George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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It ' s not hard to understand why the Marvin Cen- ter is the heart of campus activities. Making avail- able facilities for dining, lounging, studying, con- versing, and meeting — the Marvin Center is the student center. The Ratskeilar, the university news- paper, the yearbook, and various other clubs and organizations — political and non-political, educa- tional and informational, social and otherw ise, all make their homes here. The Marvin Center is where every Thursday or Friday night a movie is playing in the third floor ballroom. And it ' s where you go when all else fails (that usually means your wallet) on Fridays and Saturdays — to see whatever band or activity is playing in the Rat. And for boredom, pleasure or just plain sport there is bowling, pool, ping-pong and even pinball. The Library is clearly the most used building on campus. For those who study nightly, there is the mad rush to gain a study room. The winners (who know the best time to get there) enjoy the privacy of the study room while the losers choose between seperate cubicles or join the masses in the large study lounges. Winner or loser, the silence is dea- fening, distractions are many. Studying tends to be the number one sport, the single largest activity on campus. For political science and economics majors, C Building is the center of their entire college educa- tion. Here are the large C-100 and C-101 — where those who took polisci 5 and or 6 can remember the many detailed lectures of Doctors Gyorgy and Wayne. For incoming freshmen, these rooms are impressive, reflecting the quality education they are hoping to obtain. The Smith Center is a welcomed addition to the University. It should bring about a common gather- ing point for students and for sports. It will be the home of the basketball team and for the first time a common house for all sports — rather than scat- tered about accomodations. Hopefully, the Smith Center will become the number two meeting place on campus (number one will always be the class- room.) Continuing down G street there is Leo ' s and the old Grant Schoolhouse, Monroe Hall, the Govern- ment Building, and Quigley’s. And Frat Row, Bell, Lisner and Stuart Hall — homes of urban affairs, english and journalism, and the computer center of frustration and hastles and hamsters that roll about the floor in plastic balls, And finally the Quad, the place where those who dare to go about and lounge around, actually go about and lounge around. II