Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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MEMPHIS AND VICINITY Mileage in Red between pointers For map explanation see legend One inch equals approximately 5 13 miles. Scale. 12 3 4 H ;, -■- y Getting to school on time is as easy as . . . well, following the arrows. Map by C. Art. Ographer Profile 15

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No other possession you acquire in college will be as important, as prized or as obnoxious as the commuter student ' s license for White Knuckle Odes. The decal to look for wherever anxiety strikes! Photo by Robin Conover. Commuter students start early. Before the sun rises they begin to plot. In | their dreams an infinite series of combinations form progress and fade. It won ' t work. There is no way they can do it. They will just have to be late for class. No matter how early commuters get up, something always happens that prevents them from getting to school early enough to make the first class. Whether it ' s car problems, interstate construction, food, choosing the right tapes for the excursion or just sleeping late, it ' s a tradition for commuters to be late. Commuters have an 8:00 A.M. class. If they ' re a girl, this means she gets up an hour before the sun goes down, to perform the morning make up and wardrobe rituals. If they ' re a guy, he gets up at 7:30 A.M., and rolls out of bed. After wolfing down breakfast with the gusto of a bona fide glutton, commuters race to the driveway and bound into their cars, only to find no tapes in the tape box. It ' s now 7:15, they panic. Is it dull radio? Or their favorite tape? They start up the car and rush to their room and grab the Crue. Jumping into the car they slam the tape into the player and throw the car in reverse. They ' re on their way to school. It takes about six minutes to reach the interstate, but as the player blasts out, Red Hot, they notice that the gas gage is an inch below empty. Now anxiety creeps in, it ' s 7:30, they think they might be late. At the first gas station they veer off of the interstate. With an abrupt screeching halt, commuters skid into the station, rummage through the ashtray for change and fill the car up with 79 t. It ' s 7:40, they pump furiously. They ' re on the interstate again, just in time for construction. They panic and drive down the emergency lane, fortunately the police are at the Donut Shop. Now anxiety is a full blown nausea; the recollection of a test sets in. Their head swims with anxiety. It ' s 7:55. Commuters never make it! Finally they ' re on campus. Parking in a regular space is out of the question. Their knuckles are china white. They race down Veteran ' s, thanking God they didn ' t have to cross the train tracks. Before they stop the car, the flashers are already on. You park in a tow- away zone, of course, a toe away from the building. The test! What excuse will work! Death? Impending nuclear war? Honesty? — sure. Going out of town, yeah, that ' s the ticket. They were called by Morgan Fairchild and she wants them to be in a movie with her. It ' ll work. It has to work. They race up the stairs of the Dunn build- ing, with anxiety swarming all over them like hungry wasps, only to find the sign, Test Postponed until Wednesday tacked to the door. by Terrence H. Rcbinscn Jr. 14

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No rrfatter which way tne intersection is iproached, North, ith, East or West, (tudents are always m ya iere is one spot on campus that everyone knows, it ' s the intersection of Walker-Patterson-Southern. It ' s bee ' ri (an- infamous - headache since the University opened. The worst thing about it tKouj unavoidable. To get from Southern to the English building by car, that stretch of treacherous track and asphalt must be negoti- ated. The best thing to do is carry every lucky cnarm known to man in the car. This may pnevenrafl--a cidentand it may not. Suppo e7 by4oeklr gla5 e xnpus map, point A is the Mitchell Hall anapomt ls he HPER building, and this parcel of distal J t f the intersection is the tough Ul w has to be covered aTli-a What can be done? WJilk | r First it takes 3 mintftes Another 3 minutes are Mitchell to Patterson. broached cautiously Jes to foljow Cars dodge the agility of fencing The best thing to accelerator and whip thrOuj; as quicky as possible. Dh don ' t forget to open the eyes, o keep them closed [ errence HJ I j ttinA Jl spe iTtraveiring from The intersectiurris It seems that there and there iren ' t. ithNgae asath fc i o a%tfffS = do jn -la is wf CM r P b « : n 2C 1 £ i ir [ O P, [ I I IT '