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

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OLE! At Los Gallos. a popular Flamenco club in Seville, the soulful singing and intricate dance awed us. VAMOS A COMER. Andrea Rutland takes time to feed the pigeons at the Parque de Americanos in Seville. UNA photos by Kristin Burl 23

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LOS SOBREVIVIENTES We braved cold weath- er, biting winds, and a treacherous ride on a tiny and steep moun- tain road to experience this view from a monastery ' s grounds. Going io another country is a Inumbiing experience. Going in a group led by Dr. Adler is not only humbling, but exhausting as well. I ' ve never before met someone who took so much pleasure in walking uphill. That first day in Madrid was tough. I had never really under- stood the term culture shock before. We stopped at a cafe first thing for a snack — but none of us were brave enough to order. Kelly Etheridge was the first. Que es eso? she asked with a red face. After some struggling, she bought her first pastry and Coke. That was all it took to start Kelly ' s addiction to Spanish pastries. I decided 1 would order next. I ' d never thought 1 would have such a hard time ordering orange juice. I felt so self-con- scious, but I managed to spit out the words zumo de naran- ja, por favor. It worked, too — I couldn ' t believe it. During those first three days in Madrid, Dr. Adler told us that the trip would fly by. We, of course didn ' t believe HACECALOR. m a small town that was deathly still during siesta on a scorching June day. Tina Lx tt found a creative way to cool off. him. He was right, though. After our host families picked us up at the bus station rn Salamanca, the rest went by in a blur. Salamaca is a beautiful city with 300,000 residents that has a perfect mixture of historical sites and modern conveniences. Over the four weeks that we were there, the group was awed by everything we discovered. We saw an astronaut carved into the stonework on the New Cathedral. We were all scared by the legend of the frog on the wall of the University of Salamanca — if you could see him, you were supposed to be married within one year. We talked to Pedro Rodriguez, who roamed the Plaza Mayor, telling stories of when he was an extra in a movie that was filmed there. After our time there, we trav- eled throughout southern Spain. None of us will ever forget the smell of olive trees, the feel of a bus with- out air conditioning, or the sight of Dr. Adler actually sleeping. Going to another country is a humbling experience, but it ' s also a fulfilling one. — Kristin Burt 22

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May it please cenrt ••• It is a hot July night, heavy with humidity and tension between two friends. As Elisha Worth drives away, she glances in her rear view mirror and sees a crime so heinous she doesn ' t want to believe her eyes. She glances and sees the bigger man grab the smaller one. She looks again and sees light glint off a shovel as the smaller man swings it. She sees fighUng, and then she drives until she can ' t see H hing at all. Now one man is dead, and another ' s life is on the line. Ruel Ellis is on trial for the murder of his best friend Cony Webber. and it is up to Dr. Tim Collins ' PS 490 class to either convict him or set him free. Depending on what the assignment is, of course. This is Mock Trials. Even though the schedule said the class met every Monday from 6-8:45. soon after the course started I realized that this class would require a lot more than three hours a week prepara- tion. Mock Trials takes a case that has actually been tried, and gives it to students who divide into teams, to alternate- ly prosecute and defend. My team captain, Marcus Maples, was relentless. He insisted on three meetings each week, and our meeting would always last at least five hours. He was right, too, though 1 left every day with a headache from thinking too much. Those meetings really prepared our team for the forthcoming competitions. After almost an entire semester of hard work, we finally were able to compete. The competition was at Middle Tennessee State University, and it lasted from early Friday morning to late Saturday night. We were slated to com- pete against teams like nation- ally ranked Bellarmine, and MTSU. On Friday, before the competition, 1 consumed almost two entire rolls of Turns. None of my teammates were without their remedies - Pepto, Rolaids, everyone had 24 READY TO TESTIFY. Angle Vann prepares to give testimony as key wit- ness U.S. Naval Seaman Elisha Worth. CHEERING HIS TEAMS ON (above, left). As coach. Dr. Collins supports his team at every tournament.