Merrimack College - Merrimackan Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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RESIDENT LIFE: There’s No Place Like Home “There’s no place like home’ — you don’t have to go to the Land of Oz to realize that, just try living away from home or rather living at school. Unlike Oz, there are no munchkins or good witches to help us along the way, in fact, no longer is any one there to cook your favorite meals, wash your clothes, or clean your room. Instead we have Saga who seems to think our favorite meal is a toss up between quiche and some Chinese concoction. As for cleaning our rooms, well, I guess we like that lived-in look. Unlike Oz, there is no yellow brick road taking us away to a fantasy, rather there is a long, grand path leading from our dorm or townhouse to classes. Yet, how short could we make that trip when late for classes?! One would never know you woke up at 9:29 for your 9:30 class. As for looking into crystal balls to remind us of home, well, the tele- phone and mail will have to do. Just think of those many times when the telephone seemed our only link to communication and then remember the bills that proved it wasn’t. We will always remember the good friends and the fine times we had here. Unlike Oz, our friends did not consist of a scarecrow, a lion, and a tin man, but rather people with a brain, courage and a loving heart. With them, we shared many late night talks, midnight drives to Busy Bee’s or Store 24, wild parties, and many hangovers. Yet through it all we saw living away from home wasn’t the Land of Oz — it was better! . . 4 v