Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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WINTER AT TFX.H Boy, did it snow! By Dec. 1 2. dead day, everyone was talking about a mild winter. No one seemed to think the snow would come. But it did. Boy, did it come! As students began studying for upcoming finals, dead day was a wel- come break from classes. Some stu- dents slept late or caught up on projects and reading assignments. Others had another day to procrastinate and wait until the very last minute to begin stud- ying. And then it snowed. What started as small flakes soon picked up speed and larger flakes fell, covering cars and sidewalks. This was it, this snow stuck. Shouts rang through the dorms and soon the campus was filled with bun- dled students dancing for joy in the downfall, heads held back to taste the pure white flakes. Quickly, students built snowmen only to tear them down again as ammunition for snowball fights. Snow Wars was alive and living at Tech. People jostled one another, pelted each other and rolled in the snow, not caring how wet or cold they became. Heck, it was fun! Memorial Circle was filled with stu- dents climbing on Will Rogers and fall- ing into the snow to make snow angels. They cleaned off cars and 20 — La Vrntana I

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all for the Raiders stand up and holler claimed TOUCHDOWN! But when ihc opponent scored, td was all that appeared. As 300-pound nuseguard Gabriel Rivera made a ta ' the scoreboard lit up wit J » the score a |il Senor SiSP I Oil 4 sad note, Tech lo t mascot Happy VI, who was ifjklined with a g irtjury at the end of therWttMfn.season . » Happy VMI, another black horse with white markings, took his place. During basketball season, the Tramps provided spirit by releasing and streamers at the A M hsas games. The Tech Band ' s esteK ' iftSir cited fana|HpH they-left the coliseum or read newspa rs as the opposing team was intro- duced. However low Tech spirit sometimes seemed, the Matador and the Tech Band always were catalysts. When the band played the opening bars of the yell TWO BITS, spectators cheered and prepared to stand up and holler, .and deiDOQSlEai Ulc UU still a little RaideMCwS ' WV B T J • ' - , ' n ) f f ••• •

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' ' a shoved snow down coeds ' jackets. Oth- ers leaped upon people, some they did not even know, dragging them down and rolling them in the snow. The reason? Well, the snow was just another excuse to put off studying a minute longer and regress to childhood and the fun that seemed not to exist. The skiing season started late and students were able to get the ski bug out of their systems by romping in the snow. However, skiing was prolonged this year with the last lift in New Mex- ico closing around April 13. Red faced students came laughing into the dorms and homes to brew cof- fee and hot chocolate, moaning now rii have to stay up all night. As the Tech t-shirt says, Damn, another all- nighter at Texas Tech. The night seemed to be endless, but they were comforted by the constant thought they could run outside and play more if the urge struck. Deep down, they knew they must study for finals. Dead Day ended and finals began, but not many will forget the ultimate joy of gathering with friends to sing Christmas carols, make snow ice cream and have those good ' ole snowball fights. Frostbite and all. the snow and ihc Hub were fun!