Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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The Three R ' s Another aspect of relocation is the roommate. These first two weeks will pret- ty well determine your label for the rest of the year, i.e. The Neat One, The Messy One, The Early Riser, The No-Classes- Til-Noon Sleeper, The Jungle Forest Plant Lover, etc. Although there are many types of combinations, one thing is certain — both roomies will feel the other is extreme about something. The next of the three bitter R ' s is refrig- eration. This means getting sunburned standing in a line which is moving every which way but forward, only to be reward- ed with a cross-campus pilgrimage carry- ing a 75 lb. refrigerator that will freeze your butter and melt your Breyer ' s butter pecan. This is really too sensitive a subject to be carried on further. The last, the most complex, and the most unnerving of the three R ' s is registra- tion. No four-year student yet graduated has been able to avoid the insidious Sikes A person ' s first experience at college life can be frustrating, and sometimes it ' s difficult to know even which direction to go in. Orientation is something every new students must experience, though it looks as if these freshmen would rather be elsewhere. Hal Waters Marly Kvans I8-Studcnt Life

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it! Hall-Tillman-bottom floor E section Mar- tin cycle for all eight semesters. It is as certain as death and taxes. It is also during registration that you begin to realize the full complexity of as- tronomy. If there are no stars on your schedule form, then no problem. If there are five or six stars, then you get a First Day Drop Add Card, and no problems. But if you get two or three stars, then you have to forge your advisor ' s name at least twice, and you still have problems. If you have been closed out of a class because it is full, then you have to stand like so many blind beggars along the wall by the sign-up table and wait for someone to drop. And even if someone does drop, and even if you do outlive the scramble to the sign-up table, and even if you do man- age to get your name printed at the bottom of the attendence register, you still have not solved everything. Now you have to decide if you are going to fit in your lunch hour at 9:05 or 4:40. by Sha Sifford A major campus problem is the incidence of depres- sion among many freshmen, who often feel over- whelmed by the sudden change in lifestyle. Many students lent a homey atmosphere to their rooms through the addition of refrigerators and fur- niture, while stacking beds gave moore space. David Ingram Marty Kvans Student Life- 1 9