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Spring Flir% Week is a special time set aside each April for students to take a break from the daily routine of campus life and to enjoy themselves while Celebratin g S prink. Spring Fling ' 83 got off to a great start! This special week has become an mnual event in which students are en- :ouraged to take a break to enjoy the Tiany activities organized by the Stu- dent Activities Board. On Monday, April 18, last spring, :ame the announcement of the Spring ling Queen, Mary Hill, a sophomore rom Florence. Also on Monday, the Inner Hall ouncil held their annual Casino Might. Casino Night is a favorite among students as they accumulate jlay money through various games such as Black Jack and Poker. The play money is used at the end of the evening ;o bid on prizes donated by local mer- :hants. Added pleasure was given to the Bvening with a performance by univer- sity alumnus, actor Will Stutts. Stutts presented a one-man play portraying humorist Mark Twain. Rain on Tuesday caused postpone- ment of the Sidewalk Chalk Art Con- test until Thursday, but as the day pro- gressed so did the activity. At four 3 ' clock the Great Lite Beer Tug-of-War aegan and soon ended when the rope broke during the first round of compe- tition. Determined contestants weren ' t discouraged, however, and the compe- ition resumed (with a new rope). Evening events included the mov- e Meatballs, shown in Rivers Hall ourtyard, and a Banana Split Party leld in Towers Cafeteria. Wednesday ' s events began at noon with the People Pyramid Contest. Each organization supplied a minimum of 12 people whose job was to create a three- level pyramid and remain in the posi- tion for at least two minutes. A One-Act Play Festival took place on Wednesday. It was presented by the 1983 spring directing class. Meanwhile, out on the baseball practice field the Miller Ball Push was underway. Teams tried to maneuver a giant (eight foot in diameter), air-filled ball around an obstacle course. On Thursday, the Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest decorated the walk in front of the Student Union Building. Organi- zations had three hours to draw a trib- ute to spring, combining originality, uniqueness, and appeal. Big Macs were supplied by a lo- cal McDonald ' s during lunch for the Big Mac Eating Contest. Each organi- zation chose one person to represent them. The competition was divided into two divisions. The women re- ceived two Big Macs, and the men had to eat four. In both divisions, the person with the best time won. A special treat was awaiting stu- dents Thursday evening in Norton Auditorium when Second City Touring Company made their Florence debut. The comedy troupe consisted of sever- al comedians who kept the audience alive with the cut and punch of on?- liners and facial expressions. Classes were dismissed at noon on Friday in observance of Spring Fling festivities. Everyone gathered on the practice field to join in the university picnic and to watch the Purple and Gold Intersquad Game. At two o ' clock, the Club Relays be- gan. The relays included the Dizzie Iz- zie. Tube Stack, )ust Passin ' Through, Grab Bag, Two Ball Pass, Kinky Krawl, and the Chariot Race. Most students agree that the Club Relays are the most entertaining of the Spring Fling activities. Lynda Loftus, a junior from Granite City. Illinois, who competed in several of the relays, said, Competition is definitely second na- ture to the laughter and fun that arises out of the relays. Most of the people are here to take a break and enjoy them- selves, and they usually do. It ' s defi- nitely light-hearted fun. A rare taste of jazz and pop thrilled a Norton Auditorium audience Friday night when Maynard Ferguson and his twelve-piece band performed. They opened with Birdland and encored with Theme From Rocky. The recep- tive audience honored Ferguson with three standing ovations before the evening was over. On Saturday evening the Student Government Association held a retire- ment banquet at the Holiday Inn hon- oring Dr. W. T. McElheny, Vice Presi- dent for Student Affairs. To close out the week, a concert was given on Sunday by the Collegiate Singers in Norton Auditorium. — Debbie Prestridge MANEUVERING a giant (eigtit feet in diameter), air-filled ball around an obstacle course is the object of the Miller Ball Push. Here, Kim Love- lace and Jennifer Reid of LaGrange Hall force the ball along. (Photo by Patrick Hood)
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The arrival of 1984 sparks comparisons with reaUty and the conditions in Orwell ' s noveh Is n3i rofher WatcKin You? lust how close are we to the 1984 that George Orwell wrote about in his classic novel? It is a general belief that 1984 was written as a prophecy. Dr. Thomas Os- borne, Assistant Professor of History, said, Orwell is a prophet in the Old Testament sense, in that he wrote the truth as he saw it. But he understood more than details; he clearly under- stood the direction of which this world is moving. Orwell ' s predictions were a bit off the mark, but his novel is still chilling because we have moved along the same general lines. Many feel that since there are no Big Brother Is Watching You posters in shopping malls or at Burger King that Orwell ' s terrible vision of the future has been averted. Yet, 1984 is present in our violence-ridden world. Many countries have societies that closely parallel the book ' s Oceania. American reporters who were allowed into the country of Iran after the hostage crisis was resolved returned saying that it was much like 1984. Perhaps we have seen Big Brother alive in the minds of leaders such as Stalin and Hitler. But Dr Osborne feels that such a threat in the form of any one person is unlikely in our present world. The danger this generation lives in is not that there will arise another Hitler, but the danger that Big Brother will take the form of the faceless and name- less, the form of the unknown. If our lives are controlled by forces we can- not see or hear, they will therefore be unopposable. Perhaps 1984 is not a fulfilled pro- phecy, but it still serves as a warning. Orwell ' s book is mistaken frequently for science fiction, but is, in reality, a study of the absolute control of power. America is more fortunate than most other countries, but let us not overestimate ourselves. The Orwellian use of euphemisms in language has in- filtrated our lines of communication. Dr. Osborne points out that, Certain A PEACE MESSAGE attached to a balloon is re- leased by Mrs. Eleanor Gaunder, assistant pro- fessor of English. Mrs. Gaunder was one of sever- al UNA faculty and students to attend the cele- bration in Wildwood Park. (Photos by Patrick Hood) School children contribute to World Peace Day through colorful signs. ' APPOSE 1Y % VE- features ring true, especially that our language is closing in around us. When Reagan refers to his MX missile sys- tems as ' peacekeepers, ' those who have read 1984 instantly see through the de- ception. To refer to expenditures for nuclear weapons, more than enough to obliterate human life, as ' defense bud- get ' is an Orwellian use of the lan- guage. Call it, say, a ' mutual suicide budget, ' and see what kind of reaction the American public would have. Orwell ' s book is a warning, and just because we have made it this far does not mean that the world is safe. As newsman Walter Cronkite wrote in his excellent introduction to the recent edition of the novel, 1984 may not ar- rive on time, but there ' s always 1985. — Clark Perry mmsas smtsm ss s fmrn mst-
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