Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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Favored places for students to spend spare time included Uptown bars. Halloween was reason enough for Jim Beeler and John Walters to have a beer. Lori Hawkins With the touch of fingertips the Jeanie expelled large sums of money into the hands of desperate students. The absence of financially-starved people was a rare sight, and a rest for Jeanie. Student Life 1 1 Brian Connair

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Student Life Summer ..................................... 12 Statistics .......................... a ........... 14 What Others Expect ........................... 16 F reshman Views ............................... 18 Senior Views .................................. 20 Students Working ............................. 22 Oxford ....................................... 24 Weather ...................................... 26 Parentsl Views ................................. 28 Parents' Weekend ............................. 3O Traditions .................................... 32 Homecoming ................................. 34 Getting Out ................................... 38 Fashion ...................................... 42 Dieting ....................................... 44 Advertising ................................... 46 Artist Series ................................... 48 Concerts ..................................... 52 Lecture Series ................................ 56 Theatre ...................................... 58 Holidays ...................................... 62 Religion ...................................... 66 Bars ......................................... 68 Dating ....................................... 70 Miami Merger ................................. 72 Little Sibs .................................... 74 Off-Campus .................................. 78 Formals ...................................... 80 Blowing Off ................................... 82 WellnesslHonors .............................. 84 10 Student Life Students did not live by studying alone. During Class lectures we made plans for the minute class was over, for weekends, for concerts, dates or nights uptown. We all had different expectations of our social life. Some The walk across campus relieved class tensions as students strolled along soaking up the campus' peaceful setting. Mark B. Fleming of us wanted to get wild, some just relax and others wanted to just get out of Oxford. But all of us agreed we needed something to balance, if not eliminate, the time we spent with our books. Extra-curricular involvement, like cheerleading, played an important role for students who wanted to be an active part of their university. Eric Wittine

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Summertime . . . And The Livingis Easy Summer school - peaceful, subdued, re- laxed, quiet. Without any dining hall lines, crowded bars, noisy libraries or sub-zero temperatures, summer school was a time to put things into perspective. Compared with nearly 15,000 students populating the campus during the academic year, a mere 2,507 undergraduates attended summer school, changing the atmosphere of Oxford and the campus considerably. While dashing to Classes and meetings, trudging through snow, bolting to the libe and pulling all-nighters were part of a typical winter day, summer students took a much slower pace. Although studying was more intense with six-week classes, only a few crazed students crammed through the night. Flexible daytime hours were often spent at Hueston Woods, a popular summer resort among students. The Candlewood and F ox and Hounds pools were also cool spots. Softball fields and tennis courts were in demand, but students had easy access to the facilities with 10,000 less people fighting for space. Only 24 fewer students attended summer school than the preceeding year; however, students generally described this summer as quieter and more deserted than in the past. The summer before last we stood in line to see a band at The Balcony every Wednesday night, said J ulie Atkinson, senior. liLast sum- mer, the bars were practically empty. The lilaid backi' and relaxed academic atmosphere seemed to attract students to summer school. Some students said they preferred to ubook it,i all summer and stay out winter semester or graduate early. One senior organizational communications major said the original reason she went to summer school was to accumulate enough hours for a fall internship. ill found that I enjoyed summer school much more than winter semester, so I decided to attend sessions the following sum- mer and graduate early? she said. llOnly hav- ing two classes is so much easier to handle. Life may have been slower in the summer months, but it certainly did not stop, especial- ly not in the CPA. From June 1 to the 24th, Miami University Summer Theater rehearsed three plays, iiYou Can't Take It With Youil, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris , and ilHello Dollyii, which ran in rotation from mid-June to July 19. Ticket sales re- flected a far from apathetic community, as 6,700 tickets were sold. With King Library closing at 8:00 p.m., few students braved the cold, empty study build- ing. But that didn't mean that hard work was Bogged down with paper and pamphlets boasting of Miamils curriculum and various opportunities to make the best of ones college years, Jane Vanderhorst made the most of her Freshman Orientation. Karen Linch 1 2 Summer