University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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College life. As freshmen, we all had our own preconceived ideas about how the campus buld look, what the people would be like, how tough our classes would be But. as in everything in life, things don't always yum out as we envision them Those names and addresses we received from Residential Life over the summer, informing us of the two strangers who would exist with us in a room the size of a closet turned out to be nothing like their names implied them to be. As seniors in high school, many of us looked toward college as another world, one in which we could totally change our personalities as well as values We were at last free from the watchful eye of Mom and Dad and we basked in our new found freedom, eager to try any and everything new. daring, and different around us. But our new acquisition did have its drawbacks. Most of us can still clearly recall the nights when our freedom to drink whenever we wanted and as much as we wanted brought us to our knees, making us wish we had Mom to pat us on the back and tell us we would feel better in the morning, though that seemed impossible at the time. Through the years — freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior — time seemed to fly when we had loads of work piling high around us and stand still when we wanted it to pass quickly. We grew up over that four year period — from wide-eyed, map-reading freshmen to sarcastic seniors, learned in the ways of college life. Four years. It doesn't seem like its been that long. It seems like only yesterday that we were riding up to UMO that last Saturday in August. 1979, eager to begin something new and different. Well, we're on our way once again, the only difference being that there is a whole world waiting before us. For everything, there is a season.'' As seniors, our college season has gore by but life is just beginning to sprout.

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After four years of living in a dorm, eating roast beef au jus, writing term papers, cramming for finals, suffering through Bt 2 and FR 3. and putting up with the annoying antics of Bananas the Bear, happiness is ... seeing UMO in your rearview mirror.

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