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

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THOUGH SOAREES are usucilly busy during their two-day stay on campus, they have some free time to take in the sights. Kenny Marsh chooses to check out the textbooks in the University Bookstore. (Photo by Regina Craft) PRE-SHOW preparedness is vital to the members of the SOAR Cabaret cast. Jay Webb begins to apply his stage makeup in the dressing room as he anticipates another show. (Photo by Anissa Palmer) 10

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4W ItT filBiiiililiiiiitt DAVID 1 ITTERMAN did not make tt to any ot tn« bOAK sessions, but Dkwdor of Student ActMUM Bob Glenn did. Glenn pmented his ' David Lettennan Show ikK a he Interviewed guetis who inhaned SOARaet about campus Uc. (Photo by Biigltle Borden) aeayaaiad Hm Dllhoii ' : 1 ojKj rviAXjy Fernandez d wMh Dr Jame Simpson. (Ph(X(j vy rw iMi Ciafl) THE SOAR CABARET CAST invite SOARee to oome on and SOAR as they penofm on Maos. C si t member Antasa Palmer tgi to the audtann. (Photo by HeA Stoiie ) mat 9

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OMt WINNERS The counselors make advanced registration fun (and painless) for freshmen and transfers BY )OHN WILLIAMS While many students are taking a break during the summer, some are busy showing incoming freshmen and transfer students around campus and preparing them for what lies ahead in their education. These people are SOAR Coun- sebrs. and though it may app ear that they arc always having fun during the SOAR sessions, all of them will admit that it is also a kjt of hard work Why does anyone choose to be a SOAR counsckjr? There are a number of reasons, and each response varies from one counselor to another. Jackie Allen enjoyed her first yammer as a SOAR counseter this - and she sakj that it is a thrill «ig a counsebr Tm getting to help those stu- dents who otherwise woukl be k st in the fall, Allen said. The chance to serve the univer- sity was one of the reasons that Paul Foster wanted to be a SOAR coun- sek)r. He also wanted to become acquainted with the other coun- seksrs and find out what they wanted to do to help the SOARees. Foster does not believe, however, that involvement in the SOAR pro- gram should stop with the counsebrs. Other students should also get involved with the SOAR program, he said. Two ways of doing this are by being a member of either the SOAR Cabaret cast or the crew. Carmella Miley, who was one of the cast members last year, sakl that she wanted to be a counselor because she wanted to help the new students so that they coukd be well- adapted when they come back in the fall. What was niost worthwhile for Miley, however, was getting to know the other SOAR counsebrs, she sakl. Lori Brown said she became a SOAR counselor because she wanted to be involved on campus. She also said that she wanted to help freshmen start their first year off right. Most importantly, she wanted to be able to help the SOARees after SOAR was over. Getting to know the freshmen on a personal level wiD also be help- ful, Brown said, because if th«»y need help throughout the year, they will know who their SOAR coun- sek r was. Though the reasons for being a SOAR counsebr are many, all of the counsebrs will agree on one thing: it is worthwhile for everyone who is involved. ' ■■y iv.f: SOAR COUNSEtORfe are diways UfSing t9 • .1 ■ extra guidonci .-.r ); -. ' conceminfl various - academic progratns MaWa Nejms lakes . lima 10 he)p Kriai B«rtll bv explaining thcjir ?, freshman cour « ' f ' :}ffi reqiiirementi: iBfaatiM - .V,-,r