University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Spring Fling Notre Dame ' s annual spring fes- tival, An Tostal, began with a bang, featuring the Fisher Regatta and Hogstock on its opening Saturday. The fun continued Sunday with the St. Ed ' s charity carnival, which featured clowns, a dunking tank, and live entertainment all day long. For the first time in recent history, An Tostal week was graced with gorgeous weather from beginning to end, perfect for a week of wild and wacky outdoor fun. Throughout An Tostal week, bands performed on the Fieldhouse Mall. Other activities were a little less cultured - Twister, Jello Wrestling, and Marsh- mallow Stuffing Contests prepared Domers for Friday Night ' s Recess, dur- ing which everyone was able to return to elementary school for a few brief hours. Saturday featured many fun An Tostal traditions. The Nazz Festival, or the battle of the campus bands, was held at Stepan field, entertaining the picnic- goers, while the annual mud chariot races and mud volleyball games were held. After the competitions were over, the pits were opened to everyone for good, slimy fun. More than a few unsus- pecting people watching The Nazz Festi- val or eating their lunch found them- ONE, TWO, THREE: Friends can be cruel... REVENGE IS SWEET: Besides, the pits are a lot of fun once you ' ve been thrown in. HEAVE-HO! The victors get to see the opposing team get just a little bit dirtier. SLIP-SLIDING AWAY: There ' s nothing like a water slide on a warm spring day. selves rolling around in the mud before the end of the afternoon! The annual Blue-Gold game was also played in Notre Dame Stadium. An Tostal week finished with the finals of Bookstore Basketball XIX at Stepan courts on Sunday after a month of elimination competition. An Tostal allowed everyone at Notre Dame to relax and have some fun before studying for spring finals. An Tostal was also an opportunity to cele- brate surviving another cold South Bend winter and to enjoy the sunshine. -Shawn Holl 22 YEAR IN REVIEW

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aritime Magic! The fourth annual Fisher Re- gatta, Notre Dame ' s official welcome to spring, was held on St. Mary ' s Lake on April 2 1 . For once, the weather was true to the season, and sunshine greeted an enormous crowd of participants and spectators. It was a perfect day for the picnic held at Holy Cross Field before the start of the races, giving some people probably their last chance to see the doomed Holy Cross Hall before its demolition over the summer. A large number of boats from all the dorms par- ticipated in this highly competitive race. There were several categories of races this year, including the extremely close com- Photo By Rob Corrao In 1990, Notre Dame hosted its thirty-second annual Collegiate Jazz Festival. The oldest in the nation, the festival features bands from all areas of the country. Appplying to participate in [.-!} the festival is very competitive. Past f.-!J judges of the Jazz Festival have included ! ' such jazz greats as Wynton and Branford Marsalis. The Jazz Festival is run entirely by students and is recognized as one of the finest jazz festivals in the country. petition for fastest boat, won by the host dorm, Fisher Hall, but hotly contested by the team from Cavanaugh Hall. Another exciting battle occurred in the campus- wide contest for best overall boat. The favored St. Ed ' s team, who were also the defending champions, had been touting its boat for weeks, and looked like it might run away with the competition when it appeared on Saturday morning with an authenic riverboat replica, com- plete with jazz band and barbecue. The two-tiered phenomenon soon met its match, however, when the Howard Hall team began its procession to the lake. Cleopatra ' s barge was carried around campus, and finally arrived at the lake prepared for victory. The barge held a Cleopatra and a large contingent of suita- bly attired servants ready to battle St. Ed ' s for the top honors of the day. Howard came away with the trophy in perhaps the toughest decision of the day for the Regatta judges. The spirit of com- petition still lives between these two dorms, who seem to be starting a rivalry that will continue for many regattas to come, as St. Ed ' s vowed to get the trophy back next year and Howard vowed not to give it up. -Shawn Holl STANDING ROOM ONLY: The crowd watches the competition eagerly. I ' M GOING TO KILL YOU! A few of the participants didn ' t quite make it back to shore. RTVERBOUND: The St. Ed ' s entry would have been more at home on the Mississippi than on St. Mary ' s Lake. ANCIENT TIMES: Howard ' s entry came complete with its own Cleopatra.

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Bookstore Basketball fever raged across campus as the tournament began. Seven hundred teams competed in rain, shine, or snow for a month as they battled their way to the finals, featuring -Mali- cious Prostitution ' s defeat of Adworks in the men ' s division, and the victory of 5 Girls Who Just Do It over Meta Mucils.