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

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PHOTOGRAPHER BOB CRISP was a little late meet- ing his wife, SueBet, for a cinema society movie at the Visual Arts Building. When he did arrive he no- ticed how bright the campus lights were. So, camera ready on tripod, he shot himself apologizing for his tardiness.

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o • • • (cont. from page 2) Events, and Alumni and Governmental Af- fairs. Powers Hall received similar attention. The dormitory once housed the football team but now its four wings are divided among the four National Panhellenic Coun- cil sororities. Twelve members of each so- rority (Phi Mu, Alpha Delta Pi, Zeta Tau Alpha and Alpha Gamma Delta) make Pow- ers a home during the regular term. But even more space was made of use; 268 spaces as a matter of fact. When the old Appleby Elementary School burned, the university purchased the property with the students in mind. A new parking lot was created to make parking a problem of the past. Along with the extra spaces, four new tennis courts were added to the facility. Highway 157 took a name change in order to honor the university when it be- came the University of North Alabama Highway. The road is located between Flor- ence and Birmingham. The campus bookstore has not had a change of name but it has changed owners. The main reason for the Barnes Noble takeover was the enhancement of services provided for the faculty, staff and students by the bookstore. The bookstore, which is located on the ground floor of the Student Union Building, now offers much more than text books and school supplies. For some students, school supplies were the easiest thing to find. College fresh- men were usually the first to get lost but they were getting some special attention to make the adjustment into college life as painless as possible. SOAR (Summer Orien- tation and Advanced Registration), a pro- gram to aid incoming freshmen in becom- ing familiar with the university, was ex- panded to include counseling beyond the original two-day program. CAP, the College Achievement Program for freshmen, was a continuation of the academic and student life counseling provided by SOAR counsel- ors throughout the first semester. A new major was added to the sched- ule when the Alabama Commission on Higher Education approved the proposal of a public relations degree program. The political science department also made progress with the addition of PS 425. THE CHEERLEADERS race through the tunnel lead- with the buyer ' s name attached. The person who ing the football team as the balloons are released. As a fund raising part of the Beat Jax State festivities. Alpha Gamma Delta held a Balloon Derby. The soror- ity sold tickets for the balloons and set them free BobCi found the balloon and returned the attached card from the farthest distance was the winner. The indi- vidual who bought the ticket and the person who found the winning balloon both received $50. The course, Middle East Past and Pre- sent, was taught jointly by a political sci- entist and a historian. Several academic and administrative personnel changes took place in various departments on campus. The changes came as a part of a Cam paign for Excellence that Dr. Eugene Jabker, dean of Faculty and Instruction, started after coming to the university last year. Among the changes was the addition of a full-time director of Continuing Educa- tion. The department was previously the responsibility of the Dean of Arts and Sci- ences. Filling the position as director was Bill Matthews. In the shift of positions in the School of Education, Dr. Azalia Francis was named acting dean of the school, pending a nation- wide search to find a permanent dean. Dr. Stanley Beans, whom Francis re- placed, returned to a tenured teaching posi- tion. Sue Wilson was another new member of the administration, filling the registrar position. Wilson began working on a new (cent, on page 7) BAND MEMBER Duke Cowan practices on the steps of Rogers Hall for the band ' s spring concert. The concert featured a tribute to the late Count Basle who gave one of his Final performances In Norton Audito- rium. Jayne Anne Miller

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Filling the Gaps 1 1 I n I I iiiiiii [cont. from page 5) registration process from the first day of her employment on October 1. Along with the new registration sys- tem, a student advisory system was set up to aid student in selecting courses. The ad- [visory system provided a benefit that stu- |dents have not had in the past. I Other things were offered to the stu- dents that had not been there before. In the Art Department, the senior exhi- bitions became more publicized than be- Fore. The new acting head of the depart- ment. Dr. Elizabeth Walter, saw to that. In the Speech, Communication and Theatre department, assistant professor of theatre Jim David took a troupe of actors and technicians to Hartselle, Alabama to perform Romeo and Juliet. The experi- ence not only gave the students a chance to :ake the show on the road but it offered a irst glimpse of Shakespeare to a coliseum ■ull of grade school children. Located in Florence, with the tri-cities Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia) lust across the river, the university often secame a point of interest in the Shoals area. The Values Colloquium was open to :he public and involved a great deal of com- Tiunity participation. The theme of the col- oquium was Self and Others in the Ameri- FHE RAINY ACJTCIMN of Nortfi Alabama often nakes the sfiort walk from one class to another an ;nlightening experience in learning to dress for he veather. an Society in the 1980s. Author of the best-selling book, The Culture of Narcissism, Christopher Lasch spoke on The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Ex- pectations. While several members of the faculty and a few students joined panels for differ- ent topics of discussion, area businessmen joined the ranks to round out these discus- sions. Actor Will Stutts brought Mark Twain to life in the thought-provoking pan- el, Huckleberry Finn: Mark Twain ' s Young Man of Integrity. Later in the semester, Drs. Clark Gregg and Gary Swinger addressed a standing- room-only crowd in Flowers Hall. The AIDS Symposium was set up to better inform the college and community about the disease. The community was working with the university in many ways and President Rob- ert M. Guillot released this statement: The University of North Alabama is one of the 12 largest employers in the Shoals area and has a total economic impact of $79 mil- lion. The gaps were being filled on all scales by individuals and organizations alike. The university was proving that it could contin- ue to grow within its own boundaries. TEARING DOWN the goal post seemed the thing to do after the football team defeated Bloomsburg Uni- versity. The win sent the team to Texas to play in the NCAA Division II finals. ANITA WALLACE finds the library just right for her studying. When Collier Library was remodeled last year several new study areas were added to the facili- ty. Introduction 7