Manhattanville College - Tower Yearbook (Purchase, NY)

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A Place Where Everyone W e know the small room with black walls, folding tables and chairs, and a few bar stools quite well. This room, equipped with only a small mirrored dance floor, plastic plants, and a few games like Asteroids and Fooz-ball, has managed to become one of our favor¬ ite places on campus. What are we searching for, and what have we found here? The Pub has seen it all. It has seen the craziness of crowded Thursday Nights, dancing on tables, and even on the bar, in years gone by. It has seen quieter times like Monday Night Football when you came in for a quick beer, for some conversation, and to take a chance on the game. It has seen Happy Hour on Friday afternoons when you came in at the end of a tough week or hard practice to begin the weekend and to mingle with friends and faculty. It has been the place where many relationships have begun and ended. Remember sitting outside on the stone wall or in the back room for that quiet talk with your best friend or new interest? Remember wishing the Pub was bigger because you were trying to avoid someone? Remember spotting “that person” from across the room and keeping a careful, inconspicuous watch out of the corner of your eye! The small room with black walls has served an important purpose in our lives. We shared something here whether it was dancing crazily to fa¬ vorites like “Shout”, playing Fooz- ball or just enjoying being in a place where everyone knows your name. It has been the place to get away from it all, yet also the place to find it all. Jacqueline Clements 28

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i i A t one time there was a dress code at Manhattanville and its female students would only leave campus wearing long, white, lin¬ en gloves. Many things have changed since then. Not only has Manhattan¬ ville gone co-ed but it has opened it¬ self to as many different styles and attitudes as its students bring. This diversity of style can be wit¬ nessed on the quad. You might see a preppie running to class wearing Vuar- nets and a polo or an athlete wearing jams and a beret and playing lacrosse. You might also stumble across some¬ one in sweats and a T-shirt, taking a Our Style nap under a favorite tree. Finally, a girl in neon pink paisley blinds you as you walk by, and music drifts toward you from Founders and Spellman. It is a strange combination of Wham, The Smiths, Phil Collins, and Vivaldi. Our college years are a time to sam¬ ple many different ideas and styles. Exposure to M’ville’s diversity has drawn us together in that we learn from each other. Our personal style is not only how we dress, it is how we think and what we do in our spare time. It is what makes us a special part of Manhattanville. Neil Scannell 30