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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Muhlenberg College Alumni Trust Fund https://archive.org/details/ciarla1999107muhl 107 VOLUME 1999 CIARLA New Ground Breaking Muhlenberg College 2400 Chew Street Allentown, PA 18104-5596 = BREAKING THE ICE TABLE OF CONTENTS m\ Breaking the Ice 2 New Doors Open Before Us 10 Reaching Higher Ground 32 Starting From the Ground Up ... 72 Beginning On New Paths 116 Intellectual Breakthroughs 92 Building Better Ground 118 Breaking the Records 160 Creating New Traditions 202 Parents’ Pride 220 Seniors’ Last Words 256 Above: “General Pete” stands at attention as he guards the Haas Tower. Above: Homecoming ‘98, Muhlenberg students, (toHBn|^H left-right) Junior Hermina Lazima, Freshmen Tiffepy West.l Sophomore Sa’ara Marte, Freshmen Nkechiyere Ngumezi, and| Juniors Diane Collazo and Raysa Ballerio form a pyramid of faces in the football stadium. Opening I Left: In the remaining moments ofsunlight, the buildings along Academic Row begin to fade into darkness. Below: President Athur Taylor delivers his Opening Convoca- tion speech to the First Year Students preparing them for their new adventure as Muhlenberg students. n this 1998-1999 year, Muhlenberg College began to make some changes to improve the campus. Muhlenberg began this renovation with the athletic fields and then r—eached beyond the exterior and began with the interior the faculty, administration, and student body. With the improvements in our athletic fields, our athletic teams began to break a number of records, our student body began setting new standards and our faculty gained a new outlook for the students’ academic achievement. Overall, Muhlenberg began fye&kituj freu (fvomb in all areas of campus life while creating room for new ideas for the further development of the campus community. Left: As a continuation ofthe renovations, new meeting rooms are added to Seeder’s Union. y-t Opening 3 V Professor French takes his students out ofthe classroom to enjoy the fine weatherand learn alittle about liter- ature. Above: Always full of energy (or is it some- thing else?). Senior Kelly Sczerba, does a little dance for the camera during the car- nival on East Quad. “A man a is success he gets if up in the morning and gets to bed at and night, in between he does what he wants to do.” Below: Seniors Jason Donnelly and Jamie Hollender, nominated for Homecoming ‘98 King and Queen head toward the football field Bob Dylan where the ceremonies will begin. I Opening Below: Performing for an overflowingGarden Room, Uninvit- ed Guests Elmer Moore ‘99 and Ryan Gardner ‘00 demon- strate their latest moves in body building. Above: Construction continues on Muhlenberg’s campus, as the work- ers begin to add the pipes for the new academic building. The prospec- ted opening ofthe building is Spring 2000. Left: Senior Darrell Engel follows the procession beaming with pride about his finaljourney at Muhlenberg. Opening 5 j Bulldozers in front ofEttinger was a natural occurence for this year. jThe bulldozer here, seems to have become part ofthe scenery. Above: The Chapel Choir sing Christ- mas songs to the crowded audience for the Candlelight Carol Service held inside the Egner Memorial Chapel. With great pride and admiration. Junior Hilary Moses, embraces fellow teamate, Sophomore Alissa Desiderio, in one of their many victories for the Women’s Soccer team this year. Seniors Tade Reen and Beth Diyanni seem to have no problems with the frigid air during the Homecoming Football Game, but younger brother, Gerry, seems to be a bit cold. i 4Opening