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

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QMETHI REAL William and Mary to the first-time visitor appears as .1 well-groomed extension of Co- lonial XYilliamsburg. It sure looks nice on the surface with all these neat old buildings and the seemingly contented looks on the students. Wouldn't it be nice ifglunior could go here one dav?! Underneath this colonial facade the College which likes to proiect itself, has a lot more going for it than a pretty place to go to school. As with everything. there are good and bad points to the College. Good points according to the students seem to be reputation. size. tradition. cost and location. Students were more vocal about the bad points, however. These included the overly competitive nature of the school, grade quality, too much emphasis on sports, no social lite, the food, and housing. not to mention reputation. size. tradition, cost. and location. Slant point out that XX'illi.im and Marv breeds an attitude ofdispair and discontent ami ing Ili students. Xkliether this idea origif 'wateii ami ing the students is not known. but ' its explain the mx th of XYNKI as .1 cam- fit rc suicides are frequent. This prob- ri-ii.ei: discounted. must be frequent f stlioins. Nlost students do find 22 X .fflltlitieil some outlet in order to relieve tension, however. They realize that they have a breaking point and they have discovered means of avoiding it. The one thing that probably characterizes Wahl students to a tee is their individuality. There is little sense of community among the students. Interest in football and pep rallies is nominal. Primarily. there are pri- vate parties, the most popular campus-wide party being the Beaux Arts Ball, where the students are encouraged to be decadent and imaginative. The College does not seem to be characterized by any particular extreme. Each student does his own thing. The Me decade ofthe 'O's is still going strong in the 80's in XX'illiamsburg. Many students here are career oriented and are always looking ahead. Often they are frustrated by the idea that College is not preparing them for the world outside XYQQM. They complain of the Area- Sequence requirements. Many have asked that individual courses be developed to re- late their mayor interests with those ofother departments. Thus. a business mayor who needs an Area I course could take Kafka and ,loint-Stock Investments: A Study in ln- tellectual Certaintyf' A music maior who ,P Q 1 cl- I ABOVE LEF1' : Stephanie Thompson and Sharon Varallo enjoy themselves while supporting the Tribe. Photo by: K. Libucha ABOVE: Dave Scanlon takes a well deserved break from the game. During hLs four year career at William arhd Marv, Scanlon gave it his all. Photo by M. Nikol- ic . needs something in the dreaded Area III could take Mu1tivariabIe and the jazz Age. A physics major who needs a gov- ernment course to graduate could take A'Reagan and the Policies of Independent Molecular Structures. Some day, however, most of us will put aside any feelings of regret and look upon our years here with. . .with . . .we1l. with some sort offeeling, Our memories will be simple, individual. and lasting. Someday when we're all rich and famous. each in our own way, we will undoubtedly feel com- pelled to give something back to William and Mary, - Bill Mears

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