Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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Campus Center steps. Others prefer the sights from atop a bar stool. Have a com- ment to make about a frat man? Best to keep it yours - we brothers stick togeth- er. No more residence hall stipulations, but living in the house does bring back the convenience of a dorm. Someone always takes my phone messages, someone al- ways eats my food, and there is always a closet to raid. Palaces Throw open the door, crank the tunes, grab a beer and a tattered Chair. it is playtime off-oampus. Class is over, the sun is out, and housemates abound. Letls put aside the water bill dispute -e someone did not put their share. Let's forget who confiscated the last loaf of bread. And letls forget the landlordis BELOW: If 25 people come tonight, we can count on maybe 10 pineapples, four quarts of rum, nine cans of Colada mix, and 12 coconuts . . but what if 30 show? 24 Lifestyles or Miami promise to show temorrow at 9 am. We will Clean at 8:30, donlt worry. Funny how nothing short of a Volvo will do, but the Volare is a blessing. How else could we make midnight Kroger runs and Cincinnati roadtrips? Anyone rather hit Hueston woods today than class . . .? The F uture Miami -- college life. The rigors of the easy life. Then graduation sneaked up on us . . . and fear hit. Fifty cent pizza is not easy to find. We would have to cut our own lawns. Soon we would have to start saving for our own kiddies, college educa- tion. The good times are gone so it seems the way many other adults sound . . . itlid live college all over again! or ltTake ad- vantage of it. It never comes again. How many times have we heard that? RIGHT: Occasionally, my housemates were gone, which left me with maybe 20 minutes of peace and quiet. Until the phone rang.

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New Experience The first thing I noticed about this ool- Iege business was the lines. Lines to eat, lines to pay bills, lines to turn in sched- ules, lines to add a class, lines to buy a book, lines to get a buzz . . . And no one ever told me that living with someone else requires compromises. Naps are impossi- ble, my food goes twice as fast, and I even have to shower with other naked people. And these buildings! They all look the same, but I hear it gets easier to tell them apart. How?? I will never find my way to Upham, much less find my Classroom in Upham. How can I look informed, somewhat savvy, somewhat familiar, without trip- ping, over my ego - or my neighbor, who is trying to look equally as intelligent. LEFT: When boredom struck, there was always my roommate to keep me company. Or entertain my boredom. Or still convince the parents that Iim sure I know everything. Quite a task. But not nearly as tough as getting in the Saloon on a fake ID. Greek Letters I Chose to belong to a brotherhood - a group of individuals with a ritualistic bond, a heritage, and lots of fun times. Poroh parties, date parties, and wild brothers- only events . . . just a few of the fraternal activities. There is always a willing soul to head Uptown. Time to kill? Time that you could not afford to waste, but wanted to anyway? Take a brother a Uptown bound. Some guys enjoy the view from the BELOW: Of course, mother. Of course I am eating right. I get a bowl of rice-krispie treats with every meal - after lots of salad. Lifestyles Of Miami 23

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