Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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'TI ., Zn' gg q 9 Becoming 21 You wiiiuix lxiimx' limi' it is. You get up us usual. liul it .ill wc-im tliIh'1't-iit. You look in thu mirror iuiil ilk urittnii in thi- stupid grin on your fact-. Iluu- you iwuxllx' im-ut-licml that goal which haul uw-im-tl so ihxtuut lor so long? You gi-t out your Ll1ilYL'l'v5 lic-misc Quill your I.D. tu uiulxc Miro. You oucc auguin t-heck tlu- callcliclau' .ix you li.ut- alum' lllI'L'C' times al tlzly lui' the past mouth. This is ruully it-you'1'c 21. You xtuiv ut tht- ut-iliiig or tht- llom' in ull your slum-N lit xuu liothvr to gn ut ullj und think ahout tonight wh:-u your more wurlclly fi-it-mls are going tu xhuu xuu thi: high xputs xvliinli luivc lu-cu tuhoo for with .ui iiiilis-uiunlily long timc. Tliv lin! xtup un this culturzil tour might iuti'04 Llucv you to lluthim- thu cuiisciciitiiilis tulillic-friotvtl tixulitiou .it Xin-kk, who will do t-wi-ytliiiig to your LD., saw huiliiig it in lcmou juice, to dutc-rmine itz validity. l',1 L 3 ',' ' wi. 'K 114

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Adam and Eve started the dating game a few years back. Today the tradition lingers on as a full- time sport in Bloomington, Indiana-second only to Hoosier Hysterian in its power to arouse mass emotion. Everybody plays . . . even freshmen. The keenest competitors are on the prowl . . . studying chemis- try: LAVALIER -1- persuasion : PIN -+- more persuasion : ENGAGEMENT RING. fWatch out, jack, the next reaction yields wedding bellslj Most, however, keep their cools and date around. Study- ing Cuntil 101 with Bob, the tall-dark-and-handsome junior across the quad. Calling Mike, the rugged He-man fbuilt like a Marlboro cowboyj, who took you to the Delt street dance and hasn't called since. Avoiding Harold, the persistent hometowner who waits outside Lindley for you on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He's so immature! I wish Bill would call. He hasn't asked me out since I sent him the birthday card-the one with the dove on the front and the poem I wrote on the inside. fm Flaissmn 1 :T1:i'E IX Ci The dating games most ambitious rookies even- tually adjust, becoming stable old pros. Looking back on the short-lived romances of his early years, the senior of 21 or 22 can manage a wry smile- wondering how he ever could have been so friv- olousland naive to believe in love at first sight. The majority of the dating game's young adults are then ready to retire from active competition and settle down to married life, grad school, a steady job, or a military obligation. Young mothers and youthful executives finally appreciate, in their fleeting free moments of rec- ollection, the romantic tradition of college life. For behind the artificial role-playing of the dat- ing game lie the lasting memories and experiences -the night a couple were actually old-fashioned enough to become pinned in the Well House or the time the Sigma Ghi's gave a brother a just- engaged clunking in the jordan during january- that combine to spark pangs of sentimentality when boy meets girl.

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Then, if y0llll'L' still gaine, you might mix-on to the Reg, which takes its name from its collvction of antiquv clocks. Hut that's ahout the only antique thing, youlll fiml there. Thc Waitrvsses are not only young. hut thcy also havc a grvat si-nsc of humor. The-y lmvc to, to work tlicre. From tlwrc you might hit thc Royal Oaks, which is a cross lu-tive:-11 an art gallvry and a left-hank version of Sing, Along lVith Mitch. Thvn, if yoifrc still in good shapu, you have to see the Stardust. The 'Dust is a nt-wly clccoratccl spvak-easy with walls illnstratn-cl with Al Capont-ish photographs, ultra-violct lights that look fuzzy even if you'rc not high. wliitv-lvvienl waiters, a blasting, hand, and a mass of writhing hoclics on thc halc-ony dance floor. Anil tlicix-'s mort' to svn'-Dax'V's Locker, Pigalle, Sullyls Oalcun lliiclict, and many inorv, hut at this point your ineinory is pu-tty vagina-. Tho next morning you roll over, look at the clock. clvciclc that they can holcl class without you, and get somc more sack tilnc. Afton' all. yfllllll' only 21 once. ,vs.sJ s