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

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lunch for Bill Mock and Joey Hall. Mock was more interested in whether Hall was winning or losing his lunch. SIGMA CHI strutted their way to second place in the air band contest.

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THE CHALK ART contest brought many young artists out of the woodwork and on to the pavement. This slalom skiier was Rivers Hall entry. THE UNIQUE technique that was popular in the three-legged race was this crab imper- sonation. Edward Thomas GUMBY AND POKEY took a short break from modeling for Jeff Byrd to watch their chalk art portrait come to life.

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Take part in the Fling • • • eating contest featuring Big Macs and gulping contestants. NAFF II, Phi Gam- ma Delta, and the Band Boys took the top three places in the men ' s division. In the women ' s competition, the Pride of Dixie Girls, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Phi Mu were the fastest Big Mac Attackers. Thursday night, the annual Pur- ple and Gold game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium. At halftime, a tug- )f-war was held. Finishing in the top hree places in the men ' s division were Sigma Chi, the P.E. Men, and Phi Gam- ma Delta. LaGrange, Alpha Gamma Delta, and the Pride of Dixie Girls took top honors in the women ' s tug. Also, a dance followed in the Great Hall featur- ng the rock band, White Animals. Climaxing the week of Spring Fling was the annual picnic and relays at Towers Hall and Flowers Hall. All :lasses were dismissed after noon and PHI MU performed their first place panto- mime to the Romantics ' What I Like About k ' ou. Edward Thomas all students, faculty, and staff freed for the day ' s activities. The relays for organizational com- petition included the Dizzy Izzy, Foot- ball: Jax State Style, the Egg Toss, Coming and Going, and the Amoeba Race. The first competition, the Dizzy Izzy race, was a six-person relay involv- ing the circling of a baseball bat. The winners in the men ' s division were FIJI, Sigma Chi, and the P.E. Men. In the women ' s division, Zeta Tau Alpha, Pride of Dixie Girls, and Alpha Gamma Delta were winners. Tops in the Egg Toss were NAFF II, Alpha Phi Alpha, and the Band Boys. In the women ' s division winners were Rice, LaGrange, with Phi Mu and the Pride of Dixie Girls tying for third. The teams of FIJI, NAFF II and the Commuters, placed in the men ' s Coming and Going relay; otherwise known as the five-legged race. In the women ' s race, the top three teams were Rice Hall, Phi Mu, and the Other Women. Jax State Style Football, unique because of a blindfolded quarterback, was judged on the basis of the number of passes caught by the receiver. NAFF II, the Band Boys, and the Commuters tied for first place. Women ' s division winners were: the Pride of Dixie Girls, the Other Women, and a third place tie between Zeta Tau Alpha and Phi Mu. The Amoeba Race consisted of eight-member teams forming cell walls with arms locked and partici- pants facing outward racing through an obstacle course. First in the men ' s race were the P.E. Men and in the women ' s race, the winner was Alpha Gamma Delta. The overall Spring Fling winners, based on all the week ' s activities, were Sigma Chi fraternity and Alpha Gam- ma Delta sorority. Spring Fling pro- vided that greatly desired break from the books, a time to take the edge off the studies. Edward Thomas THE PIKES pre- sented their own Boy George. Boy Miite LeCroix with his back-ups Tom Gauldin and Chuck Young. Spring Ring 15