American University - Talon / Aucola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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not the most school-spirited campus in the country au students do take part in many extra-curricular activties this lack of participation can be attributed in part to high proportion of non- resident students however those who do partake do so with a ve hemence bordering on passion whether editing a student publication or starring in a theatrical production participating in a sport or cheering others on many find these activities more rewarding than there curricular activities as they express themselves in more personal terms than academic life permits probably the most pressing problem for today ' s student to face is his ultimate insignificance his multi-digital identity his inability to adjust his personal desire with society ' s demands he often finds his academic courses insufficiently challenging not permitting him to develop to his own potential as he wrestles with burdensome university requirements preventing him in his grail-like quest for the sacred parchment from finding truly meaningful academic opportunities so he searches for these challenges elsewhere. 13

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college is a time for catching husbands still a favorite pastime for the au coed it is a time for experimentation in meaningful or meaningless relationships today ' s collegian is more sexually liberated if not more sexually educated than his counterpart of yesteryear he talks about it more even if he may indulge less on the quad in the lounges wherever he can get together in public or private he visably expresses his emotions as if he were a sailor on his last night in town despite the pill he still fears the consequences of that one fling and college morality when it comes right down to it is as high as it has ever been more contemplative and introspective than his predessors he remains alone even in a crowd he is more apt to question his superficial college associations and wonder whether all that booze and all those broads are really worth it all usually his answer is yes and away he goes 15