Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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■ Transportation Transportation Is one of the major necessities at Howard University. Many students live in off campus dorms and community residences. There are chartered buses used specifically for those students living in off-campus housing yet nothing seems to beat having a car of your own. When the buses are overcrowded, and the rain is coming down in torrents, it's quite a relief to dash from class straight to your car. With your own cor you ore no longer restricted to places along the bus line or meals at the nearby fast food chains. You can enjoy a good movie and drinks later without worrying about the buses going out of service. Shoes seem to keep better when your gas tank is full because that 15 minute walk from Meridian can be hard on the heels. Job opportunities become increasingly better since there is no limit to where your car can go. Or is there a limit Many seem restricted by the high cost of gas. the farther you go the more gas it takes. Despite high costs, anything seems better than paying you 60c during rush hour traffic It's much better to sit and listen to Stevie Wonder, then stand and constantly hear. More back! Just as there is glamour and prestige in having your own car. there can be many days when it's just a pain in the neck Washington. DC is known for its traffic congestion. There seem to be more cars than room to drive and park them Consequently, ticketing and towing are first and foremost on the minds of drivers as they search for a Squatting place. One popular sight is the face of a frustrated student as he leaves class expecting to make a mad dash home only to find his car booted ... or not find it at all. Booting. Towing, and ticketing costs arc high, therefore many students eventually result to the less expensive mode of transportation, picking them up and laying them down. Desperation often takes control and many find that they would go to any extremes to park their car Hazards lurk around every corner. Vandals seek out familiar cars and ransack them for the slightest of possessions Trunks may be pned open, locks jimmied, or windows broken for mere essentials. Despite many hardships Howard manages to maintain the high standards in automobile ownership, from Alfa Romeo’s to soft top volkswagens, Howard students will be seen enjoying the life. As 12:00 noon rolls around on a warm Friday, the parade can be seen checking out the scene with a gangster lean in their cars. — Kym Smith Chang109 a tire 1$ a jtUl in ttseti Student and Their Car 29

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Even though there arc a lot of luxuries in owning a oar, it docs have its disadvantages. There Is not a day that passes when a student's cat is booted.

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Why Walk in a Line? Individuality is a way of expressing ones self. Yet when the time comes that the I becomes we, my becomes yours, and she. he. or it becomes ours, you can be certain that this lucky individual is pledging. Dedicating your time, and strength is a small fee for membership in the various Greek letter organizations. What at Howard is known as pledging, one sees the individuality of students turned into a cohesiveness which lets a group function as one with various working units. What is seen on the outside looking in are lines of people marching around, keeping perfect step as if the nucleus of the group stems from the head of the line Wherever the first one goes the rest will follow for the group works as one. Perfection in togetherness is proved when on one of those long sleepless nights the line proceeds to walk and number one. sleep walking, walks the line into the bushes. Yet why walk in a line? Why wear. eat. sleep or think the same thing? Although every organization's pledge period is different. each has a purpose The concepts of unity, trust and devotion must be learned so that the organization itself is allowed to work effectively. There is a closeness achieved between the members of each organization. Togetherness can only be achieved through trust and devotion Each virtue is needed for the other to be effective so that organizational members yearly must stress this importance to all of its perspective new members. The reward obtained from those many sleepless nights is far greater than any dreams missed. Howard University’s Black Greek letter organizations and various other organizations are proud in their heritage and strive to maintain the high values and goals upon which the organizations are built. Therefore the pledge period is a very serious endeavor. At the beginning of the pledge period, several seeds are planted The organiza- tional members take great care and pride to cultivate the seeds growth. They watch the seeds grow into one strong oak tree with strong sturdy branches reaching in all directions symbolizing the unity of the group. An organization is only as strong as its weakest link; therefore it is stressed through the need to Be Strong Your strength will help the ones who might feel they can no longer endure. And the desire to attain that which is held in such high regard, pulls the group together Pledging can be fun. like anything it's what the person puts Into it. Remembering however that it’s no laughing matter Many good times are shared and lasting relation ships made And although the pledge period ends, the pledging has only yet begun. So congratulations should be given to the lucky ones who survive for deeply rooted within lie bonds of never ending love. — Kym Smith — 30 Greek Life