College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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A fresh coat of paint keeps this house in CW in mint condition, — Photo by L, Trepanier. After a long Indian summer, the turning ot the trees brings tourists in droves to Williamsburg. — Photo by Barry Long Still crazy threw across the room, all the times I laughed in hysterical frustrotion, I stil chose to stay. Why ' ; ' For one thing, I wrote to Dartmouth after one semester here and sold, ok, I give up, I ' m coming to Hanover, I re- ceived a polite card in response that stated: We are sorry to inform you, but due to the enormous number of appli- cants to the undergraduate program, we are unable to process your reguest for a transfer application. Please feel free to contact us in a few years when the situation may be somewhat better, Even If Dartmouth had mailed bock air fore and a year ' s tuition, I had no guarantee that Dartmouth would be better thon W M, Besides, it was cold in New Hampshire, Things got better in Williamsburg The Wig was converted into o lote-night hangout. The Pub phased out d isco and started booking The Nighthowks and Skip Castro, New dorms went up, and older dorms went coed , The work come easier. The tourists seemed milder It rained less, I began to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I couldn ' t think of anyone who didn ' t bitch and moan about homework, but I had to face it — college was more fun than a nine-to-five job. After working clone for a summer I appreciated the facilities here; the free pool, sauna, squash courts, tennis courts, and Univer- sal gym; the built-in quaint scenery for joggers, the Millington greenhouse, the During a lull in the dinner hour, this Chownings waiter surveys the lines below at the front entrance — Photo by Barry Long Infroductiori 9

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Home free ceramics studio, the Crafts Shop, the nearby Pub with familiar foces and cheep entertainment, and, most of all, the pool of 6000 potential acquaint- ances, friends, and lovers, I survived the pressure ond dis appointments by building my own sup- port system of roommates and friends. When life Pecame hideous, I called Laura and insisted we go to High ' s for some Brownie Nut Fudge, or I slumped into my housemate ' s room and groaned until she asked me what was wrong We reassured one another, advised one another, gave gentle (and sometimes not-so-gentle] criticism, traded intellectual tidbits, and, most im- portantly, listened to everything, from soul-wrenching confessions to a recita- tion of memorized French verbs Because while no one was looking, while mom and dad were miles away, we built our own make-shift families and this became home, — L,T,b Fourth of July fireworks and the lights bordering Rogers contrast with he night sl y over the cam- pus, — Photos by Barry Long