North Carolina State University - Agromeck Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

Life Vinny Del Negro hands a lay-up to the Soviet National Team. A Lee sunrise over Bragaw dorm. of N.C. State Jim Mahaffee By Marks. Inman Many a night, the sleepless college student has pondered the many ways to describe the action of ' pursuing a higher degree to put towards a chosen career " . One is at college, goes to college, passes college, attends college. sta\s in college, is enrolled in college, flunks out of college, or even drops out of college. After hours of pondering, the soon-to-be-snoozing college student realizes that he ' s always stuck doing the work end of the deal. Some people have called the Mark S. Inman college experience " traversing the halls of academia. " while others cal it ' the meat grinder. ' What the\ aciualK mean is college is there and \ ' ou go through it. For example, consider the \olume of students that move through this joint every four \ears. Think also of professors here at this universitN . The\ ' re here to do some hardcore research. ma\ be publish a few papers and get some grant money here and there. 1 hen think of the staggeringU large number of students " names that these professors have to get actiuainied w ith on a \earl\ (let Mark S Inman alone semesterly) basis. Most of these professor t.\ pes work with grad students, w ho are aroimd the lab so much that the professor can ' t help but learn their names. But consider the unfortunate scholarh soul who gets stuck teaching C ' hem 101 or CSC 101. .Ask them who was in their class last semester. " Heh. " the\ " II say w ith a maniacal gleam in theire\e. " a bunch of freshmen. " The\ understand what \()lume means. We students are prctt\ transient around this place. Check out \ our checks. Do the\ Ope :ninuw/