The staff would like to acknowledge those individuals without whom this magazine would never have risen from the ashes. Professor Eugene Warren Dean Marvin Barker Associate Dean Wayne Gogell Dean Robert Davis Mr. Bob Blaylock The U.M.R. Student Council Dr. James Wise and the English Dept. A special thanks to Pam Henley, without whose typing skills we would surely be lost. And, of course, to all those who helped this publication by donating works, time or patience to further our cause. Southwinds 1984 is produced in Rolla, Missouri, by the Southwinds Club and is entirely for and by the students of U.M.R.