University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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StocUvell hall Ryan Sockalosky 3-0 Hall - Front Row: Jennifer E. Dixon. Chrisiina DeSousa. Lana Coppolino, Chrisline Kapusky. Miranda Litt. Jamie Postelt Row 2: Erin Eisenberg, Jennifer Fahner. Kemsha A. Walker. Angie Sweeney, Margaret Williams, Megan Duffey Row 3: Gail Bianthi. Ying Salia Lu. Heather Takagi. Monica Takagi, Melanie Daw, Elizabeth Kubi: . Rebecca Lee Row 4: Christy Russell. Dana Rossiier2, Meghan Manion, Emily Long. Nipa Kinariwala, Jennifer Skomer, Kourtney Rice. Erin Hendhck Chip Peti-n, RAs - Front Row: Jamie Postelli, Monica S. Dixon. Grace Meng. I-Ching Katie Lee RowJ2: Kimberly Spells, RoxanaSaborio, Melissa Ann Lester, Karen C. Knox.MichaelaL.Loughran Row 3: Jeanette Northerner. Diana Booker, Amory Bui Kiran Arora ch, Anita Matone. Laura C. Wood, I uxuxuit lup vsluno ,1 irst-year student Sa- rah Eaton listens to music and reads the lat- est copy of Glamour while on an exercise bike. Many students took advantage of the excercise equipment at the Central Campus Recreation Building. Jacqueline Mahannah (S eniors Richard Hartwell and John Loughlin play pool at the Michigan Union. Colonial Lanes bowl- ing, Briarwood Mall, and the Nectarine dance club also gave students a place to have fun. 320 Stress Management

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Senior Kimberly Thomashow still knew where her first-year roommate was four years later. Thomashow lived with her and four other people in a small house on Elm Street. Thomashow was paired with Natalie Vandenburgh her first year at the University. The two had spoken briefly on the phone before their first meeting. And, on that fateful day in September when Wr, V rruutco ere s your room ma fe? Thomashow and Vandenburgh met in their South Quad room, they were not disappointed. Vandenburgh remem- bered her first impressions of Thomashow vividly. We weren ' t very much alike, but we got along really well, said Vandenburgh. We had the same sense of humor. Thomashow agrees. I didn ' t really get to know her until second semester, but we al- ways got along really well. Sophomore and junior year, the two remained close but did not live together. Senior year, however, Vandenburgh and Thomashow reunited. It ' s cool living with Nat again be- cause when you don ' t live with someone you can get busy and not see him or her as much as you would like, said Thomashow. Living together, Thomashow and Vandenburgh got to see each other every day. Many se- niors, however, did not live with their first-year roommate. Senior Sehnita Joshua lived with Laura Hershey and Katie Wiesenfels her first year. We lived in a converted triple in South Quad, said Joshua. We had a really small room so juniors Emily Davis and Dorthy Chambers were roommates their first year at the Univer- sity. They still keep in touch. cr uuk, J rve u Jolene Fleming, Diologi) Oenior we had to be close. Joshua remembered her first year in South Quad as fun. Although she does not live with Hershey and Wiesenfels, the three have not completely lost touch with each other. We don ' t hang out often, but whenever I run into them, it ' s cool to see them, said Joshua. Senior Ruslan Rabinovich roomed blind with Thomas Park. They lived to- gether in a double in East Quad and got along well. I would love to see Park, but I don ' t, said Rabinovich. He has his group of friends, and I ' ve got mine. There ' s no time. Roommates 319

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enior Sean Frazier spots for senior Preston Powell at the Central Campus Recreation Building. The CCRB offered aerobic, dance, and martial arts classes. mo to - Jacqueline Mahannah Jennij Lcc LjA Oopnomore r many first-year students, their first semester at the University was quite pleasant. Everything was new and exciting, from their first large lecture to their first fraternity party. However, stud ents ' first experiences with finals was not always what they had anticipated. Term papers, group projects and all-nighters often caused students ' first bouts f A tm Mmnu AXole OTress Management 101 with stress. Many students in the residence halls found different ways to combat their stress during finals. Some students preferred to keep to them- selves, for example, taking naps or working out. Others enjoyed going out with friends to the movies or shopping. Sometimes the stress became too much to bear. Julie Hearst, first-year LSA student, recalled that after her worst ex- perience with stress she broke down in tears and went home. Weekends were often the best time for many students to de-stress. First-year LSA student Dan Gress simply battled the stressful weeks of finals by waiting for the week- end. He said, I get smashed with my friends and throw snowballs at my friends. LSA sophomore Jessie Leventhal remembered her first experience with stress. I had so many papers due and too little time to do them. In order to relax I would either go work out at the CCRB (Central Campus Recreation Building) or just smoke a pack of ciga- rettes. Shira Albert, another LSA sophomore, had a differ- ent approach. Whenever I was feeling really stressed I would go to Briarwood and buy myself a treat. Some students never felt the pressure of stress dur- ing the last weeks of the semester. Brian Cohen, first- year student, said I just took it one day at a time. I tried to keep everything in perspec- tive. + Jacqueline Mahannah Stress Management 321