East Tennessee State University - Buccaneer Yearbook (Johnson City, TN)

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A Commuter’s Lament If change reaps progress, explain to me this — Why is not parking, as yet sheer bliss? Weren't places set up to take care of us all? With blue and gold swatches marking each stall? Only one problem with a set-up like this — One big reason why it’s sure to miss: Though spaces are divided (faculty reaps a There's still the big problem, at least this fall. There aren't enough spaces! Or they're set up so dumb That you might as well park your poor car on your thum You think that I’m joking — well, I'll clue you in. : The parking at State will drive you to gin (or any other liquid aquated with sin). It makes you frantic! After driving so far Once you get to campus, you can't leave your car! Unless you are willing to tempt fare once more By parking as close as you can to the door In a Space that is marked, no doubt, with blue And not with gold preselected for you. And as sure as you're desperate and risk it at last Some jerk dressed in blue will ticket YOur - Since part of the old road is now parking, It doesn’t help me, but then | commute, Driving forever a citcuitous route To find people who live here take all the space — Why do they all have cars here in the first place? After you've driven miles to school — There’s no parking space reserved for you. It matters not that you have to drive; That if they want you to arrive. Just one more way that they can stick it to you. All tickets and fees, but no parking, | fear; Are your fingers crossed that it’s better next year? Mary Kendrick.

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There will always be a part of you nere. . . Interminable. That’s the way it seems when you're starting out, with four long years of study ahead of you. Then suddenly it’s over, and you are taking your diploma from “Art.” You wonder where the time went. It was only yesterday that you received an in- nocuous blue and gold striped acceptance letter welcoming you to your future. Remember? Choosing a major. . . all the temptations to stick with Undecided forever. The invitations to scout the Greek organizations. Coming for orientation. . . the speakers, facts, figures, and faces, all telling you what to do, how to do it, and who to see about it. Your first session with your freshman advisor .. . he had to fill out your cards because you didn’t know what was going on. Your life will never be the same from these experiences, these choices. You've waited for the last time in endless lines leading to the shrine of the computer terminals. Held your breath for the last time waiting to see if your classes were full. Paid your last fees. Moved in and out of the dorm with your entire life for the final time. Met and left your last roommate. It's over. You’re graduating from learning about it to doing it. And you hope you are pre- pared for the “future shock” ahead of you. You'll miss it. Friends just down the hall. Benches and squirrels gracing a hauntingly beau- tiful campus radiating warmth and peacefulness. Mary Kendrick Michael R. Snapp 26 College life RRR EK RRRS SER SERS RN NER ESE