Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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The Infamous GPA — Our Only Purpose? Soon the reunions and festivities of the first few weeks give way to the side of college life we sometimes don ' t take quite seriously enough but seems to hold our future in its hands — academics. We begin to realize that we came here to learn, and soon the pressure of the GPA begins to mount. The closer one gets to his senior year and actual job or graduate school interviews, the more one begins to analyze his GPA and how one test can affect it. Is that the only proof of what we have learned, the only sign of knowledge gained? Sometimes the answer is not clear, and keeping learning and grades in their proper perspectives is at times most difficult. Above: Van Roeling finds the library lo be more than |usl a place for studying, Bottom center: Cindy Boggs expresses her creativity, Bottom light: while Rory Berry lets a machine do his work, P, 25. Top right: Marie Nation and Jeanne Poole find something interesting in their beaker. Center: Mike Ford finds his talents lay in the business school; Center right: Rakesh Mangal makes a discovery in lab. Bottom left: Joe Bailey explores the rocks in Geology lab, and Bottom right: Barton Thrasher completes last minute homework in the grill. 24