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When you first came to URI, remember how small and insignificant you felt? How huge the quad seemed? How imposing the buildings were? You may have felt a slight bit intimidated by it all. Some computer printed out your schedule, and you couldn’t figure out where TBA was. Somehow, you got through the first day. Maybe you won- dered if you had enough courage for the Pub, and you went with a total stranger — your new roommate, or maybe with an old friend from back home. Maybe the place looked harmless enough, once you got past the bouncer, and were able to eye the whole scene. If you were from out-of-state (and into beer) you got your first taste of the pure Scituate water of Narragansett. Did you share your table with someone? Get fired-up? Find your way home when the night was over? Back at class, each professor you found was a new exper- ience. Each one was so different in outlook (though hope- fully not too different). Each had his individual set of criteria, not to mention idosyncracies and pet peeves. There were so many questions at the beginning. Only so many of them could be answered. Gradually you found your way around. Things got easier. Routines set in, and some of your confidence was restored. It was comforting, in a way, to see others in the same pre- dicaments. Even if you had to wait in line, there were lots of people waiting their turn with you! And everyone put up with the same trials and tribulations of drop add, ad- visor’s signatures and the bursar’s office. Sometimes it took weeks to get things straightened out. Meanwhile, there would be a dance at the Ram’s Den, or a game of pool downstairs, hall parties, smokers, or per- haps a quiet conversation with some friends at the Inter- national Coffee House. There were all sorts of clubs and groups to join, meetings to attend, causes to undertake. There were endless variations of lifestyles, experiences and explorations to try. 13
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And there was always the library. If you were really seri- ous about it, you learned to find it in the dark, in the rain, and even in the sunshine! You soon had found your own favorite spot. On the other hand, if you weren’t all that diligent, more often than not you turned instant caffine freak at the end of the semester. Everything seemed to build to a crescendo. Plays, con- certs, recitals, speakers, films . . . you couldn’t be every- where at once, and sometimes nothing could be accom- plished without a hitch. By the time finals rolled around, though, it was probably just as well; you’d run out of money as well as free time. Each year tuition would go up. Later, when that didn’t matter, you’d be sweating over your resume and wonder- ing whether or not there would be a decent job waiting for you out there. Meanwhile, life went on as usual . . . parties, friends, sum- mer jobs, late nights typing papers, Sunday breakfasts in the union, spring breaks . . . ... all a part of life at URI. 14
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