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Show An Inside Look at the Dormitories Story and Photos By: Aspasia Kontgas Dorm -an integral part of a college campus. A section of buildings set aside for the existence of those who cannot afford off-campus living or because they are freshmen. A conglomerate of rules, regulations, and sometimes the enforcement of the afore mentioned. Wasatch, LaSal, Stansbury, and Promontory Towers. Strange names for strange places. Places where fun can be had, despite the regulations and Polly Puremindedness they are supposed to have. Where else can one be caught between sixth and seventh floors because of (still unexplained) power shortage and the rest of your mates are enjoying (? ? ?) dinner by candlelight, matchlight, or no light? What other tradition of college allows you the inexpensive use of pay washing machines at the ratio of one machine per forty girls, or a close approximation thereof? Where else can you find people who get the usual hunger pains at two in the morning and go down to the pop and candy machines only to find them out of order? Or who stare at a three-legged stool and transform it into a giant hamburger? Or who get brave and stand out on Harrison and thumb a ride to Stimpson for a hoagie sandwich? Where else can you find girls who will brave the comments of others when their stomachs call and throw a coat over their PJ's, grab the slippers, and sneak over to Handy's for a strawberry - banana milkshake? Where else can you find Resident Assistants who are always around at the wrong time and never seem to leave when you want them to? Where else can you find excitement of sitting in a big circle in the main lobby, a candle is passed around, and you are certain that the diamond that is attached to it belongs to . . . and it turns out to be your best friend? Where else is the world do you have to lock your room door just to go brush your teeth or else you return to find your bar of safeguard gone? Where else can you find girls sitting in the hall glancing at the latest edition of a Human Physiology book and fright-ened at the pictures within? Where else can you find a group of people sitting around telling dirty jokes and then having to explain it to at least one member of the gang? (continued on page 75) Stansbury Hall resident ice skates on pond created from broken water pipe. Where else do you have to put your clothes under lock and key or else someone will make off with your towel and you have to run all the way down the hall to your room with only a trail of water on and behind you? Where else do you find individuals with their own "private supplies" and never get caught until it's time to checkout? Where else do you find someone on the eleventh floor gazing through high-powered binoculars only to discover that ... doesn't wear a size B or C but only AA? A lot more can be discovered at these strange places with strange names but the only thing for sure about them is that everyone decides for himself if it is worth it or not and the only way that can be done is to try it for yourself-IF YOU DARE. Fred Rabbit-the illegal pet. "Ski Wasatch" |