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

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I C C1 N T. 1 QS 1111:1'11111s II111111111111:1'1'111ll1 11111 1'11111f1111'1' 111111 I.'11111'g1' 11l1ll.NIIl.Q'? .'l111111y11: It's colder because klellerson had a per- sonality that wasn't generic. lt's really hard now to see some ot' the people you want to see. It sounds weird. but I really miss the guys down the hall blast- ing their stereos. I also miss the stereos blaring out- side windows as I went to class. .lI1111f.' I hate it. The only good tlnng about it is that most of tny friends are here with me. 131111: 'Iihe bad part is the location. We are far from campus and such conyeniences as the Wig and the bookstore. And the traffic noises out here on Rich- mond Road are unbearable. .l1l1I'f'Y.' There is no place to go in between classes. I used to like taking naps between classes and now I haye to hang out in klefferson Lounge tilampus Centerj. Plus, there is little hot water out here: the hotel only has a 300 gallon water heater. O: ll'1111l11'11y t111' 11111' 11I1IlIQ y'1111 111.yl 111111 y'1111 1111.y,y i I111' 11111xt? KI1f1I'X'.' The room. We really had a comfortable roompjust to talk in. I was fortunate enough to get my guitar out. l111111.' My sketch book. It was a semester's worth of drawings that youyjust can't redraw, you know? .lI11f1'.' Nly library books that matched n1y field of study- History - and the antique book case they were in. A lot of the books are out of print. I also miss the hat that my grandfather used to wear tiny mother hated it1: he used to wear it when he came to yisit. .'l11U11N,1.' I.isa Ilylton, my roommate who now liyes at Kappa. I don't know. it's just not the same now in the morning when we used to wake up and haye to lace classes. .ll111l1.' A term paper from high school. I had sent it in H111 magazine lorpublication. 'I'heydidn't print it. but were quite encouraging lor me to continue work on it. I guess like.lohn's sketch book, youyjust 111111 rc-do it, lgllflf Old notes and papers. .-X lot olixeroxes would l11'Kalltal1le lortny stlltlies now. lIf11t111: l.ittlc tlnngs. like photographs. Izspetlally im sttto lg11ttIlt1l I hiistmts Ihc night l lnst , ,. , .. 1 , ., . A 1 . 1 1l.lXt'll it was tltc night ol the lire. lhe lirst albutnl if-.ntl from l1uran lluran. melted on the turntable. .h 9 hXl.l!.IllIlt' 1 Vw .JV 1' v' ..!-I F- 'f-4' I 4,1 '43 4 I .. I J. A x fl Ji I 41. I gi,,' ,I 5.34 --V 3 . 8 1 .Q .. A . . 1 ' 11 .1 . . v ,l'. Nattalie Brown and seeing-eye dog, l..lllt e, spend the night in Iiarret .ls llteu old tesitlente buins. Q: Ax Il 11111111 117111. 111111 11s I1 gr1111j1 11f f741l'III1.y, 1111 -y'1111 ff'l'1 1'111.y1'1' 1111z1'? ,II111'r111: lt's harder to keep in contact now with sotne people since tlns hotel has such long halls. You're really lucky il' you stayed close to the people you wanted to. 131111: I guess people will be together if they really want to be. especially alter they haye been through sotnething like this. .l11lI1f.'f1IlI'l12lll is gone 12nd Westlz we are diyided up all oyer campus. But now. I am closer to some of my friends. A lot closer than I eyer thought I would be.

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be overcome, I had to keep going. Now I feel good about my situation. I'm going on now - no emo- tional scars or anything. I know I can sink as low as possible and rise above it. Al lhe Red CFOSS lable. Inn Brtihalsei signs lot treiln slips at Ilasees Ilepai tinent Stole Q: Sffziffrczl.stzzdwits and nirozy lam!l1zn1'1ii'wfs rontributfd clothes and otlzw'1n'r1f'fi't.y for AiWl1lI'IYlIlN1'.u Sinn the fizwflgf' William 1111fl,lIf1m' ,stizulwif fmzim frmn 'ZlfJf1l'I'77ZIdlHf' elllS.SffllIIIIIl'.S, lime rlifl bffing the 1'erij1ii'1it of flmizifiom nirilcryoiz feel? Anouslzx W'hiIe buying clothes at Casey's Ithe Red Cross had giyen students two hundred dollar credits at the storey I was really eonseious ot' spend- ing other peoples money. My parents used to do- nate a lot of stuff to Goodwill. and now I'm at the receiving end. Definitely an odd feeling. Mark: Actually I was home with tnono at the time so I didn't lose too many clothes. In fact. my mother packed a lot ofclothes for my Iriends. I rememher there was that Ilouresfent pink piece . . . .IIf1riin.' When the Red Cross gave us the slips lor Casey's I thought I would Ieaye mine lor someone who needed it more. 'Ihen I realized that I was one ofthose people who really needed it. I mean. illikzz' My whole impression lttls heen strange. When I realized that we all may nex ei' lix e ti igethei again, I thought olmy friends and how I wanted In stay with them. I declined an apartment at Ising and Queen to stay with my hallmates at Clonnnon- wealth Inn. .llurtlim I didn't really think ahont the Iatt that it would he closed Ioreyer: I dwelled on the material losses and my Iriends' rooms hurning. 'Iihree days later we all learned that we would hat e Io he per- manently relocated. I was terrilied ol heing split up from my friends. KClf,IvX'.'hIllSI one lingeringthought: I still wanted to Iiye there. .Kslheliirespreadilnoigl 'ln ,wit iialil I-it 'Iseli ' I I' I l Q. II'l11fr1'y'n11 fuinirl our fllllf-lI'ffl'I'NIIH zeniilrl nlmmiyfx be f'Ios1'fIfrn'11l lmst the nw! of Ihr wziiwylwr, :elml any 'win' lilllfllll run lion? john: When I saw my room go up in Ilames. some friends and I went to Ilampton to stay with nn parents. A shower and something to VIII seemed real appealing at the time. When we drox e hai Is and saw the dorm the next day. I knew that it was really gone - a realization that was hard Io grasp when it was actually happening. ,YVXI YI'll7', XVI!! XIII! lflrlrisf Ili IVHIII Ifrlrff itll rfllfffffw ' .Inn11sl1.'Iie.iIIx wanttolwelwatlsontainpnslwe-.Inst enxnonnn-ntalli it s .i lot nnei. like ni the Itnlie Ikrulllstrl dorms in the moi ning Ilenig with pei 'plf nan realli help ion get going lot tlasst s. ,Ilf11I.'.' I tant XMIII In get li.nk on onnpns I ieillx iheiish cloi in lile now. liolig Ilelilntelx, Uni lieie time ls nasleil lu'i.iIlst youl1.iyetogolm.nkatnl loiilisonni-li X-leg: if 0'

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Q: What was vottr rooctrorr to college otlr1rrrrr.vtrofz'zrt' proceecl1rrg.v rorrrmvrrrtg vozzr tlrlwrrrrztrz? Kathy: Dean jarmon and Dean Sadler did everv- thing they could, but at the same time. to this date. my parents have received nothing concerning the event. Martha: Wonderful. I was prettv rrruclr in a daze and they told us everything we should do: call our parents, start thinking about insurance reports. and get new I.D.'s and meal Jlans. 'I'he Red Cross really had their act together: t rev even volunteered to buv our books if we couldnt afford tlrerrr. john: One reallv absurd thing. Before anv of this lever happened., we had broken a window during a snowba I fight. There were five of us who decided we would just split the cost of repairs. Later. after the fire, jarmon reminded tts that we still had to pay for the window, even though it was now melted. Q: P.vv'clrolt1grc11lIv', going 111 rough .vrtrlr for onlwftl forth! not be mszfv' forgorltfrz. Do you lzofrl otrv' time fm't'rf1f1m1v of vortrltfw? Arroztvlr: I still haven't gotten over it. I tarr't tont en- trate on anvthing. It's a verv strange feeling hav ing nothing. Nlv close friends are so rnuc lr rrrore irnpor- tant to me now. 'Iihe material pittls rrrearr nothing. Q5 Ht't't111.vt' of I'f'fHl'l1f1lll1, ltrlrvf vulll' fllrrrfenrrt v In rn flffrtferf? Iv'otltv.' Right now, I'm going through the rrrotiorrs. I cart read assignments. but I might as well not be doing them. .llarthoi Yeah. mv concentration has also been shot. It can be reallv hard to catch up here. but when von have to worrv about insurance forrns. CNP. and basicallv letting the event sink into vott. who reallv cares about homework? folrn: Because ofthe lack of lttrl water. l'rn fort ed to get up much earlier than I've been used to. .Xll this is line because I need a lrot shower in the nrorning. but then having to deal with brrses and being on campus all dav. I get tired a lot easier. .lIt'lft': Not that extensivelv. Probablv llltrsl ol the stuff I'm not reading I wouldn't hav e read arrv wav las I didnt last sernestert. ll l'nr behind. its rrrv fault. illarkf I now realize mv excessive rnaterialism. I didnt lose that much. and now I Ieel reallv ashamed. I'm not nearlv as materialistic as I used to be I Bob: Even thou fh I watched rrrv roorrr fall from the second to the first floor. I'rn over the realization rocess. Nlv major concerns now: a new tat ket. re- uilding mv record collection. Now I will probablv be more receptive to charities. Iixaminingdonated clolhingnrtlrt ln.lsr nrt nt ot tht t.nnpns.t rtttr Xltrrt. fI1vsslttlNllIlIllllI.tllr.xIlls4tlllvltlltlrllll Q: ll'l1r1fzt'r1v vottrrrtztlrott fofflt fm vs t ox t met K ill!!-IIC' .-Xlter Ilean Sadler talked with tts about Red Cross procedures. Nlartlra and l talked about things that had been in trtll' lwttrltts. Iler tatlrer had given her a wood carving ol a rose. Rernernber ing these things. Nlartlra started to t rv. .Xs l was hold- ing lrer, I heard a gnv a rproat lring us. I tur ned to rrteet a glaring wlrrte lrg rt rn rrrv lat e and the t arne era rolling. I lronestlv wanted to krll the gtrv who was ftlrnrng ns. .X rneetrng ls pnblrt tlornarng .r wooden rose rsrr t. xlr1o11vl1.','Xtlav or'so.tlter'tlrelrrevvevvereallovvetl to go rrrto the dorm .nrd retrieve anvtlnng that was lelt.althongIr tlrev orrlv gave trsa lrrrrrted trrne llntl wastoo late. l nr aslranred toadnnt tt. brit l lesttl te-l tobeggrnga lrrernan to let rrre go rn. ks I was plead- ing. I heard .t gnv sav , t Mer here. Illls looks good I tnrrred and s.tvv .rtarnera ltlnnng tne, l st teanretl at the reporter . 'Wvlrv tant von Inst leave ns alone' ltr llottt.