Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Kendra Flick ami Jill Ratcliff hand Andrew Blakeley. Todd Jeffries. out balloons to freshmen Ernest and Keith Tucker enjoy scoping out Schramaycr and Charles Kiefer at all the people at the Freshman First the 1985 First Nighter. Nighter. What’s To Come In ’89 Freshmen are people, too What’s the typical freshman stereotype? LOST? YOUNG? When asked, almost everyone has an opinion. When upperclassmen were asked what they thought about freshmen, they responded with typical answers such as: naive, inexperienced. young, overwhelmed, and impressionable. What makes students grade sophomore and higher think of these things? Partly memories of their freshman year, but mostly what they see around them. Upperclassmen tend to see freshmen as first year students who are generally unsure of themselves and inexperienced. Pam Reinking, a sophomore, claims that ‘‘freshmen can always be spotted because they never know where they are going. They hang around in small groups, afraid to venture out. Freshmen, on the other hand, don’t see themselves in the freshman stereotype. Most looked to their first year of college with anticipation. Going to a new school in a new town with a lot of different people was exciting for most freshmen. Susan Jessup. a first year student in foods and nutrition said. ‘‘It’s better than being a high school freshman.” Some activities held specifically with freshmen in mind are the ‘‘Freshman First Nighter” and the‘‘PRHC Dock Dance”. The First Nighter offers a slew of events. These include free bands, bowling, billiards, and amusement games. In addition, the Sweet Shop, Stripe Shop, and the Union Market offered specials. Also, the movie The Breakfast Club” was shown to kick off the Purdue Student Union Board film series. Although freshmen do get lost quite a bit, after a few weeks they all get the hang of it. Let’s not forget — freshmen eventually become sophomores. — Stephanie Grubb JPtwhU Steven Downing und Janelle Niemann prove that freshmen are not too shy to meet other people. Freshmen 21

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Kim Bundy, a freshman in elementary education, checks the building directory between Chemistry and Heavilon halls. On the other side is a campus map frequented by freshman. Freshmen Greg Smith and David Wright, both computer science majors. look for their residence hall on the scaled map in the Union. 20 Freshmen j

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A Taylor Scott Mead, a member of the Amencan forces, takes off his helmet in order to better inspect hts M-16 rifle. Sergeonl First Class Robert LaFond. back, gives the after action critique while Luke Akins, front, looks over the battlefield. The critique is just part of the many exercises that the Rangers went through in Attica.