98 New director boosts intramurals Acme Truckers are tough competition in football as well as water polo, swimming and welghtllftlng. Tri-Sigmas take over in the intramural football division . Fake right and run left Is the strategy for this Intramural player.
by Mark Rountree The 1976-77 intramural (IM} program was as successful as it has ever been under the direction of a new I.M. director. Dave Outler, intramural director at Eastern Illinois University, considered the intramural program one of the best around. "I think that the intramural program here at Eastern is an excellent one which is getting better." Outler also felt that the intramural program wouldn't have been the same had it not been for the great enthusiasm of the students. "The students make the intramural program; we just supply them with the activities and they respond just great." Although he is in his first year as intramural director, Outler expressed tremendous enthusiasm about the program. "Considering the money we have, the program is one of the best I've seen. The size of Eastern makes it rather difficult to draw funds for the department, but our allowances so far have been plenty." Eastern's annual budget indicated that a sum total of $31,500 was required to operate the intramural program, plus $3000 in additional funds from canoe rentals and faculty staff outings. Intramural sports and activities originated in the 1880's when most colleges believed that sports should be limited to varsity athletics. But many universities felt it necessary to involve the average student in recreational activities as well. Thus, the intramural program was invented and a whole centry of I.M. competition was on its way. Eastern is a member of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association. Founded in 1950, the association was primarily established to involve non-athletic students into programs where they could participate in physical activities that might enhance their ability to maintain good health and fitness. The intramural program at Eastern hosts a wide variety of activities and events that please the tastes of almost every type of person. The sports and activities range from flag football, basketball, softball and tennis to others such as water polo, table tennis and trap shooting. The I.M. program also boasted many champions in each sport or activity. In flag football, Bob's Package Liquor, an independent entry, defeated Thomas Hall 24-12 to win tthe university playoffs. They also took honors for the independent division by breezing past the Terrors 20-Q. Pi Kappa Alpha (Pikes) fraternity upended the Cowboys 55-42 in the championship final to capture the basketball crown. The Pikes also finished on top in the fraternity division by defeating Phi Sigma Epsilon 52-36. The Pikes also won the softball championship, both university and fraternity, with stunning victories over their opponents. In the university division, the Pikes whipped the Titans 16-12. In addition they were the victors in a fraternity division slugfest, clobbering Delta Sigma Phi 27-8 in the final. Other tournament champions were the Acme Truckers, who took high honors in water polo, swimming and weightlifting. Wanafunzi Afri-jamaa beat Pi Kappa Alpha 3-0 to win the soccer division while Taylor Hall ousted Thomas Hall in the cross country events. For the convenience of students and faculty alike, Outler has printed a new Intramural Sports and Recreational Handbook for the 1977-78 school year, the first one since 1974-75. The handbook features the 1976-77 intramural results as well as rules and regulations fo all the sports and activities. The new handbook also lists team schedules and individual activities and offers a great look at the 1977-78 intramural program. Mike White (Tau Kappa Epsilon) releases the ball just In time as an attempt is made to block his pass. Delta Sigmas hold their own, even If they're being held. 99
100 Lantz field house. • • where all the action • IS by Mark Rountree One of the most popular places to go in Charleston this year was not Ike's, Sporty's or even Ted's. The place was Lantz Fieldhouse. The primary reason Lantz is so popular is its availability to the entire student body and faculty. The Fieldhouse provides each student with the facilities to compete in his or her own recreational choice; whether it be racquetball, wrestling or badminton. The Lantz complex makes possible a host of recreational activities. Facilities include volleyball, gymnastics, handball and racquetball courts. Others consist of a rifle range, wrestling, weight lifting and swimming pool. The Lantz building also incorporates a comfortable lounge named the Varsity Clubroom where occasional conferences and informal discussions take place. Dr. Dorothy Hart, assistant to the dean at Eastern, speaks very highly of the Lantz complex and its functions and operations. "I sincerely believe that Lantz is one of the finest of its kind in the country as far as instructional programs are concerned." She also noted that Lantz was "probably the most highly used building on campus." Dr. Hart mentioned that the faculty and staff enjoy the recreational activities at Lantz as much as the students. "There are a number of physically oriented faculty members that make favorable use of the facilities at Eastern." Dr. Thomas Woodall, head coach of Eastern's cross country team, is one of the faculty's more prominent runners; past and present. Woodall participated in the grueling 26-mile Boston Marathon. He occasionally jogs with the cross country team and feels confident that the facilities here at Eastern are exceptional as far as cross country is concerned. Not only the faculty feel that the Lantz complex is beneficial and necessary. So do the students. Tom Bardusch, a senior physical education major and avid weight lifting buff, explains, "Lantz is a super place to go for a good workout. The people are really friendly and the atmosphere is great." Bardusch has found that the weightroom has its disadvantages. "Sometimes it's so crowded in there you can't even get a machine to work out on. The ventilation is rather bad, too, but it's not a major problem. Possibly they could set up something in Buzzard or McAfee to accommodate more people. It would certainly be less crowded." Although construction of a weightroom facility elsewhere would 'lOt be much of a problem, the money f These swimmers enjoy playing chicken during free swim at Lantz pool. would. Lantz is supported by student fees, gate receipts at varisty athletic functions and c:m allotted budget. The origin of Lantz Fieldhouse is indeed interesting. Back when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was instituting his "clean up America" campaign, a crackerbox gymnasium was constructed at the south end of Pemberton Hall, (presently the Textbook Library), for the convenience of varsity athletics and student and faculty recreation. Realizing that the new gym was too small for the total needs of the university, the athletic administration, aided by plentiful funds from the Public Works Administration, built a new and more spacious building, McAfee Gymansium. McAfee was the only facility until 1963-64 when Lantz was built. The Lantz facility itself was built in three different phases. First, the actual gym and swimming pool area were built to accommodate a desire expressed by students and faculty alike to improve recreational facilities and replace faltering McAfee Gym. The second phase, months after construction of the original base structure, was the building of the fieldhouse. Featuring an olympic size circular track with tennis courts in the center, the fieldhouse was a popular location for winter indoor track meetsboth intercollegiate as well as intramural. Finally, a health education wing, which houses the offices of many counselors and directors, was completed to finish the creation of Lantz Fieldhouse. Dave Outler, intramurals director, holds the Lantz complex intact by scheduling a corps of hard-working student supervisors to maintain order. He has instituted nine building supervisors, 14 lifeguards with 10 in reserve for special functions, nine male supervisors in the weightroom and two women and a man in the gymnastics room. In addition, Outler has employed three office secretaries. Buzzard and M cAfee each have six student supervisors.
The lay up looks good for the shirts as the skins wait to catch the rebound. Dave Newstat coordinates lifting and breathing for better body building. Lantz gymnasium houses Panther games as well as the activities of those ball players who just want a chance to loosen up. 101
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New pharmacy cures student ills One of the fastest movers at the new pharmacy. Pharmacist Lou Marble (right) and assistant prepare a prescription. pharmacy 1 by Lori Miller The image of the kindly, mustachioed pharmacist handing out his cough medicines in an old-fashioned pharmacy-soda fountain is a tradition that may have gone the route of house calls by doctors. For most, the costs for drugs has skyrocketed, and their dispensation is usually through the coldly garish window of a Walgreen's store. For Eastern students, however, both the costs and the setting are different, due to a year of work by student government members and administrators to bring a campus pharmacy here. The pharmacy began business last fall, and has been well-received by students, Health Service Director Jerry Heath said. "It's been accepted real well," Heath said. "We haven't had a lot of complaints, although we expected a few." · Heath said the pharmacy was coming close to predictions in costs and amounts of drugs dispensed. "We've filled about 70 to 75 prescriptions per day, and I think we estimated 50 to 75," he said. Although Heath said that the pharmacy's success could not be evaluated before the end of spring semester, he said that his periodic checks with other universities showed that Eastern's pharmacy has been "going fairly well." The pharmacy is staffed by full time pharmacist Lou Marble and her assistant. Although Marble is hard ly a mustachioed old gentleman, she worked as a pharmacist for 15 years in Charleston's Covalt Drug Store before taking on her job at Eastern. Her job early in fall generally included "spending a lot of time in PR and explanations of the pharmacy, although the students did seem well informed," Marble said. "There have been no real problems, and as a matter of fact, it's been exciting starting something new like this," Marble said. The major difference in dispensing to college students as opposed to townspeople is in the types of drugs used, she said. 105
phormocy2 ,, • Marble's assistant helps a customer. 106 "Most of our medication is for upper respiratory ailments which occur because of the crowded conditions in dorms," Marble said. "We also see a high incidence of mono." "Kids don't want a sack of little pink pills," Marble said. "They're honest with you and they expect you to be honest back." The push to begin a campus pharmacy began almost two years ago, when Student Senate members began research and formed proposals to generate a pharmacy here. After a year of proposals and counter proposals, students finally approved a $2 per semester increase in student fees to fund costs for a full-time pharmacist, an assistant, clerical work and an initial supply of drugs. Drugs were to be dispensed to students at a $1 per prescription cost to continue a money supply for new drugs. Although the pharmacy had received approval from students and Eastern administrators, restrictions on its operation were briefly considered by the Board of Governors in March. The restrictions, which w ere later termed "the result of a misunderstanding," would have prevented the pharmacy from prescribing longterm medication, handling prescriptions from family doctors or providing over the counter drug sales. The pharmacy did retain the restrictions to the extent that students must have a prescription from a pharmacy doctor, and that only certain maintenance d rugs, such as insulin, are prescribed. However, despite these restrictions, Marble said students seem genuinely appreciative of the pharmacy and its convenience. "They seem to feel that it's nice to know that if they're sick and broke they can still get medication," she said. Marble's assistant, M arble and Health Service D irector Dr. Jerry Heath examine aprescriptlon.
phormocy3 Lou Marble, hardly a " mustachioed old gentleman." Some more of the pharmacy's stock in trade. Drugs sufficient to fill 70 to 75 prescriptions a day cover the shelves of the new campus pharmacy . 107
108 Senate proposes board changes Senator Leornord Learnard reading in his own fashion. Learnard restrained from climbing Old Main. by Lori Miller The mysterious affairs of government at Eastern are carried on at the student level in the most innocuous-looking place imaginable: an airy room on the second floor of the Union addition. This large room is the breeding ground for revision and compromise, scandal and accomplishment, and initiative and referendum. The projects attempted and achieved by student government this year have been impressive because more time was devoted to the student population at large, and less to the usual inhouse changes. Proposals by the executive officers of student government (fall semester) included revisions in the structure of the boards. Then-Executive Vice President Steve Murray suggested the change to improve the student representation on the boards and to increase the output from boards' members. Another executive proposal approved by the Student Senate was a fee investment plan from Financial Vice President Rick Ingram, which earned approximately $3,000 for student activities by the end of the fall semester. A strike contingency plan for students was developed by Student Body President Dan Fowler during this fall when the likelihood of a strike seemed stronger and stronger each day. Each of these proposals, although developed by an executive officer, needed the approval of the Student Senate-often a hard, difficult, timeconsuming thing to obtain. Fall Student Senate Speaker Jack Char, whose task it was to guide the proposals through senate debate, said he found his job reflected the "reality of compromise politics." Chor, who served as speaker summer and fall semesters, said the goals of student government should reflect two principles: work through the bureaucracy of student and administrative government, and to "draw from outside the microcosm of student government" to involve more students. Although admirable, both goals are not new, as a look at campaign promises from the last three years of student elections illustrates. Chor, who admitted his goals for student government were "tempered with experience" in the senate, was perhaps the first openly realistic senate officer, as he admitted he is unsure as to
the best way to involve students in decision making. "We do have the structure--we do have the means by which, anyone can join. The question is, how to get people to utilize those means," he added . "Sometimes a particularly secular view has developed within the office, where it seems like everything we do is fine," Char said. "We need a critical voice. We're very receptive--in fact we're starved for opinions," he added. Char did cite a few avenues through which students could become sparked with interest. Among those were drawing the off-campus students closer to the university and placing more nonstudent government people on curriculum and planning boards and councils. Char said student government should draw those off-campus, who have traditionally low voter turnout and participation in government activities, by "making them feel a part of the university." "Once you move off campus, your attitude changes. The university ceases to be a vital part of your life," Char said. The goal of senate, Char said, is to alleviate any alienation off-campus students may feel by creating programs which effectively represent their interests." Those programs could include taking an active role in tenant-landlord relationships or promoting university activities off-campus, he said. Because of the element of amiable compromise Char cited between students and administration (backed up by fall compromises over redistricting, teacher evaluation publication and government restructure) and because of the growing relationship between student and administration, Char said he is optimistic about student government. "Student government will expand in scope and authority, especially if we are willing to accept opinions from a variety of sides," Char said. Char added, however, that before any rosy future comes about for student government, its members must "scratch to get the attention and interest of students." "We need to look for the big thing to come across to students where they'll say 'you helped me out, and now I'll help you.' " He said, "There's a ton of work to be done." Senator Mark Petrus relaxes during a meeting. Young Democrats bacl~ candidates by Susan Kaiser Endorsing and working for candidates constitutes the basic purpose of the Young Democrats. "Young Democrats is organized to promote student participation in the Democratic Party," said Mary O'Connor, Young Democrats' president. Their purpose is "basically the running of campaigns," said Julie Sullivan, vicepresident. The members distribute literature and work for the candidates they choose. Past candidates have been Michael Howlett, unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate; Jimmy Carter, now president; Dick Doyle, unsuccessful state senate candidate and Bob Hickman, mayor of Charleston. They now support Michael Bakalis for governor of Illinois. On September 10 they held a free hot dog and beer gala. The Young Democrats also plan to have candidates come to campus and talk to all interested people as well as themselves . They plan to sponsor programs for the candidates. 109
110 Ul3 bacl~s big, small events Mark Nelson, executive secretary, speaks to a meeting. by Glenna Neubert The entertainment sector of Eastern revolved around the presence of celebrities, politicians, rock stars, authors and award-winning movies during 1977-78 as the University Board (UB) upheld its end of the bargain in offering varied, low cost entertainment. The UB is the primary source of professional entertainment at Eastern and operates both for the students and by the students. The 12 committee student organization which operates with over $40,000 of student activity fee money, is responsible for the Bob Woodward autographed press cards, Red Skelton signed mementos sent home to mom and dad, ears that rang with strains from Ted Nugent's guitar and weekends spent at UB movies in the University Union Grand Ballroom. Under the watchful eye of its chairperson, the UB is composed of committees for coffeehouses. concerts. fine arts, homecoming, human potential, GOP roasts, organizes, endorses by Susan Kaiser Striving to channel involvement and train college students and others for their cause, the Eastern Republicans endorse candidates, collect information and organize social activities. Eastern Republicans endorsed Max Coffey and Gene Stunkel for Congress and Bob Hickman for mayor of Charleston. The College GOP worked for Gerald Ford, unsuccessful Presidential candidate and Jim Thompson, successful gubernatorial candidate. However, they do not work for referenda. Other political activities of the group include collecting information and trying to organize Republicans and independents on Eastern's campus. Socially, the group planned a pig roast for a weekend. "A fee of $1 per semester or $2 per year is charged, but if someone has trouble paying it, we don't really care," said jack Overstreet, Eastern's Republican president. The group's main problem is low membership at the beginning of the year.
lectures, movies, publicity, recreation, special events, video taping and communications. The Coffeehouse Committee programs entertainment for the University Union Rathskeller. Most of the coffeehouses are scheduled for Thursday evenings and offer easy listening music in a relaxed atmosphere. A bi-monthly newspaper, called the UB Billboard, is the product of the Communications Committee. The newspaper contains future UB activities and offers ticket prices and reviews of various performing artists. Concerts. considered by some to be the star attraction of campus, are under the control of the Concerts Committee. It selects entertainment and does the ushering at concerts. Promoting the cultural events of campus is the job of the Fine Arts Committee. It offers a wide variety of cultural act1v1t1es, including dance companies, classical music and theatre. The Homecoming Committee, which 1s broken down into five sub· committees, plans the traditional fall homecoming celebration. A newly formed committee, the Human Potential Committee, books entertainment for minority program· min g. University board staff watch proceedings Intently . A variety of nationally and 1n· ternationally acclaimed speakers come to Eastern's campus through the work of the Lecture Committee. For the relatively low cost of 75 cents to $1, the UB movies committee provides films shown each weekend. The Publicity Committee has the responsibility of advertising all the UB activities with their own designs of posters, banners, fliers and ad· vertisements. The Recreation Committee offers students access to camping equipment for weekend outings. It has all the essentials needed for camping and also plans camping and canoe trips through the school year. "Freebies'' for students, such as ice cream socials, watermelon fests, and all-nighters, are the works of the Special Events Committee. Video tape programs can be seen in the University Union walkway lounge during the week and are sponsored by the Video Tape Committee. The primary concern of the UB is to provide low cost entertainment for students, but it also offers an outlet for student part1crpation. Almost 100 students help in the planning, implementing and publicizing of Eastern's campus entertainment. UB members observe the meeting . III
112 Al3 holds purse strings by Greg Moore Every student enrolled at Eastern pays a Programs and Services fee. If one takes the time to read the fine print in the catalog, the asterisked note has an entry called Activity Fee. Part of this $24.50 or $1.50, depending on fulltime or part-time classification, goes to the Apportionment Board. The AB are the people who decide what this hardearned money goes for. imagine a dark room with aging men in dress suits discussing how these students' money should be spent, and you have the opposite of what the AB is really like. According to Rick Ingram, the AB has a membership of eleven voting and four ex-officio, non-voting members. The members are regular students and faculty members of Eastern. The Faculty Senate chooses the three faculty members, and the student body president chooses the eight student members. The ex-officio members are the executive vice-president of the student body, director of student activities and organizations, internal auditor and a representative of the Student Senate. These people decide where the money goes. The money usually goes through various boards to Student Publications, University Board, Art Board, Health Service, Model UN, General Music, WELH, Sports and Recreation, Debate and The Players. These organizations each make budget requests to the AB for the following year before March 1. In order to obtain funds, an organization must be open to all students through either membership or participation, officially recognized by the university and administered by a student-faculty board or be a part of Student Government. Once the requests are made by the qualified organizations, the AB meets and discusses the various budgets. Members of the organizations are called in to explain the budgets, and then the board decides who gets what and how much. The AB then presents its recommendations to the Student Senate before April1. The AB usually meets once a month, except during budget month, when, according to Ingram, 'We may meet as many as ten times". About the only things not covered by AB money, says Ingram, are the athletic programs and residence hall activities. According to Ingram, "The system works fairly well, and will continue to do so as long as everyone on the board acts fairly." Eastern's AB decides who gets the money for activities on campus, but it is the decision of the students on the board that actually influences the direction the funds take. Fair representation is the key to the smooth functioning of the allotment system at Eastern. Ingram said, ''This year, we have an extra $4000 to work with from the interest on our weekly balance of about $80,000." In the past, this money has gone directly to the university, but now, it is coming back to the students through the AB. Ingram said that the extra money will be used to help fulfill the additional budget requests made by the organizations throughout the year.
Rang: WELH not playing radio station WELH does not only pay lip service to professionalism . by David T. Rearden WELH has a long range commitment to maintaining a professional attitude and direction, according to jack Rang, WELH faculty advisor. Rang said there is a tendency to regard the station as a toy, and that WELH is "going to be a radio station and not a play radio station." Besides this commitment, WELH has two objectives. First, probably most obvious to students, is the station as an information and entertainment source. The second objective is to provide a training ground for students in broadcasting that they might not otherwise receive. A required eight weeks of training must occur before a potential broadcaster can get on the air. The training consists of basic announcement techniques, technical training concerning equipment and its use, and news editing. Not everyone who applies for the training makes it on the air. Early in the 1977 fall semester, approximately 50 students were involved. Rang predicted 75 to 100 would sign up by the end of the year. Of these, 25 to 30 will make it on the air. Once on the air, education continues with advisement and training. WELH's fall format is based on three six-hour program clocks. From 6:00a.m. to noon, the format calls for top 40 style music. From noon to 6:00p.m., the disc jockey plays a mixture of top 40 and more "progressive" rock. From 6:00 p.m. to midnight, straight progressive rock goes through the wires into the dorms. Students control the format by an executive staff responsible for program content. Rang said he stays out of this process except when programming would violate university policy or other special cases. The Apportionment Board is considering an FM addition to Eastern. Rang said that the FM station would be a completely separate entity from WELH. Experimentation and innovation would go on at the FM station. WELH would remain the basic training ground for broadcasting. WELH's equipment is getting quite old. The 15 dorm-located transmitters cost $300 apiece, but the low power transmitters WELH requires are not in demand; only two manufacturers produce them. 113
114 Warbler reorganizes editorial staff by john Rearden, jr. The winds of change swept through the Warbler's tiny office in the Student Services Building this year as the Warbler, along w1th the Eastern News, converted to the new typesetting system. In contrast to many schools, the entire Warbler is set on Eastern's campus before it is sent to the printers. This allows the staff greater control of the type styles and results in a savings of money. Organization at the Warbler was also revamped with the creation of the new offices of managing editor, filled by Sara Knapp, and news editor, filled by john Rearden Jr. The news editor was mainly responsible for the printed portion of the book. The managing editor was responsible for making sure the pages are laid out correctly, and for getting them through the composing room, where they are typeset and pasted down. A considerable portion of the year was absorbed in training programs for the three freshman section editors. Also, there were two defections of section editors who had to be replaced in mid-year, always a traumatic experience. Unisetter decodes the punched tape. Warbler Managing Editor Sara Knapp arranges pictures and copy on a Warbler page. Computer setter speeds News by john Rearden, Jr. The new typesetting equipment used by the Eastern News and Warbler consists of three pieces: terminal, reader and typesetter. Information is first typed in through a terminal (MDT-350) which codes the words into magnetic signals and costs about $4,000, according to David Reed, Eastern News and Warbler adviser. A mini disk reader translates these signals into a form intelligible to the typesetter. The reader costs about $2,500. This information is fed into the typesetter or Unisetter from which the strip of photo-sensitized paper is taken and processed. The copy is then ready to be pasted down. Font strips, containing different styles of type and costing $450 apiece, fit into the Unisetter which will hold two strips at a time, each of which has four faces. Therefore, the machine has at any one time the capacity for setting eight faces in 12 sizes of type within any line of type. The setter can set these at a low speed of 30 lines per minute to a high speed of 80 lines per minute.
by John Rearden, Jr. New computer typesetting equipment adds variety and speed to the pages of the Eastern News, according to Dave Shanks, editor of the Eastern News. Toward the end of the fall semester, use of the machines is limited because of the lack of a news body font for body copy, Shanks said. Body copy is the normal run of stories in the newspaper. "We should have the news body font by the first of next semester," Shanks said at the end of the fall semester. With the arrival of the new font, Shanks plans a training session with staff editors, then reporters in use of the new equipment. "The VDT speeds up things; it bypasses one step by not having to have the copy set by a Civil Service person," Shanks said. The new equipment also allows things not possible on the old equipment such as simply electronically deleting a classified which has run out and allowing reporters and staff editors to write and correct picture captions electronically, according to Shanks. "There haven't been any major problems, yet," Shanks said, "just somebody pressing the wrong button and erasing a story because of inexperience." Other changes at the Eastern News include a more featurized On The Verge section with full page cover photo and more featurized articles. Variety added to pages of News Civil Service person Shirley Nolan lays out some pages with copy from the new machines. Civil Service person Mary Chromek sets copy on the new mini-display terminal. Norm Lewis interviewing on the phone. 115
ll6 Sigma Tau Delta runs Vehicle by John Rearden, Jr. After putting out a 48 page Vehicle for fall semester, the Vehicle staff planned another issue m time for spring vacation. The first issue met with a "positive" response, according to Evelyn Haught, Vehicle adviser. All 2,500 were taken within two days. 1977-78 marked the first year that the Vehicle was controlled by the honorary English fraternity, Sigma Tau Delta. Poems, stories, essays and satirical vignettes were all read five times and rated each time so that their total scores could determine what would be published. Photographs and artwork are submitted separately through the Art Department. The fall issue contained 18 poems, one short story and three satirical vignettes supplemented by five drawings, three photographs and the cover. The Vehicle is funded through student fees. Its existence was threatened until the reorganization which placed it under the aegis of Sigma Tau Delta. The magazine has switched its format back to magazine style. For a while the Vehicle ran on newsprint as a supplement to the Eastern News. English honorary Sigma Tau Delta took over the Vehicle, Eastern 's literary magazine.
"Psycho" drew the largest crowd, followed by "Citizen Kane" EFS shows the oldies Signs alert fllmgoers to upcoming classics. by Glenna Neubert Motion pictures come and go by the tons, and certain flicks go down in history as classics and others pass to the wayside. Viewers may only have one chance to see a movie and at that time they are looking for entertainment. Another aspect of film viewing though, comes under the examining eye of the critic as he watches for elements of technique, theory and content. Eastern Film Society provides that avenue of opportunity for students and faculty to have the second chance to see films, contemporary or aged. The film society, composed of faculty and students, chooses films at the beginning of each semester that they feel are worth seeing again, Frank Stokes, society member said. Season tickets and general admission tickets are sold to finance the movies. Stokes said that the budget usually breaks even. The fi lm society, which began in 1967, phased out during 1969 and 1970, but in recent years, the society has been on an upswing and this year's record is evidence of that. Highlighting the marquee of Eastern Film Society flicks this semester were "King Kong," "Performance" starring Mick Jagger, "Citizen Kane," "The Princess Yang," " Our Dancing Daughters," "The Conformist" and "Psycho." Classics in their own right, the film society usually presents the movies in the Library Lecture Hall of Booth Library. Stokes said attendance for the films was excellent with "Psycho" receiving the largest crowd and "Citizen Kane" being second in line. For those who seek the opportunity to review movies whether because they are favorites or for curiosity's sake, Eastern Film Society operates under the intentions to serve that purpose. With films being one of the most modern art forms, students and faculty have the advantage to play the role as a "contemporary critic" and match their thoughts with those of their peers. 117
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120 /~a~®~ ~11~® off-campus Fol~e I D's and real hangovers Dormitory crunch forces students off-campus dorms Students bring new atmosphere 121 124 to empty dorms 126 Corman reigns over dorm olympics 128 christians Another dimension of campus life 130 greeks Greel~s in harmony 133 Greei~Weel~ 136 Greel~s return for reminiscing 134 Greel~ games: a challenge of the fittest 138 [31izzord of 197 81eoves its marl~ 140 1977 pledges get started 142 Sigma Chis entertain during Derby Days 144 Greel~ community evolves 146 Living it up with greel~s 148 Being editor of the Lifestyle has introduced me to many things which I might otherwise have missed here at Eastern. Being a transfer student, I was rather surprised to find I had been appointed Lifestyle editor, as I knew very little of the typical student at the state school. I soon found out that I had little to learn. The typical student's lifestyle around here is not all that bad; there are the freaks and fanatics, the straights and the burnt-outs and the strange and the stranger. It is a way of life that is not hard to find a niche to settle into. I guess mine is located mostly in the Student Services Building. It was hard at first to get things organized about the life of a student, as the student's life is generally the furthest thing from organization, and I had almost decided it was only an impossible dream to achieve this goal. At first I thought every page was going to be nothing more than pictures of bars, beers and parties. After a while I decided even that would be a little boring. With a little questioning and probing I discovered there are other aspects of the student at Eastern than Ike's, and I have tried to portray them in this section. The staff of the yearbook is a great bunch of people, a little off at times, but at least patient during the months until deadlines roll around. I would especially like to mention Sue Leibforth, who wrote almost all of the articles in this section, and thank her for helping me meet most of my deadlines. 1JpW£,/~ Marcia Lawrence Lifestyle editor
Freshmen quickly learn to handle Fake I D's and real hangovers Chink takes a break to pose with students. With Halloween came the sideburns, grease and tattoos. by Tom Keefe I was sitting in a back booth at the Top of the Roc with a cool Vodka Collins before me the other day, reminiscing with some friends about our freshmen days when we had to sneak into bars. College bars have a reputation for being lax when it comes to carding; which encourages freshmen, most of whom are underage, to swarm into them. Whereas back home they might be discouraged for trying because of 6 feet, 250 pound bouncers as well as Mom's baleful stares when they got home. Some students would say, "Hell, I look 19, I don't need any id's, and the bars don't card anyhow." They would go to the bars and soon learn that college bars do indeed card, and if you are not of legal age, you need fake id's. Fake id's can be obtained in various ways according to the amount of ingenuity you have, but the easiest way by far is to get someone of legal drinking age to lend you his id's. Two problems with that, however, are 1} convincing the person to give you his id's, and 2} taking the chance of being discovered as not being the person whose name appears on the id's. Some people will not lend out their id's because they do not want to take the chance of being arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. It can take a great deal of coaxing, pleading and sometimes money to get them to lend you their id's. It used to take a promise of "if I get caught, I'll tell them I found your id's" from me before I could convince people to lend their id's to me. Then began the tedious process of memorizing the person's name, birthdate, address, social security number, and all the other information on the id's. We did this so that if we were carded and the bouncer tried to trip us up by asking "What's your social security number," we could quickly rattle off "325-22-9806" and convince him we were not the underaged punks trying to sneak into the bar that we were. Information memorized, we would then poll other students to learn which bar "never cards" and would try our luck there first. 121
122 And sure enough, we would be let in with the bouncer just taking a token glance at our id's. Once inside, we would hurriedly shuffle into a back booth and wait for the waitress to take our order. Finally the waitress would come, and we would get the feeling that by some sixth sense which came with the job that she "knew" we were underage. Not looking directly at her eyes, we order, with our voices cracking in imitation of our pre-pubescent years. However, this time it was caused by nervousness, not hormones. When the waitress brought our drinks, we would relax a little and enjoy the music blaring out from the ancient jukebox in the corner. After a few drinks, we would start to feel really good, and we would joke about our classes, our teachers and each other, laughing the entire time. Finally we would get around to congratulating ourselves for "getting away" with drinking in the bar and we would decide to see which other bars we could get into. just as we would reach the door, some person from one of our classes would stumble up to us and say "Tom! Glad to see you here," and instant paranoia would set in. Did the bouncer hear that? What if he remembers the name on my id is George? Forgetting that no bouncer could remember the hundreds of names he sees on id's every night, we would panic and want to leave. Spitting out "Nicetoseeyoul'll talk toyoui nclassoka y?" we would brush by and head for another bar. This time we would be more confident and when the bouncer would ask to see our identification, we would casually hand him our borrowed id's. As did the first bouncer, he would take a quick glance at it and then let us go inside. "Nothing to it" we would say to each other, while new-found freedom made our heads swell with pride. (The next morning we had hangovers which made us feel as though someone punctured our swollen heads with an icepick.) My friends and I enjoyed reminiscing about those first successful attempts to get into bars before we were legally old enough. We said it was challenges such as those which make life exciting. In fact, after our talk, I decided bar life is going to be pretty boring for me next year when I turn 21 and don't have to use fake id's to get a Vodka Collins anymore.
Pool at Mother's is a concentration task . Kiss make-up makes a hit for these students . Ted 's was the gathering place for Halloween 's goblins. Martians and engineers made the rounds on Halloween . 123
124 Dormitory crunch forces students 24-hour kitchen accessibility adds to apartment living. by Marcia Lawrence With the Illinois General Assembly forcing the Admissions Office to fill Eastern to capacity, approximately 9,600 students, and housing capacity of only about 4,400 students, there is bound to be a housing crunch. The students who are having to seek off-campus housing will find it a very tight situation if they wait until the last moment. For instance, at the beginning of this school year some students were having to sleep in the lounges of the dorms. As of Aug. 24, 1977 most of the area apartment complexes in Charleston were filled; however there were a few sleeping rooms, houses and mobile homes still vacant. The price ranges of these were from $6 a week for a sleeping room, to houses at $300 a month. There are some advantages, however, to living off campus, like kitchen facilities 24 hours a day, not having to present your ID to eat, four in the A weekend party offers a chance to unwind with friends. bathroom instead of fifty, not having to w orry about where your towel disappeared to when you got out of the shower and, of course, the pools that are available during the warmer months at the apartment complexes. A tenant's union, in its early stages at Eastern, was developed to help the student tenant should he run into problems with his landlord such as deposits or other situations that he could not handle. The spring semseter, however, is not quite as difficult for the student to find housing. Most of the returning students have signed leases for the full year, if they live off campus so returning to a dorm is only a problem if there is no one available to sub-lease. The dorms never quite reach 100 per cent capacity during the spring semester. One aspect that has changed for the freshman this year is the mandatory rule that he live on campus. As there was not enough dorm space at the beginning of the year many had to find Barb Schweisthall sharpens up on her cul inary skills .
off-campus housing elsewhere. The freshmen who are living off campus will not be forced to move back into a dorm next fall. Along with the new found freedom, for most students who live off campus, there are also a few disadvantages which come with the joys of having one's own apartment. First of all, it is ususally not one's own apartme~t, it also belongs to a few other people. There is the aspect of sharing a five-byfive bathroom with three other girls, learning to cook, being awakened at three a.m. to the melodious tunes of Boz Scaggs at 150 decibals and trying not to get too touchy when you find your $2.89 T-bone was devoured the night before by a hungry roommate. All of these minor incidents are soon forgotten when the end of the semester rolls around and the reminiscing has begun. There are new friends to consider, special roommate dinners, parties and the personality conflicts all seem to begin to disappear as the past semesters are remembered . Patty Stuerzenberger chats with friends at a Halloween party. The women ' s intramural flag football champs are the Slopokes, captained by Becky Rasmussen. Coeds prepare construction paper decorations for a party. A typical aspect of the student's life is centered on parties. 125
126 Students bring new atmosphere to empty dorms by Sue leibforth On first inspection of Eastern's dormitories, new students and their parents see a large building. Everything a student may need to survive is provided, and yet, it may seem empty, or even listless. The newcomers see a lobby with mailboxes and a main desk. On individual floors, they see a resident's room containing two beds, two closets, two desks, drawers, bookshelves and bolsters. Depending upon the dorm they may see floor lounges, laundry rooms or even a four-man suite. They can inspect study areas, restrooms and cafeterias. However, once people are added to this building things start to buzz and a new lifestyle shapes the building's personality. At the beginning of fall semester, even students familiar with dorm life have to readjust their lifestyles. It's back to cafeteria food, to rooms that serve as a bedroom, a living room and a kitchen. There are new faces in place of the old, and sometimes even the dormitory itself has changed. Residents returning to Carman Hall this fall found that new prestige was added to the hall over the summer with $115,000 spent in new renovations. The "Carman Hilton" was reworked over the summer to make the dorm more appealing. A one-fourth inch layer of dry wall was added between walls, and many rooms, restrooms and hallways were painted. At the end of the hallways, carpeting was put on walls and used as bulletin boards. New furniture was purchased for the lobby, and brightly colored graphic designs were painted on stairwells. Residents were pleased with the added "touch of class" and encouraged to continue renovations by making a "Copa Cabana" room in the basement. The Copa Cabana is a night-club activity room built by student carpenters. Its grand opening was celebrated in October. Carman residents got into the spirit of the Carman Hilton so much that resident counselors expect to see an increase in students requesting to live there. Eastern's Housing Office offers many different living arrangements for students. Stevenson Tower is a co-ed dorm only open to upper-classmen with "mini-apartments" or suites. Each suite This student found studying privacy in the restroom. has two or three bedrooms, a living room and a bathroom. Half of each floor is men's suites and the other half is women's. Taylor Hall is also a co-ed dorm with each wing separated by a common lobby. Most other dorm complexes have common cafeterias. Pemberton Hall and East Hall are the exceptions. East Hall, formerly the Tau Kappa Epsilon house was purchased by the housing department in October, 1976, to help accommodate the overflow of students. Pemberton, on the other hand, is a women's dormitory, Eastern's first. It has contrast from room to room, with some rooms even having bay windows. Students added to these settings form an atmosphere circled around different events that take place during the year. Dorm Olympics, one of the first events of the year, provide an opportunity for students to take out frustrations from their first tests, as well as unite with other floor members to win an award. The food services sponsor events such as candlelight dinners for Valentine's Day, pajama breakfasts at Christmas and Dress-up Night at Halloween. Santa even gets a taste of dorm food when he brings his reindeer to see the dorm's Christmas trees. Informal events also occur. The smell of popcorn always draws a crowd. Also, since meals are not provided on Sunday evenings, students get a chance to show off the one dish they know how to prepare, even if it is Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee in a Hot-Pot. The "social scene" is just one aspect of dorm life. Another dimension which grows as the semester wears on is studies. The academic atmosphere intensifies as the semester draws to a close. Students turn to floormates for tutoring and advice on how to study for Dr. X's exams. Study lounges attract more and more people, and pressures build. The climax is felt during final exams when morgue hours are put into effect. "Morgue hours" mean that there is complete silence in the dorm to allow students to study without interruptions. They last for 24 hours every day during finals week with only two half-hour breaks, known as "riot hours." During riot hours students have a chance to release pressures by screaming, having pillow fights or watching everyone else go crazy. After finals are over, everyone goes home. All that's left is a big, empty building that waits patiently for students to return and give it life once again.
Taylor Hall 's canoe trip was a welcome break from the study routine . Plants provide a touch of class to any room . Study in Taylor Hall is limited to the room~ because lounges are inhabited. That comfortable lived-in look comes quite easily to a dorm. 127
128 Carman reigns over dorm olympics The egg toss proves to be a risky feat. Carm11n women participate in the Snake Relay. A tumble stops these participants in the three-legged race. by Sue leibforth Carman Hall's Dorm Olympics was a coliseum for residents to demonstrate some of the unusual skills that they have developed and excelled in while living on Eastern's campus. The women of Carman Hall held their games Sept. 24 and 25 . Sophomore Sydney Whitaker coordinated the contest which offered $35 as the first place award, $25 as second and $15 as third. Floors probably selected their dizziest members to compete in the Dizzy Bat Contest, because it requires participants to run 50 yards, place their forehead on a vertical bat, run around it 10 times and return to their team. Only those best skilled in staying on their toes when their head is spinning manage to return to the right line without falling. Those members who were most frequently in the dark were probably selected for the blindman's race, while individuals who relieve their hostilities by throwing objects at their roommates probably excelled in the egg and balloon toss contests. On the other hand, floor members Contestants endure the three-legged race .
who like to indulge in the delicacies of campus life probably excelled in the beer chugging and ice-cream eating contests. "All of the contests were hilarious," Whitaker said. Points were totaled and prizes were awarded to tenth floor for first place; ninth for second and sixth for third. Freshman Dan Condon organized the men's Olympics, held in November, which offered $50 to the floor winning first place, $35 to second, $25 to third and $15 to fourth. Men were able to demonstrate their athletic skills in the sit-up and push-up contests. "One guy did 250 push-ups," Condon said, "and that has to be a new Carman record." Skills that can be acquired in bars such as arm wrestling, thumb wrestling and beer chugging were main events. On the other hand, those who have mastered fire drill procedures were best suited for the stair climb contest. Condon said the funniest contests were probably the hard boiled egg eating contest and the egg roll obstacle course. "A few guys ended up pushing yolks around with their noses (in the obstacle course)." He added that some dorm residents missed lunch because they ate so many eggs in the five minute time limit. Winners of the Olympic games were third floor in first place; fourth floor in second; seventh floor in third and sixth floor in fourth . Contestants concentrate on catching an unbroken egg . The women's "Skin a Snake" relay was won by the 10th floor. The beer-chugging contest demands attention. 129
130 Another dimension of campus life Religious organizations invite involvement by Greg J. Ottarski "Get involved." Many students are told this when they go away to college. But one may wonder how to get involved in a religious organization at Eastern, and just what activities are offered. Religious organizations available to Eastern students include The Newman Community Center, the Christian Collegiate Fellowship, the United Campus Ministries, the Lutheran Student Movement, the Baptist Student Union and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The Newman Community, Eastern's Roman Catholic organization, offers activities under four community categories: worship, learning, social and service, the Rev. Ken Venvertloh, Newman chaplain, said. Included in the worshiping community are daily and Saturday evening Masses at the Newman Center, located at the corner of 9th and Lincoln, Sunday morning Masses in Buzzard Auditorium, celebration of the sacrament of Penance, retreats and midnight masses during the year, Father Venvertloh said. The learning community covers Bible sharing and Bible study groups, PreCana marriage preparation conferences, Life in the Spirit seminars, liturgy planning, inquiry classes and informal discussions. The social community includes picnics, suppers, hayride parties and Christmas caroling. The service community has "volunteer work, mostly in the community" around Charleston, Father Venvertloh said. This includes working with senior citizens, working for Birthright, assistance for the rural poor in Appalachia and a high school youth ministry program. Questionnaires for "finding the interests of the students" are distributed at Mass at the beginning of each school year, said Father Venvertloh. Announcements of activities are made during Sunday Mass. The Christian Collegiate Fellowship (CCF), with its Christian Campus House at 221 Grant, offers on-campus worship services Sunday mornings and supper at the Campus House Sunday evenings, according to the Rev. Bob Ross. He teaches an academic course which Lake Land College gives credit for. Also available are fellowhsip, Bible study and prayer groups. Coffeehouses are offered in residence hall lounges, and Koinonia groups, smaller gatherings led by students, meet in the dorms. CCF is involved in "a number of service projects," he said, including Faith Promise, m which students contribute to the support of several missions. "Once a year," Ross said, "CCF members visit and do volunteer work in one of the more significant ministries to southern blacks in Jackson, Miss." Activities also include regular visits to nursing homes and Bread for the World, a citizens' political organization dealing with world hunger, said Ross. The United Campus Ministry (UCM) offers activities and counseling to persons of all faiths, dealing mainly with personal problems. Among UCM activities are Bible study groups, fellowship suppers, folksinging and religious study classes for college credit. The Lutheran Student Movement offers Sunday morning worship and Bible study, a Monday evening Bible study and a Sunday evening group where "we study things that are of interest to students," Pastor Bob Hackler of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, said. Other activities offered are hiking, camping and retreats, Hackler said. The way to get involved, he said, is "just by coming to the church." After that, the church invites the students to participate in activities, and a newsletter is put out every month, he added. The Baptist Student Union (BSU) is sponsored by University Baptist Church and offers programs such as Sunday morning and evening worship, along with prayer meetings and Bible study, Rev. Dennis A. Tracy, pastor, said. An "adoption" program g1ves freshman, sophomores and foreign exchange students a "home away from home" as families "adopt" students and have them over for meals and special occasions, added Tracy. Students may be active in services by speaking or participating in music, Tracy said. Black students of all d~nom nat ions hold religious services at the church Sunday afternoons, he added. Students may become involved through curiosity, through contact with students on their dorm floor or through having a Baptist upbringing, as this would be "the type of atmosphere they're looking for," said Tracy. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) meets once a week and offers Bible study, Dogpatch Olympics and Athletes in Action games, adviser Bud Scott said. FCA is divided into a women's section and a men's section, which get together for activities. To join, he said, a student may contact Scott or one of the other advisers, Don Eddy and Thomas Woodall, and show an interest. "And," Scott added, "you don't have to be an athlete and you don't have to be a Christian." The variety of Christian organizations • affiliated with the campus offers a wide array of choice for the seeking student. However, for those who prefer finding their own way, there are several churches in the Eastern area. Most of the churches offer a program for the youth and many have special classes for the college-level person which deals with issues pertaining to their age group. Denominations of all kinds are represented in some way on or near the campus and many supply transportation to the regular services. Whether you are devout, fanatical or just plain interested in any Christian organization, do not hesitate to get involved.
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132 Newman Center holds seNices The cross, symbolic of Christianity, often represents much more. Students attend mass at Newman Center across from campus. Communion Is served at the Newman Center during mass.
The wee I"\ climaxes with Greel"\ Sing by Chris Freveletti Greek Sing, the finale of Greek Week, provided a relaxing and entertaining close for a week packed with tense competition. Greek Sing which has always been a Greek Week tradition is a competition between fraternities and sororities, each performing a medley of songs which they have selected. Deanne Riese, Sigma Kappa, and John Schmidt, Lambda Chi Alpha, cochairmen of the event, began organizing the 1977 Sing in February. Each fraternity and sorority was required to turn in its song selections by the end of February. McAfee gym had standing room only as students, parents, alumni and teachers assembled to enjoy the afternoon's presentations. Mary Lysaker and Rich Zurek, cochairmen of Greek Week, opened the event with acknowledgements of the university dignitaries in the audience and presentations to all of the housemothers. This year there was not a specific theme that had to be followed, therefore a wide variety of selections from humorous to traditional were performed. The majority of the fraternities stayed with a more humorous approach. These included Sigma Tau Gamma's traditional rendition of "Heart of My Heart", Delta Sigma Phi's medley of old kegger songs, Phi Sigma Epsilon featuring "A Six Pack to Go" and Pi Kappa Alpha's "McNamara's Band." Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE), and Acacia had two of the more unique presentations. TKE's medley of Mitch Miller tunes, was in reality a record while the men mouthed the words. Acacia came on stage wearing masks and did their version of the "Monster Mash." Sigma Pi, presenting "Mame", Lambda Chi Alpha with a medley from "Camelot", and Sigma Chi's Lettermen Medley, were the more serious presentations by fraternities. It was obvious that all ofthe sororities took Greek Sing seriously, and put a lot of practice into their songs. Sigma Kappa sang "Let Me Entertain You", and "Everything's Coming Up Roses". Sigma Sigma Sigma's performance of a medley of Judy Garland songs, and "Oliver" by the women of Alpha Gamma Delta, Nere the show tunes of the day. The other presentations were Kappa Delta's medley from Brigadoon, Alpha Phi's Bette Midler medley, and Delta Zeta's rendition of Twenties tunes. On a modern note "Precious and Few" and "Together Wherever We Go" were performed by the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. After all the presentations, it was up to the judges to choose a winner. All of the groups were judged on diction, appearance, style and interpretation, intonation and technique. The winners were announced after all of the awards and trophies for the entire week were presented. The men of Sigma Chi and the women of Sigma Kappa were awarded first place. Second place winners were the men of Sigma Pi 3.nd the women of Sigma Sigma Sigma. 133
134 Greel~s reunite for parties and planning Water pistols always draw a crowd of spectators. Greek reunion was a time to get together and party. by Patricia Kozlowski The Creek community all agree that Creek reunion is a time for Creeks to get together and get pretty drunk. For the third year in a row, the Sigma Tau Gamma's donated their back yard for the party which was held July 20-21. Don Cook, Interfraternity CounciiPanhellenic Council (IFC-Panhellenic) adviser, said that over 15 kegs of beer were consumed at the reunion by the 300 to 400 people who usually show up. The beer is paid for by the IFCPanhellenic councils. "It's basically a time for undergraduates to get together with their friends during the summer," he said. Scott Blum, president of the Sigma Tau's, said the reunion started at noon and lasted till the beer ran out at 3:00 p.m. During the reunion both IFC and Panhellenic held formal meetings. "The councils mix a little business with a lot of pleasure," said Cook. He added Jim Corrington and John Quinlivan compete In the keg toss relay.
that many of the Greek houses get together for a summer meeting during the reunion. Each house has its own way of celebrating Greek reunion besides going to the actual kegger. The Alpha Gamma Delta's held a party Saturday at the Lincoln statue before attending the kegger. They also held an informal house meeting, said member Sally Neave. "We had a great time getting everyone together over summer," one Alpha Phi member said. The Alpha Sigma Alpha's spent most of their time partying like crazy at all the after-the-bar-closes-parties, one member said. "We also met to talk about the upcoming year's events." The Delta Zeta's spent their weekend talking about the past year with sisters and planning the new year's rush program. "Greek reunion is a great time to get out and meet girls in all of the sororities," member Theresa Tapp said. "It was an all around good time," said one Kappa Delta. "We just had a lot of parties." Patty Webber of Sigma Kappa said that most of the girls went swimming at the Holiday lr .. 1 after the kegger. The Sigma Sigma Sigma's spent their time talking about the new year's homecoming float and just enjoying each other's company, said member Martha Syndergaard. Most of the fraternities spent their time at the kegger. The Delta Sigma's just "got together and got pretty drunk," Pat Quility, member, said. Both Friday and Saturday night the Delta Sigma's held after-thebars-closed-parties with a shots and beers party early Saturday morning. The next Greek reunion might be different since fraternities and sororities are not allowed to sell any liquor. An ordinance prohibits the sale of alcohol by the organizations because none have liquor licenses. The Alpha Kappa Lambda's spent most of their weekend with Cook looking for a new house to move into before fall. "Even though we had to mix work with fun, the kegger was a real blast," one member said. "We had a side of beef out in the back yard and had a great reunion with our After the hectic days of Greek Week, Sigma Chi's relax with a hand of poker. alum's," Beta Sigma Psi member Mark Petrus said. The Pi Kappa Alpha's also had a cookout with alumni. "It was a drink-off and cook-off between the body and the alums," member Sam Saladine said. Both the Lambda Chi Alpha's and the Sigma Pi's said they just kept partying throughout the weekend. Most of the Sigma Tau's spent their time pouring beer for the masses of Greeks. "We had a good time partying with a couple of sororities and just driving around the countryside drinking," member Scott Blum said. One Delta Chi commented, "There wasn't enough beer!" Most of the members refreshed themselves all weekend at "any and all parties," he said . A Sigma Chi said he was still hung over from the last reunion but was sure he would be all right in time for the next one. Mark Wilson, Tau Kappa Epsilon, said the guys just kept partying like mad. When he asked the guys, "Hey, just what did we do at the Greek reunion last summer?" a voice answered, "What reunion?" 135
136 Greel~ Weel~ involves more than 7 days by Glenna Neubert Greek Week 1977. The agony of sore muscles from fraternity tugs, secret techniques in building the four second pyramid and last minute frenzy over an unmade Greek Sing dress, all typify the preparation for Greek Week competition. Many weeks of planning go into the annual Greek events from each individual sorority and fraternity house to the overall committees which tie the strings together, uniting Eastern's Greek community for the gala affair. Heading up the gang, which involves over 1500 students, were Greek Week co-~hairpersons Mary Lysaker of Alpha Gamma Delta and Rich Zurik of Sigma Tau Gamma. Their efforts were combined with six Greek Week subcommittees to pull off a week of spirited competition. For every celebration, there is a distinct amount of royalty. Reigning over the week's events were Greek Queen Brenda Simmering of Sigma Kappa and Greek King Mark Petrus of Beta Sigma Psi. Greek Week is an attempt to collect all fraternity and sorority members in fun and frolicking, keeping in mind the ideals of unity and sportsmanship which each organization practices. So in the spirit of "good will toward men," Eastern Greeks danced the money out of the hearts of many to raise $1911.10 for the fight against muscular dystrophy in a 12-hour dance marathon held the week before Greek Week's official opening. Incorporating six days of preliminary competition, Saturday is the grand finale of fraternity tugs and games and sorority competition. Sunday festivities of Greek Sing close the annual celebration with sing competition and various scholastiC awards. The strength of the Greek system, in terms of muscles, rests with the Sigma Pi fraternity who managed to capture first places in Big Man and Little Man Tugs. Tugging in second, in both divisions was Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Keeping in the spirit of the original Greek games, Eastern's Greek Week includes a fraternity chariot race. Sigma Pi's took first place in the race, with Sigma Chi in second place. . In the bike race, the team from P1 Kappa Alpha rode into first, while Sigma Pi coasted into second place. The grueling steeplechase relay was won by Sigma Pi followed by Sigma Chi. Winning the keg toss, an event wh1ch disappeared a few years ago, was Pi Kappa Alpha and catching a second place was Delta Sigma Phi. In sorority Greek games Sigma Kappa captured three first places out of the five games. Sigma Kappa won in the three-legged relay, obstacle course and 440 relay. Placing second in the events were Alpha Gamma Delta in the three-legged relay and Sigma Sigma Sigma copped a second in obstacle and 440 relays Alpha Sigma Alpha climbed to victory in the pyramid building competition, with Alpha Gamma Delta bounding to second place. Sigma Sigma Sigma caught the first (continued on page 138) An empty keg becomes the center of attention for the keg toss .
Sigma Chi's double with friends for a battle of the fittest. Fnr Greeks, reunion was friendship. A helping hand on the keg Is appreciated. The Gong Show proved a success at the Sigma Sigma Sigma carnival. 137
138 Greel~ games ore morl~ed by competition (continued from page 136) place rank in the balloon toss and Delta Zeta took second. After the Greek Games on Saturday, activity focused on more important business at the Greek Unity Kegger. The judges are still out on that event's winner. McAfee gym was filled to the brim Sunday as Greeks, alumni, parents, honored housemothers and faculty gathered for the Greek Sing competition and trophy presentation. Sigma Kappa won first place Greek Sing for the sorority division with "Let Me Entertain You" and "Everything is Coming Up Roses." A medley of Lettermen tunes was presented by the fraternity division winner--Sigma Chi. Other highly coveted awards were presented for spirit and sportsmanship which are judged through the entire week of games and activities. In the spirit category, winners were Alpha Sigma Alpha and Delta Sigma Phi. Good sportsmen were Alpha Gamma Delta and Delta Chi. Panhellenic Council and Interfraternity Council each year salute an outstanding senior woman and man and adding to the list for 1977 were Mary Lysaker, Alpha Gamma Delta and Kyle Smith, Sigma Pi. Kappa Delta sorority annually honors the senior Panhellenic sorority member graduating with the highest grade point average and the winner was jean Galovich, of Alpha Phi sorority. Greeks put a great deal of time into coordinating all Greek Week activities, but many of their efforts would go undetected without the labors of Ruby Timble, sorority and fraternity activities secretary. Ruby, who was honored for her outstanding service, handles all correspondence and matters for the sororities and fraternities and was a tremendous aid in the planning and operation of Greek Week. And that was Greek Week. Greeks went back to their houses, cherishing the shiny trophies they received for their efforts and looking at snapshots of the week's activities spent in the spirit of unity and competition. Gaining an Inch In the tugs meant long periods of total concentration.
Competing in the tugs is a joint effort. Tri-Sigma 's enjoy their carnival. Everyone and everything turned out for Greek Week. A participant In the games takes a breather. 139
140 1978 Blizzard leaves its marl~ The heavy snow closed roads along with classes. The blizzard proved more fun than hassle for these Eskimo-clad sledders. by Marcia Lawrence Since 1908, five snow storms have qualified as blizzards-one each in 1913 and 1937, two in January, 1977 and the fifth as this article is being written. With classes cancelled and Mayor Bob Hickman instituting an ordinance forbidding people to drive after 5:00 p.m., many students find themselves with free time on their hands to reflect over the winter so far and to dread the weeks to come. With the first half of winter behind us, a definite pattern has developed in winter storms. "Well, it is difficult to be eloquent about it," Les Wieties, a freshman, said about the weather. He added. "I am not With the storm came stranded desolation.
sure I can think of anything printable to say." Senior Denise Lipe recalled December's snowstorm with reluctance, "I was all set to go home for the holidays then my battery died. By the time I got it fixed, Interstate 57 was shut down due to the snow." With the cold and snow comes plenty of ice adding decorative designs to windows and helping the snow stick to the surroundings creating beautiful scenery. However, with constant attention being focused on the treacherous sidewalks, one can barely enjoy the artistry. "Every time I walk to school I am more assured that Paul Simon is singing 'Slip Sliding Away' just for me," stated sophomore Pat Marshall. A spokesman for Illinois Consolidated Telephone Company said that long distance calls have increased since the snow storms began in November. This seems to be a typical occurrence when periods of foul weather set in. Junior Brian Furrow commented, "When I put the dresser in front of the bedroom door to keep the wind from blowing it open and it blew the dresser over, I called home, long distance, to reaffirm my belief that I wasn't forgotten in this barren wasteland of a campus." "I sure miss Ted's," was freshman Trish Maltbia's only comment during the blizzard. "I don't mind the temperatures too much," said Patti Stuerzenberger, sophomore. "It is looking ahead to when the snow melts and the ice water slushes over the top of my shoes and the car keeps getting stuck that bothers me." With all the negative aspects of winter surrounding us, it is hard to think of the warm days ahead when the snow has melted, the mud has thickened and it gets so very hard not to cut classes. For some It was a wonderland. For some cross country skiing became a less hazardous mode of transportation. 141
142 Fall pledges put Friendship '77 on course by Sue Leibforth It was Friendship 77, as nearly 300 men and women pledged Greek societies at Eastern this fall. 1977's pledge night party marked the beginning of a new year. Almost 700 Greeks gathered at Ted's Warehouse to celebrate new friendships and share their "great expectations" of the coming year. Don Cook, advisor to the Greeks, explained, "The object of rush is to make friends." What does this mean? The Panhellenic Council supervises the sorority rush parties and new pledges are escorted to the different houses to get a chance to meet the members. They also learn a little about each organization and its history. Throughout the week, new pledges single out the organization they prefer and sororities determine the number of new pledges they can recruit. This is referred to as the "bids and regrets" system. Finally, a new pledge class is formed . Fraternities have a more casual rush characterized by Formal Smokers. They invite a sorority, get some refreshments and have a party. It's a "let's get together and talk" atmosphere where pledges are allowed to go to as many or as few parties as they want. By the end of the week, new members are determined. For Greek members a variety of activities ranging from fund-raising campaigns to intramural sports makes for an eventful year. New pledges have the task of orienting themselves into their new organization, and each organization has Delta Chi's gather to discuss Ideas for the coming year. its own way of making this easier. Most sororities require new pledges to learn the founders of their organization and its history. They also require the girls to collect signatures of all actives in their sorority. One member explained, "It's a good way to meet everyone in the sorority and get to know a little about them. Then, when you have a function, youdon't feel out of place." Most fraternity and sorority pledges get the "short end of the stick" as they are required to perform house duties or carry an active member's books across campus. Some fraternities such as Tau Kappa Epsilon, even require pledges to wear hats or carry paddles. But through it all, the pledge class becomes an entity in itself with pledge parties, runaway weekends, initiations and, finally, going active. A Tri-Sigma enjoys the party for this year's pledge class.
Members of Kappa Delta sorority look down on the festivities. A few ladles of Kappa Delta toast their new members. Kappa Delta women slick together and celebrate. The 1977 pledge party was enjoyed by actives as well as new comers. 143
144 Sigma Chi's entertain during Derby Days by Sue leibforth Members of the Sigma Chi fraternity had a chance to raise a little money while entertaining Eastern's sororities during their annual Derby Days. The Sigma Chi's began this year's Derby Days on Monday, October 3 by serenading each of the sorority houses. Sororities competed in a variety of games and parties during the week to win awards. The volleyball tournament was one of the most outstanding events and one of the most serious. The games, which started Tuesday, were set up on a single elimination basis with the championship games played on Saturday. They also gave sorority members a chance to exhibit their enthusiasm towards their particular organization, vying for the spirit award. Sigma Sigma Sigma won the volleyball crown with Sigma Kappa taking second place and Alpha Gamma Delta taking third. Alpha Phi took the spirit trophy for exhibiting the most enthusiasm and spirit, while Alpha Gamma Delta won the first place traveling trophy for their overall competition. The annual auction, where the Sigma Chi's auction themselves to sororities, netted $300 which was given to Wallace Village in Bloomfield Colo. and Sigma Kappa's cheer on volleyball team. the Sigma Chi national philanthropy. Alpha Gamma Delta member Deb Webb was chosen as the Derby Doll and reigned over the week's events. The theme of the "Dec·a-Sig" skits was "silent movies." Skits ranging from the Sigma Sigma Sigma's Charlie Chaplin to the Alpha Gamma Delta's Dudley Doo Right were built around a "decorated" Sigma Chi member. Although the famed moon-marking was cancelled, Sigma Chi members had "all the girls running after them" in the Derby Chase. Sigma Chi members wearing derby hats had football flags attached to their waists while sororities competed to collect the most flags from the fleeing men. Other events included a jungle juice party, a zip-strip contest and a dizzy bat relay. A jungle juice party serves up Everclear (pure alcohol) punch mixed with fruit juice. In the zip-strip relay, contestants race to a sleeping bag and change to a different set of clothes within the sleeping bag. The dizzy bat relay entails competitors racing to a baseball bat in the distance, placing their heads on it, running around it 10 times and then attempting to run back. Alpha Gamma's receive the spirit trophy. 1977's Derby Darling , Deb Webb, Is congratulated by friends.
Winning spirit depleted by Alpha Gamma's. Derby Days prove exhausting for one Sigma Chi. Tri-Sigma women defeat Sigma Kappa's for championship. A contestant participates In the Zip Strip relay. 145
146 Greel~ community offers Delta Zeta women turn out for homecoming. The 1977 Pledge Party at Ted 's is fun for everyone. Tri-Sigma house mothers support their girls. by Marcia lawrence To Eastern students who go active in a fraternity or sorority, the Greek community is a new way of life. ''The evolution of the Greek community is an example of how students adapted to the college scene many years ago," stated Don Cook, assistant director of Student Activities and Organizations. "When a person went to college, there were no residence halls as we know them today, and the student found himself living in a rooming house or apartment," Cook added. In an attempt to share expenses and spend more time together, organizations such as literary and debate societies would acquire a house. These organizations shared a mutual living environment and, as today, they heavily stressed socializing. At the turn of the century, there were approximately 25 fraternities and sororities in the U.S. that had houses. Experiencing a decline in new membership in the turbulent '60's bee<~.use of anti-establishment feelings aroused in many students, the Greek community united in a form of selfpreservation. "This safeguarding of the Greek district was the beginning of the community spirit which exists today," said Cook. Today at Eastern approximately 14 per cent of the students are active Greeks, including the 310 new pledges during the fall semester. Of the 13 members of the Inter-Fraternity Council all have houses, and seven of the eight members of the Pan-Hellenic Sorority Council have houses. These houses accomodate around 350-400 of the Greeks at Eastern. All of the sororities and one of the fraternities have a house mother. The house mother makes and plans the meals. She also buys the groceries and sees to it that all repairs to the house are completed. ''The house mother is the stability factor in the house," Cook commented. He also added that she is more experienced than the girls and often lends a listening ear, a comforting shoulder or a stern reprimand. The Greeks who live in the houses must pay rent in addition to other fees required of all actives. After the
new way of life members decide whether to live in the house, available space can be rented out to non-Greeks who would like to live in a Greek house. This procedure is due to Eastern's housing crunch. Since 1965 a new dimension, that of the black fraternities and sororities has been added. "With this addition to the Greek community, an aspect of mutual exclusiveness has developed, with some individuals crossing over from time to time," Cook stated. "There is an overflow of girls during rush trying to get into the sororities, and unfortunately they have to be turned away," Cook said. He added that he believes the new sorority will accommodate the surge. Sigma PI's perform a balancing feat. Greek attitudes have also changed over the years, from that of elitist, exclusive organizations where money or status were required, to a more informal social organization where good grades are stressed more strongly. "However, it is still somewhat expensive to be an active Greek," Cook interjected. Part of the unity of Greek organizations is in the letters themselves. "For instance, I am a TKE," Cook stated, adding, "The letters stand for the words Tau Kappa Epsilon. When you put these together they form a motto which indicates a creed that the Teke member must live up to." All fraternities and sororities have such mottos. Delta Chi's enjoy pinball at Ted's. Tri-Sigma's share enthusiasm and fun at their annual carnival. 147