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The play is atangled comedy about four people ofancient Greece and the further complication oftheir lives by the presence offairiesandnymphs of the night world

As the play begins, Demetrius (Glenn Williams) has been promised themarriage ofHermia (Leanne Brunner) byher father(Noel DePalma) Yet she is not in lovewith Demetrius, but with Lysander (AlbertCarter), who, in turn, is in lovewith Hermia.To make mattersworse, Helena (Julie Trautloff) isinlovewith Demetrius, who wants nothing todo withher

Hermia's father is determined to have his daughter marry his choice and threatens her with death ifshe does notobey him

Undaunted, Hermia and Lysander taketothewoods atnight toescape to some distant town where they can marry andlive.

Unfortunately, Demetrius discoverstheplan and heads outafter them with Helena hot on his heels.

Once inthe woods the four become prey toOberon (TyTaylor),the King oftheFairies, andhismischievousassistant Puck (BillBell)

Oberon tellsPuck toplace the nectarof some magical flower inthe eyes of Demetrius while he sleeps,sothat he would fall in love with the first person he sees on waking Oberon does this anticipating that Demetrius will seeHelena first, causing him to fall in love with her, making the whole situation right again

Unfortunately Puck not only places the nectar in the eyes of Demetrius but also Lysander, and on waking, they both look on the innocent Helena. They are both now inlove with Helena which confuses the situation for all.

The audience isable to agree with Puck at this point when he says, "What fools these mortals be."

Along with thesecharacters, theanticsofBottoms (John Garner)and his friends aswell astherestofthe fairy kingdom showed Shakespearian comedy atitsbest

One student said of the play, "I never knew thatShakespeare could be so funny."

John Schlesinger lthough many will go through life without any re- pra< . ' gard for competition, at the age of 19 Robbie Cole- A man has already spent ten years perfecting her understand- expt ing of winning practice was fun."

Although Robbie has seen many victories,.she has also experienced a few losses

Robbie, a freshman from Memphis, Tenn., isa six-time goir national champion roller skater For her, winning ic ultimate achievement

Robbie's career had itsbeginnings when she was 3 yea old It was at this time that she began taking lessons at a local roller rink

"I really didn't skate much then," she said "I would get to lessons and sitdown in the middle of the rink and cry."

Robbie stopped taking lessons until she was 4yearsold, when she saw some skaters on TV She then asked her mother ifshe could start taking lessons again.

"I guess I started enjoying it more," she said. "My classes progressed so well that my teacher suggested to my mother than I have private lessons

It was in Robbie's eighth year that she won her firstnational competition for her division Five more times after thatshe won the same national championship in different divisions. She was also suciful in the national pairs competition.

"Whenever you compete you know you're not always going towin,"she said. "You justdo your best, accept it and come back next year. Also, your wins help to cover the losses."

Even though Robbie knows how to lose well, she still feelsthatwinning isthebest

"When 1win Ihave such a sense of accomplishment," she said."I know that I have reached my goal and that all the pain and sacrifice has been worth it It's not just a trophy that you walk away with, but the prestige that goes along with it."

In spite of all the excitement and rewards ofcompetition,Robbie has retired at 19 years of age She says she has no regrets,though

"I can apply all the things that I learned while skating," she said

Robbie is now an elementary education major,and she feels the experience she had with her instructors will be valuable to her in her future career.

Even though she has no regrets, Robbie still misses skating occasionally.

"I went to one of the late skates and it stirred up memories from a meet thatI had here at the Lynchburg rink four years ago, she said.

The highlight of Robbie's skating career came when she and her partner were able to compete in the world championships. In 1978,they won ^^™" ™ lid medal in Lisbon, Spain, Ag wenJS wjn„ing six national championships alone, Robbiealsocompetind in 1979 they won the gold ecj ,„ national pairs competition. She and her partner won two majorgold at the Pan Amei iCan games in medals-one at the1978worldchampionships and one atthe1979 Pam C !...« P,,ortr> Rim American game-

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Although there was alol glory in these wins,Robbie had tosacrifice tobe successful would practice everyday after school for about three houi imer for about six hours,' she said. "It was anything that I missed worth it And, believe itor not

Vet I know that Ican't live on past glories I'll just have tobecontent being a weekend skater."

Robbie may be content being away from the competi- ' ion yet she stillhas enough reminders that she retired as a vorld champion skater.

-John Schlesinger

T | orm life is integral to the social life of students at Liberty. In ** light of the rapid growth of the college, Student Affairs felt that social unity would best be preserved through each individual dorm. SGA was revamped to accomodate this change and officers were elected within each dorm in the areas of spiritual, academic and social life. Each dorm tried to develop its own unique personality; some even captioned their dorms with slogans and Greek initials. Other dorms developed active social activities with brother and sister dorms. And in the end they fought it out in the Battle of the Dorms.

Social unity was the key and action was the ingredient that helped students have unity and social life right in their own dorms.