East Tennessee State University - Buccaneer Yearbook (Johnson City, TN)

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Ron Campbell Jim Sledge Even a little romance finds its way into the life of most college students. 2 7 5 TUDEN T LIFE

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looking for Somebody special 26 By Randy Hall Q Q How yal doin'? Where ya' from? What's your major? School starts and those three lines can be heard in every hall, lawn, build- ing and parking lot. Everywhere the mad scramble to try and find that spe- cial someone is on. In the single's bar atmosphere of col- lege life everyone is fair game. Every- one is trying to become a player in the boy meets girl, boy gets girl plot of life. Meeting that special someone is easy. Fraternity parties, classes, The Cave, the Sea Horse, the Mall and the Culp Center are jammed with men and women dressed to kill in the latest fashions, going through the courtship ritual with eyes wide. All it takes is a smile, and the age-old story of true love begins sometimes. Before a party a woman can spend as much as an hour and a half getting the look just right. Makeup and hair. not to mention the proper clothes .. everything must look just right. Men are no exception - blow-drying the hair and trying on several shirts before deciding what looks all right. The actual first meeting could take from a few minutes to several hours. Boy sees girl, girl sees boy, but neither wants to look interested. Eventually. one of the two will make the first move, uttering one of those famous college lines like What's your name or How ya' doing. Phone numbers are exchanged, and dates follow. Going out is limited in Johnson City. It seems like the movies never change. the restaurants are too expensive, and the parties are all the same. Thatls why the innovative dates are the best. Ice cream at the Shamrock, a drive to the lake, a game of Putt-Putt or a walk in the Veterans Administration. And. of course the innovative dates are the cheapest. too. The university helps provide things to do on dates. Football games. rac- quetball, tennis and movies courtesy of Campus Activities Board or studying together in the library are a few of the many cheap dates that a college budget will allow. 5 TUDEN T lIFE Above: These students at 3 Kappa Alpha party have spent time getting the right look before venturing out to get acquainted with the other fair game. Left: Boy meets girl is a common occurrence at fraternity parties. Tim Damico may be dancing with that someone special or may be out on an innovative date. 50, boy meets girl, boy gets girl, but seven times out of ten, boy will lose girl. Its a fact of life. Fortunately col- lege is full of other men and women who are just dying to hear the old Where ya from? one more time. Ron Campbell

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28 By Deanna Lyerly Will Donna find out about Palmer and Daisy's affair? Will the district at- torney find out who switched Jenny's and Katis babies? Will Monica and Alan get back together? These and many more questions are answered daily by the popular TV pro- grams known as soap operas or more simply soaps. On any given day, a student can walk through the Culp Center or any dorm lobby and find many of his peers sitting intently be- fore the television sets. Between D30 and 4 pm. the number of viewers seems to grow tremendously as the soaps come on with their continuing stories of love, lust, heartbreak and be- trayal. Ask a student why he or she watch- es these daytime dramas and usually the answer will be because I like them! However, students gave differ- ent reasons for this enjoyment. Cliff Garren. a freshman from Greenville, gave this reason: To get the biggest laugh in the world, I used to love get- ting up in front of the screen . . . act- ing the scenes out with the actors. Several men agreed they enjoy the sto- ries, but dislike how an event is drawn out over a long period of timef Many women viewers seemed to like the soaps especially because of the drama. Mary Kay Fulford, a freshman from Knoxville said, I like to be kept hanging in the air. General Hospital seems to be a fa- vorite of male and female viewers, but Guiding Light, All My Children and Days of Our Lives also hold a place in the hearts of soap viewers here at ETSU. 5 TUDEN T LIFE