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y,:i BLACK and ODD w Live in UDENT LI m m Ei Ctfc ttp (7o^^^e- A T H T L E DIDDD I Ctw flc^tctp PORTRAITS (7^ 'pirn Ftfreest -nPi ORGANIZATIONS DDDDD r DDDDD I i'j I r C?trt"$<f fte-fa COMMU DD DD Digitized by the Internet Archive 2012 with funding from in LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/mound1998fair BLACK and DDD f997~/993 I4ti*-npe-33 T20TCofrt+tft /Ire-. Page Title 1 BLACK ODD Life on the campus As the 1997-1998 school year began, Fairmont State of Fair- mont State College students came together to start their college life College up on the hill. Whether the student was returning for doesn't have to be another semester or starting college classes for the first all about time, like traditional black and white photos, the tradi- getting the grade and tional events took place once again on campus. doing your 1M jk Homecoming Week, one of the events that Fairmont homework. 1 This Prit- 1^^^*«jfr>- '^^ State prides itself on, took place in mid-October, just as it chard Hall 1^^^ always has. Student government sponsored Alcohol and resident 1 * Substance Abuse Awareness Week to benefit the students plays a ^B1 game of j* of FSC. In late August, the freshman counselors again put pool with 1 together Freshman Orientation events to help new stu- his friends to take his dents get to know FSC. However, FSC proved that we are mind off ^Ti'^'jB the worries Not Just Black and White... of aca- demic life. I 2 Opening Twostudentstakeabreakin the front lobby of the Educa- tion Building. After a hard classorbetweenclassesitisnot unusual to see students just hanging out on campus to so- cialize orjustto relax. InsidethedooroftheTurley Center this student takes time between classes to study ac- counting. This is common for the many FSC students who commute tocampus. t, Opening 3 I On a cold afternoon outside of the Nickel Maggie Britvec and Aaron Denham take a minutetosocializewithfriends before going to class. Socializ- ingisjustoneoftheelementsof college life. CJHWUWI'l'ffi.W^* Abeautiful dayontheFSC campus shows that not only is the spirit and attitude of the college in color but the atmo- sphere is as well. 4 Opening Live in Color. There were three firsts at Fairmont ... State College this year. Pence Hall was made a direct target of a bomb threat on October 11, and all of the residence halls were evacuated. The Foundation Dinner honored formerFSC coachesJoeRettonandDeaconDuvail and the guest speaker was Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton. One ofthe most exciting things thathappened this year was the groundbreaking for the new Clarksburg campus of Fairmont State College. The Clarksburg campus has been a dream ofmany FSC supporters for a very long time, and in September, it moved toward reality. Fairmont State College went through changes, wins, losses and much more, but we have shown that through everything, we're At the Not Just Black and White, but Live in Color. faculty and staff variety show February 25 Dr. George Byers spoke of "Our Friends the Bugs and Their Happy Personali- ties/' This event gave Astheweathergetswarmer students a the students start to come out chance to side more on campus. These fivestudentsarehangingoutin see their front of the Hardway Building professors enjoyingtheenviromontaftera in a whole winterthatseemedtoneverend. new light. /Ot^/11/iiMr*t ; D Three guys, or three girls, reenact The Dating Game dur- ing the variety show in the Wallman Hall theater. Along with organizing fun activities, the counselors teach students how to cope with college life. D Eachyearduringorientation the counselors put on a variety show for the new students. Ja- son McGraw and Shelby Sandefur give their best rendi- tion of a skit from Saturday NightLive. J Putting together the events of Freshman Orientation takes a lot of time and paperwork. D Q These four orientation counse- SerqueiAlexeev andVitaly Thesefreshmancounselor! lors take a minute to smile and Dominavstop to showofftheir are singing karaoke at Fresh forget about the work waiting togasduringthefinalactivityof manCounselorCamptotake forthem. FreshmanCounselorCamp. For much-neededbreakfromplan the second year in a row, camp ning the three-day Freshmai endedonahighnotewithatoga Orientation, held each Augus party. on campus. D 8 Freshman Orientation