I was introduced to college at summer orientation, but things became real in a weekend in August. PMIL0S0PUY 24 nmmMtrr nuiMAiiwc n in " urTon UIWG n uwn um - nwowucifT nuoiwMG IT mwr UFUMI n 25 i Species: Freshman Life Expectancy: Nine Months It ' s easy to describe the life of a freshman. We ' ve tried to capture some of the finer moments of this past year. If you ' re in search of memories be they bitter or sweet then flip through the following pages. You ' re now ready for the 1 977-78 academic year, and that ' s where our feature ' s sec- tion comes in. You ' ve packed three weeks worth of partying and organizing and zero weeks of studying into a hectic-but-festive week. You can ' t wait to grab a couple cold ones, because it ' s getting near the end of. You drag a bag of books out, and you ' re $50, $70, or $1 00 poorer. Books! My gosh, the prices, the lines, the heat. Ah, but there ' s that great feeling when that stamp hits that $288 check. Enroll! Hustle, sweat and worry in that madhouse field house, just to pick up those silly white cards. And gather one ' s patience, intuition and energy, to.
But it is now the week before classes start. Students take little comfort now in knowing they ' ll finish finals before winter break. Oh, and classes start so damn early! (The second to the last week in August). They come at least a week or more before classes start, depending upon where they live. And they arrive at this ocean of academic ideals by the thousands. Around mid-August, they migrate to Lawrence with the collective energy like that of lemmings marching to the sea. an embellishment to the contour of its constituents. retaining the memories of past encounters. :? r surrendering to its zeal as a way of life, then dwindling quietly toward quiescence. - Illllll, ll 1 1 I P? drenching the solidarity of the worn rocks below engulfing into its hurried pace the innocent bystanders leaving them no alternative but involvement., K iUiiii BAITD ii f I = t. A A 99BSSSK mmm swirling about the exposed roots of the vulnerable trees in hopes of erosion but failing. making its indentation upon the earthy embankment in passing one that later will be unidentifiable. passing places to which one will never return. , ' I John Moneymaker Editor Suzanne Gleeson Business Manager Mary Navolio Art Director Jay Carey Head Photographer - JAYHAWKER 1 977 the brook. Text from Pages 1 - 440 of the 1977 volume: “ ' yv.
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