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

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For the fun of it Organizations build unity during the fun and ganies of Spring Fling By Michelle Mosdey If you were anywhere on campus between April 20 and 23, you might have witnessed activities such as Grapefruit Croquet or watermeion-seed spitting, and you may have wondered what was going on. The apparent madness was harmless enough; merely a signal that the university was celebrating the return of good weather with its annual Spring Fling. All this year ' s events were geared to the theme of Sunsplash. This abstraa theme caused a little confusion among the chalk- artists, but the overall flavor of the event was Spring Fling is a way to relax and relieve tension. The games are just for fun and shouldn ' t be taken seriously. — Jayne Miller Caribbean, enhanced by the Reggae band that played on awards day. To earn those awards, the participants were required to do some unusual things. Jennifer Dicken of Alpha Delta Pi said, I felt really silly doing the grapefruit relay. We had to wear pantyhose tied around our waists with a grapefruit in one leg to push another grapefruit on the ground for 25 yards. But it ' s a lot of fun doing something totally off the wall. David Staples of Kappa Sigma was more involved with the physical side of the aaivities. He said, Twister was fun until everyone fell on top of me, but I really liked the egg toss since I got to catch eggs and smear them on my [fraternity] brothers ' hands. The competitive spirit was evident during the games between Greeks and non-Greek organizations. The respective winners (in order) were, in the male division, Sigma Chi, Phi Gamma Delta, and Kappa Sigma; in the female division, Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Gamma Delta and LaGrange Hall; in the co-ed division Wesley Foundation and Baptist Campus Minis tries. But the consensus of the participants was that greater campus unity resulted from beinc free to participate in traditional as well as noiii traditional aaivities. Spring Fling committee members also that this year ' s efforts and the beautiful weati made Spring Fling a big success. Committi member Eric Berryman said, It turned ou ' really well and we are hoping to improve ever more for the coming year by trying to get more campus organizations involved and providing a wider range of aaivities. Winning may give a group a great sense o1 accomplishment and pride, but, as Assistant Director of Student Aaivities Jayne Miller said, Spring Fling is a way to relieve tension and relax. The games are just for fun and shouldn ' t be taken seriously. ithel ineel OU ' I Jax State IbotbaU at it» fiitaL ' While Mark Brown (far left) loola oru Brian Gibson (centering) hope that a blindfotded Dee Johnaon doee not aim too loic with tite ball at Spring Fling annual Jax State football com- petition. Photo by Tom Piper Holding on for their lire . Phi Mu membert Melea Gray. Barbara Corbell Julia Steen, Jenifer Ette» and Tina Hatcher pull with all their might in hope ofaroid- ing a mud bath at the Tug O ' War. Photo by Tom P er. Spring Fling Results Male Division Sigma Chi, 1st Ptii Gamma Delta, 2nd Kappa Sigma, 3rd Female Division Zeta Tau Alpha, 1st Alpha Gamma Delta, 2nd LaGrange Hall, 3rd Co-Ed Division Wesley Foundation, 1st Baptist Campus Ministries, 2nd fic Spring Fling

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Phi who? Phi Mu ' » winning Annie performance uws m convincing that i» i» difficult (impomible) to tell tchich PhiMu u which. Front Row: Annie, Annie. Bade Row: Annie fin red wig). Photo by Tom Piper. Strike up the band Campus organizations ' step forward to do their bit for charity By Mike Ward On Friday, February 2 1 , Norton Auditorium became the center of attention on campus as students and residents of tfie community filed into the auditorium to cheer for their friends in the annual Step Sing competition. Although this year ' s Step Sing artivities may have appeared to be just like ones in past years, there was one noticeable difference: for the first itime, the audience was asked to pay a $3.00 admission charge. All of the money raised was idonated to the United Way of the Shoals. Bob Glenn, direaor of student activities, said, We raised almost $3,200 for the United Way. We felt that part of the reason students are here is to learn to give back to the com- munity. The University Program Council felt that this would be a terrific way to raise money without developing a new event. Just over one thousand people filled Norton to see the organizations perform to the theme of Broadway musicals. The organizations made the choreographed dance steps and singing look easy. However, many hours of hard work and creativity went into the development of each organization ' s performance. Greg Cass, president of Sigma Alpha Epsi- lon fratemity, said, Forty of us performed. We worked hard for two weeks with about sixty to eighty hours of practice. We felt that part of the reason students are here is to learn to give back to the community. — Bob Glenn Each organization begins its Step Sing prepa- ration by choosing what music to perform. The members then work on learning the songs. After that, the hard part— choreography- begins. The members in the groups must match their dance steps with the otfiers. Monica Robinson, a Phi Mu, said, Know- ing the dance routines well enough so that we could all do them together was the toughest part of preparation. But, on performance night, the eight organi- zations that participated put all of the frustra- tions and long hours of practice behind them and faced the cheering audience with smiles as they gave energetic performances. Phi Mu sorority won best overall perfor- mance with their rendition of Annie. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity won first place for Starlight Express; Sigma Chi won second place in this category for Grease. In the category of best female performances. Phi Mu won first place while Alpha Delta Pi won second place for their performance of The Wizard of Oz. Baptist Campus Ministries won in the co-ed division for Les Miserables. Claudia Henao, of UPC, said This year ' s Step Sing competition was great and it also made the students feel proud that we were able to not only have a great time but also help better the community. onight. Tonight Alpha Gama Rachel Belue, Heather teedleg and Carol Becker take center stage for an xcerpt from West Side Story. Photo by Tom Piper. One Singular Sensation. Zetas Tina Miller, Deanna Wilkerson, Kristi Hargrove, Emily Miller and Jennifer Sellers wow the audience with their number from A Chorus Line. Photo by Tom Piper. Step Sin

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DoUig the Twat. Clan Duncan and Toddffelnu tangle themselveg into a bundle of arms and legs playing tvcixter. Photo by Shannon WeUs. Chalking up another Spring Fling, campus organiza- tions gdher on the veranda outside the GviUoi Univer- sity Center in the chalk art drawing competition. Photo by Shannon Wells. Chewing up and spitting out the competition. Shellee Barley of Alpha Gamma Delta sets the seeds flying at the watermelon seed spitting contest. Photo by Shan- non Wells Spring Fling