Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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CynihtJ Carmickle Among thousands Does A Typical lUP Student Exist? IL ' P is people. Thirteen thousand people living, learn- ing and growing together. In the four (sometimes five) years we spend at IL ' P, we grow from runn -nosed high school kids into young adults with a better understanding of the world we live in. We come from all over Pennsylvania. We come from Philadelphia or Pittsburgh or from any of the hundreds of hamlets that dot the map of the Commonwealth. From 39 dif- ferent states and numerous countries, we converge on Indiana. So who is the typical ILP student? That ' s hard to say. It might be the study hound who spends night and day pre- paring to meet the grueling tor- tures of academia head-on. Or it might be the student- athlete who spends more time at the Memorial Field House than Stapleton Library — but wouldn ' t have it anv other wav. T get bored when we don ' t have practice, says junior Wendy Eckhard, a member of I LP ' s Women ' s tennis team. My grades are usually higher during the season since I bud- get my time better, she adds. .Also typical of the students at IL ' P is the fraternity brother or sorority sister who enjoy a special family closeness that is inevitably missed w hen a stu- dent leaves their real family for the first time. Still, though, we have not found the truK stereotypical ILP student. Maybe its the pretty girl that works the cash register at Roy Rogers. Thousands of students at IL ' P rely heavily on part- time jobs to cover the day-to- day costs of going to college. To many, the challenge is not hou much can be learned from each credit hour, but whether or not they can afford to pay for it! Maybe the typical ILP stu- dent is the ROTC member who rolls in mud by day. studies by night, and jumps from air- planes on the weekend! Or is it the continuing edu- cation student who works a full time job during the day and sacrifices time with their fam- ily to attend class at night? Or the foreign student who leaves their homeland, friends and culture behind to come to I UP to study. Unlike most lUP students, the foreign stu- dents do not enjoy the plea- sures of driving home for a weekend of mom ' s cooking. As we can see, it isn ' t easy to develop one stereotype that encompasses the entire ILP community. That, I think, is what makes lUP so attra ctive to its stu- dents. I U P lets each of us be an individual — searching for who we want to be while not forget- ting who we already are. Se- mester after semester, each of us learns and grown with our classmates, roommates, in- structors and friends. In recent years, lUP has gained a reputation as a party school where kids drink more than study and sacrifice good grades for a good time. I think what people fail to realize, though, is that for every stu- dent they see rela.xing at the bars on the weekends, there are two or three at home studying their eyes out for an exam Monday. lUP ' s personality — it ' s char- acter — is not determined by a handful of party animals. Every student, the athlete, the Greek, the art major, contrib- utes to the University ' s overall image. No two IL ' P students are e.xactly alike. In fact, if you say, Who is a stereotypical IL ' P student? , you are bound to hear thirteen thousand DIF- FERENT answers! -Billy Diskin

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Be oiv; These Phi Delts show their spir- this be one of lUP ' s study hounds? it at homecoming. Bo«om; This group Other Page: The Big Indians raise enjoys a few beers at Wolfendale ' s; are their helmets following their PSAC they lUP party animal s? R( jr; Could State Championship victory. 10 A Slice or Life

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... gone 10 the Rec Center in the HUB to relax . . . When Home Seems Far Away Familiar Places Welcome Students Colin Klein Dominos. ordered a pizza from How many times have you . . - bought a sweatshirt at the Co- Op store? - sat on a bench in the Oak Grove and ate a hot dog from the Bagel Wagon? - met your friends on the front steps of Leonard? - waited in the pouring rain to cross Oakland, Philly, or Wayne Avenue? - ordered a pizza from Domino ' s? After being at lUP for even the shortest amount of time, you ' ve probably experienced one or more of these items. Those of us here know the campus as well as we know the back of our hands. It ' s small, compared to some, but on those days when it was -30 °F and you had to get to Stright from Zink in fifteen minutes- boy, it certainly seemed huge! We ' ve walked those dirt side- walks thousands of times. Or maybe you prefer to walk through the buildings to avoid that blistering wind for just one minute. A few buildings bring about bad thoughts in some students. It may be Accounts Receivable in the Annex where you went to check on your refund or your loan. Heating problems, or the lack of heat, also brings about unrest in some of us. Certain areas of Leonard, McElhaney, and, need we men- tion, the dorms, are cold enough to make you wear your coat during class or hot enough to make you shed clothing. Maybe you dreaded the down- stairs of the library because it meant you had a paper or a project due soon. Or maybe it was the Blue Room for regis- tration that you feared. The computer centers, either loca- tion, have the ability to strike terror into the hearts of many students. What about the good places? Where are they? Well, you have have enjoyed going to Fisher, because it may have meant a concert or a comedy show. Maybe you enjoyed the Theater-by-the-Grove plays in Waller. A quick bite at Sheetz or Roy Rogers could do won- ders for your mood, not to mention your waistline! Maybe a gym class in Zink released some of your pressure. Any- place where your friends gath- ered certainly made the top 10 favorite places. Buildings come alive with people. If a campus had no people, would it truly be a cam- pus, or would it just be a place? -Barbara Conwy