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

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notos by Stacey Arnold SAINT OR SINNER? Dio- Mmn editors i)n a conven- tion trip in October found an intersection in New Orleans that mimics (he corner many college stu- dents face when it comes to night-life activity. LOVIN ' WHAT YOU DO. Art student Jason Fuller spends many evenings at the art building immersed in work on his many pro- jects. NIGHT LIGHTS. Sports Rock Cafe has proven a stronghold through thick and thin in the Shoals area. Thursday night is featured as College Night. to grab a drink and shake your bon-bon. Over the years other clubs have failed to survive, but Sports Rock (oppo- site) is in a new incarnation after a change of management. Fraternity parties mark events both significant and insignificant throughout the semester, especially around special times like Homecoming and Dead Day. Sometimes they are closed parties, requiring that a person be on the list to get in, but usually they are open to anyone wishing to have a good time (also known as Miller Time). Homework can raise its ugly head on any given night. Art students have been known to keep the midnight oil burning long past sunrise. Pulling all-nighters is a common thing among college students. The library even has late hours in order to accommodate students with a procrasti- nation or insomnia problem. MW e[he ' ou are a drinker or a non-drinker, there is pleat) ' to do in Florence, Alabama. The only tools needed jve a little imagination and some free time. So, as the week- end draws near... where will you be? — Stacey Arnold J II

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NIGHT ih ' s ' F V. in the night It ' s Thursday night and the weekend has unoffi- cially begun for most students. Where are they going? What are they doing? Is there anything to do in this town after 9 p.m.? Wal-Mart has perennially been a prime place to go. If you don ' t work there, you probably shop there. Late-night mayhem such as the clothespin game and moving items around the store strike many college students during the wee hours of the morning. Some say the best time to go shopping is at 2 or 3 a.m. It ' s never too late to go for a visit and there is always someone to shop with, no niatter the time. Clubs always present a party that ' s going on and people to meet. Thursday night is college night at Sports Rock in Muscle Shoals. The Club of 7 Diamonds opened this year, providing another place 10 PUMPING IRON. Jason Fuller spots Daniel Tracy as he benchpresses dumbbells in a late-night workout at Dynabody Gym in Muscle Shoals. CAMPUS ' FAMILY STORE. The 24-7 Wal-Mart Supercenter has proven a popular place to do late-night shopping. Some students hold tliird-sliift jobs as stockers.

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LEO ' S CRIB. The lion habitat (nbovc) was classified as Phase 3 of the con- struction project; it misseci its comple- tion target date. ENTERING A MESS. The entrance to Bibb Graves is blocked by construc- tion of the grounds for the new Italian marble fountain. Orangfe b •uiegotiating the maze of orange plastic fencing 3 became a commonality for students throughout 2001. The personality of the campus itself was split across a wide divide — while the scjueeze of prora- tion raised tuition, cut back on some classes and extracurricu- lar activities, froze supplies and library purchases, the money was there, through generous donations, student-generated fees anci prior appropriation of funds, for a substantial facelift and virtual remodeling of the campus. The new parking deck was finally completed in early November, and upon its completion a huge sigh of relief was heard from the hundreds of stialents who had previously been forced to park miles away from classes due to lack of space. The best thing about the parking deck is that I don ' t have to get here at 6:30 in the morning just to find a place to park, sophomore Haley Williams said. Students saw the eight-story mass of mortar, brick and concrete as perhaps the most helpful and welcome addition to campus life this year. Other, more cosmetic enhancements to the campus included removal of two entire streets running through the campus and in front of the Guillot Center, three fountains, including an Italian marble one in front of Bibb Graves Hall, a set of large gates at the Seminary Street entrance to campus, and an entirely updated and reconstructed lion habitat. Dr. G. Daniel Howard, vice president for University Advancement and Administration, explained the removal of the paving as an effort to reconstitute UNA in its original guise — an entirely pedestrian campus in which there was, or would be, no through-traffic. 12