Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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Playing The Blues Dear Mom and Dad; So far, so good. I ' ve been here about four months and nobody ' s stolen my stereo yet. You know, when you said that, I didn ' t believe you. Anyway, things are really go- ing great here (if you ' re into study- ing, which I am, I promise). I ' ve gotten into a lot of organizations and extracurricular (yes, they do make us read dictionaries) activi- ties. I started to join a frat, but they wanted to charge me for every- thing, so I decided against it. I remember how much Dad yelled when Bob joined one, and I didn ' t want to go through that anyway. A real good friend of mine (you don ' t know him) ran for ASB sen- ate and won this time. I helped him with his campaign. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you ... I joined the Student Program- ming committee here on campus. It ' s really nice — we get to usher and set up equipment at the shows. It ' s even more fun when you realize that we get in free! We had some good shows this year to: Dan Fo- gelberg, (no. Dad, I don ' t think he was stoned), and Kenny Rogers (don ' t tell Mom about that one). David Letterman cancelled out. I went to see a movie the othei night that the Films Committee sponsored — it was strange! They like to run the horror movies like The Fog and Friday the 13th and other goodies like that. I haven ' t done much else this semester except try to study — I went ahead and took that honors history class. Lord, it ' s a mess. I just hope I get through it in time to graduate!!! I ' m going to have to go; I ' ve got to finsh reading about some wom- an in history that is really big-time boring. If you can, send a little bit of money for some food. They sent out for pizza last night and it was only by the goodness of Rick ' s heart that I got any. See y ' all within the month! fS SAM ml playing the blufS

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Living The Blues Student life on the big blue campus is unusually varied, what with all the different and exciting opportunities for excitement within its boundaries. No, this isn ' t a pub- lic relations spiel — it ' s true! Beginning with dorm meetings. Activities at MTSU have nothing else to do except improve. Stu- dents can join a frat or sorority (whose enrollment is on the in- crease), run for ASB representa- tive, take honors courses, work on any one of the Student Program- ming subcommittees, write a letter to Sidelines, sleep in the library, or, heaven forbid, study. This past year has been an exceptionally good one for on-campus enter- tainment, with movies, dances, and living the blues