University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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Summer students reap many benefits CULTURAL EXPERIENCE. Clyde Edgerton gives a reading for the Faulkner Conference held each summer. POWER. Casey Prewitt a junior from Clarks- dale works on strengthening her back hand at tennis camp. The 89 summer sessions not only saw an increase in tuition, but also an increase in the number of students enrolled. Students who stayed at Ole Miss during the sum- mer were exposed to a special part of Qle Miss that few students have the opportunity to enjoy. For those students who have never attended summer school, Ole Miss without a parking problem is impossible to even imagine. Sum- mer students, however, are forced to find a new universal argument to continuously complain about since parking is not a problem. Also, the student dream of no long lines at registration and fee payment becomes a reality in the summer. Walking straight through registration spoils summer stu- dents and makes them even less tolerable of the lines on the side- walk outside of Turner Complex that welcome them back in the fall. Although summer life is usually slow, campus comes alive with the invasions of hundreds of junior high and high school students who attend camps for cheerleading, ten- nis, baseball, basketball, and foot- ball. PrecoUege weekends also add to the excitement with future fresh- men running around campus with their poster-sized maps searching for the Lyceum. Except for these invasions, the entire campus atmosphere is much more relaxed than usual, and even professors seem to be a little laid back. More time is available to do those things-you- want-to-do-but- never-have-time-for — spending the day relaxing at Sardis, taking a road trip to Graceland to try and spot Elvis, taking the nature trail to Rowan Oak, or just bonding with friends at the Hoka. Another benefit of summer school is the opportunity to make friends with people who go to other colleges and universities, but who wised up and decided to become Rebels for at least the summer. Meeting and living with students from Millsaps, Auburn, and the University of Montana can provide for many late-night conversations comparing college life. Summer school is best described as the slow, southern life. Ole Miss in the summer is almost a com- pletely different university. And, summer school students agree you haven ' t been to Ole Miss until you ' ve been to summer school. Summer Sessions

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m f9 f : ' ' - SLi ' %■ — IDEAL JOB Lorl Miller enjoys the sun while guarding lives at the Ole Miss outdoor pool. — — EXPRESS LANES Students breeze through Registration at Turner Complex. photo by Bill Johnson. [ WE ' VE GOT SPIRIT High school cheer- leaders liven up campus with their cheers.

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Summer Showcase Ole Miss theatre celebrates the Festival of Southern Theatre since Its Inception four years ago, the Festival has grown to be an event of Importance In the South- east and one of Interest Internation- ally. Highly recognized critics from as far away as New York and Los An- geles visited the Festival this sum- mer to participate In the production and discussion of three exciting brand-new plays by very promising Southern playwrights. The Festival Included a public symposium with the three play- wrights and local critics. Smaller social gatherings were arranged for playwrights, critics, the acting com- pany, and the subscribers. The three plays chosen for the 1989 Festival were ' Dancln ' to Cal- liope, The Three Golden Mon- keys, and Fall Into Winter. Described by the author as a dark farce, Dancln ' to Calliope by Jack GUhooley played July 13, 18, and 21. Two performers In a carnival sideshow plotted to assas- sinate a rural sheriff and then kill themselves. The comic action was madcap and the humor was off-beat and zany, but the story was strangely touching. The second production was Three Golden Monkeys by Steven Turner. It Involved the lives of an elderly Southern couple and their adult son as they struggled to sur- vive In lower-mlddle-class Manhat- tan. A domestic melodrama, it was filled with family warmth, family problems, and, ultimately, family tragedy. Fall Into Winter wrapped up the Festival with its extremely In- tense three-character drama which revolved around the unusually close relationship between two brothers and the wife of the elder brother. It examined the devastating after- effects of suicide and the complex- ities of family love. [ FREEZE! Valarle Galloway is backed up by Mark Waterman in Dancln ' to Calliope. I ' VE GOT YOU NOW. Victor Lazarow and Mark Waterman clash In Dancin ' to Calliope. 1 DO I HAVE TO? Kelly Bralnard asks Mark Waterman to do a gruesome task In Dancln ' to Calliope. Summer Showcase