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Show If you re a fanatic about peace or privacy you'll go nuts up there' To. the mischievous it's a target tar-get for pranks; to the lonely it's a road to the social world; to the shy it's a battle-field on which privacy is the undefeated loser; to the sloppy it's a hall of hangups; hang-ups; to the unimaginative it's p'ainiy a dorm. In the numerous college students' stu-dents' home-away-from-home anything any-thing gos as far as unusually unique, excitingly enriching and actively animating experiences are concerned. To ascertain that a soundless montony doesn't settle down with them, the dorm-dwellers declare open war on the sounds of silence at the first signs of their coming. With the possession of weapons such as series of discourses on topics ranging from cold water in the showers to diamond rings to 52 girls sharing cf cne washing machine, the unwelcoming hosts' victory is assured. "Even at 4 a.m. you can always al-ways find someone to talk to about your new boyfriend or gripe with about having to share the bathroom with 24 other girls," reflected re-flected Kerry Edwards. Frlsbees a Big Thing Bill Marling disclosed that aside from loud conversations in the bathroom which "reverberate like a huge drum", Frisbees thrown in the hall are the big thing at Austin Hall. "If you're a fanatic abaut peace, quiet or privacy, you'll go nuts up there," said Marling. Concerned with a more important import-ant aspect of dormitory life than noise, Sally Jane Wilson stated, "I don't like the food. II I had the option, I wouldn't eat here. As it is, I don't have any choice and am forced to have my meals in the dorms. I dont eat breakfast, break-fast, but I still have to pay for it. That's a lot of wasted money. Food is really my only big gripe. Mary Matthews, however, describes des-cribes the meal times in the dorms as having two favorable aspects: "The first is that the meals arc (Continued on Page 3) 0 en ",V , ' " 1 U,e pti0n' 1 wouIdn't ea "" But' vZsel'r m C0ked Md served oU'er O.an yourself, savmg you much time and effort "... "Even if you don't know anyone when you sit down at the table, by the etui of the meal you're likely to have made at least two new friends." these girls who have a below 2.25 g.p.a. is ridiculous. No one is going go-ing to study just because she's locked in and can't go out. Any way, if the boys have no hours and can do what they want, why can't the girls?' 'expressed Miss Edwards. Hot, cold everything for dorm dwellers (Continued from Page 1) cooked and served by someone other than yourself, saving you much time and effort. The second is the social aspect. Even if you don't know anyone when you sit down at the table, by the end of the meal qou're likely to have made at least two new friends." Meeting People Meeting people is also of importance im-portance to out-of-stater, Richard Miller. "I think it's pretty cool here because everyone tries to keep things going. Dorm activities activi-ties like dances, skating parties, intramurals, parties, etc. really help you to meet people," expressed ex-pressed Miller. There is really no place like the dorms for meeting people of all shapes, sizes and dispositions. Many dorm-dwellers become in-triged in-triged with the idea of redecorating redecorat-ing their rooms. Some of them, as for example a certain bongo player who transformed his room into an Oriental shrine with a stuffed cobra in the center, carry out their ideas. Some residents carpet their rooms; many keep fish as pets. Even more of them like to pull pranks, such as the foDowing: A certain resident of Austin Hall, a boy unusually gifted in the power of flowery speech-making, would not let a day go by without employing his vocal abilities abili-ties to describe one of his fantastic dates. Some of his less oratorical but more ingenious friends decided to make full use of their strongest ability . imaginative creation. They made one slight but significant signi-ficant change in their friend's room: Namely, they poured out his after-shave cologne and poured pour-ed in beer. Innocent Unawareness Innocently unaware of any misdemeanor mis-demeanor the orator splashed his face with the unusually foaming foam-ing liquid in his cologne bottle, while his persecutors observed with interest. They smiled gleefully glee-fully as their victim closed the door behind him. The pranksters were still in the room when the door opened a few hours later. In he came with a half-blank, half-quizzical look on his face. "My girl said I smell like I've been drinking. Do I and . have I?" he asked. Dorm life, most residents agree, has its bad points and good pionts. "In the showers, the hot and cold water iluetuates. If someone flushes the toilet while someone else is taking a shower, all the cold water is taken, and the person per-son under the falling torrents of hot water is in danger oj being scalded," complained Marling. Miss Edward's complaint centered cen-tered around not-long-enough visit ing hours. "I think visiting hours should be extended to week days. As it is, I can't entertain my boyfriend boy-friend as much as I'd like to. I can't cook dinner for him; we can't even watch television together to-gether during the week. Ridiculous Rule "I also think that the key rule which allows only three keys to Complain as they may, the majority of dorm-dwellers admit that the good outweighs the bad. "You can change your clothes ten times a day, if you live on campus. You can leave some of your books in your room, instead of dragging all of them to your classes," said Miss Wilson. Kathy Grimm added that other conveniences provided by dormitories dormi-tories are: "You have to clean enly your room; everything else is done by the maids. What's most important, you need not wony about parking!" Advantages Jan Van Orman, head resident of Austin Hall, pointed out olhor practical advantages of living in . tlie dorms. "Dorms are proximate to classes. No resident can complain com-plain of suffering from a lack of friends. There Is also the financial advantage with the low, economical economi-cal rental cost. "Much more Important, dorms , provide an essential stop between leaving home, a relatively stable environment, and moving into an apartment, where the student is completely on hjs own. Dorms replace re-place homo by providing the residents re-sidents with a basically stable environment, en-vironment, and they prepare the students for independent living by making this environment much more liberal and challenging than the one at home." K I 71 ' i in tec&3 "I think it's pretty cool here because everyone tries to keep tilings going. Dorm activities like dances, skating parties, intramurals, parties, etc. really help you lo meet people." |