Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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NIGHT OF THE LIVING ZOMBIE what do you mean — study in advance for a test? What a preposterous idea! Sure, you think about it. You know that big test is Friday. But today is Sunday, and Sunday is a day of rest. You ' ll study Monday. Monday comes. Mondays are always bad days. Well, you still have three more nights to read those five chapters. Tuesday rolls around, it ' s imperative that you attend a meeting. After- ward, your favorite programs are on television. Wednesday is another day. You get this sudden urge to study for Friday ' s test. Ten, maybe fifteen minutes pass. It ' s Welfare Wednesday! Who would be crazy enough to stay home tonight? Okay, serious business — it ' s now Thursday. Oh, the drudgery of cram- ming for a test! How do you condense three week ' s studying into one night? The first necessity in preparing for this nightmare is a trip to jitney 14. Coffee, No-Doz, and a few snacks begin this night of the living zom- bie. You know the dorm will be far too rowdy, so you drag all your books to the library and plop them down at a desk on the first floor. However, it seems to be social hour there. Load up the books once again — second floor — private study rooms — that ' s where serious study- ing takes place. Eleven o ' clock rolls around. Devastation — you ' ve only studied two chapters. You meekly smil e as the librarian locks the door behind you — the last person to leave the library. Well, it ' s back to the dorm. Doesn ' t your roommate look comfortable sawing logs? Quietly, you fix a cup of coffee, grab a bag of potato chips, and sit down at your desk to continue boggling your mind. As the clock quickly ticks away, you realize more and more that you should have prepared for this test. After a while, the words on the page become very blurry, and that tenth cup of coffee tastes like mud. A pizza break is in order. You find one lone studier down the hall and call Domino ' s. Forgetting that they closed an hour ago, you run to Super Stop and get a piece of chicken and a couple of jo-jo potatoes— yum— food for thought. Meanwhile, back at the dorm, the books are calling your name. You feel a little sick at your stomach after that bizarre dining experience, but you have to push on. Okay, now you deserve a ten minute nap. Just lay your head down on those books. You will burn tomorrow. Great! The next thing you feel is your roomate shaking you vigorously. Don ' t you have a test at 8:00? Well, it ' s 7:45. You spring to your feet, wash your face, grap a few pencils, and dash out the door. You made it though the night. You didn ' t study like you knew you should — but, of course, as you always vow — you WILL be prepared for the next test. —adapted from the 1984 MSU Reveille Living Zombie 15

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14 Living Zombie

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It All Comes Out in the Millsaps Announces Creation of New Department Millsaps College has added a new Laundry department as part of its con- tinuing commitment to meet student needs and interests. The suprise an- nouncement has left many staunch de- fenders of Millsaps ' avowed liberal arts rather fluffed. Besides offering a major in laundry, the introductory sequence, Laundry 101-102 Fundementals of Laundry, will now be required of all incoming fresh- men and will be counted as a lab science in their core requirements. Citing in- stances of freshmen doing laundry ac- cording to mothers ' messages taped to clothes baskets or allowing unwashed garments to stagnate until Christmas, the Administration feels such a manda- tory course will benefit the entire com- munity. Students are generally in favor of the new class, saying it will be fun and infor- mative, yet simple enough to boost their GPA ' s. Opposition is from many starchy faculty who feel the new de- partment is too technically oriented to be in keeping with the educational character of Mill saps. Dean of Students Stuart Good de- fended the Administration ' s decision by giving the following argument: When students arrive at college, they must learn new skills which will enable them to function as productive adults in society. One rite of initiation is learning to do their own laundry. We feel the required course will fascilitate a smoother transition from irresponsibil- ity to subsequent maturity. We are not disposing of the tradition of fine liberal education at Millsaps; rather, we are at- tempting to fill a vacuum in the curricu- lum and be progressive, it is courses like this that get the college labeled as a trend setter by national reports. Dr. Allen Bishop was offered the chairmanship of the fledgling depart- ment but declined saying, All my spare time is being spent with my company which produces dinitro-chickenwire. Attempts were made to contact Presi- dent George M. Harmon about the new department, but no one in Whitworth has ever seen the man when he wasn ' t smiling at and shaking hands with peo- ple who would give the college large sums of money to build new buildings and reduce the already minimum park- ing space. i Sophomore Kurt Kraft diligently studies his textbook Basic Laundry while doing his first laundry lab experiment. Kurt is one of the students selected to pioneer this new and exciting course. What temperature would you use to get out a tough stain like taco grease from Mexican Fiesta NIte at the Cafe du Millsaps? I wonder if I can wash my new red sweatshirt in hot water with my nice white sheets? 16 Laundry Which detergent would best re- move this subtle reminder of your last whoop juice party? Should you add bleach? HOW can I get this blue ink out of my white shirt pocket? I ' ve tried ev- erything and 1 have to wear it to- nightl