University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Entertainment Tonight The Pill Program Council, university and local theaters, and the Office of Student Activities were just some of the organizations that brought the best in art and entertainment to the campus in 1987-88. Some examples: Pump Boys and Dinettes (above) brought music and song to Pitt. Grover Washington Jr. (left) headlined the Jazz Seminar. Natalie Ross (opposite page, lower right) portrayed Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst. Amy Seifried (opposite page, lower left) conveys a girl's anguish in a Pitt Theater production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. The rock group The Cure (opposite page, top) brought punk rock to Pitt. J. Sindler Entertainment 21 S. Markowitz

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Pitt Students do Daytona When Pitt students arrived in Daytona Beach to celebrate Pitt’s first spring break ever, they were expecting the kind of scene portrayed in every beach party movie. At first, it didn’t look that way. “We get here,” said Paul Acosta, a student from Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, “We’re expecting sunshine, beautiful people, and it’s raining and we’re greeted by bikers.” Indeed, dozens of Pitt students, on a trip sponsored by the Pitt Program Council, witnessed a brawl in the middle of Atlantic Avenue among several motorcycle gang members. And that was before the visitors from Pittsburgh had stepped off their buses. Eventually the Pitt students settled into the Clarendon Plaza Hotel, the bikers concluded their Bike Week Festival, the sun came out, and the party began. “I’m here to get hammered,” said a Villanova student. “We’re here for three things,” said a William and Mary College student. “Girls, beer and fun.” All three were present in abundance. There were beer specials, belly flop contests, and wet T-shirt contests. Several women from Pitt competed. One explained, “I don’t regret entering the wet T-shirt contest because it’s spring break, and you’re supposed to be wild — and I’m a senior. I’m glad I didn’t take off my shirt, though.” A number of women did, and a few took off their bikini bottoms, too. Some men applauded, but not all. “I thought it was rather gross,” said Pitt junior Charles Stevenson of those who took it all off. The ones who kept their clothes on had class.” Spring and alcohol contributed to the atmosphere. “The time I had was out of control,” said one Pitt junior. “It’s the best time I’ve had all year.” Crime is not as prevalent as one might think, with most arrests coming for having alcohol in a public area, a crime in Florida. Still, police and security forces are present in force to keep the crowds in line. Most of the visiting Pitt students seemed to agree with sophomore Gil Borok, who said, “Daytona was magic.” (Adapted from Frances Sansig’s story in The Pitt News.) Break 23