The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 27, 1992, Page 21, Image 21
Playfair
By STEPHEN BROWN
Staff Writer
The touring orientation group
known as Playfair dazzled new students
Monday with an opportunity
to meet friends, an outlet to release
stressful energy, and a message of
campus unity.
The Carolina Program Union
invited Playfair to be one of its
first events of the school year
because of the show's positive
community building.
New students were apprehensive
at first; and Kevin Boiling, a graduate
assistant for CPU, had to drag
some people in from the halls. But
once a swarm of people showed
up, the ballroom doors opened and
the games began. Soon students
indulged in a human tunnel, backto-back
dancing, and impromptu
standing ovations for the rest of the
evening.
"Playfair was awesome," Debbie
Williams said. "It was a good idea
to ease student anxieties about college
life. Being the new students
on campus isn't as difficult when
you see familiar faces from your
Playfair group."
Janlyn Neri of Santa Rosa,
California was the director of the
night's festivities. She is one of
South Care
From Staff Reports
There is a tomorrow after a killer
hurricane like Andrew. South
Carolinians who survived Hugo know
that eventually the power is restored
and the emotional scars heal.
As Andrew left a swath of
destruction across South Florida
and bore down on the Gulf Coast
on Tuesday, South Carolina
remembered almost three years ago
when Hurricane Hugo smashed
ashore with 135 mph winds.
Hugo caused $5.9 billion damxm
" /u
A j~ Good F
[. j i r
I- I (I ( 1 Buy c
I.M * Pri
iLJ; G ' Bre(
\w\[
\v 1 i \? ?
X
Ope
c
fck.H Un
fi ?^ii
*"* 1N5 15 A
I o ;1 '
I H Se
Ussl MI
" SS^tJ
m m
J Qy
:'-:i $ ?# :$
P! !> IP
|il?I?W&l <: The \
- M ^ M Caro:
C" y g y 1 the A
fHC^Ill hoste
IP1 pi work
$ft # :x :$J
; .< tour (
lhe 1
P*'|t| For it
> | _
J f - Depai
: "-y Divis:
%..M
encourc
twenty people around the country
who tour for college orientations.
Playfair is a 16-year old program
created by Mat. Weinstein whose
goal was to mesh new games and
cooperative play. He discovered
college orientation programs were
a perfect market in which to test
the program because building a
community on campus makes
sense.
Through the years challenges for
students have been different, and
Playfair has grown to meet the
needs of current times while retaining
the fundamental beliefs of
acceptance and fellowship.
Throughout the show Janlyn
Neri shared stories with the
Playfair players to enlighten them
about their future with a diverse
group of students.
"One person can make a difference,"
she said. "There will be
times when our values are challenged,
and it is important that we
do what is right."
One feature of Playfair is the
core group formation. Groups of
twelve students joined and learned
more about each other's interests.
They planned for a meeting on a
later night at a designated area to
get to know each other outside the
game setting. At their additional
>lina can re
age and killed 29 people in the
state. At the time, it was the most
costly storm in property damage to
ever hit the United States mainland.
"The day after a hurricane the
destruction is so devastating ... you
think it will be months before
things get back to any sense of normalcy,"
said Mayor Joseph P.
Riley Jr.
"It doesn't happen quickly. On
i 1 ?i? I:?K?
Uie OUici iuuiu, yuu acc uic ngiu ai
the end of the tunnel a lot quicker
than you might think," he said.
In the days after Hugo, people
'E =
=&Dl
=ood at Reasonab
Breakfast Speci.
)ne Breakfast Entree a1
ce, Receive half off Se
I ,-C X ? X I- I I
jkiusi ui tquui or Lesse
with coupon
Valid Monday thru Frida
7:30 am -10:30 am
expires 9/28/92
-----801
Harden Stree
Five Points v
_ 254-DINE \
?n For Lunch & L
:arry out a vail at
liversity of Sou
[RENTS Wl
ptember 18Come
to Carol
"Let Us Enterti
for Parents Week
veekend's activities includ
lina University football gai
Jinual Parents Associatioi
d by President and Mrs
shops for parents, a trolle;
)f Columbia, and a night a
^unchline Comedy Club
tore information call the
i of Parents Programs at
777-5780.
rtment of Student Life
ion of Student Affairs
iges awar
meetings, the new students can fl
share their first week experiences I
with friends undergoing similar situations.
Neri explained a student body is
not a "melting pot" but rather a
"tossed salad with each ingredient
a unique contribution to the I
whole." I
She said students often see dif- I
ferences in each other and experi
ence fear, make judgments, and
form attitudes about other people.
She explained such behavior leads
to the "isms" of racism, sexism,
homophobia, ana otner acts 01
intolerance in such a diverse com- Jl
munity. 4
During Neri's stories about
human acceptance, students looked .
around the room and felt a genuine
sense of love in the Playfair community.
"You really wish you j
could freeze that moment," she
said.
To help facilitate the show, over
16 student leaders took part in a O
training session prior to the activi- ^
ties. Some of these assistants had ^
participated when they were first
year students and enjoyed the expe- a
rience from a different perspective. ^
Anita Gibson, CPU's Special j,
Programs Committee chairperson,
had participated in two Playfairs n
before and was particularly excited
late to Hurri
lined up for water, ice, food, chain a
saws, diapers and dozens of other a
items that flooded into the area. s<
They also spent their time in lines a
at Federal Emergency Management
Agency centers applying for help. a
Within two weeks, most of the C
power to the Charleston area had h
been restored although it took N
longer to hook up some outlying n
areas. Most of the historic district o
was cleaned within a month and
officials urged tourists to return. tl
But debris would remain piled a
along outlying streets and in rural fi
VA !? \
/vt \
le Prices J cVx
-?
I Regular i
scond \/* V
;r Value [ ( 1 \-j
r C v7
W/
dinner
}/e
th Carolina
EEKEND
20,1992
ina and
lin You"
end 1992!
e the Carolina vs East
me, a football tailgate,
i Brunch, a reception
Palms, educational
y
t ; , iM ':
eness am
ne exercise in the program required frt
er committee could host while studen
eing a part of it. career
Student body treasurer Eric Dell, Neri
Playfair volunteer, said, "I think pants
te program encouraged teamwork, display
t left the freshmen with the the act
lought that they are not just a "St
umber at USC, but instead other interes
cane Andrew
reas tor months. And for months the whose
ir was filled with the whine of chain Andre'
iws and the pounding of hammers pie nc
s the rebuilding continued. had he
Dr. Linda Austin, a psychiatrist "It'
t the Medical University of South Rawc!
'.arolina, said it can take a year or Area
vo for the emotional scars to heal, help 1
lany people find they suffer a counte
lild sense of depression that fades Son
ver time, she said. from
South Carolinians who have felt Caroli
tiose emotional scars pitched in Marie
? f/~v /\n^a*v\klA oid online
xiiium iiiuiicuuuciy iu asaciuuic aiu opinnv.
or Florida and Gulf Coast residents at eras
nC?a(
U Welc<
0 Gamec<
8Throu<
$1.50/game
Anytime
Be Sure to A
f \ on Bowling Parties
( ) Hold
V FREE B<
0 you
p\ Call for moi
H AMF Ma
1 ) 1732 1
CA
^ THIS Bl
COMPLETE Waterbec
^179?? ANY SIZE
Spring Air Simmons
MATTRES!
Dl
ST. ANDREWS AREA
2009 Broad River Rd. W
(next to Church's Chicken)
798-2809 EAST c
7402 Garrn
BELTLINE TWO NOTCH AREA (right bet
5129 Two Notch Rd. 783
786-2383
ong ires!
P* 4 ..
i
?shman to sit on the knees of the \
ts do care about their college she sa
and their future." gy dui
i noted that Carolina partici- caring
were special because they On<
fed sincere caring throughout Playfa
ivities. "Playl
udents were 100 percent for ai
:ted in each other's names," event.
r,s terror J;
world was rent asunder by
w. Many of those same peo- esti
>w recovering from Andrew ?XP
lped Hugo's victims.
s payback time," said Lee ^ ^
liffe, whose Myrtle Beach
Hospitality Association got |ea,
rom its Dade County, Fla., resi
:rpart after Hugo. Stat
te physical scars still remain
Hugo's rampage in South ^
na. Pine trees in the Francis
>n National Forest remain
;red with their tops dangling forv
'y angles. Cro
Dme Bac
ock Stud
gh September
+ tax with Stude
; Lanes Available
isk about Special
' for your student org
Onto This Ad!!!
owling Shoes for
r entire group
re information 798-13
jor League Lai
iush River Rd.
X)qO(
vROLINA
ED'S FOR YOL
I MATTRESS S
$99 TW|N
.JvYour ^-^ISSquei
> Choice^ ^
i y\ r^X -j&k
Sealy Restonic Er
S and WATI
scounters
big Locations)
OLUMBIA IN AIKEN
ers Ferry Rd. 103 Silver Bluff
lind Rush's) 803 642-5726
-9648
Kg. it
mn \ >i ' ?
-p *
L'-:
Lea Clayton/The Gamecock
>erson behind them.
id. "They showed great enerring
the dancing and genuine
during core group time."
j first year student told the
ir volunteers after the event,
fair was everything I hoped
nd more in an orientation
?lp Hurricane
idrew Victims
Hurricane Andrew is
mated to be the most
ensive natural disaster
history of the United
tes. Andrew caused
snsive damage in South
rida and Louisiana,
/ing thousands of
idents in these two
es homeless.
lease bring any dry
ds to be donated to
Gtiirlnnt Cinvernmont
ce. They will be
varded to the Red
ss.
hPO
ents 0
r? A
:es . r\
anization / \
0
110 0
Ies 0
I... ^
JETS as low as
$129 FULL
And
tglander Many
More
ERBED
NORTH EAST COLUMBIA
7357 Two Notch Rd.
(between 1-20 & Cola. Mall)
736-0233
- LOWEST PRICES
3 GUARANTEED