University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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lOdCiy 4 (6CfU re will boon the comparison between dorm and home life. Now as we know, dorm and home life are very different. However, most pwople do not stop to consider the specifics of such differences, nor do they see the many similarities between the two. We will examine these similarities and differences, primarily in the areas of food, maintenance, bathroom facilities and study and sleeping conditions. ♦ A. Food. Most students learn quickly the meaning of the phrase good old fashioned home cooking when they move into the dorms. Although repeated exposure to dorm food does not necessarily cause a student to involuntarily stop in front of diners called Mom ' s, the student usually finds the urge todiscover alternative sources of sustenance after a few meals in the DC. Home- cooked food, while not always the most appetizing, is at least familiar to the tongue, and made with the student in mind. However, with home-cooked food, opportuni- ties to seek out alternative food forms are much more limited than in the dorms. Indeed, some dorm residents have made Pizza, pepperoni, extra cheese their personal mantra [6660716 in and have gone out regularlv to cafes and other eateries such as Blondie ' s, La Val ' s and the Bear ' s Lair. • B. Maintenance. Needless to say, dorm residents do not even have a parent around to rehise to pick up after them. On the other hand, dorm residents are not particularly compelled to clean their rooms. This results in a pattern which involves infrequent trips to the laundry and the occasional borrowing of a vacuum cleaner from an RA. Dorm residents, though, are exempt from certain forms of maintenance; they don ' t have to wash dishes, clean toilets, fix water heaters, or mow the lawn. Thus dorm residents, finding maintenance responsibilities either nonexistent or uncoerced usually allow a luxuriant growth ot dirty laundry, old homework papers, pizza boxes, and other miscellaneous personal effects to cover thf room ♦ C. Bathroom facilities. A vital difference between the home and dorm bathroom environments is that there are no locks on bathroom doors. Hence a thin shower curtain is often all that stands between the bather and the world. Long lines, particularly prevalent in dorms with manv inhabitants, are quite common, leading to the formation of friendships among jjeople in bathrobes bearing soap. In a slightly related vein, the appearance of hot water in showers is not a given, but rather an occurrence whose probability oscillates between 50 and 99 ' , . ♦ D. Studying and sleeping conditions. Normally a dorm room houses anywhere from two to tour individuals, as opposed to the home room which usually houses only one. Thus the behavioral patterns of one roommate cannot but affect those of another. Studying is often disrupted by virtue of one roommate having a midterm next Monday and the other having no work and several friends. The same may be said for sleeping. In the first case, retreat to the local library is the only solution. In the former, nothing less than a gentle Could you please keep it down? will do. When all else fails, the ASUC sells earplugs, by LeOU LiU Student Life ♦ 24

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- • •. • UfORHIA I A once in seven years opportu- nity! Chancel- lor Chang- Lin Tien poses for a shot with the Stanfurd Axe along with some members otCal Rally. This IS the first time the Chancel- lor has seen the Axe since his appoint- ment at Cal. The Clll hand is jn mutAral part ot LX AT l . ' t ' l L ' I Kt ' rally the night before the Berkeley spirit. Performing at Zellerbaeh Hall name, the band, cheerleaders, alumni, mic man, for laugh your Axe ofT ' was just one of their Oski . nK thousands ot hear hackers till the appearances during spirit week. Cireek theater in preparation to retriex e the Axe. Spirit Week ♦ 23

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GOim up? Elevators were a blessing for those residents of the units, es- pecially those living on the 3rd floor and up. A halloween hoe- down is iminent for these Foothill residents as they prepare by getting dressed up and into char- acter. Hun III provides d perfect backdrop to take a quick study break be- fore heading to class. : apiST i i [lY MWfffi ' trf. -. Dorm Life ♦ 25