Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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once having all of her clothes taken from the shower room and having to return to her room wrapped In a shower curtain. One person remembers. Last year in chemistry class we waited for our professor to leave the classroom, and then we turned all the gas nozzels on. We then pretended to pass out. When the prof returned, he picked up a chair and threw it through the window.” Not all jokes end up as planned originally by the joker, or in this case — Jokers. Three years ago a graduating senior somehow planted a pig In Lyle Dining Hall. The pig ran from table to table searching for food and trying to get away from its cheering audience. Eventually. the pig was hauled off by security ... for not having a meal ticket. Life at college can sometimes prove too boring and testing on the nerves. Fortunately, for all of us. every dorm floor and every apartment has at least one person that keeps the humor Dorm rooms were the setting for many practical jokes. By the look on her face. Lisa Buohl is obviously the perpertraiter and not the victim of a prank. - Photo by Lisa Saylor A major ingredient in pulling off a good joke is finding good prey. Although totally soaked. Andy Grimm doesn't seem ready to get revenge on the pranksters. - Photo by Lisa Saylor rolling. Never a dull moment goes by when you are in college, and by the time students graduate they arc sure to have had a joke played on them or caught the plague and attacked an innocent victim with a joke or two of their own. Reeky Moyer Susan L. Seibel Practical Jokes 25

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Expect It When You Least Expect It Practical Joking—an Art Perfected in College Practical Jokes, those jokes carried out in actions to excite laughter or amuse, have been part of people’s lives since the very beginning q( time. The art of performing practical Jokes is a complex one. where a person must be aware of several things. First a' person must know what joke to play: second who to Two practical jokes were the objects of attention as a group of hungry students paraded down the steps to Lyle Cafeteria. - Photo by Steve Dan orth play the joke on. and finally, when and where to perform the Joke. A perfect excuse for a practical joke is special days such as: April Fool's Day. birth- days. and engagements. Candles that won't blow out are popular birthday gags, as is switching the sugar and salt at the dinner table on April Fool's Day. Students when questioned as to whether or not they have ever played a practical joke on someone almost unanimously admitted that they had. Most students play practical Jokes simply to get even, but then there are also those persons who simply enjoy performing practical jokes — these are the people with which the rest of the student body is getting even. College dorms are an excellent place to play practical jokes. A roommate can be easily persuaded to become an accomplice to a Jpke. One innocently returns from a class and finds all of their socks all tied together and strung from one end of the room to the other: or possibly the posters on their dorm walls hung upside-down. Several students, wishing to remain anonymous, claimed to have had Jokes played on them or played Jokes on others themselves. A freshman was putting toothpaste on her toothbrush one evening only to discover shriveled up raisins In her toothpaste tube. Her roommate had implanted the raisins in the tube so she could watch her reaction. The jokec's reaction was to implant the raisins in the jokers soap with nailpolish. Back and forth the two went, each one trying to top the other's Joke. The showers in a dorm are a popular place for practical jokes. Jill O'Neal remembers 24 Practical Jokes

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Turning 2ii “I'll Toast to That!” As well as being able to step foot inside a bar. at twenty-one. a student is also allowed to buy liquor. Here are a few favorite choices from a local liquor store. • Photo by Becky Moyer While attending school. students tend to look forward to various things. Some are eager for semester breaks, summer vacation and holidays. As the semester begins, students look forward to their first days in classes. looking for familiar faces and friends: unfortunately this type of anxiety usually wears off rapidly as time progresses. Yet. though students anticipate many stepping stones throughout the school year, there also are those stepping stones that occur only once In everyone's life time. Most people remember their first days in kin- Oncc a student turns the magical age of twenty-one. a lot of liberties arc at hand. Ken Costello takes advantage of his new rights by stopping by the Inn to have beer after classes. • Photo by Merin Studio dergarten, turning thirteen, reaching sixteen and acquiring their drivers' license. Yet. the major stepping stone left to cross occurs during one's college years: that is the ever-famous day of turning twenty-one. No matter what the reason is that a person looks forward to this day. most everyone eagerly anticipates the day when they, themselves. will be twenty-one. People look forward to 7 looked forward to turning twenty-one so I could go out and not worry about anything,” Brookwood resident Marley Hays commented. turning twenty-one for many different reasons, but being of legal age to drink seems to be a very common one. According to one male student, who chose to remain anonymous: when 1 turned twenty-one my only concern was drinking Apple Jacks (a mixture of Yukon Jack and Apple Juice).” By being of legal age. students feel more confident when they drink. Brookwood resident Marley Hays says. ”1 looked forward to turning twenty-one so I could go out and not worry about anything. Senior Kim Larson relates that turning twenty-one opened new options for me. I can now go places that 1 could not get into before. Not so much for drinking, but dancing and having a good time. Not everyone makes such a big deal about turning twenty-one. Scott Iscman. a resident of Bard Hall, said ”1 didn't really look forward to turning twenty-one it was really no different than any other birthday. Besides being able to drink legally, a person also has a variety of other options available to him when he turns twenty-one. He is then considered to be an adult, therefore he can be held legally responsible for any of his actions. He may get married without the permission of his parents. If there is a trust fund in his name, he Is then able to claim the money legally. He also may buy any type of firearms. According to Deb Hoke. A wide variety of interesting Jobs are available to people who are twenty-one. Why is such a big deal made of turning twenty-one? Larson said that she thought it would be more momen-tious. Andy Grim agreed and said I looked forward to it. but it was really no big deal. Most people admit that they don't really feel or consider themselves any different now that they are twenty-one. One girl said. Suddenly 1 realized that I was an adult now and would be facing the real world soon. 1 thought I better get my act together quick. Students celebrate their 26 Turning Twenty-one