West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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; iiiiiiriitjliiiinnii Ttie Liir Sunken Gardens provides students with i place to sit, think and enjoy warm winter days. In the fall the Sunken Gardens do even more. Students can group together and talk out their problems without disturbing anyone. Being part o( the Pride ' is an honor here at WVU. The Marching Band ' s excellence has been proved continually. Walking around campus gives one the opportunity to rehash the day and think of tomorrow. 4 Our World

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wvu Linked at last 1 t linked, at last, our Downtown and Evansdale campuses. The ►WVU Office of Publications called it a taste of tomorrow. Morgantown residents called it the Morgantown People Mover. Some students called it crazy and worthless. Its picture was featured on freshman recruitment posters. Every now and then you could catch a glimpse of its silhouetted picture on a book store notebook. You could get a ride into the future on it as a driver-less car takes you from our Beechurst Station to the Medical Center. West Virginia University ' s Personal Rapid Transit system is the most mod- ern transit system in the world. The PRT, Phase II, was completed during the summer of 1979. Even though the system caused many problems now and then, it did a good job of trans- porting our 19,000 student body. Towers residents found transportation to be a lot easier with the opening of the Towers Station. Football games would not be so enjoyable without a little help from our cheerleaders. Our little Mountaineer always showed the crowds that Mountaineer spirit had no age limit. 851172 Our World 3

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Linked cont. Oliver Luck, sophomore, had his first starting season as the Mountaineer quarterback. This happy Freshman, Mark Bryant, is enjoying the football game and his coke. Woodburn Hall was completed during the summer of ' 79. The renovation allowed students to resume classes in this building once again. ' If inked at last. The closing of 1979 brought the dawn of a new dec- ade, 1980. The year of 79 linked us to a new era, filled with threats of a World War, a never-ending Iranian situation and terrible gas shortages. This new decade brought promises for highly so- phisticated technology, possible an- swers for a cancer cure and hopes of conquering new frontiers in space. Our own PRT was an example of things to come. The Winter Olympic Games were held in Lake Placid, N.Y. These games linked our country to other nations for the most important sports events. The Summer Games, to be held in Mos- cow, were planned to be boycotted by the U.S. and other nations. Our country would also see a new president elected in ' 80. Our World S