James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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' iftf lp , ' i ' WWWiiVS A VWAft .l fliWWWVVWW Homecoming on The Hill (Czapiewski) But not without some conflict. Our image is often projected to ttie public with majestic photos of our orchitecturol figureheod, Wilson Hon. Come see us, however, and you will find our livelihood exists not in a building of business offices and records, but in the laid-back comfort of our compus center It IS here that we ore most ourselves. We study, we talk among friends, we sleep casually on sofos. Free to be as we like. It IS here that many indications of our interests are exhibited Mogozines at the information desk range from Seventeen to Popular Computing, from People to Sporting News. Newspapers scattered about ore also diverse in title: JMU ' s The Breeze , The Woshinaton Post , Richmond Times-Dispotch and USA Today are a few. The Union is also JMU ' s prime premises for in-house analysis Scoping the student body — and it ' s bodies — is o rampant sport along rows of earth-toned sofas and choirs. And let us not forget its purposes of necessity. A floor below the mom level is the post office, where students occosionolly receive greetings and goodies from home but more often get air mail deliveries. Students also check the ride board here, cosh checks from accommodating VNB, and purchase doughnuts and other assorted paraphernalia from clubs Traffic flow is often like a DC. interstate during peak hours: slow ond jammed with groups that find it essential to stop and chat in the heoviest lones of movement. On the top floor of the compus center is Dukes Grill. Fast food and an informol alternative to the dining holl moke this another leoding center for socializing. A jukebox keeps us in tune with the latest hits, while tables and booths, always packed during meo hours, give us room to squeeze o reloxed few minutes from our schedules.

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Q A Till, To Take a quick jaunT Through The compus cenTer only UhinTs oT whoT charocTehzes o JMU sTudent. One still wouldn ' T know who we ore, where we come from, or whoT our purpose is qt This mid-sized Virginia universiTy, ForemosT, of course, we are here To learn the skills that will make us successful in life StoTisTics from The Office of Planning, Budgef and Analysis reveal ThaT of the 1,742 bachelor ' s degrees awarded lost year, 173 were To majors in communicoTion arts, 144 in accounTing and 134 in monogement Those were JMU s mosT popular. The averoge median cumulaTive grade pomT average for under- groduoTe studenTs losT year was 276. TogeTThoT, we endured a ToTal of 132,012 crediT hours during The semesTer. Indeed, iT sounds impressive — especially knowing iT isn ' t even our forfe. The seofs in The library may sToy full, buT we fi Harrisonburg ' s social spoTs wiTh more ease. We coax fun fron this ciTy. STotisTics don ' T exisT, buT it seems 132,012 is a mere storting poinT in reference To The hours we spend frolicking. Our spiriT exTends To pride when iT comes To our Dukes. Clouds of sfreoming whiTe explode onTo our boskeTball courr wiTh a first score. We orrive at sports events with purple and gold paw prints on our faces, not purple and gold ties around our collors. Our peers at some other university of Virginio may sip gin and tonics of all the right functions. We, showing no shome, just chug beer , tf . W V W W