Our Time 1998

T h e W i n g a n d I N o word was more notorious at IMSA than "bonding." From the moment we arrived as s ophomo r es to a we ek of mi nd– less n ame game s, to the late-night r oomma te bond i ng that occu r ed in stages of ha l f - awake i ncohe r ence, bond i ng was a vital part of the IMSA expe r i ence. Pe r haps the most p r ac t i ced t ype was wi ng bond i ng. Th r oughout the year, CDs and RCs wo r ked hard to b r i ng their wi ngs closer together. As n ew wi ng commun i t i es formed, students resorted to a variety of different forms of bond i ng in order to ac– quaint t hems e l ves wi th the other memb e rs of their wi ng. They re– sorted to go i ng to mov i es and staging snowba ll fights, collaborat- Right: Crystal Foster, Loretta Kelly, J.R. Swanson, and Edwardo Pina Groove to the music of a wing dance. ing on h omewo rk or s imp ly hang i ng out, bond i ng i nc l uded j u st about every activity imag i nab l e. Students invented all sorts of creative ideas to spice up wi ng activities. "Onc e, they ma de us t ake off our shoes and t h r ow t hem at each o t he r !" ex– c l a imed Jun i or Andy Price, relating one of this stranger bond i ng experi– ences. Ot her wi ng bond i ng events i nc l uded activities be twe en b r o t her and sister wi ngs, wi th the no t o r i ous "Sex in a F i s hbowl ," whe r e in peop le asked ques t i ons about the oppos i te sex, r ega rd l ess of the na t u re or the absurd i ty of the inquiries. Bo r ed wi th life at IMSA, stu– dents had to find original sour ces of amu s emen t. Th r ough wi ng bond i ng, n ew groups of friends we re forged, and introductions made. "Bond i ng wi th my wi ng gives me an opportu– nity to get to know the people in my wi ng better," stated Sophomo re Edua r do Pina. Others agree: "Wi ng bond i ng a l l ows me to form healthy relationships with wi ng memb e r s ," said Junior Erikka Conr ad. In addition, wi ng bond i ng gave people a chance to actually sit down and have meaningful conversation in a p l ace that usua l ly allows no time for pu re commun i ca t i on. Overall, wi ng bond i ng he l ped peop le r ecogn i ze the diversities within their wi ngs and accept t hose differences in order to form n ew bonds wi th wi ng membe r s. 1221 C flesidential < ^ifey