Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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As students arrive on campus each fall they see old friends and make new ones. Many of these friendships begin in the dormitories. Birmingham- Southern has six such dorms, three for both giris and guys. As school progresses, these buildings soon become a home away from home. Students soon become accustomed to the dorm room and decorate these rooms to fit per- sonal taste. While ali rooms appear different, they can generally be placed into one of three cate- gories; 1] a color coordinated room, 2] a room with simple decorations or 3} one that decorates with time. The color coordinated room is one with match- ing bedspreads and curtains. The place is always clean with never a messy closet or dust on the dresser; hardly liveable for some. Most of the other dorm rooms are arranged to show the taste of two separate students. To decorate a room the simple way Is to let each roomate do what he or she wants without trying to match each other. The final type of room is created through time. The room never appears to be clean for items such as coke cans and paper gradually accumulate. Follow- ing the law of gravitation, these items have simply fallen where they please. 12