Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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Kacser Alperin Boulas Inside brick and ivy dorms have lived generations of roommates, classmates, enemies, friends, and lovers. The details may vary slightly, but some things are as constant as the buildings. Moving in: setting up the stereo before even making the bed; plugging in the plant lamps that will keep your tropical hibis- cus blooming amid Providence sleet; and covering walls with Indian bedspreads. Adjusting: learning that if you leave your mint dental floss in the communal bathroom, it will not stay there for more than three days; developing the muscles in your arm by pounding on the wall because Steve Stereo next door plays Aerosmith at 3 a.m.; or learning not to flinch when you meet someone of the opposite sex leaving the bathroom as you enter. Diversions: study breaks become an es- sential part of dorm life whether it's ordering ten pizzas, having donuts and cider with the freshmen unit nearby, or en- gaging in a prank. Coping: on Wriston Quad, learning to sleep with fifty people chanting outside the window can be as vital to success at college as is passing courses. The simple pleasures in life a pillow over your head and a sudden cloudburst that sends the rowdies away make coping easier. 1350 Dykaar

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The austere, off-white exterior of the towering Sci- ences Library has provided all sorts of inspiration for the Brown community. Yes, some have been inspired to climb that towering building. One poor soul was so overwhelmed by that off-white exterior that he was in- spired to kneel down and pray outside. The elevator moves up and down those fourteen floors just as spirits rise and fall in the Sci-Li. There are the ups: elevator races a late hour regression, fits of laughter in the car- rels, floor jokes, rendezvous over coffee, and there are the downs as well. There are the exam pressures; stu- dents sense their futures are at stake as they study in the sterile stacks or suffocate in the intensity of A-level air. There are pre-meds, pre-engineers, all pre-pro- grammed to produce. Eventually, sleep-heavy eyelids overrule the weightiest organic chemistry tests. Despite nightmares about being caught up in the revolving doors, there is always a way out back to humanity and into the gale winds caused by those towering walls. Treves o o Y Vi

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Neuhaus Austin Every weekend night or, for the minority in orbit, every night you will see clusterings of smile-for-the-camera people as they drink, dance, drool do whatever it is that helps them to unwind. After a week of expanding their minds, many Brunonians prime themselves for going slightly out of their expanded minds and partying. Depending upon timing and inspiration, parties at Brown can take almost as many forms as there are people . . . There is always the anon- ymous, cattle herd atmosphere of the frat party. The sometimes bizarre, often raucous upper class party is always a good means for practicing cocktail party poses to be assumed in the life after Brown. During a year, there are also the freshman unit parties, freshman unit reunion parties, bon voyage parties, welcome back parties, into Grad School parties, flunked out of school parties, toga parties a breed new this year, parties in honor of the weather . . . Brown students are creative. One cannot neglect the small parties; wine, cheese, and conversation shared among close friends, gatherings which celebrate man as a social animal with less emphasis on animal than other affairs. Austin