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

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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.

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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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Yes, school is in session at lUP and that means it ' s time to get back to the endless days and nights of academic rigor. Unless you attended summer school, the three months of summer sun and fun washed away any reminder of that constant scholastic grind. The first days of classes seem like a joke. It ' s still warm outside and everyone is still running around in short-sleeved shirts and OP shorts. You find yourself holding on to the idea that school really couldn ' t have begun yet, it ' s just your imagination. Everywhere you look frisbees are still flying through the air, and sun bathers can be seen on any campus beach soaking up those last few rays of summer. And who studies anyway those first weeks of classes? This is the time for social gatherings of all types. Every- one you know is having a party. Suddenly your biggest decisions become as to which ones you ' ll go to. The pres- sure is off, and life is relaxed for a while. Nothing is strenuous — except for the run around of filing drop add forms.