University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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4 Watching Florida In The Morning

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Were you watching Florida in 1984.7 Not Florida, the sunshine sta te --- home of beaches and tourists and WaI t Disney World, but Florida, the university - flagship school of the state university system and home to a kaleidescope of 34,000 students. In Gainesville it's hard to imagine anyone not watching Florida. For what it's worth, UP students do admit to enjoying the sunshine, and they do go to beaches and theme parks. Yet the students, better than any outsider, know that the University of Florida is more than a playground. They, more closely than anyone, were watching Florida in 1984. Where were you when the Board of Regen ts Chose a new UFpresident? Where were you when Bob HOpe disappoin ted a crowd of more than 70,000 at Florida Field? Where were you when the Gators humbled the Kentucky basketball tradition? If you were in Gainesville you were probably watching, and if not you probably heard. Were you really wa tching? Some dramas played to small audiences. A roommate worked furiously to enter a selective department . . . a Classmate slept through an important exam . . . both are a part of the memory for those who watched Florida Closely. Florida students know the school for many things. Academic pressure is not a myth; it is a daily fact of life. Weekends are not frivolous; they are weII-earned and muCh-needed. Tradi- tion is not limited by orange and b1ue;1't1's expanded by the students, alumni and faculty who wear those colors. But you know that. You were watching Florida in 1984. - C. W West

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Watching Florida In The Morning etching Florida in the W morning is deceptive to an untrained observer; Students forced to wake up early, sneak almost unseen in to first pe- riod classes all over campus. You I might even be tricked in to believe ing there are not many students here. That image is dispelled as the day progresses and the e a . y 5 -.-' .A t sidewalks fill, by 11 a.m. students V. w f . '- ,, Tia ' ,, ' have hit campus fuII-force. What ht - do they do and where do they spend their day? The J. Wayne Reitz Union is the center of activity for many people who come to campus early. Located in the center of the uni- versity, it is an eating, sunning and meeting spot for those who r V need a place to pass the time be- 7' 1 tween Classes. h u h Student organization offices, a cafeteria and snack bar, a music listening room and television area make the union an escape from the academic life into the extra- curricular. Green Pon d, a form er sinkhole, is a home to ducks and other'creatures, and provides a re- laxing place for students to catch some famous Florida sunshine. W. Lester M. Boyette k t eeeeee M. Boyette Watching Florida In The Morning 5