Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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MARK S COTTER the sidewalk; carrying your art portfolio or sporting a particularly interesting hole in your jeans; they may not convey the exact AN EVENING OF LAUGHTER with Jay Leno and your friends during fall term will grab your attention. fly it around the room a few times, throw it into a couple of backflips and set it down really gently, ecstatic and tired, but no worse for the wear. image you’re looking for, but there’s no question that your actions are going make you clearly classic. to A A iff -

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CLEARED 040000000 LASSIC Chic Don’t for a minute think that you’re going to make it through the day without making an appearance. Somebody you know, it doesn’t matter if it’s your long-time heartthrob or the guy that borrows your calculator in Math class all of the time, somebody is going to see you on this campus and you will have made an irreversible image on that person’s mind. Maybe you wanted to attract attention today. You dressed a little jazzier, somewhat different from your regular Levi-and-sweatshirt regalia and caught the eye of people ini m Va Mom's Weekend is 31 ways a perfect opportunity to display your greatest behavior. Of anyone in the world, there is no one person that you'd rather impress than Mom. She doesn t expect to be impressed and she 'll ooh and ahh at whatever meager or insignificant creation you produce. Mom's Weekend in 1976 was not much different with the mothers of these knights in shining armor standing proud, knowing that the young men inside were willing to do anything to defend her honor. who may not have noticed you before. Maybe you spoke louder in the Commons or bumped into a rushing depositor at the bank machine. Maybe he gave you an engagement ring or the Sun-In turned your hair orange. Somehow, someway, someone saw you and you made somewhat of an impression. A person walking up to you and suddenly giving you [lowers is probably not going to happen, but a whiff of the rhododendrons and a quick sniff into the [lower just might. Running a red light or tripping on

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 I % A V . SNA . W vJ■■1 r l ' Ha. uilAL: a; CLEARED ooooooooo LAS SIC TUD Every life is, of course, individual and special. No one enjoys the exact same pleasures or dilemmas as another, no participants in activities in the identical way as any other person. Though the world is made up of thousands and thousands of these int ricate and complex lives, there can be none so intriguing as the life of a student. Many wonder how it can be called a life. A student sustains him or herself with a continually filled container of Diet Pepsi. A quick burger for 29C and a Snickers for 45C to keep you going constitutes a There was a time when the conservatism of Oregon State was tucked away somewhere, probably deep in Milam or Kidder Halls. There wasn't such a concern of image of how one's actions would reflect upon the surroundings. If there was a chance for campuswide recognition, there was no question that the activity would constitute a big day in the life of a student. Homecoming in 1954 was a clear example of the optimism you could almost reach out and touch on the OSU campus. OSl' ARCIIIVKM'I meal. Many wonder how it can be called a life. A student can hardly go a day without pointing to lint-filled pockets and complaining about a lack of money. A student will go for days, even weeks, without spending a precious quarter to do laundry and people in long-distance relationships hang in suspense while the phone doesn’t ring as each person saves money. How can it be called a life? It can because we live it every day and despite the decline in some areas, other facets of our lives are just starting to grow and devel-