Walla Walla University - Mountain Ash Yearbook (College Place, WA)

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if it is not within the limits of propriety to say that WWC is a Hsports-oriented'i campus, then at least no one will disagree it we dilute the terminology a bit and say that we are at the very least Hrecreation-oriehted. You would think that college students at an expensive private school out in the sticks tyes, this means Walla Walla . . .iwouid have nothing better to do than study. Perhaps their rationale has something to do with the Health Message. Perhaps not. Some form of conscious diversion is necessary for the mental and social development of the being-human. Aside from the reading of Harlequin romances, this rejuvenating diversion most often takes the form of something called urecreation. Real Hrecreation does not include watching Sonics games or reruns of Portland Bigtime Wrestling on the big screen at the Sub shop while hefting serious mun- chies. Eating isnt a sport. Sure. i've seen some of the weightlifting that goes on in line at the cafe. but food just does not count. Weightlifting, that most personal of sports. was very definitely in evidence at WWC this year. as in much of the rest of the nation. Let it be Known that for once, we were as trendy as everyone else. That is to say that the weight room saw very heavy usage. And let it be Known that WWC women were not this year limiting their fitness programs to prancing rythymicaily about to the dulcet tones of Michael Jackson tunes tthough it is rumored that Mark Horsman and Gary Clehdenon were . . J. The weight I . Over 500 students jammed on the stopes otAhthoriy Lakes tfar lefti during winter Campus Day. The sun tanned the faces and iced the slopes, and everyone neglected their studies for a short day! The WWC unofficiai hockey team tabovei made us proud that we had Canadians at ourschooi, Flag footballseason tbelowi was a bi'tmore interesting this year With the addition of ti'eid goats.

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Sporting for Sanity By SHANE HINSHAW Photographs by COLLEGIAN, MARK EARL, MIA JONES, and RON WELLER Moumam Ash

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mmsx room at the gym was so often crowded with svelte, but sweaty bodies iLift that sucker! You can do it - one- more-time - come onii that many women were prompted to ask the dormitory administration for a private workout room of their own. tlf they could see the condition of the weightroom in the basement of Sittner, and actually smell the place, they wouldnt be pressing so hard for equalityJ It is indeed tempting to speculate on the intrigue involved in a sport that is, frankly, as boring as weight- lifting. tAiso Known as Hworking outt' by the upper classesj It's not fun, a commonality shared with jog- ging and sumo wrestling, so it must do something else for the participant. Tell me when you discover what. Does it make you feel good? I suppose owning a tight. non-wimpy body could conceiveabiy do that for you. but then, I'll never Know. This year's bountiful snowfall and opened up myriad recreational opportunities. WWCites engaged in many daring winter pursuits from cross-country skiing on the Veteran's golf course downtown to wild Sabbath afternoon downhill careens at Toilgate on hijacked cafeteria trays. The annual Snow-day outing to An- thony Lakes was an experience that left many people crying. Crying. because they'd forgotten to bring along Welghtiifimg ilefti became shiek for women at WWC this year. The ten-speed rabovei is faithfui, cheap transportation. You don't need gas, tune-up's, or insurance to peddie your way to happiness. short pants and tee-shirts. The snow might have been better, but who's going to complain on a day that will tan you through your Gore-tex? You've never seen so much leaping and various and sundry cavorting. Some people actually went to Tri-Cities or, shudder, studied instead. Sacrilege. SKi-trips to Bogus, Bachelor and Whistler also left people dazed. Frisbee, that most international of sports. spent most of the Walla Walla winter in hibernation, but at the first sign of good weather, flew across campus almost as fast as the rash of green-budded trees and short pants. Time to break out the finger bandages and Knee pads. What better herald of springtime than a small plastic disc emblazoned HHerfys Six Pound Beef Sandwich crashing through your window? Springtime opened up many variations on the Hchase theme. Picture a park setting: tpreferabiy Rooks, Whitman or Pioneert. Add the following action and intrigue: Guy Chasing girl, Girl chasing guy, guy and girtchasing ducks, College Place Police chasing guy and girl, etc. stir well and bake at 80 degrees on a Sabbath afternoon. Sunbathing, once a popular springtime spectator sport here, will go otherwise unmentioned. Engineer- ing studies continue on the reflective properties of skin never before exposed to sunlight and on the practicality of an invisible ultralight glider that could carry 300 passengers; HBreaKing Away lives on. Bicycling at WWC has never been more healthy. Bicyclists either. Never have there been more disgustingly weII-deveioped thighs in wt JQSW