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

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the fun part . . . buying books If it ' s in, it ' s the wrong edition If it isn ' t, might as well forget about it for a week, or two, or a month, or the semester The professor blames the bookstore for not or- dering enough copies. The bookstore blames the professor for not placing the order early enough The student gets blamed for not having the dedication to search the city for the required text. At least waiting on line at registration guaranteed you would accomplish something. Ten paperbacks for the political science course. Two text books and accompanying study guides for the busi- ness class. $150 sure seems high for a few books and some supplies. You learn to cut back by buying used books, not buying books the professor won ' t use, or by borrowing books from friends who have already taken the course. The bookstore doesn ' t have the new edition anyway. 20 Student Lite

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the hard part . . . classes At first you are really conscientious, but you qui ckly learn what you can get away with Some- times you think you know more than your profes- sor, Occasionally, however, you will have the op- portunity to learn alot from a great professor who probably won ' t be able to get tenure Eventually everyone does study for classes, whether between chatting with friends in the li- brary, or during a serious all-night cram session No one likes it, but everybody does it — even sopho- mores W ' ho continue to live in Thurston Hall after a wild first year. Classroom facilities range from the plush comfort of C Building, to the atmosphere of a rush hour that sounds like there are actually busses inside Stuart Hall. And pity the poor, dedicated students who try to learn to the beat of the quiet jackhammers that pulverize the walls of Monroe Hall and the Hall of Government from dawn to dusk every day. Most of us still manage to endure. If we could only figure out how ' . . . Student life :