Lycoming College - Arrow Yearbook (Williamsport, PA)

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TDDTfD Can ycu Spare It? Freshman Lisa Attig pays her monthly phone bill. The bill included a $5 monthly service charge, itemized call charges, and taxes. i 4 ' ' 0 ' H ello mom, could you send five bucks? Yes, grammy, I love you. The telephone, a means of communi- cation. And communicate Lycoming students did. With a telephone conve- niently located in every room, stu- dents found phoning capabilities both on and off campus at their fingertips. Students phoned home to say hello to mom or dad, make arrangements to come home for break, ask for five bucks, or even check to see how Spot was doing. Others phoned boy or girlfriends back home for a quick I miss you chat and catch-up on the latest gos- sip. Phone usage was a not-so-cheap service. A $50 TAC (Telephone Ac- cess Code) deposit was required. Stu- dents needed TAC s to call off cam- pus. In addition to the TAC deposit there was a $5 monthly service charge, and of course Ma Bell and AT T got their share by charging for itemized calls. It was reasuring to call home and find mom, dad, and the family were doing fine. It was great to talk to a friend you didn ' t see for some time. The temptation to call was there for Lycoming Students — A temptation they gave in to. Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, it ' s off to work. Fi- nancial obligations through- out the year at Lycoming can become quite costly. Tuition, room board, books, lab fees, and personal expenses really ate-up a student ' s savings. As a result, many students found jobs on campus to compensate for these costs. Through the College Work Study or Campus Employment program, students worked in various college departments throughout the year. Students worked in both academic and administrative departments per- forming jobs ranging from tutoring to ' B ' ucJes mailroom services. Tutors were available for each aca- demic department allowing students to help each other and make some money as well. Others served as mon- itors and graders, often in their field of study. College and college life can be a great consumer of a student ' s funds. As a result, some students ventured to find a job on campus to help com pensate for these costs. - o, POs ' Pa ' ' o.

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Oh Top ' n ' or ;a es - ..-Top G Video S lAovVe - % . BoX-0« General J ov soap Opera ., CosbV TVSenes Supe Bo p,enK,9 ■ f copies in P » ; ,, ova Fruit — Apple Vegetable — Potato Frozen Food — Minute Maid OJ 1986 Model Car — Ford Escort Toy — Cabbage Patch Kids Candy Bar — Snickers Ice Cream — Vanilla Beer — Budweiser ° «9 ttQ,d3 Cracking the books, catching a few winks, or talking to a friend, students utilized the many lounges of Lycoming College. Pennington Lounge ranked high on the list of favorites offering a place for study groups, catching some Z ' s or picking up some gos- sip from a friend. The lounge was also a popular place for commuters to hang out between classes. Sever- al bloodmobiles and receptions were held in the lounge also. Students also used Burchfield Lounge as a study spot or even played a tune on the lounge piano. The Pennington Group . Students utilized lounges for studying and even an occasional snooze. Others utilized the lounge as a place to hold organization meetings. The lounge doubled as a reception area for many activities as well. Various dorm lounges were filled also, providing students with an op- portunity to catch-up on their favor- ite sitcom or soap opera or keep abreast of their favorite sports team ' s performance. Lycoming ' s lounges were used for various reasons supporting the fact that the old Lounge Lizards were present in the buildings of the campus. Mini-Mag 7

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SiQiS TOP 10 Concerts Pzz Top ($23.2 mil) Van Halen (14.7) Alabama (14.4) Neil Diamond (13.8) Kenny Rogers (13.3) Bob Seger Silver Bullet 11.1) he Grateful Dead (8.8) Genesis (8.6) Aerosmith (8.2) burney (8.0) Sko( i; Lycoming College and William- sport saw their fair shares of snow in 1987 as everything from a few flurries to a crippling bliz- zard coated the ground. Upwards of a foot of snow covered Lycoming County early in 1987 plac- ing Williamsport In a snow emergen- cy situation. Efforts were made to cleanup the enormous amounts of snow the following day. While cleanup was underway Ly- coming students took advantage of Lycoming College and Williamsport fell victim to a 16 blizzard causing a snow emergency situation for the city. the heavy snow venturing to the quad for some downhill skiing, a snowball battle, or snowman building. Others listened to the radio in an- ticipation of cancelled classes thanks to Mother Nature. Classes were can- celled, and students ventured out for some more fun in the snow. Storms of varying intensity struck the city throughout the year, but the Blizzard of ' 87 will stick in the minds of students as the ultimate storm of the year. Mini-Mag 9