Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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Mom would never allow this at home, he said, but, then again, mom always did these things at home. Jay has also discovered the freedom of doing or not doing (as the case may be) his laundry. A huge pile of clothes lies partially hidden between the dresser and closet. A laundry basket in his closet reveals more soiled clothes. Wash day arrives when I have absolutely nothing else to wear, he said. The dorms are the best place to live as a freshman, Jay said looking all around his room, from the posters of Italian sports cars on the wall to the funk box lying on a trunk. I ' ve met a lot of good friends in my hall, he said, and there are always people around to do things with. But living with so many people can be a hindrance. You never know at what hour you will be woken up by someone who has pulled the fire alarm, Jay said, or by someone blasting his stereo. Of course, they don ' t know when I ' ll blast my stereo either, he said with a menacing smile. College life is filled with all kinds of freedoms and advantages, as Jay has discovered. I don ' t worry about coming home late at night to the wrath of mom and dad, he explained. And at home, I would never leave at 2 a.m. to go to a party, as I do here, he said, and I would never sleep until the early afternoon. I ' m my own boss when I am at school, he proclaimed proudly. And I like it that way, he said, as if he had been waiting all his life to go to college. Of course, there are always the disadvantages to col- lege life. Studying is the worst, he said, shaking his head, re- membering his barely passing grades from last semes- ter. In high school I never studied and could get away with it, Jay said. But the startling reality of my final grades from last semester, he said, taught me that I am going to have to budget my study time better and to really concentrate. Regardless, Jay said with a smile, college life is great — it certainly has mom and dad beat hands down!

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Of Being A Fresh One hundred level books and assorted colors of lUP spiral notebooks line the shelves above his desk in his dorm room. A photograph of his family rests on the second shelf, serving as a vague reminder to freshman Jay Maddox of the stable, orderly life that exists at home. Another photo of his high school sweetheart now hides behind several boxes of crackers and a large jar of Skippy creamy peanut butter. She has been long for- gotten since Jay ' s arrival at lUP and his sudden aware- ness of the 2:1 women to men ratio on campus. College life is great! exclaimed the skinny, 6 ' 5 freshman from Lancaster, PA. I was apprehensive about what college life would be like before I arrived, he said as he stretched his too tall body on one of those dorm cots, dangling his feet over the edge. ( This is certainly not like my bed at home, Jay com- plained.) I didn ' t know what to expect, he explained, offering me some of his mom ' s homemade chocolate chip cookies that arrive every few weeks. Animal House (the movie) was pretty explicit, Jay said, and I must admit that it served as a basis of what I pictured college life to be like. But it wasn ' t quite that bad as viewed in the movie. Even with all the pranks we pull in the dorms or on campus, we have never been punished by expulsion or put on ' double secret probation ' (as in the movie). That ' s what I like most about college — my freedom — to do whatever I want, when I want, no matter what it is, Jay said. Jay obviously takes advantage of this so called free- dom. His bed sheets remain in a constant state of dishe- velment. They are only smoothed out on laundry day when they are replaced with clean sheets or when his parents come to visit.

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Of Academic Life • • Opening Book: It ' s time to settle down and hit the books. Your new yellow high- lighter seems to glide across the opening pages of your textbook. Pre-Registration: The classes you have now are the classes you spent hours fighting for with computers and termi- nals.