West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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Monticola Staff Beverly Ammar editor-in-chief Gerald Hughes business manager Linda Moore essays editor David Smith chief photographer Hope Hill photographer Gary Truman photographer Paul Wilson administrative assistant Virginia Burchfield administration editor .loan Marra organizations editor Phil Mack blacks editor Dottie DeMark royalty editor Jim Bunn Greeks co-editor Mitzi Kisner Greeks co-editor Greg Todd sports editor Suzi Love assistant sports editor Special thanks to Rich Lauer for residence hall pho- tography and to Frank Parke for assorted candid photo- graphs and to Art Jordan for various basketball candids. Table of Contents Administration 52 Organizations 82 Blacks 118 Royalty 132 Greeks 154 Sports 214 Seniors 254

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Theme design by Joan Marra.

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SPEAK OUT You ' re lucky I didn ' t choose Memories of ' 72 or That Was the Year That Was for the theme of the 1972 Monticola. Not that I ever would have seriously considered anything so trite, but I did almost stick you with To Our Children ' s Children Children. (Wouldn ' t that have pleased the Moody Blues?) But I decided that that theme was unworkable journalistically and terribly irrelevant. Speak Out just came as a brilliant brainstorm . . . something like what Sir Isaac Newton must have had when he came upon gravity. The more I thought about it and discussed it with my staff, the better I liked it. Sooner or later you ' re going to have to . . . speak out, that is. You take your daily dose of frustration, prejudice, and disappointment, so you ' re entitled to something besides sulking. Speaking out isn ' t the gift of all, but expression wears many robes. Perhaps Express Thyself might have worked out better as a theme. Signs, graffiti, actions, lack of action — all express something about you. Now there ' s an interesting point. Lack of action, not expressing thyself, is a fairly clear indication of where you stand. Silence isn ' t golden, my dear fellow student; it ' s agreement. You ' re giving your OK to the status quo. Now if that ' s where you stand, fine; if not, however, you ' d better get your carcass out of the cor- ner and express thyself. Thank goodness, I ' m somewhat encouraged that the death of apathy is coming to campus. Some of you are beginning to speak out in classes, circulate petitions, join interest groups, and even write to your congress- man. But we have so far to go! As of January 1972 WV-SPIRG is having to bend over backwards for support; well-qualified students are being turned away from graduate and professional schools because they are women; our students are being discriminated against with high rent and ridiculously expensive clothing; and our coeds cannot even feel safe walking from the Library to their rooms. So what are you doing about it? Sitting around waiting for it to come closer to home? Do you have to be ac- costed on Willey Street or thrown out of your apartment to start speaking out? It ' s too late then. Now is the time. The D.A. is co-operative; so are the hundreds of political interest groups. Start a group yourself. Rap with people about your gripe. Set it up. Stick to yourself. Truck on. Speak out! — Beverly Ammar editor-in-chief