Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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as much fun for the incoming greenies as she could. Not onl did she bring performing artist Charlie Daniels (who has played guitar behind such greats as Dylan), she, along with Don Goldman and his FANTASTIC group of performers, presented the rock opera Tommy . It was so succes- ful that Tommy was presented a second night. Her SO As (Student Orientation Advisers) took the herd of scared, what - the - hell - am - I doing here freshmen and introduced them to college life. The SOAs told their charges where one must go if one has to do so and so (in other words, what one must do if one wants to cut through all the red tape this univer- sity seems to thrive upon.)

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IT ' S □l IL ' THE BE51f lf lir 15 It ' s only the beginning of a new life for you — this thing they call college. Never will you have another experi- ence like it in your whole life. College will teach you things that you never knew existed. It will take you places that you have never been (and never dreamed of going). It will pick you up so slowly and let you down so quickly that at times you will hate it and other times you will love it. Mainly, college will teach you to think. Some people believe that col- lege prepares you for the outside world (whatever that is). Others think college is a world within itself. Still others think college is only the breeding ground for commies and fags (if such things can breed). No matter what you have heard or what you believe, college will teach you to make decisions by yourself, for yourself. You are totally on your own now, if not physically, then mentally. You will learn to determine what you do and don ' t like, how you feel about something, and how you will handle yourself in the daily situations you must face on your own. Here you are now, at your home for the next four years. It is now time to enter the world for which you have spent several years wishing, the world of making it on your own. Say goodby to your teddy-bear, say goodby to your chocolate days and popsicle weeks. It ' s your time for living, baby, so enjoy it while you can. ORIENTATION Orientation week starts for the freshmen a week ahead of registration so they can get a general feeling of what college is like. If you were dumb enough to start as a freshman in the summer . . . well, I ' m sure you know your mistake. Anyhow, you missed out if you did not participate in fresh- man week. This year, Ginny Bruce worked her tail off trying to make freshman week - S.

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Let ' s hope they told the freshmen where to go to get the best tacos and the cheapest beer. Ah, but the SOAs also act as another ploy, that of get- ting the freshmen so worn down they won ' t know what hit them when it is time to register. REGISTRATION God bless the child who can make it all the way through registration with one hair left on his or her head. Trying to register sanely and with complete composure just cannot be done. It is enough to make you take a slow boat to Colorado with one pad- dle (and that ain ' t a bad idea). Every student must secure admis- sion to their desired courses says the MTSU Bulletin. Easier said than done, sweetheart. Have you ever