Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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A N o pt H'4 w N party. This problem is not found, how- ever, during exam week. People have been known to line up in front of the Sci Li at sunrise and petition for the exten- sion of hours throughout the night. Studying furnishes a topic for many campus jokes, although these jokes usually focus on neot studying. Who could possibly forget the whispers, the gum munchers, and the person playing with a cellophane wrapper? Graffitti on a desk-top often commands more at- tention than a tedious text. Being on the look-out for friends may require more effort than finding reserve read- ing materials. Hallucinations die not even unheard of. What may seem like a droning pro- fessor's voice or the word of God in- spiring terror in the middle of the night may turn out to be your roommate talking in his sleep. Studying side-ef- fects, which can occur in an altered state of consciousness, are quite shat- tering and not to be dismissed lightly with the wave of a spiral notebook.

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The Brown Sports Scene Is there anything at Brown good enough to attract more than 3,000 undergraduates? When faced with the list of intercollegiate and intramu- ral sports sponsored by the Division of Athletics at Brown, it is understan- dable that so many people can find something to become involved in at Brown. 'Sports at Brown does not only mean football, hockey, and basket- ball: it can mean anything from table tennis, to judo, to cricket. While some sports are offered both as intercolle- giate and intramural activities, other sports such as ballet and yoga are offered only on the recreational level. Being on a team can involve long hard hours of practice and pain. Even- ings often consist of nothing but hours of studying and catching up on work. For the less competitive Brown students, the University's compre- hensive Physical Education Program sponsors classes for those with just a casual interest or for those that don't have time for more demanding activi- ties. What about those of us with no ath- letic inclination at all? Yes, even the non-athlete can participate in athlet- ics at Brown. Conversation on a Sat- urday afternoon in the fall is almost always monopolized by talk of lvy League football. Trips to nearby schools including Harvard and Yale are not uncommon by Brown football fans who want to cheer the team on to victory. And a fast, exciting hockey game is a fine way to spend a Friday night. The true dedication of sports fans is suggested by long lines on the cold winter night of the Cornell hock- ey game. Well, surely there must still be a group of inactive people out there waiting to be catered. to. For them Brown offers everything from inter- dorm competitions, to football on the green, to frisbee games in the halls of West Quad, and more. No wonder over half the Brown population chooses to participate in athletics! 11