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.

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