Gaston College - Reveleer Yearbook (Dallas, NC)

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SO... WHAT IS IT like here? What shall I say? The atmosphere is more “real world” than yours is, I am sure. We do not wake up on campus, as you do. We come here with our public faces already ens- conced and we balance our commitment to learn- ing with the pull of family and community and old ties. It is less “home” for us... but it is just as much “alma mater.” 18

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IT IS A COLLEGE microcosm ... more like than unlike yours. Fresh- man English is Beowulf, Chaucer, and Hamlet almost anywhere in the world. I think it must be mandated by the United Nations Charter, or something. The engineering department is held in awe ... chemistry is consid- ered the most challenging single subject... and we claim that we want phys. ed. classes for fitness, while we really hope they will help our Q.P.A. YET DIVERSITY IS the name of the game... While the course sched- ule doesn’t include Greek or under- water basketweaving, you will be glad to know there is philosophy and physics and sculpture... as well as a cavernous structure with ten bays where one can learn the intricacies of the modern automobile... even your Camaro may benefit. The computer lab is never empty... and History 280 is headed for the Yucatan Peninsula during Winter Quarter. The big news on campus is that all the nurses in the Class of ’84 passed the R.N. exam on their first attempt. And, deep in the south end of the campus is a radio tower, sending out soundwaves of WSGE... FM 92 ... from 11:00 a.m. until midnight Monday through Saturday ... with more on Sunday. 19