Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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Chicagolandls elevated train, or the El as it is more common- ly known, is both a help and a hindrance to Northwestern stu- dents. Opinions on the transporta- tion system vary. Speech junior MFI. Vanlxeuren explained, It's a pain, but I ride it anyway because it's the only way to get around Chicago if you don't own a car. Speech junior Krista Peterson disagreed. lt's pretty good as far as public transporta- tion goes... I think having it above ground is a plus, Peterson said. Most everyone agrees, how- ever, that the El will certainly take you wherever you want to go. We took the El to go to a dance downtown and it was really convenient because we didn't have to park. It was kind of a pain though because we didn't know which El to take and it was cold, commented Speech freshman lacki Remus. First experiences on the El can be quite intimidating. It lthe FII can be scary, especially when you don't know where you're going, Medill freshman Ryan Owen said. In any case, that first El adventure makes a big impression. Owen recount- ed his first El trip, When we got to the El, all I had was a 3520. It took the lady 5 or 4 minutes to make change. By the time I got down to where the train was it was gone and I couldn't find anyone. I saw the train lights in the distance going down the trac k. I was alone in the Fl sta- tion on my third rlay in the H state. Some expt-rif-nf es are a little lfl what cz more bizarre. Some students claim to have fallen asleep on the train only to wake up com- pletely disorientecl and way past their stop. Others have missed their stops even while they were wide awake. Speech junior Todd Henneman recalled a scary experience on the El. I was sit- ting on the El listening to my walkman. There was a woman sitting across from me by herself. The doors opened and a weird looking group of people - sort of a gang - sat down around this woman and started to give her a hard time. I made the mis- take of giving them dirty looks so they started to hassle me. One guy sat down and said, 'Let me listen to your walkman' I pre- tended I clidnlt hear him, because I had headphones on. Finally I told him that I'd really rather not. He started to get mad and threaten me by saying, 'I'm going to kill you when you get off the Elf All of a sudden I felt something jab into my side. I really thought I was dead. When the El stopped I grabbed my bag and darted off, I-lenneman said. While it's a convenient way to travel, trips on the EI can get boring. Bringing along a book or a walkman certainly helps to pass the time. Whenever I'm on the El alone I ask the conduc- tor if I can announce a stop but he always says no, commented Speech senior Matt Friedman. Riding on the El can certain- ly be interesting experience. For 5ISI.2S itls cheaper than the movies and definitely a stranger ride than anything at Great Amt-ric a. --lessicaa Solomon

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