Colorado College - Nugget Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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Dave Makarechian and Jeff Chadwick get a good laugh while Kathleen Johnson gets strangled by a boa. Mo one can even recognize the Rastall we used to know, and Oh, how we miss Benny ' s! mJM Jia W r- pO I ' jbfl Ml f ( m§ oJsl b r A ' A Il A KbI L J S -.; . Yes, maintenance trucks make great bike racks! Where ' d It Go? There ' s no central meeting place anywhere on campus — we ' re all scattered all over now! exclaimed Jr. Wendy Davis, capturing the mounting exasperation of the campus. With Rastall leveled to the ground, there was a growing division between off and on campus residents, not to mention between dorms. All this renovation was scattering our continuity! One stop at Rastall used to get you books for class, lunch with those off- campus buddies you never saw except at Rastall, hockey tickets to the game Friday night, acquainted with all the upcoming speakers, social events, and meetings, not to mention a peek at what was going on at Benny ' s. At night, you had a choice of study breaks: For those all-nighters loom- ing ahead, it was coffee or mocha shakes at the Hub, or for the nights you finished early, you could pound a couple of beers and munch on pretzels in Benjamin ' s basement. Hiding behind Loomis, the Hub was crowded most often with underclassmen. If you live off-campus, said Sr. Linda Bruge, you just never make it over to the Hub — it ' s too far out of the way. The Hub displaced the PACC House which came to reside in some undivulged, secret location off-campus along with the student center. What student center? asked astonished Sr. Dee Martin, I didn ' t know we had one! Well, it ' s certainly not a stu- dent center like Rastall was: The only people who go to the student center are the presidents of clubs! Wendy pointed out. The student center remained empty most of the time because it was too far away — some people never even found it. If you were confused to find that the bookstore was in McGregor ' s basement, Benny ' s was exterminated over the sum- mer, and that males were residing within the halls of Bemis, don ' t worry, we all were! If you found yourself wandering towards Rastall or trying to find the Hub, that was part of the chaos. ffl

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Tossing It Away With last year ' s echos of This is such A Benny ' s night and Let ' s go grab a shake at the Hub still hanging in the air, the renovation of Rastall transcended from the heap of cement and dirt to the cramped quarters of Bemis and Taylor dining halls. Although the meal hours were extended here and there to alleviate the congestion of students, it still didn ' t help the dozens of wandering students, trying to find a seat in the overcrowded dining areas. It was so crowded that you could have really good aim and still miss a person five feet away, smacking the back of the wrong person ' s head with a grape. Lunch was the meal to skip — even the peanutbutter was bad! Fifty-cent tacos and Old Chicago ' s two-for-one pasta caught on quickly. Meals were often supplemented with a quick run to Josh and John ' s. Plus, the old campus favorite, Poor Richard ' s, offered nachos, bagels, smoothies, and other forms of shelter from SAGA. The influx of students combined with the rapidly declining quality of food (ex- cept when Soph. Rick Goldstein cook- ed) caused quite a few food riots like the one in the fraternity quad that left smashed and slimy remainders upon the sidewalks for days, which gradually transformed into unpleasant skid from uncautious feet. The intense infiltration of Bemis and Taylor just scattered another part of the continuity. Although he is still in college, Munir Meghjee still enjoys pretending he is a bandit; or is it the love bandit. Biking is a way of life for many C.C. students, and David Lane takes time away to work on his bike. Opening 7

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