Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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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

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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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twenty-first birthday In many different ways, some no different than any other birthday. Grim. Iseman and Larson all recalled that they celebrated their twenty-first birthday at home with their family. Both Hays and Hoke said that their roommates had surprise birthday parties for them. The Inn is a popular place for students to go on their twenty-first birthday to celebrate. It gives them a funny feeling to suddenly get served legally when just the day before they would not have been able to. Another thing that makes a person feel funny Is to go to a liquor store and buy something. Grim stated. I was disappointed on my birthday when I went to buy some champagne and I wasn't carded! He says that he has an arrogant attitude when he goes into a liquor store, and he almost wishes that they will card him. Another male said. Although some people despise being carded. I love it because my young look fools them. I like to see their stunned faces when I put my card in their face. Twenty-one is an interesting age. Some people are married and may be supporting children at age twenty-one. Others may be living the singles life in an apartment and have a fulltime job. While still others may be still living at home with their parents. For the college student who is in his senior year of school, becoming twenty-one comes at a major turning, point in his life. He is about to leave school and all its comforts and enter the adult world that is full of the unknown. □ iMiira f eece A convenient location for all students, the Inn provided a place to relax. Anthony Pack. Jeff Long and Mitch Hoffman take time out of their studies to have fun. • Photo by Merin Studio. Senior Kim Larson relates, turning twenty-one opened up new options for me. I can now go places that I could not go before. Not so much for drinking, but dancing and having a good time.” Turning Twenty-one 27