, Catherine 369 Chandler, Cathy 282 | Chandler, Suzanne 173 ‘Chapman, Glenn 369 } Chapman, Julia 369 Chapman, Mark 173 ) Chapman, Mary 352 Chapman, Rhonda 369 Chapman, Rick 217 | Chapman, Wendy 209, 282 | Chardkoff, Dr. Richard 248 | Chatham, Dr. Tommy 245 } Chatelain, B. 131 | Chatelain, Pamela 196 | Chatten, Kimberley 352 ‘Chauvin, Susan 84, 172 } Chco, Danny 196 Cheatham, Dr. Carol 244 | Cheatham, Dr. Leo R. 244 Cheerleaders 220, 222 Chemical Society 196 Cheney, Jan 195, 369 Chevalier, Catherine 352 } Chi Beta Gamma 173 Chicago 17 Chief Brave Spirit 222 ’ Childers, Christy 227 Childs, D. 131 Chin, Stanley 369 Chin, Wesley 352 Chinese Student Ass. 182 Chisholm, Karen 369 Chism, Donna 369 Chisnell, Darren 156, 352 Cho, Austina 352 Cho, Tina 196, 209 Choate, Laurie S. 167 Chopin, E. Paul 178 Christi, Alford 189 Christian, Sherry 209 Christopher, Dr. Carol 189 Chu, Ngar Ting 352 Chui, Ka Kam 193 Circle K 207 Cissy, Clark 247 Clady, Tom 204 Clampit, Sheila 369 Clanton, Omega 369 Clark, Anita 369 Clark, Cissy 247 Clark, Clay 298 Clark, Evett 308 Clark, Jennifer 369 Clark, Missy 24, 27, 55, 186, 226 Clark, Ronald 298, 369 Clark, Tubbi 348 Clement, John 131 Cleveland, Jeff 208 Cleveland, LaJuan 304 Clifton, Robbie 216 Cloessner, James 369 Cloud, Cindee 352 Cloud, Sondra 189 Cobb, Amy 369 Cobb, Jodie 282 Cockcraft, Amy 216 Coffey, Monica 369 Cogburn, Kim 209 Colclasure, Kevin 215, 369 Cole, Cedric 248 Cole, Courtney 186, 207 Cole, Jodie 221, 222 Cole, Pamela 173 Cole, Sean 98, 100 Cole, Stan 88, 90 Coleman, Dominica 352 Coleman, Gini 226, 369 Coleman, Lemeko 352 Coleman, Richard 244 Coleman, Robin 227 Coleman, Susan 185 Coleman, Tracy 195, 369 Coleman, Vickie 369 Coleman, Yolanda 193 Collier, John 369 Collins, Kelvin 145 Collins, Pat 138, 139 Collins, Tracy 369 Collins, Vickie 167 Comeaux, Duane 178 Concert Choir 193 Coney, Candy 282 Coney, Kendall 282 Conley, Michael 207, 303 Connell, Karen 352 Conville, Larry 369 Conway, June 196, 252 Cook, Robin 153 Cooksey, Albert 369 Cooksey, Trey 284 Coon, Vera 352 Cooper, Betty 244, 369 Cooper, Caullette 196 Cooper, Lisa 84 Cooper, Ray 193, 217, 300 Copeland, C. 131 Copeland, Donna 352 Corbett, Tamara 352 Corder, Greg 216 Corder, Jan 251 Cork, Brandon 352 Corley, Craig 369 Corley, Deedra 369 Corley, Paul 369 Correro, Darrell 369 Corry, Sandy 371 Cory, Ron 189 Costello, Shauna 282, 352 Coughran, Jimmy Ray 173 Counce, Chris 292 Counts, Jeff 193 Courtney, Stacie 352 Courville, Patricia 186 Covington, Kenneth 352 Cowgill, Jeffrey 369 Cox, Dr. Marilyn 196 Cox, Justin 204, 352 Cox, Lashunga 352 Craig, Ken 189 Craig, Phillip 145 Crain, Cedric 292 Crain, David 352 Crain, J. Larry 14 Crain, Lajuana 369 Crain, Monica 352 Crain, Patrice 215, 251 Crane, Lee 369 Crawford, Jodi 193 Crawford, Kelly 352 Crawford, Steve 281 Crawley, Jeff 189 Crayton, Mack 193, 207, 303 Creekmore, Dr. Walter 247, 359 Creel, Michel 352 Crenshaw, Charlie 292 Crews, Harlan 292 Crews Pamela 369 Cripps, Russell 369 Criswell, Dana 195 Crochet, Annmarie 226 Crook, Mary 207, 352 Crooks, Robbin 186, 187 Crooks, Robyn 369 Croswell, Clark 206 Crothers, Kelly 369 Crowley, Gene 150, 152 Crumpon, Lisa 226, 352 Cruse, Lisa 369 Cruse, Lori 369 Crutchfield, Cyril 131 Cryer, Rusty 308 Cull, Terri 167 Cull, Tracey 309, 369 Culley, Bethany 309 Culp, Dr. Carole196 Culpepper, Christopher 369 Culpepper, Joey 216 Cumming, Dawn 369 Cummings, Irene 369 Cummings, Rodney 352 Curet, Lisa 193 Curry, Becky 223, 227 Curry, Janet 177, 178 Curtis, Jack 311 Cutshall, Mary 216 Cycling Team 152 Cyrus, David 191, 217 Czerwinski, Carol 152 D’Amico, Dan 292 D’Aquin, Richard 234 Dahl, Gerard 252 Dahlquist, Carrie 369 Diag, Melissa 30 Daigle, Dwaine 217 Daigle, Julie 223 Daigle, Phil 178 Daigre, Melissa 282, 369 Dancer, Wall 292 Daniel, Andrea 40 Daniel, Cambra 328 Daniel, Chad 329, 352 Daniel, Sherri 226, 298 Daniels, Jackie 349 Danti, Dr. August 251 Dardear, Stephanie 292 Darden, Heath 215, 216 Das, Dr. Sujit 177 Data Processing Mnt. 167 Datley, D. 131 David, Jodie 173 Davidson, Cynthia 370 Davidson, Dawn 370 Davidson, Dee 282 Davidson, Deidra 370 Davidson, Michael 370 - Davis, Amy 370 Davis, Clara 352 Davis, Donna 208, 352 Davis, Dorothea 370 Davis, Dr. Gregg 244 Davis, Evangeline 173 Davis, John 196 Davis, Kathryn 251 Davis, Kelli 352 Davis, Kelvin 370 Davis, Leah Anna 370 Davis, Linda 173, 251 Davis, Maureenk 370 Davis, Stacia 226 Davis, Tracy 226, 352 Davis, Valerie 308 Davison, James 236 Dawson, David 370 Dawson, Greg 346 Day, Ruth Ann 370 Dean, Teresa 163, 370 Deana, Harlin 292 Dearman, Clyde 177, 178 Dearman, Karen 208, 352 Dearmon, Brent 352 Dearmon, Michael 370 Dearvil, Jason 352 Deboisblanc, Charles 370 Deckard, Sherry 84, 352 Decker, Stacy 352 Deen, Catherine 370 Defils, Patricia 385 Defils, Sundee 385 Deforest, Virginia 370 DeGeneris, Dana 173 Dehon, Dr. Rene 252 Dekeyzer, Stacie 352 Delcambre, Barry 237 Dellacroce, Julie 309 Deloach, Joey 298 Delta Omicron 193 Dematteis, Bruna 352 DeMent, Jeff 209, 352 DeMoss, Becky 282 Denny, Lee 292 Densman, James 80 Dental Hygienist 177 Denton, Lori 370 Deriso, Nicholas 186, 191, 208, 370 Derrick, Sammy 298 Descant, Debra 226, 370 Deshpande, Neeraj 181 Deslren, Lisa 173 Desouza Sherman 370 Dessulle, Shane 177 Detor, George 156 Deville, Andrea 177 Deville, Ashley, 370 Devillier, Jason 108, 195 Dewitt, Gareld 352 Dick, Dr. Ronald 251 Dick, Kay 399 Dickerson, Kathy 179 Dickinson, Dede 173 Dickinson, Karl 177, 178 Dickson, Elizabeth 352 Dickson, Lisa 189 Dillingham, Garionl 370 Dillingham, Kim 226 Dimaria, Maj. Charles 248 Ditto, Scott 352 Divittorio, Caroline 227, 353 DiVittorio, Caroline 223 Dixon, Bruce 370 Dixon, Misti 370 Dixon, Philip 298 Dixon, Richard 298 Do, Dung Tien 352 Doby, Katrina 370 Dodd, Kimberly 361, 370 Dolecheck, Carolyn 244 Dolecheck, Dr. Maynard 244 Dolecheck, Mark 370 Dominic, Doug 153 Dominick, Kim 298 Donahoe, John 370 Donald, Alan 282, 298 Donaldson, Michael 156, 370 Doney, Debbie 167 Donnell, Sheila 352 Dosher, Shea 352 Dotson, Tanya 193, 352 Dotson, Tanya Cherise 189 Doucet, Mara 177 Doucet, Vickie 179 Doughty, Tod 352 Douglas, Curtis 207, 303 Douglas, Dusti 352 Douthit, Jeffrey 352 Dove, Donna 370 Dowdy, Russell 292 Downey, Dana 282, 352 Doyle, Nancy 370 Doyle, Regina 35 Doyle, Tracy 352 Dreher, Gene 178 Dreher, Katy 352 Drewett, Patti 193, 282, 309 Dryer, Cathy 93 Dual, Karen 352 Dubriel, Kasey 352 Ducan, Cynthia 370 Duchesne, Yolanda 370 Duck, Alisa 282, 309 Ducrow, Danny 292 Duffey, Lori 153 Dugas, Mark 88, 91 Duggan, Monica 173 Dugger, Randall 370 Duke, Amy 223, 370 Duke, Lisa 282 Duke, Marilyn 370 Duke, Rebekah 177 Duke, Stephanie 163, 186, 281, 282 Duke, Toni 370 Dull, Brian 298 Dumont, Jean Luc 98 Duncan, Coley 173 Duncan, Delissia 207 Duncan, William 352 Dunkerson, Deborah 216, 370 Dunkley, Everett 207, 370 Dunn, Dr. Paul 244 Dunn, Lisa 282 Dunn, Megan 352 Dupin, T. 131 Duplantis, Chris 352 Duplessis, J. 131 Dupre, Barry 178 Dupree, Annalisa 349, 352 Dupree, Rhonda 352 Dupuis, Joseph 205 Durastanti, Lisa 370 Durst, Delia 282, 370 Dush, Ron 88 Dusselle, Shane 178 Index 389 Eady, Nancy 191, 196, 215, 352 Kagan, F.L. 236 Earle, Jimmie 244 Early, Darla 178, 304 Eason, Brian 189 East, Jodi 398 Eaton, James 370 Ebarab, Valeria 370 Ebard, Rhonda 370 Ecotry, Fuller 303 Eddleman, Chris 292 Eddleman, Dr. Virginia 247 Eddleman, Ron 202 Edwards, Cynthia 352 Edwards, Felisha 146 Edwards, Gladys 251 Edwards, Margaret 251 Edwards, Michelle 309 Edwards, Robby 96, 97 Edwards, Scott 352 Edwards, Tarneshia 370 Edwards, Yvonne 309 Edwards, Zoretta 84, 86 Eichhorn, Marcus 137, 150, 152 Eickholt, Dr. Theodore 251 Eidt, Erin 352 Eldridge, Libby 193, 223, 352 Elec-Tones 189 Eley, Mary 370 Elkins, Van 292 Ellender, Adena 370, 371 Ellerman, Jay 88 Ellington, Candis 370 Elliott, David 370 Elliott, William 370 Ellis, Bill 186, 298 Ellison, S. 131 Emanual, John 178 Emanuel, Sally 352 Emerson, Eric 178 Endsley, Teresa 193 Englade, Paige 370 England, Dr. Jean 248 English, Anthony 370 English, Leigh 352 Enright, Julia 352 Enright, Melissa 353 Enterkin, Cheryl 370 Epling, Vince 298 Eskew, Theresa 370 Esswein, Scott 353 Ester, Andre, 82 Esters, Andre 303 Estis, Catherine 196 Etheridge, Jan 370 Evans, Jan 370 Evans, Kimberly 353 Everett, Kimberly 253 Eves, Melissa 370 Fandal, Dr. Carlos 248 Fannin, Hubert 370 Fantana, Tammy 353 Farmer, Brad 216 390 Index Farmer, Gary 353 Farmer, Jodie 370 Farmer, Kristie 370 Farr, Mark 178 Farrar, John 173 Farrar, K. 131 Farrar, Kelli 186 Farrar, Kendall 370 Farris, Lisa 84 Feazel, Ann 353 Feazel, Betty 353 Fenton, Jennifer 193 Ferguson, Adron 370 Ferracci, Mary Laura 298 Ferrell, Christy 196 Fields, Leazel 24, 27, 46, 227 Fields, Lisa 167, 207 Fields, Sonjia 370 Fife, Lori 370 Fike, Audrey 370 Files, Nancy 193 Files, William 370 Finch, David 370 Finley, Scott 193 Fisher, Ashlea 282 Fisher, Gilda 158, 159 Fisher, Harris 191, 216 Fisher, Katherine 353 Fitzgerald, Amy 173 Flannigan, Shannon 93 Fleming, Anita 252 Fleming, Johanna 97, 208 Fleming, Wanda 35, 308 Fletcher, Joy 282 Fletcher, Renee 251 Flickinger, Denise 223, 370 Flint, Donnie 298 Flock, Travis 353 Floyd, Ginny 197, 196 Floyes, James 371 Flurry, Allison 215, 371 Flynn, Sharrette 167 Fogger, Glenda 185, 371 Folkens, Tammy 353 Fong, Krista 371 Fontenot, Carlissa 177 Fontenot, Liz 13 Fontenot, Mitch 110 Football 131 Ford, Ashley 371 Ford, Cassandra 371 Ford, Danny 9, 371 Ford, Greg 193 Ford, Milam 177, 178 Ford, Pamela 193, 371 Ford, Serena 307 Ford, Todd 298 Fordham, Gary 353 Fortenberry, Kathy 110 Fortenberry, Lisa 371 Fortenberry, Mike 216 Fortenberry, Rex 158, 159 Foster, Beverly 353 Foster, Hazel 353 Foster, James 371 Foster, Mary Ann 226, 371 Foster, Stephanie 371 Foster, Thad 207 Fowler, Kathy 371 Francis, Dena 371 Francis, Ginger 298 Francis, Jennifer 173 Francisco, Ivonne 371 Franklin, Dr. Beryl 252 Franklin, Vera 115 Franklin, Veronica 177 Frazier, Angela 353 Frazier, Derrick 371 Frazier, Gladys 353 Frazier, Stepha n 353 Frazier, Veronica 371 Freebeck, Missy 159 Freeman, Carla 353 Freeman, Kelvin 208, 371 Freeman, Nelda 84, 86 Freeman, Willie 298 French, Scott 371 French, William 353 Freshwater, William 371 Frey, Billy 110 Frye, Tonia 361, 371 Fryer, Kenneth 193 Fulford, Pam 193 Fullen, Patrice 307 Fuller, April 178 Fuller, Ecotry 303 Fuller, Karl 353 Fuller, Patrice M. 215 Fuller, Sherri 353 Funderburk, Gary 215 Fury, Pamela 371 Fuselier, Chris 178 Fusilier, Sonya 353 Futch, Tracy 115 Gaines, Sonia 196 Gan, Su-lin 159, 163, 387 Gan Hock Huat, Jimmy 371 Gandy, Chris 196 Gandy, Susan 353 Garcia, Teddy 40, 63, 132 Garner, Bruce 217, 371 Garner, Karen 353 Garrard, Jennifer 353 Garrett, Tammy 371 Garrett, Laurie 371 Garrett, Melissa 371 Gaspard, Derrick 371 Gaston, William 353 Gates, Joe 107 Gates, Julie 353 Gathright, Darla 173 Gatson, Felicia 227 Gaulden, Fran 251 Gauthier, Cheri 371 Gay, Stephanie 208 Geaslin, Billy 371 Geddes, Kristen, 353 Gee, Michelle 371 George, Carol 371 George, Stephanie 189 Geramani, Sophia 353 Getzlaff, Adrian 195 Gholston, Angela 371 Giardina, Gerald 298 Gibson, David 371 Gibson, Florencetta 251 Gilbert, Julie 226 Gilbert, Donna 354 Gilbert, Juliana 372 Gilbert, Lisa 372 Giles, Stacey 372 Gill, Elizabeth 186 Gill, Lonnie 300 Gilley, Stacy 364 Gillikin, Christine 354 Gillikin, Jay 372 Gillmore, Shelley 372 Gills, Tammy 372 Gilmore, Darryl 372 Gilmore, Karen 287, 309 Gipson, Donna 353 Gipson, Freddie 165, 167 Gipson, Shelly 372 Gipson, Yolunda 354 Givens, Kelly 223 Givens, Pamela 193 Givings, Pam 193 Givings, Russell 193 Glasgow, Keri 227, 372 Glasgow, Ray 298 Goding, Pamela 372 Godwin, Joan 372 Goh, Kim Huat 354 Goode, Mary 372 Gordey, Rowlyn 372 Gordon, Becky 372 Gordon, Herbert 236 Gore, Bradford 372 Gorman, Holly 196 Gosselin, Beth 282 Gouaux, Eugene 236 Gough, Wyndell 372 Goulas, Shane 346, 354 Grace, Greg 80 Graham, Derrel 300 Graham, James 372 Graham, John 292 Graham, Lewis 80 Graham, Oscar 308 Graham, Sarah 282, 298 Graham, Stacy 209 Graham, Stan 186 Granger, Helen 177 Grantham, Julie 196 Graves, Erin 372 Graves, Gary 193 Gray, Yolanda 372 Gray, Andrea 354 Gray, Karen 364 Gray, Mike 298 Gray, Todd 298 Grayson, Zebie 207 Green, Catherine 372 Green, Steven 372 Green, Annie 372 Green, David 216, 372 Green, Dr. Glen S. 252 Greene, Stephen 372 Greene, Darlene 354 Greene, Stacy 309 Greenlaw, James 244 Greer, Ray 178 Greer, Susan 372 Gregory, Bo 88 Grenchik, Ruthie 214 Grenfell, John 177, 178 Gribskov, Melissa 354 Griese, Janet 208 Griffin, Anita 372 Griffin, Shelia 372 Griffin, Don 292, 293 Griffin, Michelle 282 Griffin, Pat 80 Griffin, Penelope 365, 372 Griffith, Kelly 161 Grimes, J.B. 138 Grinnell, Claudia 354 Groll, Dennis 80, 84, 85 Groseclose, Bob 80 Groves, Christopher 372 Groves, Kristina 372 Grubbs, George 354 Guarisco, Pete 178 Guedon, Dee 195, 372 Guerin, Suzanne 354 Guerra, Anna 227, 372, 373 Guess, Miranda 372 Guice, Christopher 372 Guice, Jon Kieth 185 Guiden, Cheryl 354 Guidry, Beth 215 Guidry, Lara 354 Guidry, Tanya 373 Guillory, Mack 145 Guillory, Sharon 354 Guillot, Cherise 354 Gumpert, Elizabeth 354 Gunnels, Sharon 191, 196 354 Gunter, Ladd 298 Gunter, Pam 177, 178 Gunter, Sylvia Lee 251 Gurganus, Valerie 373 Gustwick, Elizabeth 163, 186, 209 Gutweiler, Cathy 177 Gwinn, Ladonna 373 Heot00, Hockatd Hedberg Hable, Todd E. 373 Haddad, Jennifer 282 Haddox, Berry 167 Haddox, Lana 282, 298 Hadjitofi, Iacovos 373 Hadley, Melissa 373 Hair, Stacy 298 Haire, Aimee 373 Haisty, Ron 216 Haisty, Sherry 354 Hale, Brian 173 Hale, Denise 177, 178 Hale, Lisa 186 Hale, Marci 282, 373 Haley, Scott 354 Hall, William 373 Hall, Eric 298 Hall, Jeannean 173 Hall, Jimmy 373 Hall, Keith 354 Hall, Scott 292 Hall, Tina 373 uum Halperin, Dr. Sanford B. 244 Hamel, Tracy 282, 354 a Hammond, Angie 373 Hammond, Cynthia 247 Hammond, Marie 328 Hammons, Wendy 373 Hampton, Angela 282, 373 Hampton, Kersandra 216 Han, Julie 193 Handy, Miles 207 Hanks, Kevin 373 Hannon, Kelvin 373 Hansen, Michael 354 enDp, f Harbuck, Mona 227, 286, 354 ‘isi, Hardegree, Jimmy 248 piiton, Hare, Dr. Dwight 247 Hobet, Hare, Joanne 354 Hargett, Becky 209 Harmon, Rod 161 Harper, Hope 373 Harper, Kristi 354 Harrell, John 373 Harrell, David 298 Harrington, Jennifer 373 Harris, Regina 373 Harris, Stephanie 373 Harris, Barbara 173 Harris, Cynthia 354 Harris, Jackie 137 Harris, Jacqueline 354 Harris, Jeff 193 Harris, Louise 248 Harris, Tara 354 Harris, Zena 185 Harrist, Lori 282 Hart, Brenda 354 Hart, Robinette 207 Hartley, Karen 373 Hartley, Dean S. 252 Hatch, Sammi 282 Hathaway, Dev 248 Hattaway, Melissa 354 Hatten, Donna 354 Hatton, Dena 373 Hay, John 373 Hayes, Cherry 373 Hayes, Harold 207, 300 Haynes, Allison 173, 247 Haynes, J.K. 234 Haynie, Philip 373 Haywood, Todd 217 Heaslip, Kyle 260, 363 Hebert, Amy 373 Hebert, Jill 373 Hebert, Liz 163, 373 ) Hh if | Hebron, Junior 298 | Heckard, Carrie 214 | Hedberg, Lillemor, 354 Heflin, Lori 354 Heim, Lisa 374 Heiman, Tom 191 _ Helams, Edward 374 | Helmer, Danny 63 Helms, Amanda 300 Helms, Linda 374 Helton, Rodney 88 Hemphill, William T. 252 _ Henderson, Marcus 80, 354 Henderson, Melissa 354 Henderson, Veronica 354 Hendon, Kelly 374 Hendricks, Ronald 374 Hendrix, Dawn, 186, 374 Hendrix, Timothy 374 Henninger, Rhonda 185, 354 Hernadez, Michael 177 Herrington, Tim 222 Hicks, Jeanne 354 Hicks, Nursing 251 | Hicks, Stephanie 373 | Hiern, Sara 251 Higginbotham, Lisa 159 Higginbotham, Rhonda 110 Higley, Elizabeth 374 Higley, Michelle 216 Hilburn, Kimberly 374 Hilburn, William 354 Hill, Rena 227 Hill, Carmon 354 ‘Hill, Michael 354 Hill, Renata 354 Hill, Sandra 354 Hill, Sharmon 354 'Hillestad, Darla 354 Hilliard, Kimberly 354 Hillman, Jeff 292, 374 ‘Hines, Scott 207 Hinson, Kimberly 354 ' Hinton, Michelle 374 Hipp,. Patricia 374 Hirst, Jeanine 216, 374 Hixon, Charles 374 | Hobett, Lisa 43 ‘Hodge, Angela 349 Hodges, Angela 354 Hoffman, Lira 186, 209 Hogan, Helen 251 | Holbrool, Christy 223 'Holcek, David 354 | Holcek, Robert 374 ‘Holiday, Monica 178 | Holifield, Terri 374 | Holland, Christine 354 |. Holland, Evelyn 354 ' Holley, Pamela 374 _ Holley, Tag 88 | Hollin, Lynn 195 | Hollinger, Leslie 309 | Hollins, Patrice 374 | | Hollis, Jay 354 Holloway, Christine 354 | Holloway, Dena 167 | Holloway, Rosemary 88, 94 | Holmberg, Anna 195 Holmes, Danny 195, 215 ‘Holmes, Janis 354 Holmes, Kheysia 374 | Holmes, Parletta 234 | Holton, Ginger 374 ‘Home Economics 196 | Honeycutt, Michael 196 |) Hood, Darryl 354 Hood, Dr. James T. 244 Hood, Richard 354 | Hooker, Janice 374 | Hooper, Vanessa 198, 354 ‘Hooter, Martha 374 Hooter, Ricky 298 ‘Hoover, Gayle 191 ‘Hopkins, Ann 163 Horne, Katie 177 ‘Horning, Janice 223 Hornsby, Steven 195, 374 Horton, Tracey 374 . Horton, Cari 209, 374 Horton, Joe 88 Horton, Wendy 354 Hough, Sheila 354 House, Sonya 163, 374 Housley, Deidre 191 Houston, Sharetha 354 Howard, Tracy 374 Howard, Angela 354 Howard, Sherry 374 Howard, Tina 374 Howell, Denise 354 Howell, Jay 298 Hoyt, M’Lee 354 Huff, Stacie 191, 216, 354 Huggins, James 374 Hughes, Kent 121 Hughes, Bill 9, 177, 196, 208 Hughes, Jeffrey 374 Hughes, Karen 374 Hughes, Katherine 354 Hughes, Michael 354 Hughes, Nancy 216 Hughes, Sharon 167 Humble, Lynda 167 Humphries, Jerry 354 Humphries, Lori 226 Humphries, Stan 40, 132, 138 Hunt, Tiny 354 Hunt, Tiny 191 Hunter, Keith 292, 354 Hunter, Melissa 207 Hurst, Elizabeth 282 Hurst, Toni 209 Hutchins, Bettye 185 Hutchinson, Ollaetta 216 Hutchinson, Shane 292 Hutsell, Kandra 355 Hutson, Darrell 292 Hutto, Rhonda 196 Hymel, Amy 186, 191, 216 India, Student 181 Inter, Ensemble 189 Interfraternity Council 308 IOC 181 Irvine, Dr. Richard 244 Irwin, Robin 282 Iverson, Susan 355 Ivy, Stacy 216 Jackson, Brian 161, 335 Jackson, Dr. Rene 252 Jackson, JoAnn 227 Jackson, Patrick 207 Jackson, Tommy 136 Jacobs, Chris 195 Jacobs, Sheila 195 James, Kenneth 216 James, Crystal 178 James, Keller 234 James, Kenneth 173, 191, 208 James, Lisa 185 James, Samuel 205 Janda, Sue 251 Jansson, Ville 98, 100 January, Michelle 84, 87, 355 Jarrell, Beverly 251 Jasek, Christine 52,84, 186 Jauch, Dr. Lawrence 244 Jaudon, Rain 216 Jazz Ensemble 189 Jeane, Chad 298 Jeane, Michelle 282 Jeane, Stephen 298 Jefferson, Alvin 140, 144, 145, 329 Jefferson, Keay 149 Jeffery, Gary 107 Jenkins, Cindy 177 Jenkins, Jacqueline 207 Jenkins, Kevin 355 Jermann, Mary Catherine 207 Johannessen, Betsy 214 Johns, Charles, 292 Johnson, Anne Marie 173, 208 Johnson, Belinda 355 Johnson, Carno 173 Johnson, Chris 217 Johnson, David 208, 292, 355 Johnson, Deborah 173 Johnson, Derunzia 147, 149, 151 Johnson, Gary 88 Johnson, Gwendolyn 207 Johnson, Jana 195 Johnson, Kelly 196 Johnson, Paul 355 Johnson, Peter 177, 178 Johnson, Rachel 215 Johnson, Sherlyn 355 Johnson, Sue Lyn 216 Johnson, Susan 376 Johnson, Tylia 355 Johnston, Brad 298 Johnston, Dr. Paul 308 Johnston, John 355 Johnston, Roger 80 Jolley, Brad 88 Jones, Beth 223 Jones, Kim 227 Jones, Anna 251 Jones, Anthony 142, 145 Jones, Beth 226 Jones, C. 131 Jones, Capt. Thad J. 204 Jones, Casey 145 Jones, Chester 355 Jones, Chris 133 Jones, Danny 88 Jones, Dr. Eugene 244 Jones, Jennifer 209 Jones, Ken 292 Jones, Kimberly 282, 355 Jones, Lou 349 Jones, M’Lee 355 Jones, Perry 248 Jones, Ryan 292 Jones, Taiwan 186, 355 Jones, Tammy 355 Jones, Thad 248 Jones, Wallace 107 Jones, Wiley 252 Jones, Yolanda 185, 207 Jordan, Billy Vance 196 Jordan, Rafe 298 Jordan, Steven 344 Jordon, Niki 225, 226 Jordon, Troy 355 Jordon, Valerie 355 Joseph, Kevin 131 Joyner, Nancy 150 Jr. Panhellenic 309 Judice, Suzanne 282, 355 Juneau,James 355 Jung, B. 131 Jung, Billy 360 Kaffenberger, John 298 Kalil, Gloria Anna 218, 227 Kandry, Dwight 342 Kannan, Ragupathy 181 Kapp, Dr. Ann 252 Kappa Delta 272 Kappa Sigma 272, 275 Kappa Kappa Psi191 Kappa Omicron Phi 196 Kappa Psi 178 Kappa Sigma 297 Karara, Dr. Adel 251 Karate Team 153 Karst, Dr. Ralph 247 Kasturi, Niranjan 209 Kaufman, Kelly 167 Keasler, Angie 223 Keasler, Bobby 138 Kee, Dr. Robert D. 251 Keene, Alisa 177 Keller, Dr. William 251 Kelley, Evangeline 355 Kemp, Kelly 215, 355 Kendrick, Delvin 178 Kendrick, Leigh 355 Kendrick, Tangela 355 Kennedy, Linda 208 Kennedy, Rick 161, 165 Kenner, Anne 244 Kenny, Tom 259 Kent, Melissa 298 Kent, Steven 355 Kessler, Tonya 355 Ketterlin, Katherin 355 Kildren, Carole 298 Kinard, Sandra 355 Kindrix, Danny 355 King, Amy 84 King, Lee 298 King, Rhett 178 King, Veronica 207 Kingston’s, Jennifer 335 Kinnard, Robert 28 Kirkland, Scott 355 Kirkpatrick, Edith 234 Kirl, Tracy 215 Kliebert, Joy 342 Knaps, Ingrid 378 Kneisel, Dr. John 252 Knickerbocker, Dr. Addie 252 Knight, Billy 342 Knight, Cathy 173 Knight, Dawn 378 Knight, Eugene 80 Knight, Kim 102, 335, 355 Knight, Laura 355 Knight, Penni 378 Knight, S. Lynette 355 Knott, Dr. Robert 178 Knutzen, Traci 378 Kok, Foonng 342 Kolb, Angelyn 378 Koonce, Keith 298 Kramel, Glenn 204, 205 Krawczynski, Monica 378 Kreyenbuhl, John 298 Krisman, Bernadette 355 Krisman, Heidi 196, 378 Krone, Tonya 173, 251 Krueger, Robert 378 Kuemmerer, Susanne 167, 355 Kulkarni, Dr. Kishore 244 Kulkarni, Sachin 342 Kvist, Ronny 80 La Biche, Adele 282 La Gioia, Piero 98, 99, 101 Labiche, Adele 309, 378 Laborde, Robert 355 Lacaze, Randy 378 LaCombe, Kim 209, 308 Lacombe, Shane 209, 342 Lacotts, Dikina 342 Lacour, Adrianna 378 Lacour, Jill 355 LaFoe, Marian 196 Lain, Kyra 378 LaMarca, Paulen 309 Lambert, Anessa 177, 227, 342 Lambert, Donna 342 Lambert, Shelby 378 Lamberti, Frank 24, 80 Lamm, Robert 17 Landers, Barbara 226 Landry, Amy 342 Landry, Ivan 209 Landry, Jody 178 Landry, Kim 378 Landry, Naomi 185, 215 Lane, Bob 138 Langston, Charlotte 178 Langston, James 378 Lanier, Sam 163 Lanning, Lisa 206, 378 LaPonsie, John 216 Laquerre, Danielle 378 Lara, R. 131 Larason, Katherine 252 Laseter, Tammy 282, 342 Lassiter, Clay 275 Lassiter, Dean 308 Lassiter, Julie 378 Lasuzzo, Michael 378 Latham, Nancy 342 Laughlin, Karen 251 Lavender, Theresa 378 Lavergne, Daren 378 Lawrence, Dr. June 251 Lawrence, Manuel 80 Lawson, Regina 364 Lay, Sharolyn 378 Layton, Karen 342 Lazenby, Kandi 378 Lazenby, Kayla 342 Le, Nga 365 Leach, Anne 215, 309 Leach, Laurie 378 LeBas, Rock 8, 196, 208 LeBlanc, David 378 LeBlanc, Hope 173, 309 LeBlanc, Lois 377 LeBlanc, Stephanie 378 LeBourgeois, Heidi 282, 309, 378 Ledger, Samuel 378 Lee, Kimberly 378 Lee, Felisa 342 Lee, Katherine 278 Lee, Katrise 24, 27 Lee, Kelly 227, 337 Lee, Michael 207 Lee, Oren 195 Lee, Victor 145 Lee, Vincent 145 Leeper, Michael 378 Lejeune, Michelle 177 Leluex, Kimberly 342 Lemoine, Ann 208 Lemoine, James 342 Lemoine, Jay 208 Lemoine, Thomas 178 Index 391 Lemoine, Tracy 342 Lennox, Bobby 156, 157 Leonards, Stephanie 378 Leslie, David 378 Lester, Phillip 107 Levine, Burton 161 Lewellyan, Jennifer 378 Lewing, Dr. Harold 247 Lewis, Kimberly 378 Lewis, Randall 378 Lewis, Catherine 378 Lewis, Chantay 227 Lewis, Cheryl 173 Lewis, Debra 167, 342 Lewis, Shonda 378 Lewis, Veronica 204, 207, 378 Lewis, Yolande 207 Lightfoot, Joe 191, 216 Liles, A.C. 57, 173, 284 Lilley, Myron 143, 145 Lindsey, Michael 217, 378 Lipari, Thomas 50, 378 Lipsey, Glenn 292 Lipsey, Shannon 342 Lipsey, Wilbur 342 Lirette, Jill 378 Little, Amy 378 Little, Eddie 378 Little, Jana 292, 342 Little, Veronica 193 Littleton, Brenda 378 Liuzza, Roy 259 Livigni, Jim 292 Livingston, Angela 378 Lobue, Christa 84 Locke, Donna 378 Locke, Dr. Don 247 Lockett, Lela 173 Loeb, Mara 191 Logan, Cynthia 378 Lohman, Michael 251 Long, Cari 21, 309 Long, Laura 378 Loo, Tze-Yuan 378 Loomis, Johnny 134, 185 Looney, Sherry 227, 378 Lopez, Kyle 298 Lord, Claude 378 Lorder, John 298 Lou, Lisa 378 Louque, Daniel 88 Louviere, Terri 371, 376, 378 Love, Mike 108 Love, William 378 Lovick, Timothy 298 Lowe, Thomas 186 Lowery, Pam 378 Lowery, Robyn 378 Luffey, George 234 Lundquist, Per 80 Lunetta, Jason 88 Luther, Melissa 319, 378 Luttgeharm, Troy 298 Lutz, Lisa 378 Lynn, Melissa 167 Macaluso, Karen 378 Madary, Matt 208 Madeo, Kathleen 378 Mafouz, Vickie 173 Magee, Donald 300, 308 Magee, Marty 292 Mahaffey, Melissa 342 | Mahajan, Puneet 181 Mahfouz, Kathleen 378 Maiden, Rodney 189, 342 Maillet, Denise 173 392 Index Maine, Suzanne 378 Makelele, Nicole 207 Malbrough, T. 131 Mallet, Shirley 348 Maloch, Lane 346 Malone, M. 131 Malone, Marshall 80, 81 Malone, Sherra 342 Manasco, K. 131 Maness, Michael 191 Mangum, Russell 80, 83 Manhart, Christine 378 Maniscalco, Debbie 226, 247, 282 Maniscalco, Joseph 209 Mann, Shenita 378 Mann, Tanya 214 Manual, Jodie 282, 378 Manzullo, Mike 131 Marcantel, Todd 292 Marcus, Duke 131 Margaret, Martinez 193 Marion, Timothy 378 Marler, Delane 163 Marler, Tammy 378 Marley, Kim 342 Marsh, Paula 378 Marshall, Edna 378 Marshall, Kimble 379 Marshall, Sgt. Maj. Charles 24 Marter, Kathy 379 Martin, Kathy 227 Martin, Cathy 244 Martin, Chantay 193 Martin, Diana 223, 307, 308 Martin, Dr. Robert 244 Martin, Eric 80 Martin, James 379 Martin, M. 131 Martin, Sandy 367 Martin, Timothy 217, 342 Martin, Vonda 223 Martindale, Laura 215, 379 Martinez, Laurie 379 Martinez, Maggie 156, 157 Martinez, Monica 379 Martyniuk, Leslie 226 Mascari, Brian 195 Mason, Becca 208 Mason, Brenica 379 Mason, Nona 209, 282 Mason, Rebecca 379 Mason, Sandra 304 Massey, Melanie 379 Massey, Melanie 226 Massingill, Marla 292 Masters, Carrie 223, 227, 342, 377 Masters, Glenn 308 Mathews, Jeff 215 Mathur, Sanjay 181 Matthews, Gregory 209 Matthews, Jeffrey 189, 379 Matthews, Terry 88, 91 Maxey, Tracey 379 Maxie, Carlos 303 Maxwell, Carlton 342 Maxwell, Carrie 342 May, Amy 208 May, Gaye 342 May, Kelley 216 May, Marilyn 342 May, Mike 98, 99, 342 Mayberry, Kelly 191 Mayberry, Rene 379 Mayeax, Missy 153 Mayhall, Brenda 342 Maynard, Amanda 19 Mayo, Kevin 379 Mayo, Amy 379 Mayo, Kevin 156 Mayo, Lynn 379 Mayo, Monty 298 Mayo, Richard 195 Mays, Stacey 178 McAlister, James 379 McBeth, Dr. James M. 244 McBride, Sandra 42, 282, 379 McBroom, Sherry 379 McCaig, Jolie 309, 379 McCann, Mary 282, 379 McCann, Missy 282 McCann, Rhea 173 McCants, Jack 173 McCarthy, Kathy 196, 197 McCarthy, Susan 379 McCarty, Lori 379 McCarty, Patsy 357 McCaskill, Herbert 252 McCauley, Renee 252 McClennan, Lori 214 McClung, Chadwick 379 McClure, Charles 342 McClure, Londa 343 McClure, Patricia 185, 343 McCollough, Connie 379 McConnell, Hap 217, 300, 35 McConnell, Hugh 380 McCool, Jennifer 215, 380 McCraig, Jolie 282 McCray, Rona 380 McCray, Tracy 380 JcCready, Janes 357 McCurry, Chester 189 McCurry, Lonnie 343 McDaniel, Danielle 380 McDaniel, Guy 204 McDaniel, Paula 343 McDonald, Charles 208 McDonald, Jennifer 282, 292, 309, 357 McDonald, L. 131 McDonald, Lisa 343 McDonald, Michelle 380 McDonald, Scott 311 McDowell, Paula 357 McDowell, Yolanda 189, 357 McDuffie, Steve 244 McEachern, Annette 380 McFadden, Michael 343 McFarland, Barbie 167 McFarland, Deborah 209 McFarland, Rosa 357 McFarland, Ryan 207, 303 McGaha, Rose 343 McGinnis, Deborah 380 McGough, Buddy 292 McGough, Greg 88 MgeGowen, Michael 343 Mcilwain, Lorie 380 McIntire, Bryon 380 McIntosh, Caroline 380 McIntosh, Mac 292 McKaskill, Herbert 254 McKay, Kimberly 357 McKean, Tom 178 McKee, Candy 343 McKee, Debra 177 McKee, Jacqueline 357 McKellar, Lisa 227 McKenzie, Amanda 282, 343 McKenzie, Paul 343 McKenzie, Todd 9, 208, 233 McKinney, Frank 298 McKissic, Darrin 216 McKnight, Sharon 282 McLain, Chyri 380 McLain, Gina 209, 357 McLennan, Lori 191 McLeod, James 343 McMahan, Tracy 185, 343 McMillan, Danny 357 McNeil, J. Eric 161, 186 McNeil, Tina 343 McQueen, Darren 380 McQueen, Lisa 156, 161, 186, 343 McRae, Lisa 84 McWilliams, Cassondra 380 Meche, Steven 177, 178 Medaries, Philip 380 Medon, Philip 251 Meehan, Kathleen 177, 343 Meeker, Candace 380 Meher, James 380 Mehling, Michael 343 Mehmetoglu, Dilara 380 Melrose, Kelly 92, 93 Melton, J. 131 Melton, Jerry 112, 113, 380 Menard, Angie 380, 381 Menard, Tyra 380 Mencer, Michelle 195 Mercer, Michael 380 Meredith, Mona 380 Meredith, Peggy 251 Merrell, Walter 380 Merritt, Gwyn 357 Merritt, Jeff 145 Merritt, Pamela 357 Merritt, Stephanie 380 Mesek, Dr. Hani 244 Messinger, Kara 380 Messler, Lee 107 Metoyer, Raquel 215 Meyers, John 343 Meynard, Sid 357 Miceli, Lenette 343 Michael, Mohler 292 Michaelides, I. John 380 Michel, B. 131 Michell, Anita 251 Middleton, Leslie 216, 380 Mijalis, Gus S. 235 Mikeal, Dr. Robert 178 Millard, Scott 217, 380 Miller, Charles 177, 178 Miller, Coyne 357 Miller, Darren 178 Miller, Deborah 177, 178 Miller, Dr. Ruth 244 Miller, Robert 380 Miller, Shannon 357 Miller, Steve 371 Mills, Levester 380 Mills, Tracy 177 Milton, Kent 380 Milton, William 343 Miltz, Bryan 98, 357 Minder, Dr. Carolyn 247 Minniear, Chris 191 Minvielle, Tommy 131, 136 Miquez, Tara 343 Mitchell, Benny 80 Mitchell, Gwendolyn 178 Mitchell, Keri 343 Mitchell, Melissa 66, 380 Mitchell, Roger 300 Mitchell, Wendy 343 Mitchill, Nancy 357 Mixon, Kathy 215, 380 Mize, Randal 380 Mizell, Kevin 357 Mizell, Lisa 206, 215 Moak, Tom 177, 343 Mobley, Jenni 343 Mobley, Kevin 343 Mock, Donny 292 Modlin, Jeffrey 216, 380 Moffitt, Julie 130 Moham, Felisa 380 Molinard, Pascal 43 Momoji, Hitoya 195 Monier, C. 131 Monk, Melinda 380 Monk, Melissa 380 Monroe, Eric 186, 343 Montgomery, Jeff 150, 152 Montpelier, Rhonda 380 Montrose, David 298 Montrose, Kim 298 Montrose, Tim 298 Moon, Rodney 131, 135, 137 Moon, Stan 136 Moon, Tonya 45 Moore, Kevin 191, 380 Moore, Leslie 173 Moore, Michael 217, 380 Moore, Monica 380 Moore, Opal 380 ] Moore, Rona 380 Nash Moore, Stephanie 189, 304, | ! 308 pee Moore, Taranita 380 Nee Moore, Thomas 380 | Net! « Neck, 1) Nelson Moore, Vanessa 357 Moore, Vicki 357 Moore, Wendi 357 Nelsor Moorehead, Jodie 191, 214, 216, 343 Neson Moreau, Melissa 357 Nelson Moreau, Stephanie 343 Nelson Moreau, Terrell 343 | Neen Moreland, Amy 193, 282, 34) e Morgan, Cedric 343 py New, Morgan, Dr. Jacqueline 244 | Morgan, Etta 380 p New Morgan, Mark 204, 205, 343, em! Morgan, Melissa 309, 328 evi Morgan, Mysia 214, 380 Morgan, Paul 207 Morgan, Stacy 195 Morgan, Stephanie 167 Morgan, Tiffany 227 Morris, Keith 216 Morris, Marcia 357 Morrison, Rick 178 Morrison, William 380 Nichol Morrow, Kelli 380 iM UI Morrow, Ronda 357 ; Niele Morrow, Stephanie 304, 357 | iiss,. Morse, Rose 282, 298 Nikolic Moser, Dr. Earnest 244 Moser, Sam 307 Moss, Jeff 80 Moss, Paula 380 Mott, Tracie 357 Mourain, Melinda 343 } Mudge, Donna 380 I= 1 Ni, D Mulhearn, Tammy 343 Mulhearn, Thomas 357 Mulhern, Jay 216 Norma Muller, Maria 177 fie Mullhern, James 357 I Norris, Mullins, Maureune 204, 343 © jysj Mulvihill, Andrew 357 Notebo Munson, Tami 167 Non + Norma Murdoch, Allen 107 Nugent Murphree, Connie 380 Nunne Murphy, Deanna 380 Murphy, G. 131 { Murphy, Missy 18 . Murphy, Shannon 55, 282 ; Murphy, Sherri 343 ! Murphy, Theresa 357 ) Murray, Brigette 357 Murray, John 380 Murray, Robin 380 | Murry, Rhonda 357 Murry, Terri 343 Musco, Mark 357 ban. Muse, David 131 toe Musemeche, Carl 380 fe Myers, Gratz 186 ue, Myers, Jimmy 357 Men Myles, Kimberly 343 } tad Myles, Lisa 380 fou Naff, Brenda 380 Napier, Patricia 282, 357 Narawane, Milind 181 Narcisse, Wanda 380 Naron, Donna 380 Naron, Jenny 380 Naron, Theresa 343 Nash, Hester 357 Nash, Robert 208, 343 ; | Nash, Susan 357 “| Nauch, Misket 343 Navarro, Martin 380 Neal, Jamee 380 Neal, Stephanie 223, 282, 357 Neck, Donna 209, 285, 398 Nelson, Carl 357 Nelson, Grace 173 Nelson, Heather 380 Nelson, Robbie 167 Nelson, Robin 357 Nelson, Sonya 380 Netterville, Doug 177, 178 New, Clifford 380 New, Paul 343 Newburg, Nori 380 Newman, Angela 343 Newman, Paul 222, 298, 357 Newman, Ursula 304 Newsom, Carolyn 156, 209 Nguyen, Julie 195, 357 Nguyen, Minh Van 380 Nguyen, Trinh K. 343 Nguyen, Tuyen Thi Thanh 381 Nguyen, Tuyet 177 Nguyen, Tuyet Hong 343 Nicholas, Dennis 195, 358 Nochols, Bobby 292 Nielsen, Kevin 357 ky | Nies, John 381 Nikolic, Teresa 343 Nix, David 150, 152, 381 Nix, Enoch 237 Noble, Glen 215 Nolan, Calette 18, 19 | Nolan, Melissa 173 { | Nolen, Heather 343 | Nomikos, John 181, 207 Norman, Charles 196, 381 Norman, Dana 381 Norman, Randall 348 Norris, Connie 357 Norris, Dr. William V. 173 Norsworthy, Sharon 282, 381 | Noteboom, Megan 214 Nowlin, Sherri 381 | Nugent, Kelly 381 _ Nunnelee, Scott 292 _ O’Dell, Bruce 343 _ O’Neal, Kenneth 343 Oates, Richard 298 Obryan, Ruby 343 Oden, Greg 189 | Oden, Stacy 292 _ Odom, Karen 343 _ Odoms, Angela 357 ' Oerhagen, Marty 285 | Ogals, Allison 195 Ohme, Karen 227, 381 Ohmer, Cindy 222 Olavesen, Jennifer 357 Oliszewski; Trina 209 Oliver, Kimberly 381 | Oliver, Michelle 177 Oliver, Shawn 381 Oliveras, Jacqueline 208, 381 Olivier, Chris 204 Olson, Lorry 93 Omega Psi Phi 306 Orshal, Beth Ann 216, 381 Ortego, Lisa 381 | Osborne, Pinkie 357 | Oswalt, Janna 357 | Oswalt, Wendi 282 Hh Overby, Scott 292 Overton, Rhonda 214, 381 Owen, Johnny 357 Owens, Amy 357 Owens, Bridgett 343 Owens, Buddy 218 Owens, Deidra 381 Owens, Elizabeth 186 Owens, John 357 Owens, Joy 381 Owens, L. Michele 357 Oxford, Sharon 343 Pace, Francis 381 Pace, Gregory 343 Pace, Kristi 343 Pace, Mike 153 Padgett, Dr. James 251 Page, Carla 357 Page, Cynthia 304, 343 Pailette, Amy 381 Pain, Connie 194, 195 Palma, Chad 344 Palmer, Karen 177 Palmer, Keith 195, 215, 344 Palmer, Lynn 93 Palmer, Michael 172 Palmer, Shavetta 357 Palmer, Trislyn 344 Palmisano, Richard 107 Pan-Hellenic Council 308 Pancharatnam, N. 357 Pang, Huee Sian 193 Panhellenic Council 309 Panquin, Paula 227, 377 Papa, Joanne 196 357 Pardue, Beverly 381 Pardue, Donna 344 Parenton, Mickey 88, 89 Parish, Felicia 191, 216 Parker, Brian 381 Parker, Charlisa 344 Parker, Jane 344 Parker, John 167, 344 Parker, Robin 215, 381 Parker, Susan 216, 381 Parker, Tommy 292 Parker, Wendy 193, 357 Parks, Amanda 344 Parks, Rae 344 Parman, James 80, 83 Parrino, Chris 209, 381 Pascale, Joe 98 Passaro, Melissa 381 Pate, Sycrid 223 Patrick, John 344 Patrick, Lori 381 Patrick, Neverlyn 344 Patron, Beth 173 Patten, Wendy 381 Patterson, Don 214 Patterson, Jamie 381 Patterson, Lynn 344 Patton, Susan 344 Paul, Daniel 217, 381 Paulk, Marcel 357 Paulk, Marcey 298, 309 Payne, Sandra 344 Pazmino, Audrey 358 Peaker, Ken 252 Peaker, Larry 344 Peckmore, Nonica 344 Pederson, Dawn 93 Pederson, Doug 131 Peeples, Chris 358 Pellegrin, Stacy 146, 148 Pelloquin, Mark 344 Peltier, Harvey A., [II 237 Pendzimaz, Elizabeth 381 Pennington, Delia 381 Pennington, Tracy 358 Pennywell, Karen 381 Penuell, Brian 358 Peoples, Jerry 381 Pepper, Christy 381 Perkins, Jerome 381 Perkins, Linda 381 Perot, Phillip 358 Perry, David 381 Perry, Jeffry 381 Peters, Rebecca 381 Peters, Todd 208 Petersen, Erik 216 Peterson, Delise 18, 24, 27, 55, 226, 282 Peterson, Eric 189 Peterson, Ken 80 Peterson, Krystal 195 Peterson, Ranita 358 Peterson, Tracey 358 Pettingell, Kimberly 186, 344 Pettingell, Timothy 358 Pham, Houong 178 Phan, Cuc-Mai 167 Phan, Toli 365 Phi Alpha Theta 185 Phi Beta Sigma 302, 305 Phi Delta Chi 178 Phi Mu 272 Philip, Vinod 180, 181 Phillips, Alicia 282, 381 Phillips, Amanda 214, 215, 344 Phillips, Cherie 358 Phillips, Connie 344 Phillips, Janet 381 Phillips, Joseph 344 Phillips, June 237 Phillips, Philip 381 Phillips, Stephanie 358 Phillips, Tanya 163, 186, 344, 387 Phills, Cynthia 344 Phythian, W. 131 Pi Sigma Epsilon 167 Piazza, Peggy 298 Picht, Teresa 191, 208, 227 Picht, Thomas 10, 344 Pickett, Angie 223, 226 Picou, Susan 177, 207, 344 Pierce, Melissa 177 Piere, Louis 353 Pieroni, Chris 381 Pieroni, Paul 292 Pierre, Lawrence 381 Pierre, Louis 189, 308 Pierre, Michel 207 Pigott, Karen 196, 358 Pike 296 Pike, Raquel 297, 358 Pilgreen, Brad 298 Pinton, Jeri 282 Piper, Chris 167 Pipes, Eldon 217 Pipes, Michael 381 Pitre, Pamela 381 Pittington, John 121, 137, 152, 159 Pittman, George 204 Pittman, Jennifer 358 Pittman, Keith 152 Pittman, Paul 381 Pittman, R. 131 Pittman, Wesley 344, 381 Pizzolatto, Allayne 244 Plank, James 292, 381 Pleasant, Joey 300 Plunk, Sharon 381 Poche, Traci 381 Poindexter, Steven 358 Point, Kimberly 358 Polinski, Karen 226, 247 Polk, Kiamberly 208, 344 Pollard, Derrick 143, 145, 329 Pom Pon 224 Ponthieux, John 381 Porter, Hiram 131 Porter, Kallie 381 Porter, Michelle 381 Potter, Russell 344 Powell, Brittney 223, 224 Powell, Charles 344 Powell, Cyndi 358 Powell, Henry 131, 360, 381 Powell, Linda 381 Powell, Marvin 358 Powell, Virginia 252 Powers, Bo 298 Powers, Dr. 361 Powers, Lynn 191 Powers, Pete 298 Pratt, Angela 381 Precht, Jay 346 a Presely, Carol 282, 381 Price, Jackie 371 Price, Karen 381 Price, Scott 292 Pridgen, Gretchen 223, 226, 358 Pridgett, Danna 358 Prince, Mimi 282 Prince, Sandra 40 Prisock, Agnes 191, 382 Privitor, Steven 358 Prodhan, Ruma 181 PRSSA 186 Pruitt, Darin 382 Pruitt, Frank 235 Pryor, Brian 195, 358 Puckett, Brian 358 Pugh, Dr. Ava 247 Pugh, James 204, 344 Pugh, Robert 235 Pugh, Sprague 292 Pumphrey, Marcenia 344 Purser, Larry 177 Pylant, Jessie 382 Quarles, Sue 344 te Quin, Belinda 344 Rabalais, Anne 344 Raborn, Bonnie 358 Rachal, Sonya 173, 344 Radich, Steven 177 Ragan, Linda 234 Ragan, Willie 138 Railford, David 298 Rainwater, William 382 Rainwater, Tracy 382 Rainwater, Williams 217 Rak, Darren 88, 89, 90 Rambin, Allison 227 Rambin, Charlotte 161, 191 Rambin, Dr. William 248 Rambin, Scott 217, 292, 382 Rambo, Sherrye 358 Ramel, Claes 344 Ramsey, Donna Kay 222, 292 Ramsey, Dr. Michael K. 251 Ramsey, Shelly 344 Ramsey, Sherri 382 Ramshier, Wesley 195 Randall, Mark 358 Randall, Tia 382 Randle, Allen 88 Randle, Vanessa 189 Randoloh, L. 131 Rappaport, Dr. Harvey 251 Rappaport, Michelle 382 Rasberry, Cindy 191, 216, 358 Ratcliff, Briana 358 Ratcliff, David 382 Ratcliff, Jay 344 Rathbun, Wayne 88 Ravikumar, Shanthini 181 Ravikumar, Dr. V.C. 178, 251 Rawles, Richard 167 Rawls, Julie 344 Ray, Charles 344 Ray, Kim 344 Rayborn, Rebecca 193 Rayborn, Rebecca 193 Raybun, Jennifer 345 Raye, Rhonda 344 Razavi, Ahmad 173 Reach, Tom 298 Reagan, Michael 344 Reagan, Sonjia 382 Reed, Lisa 382 Reed, Beverly 382 Reed, Cindi 177 Reed, Cynthia 382 Reed, Donna 382 Reed, Kay 358 Reed, Pamela 186, 304 Reed, Ricky 382 Reed, Stacy 382 Reed, Tara 282, 382 Reep, Mary 382 Reeves, Stacey 358 Reid, Brian 298 Remien, Dennis 382 Remore, William 382 Renfroe, Dennis 193 Rentfro, Sheri 382 Renhtz, David 344 Reynolds, David 358 Reynolds, Jane 344 Reynolds, Tina 195, 382 Rho Chi 178 Rho Lambda Pan 309 Rhodd, Teresa 223 Rhymes, Shea 226 Rice, Carol 382 Rice, Charissa 382 Rice, Edward 185 Rice, Penny 358 Rice, Sharon 383 Rich, Charles 252 Richard, Allyson 383 Richard, Cisco 131, 138 Richard, Danny 217 Richard, Henry 383 Richard, John 358 Richard, Patrick 381 Richards, Troy 383 Richardson, Carol 131, 344 Richardson, Curtis 358 Richardson, Pamela 383 Richardson, Todd 39 Riche, Bernadette 177 Richey, Amanda 163, 383 ‘ Richmond, Angela 177 Richmond, Faith 358 Ricks, Barry 173 Ridgell, Veronica 146, 147, 149, 150 Rietti, Gina 383 Riggins, Aquela F. 189, 358 Rikard, Kevin 215, 383 Rink, Theresa 177, 383 Ritter, Melanie 189 Rivers, MSG Lawrence 204, 248 Roach, Alan 185 Roach, Sarah, 358 Roat, Richard 298 Index 393 Roberson, Angela 344 Roberson, Frances 358 Roberson, Lisa 344 Roberson, Ronda 207, 383 Roberson, Toni 358 Robert, Bobby 344 Roberts, Brian 358 Roberts, Brian L. 251 Roberts, Christopher 358 Roberts, Debbie 191, 196, 215 Roberts, Deborah 345 Roberts, Marcus 383 Roberts, Scott 216 Roberts, Troy 358 Robertson, Dan 345 Robertson, James 181 Robertson, Melissa 226, 383 Robertson, Missy 226 Robertson, Paul 244 Robertson, Tina 345 Robin, Ritchey 300 Robin, Charles 178 Robin, Charles 177 Robinson, David 358 Robinson, Debra 359 Robinson, Julie 177, 345 Robinson, Kimberly 35 Robinson, Sally 359 Robinson, Spencer 383 Robinson, Steve 298 Robinson, Tangila 383 Roby, Tara 383 Rocconi, Todd 292, 308 Rockett, Erin 383 Rodeo Club 110 Rodgers, Keith 292, 383 Rodgers, Laura 383 Rodger, Paula 193 Rodgers, William 359 Rodick, Steven 178 Rodine, Charles 345 Rodine, Rick 195 Roff, Nicola 84 Rogers, Shane 206, 207 Rogillio, Dr. Gloria J. 252 Roland, Duena 383 Rolen, Tamara 309, 383 Rolland, Philip 345 Rollins, Bret 193 Roper, Dean 160, 161 Rose, Helen 383 Rose, Pam 28 Roshto, Patricia 244 Roussel, Brent 88, 90 Rowden, Mary E. 251 Rowland, Jada 383 Rowland, Lisa 345 Roy, Sara 345 Roy, Sheri 345 Rozyskie, John 345 Rude, Dr. John 248 Ruffino, Marie 359 Rugg, Rex 292, 293 Ruiz, Laura 191, 383 Rumsey, Billy 88 Runions, Beth 383 Rush, Darrell 303, 345 Rush, Robert 235 Russ, Gary 359 Russell, Eddie 311 Russell, John 80 Russell, Paul 311 Russo, Leonardo 345 Russo, Todd 298 Ryals, Lori 359 Ryals, Shelia 383 Ryan, Constance 345 394 Index Saenz, Dr. Reynaldo 251 Sain, Teresa 196 Salazar, John 383 Salinero, David 162, 186, 193, 298 Samanie, Tyra 383 Samarasinghe, Vinodh 345 Sampognaro, Greg 173 Sanderford, Deidre 196, 383 Sanders, Dana 359 Sanders, Sharron 345 Sandidge, Mike 216 Sandord, Kae 281 Sanford, Gary 383 Sanford, Toni 97 Sansing, Jamie 177 Sant, Kimberley 345 Saporito, Troy 178 Sargent, Kelly 227 Sargent, Kelly 227 Sasser, James 359 Saterfiel, Angela 383 Saterfield, Alana 345 Satre, Carey 383 Sauerhage, John 80, 84 Saulsberry, Michael 143, 144, 145 Saunders, Michelean 186 Saunders, Micki 156 Saunier, Joy 383 Sauter, Suzanne 282 Savant, J. 131 Savnier, Joy Lynn 282 Sawyer, Mike 88 Sawyer, Shelley 359 Sawyer, Sandra 383 Saxon, Sandra 383 Sayer, Karla 383 Sayes, Deborah 383 Sayre, Diane 383 Scabbard and Blade 204 Scarborough, Patricia 359 Scarborough, William 383 Scelfo, Susan 177 Schexnayder, Dianna 383 Schilling, Mistie 345 Schmeer, Jerold 88 Schmidtke, Frederick 191 Schnuth, Mary Lee 251, 255 Scholl, Aaron 359 Schonfarber, Larry 345 Schoonover, Kelly 276 Schreiber, Peter 80 Schuberth, Tom 140, 145 Schwick, Bill 102 Scogin, Dr. John 182, 252 Scogin, Mary 359 Scott, Mary 383 Scott, Dianna 196, 383 Scott, Jeamese 383 Scott, Letrece 196, 359 Scott, Lisa 383 Scott, Paul 298 Scott, Rhonda 359 Scott, Tangela 359 Scurria, Larry 292 Seah, Soo Aun 182 Seal, Jennifer 383 Seales, Kathy 359 Seamster, Tonia 345 Searcy, Celia 359 Secrease, William L. 303 Seeley, Steve 140, 145 Seffens, Sharon 383 Sehon, Robert 195 Self, Kelly 209 Sellers, Robert 383 Sepulvado, Vicki 178 Sewell, Cathy 209, 282 Sewell, Jeri 383 Sewell, Tonia 207, 383 SGA 209 Shanbhag, Vrinda 315 Shapkoff, Jayda 204, 207, 383 Sharkey, Shayne 217 Shaver, Carol 244 Shavers, Daniel 191, 215 Shaw, Kim 383 Shaw, Mark 298 Shawgo, Katrina 345 Shelton, Brian 383 Shelton, Jamie 298 Shelton, Paige 383 Shelvin, Frank 131, 303, 359 Shepherd, Tracey 383 Sherland, Steve 93 Sherman, Alice 102, 104 Sherman, Mike 80, 359 Sherman, Penny 177 Sherwood, Keli 383 Shifflette, Jay 215 Shipley, Randy 140, 145 Shipp, Paula 345 Shivers, Ray 292 Shlosman 383 Shoals, Teresa 209, 383 Shockey, Melanie 191, 215 Shoemaker, Tommy 359 Short, Jeanne 251 Shorter, Cheryl 307 Shows, Jan 359 Shrader, Rick 292 Sibley, Sandra 93, 94, 383 Sigma Delta Chi 186 Sigma Kappa 220 Silvy, Robert 383 Simes, Christie 18 Simmons, Benjamin 383 Simmons, Leah 173 Simmons, Norbert 235 Simms, Austin 345 Simms, Cheryl 345 Simms, Donna 156, 186 Simon, Patrice 177, 345 Simoneaux, Nicole 227 Sims, Tonnie 304 Sims, Ansell 308 Sims, Christie 189 Sims, Erroll 308, 345 Sinclair, Katherine 167, 359 Sinclair Michael 204, 298 Singh, Jasvinder 181 Siragusa, Troy 222 Sirur, Aparna 180, 181 Sislock, Steve 156 Sistrunk, David 329 Skinner, Michael 80, 359 Skinner, Mike 81 Slade, Tammy 362 Slusher, Sundee 227, 362 Smart, Jon 300, 362 Smart, Glenn 362 Smith, Carla 297 Smith, Stacey 226 Smith, Angela 362 Smith, Bill 96, 97 Smith, Bradley 362 Smith, Carla 362 Smith, Carolyn 209 Smith, Charlene 345 Smith, Dedra 362 Smith, Diane 247 Smith, Donald 345 Smith, Dr. Julian 244 Smith, E. 131 Smith, Gregory 362 Smith, J. 131 Smith, Jacqulyn 362 Smith, James 208 Smith, Jeffrey 345 Smith, John 189, 193 Smith, Joseph 362 Smith, Joy Lynn 146 Smith, Kyle 208, 217 Smith, Laura 193 Smith, Lori 345 Smith, M. 131 Smith, Michael 345 Smith, Michelle L. 362 Smith, Michelle R. 362 Smith, Mike 311 Smith, Paige 70 Smith, Pam 84 Smith, Pamela 362 Smith, Paul 345 Smith, Randy 292 Smith, Sandra 345 Smith, Sarah 345 Smith, Shayne 292 Smith, Shelly 186 Smith, Shelly 186 Smith, Shelly 362 Smith, Steve 285 Smith, Steve 281 Smith, Theresa 345 Smith, Wende 163, 362 Smith, William M. Jr. 85 Snow, Sherry 185 Snyder, Bobby 298 Snyder, Cheryl 161 Snyder, Connie 282 Snyder, Constance 345 Snyder, David 110 Snyder, Sheryl 186, 362 Social Work 185 Soder, Laureen 93, 94 Soileau, Chris 88, 156 Soileau, Kermit 173, 345 Sollenburger, Ashlea 46 Soloman, DeAnn 226 Souileau, Kermit 298 Soulis, Greg 80 Spangler, Ramona 345 Sparks, Maletta 173, 304 Sparks, Yolanda 345 Spaulding, Karen 38, 195, 362 Spears, Michelle 217 Special Needs Org. 209 Speed, Lana 345 Spencer, Annette 304 Spencer, Brian 145 Spencer, Cynthia 226 Spencer, Shawn 204 Spencer, Steve 80, 345 Spencer, Tiffany 362 Speyrer, Marcee 345 Spikes, Clifton 362 Spitale, Louis 298 Spring Fever 9, 10 Squalls, Cassandra 207 St. Andre, Candi 334 St. John, Nicole 161 Stagg, Shane 186 Standard, Stephanie 24, 285, 292 Standifer, Stacey 46, 226, 282 Stanley, Tani 362 Staples, John 346 Stapleton, Jimmie 362 Stapp, Daryl 292 Stapp, Kim 292 Stark, Floyd 88 Stark, Kieth 186 Stassi, Marcie 153 Stawder, Atoy 362 Steadman, Elizabeth 346 Steele, Jeff 131, 135 Steers, Albia 298 Steffenson, Norma 251 Steinkamp, Judity 362 Steinquest, Jean 191 Stephens, Sondra 227 Stephens, Jamie 187 Stephens, Matilda 346 Stephens, Michael 107 Stephens, Sherri 223 Stephens, Sondra 227 Stephenson, Anna 217 Stephenson, Rachel 346 Stevens, Sherri 224 Stevens, Brent 189 Stevens, Katherine 177 Stewart, Amanda 362 Stewart, Bruce 173 Stewart, Ellen 346 Stewart, Nichelle 189, 227, 304, 308 Stickell, S. 131 Stites, John 88 Stock, Janet 178 Stockton, Donna 209 Stoker, Trevor 308 Stokes, Becky 209 Stokes, Karen 362 Stokes, Rebecca 362 Stokes, Yvette 307 Stolpa, Sandra 346 Stone, Deborah 167 Stone, Scott 298 Storment, John D. 167 Strange, Kayla 173 Street, Christy 167 Street, Lynda 173 Street, Sandra 226 Streva, Mark 167 Stricklin, Dr. Thomas E. 185 Strobel, De An 282 Strobel, Dean 346 Stroderd, Allison 362 Strong, Suzanne 227 Strong, Edi 227 Strong, Ericka 35 Strong, Susanne 177 Strong, Suzanne 24 Stuchlik, Gloria 191, 309 Stuckey, Kimberly 196, 346 Sullenberger, Ashlea 282 Sullivan, Audrea 346 Sun, Da 182 Surch, Renee 93 Sutherlin, Francy 346 Sutter, Stacy 80, 362 Swaggart, Stacie 186 Swenk, Janis 362 Swihart, Suzonne 362 Sylvester, Nina 84, 85 Syn, Ray 361 Tadlock, David 346 Talton, Adrain 362 Tamburo, Rose 215 Tan, David 182 Tanzie, Annisha 40, 362 Tart, Lyvonda 346 Tatum, Tina 282 Tau Beta Sigma 191 Taylor, Craig 298 Taylor, Leigh 362 Taylor, Michael 80 Taylor, Patricia 346 Taylor, Tyra 223 Teaster, Jansen 227 Teeters, Leslie 362 Tennis 98 Tennis, Lady Indians 102 Terracina, Michael 191 Terral, Thomas 346 Terry, Allen 217 Tesch, Debbie 167 Tharp, Tomi 346 Tharpe, Cherie 227, 346 Tharpe, Hank 216 Tharpe, Michael 193 Thayer, Brian 43 Thibeaux, Steven A. 303 Thibodeaux, Roberta 346 Thigpen, Allen 216 higpe! histiet Thomas Thomas (Thome pThurm: ums hurmé hurm ichenc | Thigpen, Brian 346 Thistlethwaite, John R. 235 Thomas, Benessa 362 Thomas, Cassandra 362 Thomas, Cindy 346 Thomas, Dr. Luke 247 _ Thomas, Dr. R. Dale 252 | Thomas, Dr. Thurman 252 Thomas, Dwynita 346 Thomas, Jewett 193 Thomas, Joe 292 _ Thomas, Lucretia 173 Thomas, Suzanne 346 Thomas, Wendy 346 Thompson, April 93 _ Thompson, David 362 Thompson, Fred 193 Thompson, Jeff 209, 285, 298 _ Thompson, Kelli 362 _ Thompson, Tammy 177 Thompson, Wendy 365 _ Thornhill, Robert 217 _ Thornhill, Tammy 346 _ Thorton, Stacie 385 Thurman, Cheryl 346 Thurman, Kelli 282 Thurman, Mary 223, 385 Thurman, Patricia 226, 385 Thurmon, Lora 362 Tichenor, Mark 99, 98 Tillery, J. 131 Tillis, Joel 97 _ Tillman, Cindy 346 _ Tindell, Richard _ Ting, Kok Kheong 346 _ Ting, Rurie 208 Tingle, Janette 346 Tinnerello, Malinda 179, 227 | Tique, D’Wana 385 Titone, Beth 385 | TKE 810, 311 _Toepfer, Ricky 80 Tolar, Larry 362 Tolbert, Monica 385 Toler, Julie 186 Toler, Laura 347 Tolson, Janet 385 | Tolson, Lori 332 Tomlin, Richard 362 _ Tompkins, Lisa 362 Toms, Kevin 145 Toney, Louis 385 'Tonnie, Sims 308 Tosstonn, Rikki 303 | Tostado, Deborah 346 Toston, Ricky 207 -Tostonn, Rikki 353 Townsend, Stephen 385 _ Tradewell, Suzette 385 _Tradewell, Todd 164, 385 | Trahan, Angela 362 | Trahan, Jenny 177 | Trahan, M. 131 | Traiana, Christine 344 | | Tran, An N. 178 _ Travis, Gregory 385 Traxler, Jon 173 Traxler, M. 131 Trevillion, Ashleigh 189 Tribble, Neil 30 Triche, Michael 298 Triche, Mike 298, 308 Triplett, Andrea 173 Triplett, Kim 207 True, Stephen 298 Trupiano, Mary 191, 209 Trussell, Trudy 347 | Tsui, Julie 173 Tubbs, S. 131 'Tucker, Rob 152, 156 ‘Tucker, Robert 298 Tucker, Teleter 189 | Tucker, Tresenia 189 Tuggle, Kim 361, 385 ‘Tuminello, Angela 282, 309 ‘Tung, Lai Ming 347 | Tupman, Scott 298 | | i i � } | Tupman, Stanley 385 Turbeville, Joel 178 Turee, Mona 193 Turnbow, Tom 347 Turner, Angela 347 Turner, Christopher 298 Turner, Kimberly 282, 385 Turner, M. 131 Turner, Patrick 189, 193 Turner, Walecea 362 Tyler, Ramona 347 Tyler, Shana 385 Tyree, Mona 347 Tyree, William 385 Uebel, Ralf 80 Ulmer, Rachel 385 Underwood, Carey 292 Union Board 208, 209 Upshaw, Debbie 362 Upshaw, R. 131 Upton, Deana 282, 305 Urea, Tim 217 Urena, Timothy 385 Ussery, Angie 223, 227, 347, 3877 Vaccarelli, Lance 145 Valdes, Dr. Leander 251 Valez, Alicia 385 Vallery, David 385 Vallien, Pamela 362 Vallotton, Lisa 385 Van Buren, B. 131 Vanburen, Sandy 385 Vance, Kayla 385 Vanderhoeven, Jessica 385 Vanderlick, Lynn 385 Vaughn, Latrenda 362 Vaughn, Mitzi 385 Velez, Alicia 207 Vercher, Scott 385 Vereen, Marc 347 Vicknair, Mona 385 Vines, Pres. Dwight D. 139, 234 Vining, Dr. Robert 244 Vining, Mike 140 Vis, JoAnne 215 Viscardis, Chris 362 Vo, Julie 167 Voorhies, Paul 275, 308 Wade, Susan 347 Wade, Valarie 178 Wafer, Verna 347 Waffer, Jo 195 Waggoner, Christopher 362 Wagley, Kenneth 209, 308, 329 Waits, Earlene 216, 217 Waldrop, Tim 222 Walker, Christy 226 Walker, Alice 362 Walker, Chad 362 Walker, Deborah 362 Walker, Gregory 362 Walker, Jay 308 Walker, Johnny 189, 214 Walker, Kenny 107 Walker, Kim 24, 347 Walker, Kimberly 186, 347, 362 Walker, Lauri 347 Walker, Latitia 362 Walker, Mark 214 Walker, Robin 347 Walker, Wesly 309 Wall, Leslie 362 Wallace, Gail 362 Wallace, Jay 80 Wallace, Keith 347 Wallace, Rhonda 347 Wallace, Rita 207, 347 Waller, Tamah 362 Walley, Dr. Oscar 247 Walpole, Chuck 298 Walters, Pamela 362 Waltz, Joseph 235 Wang, Lisy 182 Warbonnets 220, 225, 226 Ward, Brian 292 Ward, June 209 Warren, Greg 235 Washam, Dianna 347 Washington, C. 131 Washington, Terence 189 Washington, Toni 347 Watkins, Connie 179 Watkins, Jim 102 Watkins, Paula 347 Watkins, Steven 186 Watson, Christy 362 Watson, Debore 347 Watson, Jill 347 Watson, Kristy 362 Watson, Marie 248 Wayne, Althea 347 Weatherton, Riginald 362 Weaver, Becky 362 Weaver, Darla 204 Webb, Brad 216 Webb, Frank 292 Webb, Keven M. 191 Webb, Kevin 191 Webb, Lex 208 Webb, Paul 88 Webber, Wendy 347 Webster, Warren 298 Weeks, Jennifer 347 Weems, Tracy 285 Weiland, Robert 252 Weinar, Sheri 208 Weisner, Greg 319 Weisner, Jeff 319 Welch, Grace 204 Welch, Jeffrey 362 Welch, Jo Ann 247 Wendt, Mark 156 Werfel, Tammy 223 Westney, Michelle 347 Whatley, Amy 282, 309 Wheaton, Donna 362 Wheeler, Darren 88 Wheeler, Kenneth 347 Wheelus, Glen 207 Whitaker, Calvin 167 White, Steven 301 White, Austin 167 White, Beth 193 White, Brian 347 White, Carlessa 191, 216, 362 White, Coralie 193, 248 White, Elizabeth 177 White, Jack 214, 215, 248 White, Jimmy 362 White, Sharon 177, 252, 347 White, Sherry 362 White, Stacy 347 White, Steven 347 White, Trey 173 White, Vonnie 363 Whitehill, Cpt. Craig 204, 248 Whitley, Katherine 363 Whittington, Penny 28 Whitton, Kimberly 347 Whorton, Amy 347 Widdig, Carl 191, 216, 347 Wiggins, Jeff 292 Wiggins, John 361 Wiggins, Michael 152, 298, 363 Wilbanks, Keith 347 Wilburn, D. 131 Wiley, Rodney 191, 363 Wilhite, Joel 363 Wilhite, John 347 Wilhite, Tim 298 Wilkerson, Calvin 237 Wilkerson, Shirley 173, 207 Wilkins, Steven 347 Wilkinson, Kathy 363 Wilkinson, Mathew 178 Willett, Sharron 167, 347 Williams, Elaine 227 Williams, A. 131 Williams, Billy 217 Williams, Bridgette 323 Williams, Calvin 191 Williams, Dr. Earnest R. 185 Williams, Janella 167 Williams, Lisa 347 Williams, Lora J. 214 Williams, Loretta 209, 347 Williams, Nancy 214 Williams, Opal 363 Williams, Pam 222 Williams, Pamela 207, 363 Williams, Rhonda 347 Williams, Robert 189, 347, 363 Williams, Rod 215 Williams, Rodereick 189, 216, 363 Williams, Rodney 191, 347 Williams, Tammy 177, 347 Williamson, Rayne 226, 247 Williamson, Robert 145 Williamson, Ruby 347 Willrodt, Heather 226 Wilmore, Susan 363 Wilmore, Vanessa 347 Wilson, Brian 292 Wilson, Edward 178 Wilson, Jamison 252 Wilson, Karen 28, 347 Wilson, Mike 308 Wilson, Mindy 161 Wilson, Paula 363 Wilson, Sharon 177 Wilson, Shawn 110 Wilson, Terri 363 Wiltenmuth, Erika 196, 207 Wiltenmuth, Erika 363 Wiltz, Lucretia 347 Windfield, Pat 84, 86 Windham, Andrew 363 Winn, A. 131 Winngerter, Louis 178 Winnon, Jeff 88 Winstead, Chuck 107 Winters, Charmaine 363 Wise, Allen 363 Witherington, Melanie 30, 191 Witt, Cheryl 363 Witty, Joseph 363 Witty, Sheri 363 Wolff, Toni 363 Wolgumuth, Mary 275, 282, 309 Wong, Jian 182 Wong, Kah Wor 347 Wong, Kah Wor “Cliff” 182 Wong, Qi-Yao 182 Woo, Lisa 361 Wood, Catherine 363 Wood, Jerry 292 Woodfin, Renee 146, 147, 149 Woodring, Lori 282 Woodyard, Charles 347 Woon, Marcus 182 Worley, Brenda 347 Wright, Bob 237 Wright, Byron 80 Wright, Kristie 93 Wu, Mingliang 182 Wycoff, Gerre 177 Wyles, Kathy 363 Xiaoli, Zhang 182 Xu, Jian 182 Ya, Jing-Yi 182 Yerger, Kelly 363 Yocum, Patti 282 Yong, Zu Ying 181 Yost, Lisa 167 Young, Dr. Leonard 252 Young, Karen 186 Young, Mayleng 347 Young, Mike 216 Young, Paul T. 185 Young, Rodney 131, 133 Young, Tina 216 Young, William 80 Young Democrats 207 Zagar, Amy 363 Zaidain, Laura 165, 195 Zander, Stefan 99, 98, 100 Zeigler, Billy Wayne 285 Zhang, Tian-Hong 182 Zhu, Xne Min 182 Zimmerman, Paula 167, 347 Zimmerman, Rhonda 363 Zizzi, Trey 173 Zochert, Monika 347 Zywicke, Gwen 156, 207 Index 395 From the moment of NLU safety Perry Harper’s game-clinching fourth- quarter interception to the wee-hour plane arrival of the Indians in Monroe, true NLU fans everywhere were celebrating and rejoicing over an exciting national championship victory. After the game, smiles, cheers and tears could be seen, everywhere in Poca- tello, Idaho’s Minidome, sight of the final matchup. ra The scoreboard best told the story! NLU 43, Mar- shall 42. The title clash fol- lowed the same pattern for Northeast as the other playoff games. Facing a 14-point deficit going into the final period, the Indians pushed full steam ahead and never looked back with two scor- ing drives on just three pos- sessions. Stan Humphries bore the pressure well and respond- 1 ed with three touchdowns passing and one rushing. Cisco Richard totaled 77 yards rushing and blasted for two early scores. The Indian defense, bat- tered throughout the game, held tough. In addition to Harper’s one interception, Stephone Avery picked off two more. Richard Green had a crucial fumble recov- ery late in the game that set up an Indian score. “T don’t think there’s any question that the kind of pressure games we played earlier helped us win this game,” said elated coach Pat Collins after the game. “Our players had been there before, and they would not quit. All I want people to remember about this team is that we played with heart.” And that is the true “Spirit of Northeast.” — Sam Lanier aoe — SS SSE Sateree i oneenene oe met ye = ooler weather in the fall finds stu dents Donna Neck and Jodi Eas 398 Closing walking to class wearing sweaters an sweatshirts. Photo by Rick Kenned. burning determination of a senior quarter- back’s last football game. The Spirit is there. ‘But the Spirit i is fleeting, and soon these seniors Hwwill graduate and move on from Northeast. They will l) begin careers, establish families and settle down into |the rigors of ‘society. _ They will no doubt someday mourn for their lost days of youth, their time in the Spirit. But those who have experienced and lived it know that you can take lit with you. A little piece of Northeast stays with each and every graduate who enters into that after- life of the real world beyond college. In those years spent on the rites of passage from ‘high school adolescence into mature young adult- ‘hood, what was really learned? How to turn a profit? To program a computer? To write a prescription? To monyugate a verb? ee ou can see it in the misty eyes of a graduating i senior on commencement night, or in the A: the end of her college career, Kay Dick reminisces through her ex- periences at Northeast. Photo by Rick Kennedy. aE SPIRIT Be, All of these are mere vocational skills, many are rote memorization. If so, then what was the use of the years, the many days, spent in college? It was the experience. And at Northeast, the experience is the Spirit. It was the days spent learning to learn. The nights learning to love. It was the participation in an open discussion in a classroom where the free exchange of ideas is the only commodity. It was the time devoted to service projects that showed us that those more able must help those less fortunate. These experiences of freedom and expression each student of Northeast will carry within himself. These are the things that make America. It is more than two plus two that put man upon the moon; more than “textbook learning.” The ability to dream, to soar. This is the Spirit of Northeast. And this is the University’s legacy to you, the student. Clsoing 399 saree SORTS. NAG PR Sa, er ee : S oe a ee LU’s larger-than-life mascot, Chief Brave Spirit, personifies The Spirit of Northeast with his love of life and dedication to supporting the 400 Closing University. Photo by Rick Kennnedy. ? a4 - NS ee _s ee ee a ee ee eee Hin Sep S 0 -NorTHEAST Can be seen in all aspects of college life. ne such aspect is the Chacahoula.