Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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This Is The Life ThU U the life! Dorm life; living in a one-room living quarter, trying to pretend If your apartment. For eome It'e a life, with eomeone else. but for the lucky. it‘e a life alone. You walk downtwon. eee a poeter, a rug. plaate. anything to enhance the home! in os of your room. We must not forget the necessities of Dorm life: our T.V.. component eet, and the most important telephone. For many students, the dorm U a place to get away from the varietiee of Howard's run around You can sink your head into your pillow, turn on your set. and tako a trip to Fantasy Island or a ride on the Love Boat. If you’re tho serious typo, the dorm is your private library where tons of calculations and memorisation are done. Although co-ed living is done off caunpus, the off campus dorm life is much the same. Contrary to whatever rumors there may be. One of the main differences, however, is not the co-ed living, but the oft campus transportation. Not only can you pretend to be living in an apartment oomplex. you can further your imagination by thinking you're catching the bus to work The advantage being that there la no charge. Howard is much like the current issue of Vogue and Q.Q. magazines. To think that the up keep of those costly apparel is done Oeorje Li — sleeps after s hard 0 in our very dorms, some may find hard to believe. And to think what you go through to do it is even harder to conceive To compare laundry day with the 6:00 rush hour would not be a bad analogy. If you want to wash your clotbss and dry thorn on the samo day. you must beat the after class rush, or the Sun. Sal.-study wash period. All of these concepts contribute to Dorm life, however bizarre eome aspects may be. Without these you really wouldn’t have Howard U. To think of Howard without The Quad . Drew Hall , or The Hill . It wouldn't be Howard at all! The;.- | DO much................from

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 This Is The Life Park square, Eaton, and Sutton - If these names sound all too familiar to you. then you were probably a resident at one of these Howard-owned off campus apartments. Life at these halls was often multifaceted with a variety of difficulties and luxuries in store for students. Take for example the hassle of riding the shuttle buses. Because of the Inconsistency of the bus time schedule, and frequent break downs, many Howarditee piled up on the comer (at Pourth Street), pushed and shoved to get a seat, and usually had a fatiguing, and aggravating ride home. Living off-campus also limited the time sevoral of the residents spent on-campus. Since ,,home was not just around the corner or right across the street , it was nocessary for these students to budget their time according to bus schedules; tboir Involvement in extracurricular activities and. of course, their homework. In addition to this, some students found living off-campus inconvenient because of difficulties in gotting to class on time. They rationalized that if they hod lived closer to campus getting to classes would hsvs been quicker and easier. Others complained that when the chill of winter arrived, they didn't want the disadvantage of living several blocks away. Along with the tribulations of living off-campus, came the luxuries ... At the end of long, trying days, numerous students looked forward to eacaplng the hectic bustle of campus activities and unwinded In the peaceful” surroundings of their apartments. Also, in apartments cooking was permit ted, and tenants often held brunches, dinner engagements and even a few pajama parties.' All of these activities helped to roako the off-campus setting homey and more enjoyable. But perhaps the most exciting aspect of living off-campus was ths exposure to the various happenings beside those held at Howard. Sites such as Malcolm X Shabaxz Park, the Federal Triangle, foreign embassies, and the local shopping area were often the center of intereat to off-campus residents. Block partioa and music festivals also attracted attention and gave students exposure to the reality of Washington. D.C. and the various cultures and diversities that exist here. Understandably, there were some students who desired to move to campus, regardless of ths off-campus luxuries. But for those who wished to remain at their off-campus homes , accepting all the ups and downs, a versatile, and worthwhile, growing experience was gained. The convenience of a kitchen to one of the luxuries of living in on epartment dorm. is ai