DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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18 Greencastle Weather N Wu ERIE fee 'chiE GQPeIUEW kell'y McBride V ' nd don't forget to bring your umbrella - it rains a lot in Greencastle. Every year freshmen were given the same advice and could usually count on a wet welcome during their first weeks at DePauw. Late summer rains plagued rushees dressed in their best as they forded the streams which had accu- mulated in the streets. L As the season and the spectrum of col- ors changed, so did the temperatures. Students who woke up to a crisp fall morning often found themselves with one too many sweaters on as a warm afternoon arrived. Old Gold Day and Octoberfest were the season's highlights, while country runs on old Greencastle roads and Saturday afternoon football games at Blackstock were the favorite pastimes. ; E i' Agugh :4 A Mzm i1

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A hip bone often helps to put the pressures of student life back intoperspective fox freshman Sta- ; ,cey Noonan. An increasing number'of students leaving campus for weekends prompted concern over DePauw becoming a suitcase college. LLCoping at college takes a variety of forms; In a playful stunt, a freshman stages her escape from 111: tensions of campus life. Kelly McBride Da ting Crises, ConfliCts And Eating Dlsorders W Kelly McBnde 15 Office

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After all the 1eaves of the season had 1 been sWept up by the maintenance crew, winter enveloped the campus. The extra isweater that was once disCarded was pulled out again as the temperatures 3 dipped below zero and Windchill factors 111t all-time lows. , 1 - Second semester begah with a snow- 3' storm and blizzard Conditions which closed highways and stranded many stu- 1 dents returning from off-campus Winter Terms; Despite the 12 inches of snow, DePauw held 1 classes as ,SChedded. t The snowcon'tin'ued 11111111 April greet+ ing students home from a Florida spring 1 break Eventually the cold temperatures gave way to warn1tl1, and there was a chance for sunbathmg on the beaches . , of Mason and Bishop Roberts Halls. 1 Concentrating on classes became more difficult and: bikers tOok to the pavement .to train for Little 500 while frisbees sailed across the East College lawn. Be- fore long; the heat of approaching sum- mer joined the heat of finals, and stu- dents longed for the cool 1133's of au- t11m11. ' - by jea'zjne Widing 1 1 - Opposnte page -Gree11castle rain does not dampen 10111 601d enthusiasm as town residents jom sm- V dents to watch the parade tokBlackstock. , Right -4 Kareem Nazi: and K135 Blomgren prepare 1- to tackle the slopes at Pleasant Run, Greencastie' s L : ski area ' Below - The cool shade of East College lawn 15 an ideal place for Sarah Lilly and Stacey Noonan to study 0111a warm Septembe1, aftetnbon, Kelly McBride Kelly McBride 1,9 , Greencastle Weather