Davidson College - Quips and Cranks Yearbook (Davidson, NC)

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Big Wheels on campus From your first ice cream mixer as a freshman to your last margarita as a senior, your Davidson years are filled with food, glorious food. Reflect for a moment on the important events of these years. Are there not sublimi- nal images of foods flashing behind your nostalgic memories of Davidson? Never really given it a thought, huh? Well, hold on to your waistline and take a trip with me down memory lane. From the day you step on the Gnion patio as a freshman and receive your boxed sand- wich and eclair, you know Davidson is go- ing to be some kind (?) of place. Lucky for you, freshman halls have triweekly mixers; this is where real nutrition steps in: ice cream parties, Dorito mixers, milk cook- ies mixers, and pizza parties. It ' s at these mixers that many a date can be found drowning his sorrows in the M M bowl; he may not make the girls melt, but the M M ' s are melting all over him! And who can forget his first all-nighter? Does this not produce an image of greasy popcorn, Mello-Yello (commonly known as speed ), ordered-out pizza, and Big Wheels? Everyone knows that the body needs extra fuel to burn the midnight oil. If you ' re going to be up all night, you can ' t begrudge yourself a 15-minute trip to 7-11 for a chocolate mint Big Wheel. Can you?!! The sophomore and junior years are the times students really go out and explore the gastronomical delights of Davidson and her environs. It is at this time that one sa- vors Quincy ' s sirloin tips, B B ' s cheese omelettes, M M ' s egg salad. Peregrine ' s hoagies, and Hardee ' s roast beef and fries. Each of these establishments has a warm spot in some student ' s heart; B B for its hot breakfast Sunday morning after a late Saturday night; Quincy ' s for saving ev- eryone on Patterson Court from Sunday-

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OP. . . DOWN ... 3 ... 4 ... ; dents alike participate in the Flashdance class spon- sored by the physical education department. The Nautilus system is a popular way to increa muscle strength and improve the body ' s appearanc Come on, gang, lift those legs! Flashdance instruc- tor Susan Kann leads her students through rigorous aerobic .routines. Health Craze 19 '

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night leftovers; Peregrine for caring enough to send the very best in late-night pizza; M M for being a Davidson institution you can show to HTH ' s and imports; and McDonald ' s and Hardee ' s for providing fast food on days when every minute counts . . . like reading day. Of course the most obvious and most nostalgic edible memories are those con- sumed in the Union Cafe, forever to be known as the Snack Bar. How many times did Grandma ' s Cookies draw you like a somnambulist out of the ' Braire at 11:00 p.m.? Didn ' t a chocolate chip milkshake perfectly top off a lunch of grilled cheese and potato chips? You can certainly say the Cafe has atmosphere; the bleeping of com- puter games mingles with the frantic voices of students cramming for reviews! And, too, the Cafe is the only restaurant I know of that allows you to keep your table all day if you wish! Seniors wax nostalgic over many dishes and restaurants: F M ' s chicken. Rusk ' s oreo ice cream, M M ' s milkshakes, Casa Qallardo ' s margaritas, T.G.i. Friday ' s amaz- ing menu, and Ding Haw ' s unlimited Chi- nese buffet. All of these things bring back fond memories of the times shared with good friends. More than likely, if you ask a Davidson senior what his favorite David- son food is, he will gaze at you with a faraway look in his eyes and say, ... Well, I remember one night sitting around with a group of people in the dorm ... You know the rest I ' m sure. Needless to say food and the art of eating are an integral part of Davidson ' s nostalgia. If you don ' t believe it, may a campus dog devour your Homecoming tailgate lunch! — Catherine Finegan Home away from home, Quincys Family Steak House offers botfi beef entrees and a multi-itemed salad bar for prices wfiicfi fit witfiin student budgets. Got the munchles? The Onion Cafe provides a multi- tude of snacks for hungry students. Miles to go before you sleep? A red hot, beef and bean burrito will miraculously bring you back to the land of the living. Big Wheels 21