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

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Takiag tine oet of a busy class schedule. Kathy Bes- sire and her fiance Wayne Barton spend both time and money at bridal shops such as Jolee s Bridal Boutique to make wedding arrangements. fPholo Illustration by Ian Halperin) . straticm br lora Lutz Z ' Marriage — 29

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College: A Time For Having Fun, Meeting Friends, Making the Grades and . . . etting married Do you promise to love, honor and pass your chemistry class next semester? Does this sound a little out of context? Well, it ' s becoming more common for stu- dents to get married while they still are attending college. According to the 1988 statistical records of Tech students, 3,735 students out of 24,605 are married; 1,730 of the married students are undergraduates. Back in the ' 50s, many women majored in Mrs. It was a slang word meaning the purpose of college was to find a husband. During the ' 60s everyone loved everyone, and people didn ' t care whether they settled down with one person. In the ' 80s, things seem more neutral. Most students interviewed said they were not looking for a mate, but if one came along, that would be fine. Shannon Ford, a sophomore from Hous- ton, said she would not be disappointed if she left Tech without a mate. I like to date a variety of people, Ford said. If coming to college to find a hus- band is your only purpose, then you are going to miss out on a lot of things like friends and campus functions. Robbie Rudder, a sophomore from Ft. Worth, said he felt it is ridiculous to go to college for the sole purpose of finding a mate. I ' d be happier leaving college with a degree than with a wife, Rudder said. The consensus seemed to feel that find- ing a mate in college is not a top priority. If it happens it happens, but I wouldn ' t go looking for one. Ford said. Denise Suarez, a senior from Arlington, said she did come looking for a mate. I thought it might happen just because it was college, she said. Suarez said most people who want to find a mate in college probably do so for security reasons. I think most people have a fear of being alone, Suarez said. If you don ' t find a mate in college, your chances are even less that you ' ll find one outside of college when you are in the working world. Most Tech students seem to be neutral on the subject. Like Rudder said. If it hap- pens, great. I ' m very independent, though, and I don ' t feel I have to have someone take care of me. — Lisa L. LaBrant Designed hy Lara Ltttz 28 — Marriage

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FRIDAY, 8 A.M. GOING OUT OR GOING HOME, MANY STUDENTS CHOOSE TO CUT CLASS Students only needed to look at the emp- ty seats around them in a Friday class to see that Texas Tech definitely is not short on tradition. Tech has been criticized, maybe unjustly, over the years for its lack of tradition when compared to schools such as Texas A M and the University of Texas, but skipping classes on Friday is more and more becom- ing a campus tradition. There are several theories on why so many students have turned into the dread- ed Friday skipper. A great number of students have some sort of mental block when it comes to the sixth day of the week. They believe classes run Monday Wednesday and Tuesday Thursday; Friday is an imaginary day in the school week. Thursday night is one of the biggest par- ty nights for college students. Clubs such as the basement. Dallas Nights, Cheers and others are packed to maximum capacity, leaving many students too tired to attend classes on Friday. It ' s not unusual for students to laugh on Friday mornings when they are leaving the dorm for an 8 a.m. class and they run into people who are just dragging in from the night before. Students who are going home for the weekend often cut classes on Friday in or- der to have more time for their weekend visit. Unless a student lives in West Texas or the South Plains area, more than likely. they ' re a long way from home. It ' s hardly worth going if you ' re going to spend the majority of your time on the road. Sometimes I leave on Thursday if I ' m go- ing out of town for the weekend, said Shan- non Hopkin, a family studies major from Lewisville. It ' s not worth a long drive to just stay one full day. Of course, there are those students who have no reason at all for missing class. If I skip a class on Friday, it ' s usually just be- cause I ' m lazy, said Bill Proctor, a photo- communications major from Abilene. If I ' m going to skip a class during the week, it ' s usually Friday, said Charles Cromwell, an English major from Corpus Christi. Sometimes I just like to enjoy a three-day weekend. Some university professors are bothered by the low attendance in Friday classes and have stiffened their attendance policies to try to solve the problem. Bill Dean, director of the Ex-Students Association and a mass communications instructor at Tech. said he now allows no excused absences in his classes beyond a limit of five. Each student has five free absences, and after that, no matter what the reason, five points are deducted for every absence. Dean said. Dean said the change in attendance poli- cy has lessened the number of absentees in his classes. — Jamie Stewart 30 — Friday Classes