Registration Week

Hassles, parties mark hectic week

by Barb Moye,

Kathy Brosmer,

Marianne Gleissner

Registration Week — just the sound of those words brings a mixture of feelings to the minds of IU students. For some, the week before the start of classes was hectic, filled with registration hassles and problems of settling back into campus life. For other students, registration week was party week, a good chance to relax and have fun before the grind of classes began.

The main event of the week was registration, a crazy trip on a never-ending merry-go-round. Round and round students went from one department to another, trying to pull the magic ring that would grant them the ticket to all their classes. It was rough, but somehow everybody got off the merry-go-round and out the door to a new semester.

After students made it through the hassles of registration, they encounterec more problems — moving back into dorms, apartments and houses.

People scurrying around, piles of clothes that seemed to walk on their own, encouraging conversations: "The ninth floor?" "Don't worry. When a tornado hits, you'll be the first to go," — it was all part of moving in. Cars packed to the brim began pouring into Bloomington on Sunday, Aug. 21.

Dorms shook with excitement, as halls rang with shouts from long, lost friends. Elevators strained with the extra weight of refrigerators, TVs and other absolute necessities. Drab empty rooms were transformed in minutes to homey little nooks.

When they had settled back into their "homes" for the year, students used the rest of their free time to have fun.

Frisbees glided through the summer breeze in Dunn Meadow on a warm, lazy Sunday afternoon. Strains of musk drifted upward, as several performers en tertained students with a concert on Aug 28.

The program, billed as the "Best o Bloomington," featured Bill Wilson Caroline Peyton and Bob Jones and th( Knightridge Grass.

With his mellow tunes and lyrics, Wil son gave the Dunn Meadow crowd chance to relax before classes resume( the following day.

Peyton started the handclapping foi the afternoon, as she got the audienc( moving to her Joplin-esque songs.

The crowd continued the handclapping while Bob Jones and the Knightridg( Grass performed bluegrass music.

Frisbees still glided through the air a! the last sounds of the "Best o Bloomington" concert floated away it the breeze, bringing an end to anothe registration week.

(LEFT) Students wait in line at Maxwell Hall to pick up their registration cards. (BELOW) Folk singer Bill Wilson performs for students at Il1SA's "Best of Bloomington" concert held in Dunn Meadow on Aug. 28. (BOTTOM) This Forest Quad resident needs all the help she can get in moving her possessions into her new dorm room.

Corso's campaign sells team

by Vivian Howat

On Aug. 29, IU football coach Lee Corso continued his annual tradition of giving informal talks to students in visits to McNutt, Wright, GRC and Willkie quads.

His talks emphasized that IU football players are here to get an education and that they work hard for their scholarships. He explained how the revenue from football helps support all athletic programs at IU.

Corso answered questions concerning IU's opponents, game scheduling and Big Ten rating. He explained that IU's offense would be determined by the opponent's defense. "If he (the opponent) de2

fends against the pass, you run. If he de fends against the run, you pass. If he de fends against both the pass and the run you go home," he said.

Corso continued his football promo tional campaign, as the Hoosiers chowec down at the team's annual eating con test. The main course for this year'! event was hamburgers. In the past players gulped down Whoppers anc Greek gyros.

(TOP) Freshman football player Tom Fisher gulps down 21 hamburgers in the 15 minute clotted timE to take the annual Wimpy award in a contest stage< by the football team. (LEFT) Coach Lee Corso answers questions offerec by dorm residents concerning football tearr policies.

Weekend artists exhibit arts, crafts

by Dave Schreiber

Over 120 artists from Bloomington and the surrounding areas bartered their wares at the sixth annual Fall Creative Arts and Crafts Festival on the courthouse square, Sept. 10-12.

IU students and Bloomington residents browsed through over 50 craft exhibits. Kittens, ceramics, plants, leather crafts, jewelry and many articles of clothing, some made on the spot, were sold to visitors.

Clowns from the Pretense Theatre entertained youngsters each day, and a puppet show took place on Saturday afternoon.

Artists packed their wares late Sunday, after many had spent the weekend living in vans, parked cars and sleeping bags. "It'll be good to get home and relax with a beer," a local artist said. "It was fun, but I'm glad it only comes once a year."

(CENTE R) IU students barter for kittens during the three-day Arts and Crafts Festival. (LEFT) Customers browse through hand-made items, including dried flower holders and conversation pieces.

Barbara Mougin

Two coeds win first runners-up in beauty contests

by Levinia Wright

It is not often that one state can claim both the first runners-up in the Miss America and Miss Black America pageants. It is even less frequent that one school can claim two such women; but Indiana is that state, and IU is that one schoo I.

At the 1977 Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., IU graduate Barbara Mougin was chosen as first runner-up. In California, IU junior Mary Bentley won the title of first runner-up in the Miss Black America Pageant.

Both women saw the pageants as great experiences and enjoyed the friendliness surrounding all the contestants. At the Miss America Pageant, Mougin discovered that competitiveness was not the primary feeling among the candidates. "Most of them were real friendly and were just trying to represent their state well," she said.

Bentley expressed the same attitude when she learned that "black women can come together and still remain sisterly. It was like everyone knew what they were capable of doing, and everyone knew that they were good. Therefore, there was no need to have a competitive spirit because you do your best, and you're competing more or less against yourself."

Bentley, a telecommunications major, won the talent competition at the

Mary Bentley pageant, singing Van McCoy's "Leal On Me." A three-year member of the Soul Revue, she has been approached b. recording companies interested in he singing future. Bentley plans to pursue career in television broadcasting, per forming or recording.

Mougin, the first runner-up in the Mis America Pageant, also expressed an in terest in television, though she graduate( from IU with a degree in dance. Speakin, of the new opportunities open to hei Mougin said: "This has really come at perfect time for me. I've graduated, so don't have to worry about how I'm goin, to get the rest of those hours in. It's als a stepping stone for performing, perhaps after this year."

Of all the exposure the pageant ha given her, Mougin said: "It is good to b on national television. That was a rec important part of my life."

Just as both women have similar inter ests in television, both gave similar ac vice for future pageant entrants. Mougi would advise the 1978 Miss Indiana to b organized and to make sure her talent i up to what she wants it to be, then t, relax and be herself.

Bentley's help to a potential Miss Blac America: "I would tell her to be sure the she knows her abilities, she develop them as best she can, and that she deli', ers them, whatever they are. And jus keep in mind that all of the contestant are in it together, and they're all beautify. black women. So just do the best yo can, and you can't ask for any more."

Sale offers variety of plants

y Tiba Altoma

Do you know how to care for the Bromelras plant? Water must be kept :ontinuously in the heart of this greenery, <nown also as the vase plant. This was he rarest plant at the Indiana Memorial Union Board's (IMUB) annual plant sale, field in the Solarium on Sept. 1-3.

Sponsored by Easterday Gardens of Elettsville, the three-day sale offered 5,000 different plants. African violets, :actus, ivy, plants for terrariums, hangng plants and exotic treasures like the 3ird of Paradise and Yucca plant were among the 214 varieties available at the sale.

As a help to those curious in discovering information about the care of plants, Easterday Gardens provided a special feature. All plants were grouped by family and bore index cards identifying the species, light needed and proper temperature and humidity.

Average prices ranged from 89 cents to $1.29. The most expensive plant, the Yucca plant from Florida, sold for $45. Suzanne Becker, director of services for IMUB, saw "The Great Plant Proposition" as a good way "for students to decorate dorm rooms."

photos/Tom C ruze

(LEFT) Carefully looking over the selections, sophomore Sherry Keller tries to choose the right plant for her dorm room. (ABOVE) Prospective buyer Brenda Davis, sophomore, stops to examine a possible purchase at the Union Board's annual plant sale.