University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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From cradle to grave, we are faced with a variety of challenges. They come in all shapes and sizes, keeping our bodies fit, our minds alert and our souls alive. Life is filled with challenges. Often just getting out of bed can prove challenging enough, but each day holds obstacles which must be met and dealt with. Challenges keep the human race aware of its strengths and its faults. A challenge can unify a country or tear an individual apart. Often a struggle with a challenge will make a group stronger. UNA faced a shortage of money in the past year, but administrators, faculty and staff worked together under the leadership of the presi- dent and reduced university expenditures by the required ten percent without deleting basic educa- tional programs while maintaining most extracurri- cular activities for the students. People who achieve great things are those who meet problems head on and solve them, rather than side step them and hope they will go away. Conquer- ing a challenge earns a person fame; meeting a chal- lenge earns a person respect. Suffering often goes along with a challenge. President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II know this challenge, each being the victim of an assassin ' s bullet, recovering to go on with their du- ties. Also, a repressed Polish people banned togeth- er in solidarity to seek an elusive luxury — liberty. But challenges need not be monumental to be important. The Student Activities Board worked hard to make an Oak Ridge Boys double concert work, and it did. The greatest individual challenge of any student is to get an education. So, whether big or small, challenges are impor- tant to each of us, making life worth living. Mi .-A V ' M . i ' « dfc ' ' .ii. -J

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An academic challenge — |iitiey Os- leen writes her essay for the Sopho- more Proficiency Exam. All .students must pass thi.s exam before they are allowed to graduate. | Photo by Grant LovettI A popular craze during this school year was the Rubic ' s Cube puzzle. With nine faces on each of its six sides, the object is to get a solid color on each side of the puzzle. Jon Holli- han is shown trying to solve the puz- zle. (Photo by Grant LovettI DDDlSMlii m » I Rl Volume 34 University of North Alabama Florence, Alabama 35632-0001 Striving to meet the challenge of an- other Gulf South Conference title, two Lions line up head to head during practice. Although the football team failed to win the conference, they proved to be a challenging opponent for every team they played. (Photo by Grant Lovett)

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Only hours after the shooting of the President, students gather around the television in the SUB to find out the status of the situation. Students stayed close to their television most of the night to keep informed as to the condition of the President and others who were injured in the assassination attempt. (Photo by Grant Lovett] Challenges face each one of us daily, ranging from who will I take out next weekend to how will 1 graduate must be resolved in each individual ' s mind. (Photo by Grant Lovett] Introduction 3 ' 1 nTir ' TTTFTT TlMirirTgli