Old Dominion University - Troubador Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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Birds Of A Feather MAKING sure he's commuting to the right place is Robert Amos. 18 STUDENT LIFE

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HIGH-KICKIN’ Donna Daubert demonstrated Martial Arts moves with Jell Walker. Photo by B. Domanski HELPING the army band out. Big Blue expands his musical horizons. Photo by C. Johnson BROWSING around and having lun in the sun was a big part ot mam-street. Photo by M. Banks ESCAPE— Enthusiastic Students Coordinating Athletic Participation Events grab attention by handing out welcome packs by Sandi Phillips and Oawn Garmon. Photo by M. Banks STUDENT LIFE 17

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WAITING for Duses seems like a constant job lor George Delpozz and Dean Elforsi. Flock to Class; the rest nest on campus! What is a commuter? The commuter, a rare species of bird known as the off- campus student, is known to inhabit the campus area of Hampton Boulevard and 49th Street between the hours of midnight and midnight exclusively. Actually, there are a number of species of commuter birds available for indiscriminate viewing. The first of these strange birds to come to mind is the Droopy-Feathered Early Morning Riser. This unique fellow stumbles from the nest at around 5:00 am and fumbles around in search of hot liquids loaded with caffeine for the long — or perhaps not so long — journey to the campus. Upon arrival at the halls of academe, the Early Morning Riser joins his cousins, the Late Night Partiers, in a usually futile attempt to stock their gray cells with enough go juice to survive those fearsome 8:00 am classes. A second species of commuter bird is the Wired-Up Wishful Thinker. who flaps onto campus with only 15 minutes before class, and lives in constant hope that a parking place will miraculously appear just three steps from Webb Center. He. too. has a weird cousin known as the Impossible Dream Bird, who also lives in hope and fervent belief that all the dormitory resident birds will someday decide to consume their noonday meals in their “nests” rather than the Webb cafeteria, thus leaving him the possibility of gaining nutrition and getting to a 1:00 class on time. The final species of commuter is the Rapidly-Aging. Bespectacled Owlish bird. This one does not appear in his campus habitat until after sunset. Struggling to feed the ever-growing national debt, this bird is only able to take pause for learning in the late-night hours. He lives in hope that he will, one day. find that his daytime cousins have left him just a little java and some change in the change machines. In reality, the commuting student does not fit any real pattern. There are all ages and backgrounds: there are traditional and non-traditional fields of study and all points of the compass are included in the commuter student. There are returning adults, working toward the degree they didn’t complete in their youth. There are military men and women, who are studying for degrees as well as professional advancement, and there are the traditional students, who may be living at home or off-campus to save money. They are. indeed, not such rare breed — and a welcome part of the ODU family! by Cheryl McAllister CRUISING lor parking spots is the number one activity tor many commuters. STUDENT LIFE 19