University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Interior =1 Design 101 Rooms that made the grade Last September, like clockwork, something happened here at the University of Washington. What was formerly a tranquil, half-empty campus for the last three months became a bustling center of commotion as thousands of students migrated to the dorms and Greek Row to fill the empty cubicles that they were to call home for the next nine months. To make these rooms, which more closely resembled hospital wards than bedrooms, more liveable was a chore that most students performed with gusto. Plants, posters, stereos, TVs, personal computers and pictures were all brought from home to give each room that personal touch. Luke Maverman of Haggett Hall brought his waterbed and plants, along with his antique radio and typewriter, to give his room, as he put it, a “kind of homey feeling. But former Husky center Blair Bush, now a Seattle Seahawk, certainly didn’t have a homey feeling in mind when he designed Lambda Chi fraternity's Black Velvet Room. The guys from Lambda Chi described the BV room as being an institution within an institution, worthy of being deemed one of the most elegant rooms on campus, unsurpassed in comfort and tradition. Of course, each room was as different as the person(s) who lived there. Quite a contrast to Luke’s and the BV room was the Neon Room belonging to Harold O'Poskanzer and Keld Bangsberg of McCarty Hall. Filled from floor to ceiling with neon and glow-in-the-dark objects this room, as Harold aptly put it, must be experienced in person for the full effect!!!” Whether it took two hours or two months to decorate these rooms, one thing was certain. By the end of spring quarter posters came off the walls, holes were filled with putty, clothes were packed, plants and other belongings filled boxes, walls were repainted just to return the room to its original condition, that of a cubicle. Once everything was packed, sent home, unpacked, and put in its proper place another thing was certain. It would be time to pack it all up and do it all over again. By Nina G. Melencio LUKE MAVERMAN combines plants, flags, an antique radio and typewriter and his waterbed to create a relaxing atmosphere in which to study. Glenn Mar photo FANATICS for Coke. cars, and comely women, Mike Egan, on the left, and Al Owens, on the right, of Haggett Hall express their fanaticism with their many provocative posters and collection ofpop cans. Joseph W. Edgell. Jr. photo THEY DONT HAVE TO GO FAR to find a bottle in Lambda Chi's notorious Black Velvet room. Joseph W. Edgell. Jr. photo 12 rooms

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Mush “U” Huskies Mush Snowed in at the dawghouse What started as an innocent November storm turned into a snowy Thanksgiving nightmare for thousands of University of Washington students, faculty and staff. Seventeen and a half inches of snow blanketed the streets of Seattle during November, stranding thousands of Seattleites and non-Seattleites. Sea-Tac airport closed for several days, causing many UW students to spend their Thanksgiving holiday on campus. On Friday. November 22, upon the recommendation of acting Vice President for Business and Finance Alan Tarr, President William P. Gerberding officially closed the UW as a safety precaution since 85% of the students commute. According to the University Handbook, it is the University's policy to remain open during inclement weather except for emergency conditions for which a closure is recommended by city or state officials. For more than a week, students and faculty found getting to class quite a feat. Metro was barely operating. Commuters often found themselves waiting indefinitely for buses to arrive, and they often had to walk a long way to find an operating bus-stop. So many people played it safe by staying in the safe, warm confines of their homes, only venturing out when necessary. But of course some people just don't like being confined home. On the day of the school closure seniors Nora Jenkins and Heather Young decided to take a bus from University Way to downtown and then to Northgate to buy some much needed snow boots. Although they had to wait for over an hour before a bus finally did arrive, and when they did get on the bus they were pushed against the doors because it was filled to capacity, they just smiled and said, We had fun! All-in-all. however, the campus took the snow in stride. One member of the Botany Department slept in the greenhouse because of the treacherous driving conditions, and the hospital opened seven suites in the operating room and brought in extra mattresses for staff and family of patients stranded by the storm. Housing and Food Services reported the disappearance of food trays and, after a couple of days, stopped handing them out altogether when many adventurous students started adapting them as sleds on 45th and any other hill they encountered. Other make-shift sliding devices also appeared: chairs on runners, innertubes, and even laundry baskets catapulted down hills all over campus. Although classes were cancelled on November 22, many portions of the UW continued to operate, including the Physical Plant, which had maintenance crews clearing service roads, spreading sand on walkways, shoveling snow, and preparing Husky Stadium for the Apple Bowl against WSU. When the rain finally began to fall on December 3, many people were relieved. Once again they could walk on campus without having snowballs whizzing by, and a return to normalcy seemed likely. Kim Thomas RAVING THE ELEMENTS, Mary Wilson, on the left, and Heidi Richter, on the right, ove that neither rain, sleet, nor snow will keep them from their appointed rounds: that feeding the ducks at Drumhcller Fountain Kevin M. Lohman photo HE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW is a perfect accent to the distinctive features of Gowan all and Suzzallo Library and their surroundings. Kevin M. Lohman photo snow 11

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IT'S HARD to imagine how Keld Bangsberg. on the left, and Harold O’Poskanzer, on the right, can look so relaxed in their McCarty Hall room. Its decor seems more suitable for a disco than its intended purpose — a bedroom. Glenn Mar photo COLORFUL STREAMERS drapo from one end of the ceiling directly across to the other end. Their hues are made even more brilliant by the addition of a black light. Glenn Mar photo LOOKING MORE LIKE A GUARDIAN ANGEL with a rose in hand and a halo surrounding his head, this fluorescent skeleton observes all activity that goes on from overhead. Glenn Mar photo 13 rooms