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Parents Get a Taste I of College Life With a scurry of activity, preparations for Parents Weekend began on Thursday, September 21st This time it wasn't the faculty racing around, though; this was students: cleaning rooms, washing sheets. and getting dorms back to "normal" before Parents Weekend really began on Friday, September22nd. The action didn't stop until the following Sunday, when parents kissed their students good-bye and headed home. The days in-between were filled with activities, sights to see and people to meet, and were thoroughly enjoyed by all: parents, students and faculty alike! The real festivities began on Friday night with the student-family dinner and comedian Harley Newman, "The Professional Lunatic." Saturday's schedule was packed, beginning with campus tours, an ROTC Open House and much awaited tours through newly renovated Hi!l Hall.-Wirh a special sale at the bookstore, parents and students flocked there to buy sweatshirts.bats and anything else that was green and yellow and contained the letters WMC If they wanted sports they had their pick, be it women's or men's soccer or football. Many attended the faculty reception and younger siblings took advantage of the game room Parents Weekend ended on Sunday with the Second Annual Golfand Tennis Tournaments, a church ) service and Sunday Brunch. With all of the activities, the weekend was a great success and was enjoyed by all! 1"' ..... --:- ~t"~ and familycha! ru the Family Pi,"nic Calvin Lineberger. 8 Al1Aboard!