Hendrix College - Troubadour Yearbook (Conway, AR)

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...Perspective Being away from home causes us to realize that we must become independent. We learn that we can no longer rely on Mom or Dad to solve all our problems. We find that life at college is nothing like it was at home. Life is open to new possibilities, new experi- ences, and new decisions. The future becomes some- thing to which we look forward with both anticipation and reservation. Each new day offers us the opportu- nity to discover something new about ourselves, our friends, or others. We learn to value others' opinions, even if these opinions are not our own. We realize that if we want to be truly informed, we must look at the world from many perspectives. From the additional freshman, transfer, and exchange students, new faculty, guest speakers and performers, and the friendships we make, we learn to accept and respect different beliefs and ideas, and we often real- ize that these new perspectives are invaluable to our own personal growth. By putting ourselves in others' shoes, we may discover that the established method may not be the best. We may realize that another's interpretation of a poem may be much more intriguing than our own. We may even discover that we actually enjoy classical and other types of music. By looking at things through someone elseis eyes, we are able to see Hendrix and the world around us from a new perspec- tive. Student Life 15

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tud Much has been written about academics and the Hendrix student, but no figures highlight how much studying plays a role in the lives of Hendrix students better than those found in a student survey conducted by the Troubadour staff. For example, the average student at Hendrix studies over fifteen hours per week, mostly in the evening, alone, with food or drink, and without the disruption of noise. More specifically, over half of us study Dion Smith pulls an all-nighter for one of those killer Zoo. four weekers. Jeff Conaway and Ken Brindley stop to catch their breath while cramming for their Econ.- Business comps. Habits-Hendrix Confesses All between ten and twenty hours per week. In these hours of studying, eight out of ten students prefer to be aloneg therefore, the most suitable place for studying is, most of the time, the dorm room, followed by the cubicles of Bailey Library and the more relaxed atmosphere of the Mills Library. Two-thirds of our study- ing occurs in the evening, another two-thirds of us, usually without the aid of artificial stimulants like No-Doze, have perse- vered throughout the night and pulled the infamous all-nighterf' Accompanying the Hendrix' student's . voracious appetite for learning is the need for eighty-three percent of us to incorporate food and drink into our studying. Included in the category of food and beverages are snacks like popcom, chips, and candy as well as caffeine-laden items like soft drinks, coffee, and tea. Also, whether baroque music with its sixty beats per minute, sound effects, country music, or just the radio, one-third of the respon- dents like background noise during their study- ing. Regardless of rumors to the contrary, the average student still appears to devote a large portion of his Hendrix experience to studying, demonstrating that the demands of a Hendrix education are as rigorous as ever and that our renowned academic reputation is still in tact. Student Life 17