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

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You are getting very ... 18 Spring Fling caused students to forget their manners: they ate with no hands, they spat their watermelon seeds, they drew on sidewalks, fought over ropes, and much, much, more. Me, me! I wave my hand around. 1 want to be hypnotized. I ' ve heard about Tom Deluca and his show last year, and I want him to choose me. My friend Klrstie was hypnotized and she had to do some crazy things. Everyone says this will be the best part of Spring Fling 1999. i He ' s coming this way ... pick me ... Yes! Everyone ' s looking at me. I hope I don ' t do anything too stupid. He ' s saying I should Imagine a vase of flowers. Imagine the roses leaving the vase one at a time. Now count backwards from 200 ... I ' m not hyp- notized — am I? 1... 2 ... 3 ... I love kindergarten. It ' s my favorite grade. I love to play with the blocks. Where are my Barbies? I need some Barbies. See, see my playmate, come out and play with me ... Hey, what are those big people doing? That one over there is dancing around really funny-like. That man keeps telling him to do stuff. I hope I don ' t act like that when I grow up. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... I have absolutely the biggest mus- cles of anyone on this stage. Why doesn ' t everyone believe me? I ' ve got to show them. I ' ll flex and flex and show them my biceps. It ' s hard being a woman body-builder these days. No one appreciates the time I spend working out. But one thing ' s for sure — that football player over there ain ' t got nothing on me. Flex ... I ' ve got to make my muscles bigger than his. I think I won. I ' m sure I did. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... Cluck, cluck, cluck. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ...Wait a minute. Have I been cluck- ing like a chicken? No, surely not. The hypnotist man is saying that I am about to be in a dance con- test. I don ' t like to dance In front of people, but ... this music just makes me want to dance! I ' ve got rhythm and I don ' t care what anyone thinks. This girl beside me doesn ' t have any coordination at all. I ' m sure glad I ' m not making a fool out of myself as

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MISSION FIRST, PEOPLE ALWAYS (opposite page). A radet learns how lo become a soldier dur- ing; a squad-level tactical exercise. I AM THE PAST. A camouflaged soldier is on his tiuard. I AM THE PRESENT. Cadet Joey Luster enhances his skills in a field training exercise. I AM THE FUTURE. Cadet William Boyd readies himself to follow the cadet creed. Many people ask me if I had it to do over again, would 1 have chosen a path other than the military? My answer, with- out hesitation, is no. 1 am proud of being an ROTC cadet. 1 can ' t wait to be an Army officer. It is a good thing to be in the military. Many people feel that we are wasting our time in ROTC and the train- ing is pointless — not so. ROTC is com- missioning 75 percent of the officers in the Army now. We will be in charge of America ' s young men and women, and responsible for their lives. The time and effort ROTC requires is worth it. The problem is finding men and women dedi- cated enough and selfless enough to serve. The place to find them at UNA is with my fellow cadets — a chosen few who will uphold a higher standard. I am proud to be an Army cadet and 1 promise you I will do my duty. — Ryan Huston 17

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FACE FULL OF FUN. ron Irons [opposite] wears the result of Spring Fling ' s cake-eating contest . SPRING FLING CHALK THING Organizations test their creative abilities, decorating the Gulliot University ' Center ' s sidewalks. MARK. GET SET. SPITl-poby Eveland leans back to demonstrate the best way to catapult watermel- on seeds. ' !ikni she is. The stage is mine tonight. Look at all these people who came to see me dance. I ' m going to give them a performance that will knock them off their feet. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... Cluck, cluck, cluck. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... The guy beside me has my shoe. He ' d better ' give me back that shoe. What on earth does he want with my I shoe? His foot is twice the size of mine. He ' s a thief, that ' s what Ihe is. Well, he ' d better be giving back my shoe, or there are going to be serious consequences. After all the money I paid for those babies. I deserve to get to wear them. 1 ... 2. ... 3 ... Everyone is staring at me again. They ' re S • applauding, and everyone ' s leaving. 1 haven ' t even done any- | thing, have 1? I can ' t remember the last few minutes. Why do 1 have the urge to cluck like a chicken? But here come my o friends; they ' ll clue me in. | They ' re are saying I did all kind of things: playing like a lit- z tie girl, flexing like a bodybuilder, dancing around the stage. They have got to be kidding me. I wasn ' t really hypnotized ... was I? — Lori Tays PULLING FOR THE DELTAS- a Tria Kin, Darcell Jordan put their best foot forward for Sigma Theta in Spring Fling ' s Tug-of-War. ; and Delta 19