scheduled one more game. Then BYU Coach, Jim Dusara, invited us to Provo for the Rocky Mountain Soccer League Invitational to be held in November. Our team returned in the fall, and we got ready for our late September BYU game. We played BYU-B squad and a team from Metro State College in Denver. We lost both games badly, 1-15 and 1-13! We lost again in spite of our practice. We also lost to Utah State that season. In fact, we lost every game that season! We were 0 and 4. Our scores looked like this : 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10. We were losers, but we were consistent losers! After every game we licked our wounds and our fingers at Kentucky Fried Chicken. We ended that season humbled by our record, but we were more determined than ever to make something of our team. We checked out some "small" jerseys from the football team. Even the smallest one came way down past our knees! We repaired our goals and found some nets hidden in a corner of the school gym. We made our organization legitimate with the ratification of our club constitution. We borrowed a copy of a constitution from the Spanish Club, "El Club Espanol." We changed the wording to fit our needs but kept the same general format. After getting approval from the club members, we presented it to the ASWSC Executive Council for ratification. We decided that we lost because we had no coach. So we got a coach from Germany, O. Wolfgang Lange. He was bad-tempered and overweight and had a breathing problem from smoking so many years, but he helped us get organized and on our way before he quit after a couple of weeks. So we went back to the player-coach concept. We chose Mike Crandell to be our coach. He was probably the best coach we could get for our "money" at the time. He really was quite good. Once we gained official club status and recognition from Weber State, we began getting moral support from the P. E. Department. However, we needed an adviser, and no one would volunteer for the job. Darnell Haney, dean of students, helped us look for someone but was always told that no one wanted to get involved. After several weeks of being turned down, Mr. Haney became our adviser. Once we had an adviser, and the Executive Council ratified our constitution, we wrote a bill to the Executive Council for funding. They basically told us, "No. Get your money from bake sales like everyone else." Well, we needed money to pay for our new uniforms. So we did a lot of lobbying and badgering, and several team members wrote letters to the Signpost. Finally, the Executive Council passed our bill for $ 150.00, which looked to us like a king's ransom. The snows from the winter of 1977 melted, and all was in place for spring season. We had 26 players on the team. We had a player-coach. We had newly marked fields, freshly painted goalposts, and new nets. We had games scheduled with BYU, USU, U of U, Ogden City Club, El Aztecas, Alemania, and Hill AFB. Our record was greatly improved: 4 and 3. We lost to BYU, USU, and El Aztecas. We won the others. Finally we were starting to see some results from our efforts. The 1978 season finally brought us a win against BYU. So when I graduated, I had accomplished everything I wanted: to start a soccer team and to beat BYU. When I left Weber State, the team still had some problems to work out. The most pressing was the intersquad conflict. With several different nationalities playing together, conflicts arose when the going got rough and our opponents put the pressure on. Then fights broke out, and some of our players started punching each other, opponents, and even the referees. It was not a pretty sight. Once we lost seniors at graduation, we had to look for new players. We had replacements from AYSO, the high schools, returned missionaries, and, of course, the foreign students at Weber State. We were gaining more than just moral support from the Executive Council and the P.E. Department. They were organizing intramural teams to help take care of the fields and goals. We were working with the International Club to improve American-foreign student relations. We also invited some of my AYSO players to play with us as substitutes in our BYU and USU games. They were only high-school age, but the experience was good for them, and we enjoyed having them play with us. We played several exhibition games at some of the rural high schools, such as Union High School. We held workshops at some of the local elementary schools for teachers to enhance public relations for both Weber State and soccer. One of our long-range goals was to organize a women's team; after all, we provided for them in our constitution. We even tried to get women to join our team, as we had seen some great women soccer players on the USU and BYU teams. Well, we accomplished a lot in those days. There were a few times over the years, as I followed the team, that it looked as though Weber might lose its team again, but someone always saved it. However, having won three national championships, the Soccer Club at Weber State is probably here to stay. So even though I never saw this day coming, even in my wildest dreams, all the work we did in those early days was very much worth the effort. 102 An Influential Person Nanci Oberg 79 Some of my fondest memories of Weber State College were as a student in Dr. L. G. Bingham's law classes. I remember the first course that I took from Dr. Bingham. As I sat in the front row, I watched him saunter into class and made that observation to a fellow student. 1 thought my comment was barely audible, but Dr. Bingham had overheard and asked me what my name was. I remember feeling embarrassed and thought, "Oh no, we're not off to a very good start." I told Dr. Bingham my name, and he said that his daughter and 1 shared the same name. I remember thinking "Thank heavens, his daughter's name is Nancy" as that coincidence seemed to smooth things over. After that first day, I watched Dr. Bingham saunter into class hundreds of times, as I believe that I took every course that he taught during my years at WSC. I enjoyed Dr. Bingham's easygoing approach to teaching, his interesting examples of the law, and his wonderful sense of humor. I took copious notes in the classes as I didn't want to forget a thing he said. Because of Dr. Bingham, I stayed in law enforcement and earned my B.S. degree in police science. In my senior year I was given the Outstanding Student Award in police science. That same year my brother, Craig Oberg, was also named Outstanding Student in microbiology along with another student. A few years later my sister, Diane Oberg-Lowe, followed in my footsteps. In pursuit of her degree in corrections and law enforcement she enjoyed many classes taught by Dr. Bingham. Many thanks to Dr. Bingham for being an outstanding professor and an influential person in my life. Nanci Oberg and Dr. L.G. Bingham Great, Great, Great! Launa Costley Lofgreen '82, '94 When I was attending Weber, I remember having lunch with President Spencer W. Kimball of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and having dinner with Henry Mancini, who performed with the Utah Symphony at the Dee Events Center. I remember attending a leadership conference at Sun Valley, Idaho, where our group had a huge water fight in our condo. I remember preparing a buffet dinner for the Osmond family and 300 others. Marie Osmond is short! I saw Barry Manilow, Olivia Newton-John, Kenny Rogers, and Tom Jones perform at the DEC. I was Chief D'Cabinet to Robb Alexander during the intercollegiate legislature held in the Utah State Capitol Building. I also met Chad Everett and Joseph Campanella, who starred in "Medical Center" on TV. They were trying to work out something with the WSU Theater Department. Weber State University has many outstanding teach- ers. The three I remember best are Helena Watson, Ruth Gardiner, and Dan Gallego. They truly cared about students. I made lots of good friends, but unfortunately I haven't kept track of very many since graduation. Student Body President Mike Hunsaker and Student Officers Robb Alexander and Chris Davis opened many doors that provided many memorable experiences for all of us. Being in the WSC Chorale led to a musical tour of Hawaii. Serving as an LDSSA Institute officer was a great leadership experience. I met many people, including my husband. Weber State is great, great, great! Dr. Daniel T. Gallego 103