Alumni Award Book Scholarships
By Pat Tireman (1974)

Last year the Alumni Committee created a Book Scholarship to be presented to three students in RC. The scholarship is for $50 each and can be used at the UNCG Bookstore to purchase "stuff" for school. It is presented each year during the RC graduation ceremony in early May. Qualified applicants are those who are a part of RC when nominated and plan enroll at UNCG the following year. They can be nominated by another RC student or they may nominate themselves. Award is based on active involvement with RC.

This year, we had eight excellent nominations. After exhaustive discussions, the members of the Alumni Committee were Finally able to narrow the list to the winners. It is with great pleasure that I introduce the winners of the 2002 RC Book Scholarship: Ian Aitken, IIa Bharati, and Ryan Hays.

Ian Aitken has an outstanding record of participation in RC. His fellow students consider him to be an excellent example of the RC spirit He makes himself available to his fellow students, contributes in many ways to all aspects of RC life, and is often found "hanging out" being accessible in the Mary Foust hallways. !n addition to his time and duties at RC and his studies, he also serves as a University Ambassador and works as a Marketing Representative for Pepsi.

Ila Bharati is an RC Upperclassperson. She has chaired the Visual Arts, the Orientation Leaders', and the Haunted House/ Basement Committees and is a member of the Outreach, Upperclassperson, and Membership Committees. She also serves on the RC Council. She arranged a bowling night and a Festival of India happening and also assisted with setting up the 1920's-style Speakeasy that won Program of the Month from RHA. Ila enjoys sharing things about her Indian culture, religion, and food. She regularly attends the Valle Crucis retreat and states that she enjoys the bonding a lot and also likes haying a chance to impact incoming freshmen. She plans to return to RC for her senior year.

And last but definitely not least, Ryan Hays. Ryan came to RC in August 2001 and seems to have jumped into the RC spirit with both feet. He single-handedly cleaned and repaired a small pool table for the dorm and even located balls and cues for it. He established a new Garden Committee which is working on developing a pot garden. (I think she means a garden planted in pots. O -Ed.] They also have begun work on new flower beds around Mary Foust. Ryan participates in all RC activities, studies hard, and rarely misses CORE classes.

Gourdheads: Gear Up for Gore

This year, the Pizza & Pumpkins Halloween festivities will be held October 29. Please come enjoy the usual shenanigans by serving as a judge and/or carving out a name for yourself in the Halls of Shame. No group is more creative than RCers, but if you're needing inspiration, here's a list of last year's winners:

First Prize:                      "Pizza from Pumpkins"
Second Prize:                  X-men "Wolverine"
Third Place:                     The Picasso pumpkin
Honorable Mention:          The Pig
Most Disturbing Pumpkin: The "Porn" pumpkin
Most Disturbing Team:      The X-men, for painting
                                       themselves and wearing
                                       their pumpkin on their
                                       heads.
Other Great Pumpkins:     Snood; a cat and the
                                       American flag; Batman;
                                       Nosferatu; a urinal;
                                       a pirate; and Pokemon.

After last year's event, Ryan requested that RCers up the "sick" factor. Sicker! Weirder! More Disturbing!