University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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60 Student Life Monticello can be an inconceivably dull place at times. It has no nightlife in the traditional sense; no clubs or decent restaurants to speak of. What, then, do students do to pass the time? “Just sitting around” appears to be the major pre-occupation of most UAM students. They sit around and watch TV, sit around and play backgammon or chess, sit around and gab, or sit around and drink. As it is rapidly becoming to expensive to drive, one of the above or a modification of it usually occupies a student’s free time. Of course there are other diversions, depending upon the student. Some immerse themselves in a particular sport, tennis, for example. Along the same line, others become pool or pinball junkies, always to be found in the general vicinity of Commons. Fortunately, life in Monticello and at UAM is not quite as dry as the previous paragraphs would lead one to believe, otherwise t he entire campus would exist of little more than single-minded automatons. Many students find that they can easily continue their hometown hobbies in Monticello. Fishing, frisbee and hunting, archery, art and music are just a few examples. Not suprisingly, VAM students spend a lot of time just making friends. In a = ’ Some students spend their spare time shooting pool in Commons.

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DORIS KEARNS STEVE CLARK State Attorney General Steve Clark spoke in the Fine Arts Center at UAM on September 11. Clark’s lecture on consumer affairs was open to the public, with a special invitation issued to pre-law and political science students, as well as southeast Arkansas attorneys. Clark spoke to a-small crowd on consumer actions and its role with state governments. i ih | Doris Kearns, a specialist in presidential politics and author of “Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream,” spoke at UAM 1} April 10, 1980. A professor of government at Harvard University, Kearns spoke on the state of the Presidency and the 1980 Presidential election campaign. Kearns is a former special consultant to President Johnson, and was chosen by Johnson to help him write his memoirs. “Publishers Weekly” praised her biography of Johnson, saying “never before has a President spoken with such candor of his nightmares, ambitions, feelings and career.” Kearns is a magna cum laude graduate of Colby College. In 1968 she received her doctorate and taught government at Har- vard while also working part-time for President Johnson. In 1969, she became an assistant professor at Harvard and a special consultant to Johnson. Kearns’ lecture was funded by the S H Foundation, which is sponsored by the Sperry and Hutchinson Company. Student Life 59

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Above: The Common’s pinball machines get a daily workout from student pinball enthusiasts. Top right: Angelo Llana passes some time between classes playing frisbee. Right: Some students prefer to pass the time just sitting in the shade of the Big Oak. town as small as Monticello, on a campus as small as UAM, it’s quite an easy thing to do. On those days and nights when there’s nothing else to do, there is always someone around, equally bored, to share a laugh or a movie, or a little companionship. As the school’s social life grows more complex with the years, one would hope that making friends would be an enduring pasttime. Student Lite 6]