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A NEW WAVE.?

Or rather, new waves. In a world bustling with tension

and change, East Carolina was not immune. Newness en-

veloped every aspect of campus life " construction here,

reorganization there, overcrowding everywhere. Updated

dorm and parking policies, rising costs, and in the midst of

all, us " 13,165 of us.

The conservative swing in national politics, unabated

inflation, changing musical and fashion trends and us. Our

traditions and values gave us a base of sameness in contrast

to the many new waves.

And we adapted " went to night classes, waited longer in

lines, donned punk garb and voted Republican. We sent

our favorite poly sci prof to the U.S. Senate, lost our work-

study jobs, won at womensT basketball and lost at football.

We graduated our first doctors and failed our first exams.

Our favorite soap opera was called SGA.? We grew and

matured, were receptive and apprehensive to our personal

new waves.

The yearbook staff, too, had its new waves. A ten month

drag and a three month cram; an old editor out and a new

one in; a curious blend of veterans, beginners and friends

adapted and captured a multi-faceted year in 336 pages of

words and photos.

Current fashions, the dating game,

downtown and Student Union concerts

were the major facets of Student Life.

Finding a job after graduation, the co-

op program, a writing symposium and

credit free courses occupied students in

addition to their regular Academics.

Football, womensT basketball, a new

athletic training program and the

cancellation of three intercollegiate

sports made the biggest headlines of

the year in ECU Sports.

Student government, publications, the

Student Residence Association and

greeks were the largest and most

active Organizations.

Fifth-year seniors, second-year juniors,

almost-sophomores and first-semester

freshmen were all part of a wide

assortment in ECU's Classes.

Copyright 1981 by Amy S. Pickett and

the BUCCANEER. All rights re-

served. No part of this publication

may be reproduced in any form with-

Out permission in writing from the

editor of the BUCCANEER.

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On the surface it was the same oleT year.?

But a closer look revealed many of the same

things had new twists. Things were just a little

different than in years gone by.

Lines were long, a bit more so. A record

13,165 students swelled campus to its limit.

Fashions were stylish, but changing. Cowboy

boots, hats and western shirts gained on stan-

dard preppy pink, green and navy blue.

Music stayed loud. Disco died as our ears

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Conservative waves prevailed in an election

year. As power came to the Republicans; North

Carolina turned to John East, our political science

professor, for a new wave in the Senate.

Changes in academics brought a closed business

school and a consummated medical school. Would

be majors were turned away and the first class of

doctors was turned out. A wave of unemployment

hit as students lost work-study jobs.

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Nowhere were the waves more perceptible

than in sports. Our heroes were women on the

court, not men on the field. WomensT basket-

ball made the top 20 and football fell to 4-7. The

good got better in softball, finishing 44-7 and

ranked third. And three sports finished for the

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Put the pieces into whatever puzzle you see.

more.

Welcome or bemoan, appreciate or ignore a

year of slightly new waves. The segment of

time belongs to you.

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No Room toSwear................................ 10

Residents of Jones, White, Clement and Greene dorms return to campus in August

to find three people assigned to their two-person rooms as ECU faces a severe

housing crunch.

Fashion Spotlight .................:............. 16

Popular fashion at East Carolina ranges from comfortable to preppy to western wear,

. with designer labels adorning almost everything.

Sold Out....................................... 38

Student UnionTs Major Attractions Committee recovers from a disastrous year by

scheduling sell-outs featuring Jimmy Buffett and Cheap Trick.

The Dating Game ............1.....)...3...... 1. 46

With 13,200 different viewpoints on dating, kissing and sex, ECU students win, lose

and draw at the dating game.

Entertainment Unlimited ......................__._. 52

A musical comedy, two serious dramas and an updated version of a classic highlight

a hectic year for the East Carolina Playhouse.

Downtown .............................. ........

Students flock to local nightclubs for dancing, beer, pinball, crowds or merely to

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The majority of East Carolina students

survived the familiar drop-add, phone, and

vehicle registration lines common to the first

week of school, but for the 257 students forced

into the three-to-a-room housing arrangements,

the problems lasted well into the fall

semester, leaving them with

No Room

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The housing problem at East Carolina reached epidemic propor-

tions during the 1980-81 school year. Because of over-admittance,

many students were notified during the summer that they would be

sharing a room with two other people. Many chose to seek off-

campus housing rather than face the inconvenience that a three-to-

a-room situation would cause. Those forced to comply were offered a

return of 1/3 of their room rent by the housing office. This did little

to alleviate student hostility toward the crowded housing situation.

T certainly didnTt want a third person in my room-there was simply

no place to put her,? commented Wyvonia Sutton, a freshman

faced with ordeal, I think itTs ridiculous for this univer-

sity to accept more people than they can provide rooms

for. My room rent was as high as everyone elses

and I resented being cramped.?

Below: White dorm was one of four dorms on campus used to house the 257

roomless students. The three-to-a-room situation lasted through the semester

until the Housing Office provided the inconvenienced students with more

suitable two-to-a-room arrangements.

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Dan Wooten, Director of Housing

Operations, said the problem was

caused by a newly accepted policy

guaranteeing all incoming freshman

on-campus housing. He noted that

this policy, along with the previous

housing guarantee with returning stu-

dents, caused the major conflict that

left so many of East CarolinaTs stu-

dents un-housed. The situation just

got blown out of proportion,? Wooten

commented.

With obligations to more students

than they could adequately provide

for, the housing office rushed to make

housing arrangements for 257 room-

less students. As previously done, stu-

dents were assigned to the vacant hos-

pital rooms in the infirmary. But there

was still need for additional rooms

and the housing office used the Blox-

ton House, currently the Career Place-

ment and Planning Center. With all

known vacancies occupied, the uni-

versity had to go to extremes and place

a third person in many of the rooms

of Jones, Clement, White, and Greene

dormitories.

The whole situation gave question

to the need of additional on-campus

housing. Wooten said that the univer-

sity had investigated this need and

was uncertain whether the 1 to 142%

growth, rate predicted by the institu-

tional research office adequately justi-

fied new construction. He said that if

the idea were conceivable and plan-

ning was immediately started, it

would take three to five years before

the money would be available for the

construction of a new dormitory. Be-

sides being timely, the new dorm

would require more money than the

fund raising could provide, causing an

extremely high rent increase for all

campus-housed students " an in-

crease Wooten predicted students

would not support.

Left: The hot August weather made moving ina

tedious, drawn-out procedure and students took

advantage of reacquainting themselves with old

friends whenever the opportunity arose. Above

Right: With the newly paved parking lots com-

pleted, more students were guaranteed on-cam-

pus parking " a privilege which cost each stu-

dent twenty-five dollars for the 1980-81 school

year. Below Right: To alleviate the discomfort

the long lines caused, refreshment stands serv-

ing free beverages to the students were placed

around campus during the first week of classes.

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I think itTs ridiculous for this university to accept more

people than they can provide rooms for. My room rent was as

high as everyone elses and I resented being cramped.?

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The Housing Operations Office

was forced to readjust many long

standing housing policies as a result

of the situation that occurred in the

fall. For all freshmen and sopho-

mores, the previous policy requiring

on-campus residence was completely

dropped in hopes of providing addi-

tional space within the dorms. In ad-

dition, the procedures followed dur-

ing spring semester for signing up re-

turning students were adopted. Stu-

dents were faced with earlier room-

deposit dates and a shorter sign-up

period. Freshmen were also given an

earlier cut-off date for sending in

housing contracts.

The earlier sign-up date for return-

ing students allowed the university to

determine the exact number of rooms

available to incoming freshmen and

transfer students. By strictly enforc-

ing the cut-off date for freshmen

housing contracts, the university re-

leased itself from any housing obliga-

tions to those students failing to meet

the specified deadline. Wooten com-

mented that these newly adopted poli-

cies would allow East Carolina more

time to evaluate the housing situation,

making things easier for both the uni-

versity and the students if indeed a

housing problem did reoccur in the

fall of 1981.

Below: The Student Supply Store hired extra

student help during the first weeks of school to

accomodate the rush of students buying re-

quired textbooks. Right: Those students en-

rolled in General College were forced to stand

in extremely long lines, many waited most of

the morning and afternoon just to see an advi-

sor. Inset: Students had difficulty adding des-

perately needed courses and many were in line

as early as 4:30am to beat the rush. After several

attempts to add their necessary courses, many

students had to settle for a less desired course

load just to meet the full-time hour require-

ments enforced by the university.

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to jeans as virtually all types of fash-

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trend-setters, students. dressed more oe found with a variety of designer logos.

stylishly than in past years. | | Prep clothes found their way out of

Whether it was spring or fall, ae ie ~Greek circles as the look became one

signer fashions gained popularity on | of the most dominant campus styles.

For men it was penny loafers, khakis,

campus. Designer jeans, ranging in

price from $35 to $50, bore the signa-_ button-down shirts, Izod sweaters and

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For women, a vast assortment of

clothes and accessories was needed to

be a true prep.? Add-a-bead neck-

laces were worn with everything from

evening wear to old sweatshirts and

faded jeans.

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and button-down shirts. Right: Hawaiian

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them warm during cold winter days and

evenings. Below: Colors played a big role for

menTs clothes during the summer. Right: As

in past years, the maillot gained popularity.

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Barefoot on the Mall gives students a

chance to take a day from classes and ZO

Once again, with the combined ef-

forts of all Student Union committees,

Barefoot on the Mall successfully in-

spired spring fever. The turnout for

the festival was unexpectedly good de-

spite poor weather conditions. The

schedule of events for the afternoon of

April 9, 1981, included a variety of

professional entertainment. Local

crafts people were on hand selling

craft items along with food venders

for appetites and a florist for heart-

throbs.

The comedy team of Edmonds and

Curley? emceed Barefoot on the Mall

Edmonds and Curley? have become a

number one comedy team during the

past eight years among college cam-

puses. Their performance on the Mall

was well received by the crowd.

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mance with Barefoot in the Mall. The

mime troupe is made up of the talents

of Kate Bently and Jacqueline Wildau.

Together they create an elegant and

outrageous mime performance.

Afternoon entertainment also in-

cluded Chicago City Limits?, a Chi-

Far right: The Mello Yello Chugging Contest

was a refreshing event of the afternoon. Upper

right: ~Mainly Mime? returned for a second

consecutive year with another flawless perfor-

mance. Lower right: ECU's Fantasy?, a group

of people who use sign language to relay the

messages of song lyrics to the deaf, performed a

variety of music at Barefoot on the Mall. The

group consists primarily of interpreters and

students from the Program for the Hearing Im-

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cago based Comedy/Improvisation

Group. Their comedy included

sketches such as a wifeTs phone call to

her husband who is getting ready to

be electrocuted and a tribute to Three

Mile Island called Radiation Polks?.

Most of the time Chicago City Lim-

its? was very funny.

Other performances included East

Carolina UniversityTs Jazz Ensemble

and Fantasy. The youthful talent of

the Jazz Ensemble, as always, exhibit-

ed fine musicianship with a bit of

clowning thrown in. Fantasy proved

that sign language is not only a form

of communication, but also a beauti-

ful and artistic form of entertainment.

To close the afternoon affair, the

renowned western band Riders in the

Sky gave the students a taste of their

patented blend of harmony and yodel-

ing. The trio has performed at Wash-

ington, D.C.Ts John F. Kennedy Cen-

ter for Performing Arts with the

Houston Pops Orchestra.

Above left: Although rain forced Barefoot on

the Mall activities into Wright Auditorium,

Chicago City Limits proceeded to provide hilar-

ious entertainment that soon made the specta-

tors forget about the poor weather conditions.

Above center: To start the afternoonTs enter-

tainment with some of the best jazz in the area

was ECUTs Jass Ensemble. Above right: Specta-

tors look on as their friends chug ice cold

drinks in the Mello Yello Chugging Contest.

Below center: The Trinidad Steel Band per-

formed classical and pop music on steel drums

with the tops punched down at different depths

to create different pitches. Below right: Riders

in the Sky closed the events of the day with a

western atmosphere.

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It isnTt unusual to find married stu-

dents going to school, but it is unusu-

al to find the couple living in a dorm.

Steve and Phyllis Barbour have been

married and living in Slay Dorm since

December, 1980.

Steve is a music and composition

major and Phyllis is a community arts

Management major.

Most university students donTt

Steve. HeTs my first priority.?

think much about moving on campus.

For many, itTs just a basic part of col-

lege life. Since there is no special

housing for married couples at East

Carolina, some have chosen to live in

the co-ed dorms instead.

Phyllis and Steve are finding out

what itTs like to be married and live in

a predominately single environment.

Since Phyllis was the head resident

adviser of Slay Dorm and was living

in the adviserTs apartment, Steve

moved in with her after the wedding.

Steve and Phyllis both agreed that

privacy is the hardest part of living in

the dorm. Since Phyllis is head RA,

people are always dropping by any-

time in the day and evening,? Steve

said. ItTs okay, but we have people

who come in drunk late at night leav-

ing keys and wanting Phyllis to let

them in their rooms. I think they need

to be more responsible than that. A lot

of the time itTs the same people over

and over.?

The residents come mostly during

the day and at dinnertime, which is

very inconvenient,? added Phyllis.

Sometimes we just wonTt answer the

door if I feel like ITve done enough for

that day and I need some time with

Their reason for living on campus

is the same as many other studentsT "

convenience and cost. Locale is im-

portant, I have to go to the music

building a lot, and we just sold Phyl-

lisT car so itTs really great to be right

here,? commented Steve. ~Plus the fi-

nancial part of it is really a help. We

just couldnTt afford to live anywhere

else.?

Phyllis and Steve said their friends

were happy for them but that their

relationship with them changed.

Some of the people told us we were

rushing things,? Steve said.

Because the dorms are oriented to

single adults, some of the activities are

difficult for the couple to participate

in.

We can talk and be sociable with

people in the dorm but itTs not the

same as when we were single,? Phyllis

said.

The couple agreed that living in the

dorm put an extra hardship on their

marriage. We have a willingness to

persevere and to keep on plugging

and to try and hold the marriage

through thick and thin,? Steve con-

cluded.

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Left: Although some activities were not oriented

for married couples, Steve and Phyllis Barbour

found that the Student Residence Associaton

sponsored several events that they could enjoy.

Above: Since Phyllis was head residence advi-

sor for Slay Dorm her room was an apartment.

This enabled the couple to have more room to

live in and study.

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_ The Student Union, while often be-

ing confused with the SGA or Men-

denhall, offered a unique blend of en-

tertainment. Their concerts, art exhi-

bitions, trips and special attractions

appealed to a wide spectrum of audi-

ences.

On September 18 the Student

Union Artists Series Committee pre-

sented the Empire Brass Quintet in

Hendrix Theatre. The group is com-

Prised of five young and talented

brass players. The musicians are from

Boston and are known for their wide

variety of music and rhythmic zest.

Rolf Smedvig and Charles A. Lewis,

Jr. delighted the audience with their

trumpets. David Ohanian played the

French horn, Norman Bolter played

the trombone and Samuel Pilafian

completed the ensemble with the

tuba.

The audience enjoyed several selec-

es

Left: Students enjoy the sights of New York

during the annual Big Apple Trip.? The group

of 160 toured New York City during the

Thanksgiving break. Below: Barefoot on the

Mall drew numerous students to the University

Mall to enjoy a day of entertainment. All Stu-

dent Union committees combined their efforts

©n April 9 to present the annual event.

tions ranging from a Renaissance

dance suite to Leonard BernsteinTs

West Side Story.?

Cross Section, a show of works by

Greenville artist George Brett was pre-

sented in the Mendenhall Gallery by

the Student Union Art Exhibition

Committee. BrettTs work is not the

type ECU students were accustomed

to seeing. As a sculptor, he works ina

variety of nontraditional media: fiber,

plastic and wire. He is also a corre-

spondence artist of international

reputation and a producer of limited

edition books.

Although he has exhibited his work

internationally, this was the first op-

portunity Greenville had to see a

large, representative show of BrettTs.

On Tuesday, October 21, Brett pre-

sented slides and talked about his

work. There was a reception after-

wards.

The Student Union Special Events

Committee brought Jimmie J.J.?

Walker, best known for his role in

CBS-TVTs Norman Lear Series, Good

Times, to Hendrix Theatre on No-

vember 18.

Walker was quick to point out that

he considers himself first and fore-

most a stand-up comedian. Stand-up

comedy is a craft not easily learned,?

said Walker, there are, in fact, a great

many more brain surgeons in the

world that there are stand-up come-

dians.?T

SU Special Events Committee also

presented Gil Eagles in an amazing

demonstration that took the audience

on a unique adventure into the in-

triguing realm of psychic phenomena.

It was a brilliantly entertaining per-

formance of the mysterious and fasci-

nating wonders of the sixth sense,

presented with dynamic showman-

ship that confounded and astounded

everyone present.

Eagles baffled the attentive audi-

ence with his demonstration of E.S.P.

and hypnotism. He revealed numbers,

names and answers to personal ques-

tions of various people in the audi-

ence.

The Student Union Minority Arts

Committee was very busy during the

year. One of the first events was the

annual International and Jewish Arts

Festival, held November 2-6. The fes-

tival was a special week set aside to

acknowledge and celebrate the ethnic

minorities on campus.

Jewish dances were demonstrated

and taught by Karmela Zionite, a na-

tive of Israel, on the first night of the

festival. The event was coordinated by

the Hillel Society on campus.

On November 3, a Lox and Bagel

Mixer was held at Mendenhall. Par-

ticipants were able to sample the tra-

ditional Jewish dish and hear guest

speaker Norman Olshansky. Ol-

shansky, from Richmond VA, is the

regional director of the Anti-Defama-

tion League. He discussed the ~Rise

Of Nazism in the World Today.?

Shalom, a film that gives a fascinat-

ing tour of Israel, was presented Tues-

day night in the Ledonia S. Wright

Cultural Center.

One of the festivalTs highlights was

held Wednesday, November 5. Dishes

were prepared by volunteer students,

faculty, and staff for the second annu-

al International Dinner.

Participants were served over 20

dishes from several countries and eth-

nic groups.

On November 6, the last day of the

festival, the Minority Arts Film Series

presented a film, A Storm Of Strang-

ers. The film is a prize-winning series

of ethnic films. Each of the four seg-

ments uses authentic period photos

and engravings.

The Black Arts Festival, also spon-

sored by the Student Union Minority

Arts Committee was held the week of

February 22-28.

The festival opened with a Soul

Food Dinner? held Sunday, February

22 at the Ledonia S. Wright Cultural

Center.

Clarence Morgan, a member of the

School of Art faculty presented an il-

lustrated lecture on The Plight of the

Black Artists? on February 23 at 8:00.

The film A Man Called Adam was

shown Tuesday evening. The audi-

ence enjoyed the film about a jazz mu-

sician who finds himself unable to

cope with the problems of everyday

life.

A musical production A History of

Music In The Black Church,? was on

Friday eveningTs agenda. The ECU

Gospel Ensemble was featured in the

production.

The festival concluded Saturday

evening February 28 with a dance in

Wright Auditorium. The Third Gen-

eration Band was the featured enter-

tainment for the evening.

One of the highlights at the Coffee-

house was the appearance of Philadel-

phian Perry Leopold. Accompanying

himself on the guitar, he sang a deli-

cate brand of folk. |

The packed house was very appre-

ciative of LeopoldTs exceptional guitar

work and unique folk tunes.

The Coffeehouse Committee, in ad-

dition to bringing evening entertain-

ment, also presented Shorttakes,?

films of one-half hour or less at lunch

for interested students or faculty.

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Cheap Thrills...

All committees of the Student

Union combined their efforts into one

big production of fun and excitement

on April 9 in the annual spring event,

Barefoot on the Mall.

Local crafts people and food ven-

dors were on hand to sell all types of

craft items and refreshments.

Riders in the Sky, one of the best

known of the new wave of western

bands, appeared on the mall to enter-

tain during the afternoon.

Edmonds and Curley emceed the

event with their unique comedy. The

team has become the number one

comedy act in college appearances

during the past eight years.

Chicago City Limits is a Chicago

based comedy/improvisation group

that entertained the audience with

such amusing tasteless sketches as a

tribute to Three Mile Island, called the

Radiation Polks.?

Kate Bentley and Jacqueline Wil-

dau, better known as Mainly Mime?

made a return appearance for Barefoot

on the Mall.

The day was successful even

though inclement weather forced

some of the activities during the after-

noon to be moved to Wright Audito-

rium.

The Student Union Travel Commit-

tee sponsored the annual Big Apple

Trip? over the Thanksgiving holi-

days. The group of 160 traveled to

New York City on November 26.

They stayed at the Piccadilly Hotel on

45 Street West on Broadway. The

group enjoyed countless attractions

including the MacyTs Thanksgiving

Day parade.

The SU Travel Committee also

sponsored a trip to Myrtle Beach dur-

ing Easter vacation. The group stayed

three days and nights at the Holiday

Inn-Downtown.

The volunteer efforts of over 80 stu-

dents went into the individual com-

mittee programming during the year.

They were responsible for providing a

balanced program of social, recrea-

tional and cultural activities.

Left: Jimmie J.J.? Walker proved to be an en-

tertaining comedian during his November 18

performance at Hendrix Theatre. Right: Partici-

pants in the Jewish Arts Festival enjoy over 20

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| The staff at Mendenhall Student Bressler and Menahem Pressler. students, faculty and staff. The final

| Center strived to provide entertain- Bressler, an oratorio tenor, and three performances were dinner per-

| ment for people of all ages and inter- Pressler, a concert pianist, gave the formances open to everyone.

ests. They created new programs and East Carolina audience an evening of Travis Lockhart of the Drama De-

improved on old ones to better their unsurpassed entertainment. partment directed the play written by

services. Bressler, who is on the faculty of Jean-Baptiste Moliere. The show fea-

The two new programs that began the Mannes School of Music and also tures a drunken peasant who poses as

in the fall were Bingo/Ice Cream Par- a member of the New York Chamber a doctor in the home of a wealthy fam-

ties and Family Fun Day. The Bin- Soloists, has attained world-wide rec- ily. He convinces everyone of his ve-

go/Ice Cream Parties were held once a ognition as one of the leading tenors. racity and pretends he will cure the

month for students, faculty and staff. Pressler is a professor at the Uni- daughter of muteness. In the course of

Prizes were awarded to winners and versity of Indiana. Since his debut in the confusion, a pair of young lovers

there was Baskin-Robbins ice cream 1948, he has appeared with almost ev- are united, and everyone eventually

for everyone. ery major orchestra in the western lives happily ever after.

Family Fun Day was held one Sat- world. Dinner and dessert was catered by

urday each month. Various activities The union of Bressler and Pressler

for all members of the family were provided an evening of enjoyment

held between 12 noon and 3. Some of and musical satisfaction. j Above and Inset:Students and faculty enjoy the

the activities included movies, bowl- MSC presented the ECU Depart- Watermelon Feast on the lawn in front of Men-

ing, billiards, and table tennis at a ment of DramaTs production of The denhall. The feasts, held on Mondays at 12:00,

one-third discount. Doctor In Spite of Himself? October J jam 2 cope with a light lunch or

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tober 16 with the masterful combina- The first three nights were special guests.

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the ECU School of Home Economics.

Mendenhall presented its Travel-

Adventure Film Series in addition to

the Student UnionTs Friday and Satur-

day night presentations of popular

films.

The series opened on November 13

with Dewitt JonesT presentation of his

award winning film, The New Eng-

land of Robert Frost.? The film com-

bined FrostTs poetry with the lives of

other present New England residents.

Because of the popularity of the

Madrigal Dinners, tickets were sold

out by mid-October. These dinners

were held every night December 2-6

in Mendenhall Student Center.

MSC sponsored the Madrigal Din-

ners to open the Christmas season in

traditional English fashion. The din-

ners were modeled after an Elizabe-

than feast in a country manor house.

The Lord and Lady of the Manor pre-

sided over the entire feast. Jim and

Franceine Rees, dressed in luxurious

period costumes of velvet and lace,

served as the Lord and Lady of the

Manor.

Entertainment was provided by ma-

gicians, tumblers, poets and musi-

cians. The Madrigal Singers high-

lighted the evening, resplendent in

their beautiful costumes, sang tradi-

tional madrigals and Christmas selec-

tions. They also performed traditional

Elizabethan dances.

Dinner was served by costumed

waiters and waitresses. Wassail and

roast beef with all the trimmings pro-

vided a delicious meal to complement

the exciting entertainment.

Germany was the subject of Ken

RichterTs film, presented by MSC in

the Travel-Adventure Series on Janu-

ary 20. Richter, who had traveled and

filmed extensively in Germany,

brought a special insight and a warm

affection for the beautiful country.

The series continued on February

12 when Jens Bjerre returned to cam-

pus with his film China " After

Mao.? The film explored and ex-

plained the many drastic changes

which took place in China after the

death of Mao Tse Tung; changes

which deeply affected every individ-

ual with new freedom in education,

science, art and economics.

Thayer Sould presented his film

Spain? on March 26.

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Menahem Bressler, right, a concert pianist, ac-

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March 30-April 4 to present the

Broadway production And Miss

Reardon Drinks A Little? in Menden-

hall Auditorium.

The play probes the relationship of

three sisters whose lives have reached

a point of crisis. Having two sisters,

the first with a drinking problem and

the second who is going crazy, led to

embarrassment for the third sister.

The twisting plot provided many fun-

ny moments.

Steve Finnan directed the play writ-

ten by Paul Zinder.

The School of Home Economics

once again catered the three dinner

and three dessert performances.

The Travel-Adventure Film Series

concluded April 8 when John Roberts

presented his film Puerto Rico.? The

film presented a detailed look at both

the land and the people.

During the summer sessions, MSC

sponsored the ever-popular Water-

melon Feasts and Bingo/Ice Cream

parties. The Bingo/Ice Cream parties

were once again held in Mendenhall.

The Watermelon Feasts were held

on the lawn by the Mendenhall Snack

Bar at 12:00 noon on several Mondays

during the two summer sessions.

Right: MSC Dinner Theatre presented And

Miss Beardon Drinks A Little?, a light-hearted

comedy on March 30-April 4. Below: The Doc-

tor In Spite Of Himself,?? a MSC Dinner The-

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After a financially

disastrous year, the

Student UnionTs Major

Attractions Committee

bounced back and had a

year that was completely

The Student UnionTs Major Attrac-

tions Committee returned in full force

after a financially disastrous year. The

Jimmy Buffett and Cheap Trick con-

certs were both complete sell-outs.

During the 1979-80 school year, the

Major Attractions Committee sched-

uled artists that were either unappeal-

ing to students or the timing of the

concert was not good. The Committee

lost over $28,000 during the year,

which not only wiped out a backup

fund of $25,000 but also cost the Stu-

dent Union $3,900 of student fees

from its general fund.

Major concert attractions once

again appeared at East Carolina with

the February 21 appearance of Jimmy

Buffett.

The Buffett concert was the first ef-

fort of the 1980-81 year after the fi-

nancial disasters of the previous year.

All tickets were sold by 5:00 Saturday,

sending hundreds from as far away as

Greensboro home without seeing the

concert.

Buffett was promoting his new al-

bum, Coconut Telegraph? and the

crowd at Minges was very apprecia-

tive. He blended the new selections

with a collection of hits from many of

his older albums.

The crowd that came to hear Buffett

Right: Cheap TrickTs guitarist, Rick Nielson,

entertained a screaming crowd in Minges by

throwing guitar pick after guitar pick into the

audience. The band played to a capacity crowd.

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was as unique as the performer him-

self. The Major Attractions Commit-

tee tried to select an artist who would

appeal to the widest possible audience

and they found Buffett to be an excel-

lent choice.

Reviewers have tried repeatively to

classify BuffettTs music as country,

progressive, rock, or folk but with

each new song he seems to attract a

new label.

Holding a degree in journalism

from Auburn and the University of

Southern Mississippi, Buffett says, I

try not to let my education get in the

way of my writing.?

Buffett walked on stage promptly at

8:00 " opening with Coconut Tele-

graph,? the title track of his newly

released album.

Buffett kept the audience enter-

tained all evening with his unique hu-

mor and melodic ballads.

Fresh from sold-out appearances at

Radio City Music Hall and the Boston

Garden, Cheap Trick made its only

North Carolina appearance of the year

April 4 in Minges Coliseum.

Cheap Trick gained mass appeal

with hits like Surrender,? AinTt

That a Shame,? and I Want You To

Want Me.?

UFO opened for Cheap Trick with a

50-minute set. The group members

gave an uninspired performance, as

one song was virtually indistinguish-

able from another. ;

Cheap Trick opened its hour-and-

fifteen minute set with a winsome

ballad, Stop This Game,? and moved

into I Want You To Want Me,? a

number that had the crowd of more

than 6,000 on their feet and screaming

for more.

The group featured songs that were

familiar to the crowd, keeping atten-

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tion at a constant high. However, they

did perform some lesser known tunes

from their new album All Shook

Up.

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people in the first few rows screaming

by throwing guitar pick after guitar

pick into the audience.

However, it was the vocals of Robin

Zanden that proved to be the concertTs

highlight. His singing was particular-

ly impressive on the melodic Surren-

der? and TAinTt That a Shame.? Zan-

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cert on his latest album, Coconut Telegraph

denTs voice and the bandTs rousing

style was reminiscent of the music of

the late 50Ts.

The peak of the bandTs charismatic

performance was Surrender,? one of

its biggest successes.

The encore version of Day Trip-

per? followed, a song that paid tribute

to the Beatles, the group from which

Cheap Trick derives many of its roots.

Cheap TrickTs outstanding perfor-

mance in Minges proved to many

ECU students that Cheap Trick is not

just another new? Beatles, but rather

a group with a unique style and po-

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Homecoming 1980

FREE SPIRIT

It was hard to be enthusiastic dur-

ing East CarolinaTs 1980 homecoming

game. MenTs three piece suits were

soaked and the three dollar mums

worn by their dates were battered by

the October rains. Despite the threat-

ening weather conditions that preced-

ed the game, over 20,000 fans came to

watch the Pirates beat the Western

Carolina Catamounts. But the enthu-

siasm for the sport of football dwin-

dled as the rains poured and most of

the crowd left Minges before half-

time. Only the players, coaches, and a

few loyal fans remained to see the fi-

nal 24-14 score.

The week long Homecoming fes-

tivities began on Monday, October 13.

Contests for banners, dorm and house

decorations were announced. Free

Spirit? was the overall theme of the

week and dorm residents, as well as

sorority and fraternity members

worked hard on banners, house deco-

rations and parade floats. That even-

ing the Student Union presented

Nantucket along with Doc Holliday

and the Dalton Boys to get the week

Left: During the halftime activities, SGA presi-

dent Charlie Sherrod crowned Ann Yeager

Homecoming Pirate 1980. Yeager, an Alpha

Delta Pi, represented the Intra-Fraternity Coun-

cil in the competition. Below: During home-

off to a festive start.

Throughout the week, the various

women selected to represent their

dorm, sorority or fraternity had their

portraits on display at the Student

Supply Store. Each 8 x 10 glossy was

to be carefully observed and it was left

in the hands of the student body to

select the 1980 Homecoming Pirate.

On October 16 the International

Language Organization sponsored

Oktoberfest at the International

House. Approximately 400 people

were entertained by the Schmutzigs, a

band from the School of Music. Beer

and bratwurst were served, and to end

the evening the Country and Folk

Dancing Club taught and performed a

variety of German dances.

With humidity heavy and rain

threatening to pour over Greenville,

the traditional Homecoming parade

filed down Fifth Street early Saturday

morning. The Marching Pirates along

with several high school bands pro-

vided musical entertainment while

clowns handed children candy and

beauty queens atop colorful floats

coming week several fraternities and sororities

decorated their houses for the weekendTs fes-

tivities. The Alpha Delta Pi sisters won the

contest with the theme ~Pirate Spirit in the

~80s.

waved to the crowd.

Sigma NuTs float Free Spirit? cap-

tured first place in the float competi-

tion with the Alpha Phi sorority win-

ning second with a float bearing the

slogan Catamounts we donTt need

nine lives--we'Tve got Pirate Spirit.?

The rain that fell during half-time

didnTt discourage the Marching Pi-

rates who gave an outstanding perfor-

mance. By the time the band finished

their last song, the majorettes left the

field with mudded calves and the flags

of the colorguard sagged wet.

Ann Yeager, representing the Inter-

Fraternity Council was crowned

Homecoming Pirate by Charlie Sher-

rod, SGA President. The crowning

ceremony was followed by three for-

mer sports stars being inducted into

ECUTs Sports Hall of Fame. Those

honored were Cecil A. Heath, a base-

ball and basketball standout during

the fifties, and Carlester Crumpler

and Danny Kepley, star football play-

ers during the early seventies. The

three were inducted for their out-

standing athletic contributions to East

Carolina sports.

The ceremonies ended with the an-

nouncement of Alpha Delta Pi as the

winners of the sorority and fraternity

house decorating contest. Their entry

was entitled ~Pirate Spirit in the 80Ts.?

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The Datin

After that first date, I knew I had to

drop him. What could one expect after

being dragged onto the dance floor of

the Jolly Roger and informed that we

were to dance to our song? I didnTt

even know that we were an our, and

when Barbara Streisand crooned her

hit song Woman In Love,? I decided

that this woman was definitely not in

love. Back at the table he didnTt even

pick up the hint when I threw myself

to the floor in search of an earring to

dodge his kiss.

As the evening went on, I realized

the extremes I'd have to go to to get rid

of this guy. John,? I said, trying to

sound casual. I want to go out with

several people. ITm not ready to seri-

ously date anyone yet. I donTt want to

see you anymore.? | thought I had

made my point. His eyes glazed over

and he stared at me with a confused

look.Hey,? he said seriously,?I donTt

live that far from your home town.

Why donTt I drive down, and we can

spend all of the Christmas holidays

together?? I just sat there, stared at

my beer, and contemplated suicide.

Right: This couple enjoyed the spring weather

after the winter months had provided for little

outdoor activity. Below: The university mall

Perhaps not all evenings wind up

like this for most of East CarolinaTs

students, but certainly with all the

differing viewpoints on dating, and

sexual intimacy, conflicting moments

do occur. Though previous studies

have focused on the types of dates,

desired characterists of dating part-

ners and premarital sexual behaviors,

a study done by Dr. David Knox and

Kenneth Wilson, professor and assis-

tant professor, respectively, in the

ECU Department of Sociology fo-

cused on other aspects of dating. In

addition to how students meet, we

were concerned about where they go,

what they talk about, and how much

sex they expect how soon, or how late,

in their dating experiences,? com-

mented Dr. Knox. The students were

also asked about their parentsT in-

volvement in their dating relation-

ships and what they felt about such

involvement.

Though many students mentioned

parties, classes and work as ways of

meeting their dates, 33 percent re-

vealed that friends had introduced

dents enjoyed the music of several area groups

during the Battle of the Bands. SRA sponsored

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them to most of their dating partners.

IT usually go downtown with one of

my friends and heTll introduce me to a

friend of his or a girl whoTs in one of

his classes or is a little sister for his

fraternity. After asking her to dance

and talking with her all evening, if I

enjoyed myself, ITll ask for her phone

number. I usually call her later in the

week and ask her out,? said Charles

Foster, a junior business major.

Typically, a date for ECU students

includes dinner, attending a football

game (the survey was taken during

football season), going to a party and

then returning to either personTs

room. Going downtown dancing or to

one of the bars was rarely mentioned

as a dating behavior. For those stu-

dents not able to afford an extended

evening, dinner out and then return-

ing to the dorm room or apartment

seemed to be the favored activity.

The students were asked questions

regarding their opinions on kissing,

petting and intercourse. ECU students

seemed to regard kissing favorably,

and 14 percent of both sexes felt that

no dates were necessary for kissing to

occur.

While half of the women and 70

percent of the men felt kissing should

occur on the first date, only three per-

cent of the women felt that kissing

was appropriate only after the fourth

date.

Gracie Wells, a senior political sci-

ence major who agreed with the re-

sults, commented, Kissing is a way

in which we show our affection for

one another. The art of kissing is as

unique as we are individuals and I see

no harm in kissing someone I have

just met.?

I feel petting should take place

after two individuals have gotten to

know each other and feel comfortable

with each otherTs ideals and morals,?

said Ken McLawhorn, a sophomore

from Durham, NC. Most students

showed more concern that petting

(hands anywhere) be delayed. Women

were more inclined to agree with this

position and almost three-fourths of

them felt it should be delayed until

after the fourth date. Thirty-one per-

cent of the men, on the other hand,

felt that petting was appropriate on or

before the first date.

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relationship. Referring to the high

percentage of students that felt inter-

course was inappropriate within the

first few dates, Brigid Findly, a junior

from Fayetteville, said, I feel that it is

too soon of a time for intercourse to

take place. I donTt think you really

know a person that well in such a

short time. Emotionally speaking, |

think itTs still probable infatuation.?

Sixty-nine percent of ECUTs women

and fifty-two percent of the men felt

that six or more dates should occur

before intercourse takes place. And

while 14 percent of the women felt

that intercourse was appropriate on or

before the third date, 36 percent of the

men felt that way, making it evident

that many men desire sexual inter-

course sooner.

When it came time to expressing

the desire for sexual intimacy, the ma-

jority of the students felt that open-

ness about sexual desires and expecta-

tions was very important. I get the

issue up front,? said one student. I

simply say that I want to make love.?

But not all students use as open an

approach and many reported using

tactics such as creating an atmo-

sphere? (music, candles, etc.), ex-

pressing love,? moving closer to? or

hinting? to let their dates know they

were ready for a higher degree of sex-

ual intimacy. Women were less direct

than men in expressing these desires

and the majority favored the latter two

approaches rather than direct commu-

nication.

The students used directness in dis-

couraging sexual intimacy. A simply

stated no? was the way one-third of

the men and half of the women

stopped behavior they viewed as inap-

propriate. Many students simply ig-

nored the advances or kept their dis-

tance when they became uncomfort-

able with the situation at hand.

The study explored the influence

parents have on their childrensT dat-

ing habits. Though American parents

tend to play less of a role than in

countries were mate selection occurs,

the study revealed that there is a great

amount of parental influence in this

country as well.

Parents seemed to be more con-

Right: Attending baseball games was a popular

and inexpensive evening for couples on a limit-

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Left: Students found the benches in front of

Spilman Building to be a casual meeting place

for old friends and new acquaintances. Below:

Because of the crowded conditions in the

dorms, couples often met on the mall, at the

gazebo or the intramural field at the bottom of

College Hill.

cerned with the dating behavior of

their daughters, and 60 percent of the

respondents revealed that this was

evident in their families. Though the

men felt positively about their par-

entsT involvement in their dating rela-

tionships, women were more likely to

date the kinds of people their parents

would approve of.

Students noted that their parents

were extremely concerned that they

date the right kind of person with the

right kind of background.

Though a small percentage of the

students regarded their parentsT at-

tempted influence negatively, 75 per-

cent of those polled encouraged par-

ental involvement and regarded it fa-

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With renovations of the Drama Department and McGinnis Auditorium stil] underway, aS

productions this year were staged in the confining and less than adequate Fletcher -

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the ECU Playhouse gave inspiring

young actors and actresses their

chance to step up on the ladder to

success. Although the Drama Depart-

ment experienced problems with

limited facilities because of the con-

tinued renovations of McGinnis

Auditorium, four productions were

presented for the T80-T81 season. The

Department had to stage these pro-

ductions in various other theatres

across campus. Dames at Sea, a de-

lightful musical comedy, was per-

formed at Fletcher Music Center with

complaints of too small of a stage for

a musical, no wing space, and the or-

chestra had to sit in front of the audi-

ence because there was no orchestra

pit.? Streamers and Getting Out were

performed in the Studio Theatre. The

main problem in this theatre affected

the audience, who had to sit in tightly

cramped, hard metal seats in tropical

temperatures. Julius Caesar was pre-

sented in MendenhallTs Hendrix The-

atre. In this theatre, the cast of 30 ac-

tors and several technicians were

cramped backstage with practically no

wing space and extremely small dress-

ing rooms.

The first production of the season,

Dames at Sea, directed by Edgar Loes-

sin and choreographed by Paula John-

son, was presented October 9-15.

When this thirties musical comedy

first opened in New York it received

the Outer Circle Critics Award as Best

Musical of the Year.

Left: Mona Kent and Captain Hennesy meet on

the shipTs deck for a romatic interlude in Dames

at Sea. Right: Arlene, played by Allison

Thompson, attempts to adjust to a normal life

after her release from prison, but is constantly

haunted by her younger teenage self, Arlie,

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York during the 1930's and is about a

Hometown, U.S.A. girl, played by Sal-

ly Clodfelter, who has come to make it

big on Broadway. She meets a Home-

town boy, now a sailor, with desires to

become a songwriter. The Hometown

boy was played by Barry Ambrose.

The show opens featuring the leading

lady, Mona, played by Lillian Ruth

Norris, in a delightful musical num-

ber called Wall Street?. Accompany-

ing her in an energetic dance routine

to this number was a chorus of four

male dancers. The Hometown girl

gets her career start in a chorus of the

Same show in which Mona is the fe-

male star. Mona soon begins making

advances to the sailor, thus making

waves for the innocent Hometown

couple.

In the traditional Hollywood fash-

ion, the songwriter-sailor saves the

show from being a flop with a smash

tune called ITm a Star TarT, and the

Hometown girl achieves stardom by

singing this song on a battleshipTs

deck which is just passing by for the

occasion. All is not lost for Mona

though, who falls for the Captain of

the ship, Hennesy, portrayed by Mar-

ion White. The cast of 14 student ac-

tor/singer/dancers presented 16

musical numbers featuring outstand-

ing tap dance routines.

Streamers was presented November

17-22, 24-25. This serious drama, di-

rected by Cedric Winchell, shows the

consequences of the average young

American male, thrown into a con-

scriptive military situation in which

individual worth is totally ignored.

The main issue within the play con-

cerns the internal conflicts of five

draftees " their failure to live up to

an image of heroism and their inabil-

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issues are race, impersonality, homo-

sexuality, and brutality.

The scene of the drama takes place

in a barracks shared by three of the

draftees " Roger, Richie, and Billy.

Roger, a bebopping black boy, was

played by Keith Guillory. Richie, a

homosexual who touches everyone on

the shoulder, was played by Donald

Wagoner. Scott Rodger portrayed Bil-

ly, a young intellectual tortured by his

identity. The other two draftees in the

play were Martin, the suicidal soldier

bent on getting himself out of the

Army, played by Eric Tilley, and Car-

lyle, a young black man played by

Gregory Smith, who in a frenzy at the

end of the play murders Billy and a

sergeant. Streamers, written by Dave

Rabe, won the 1976 New York Drama

Critics Award for the best American

play of the year.

Getting Out, presented on February

18-21, 23-25, was acclaimed as the best

new play of 1978 by the American

Theatre Critics association. The play,

directed by Cedric Winchell, concerns

a young woman who is struggling to

release herself from her own violent

self-destructive behavior and from the

cruel happenings of the world around

her. This character is seen simulta-

neously at two points in her life,

played by two different actresses. Ar-

lie, portrayed by Paige Weaver, is the

savage, brutalized teenager in prison

and Arlene, played by Allison

Thompson, is her older self, recently

released from prison and trying to ad-

just to life on the outside.

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returning to her apartment from being released

from prison. Right: Roger returns to his bar-

racks to find the murdered bodies of Billy and

sergeant in Streamers.

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the main character are also expressed

in the set for the play. ArleneTs drab,

sparsely furnished apartment is sur-

rounded by the prison which holds

Arlie. The playTs climax occurs in a

shocking scene in which Arlene con-

fronts a neighbor and ex-con, Ruby,

played by Karen Gunther. She tells

Ruby how she began on the rocky

road to rehabilitation in a fit of reli-

gious and emotional hysteria, trying

to exorcise the demon Arlie out of her

by repeatedly stabbing herself with a

fork.

On April 7, 9, 10, and 11, the ECU

Playhouse presented a unique inter-

pretation of Julius Caesar. The pro-

duction retained its original language,

| but was performed in modern dress

| with the use of special techniques

| such as motion picture film, recorded

| music, and bold lighting effects. Un-

der the skillful direction of Edgar

Loessin, a new meaning was infused

into ShakespeareTs play.

Julius Caesar is concerned with am-

bition, power, and the rise and fall of

demagogues in ancient Rome. The

play shows what happens when a per-

sonal judgement tries to move exclu-

sively on a political plane, where is-

sues are simplified and distorted. The

point is clearly made how men allow

themselves to be taken by illusion and

how they construct for themselves a

world in which they inevitably come

disaster.

Left: Mark Antony, portrayed by John Foulke,

delivers the famous speech at CaesarTs burial.

Above Center: CaesarTs murderers gaze upon

his body after his brutal death. Above Right:

Although Calprunia was forewarned of Cae-

sarTs death in a dream, she was unsuccessful in

7 | her attempt to prevent him from attending the

Senate meeting. Below right: An old friend of

ArleneTs, Carl, attempts to convince her to come Gurley

back to work for him as a prostitute.

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performance in the role of Julius Cae-

sar. Mark Antony was portrayed by

John Foulke. Gary Carter played the

part of Cassius and Bill Roberson ap-

peared as Brutus. The only two major

women characters in the play were

Calpurnia, CaesarTs wife and Portia,

BrutusT wife, played by Patricia Peters

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son and John Robbins, return to the barracks

after a night on the town drinking. Center left:

Richie, played by Don Wagoner, meets Carlyle,

played by Gregory Smith, for the first time in

Streamers. Below: Dames at Sea is a musical

comedy about two small-town people making

their way to the top. Pictured here is the cast.

Kneeling: Robbie Lemmons, Cindy Williams,

Mary Perdue, and Scott Rodgers. Standing:

Lynne Barnhardt, Mike Whetzel, Barry Am-

brose, Lillian Norris, Eric van Baars, Mike

Summers, and Nora Parker. On Jadder: Marion

White, Rene DuLaney, and Sally Clodfelter.

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The eight bars located in downtown Greenville offered the

biggest diversion for an otherwise rountine existence. Some

students went for the beer, others for dancing, still others went

for the chance to meet someone of the opposite sex. Whatever

the reason, ECU students found the most popular place to be

NTOWN

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Every night they head downtown: ECU students motivated by the same

things " the need to escape for a time the tedium and monotony of

university life, to forget about term papers and tests and professors, to just

plain cut loose and have fun. At night, there is something in the air in

downtown Greenville, a sense of expectancy, a feeling that something is

about to happen. It is hard to describe exactly " it is almost ineffable "

and yet you get the same feeling in almost any town. It has something to do

with sex, because if you ask most students why they go downtown, they

will tell you they go to meet the opposite sex. Call that the sense of

expectancy. And it has something to do with the bars, which like most bars

that cater predominantly to college students, are short on decora nd fur-

nishings, and long on ambiance; they are meant to be crowded with

students, just packed to the walls, and vibrating with noise " a noise that

is peculiar to such bars, a steady hum of rowdy conversation against a

background of very loud music. There is something electric in these bars, a

lot of energy floats in the air, a kind of unrestrained exuberance that comes

from a bunch of college students jammed together in a small space, drink-

ing beer, laughing, dancing, trying to pick up a date. These bars smell of

stale beer and old cigarette smoke. There are always bouncers lurking

around; they watch the students with bored eyes. You get that many

students together with that much beer " well, that is what I mean about

something happening. You never know. People get hilarious. People get

drunk. People get crazy. If they didnTt, if they couldnTt, they would be

back in the dorm watching television or studying.

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Downtown

by Paul Collins

By day itTs rather drab and ordi-

nary.

Populated by businessmen in three-

piece suits and old ladies with shop-

ping bags, downtown Greenville is by

day like any other sleepy Southern

town. ThereTs a bum here and a wino

there for effect, but still, itTs rather

drab.

As night approaches, however,

downtown Greenville undergoes a

chameleon-like change that trans-

forms it, seemingly, into another

world.

By night downtown is the exclusive

domain of college students.

They come in all shapes and sizes,

of all descriptions, headed for night

spots ranging from the rock and roll

of the Attic to the alligators and add-

a-beads of the Chapter X. Some come

to dance or listen to music, others to

get as drunk as humanly possible,

still more to find sex " or love " all

seeking pleasure.

The phrase going downtown? is

much more than a physical act; itTs a

state of mind, for some itTs even a way

of life.

What'd you do this weekend.?

T went downtown and got ripped.?

LetTs go downtown.?

During 1980 ECU students spent

more than $28 million in the city of

Greenville, according to a study con-

ducted by the department of Geogra-

phy and Planning. Of that amount, a

hefty $6.5 million was spent on enter-

tainment, much of it at downtown

nightspots.

Entertaining students is big busi-

ness in downtown Greenville. Six

clubs " the Attic, Chapter X, the Elbo

Room, JJTs the Jolly Roger and Pan-

tana BobTs " cater primarily to stu-

dents and depend on them for their

livelihood.

We depend very heavily on stu-

dents,? said the proprietor of one

downtown club. We wouldnTt make

it without them.?

The Attic is downtownTs most well-

known night spot. It bills itself as

North CarolinaTs number one and the

Left: In compliance with ECU tradition, stu-

dents dressed in costumes for Halloween. For

those going downtown, the costume could not

cover the face for identification purposes.

Above: Papa Katz, located on River Blutf Road,

was a welcome alternative to downtown for

many students. The lighted tunnel at the en-

trance was part of Pap KatzTs unique decor.

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SouthTs number six rock night club?

and brings in bands from around the

country. In the past year, the Attic

featured such acts as LouisianaTs LeR-

you know the crowdTll be wild.?

If the Attic sells music and atmo-

sphere then the Elbo Room sells, well,

Sex.

The Elbo has gained its reputation

by sponsoring such attractions as wet

cluded best male chest and legs con-

tests. The men too had their share,

with wet t-shirt and best buns con-

tests.

For those who sought a change of

pace, two clubs outside downtown

oux, MotherTs Finest, Nantucket, t-shirt contests, mud wrestling and Greenville offered an alternative. Papa

Robin Lane and the Chartbusters and- the Peter Adonis Traveling Fantasy Katz, located outside of town of River

in the yearTs biggest show " the Show. Bluff Road, became GreenvilleTs Elbo

Pointer Sisters.

Not all the bands that played the

Attic were so well-known or popular;

atmosphere seemed to play a large

part in the AtticTs appeal. And itTs the

crowd that provides the atmosphere.

ItTs a wild place to go,? said Scott

Burnette, a sophomore accounting

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limited to women.

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Kit Kimberly, a junior English major,

said of the shows. ItTs all done in

good taste and fun.?

Other attractions designed especial-

ly to appeal to female audiences in-

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Below: Students wait outside the Elbo Room on

Halloween night. The downtown bars reported

capacity crowds for the entire evening. Right:

Students enjoyed the reduced prices on beer

during the Elbo RoomTs Happy Hour held every

Friday afternoon. Even though other bars in

town had happy hours, the Elbo Room seemed

to be the favorite for most students.

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room during the year. It attracted a large mid-week audience. Bot-

tom: The Pom Pom Girls held a Best Buns Contest at the Elbo Room

during the fall. Several campus organizations held fund raisers at

downtown bars during the year.

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ladies night was the? place to be in

Greenville on Wednesday nights.

Papa KatzTs attraction for students did

not seem to lie so much in any unique

qualities but rather in the fact that it

was some place different to go. It

seems a lot like the Elbo Room to me,?

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said one customer, but itTs a nice

change of pace.?

For a change of pace, there was no

need to look any further than the

Carolina Opry House. For the regu-

lar night-club goers itTs an experience

like no other,? William Yelverton, an

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everybody thereTs a redneck.?

During the year, the Opry House

featured such big-name stars as Hank

Williams, Jr., Alabama and Mike

Cross. But the COHTs main attraction,

without doubt, was its mechanical

bull, popularized in the movie Urban

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Cowboy. The bull took on all comers

and won more than it lost. ItTs hell,?

Yelverton said. That's all I can say.

ItTs hell. But they keep on trying to

ride it.?

Just like they keep on going down-

town.

Below: The Pointer Sisters appearance at the

Attic was sold-out long before their February

performance. The ladies thrilled the audience

with several selections including Fire? and

~HeTs So ShyT. Upper left: The Peter Adonis

Show made several appearances at the Elbo

Room for all-female audiences. Lower left: The

Elbo Room was the site for a Homecoming pep

rally sponsored by the ECU cheerleaders.

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East Wins In Republican Landslide

In the wake of Ronald ReaganTs

landslide defeat of President Jimmy

Carter it was no surprise that he car-

ried several Senatorial candidates with

him. Yet few suspected that election

eve would bring the whole scale mas-

sacre of Democratic senators that was

apparent the next morning.

John EastTs surprise victory over

Democratic incumbent Robert Mor-

gan followed this national trend and

gave North Carolina two Republicans

in the U.S. Senate. Further, EastTs vic-

tory, which came only as the final

votes were counted, guaranteed a Re-

publican majority in that body for the

first time in 30 years.

During the campaign the contest

was Close, but predictions were giving

Morgan a slight edge. However, in the

final tally it was East who won the

election.

East, an East Carolina University

political science professor, overcame

many obstacles in his quest for the

Senate. For the most part, he was un-

known in the state. He had run unsuc-

cessfully for Congress in 1966 and for

North Carolina Secretary of State two

years later.

Born in Illinois, East was not the

hometown? boy from North Caroli-

na. He was also a Republican ina state

where Democrats outnumber Repub-

licans three to one. In order to win, he

not only had to defeat Morgan but the

Democratic party as well. To stack the

odds even more, Morgan was backed

by the most powerful Democratic ma-

chine in the stateTs recent history.

During the early part of the election

night, it seemed as though Morgan

would pull off a narrow victory, but as

more precincts reported East gained a

slight edge.

Morgan ran strong in the stateTs

predominantly black precincts in the

East and the Piedmont. East drew

much of his support from the Repub-

lican precincts in the West and from

John East was one of several Republican Sena-

torial candidates who scored narrow victories

over more liberal Democratic incumbents. East

Defeated Senator Robert Morgan by 6700 votes.

He is shown here with his wife Sis and daugh-

ters Marty and Catherine awaiting results on

middle-class suburban precincts

across the state.

East, confined by a wheelchair, ran

a series of television advertisements

instead of a rigorous personal cam-

paign. His ads attacked MorganTs past

congressional record and labeled him

as a liberal who was out of touch with

North Carolinians.

East's campaign was coordinated by

the conservative Congressional Club,

the powerful political base founded

by North CarolinaTs senior senator

Jesse Helms.

Morgan traveled throughout the

state in the closing weeks of the cam-

paign. He accused East of distorting

his congressional record and called

EastTs supporters ultraconservative

John Birchers.?

Morgan and the Democrats also

made an issue of the funding of the

two campaigns. Morgan accused East

of trying to buy a Senate seat. East

raised $1 million while MorganTs fund

amounted to $640,000.

As the three major television net-

works prepared to go off the air early

Wednesday morning, two of them "

ABC and NBC " predicted that Mor-

gan had won. At 1 a.m. Morgan deliv-

ered a victory speech, but East refused

to concede the race until the final

votes had been counted.

At about 6 a.m., when 99 percent of

the votes had been tallied, East had

defied the predictions by a narrow

margin. East won by 6700 votes out of

the approximately 1.8 million cast in

one of the biggest political upsets in

the country.

EastTs victory was only one of many

that occurred in Senate races across

the country. In a spectacular Tuesday

Night Massacre? such noted long

time liberal Democratic senators as

George McGovern of South Dakota,

IndianaTs Birch Bayh, IdahoTs Frank

Church, WisconsinTs Gaylord Nelson,

WashingtonTs Warren Magnuson,

and John Culver of Iowa were all de-

feated by conservative Republican op-

ponents. The nationwide rejection of

Democratic incumbents gave the Re-

publicans control of the Senate for the

first time since 1952.

election night. Jordan

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and national events in a year that was occasionally

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Philies Claim Series Title

On the whole, ITd rather be in

Philadelphia,? asserted W.C. Fields on

his epitaph. That was easy for him to

say; he was not a baseball fan. No

team in the majors had as long or

luckless history as the Philadelphia

Phillies. Before the 1980 series, the

Quaker City had managed to reach the

World Series only twice. In their two

appearances they managed only one

game, dashing their hopes for a world

championship.

But in the 1980 World Series, the

Philadelphia Phillies had a sense of

magic. With the leadership of the Se-

mes Most Valuable Player Mike

Schmidt, the Phillies proved Philadel-

Phia could be a city of champions.

On the mound for Philadelphia in

game one was Bob Walk, a rookie who

only a year earlier was pumping gas in

Newhall, California, harboring few

dreams of glory. Walk was the first

rookie to start an opening Series game

since the DodgersT Joe Black faced the

Yankees in 1952.

The Kansas City fans who had trav-

eled to Philadelphia for the first game

roared during the second inning when

Amos Otis hit a two-run homer and

Willie Aikens hit another in the third.

But the Phillies had come from be-

hind in all three of their playoff

games, and they did it again against

the Royals. The Phillies rallied back

but at the top of the fourth the Royals

still had a 4-2 lead.

PhiladelphiaTs rally held through

the remainder of the game as they

made it a final 7-6 in the eighth.

A shudder of apprehension passed

through the Kansas City camp when

lt was learned that George Brett, the

electric presence in the RoyalTs lineup,

= suffering from hemorrhoids.

rett was in pain by the finish of the

Opening game, and he underwent

treatment as late as 4 a.m. on the day

of game two. But he played, cracking

Pi hits and drawing a walk before

imping off in the sixth inning.

The Phillies still had enough mo-

Uae from the first game to score a

~4 victory over the Royals.

The World Series moved to Kansas

City with the third game. BrettTs pain

had been alleviated, and the Royals

looked with hope toward the third

game after the teamTs poor showing at

Philadelphia.

The game see-sawed back and

fourth during the regular nine in-

nings and for the fifth time since the

regular season ended, the Phillies car-

ried a reluctant opponent into extra

innings. The Royals won in the 10th

on a hit by Aikens, 4-3.

The Royals revival continued into

game four as they tied the Series with

a 5-3 win over the Phillies.

Reporters and fans began asking

the Phillies questions about their two

losses. Phillie captain Mike Schmidt

recalled, Somebody asked me if weTd

run out of miracles. Everybody kept

talking about luck and miracles and

heart and character. But weTve got tal-

ent.?

They proved they had talent and a

little bit of luck to pull off a ninth-

inning victory. That miracle gave the

Phillies a 4-3 in in the fifth game and

the edge they so desperately needed

after consecutive defeats in Kansas

City. The Phillies now led three games

to two with the remainder of the

games to be played in the Quaker

City.

Returning to Philadelphia, Kansas

City faced Phillies ace Steve Carlton

in the sixth game. The Royals had

trouble until the eighth inning, when

they finally scored a run off Carlton.

But the Phillies pulled off a 4-3 victo-

ry in the end to officially win the 1980

World Series.

After the game the RoyalTs club-

house, normally lively, was silent and

forlorn. They had tasted the bitterest

of defeats.

But the Phillies had finally accom-

lished a victory for their hometown

of Philadelphia. More than 1 million

fans ina city of 1.5 million turned out

the next day for a victory parade and

rally. The crowd jubilantly joined in

as Tug McGraw led the long-awaited

chant: WeTre Number 1!?

Pitcher Tug McGraw celebrates as the Phillies

win their long sought World Series title before a

home crowd in Philadelphia.

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Casino Fire Ki

The fire that destroyed the MGM

Grand Hotel in Las Vegas began

shortly after 7 a.m. on November 28.

Within minutes the worldTs largest

gambling hall was engulfed in flames.

The fire raced through the ground

floor, destroying two 1,000 seat-show-

rooms, 40 shops and five restaurants.

Flames were shooting out the en-

trance,? said Theresa Ricky, the assis-

tant bell captain at CaesarTs Palace

who arrived at work across the street

at 7:30 a.m. Smoke was coming out of

every crack and crevice.?

By weekTs end the death toll had

reached 83, with 334 injured. The

MGM Grand Hotel fire became the

second worst in the U.S. history, sur-

passed only by the Winecoff Hotel di-

saster in Atlanta in 1946 which killed

279.

Early morning patrons fled the casi-

no, which stayed open 24 hours a day,

as the flames roared up through the

catwalk. The catwalk, called the eye

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in the sky,? was used by management

to monitor gambling.

Though the blaze never spread

above the second floor, it apparently

knocked out the telephone switch-

board and the fire alarm system. The

4,500 guests were left in their rooms

with no warning system. The guests

who were sleeping were awakened by

a stifling smoke. Keith Beverton of

Woodland Hills, California, said I

opened my hotel room door and peo-

ple were shouting, ~What should we

do?T. It was death, absolute death

there. I closed the door but the air in

my room was so thick I was having

trouble breathing.?

Guests searched for exits frantical-

ly. Some found the stairwells, only to

discover a thick smoke or locked

doors on the stairwell as a security

measure. Others never made it to the

stairs " they were trapped in smoke-

filled hallways.

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their rooms crowded onto the balco-

nies, screaming for help. Others on

the upper levels fled to the hotelTs

roof. Windows were shattered by peo-

ple seeking fresh air.

Firemen on rescue ladders were

only able to help people as high as the

ninth floor. Many firemen clammered

up stairwells to lead guests from high-

er floors down to safety. Helicopters

from nearby Nellis Air Force Base

made the most dramatic rescue. The

eleven choppers hovered over the

roof, letting down cables to lift hun-

dreds of guests.

Authorities tried to calm frantic

guests, some of whom were tying

sheets together and dangling them

from the windows. Policemen bel-

lowed DonTt jump! DonTt jump!?

through bullhorns. A_ helicopter

swooped around the hotel announc-

ing over a loud speaker in English and

Spanish that the fire was under con-

trol. One woman, who chose not to

heed the warnings, was killed when

she tried to climb down a bedsheet

rope from her 19th floor window. She

made it to the 17th floor and then fell.

The MGM Grand was built in 1973

at a cost of $106 million. The county

building codes, at that time, were met

by the contractors. The requirements

called for a sprinkler system to be in-

stalled in the basement, first and top

floors. No smoke detectors were in-

stalled in the guest rooms. A new code

was passed in 1979 which required

sprinklers on every floor and the use

of smoke detectors. Said one fire

fighter, More sprinklers would have

made all the difference in the world.?

The tragedy was made worse by the

fact that flames were able to destroy

the alarmTs control system before it

could go into action. In addition, open

stairwells funneled the smoke upward

like chimneys. Nevada Governor

Robert List called the hotel burned-

out devastation. It turns your stom-

ach.?

And he added, The repercussions

from this fire will be long-lasting.?

Smoke billows from the MGM Grand Hotel in

Las Vegas as firemen arrive at the scene. Eighty-

three people died and 334 were injured in the

early morning blaze.

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Lennon Slain In New York City

Former Beatle John Lennon was

slain December 8 as he returned with

his wife Yoko Ono from a recording

session to their home in the exclusive

Dakota Apartments on Manhattan's

Central Park West. Authorities appre-

hended Mark Chapman in front of

LennonTs apartment and charged him

with the murder. Police said Chapman

called out LennonTs name as the sing-

er emerged from his car about 11 p.m.

Then Chapman allegedly crouched

and fired five times.

T just shot John Lennon,? Chap-

man told a doorman, tossing his gun

aside as the wounded man lay bleed-

ing in the vestibule of the Dakota. He

reportedly stood by passively until

police arrived to arrest him.

Chief Medical Examiner Elliot

Gross said his autopsy of the slain

rock star showed Lennon was hit

with four bullets, two of which en-

tered the left back, passed through the

left chest, striking the left lung and

exited from the body.?

Judge Martin Rettinger placed

Chapman under a suicide watch in the

psychiatric ward of Bellevue Hospital

for 30 days of observation. The sus-

pect had attempted suicide on several

Occasions prior to his arrest.

Chapman, 25, had worked as a secu-

rity guard in Hawaii until October 23.

Joe Bustamente, ChapmanTs boss,

said, On the day he left, he signed

the log sheet John Lennon instead of

Mark Chapman. We didnTt notice un-

til today when we went back to

check.?

Friends of ChapmanTs described

him as a devout Beatles fan. After ar-

riving in New York, he reportedly

carried dozens of Beatles tapes and a

snub-nosed revolver during the three

days he spent outside LennonTs apart-

ment, apparently stalking the singer.

Fans are acommon sight around the

Dakota, the home of a number of ce-

lebrities, and his presence did not at-

tract any special attention.

The original charge of second-de-

gree murder was later changed to pre-

meditated murder. The assistant dis-

trict attorney had a ~very strong case?

against Chapman for the premeditat-

ed execution of John Lennon.?

Lennon had autographed an album

for Chapman hours before he was

Shot, and Chapman told an amateur

photographer waiting to get a picture

of Lennon, Nobody in Hawaii is go-

ing to believe me.?

In an interview on the day of his

death, Lennon characterized himself

and his generation as survivors, add-

ing, but we're still all here. Where

thereTs life thereTs hope.?

We were the hip ones of the ~60s,

but the world is not like the T60s,? he

said. ItTs a whole massive change,

and we're going into an unknown fu-

ture.?

Lennon, born in Liverpool, Eng-

land, organized the Beatles with Paul

McCartney, George Harrison, and

Ringo Starr, who joined later as drum-

mer. In 1961, they came to the atten-

to domestic duties while Yoko super-

vised business matters.

Finally, in August, 1980, the Len-

nons began making a new album,

Double Fantasy,? which was in the

national top 20 before LennonTs death.

As word of LennonTs death reached

the other Beatles, all were grieved.

Ringo Starr flew to New York to com-

fort Yoko. Harrison also flew in. Paul

McCartney, who wrote with Lennon

more hit songs than any other modern

composer, said, John was a great

man who will be sadly missed by the

world, but remembered for his unique

contribution to art.?

Hundreds of fans paid tribute,

crowded behind barricades outside

tion of Brian Epstein, who secured

them a recording contract, arranged

their conquest of England and Europe,

and in 1964, brought them to America.

The Beatles were the first popular

rock and roll band to write its own

music, to address an entire range of

serious subjects, and to adopt influ-

ences that ranged from Bob DylanTs

folk poetry to Indian classical music.

After the Beatles broke up in 1970,

Lennon, along with his wife Yoko

Ono, continued to make albums.

Imagine? (1971) and Mind Games?

(1973) were very successful solo ef-

forts.

In 1975, Lennon stopped making

records entirely in order to concen-

trate on raising the LennonsT five-

year-old son, Sean. In his own words,

John was a househusband,? tending

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John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono appear at a

peace rally in New York. The popular star was

gunned down four months after the release of

his first album in five years and only hours

after he autographed a copy of it for his killer

on the street where he died.

the Dakota.

In Washington, President Jimmy

Carter said he was distressed by the

senseless manner? of the slaying and

praised Lennon for his brash and

earnest? spirit that helped create the

music and mood of our time.?

President-elect Ronald Reagan, in

New York, called the murder a great

tragedy.? Mayor Edward Koch said,

Every death by violence is a trauma

to society. The death of someone of

John LennonTs stature intensifies this

trauma. We mourn his loss.?

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italian Quake Brings Massive Destruction

The earthquake that rocked Italy

November 23 began with a single vi-

cious convulsion from the tip of the

southern Mezzogiorno to the Alps. In

the beginning, the destruction seemed

manageable, but the awful magnitude

of the catastrophe slowly began to

emerge.

Dozens of small communities had

been leveled across 10,000 square

miles of rugged southern countryside.

Whole villages were entombed under

debris. Uncounted thousands were

buried in the remains of their homes,

cafes and churches. It took rescue

workers 48 hours or more to reach

many isolated hamlets due to bad

weather.

The workers unearthed battered

corpses with sickening regularity.

After only a few days work, the offi-

cial death toll was 3,000 " only a frac-

tion of the actual total. Even more

frightening was the realization of hu-

man failure: many who died of shock

and exposure might have lived if res-

cue workers could have reached them

earlier.

It was ItalyTs worst earthquake in 65

years. The first shock, which mea-

sured 6.8 on the Richter scale, hit in

the early evening as most of the coun-

try was sitting down to Sunday sup-

per. Thirty-three smaller tremors fol-

lowed during the night, ranging in

intensity from 3.5 to 4.5. From its epi-

center at Eboli, near Salerno, the

quake spread its destruction through

the regions of Campania and Basili-

cata, a rugged belt of countryside be-

tween the Apennines and the Tyrr-

henian Sea on the ankle of the Italian

boot.

Though it struck some major cities

along its path, the quake centered

with cruel concentration on impover-

ished rural villages. In all, 179 com-

munities suffered at least some dam-

age, and 310,000 people were left

homeless. |

Authorities seemed to be unpre-

pared for the disaster, even though the

area has a history of seismic activity.

There were no disaster contingency

plans and few resources for rapidly

deploying rescue teams to the moun-

tain hamlets. The necessary soldiers,

firemen, medical supplies and heavy

equipment had to be transported from

military bases hundreds of miles to

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the north.

Beyond question, there have been

serious official shortcomings,? said

President Sandro Pertini during a

grim and surprisingly outspoken ad-

dress on television. Those guilty of

these failures must be made to pay.?

PertiniTs remarks caused political

unrest in ItalyTs government. Interior

Minister Virginio Rognoni, under

heavy political fire over the botched

relief effort, abruptly tried to resign

from the month-old coalition cabinet

of Christian Democratic Prime Minis-

ter Arnaldo Forlani. Forlani rejected

the resignation and urged Rognoni to

stay on the job, arguing that the last

thing that was needed during the

earthquake emergency was political

controversy.

The Communists soon began fum-

ing against what they called the inex-

cusable lack of action by the authori-

ties.? Communist party chief Enrico

Berlinguer proposed the creation of a

new Communist-led coalition govern-

ment. The Christian Democrats, who

had ruled Italy for the past 30 years,

were clearly weakened by the relief

scandal. However, ForlaniTs cabinet

was hardly prepared to step aside.

The central government failed to

recognize the full extent of the catas-

trophe until more than 36 hours after

the first tremors. Early reports told of

scattered destructions in the cities: a

nine-story building collapsed in Na-

ples, killing 52 occupants, damage to

police headquarters in Salerno

claimed the lives of two officers, five

people died in Potenza. Terrified

southerners fled their homes looking

for safety in open spaces. Whole fam-

ilies were found sleeping in their cars

on local soccer fields, municipal parks

and service stations.

As. the rubble was gradually re-

moved, it became evident that the

worst damage had occurred in the

countryside. Most of the quakeTs vic-

tims died in the remote villages that

cling to the hilltops along narrow,

hard-to-reach valleys,? reported Time

magazineTs Erik Amfitheatrof after

touring the region in a helicopter.

Many were buried alive when the

close-packed walls of their houses

pushed each other down, one after the

other. There was no escape in the nar-

row, winding village streets.?

The reports from these outlying vil-

lages did not start filtering through

until the next morning because the

telephone lines were down. The news

was devastating. Sixty miles east of

Naples, for example, the village of

Conza della Campania lost 80 percent

of its 2,500 inhabitants. Only three

buildings were left intact in Laviano, a

hilltop hamlet, and a third of the 3,000

villagers were missing. Neighboring

Castelnuovo di Conza was completely

destroyed; authorities simply had no

idea how many people were buried in

its ruins.

The largest group of victims was

found in the rubble of the 15th cen-

tury Church of Santa Maria Assunta

at Balvano. Three hundred parishion-

ers, mostly mothers and children re-

ceiving instructions for their First

Communion, were attending evening

Mass when the marble floor began to

heave and the heavy candlesticks to

wobble on the main altar. As the terri-

fied group fled, the huge roof split in

two and collapsed, burying worship-

ers under a mountain of stone.

Pope John Paul toured the region

by helicopter, offering comforting

thoughts and prayers to the disaster-

stricken people. In his quiet Polish-

accented Italian, he said, I want to

tell you that you are surrounded by

compassion on the part of all Chris-

tians.?

Across the villages and countryside,

survivors dug through the rubble

searching frantically for other family

members. By night, the few survivors -

huddled together by campfires.

International reaction to the quake-

stricken Italy was swift. The United

States provided six military helicop-

ters, 2,000 tents and a pledge of an

initial $1.5 million to a relief fund.

Dozens of private charities set up

funds of their own in American cities

with large Italian immigrant popula-

tions. The European community ap-

propriated $2 million for disaster re-

lief. Red Cross societies in at least

nine countries provided funds.

Some international assistance was

stalled by ItalyTs infamous bureaucra-

cy. Two Red Cross planes loaded with

relief supplies were reportedly forced

to wait 24 hours for clearance to enter

the country. Local rescue teams also

encountered numerous problems. The

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first teams were scarcely better

equipped than those they were sent to

help.

The rescue operation, which num-

bered approximately 33,000, used spe-

cially trained German shepherd dogs

and directional microphones lowered

into cavities in the rubble to find sur-

vivors in the wreckage. On Friday

three people, including a six-month

old child, were rescued in Lioni after

more than five days of entrapment.

A 26-year-old woman named Liber-

ata was trapped with her mother for

72 hours after their home collapsed. In

a television interview she described

the harrowing experience. ~We

hugged each other helplessly. In the

darkness, we tried to scrape away the

A lonely villager walks through a _ rubble-

strewn street in Balvano, Italy, a town that was

virtually destroyed in the November 23 earth-

dirt and make space in which to

breathe. Mother prayed and I heard

her say, ~Oh God, let me die an hour

before my daughter because I could

not stand to see her die.T We spoke of

many things, important things. When

they pulled us out, I felt my motherTs

face. It was cold. This told me she was

near the end, and | burst into tears.?

LiberataTs mother died seconds after

being rescued.

Giuseppe Zamberletti, the govern-

mentTs Under Secretary for Foreign

Affairs, ultimately brought the relief

effort to full scale. Zamberletti set up

his headquarters in Naples on Tues-

day and by Friday large quantities of

food, clothing and medical supplies

were flowing into major towns,

though deliveries to isolated villages

remained slow. He also requisitioned

railroad cars and seaside tourist hotels

to provide temporary shelter for the

homeless. If people do not need to

remain close to their homes, we can

move them into resort hotels and holi-

day camps on the coast,? he explained.

Most people dream of a holiday by

the sea. Well, at least we can give them

that.?

By weekTs end, little hope for find-

ing survivors remained. Officials be-

gan looking toward the task of re-

building the quake-stricken area. We

cannot have the worldTs biggest en-

campment,? said Zamberletti. We

must build entire villages.? An early

winter, with incessant rain and freez-

ing cold, was the final hardship many

of the homeless refugees could en-

dure. The weather is terrible,? de-

clared Vittorio Renzulli, mayor of San

Michele di Serino. We already have

several cases of flu, and children are

coming down with bronchitis. We

still need tents, blankets.?

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Finally, on President ReaganTs in-

auguration day, and after 14 months

of false starts and faded hopes, the

hostage crisis in Iran came to a dra-

matic climax after a pressure packed

week of high-level international bar-

gaining.

On Sunday morning, January 18,

U.S. time, Behzad Nabavi, IranTs chief

hostage negotiator declared: ~The

government of the Islamic Republic

of Iran and the United States finally

reached agreement on resolving the

issue of the hostages today.?

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IT Am Just Overjoyed.

In Washington, Vice President

Walter Mondale was not quite as con-

fident. ~We're very, very close, but we

do not yet have an agreement.? Presi-

dent Jimmy Carter helicoptered to the

White House from Camp David and

quickly called the U.S. diplomats in

Algiers for a briefing on the negotia-

tions.

Everything seemed to be in place

for the release. A team of Algerian

doctors had flown to Tehran to exam-

ine the hostages. Some $2.2 billion in

Iranian currency and gold had been

transferred from New York to London

so it could be turned over to Iran with-

in minutes of the 52 hostagesT depar-

ture from Tehran. A thirty member

U.S. hostage recovery team was ready

to fly to West Germany to meet the

released hostages at a U.S. military

hospital.

For the families at home, the

months of recurring rumors of re-

lease, fed by Iranian propagandists,

had been painful. Even on the verge of

actual release, Dorothea Morefield of

San Diego, whose husband was con-

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sul general of the captive embassy

said, Everybody's walking around

with their fingers crossed.? Susan

Cooke of Memphis said of her hos-

tage son Donald, I just want to grab

him and hang on for dear life.?

The outgoing president and _ his

group of diplomats labored through

meetings in Washington and Algiers

while Iranian clerics and international

bankers met in London, New York,

Tehran and Washington.

The first proposal was relayed to

Tehran by the Algerians on January 2.

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The proposal placed the value of fro-

zen Iranian assets at about $9.5 bil-

lion. Iran had claimed that it had some

$14 billion deposited in U.S. banks

and their European branches. Of the

$9.5 billion, the U.S. was willing to

transfer up to $5.5 billion to Iran on

the day the hostages were released.

Iran would be able to recover another

$1.8 billion once it had worked out

separate arrangements with U.S.

banks. That still left $2.2 billion in

Iranian funds in the United States.

That amount was tied up in suits

filed by various U.S. corporations,

which contended that Iran owed them

money for breaches of contract and

expropriated property.

While U.S. officials were worried

that Iran would not accept the propos-

al " things briefly looked brighter in

Tehran. Officials there had portrayed

the latest U.S. proposals as Algerian?

statements, which presumably made

them easier for Iran to accept. Azizi,

IranTs second-ranking spokesman on

the hostages, declared that points

raised by the Algerians have been

considered, in principle, acceptable,?

and he predicted that they would most

likely be accepted by the Iranian gov-

ernment.

On Tuesday, January 19, the US.

rising spirits sagged once again. Iran's

chief hostage negotiator, Behzad Na-

bavi, had urged the Majlis, the Iranian

parliament, to take emergency action

to pass two bills that would expedite

settlement of the hostage issue. But

when the Majlis met, the required

quorum was not present. American

diplomats feared that the Iranians had

boycotted the session to block any

agreement.

On Wednesday